#André Blank

[tv-moments]

The Sandman

Season 1, “The Doll's House”

Director: Andrés Baiz

DoP: Will Baldy

[terriblysims]

Andrés Legacy💟

Chloe is scared of thunderstorms | After it was over she took a snooze next to her dad | And then Samuel gave her a bath | Valerie finished her essay for university applications | Despite the honest attempts being made, by Zeke and Emi, to stop her | Kelley invited her over to hangout | And her and Morgan got home at the same time | Morgan and Samuel are the cuddliest of bunnies

Valerie had fun at the Barron house

[janasarty]

“…but I saw the lake of Hali, thin and blank, without a ripple or wind to stir it, and I saw the towers of Carcosa behind the moon. Aldebaran, the Hyades, Alar, Hastur, glided through the cloud-rifts which fluttered and flapped as they passed like the scalloped tatters of the King in Yellow.”

I am here once again to share my bbygirl Arona on another classic art redraw. This one is from an André Joseph Allar sculpture

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Films watched in 2023.

Top 10 June.

Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, 2022)

Burden of Dreams (Les Blank, 1982)

Elephant (Alan Clarke, 1989)

Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023)

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, 2022)

Day of the Outlaw (André De Toth, 1959)

Master Gardener (Paul Schrader, 2022)

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Kelly Fremon Craig, 2023)

Ohikkoshi (a.k.a. Moving) (Shinji Sômai, 1993)

The Kid (Charlie Chaplin, 1921)

(My list on Letterboxd -click here-)

[hausofmamadas]

SE LA ARRANCA A MORDIDAS | mystery of Amado's anonymous lady-hustlers, solved

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Holy father who art in heaven, do I have some fucking cracked ass head-canon nonsense for us to👏🏽 day👏🏽 …………….. let’s get to it shall we??

so idk if anyone anyone being the largely nonexistent narcos fandom aka the void Im speaking into remembers that one scene from Narcos in S3 where sleazy!OG!Amado told that one story about those sex workers who robbed him blind, mid-mamadita?

anyone ..... no?

dwdwdw that's okay bc I brought some visual aids to assist in our collective remembrance of this glorious occasion

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The scene starts like this: 👇

Okay, yeah, right? legendary? legendary. just truly legendary behavior skfjskj on all fronts. but the identities of these social justice warriors— no wait activists— no wait, crusad— er no, patriarchy demolishers? iconic crimies with a penchant for for mid-fellatic felonies like armed robbery have been completely anonymous thus far.

…………… until now.

Bc as always, Narcoverse papis Doug Miro, Andrés Baiz, and Carlo Bernard, never fail to fill in the blanks except when they do cause Griselda left a lot to be desired and this is arguably the best ep of the show which, yeah. it’s never ideal when the best ep of a 6ep limited series is the 2nd one si me entiendes😬😬😬 but we digress because im 99.99999999999999% sure if these two sex workers from Griselda aren’t also the two legends who hustled Amado’s dick money out his pants pockets without having to fire so much as a single shot, I’m fairly certain they’re at least inspired by and carrying the torch aka bottling and distilling that Big Dick Energy to perfection of those brave women.

What gave me this idea? So glad you asked dear reader you didn’t but we’ll just pretend you did cause this my haus KEKW…. No like even I rolled my eyes at my own self for that but i couldn’t refrain either.

It all happened when I was nursing my new obsession with a one, Mr. Darío Sepúlveda a name I would most certainly believe to be fucking fake were he not an irl human bean.

👇👇 THIS slice of sweet, cherry pie right tf here

And I stumbled upon this one specific part, where the look on this chick’s face is SO FUCKINGKDHDHDGWVE SIMILAR to Amado’s face, when he’s explaining 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇how the burgling commences when the gurgling is interrupted by with an uncomfortable silence, as this chick proceeds to, hog still in mouth, cease any and all throat activity and fuckingskdfjskl just stare. up. at. him.

all 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

Like tell me homegirl’s face here👇👇 👇👇 doesn’t look just like it????????????

YOU CANTSJSHSJSHWUS YOU cANT. EVIDENCE IS IRREFUTABLE.

Anyway. Movingright along.

So, if aforementioned homegirl is the 🙇🏻‍♀️ from la historia del grande señor de los cielos, then that makes this ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝���☝️☝️ ... homegirl’s accomplice

with the👇👇sidearm

and like the general only slightly subtle "I eat dicks like urs for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a midnight snack" vibes that this duo is serving throughout but esp below bc never will I ever not refer to a fuckboy as mancito from now until I'm in my grave alsdkjfa like MANCITO. THE WAY SHE SAYS IT WITH SUCH ALSKDJFKS CONTEMPT, CAN YOU STAND IT????? makes it so clear in my mind's eye how they could 100000000000%% be the unnamed heroes thieves from Amado's little story

also full 180 just on the low but can we all moment of silence for this 👇👇 FUCKINGSDLDFJ LOOK ON DARIO'S FACE WHEN SHE CORRECTS HIM, "quien te dijo eso? ... un mancito?" LIKE HE FUCKIGNSLDFKJSLKJ KNOWS, HE KNOWS HE HAS ERRED ON THIS PATH, HE KNOWS HE CANNOT PASS GO, CANNOT COLLECT 200 DOLLARS AND HE HAS THE GOOD SENSE TO BE GRACIOUS ABOUT IT AND IMAS;DFLIJA;LWEJF;KAJWE;FAKJ; SFUCKINGS DFKLJSLDF JA;K CRYING, SCREAMING, THROWING UP, INCONSOLABLE. LIKE LOOK. AT THIS. OKAY, THAT A MAN, NO MANCITO

*smacks own face, jiggles head back and forth, takes deep breath* anyway.... back to the story

and this is where this prob super unhinged really solidifies bc let's join hands class and pledge alliegance to the most impressive and noteworthy alpha but in the most non-cringe way assertion of dominance I have ever fucking witnessed in all my days. Like, legit the next time i'm into a dude the way i say this like it's not an 'if' bc RIP to my love life lbr fuck all that playing coy, fuck all that flirting. We just gonna get right to the point bc imma climb all over his lap, purr in his face, and ask about his hobbies like it's the 1978 equivalent of a Hinge profile SKSKKSK

and the next time I am spurned I will absolutely grab his junk in a naked hahahaksdjfk grab for a proper leash power to gain the upper hand in the situation and shame any and all menfolk who claim to not like me bc I'm not their 'type.' which like sksjsjsjs admittedly poor Dario just said that as a pretense to get the chisme from the chick who hates Grislenda bc the look of unconcealed regret on his face when Mistress Mamma Crotch Snatcher Morton gets up seems like a good indicator he would've paid to play with his balls

BUT LIKE SIDE BY SIDE WITH AMADO GETTING TO THE metaphorical CLIMAX bc I sincerely doubt they let him bust, mid-robbery OF HIS STORY, CAN WE NOT SEE HOW CLEARLY THESE TWO WOMEN WERE THE ONES WHO JACKED AMADO OFF– NO WAIT THEY DECIDEDLY DID NOT DO THAT ALL OF AMADO’S SHIT, LIKE CAUGHT PAPI WITH HIS ACTUAL PANTS DOWN SKSJSB

and lest any of us were convinced that Lady "Hijueputa Mandona Esa" who hates Griselda wasn't the one holding the gun on Toque, telling Amado she's gonna have her friend chew clear through his disco stick like some froot by the foot, please refer to exhibit B here ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️where she's manspreading for jesus in these fucking hot pants. I mean try to tell me that ain't power. c'mon

AND THEN THE WAY SHE FUCKINGSLDFKJSL HUSTLES DARIO FOR EXTRA CASH, ALL "you gotta pay me more than that pittance bc yeah, she were a mouthy bitch but I didn't hate her that bad" ensuring he had no choice but to leave a tip, just like our pobre mujeriego, himbo extraordinaire, Sleazy!OG!Amado

And if this isn't the most iconic reminder to tip your servers, folks which everyone should be doing already I truly don't know what is.

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taglist: @ashlingnarcos @tofuwildcard @narcolini @drabbles-mc

[t-305tv]

Can you do one where there is couple competition and Beck enders him and Jade there thinking they are going to win but in the end they loose badly because beck literally knows nothing about jade and Tori and Andre win as they got entered accidentally. Beck and Jade get into a fight cuz they lost (mostly beck is screaming at jade while Jade just makes shandy comments about beck knowing nothing about her and him treating her like shit then say that André knows her better than beck and beck and André know jade for the same amount of time and that hell even Tori knows Jade better than Beck and Tori knows Jade less than Beck.) Ends with Jade forcing tori to go on a date as Jade lies to tori to come and keep her company since she doesn't want anyone cool to see her like this. pls.

Beck confidently smiled at Jade as they walked into the competition room for Karaoke Club's annual Couple's Competition. They had been dating for years, he knew Jade better than anyone. There was no way they could lose.

Beck and Jade were sure they had this couple's competition in the bag. After years of dating, they knew each other inside and out. But little did Beck know that Jade had been keeping a secret - she wasn't as well versed in his interests as he thought.

The first round was a questionnaire - each couple had to answer questions about their partner. Beck shrugged, this would be easy. But as the host read off question after question about Jade's favorite things, dreams, and history, Beck froze. He realized with horror he didn't actually know the answers. He glanced at Jade helplessly, but she just glared in response.

The host reads the first question: "What is your partner's favorite movie genre?"

Beck hesitates, forgetting if Jade prefers dark dramas or horror films the most. "Uh, something artsy?"

Jade glares daggers at him.

Meanwhile, Tori excitedly shouts "Musicals!" at the same time Andre answers "Musicals". They high five, already gaining points.

Next question: "What food does your partner hate the most?"

Beck racks his brain but draws a blank. "Uh, salads?"

Jade rolls her eyes so hard it looks painful.

Andre barely lets the host finish before answering "Coconut" at the same exact moment Tori says "Coconut!". They laugh, clearly in sync.

The host reads "What is the name of your partner's childhood stuffed animal?"

Beck's face falls, he has no idea. "Pony...no, Teddy? Hmm..."

Jade lets out an exasperated sigh.

Without missing a beat, Tori and Andre simultaneously respond to the easy question for them: "Mr. Purple!"

It's clear to the audience which couple actually knows each other, as Beck and Jade's answers continue to be way off mark. Their friends Tori and Andre are in perfect rhythm, cementing their victory with every perfectly aligned response.

For the next part of the competition, the host announces it's time for the couples to show their chemistry. Each pair must participate in a classic Newlywed Game-style question round.

Beck gulps nervously as the host reads the first question: "Who initiated your first kiss?"

He wracks his brain trying to remember, but in a panic blurts out "Me!" Jade's furious retort of "No it wasn't, idiot!" confirms he was wrong.

Meanwhile, Tori grins at Andre as they simultaneously tap their chins, remembering fondly. "It was when we were  cast as leads in play ," they chorus together accurately.

The next question doesn't fare much better for Beck and Jade: "What is your partner's dream vacation spot?"

Beck stammers, "Uh, Paris?"

Rolling her eyes, Jade growls "No, you moron."

Andre smiles knowingly at Tori. "Japan to see the cherry blossoms," they say as one, beaming at their own right answer.

It's clear Beck doesn't stand a chance at this game. While Tori and Andre keep acing question after question, perfectly in sync, Beck and Jade can barely manage a single right response between them. They have no chemistry left - just resentment. Andre and Tori will easily snatch the victory.

For the final round, thehost announces it's time for the couples to serenade each other. Beck internally panics - he has no song prepared to express how he truly feels about Jade. 

On the spot, he launches into a cheesy rendition of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Ashley. Jade scoffs at his generic choice and obviously false claims of deep understanding in the lyrics. 

When it's Tori and Andre's turn, they share a smile. Andre begins to beatbox a familiar rhythm as Tori's warm voice fills the room with their original song "Tell Me That You Love Me". 

The lyrics tell the story of their friendship turned romance, inside jokes woven in that have the audience laughing and awing. It's a heartfelt personal anthem only they could sing for each other. 

When they finish, the crowd erupts into the loudest applause of the night. It's clear Tori and Andre have taken home the grand prize through talent, trust and true intimacy.

Beck tries to catch Jade's eyes, but she's already turned away, no longer interested in what he has to say. Their relationship faces an uncertain future after this failure to understand each other. In the end, Tori and Andre proved to be the ultimate victors.

The tension in the room was palpable as the couple competition drew to a close. Beck and Jade had entered the contest with high hopes, confident in their ability to prove that they were the ultimate power couple. But as the final scores were tallied, it became painfully clear that their confidence had been sorely misplaced.

"And the winners are... Andre and Tori!" the announcer declared, as the crowd erupted into cheers.

Beck's jaw dropped in disbelief, his eyes narrowing as he glared at the victorious couple. "This is impossible," he muttered, his voice tinged with frustration.

Beside him, Jade folded her arms across her chest, her expression a mixture of annoyance and amusement. "Face it, Beck. We lost fair and square," she remarked, her tone laced with sarcasm.

As the applause for Tori and Andre dies down, Beck turns to Jade, anger and embarrassment taking over his frustration bubbling over into anger. "This is all your fault!" he exclaimed, pointing an accusatory finger in her direction.

Jade raises an eyebrow. "My fault? You're the one who knew nothing about me."

"I'm your boyfriend, you should be an open book!" Beck shoots back.

Jade laughs bitterly. "Boyfriend? Please. You treat me like crap and don't even bother to learn a single thing in the years we've been together."

Beck scoffs. "That's not true, I know you better than anyone."

At that, Jade sees red. "Are you kidding? Andre there has known me just as long but he can rattle off my favorite color without even trying."

"And even little Miss Perfect Tori over there knows me better than you do. And she's only known me half as long as you," Jade spits venomously.

Beck is at a loss for words. Deep down, he knows she's right.

Jade fixes him with a cold glare. "Why don't you go be 'boyfriend of the year' to one of your mindless drones who'll worship you no questions asked. We're done."

She storms away, leaving Beck alone with nothing but the sinking realisation that he never truly knew the girl he called his girlfriend at all.

"That can't be true," Beck insisted stubbornly. "There's no way Tori and Andre know Jade better than I do."

Jade snorted derisively. "Wanna bet? Ask them anything, I guarantee they'll know the answers."

She strode over to where Tori and Andre were celebrating their win. "Hey Vega, Andre, prove to Beck here that you know me better."

Andre smiled confidently. "Lay it on us man, we got this."

Beck racked his brain for a question even he should know. "Okay, what's Jade's least favorite class?"

"Math," Tori answered immediately.

Jade nodded in confirmation. Beck looked unsure.

"Middle name?" Andre challenged.

"Alexis," Tori and Andre said together.

Beck frowned, not knowing that one.

"First concert she ever went to?" Tori prompted.

"The Scissors Sisters," Andre replied smoothly.

Jade smirked, further proving their point. Beck was floundering.

"Alright fine, you two clearly know pointless details about Jade better than I do," Beck admitted grudgingly. "But that doesn't prove you understand her or our relationship."

Jade glared at him coldly. "They understand me better than you ever did. Now leave me alone."

Defeated, Beck could only watch as Jade walked away with Tori and Andre, realizing he'd truly lost her for good.

They said that Jade clearly is uncomfortable on how friendly beck is with out girls and how he never sees to care about her or her feelings or even listening to Jade when she says what she doesnt like or when beck lets girls be all over him and never shuts them down by telling them he has a girlfriend.

As Beck watched Jade walk off with Tori and Andre, hurt and anger welled up inside him.

"This is ridiculous," he protested. "I've always been a great boyfriend. So what if I'm friendly with other girls?"

Andre gave him a pitying look. "Man, come on. We've all seen how you flirt and let other girls hang all over you. Even when Jade's right there, looking uncomfortable."

Tori nodded in agreement. "And you never listen when Jade tells you something makes her uncomfortable. Like when Christy was all over you at that party after Jade asked you not to invite her."

Hearing this, Jade's cold stare seemed to pierce right through Beck.

"See, they notice things you never do," she said harshly. "You've never cared about my feelings. Just parading me around as your trophy girlfriend while getting cozy with every other girl."

Beck was stunned, realizing maybe he hadn't been the best boyfriend after all.

"And it's not like you ever bother shutting other girls down by mentioning your so called 'girlfriend,'" Jade continued bitterly.

Her words sunk in heavily. Beck hung his head in shame - she was right. He'd been blind to how his actions hurt Jade while Andre and Tori paid attention.

"I - I never realized…" he said weakly. But the damage was done. Jade had finally had enough of his careless behavior.

She turned and walked away without another word, leaving Beck alone with the heavy truth - he'd lost her for good because he'd never truly cared enough to see things from her point of view.

After walking away from Beck, Jade was furious and upset. She didn't want to go home yet where she might run into her parents fighting again.

She called Tori. "Vega, get over here now. We're going out and you're coming with me."

"Um, why?" Tori asked hesitantly.

"Does it matter? Just get your perky butt over here in 10 minutes or I'm leaving without you," Jade snapped before hanging up.

True to her word, Jade pulled up in her car exactly 10 minutes later. Tori got in warily, wondering what she'd been roped into.

To her surprise, Jade drove them to the nicest restaurant in town. "You're paying, by the way," Jade informed her as they walked in.

Over dinner, Tori finally got up the courage to ask what was going on. Jade sighed heavily.

"Look, I just…I can't let anyone from school see me all sad over Beck. So you're my cover - no one will question the ice queen if she's out with little miss sunshine."

Tori's face softened with understanding. She reached out to give Jade's hand a gentle squeeze. "I'm here for you, no judgment. Let's just have a good girls' night, okay?"

Jade let out a small smile, grateful Tori had come without question to keep her company in her moment of weakness. Maybe they were more alike than she'd admit - and both needed each other more than they knew.

[une-sanz-pluis]

I was thinking about how Margaret Holland's Book of Hours has the arms of Clarence impaling Holland on the same page as an illumination depicting the Arrest of Christ, with both Christ's face and the heraldic shield showing signs of touching/kissing leading Jessica Barker to conclude that Margaret may have seen Thomas Duke of Clarence's violent death as an "echo" of Christ's suffering. Then I remembered two things.

Firstly, that Thomas died on Holy Saturday - the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when the Harrowing of Hell occurred - so the connection with this imagery is very fitting.

Secondly, according to two chronicles, the English defeat at the Battle of Bauge (and thus Thomas's death) occurred due to the treachery of one André Lombart (or Andrew of Lombardy), which is striking when coupled with the manuscript folio.

The first chronicler who mentions this is John Strecche, whose chronicle was written in 1426. He writes:

Consider then that a certain soldier, Andrew of Lombardy, who had one time been a mercenary with the duke of Clarence, and had stolen a quantity of loot from the town of Pontoise, as I have three chapters before this, with a strong hand and cunning treachery, rose up and attacked them all, devoid of any any help. And he murdered the Duke and captured and killed the others at Eastertide in the year of the Incarnation of Our Lord 1421.

The second account comes from Peter Basset and Christopher Hanson, who were writing for Sir John Fastolf and whose account covers the years 1415 to 1429. They give more detail, writing:

The latter [Thomas Duke of Clarence] spoke with André Lombart, who was a traitor twice over, and enquired what power the enemy had and what number they were. Lombart replied that the enemy were only in small number and were not strong enough to acquit themselves even against half of the power of my lord of Clarence, and that he would therefore have a very fine and honourable victory. My lord of Clarence, thinking that the traitor was telling him the truth, gave orders for the deployment of the archers of his company, to wit, Sir [blank], Sir [blank] knights of Portugal, captains of Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, and with them, the bastard of Clarence, and told them to await him in the said location of Beaufort until his return, telling them also that he wished that the other nobles and himself should have the honour of the destruction (of the French). But it turned out quite the opposite, for which reason there was much sadness and sense of loss. My lord of Clarence and the nobles of his company, passing through narrow pathways, encountered the enemy already in battle formation, thanks to the warning of the aforementioned traitor Lombart who had sold the duke. They had set up significant ambushes by their men to prevent the duke and his company escaping without being killed or taken prisoner. The enemy immediately overran the duke on all sides. The duke and his nobles defended themselves as valiantly as they could, but finally my lord of Clarence was pitiously killed and several other lords were taken prisoner or killed.

The predominant narrative of the Battle of Bauge is that of disaster caused by Thomas's reckless rush to battle, this is true in the vast majority of accounts and in historians' coverage of the battle. For John D. Milner, Strecche's account is the "most creative" of English attempts to obscure the role of "English negligence" in the defeat, particularly Thomas's:

Frank Taylor in his edition of the chronicle has commented that Strecche transforms Baugé into an incident of comparatively little significance, thus attempting both to reassure those in England when they heard about it and to preserve Clarence’s reputation. As C. L. Kingsford observed, this must have been some early rumour of the affair which reached England, and in which the truth was concealed.

Milner does find more support for the Lombart story, noting that first (i.e. "Lancastrian") edition of John Hardying's chronicles contains a reference to "‘counsayll of Andrew, fals Lombarde". Milner ultimately concludes:

It is at least possible that such an account became current, and then remained long in the collective memory, in an attempt to mitigate the culpability of the royal commander, Clarence. It is interesting, however, that the authors of the Historia Anglicana and the Vita et Gesta Henrici Quinti make no reference to Andrew Lombard. This suggests that this episode was not known to them and that, if known, it was discounted or that, of itself, it did no credit to the English side.

Given the Vita et Gesta Henrici Quinti is believed to have been commissioned by Sir Walter Hungerford, who had close connections with Henry V, it is perhaps telling that it makes no reference to the Lombart story.

Whether or not it is true, however, what strikes me is the way we can couple the story of Thomas being betrayed to his death with the folio in his wife's Book of Hours which seems to link his death with Christ's betrayal. Even if the story isn't true (which does seem to be the consensus of historians), then I wonder if it's possible Margaret Holland believed it?

References

Jessica Barker, Stone Fidelity: Marriage and Emotion in Medieval Tomb Sculpture (The Boydell Press, 2020)

Anne Curry and Rémy Ambühl, A Soldiers' Chronicle of the Hundred Years War: College of Arms Manuscript M 9 (D. S. Brewer 2022)

Geoffrey Hilton, A Biography of King Henry V Told by John Strecche, Canon of Kenilworth 1426 (2014)

John D. Milner, “The Battle of Baugé, March 1421: Impact and Memory”, History, Vol. 91, No. 4, October 2006

[nonametis]

find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

Thanks for the tag @mikathemad

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(I used a different colour for teams I actually root for. or. where I'd be pretty happy should they win.)

Anaheim Ducks - Lukas Dostal

Boston Bruins - David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman, Joonas Korpisalo, maybe even Fabian Lysell for inside joke reasons

Buffalo Sabres - JJ Peterka, Devon Levi, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Bowem Byram, Henri Jokiharju, Rasmus Dahlin

Calgary Flames - Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau

Carolina Hurricanes - Tyson Jost, Sebastian Aho, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Frederik Andersen, Pyotr Kochetkov, Brent Burns, Andrei Svechnikov

Chicago Hockey Team - Teuvo Teräväinen, Lukas Reichel

Colorado Avalanche - Mikko Rantanen, Erik Brännström,Gabriel Landeskog, Aleksander Georgiev, Justus Annunen, Samuel Girard, Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Kiviranta

Columbus Blue Jackets - Elvis Merzlikins, Mikael Pyyhtiä, should they call him up again. I mean. As of right now, he's still in their trainings camp roster, so maybe~

Dallas Stars - Jason Robertson, Magnus Hellberg, Jake Oettinger, Esa Lindell, Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz,

Detroit Red Wings - J.T. Compher, Moritz Seider, Alex Lyon, Ville Husso, Eemil Viro should they ever call him up.

Edmonton Oilers - Leon Draisaitl, Jeff Skinner

Florida Panthers - Niko Mikkola, Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell, Matthew Tkachuk

Los Angeles Kings - Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild - Marc-André Fleury, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello

Montreal Canadiens - Oliver Kapanen (If he doesn't go back to Timrå IK after trainings camp), Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, Joel Armia, Alex Newhook, Patrik Laine

Nashville Predators - Juuso Pärssinen! Juuse Saaros, Roman Josi, Brady Skej

New Jersey Devils - Dougie Hamilton

New York Islanders - Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat

New York Rangers - Mika Zibanejad, Kaapo Kakko, Igor Shestorkin

Ottawa Senators - Tim Stützle, Linus Ullmark, Claude Giroux,

Philadelphia Flyers - Travis Konecny, Erik Johnson

Pittsburgh Penguins - Jesse Puljujärvi, (the rest of them too)

San Jose Sharks - Nico Sturm, Yaroslav Askarov, Mario Ferraro, Valtteri Pulli should he get called up

Seattle Kraken - Philipp Grubauer, André Burakovsky, Eeli Tolvanen,

St. Louis Blues - Kasperi Kapanen, Mathieu Joseph, P.O. Joseph, Alexandre Texier WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE, WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN???

Tampa Bay Lightning - Jake Guentzel, Connor Sheary

Toronto Maple Leafs - William Nylander, Joseph Woll, Matthew Knies, John Tavares, Oliver Ekman Larsson, Jani Hakanpää, Morgan Rielly

Utah Hockey Club - Juuso Välimäki, Matias Maccelli

Vancouver Canucks - Quinn Hughes, Elias Petterson

Vegas Golden Knights - Noah Hanifin, Tomas Hertl

Washington Capitals - Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nicklas Bäckström?

Winnipeg Jets - Kaapo Kähkönen, Nikolaj Ehlers

Can't really think of anyone to tag right now (sorry friends, illness!brain go blank) but if you see this and wanna take part, please do!

[princess-of-the-corner]

I partly agree on the Chloé not being Audrey's bc the backlash would be wild. But at the same time I prefer her not being Andrés if only bc there are a lot of potential dad's for Chloé. My mind tends to go blank when I try to think of a potential other bioma for her (there always seems to be a lack of blonde haired blue eyed women to me unless I skip'em (I was a little disappointed when I learned Selina Kyle wasn't a natural blonde (her seducing André for hotel access? Missed opportunity, dude))

Honestly we could go with a 'neither of them are her bio parents' somehow.

Either some switched at birth nonsense, or the woman Andre was having an affair with was also sleeping with someone else and she just assumed Andre was the father but whoops she was wrong it was that random hotel guest she slept with!

Or well. I mean. This isn't the first fandom I've been in where the mayor's kid was actually kidnapped as a baby. But hopefully we let Chloé's bio parents be actual good people.

[smokefalls]

I will stay like this with you for a few more hours, dancing around this burning blaze just as man has done since the dawn of time. When he used to fall asleep under the stars, seeing them as nothing more than blank pages in which stories would unfold, in which myths and legends would be written.

Andrés N. Ordorica, How We Named the Stars

[tv-moments]

The Sandman

Season 1, “Playing House”

Director: Andrés Baiz

DoP: Will Baldy

[diavolaangelica]

“distinctly beautiful” by Carlos Andrés Gómez

"On my wall it sits and taunts my arrogance a mirror that most unforgiving of gods it holds answers no one wants to see a bellowing, righteous haunt I carry it that blasphemy of judgment in my eyes as I teach little girls that crave to be women think it’s all breasts and hips and catcall I try to fight a tide stronger than faith almost patronize them tell them they are “strong young women” to write “distinctly beautiful” at the top of each page or 24 times down the left-hand column if I’ve got them for 2 hours try to coerce them into searching for something they've recently lost and I wish I could carve “distinctly beautiful” into my lovers’ torsos stain their lower backs and thighs I wonder: where does this self-hate come from? who is to blame? angry at every man that has come before me and those that continue to arrive: that tear off blouses with knife-sharp gawks rape the freedom out of a summer dress with the bloody mattress of suggestive smile that pitch the billboard ads that write those textbook passages and now we’re icing women’s nipples “for artistic purposes” it’s fashionable for her to sag her jeans so they’ll be easier to take off before I fuck her and my little sister’s Barbie doll might as well be her God translated as human: 7 feet tall a 39 inch bust DD cup breasts an 18 inch waist and 33 inch hips on 5 foot long legs as stilts in size 4 feet that can’t balance her anorexic, impossible 95 pounds the perfect 39-18-33 Mattel hourglass – built to steal each woman’s virginity before she even knows what sex is and I’m disgusted at middle-aged men that pant with their pupils yet I’ll still notice a married woman’s nipples through her sheer top on the subway across from me stare at her thong when she bends over I might as well have been the teacher that taught these little girls to give up trained that shy, adolescent Latina to look Lolita-esque with pigtails in study hall and swallow lollipops like dicks with high-gloss lipstick to show off that she has dick-sucking lips too and I’m her teacher responsible for showing her how to express herself and grow up she might as well be my nine year-old sister, Maya or my first daughter a ghost with no self-esteem she’s just focused on impressing that Senior in the 3rd row popping bubble gum above a first line I told her to write just beneath her chin that says, “I am distinctly beautiful because…” left there almost haphazard atop the quivering blankness of her empty page that white canvas just another unholy mirror that swallows her fragile obsidian eyes and refuses to recognize her." “distinctly beautiful” by Carlos Andrés Gómez.

[freeuselandonorris]

21, 23 and 30 for the fic asks.

'a universe' for 21, if you feel comfortable. If not, 'you can find it if you'. Or both lol

21. If you wrote a “missing scene” in [insert fic], what would it be?

oh man. well, for 'universe' it would be an actual planned ending lol, rather than just calling it done at a certain point because it was too tangled up with irl stuff going on at the time. it's actually too long ago for me to remember whether i had specific plans for the ending, but i know i wanted jev to have more closure over his past and to work more into him feeling freed from his past demons.

for you can find it if you, it would involve switching POV entirely but i would LOVE to have written about james going off to find the ropes to do an impromptu shibari demonstration and just having a moment of being like...what the fuck is going on. i'm so obsessed with those moments of clarity you get sometimes in life when your silly little gremlin brain is just taking you in a direction and you're helpless at the steering wheel like "oh fuck guess this is happening now" and then just for a moment your rational brain cuts in and goes WAIT WHAT and then you're off again. i definitely think james would have had one of those moments where he recognised that he was heading down a very particular path and there would have been a few fleeting seconds where he could have chosen to stop it all, come back in and tell andré he can't find the ropes or he's changed his mind or he feels sick or whatever. but he doesn't.

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

ooooh good question! so much as i bang on about how i'm not really into AUs, there are a couple i would really love to write one day but they require like, actual brainpower and stuff.

the biggest one is the crash AU, with toto playing the part of vaughan. i don't think i will ever write this because the idea of writing about professional racing drivers dying or being injured in car crashes makes me very, very nervous because i am too prone to magical thinking about that kind of thing. but fuck, it would be SO GOOD.

lando camboy AU. i might write this one at some point? again though, i feel slightly nervy about writing it when i don't have lived experience of sex work, but i think that one is probably just me overthinking things.

mmm i'm sure there's more but my brain has gone blank! ballet AU would be fun but i don't have the knowledge required to do it justice, sadly.

and then i would also really love to write a hardcore CNC kidnap kink scene, and find it actually quite mad that i haven't gotten around to it yet because it's such a cast-iron irl kink for me and it lends itself so well to the fantasy element of fic.

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

the toto/christian hideousness all the blood runs hot before it's cold was pretty far out of my comfort zone (which is why you had to nag me so much to actually finish it lmao) because it was the first time i'd leaned so heavily into the psychosexual side of things, writing characters who are heavily in denial and enjoy manipulating each other. previously although i'd written a lot of power dynamics, they were always consensual and either based in established and healthy relationships or poorly negotiated but ultimately fulfilling hookups. so writing this felt pretty unnerving and i struggled a lot at times with getting the tone right.

having said that, it's probably the fic i'm proudest of and i think my writing is at its strongest in that piece, so it was a valuable lesson to learn that actually i CAN write in this way!

i think also in the past i had felt an internal pressure to be a sort of positive mouthpiece for kink? like, power dynamics, kink and edgeplay have traditionally had SUCH a bad rap for being unhealthy, abusive, blah blah blah and so i always wanted my fics to demonstrate that actually that's not the case, and it can be incredibly healthy and loving. which is demonstrably and unequivocably true! but it was important for me to give myself permission to write about something that was not that, and to take my own advice that fiction doesn't have to ascribe to some sort of barometer of moral purity to be worthy.

thanks love, these were such interesting questions!

questions for fic writers

[eirikswood]

Brown Boy Beautiful and the Polychrome Antiquities

"Athens was never white but her statues, bereft of color, have conditioned the artistic sensibilities of Europe… the whole past has reached us colorless." (André Malraux). All of the marble sculptures, bronze statues, and ornamental architecture of ancient Greece and Rome were originally painted with many vibrant colors and elaborate patterns. Blank, unadorned sculptures became the norm of the western canon during the Renaissance, when the church sought to redefine its realm and its peoples under a single subcontinental identity built on shared classical foundations. This myth of paleness as divinity, purity, beauty, and authority is so pervasive that most of us absorb its message unknowingly as children and some of us never unlearn it (see Clark doll test, 1940 - present)

[k00278302]

(14/11/23) DiSrUpT

Artist research: An artist I’ve been looking at for my photography is Andrés Gallardo Albajar who uses the double exposure technique I like and communicates conflicting feelings just as I’m trying to do with my theme of divorce.

This one I really like an would like to recreate in my own way as it paints a picture of someone hiding their emotions and shows a blank emotionless face over the hands as if they’re okay when I’m reality they’re not. I think this really relates to my project.

[byneddiedingo]

François Leterrier in A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956) Cast: François Leterrier, Charles LeClainche, Jacque Ertaud, Maurice Beerbeck, Roland Monod. Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Bbased on a memoir by André Devigny. Cinematography: Léonce-Henri Burel. Production design: Pierre Charbonnier. Film editing: Raymond Lamy.  "I don't laugh," Fontaine (François Leterrier) says. No, he doesn't. In fact, throughout A Man Escaped, Leterrier's expression rarely changes. But we always know the determination, the doubt, the calculation, the suspicion that's going through his head, thanks to Leterrier's use of his eyes.* But as Eisenstein taught us so long ago, montage is responsible for so much of what we feel and witness in movies, and we also have to credit Raymond Lamy's editing as well as Léonce-Henri Burel's cinematography and of course Robert Bresson's direction for making A Man Escaped, based on the memoirs of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance who was imprisoned by the Nazis, one of the most powerful excursions into a man's soul ever put on film. The word "minimalism" was not so much in use when A Man Escaped was made as it is today, but if ever a film was minimalist in avoiding conventional movie tricks like background music or flashy camerawork, it's this one. Bresson's restraint as a filmmaker serves to keep us in Fontaine's head, blotting out all but his grim determination to escape. When Fontaine murders the prison guard, we don't see it. We barely even hear it. We are watching a blank wall when it happens. But we hold our breaths while it does. Today we think of the prison-break movie genre in terms of films like Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953), The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963), Escape From Alcatraz (Don Siegel, 1979), and The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994), with stars like William Holden, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Tim Robbins, and Morgan Freeman, with action leavened by comic relief and made more tense by grotesque and sadistic guards, and underscored by mood music. What Bresson gives us is a film with no stars that concentrates largely on the face of the man planning his breakout and whose only music is the occasional underscoring with the "Kyrie" from Mozart's C-minor mass. And it works far better than those more famous and conventional movies. *Leterrier went on to become a film director and writer. He made only one more film appearance as an actor, in the small role of André Malraux in Alain Resnais's Stavisky... (1974).