#Alexander Cartwright

[hobbies-miscellaneous]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ITS ANNIVERSARY TIME!

my babies are 4 as of today (2nd of may)

yippeee! happy anniversary to meeeeee!

i decided to do a redraw for this anniversary. also maybe i will open up a QNA for them too!

the original drawing is under the cut:

[pwrn51]

Baseball being an entirely American game is a myth

  We need to put to bed the myth baseball is an entirely American game. The next time you hear baseball was invented in America, don’t pay any attention. Truth is, it’s based on a game that was popular hundreds of years ago. The American version caught on during the Civil War Era. A cousin of cricket, baseball was adapted from Rounders, a game that features running around bases after hitting a…

[hobbies-miscellaneous]

Oooh!

So Alexander can handle kids but not infants. He would probably be awkwardly standing at least three feet away from her, staring. Then as soon as Sara would cry he'd go and get Clara or someone else.

Franz, I think, would be surprisingly good with kids and infants; his typically grumpy manner would vanish and he would know exactly what to do, he'd be the one to make sure she is OK until the spell wears off.

Now, with Hanz... don't let him near her. He is terrible with kids-as we've seen with his interactions with Nathan who belongs to ghostlyhybrid- he is a bit too crass and would not know anything about infants. Although, I expect he'd be really good entertaining kids if he can keep his bad language in check.

How would y'alls nutcrackers react to baby Sara?

P. S: The mouse king made Sara a baby for 24hrs

[lilasprincesse]

Can someone explain to me why I am debating with a person at 12:30 a.m. on the Lightwood family tree because of Christopher's death which made it illogical because as it is written in the tree that Isidore must have been born in 1908 and that Alexander was 8 years old at that time (and the Lightwoods of our time cannot be descendants of Anna and Ariadne because Alec looks like Will and must therefore be a biological descendant of Cecily)

[ebenelephant]

*glances around the room over the brim of a floral teacup*

so who wants to hear about the obscure crossover wip i'm working on which only i asked for because the two properties have no right to be within a mile of each other? nobody?

[tv-moments]

3 Body Problem

Season 1, “Red Coast”

Director: Derek Tsang

DoP: Jonathan Freeman, Richard Donnelly

[i-am-trying-my-best-okay]

Literally all of The Shadowhunter Chronicle romances are completely unhinged it’s not even funny (I lied, it’s very funny). Here’s just some examples:

William “Will” Herondale/James “Jem” Carstairs + Theresa “Tessa” Gray: It totally would have been a vee type polyamorous situation if it wasn’t for all the death and 1800s London society going on.

Henry Branwell + Charlotte Fairchild: How dare this misogynistic society put us together, I mean, we wanted to get together anyway, but not for those reasons. Welp, time to be as unconventional as possible.

Gabriel Lightwood + Cecily Herondale: Look, you made fun of my sister, it’s only fair that I marry your sister; that’s the rules.

Gideon Lightwood + Sophia “Sophie” Collins: Dad, I have a perfectly valid reason to betray you and go to the other side. What your doing is wrong and – nO tHiS haS nOThiNG to do wiTh tHeIR mAid wHy wOUlD yoU eVEn sAy tHat?

Jesse Blackthorn + Lucie Herondale: Your request to not be brought back to life has been denied, deal with it.

James “Jamie” Herondale + Cordelia Carstairs: He didn’t commit arson we were just having sex – why are you all looking at me like that’s worse?

Anna Lightwood + Ariadne Bridgestock: Listen, there’s a lot of society going on right now, so we’re going to have to get together in secret. Oh, you don’t want to? Okay, never mind, fuck society, let me win you back real quick.

Christopher Lightwood + Grace Cartwright: Oh good, you broke into my house, now we can talk about science.

Thomas Lightwood + Alastair Carstairs: I’d really like to hate you, but I think the biggest problem with that is that I love you. Once I get over that hurdle, I think we’ll be in the clear.

Lucian “Luke” Graymark + Jocelyn Fairchild: Good job on us for breaking away from the genocidal cult run by our best friend/husband; we should hook up, you know, as a reward.

Jonathan “Jace” Herondale + Clarissa “Clary” Fairchild: Ayo the same guy conducted experiments on our blood, that’s crazy; btw so glad we’re not actually siblings.

Alexander “Alec” Lightwood + Magnus Bane: Marrying each other is against the law? Okay, fine, I’m a law biding citizen. Oh oops, I made it legal. I am the law now, and I want a wedding on the beach.

Simon Lovelace + Isabelle Lightwood: It makes sense to have our engagement party on the day of my brother’s death, that’s when we really started bonding.

Helen “Alessa” Blackthorn + Aline Penhallow: Well, I guess we’re going to go in exile together. Yes, I said together; your exile is my exile, what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine, that’s how relationships work.

Julian Blackthorn + Emma Carstairs: Yes, it’s a technical war crime to love each other, but the law itself is not really our main concern about it.

Kieran Hunter + Mark “Miach” Blackthorn + Cristina Rosales: We’re really living that cottage core aesthetic, and all we had to do to get here was do a small war and some amnesia. Worth it.

Gwyn ap Nudd + Diana Wrayburn: I’m going to stand by just in case something happens, but it probably won’t, she knows what she’s doing – WHY IS SHE JUMPING OUT THE TENTH STORY WINDOW OH MY GOD WAIT

Tiberius “Ty” Blackthorn + Christopher “Kit” Herondale: We take cosplaying Sherlock and Watson VERY seriously, so of course we needed to go to all the most illegal places, it’s only natural.

Ash Morgenstern + Drusilla “Dru” Blackthorn: So anyway I saw them in a sort of fever dream like state this one time and they’ve still been on my mind for years.

[green28go]

“Iz,” Alec said tiredly. “It’s not like it’s one big bad thing. It’s a lot of little invisible things. When Magnus and I were traveling, and I’d call from the road, Dad never asked how he was. When I get up to talk in Clave meetings, no one listens, and I don’t know if that’s because I’m young or if it’s because of something else. I saw Mom talking to a friend about her grandchildren and the second I walked into the room they shut up. Irina Cartwright told me it was a pity no one would ever inherit my blue eyes now.” He shrugged and looked toward Magnus, who took a hand off the wheel for a moment to place it on Alec’s. “It’s not like a stab wound you can protect me from. It’s a million little paper cuts every day.”

City of Lost Souls.

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The vial shook in her hand as pale smoke poured from its open neck, the expelled breath of hundreds of Nephilim. It formed into words across the air. ALEXANDER GIDEON LIGHTWOOD. Clary and Jace flung themselves at Alec, laughing, as the air exploded with cheers. Aline and Helen gave Alec a mutual thumbs-up. The Projections of Isabelle and Simon waved from the back of the room. The Blackthorns whooped and applauded; Emma whistled. Maryse Lightwood wiped away tears of happiness as Kadir patted her shoulder gently. “Alec Lightwood,” cried Jia. “Please rise. You are the new Consul of the Clave.

Queen of Air and Darkness.

From this to that. From standing in the shadows to shining brighter than the sun. You've come a long way.

Happiest Birthday Archer Boy!!!!

[kaitcreates]

The Shadohunter Chronicles Character Showdown

First Round, Second Round, Third Round, Fourth Round, Fifth Round, Semi-Finals, Finals

Rosemary Herondale vs Arthur Blackthorn, (Feb 23)

Celine Montclaire vs Diego Rocio-Rosales, (Feb 24)

Maureen Brown vs Anna Lightwood, (Feb 25)

Christopher Lightwood vs Ragnor Fell, (Feb 26)

Julian Blackthorn vs Livvy Blackthorn, (Feb 27)

Bridget Daly vs Jon Cartwright, (Feb 28)

Nate Grey vs Sona Carstairs, (Feb 29)

Gabriel Lightwood vs Madeleine Bellefleur, (Mar 1)

Paige Ashdown vs Rupert Blackthorn, (Mar 2)

Valentine Morgenstern vs Kraig, (Mar 3)

Andrew Blackthorn vs Irene, (Mar 4)

Axel Mortmain vs Thais Pedroso, (Mar 5)

Kit Herondale vs Ke Yi Tian, (Mar 6)

The Dark Sisters vs Filomina di Angelo, (Mar 7)

Lucie Herondale vs Simon Lovelace-Lewis, (Mar 8)

Shiyun Jung vs Cameron Ashdown, (Mar 9)

Elias Carstairs vs Tavvy Blackthorn, (Mar 10)

Luke Greymark vs Will Herondale, (Mar 11)

Ash Morgenstern vs Matthew Fairchild, (Mar 12)

Sophie Collins vs Jaime Rocio-Rosales, (Mar 13)

Catarina Loss vs Tessa Grey, (Mar 14)

Jessamine Lovelace vs Woolsey Scott, (Mar 15)

Diana Wrayburn vs Magnus Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 16)

James Herondale vs Jesse Blackthorn, (Mar 17)

Sebastian Morgesnstern vs Ty Blackthorn, (Mar 18)

Julie Beavul vs Tatiana Lightwood, (Mar 19)

Meliorn vs Helen Blackthorn, (Mar 20)

Alexander Lightwood vs Arawn, (Mar 21)

Jace Lightwood-Herondale vs Michael Wayland, (Mar 22)

Raphael Santiago vs Kieran Kingson, (Mar 23)

Marisol Garza vs Hypatia Vex, (Mar 24)

Dru Blackthorn vs Ari Bridgstock, (Mar 25)

Eugenia Lightwood vs Bat Velasquez, (Mar 26)

Eliza Rosewain vs Rafael Lightwood-Bane, (Mar 27)

Anush Joshi vs Seelie Queen, (Mar 28)

Church vs Cecily Herondale, (Mar 29)

Annabel Blackthorn vs Robert Lightwood, (Mar 30)

Beatriz Mendoza vs Malcolm Fade, (Mar 31)

Jocelyn Fairchild vs Max Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 1)

Imogen Whitlaw vs Jem Carstairs, (Apr 2)

Mother Hawthorn vs Chairman Meow, (Apr 3)

Manuel Casales-Villalobos vs Barbra Lightwood, (Apr 4)

Cordelia Carstairs vs Benedict Lightwood, (Apr 5)

Divya Joshi vs Lily Chen, (Apr 6)

Patrick Penhallow vs Alastair Carstairs, (Apr 7)

Isabelle Lightwood vs Mark Blackthorn, (Apr 8)

Amatis Greymark vs George Lovelace, (Apr 9)

Maryse Lightwood vs Elliott, (Apr 10)

Alexei de Quincey vs Elyas the Demon, (Apr 11)

Hodge Starkweather vs Henry Branwell, (Apr 12)

Camille Belcourt vs Auraline, (Apr 13)

Aline Penhallow vs Roland Loss, (Apr 14)

Johny Rook vs Stephen Herondale, (Apr 15)

Rayan Maduabuchi vs Alec Lightwood-Bane, (Apr 16)

Esme Hardcastle vs Jordan Kyle, (Apr 17)

Grace Blackthorn vs Evelyn Highsmith, (Apr 18)

Jia Penhallow vs Charles Fairchild, (Apr 19)

Horace Dearborn vs Max Lightwood, (Apr 20)

Emma Carstairs vs Mina Carstairs, (Apr 21)

Charlotte Fairchild vs Aloysius Starkweather, (Apr 22)

Janus Herondale vs Zachary Carstairs, (Apr 23)

Gwyn ap Nudd vs Clary Fairchild, (Apr 24)

Maia Roberts vs Gideon Lightwood, (Apr 25)

Thomas Lightwood vs Cristina Mendoza-Rosales, (Apr 26)

[princeofiron]

Hi! Are you looking for an 18 or over discord server for The Shadowhunter Chronicles? Look no further! We’re now open to all the books including the last hours and infernal devices! So if this is something you're interested in please read below to see who's available!^^

We also keep all the pdf book files if anyone is interested in jumping in a fandom!^^ (were chill and really nice!^^)

Below is who is available!

Tlh&tmi

Alastair Carstairs

Alexander Lightwood(tlh)

Anna Lightwood

Ari Bridgestock

Barbara Lightwood

Cecily Herondale

Charles Fairchild

Charlotte Fairchild

Christopher Lightwood

Cordelia Carstairs

Eugenia Lightwood

Gabriel Lightwood

Gideon Lightwood

Grace Blackthorn

Henry Branwell

James Herondale

Jessamine Lovelace

Jesse Blackthorn

Lucie Blackthorn

Matthew Fairchild

Oliver Hayward

Sophie Collins

Tatiana Blackthorn

Thomas Lightwood

Woolsey Scott

Zachary Carstairs

Tda, tmi, twp&dead tsc

Adaon

Aline Penhallow

Anush Joshi

Bat Velasquez

Beatriz Mendoza

Cameron Ashdown

Catarina Loss

Diana Wrayburn

Diego Rosales

Divya Joshi

Gwyn Ap Nudd

Helen Blackthorn

Jane Cartwright

Jia Penhallow

Jocelyn Fairchild

Lily Chen

Livia Blackthorn

Luke Garroway

Maia Roberts

Mason Hardcastle

Maryse Lightwood

Michael Wayland

Nene

Paige Ashdown

Patrick Penhallow

Raphael Santiago

Robert Lightwood

Ryan Maduabuchi

Seelie Queen

Simon Lewis

Thais Pedroso

Valentine Morgenstern

Winter

Zara Dearborn

[basingstokemercury]

Feel kind of bad saying this but I think Adam Cartwright/Pernell Roberts might be edging out Julian Bashir/Alexander Siddig in my estimation

Musical training is an unfair advantage though...

[hobbies-miscellaneous]

I return with nutcracker angst

They're arguing

and I won't say why

[driftwork]

names, mostly surnames (1)

let me apologise for this partial list of names in the library,  titles available on request...

, Adorno, horkheimer, anderson, aristotle, greta adorno, marcuse, agamben, acampora and acampora, althussar, lajac kovacic, eric alliez, marc auge,  attali, francis bacon (16th c), aries, aries and bejin, alain badiou, beckett, hallward, barnes, bachelard, bahktin, volshinov, baudrillard, barthes, john beattie, medvedev, henri bergson, Jacques Bidet, berkman, zybmunt bauman, burgin, baugh, sam  butler, ulrich beck, andrew benjamin and peter osbourne, walter benjamin, ernest bloch, blanchot,  bruzins,  bonnet,  karin bojs,  bourdieu,  j.d. bernal, goldsmith,  benveniste, braidotti,  brecht,  burch, victor serge, andre breton, judith butler, malcolm bull, stanley cohen, john berger, etienne balibar, david bohm, gans blumenberg, martin buber, christopher caudwell, micel callon, albert camus, agnes callard,  castoridis, claudio celis bueno, carchedi and roberts, Marisol de la cadena,  mario blaser, nancy cartwright, manual castells, mark  currie, collingwood, canguilhem, mario corti, stuart hall, andrew lowe, paul willis, coyne, stefan collini, varbara cassin, helene cixous, coward and ellis, clastres, carr, cioren,  irving copi, cassirer, carter and willians, margeret cohen,  Francoise dastur, guy debord, agnes martin,  michele bernstein, alice, lorraine dastun, debaise, Gilles Deleuze, deleuze and gattari, guattari, parnet, iain mackenzie, bignall, stivale, holland, smith, james williams, zourabichvili, paul patton, kerslake,  schuster, bogue, bryant,  anne sauvagnargues, hanjo berresen, frida beckman, johnson, gulliarme and hughes, valentine moulard-leonard, desai,  dosse, duttman, d’amico,  benoit peters, derrida, hinca zarifopol-johnston, sean gaston,  discourse, mark poster, foucault,  steve fuller, markus gabrial, rosenbergm  milchamn, colin jones,  van fraasen,  fekete,  vilem flusser, flahault, heri focillon, rudi visker, ernst fischer,  fink, faye, fuller, fiho, marco bollo, hans magnus enxensberger, leen de bolle, canetti, ilya enrenberg,  thuan, sebastion peake, mervyn peake, robert henderson, reimann, roth,  bae suah,  yabouza, marco bellatin, cartarescu, nick harkaway, chris norris, deLanda, regis debray, pattern and doniger,  soame jynens, bernard williams, descartes, anne dufourmanteille, michelle le doeuff, de certaeu , deligny, Georges Dumezil, dumenil and levy,  bernard edelman, victorverlich, berio, arendt, amy allen, de beauvior,hiroka azumi,  bedau and humphreys,  beuad,  georges bataille, caspar  henderson,  chris innes,  yevgeny zamyatin,  louis aragon, italo calvino, pierre guirard,  trustan garcia, rene girard, paul gilroy, michal gardner,  andre gorz, jurgan gabermas, martin gagglund, beatrice hannssen, jean hyppolyte, axel honneth, zizek and crickett, stephen heath,  calentin groebner, j.b.s. haldane,  ian hacking,  david hakken,  hallward and oekken,  haug, harman, latour, arnold hauser, hegel, pippin, pinksrd, michel henry, louis hjelmslev,  gilbert hardin, alice jardine, karl jaspers, suzzane kirkbright, david hume,  thomas hobbes, barry hindus, paul hirst, hindess and hirst, wrrner hamacher,  bertrand gille,  julien huxley, halavais, irigaray, ted honderich, julia kristeva, leibnitz, d lecourt,  lazzaroto, kluge and negt, alexander kluge, sarah kofman, alexandre kojeve,  kolozoya, keynes,  richard kangston, ben lehman, kant,  francous jullien, fred hameson, sntonio rabucchi, jaeggi, steve lanierjones, tim jackson,  jakobson,   joeseph needham, arne de boever,  marx and engels, karl marx, frederick engels, heinrich,  McLellen , maturana and varuna,  lem, lordon, jean jacques-lecercle,  malabou,  marazzi,  heiner muller,  mary midgley, armand matterlart, ariel dorfman, matakovsky, nacneice, lucid,  victor margolis, narco lippi,  glen mazis, nair,  william morris,  nabis,  jean luc nancy,  geoffrey nash,  antonio negri,  negri and hardt, hardt, keith ansell pearson, pettman, william ruddiman, rheinberger, andre orlean, v.i. vernadsky,  rodchenko,  john willet, tarkovsky, william empson,  michel serres,  virillio, semiotexte, helmut heiseenbuttel,  plessner, pechaux, raunig, retort,  saito,  serres, dolphin, maria assad, spinoza,  bernard sharratt, isabelle stengers,  viktor shklovsky,  t. todorov,  enzo traverso, mario tronti,  todes, ivan pavlov,  whitehead, frank trentmann, trubetzkoy, rodowink, widderman, karl wittfogel, peter handke, olivier rolin, pavese,  robert walser, petr kral, von arnim,  sir john mennis,  ladies cabinet,  samuel johnson, edmund spenser,  efy poppy, yoko ogawa, machado,  kaurence durrell,  brigid brophy,  a. betram chandler, maria gabriella llansol, fowler,  ransmayr,  novick, llewellyn,  brennan, sean carroll,  julien rios, pintor, wraxall,  jaccottet, tabucchi,  iain banks, glasstone,  clarice lispector,  murakami, ludmilla petrushevskaya,  motoya, bachmann, lindqvist,  uwe johnson, einear macbride,  szentkuthy,  vladislavic, nanguel,  mathias enard,  chris tomas, jonathan meades,  armo schmidt, charles yu, micheal sorkin, vilas- matas, varesi, peter weiss,  stephenson, paul legrande,  virginie despentes, pessoa,  brin,  furst, gunter trass, umberto eco, reid, paul,klee, mario levero, hearn, judith schalansky, moorhead,  margert walters, rodchenko and popova, david king, alisdair gray, burroughs, ben fine, paul hirst, hindess,  kapuscinski, tchaikovsky,  brooke-rose, david hoon kim, helms,  mahfouz, ardret,  felipe fernandez-armesto,  young and tagomon,  aronson,  bonneuil and  fressoz, h.s. bennett, amy allen, bruckner brown, honegger, bernhard,  warren miller, albert thelen,  margoy bennett, rose macauley,  nenjamin peret, sax rohmer, angeliki, bostrom, phillip ball, the invisible commitee, bataille and leiris,  gregory bateson, michelle barrett and mary mcintosh, bardini, bugin, mcdonald, kaplan, buck-moores,  chesterman and lipman,  berman,  cicero, chanan,  chatelet,  helene cixous, iain cha,bers,  smirgel, norman clark, caird, camus,  clayre, chomsky, critchley,  curry,  swingewood,  luigi luca cavelli-sforza,  clark, esposito, doerner,  de duve, alexander dovzhenko, donzelot,  dennet, doyle, burkheim, de camp,  darwin,  dawkins,  didi-huberman, dundar, george dyson, berard deleuze, evo, barbara ehrenrich,  edwards,  e isenstein, ebeking, economy and society, esposito,  frederick gross,  david edgeerton,  douglas,  paul,feyerband,  jerry fodor,  gorrdiener,  tom forester, korsgaard,  fink,  floridi, elizabeth groscz, pierre francastel,  jane jacobs,  francois laplantinee,  gould,  galloway, goux,  godel, grouys, genette,  gil, kahloo, giddens,  martin gardner,  gilbert and dubar, hobbes,  herve, golinski, grotowski, glieck,  hayles, heidegger, huxley, eric hobsbawn, jean-louis hippolyte,  phillip hoare, tim jordan,  david harvey, hawking, hoggart,  rosemary jackson,  myerson,  mary jacobus, fox keller, illich,  sarah fofman, sylvia harvey, john holloway, han,  jaspers, yuk hui,  pierre hadot, carl gardner,  william james, bell hooks,  edmond jabes,  kierkegaard, alexander keen, kropotkin, tracy kidder,  mithen, kothari and mehta, lind,  c. joad,  bart kosko, kathy myers,  kaplan,  luce irigaraay, patrick ke iller, kittler,  catherine belsey,  kmar,  klossowski, holmes, kant, stanton,  ernesto laclau, jenkins, la mouffe,  walter john williams, adam greenfield, susan greenfield, paul auster, viet nguyen, jeremy nicholson,  andy weir, fred jameson,  lacoue-labarthe,  bede,  jane gallop, lacan,  wilden,  willy ley,  henri lefebvre, rob sheilds,  sandra laugier, micheal lowy, barry levinson, sylvain lazurus, lousardo, leopardo, jean-francois lyotard, jones,  lewontin,  steve levy,  alice in genderland,  laing, lanier, lakatos, laurelle, luxemburg,  lukacs, jarsh,  james lovelock, ideologu and consciousness, economy and society, screen, deleuze studies, deleuze and guattari studies,  bruno latour, david lapoujade,  stephen law, primo levi,  levi-strauss,  emmanuel levinas,  viktor schonberger, pierre levy, gustav landaur,  robin le poidevin,  les levidow, lautman, david cooper,  serge leclaire, catherine malabou, karl kautsky, alice meynall,  j.s. mill, montainge,  elaine miller, rosa levine-meyer, jean luc marion, henri lefebrve,  lipovetsky, terry lovell,  niklas luhmann,  richard may, machiavelli, richard mabey, john mullzrkey,  meyerhold, edward braun,  magri,  murray, nathanial lichfield, noelle mcafee,  hans meyer,  ouspensky, lucretius, asa briggs, william morris, christian metz, laura mulvey, len masterman,  karl mannheim, louis marin, alaister reynolds,  antonio  munoz molina,  FRAZER,  arno schmidt,  dinae waldman,  mark rothko, cornwall, micheal snow, sophie henaff, scarlett thomas,  matuszewski, lillya brik,  rosamond lehman , morris and o’conner,  nina bawden, cora sandel, delafield, storm jameson,  lovi , rachel ferguson,  stevie smith, pat barker, miles franklin, fay weldon,  crista wolff, grace paley, v. woolf, naomi mitchinson, sheila rowbotham,  e, somerville and v ross, sander marai,  jose  saramago,  strugatsky, jean echenoz, mark robso,  vladimir Vernadsky,  chris marker, Kim Stanley Robinson,  mario leverdo,  r.a. lafferty, martin bax, mcaulay, tatyana tolstaya,  colinn kapp,  jonathan meades,  franco fortini,  sam delany, philip e high, h.g. adler, feng menglong,  adam thorpe,  peeter nadas,  sam butler, narnold silver,  deren,  joanna moorhead, leonara carrington,  de waal,  hartt, botticelli,  charbonneau, casco pratolini,  murakami, aldiss,  guidomorselli, ludmilla petrushevskaya, ,schulz,  de andrade, yasushi. inoue, renoir,  amelie  nothomb,  ken liu,  prynne,  ANTIONE VOLODINE, luc brasso,  angela greene,  dorothea tanning,  eric chevillard,  margot bennett w.e. johns, conan doyle,  samuel johnson,  herge,  coutine-denamy, sterling, roubaud,  sloan, meiville,  delarivier manley, andre norton, perec, edward upward, tom mcCarthy,  magrinya,  stross,  eco, godden,  malcolm lowry,  derekmiller,  ismail kadare,  scott lynch, chris fowler, perter newman,  suzzana clarke,  paretky, juliscz balicki,  stanislaw 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marias,  jeff noon,  anaus nin,  david nobbs,  peter nadas,  nabokov,  iakley, oates,  raymond queneau,  cesare pavese, paterson, ponge,  perte, perec, chinery, ovid,  genette,  kandinsky, robert pinget, richard piwers,  rouvaud, sloan, surrralist poetry, ilya troyanov, paul,raabe,  julien rios, arne dahl, pierre sollers, rodrigruez,  chris ross, renate rasp, ruiz, rulfo, tove jannsson, cabre,  vladislavic, tokarczuk, pessoa, jane bowles, calvino, lispector, lydia davis, can xue,  sebald, peter tripp,  hertzberg,  virginia woolf,  zozola, sorrentino, higgins,  v.w. straka, cogman, freud, jung, klein, winnecot, lacan,  fordham, samuels,  jung, freud, appignesai,  bjp, pullman, magnam, sybil marshall, mccarten,  galbraith, jewell,  lehmann,  levy,  levin, jung,  spinoza,  fairburn,  jung, sandler,  lacan,  laplanche,  pontalis, can, xue,  klein, cavelli, hawkins, stevens,  hanna segal, bollas,  welldon,  williams,  sutherland, buon,  symington,  morrison,  brittain,  sidoli, sidoli,  holmes, bowlby, winnecott,   bollas,  kalschiid,  malan, patrick casement,  anna frued, wittenburg,  liz wright,  fordham, fairburn, symington, sandler,  jung, balint,  coltart,  west, steiner,  van der post,  stern,  green,  roustang,  adrew samuels,  d.l. sayers,  salom, krassner,  swain,  rame and fo,  storr,  cogman,  hessen,  penelope fitzgerald,  cummings, richard holloway,  juhea kim,  glenville, heyer, cartland,  kim, cho,  atkinson,  james,  king, audten,  hartley,  du maurier,  bronte,  thomas, plath, leon,  camillairi, kaussar, fred fargas, boyd,  sjowall and wahloo,  pheby,  morenno-garcia, perrsson,  herron, nicola barker, arronovitch,  karen lord, stephen frosh, ernest jones, flamm o’brien, shin, mishra, chin jin-young and so on to the warm horizon

[zealouscanonindeer]

7. Coffee, Corsets and complications

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Emily Cartwright:

He was right, of course. Just going on a hunch was a bad way to investigate a case – but Mr Fairfax made me feel so uneasy that I assumed he'd make the ideal suspect in a situation like this. Well, as my Aunt Clarissa once told me, when you ASSUME you make an ASS out of U and ME, so I resolved to keep an open mind until all of the facts were unearthed.

The remainder of the day was relatively uneventful. I learned through casual conversation that Mr Fairfax frequently cultivated flowers in the hothouse outside of their usual growing season, in order to occasionally surprise the Hammonds with a centerpiece (of the sort that greeted us over dinner) or to present to Cordelia in order to brighten up the gloomy November (Holmes and I witnessed the fruits of a previous such gift tucked into a vase in the parlour during tea). I made a mental note that Holmes or I would investigate the hothouse further for any exotic plants, though of course Mr Fairfax didn't mention any such specimens. It started raining around seven, as we were starting dinner - a persistent, sheeting precipitation that soon turned to sleet, so that by the time coffee was served the weather was quite hostile to any prospective outside intruders. I had never much developed a taste for coffee myself – it did not help that this particular brew was slightly bitter – so I discreetly sidestepped taking more than a single sip by engaging myself thoroughly in the conversation. Horatio had, contrary to most social conventions, been invited to join us for coffee, though the Fairfaxes did not imbibe.

"I expect any ghosts would thoroughly enjoy this sort of weather," I remarked brightly as the sleet pummeled noisily at the roof, "After all, don't they usually come out during storms?"

"Well, if ghosts did exist," my "husband" replied, "I should think they'd have better things to do than groan and rattle their chains at people, regardless of the weather."

"I for one don't believe in ghosts," Horatio added, with the nasal tones that indicated that the weather was having an adverse affect on his sinuses, "Just because the fire goes out doesn't mean we have spooks about."

"Does the fire always go out when this happens?" Holmes asked.

"That fireplace," Horatio replied, "Has always been rather temperamental. It's hard to light, for one, so one would expect to have a difficult time keeping it alight, especially all night." He produced a handkerchief from his pocket and retreated into the next room to noisily blow his nose.

"Then we shall have to take precautions," Holmes remarked blithely, "In addition to watching out for ghosts. Perhaps faeries are putting out the fire?"

Merry laughter was had all around. As for myself, I was starting to notice what had seemed so absurd in full daylight had (as such things frequently do) started looming ever more menacing as the evening drew towards its close. Not, of course, that I believed that some restless spirit was the culprit – but the more mortal possibilities were still very real.

Young Alexander came in to gather our coffee cups and he paused slightly before taking mine – which was understandable, for mine was the only one that had not been nearly drained.

"I'm sorry, ma'am," he mumbled, "I'll leave it."

"Nonsense," I said, "I really oughtn't to drink coffee anyway – it gives me the jitters something awful."

After another hesitation, he took my cup with the others.

Holmes and I made small-talk with our hosts for perhaps another half-hour before retiring for the evening. On our way out, Mrs Hammond informed us that breakfast would be served at 7.00 the following morning.

For the look of the thing, we the happy newlyweds entered "our" room together, and from there Holmes retreated to the study to give each of us the privacy we needed.

Barely fifteen minutes later, I glanced down and realized that things were about to get very, very complicated between us.

Sherlock Holmes:

It was ticklish business undressing for bed in the study, despite the fact that I had locked the door leading out to the hall and securely closed the door leading into the adjacent bedroom where she was. Logically, I knew that the latter door was perfectly opaque and not inclined to come open by chance, but at the same time I was still quite aware of Emily's presence on the other side of it and I had found that there was no lock and, thus, no practical way to secure it further. In the end I compromised by firmly turning my back to the connecting door as I disrobed. I was down to my shirtsleeves and was just shrugging out of my braces when I heard her calling from the bedroom.

"John? Could you come help me for a moment, dear?"

Oh, for the love of…

"What is it?" I called back.

"Just come in here please," she repeated, starting to sound a bit exasperated, "I can't get this by myself."

I had never known her to need help with anything. Her natural willfulness seemed to preclude asking anyone for help; instead she preferred to handle things by herself. The fact that she was asking now demanded investigation, at least for the curiosity value. I pulled the braces back into place and crossed to the joining door.

"Yes, Clarissa," I said as I opened the door separating us, "What's the ma—"

That was as far as I got, for at that point I saw precisely the problem at hand and, being a true gentleman, instinctively averted my gaze. The problem involved Emily standing there in the middle of the room, having divested herself of her dress and petticoats, but she was still wearing her chemise and, most significantly, she was still cinched firmly into her corset.

Stupid, stupid, stupid! I'd had plenty of opportunities to question Watson on what duties would be expected of me during this farce, such as, I realized, assisting her with her corsetry. Watson, of course, was not entirely without blame, for he might have taken me aside and warned me – but most of the fault was mine. I should have expected problems, I should have anticipated snags, and I should have consulted my resident expert on marital matters. Idiot!

"Well?" she said, interrupting my mental tirade, adding in gentler tones that, I expect, were designed not to be heard out in the hall, "You didn't know you were going to have to do this, did you?"

"No, and I'd prefer not having to," I responded, "all things considered."

"The only thing is, if I call for the maid to help me while my 'husband' is right in the next room, our cover is as good as blown."

"I was afraid of that," I muttered, then took a deep breath, girding my metaphorical loins. "Well, there's nothing to be done for it now. Let's get this done as quickly as possible."

She turned her back to me, pulling her hair forward over her right shoulder, and I saw the seemingly endless, tight herringbone column of corset-laces running down the curve of her spine.

In my entire career, I have faced madmen, scoundrels, rogues, and the occasional wild animal – how ironic that the encounter that most made me want to hide was a half-undressed young woman!

[gildasbadonicus]

Random London: The Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, stood between temple bar and Middle Temple Gate, Fleet Street.

Small sign denoting the site of the tavern on Fleet Street

The Sign of the Devil Tavern

The church of St. Dunstan's was nearly opposite; and the sign of the tavern was the Devil pulling St. Dunstan by the nose.

(Famously, of course the legend has it the other way round, as in this verse from the 17thC,

St Dunstan, as the story goes,

Once pull'd the devil by the nose

With red-hot tongs, which made him roar,

That he was heard three miles or more )

St Dunstan in the West, Fleet Street

The Devil Tavern in the 17th Century

It was sometimes called " The Old Devil Tavern," to distinguish it from "The Young Devil Tavern," in the same street, where, in 1707, Wanley and Le Neve originated, or gave the first impulse to, the Society of Antiquaries.

Often mentioned in 17th century literature including by Swift, Pepys and Pope

"One likes no language but the Faery Queen;

A Scot will fight for Christ's Kirk o' the Green;

And each true Briton is to Ben so civil,

He swears the Muses met him at the Devil."

- Alexander Pope.

Ben Jonson and the Devil Tavern

In the time of Ben Jonson, who gave a lasting reputation to the house, the landlord's name was Simon Wadloe—the original of "Old Sir Simon, the King," the favourite air of Squire Western in Fielding’s Tom Jones.

The great room was called the Apollo, where Jonson presided:

“Thither came all who desired to be sealed of the tribe of Ben”

There young poets and wits, such men as Herrick, Randolph, Carew, Marmion, Cartwright, Howell and Lord Falkland-paid their court to one whom they regarded as the first figure in the world of letters.

Over the door was verse, on a marble tablet in gold lettering, written by Jonson, as well as a bust of Apollo:

"Welcome all who lead or follow,

To the oracle of Apollo—

Here he speaks out of his pottle,

Or the tripos, his tower bottle :

All his answers are divine,

Truth itself doth flow in wine.

Hang up all the poor hop-drinkers,

Cries old Sim, the king of skinkels;

He the half of life abuses,

That sits watering with the Muses.

Those dull girls no good can mean us;

Wine it is the milk of Venus,

And the poet's horse accounted :

Ply it, and you all are mounted.

"Tis the true Phobian liquor,

Cheers the brains, makes wit the quicker,

Pays all debts, cures all diseases,

And at once three senses pleases.

Welcome all who lead or follow,

To the oracle of Apollo."

Beneath these verses was the name of the author - O rare Ben Jonson- a posthumous tribute from his grave in Westminster Abbey.

The End of the Devil Tavern

Established in the reign of James I (1603–25), it was demolished in 1787 by Child & Co. to expand their banking premises.

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Events 6.19 (before 1950)

325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. 1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. 1306 – The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. 1586 – English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America. 1718 – At least 73,000 people died in the 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake due to landslides in the Qing dynasty. 1770 – New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg wrote: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770." 1785 – The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States. 1800 – War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria. 1811 – The Carlton House Fête is held in London to celebrate the establishment of the Regency era. 1816 – Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 1821 – Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). 1846 – The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired. 1850 – Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway. 1862 – Congress prohibits slavery in all current and future United States territories, and President Lincoln quickly signs the legislation. 1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States. 1867 – Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. 1875 – The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins. 1903 – Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike. 1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington. 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. 1921 – The village of Knockcroghery, Ireland, was burned by British forces. 1934 – The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC). 1943 – The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II. 1947 – Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21.