#*･ﾟSCANDALISES * peter.

[toapaixonar]

@scandalises continued from here because legacy editor.

part of her wants to argue with him but she knows it is a waste of time. he really is fast and he really is a better option to help her. plus, he is her boyfriend or something, of course she would call him. though god forbid yolanda knows about that. except all of that fades away as courtney comes face to face with the gun, swallowing dryly and dropping her phone on the ground ( pat was going to be so pissed. ) ❝ hey, guys. fancy seeing you here. i was just... looking for a restroom. have you seen one? ❞ she asks quietly, biting down on her lower lip. and then she hears the staff's sound, relief washing over her. she might have been unprepared but she is not alone and peter would be there any time. she would be okay. right? ❝ no? okay, i'll just leave then! so many places to go, you know how it is. ❞

[pfhwrittes]

have some domestic price x gender neutral reader fluff that floated into my head.

pairing: john price x gender neutral reader

word count: 711

tags/triggers: domesticity, fluff, humour, pet names (love), mild bashing of the reader character's sister, slightly older than canon john price, long term relationship, no Y/N, 2nd person POV.

a/n: unedited as per usual. please don't interact with my writing if you're under the age of 18 despite this being a fluffy little something. also, i'm not judging people that want to get married or have kids, you do you but this is for those of us that don't want either of those things.

"john, what do you think about getting married?" you ask as casually as possible between sips of tea as your long term partner perches on the sofa next to you, his eyes focused on the liverpool game on the telly.

"i think you called it a "monument to compulsive monogamy and heterosexuality" and then you swore loudly about henry the eighth for twelve minutes on our first date." he replies before groaning loudly as his team bungle a free kick.

you smile into the rim of your mug because, yes you did say and do that when he brought it up all those years ago.

"mm, i know. one of my better rants i think."

john's hiss of triumph as one of the little red shirts on the screen peters off into discontented grumbling as half time is called and you place your mug on the coffee table.

john turns to face you when you settle back into the deep cushions and you trace the salt-and-pepper in his beard with loving eyes. if there's one thing you can say about retired captain john price it's that he's only got better with age, much like the whiskey he has stashed in the spare room/office. forty six is a damned good look on this man.

"what's got you asking about marriage, love?" john questions you with a raised eyebrow and you grumble, curse your overly observant partner. even when he's distracted his mind is still turning over every interaction and sniffing out a motive.

you sigh.

"my sister is having a baby."

"christ, really?" he looks so scandalised that you laugh at his expression. it's a familiar one when the topic of your younger sister is brought up, a combination of bafflement and mild disgust that pulls his mouth down into a frown even as his eyebrows reach up towards his hairline.

"mm." you make a noise of agreement.

"with the estate agent?"

"yep." you pop the 'p' obnoxiously.

"christ. she's only known him for five minutes," he shakes his head disapprovingly before reaching for your hand to give it a squeeze, "but what does this have to do with us getting married, hm?"

you shrug a little helplessly as he strokes his thumb over your knuckles.

"i don't know, i just started thinking when she sent me a copy of her scan and -"

"of course she did." john interrupts you with a weary sigh. "your sister is nothing but a self centred cow and i'm positive she sent it to you to get you to feel bad."

he looks at you, pinning you in place with a fond sort of sternness that you had seen a few times before when kyle had been over for dinner espousing his worries about being the right man for the job.

"listen to me when i say this, yeah?" he taps your knuckles with his thumb gently to make sure you're fully focused on him, "i'm happy exactly as we are, love. i don't need a bit of paper telling me that we're bound together for the rest of eternity. god knows we already are, what with the mortgage and the bloody cat."

"be nice john, she's a sweetheart." you chide as you glance over at your middle aged tortoiseshell moggy curled up on the armchair.

"she's a bloody demon and you know it." john snorts good-naturedly as the cat in question makes a noise similar to a creaky gate at the sound of his voice.

he releases your hand so that he can reel you into his side to press a kiss to your temple.

"stop trying to distract me with the cat and stop focusing on your bloody sister. you've never wanted to get married and that's one of the reasons i love you, you silly arse."

the small knot of worry you'd been carrying since the start of the conversation unwinds and you release a long breath, taking the opportunity to snuggle into his side more comfortably.

"i love you too."

john simply presses another kiss your temple in response as the football match starts again and you settle in to enjoy an evening with your not-husband.

(tomorrow you'll threaten him with a rolled up tea towel after you find that he texted your sister off your phone calling her baby scan a "badly made lasagne".)

[irisvault]

◜ 🎒 ◞ cotton spider ↪︎ peter parker

peter parker x gn!reader. miscommunication. oneshot. lowercase intended. established relationship. || 0.5k words

summary; you’ve always loved your stuffed spiderman doll like your own son, but you’ve never shown peter because.. well, he is spiderman. nothing can get past someone with radioactive blood though.

no different from your usual friday nights, you were aimlessly flitting through the seemingly endless pages of homework you’d been set for the week. you sighed, rubbing your tired eyes, and promised yourself you’d do it tomorrow.

you groan into the pillow, and reach for the blur of scarlet you could see from the corner of your eyes. “what should i do, spiderman?” you say to it, as if it were a friend. you supposed, in some ways, it was, but it mostly functioned as something to throw at walls when your frustration got the better of you. poor spidey.. you think, and kiss his imaginary injuries better.

you get the sense that stuffed spiderman is telling you to go to the kitchen for some food, so you agree with him, and bring him down with you. “what do you spiders even eat..?” you say, thinking back to peter’s huge lunches, fuelled by his hyper-fast metabolism.

you reach for a cupcake from a four-pack you bought recently and place spiderman on the counter. “don’t look at me like that..” you say, returning his stare. “spiders don’t eat cupcakes.”

you take a bite of the pink-frosted cupcake, relishing in the sweet taste. god, you could not get enough of this. vanilla is too good.

glancing over to spiderman, you ask, “would another one hurt?” spiderman obviously agrees with you. “good choice.” you take another cupcake and bring spiderman back to your room, but before you can even think of eating your second cupcake, a tall figure stands in the door.

“y/n!!”

peter?

you blink, and suddenly realise you’re holding a stuffed animal version of your boyfriend, so you naturally scramble to shove it under your pillow.

“haha…” you laugh, trying to act natural, “hey peter!”

peter sees through you. maybe it’s his tingle? “what was that?” he asks, suspicious. stupid tingle.

you try diverting the conversation, “cupcake?” you smile saccharinely, but your skin crawled with irritation at the fact that it was your cupcake. desperate times call for desperate measures, you suppose.

“ooh!” peter exclaims, “yes please—“ he grins, taking your offer, before realising your cunning trick worked on him.

you try to seem calm, though your nervous fiddling seems to catch peter’s attention.

“y/n.” he says, matter of factly, “you’re not cheating on me, are you?”

your eyes widen with shock, “what!? no, oh my god.” you rush out, trying desperately to assure him of your innocence.

“then— what do you have to hide?” he grimaces, “y/n/n… are you looking at… you know..”

you gasp, grabbing your pillow and thwacking him across the head, scandalised. he lets out a surprised yelp, but he notices the plush that you had hidden.

“oh my god…” he mutters, before howling with laughter. you realise your mistake, and go bright red, hiding your hands in your face.

“stop laughing!!” you protest, throwing the pillow at him once again.

“ow—!” he cries, but his grin remains the same. his lips quirk even further upwards before he asks, “how long have you had him..?”

you pout, sending him an evil look. “you’re making fun of me.”

“i’m not—!” he counters, but the fact he’s doubled over with laughter tells a different story.

you grab spiderman, and pat his head. “spidey doesn’t like being made fun of.”

peter’s expression morphs into one of incredulity, and he raises an eyebrow at you. “spidey?”

[gayleviticus]

It’s interesting the role that Peter's confession that Jesus is the Messiah (and the subsequent journey to Jerusalem) plays in the different gospels.

in Mark, it comes at the exact halfway point, chapter 8 of 16, after a whole book of Jesus performing miracles but swearing people to secrecy. We honestly don't know that much about Jesus, and neither do the disciples; but at least we, the audience (and the demons) know he's the Son of God and Messiah.

The question is what that means - what is the Good News he's preaching? What is the Kingdom? What is Jesus' endgame? We don't know, and Jesus has been playing his cards very close to his chest; binding demons and swearing people to secrecy, teaching in enigmatic parables, performing feats that should be reserved for God alone. Is he a prophet? Elijah? John the Baptist? A demoniac?

But then Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah - and suddenly we discover that his fate is to suffer, die, and be raised again. His destiny is to be put to shame - and Peter is scandalised and tries to talk some sense into him! And then atop the mountain, Jesus is transfigured and Peter, James, and John discover he's the Son of God too.

We get about a chapter and a half of miscellaneous episodes, mostly teachings of Jesus capped with a healing. And then we enter Jerusalem, and the final act begins; his triumphial entry, cleansing of the temple, various conflicts with the chief priests and scribes, the Little Apocalypse, and then his betrayal and Passion. For Mark, Peter's confession is the turning point from which we start barrelling towards the cross, the only way by which we can truly understand who Jesus the Christ is. Not through his teaching, not through his parables, not through his miracles; Jesus is Christ through his cross.

Matthew is similar, although it doesn't have as heavy a emphasis on Jesus' secret identity, and we get plenty of teaching discourses before Peter's confession in ch 16 (57% thru the Gospel). We get a somewhat more substantial 3 or so chapters of parables and teaching before Jesus heads towards Jerusalem, and then he finally arrives in 21. matthew i think is like the extended addition of mark; in its excess it loses something of the narrative tightness of Mark, but it's not trying to do something fundamentally different.

Luke, however, is a bit different. For him, Peter's confession comes in ch 9, 37% through the Gospel. maybe not quite early enough to be still in the tutorial, not late enough to be the half-way plot-twist, but the end of Act 1. The Passion is predicted, Jesus' glory is revealed in the transfiguration, and by the end of the chapter the time has drawn near for Jesus to be taken up, and he 'sets his face' for Jerusalem.

And where Mark and Matthew kind of have a two-act structure of 'General ministry' and 'Holy Week in Jerusalem' (with the nativity as a prologue in Matthew), Luke has a three-act structure; 'General ministry' (ch 3-9), 'Journey to Jerusalem' (ch 10-19.27; heavily populated by Luke-exclusive material), and 'Holy Week in Jerusalem' (ch 19.28 -24).

Maybe Luke just wanted a way to structure all his added material, maybe he wanted to emphasise the significance of Jerusalem as the holy city and centre of Israel. But it's interesting how this changes the shape of the story.

For Mark and Matthew Peter's confession and the first Passion prediction kind of serve as an end to the fun and games, the moment when a darker story arc starts to emerge from what has otherwise been miracle/demon-of-the-week shennanigans. And this transition happens quite rapidly; by ch 11 of Mark, Jesus is in Jerusalem tearing up the Temple, by ch 14 plots are being hatched to kill him. Matthew maintains the same fundamental structure, altho stretched out simply by his tendency to add more Stuff.

But for Luke the pace is much slower, and it's as if the story is lingering with this sense of foreboding. Peter's confession is not gearing us up into endgame, but a tragedy that hangs over the rest of the narrative. Luke's insistence on maintaing this episodic structure for another good third of his Gospel accentuates the sense of fatality; Jesus is casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and yet he must be on his way, for it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem. But he must be killed.

And for John - well rather than having Jerusalem as the final dungeon, it's the hub city. Jesus returns here time and time again for enigmatic discourses and feuds with the Judeans, and his cleansing of the Temple is one of his first acts, not one of his final. And the confession that Jesus is the Messiah comes not from Peter, but are the very first words from his brother Andrew: "We have found the Messiah." (John 1.41).

The Passion of the Lord hangs over the entire narrative, but in subtle ways:

“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,” “He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him,”

“I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” “You do not understand that it is better for one man to die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed!”

“Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

The other three gospels play on a sense of dramatic irony, that we the audience know who Jesus is and where this story is going, but his disciples don’t. And so, then Peter’s confession and Jesus’ Passion prediction comes as a moment of revelation, of releasing this tension; the disciples know what we know, and yet they don’t quite understand. Peter tells Jesus off for being a doomer, and the men scatter when he’s put to death. The prophecy of the Passion comes a shocking reveal within the story of the Synoptic Gospels.

But there’s no such moment in John. Instead, we just get hints, allusions, enigmatic lines that only make sense in hindsight. There’s no apocalyptic moment of revelation, no moment when the penny drops; right up to Ch 14 (3 chapters before his arrest) Thomas is still saying stuff like “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”

In the Synoptics, Jesus’ Messiahship is inseparable from his Passion; in John the irony is his disciples know he’s the Messiah from Day One, but until his resurrection still don’t understand the meaning of the cross.

[webslingingslasher]

I’ll make it fit…. cherry is so meee that’s test had me scandalised like when she said I’ll get the small one coz it’s more comfy I was internally like should have started with the fact that i am a virgin 🫣

like ik sex is different coz horny pussy makes shit fit and the test is all awkward and weird like… but still 🦥

cherry: it was so big petey, it was like, four inches

peter: oh god

[writer-of-sorts]

written with @wolfstarmicrofic prompt: market

“I have big news!”

Sirius burst into the four marauders’ shared dorm to find James and Peter engaged in a very intense game of Exploding Snap with Remus as spectator. All three heads jerked up from their game to see Sirius’ blinding smile.

James immediately jumped to his feet. “What is it?” he asked excitedly, “Filch is retiring? You got a new package of dung bombs? Your mother died?”

“I...” Sirius announced.

He raised his head high and paused dramatically. Peter’s eyes widened in anticipation. James hopped up and down. Remus raised an eyebrow.

“am back on the market, baby!”

James, Peter and Remus deflated in unison, instantly turning back to their game of Exploding Snap, grumbling as the cards reshuffled.

“Thought it was something interesting.”

“Melodramatic as always, Black.”

“Ground-breaking news for sure.”

“Hey!” Sirius said, sounding a little hurt his best friends’ quick dismissal, “I was expecting a little more reaction here.”

Remus snorted. “Maybe there would be if this wasn’t your fourth break-up this month –and it’s only the seventeenth,” he added with a hint of venom in his voice.

Sirius looked taken aback. “What? My fourth— No, that can’t be. Have you been counting, Moony?”

To Sirius’ immense surprise, Remus’ face had turned a severe shade of crimson.

“Oh, dear!” James exclaimed, pressing the back of his hand against Remus’ forehead, “You’re not coming down with a fever, are you, Moony?”

But Remus seemed unable to answer. Indeed, as Sirius dropped to his knees beside them, Remus seemed unable to even hold eye-contact with anyone.

“Peter,” James commanded urgently, “Go fetch a wet washcloth from the bathroom. We need to—“

“—get out of here,” Peter interjected, standing up.

James looked confused.

“Me and you, James,” Peter continued, a curious gleam in his eye, “We need to get out of here right now.”

A look of dawning comprehension passed over James’ face.

“Right you are, Wormy my boy!” he chirped. All the worry in his voice was replaced by a sudden joviality.

And just like that, James and Peter had rushed out of the dormitory, leaving Sirius and Remus behind before they could get the chance to ask any questions.

“Uh, hi,” Sirius said, suddenly nervous after realising he was alone with Remus.

“Hi,” Remus replied, his voice sounding unusually high-pitched and not masculine at all.

“So… you’re not actually sick, are you?”

“Nope.”

They both chuckled nervously, and before Sirius could stop himself, he blurted out the question that had been nagging at him for weeks.

“Why are you avoiding me?”

Remus blinked. Sirius blinked. Remus blinked again.

“I’m not avoiding you,” Remus said, sounding doubtful.

“Yes, you are!” Sirius insisted, all his shyness vanishing, “This is the first time we’ve been alone in weeks! When it’s all four of us, you act like everything is just peachy. But whenever James and Peter aren’t around, you start making up lame excuses to not hang out with me. Sorry, Pads, I have to finish homework. Sorry, Pads, I have to do Prefect rounds. Sorry, Pads, I have detention with McGonogall; she wasn’t too happy about that pixie stunt I pulled.”

Remus was so scandalised by Sirius’ horribly inaccurate impression of him. He stood up and yelled rather shrilly, “Well, it’s not like I’m the only one who’s been busy lately!”

“What do you mean?” Sirius demanded, standing up too.

“While I’ve been trying my best to distract myself with school and pranks, you’ve made it your goal to shag every breathing body at Hogwarts! Do you know how much I’ve had to put up with? You bringing a new person to the dorm every week, each one better-looking and more charming than the last!”

The redness of Remus’ cheeks was spreading down his neck. His words were coming out fast, louder, rawer.

“Do you have any idea how painful it’s been for me? How excruciating it is to see you snogging someone else? To see you laughing and talking and holding hands with someone who isn’t me? Do you know how much it hurts to know that you will never love me like-like I love you?”

And with that, Remus descended into tears. He covered his face with his hands. His shoulders shook. His throat ached from sobbing.

He was so, so embarrassed.

Then he felt Sirius gently pull his hands away from his face and envelope him in a tender embrace. All the reckless mistakes Sirius had made over the last few months came crashing down on him in huge waves of regret, and a great realisation hit him.

“Oh, Moony,” he whispered, rubbing Remus’ back and sounding on the verge of tears himself. “I love you too, Moony. I always have.”

[missoneminute]

As definitely delulu as I am occasionally on the shipping front I will stand by my assertion that the two denials that read clearly as confessions to anyone with eyes are the rapid-fire exchange of looks and gestures that happens in the “have you snogged Carl” video and Peter’s full body spasm on “I’ve never slept with a boy”. You can just see the needle on the truth detector go screaming off the page. I hope those two nuts finally realise it’s decades into the millennium no one is gonna be scandalised if you had your hands in each other’s pants one time in 1998.

[thoughtsofafruit]

Part 2 to my rosechaser fic because @nightcat101 asked and I thrive off of attention and positive feedback!

James didn't know how to go about telling his friends the mistake they had all made. Evan did though, he always knew how to do something. He was cunning like that, James was a little obsessed with his talents.

Remus had practically dragged them to the library, not that James actually minded going to the library or studying nut complaining was now part of their routine. He was focusing on a potions question that he really should've known the answer too when Sirius poked him. James glanced at him, quill in mouth, before turning back to his homework. It was a nervous habit.

"So, how's Evans?" he asked, ignorant to the way Remus was looking at him.

"Hm? Oh, me and Evan are alright," James said around the quill. Sirius smiled at him but his face fell as he looked behind his friend. Evan was approaching.

"You know Potter, if you keep eating your quills you're family will run out of money," Evan said as he leant again one of the bookshelves.

"I don't eat my quills," James said with the quill still in his mouth. Sirius stiffened as Evan moved closer to pull James' quill from his mouth.

"Really?" He asked as he stole the quill. "From the looks of this you could have fooled me."

"Evan," he complained, pouting up at him.

"Give him back his quill Rosier," Sirius said. James moved to grab his boyfriends hand in a show of support.

"My name is Evan, you'd do well to respect that Black," he said. James gave him a look, a look that wasn't uncommon in their relationship and meant 'was that really necessary?' Evan just raised an eyebrow in turn. A signal that meant 'obviously, are you blind?'

"That was uncalled for," Peter said.

"An eye for an eye," Evan said simply.

"Only ends in bloodshed," James pointed out, which was another common occurrence between them. Evan rolled his eyes at him and dropped James' hand to reach into his pocket. He pulled out two quills.

"A sugar quill, chew that instead," he told James as he handed it over. Sirius reached to take it but James hit his hand away. "And the finest quill Barty's mum could find," he said handing him the extravagant looking quill.

"Peacock feather? Really Evan?" James asked looking up at him as he took it anyway. His boyfriend shrugged.

"It would have been flamingo but my usual quill shop is currently closed and the one she went to doesn't carry them," he said.

"Where did you actually get it?" James asked ignoring the looks both Peter and Sirius where giving him.

"The Malfoys, they prefer white peacocks but they got a couple normal in recently. The white peacock feathers are only used in gifts, and I'm not close enough to the family to grab one. I may or may not have stolen this one though," Evan told him as he leant down to look James in the eye.

"I shouldn't find that hot," James said to him. He turned to Remus. "I shouldn't find that hot, right?" He asked him. Remus just shrugged and he turned back to Evan. "I find that way too hot," he said to him.

"I gathered," Evan said, leaning closer to kiss his cheek. He didn't say anything else as he spun around and left, leaving a pouting James in his wake.

"What was that?" Sirius asked, sounding both scandalised and outraged.

"Evan bringing me a quill?" James said as he stuck the sugar quill in his mouth.

"But what about Evans?" He asked.

"That was Evan?" James answered, sounding confused. He knew this would happen, and he obviously understood the mixup by now, but he wanted to act like he didn't.

"Ohh," Peter said, a little louder than was welcome in a library. Sirius on the other hand blinked at him in confusion.

"Pads, love, you have a brain in there somewhere, use it," Remus said making James and Peter snort.

"Rude," Sirius huffed but he thought about it. He blinked a couple of times at James before it hit and a look of utter shock took over his face. His eyes went wide and his mouth dropped.

"Oh," he muttered. "Oh!" He said louder. "Omg really?" He asked making the librarian shush him.

"I'm literally gay and you thought I was dating Lily!" James hissed at him.

"Oh shit," Sirius muttered. James shook his head and started packing his stuff up.

"You can process this, I'm gonna go find Evan," he said as he stood.

"Have fun," Remus called after him. As James walked out of the library he stuck the peacock quill in his mouth.

"Ahh gross!" Echoed in from the hall. Evan had coated it in a non-toxic terrible tasting oil. James quickly replaced the real quill with the sugar one.

[thefisherqueen]

Peter Cushings' Sherlock Holmes: The Boscombe Valley Mystery

I saw quite a few people mentioning Peter Cushings as their favorite on screen portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, so I decided to try if I could find some episodes. This BBC series was made in the '60's and only the second series actually starred Peter Cushings - the first series had Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes, but he declined to play Holmes in the second. Of the 16 episodes, sadly only 6 survive, and the Hound of Baskervilles makes up 2 of those (tapes were expensive and thus often recycled, and people at home at homes had no way to record). I'm watching The Boscombe Valley Mystery tonight.

The music theme is very intense, those strings are almost screaming. It at once gives this episode a different vibe than the homely Granada one

Full crotch shot of the son of the murdered man. It lasts four full seconds (I counted). Was that necessary? xD

Gods, I love the dressing robes of both Holmes and Watson. I have a teapot that looks almost the same as the one of their table! I took it home from the trash dump and managed to almost entirely restore it to its former glory. Not sure yet what I think about the actors' portrayal yet, but both are sure very pretty

The editing is a bit weird. Scenes jump from one to another rather abruptly

Not sure if it was just common during their time, but both actors seem so rushed to speak their lines

*another enters their train compartment* oh no, the boys are Upset

Ok, Peter Cushing is growing on me. His deduction scene in the train of Watson and of that poor other gentleman was quite funny

Some of the same shots are repeated, that feels a bit lazy

Is every girl in this episode going to cry? Repeatedly?

Holmes: "Watson What Arrrre You Doing? We have work to do!" loved that line :)

*Holmes takes off his coat* *Watson at once steps close* haha, I know it's just meant that Watson wanted to hold his coat for him but that sure looked suggestive

*Holmes shoving Watson into a tree for Investigation Purposes*

A lot of suspension in the music for a scene in which Holmes merely picking up a cigarette

*Holmes autistically rocking*

Watson: "We're going out again, Holmes? But what about dinner?" Holmes: "Dinner can wait" This is very book accurate. Poor Watson, I too get very upset when I don't get time to eat

Holmes: "Wait for me here" Watson, chugging his cider: "Willingly" Haha, love that

*Unnecessary long kissing scene*

Watson, scandalised: "Bigamy!" Holmes: "The world is not aways as you would have it, Watson" *slaps Watson's thighs* omg

It's a fine mystery story. The filming is a bit clumsy, but it feels quite authenticly victorian and Cushing portrays a dignified and clever detective with a quirk or two, and while Nigel Stock as Watson didn't have a much active role, I still enjoyed his acting. After watching the Granada series, however, this feels a bit bland for me. Decent, but nothing spectacular. I think I just miss the intensity and expressiveness and eccentric flair of Jeremy Brett, and David Burke and Edward Hardwicke also both poured so much of their heart into that series

[msclaritea]

Description

"Three-part BBC television miniseries about the notorious 18th century lothario, written by Russell T. Davies and starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole. The aged Casanova (O'Toole) is living out his days as the custodian of a library in Bohemia when he meets young serving girl Edith (Rose Byrne). He begins to tell her about his infamous escapades as a young man (played by Tennant), when he scandalised Europe and was exiled from his native Venice for crimes against the government and church. Wandering through Enlightenment Europe, Casanova reinvents himself constantly as a poet, philosopher, spy, black magician, petty conman and, of course, lover, eventually incurring the wrath of the Venetian ambassador to Britain, Grimani (Rupert Penry-Jones), after he falls in love with his wife, Henriette (Laura Fraser). Wounded in a duel with Grimani, Casanova returns home but is unable to forget the one woman he truly loves."

That is the original storyline/synopsis of the Casanova series on BBC THREE, BBC WALES, written by Russell T Davies. Starring Peter O'Toole and David Tennant, who does a wonderful job. I saw it. I thought it was a lot of fun, not being familiar with Casanova's life story. Little did I know this was another fantasy from the minds of the BBC.

Giacomo Casanova Was An Adventurer, Libertine, And Child Molester

"For all the romanticism surrounding the 18th century Venetian — much of it promoted by Casanova himself in his famous memoir L’Histoire de Ma Vie and perpetuated by centuries of men jealous of his “conquests” – there was certainly a dark side to Giacomo Casanova. For every tender love affair of his, there were plenty of instances where he outright raped and abused. In several instances, children were the objects of his “affection.”

In the 1740s, according to Paolina’s Innocence: Child Abuse in Casanova’s Venice by Larry Wolff, Casanova purchased a girl’s virginity from her own mother and beat the girl when she wouldn’t submit to sex. A couple decades later, in St. Petersburg, he bought a 13-year-old sex slave.

In 1774, at the ripe old age of 50, Casanova ran into a former lover, Irene, with her nine-year-old daughter. By his account, the little girl “did not reject my caresses.” He even encouraged Irene to offer her daughter to a wealthy baron, “who loved little girls as much as I did.” From his own account, he had 120 sexual partners and sexual victims — nuns, underage girls, possibly some eunuchs. By his own account, he even impregnated his own daughter, Leonilda, years after he engaged in a threesome with her and her mother.

“I have never been able to understand how a father could tenderly love his charming daughter without having slept with her at least once,” he wrote.

Not all of Casanova’s behavior could be ascribed to “the time he lived in.” As the Huffington Post points out, fully grown men engaging in sex with adolescent or pre-adolescent girls was not nearly as common as one might think after reading Casanova’s memoirs. Rather, the man was so sex-obsessed that he saw violating a nine-year-old as something worthy of honor and celebration rather than a sign of perversion."

It's not quite fair to only dissect some of the work of Benedict Cumberbatch, since he's not the only one who's popularity has been used to sell British propoganda. So, I'll be taking a closer look at the films of other actors, which contain 'retellings' of history aka outright lies.

You would think an organization that's already been the subject of multiple sex abuse scandals would steer clear of promoting their Favorite Pedophiles From History. Alas!

For the record, I am a David Tennant fan and will remain so. I know he's also good person, not given many choices. Very disappointed in O'Toole, though. He obviously would have known and had more power.

[cmlmrbl]

angsty pevencest hc

this is right after they come back in the first movie, just bc that's gotta be the most harrowing and difficult transition to deal with imo, so all the better for angst!

i'm working off the idea that peter was 13, susan was 12, edmund was 10, and lucy was 8 in the first movie.

so they get a bit of time on the throne to learn the ropes and strengthen narnia after the 100 year winter, but sometime after peter's 14th bday there's betrothal offers and dowries presented from neighbouring lands, just because he is the high king and its seen as more auspicious to get in sooner rather than later. ofc the pevensies are all scandalised, susan and lucy think he's definitely too young to be wed, but edmund has now become familiar with the laws and customs and knew this was coming.

still, for a while they're able to avoid it by peter just not accepting the betrothals, seeing as they've only ruled for a year at this point anyway.

when susan turns 14 tho, there are double the amount of betrothal offers and it only gets more and more worrisome the older they get. by the time she's 16 it's pretty much unavoidable, and even the animals advise that she get married, if not to stop the influx at least.

ofc at this point I'd like to believe her and peter have discovered their feelings for each other, so to make things easier (and to celebrate their love ofc) they have a grand wedding.

the same thing happens when ed turns 14 but he's seen what happened to his older siblings and he's decided on himself already.

edmund turns down all marriage proposals, saying he's still waiting for his queen.

and when lucy turns 14 too, they tie the knot!

this means when the four of them are expelled from the wardrobe and returned to England at the end, it's much worse than just losing their thrones. for at least a decade, they've all been married to each other. and that's not easy to forget.

when they get back to the professor's it's clear to everyone that the pevensies have changed. where before it was peter and susan clearly being the older children, with little infighting between them, now there's definitely more arguing and petty gripes.

they had children in narnia, and they had always been a team in raising them, but now they both feel they've failed their children and each other in losing them.

susan can't take it, she just wants to forget everything like it was some horrible dream - but peter can't let her, and so they fight.

he'll do something like tell edmund and lucy not to forget their greens at the dinner table and susan will get whiplash from the reminder of how he used to remind their actual children the same thing.

she'll get so angry with him and she'll remind him they're not his children but when night comes, she still finds herself going to his bed because they never slept a night away from each other for a decade.

when they get back to london and go to school peter has to grit his teeth every time some new boy chats up his sister because he's not her husband anymore and he has no right to feel jealous.

but when girls show interest in him, he coldly rejects them as well, for he could never consider anyone but his queen.

susan sees all this but pretends not to, she wants to move on and she wants peter to as well. she doesn't see how they could be happy with each other in this judgemental world, so she'll settle for being unhappy if it means peter won't have to get the judgement.

it only gets better when they get back from narnia the second and final time, susan being convinced no one can measure up to her brother and peter being infinitely grateful at a second chance, both with narnia, and with his queen.

for edmund and lucy things aren't as hard thankfully.

getting back to England is only difficult because they're not children anymore, but they are back to being treated like so.

still they become closer than ever and they promise each other that nothings changed and when they get older and can actually do something about their feelings then they will.

they become so close that for a while in London, people mistake them for twins - having close ages and such a deep bond.

it's rumoured that they can speak into each other's minds.

[ejesgistnews]

The judiciary could set Nigeria ablaze with its conflicting and frivolous injunctions.  Several Nigerian judges have been criticized for issuing controversial and often conflicting court rulings, particularly in politically sensitive cases. This has led to accusations of frivolous injunctions, ex-parte motions, and contradictory orders that seem to favor powerful individuals and political interests. Below are some of the judges often mentioned in connection with such rulings: 1. Justice James Omotosho (Federal High Court, Abuja): Justice Omotosho has been criticized for his involvement in politically charged rulings, where his orders have led to confusion and further legal disputes. He has been involved in cases where conflicting orders and injunctions have drawn public criticism, raising questions about judicial independence. Breaking: Shaibu Reinstated as Edo Deputy Governor, Assembly Takes Immediate Action Abba Kyari Granted Bail After 18 Months In Kuje [caption id="attachment_304653" align="alignnone" width="269"] Justice James Omotosho[/caption] 2. Justice Peter Lifu (Federal High Court, Abuja): Justice Lifu is another judge accused of issuing conflicting orders, especially in political cases. His rulings have been seen as contributing to legal uncertainties, particularly around elections and intra-party disputes, often raising concerns about external influence in his decisions. Big Win for Wike as Court Rules Against PDP NWC, Governors, BoT   [caption id="attachment_304655" align="alignnone" width="275"] Justice Peter Lifu[/caption] 3. Justice Emeka Nwite (Federal High Court, Abuja): Known for his controversial handling of electoral disputes, Justice Nwite has faced criticism for rulings that appear politically motivated. His issuance of ex-parte orders in sensitive political matters has often sparked public outcry, leading to suspicions of bias and manipulation in the judicial process. Confusion Trails Rivers LG Election Amid Conflicting Court Rulings on INEC Voter's Register [caption id="attachment_304654" align="alignnone" width="275"] Justice Emeka Nwite[/caption] 4. Justice J. O. Abdulmalik: Justice Abdulmalik gained attention in 2024 for a case involving Rivers State's budget. His involvement in politically sensitive issues has led to concerns about the impartiality of the judiciary, with accusations of undue influence by political actors. [caption id="attachment_304652" align="alignnone" width="277"] Justice Joyce O. Abdulmalik[/caption] These judges, through their rulings, have been central to discussions about judicial integrity in Nigeria. Ejes Gist News gathered that for any conflicting orders and frivolous ex-parte motions in Nigeria that have generated public outrage and criticism, at least one of the four judges must be involved." Their involvement in high-profile political cases has led to public concerns about the role of the judiciary in upholding the rule of law and ensuring fairness in politically sensitive matters. Many analysts have stated that the judiciary will be the arm of the government that sets Nigeria on fire due to their conflicting and frivolous injunctions and rulings Many are calling for judicial reforms to prevent the recurrence of conflicting court orders and to restore public confidence in the justice system. I recommend this article for you from This Day Alive   A SCANDALISED FEDERAL HIGH COURT

[ondessiderales]

Fin de l'Histoire

« La Fin de l'histoire et le Dernier Homme (titre original anglais : The End of History and the Last Man) est un essai du politologue américain Francis Fukuyama publié en 1992, identifié comme l'un des essais les plus importants de la fin du XXe siècle.

S'inspirant des thèses d'Alexandre Kojève sur la « fin de l'histoire », Fukuyama affirme que la fin de la guerre froide marque la victoire idéologique de la démocratie et du libéralisme (concept de démocratie libérale) sur les autres idéologies politiques. Fukuyama est, par ailleurs, conscient que la chute du Mur et la dislocation du bloc de l'Est vont entraîner d'importants troubles : la fin de l'Histoire ne signifie pas, selon lui, l'absence de conflits, mais plutôt la suprématie absolue et définitive de l'idéal de la démocratie libérale, lequel ne constituerait pas seulement l'horizon indépassable de notre temps mais se réaliserait effectivement. »

« Cette théorie, qui précède de peu celle du choc des civilisations de Samuel Huntington, sera très débattue dans les années 1990. Les critiques philosophiques (Jacques Derrida dans Spectres de Marx, Franck Fischbach ou Bernard Bourgeois) ont pu souligner ce qu'ils considèrent être une mésinterprétation non seulement du concept hégélien de fin de l'histoire mais aussi de Kojève lui-même. Derrida, alors, rappelle que « les thèmes eschatologiques de la « fin de l'histoire », de la « fin du marxisme », de la « fin de la philosophie », des « fins de l'homme », du « dernier homme », etc., étaient, dans les années 1950, il y a 40 ans, notre pain quotidien ».

Selon Peter Sloterdijk, dans Le Palais de cristal, la Fin de l'Histoire correspond à cet état de l'humanité condamnée à sa Sphère terrestre, de sorte que l'Histoire en propre (sens moderne) serait née avec les aventures exploratrices et coloniales de la Renaissance européenne, et prendrait fin avec cet état de coopération internationale universelle nécessaire. Peter Sloterdijk n'est ni hegelien ni marxiste, dont il fait une critique dans Colère et temps. »

« … le débat, en général, alors et aujourd’hui, porte sur la question de l'« anthropotechnique », pour reprendre le terme utilisé par Sloterdijk. […] ce terme apparaît en français vers 1930 pour désigner des « techniques de développement de l’espèce humaine ». […] Or, ajoute Sloterdijk, si jadis [le] devenir était déterminé par des « anthropotechniques (…) plutôt inconscientes », telles les règles de parenté ou de mariage, l’éducation ou la guerre, il sera « à l’avenir (…) le thème de politiques anthropologiques et biologiques » conscientes. Selon l’auteur, il s’agit là d’un constat de bon sens, face auquel il n’y a pas lieu de se scandaliser. Au contraire, il devrait nous amener à constater l’évidence du besoin d’une « nouvelle philosophie non classique, non néo-idéaliste ». »

« La fin de l'Histoire présupposerait épistémologiquement un critère d'arrêt et présuppose l'histoire comme n'étant ni cyclique ni gouvernée par l'éternel retour. Il y aurait, selon cette thèse, une évolution de l'histoire qui aurait un terme, qui déboucherait sur une période stable sans évolutions majeures. Il y aurait un sens à l'histoire, une fin. La compréhension d'une telle thèse passe nécessairement par la mise en lumière de ses hypothèses.

En philosophie, l'influence de Hegel et de sa vision de l'histoire comme le développement de l'Esprit est indéniable. Si bien que la tradition idéaliste entendue au sens large, tend à concentrer la production philosophique contemporaine, comme si Platon l'avait emporté sur Socrate. Pour trouver des contre-arguments à l'« absolutisme » hégélien, il faudra alors se tourner du côté des historiens, qui reprochent souvent aux philosophes d'« essentialiser l'Histoire », ou encore des politilogues, au risque de perdre en hauteur théorique.

Pour Bernard Bourgeois, hégélien convaincu, il faut distinguer deux niveaux dans l'histoire : l'histoire universelle et l'histoire empirique. L'histoire est l'unité hiérarchisée de ces deux formes. L'histoire universelle est l'histoire de l'universel, des structures fondamentales de l'esprit, l'essence éternelle des choses. Le philosophe ne s'intéresse qu'à la « raison dans l'histoire ». L'actualité de cette fin signifie qu'il n'y aura aucune détermination fondamentale nouvelle. La fin de l'histoire est conçue comme la relation entre un État fort et une société civile libre. L'histoire empirique, en revanche, est liée à l'élément naturel et à la contingence; elle n'est pas prévisible et elle se continue même si l'histoire de la raison universelle (l'histoire de la raison) est close. »

« Aufhebung est un substantif allemand correspondant à un concept central de la philosophie de Hegel, puis de Marx, dont les implications variées et contradictoires se laissent difficilement traduire en français. Le verbe allemand correspondant est aufheben.

Le mot caractérise le processus de « dépassement » d'une contradiction dialectique où les éléments opposés sont à la fois affirmés et éliminés et ainsi maintenus, non hypostasiés, dans une synthèse conciliatrice. C'est la conclusion logique qu'on l'on simplifie habituellement par le classique Thèse-Antithèse-Synthèse. »

[allamericanb-tch]

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chapter 13

i love this fic so much even though some parts of it really make me cringe

kissing his teeth

i need to start keeping track of how many times solmussa says that

omg remus took a bunch of pictures of sirius ahhhh

“you’re a heathen” sirius you heathen 

ew body shots that seems unsanitary 

“denial is a river in egypt” i miss when people said that all the time

me when wolfstar

lily!

dorlene ☹️ 

pandora has a brother ?! please let it be evan i am a rosier twins truther

TWINS!!!! this is a good sign

IT IS EVAN!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!

jegulus

i love sirius and regulus being brothers

“remus is very sticky” SIRIUS STOP

“It’s just that I said nothing has stuck, but Remus clearly is sticking because I can’t stop thinking about him and I think if he weren’t leaving, I could actually fall in love with him—" VERY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION 

remus jump scare

james and his rum and coke

i definitely know way more spanish that i thought i did bc i’m following these conversations pretty okay i think

this is kinda nast

yeah im getting the ick right now

oh me oh my

sirius is so sirius

jegulus is jegulusing

ewww 

chapter 14

my prediction for this chapter based solely on the title is that barty is coming

BARTY POV!!! WHAT DID I JUST SAY

ok i actually love bartylus

ao3 is draining my battery so much

rabastan!

omg is it evan ahhhh

barty pulling a teenage girl and doing some deep internet stalking he’s so real

barty is absolutely feral

the drama omg

barty 😭😭

rosekiller is rosekilling me

minor spelling mistake 🤬

chapter 15

i love how many of the chapter titles are maisie peters songs

i can’t wait for james to meet barty

oh james. jamie james james. 

regulus telling dorcas ahhhh

oh me oh my

sirius pov im nervy

oh me oh my

i mean. it could have gone a lot worse.

this is making me want to go on a boat now

wolfstar 

BARTY ?!

maisie peters mention no regulus you definitely did not lose the breakup

hip hip hooray for sirius

oh me oh my

chapter 16

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO END THE CHAPTER LIKE THAT AND NOT PICK UP WITH JAMES POV AHHHH

it’s okay bc i love lily <3

MARYLENE ?!

🎶it’s a cruel summer🎶

i love pandalily

oh barty pov

yeah he’s crazy

WHAT

the drama

“Remus has never considered himself a prude, and yet he discovers he’s a little scandalised by the way James and Sirius seem to have absolutely no boundaries whatsoever.”

wolfstar is wolfstaring

oh me oh my

skimming this party because brother euughhhh

oh me oh my

“he kisses his teeth” WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN

james 

🎶old habits die screaming🎶

ew stop icky gross

wow there is a lot of hanky panky in this

EW

AH

EW

ew

stopping here bc i have a class in 5 minutes 

chapter 17

alas i am home from school

wolfstar 

dorcas!

barty jump scare

bartylus 😧

i really hate that i don’t like barty because in this i love barty so much but like aghhhh

oh poor james ☹️

the drama

WHAT

well.

minor spelling mistake 🤬

please why is this angsty

chapter 18

wolfstar ❤️‍🩹

JAMES what the heck man

angst ☹️

pandalily ❤️‍🩹 they’re so precious 

i love sirius so much. 

jegulus is having a moment

WHAT

oh me oh my barty

REGULUS 😭

omg

AHHHH

AHHHH

AHHHH

AHHHH

barty ?! please i need rosekiller im begging

OH ?! 

i manifested this. 

i love evan. 

chapter 19

dorcas! i need dorlene to happen so bad omg 

pandora forgetting straight people exist i love her so much

AH

marlene just texted dorcas guys what’s gonna happen

my kink is karma on repeat (not relevant at all to this)

i love pandora so much you don’t understand 

dorcas mary and marlene ?! eat.

piano lesson now ☹️

i’m back!

i love jegulus so much

i left and i am back now

i need to distract myself bc i can’t tell if i made a bad decision rn

sirius inviting regulus to christmas ❤️‍🩹

minor spelling mistake 🤬

ooh

oh me oh my

genuinely i am so confused by all of this but i do NOT want to do research so i actually understand 

EW agh ew stop ew ew ew

sirius’ favorite movie being titanic is so real

i love man bun sirius

ok wait i am literally falling asleep rn i will be back later

marlene! it’s been so long HELP i totally forgot i was reading this

dorlene ?! my favs

chapter 20

rosekiller!

ew

🎶i love you it’s ruining my life🎶

ew

dorcas!!!

i love mary so much

ew 

wolfstar!

ew

eughhhhh brother eughhhhh

AHHHH

they said i love you

oh regulus

🎶I LOVE YOU AINT THAT THE WORST THING YOU EVER HEARD HE LOOKS UP GRINNING LIKE A DEVIL🎶

i love jegulus

““We can always burn the airport down,” Sirius says longingly. “Destroy all airplanes so they can't leave."” i love sirius

no thoughts just pandalily

jegulus ☹️

ok no more for today 

[beedlemania]

Oral fixation! I completely forgot. Davy’s always sucking on his thumb (pretending to bite his nail when someone notices). It gets to the point where Mike starts putting hot sauce on his thumb (something that happened to me as a kid and for the purpose of this, also happened to Mike) to make him stop but Davy just develops a taste for spicy food. Then he develops a sweet tooth because Micky keeps giving him popsicles to suck on. Peter eventually comes up with the idea to get him something to suck/bite on and finds him one of those baby teether toys and Davy is scandalised because ‘not a baby!!’ until he tries it and he’s like ‘oh…’

Observations. Going back to a post I made recently about The Spy Who Came in from the Cool, Davy loves pointing things out to the guys, namely Mike. They’ll be walking around and Davy will stop, tug at Mikes sleeve, point, and just go ‘bird’ and Mikes like ‘you’re right, tiny, that’s a bird’. Micky makes fun of him when he does that, not to be malicious just because he likes to tease, so whenever Mike responds to him he’ll stick his tongue out at Micky.

Mike almost uses a baby voice. Mike and Davy have lots of spats and arguments but Mike is super in tune to Davy and can always tell when he’s regressing. He then takes on a more animated tone, never raises his voice, and speaks all soft. He doesn’t fully baby talk him because Davy would get offended but he does it enough that Davy has a little grin on his face whenever Mike speaks to him.

Davy age regressor headcanons:

Mike reads to him. It starts with Davy just reading along with him while he’s nuzzled up to Mike then progresses to Davy being ‘too sleepy’ or ‘not at the right angle’ to read it himself so Mike reads it out to him. It goes from newspapers to books and then eventually to kids books. Mike buys them for Davy (cheap at a charity shop or gets them free from neighbours). Davy makes fun of him at first because Mike is sitting there, calm as ever, reading Goldilocks and Mike endures it because 1) he doesn’t really care when the guys make fun of him and 2) everyone but Davy knows its for Davy. Eventually Davy lets Mike read it out to him and Davy sits and enjoys the pictures and colours and he doesn’t understand why he gets so soft whenever Mike reads to him.

Micky plays with and teases him. Micky is definitely the older brother type and loves to pick on Davy (affectionately). He’ll always be down to play ball or whatever else when Davy wants to but not without having his own fun. (Like in Monkees at the Movies where they’re playing piggy(monkee?) in the middle). Eventually Micky picks up that Davy’s getting upset at being teased and will treat him nice and let him win (without him knowing of course) and Davy’s back to being happy again.

He gets time out. Mike sometimes has to put all the guys in time out but mostly Davy. Davy refuses to listen to him, sometimes because he’s being stubborn and sometimes to purposefully be annoying. He’ll rile Mike up, finding it hilarious, until Mike puts him on the naughty step or in the corner. Davy puts up a fight but eventually sits in time out and sulks. When his time is up he’ll go to Peter (the only one who voted against his time out) and cuddle him while pouting.

He doesn’t know. Davy hasn’t a clue what age regression is and would deny it in a heartbeat. He’s never consciously aware he’s regressing (mostly because it’s more of a constant state for him). The guys don’t realise either until Davy goes from pouty baby to mister sauve when he starts talking to a girl or other adult and they’re like ‘who is this kid?’. If someone even suggests something he does it childish he’ll throw a tantrum (not helping) about it and demand they take it back.

He sometimes goes mute. Sometimes he’ll regress just a bit farther than usual (anniversaries of his mother death or the day he left England) and will go mute. He communicates mostly by making sounds and the guys have all learnt how to decipher his whines and take care of him. He’s also set up a blinking method; one slow blink = yes, two blinks = no. This also comes in handy in average day to day shenanigans and the guys all start using it too.

He’s a cuddler. No matter what any of the guys are doing, Davy’s clinging to them or holding their hands. He just likes to feel close to them (and being carried everywhere is also nice). It’s not uncommon for Davy to crawl into one of their beds in he middle of the night with his security blanket and conk out. One time Micky scoured the entire Pad for him frantically just to find him sitting under the table hugging Peters leg.

He owns a bunch of dolls (action figures excuse me) that he hides under his bed and plays with

[littlebookreader]

Mike: Self care is actually getting into fights with randoms in dark alleys.

Agnes: No, self care is stuff like taking a bubble bath, or putting on a lot of makeup if you like it, or taking a nice warm nap!

Julia and Trevor: Self care is the burning heat when rage washes over you!! Self care is when you feel the bones crack under your powerful fists!! Self care is the fear in your enemies’ eyes!!!

Elias: Self care is taking your birthday cake just so I can eat the frosting.

Peter: If you touch my birthday cake I’ll make you eat your hands.