#American Youth French Kissing

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everything i know about interview with the vampire (amc), from someone who has not watched interview with the vampire (amc) and has only consumed it via mutuals rb'ing gifsets but plans to watch it soon

this is my pre-gaming for watching this show. dipping a metaphorical toe into the fandom. i haven't read the books either.

there are 3 vampires: lestat, louis, and armand

armand's name may or may not be amadeo?

lestat and louis had a daughter named claudia

claudia was unhinged (which is fair. i would be too if i was stuck at age 15 forever)

claudia had a girlfriend named madeline

claudia and madeline died together (without even having kissed each other. true love? sapphic teenagerism? perhaps both)

claudia's death caused lestat and louis to break up after like a century of dating or something

armand killed claudia?

there was a play involved in claudia's death...? i am incredibly confused about this one

either it was a play or an execution

the love triangle seems convoluted

armand is in love with louis and lestat is also in love with louis and lestat & armand have definitely also fucked each other

louis should just get the hell out of there actually. free my boy louis !!!

the interview is being done by daniel molloy who is bi (?) and definitely into that kinky shit

daniel molloy fucked either louis or armand in his youth (during the 80s maybe?). possibly he fucked both. the human pet of the marriage

daniel's memories got messed with to... forget fucking the vampires? idk. p sure armand did it though

that seems to be the consensus for most things in this show

armand did it.

claudia died? armand did it. daniel's memory got wiped? armand did it. louis stubbed his toe? armand probably did it.

armand needs to be sent to vampire jail this guy's a menace

also lestat had a midlife crisis after louis left him for armand and became a rockstar. i hope they release his songs on spotify as marketing. i wanna hear it

BONUS: lestat's album flops? armand did it.

anyway now daniel is old and interviewing armand and louis in dubai?

armand eats suicidal ppl?

daniel causes armand and louis' marriage to fall through

that's louis' 2nd failed marriage

surprisingly not his fault either time i think

armand turns daniel into a vamp

this is signficiant because armand has never turned anyone into a vamp

armand is going to fuck that old man

that old man has kids apparently

and swore someone out on live tv

BONUS 2: daniel got turned into a vampire? armand did it.

seriously what the hell is armand's problem (said affectionately. i have a feeling he's gonna be my fav when i watch)

does lestat know daniel?

claudia may or may not return from the dead

if she does i'll blame that on armand too

is armand french or not? he lives in dubai. has a french accent (?) but also not.

lestat is french. louis and claudia are american.

surprisingly, the americans are the nicest of the bunch. rare american W

also can lestat fly? did he throw louis from like... a 4 story height? ppl on twitter were mad abt it like last year

are there any other characters in this show except the ones i've named. it's been 2 seasons. 6 characters cannot be all there is.

[brookston]

Holidays 4.24

Holidays

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People (Argentina)

All Souls’ Day (Transdniestra)

Ambivalence Day

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Blackthorn Day

California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (California)

Concord Day (Niger)

Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets

Day of Silence (anti-bullying student protest)

Fashion Revolution Day

Firefly Day

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (New Mexico)

Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Help Animals Day (UK)

High School Radio Day

International Day of Feminist Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Sculpture Day

International Watch Firefly Day

International Youth Solidarity Day

Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada)

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh)

Library of Congress Day

Loktantra Diwas (Democracy Day; Nepal)

National Brandon Day

National Bucket List Day

National Dog Day (Finland)

National Kiss of Hope Day

National Lingerie Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

National Pet Care for All Day

National Physics Day

National Pool Opening Day

National Rape Day

National Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity To Man Day

National Report Medicare Advantage Fraud Day

National Scream Day

National Skipping Day

New Kids on the Block Day

Nightingale Day (French Republic)

Oil in the Middle East Day

Pastele Blajinilor (Moldova)

Remembrance Day of Deportees (France)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

Right to Read Day

Space Day (China)

Spring Cat Cleaning Day

St. Mark’s Eve (UK)

Trojan Horse Day

World Anti-Colonialism Day

World Blind Sports Day

World Corrosion Awareness Day

World Cricket Day

World Day for Laboratory Animals (UN)

World Immunization Day

World Swimzi Day

World YWCA Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

Newman’s Day (A Challenge to Drink 24 Beers in 24 Hours; “”)

Sauvignon Blanc Day

Soda Fountain Day

4th & Last Wednesday in April

Administrative Professional's Day [Wednesday of Last Full Week]

Arbor Day (US) [4th Wednesday]

Denim Day [Last Wednesday]

International Guide Dog Day [Last Wednesday]

International Noise Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Library Giving Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Bookmobile Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day [4th Wednesday]

National Financial Educators Day [Last Wednesday]

National Library Outreach Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Walk at Lunch Day [Last Wednesday]

No Elevators Day [Last Wednesday]

Peppercorn Day (Bermuda) [Wednesday closest to 23rd]

Secretary Day [Last Wednesday]

Stop Food Waste Day [Last Wednesday]

True Colors Day [Last Wednesday]

World Plone Day [Last Wednesday]

World Stationery Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 24 (4th Week)

American Quilters Society Week [thru 4.27]

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week [thru 4.30]

National Scoop the Poop Week [thru 4.30]

World Immunization Week [thru 4.30]

Independence & Related Days

Gambia (Republic Proclaimed; 1970)

Ireland (a.k.a. Easter Rising; from UK, 1916)

Shireroth (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Theravada New Year (Buddhism)

Festivals Beginning April 24, 2024

Baja Wonder Grass (El Sargento, Mexico) [thru 4.26]

Hospice du Rhône (Walla Walla, Washington) [thru 4.27]

National Trout Festival (Kalkaska, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Panama City Beach, Florida) [thru 4.28]

Taste of Key West (Key West, Florid)

Feast Days

Anthony Trollope (Writerism)

Benedict Menni (Christian; Saint)

Beuve of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Bridget Riley (Artology)

Commodus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dermot of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Doda of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Dyfnan of Anglesey (Christian; Saint)

Ecgberht of Ripon (a.k.a. Egbert; Christian; Saint)

Feast of Eros (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)

Fidelis of Sigmaringen (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Elvira (Christian; Saint)

Hairball Awareness Day (Pastafarian)

Happenstance and Coincidence Evening (Shamanism)

International Sculpture Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ivo of Ramsey (Christian; Saint)

Johann Walter (Lutheran)

Kuningan (Purification Ritual at Tirta Empul, Bali)

Leonidas (Positivist; Saint)

Life-Span Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ljubov Popova (Artology)

Mary of Clopas (Christian; Saint)

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mellitus (Christian; Saint)

Mick the Stick (Muppetism)

The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)

Nathaniel Hone (Artology)

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (Christian; Saint)

Robert of Chase-Dies, Auvergne (Christian; Saint)

Robert Penn Warren (Writerism)

Saint Mark’s Eve (Everyday Wicca)

Salome (Christian; Disciple)

Sue Grafton (Writerism)

Susan DeLucci Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)

Wilfrid (Church of England)

William Firmatus (Christian; Saint)

Willem de Kooning (Artology)

Yom HaZikaron (a.k.a. Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Yisrael ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah or Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism or יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה) [4 Iyar]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Greeks enter Troy, Armenian genocide, Iran hostage rescue fails & 3 other tragedies) [3 of 11]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [23 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK TV Series; 1984)

The Age of Adaline (Film; 2015)

All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Novel; 1946)

Assault and Peppered (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Border Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)

The Boy and the Wolf (MGM Cartoon; 1943)

The Brethren, by John Grisham (Novel; 2000)

A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan (Historical Book; 1989)

Calaboose Moose or The Crime of Your Life (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 43; 1960)

The Daily Express (London Daily Newspaper; 1900)

Diamond Dogs, by David Bowie (Album; 1974)

Eduardo e Cristina, by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1819)

The Ego and the Id, by Sigmund Freud (Science Book; 1923)

Ex Machina (Film; 2015)

Extraction (Film; 2020)

First Blood, by David Morrell (Novel; 1972)

Full Moon Fever, by Tom Petty (Album; 1989)

Gabby’s Diner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

The Golden Man, by Philip K. Dick (Novella; 1954)

Green Dolphin Street, by Elizabeth Goudge (Novel; 1944)

I Wonder Why, by Dion & The Belmonts (Song; 1958)

La Marseillaise, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Song; 1792) [French national anthem]

The Magnetic Telescope (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#6]

The Man Who Fell To Earth (TV Series; 2022)

The Matlock Paper, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1973)

News-Letter (Boston Newspaper; 1704) [1st U.S. continuous newspaper]

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Novel; 1967)

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, by Alban Berg (Piano Sonata; 1911)

Sliding Doors (Film; 1998)

Space, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1983)

Sting Quartet, Op. 3, by Alban Berg (String Quartet; 1911)

There Goes My Baby, by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding (Play; 1730)

Valse Triste, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

Waitress (Broadway Musical; 2016)

When a Felon Needs a Friend or Pantomime Quisling (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 44; 1960)

Woman is the N****r of the World, by John Lennon (Song; 1972)

Year of the Comet (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Egbert, Fidelis, Wilfried (Austria)

Fidel, Vjera, Vjeran (Croatia)

Jiří, Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Albertus (Denmark)

Aada, Iida, Vaida, Vanda (Estonia)

Albert, Altti, Pertti (Finland)

Fidèle (France)

Egbert, Marion, Virginia, Wilfried (Germany)

Achilles, Doukas, Elisavet, Elizabeth, Thavmastos (Greece)

György (Hungary)

Fedele (Italy)

Nameda, Varis, Visvaldis, Visvaris (Latvia)

Ervina, Fidelis, Kantrimas (Lithuania)

Albert, Olaug (Norway)

Aleksander, Aleksy, Egbert, Erwin, Erwina, Fidelis, Grzegorz, Horacjusz, Horacy (Poland)

Ilie, Iosif, Pasicrat, Sava, Valentin (Romania)

Juraj (Slovakia)

Fidel (Spain)

Vega (Sweden)

Isabel, Isabella (Ukraine)

Fidel, Fidelia, Marques, Marquez, Marquis, Marquise, Wilfred, Wilfredo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 115 of 2024; 251 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 16 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 25 Cyan; Foursday [24 of 30]

Julian: 11 April 2024

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Caesar (5th Month) [Aristides]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 37 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 5 of 31)

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Holidays 4.24

Holidays

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People (Argentina)

All Souls’ Day (Transdniestra)

Ambivalence Day

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Blackthorn Day

California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (California)

Concord Day (Niger)

Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets

Day of Silence (anti-bullying student protest)

Fashion Revolution Day

Firefly Day

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (New Mexico)

Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Help Animals Day (UK)

High School Radio Day

International Day of Feminist Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Sculpture Day

International Watch Firefly Day

International Youth Solidarity Day

Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada)

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh)

Library of Congress Day

Loktantra Diwas (Democracy Day; Nepal)

National Brandon Day

National Bucket List Day

National Dog Day (Finland)

National Kiss of Hope Day

National Lingerie Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

National Pet Care for All Day

National Physics Day

National Pool Opening Day

National Rape Day

National Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity To Man Day

National Report Medicare Advantage Fraud Day

National Scream Day

National Skipping Day

New Kids on the Block Day

Nightingale Day (French Republic)

Oil in the Middle East Day

Pastele Blajinilor (Moldova)

Remembrance Day of Deportees (France)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

Right to Read Day

Space Day (China)

Spring Cat Cleaning Day

St. Mark’s Eve (UK)

Trojan Horse Day

World Anti-Colonialism Day

World Blind Sports Day

World Corrosion Awareness Day

World Cricket Day

World Day for Laboratory Animals (UN)

World Immunization Day

World Swimzi Day

World YWCA Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

Newman’s Day (A Challenge to Drink 24 Beers in 24 Hours; “”)

Sauvignon Blanc Day

Soda Fountain Day

4th & Last Wednesday in April

Administrative Professional's Day [Wednesday of Last Full Week]

Arbor Day (US) [4th Wednesday]

Denim Day [Last Wednesday]

International Guide Dog Day [Last Wednesday]

International Noise Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Library Giving Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Bookmobile Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day [4th Wednesday]

National Financial Educators Day [Last Wednesday]

National Library Outreach Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Walk at Lunch Day [Last Wednesday]

No Elevators Day [Last Wednesday]

Peppercorn Day (Bermuda) [Wednesday closest to 23rd]

Secretary Day [Last Wednesday]

Stop Food Waste Day [Last Wednesday]

True Colors Day [Last Wednesday]

World Plone Day [Last Wednesday]

World Stationery Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 24 (4th Week)

American Quilters Society Week [thru 4.27]

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week [thru 4.30]

National Scoop the Poop Week [thru 4.30]

World Immunization Week [thru 4.30]

Independence & Related Days

Gambia (Republic Proclaimed; 1970)

Ireland (a.k.a. Easter Rising; from UK, 1916)

Shireroth (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Theravada New Year (Buddhism)

Festivals Beginning April 24, 2024

Baja Wonder Grass (El Sargento, Mexico) [thru 4.26]

Hospice du Rhône (Walla Walla, Washington) [thru 4.27]

National Trout Festival (Kalkaska, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Panama City Beach, Florida) [thru 4.28]

Taste of Key West (Key West, Florid)

Feast Days

Anthony Trollope (Writerism)

Benedict Menni (Christian; Saint)

Beuve of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Bridget Riley (Artology)

Commodus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dermot of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Doda of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Dyfnan of Anglesey (Christian; Saint)

Ecgberht of Ripon (a.k.a. Egbert; Christian; Saint)

Feast of Eros (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)

Fidelis of Sigmaringen (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Elvira (Christian; Saint)

Hairball Awareness Day (Pastafarian)

Happenstance and Coincidence Evening (Shamanism)

International Sculpture Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ivo of Ramsey (Christian; Saint)

Johann Walter (Lutheran)

Kuningan (Purification Ritual at Tirta Empul, Bali)

Leonidas (Positivist; Saint)

Life-Span Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ljubov Popova (Artology)

Mary of Clopas (Christian; Saint)

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mellitus (Christian; Saint)

Mick the Stick (Muppetism)

The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)

Nathaniel Hone (Artology)

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (Christian; Saint)

Robert of Chase-Dies, Auvergne (Christian; Saint)

Robert Penn Warren (Writerism)

Saint Mark’s Eve (Everyday Wicca)

Salome (Christian; Disciple)

Sue Grafton (Writerism)

Susan DeLucci Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)

Wilfrid (Church of England)

William Firmatus (Christian; Saint)

Willem de Kooning (Artology)

Yom HaZikaron (a.k.a. Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Yisrael ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah or Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism or יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה) [4 Iyar]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Greeks enter Troy, Armenian genocide, Iran hostage rescue fails & 3 other tragedies) [3 of 11]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [23 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK TV Series; 1984)

The Age of Adaline (Film; 2015)

All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Novel; 1946)

Assault and Peppered (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Border Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)

The Boy and the Wolf (MGM Cartoon; 1943)

The Brethren, by John Grisham (Novel; 2000)

A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan (Historical Book; 1989)

Calaboose Moose or The Crime of Your Life (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 43; 1960)

The Daily Express (London Daily Newspaper; 1900)

Diamond Dogs, by David Bowie (Album; 1974)

Eduardo e Cristina, by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1819)

The Ego and the Id, by Sigmund Freud (Science Book; 1923)

Ex Machina (Film; 2015)

Extraction (Film; 2020)

First Blood, by David Morrell (Novel; 1972)

Full Moon Fever, by Tom Petty (Album; 1989)

Gabby’s Diner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

The Golden Man, by Philip K. Dick (Novella; 1954)

Green Dolphin Street, by Elizabeth Goudge (Novel; 1944)

I Wonder Why, by Dion & The Belmonts (Song; 1958)

La Marseillaise, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Song; 1792) [French national anthem]

The Magnetic Telescope (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#6]

The Man Who Fell To Earth (TV Series; 2022)

The Matlock Paper, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1973)

News-Letter (Boston Newspaper; 1704) [1st U.S. continuous newspaper]

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Novel; 1967)

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, by Alban Berg (Piano Sonata; 1911)

Sliding Doors (Film; 1998)

Space, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1983)

Sting Quartet, Op. 3, by Alban Berg (String Quartet; 1911)

There Goes My Baby, by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding (Play; 1730)

Valse Triste, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

Waitress (Broadway Musical; 2016)

When a Felon Needs a Friend or Pantomime Quisling (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 44; 1960)

Woman is the N****r of the World, by John Lennon (Song; 1972)

Year of the Comet (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Egbert, Fidelis, Wilfried (Austria)

Fidel, Vjera, Vjeran (Croatia)

Jiří, Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Albertus (Denmark)

Aada, Iida, Vaida, Vanda (Estonia)

Albert, Altti, Pertti (Finland)

Fidèle (France)

Egbert, Marion, Virginia, Wilfried (Germany)

Achilles, Doukas, Elisavet, Elizabeth, Thavmastos (Greece)

György (Hungary)

Fedele (Italy)

Nameda, Varis, Visvaldis, Visvaris (Latvia)

Ervina, Fidelis, Kantrimas (Lithuania)

Albert, Olaug (Norway)

Aleksander, Aleksy, Egbert, Erwin, Erwina, Fidelis, Grzegorz, Horacjusz, Horacy (Poland)

Ilie, Iosif, Pasicrat, Sava, Valentin (Romania)

Juraj (Slovakia)

Fidel (Spain)

Vega (Sweden)

Isabel, Isabella (Ukraine)

Fidel, Fidelia, Marques, Marquez, Marquis, Marquise, Wilfred, Wilfredo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 115 of 2024; 251 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 16 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 25 Cyan; Foursday [24 of 30]

Julian: 11 April 2024

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Caesar (5th Month) [Aristides]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 37 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 5 of 31)

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GBC - FM RADIO - PRESENTS

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PARIS - FRANCE - HEADQUARTERS

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BUT - SINCE - LOTS - OF - BIBLE - AS

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OUR - TAX FREE - HONG KONG - ISLAND MALES

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OUR - 'PRETTY - EYES' - MAGAZINES - SHOWS

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WE'RE - SHOWING - FRENCH - GIRLS - HOW YES

SMALL - THEIR - BREASTS - ARE - MEANING NOT

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HEAVEN - BUT - SPEAKING - TONGUES DOES

NOT - GUARANTEE - HEAVEN - EITHER

CLOSE - BUT - NOT - QUITE

OUR - LOVE - 4 - OUR - HEAVENLY - FATHER

HOW - WE - OBEY - HIM

LOTS - OF - COMPETITIONS - AND PROGRAMS

MAGAZINE - 'PRETTY - EYES'

SPORTS - COMPETITIONS

COOKING - COMPETITIONS

BAKING - COMPETITIONS

MATH - COMPETITIONS

OUR - INTERVIEWS - NOT - 2 - INTIMIDATE

BUT - 2 - FIND - OUT - WHERE - THEY ARE

IN - THIS - LIFE

CHINESE - ZODIAC - WILL - TELL - US SO

MANY - THINGS - THEIR - TALENTS THEIR

FUTURE - UNLIKE - PLAYBOY - MAGAZINE

2 - MAKE - MONEY - ON - ALL - THEIR

BODY - PARTS - THAT - THEY - ARE WILLING

2 - EXCHANGE - 4 - MONEY

'PRETTY - EYES' - NUDITY - MAGAZINE

EXPLORES - NUDITY - TOPLESS - AND

FULL - NUDITY - AS - A - WAY - OF LIFE

NEVER - BAREFOOTED

WATER - CONSERVATION

CONSERVE - WATER

HOW - MANY - WHO - LIVE - ALONE ARE

TOPLESS - INDOORS - WE'RE - OFFERING

A - NEW - LIFESTYLE

'PRETTY - EYES' - MAGAZINE

SELLING - CLOTHES - 2 - MAKE - SOLE

HOUSEHOLD - MORE - EXCITING

OUR - VIRGINITY - PROGRAMS

REMAIN - VIRGINS - AS - BOYS - GIRLS

$500 BILLION - X 25 - DAILY - ALSO - 2

PRODUCING - CHILDREN

WE'RE - OFFERING - MONEY - ALSO 4

PREGNANCY FR - DONATION BOTTLES

MAGIC KINGDOM - MEDICAL - CENTER

LEGAL - PERMISSION

PARIS - FRANCE

FREE - BABY - DELIVERY

FREE - DENTAL - FREE - SURGERY

WHO - ATTACKS - OUR - MAGAZINE

GETS - RESTRAINING - ORDERS FR

OUR - MEDICAL - CENTERS

PARIS - FRANCE

FRANCE - FULL - OF - NUDITY

EVERYWHERE - PAINTINGS - MOSTLY

MEN - EVERYWHERE - NAKED - YES

WE'RE - DIRECTING - TOWARDS - A

MAGAZINE - FEMALES - ONLY - YES

JEWELRY - WORN - GIVING - THEM

AS - OUR - GIFTS - WE'RE - ASKING

WHILE - WE'RE - YOUNG - TAKING

ADVANTAGE - OF - THE - YOUTH OF

OUR - SKINS - WE'RE - DONATING A

BEAUTIFUL - VIEW - OF - WHAT - YES

TRULY - A - MASTERPIECE - OUR - BEAUTY

AS A - SOUVENIR - OF - OUR - PAST YOUTH

BEING - IN - A - RELATIONSHIP - AS - THEY

WON'T - ALLOW - SUCH - THING

BUT - NEITHER - DO - THEY - GIVE - THE

KIND - OF - MONEY - THAT - WE'RE - YES

OFFERING - AND - BIBLE - EVERY - PAGE

OF - OUR - MAGAZINE

FRANCE - WORSHIPS - THE - RIGHT GOD

INVISIBLE - GOD - OF - ISRAEL - TRUE - 4

WE'RE - GRATEFUL - BUT - THEY - KNOW

NOTHING - ABOUT - A - RELATIONSHIP

WITH - OUR - HEAVENLY - FATHER - AS

THEY'RE - DRUNKS - ILLITERATE - FOR

EDUCATION - MUCH - LACK - OF - IT AS

THEIR - LAWS - THEIR - SALVATION BUT

TRULY - MANY - ARE - SO - TALENTED

BUT - NOTHING - HAPPENING - IN HOW

2 - DEVELOP - THESE - TALENTS

MAGAZINE - 'PRETTY - EYES' - AND - TV

ADS - I - WANT - U 2 - KNOW - IF - THIS

IS - A - BETTER - WORLD - THERE WILL

BE - MORE - NUDITY - EVEN - IN - OUR

APARTMENTS - HOUSES - NOT - SEEN

BY - PETS - TRUE - BUT - HOW - HOLY

AND - GODLY - AND - BEAUTIFUL OUR

NAKED - BODIES - ARE - AND FRANCE

IS - LACKING - IN - BREAST - SIZE YES

MAJOR - ASIA - HAS - NO - BREASTS

WE'RE - NOT - HEALTHY - AND BEING

NUDITY - IS - ONE - STEP - TOWARDS

HEALTHIER - JESUS - IS - LORD

MIAMI - POLICE - TRIED - 2 - HUMILIATE

PHILIPPINES - MAKING - FUN - OF - THE

BEAUTY - WINNERS

NO - NUDITY - REQUIREMENTS

PHILIPPINES - SURRENDERING - OUR

MISS UNIVERSE - TALENTS - GIVING

THEM - THEIR - REQUIREMENTS AND

SOUTH - KOREA - WILL - HAVE - LOTS

OF - 2 - SUBSTITUTE - OUR - RETURN

OF THE - TITLE - OF - MISS UNIVERSE

CATRIONA GRAY - PIA WURTZBACH

ANY - TIME - YOU'RE - BOTH READY

JOIN - US

MAGAZINE - 'PRETTY - EYES'

AMBASSADORS - OF - TV - ADS

ONLY - TONGUES - 2 - VIEW - THESE

CHANNELS - 4 - HUFF HEFFNER WE

ALL - KNOW - HOW - TACKY - PLAYBOY

TV - AND - MAGAZINES - ARE

WE'RE - LETTING - OUR - GIRLS - WEAR

RUBIES - SAPPHIRES - DIAMONDS

EVERYWHERE - AND - THE - CLOTH OF

THE - PAST - PLUS - MASKS - AND - FOR

MYSTERY - ALLURE - LET's - BRING BACK

ANCIENT - TIMES - LUXURY - DECADENCE

AND - CLOTH - 4 - AS - WIVES - THEY WERE

NAKED - NO MORE - MARRIAGE - HOW YOU

ARE - NAKED - BUT - AGE 18 - YOU - ARE FR

NAKED - NOT - BECAUSE YOU'RE - MARRIED

MY - PLANS - 2 - REMOVE - THE - REVULSION

AND - PUTTING - MY - SHORTS - DOWN - WAS

SO - LARGE - MY - PREGNANCY - BUT - BABY

DIED - LONG - AGO - FORGOT - WHEN

SEVERE - HEAD - INJURY - MEMORY LOST

BABY - DIED - 2ND MONTH - 2ND - FLOOR

MAIN - LIBRARY - FR - DONATION BOTTLE

ABOVE - MY - DECISION - 2 B - FREE

WON'T - B - SEEN - IN - USA - PHILIPPINES

SINGAPORE - AND - MORE - NEVER NEVER

JESUS - IS - LORD - SOUTH KOREA - KR YES

HOT MESS / THE FIRST TAKE

[pashterlengkap]

Is it possible to be a happy gay Jew?

The theater lights are about to dim at Prayer for the French Republic, a new Broadway play that tracks the journey of a Jewish family in Paris from World War II through the 2017 French presidential election and the country’s rise in antisemitism. My companion leans over and asks earnestly, “Why do the Jews get a country and no other religion?” Playwright Joshua Harmon’s cast of characters debates the question for nearly three hours, as do we over post-show cocktails. I suggest, perhaps with a bit of earnest strain in my voice, that it might have something to do with millennia of persecution, from the biblical story of Exodus and the pogroms of the Russian Empire to a CNN poll indicating that a third of Europeans believe Jews use the Holocaust to advance their own positions or goals. But does that give the Jewish people a right to land also claimed sacred by Palestinians?  I was born and raised Jewish — jumping through the Bar Mitzvah and confirmation hoops and celebrating the High Holy Days with requisite challah and subsequent fasting. I visited Israel in 2015 for Tel Aviv Pride, thinking I’d feel an immediate kinship with my fellow Jews. I didn’t. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our daily newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. While I fell in love with the city, pulsating with the youthful sun-kissed glow of tech millennials, I didn’t feel any more “Jewish.” Upon my return home, I resided myself to the fact that my Russian and Polish ancestral roots — pale skin, receding hairline, perpetually nervous stomach — was my lot in life, and my desire for a larger sense of community needed to be cultivated from within.  Tel Aviv Pride. Photo by Matthew Wexler Though rarely asked before the horrific Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and subsequent retaliation by Israeli forces that has left upward of 22,000 Palestinians dead, I would describe myself as Jewish but not Zionist. But it’s not that simple.  In a recent interview with the New York Times, Anti-Defamation League chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt said, “Zionism is fundamental to Judaism,” comparing it to the civil rights movement by suggesting that to be anti-Zionist but not antisemitic is the equivalent of saying, “I’m against the civil rights movement, but I’m also against racism.” The article’s author, Charles M. Blow, further dismantles the argument, questioning, “There are several forms of Zionism, and people in these debates rarely seem to be explicit about which form they are for or against. Political Zionism? Cultural Zionism? Religious Zionism? Some combination of them? Does it matter?” I ask myself the same questions regarding my gay identity. Am I politically queer? Culturally queer?  In a recent interview with LGBTQ Nation, out actor Danny Kornfeld told me, “One of the things I love about the Jewish religion is the encouragement to ask questions, to say, ‘Why is this?’” Related: These singers barely survived WW II. Their story is an LGBTQ+ wake-up call. Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” unearths the story of a musical group impacted by Hitler’s Germany. Marginalized communities see the terrifying connection. So I’m asking why.  On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I’m asking how this near extermination came to be. And January 29, the anniversary of the Bear River Massacre that left hundreds of Native Americans. And June 12, when Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured more than 50 at Pulse Nightclub. And on September 11, when I watched the plumes of smoke and disintegrated souls hover above lower Manhattan from my apartment window.  Depending on the algorithms of one’s digital search history, the day’s social media feed may be flooded with Holocaust-related content, or scrolling might look like any other, filled with reels and TikToks and stitches and tweets and posts. Made-up words and content that often pretends to be rooted in reality.… http://dlvr.it/T1yPlB

[drmaqazi]

JEWISH TERRORISM & GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS IN THE OCCUPIED HOLY HAND SINCE 1948, AND STILL CONTINUING BY KILLING OF HELPLESS & INNOCENT CHILDREN, WOMEN AND OLD PEOPLE UNDER THE EYES OF IMPOTENT WORLD LEADERS, GOD FORBID, AMEN.

July 3, 2014, Rabbi Noam Perel, Head of the largest Orthodox Judaic youth movement, B’nei Akiva, calls for indiscriminate murder:

July 4, 2014, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Minsiter for Strategic Threats Moshe Ya’alon, and Chief of Israeli Central Command Major General Avi Mizrahi honor the racist Rabbi Dov Lior who endorsed the manual on killing gentiles, Torat Hamalech.

July 7, 2014, Israelis abducted and burned alive a teenager, Mohammed Abu Khedair, then ferociously beat his American cousin, Tariq Khdeir, visiting on holiday.

Warning: The videos are graphic.

After his cousin was abducted and burned alive by Israelis, Tariq Khdeir, an American, was ferociously beaten.

July 1, 2014, Jewish “Defense” League provokes French opponents of Israeli genocide in Gaza:

http://mauricepinay.blogspot.com/2014/07/video-of-jdl-provocateurcowards-at.html

July 14, 2014, Israeli Member of the Knesset for the “Jewish Home” party (and Justice  Minister since 2015) Ayelet Shaked stated that all Palestinian mothers should be killed so they do not raise any more “little snakes.”

“On Monday [June 30, 2014] Shaked quoted this on her Facebook page: ‘Behind every terrorist stand dozens of men and women, without whom he could not engage in terrorism. They are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads. Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there.’

‘They have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists,’ said Shaked. Standing behind the operations on Gaza, ‘they are all our enemies and their blood should be on our hands. This also applies to the mothers of the dead terrorists,’ Shaked added.

A day before Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khudair was kidnapped and burned alive [above] allegedly by six Israeli Jewish youths, Shaked published on Facebook a call for genocide of the Palestinians

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com,

[hum2020blogtv]

Anatomy of a Scene

The two movies I chose to analyze are a comedy and a drama. The first movie I analyzed is the 2003 comedy film Lost in Translation. The movie starts with the American actor Bob Harris in a car. He went to Tokyo, Japan, to shoot a Japanese Whiskey commercial. Bob is an aging movie star who was very popular and famous in his youth. Then, there is Charlotte, who is a newlywed. She is also accompanying her husband, a celebrity photographer, to Tokyo, Japan. They are strangers who meet at a bar at the hotel where they are both staying. They form an emotional connection as they seem to have marriage issues. Throughout the movie, they spend much time together, going to bars, restaurants, karaoke, etc. In the end, when they say goodbye, Bob stops the car to look for Charlotte again and whispers something to her in her ear. After that, they kiss for the first and final time, leaving the viewers in suspense since it is not said what he whispered to her. The movie was fast-paced but was not rushed.

The second movie I analyzed is the 1942 drama film Casablanca. The movie takes place in December of 1941, in the refugee town Casablanca, where people go there to be safe and protected. It is set during World War II. Rick Blaine, one of the main protagonists, owns a nightclub in this town. French and Germain officials, including people seeking refuge in the U.S., go to his nightclub. Rick has in possession letters that guarantee safe passage to the U.S., and his former lover Ilsa and her husband Victor need the letters to go to America to continue their work. However, Rick refuses to give them the letters or sell them. Ilsa tries to make him believe that she still loves Rick to get the letters. In the end, Rick puts Ilsa and her husband on a plane so they can leave Casablanca, and with a friend, Rick will go to a French colony in Africa. The scene I chose to analyze from this film is when Ilsa tells Rick she loves him. It is a dramatic scene because of the raw emotions Ilsa is portraying to the audience. The background music gives it the touch to make it more dramatic, and then she threatens Rick with a gun to get the letters. During the scene, many close-up shots show more of the characters' emotions and increase the drama and suspense. It does a great job at attracting the viewers.

[pagefontanillasy]

Emilia Fontanilla - Sy / Heath

Age: 38

Occupation: Lieutenant / OIC of Manila Narcotics Division. OIC of Joint Task Force Padrino

Citizenship/Nationality: Filipino

Ethnicity: Hispanic-Malay

Status: Alive

Relationships:

Edward Heath (Husband 1993 onwards)

Anthony Xiao Sy (Deceased Husband)

Chisana Sy (Daughter, 11)

Ji-Xin Sy (Daughter, 11)

Anton Sy (Son, 7)

Affiliation: Philippine National Police (Pambansang Kapulisan ng Pilipinas)

Armed Forces of the Philippines

(Hukbong Militar)

Background

Rain Fontanilla-Sy is the Lieutenant and OIC of Narcotics Division, hailed as the most powerful woman in the Police Force. She heads the Task Force Padrino which is a joint force between DEA and the Philippine Police. It is an effort to capture multinational drug crime syndicate that has main operations in the Philippines. They are mixed of Latin Americans, Northern Americans, and Asians.

Personality

Her leadership skills is lauded. Soft spoken with her children but tough in the workplace. Although considers herself lawful, she engages unethical tactics like giving deals, and manipulation when needed. She is also appreciated for her beauty and seemingly eternal youth, looking like 20 something. She uses this and her charm to sway her bosses.

She does not think twice about using violence when needed.

Skills

She is multilingual as requirement in standard education in the Philippines. She can speak English, Tagalog, Chinese, Spanish and some local languages. Also in additional, German,Japanese, and French. She is a black belter in Aikido, and a really good boxer. Skilled also in swordsmanship especially Katana. She relies mostly in close combat than guns.

She uses a stun gun but later used real guns.

Relationship

She's a widow, her husband, a Fil-Chinese Economics professor, died of 35 at the Plaza Miranda bombing during a student protest in 1980. She is at that time 6 months pregnant with their last child and son, Anton.

7 years later, after being teemed up with the DEA, she meets Edward Heath whom she resented at first due to his misogynistic remarks. They keep on arguing until when Arstrom Sanchez, Rain's predecessor at Violent Crimes died together with another DEA agent, Rockwell, Rain approached Ed. She offered that they work together surreptitiously to remove biases and corruption hindering their anti drug operation success. Ed agreed to trade Intel with her and be her eyes and ears inside the embassy.

When confronted about Ed and Rain's unusal unofficial meetings, Ed lied about having an affair with Rain. In which at that time, he is going through a divorce with his wife, Sara.

Rain was asked too but gave vague answers but still confirming Ed's lie.

Ed finds himself attracted to Rain and he tells it to her while drubk as he attempted to kiss her but Rain refuses saying she can't handle having a relationship.

Ed goes back to the states for the extradition of Zhang Wen Xi, and Rain comes along as a supporting witness.

While in America, Rain and Ed has gotten closer.

Eventually, Rain and Ed became sexually involved as they do not want to commit in serious relationships first.

The task force Padrino was abolished when Zhang, Licauco and Valores were captured. The DEA left except for Ed who still oversees the anti drug operations in Asia.

Ed is divorced and has sought chances for romance with Rain.

Rain, being ready, agreed. Ed has become closer with Rain's kids, too, especially finding himself fond of Anton. During a beach vacation with Rain's family, he proposes marriage. Rain accepts.

They got married eventually. Ed stayed in the Philippines permanently and became a permanent official for the Americans but won't give up his American citizenship. Eventually being transferred to the Anti-Terrorism when Islamic terrorism was on the rise.

They didn't produce any children.

Original story

Rain Fontanilla-Sy or Rain Fontanilla Heath is a real person but her real name is Irianne and her nickname is Rain. She was one of the most influential woman in Philippine history, having the highest position in the Department of Defense as a Secretary appointed by President Luno in 2005.

She is in the late 1980s and early 90s criticized and sibject d to senate trial avout her unethical methods such as extrajudicial killing and human rights violations. Though she admitted on the stand, she was not suspended nor punished as she was very effective in the war of drugs. So removing her will be a death blow.

She is also criticized of her marriage to an American citizen and official. Edward Heath never surrendered his American citizenship to remain a government official. Many believe it could be a conflict of interest especially in her appointment in the Defense Department.

Her second husband, Ed Heath, who was 10 years older than her died in 2016 after 22 years of marriage.

Her twin daughters, Ji-Xin and Chisana, are Sepak Takraw champion player and Women's football professional player, respectively. Her son, Anton, is a nuclear engineer. In the series, it is shown that they didn't have children but Rain actually gave birth in 1992, to a boy, Ritter Heath who is currently living privately.

[chloefashionthroughtime]

Flappers:

Young ladies with short hair, cigarettes dangling from their painted lips, and dancing to a live jazz band experimented with their newfound liberties defined flappers in the roaring twenties. The flapper is the most iconic cultural icon of the 1920s. A young woman with a short "bob" hairdo and a cigarette dangling from her painted lips dances to the sounds of a live jazz band. Flappers revelled in the new freedoms brought about by the end of World War I and the beginning of a new period of wealth, urbanisation, and consumerism. The decade began with the enactment of the 19th Amendment, which granted white women the right to vote. Women also increased their labor-force participation, actively engaged in the nation's emerging mass consumer culture, and enjoyed greater personal independence. Despite the exhilarating freedoms epitomised by the flapper, true liberty and equality for women remained elusive in the 1920s, and it would be left to subsequent generations of women to fully benefit from the social transformations wrought by the decade. The precise origins of the term "flapper" are unclear. While the actual origin of the term "flapper" is uncertain, it is said to have originated in Britain before to World War I, when it was used to characterise gawky young adolescent ladies. Following the war, the term became synonymous with the new generation of 1920s women who wore skirts that skimmed their knees, smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol while dancing in jazz clubs, constantly surrounded by fawning male suitors.

Flappers were identified by their clothing, dancing, and conversation. According to Joshua M. Zeitz in Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern, flapper fashion would not have been complete without the creeping hemline, which reached a frightening 14 inches above the ground by 1925 or 1936. The scandalous appearance was complemented with sheer stockings, which were occasionally rolled below the knees. Flappers wore their skirts shorter to show off their legs and ankles, but also to dance. They were especially fond of the Charleston, a 1920s dance fad that included waving arms and fast-moving feet and was pioneered by African Americans, initially in the South and then in Harlem. Dancing was difficult in traditional women's attire, not only because of lengthy gowns, but also because of traditional corsets, which firmly constricted a woman's abdomen and highlighted her waist. Around 1923, French designer Coco Chanel popularised the "garçonne style," which included not just high hemlines but also lowered or nonexistent waistlines and straight, sleeveless shirts. This innovative style allowed ladies to dance freely by using lighter and more flexible undergarments that generated a straight, slender profile. Flappers were defined not only by their clothing, but also by their demeanour and attitude. Flappers were youthful, fast-moving, quick-talking, daring, and unconcerned with prior social conventions or taboos. They smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, drove vehicles, and kissed and "petted" various guys.

The flapper emerged from a changing American landscape. For the first time in the country's history, more Americans (51 percent) lived in cities rather than in rural areas by 1920. As a result of the country's urbanisation and economic expansion, an increasing number of women were entering the labour market. By 1929, more than a quarter of all women, and more than half of unmarried women, were gainfully working. However, for the most part, the growth in working women did not pose a threat to established gender norms. Domestic servants made up over one-third of all working women in the 1920s, with the remainder working as clerical employees, manufacturing workers, retail clerks, and other "feminised" professions. Even trailblazing female politicians encountered gender-based obstacles: Most female officeholders focused on "women's concerns," preventing them from gaining too much authority inside their political parties. It was progress, though, with a few women elected to the United States House of Representatives (but none to the Senate) and many more serving at the state and municipal levels. Not only were women hitting a glass barrier in terms of career opportunities, but workplace discrimination and income inequalities were also prevalent throughout the '20s. According to Gail Collins' book America's Women, the average weekly pay for males in 1927 was $29.35, but it was just $17.34 for women. Although their incomes did not match those of their male counterparts, working women utilised their purchasing power to participate in the nation's emerging mass consumer culture. "Certainly, the character of household life changes for metropolitan women in the '20s," Dumenil adds. Nearly two-thirds of American houses had electricity by 1927, and new consumer items such as the washing machine, refrigerator, and vacuum cleaner were transforming housework and family life. Many of the new items, such as domestic appliances, apparel, and cosmetics, were aimed primarily towards women.

Referencing:

Sarah Pruitt. (2018). How Flappers of the Roaring Twenties Redefined Womanhood. [Online]. History. Last Updated: 17 September 2018. Available at: https://www.history.com/news/flappers-roaring-20s-women-empowerment [Accessed 12 December 2022].

[daddymus-mamatron]

I started to type this in French four times already ugh. Under a cut because I couldn't explain my existential crisis in a concise manner.

I guess, seeing your fine artwork had me flash back to my youth, thoughts I had long forgotten resurfacing. So I went and re-read and re-watch some stuff and I realized Jolly Jumper is fucking queer coded. Well, I don't know about the newer stuff, but I pulled up the 1984/bédés stuff and yeah.

Like, I've always felt that Lucky Luke had huge bisexual vibes, even if I didn't have the words to explain it. Luke's softness and mannerism is so different from the "american cowboys" I saw in other media. I did some poking around and there's this german artist Ralf König that talks about queerness in relation to Lucky Luke and it was weirdly validating and emotional.

But watching Jolly Jumper as an adult hit very very differently. His humour lands much better now than from what I remember from my childhood (Rantanplan was my fav it was no contest). I hadn't really kept up with this franchise after I 'grew up' out of it sometimes in the early 2000's.

Revisiting, I was floored. What a sassy horse lmao. Also, Joe wants to kiss Luke so badly it hurts.

So my thoughts were: holy shit, I never connected the dots but now it's so obvious. None of that would have happened without this art, so thank you!!!

Totally not very desperately trying to figure out what Jolly would look like as a human.

He has a bit of a sophisticated way of talking so I think he would wear nicer clothes whenever possible. Color scheme red because his saddle cloth is red with black on it, but also a lot of white/ bright grey for is fur.

[rogueish]

I’ve mentioned before being forced! by The Algorithm to listen to synthwave, of which my favourite is Nina’s Synthian. As someone who is philosophically committed to never experiencing an emotion that can’t be sublimated, I am predictably into expressing melancholy through a hyper-precise artificial re-creation.

In the retro-fastidiousness synthpop mode, I’ve also been enjoying Chromatics and Wolfclub, while in the more pop-y synth-inspired mode, Carla Wehbe’s “Don’t tell Me” is particularly good, along withEden XO’s “American Youth French Kissing” and Kit Major’s “Miss Sixteen”. Ultraflex shift a bit more into Sally Shapiro italo territory.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.11

Holidays

American Hospital Day

Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (Iran)

Armed Forces Day (Liberia)

Assault on Copenhagen Day (Denmark)

Be Electrific Day

Burt Reynolds Day

Couch Grass Day (French Republic)

Day of Revenue Service (Azerbaijan)

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

Don’t Shoot Your Friend in the Face While Hunting Day

Evelio Javier Day (Philippines)

Flash Appreciation Day

Forest Animal Feeding Day (Poland)

Get Out Your Guitar Day

Ghost Day

Giorno della Conciliazione Day (Italy)

Grandmother Achievement Day

Gratified Being Single Day

Guðfriðr's Day (Aedeland)

Hug a Tall Person Day

International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN)

Islamic Revolution Day (Iran)

Janet Jackson Appreciation Day

KISS Day (South Carolina)

Leslie Nielsen Day

Make A Friend Day (a.k.a. Make A New Friend Day)

Meaning of Life Day

Meringue Memorial Day

National Ava Day

National Emergency Number Day (Finland)

National Guitar Day (a.k.a. Get Out Your Guitar Day)

National Marc Day

National Inventor's Day

National Shut-In Visitation Day

National 211 Day

National Van Day

Nelson Mandela Day (South Africa)

112 Day (EU)

Promise Day

Pro Sports Wives Day

Satisfied Staying Single Day

Shaheed Day (Bangladesh)

Weiberfastnacht (Germany)

White T-Shirt Day (a.k.a. White Shirt Day)

Whitney Houston Appreciation Day

World Day of Medical Women

World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic)

World Unani Day (India)

Youth Day (Cameroon)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Latte Day

National Pork Rind Appreciation Day

National Roast Day

Peppermint Patty Day

2nd Sunday in February

Autism Sunday [2nd Sunday]

Daytona 500 Race Day [2nd Sunday]

International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger Syndrome [2nd Sunday]

International Flirting Week begins [Sunday before Valentine’s Day]

Man Day [Sunday before 14th]

Mother’s Day (Norway) [2nd Sunday]

National Preacher’s Kid Day [2nd Sunday]

Quinquagesima Sunday [Sunday before Ash Wednesday]

Race Relations Sunday (Methodist Church) [2nd Sunday]

Racial Justice Sunday (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Sour Sunday [1st Sunday of SF Beer Week]

Super Bowl Sunday [2nd Sunday] (a.k.a. ... 

Bud Bowl Day

National Bring Back Marching Bands Day

National Homegating Day

National Popcorn Day

National Pork Rind Day

NFL Day

Neo-Prohibitionist’s Complaining Day

Puppy Bowl Day

Rene Descartes Memorial Day

Suberb Owl Day

Super Bowl of Caring [ website ]

Super Chicken Wing Day

World Marriage Day [2nd Sunday]

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (Iran)

Foundation Day (Japan; 660 B.C.E.)

Honduras (Declared; 1922)

Independence Proclamation Day (Norway; 1814)

Vatican City (Lateran Treaty signed with Italy, 1929)

New Year’s Days

Hindi New Year (Hinduism) (a.k.a. ... 

Dangpa Losar (Bhutanese New Year; Bhutan) [2024: Year of the Male Wood Dragon]

Gyalpyo / Gyallo Loshar (Nepal)

Hari Raya Nyepi Tahun Brau Saka (Indonesia)

Losar (Sikkim, India)

Losar (Tibetan New Year)

New Year's Celebration, Day 2  [Lunar Calendar] (a.k.a. …

Chinese New Year Holiday, Day 2 (Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan)

Public Sector Holiday (East Timor)

Second Day of the lunar New Year (Hong Kong, Macau)

Tet Holiday (Vietnam)

Festivals Beginning February 11, 2024

Carnival of Aalst (Aalst, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Binche (Binche, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands) [thru 2.13]

Fastelavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Florida)

Panama Carnival (Panama City, Panama) [thru 2.14]

Paris Carnival (Paris, France)

Feast Days

Adolph (Christian; Saint)

Benedict of Aniame (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Bounce on the Bed Day (Pastafarian)

Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, c. 680 CE (Anglicanism)

Carlo Carrà (Artology)

Feast of Our Lady’s Miraculous Apparitions (Christian)

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egyptian God of Creativity; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Gobhnat (Celtic Book of Days)

Gobnait (Christian; Saint)

Gregory II, pope (Christian; Saint)

Hide Under the Bed Day (Pastafarian)

Jane Yolan (Writerism)

Lazarus of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Lucius (Christian; Martyr)

Our Lady of Lourdes (Christian; Saint)

Overindulgence Festival (Church of the SubGenius)

Paschal I, pope (Christian; Saint)

Pattern Day (Ireland)

Phidias (Positivist; Saint)

Pilgrimage Day (Lourdes, France)

Saturninus Dativus, and others (Christian; Martyrs)

Severinus (Christian; Saint)

Sol (Muppetism)

Tachychardia Week (Church of the SubGenius)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Theodora, Byzantine Empress (Anglo-Romish)

Tiresias’s Day (Pagan)

True Parents Day (Unification Church)

Ume Matsuri begins (Plum Blossom Festival; Atami, Japan)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [7 of 53]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [8 of 37]

Premieres

The Beach (Film; 2000)

Between the Buttons, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1967)

Black Spring, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1936)

Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Song; 2011)

Bosko in Person (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

The Bourne Supremacy, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1986)

Box-Office Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1991)

Bride & Prejudice (Film; 2005)

The Captains and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

Cedar Rapids (Film; 2011)

Death on the Nile (Film; 2022)

Dirty Snow, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1948)

Donald’s Happy Birthday (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Elvis (TV movie; 1979)

Gnomeo & Juliet (Animated Film; 2011)

The Grocery Boy (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Happy Together, by The Turtles (Song; 1967)

Hitch (Film; 2005)

Hoppy Daze (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (The Lombards at the first Crusade), by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1843)

Inviting Anna (Film; 2022)

Just Go with It (Film; 2011)

La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), by Getano Donizetti (Opera; 1840)

Linger Awhile and Mobile Day, recorded by Rex Stewart & His Orchestra (Song; 1940)

Lovesick Blues, by Hank Williams (Song; 1949)

The Magic Christian (Film; U.S. 1970)

Memories of the Future, by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (Short Stories; 1989) [Written in 1920]

The Might Celt (Film; 2005)

The Moose and the Monster or Nothing But the Pest (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 255; 1964)

Mutiny on the Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Nurse to Meet Ya (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Our Cartoon President (Animated TV Series; 2018)

The Piano (Film; 1994)

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (Animated Film; 2005)

The Quetong Missile Mystery (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #22; 1965)

Robin Hood Makes Good (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

R.U.R., by Karel Čapek (TV movie; 1938) [1st Science Fiction program]

Scrappy Birthday (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1949)

Self Control (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Simon Says, Be My Valentine, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 17 & 18; 1967)

Smash and Grab (Pixar Animated Short; 2019)

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, by Anton Bruckner (Symphony; 1903)

Testing 1, 2, 3, or Tape a Number (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 256; 1964)

Thieves Like Us (Film; 1974)

The Tigger Movie (Animated Disney Film; 2000)

The Violins of Saint-Jacques, by Patrick Leigh Fermor (Novel; 1953)

Walking After Midnight, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1957)

Weasel Stop (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Today’s Name Days

Anselm (Austria)

Marija, Mirjana (Croatia)

Božena (Czech Republic)

Euphrosyne (Denmark)

Teri, Terje (Estonia)

Iisa, Isabella, Talvikki (Finland)

Lourdes (France)

Maria Lourdes, Theodora, Theodor (Germany)

Avgi, Theodora, Vlassis (Greece)

Bertold, Marietta (Hungary)

Dante, Durante, Eloisia, Lourdes (Italy)

Laima, Laimdota, Laimrota (Latvia)

Adolfas, Algirdas, Algirdė, Liucijus (Lithuania)

Ingve, Yngve (Norway)

Adolf, Adolfa, Adolfina, Alf, Bernadetta, Dezydery, Eufrozyna, Łazarz, Lucjan, Maria, Olgierd, Świętomira (Poland)

Teodora, Vlasie (Romania)

Dezider (Slovakia)

Lourdes, Pedro (Spain)

Inge, Yngve (Sweden)

Ulas (Ukraine)

Adolfo, Adolph, Adolpha, Alva, Alvarita, Alvaro, Lourdes (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 42 of 2024; 324 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 6 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 2 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 2 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 1 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 12 Grey; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 January 2024

Moon: 5%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 14 Homer (2nd Month) [Phidias)

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 53 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 21 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Shaʿbān [شَعْب��ان] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]

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Holidays 2.11

Holidays

American Hospital Day

Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (Iran)

Armed Forces Day (Liberia)

Assault on Copenhagen Day (Denmark)

Be Electrific Day

Burt Reynolds Day

Couch Grass Day (French Republic)

Day of Revenue Service (Azerbaijan)

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

Don’t Shoot Your Friend in the Face While Hunting Day

Evelio Javier Day (Philippines)

Flash Appreciation Day

Forest Animal Feeding Day (Poland)

Get Out Your Guitar Day

Ghost Day

Giorno della Conciliazione Day (Italy)

Grandmother Achievement Day

Gratified Being Single Day

Guðfriðr's Day (Aedeland)

Hug a Tall Person Day

International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN)

Islamic Revolution Day (Iran)

Janet Jackson Appreciation Day

KISS Day (South Carolina)

Leslie Nielsen Day

Make A Friend Day (a.k.a. Make A New Friend Day)

Meaning of Life Day

Meringue Memorial Day

National Ava Day

National Emergency Number Day (Finland)

National Guitar Day (a.k.a. Get Out Your Guitar Day)

National Marc Day

National Inventor's Day

National Shut-In Visitation Day

National 211 Day

National Van Day

Nelson Mandela Day (South Africa)

112 Day (EU)

Promise Day

Pro Sports Wives Day

Satisfied Staying Single Day

Shaheed Day (Bangladesh)

Weiberfastnacht (Germany)

White T-Shirt Day (a.k.a. White Shirt Day)

Whitney Houston Appreciation Day

World Day of Medical Women

World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic)

World Unani Day (India)

Youth Day (Cameroon)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Latte Day

National Pork Rind Appreciation Day

National Roast Day

Peppermint Patty Day

2nd Sunday in February

Autism Sunday [2nd Sunday]

Daytona 500 Race Day [2nd Sunday]

International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger Syndrome [2nd Sunday]

International Flirting Week begins [Sunday before Valentine’s Day]

Man Day [Sunday before 14th]

Mother’s Day (Norway) [2nd Sunday]

National Preacher’s Kid Day [2nd Sunday]

Quinquagesima Sunday [Sunday before Ash Wednesday]

Race Relations Sunday (Methodist Church) [2nd Sunday]

Racial Justice Sunday (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Sour Sunday [1st Sunday of SF Beer Week]

Super Bowl Sunday [2nd Sunday] (a.k.a. ... 

Bud Bowl Day

National Bring Back Marching Bands Day

National Homegating Day

National Popcorn Day

National Pork Rind Day

NFL Day

Neo-Prohibitionist’s Complaining Day

Puppy Bowl Day

Rene Descartes Memorial Day

Suberb Owl Day

Super Bowl of Caring [ website ]

Super Chicken Wing Day

World Marriage Day [2nd Sunday]

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (Iran)

Foundation Day (Japan; 660 B.C.E.)

Honduras (Declared; 1922)

Independence Proclamation Day (Norway; 1814)

Vatican City (Lateran Treaty signed with Italy, 1929)

New Year’s Days

Hindi New Year (Hinduism) (a.k.a. ... 

Dangpa Losar (Bhutanese New Year; Bhutan) [2024: Year of the Male Wood Dragon]

Gyalpyo / Gyallo Loshar (Nepal)

Hari Raya Nyepi Tahun Brau Saka (Indonesia)

Losar (Sikkim, India)

Losar (Tibetan New Year)

New Year's Celebration, Day 2  [Lunar Calendar] (a.k.a. …

Chinese New Year Holiday, Day 2 (Bhutan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan)

Public Sector Holiday (East Timor)

Second Day of the lunar New Year (Hong Kong, Macau)

Tet Holiday (Vietnam)

Festivals Beginning February 11, 2024

Carnival of Aalst (Aalst, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Binche (Binche, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands) [thru 2.13]

Fastelavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Gasparilla Carnival (Tampa, Florida)

Panama Carnival (Panama City, Panama) [thru 2.14]

Paris Carnival (Paris, France)

Feast Days

Adolph (Christian; Saint)

Benedict of Aniame (Christian; Saint)

Blaise (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Bounce on the Bed Day (Pastafarian)

Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, c. 680 CE (Anglicanism)

Carlo Carrà (Artology)

Feast of Our Lady’s Miraculous Apparitions (Christian)

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egyptian God of Creativity; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Gobhnat (Celtic Book of Days)

Gobnait (Christian; Saint)

Gregory II, pope (Christian; Saint)

Hide Under the Bed Day (Pastafarian)

Jane Yolan (Writerism)

Lazarus of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Lucius (Christian; Martyr)

Our Lady of Lourdes (Christian; Saint)

Overindulgence Festival (Church of the SubGenius)

Paschal I, pope (Christian; Saint)

Pattern Day (Ireland)

Phidias (Positivist; Saint)

Pilgrimage Day (Lourdes, France)

Saturninus Dativus, and others (Christian; Martyrs)

Severinus (Christian; Saint)

Sol (Muppetism)

Tachychardia Week (Church of the SubGenius)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Theodora, Byzantine Empress (Anglo-Romish)

Tiresias’s Day (Pagan)

True Parents Day (Unification Church)

Ume Matsuri begins (Plum Blossom Festival; Atami, Japan)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [7 of 53]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [8 of 37]

Premieres

The Beach (Film; 2000)

Between the Buttons, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1967)

Black Spring, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1936)

Born This Way, by Lady Gaga (Song; 2011)

Bosko in Person (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

The Bourne Supremacy, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1986)

Box-Office Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1991)

Bride & Prejudice (Film; 2005)

The Captains and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

Cedar Rapids (Film; 2011)

Death on the Nile (Film; 2022)

Dirty Snow, by Georges Simenon (Novel; 1948)

Donald’s Happy Birthday (Disney Cartoon; 1949)

Elvis (TV movie; 1979)

Gnomeo & Juliet (Animated Film; 2011)

The Grocery Boy (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

Happy Together, by The Turtles (Song; 1967)

Hitch (Film; 2005)

Hoppy Daze (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (The Lombards at the first Crusade), by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1843)

Inviting Anna (Film; 2022)

Just Go with It (Film; 2011)

La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), by Getano Donizetti (Opera; 1840)

Linger Awhile and Mobile Day, recorded by Rex Stewart & His Orchestra (Song; 1940)

Lovesick Blues, by Hank Williams (Song; 1949)

The Magic Christian (Film; U.S. 1970)

Memories of the Future, by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (Short Stories; 1989) [Written in 1920]

The Might Celt (Film; 2005)

The Moose and the Monster or Nothing But the Pest (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 255; 1964)

Mutiny on the Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Nurse to Meet Ya (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Our Cartoon President (Animated TV Series; 2018)

The Piano (Film; 1994)

Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (Animated Film; 2005)

The Quetong Missile Mystery (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #22; 1965)

Robin Hood Makes Good (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

R.U.R., by Karel Čapek (TV movie; 1938) [1st Science Fiction program]

Scrappy Birthday (Andy Panda Cartoon; 1949)

Self Control (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Simon Says, Be My Valentine, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 17 & 18; 1967)

Smash and Grab (Pixar Animated Short; 2019)

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, by Anton Bruckner (Symphony; 1903)

Testing 1, 2, 3, or Tape a Number (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 256; 1964)

Thieves Like Us (Film; 1974)

The Tigger Movie (Animated Disney Film; 2000)

The Violins of Saint-Jacques, by Patrick Leigh Fermor (Novel; 1953)

Walking After Midnight, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1957)

Weasel Stop (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Today’s Name Days

Anselm (Austria)

Marija, Mirjana (Croatia)

Božena (Czech Republic)

Euphrosyne (Denmark)

Teri, Terje (Estonia)

Iisa, Isabella, Talvikki (Finland)

Lourdes (France)

Maria Lourdes, Theodora, Theodor (Germany)

Avgi, Theodora, Vlassis (Greece)

Bertold, Marietta (Hungary)

Dante, Durante, Eloisia, Lourdes (Italy)

Laima, Laimdota, Laimrota (Latvia)

Adolfas, Algirdas, Algirdė, Liucijus (Lithuania)

Ingve, Yngve (Norway)

Adolf, Adolfa, Adolfina, Alf, Bernadetta, Dezydery, Eufrozyna, Łazarz, Lucjan, Maria, Olgierd, Świętomira (Poland)

Teodora, Vlasie (Romania)

Dezider (Slovakia)

Lourdes, Pedro (Spain)

Inge, Yngve (Sweden)

Ulas (Ukraine)

Adolfo, Adolph, Adolpha, Alva, Alvarita, Alvaro, Lourdes (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 42 of 2024; 324 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 6 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 2 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 2 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 1 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 12 Grey; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 January 2024

Moon: 5%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 14 Homer (2nd Month) [Phidias)

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 53 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 21 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Shaʿbān [شَعْبَان] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]

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any girls! dark academia movie recs? i really struggle to find anything not about a group of boys (as much as I love them)

SO MANY!!! This is probably a far more detailed answer than you were expecting but this is a popular question and I want to keep a list for myself and others.

Feel free to add to it/give opinions. I've tried to give a tw for anything I can remember

Girls! Dark Academia Movies/TV Shows

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

1950s Women’s college

Art professor! Julia Roberts

She’s legit the female Mr Keating of the art & college world

Feminism vs. Tradition

Maggie Gyllenhall x Ginnifer Goodwin; their characters were more than friends. Fight me.

Does not end how you expect

Strike!/All I Wanna Do/The Hairy Bird (1998)

MY FAVOURITE!!!

Free on YouTube under one of its various names

Comedy

1960s all girls boarding school

Young Kirsten Dunst

Group of girls plot to sabotage a merger with a boys school less prestigious than their own

Secret attic clubhouse meetings of the D.A.R aka Daughters of the American Ravioli (eaten cold, ew)

girls get political & advocate for their rights using ANY elaborate and chaotic scheme

TW: eating disorder, vomiting & creepy male teacher but the girls plot against him too

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

based on a short book I read for uni by Muriel Spark

1930s girls school in Edinburgh

Scottish teacher! Maggie Smith, controversial with a focus on romantic ideals

Spoiler alert, the liberal teacher is actually a fascist

Her group of fave students has cult- vibes and it’s fascinating

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1970s movie or 2018 mini series

Never watched either but I plan to

Wild Child (2008)

00s romcom every UK teen girl loves

Emma Roberts as the spoiled rich American teenager sent to a strict English boarding school

Plots to get herself expelled but oh no she’s making friends with the girls who help her

And the headmistress has a hot son, and he’s nice??? Double oh no

ICONIC SCENES

Everything! Goes! Wrong!

omg she burns the school down

Feel good, comfort, nostalgia

St Trinians (2007)

English girls boarding school

The kids are all criminals, no joke

So are the teachers

CHAOTIC

gay awakening for british girls

Art heist pulled off by school girls

Government tries to shut them down but oh no, the education minister & the headmistress are ex-lovers

Colin Firth x Rupert Everett in drag

Superior cast: Jodie Whittaker, Gemma Arterton, Juno Temple, Stephen Fry, Colin Firth, etc...

embodies the phrase 'problematic fave'

St Trinians 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold (2009)

Mystery, pirate ancestors, hidden treasure

omg Shakespeare was a woman

girls disguised as boys to infiltrate and rob the posh boys school

Villain! David Tennant in that ICONIC boat scene

Teen girls vs. ancient misogynist brotherhood

like the first film but MORE chaotic and BETTER!???

The Falling (2014)

1960s all girls school

best friends! but its unrequited love

Agoraphobic + distant mother aka mommy issues

Sudden death and the school suppresses/ignores the students grief, sparking mass hysteria & a fainting epidemic in the girls

Cast: Maisie Williams (GoT) & Florence Pugh (Little Women) & Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders)

TW: teen pregnancy, death, vomiting, underage s*x, sibling inc*st, past s*xual assault

READ THE PLOT SUMMARY FIRST

The Book Thief (2013)

Based on an amazing book by Markus Zusak

set in 1940s Nazi Germany

Daughter of a communist whose family were taken by the Nazis/died is fostered by an older couple who teach her to read & she paints a dictionary on the basement walls

Coming of age story about a compulsive book thief. No joke, this kid steals books from banned book burnings and breaks into the mayor's library through the window

Family hides the Jewish son of an old friend in their basement and he helps her to start writing about her experiences in the war

TW: death, bombings, WW2 anti-semitism

Mary Shelley (2017)

Overall good & roughly biographical

Pretty costumes and aesthetic

Modern feminist take on Mary Shelly in her own time period

So many INACCURACIES for the drama so don’t take it as truth

Percy Shelley slander and not all of it is justified

Cast: Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, and Maisie Williams

The Secret Garden (1993)

Based on a fave childhood book

1901 colonial India & Yorkshire, England

Orphaned, spoilt & neglected girl sent to live with her reclusive Uncle in the English countryside

Gothic elements, mysteries, secret doors/passages/locked gardens

local boy with a flock of animals, magic, kids chanting around a fire and all around immaculate vibes

Happy ending!!!

Hidden Figures (2016)

African-American women as mathematicians for NASA

1960s space project

Women balancing a career and family obligations

Deals with racial & gender discrimination

Loosely based on the lives of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan who worked for NASA as engineers & mathematicians

Anne of Green Gables (1985) & sequel (1987)

Adaptation L.M. Montgomery’s ‘Anne of Green Gables’ books

Canada (late 1890s/early 1900s)

Highly imaginative & bookworm orphan is adopted by a reclusive elderly brother and sister duo

Small town & school years comedic drama

Unrequited Enemies -> Friends -> lovers

Inspiring new woman teacher

Girls re-enact Tennyson’s poem and nearly drown for the aesthetic™

Dramatic poetry reading with INTENSE 👀eye contact👀

Writer! Anne & English teacher! Anne dealing with unruly girls school antics

Collette (2018)

biographical drama on french writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette

Victorian & Edwardian era France

More talented than her husband so she ghostwrites for him

Fight for creative ownership of her wildly successful novels

Affairs with a woman called Georgie and also with Missy, born female but masculine presenting

Cast: Keira Knightly, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark)

Enola Holmes (2020)

Netflix book adaptation

Younger sister of Sherlock Holmes

Victorian era! feminism/suffragettes

Mother-daughter focus

Mystery, adventure, secret codes, teens running away & escaping from (and eventually fighting) assassins

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Fiona Shaw, Millie Bobby Brown

Ginger & Rosa (2012)

1960s England

best friends since literal birth navigating troubled teen years

poet & anti-nuclear activist! Ginger

off the rails but also catholic! Rosa

Shout out to Mark & Mark the gay godfathers we all want

family troubles 

TW: older man has an affair with a 17 yr old

Testament of Youth (2014)

based on WW1 memoir by Vera Brittain

young woman (writer & poetry lover) escapes traditional family & goes to study at Oxford University

abandons to become a war nurse

romance, tragedy and war trauma

Cast: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington (GoT), Taron Edgerton (Rocketman), Colin Morgan (Merlin)

Little Women (2019)

Writer! Jo & Artist! Amy

Mother/daughter focus and sister dynamics

the March sisters’ theatre club is *chefs kiss*

champagne problems edits of Jo x Laurie are a mood

Ambivalent ending perfectly captures Louisa May Alcott’s dilemma with the book the movie is based on

set in 1860s America

ALL STAR CAST and a Greta Gerwig masterpeice

Lady Bird (2017)

coming of age in early 2002/2003 Sacramento, California

all girls catholic school

writer! Christine aka Lady Bird wants to get outta town and start her life again at college 'in a city with culture'

Mother/daughter dynamics - so realistic!

I live for that Jesus car stunt & the nun's reaction

school theatre program

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein

Another Greta Gerwig gem

Beguiled (2017)

Virginia, civil war era

Girls school with only five students and two teachers left

Find an injured Union army soldier & bring him inside

Women & teenagers want his attention (v. problematic) before uniting against him

(tbh you'll either love it, hate it, or watch once & forget it)

Sofia Coppola film so its very feminine gaze

TW: violence, death, underage

Legally Blonde (2001)

No questions will be taken

Elle Woods was the blue print

TV series:

House of Anubis (2011-2013)

I know it’s a kids/young teen show but I still unironically love it

ANCIENT EGYPT!!!!

Modern day with Victorian era links to treasure hunters & Egyptian research expeditions (stealing from tombs)

Chosen one plot lines, curses, kidnapping, mysteries, secret tunnels under the school, elixir of life

Teens have investigate & protect themselves cus oh no the TEACHERS are involved in some shady stuff

new American kid at British boarding school is the actual premise not just a fanfic au

Nostalgic, light-hearted, funny, and kinda cheesy but I will accept no criticism

The Alienist (2018 -now)

Mid 1890s, New York

Woman’s private detective agency (Season 2)

Serial killer mystery

Woman secretary turns detective and teams up with a criminal psychiatrist and a newspaper editor to solve crime

TW: violence, child pr*stit*tion

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, Daniel Bruhl

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

Woman chess prodigy

1950s & 1960s

TW: drug & alcohol abuse

Gentleman Jack (2019 - now)

Based on the diaries of Anne Lister

Victorian Yorkshire, England

Upper-class lesbians

Confident, suit wearing! Anne Lister x shy! Ann Walker

Business woman! Anne running the family mines

Cast: Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster) & Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders)

TW: violence

Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

bubbly/ambitious single mom + intelligent daughter

bookworm! Rory Gilmore gets into a prestigious private school and then an Ivy League college

Small town drama is comedic gold

Fast dialogue packed with pop culture and literary references

Comforting & nostalgic

TEAM JESS

Anne with an E (2017-2019)

Loose adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s ‘Anne of Green Gables’ books

they completely change the plot lines but it’s still very good content!

Orphan girl with trauma and a love of books/poetry is adopted by an elderly brother & sister duo, bringing light and fresh ideas to a rural community

Feminism, girls writing club, lgbtq safe spaces, girls eduction, black/indigenous representation

Miss Stacy as THAT inspiring teacher

Aunt Josephine’s lavish gay parties have my heart

TW: creepy male teacher tries to marry a student, racial discrimination, indigenous assimilation school

Victoria (2016-2019)

Adaption of Queen Victoria’s life

Victoria navigating her political, royal, and personal life

Albert’s involvement with The Great Exhibition, 1851 (on cultural + industrial innovations)

Alfred Paget x Edward Drummond is exquisite

Gorgeous costumes and aesthetics

TW: bury your gays trope

Derry Girls (2018-now)

1990s Northern Ireland during the troubles

Comedy, episodes 20-25 mins long

English boy sent to an all girls Catholic school with his cousin

✨Dead Poets Society parody episode ✨with a free-spirited female teacher

Sister Michael, the sarcastic nun who hates her job & reads the exorcist for giggles

Wee anxious lesbian! Clare Devlin (plus her friends wearing rainbow pins)

Badass with bad ideas! Michelle Mallon

Main Character! Erin Quinn

Lovable weirdo who would fight a polar bear! Orla McCool

Wee English fella & honorary Derry girl! James Maguire

Dickinson (2019-now)

Loose adaption of the poet Emily Dickinson’s life

Set in 19th century Massachusetts, US

Historical drama with modern dialogue & music that works SEAMLESSLY

gives a great understanding of Emily Dickinson’s poems

💕Vintage gays! Emily x Sue💕

Theatre club, writing, poetry, dressing as men to sneak into lectures, love letters, teen drama, feminism, and an underground abolitionist journal as a brief side plot in season 2

Wiz Khalifa plays death in a horse drawn carriage

TW: opium use

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-2019)

Based on great childhood books

Bookworm! brother, Inventor! sister, and baby sister with sharp teeth

Mystery, secret organisations, orphaned siblings figuring things out & fending for themselves against the villain after their fortune

Adults either cartoon evil, comedically incompetent, or SPIES

Boarding school, library owner, scientific researcher, and theatre episodes

Ambiguous time period which is really fun to try and pin point

Killing Eve (2018-now)

Classic detective who has homoerotic tension with the assassin she is tracking down

British Detective! Eve Polastri figures out the notorious assassin MI5 are investigating is a woman, is fired & then put on a secret MI6 case with a small team

Assassin! Villanelle, a psychopath with a tragic past and a mastery of both accents & fashion

Woman MI6 boss! Carolyn Martens, head of Russian section

Travel Europe following Villanelle’s killings and escaping the assassins sent by Villanelle’s organisation

‘You’re supposed to be my enemy and moral opposite but omg you’re the only one smart enough to get me and why am I obsessed with you????'

🚨 GO IN FOR A KISS AND THEN STAB YOUR ENEMY 🚨

Cable Girls/Las chicas del cable (2017-2020)

Spanish drama set in 1920s Madrid

Four young women at a telecommunications company form a group of friends and help navigate the difficult situations they are all in

Secret identities, dangerous pasts, murder, crime, lgbtq couple & throuple, trans man character, feminism/suffragists

girls commit crimes for humanitarian reasons and cover! it! up!

UNDERRATED SHOW!!!!

Gorgeous costumes and set

Haven’t finished it yet and I’m catching up

TW: abuse, violence, death

Outlander (2014 - now)

haven’t watched yet but plan to

Woman time travels to Scotland, 1743

Rebel highlanders, pirates, British colonies, American revolutionary war

Time jumps between 18th & 20th century

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January 2014-May 2014, Israelis killed 23 adult Palestinians and 4 children, abduct 2,300 Palestinians; Palestinians killed 1 Israeli soldier, 0 children, 0 abductions

February 2014, “Trigger-Happy: Israel’s Use of Excessive Force in the West Bank.”

Amnesty International Report

February 2014, Zionists instigate insurrection in the Ukraine

Ukraine Protests: Israeli Ex-Officer ‘Leads Militant Group’

Bullying the Ukraine

American and Israeli Zionists Behind Civil Unrest in the Ukraine

US Zionist admits subversion of Ukraine

Israeli militia commander fights to protect Kiev

April 1, 2014, A Catholic monastery near Beit Shemesh was vandalized with “Jesus is a monkey” and “Mary is a cow,” spray painted on the walls of the monastery. The tires of four vehicles also were slashed.

April 23, 2014, Israeli settlers release wild pigs on Palestinian farms

IMEMC 21 Apr by Chris Carlson — Palestinian farmers in the Salfit district appealed all to Palestinian and international bodies to stop the continued destruction of their crops caused by the Israeli pigs [wild boars] in the district. Farmers said, “We have encountered heavy losses in our wheat and barley crops, where the pigs destroyed them completely.” They added, “We tried to get rid of the pigs with all available ways but we have failed,” pointing out that the only way is to shoot them; which is difficult due to the miltary’s monitoring towers and checkpoints in the area. Furthermore, according to Al Ray, Palestinian researcher Khaled Maali explained that the settlers found launching wild pigs toward the Palestinian farmlands was the best effective way to fight the Palestinian farmers without significant cost. Maali pointed out that the occupation prevents the Palestinians from shooting the pigs, whereas it permits settlers to kill the pigs when they reach their colonial settlements.

May 21, 2014, Calls For Justice After Video Reveals IDF Shooting Of Innocent Palestinian Teens

June 12, 2014, On the pretext of three alleged abductions of Israelis and ignoring the recent murders of 23 adult Palestinians and 4 children, and the abduction of 2,300 Palestinians, Israel launches another genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza strip.

July 3, 2014, Rabbi Noam Perel, Head of the largest Orthodox Judaic youth movement, B’nei Akiva, calls for indiscriminate murder:

July 4, 2014, Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Minsiter for Strategic Threats Moshe Ya’alon, and Chief of Israeli Central Command Major General Avi Mizrahi honor the racist Rabbi Dov Lior who endorsed the manual on killing gentiles, Torat Hamalech.

July 7, 2014, Israelis abducted and burned alive a teenager, Mohammed Abu Khedair, then ferociously beat his American cousin, Tariq Khdeir, visiting on holiday.

Warning: The videos are graphic.

After his cousin was abducted and burned alive by Israelis, Tariq Khdeir, an American, was ferociously beaten.

July 1, 2014, Jewish “Defense” League provokes French opponents of Israeli genocide in Gaza:

July 14, 2014, Israeli Member of the Knesset for the “Jewish Home” party (and Justice  Minister since 2015) Ayelet Shaked stated that all Palestinian mothers should be killed so they do not raise any more “little snakes.”

“On Monday [June 30, 2014] Shaked quoted this on her Facebook page: ‘Behind every terrorist stand dozens of men and women, without whom he could not engage in terrorism. They are all enemy combatants, and their blood shall be on all their heads. Now this also includes the mothers of the martyrs, who send them to hell with flowers and kisses. They should follow their sons, nothing would be more just. They should go, as should the physical homes in which they raised the snakes. Otherwise, more little snakes will be raised there.’

‘They have to die and their houses should be demolished so that they cannot bear any more terrorists,’ said Shaked. Standing behind the operations on Gaza, ‘they are all our enemies and their blood should be on our hands. This also applies to the mothers of the dead terrorists,’ Shaked added.

A day before Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khudair was kidnapped and burned alive [above] allegedly by six Israeli Jewish youths, Shaked published on Facebook a call for genocide of the Palestinians.”

‘Mothers of all Palestinians should also be killed,’ says Israeli politician. Daily Sabah. 14 July 2014.

July 19, 2014, Multiple videos document Israelis cheering and applauding the genocide of women and children, but complain about a cartoon.

July 20, 2014, Israelis watch and cheer as innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, are killed:

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July 22, 2014, Israeli Professor Mordechai Kedar of Bar Ilan University advocates raping Palestinian mothers and sisters as a deterrent to “terrorism.”

Former Pentagon Comptroller and Undersecretary of Defense in the Bush administration, Rabbi Dov S. Zakheim cites the Torah precepts that allow Judaic soldiers to rape Gentile women:

“It is the consensus of many halachic decisors (judges of rabbinic law) that the yefat to’ar (female goy captive) can be subject to involuntary intercourse, though only once, after which she must undergo a specific regimen described in the Torah (Torah sheBeal peh i.e. the Mishnah and Gemara), conversion and marriage, before her captor is permitted further sexual relations with her...”

Rabbi Dov S. Zakheim, Meorot vol. 6: no. 1 (2006), p. 5.

July 23, 2014, Israelis blockade medical care of children

July 28, 2014, Israelis celebrate the slaughter of children:

July 30, 2014, Israelis bomb school in Gaza, 20 dead

July 30, 2014, Israelis celebrate the death of Gazan children

“There is no school tomorrow; there are no children left in Gaza”

“I hate all the Arabs” and “Gaza is a cemetery”

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August 1, 2014, Times of Israel Article: “When Genocide is Permissible” – Just a Little Too Honest

Archived here: https://archive.today/RPf3M#selection-633.0-639.11

August 1, 2014, Israeli soldier’s Twitter post: “I killed 13 childrens today and ur next fucking muslims go to hell bitches [sic].” “However, some people argued they are fake.”

August 3, 2014, Israeli air strike on Gaza hits third UN school in 10 days:

August 4, 2014, The Israeli “Defense” Force caught in forgery of fake evidence to prop up their Gaza narrative

August 5, 2014, Rabbi Henry Siegman, retired executive director of the American Jewish Congress, admits that the targeting of civilians was started by Jewish terrorist groups and “that Israeli generals received direct instructions from Ben-Gurion during the War of Independence to kill civilians, or line them up against the wall and shoot them, in order to help to encourage the exodus…”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/08/prominent-jewish-leader-israel-intentionally-killed-civillians-1948-engaged-ethnic-cleansing-ever-since.html archived: https://archive.is/Rop8v

August 6, 2014, Reality-based cartoon about Gaza denounced as “anti-Semitic” and retracted by newspaper:

November 11, 2014, Israeli David Sheen testifies before the German Bundestag about Israeli top officials inciting racism and genocidal violence. https://youtu.be/9GbKsAvuBDM

August 9, 2014, Israeli sniper shoot children playing on their own rooftop, then other Israeli snipers congratulate the shooter for his hit.

August 6, 2014, Jews object to political cartoon:

November 10, 2014, David Sheen testifies at the Bundestag, the German Parliament in Berlin, on 10 November 2014, about Israeli top officials inciting racism and racial violence.

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November 29, 2014, Jews burn school that allowed Arabs.The three set fire on November 29 to the Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem and spray-painting on the school’s walls racist messages such as ‘There is no coexistence with cancer’; ‘Death to the Arabs’; and ‘Kahane was right,’ a reference to the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, a mentor of the Jewish ultra-nationalist movement.”

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paradiso - part one

Pairing: young!Javier x fem!reader

Part ONE (of 5)

Rating: Teen

Summary: This will be a 5+1, short but sweet fic about you and Javi. He's an American student and you're an Italian heiress - your love is young, fun, and bittersweet. Lots of romance and fluff ahead.

Warnings: Smoking, tooth-rotting fluff, mention of alcohol

Word count: 1.8k

A/N: I needed something to distract me from finals week, so you all get this. :) I saw a tiktok about Pedro in like an old-money Italian aesthetic and the idea of it just would not leave me alone! Very much my ideal romance situation tbh. Anyways enjoy, the next part is partly written but no promises on when it'll be up. As always, no use of Y/N and please do lmk what you think! :)

The first time you kissed him, you could taste the champagne he’d had earlier that night. Not enough to get drunk, or even really buzzed, but enough to leave his lips and tongue flavorful under your own.

His strong hand was wrapped around your waist, keeping you close, fingers steady over the thin fabric of your dress. Javi held you like this often - from lunches on your parents’ boat to strolling casually through the piazza, he had definitely adopted the Italian tendency to show public affection through touch. All your male friends here do it, but with him it’s different.

Javi is so very different.

Tonight he looks even more like a dashing prince than usual. His dark hair is perfectly messy and his white shirt is unbuttoned just enough, his leather shoes shiny and understated. You’d smiled when you noticed his shoes - they’re the first nice pair he’d been able to afford while living here.

You met him four months ago, when spring was ending and summer soon approaching. He arrived early for his studies abroad, an American political sciences major in the heart of Florence.

Hardly a penny to his name, on a meal plan and receiving a generous scholarship or two, Javi had no business flirting with you. He did it anyway, and you found yourself charmed by his roguish smile and kind eyes. He paid for your gelato, like a typical American gentleman would, and bought some of his own. He ordered the same flavors as you. He hasn’t tried anything different since.

As you kiss him, the sea wind sweeps over the two of you on the secluded terrace where you stand, causing goosebumps to flutter over your skin. You shiver, pressing closer to Javi’s warmth.

He breaks the kiss, looking down at you with a concerned crease between his brows.

“You cold?” he asks, voice rough and deep in a way you don't recognize.

You can’t help but smile at him. He’s so handsome, looking at you like this. Holding you close. “Only a little. You’re warm enough for both of us.”

“This dress,” he murmurs, eyes flitting down to look at your lips. His fingers toy with your dress’s low backline where his hand rests beneath your shoulder blades. “No wonder you’re chilly.”

When your parents first met Javi, they were skeptical. They thought he was taking advantage of you, that he’d insert himself into your life for your wealth and your name.

He’d spent the past four months convincing them otherwise. Now your mother loves him and your father smiles at his jokes, which is something that can’t be said for many people. You can count on one hand the number of people who have made your father laugh, and Javi’s one of them.

He wants to join the FBI, or the CIA. One of the two, you could never get the acronyms straight. He told you about how there’s rigorous training, both physical and professional, to even be considered. Javi keeps himself in good shape for this reason, though your cook’s fine meals have added a bit of softness to his midsection. He complains about it, but you secretly love it. He’s so strong and disciplined that it’s lovely to see just a hint of vice in his features.

You run a hand up his bicep, feeling the muscles that he keeps hidden beneath his shirt.

“Do you like it?” you ask demurely. You bought the dress last week with the express purpose of looking good for him.

Javi takes his hand from your hip and places it on your cheek, his touch tender and gentle.

“You always look beautiful. Especially tonight.”

The party’s for one of your friends from school. She’s moving to the UK to continue her studies and this is her last big hurrah. You’d been invited, with the option for a plus-one, and Javi was the obvious choice.

You’d felt the gazes of the girls in attendance on you and Javi when you both arrived. He’s a few years older than you are, but you know they’re looking because they’ve never seen him before. He’s not part of the rotation of wealthy Florentine boys they all seem to cycle through like clockwork. He’s a stranger, and most importantly, he’s got you on his arm.

The music plays in the distance. Voices float up through the evening air, laughing and exuberant.

You lean into his touch, eyes closing against the comfort you feel with your cheek in his palm.

This must be what heaven feels like.

Javi had taken it slow with you. He earned your friendship before anything else, chatting with you about life and TV and his favorite sports teams back home. He told you about Texas, though when you expressed a desire to visit his hometown, he’d scoffed, calling the place a ‘shithole’.

You still want to visit, someday. Shithole or not.

Perhaps your friendship was the reason things did not progress very quickly between you. You knew he found you attractive and you most definitely felt the same, but for the longest time it just didn’t feel right to try and move things along.

There’d be moments, however, when you wished so desperately that he was yours it almost physically hurt.

One such moment was late one afternoon, on the deck of your family boat. You’d gotten out of the water first and you stood there, watching, as he emerged from the waves in his short swim trunks, the synthetic material clinging to his body ever so perfectly.

You’d seen the outline of… well. You’d seen the outline of something big, something that made you blush and look away, distracting yourself with drying your hair.

Another of these moments was an unremarkable Friday morning spent in one of your favorite bookshops, not too far from Javi's student apartment. You'd been browsing the shelves as he stood outside to smoke. Before long, you found a few paperbacks that looked interesting, and you paid for them with a kind smile to the elderly gentleman working at the register.

You'd exited with a "grazie!" and that's when you'd noticed Javi was speaking to someone, eyes bright and posture relaxed as he exhaled smoke through his nose.

He smiled at you the moment you exited the shop, and as you walked over, you listened to their conversation.

Javi was speaking to the stranger in Spanish. You recognized the sound of it, but could not understand it, having learned English and French and Arabic in your youth.

The other man, older with a salt-and-pepper beard, glanced over to you and then back at Javi. You stood beside your friend, books tucked safely under your arm.

"¿Esta es tu novia, Javier?"

The words caused Javi to blush, but he covered it by taking a drag from his cigarette.

"No, aún no. Algún día pronto."

It was the first time you'd heard him speak Spanish. The words rolled off his tongue with such ease that you couldn't help but glance up at him, intrigued by this new lilt to his voice. You wanted to hear more of it.

Javi snaked his hand around your back to your hip, fingers tucking into the belt loops on your jeans, and he pulled you into his side. You went easily, the motion a familiar one.

But something about hearing him converse in his first language, combined with the feeling of his firm hand on your hip, made something inside your heart shift. It was a small moment, miniscule in the grand order of things. It meant so very much to you.

Javi’s compliment makes you smile softly, his gaze full of such tenderness that it makes your heart ache. You put a hand on his chest, your cool palm a stark contrast to his furnace of a pectoral.

“You don’t look too bad yourself, Peña.”

He chuckles, smiling, his breath a short burst across your face that makes your hair flutter.

Javi's always been good at avoiding praise. "I look the same as always, hermosa."

You run a hand up his shoulder and neck to tangle in his dark curls, warm at the base of his skull. He smells like the cologne you'd helped him pick out - something from a small shop he'd never have found on his own, something woody and deep and fragrant. It was mostly selfish, that shopping trip, because all it makes you want to do is bury your nose in the collar of his shirt where the aroma is strongest. You think you could breathe in that scent for the rest of your life and never get tired of it.

"Exactly," you murmur, glancing over his shoulder at the glittering coastline and then back up to him. "You always look handsome."

It's impossible for him to hide his blush this close. "Yeah?" he asks, like he doesn't believe you. Like he wants to hear you say it again.

"Yes. Even when you wear those ugly sports shirts.”

He makes a face like he’s offended, and you laugh. “Hey, you can never go wrong with a Cowboys jersey.”

You smile and lean up to press a kiss to the corner of his mouth. It seems as though now that you’ve started, you’re trying to make up for all the times you haven’t kissed him.

Javi goes quiet, looking at you like you’re the most beautiful girl in the world. You decide to open your heart just a bit more to him - it must be in the air, because something about the night is making your want of him that much stronger.

“I thought you were handsome the moment I saw you in the gelato shop," you tell him, thinking back on that day.

Usually Americans tended to annoy you, never conscious of local etiquette and manners, always too loud and disruptive - but Javi was so sweet. His brown eyes had glimmered at you like jewels, his lips quirked in a smile that gave life to a thousand butterflies in your stomach.

He'd sat with you for over an hour, listening to you like he'd known you your whole life. The warm sun gave his skin a glow that you remember clearly to this day. Long after you both had finished your food, he was there, as if he had all the time in the world for you.

Javi presses another soft kiss to your lips, slow and mesmerizing, before drawing back again.

"You looked so beautiful," he murmurs, nose brushing against yours. "I never thought you'd give me the time of day."

You can't help but smile. "I knew I'd regret it if I didn't."

It feels like the two of you are on that balcony for the whole of the evening, the blissful joy of finally admitting your feelings - and having them reflected like a mirror in him - taking precedence over all the celebrating going on below you.

Eventually, however, you must return. You walk back to the crowd and one of your good friends gives you a look like she knows exactly where you just were. A blush rises to your cheeks, but when Javi loops a casual, more-than-friendly arm around your waist, you find you don't care all that much about what your friends think.