#Augusta Lucille

[sporadiceagleheart]

There was a Shooting outside of my streets Sunday night and an 18 year old was shot and killed that's why I'm making this edit to honor that 18 year old and other young kids and people who passed away sadly over the years it breaks my heart to see so many gone so young and innocent That 18 year old was in Augusta Georgia Hicks Road At the time of the shooting and Robb elementary school shooting was in 2022 Makenna Lee Elrod, Eliahna Torres, Jackie Cazares, Layla Salazar, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Nevaeh Bravo, Alyssa Alhadeff, Rachel Joy Scott, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Catherine Violet Hubbard, Chase Kowalski, Jesse Lewis, Jessica Rekos, Emilie Parker, Avielle Richman, Caroline Previdi, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Dylan Hockley, Madeleine Hsu, Star Hobson, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos,Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Charlotte Louise Dunn, Hannah Louise Scott, Skylar Annette "Sky " Neese, Tristyn Bailey, Adriana Dukic, Little Scarlett Taylor, Sara Fay Rivazfar, Daniela Carolina Vasquez Mazariegos, Lavinia Trematerra, Prince Octavius of Great Britain, Jenna Renea Mosier, Emma Grace Brinkerhoff, Alexis "Lexi" D'Shea Norred, Isabella Sara “Bella” Tennant, Rachel Marie D'Avino, Joanna Caroline “JoJo” Ross, Megan Rochelle Jenkins, Amberly Mendoza, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Mhairi Isabel Macbeath, Grace Audrey McDonnell, Amerie Jo Garza, Alexandria "Lexi " Rubio, Bella Bond, Sable Gibson, Olivia Dahl, Peggy Montgomery, Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014 and Baby LeRoy, Ashanti Grinage, Ava Martin White, Ava Jordan Wood, Amanda Todd, Sidra Hassouna, Zainab Momin, Selena Lau, Lacey Foy, Sarah Radney, Nylah Anderson, Park Boram, O.J. Simpson, Sophie North, Cassie Bernall, Jaime Guttenberg, Hana St. Juliana, Gina Montalto, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Emily Grace Jones, Natalie Danielle Brooks, Lois Janes, Louis XVII, Melissa Helen Currie, Corey Tyler DePooter, Kevin Allan Hasell, Paige Ann Herring, Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Keyes, Emily Horten, Mei Leung, David Charles Kerr, Abigail McLennan, Dunblanesandyhook

[poetryandbloods-blog]

Corvus Lestrange (1926 - 1975)

Elizabeth Burke (1927 - 1947)

Francine Carrow (1940 - 1981)

Tiberius Lestrange (1981 - )

Corvus was one of the original Death Eaters, the first person alongside Tiberius Nott to meet Tom Riddle on the Hogwarts express, he was responsible for helping to integrate him into the world of Slytherin.

Corvus was the fifth son in a succession of girls, his mother was a Malfoy by birth and for many years had been the Malfoy heir presumptive until the birth of his uncle Hyperion. Her mother would have two other daughters after Corvus and would become known as the Grandmother of Wizarding Britain, thanks to her daughters' successful marriages.

He married Elizabeth Burke, with whom he would have a son Rodolphus, Elizabeth became increasingly weaker after the birth of her son and died a few years later. He would marry again, to Francine Carrow with whom he would have his second son Rabastan.

Having grown up in a house full of women he was quite indolent with his wives, leaving them free to do whatever they wanted.

Corvus would die in a skirmish in 1975, his sons would go to Azkaban a few years later.

Rabastan married a cousin with whom he had a son, she fled to France after the fall of the Dark Lord, their son Tiberius would study at Beauxbatons.

After the Battle of Hogwarts Rabastan fled to France, he sent himself with his son for the first time in years. The two shared a lunch where he bypassed the family's secrets, he fled soon after. The Aurors wouldn't find him and his son would never reveal the conversation they had.

** To me, Lestrange Family have mahogany hair and dark blue eyes.

Parents:

Desdemona Ivory Malfoy – Lestrange (1890 – 1947)

Tiberius Manon Lestrange (1880 – 1940)

Sisters:

Créssida Perdita Lestrange – Selwyn (1919 – 1996)

Athenodora Giselle Lestrange – Gamp (1921 - )

Sulpicia Annie Lestrange – Travers (1923 – 2023)

Manon Chloé Lestrange - Dolohov (1924 - 1980)

Estelle Lucille Lestrange – Malfoy (1930 - 1957)

Augusta Esther Lestrange – Longbottom (1935 -)

[mostlyimpartial]

i love you harlem i love you langston hughes i love you audre lorde i love you lucille clifton. i love you jazz i love you hot buttered yams i love you alice walker. i love you june jordan. i love you cab calloway i love you louis armstrong i love you bessie smith i love you ma rainey. i love you jacob lawrence i love you augusta savage i love you summer-hot subways. 

i love you east side. i love you muriel rukeyser i love you alan ginsberg. i love you klezmer i love you folded knishes i love you hedy lamar. i love you orchard street i love you peddlers i love you pushcarts i love you pickles. i love you sophie tucker i love you bell baker i love you summer-hot subways. 

i love you blackness i love you jewishness i love you solidarity i love you ragtime i love you blues i love you grief i love you healing i love you harlem. i love you harlem i love you harlem i love you harlem. 

[lboogie1906]

Ambassador Dr. Larry L. Palmer (July 13, 1949) was born in Augusta, Georgia. Between his two ambassadorships, he headed the Inter-American Foundation (2005-2010).

He graduated from Emory University with his BA in History. He joined the Peace Corps, volunteering to serve as a teacher in Liberia. He obtained his MA with an emphasis in African history from Texas Southern University. He worked as assistant director of financial aid at the University of Virginia and was a professor of history at Cuttington College. He received a Ph.D. with a concentration in Higher Education and African Studies from Indiana University. He taught history at Wake Forest University.

He left academia to work for the US Foreign Service. His first overseas assignment was as vice consul in the Dominican Republic. He worked as a personnel officer in US Embassies in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Asuncion, Paraguay. He became a staff assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. He was assigned to the Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

He became the Pearson Fellow where he served as assistant to the University of Texas, El Paso President. He helped implement faculty and student exchange programs with Mexico and the rest of Latin America and served as a consultant for International Affairs.

He returned to the Foreign Service and was assigned to the Embassies in Seoul, Korea, and the Dominican Republic. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Quito, Ecuador. He was appointed Ambassador to Honduras.

President Obama nominated him as the Ambassador to Venezuela. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that he would not allow him to take his post. President Chavez accused him of making critical remarks about his government. US insistence that he be installed as ambassador, he continued his opposition prompting the Obama Administration to expel Venezuela’s Ambassador.

He began serving as Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean which includes Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

He and his wife, Lucille, have one child. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[nuka-bolt]

3, 18, 26, 30, and 32? (Dealer’s choice on OC)

Thank you!!! 🧡

Fallout OC Asks

3. What is their SPECIAL?

Alicia - S3, P4, E3, C8, I6, A3, L5

Evie - S4, P8, E6, C8, I5, A8, L7

Aidan - S4, P9, E4, C3, I4, A9, L2

Lucille - S5, P4, E6, C5, I6, A5, L5

18. Do they have any disabilities, mutations, or implants / enhancements? Do they have any chronic illnesses?

Evie and Lucille are both Synths so they are both resistant to radiation. All 4 have some form of chronic pain from the build up of injuries. Aidan has had the longest exposure to radiation of all of them

26. How would others describe them / their disposition?

Alicia - Kind but reserved. Outside of the persona she puts on as General Clarke she is quiet and thoughtful, but blind to anything involving her family

Evie - Friendly and passionate. Perceptive ones would get the feeling she's trying to hide something.

Aidan - Blunt and Loyal. Bleeding heart buried deep deep down. Those who are close to him are all that matter and he would die to protect them

Lucille - Timid but good-humoured. In combat she is ruthless.

30. What decisions have they made or actions have they done that affect their canon wasteland? (Did they blow up Megaton, have they killed/spared any major characters, etc.)

Derailed takes place before the events of F4. Its events lead to Boomer becoming the leader of Outpost Zimonja and certain events aid Evie and the Railroad in Liar Liar’s timeline, such as the awareness of the fall of Augusta safehouse.

Alicia is the Sole Survivor and completes Acts 1 & 2 and all that entails (saving Nick, killing Kellogg, Entering the Institute etc) and also helps with various side quests and companions (Nick, MacCready etc)

Whilst the Institute is suspicious of Bunker Hill, M4-29 (later Evie) confirms Railroad activities there and leads directly to the eventual Battle of Bunker Hill, though her own self-preservation means that the Institute never gets names or faces. She completes the Railroad quest line from Boston After Dark onwards, whilst Alicia completes the Institute quest line.

There's more but that'd be spoilers (and even more of a wall of text)

32. What is their go-to weapon or weapon class?

Evie - Deliverer

Alicia - at first it was her 10mm, modded to all hell. Then once she joined the institute she favoured laser weaponry

Aidan - back during his raider days he shared a .45 rifle with the rest of the lookout team. He has an allocated pipe pistol from the gang at Outpost Zimonja but has a secret 10mm that he keeps for emergencies

Lucille - Lucille has a scavenged 10mm she bartered from Tenpines Bluff. After the events of Derailed she favours a shotgun

[secondaryartifacts]

Macon Georgia has a population of 234,802 in 2020. Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area (CSA) had approximately 420,693 residents in 2017 and abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area to the northwest. Voters approved the consolidation of the City of Macon and Bibb County governments in a 2012 referendum. Macon became the state's fourth-largest city after Augusta when the merger occurred January 1, 2014.

Macon has been home for numerous musicians and composers, including Emmett Miller, The Allman Brothers Band, Randy Crawford, Mark Heard, Lucille Hegamin, Ben Johnston, Otis Redding, Little Richard, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry of R.E.M., as well as more recent artists like violinist Robert McDuffie and country artist Jason Aldean.

It is not a small town.

[thelanterneattorney]

Citoyen Geordie,

I have already mentioned that I pay no need to being called out, owing to the fact Lucile and Robespierre think I am quite reckless enough already in the press aristocratic nature of the custom; however, in your case I might perhaps be prevailed upon to make an exception, as the meeting would be so elegantly dramatical upon both sides.

I am glad to hear you have such a kindness for my republic, but I must take objection to your fawning and slavish notions about Bonaparte, at whose feet you seem to fall as ingratiatingly as the pretty Persian eunuch Bagoas before the tyrant Alexander - although evidently with less success, as I have never heard him proposing to take you to bed, despite your best efforts, and his making so encouraging a comment about the Tsar of Russia. The New Caesar he may be, but I am very far from admiring traitorous generals who put to the sword with vile treachery the greatest republics the world has ever seen. However, that is beside the point.

I do not deny that I may possibly have pursued your journal, but you can hardly blame me, as there are very few who write with such an excellent imitation of my own wit, and I was in need of something entertaining. I shall endeavour to send them back to you if I can ever recall where I put them; I am afraid they may be a trifle damaged with black coffee, but they are still perfectly legible.

Your disclaiming a sullen countenance is patently absurd! By all I have read, your moods are far more gloomy than my own, which are generally dispelled by a few ill-advised jests at the expense of my friends, whilst yours drag themselves out through interminable Romantic cantos as the miserable Manfred lusts after his sister. And as for your not looking upon death's door, it is positive that your health is far worse than mine, my own life being cut short by a violent martyrdom in the cause of liberty, whilst you succumbed to a touch of fever; not to mention your continual dalliance with sunstroke and your strangely disobliging teeth!

In reference to your last point, I thought it was plain that I do not object to your borrowing from my irresistible mannerisms, but merely to your failure to write a single line concerning me! The matter is easily remedied. Hock and soda you shall not have, the aforementioned wine being German and consequently barbaric, but you are welcome to burgundy if you pay me due reverence in your writings in future.

As for my "point that no gentleman would make", I never professed to be a gentleman, and I refer you to my remarks in the opening of my journal upon Pro Caelio. If you do not desire to be cast as Pulcherella, and cher Augusta as the revered Medea palatina, then you ought to be more careful to oblige me! However, since you did acknowledge my heroism, and flattery is entirely irresistible to me, I shall remain for this evening

yours in temporarily arrested wrath,

Camille Desmoulins

Salut et Fraternité, my dear Citizen George - (that you pretend to the title of Lord I am aware, but I cannot acknowledge aristocratic pretensions; as for my addressing you by christian rather than last name, you will agree it is much more comic.) For an Englishman, your sentiments appear tolerably reasonable, and your letters are certainly amusing; however, I have a strong objection to make to your mentioning Monsieur de Chevalier Saint Just within them and never once mentioning me, despite the fact it is quite clear to any with the least knowledge of the fashions and intellectual currents of this age that your Style is conspicuously derived from mine! In order to demonstrate this point beyond question, let me draw your attention to the portrait of myself by  Citizen Joseph Boze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Desmoulins#/media/File:Camille_Desmoulins_-_Joseph_Boze.png.

You here perceive, unless you are quite as blind and as provincial as Polyphemus, serpentine and lightly disheveled dark curls, a melancholy and brooding air, a distinctly classical nose and mouth, a luminous and restless eye, and a frilled necktie half-hidden by the shadows of the palette, which catch up and intensify the dim mystery of the sitter; all of which, mon cher Christmas (as such, I have been informed, is the name you prefer to go by), are now ignorantly termed to be Byronic attributes, as if no one but George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, had ever employed them! Add to this your scathing wit, your appreciation of the glories of the Ancients, your predilection for writing with a hangover, your swiftly-shifting humours of unseasonable gaiety and black despair, your habit of throwing your countrymen into fits of puzzlement and concern and incurring banishment for carmen et error, and it becomes a simple case of plagiarism! You may think yourself extremely Original in engaging in incest, calculating, no doubt, that I would not have had time for the pursuit in the midst of all my patriotic duties, but if that is the only defence you can find it will not do at all. You had better reply with all haste, as I already have a philippic forming in my head, and if I grow bored in the interim, or simply become very attached to the phrases, you shall not be able to prevent me from publishing it.

Yours with slanderous intent,

@thelanterneattorney

Dear God, what a veritable wall of words! I doubt any poor fellow was before presented with his faults in such a devilish involved manner - & I am used to missives that look like essays - my lovers send them all too oft - & usually burn the fattest ones when my debts disallow coals. Heigho, pistols at dawn et al it is then! Let us see if I can make a sentence string together well enough in prose to answer this, without becoming more ennuyé than is usual of that yawning verb.

Firstly: George?! Of all the conjugations of my name, that one has fallen into such a disrepute that it is almost as obscure as the locative & about as oft used. You hardly insult me - simply perplex, which seems your usual mode of carrying on - & to be addressed as a citizen of a republic I admire & who gave birth to the new Caesar can be taken as nothing save a compliment! I had far rather be French, Italian or Grecian than inhabit ye nook-shotten isle of the stinking corporal Arthur. However, I beg to correct your assumption of my nationality - I was born & raised in Aberdeen, & as such am more Scots than English - & ask you to to at least use Geordie, if you must be so damn familiar.

Next, my correspondence: aforementioned reference to the Chevalier Saint-Just is not within my letters - which would be a plain case of traitorous friends - of which I have many - or traitorous lovers - of which devils there are still more - but it makes up an entry in mine journal from 1813-14. This suggests burglary - Massena @chicksncash, if you helped him I swear by Jove to call you out! - which is far more concerning when coming from a rather insane journaliste. I believe property is sacred under your Declaration of the Rights of Man &c, & so if you would give me back my deuced scribblings, I would be grateful.

Yon portrait is lacking from ye missive, so I shall ask Teresa to aid me in supplying a copy of it alongside one of my own, for comparison:

'Pon the subject of my supposed plagiarismes: My curls are certainly not serpentine - simply charmingly windswept, as is to be expected from traipsing about in sublimity - & bear not the lightest resemblance to ye ancient tempted the Serpent, being far too short. As for this melancholia of air - Phah! I have no such sullen countenance as yours - although I am a devil in a mood - nor do I look upon death's door with consumption. Yon "dim mystery of the sitter" is certainly the kind of trash dear Polly-Dolly would write about me, but is hardly apropos from a man of some literary talent. This Byronic air you speak of is hardly the depression of the incarcerated firebrand, as is evident in your portrait, but simply the inevitable absence of ye world traveller pondering the mountains & smoking.

I admit that I gain some attributes of my manner of carrying on from you, but is not imitation the sincerest form of flattery? If ayne fellow of talent - @franzliszt-official for example - came up to me with a reputation for imitating my mannerisms, I should offer him hock & soda on ye spotte! My only defence for stealing your gay moods & melancholia is that I found you fascinating as an infant, & something about your heroism must have wormed into my unformed mind to lodge there.

Your final point is one no gentleman would make, let alone acknowledge. I do not know what that harpy my wife has been saying, but her words are driven by spite and disappointment in my "failure to reform", & are not worth their damn salt. You would do well to refrain from mentioning such toss again.

Yr humble servante,

Byron.

[oversimplify-it]

Augusta Lucille — Class of 19xx

Happy Birthday to my favorite Sim! ♥ 🎂

[alliluyevas]

Oh, I want to add Lorenzo Snow, who had some truly odd choices though not really uniquely Mormon per se

Lorenzo Snow:

Rosetta Adaline, Leonora Charlotte, Abigail Harriet, Eliza Sarah, Oliver Goddard, Roxcy Armatha, Lucius Aaron,  Sylvia, Amanda Eleanor, Lorenzo Jr.,  Isadore Percy, Ida,  Clarissa Caroline, Amelia Henrietta, Alonzo Henry, Parinthia, Eugenia, Franklin Horton, Sarah Augusta, Celestia Armeda, Alphonzo Houtz, Lydia May, Mary Amanda, Susan Imogene, Leslie Woodruff, Jacob Fitzroy, Roxcy Lana, Laurin Alvirus Erastus, Virginia Marian, Orion Woodruff, Mansfield Lorenzo, Hortensia, Milton Woodruff, Mortimer Joseph, Chauncey Edgar, Phoebe Augusta Florence, Flora Bell Birdie, LeRoi Clarence, Minnie Mabelle, Cora Jean, Lorenzo Lamont, Rhea Lucille

for my beloved followers interested in mormon polygamy name discourse, i have compiled and presented a list of the children of four different 19th century mormon polygamist men, ranging from 30 to 66 children. I included middle names when I could find them and the children are listed in chronological order of their birth.

Brigham Young:

Elizabeth, Vilate, Joseph Angell, Brigham Jr., Mary Ann, Emma Alice, Luna Caroline, John Willard, Brigham Heber, Edward Partridge, Oscar Brigham, Hyrum, Joseph, Moroni, Mary Eliza, Ella Elizabeth, Alva, Alma, Fanny Decker, Emily Augusta, Marinda Hyde, Clarissa Maria, Jeanette Richards, Zina Presendia, Evelyn Louisa, Hyrum Smith, Caroline Partridge, Ernest Irving, Nabby Howe, Willard, Eudora Lovina, Mahonri Moriancumer, Emmeline Amanda, Shamira, Alfales, Brigham Morris, Phoebe Louisa, Jedediah Grant, Arta DeChrista, Joseph Don Carlos, Louisa Wells, Susa Amelia, Lorenzo Dow, Miriam, Albert Jeddie, Feramorz Little, Alonzo, Josephine, Clarissa Hamilton, Charlotte Tallula, Ruth, Phineas Howe, Lura, Daniel Wells, Rhoda Mabel, Adella, and Fanny van Cott

Heber Kimball: 

Judith Marvin, William Henry, Helen Mar, Roswell Heber, Heber Parley, David Patten, Adelbert, Charles Spaulding, Henry, Brigham Willard, Sarah Helen, David, Margaret Jane, Abraham Alonzo, Isaac, Solomon Farnham, Samuel Chase, David Orson, Prescinda Celestia, Murray Gould, David Heber, Joseph Smith, Augusta, Cornelia Christine, John Heber, William Gheen, Susannah, Samuel Heber, Joseph Smith, Harriet, Newel Whitney, Willard Heber, Jacob Reese, Jonathan Golden, Horace Heber, Rosalia, Albert Heber, Lydia Holmes, Jedediah Heber, Hyrum Heber, Enoch Heber, Peter, Daniel Heber, Ann Spaulding, Sarah Maria, Jeremiah Heber, Mary Melvina, Andrew, Alice Ann, Eliza, James Heber, Joshua Heber, Washington, Mary Margaret, Moroni Heber, Sarah Gheen, Joshua Heber, Eugene, Wilford Alfonzo, Franklin Heber, Lorenzo Heber, Abbie Sarah

Joseph F. Smith:

Mercy Josephine, Sarah Ellen, Mary Sophronia, Leonora, Hyrum Mack, Donette, Joseph Richards, Alvin Fielding, Heber John, Joseph Fielding Jr., Alfred Jason, Rhoda Ann, David Asael, Edna Melissa, Minerva, Albert Jesse, George Carlos, Alice, Robert, Julina Clarissa, Willard Richards, Elias Wesley, John Schwartz, Franklin Richards, Emma, Emily Jane, Lucy Mack, Calvin Schwartz, Zina, Rachael, Jeanetta, Samuel Schwartz, Andrew Kimball, Ruth, Edith Eleanor, James Schwartz, Jesse Kimball, Asenath, Martha, Agnes, Silas Schwartz, Fielding Kimball, and Royal Grant

Parley Pratt:

Parley Parker Jr., Nathan, Olivia Thankful, Susan, Moroni Llewellyn, Alma, Helaman, Nephi, Julia Houston, Belinda Marden, Cornelia, Agatha, Abinadi, Lucy, Ether, Mormon, Mosiah, Malona, Lehi Lee, Henriette, Marian, Omner, Teancum, Mary Wood, Moroni Walker, Phoebe Soper, Isabella Eleanor, Sarah Elizabeth, Evelyn, Mathoni

also who had the best name taste and who had the worst

[spiderandthesims]

1880s Names

A

Boys

Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery

Girls

Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora

B

Boys

Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford

Girls

Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie

C

Boys

Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis

Girls

Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia

D

Boys

Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight

Girls

Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla

E

Boys

Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra

Girls

Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia

F

Boys

Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick

Girls

Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis

G

Boys

Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory

Girls

Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn

H

Boys

Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo

Girls

Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense

I

Boys

Irving

Girls

Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora

J

Boys

Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius

Girls

Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June

K

Boys

Kenneth

Girls

Kathleen

L

Boys

Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman

Girls

Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy

M

Boys

Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer

Girls

Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona

N

Boys

Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris

Girls

Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma

O

Boys

Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen

Girls

Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie

P

Boys

Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant

Girls

Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence

Q

Boys

Quincy

R

Boys

Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross

Girls

Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth

S

Boys

Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester

Girls

Samantha, Sophronia

T

Boys

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman

Girls

Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie

U

Boys

Ulysses

Girls

Una

V

Boys

Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil

Girls

Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian

W

Boys

Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield

Girls

Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona

Z

Girls

Zella, Zora

[marzipanandminutiae]

Could you please do some design analysis/comparison of Edith’s nightgown and Lucille’s Murder Sleeves? I was watching crimson peak with my mom the other day and we were talking about the different dresses. She prefers the big poofy sleeves and ruffles of Edith’s m. While Lucille’s dress just *flows* when she moves like some sort of spirit.

Absolutely!

EDIT: this ended up WAY longer than I was expecting and I haven't even gotten to Lucille yet, so it's multi-part post time. Forgive me, Anon, and everyone in the Crimson Peak tag.

Part One- Edith

So the interesting thing to me, looking at actual examples of 1880s-very early 1900s nightgowns, is that neither of the garments in question seem to quite reflect real trends in night-wear at the time.

Edith's nightgown is closer to extant examples I'm seeing than Lucille's, particularly the ruffles around the chest area:

(Nightgown from the movie on display at FIDM.)

(Nightgown, 1890s. Sold by Lynda Meyer's Antique Clothing.)

But I'm not seeing a ton of massive puffed sleeves or extremely high collars. Those seem to be elements from the daywear of the time that Kate Hawley used to create a sort of Platonic Ideal Gothic Heroine Nightgown(TM).

(Shirtwaist, 1890s. FIT Museum. I have to wonder if this couldn't benefit from some sleeve supports, in terms of display. But I'm not their technician or curator, and I've never handled the garment personally, so I don't really know what I'm talking about.)

(Capes, 1890s. Sold by Augusta Auctions.)

It's a look that absolutely COULD have existed- and seriously, if you find a perfect Edith nightgown at an antique shop, buy the hell out of that -but doesn't seem to have been commonplace.

Her robe is a bit closer to reality, though bearing more resemblance to a tea gown (for informal daytime entertaining) in silhouette than most dressing-gowns (for lounging around the house with no guests) I'm seeing:

(Edith's robe and nightgown. This is either the only scene the robe appears in, or one of very few.)

(Tea gown, 1890s. The source link appears to be broken, but it looks like a museum display. Most of the extant examples I'm finding don't have the high sleeve puffs, especially if they're actual robes rather than tea gowns.)

BUT WAIT. Most discussions of Edith's robe and nightgown leave out the fact that the iconic outfit is actually Edith's SECOND robe and nightgown.

Remember this number from the second time her mother's ghost appears to her, back in Buffalo? The one that's so often overlooked that I couldn't find a picture online and had to take a screenshot?

This one seems to have MUCH more in common with actual loungewear/nightwear of the era. Both pieces are beautiful and very evocative of the fashionable aesthetic, but they're more subdued and down-to-earth. Clothing to actually lounge around the house in or sleep in c. 1901, not for wandering the halls of a haunted manse with a candelabra.

I love the idea that, upon arriving at Allerdale Hall, Edith leaves the real world behind and steps into a Story(TM). That's not to say her clothing in Buffalo wasn't full of artistic twists on history, too- join me in pounding the table and chanting "HAND BELT HAND BELT HAND BELT." But the second nightgown, which becomes her primary costume in the house, is possibly her most fantastical outfit. I think that's significant.

Part 2

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Men of a Certain Age: 50 States of Denial

https://www.mixcloud.com/epicharmus/men-of-a-certain-age-50-states-of-denial/

1971 Astor Piazzolla (born in 1921) y Su Quinteto “Primavera porteña (nueva versión)” From Concierto para quinteto (RCA Victor) Released in 1971

1972 Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan (born in 1922) "Raga Sindhi Bhairavi" (excerpt) From In Concert 1972 (Apple) Recorded live in 1972; released in 1973

1973 The Modern Jazz Quartet (feat. Milt Jackson, born in 1923) "Regret?" From Blues on Bach (Atlantic) Recorded in 1973; released in 1974

1974 Chet Atkins (born in 1924) and Merle Travis "Boogie for Cecil" From The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show (RCA Victor) Recorded and released in 1974

1975 B. B. King (born in 1925) "Lucille Talks Back (Copulation)" From Lucille Talks Back (ABC) Released in 1975

1976 Tony Bennett (born in 1926) and Bill Evans "A Child is Born" From Together Again (Improv) Recorded in 1976; released in 1977

1977 Ralph Stanley (born in 1927) and the Clinch Mountain Boys "Oh Death" From Clinch Mountain Gospel (Rebel) Recorded and released in 1977

1978 Serge Gainsbourg (born in 1928) "Sea, Sex, and Sun" 7" single A side (Philips) Released in 1978

1979 Chet Baker (born in 1929) and Wolfgang Lackerschmid "Five Years Ago" From Ballads for Two (Sandra Music Productions) Recorded and released in 1979

1980 Ray Charles (born in 1930) “Compared To What” From Brother Ray Is at It Again (Atlantic) Released in 1980

1981 George Jones (born in 1931) "You Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas" From Still the Same Ole Me (Epic) Released in 1981

1982 Johnny Cash (born in 1932) "We Must Believe in Magic" From The Adventures of Johnny Cash (Columbia) Album recorded in 1981-1982; released in 1982

1983 James Brown (born in 1933) "Bring It On...Bring It On" From Bring It On! (Augusta Sound) Recorded and released in 1983

1984 Charley Pride (born in 1934) "Stagger Lee" From Power of Love (RCA Victor) Released in 1984

1985 Jerry Lee Lewis (born in 1935) "Keep My Motor Running" From Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming (America) Recorded in 1985; released in 1986

1986 Kris Kristofferson (born in 1936) and the Borderlords "They Killed Him" From Repossessed (Mercury) Released in 1986

1987 Merle Haggard (born in 1937) "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" From Chill Factor (Epic) Released in 1987

1988 Fela Kuti (born in 1938) and Egypt 80 "O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake)" (excerpt) Recorded live at Lagos Sunsplash in 1988; never officially released

1989 Dion (born in 1939) "Written On The Subway Wall / Little Star" From Yo Frankie (Arista) Released in 1989

1990 The Pharaoh Sanders Quartet (feat. Pharaoh Sanders, born in 1940) "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" From Welcome to Love (Timeless) Recorded in 1990; released in 1991

1991 Harry Nilsson (born in 1941) "How About You" From The Fisher King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (MCA) Released in 1991

1992 Lou Reed (born in 1942) "What's Good (The Thesis)" From Magic and Loss (Sire) Recorded in 1991; released in 1992

1993 Lucio Dalla (born in 1943) and Tosca "Rispondimi" From Henna (Pressing) Released in 1993

1994 Barry White (born in 1944) "Come On" From The Icon Is Love (A&M) Album recorded in 1993–1994; released in 1994

1995 Neil Young (born in 1945) Untitled Track #9 From the Dead Man soundtrack (Vapor) Recorded and released on movie soundtrack in 1995; officially released on record in 1996

1996 Donovan (born in 1946) "Deep Peace" From Sutras (American Recordings) Album recorded 1995-1996; released in 1996

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1998 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (born in 1948) "Most High" From Walking into Clarksdale (Atlantic) Released in 1998

1999 Papa Wemba (born in 1949) "O'Koningana" From M’Zée Fula-Ngenge (Suave) Released in 1999

2000 David Johansen (born in 1950) and the Harry Smiths "Delia" From David Johansen and the Harry Smiths (Chesky) Recorded in 1999; released in 2000

2001 Keb' Mo' (born in 1951) "America the Beautiful" From Big Wide Grin (Sony Wonder) Released in 2001

2002 Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto (born in 1952) "Duoon" From Vrioon (Raster-Noton) Released in 2002

2003 Robert Cray (born in 1953) "Time Makes Two" From Time Will Tell (Sanctuary) Released in 2003

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2005 Gang Of Four (feat. Jon King, born in 1955) "Ether" From Return the Gift (V2) Released in 2005

2006 Easy Star All-Stars feat. Sugar Minott (born in 1956) "Exit Music (For a Film)" From Radiodread (Easy Star) Released in 2006

2007 Robert Pollard (born in 1957) "Rud Fins" From Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (Merge) Released in 2007

2008 Grandmaster Flash (born in 1958) "Good Times (playing around at home) 2008" Recorded in 2008; released on YouTube in 2021

2009 Youssou N'Dour (born in 1959) and Le Super Etoile "Ndakarou" From Spécial Fin D'Année 2009 (Xippi) Released in 2009

2010 Public Enemy (feat. Chuck D, born in 1960) "Say It Like It Really Is" From Bring The Noise (The Hits, Vids And Doc Box - Greatest Sites And Sounds (Chapter 2 1999-2009)) (Slam Jamz) Released in 2010

2011 Toby Keith (born in 1961) "Made in America" From Clancy's Tavern (Show Dog-Universal) Recorded in 2011; released in 2011

2012 Bill Orcutt (born in 1962) "The Star Spangled Banner I" 7" single A side (Palilalia) Released in 2012

2013 My Bloody Valentine (feat. Kevin Shields, born in 1963) "Wonder 2" From m b v (m b v) Album recorded in 1996–1997 and 2006–2012; released in 2013

2014 Koshi Inaba (born in 1964) "念書" ["Written Pledge"] From Singing Bird (Vermillion) Released in 2014

2015 Dr. Dre (born in 1965) feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius, and Candice Pillay "Genocide" From Compton (Aftermath) Released in 2015

2016 Anthony Joseph (born in 1966) "Caribbean Roots" From Caribbean Roots (Heavenly Sweetness) Recorded and released in 2016

2017 The Mountain Goats (feat. John Darnielle, born in 1967) "Wear Black" From Goths (Merge) Recorded and released in 2017

2018 Kenny Chesney (born in 1968) feat. Mindy Smith "Better Boat" From Songs for the Saints (Blue Chair) Released in 2018

2019 Beyoncé, Jay-Z (born in 1969), and Childish Gambino feat. Oumou Sangaré "Mood 4 Eva" From The Lion King: The Gift (Parkwood) Recorded and released in 2019

2020 Brad Mehldau (born in 1970) "Suite: April 2020: XII. lullaby" From Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch) Recorded and released in 2020

2021 Snoop Dogg (born in 1971) feat. Mozzy "Gang Signs" From From tha Streets 2 tha Suites (Doggy Style) Album recorded in 2020–21; released in 2021

[thecloserkin]

book review: Marian Veevers, Jane & Dorothy (2018)

Genre: Biography

Is it the main pairing: Yes

Is it canon: Yes

Is it explicit: No

Is it endgame: No

Is it shippable: Yes

Bottom line: Y’all fools: Stanning Lord Byron and his half-sister Augusta whom he didn’t even meet until he was nearly grown, never mind whether he actually knocked her up. Me, an intellectual: William and Dorothy Wordsworth are right there, eloping to the countryside and spending the rest of their days holed up in a picturesque cottage composing poetry.

First let’s have a detour where I yell about Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro). A few of the recent asks about incest vs. the patriarchy got me thinking about this line from Jane & Dorothy: “the malevolent power of married women over their spinsters-in-law.” Between the wife and the unmarried sister it’s obvious who has more power and it’s clearly not the spinster sister-in-law—and yet Guillermo del Toro would have us believe that Edith in Crimson Peak is helpless before Lucille’s resistance to giving up the skeleton key (the one that opens every room in the house). Edith is made out to be the victim of Lucille’s bloodthirsty unhinged jealousy, when she’s not only THE WIFE she’s got ALL THE MONEY, she’s literally holding all the cards??? It doesn’t add up. This biography is the antidote to that. It looks at the paucity of options open to your average 19th century girl who just wants a Room of One’s Own to write in, and situates her bid for freedom in the context of having no good options. The trouble with “Crimson Peak” was not that Edith wasn’t relatable or that I didn’t identify with her; when Thomas tears her down in that faux-breakup speech he attacks her on the terrain where she’s most vulnerable, her abilities as a writer. The trouble with Crimson Peak was that this beat would have hit so much harder had it landed on Lucille, a woman who’s WAY more vulnerable than Edith by dint of having (1) no marriage prospects and (2) no inheritance. Without Thomas this bitch has (3) no survival strategy either! Otoh take away Thomas and Edith is still left with her dad’s $$$, Edith still has Alan waiting in the wings to swoop in & save her, in other words Edith will be just fine. No wonder Lucille feels so threatened!! The situations are not even comparable. Here then is Jane & Dorothy which offers two case studies of women whose impulse to write & create was just as strong as Edith’s, but whose plight was much closer to Lucille’s ie. precarious as fuck.

I picked this book up because it’s actually a dual biography of Dorothy Wordsworth and Jane Austen, and I’m a basic bitch and Jane Austen is my eternal favorite. I’m going to focus on the Dorothy chapters but rest assured I read the Jane chapters with equal gusto. Jane Austen (b. 1775) and Dorothy Wordsworth (b. 1771) were both born into the British pseudo-gentry, which means they were too highborn to go and get a paying gig as a governess or companion but not highborn enough to have any independent source of income (neither of them had a dowry settled on them). While the two women never crossed paths, the arcs of their lives run in parallel as they pursue divergent strategies to secure their futures. So the primary imperative here is to avoid a life of domestic drudgery. But the secondary imperative, because these are both perceptive girls with rich inner lives, is this:

For an intelligent woman, confined to a society which denies her higher education and restricts her existence largely to the home, the male companion with whom she shares her life is her chief provider, not only of security and affection, but of intellectual stimulation.

This is a popular romance novel plot, do I want to marry a man who is a bore (possibly also a boor) or do I want to starve hmmmm. The point is that women are frequently starved for both affection and intellectual stimulation, and it’s little wonder Dorothy fell so hard for her brother William when he showered her with both. Dorothy and William were separated as children when, after the death of their mother, she was sent to live with an aunt in West Yorkshire (she was seven, he was eight). Nine years later they reconnected and sparks flew almost immediately. I mean I think their letters speak for themselves:

”the last time we were Together William won my Affection to a Degree which I cannot describe.”

What kind of brother needs to “win” his sister’s affection? Most of them treat sisters like furniture.

”Never have my eyes burst upon a scene of particular loveliness,” he wrote, “but I have wished that you could be transported to the place where I stood to enjoy it.”

standard “everything beautiful either reminds me of you, or makes me want to share it with you” pablum but EXTREMELY effective for all that

but enough he is my brother, why should I describe him? I shall be launching again into panegyric

Dorothy: hahaha but don’t you think my brother was looking mighty fiiiiiine today

”his attentions to me were such as the most insensible of mortals must have been touched with”

”I assure you so eager is my desire to see you that all obstacles vanish. I see you in a moment running or rather flying to my arms.”

That letter is from William, and you have to remember that William was supposed to be a huge dick who routinely ignored his friends’ missives leaving them in suspense whether he was alive or dead and yet he managed a lively & regular correspondence with Dorothy for years before they moved in together. It’s almost like he treated her … special.

”that sympathy which will almost identify us when we have stole to our little cottage”

These kids are already plotting their elopement jfc! Here are some snippets from Dorothy’s diary from much later, after they have in fact achieved The Dream of their own cottage:

”After dinner we made a pillow of my shoulder, I read to him and my Beloved slept.”

”The fire flutters and the watch ticks and I hear nothing save the Breathing of my Beloved and he now and then pushes his book forward and turns over a leaf.” It is a picture of domestic contentment such as Jane Austen draws to portray a genuinely happy marriage.

”After we came in we sat in deep silence at the window — I on a chair and William with his hand on my shoulder. We were deep in Silence and love, a blessed hour.”

This is literally #goals. Veevers points out that “the conflation of marriage with home, spinsterhood with insecurity” meant that “William was promising the kind of permanence and safety which women usually found in marriage.” Dorothy really thought she could Have It All: a home of her own and a rich, stimulating intellectual life shared with the man she loved. And she proceeded to spend the rest of her life making fair copies of his poems. Hell, she pushed him to be a poet in the first place (it was not at all clear initially that this was the best plan for William, who could just have easily have embarked on a career as a political polemicist, but it was Dorothy who pushed him to be a poet, Dorothy who spent the rest of her life copying out his verses in her fairer hand). Early on Dorothy & William befriended the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was so envious of their bond that he complained, “You have all in each other, but I am lonely, and want you!” Can you b e l i e v e Coleridge actually said that. If one of you hoes doesn’t write me the William/Dorothy Historical RPF that’s Coleridge Outsider POV I s2g I will do my damnedest to die of consumption.

Veveers sums it up this way: “It was a relationship few women would be able to have with their husbands, for, at the time, the two sexes were expected to inhabit different mental landscapes.” To put it bluntly women had ovaries instead of brains; they just weren’t interested in the same stuff a man was. Otoh you have William and Dorothy Wordsworth, actual soulmates: the historical consensus is there is “some uncertainty as to whether she would be best described as muse, emotional support, secretary or co-author.” And she didn’t hide it, either. This is where you really see the difference between Dorothy, who is so open, and Austen heroines like Eleanor Dashwood (Sense & Sensibility), Fanny Price (Mansfield Park) or Anne Eliot (Persuasion) who also feel things deeply but had to regulate the bejeezus out of their emotional responses. This is Dorothy:

After any separation her joy at meeting her brother again was uncontrollable. “I believe I screamed,” she admitted on one occasion when there were witnesses.

Uncontrollable screaming in front of witnesses every time she’s reunited with her brother??? WE STAN. This is how low Dorothy’s spirits sink whenever he’s gone:

”I slept in Wm.’s bed, and I slept badly, for my thoughts were full of William.”

adkfjdkfjdkfjdk I just want to add that when William is home the floorboards are so thin that she can hear him pacing in the bedroom above hers, so his insomnia keeps both of them up at night but she doesn’t mind, she can’t sleep until he falls asleep, she would probably give up a kidney or a lung if she thought it would sell 500 more copies for him. I’m torn between GIRL HE AIN’T WORTH IT and stanning her even harder for being so ride or die on any topic that touches her brother (later, when he has kids, she decides William’s kids are smarter and better-looking than everyone else’s kids).

This is the most iconic line in the entire book, from a letter Dorothy writes to an interfering relative who deplores Dorothy’s judgment for throwing in her lot with a penniless failson like William:

”I affirm that I consider the character and virtues of my brother sufficient protection”

The icily scathing tone of the setdown is PERFECTION. But also, this just in your brother abandoned his pregnant Catholic mistress in France. You know this. Yet here you are gallivanting around the countryside in his company. In fact, when he proves too much of a coward to tell your uncle himself about the existence of said pregnant mistress—this is the uncle who funded all of William’s education and reasonably expects some return on it—he delegates Dorothy to break the news. Dorothy also winds up in charge of all correspondence with the poor girl, who writes occasionally asking for a little money or when is William coming back to France to marry me, and it’s Dorothy who has to fob her off. And this whole incident—the revelation of the French mistress, the break with the family, William refusing to take holy orders to become a clergyman—is so pivotal in their relationship! They were close before but this is the irrevocable step when Dorothy decides to join her fate to his. And her motivation could not be clearer:

William’s outspoken affection for her seems to have first aroused a reciprocal love in Dorothy, but it was his fall from grace, his isolation and his need of a friend, which provided the final catalyst that raised her gradually deepening affection into wholehearted, single-minded devotion.

She saw his need and responded almost involuntarily. She is a RESCUER.

Dorothy, was in one way, very fortunate to have fallen in love with her brother. “Rambling around the country on foot” with a slightly disreputable brother might bring down the censure of her more conventional relatives, but it was a good deal safer than rambling about with a man who was not a brother.

This is the kind of behavior that if two unrelated people engaged in it must have resulted in the man being honor-bound to extend an offer of marriage, because a woman has nothing if she doesn’t have her virtue. Two siblings roaming the countryside, picking flowers and wading thru streams and stargazing? My god what PRIME fodder for fake married tropes! Just present yourself at the first inn you come to as a married couple and then guess what? There was only one bed!!!!

at Grasmere “there was an unnatural tale current of Wordsworth … having been intimate with his own sister.”

tell me MOAR omg this is so deliciously Gothic i keep thinking about that line from Wuthering Heights “whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

at Alfoxton, “the master of the house,” it was said, “had no wife with him, but only a woman who passes for his sister.”

PASSES for his sister trololololol like they don’t act the way you’d expect of a brother and sister, like they’re too into each other.

And it was generally accepted that immorality and radical anti-British sentiment went together.

But really William got much more staid and less radical as he got older, and Dorothy was never political because her energies were centered on William William William. On top of which it’s hard to overlook the fact that William would go into Dorothy’s journals and “borrow” her words and publish them verbatim as his own; he felt as entitled to her intellectual labor as her domestic labor, and there is nothing radically egalitarian about that. So I definitely don’t think this is a case where incest is subversive so much as incest illuminating existing hierarchies & oppressions. Veveers writes: “An unmarried woman’s hold on her own time was extremely fragile. She could be made use of in any crisis, transported against her wishes” to fulfill another family members’ needs. Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra evidently shouldered both their weights when it came to this sort of emotional labor: writing letters of thanks & condolence, minding their brothers’ children, calming hypochondriac aunts down, attending births of little nephews & nieces. Cassandra doing all this extra labor gave Jane the space and time to write. Moreover Jane had formed the ambition to write. Dorothy, on the other hand, thought anything worth saying was already being said by William. And she didn’t have her own Cassandra to share the unceasing burden of housework with:

In fact, the domestic labor and childcare that lay ahead of Dorothy were almost indistinguishable from the duties she had escaped at Forncett rectory. But now she was to be living in a home she had chosen, with a man she loved.

Did it matter in the end, Dorothy’s rebellion? If she’d remained a hanger-on in her uncle’s household, living on his charity, her life would not have been outwardly all that different. I have to believe that her choices did matter, of course. It would be easy to sit here and speculate that if Dorothy had not poured all her mental and physical resources into supporting William’s career, she too might have produced another Pride & Prejudice, but naturally we cannot know that. What we know is that Dorothy and William were 100% in love, a fact that anyone with a modicum of reading comprehension can verify by reading their letters. Why is this not more widely discussed? William Wordsworth was not exactly an obscure poet. The explanation, again, comes back to patriarchy:

The idea that Dorothy might have inspired (or felt) desire at Dove Cottage was as abhorrent to mid-20th century academics as it was to gentlemen of the early 19th century … who preferred to think of unmarried women drooping and degenerating after the age of 25, rather than maintaining a subversive and disturbing sexuality.

I wish I could say that William and Dorothy grew old together at Dove Cottage. What actually happened is he got married (she talked him into it—she chose a mutual friend of theirs whom they’d known for ages) and accidentally fell in love with his wife oops. His new wife was neither young nor pretty, in fact she was painfully plain, but that William became genuinely attached to her there can be no doubt. Dorothy continued to live with them and look after their children until her death. So I think we have avoided the worst case scenario, the malevolent-power-of-the-married-woman-ruins-her-spinster-in-law’s-life scenario: This is what happened to Jane Austen when Jane’s father unexpectedly announced his retirement, uprooting Jane and Cassandra from the Steventon rectory where they’d lived all their lives and forcibly removing them to Bath, where Jane was so miserable she did no writing for years. All this upheaval on account of Jane’s brother and his wife wanting the Steventon rectory and its income for their own! The accursed woman was probably measuring the drapes before she’d moved in. Anyway, it is fortunate this open enmity did not characterize Dorothy Wordsworth’s relationship with her sister in law; they were fast friends and they remained friends after the latter’s marriage to William. But instead of William-and-Dorothy forming the nucleus of life at Dove Cottage now it was William-and-Mary, and if this did not sting at least a little Dorothy would not be human. She had been supplanted in William’s heart. I CRY.

Because I’m literal shipper trash I want to end on the bittersweet note of SIBLINGS EXCHANGING RINGS AS A SYMBOL OF COMMITMENT EVEN THO THEY CAN’T LEGALLY GET MARRIED. This is Dorothy’s description of the morning of William and Mary’s wedding, right before they leave the house to attend the ceremony:

”I gave him the wedding ring—with how deep a blessing! I took it from my forefinger where I had worn it the whole of the night before—he slipped it again onto my finger and blessed me fervently.” It might be said that William married her before he married Mary, and that Dorothy was making a promise in that upstairs room try like the one Mary was about to make in church.

it’s been two months since I read this book and i’m STILL SCREECHING byeeeee

[triscribe]

TOO MANY BATS

LOOK AT THIS MONSTROSITY I HAVE SPENT THE PAST SIX HOURS ASSEMBLING - THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN NAMES

(Follows the current Batman and new family members in order of appearance, their alter egos, their years of operation and ages. The Ultra Bomb Disaster of 2050 killed off a lot of superheroes, including twenty six of the active Gotham crimefighters, and also meant the remaining Bats took in a lot of orphaned meta kids who bolstered their ranks further with the next generation. Asterix symbol refers to someone returning to a uniform they wore previously):

Bruce Wayne (1997-2012) (22-37 years old):

Selina Kyle, Catwoman (1998-2023), Madam Cat (2023-2056) (22-47-80)

Dick Grayson, Robin (2000-2007), Nightwing (2007-2012) (10-17-22)

Barbara Gordon, Batgirl (2002-2008), Oracle (2008-2067) (15-21-80)

Jason Todd, Robin (2007-2009), Red Hood (2011-2039) (13-15, 17-45)

Tim Drake, Robin (2010-2012), Redbird (2012-2027), Bird’s Eye (2027-2048) (13-15-30-51)

Stephanie Brown, Spoiler (2010-2012), Batgirl (2012-18), Blonde Bat (2018-46) (14-16-22-50)

Cassandra Cain, Batgirl (2010-2012), Black Bat (2012-2050) (12-14-52)

Dick Grayson (2012-2014) (22-24):

Damian Wayne, Robin (2012-2020), Renegade (2020-2024) (8-16-20)

Colin Wilkes, Abuse (2012-2022) (9-19)

Kate Kane, Batwoman (2013-2025) (22-40)

Renee Montoya, Question (2013-2016) (23-26)

*Bruce Wayne (2014-2024) (39-49):

*Dick Grayson, Nightwing (2014-2026), Old Wing (2050) (24-36, 60)

Luke Fox, Batwing (2014-2048) (25-59)

Harper Row, Bluebird (2014-2015, 2020-2050) (14-15, 20-50)

Duke Thomas, Signal (2016-2050) (15-49)

Nell Little, Snitch (2017-2019), Spoiler (2019-2026), Snooper (2026-50) (12-14-21-45)

Tiffany Fox, Batgirl (2018-2025), Batwoman (2025-2050) (15-22-47)

Cullen Row, Agent C (2020-2091) (19-90)

Helena Wayne, Robin (2020-24), Batgirl (2024-27), Nightwing (2027-38) (11-15-18-29)

Mar’iand’r Grayson, Nightstar (2023-2050) (9-36)

Damian Wayne (2024-2038) (20-33):

Maya Ducard, Nobody (2013-2033), Shadowbird (2033-2063) (10-30-60)

Jake Grayson, Robin (2024-2030), Nightfire (2030-2050) (8-14-34)

Augusta Young-Gordon, Snitch (2025-2030), Spook (2030-50) (10-15-35)

Marigold Cain/Wayne, Batgirl (2027-2032), Gold Bat (2032-2050) (10-15-33)

Jasmine Todd, Robin (2030-2033), Catgirl (2033-39), Red Hood (2039-50) (12-15-21-32)

Jeremy Todd, Hoodlum (2032-2033), Red Bat (2035-2050) (12-13, 15-30)

Tawny Fox, Batgirl (2032-2037), Foxbat (2037-2048), Batwing (2048-) (13-18-29-)

Jack Drake, Robin (2033-2037), Redbird (2037-2050) (12-16-29)

Anne Drake, Spoiler (2033-2037), Batgirl (2037-42), Bird’s Eye (2048-) (12-16-21, 27-)

Richard Wayne, Impulse (2035-38), Dart (2038-45), Flash (2053-70) (10-13-20, 28-45)

Walter Brown, Spoiler (2037-43), Sparrow (2043-2050) (11-17-24)

Alf Wayne, Robin (2037-2045), Nightwing (2045-2050) (7-15-20)

Miguel Little-Reyes, Green Beetle (2037-2050) (13-26)

Helena Wayne (2038-2041) (29-32): (Yes, a girl can be Batman too)

Lyn Row, Harpy (2038-2050) (13-25)

Suze Bennett, Sphinx (2039-2050) (15-26)

Carmelita Little-Reyes, Snitch (2040-2043), Spoiler (2043-50), Snooper (2050-80) (10-13-20-50)

Sarah Wilkes, Ballpark (2040-2050) (16-26)

Louis Gibson, Flare (2040-2050), Signal (2050-70) (15-25-45)

*Damian Wayne (2041-2050) (36-46):

Helena Wayne, Catwoman (2041-2050) (32-41)

Melba Young-Gordon, Batgirl (2042-50), Batwoman (2050-70) (13-21-41)

Danny Wilkes, Cornerback (2043-2049) (15-21)

Tasha Teller Fox, Redwing (2043-2048), Foxbat (2048-2050) (19-24-26)

Luna Wayne, Robin (2045-2050), Batgirl (2050-60), Catwoman (2060-) (10-15-25-)

Alf Wayne (2050-2074) (20-44):

Haley~Harry Kent Grayson, Robin (2050-55), Nightwing (2055-65), Superman (2065-) (10-15-25-)

Corey Grayson, Nightfire (2051-) (10-)

Thyra Gardener, Black Ice (2051-) (13)

David Queen, Gold Bow (2052-2058), Green Arrow (2058-) (15-21-)

Sumi Brown, Spoiler (2052-2060), Batgirl (2060-63), Sparrow (2063-) (10-18-21-)

Cassidy Harper, Hawkgirl (2053-2063), Blackhawk (2063-) (10-20-)

Curt Batson, Superboy (2053-2063), Captain Marvel (2063-) (11-21-)

Sam Smith, Blue Tornado (2054-) (14-)

Mirabelle Hall, Snow Tiger (2054-) (15-)

Kelsey Todd, Robin (2055-2057), Catgirl (2057-2061), Catwoman (2061-) (14-16-20-)

Bethany Drake, Spook One (2055-2063), Redbird (2063-) (11-19-)

Beverly Drake, Spook Two (2055-2063), Batgirl (2063-2070), Batwoman (2070-) (11-19-26-)

Jett Todd, Street Rat (2056-2060), Red Hood (2060-) (13-17-)

Zaina Zatara, Stagehand (2056-2062), Zatara (2062-) (12-18-)

Rosa Reyes, Blue Beetle (2056-) (12-)

Robbie Hawkins, Spark (2057-2064), Static (2064-) (13-20-)

Terry McGinnis, Robin (2057-2061), Red Bat (2061-2074) (12-16-29)

Benjamin Drake, Kid Flash (2057-2070), Flash (2070-) (11-24-)

Joey Todd Allen, Kid Mercury (2058-2070), Mercury (2070-) (10-22-)

Vicky Logan, Menagerie (2059-) (16-)

Archie Bloomberg, Kid Devil (2059-2064), Red Devil (2064-) (13-18-)

Hanna Hawkins Wayne, Impulse (2059-2062), Silver Bat (2062-)(12-15-)

Ricardo Little-Reyes, Kid Lantern (2060-2062), Darklight (2062-) (13-15-)

Lucille Drake, Spoiler (2060-2065), Harpy (2065-) (15-20-)

June West, Spin (2060-) (11-)

Janus West, Twist (2060-) (11-)

Matt McGinnis, Robin (2061-2066), Redwing (2066-78) (12-17-29)

Dale Donovan, Animal Kid (2061-2065), Animal Man (2065-) (16-20-)

Liberty Free, Eve (2062-) (15-)

Angie Row, Sphinx (2062-) (15-)

Samantha Wilkes, Slamdunk (2064-) (15-)

Tom Wayne, Robin (2066-2070), Nightwing (2070-2085) (11-15-30)

Penny Wayne, Pigeon (2066-2070), Robin (2070-74), Greybird (2074-90) (6-10-14-30)

Maxine Gibson, Oracle (2067-) (21-)

Abby Brown, Spoiler (2069-2075), Batgirl (2075-2080), Snooper (2080-) (12-18-23-)

Maia Wayne-Queen, Speedy (2070-2076), Black Canary (2076-) (12-18-)

Terry McGinnis (2074-2078) (29-33):

Helen Kent-Grayson, Supergirl (2075-2085), Superwoman (2085-) (10-20-)

Sidney Hall-Smith, Blizzard (2075-) (14-)

Teddy Drake, Robin (2074-2076), Bluebird (2076-2090) (11-13-27)

Zeke Brown, Spoiler (2076-2085), Spook (2085-) (12-21-)

Iris McGinnis, Robin (2076-2078), Redwing (2078-) (9-11-)

*Alf Wayne (2078-2085) (48-55):

*Terry McGinnis, Red Bat (2078-) (33-)

Mason Todd, Robin (2078-2085), Stray (2085-) (11-18-)

Marisa Kent-Grayson, Nightstar (2078-) (10-)

Cici Batson, Gold Hawk (2079-) (13-)

Carson Batson, Marvel Kid (2079-2086), Olympian (2086-) (11-18-)

Toby Delmont, Roadrunner (2079-) (10-)

Darion Wayne-Queen, Gold Bow (2080-) (12-)

Bruce Kent-Grayson, Nightwing (2080-) (10-)

Riley Grayson, Starfire (2080-) (10-)

Finn Snart, Captain Cold (2080-) (19-)

Cera Little-Reyes, Green Beetle (2081-) (13-)

Vic Logan-Todd, Street Rat (2081-2085), Hybrid (2085-) (12-16-)

Scott Free Allen, Kid Mercury (2082-) (10-)

Tammy Row, Gryphon (2083-) (13-)

Remy Logan-Todd, Beast Boy (2084-2090), Beastial (2090-) (12-18-)

Tina Zatara, Conjure (2084-) (13-)

Sharise Hawkins, Spark (2084-) (15-)

Tom Wayne (2085-2090) (30-35):

Devin Wayne, Robin (2085-2090), Bluebird (2090-) (8-13-)

Shawn Wayne-Fox, Stopwatch (2085-) (12-)

Amara Drake, Red Beetle (2086-) (11-)

Kathy Row, Wyvern (2087-) (13-)

Ziva Zatara, Kid Devil (2088-) (12-)

Minnie Free Allen, Impulse (2088-) (10-)

Brian West, Kid Flash (2089-) (10-)

Penny Wayne (2090-) (30-): (Following in her great-aunt Helena’s example)

Martha “March” Snart-Wayne, Robin (2090-) (7-)

Valor McGinnis, Dart (2090-) (10-)

Selina Graysmith, Stormbird (2094-) (7-)

John Kent-Grayson, Superboy (2099-) (8-)

Joanna Todd, Cub (2100-) (10-)

Now, why did I put myself through this madness? Because I needed the full background prepared for my new story, HYPERTIME, starring March Wayne, Robin #26, and her cousin Lina Graysmith, the one and only Stormbird.

The multiverse is not prepared.

[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

Excuse me. Full on Byron stan here, and I need to remind people about a few things about Byron.

1. Byron was born with a club foot. Technically, he was born with both feet clubbed, but one was worse than the other. His father was not just a douchebag, but he was Lord Douchebag who would pretty much never be around. His mother was a hysterical mess who either smothered her son or hated him so much that she beat the shit out of him. She turned him over to a quack doctor (which, I mean, this was the early 1800s, all the doctors were quacks) who screwed his foot into a box to try and straighten it and essentially tortured him medically until his foot was worse and in extreme pain.

2. Byron's mother also turned him over to a pious governess who preached Bible shit at him during the day and then climbed into his bed at night and molested him. This went on into his early teens, I believe.

3. Somewhere in there, he met his half sister Augusta. They shared the same Lord Dick Dad, and she got about as much love and good treatment as Byron did. Augusta was older than him by a little and they bonded really well given that no one else in their lives showed them one ounce of love. Yes, they loved each other. Yes, they probably loved each other quite a lot because who else did they have? (I see y'all motherfuckers turning up your noses at this, and y'all are the same motherfuckers who get all hot and bothered and ship Lucille and Thomas Sharpe and think it's the epitome of Wonderful Sexy Relationship, so just get off your high horses about George G and Augusta).

4. Byron went abroad before he was married. Byron discovered the wonders of sexy times butt sex with a lot of pretty foreign men. Byron was very elated by sexy times butt sex, and he wanted this to continue in his life very much.

5. Byron had to get married and was pushed into marrying Anne Isabella Milbanke, who was very mathematical and also very annoyingly pious. She knew about his reputation for Screwing All the Things, and she determined that she was going to Put a Stop to That by aggressively and religiously loving him with boring sex.

6. Byron married her and he put up with her bullshit, and he even wanted to have sex with her, since that's what you do. He tried to make her happy In His Own Way, and in turn, he wanted to introduce Annabella to the joys of Sexy Times Butt Sex.

7. This happened once.

8. Annabella was Very Upset about the Sexy Times Butt Sex, and told Byron that she didn't want to have anymore of it. He said, "Okay. But I'm still going to have it with other people, just so you know. And by the way, some of those people will probably be dudes."

9. Annabella didn't like this either because apparently she hadn't quite loved him aggressively and religiously enough to Cure Him of Having Sex with All the Things. So she went to her daddy and they in turn went to their favorite minister, and Daddy, Annabella, and Minister cornered Byron in his own home to tell him that he Must Stop Having All the Sex with All the Things, and especially he MUST Stop Having Sexy Times Butt Sex because that was a Grave Sin.

10. Byron gave them all the middle finger and told them to get bent. He probably told them that if they would just have More Sexy Times Butt Sex, they wouldn't be quite so uptight, but this Cannot Be Literaturistically Proven Verbatim, so we'll just assume that's a nice anecdote on Byron. They continued to tell Byron that he Must Stop This NOW, and he once more told them to fuck off, and that Annabella could have a divorce if she didn't like it, and she did NOT want a divorce and have to admit to being a Religious Failure at Subduing her Husband in the Most Christian of Ways.

11. So Byron said, fine but I'm not having anymore sex with you ever, and she said you have to, and he said "Nuh uh. You can't make me," and she said, "Well, too late anyway because I'm pregnant," and he said, "Big whoop. I don't even like kids. I'm leaving England because you're all a bunch of fucking slaves..." (Oh wait, no, that was Jim Morrison) "...you're all a bunch of fucking prudes." And she whined and he flipped them off again and left England with his doctor John William Polidori.

12. And later that summer, he met up with Shelley, Mary Godwin, and Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, who had orchestrated the meeting between them because she wanted Byron to divorce his wife and marry her. He said, "Ha ha no." And Claire said, "But I'm pregnant." And he said, "Oh fuck, not again."

So please. Don't be a big bag of dicks about my dude George Gordon here because he had a pretty shit childhood and a shitty religious wife.