#Ben Gardner imagine | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lovelyprincessn64 · 14 days ago

Text

Summer vacation request event

1. Summer splash paradise

2. Tails the fox works at McDonald's

3. Relax chill and drink

4. Summer job

5. Year of Shadow

6. Sonic 33 anniversary

7. This ain't nothing but a Summer Jam

6. Cool for the summer

7. Summer vacation begins

8. How to spend my vacation

9. Christmas in July

10. Escape From the City

11. Endless possibilities

12. Night of the Werehog

13. IHOP Amy

14. Eggman sings boom shadow

15. 7 rings in hand

16. Flying with NiGHTS

17. Super Soakers

18. Retro summer

19. Any type of Summer theme prompt of your choice

20. Fourth of July

21. Summer birthdays

22. Zodiac of May

23. 2000s along with Summer

24. National movie day

25. Summer of Love

26. National french fries day

27. Days of s'mores

28. Cinco de Mayo

29. Color splashes

30. Tifa's birthday

31. Hey Summer

32. Your summer theme OCS or OCS sees with Summer themes

33. Kingdom Hearts anniversary

34. Sora's birthday

35. Summer horror themes

36. Chili dog

37. Virgo Gorefield

38. Sodas varieties

39. Return of the good franchises

40. Enter the Dragon 51 anniversary

41. My summer vacation is over

42. Simple and Clean

43. The beach

44. Surf's up dude

45. Tanjiro's Birthday

46. National donut day

47. Yay Donuts

48. Donuts with gender swap Eddsworld girls

49. Don't eat the double glaze Donuts

50. Chill August

51. Link eating watermelon

52. Cloud's Brithday

53. Bikinis

54. Mermay month

55. Mermay prompts or your choice

56. Redraws of your summer theme artworks

57. Phineas and Ferb

58. Take me back to the good old days

59. Fun at the nightclub

60. Summer Camping

61. Annoying It's the summertime tape guy

62. Drowning in deep fry

63. Fry Buddies

64. Zodiac of June

65. This is going to be an unusual vacation

66. Ben 10 (No 2017 reboot of Ben 10)

67. Summer fashion collection

68. Picnic at Sweet Mountain

69. Alola region

70. Mother's Day

71. Potamon

72. International Jazz day

73. Lemonade stand

74. Midsummer Festival

75. Where are we begin?

76. Father's Day

77. Golden week

78. Japan's boys month

79. Sea salt ice cream

81. Yugi's birthday

82. Zodiac of July

83. Swimming pool

84. Scuba diving

85. Collecting seashells

86. Pink lemonade

87. Roxas playing Nintendo DS in the middle of the night

88. Going on vacation

89. Sailor moon's birthday

90. Disney Splash Mountain

91. OverWatch summer skins

92. Shadow the hedgehog birthday

93. Classic Sonic wearing shadow costume

94. Here's to Never Grow Up

95. Ain't It Fun?

96. Beauty and the beach

97. Summer Olympics

98. When I met you at summer

99. Summer Aesthetics

100. Alexis Rhodes's birthday

101. Fun at Chuck E cheese

102. Surfing waves

103. Special gift for my little brother Mokuba

104. Johan Andersen's birthday

105. Summer specials

106. Prince of the night sky (this is related to a Final Fantasy character called Noctis also his name translates to night sky)

107. Jaden Yuki's birthday

108. Jaden wearing colored uniforms

119. Chazz it up

110. Chazz's birthday

111. Possessed by the Supreme King

112. Squall's birthday

113. Kiss in the middle of the fireworks

114. Chibi Sora

115. Good time at the arcades

116. Noctis's birthday

117. Hawaii folklore mythology

118. Poolcore

119. Seapunk

120. Tomato Girl Summer

121. Vacation Dadcore

122. Tropical

123. Work at the Garden

124. Grimace Shake

125. Happy birthday Grimace

126. Yusei as a biker leader

127. SpongeBob anniversary

128. Sweet Victory

129. Yusei Fudo's birthday

130. Best day ever

131. PTSD Awareness Month

132. Imagination

133. Téa Gardner's birthday

134. Téa's dream career

135. Summer theme AUs

136. Snow cones

137. NiGHTS into dreams anniversary

138. Villain Deku

139. Sonic the hedgehog surrounded with riches

140. Taurus Gorefield

141. Creating memories in the meantime

142. 31 days of Sonic

143. Can You Feel the Sunshine

144. Character of your choice as an ice cream seller

145. Demon Slayer characters with Summer theme

146. Mitsuri Kanroji's birthday

147. Mitsuri as a succubus

148. Heart of Courage

149. Deku's birthday

150. Princess Mimi

153. National Truffle Day

154. I think I had too much Truffle

155. Silver stars

156. Chocolate Parfait Day

157. Taichi Yagami's birthday

158. Chocolate flavors parfaits

159. South Korea Children's Day

160. Swimsuits

162. May Day

163. School Lunch Hero Day

164. School lunch Heroes

165. Raspberry Popover

166. Day to pray

167. Mimi with pink hair

168. Mimi's birthday

169. Two Different Colored Shoes

170. National Space Day

171. Sugar cookie celebration

172. National sugar cookie day

173. Kyojuro Rengoku's birthday

174. Stardust Speedway

175. We're going bowling

176. National bowling day

177. Kripy Kreme (it's a South Korean donut place that sells donuts)

178. Pinny Lane

179. Bowler Ponies

179. Twilight town

180. 13th Anniversary of The Amazing World of Gumball

181. Waffle Day

182. May your heart be your guiding key

183. Traverse Town

184. KH dream eaters

185. If Vincent was in Kingdom Hearts

186. Oath keeper or Oblivion

187. Roxas's reflection of his somebody

188. Who else am I going to eat ice cream with

189. Xion's death

190. Forms of Sora

191. Muzan Day

192. Looney Tunes anniversary

193. Sora and Kairi at a maskball

194. SoKai Day

195. Tanabata

196. SoKai Week prompts

197. May the 4th

198. Star Wars Day

199. Luke I am your father

200. Summer satire

201. RokuShi day

202. Summer with Disney

204. Last day of summer vacation

205. Hawaii

206. Coconut Harvest

207. Yami Yugi / Atem's birthday

208. Chain of Memories

209. Possessed Riku

210. Misery of dark Aqua

211. Soda pop day

212. Jellyfish hunting

213. Looking for Gary

214. When I was a teenage snail

215. F is for fun

216. Alaska bull worm

217. Caveman Stone Age SpongeBob

218. Gary Come Home

219. Pretty patties

220. Bubble buddy

221. Pico Day

222. Pico n friends

223. Pico as an insane leprechaun

224. Pico School

225. Killing zombies with a lawnmower

226. Baby kitten Garfield

227. Alone in the rain

228. Evil turtle apocalypse

229. Basketball match

230. Multiversus Miku

231. Miku mondays

232. Miku Amy

233. Miku's Birthday

234. Miku Mouth

235. National girlfriend day

236. A day when all girlfriends rule

237. Kitten Garfield's eating spree

238. Red Cyclone

239. Zangief's birthday

240. Glorious Zangief

241. American Dream

242. Chili dog eating contest

243. Teenage Dream

244. Who needs Barbie when you have Sonic

245. National Devil’s Food Cake Day

246. Pinot Noir

247. Moonlightshine Festival

248. Fajita

249. Vanilla Custard

250. Beer Day Britain

251. Embrace Your Geekness

252. Chocolate Eclair

253. Puppy beach party

254. National Moonshine Day

255. Chocolate eclair dogs

256. World Martini Day

257. National Chili Dog Day

258. Wine and Cheese

259. Passion fruit puree

261. Underwater Hockey

262. Golf Month

263. Eliza Masters's birthday

264. Billiards & Pool Day

265. Book Lovers

266. Melon

267. World Rum Day

268. The witch that can manipulate memories

269. Can't help it when it comes down to chocolate ice cream

270. Mutant crab monster Mat

271. When is Pico School 2 going to come

272. National Ice Cream Pie Day

273. Trying to get away from a truck that is trying to kill me (this is a reference to the truck that Sonic has to escape from in order not to get run over)

274. Country Club

275. Lights camera action!

276. Kitty Katswell's birthday

277. Kitty Katswell cross playing as Officer Jenny from Pokemon

278. Limoncello Day

279. Sailor Moon characters as Bridesmaids

280. Free Comic Book Day

281. Creepy doll from KH3

282. National orange juice day

283. Memories within the Scrapbook

283. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep ice creams

284. Scrapbook day

285. First man to be on the moon

286. Hot Fudge Sundae Days

287. Happy astronaut day to all the astronauts out there

288. National astronaut day

289. Iconic artists throughout history

290. Cartoonists day

291. World Cider Day

292. National Nurses Day

293. Sexy nurse Joy

294. Here comes the nurse joys

295. Nurse of joy

296. Nurse Joy outfit

297. Nurse joy dress in lingerie

298. RoastLeg of Lamb

299. World Bellydance Day

300. Twilight Zone

301. End of the Middle Ages

302. White Wine

303. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

304. Cats with chocolate chip cookies

305. Chocolate chip cookie or sugar cookie

306. Friendship day

307. I'm not risking to destroy my friendship

308. What it means to be a good friend

309. Is it really worth ruining your friendship?

310. Oatmeal Cookie

311. Fun with catching fireflies

312. Segata Sanshiro

313. Totally Chipotle

314. Beverage Day

315. Coconut Cream Pie

316. Butterscotch Brownie

317. Mastering of Archery

318. National Apple Pie Day

319. Want some of my apple pie

320. Juice Slush Day

321. Juice that slush

322. Meat Hot Spring! Ow It's Hot!

323. Bubble Trouble

324. A Dangerous Bowl Game

325. Classic movie day

326. Classics will live on

327. Water temple

328. Inking domination

329. Summer clothes

330. Classics never die

331. Sonic Cafe art style

332. National Pizza Party Day

333. Barbecue

334. Streaming Wars

335. Lucky pennies

336. Strawberries and cream

337. National Lucky Penny day

338. Learning how to swim

339. Sexy fan service lifeguard

340. National streaming day

341. Always honor creativity

342. Hamburger cheeseburger Big Mac Whopper

343. Cheeseburger day

344. Garfield and Friends go see the Garfield movie

345. National American Red Cross Founder's Day

346. Uzaki-Chan Red Cross

347. Blueberry Cheesecake

348. Picking strawberries

349. Watering flowers

350. Walnut feast

351. Rocky Road Day

352. Hooked on you dbd (for those of you that don't know what hook on you is it's a summer dating simulator spin off of dead by daylight but without the core stuff from the dead by daylight game)

353. Girls from Megaman X wearing bikinis

354. National Cheese Day

355. Cheese Paradise

356. Everything made out of cheese

357. Cheese choices

358. Donald Duck's birthday

359. Preparing a surprise for my Donald Duck

360. Name your poison

361. The day that I chose a name for the poison I consumed that killed me

362. Random Acts of Light

363. Corn on a cob

364. Foam Party

365. Rose days

366. A rose for Amy

367. Coughing roses

368. Filled with roses

369. Herbs and spices

370. Room filled with roses

371. Grim Reaper of roses

372. Endless rose petals falling from above

373. Each color of roses represents something

374. Cherry Tart

375. Happy strawberry shortcake day

376. Zeena as a nail artist

377. Making s'mores With Friends

378. National s'mores day

379. Nintendo World Championships

380. Clean beauty

381. Seven princesses of heart

382. Seekers of Darkness

383. Making life beautiful

384. US Army birthday

385. Tribute to the soldiers we honored

386. Iced tea

387. World Martini Day

388. National Seashell Day

388. Got to have my fudge

389. Whoever can drinks the most vanilla milkshakes wins

390. Vanilla Milkshake Day

391. I'm not drinking that Crystal Pepsi

392. Watch collector

393. Peaches 'n' Cream

394. 90s cool kid troupe

395. Summersgiving

396. Detroit-Style Pizza

397. Take Back the Lunch Break

398. National Meteor Watch Day

399. Chocolate pudding

400. Pink Day

401. Make it all pink

402. Pink Aesthetics

403. Mexican folklore (as long as there's not certain ones that put people in danger just by knowing the certain Legend because if you know about that certain thing chances are they may come after the victim)

404. Taco Tuesday

405. Red white and royal blue

406. America folklore

407. National wildland firefighter

408. Kittens day

409. Anisette

410. Graham Crackers

411. National Bikini Day

412. Pina Colada

413. World emoji

414. Emojis as humans of your choice (meaning you can pick which kind of emoji that you would like for me to make a human version of from your request)

415. Koi fish

416. 7-Eleven Day

417. Mojito

418. Tropical Fruits

419. Peach ice cream

420. National blueberry muffin day

421. Tequila

422. Day of the cowboy

423. Coffee Milkshake

424. Goku Day

425. Blood cookies

426. Dance the night away

427. Eve from Stella blade as a mermaid

428. Revisit the 2000's

429. Today Is Friday in California

430. Tokito and Yuichiro Tokito's Birthday

431. California girls

432. Minecraft 15th anniversary

433. Mahjong

434. Passion Fruit

435. Purple Heart Day

436. California prompts

437. National Dollar Day

438. Bao for dinner

439. Tooth Fairy

440. She eats the teeth she that collects from children

441. Ashura the Hedgehog

442. Sega Saturn

443. Should I try and eat the Sega Saturn

444. Sega Dreamcast

445. Crystal Pepsi

446. Mexican style clothing

447. Barbecue

448. Y2K aesthetic

449. Frutiger Aero

450. Dark Aero

451. Anime New Moon

452. Beach bunny

453. Goofy's Birthday

454. Sleep Under the Stars Night

455. Tenniscore

456. Britpop

457. Matchmaker

458. Request something from your childhood

459. Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

460. Summer Nights Splatfest

461. Bahama bucks drinks

462. I Need a Dollar

463. Happy Dragon Boat Festival

464. A horse made out of cheese

465. Cookie monster

466. Family Vacation

467. 22th Anniversary of Kim Possible

468. Ghostbusters 40th Anniversary

469. Black pearl cookie

470. Sea fairy cookie

471. Denki Kaminari's birthday

472. Villain Denki

473. International Stitch Day

474. Grimace's birthday

475. Maneki-neko

476. Money cats

477. Donkey Kong 43rd Anniversary

478. Florida Hot Lady Cop

479. Garfield as a female Hololive Vtuber

480. Brazilian pizza

481. Black Cat Appreciation Day

482. National Tooth Fairy day

483. Her favorite food is teeth

484. Horror or creepy version of the tooth fairy

485. Requests relating to Fairly OddParents tooth fairy character

486. Polygon Sonic

487. National kitten day

488. Chibi kitten

489. National girlfriend day

490. Fnf D-side Girlfriend

491. Fnf soft girlfriend (in that Universe girlfriend's actual name is Grace)

492. Neon Girlfriend

493. B3 GF wearing prince clothing or tomboy fashion

494. Fnf B-side Girlfriend

495. Cloud Strife's Birthday prompts of your own choice

496. I don't want to be the Supreme King anymore

497. National Cat Day

498. Samurai Pizza cats

499. 2020s gamer

500. Bowser day

501. Koopa week prompts of your choice

502. Transformers 40th Anniversary

503. Tap dancing monkey from Tfp

504. All hail Starscream

505. It starts with a star and ends with the screen

506. Prepare for surgery

507. Pleading to Primus for forgiveness

508. Shadow as Batman

509. Black arm wings of Shadow

510. You're the true King Arthur

511. Vampire Knockout tfp

512. Doctor in the house!

513. Dark energon Knockout

514. Hatsune Miku can be whatever you want her to be

516. Brazilian Miku

517. Charlie Week

518. Emo Charlie

519. Chibi Charlie

520. But I'm Miku

521. Chibi Hatsune Miku

522. Vampire Miku

523. SpongeBob anniversary

524. Kill Bill Sandy

526. Chibi Denki

527. Kitty Katswell as a fashion model

528. Chibi Yusei

529. Chibi Kitty Katswell

530. My dear Orion

531. Chibi Jaden Yuki

532. Chibi Donald Duck

533. Chibi Mitsuri Kanroji

534. Chibi Deku

535. Chibi Pico

536. Beloved Elita

537. Bumblebee being adorable

538. Catformers

539. Chibi Goofy

540. You took my voice you will never rob anyone of anything ever again

541. If Knockout was a horror character

542. Yandere Knockout

543. All Might's Birthday

544. Dulce Amy

545. Chibi Kyojuro

546. Unhinged Decepticon medic

547. Refused to come out like a spoiled little sparkling

548. Deliciously sweet energon cubes

549. Who is this lovely medic

550. It wasn’t just the children who wanted to reap the frozen fruits of the ice cream truck

551. Angry Archer (he's a villain character from Transformers animated)

552. Matrix of Leadership

553. Badassatron

554. Beachwear

555. Kodomo no hi

556. June Solstice

557. Fujo Miku

558. Guaraná Antarctica

559. Bee knows he's adorable

560. Moon sea above the earth

561. Ready for your check-up?

562. Rise and shine, my lovely patients

563. Is very dangerous for a beautiful mermaid like yourself

564. Chococat's birthday

565. Chocolates of Chococat

566. After all he's the one Doctor I don't mind listening to

567. This thing is about as much a race car as you are a swimsuit model

568. Arcee is a cutie

569. Your never leaving my beautiful patient

570. Take your time, sweetspark

571. Look deep into my optics, sweetspark

572. Bishoujo Transformers

573. Arachnus Prime

574. D come back!

575. Doc Mcstuffins

576. For Primus knows how long

577. Everyone’s favorite fruitcake aston martin

578. Knockout my favorite diva

579. Rich doctor

580. Dear Optimus lover

581. Cherry red racer

582. Sexy Knockout

583. Cottagecore house husband Ratchet

584. Pompompurin Bumblebee

585. Twinkle, twinkle little Starscream

586. Shattered sparks

587. Primus help those unfortunate souls

588. Tanooki Spongebob

589. Not like the other bots

590. Knockout had played his role as a human waiter perfectly

591. Glorpi Miku

592. it is not that easy to escape the leader of the DJD

593. A delicious sundae visit

594. American victory

595. Tarn will sing for you

596. You don’t have to worry now that the great lord Starscream is here

597. Mozzarella Cookie

598. Primus’s divine blessing

598. Me Grimlock professional artist

599. Don't worry Sora, your feelings have reached me

600. Looking through the shattered glass

601. McDonald's worker Sora

602. Baby Yoda

603. Knockout my drama queen

604. Pretty archivist

605. What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing

606. Tomboy Arcee

607. National Toasted Marshmallow Day

608. Zephy marshmallows

609. Let the stars scream

610. I just enjoy my life and drink my favorite soda

611. Vanilla's night out

612. Saban Moon (it's a American pilot of Sailor Moon)

613. June Darby wearing a dress

614. Bi buds

615. While I was a librarian by the name of Orion Pax

616. Prowl and his donuts

617. Some nasty nurses we have here

618. But Tarn can never be good

619. Or maybe repay you with the most beautiful seashell he/she can find?

620. Nightly rooftops

621. Wrapped in moonlight and sprinkled with stardust

622. Pac-man waffles

623. Soundwave loves to listen to music with his favourite little human

624. Lemonade wars

625. Lemonade stand gang from Dan Vs

626. Brazilian bombshell

627. Spanish golden age

628. Pretty for you Sonikku

629. Let the night sing us to flight

630. Yandere Bumblebee

631. Yandere Wheeljack

632. Gothic lolita Pico day tea party

633. Have a gothic Pico day

634. Tan Hello Kitty

635. Shiori Novella’s birthday

636. Yandere Rodimus

637. Raora Panthera’s birthday

638. Ninomae Ina’nis’ birthday

639. Yandere Optimus

640. NekoElla’s birthday

641. Yandere Arcee

642. Lucina Celeste’s birthday

643. 4th of July theme Arcee

644. Goldbullet’s birthday

645. Yandere Megatron

646. Dokibird’s birthday

647. Yandere Jazz

648. Takanashi Kiara’s birthday

649. Each heads of Blitzwing symbolizes a different personality

650. Finnish Wolf Girl Lumi’s birthday

651. Yandere Blitzwing

652. Airani Iofifteen’s birthday

653. Not exactly the friendliest mech

654. Disney Aristocats

655. Yandere Soundwave

656. Mr Mumbles in Littlest Pet Shop art style

657. Yandere Rung

658. Dear Danie's birthday

659. Barry's Birthday Bash (this is for my friend and guest star @Barrythebear2003)

660. Butters's big birthday (this is for my friend and guest star @OliverthePlayer)

661. The horrifying Sonic that feeds off of your nostalgia

662. Jazz playing a guitar

663. Hoppy May

664. Yandere Ultra Magnus

665. 35 years of Fire Emblem

666. It's always sunny in Philadelphia

667. Singing starlight

668. GF in BF's clothes

669. Aqua in the stars

670. Samus Aran for gold week

671. Knock Out as a cute soft plushie

672. Are you feeling well Ratchet?

673. Yandere Airachnid

674. Cogimyun's birthday

675. Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight

676. The light shines even though the star is gone

677. Cream the Rabbit as Rainbow Brite

678. Kermit the Frog 70th Anniversary

679. Yandere Ratchet

680. Since the dawn of western civilization

681. Goodnight, Sonic

682. Piccolo day

683. Sega Saturn 30th anniversary

684. 30 years of Sega Saturn

685. Yandere Breakdown

686. Pick a Sega Saturn game

687. My dream summer getaway

688. What summer feels like

689. Sandcastle dreams and seashore scenes

690. Ice cream emotions

691. Sunset magic

692. Fireflies, sparklers, and little night magic

693. Yandere Smokescreen

694. Remember those summer nights lit with magic?

695. Yandere Starscream

696. Maid day

697. French maid outfit

If you have any summer theme prompts that you would like to request for it to be added on the list feel free to send in your suggestion so it can be added on the list.

Enjoy it while it lasts because Summer does not last forever but the event will carry on like usual if you would like other events please check out the other ones if you're not interested in special theme requests just sent in a normal one.

Link to the rules: https://www.tumblr.com/lovelyprincessn64/683136525548093440/rules-no-pornography-no-gay-pair-no-lesbian?source=share

2 notes · View notes

milesonthenet · 9 months ago

Text

Let's talk about Scream Queens (Season One)!

2015 saw Fox debut Scream Queens, a horror comedy series produced by Ryan Murphy. Yes, the same Ryan Murphy who produced Glee and American Horror Story. Clearly going off of those shows, he's got a thing for scaring his viewers, right?

The Story:

Scream Queens focuses on the residents of the sorority house Kappa Kappa Tau. Kappa Kappa Tau is struggling to keep itself together in the midst of a masked serial killer haunting the campus. Our mysterious villain, the university's mascot, the 'Red Devil', targets the various people there for malevolent reasons.

Throughout the series, we discover more about the Red Devil's origins. All of it ties back to a baby born on a sorority party. Who is the killer, and who has their eyes on vengeance against Kappa Kappa Tau?

The Cast:

The various sorority sisters are a pretty colorful cast when you get down to it. I admit that a lot of them are purely used for comedic effects. Deaf Taylor Swift for example is a pretty obvious death, and she's mostly just there for the jokes.

When you get down to it though, the cast is surprisingly fun enough on its own. The characters also give some strong impressions on what there are. More than that, their actors give some strong performances as well.

Let's run down the list, shall we?

Chanel Oberlin, played by Emma Roberts, is basically the apex predator (Heh, Mean Girls) of the Sorority House. A mean-spirited elitist, Chanel is one of the focal characters outside of Grace. She has other followers behind her, including the deadpan Chanel #3, played by Billie Lourd, and the suck-up Chanel #5, played by Abigail Breslin. In addition, there was Chanel #2, played by Ariana Grande, who was quickly killed off.

Just beneath the Chanels are the various 'Pledges'. Half of them are actual characters, like Zayday Williams (Played by Keke Palmer), Grace Gardner (Played by Skyler Samuels), and Hester Ulrich (Played by Lea Michele). The other half? No, not so much.

The cast doesn't just end with Kappa Kappa Tau, however. The Dickie Dollar Boys are an established fraternity at Wallace University, led by Chad Radwell who is played by Ben Powell. Behind him is Boone, played by Nick Jonas, and Earl Grey, played by Lucien Laviscount.

Outside the university's institutions stands Dean Munsch, played by the iconic Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis. She is a consistent antagonist to Chanel Oberlin, and also the catalyst for many of the new pledges' induction into the sorority.

Denise Hemphill is a riot act played by Niecey Nash, and the acting university security guard. Gigi Caldwell is the sorority den mother played by Nasim Padrad, who is stuck with part of her psyche trapped in the 90s. Wesley Gardner, played by Oliver Hudson, is Grace's overprotective father who stays on campus because of the Red Devil. Pete Martinez is the campus barista, an ex of Chanel Oberlin's, and a current boyfriend to Grace Gardner.

The Kills:

Scream Queens fashions itself off of the iconic horror movies of the past. A masked killer stalks a group of scared youths and then chops them up. It's a very basic premise, so it plays with a lot of the more 'obvious' tropes. This is all loving though, so it's nothing to poke fun at.

The Red Devil can get quite brutal when acting his kills. One moment he's using a lawnmower to brutally decapitate a young woman. The next he's just using a chainsaw to slice off a guy's arms. He also uses it to decapitate a guy in an ice cream cone costume.

When I was younger, I was bothered seeing Miss Bean get her face pushed into a fryer. The way that she's still alive, and her fingers are peeling off the burnt skin on her face. It bothered me, and it's one of those kills that's stuck with me ever since.

The experienced horror fans might be one of two categories. A, you will probably be bored by the overall kills, or probably just imagined they were done better elsewhere. OR Category B; you will actually find some of them alright.

Conclusion: Scream Queens is Totes Worth It (If you like the Comedy).

Scream Queens is a series that knows its genre in and out. Overall, I would rate the series pretty well. There is a lot of fun that I got out of watching the series.

Should there be a sequel? It's an important question to ask when it comes to certain TV Shows. Obviously, you would want to be aware of seasonal rot setting in. Some shows are just okay with ending and having the comfort of knowing that they happened.

Scream Queens is a fun series, and I would watch a new revival for it. However, I just find that there is nothing to really 'bring back'. The cast have gone on to do greater things beyond the show. The series is fine as it is, and I'm not sure if a revival would bring in a new audience.

If they somehow find a way to revive the series with good prospects, then I'd be interested. They could potentially rope in an all-new cast, preferably with some older characters as well. Kudos to the writers if they find a way to make Scream Queens work eight years after it's time.

Overall? I hope you enjoyed this bite-sized review! I'll be using something like this format for my TV Show reviews going forward. I'll try and hit up numerous other avenues for discussion.

#scream queens #chanel #horror comedy #tv shows

4 notes · View notes

hoombashoombas · 4 years ago

Text

Does anyone else have nightmares of Bill just showing up unexpectedly in your life?

I have a recurring a dream/nightmare where I’m teaching a yoga class. It’s a virtual and in-person class (because that’s how it is now) and there is some name I don’t know signed in. I’m checking everyone in and then BAM! This mysterious person ends up being Bill Hader and I lose my shit.

I spend the first 10 minutes telling everyone to breath normally and THAT is really just for me. And then Bill leaves himself unmuted and I hear him swearing through the poses and laughing in my ear the whole time.

Fucking nightmare.

#bill hader #is this an imagine?#ugh it is #I see you ben gardner

23 notes · View notes

not-another-fangirl74 · 6 years ago

Text

Yes hon do whatever you want its your day ❤️

185 notes · View notes

coopermorrow · 2 years ago

Text

Who I Write For

Hi! My name is Cooper and I am hoping to be a writer one day so I thought what better way of starting off than by writing about my favorite celebrities and characters? I am in many fandoms but not all, so if you don't happen to see one of your favorite celebrities or characters on my list you can still ask me to write about them and I'll do my best!

American Horror Story:

Tate Langdon

Violet Harmon

Nora Montgomery

Lana Winters

Kit Walker

Sister Mary Eunice McKee

Queenie

Madison Montgomery

Zoe Benson

Cordelia Goode

Misty Day

Kyle Spencer (pre and post death)

Dandy Mott

Tristan Duffy

James Patrick March

Elizabeth/The Countess

Kai Anderson

Winter Anderson

Michael Langdon

Mallory

Brooke Thompson

Xavier Plympton

Montana Duke

Harry Gardner

Slashers/Horror Characters:

Michael Myers

Jason Voorhees

Billy Loomis

Stu Macher

Bubba Sawyer

Vincent Sinclair

Bo Sinclair

Lester Sinclair

Tiffany Valentine

Baby Firefly

Doomhead

Brahms Heelshire

Darry Jenner (Jeepers Creepers)

Norman Bates (Bates Motel)

Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)

Art the Clown

BTS:

Kim Seokjin

Min Yoongi

Jung Hoseok

Kim Namjoon

Park Jimin

Kim Taehyung

Jeon Jungkook

Jackass:

Johnny Knoxville

Steve-O

Ryan Dunn

Bam Margera

Chris Pontius

Rachel Wolfson

Marvel/Avengers Characters:

Loki Laufeyson

Thor Odinson

Tony Stark

Peter Parker

Natasha Romanoff

Steve Rogers

Sam Wilson

James "Bucky" Barnes

Bruce Banner

Wanda Maximoff

IT (2017 and 2019):

Richie Tozier

Bill Denbrough

Eddie Kaspbrak

Mike Hanlon

Stanley Uris

Ben Hanscom

Beverly Marsh

Patrick Hockstetter

Henry Bowers

Reginald "Belch" Huggins

Victor Criss

What's Eating Gilbert Grape:

Gilbert Grape

Arnie Grape

Harry Potter:

Harry Potter

Ronald Weasley

Hermione Granger

Luna Lovegood

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Draco Malfoy

It's Always Sunny In Philadeplphia:

Charlie Kelly

Dennis Reynolds

Deandra "Dee" Reynolds

Ronald "Mac" McDonald

The Last Of Us (show):

Joel Miller

Ellie Williams

Wednesday:

Wednesday Addams

Morticia Addams

Xavier Thorpe

Miscellaneous:

Javier Pena

Kevin Khatchadourian

Jay (Jay and Silent bob)

Jareth the Goblin King (The Labyrinth)

Mort Rainey

Victor Van Dort

Tarrant Hightopp/The Mad Hatter (Alice In Wonderland)

Edward Scissorhands

I will not write rape, 18+ content for underage characters, or anything where the character is another species. I will not take requests containing pedophilia, ablism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, or any other form of bigotry. Comfort imagines for things such as depression, eating disorders, and anxiety are fine as long as you do not want them to be very descriptive and/or explicit. Please make formal requests through my ask as I will not take comments as formal requests. I write for multiple genders but only smut for afab people as that is the anatomy I am most understanding of. I do take "x reader" requests. I can try to write crossovers, though I'm not too experienced with them and I do write for celebrities as well.

Requests are open now so if you do decide to make one, please include the character(s) you want and at least a small description of what you would like the plot to be. Thank you! <3

45 notes · View notes

storiesforallfandoms · 6 years ago

Text

Masterlist!

Here’s the masterlist of all my imagines and preferences! Imagines marked as * are smutty imagines! Imagines marked as ` are requests!

IMAGINES

CRIMINAL MINDS the runner ~ aaron hotchner` punishment ~ aaron hotchner`

LUCIFER make you a believer ~ ella lopez silence ~ lucifer morningstar

HEMLOCK GROVE get away ~ roman godfrey (part one) midnight drive ~ roman godfrey (part two)

AMERICAN HORROR STORY freak ~ xavier plympton (part one) protecting you ~ xavier plympton (part two)` a surprise by the lake ~ xavier Plympton` taken care of ~ michael langdon don’t worry ~ michael langdon` loopholes ~ michael langdon*` change in plans ~ michael langdon` revenge ~ montana duke

RIVERDALE grief ~ archie andrews the new queen ~ fp jones (part one) seducing the queen ~ fp jones (part two) the list ~ jason blossom something more than just points ~ jason blossom’ no one will hurt you` ~ sweet pea

THE BODYGUARD new assignment ~ david budd (part one) nightmares ~ david budd (part two) the photoshoot ~ david budd (part three) take away and beer ~ david budd (part four) art ~ david budd (part five) threats ~ david budd (part six) getting her things ~ david budd (part seven)

PEAKY BLINDERS not part of the deal ~ thomas shelby private ceremony ~ thomas shelby superstar ~ thomas shelby` too good ~ thomas shelby` can’t lose you ~ thomas shelby crossfire ~ john shelby an accidental addition ~ thomas shelby family ~ shelby family the enemy’s sister ~ thomas shelby (part one)` a dangerous love affair ~ alfie solomons a woman leader ~ john shelby disapprove ~ thomas shelby (part two) no one’s whore ~ thomas shelby* daddy’s girl ~ thomas shelby take a break ~ thomas shelby

THE WITCHER dance partner ~ geralt of rivia (part one) company ~ geralt of rivia (part two)* stay the night ~ geralt of rivia*` some sort of miracle ~ geralt of rivia same problem ~ yennefer of vengerberg my lady ~ geralt of rivia*` imperfections ~ geralt of rivia`

DOCTOR WHO always loved you ~ thirteen

GAME OF THRONES betrothed ~ robb stark (part one) riding alone ~ robb stark (part two)

Z NATION facing it alone ~ 10k’ let me go ~ 10k what are we gonna do? ~ 10k

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY love and drugs ~ klaus hargreeves the horror~ ben hargreeves’ no one helps but you ~ klaus hargreeves` and they were roommates ~ klaus hargreeves` lock the door ~ ben hargreeves*`

VICTORIOUS a little too good at acting ~ beck oliver faint ~ beck oliver`

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES living dead ~ damon salvatore eternity ~ damon salvatore*`

HANNIBAL are you going to hurt me? ~ hannibal lecter his type ~ hannibal lecter

BARRY what they do in the movies ~ barry berkman

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY i have no one ~ freddie mercury

K-12 don’t send me home ~ leo` jealousy ~ angelita`

BREAKING BAD/EL CAMINO hideaway ~ jesse pinkman* project partner ~ jesse pinkman

DCEU the new intern ~ clark kent rescue mission ~ harley quinn man’s world ~ harley quinn

SCREAM scary movies ~ billy loomis talk me down ~ stu macher`

HARRY POTTER tutor ~ draco malfoy stood up ~ draco malfoy

MCU see you again ~ loki my hero ~ mysterio delivery boy ~ peter parker locked up ~ clint barton`

KINGSMAN not a damn damsel ~ eggsy

A QUIET PLACE keep quiet ~ emmett no time for love ~ emmett’

MIDSOMMAR get out of here ~ mark` may queen ~ mark` little sister ~ mark*` secret thrills ~ mark*` don’t go ~ mark’ sacred ~ mark’ seven minutes in heaven ~ mark*` friendship necklace ~ mark` it meant nothing ~ mark` awful ~ dani ardor` something’s wrong ~ mark` whoops ~ mark` enemies to lovers ~ mark`

1917 not the same ~ will schofield

DIVERGENT recruit ~ eric coulter’ rookie ~ eric coulter (part two) don’t belong ~ eric coulter`

8 MILE embarrassed ~ jimmy smith jr.

TWILIGHT soulmates ~ paul lahote`

THE DIRT glorified groupie ~ tommy lee maybe i should ~ tommy lee` be like daddy ~ nikki sixx` normal family christmas ~ nikki sixx`

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID done pretending ~ rodrick heffley the girl next door ~ rodrick heffley`

IT: CHAPTER TWO picking up the kids ~ richie tozier

LES MIS for the revolution ~ enjolras

CHRIS EVANS set ups

BEN HARDY doing him proud

MACHINE GUN KELLY not so bad (part one) remember me` secret meeting (part two) surprise` awkward family dinner (part three) staying the night (part four) out on the town (part five) a very special meeting (part six) feeling used` christmas in cleveland (part seven) lady killer*` we’ll be okay (part eight) the one` getting caught* sweet revenge` get off my girl` can’t do it anymore seeing it all` hear your voice*` do you love me?` one and only (part nine) photographs` why are you here?` happiest i've been` trying` i believe` welcome home*` killshot (part ten) i think i’m okay` it’s not over (part eleven) mistake` drunk fun (w/yungblud)*` reunited (part two of photograph)` bad girl*` fixed` meeting the family (part twelve) good enough` the question (part thirteen) kissing lessons` the wedding (part fourteen) too rough*` teach me` sneaking you out` red carpet` on beat` what if i can’t` role reversal*` massage*` secrets` celebrating*` almost caught` back off*` first time*` trying something new*` missing` not yours` hurting mommy` sweet disaster` loved you first` running lines’

DANIEL WEBBER nothing happened` misunderstanding` advice` loving father` beach day`

TARON EGERTON take me to the pilot*

RICHARD MADDEN lost`

YUNGBLUD not a rebound (part one) a great team` no hope (au)` cuffed, literally (part two)` sick baby` coming home` kisses` drunk fun*` (w/machine gun kelly) lessons` struggling` father to be` coachella` the song’ front row` love you as you are’ cliche`

HARRY STYLES saved (au part one) always a winner` exploring eroda (au part two) picnic (au part three) awkward

KENDALL SCHMIT just us`

CODY FERN distance`

ANDREW SIWICKI secret first date a regular guy` beautiful to me wear my hoodie`

DAVID DOBRIK only yours science experiment bon appetit`

DYLAN GARDNER surprise date`

JEFF WITTEK busy my oh my! passing the time* in trouble a fun game six feet apart you won’t be able to`

EMINEM surprise performance age gap’ private` chains`

ROOK pretty picture` love on tour` protective` toxic love` why are you like this?’ keep it down*` taking care` sick` you’re cute when you’re jealous`*

CILLIAN MURPHY proud`

GEORGE MACKAY medic (au)’

ARIANA GRANDE done with boys

SCOTTY SIRE stuck together

SEBASTIAN STAN the boss’ girl (au)

G-EAZY unimaginable pain` bad reputation` hate*` i do`

CORPSE proposition (part one) caught feelings (part two) actually excited

ZAC EFRON fatherhood`

HENRY CAVILL you deserve better`

AARON TVEIT i thought it’d be happy` a baby next christmas

PREFERENCES

tiktok trends that they participate in with you ~ the vlog squad who walks in on the two of you ~ the umbrella academy

#masterlist #imagines #imagine #requests #request #reader #x reader

9K notes · View notes

dustedmagazine · 3 years ago

Text

Dust, Volume 7, Number 11

Walt McClements

We’re winding down for another year, looking forward to time off for the holidays and seeing friends and family in a semi-normal way. Once again it’s dark at 4:30 p.m., and once again, it doesn’t matter all that much if you’ve got a fire going and some good music playing. And so, we take stock of the albums that have caught our ears lately in another Dust. Here are garage bands playing jazz standards, Dutch jazz duos evoking night skies, Berbers playing wedding music, a whole album full of ambient accordion music and the final recording from a 101-year-old Creole fiddle maestro, as well as lots of other unexpected stuff. This month’s contributors include Jennifer Kelly, Andrew Forrell, Ian Masters, Bill Meyer, Bryon Hayes, Chris Liberato, Justin Cober-Lake and Jonathan Shaw.

Aeon Station — Observatory (Sub Pop)

youtube

You could definitely get old waiting for another Wrens album. Their second and third albums were famously separated by ten years in the wilderness, and even Meadowlands, the triumphant, long-awaited return is 16 years old now. The photo my husband took of Kevin Whelan tossing his bass in the air on that tour is yellowed and curling at the edges, and Charles Bissell has publicly stated that the Wrens will never record again as a band. But at long last we have SOMETHING from former Wren Kevin Whelan, here supported by the rest of the band, that is Greg Whelan on guitar and Jerry McDonald on drums. Aeon Station is almost the Wrens, and if Observatory is missing the wistful ironies and clever observations that made Meadowlands heartbreaking, it’s got the big pop swells and irresistible choruses that made it exhilarating. To hear the steady bass pulse of “Fade” erupting into giddy overload is to relive the heady days of 2005, when these boys were exhausted but on top of the indie pop game. When the fragile uncertainties of “Queens” surge into drum-kicking, guitar-destroying exuberance, you can hear the way “Happy” picked listeners up out of the doldrums and headed for exultation. Sure, you’d maybe like a little more lyrical introspection, and the second half of the record is better than the first, but it’ll do for now. Who knows? Maybe in another decade or two, there will be more.

Jennifer Kelly

Beach Fossils — The Other Side Of Life: Piano Ballads (Bayonet)

youtube

Beach Fossils front man Dustin Payseur reinterprets some of his indie tracks in jazz trio settings with former drummer Tommy Gardner (piano, sax, and bass) and Henry Kwapis on drums. The results are mixed. On one hand Gardner and Kwapis provide excellent if unstretched backing for Payseur’s croon, on the other the songs remain the same and one’s response may depend on your attitude to the original material. On its own The Other Side Of Life is a pleasant side trip down an imagined memory lane. Payseur is a decent singer and occasionally acute songwriter and Gardner shines but the leap from lo-fi indie to jazz trio is neither wide enough nor narrow enough to make this more than a well-made curio. Enjoyable but inessential.

Andrew Forell

The Black Watch — Here and There (Atom)

youtube

The Black Watch’s John Andrew Frederick steeps his tunes in the psychedelic 1960s, laying a radiant jangle across fuzz-bombed but catchy melody. This 20th album for the last of LA’s Paisley’s underground is equal parts crunch and drift, with the hard lines of guitar strumming filled in with pastel drifts of vocal harmonies. “The Real You,” matches the droning sweetness of Ride with the winding, searching guitar soliloquies found in the Bevis Frond or Teenage Fanclub. Yet there’s also a new element, the lush string arrangements of Ben Eshbach which line the contours of “Now & Then,” with velvety ease. If you like your Nuggets-y guitar racket with a fair bit of craft and melody, this one’s for you.

Jennifer Kelly

Bremer/McCoy — Natten (Luaka Bop)

Natten (The Night) by Bremer McCoy

A Danish duo of pianist Morten McCoy and bassist Jonathan Bremer makes sparkling, evocative music poised somewhere between jazz, ambient electronics and new age in this nocturnal themed outing. “Natten” means night in Danish, and its namesake cut glitters with starlight in the piano and electric keyboards, while Bremer’s bass elicits velvety dark skies. “Mit Hierte” (“My Heart”) bobs and weaves with pensive syncopation, the startling clarity of keyboards set off a bass that swaggers, but subtly. The earthiness of bass contrasts sharply with synthesized sound washes; there’s a swing in these tunes, but also a meditative aura. These compositions balance nightclub-dwelling, martini-quaffing suavity with something clear and clean and natural, so that it’s hard to tell if it’s very late at night or very early in the morning.

Jennifer Kelly

Bruno Bavota — For Apartments: Songs & Loops (Temporary Residence Ltd.)

youtube

Italian composer Bruno Bavota is far from alone over the past couple years in finding himself staying home more often. While the notion of “accomplishing something” with our enforced extra time around the home quickly became both obnoxious and a meme, Bavota is also far from the only one to actually find himself producing work conditioned in some way by the lack of change in environs. The title of For Apartments: Songs & Loops might make it sound like a bit of a grab bag but there are actually two equally impressive but very distinct and demarcated albums here, with the six loops making for just under 40 minutes of synthesizer travelogue that feel a lot less constrained than the term “loop” might suggest, and the 13 songs sketching out slightly less than 29 minutes of calm, graceful solo piano complete with room tone. Maybe the best moment of the assembled For Apartments is the switch from the sixth loop to the first song, two totally distinct sound worlds briefly bumping up against each other, the heady excursions into (inner or outer) space of the former informing the patient space of the latter and vice versa. It’s very fine music to be stuck in an apartment with, however eager we might be to test it out in different contexts as well.

Ian Mathers

Pedro Carneiro / Pedro Melo Alves — Bad Company (Clean Feed)

Bad Company by Pedro Carneiro | Pedro Melo Alves

Put aside your rock-rooted associations. Bad Company is named after a story by Yasuoka Shotaro which depicted the seductive lure of antisocial cruelty and the corrosive outcome of such flirtations. So, who is the bad influence here? Carneiro, who plays marimba, works mainly in contemporary classical music but maintains a sideline in improvisation. Alves is a drummer whose work in new jazz is often tinged with an awareness of classical form. They would appear to be made for each other, and the recorded evidence from this totally improvised encounter adds evidence to supposition. Alves’ playing is quick and precise and Carneiro more patient, which conveys a sense of sonic depth and contrasting, complementary motion. Form derives from the differences in tone and velocity; if Portugal ever puts its cultural budget behind this duo, it would be great to witness this music being enacted in acoustically apposite spaces around the world.

Bill Meyer

Hocine Chaoui — Ouechesma (Outre National)

Ouechesma (Remastered Version) by Hocine Chaoui

Sometimes music comes at you unhindered by context. Take Ouechesma. If you don’t know the Chaoui language, you’re not going to know what Hocine Chaoui is singing, or why his surname matches the names of his ethnicity and language. Knowing that the Chaoui are a Berber community situated in mountainous eastern Algeria won’t really tell you anything about this music, and the sleeve doesn’t even tell you when the original cassette edition was issued. But here’s what you really need to know: it has a good beat, and if you can’t dance to it, you’re going to be awfully lonely if you attend one of the weddings where it gets played, because it’s very effective at motivating movement. It is pretty basic; a commanding chant of a vocal that alternates with an effects-dipped flute, and a galloping programmed beat that doesn’t waver for the whole song. Basic, and devastatingly effective.

Bill Meyer

Ted Curson — Pop Wine (Souffle Continu)

Pop Wine by Ted Curson

Souffle Continu is relentless in its mission to reissue quality Gallic-related jazz sides, and this time the theme is an American sideman in Paris. Wielding his horn on acclaimed recordings by the likes of Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor and Archie Shepp, with Pop Wine Ted Curson takes on the lead role; he’s got a trio of talented Frenchmen by his side. George Arvanitas handles the ivories, while Charles Saudrais rides the drumkit and Jacky Samson plays bass. On this 1971 studio recording, the quartet offer up five pieces, effortlessly working their way through a handful of styles ranging from funky fusion all the way to feisty free jazz. Each player is at the top of their game, meaning there’s no true hero here. Samson goes from laying down a groove on the title track to whipping his bow out for some string sawing on the fiery “L.S.D. Takes a Holiday.” On that latter piece, Arvanitis works his way up and down the keyboard. At times he's swift and supple and at others he demolishes the keys. Curson shows that he can be lyrical, such as on “Lonely One,” and he can frolic frantically (“Quartier Latin”). Saudrais keeps the former piece from being a maudlin affair with his jumpy rhythms, and even lets loose a rollicking solo on the speedy romp “Flip Top.” Pop Wine doesn’t necessarily have a pure varietal character, but such stylistic breadth allows for an intoxicating body and bouquet. This heady brew is the perfect tipple for many moods.

Bryon Hayes

Willie Durriseau — Creole House Dance 45 (Nouveau Electric)

Creole House Dance by Willie Durisseau

This exuberant single captures legendary fiddler Willie Durriseau as a spry centenarian, playing in a frictive, squalling, sprightly Creole style that disappeared before World War II. Louis Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers captures Durriseau in all his homespun glory, sawing away at zydeco dance tunes and blues rambles that haven’t been heard since most of us were born. Near the end of “Willie’s Zydeco,” here embellished with jovial accordion, Michot asks Willie about how he made his first fiddle out of a take-out box. “How’d you do it?” he says, “Because I want to make one.” “You’ll just have to watch the film,” says Durriseau, taking that and other secrets with him when he passed shortly after this record was made. Remarkable.

Jennifer Kelly

Wendy Eisenberg – Bent Ring (Dear Life)

Bent Ring by wendyeisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg doesn’t want you to look while they’re writing love songs. “It’s embarrassing enough for me” they sing, strumming unassumingly along. Periodically, a percussive swipe cuts across the track like a scythe attempting to end Eisenberg’s progress. Other times, a bell tone sounds at a line’s end, reinforcing a positive thought. Several times, in the middle of the track, the two sounds clash. “Little Love Songs” is from the experimental guitarist’s latest solo record, Bent Ring, which is the result of a self-dare: “to write an album of songs that don’t use guitar at all.” Instead, they employ a salvaged tenor banjo for a meditative and disarmingly complex collection about their art’s relationship to the world and themself. “We work very well together. I believe it’s true,” they sing, almost blissfully, during one of the final verses in which the bell chimes alone.

Chris Liberato

Equipment Pointed Ankh — Without Human Permission (Astral Editions/Sophomore Lounge)

Without Human Permission by Equipment Pointed Ankh

Without Human Permission feels like a message in a bottle, only the ink’s a bit smudged, so the communication is far from clear. Is it from the past? The LP has a Ralph Records c. 1978 vibe to it, quirky yet catchy. Is it from far away? The liner notes say these guys are from Louisville, but they drove to Rhode Island to make the record…who does that? The music is instrumental, but it doesn’t fall neatly into a genre, and the line-up of multiple synths, lots of guitars and some drums generates suspicion that this crew thought about who they wanted to play with before they thought about what instruments a band needs to have. And we haven’t even gotten to the Terry Riley’s piano meets your grandma’s organ’s rhythm box jam that melts into a psychedelic clarinet puddle yet. This record was made for those moments when your head needs scratching and your leg needs pulling, and if you don’t know what we’re talking about, well, we never said that we did, either, did we?

Bill Meyer

Hard Feelings — Hard Feelings (Domino)

youtube

On the closing track of Hard Feelings’ debut, Amy Douglas sings “I will bend time where I want it to go,” but she almost doesn’t have to; she and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard have just spent 42 minutes doing pretty much that. Not only can the grooves and Douglas’s indelible performance at the center of Hard Feelings lead to the kind of dancefloor hypnosis where you’re not longer sure if it’s late at night, early in the morning, both, or neither, Goddard’s productions touch on many of the sounds and strengths of house, disco, techno et al, but they do so in a way that feels neither like an unnecessary ‘update’ not just a throwback for the sake of nostalgia. Those tracks alone would make Hard Feelings more than worth a listen, but Douglas’s Alison Moyet-goes-to-the-club vocals and sharp songwriting are more than just incidental to the impact of these songs — the duo has been describing the album as an “opera of sad bangers” and maybe the best testament to that is the way Hard Feelings can remind the listener that emotional intensity, even melodrama, is definitely not a bad thing when it’s also this (body)moving and this much fun.

Ian Mathers

Joëlle Léandre / Pauline Oliveros / George Lewis — Play As You Go (Trost)

Play as you go by JOELLE LEANDRE / GEORGE LEWIS / PAULINE OLIVEROS

In 2014, Joëlle Léandre, Pauline Oliveros and George Lewis convened for one night at the Vs. Interpretation Festival in Prague, Czech Republic. It wasn’t really a first encounter; Léandre has decades of working acquaintance with both other musicians, and given the diligent scholarship that Oliveros and Lewis have applied to music, they can’t have been unaware of each other. But neither is it a meeting of an ensemble with an established dynamic. Rather, they bring their shared experiences with jazz, classical and free improvisation together on a common ground cleared by a shared commitment to listening and intuitive response. Whether they contribute instruments (double bass, accordion, trombone and computer), voice (Léandre), or electronic processing of collective sounds, they do so in ways that build a cohesive sound environment. The name of the festival seems especially applicable; each musician is all in, present in the moment rather than figuring out how to react to what they just heard.

Bill Meyer

Kiran Leonard — Trespass on Foot (Self-Released)

Trespass on Foot by Kiran Leonard

Trepass on Foot is really two records, the first a sprawling meditation made by the Manchester experimental songwriter all by himself, the second a series of shorter, more song-like collaborations with friends among the UK’s avant-garde. Both are worthy but require a real listening commitment; the two discs comprise nearly two hours of music, and several tracks, especially in the solo portion, are in the ten-plus minute range. “The Ship,” for instance, swells slowly, with tidal force, beginning in scratchy sampled recordings, guitar strums and ambient hum and reaching a near orchestral climax over its 15-plus minute duration. Loosely shaped and morose, it has some lovely intervals like the off-kilter song verse with slanting guitars, which sounds like a lost bit from Loren Conors, and the blinding beautiful surge of massed guitar and voice near the end. “Sights Past” is even longer and follows a similar trajectory, building slowly, taking a variety of guises and reaching a nearly unbearable intensity. You don’t always know where you are in these compositions or what’s coming next, but if you allow yourself to wander from room to room, you’ll see some gorgeous things.

The second part of Trespass on Foot is somewhat more readily accessible, divided into songs that are more conventional in length and structure. There is solace, too, in the support of other musicians, like the lovely harmonies that Jolliff Seville supplies in “Third Day of February,” or the plaintive clarinet (Margo Munro Kerr), bass clarinet (Hannah Hever) and cello (Francesca Ter-Berg) that thread through found-sampled “Untitled.” “Castell” turns into a meaty folksong with the addition of drums and a yearning, forthright melody; the violin—that’s Dan Bridgwood-Hill—and supporting vocals Isabel Thorn give it dizzying density and resonance.

Jennifer Kelly

Mandy, Indiana — ‘…’ (Fire Talk Records)

youtube

The debut EP from Manchester band Mandy, Indiana is a pulverizing explosion of industrial grind courtesy of Scott Fair and Liam Stewart; over this racket, Valentine Caulfield chants and hisses lyrics in her native French. “Bottle Episode” careens between Stewart’s metallic martial percussion and a defibrillated heartbeat as Caulfield chants with increasing urgency and a flanged guitar chord thrums. The sound is rough, close, full of tension with little release, before it all clanks to a halt. “Nike Of Samothrace” slows the formula and adds what maybe the death throes of a cello and a sheets of controlled feedback, while Caulfield sits to one side commenting on the maelstrom. “Alien 3” is a little more straight ahead but still sounds like SPK or Einstürzende Neubauten mugging techno in nightclub alley, so pretty damn good.

Andrew Forell

Walt McClements — A Hole in the Fence (American Dreams)

A Hole In The Fence by Walt McClements

Walt McClements is not the first musician to make ambient/drone music primarily with an accordion (and in fact he happily acknowledges the influence of Pauline Oliveros among others), but one of the catch-22s of making music with a relatively rare lead instrument is that it’s not you’re often more likely to get closely compared to others using than instrument than (say) someone focusing on guitar or piano is. By any standards though, McClements’ A Hole in the Fence is more than just another richly textured, emotionally complex, sometimes sonically overwhelming album of accordion music. These 33 minutes sometimes feels more like movements of a single composition, one that takes in McClements’ theme of the various liminal spaces and secret worlds he’s moved through in his life (various music undergrounds, gay cruising scenes, even train hopping) and creating a work that in turn can evoke the foreboding, peace, hesitance, and joy we find passing through those gateways and finding our places past the literal or metaphorical fences in our way. That combination of love and exploration courses strongly through the sounds and drones of A Hole in the Fence, and the result would be noteworthy whatever instruments McClements used to get there.

Ian Mathers

McKain / Murray / Radichel / Suarez / Weeks — The Running of the Bulls (Radical Documents)

The Running of the Bulls by McKain / Murray / Radichel / Suarez / Weeks

The cassette’s title signals the attitude if not the content. No bovines were jostled in the making of this music, but the participants do pitch themselves into this free jazz fray with abandon. This quintet convenes improvising musicians from San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia, but the vibe brings to mind certain vintages of sound made in Chicago or Wuppertal. Saxophonists James McKain and Tom Weeks apply an array of techniques, but put them together and they impart the blammo wall-of-reeds sound of Mars Williams + Ken Vandermark + (occasionally) Peter Brötzmann. Drummers Leo Suarez and Kevin Murray have a similar tendency to meld, albeit into mass of discrete textures and densities. Bassist Jared Radichel navigates the shifting masses with aplomb, working hard enough in the lengthy group pieces that one does not begrudge him the option of sitting out when the paired instruments break out for briefer improvisations. Points added for the excellent cover art.

Bill Meyer

M(h)aol — Gender Studies (TULLE)

youtube

M(h)aol isn’t fucking around. A five-person post-punk outfit with Irish roots and members in Dublin, London and Bristol, the band thunders and rampages in gender-empowered fury. “Why don’t you study my gender/Tell me I’m no fun anymore/That I used to be quiet and pretty/And you liked the old me more,” snarls the singer in the title track before revealing, “Guess what, I like the new me more.” The lyrics are uncompromising, but not without humor (“No one ever talks to us…unless they want to fuck”), and the sound is hard and unyielding, with sawing bursts of rapid-slashed guitar and rickety architectures of snare and kick drum. In an odd bit of symmetry, the mostly female M(h)aol has connections with the all-male Girl (now Gilla) Band; Jamie Hyland is the voice on “Holding Hands with Jamie,” and the two bands share an affinity for noisy breaks and smart, unusual lyrics. However, M(h)aol draws its name not from the other gender but from the legendary Irish female warlord Gráinne Mhaol who faced off Elizabeth I with, supposedly, a dagger in her bodice. Yup, sounds about right. Good stuff.

Jennifer Kelly

Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile — Snark Horse (Pi Recordings)

Snark Horse [Box Set] by Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile

Drummer Gentile and pianist/synthesist Mitchell toil in a manner that transcends any of the idiomatic signposts of jazz. Their compositional style conjures up the energy of punk rock and the bleeding edge wizardry of experimental electronic music. The pair push limits and dive headlong into whatever challenge they set for themselves. For this gargantuan six-disc boxed set, the duo set up an experiment, constraining themselves to write compositions of only a single bar in length. They call the resultant body of work Snark Horse, but there’s nothing cynical about this music. To realize the project, they assembled a ten-person strong Snark Horkestra made up of some of the finest American instrumentalists. Alongside Gentile and Mitchell are Kim Cass on bass, Ben Gerstein on trombone, Jon Irabagon on reeds, Davy Lazar on horns, Mat Maneri on viola, Ava Mendoza on guitar, Matt Nelson on saxophones and Brandon Seabrook on guitar and banjo. The 70 compositions were putty in the Snark Horkestra’s hands, around which Mitchell and Gentile encouraged the crew to improvise. The two composers perform across the entire set of music, with others joining the fray in a variety of permutations across different pieces. There are moments when only one or two of the members jump in, but things get wild when the entire crew goes at it. One of the most immediately noticeable characteristics of these songs, which vary in length substantially, is the rhythmic complexity. Gentile’s drumming style is unique, as she plays around with time signatures and constructs intricate patterns of beats. Add Mitchell’s dextrous piano work and the music becomes a furious beast that just might be the jazz equivalent of math rock. When you thread in the adept contributions of the eight other players, the proceedings heat up quickly and the energy is downright enchanting. Even when the tempo slows to a crawl, the music has an infectious electricity. To add icing to this already elaborate cake, Mitchell has dispersed a series of abstract electronic works of his own devising across the set, which perhaps serve as markers for a listener to return to once their flagging stamina has been replenished. One imagines that listening to over 270 minutes of adventurous sounds in one sitting would test the mettle of even the sturdiest set of eardrums.

Bryon Hayes

Moonlove — May Never Happen (Concentric Circles)

May Never Happen by Moonlove

Moonlove isn’t the most motivated band to come out of greater Akron (see: Devo). But then, so little is known about the trio that we’re left only with what they tell us on 1985’s appropriately titled May Never Happen. On twangy jangler, “Cast Your Troubles and Dreams Away” (riyl: Bonny Doon), Jeff Curtis sings about his ambitions of sitting around and caring less. And when he finds himself behind a “Hearse On The Highway,” he doesn’t even consider taking to the passing lane. Instead, he downshifts and dwells hard on the absence of time over a charmingly degenerate blues shuffle (think: VU). Beth Erickson takes the wheel on “Blue Skies,” and continues on the same trip. “He lies in bed all day / wasting hours and hours away,” she sings with the kind of undynamic yet heartfelt lilt that makes you wonder what might’ve happened if they’d sent their tape K Records’ way instead of no one’s. Luckily, though, almost 40 years after the fact, a copy ended up in the hands of Jed Bindeman, whose Concentric Circles label has built its name on this kind of reissue (read: magical). Climb on in!

Chris Liberato

Jessica Pavone — Lull (Chaikin)

Lull by Jessica Pavone

Some composers write scores that test the physical limits of those who play them. Composer and violist Jessica Pavone does the opposite, considering what feels right to play and using that knowledge to center what’s asked of each musician. The results, however, are by no means limited; Lull is one of the most inclusive albums Pavone has ever made. It encompasses chamber music and improvisation, shifting between ultra-detailed improvisations featuring drummer Brian Chase and trumpeter Nate Wooley, and boldly colored, intricately layered string passages by an octet that includes Pavone. Ranging between spare turbulence and patiently evolving presence, the music uses changing textures to externalize nameless but palpable emotional states.

Bill Meyer

Fredrik Rasten — Svevning (Insub)

Svevning by FREDRIK RASTEN

In this CD’s liner notes, guitarist Fredrik Rasten explains that the Norwegian word “svevning” has two meanings. One applies to the sort of effortless glide that birds achieve when they’re riding air currents, and the other refers to the beating effect obtained by sounding two sustained notes. Translated into math, the formula is 1 word = cause / effect = 38:15 + 38:55 minutes of hovering tone. Rasten operates in the same sonic galaxy as Cristian Alvear and Taku Sugimoto, which is to say that he explores acoustic phenomena with unemphatic precision. These two pieces employ the same method, which is for Rasten to repeat a figure with very slowly evolving changes on a guitar tuned in just intonation. The effects of plucked notes in proximity, approaching and transforming each other, is gently hypnotic. This could be your next sound meditation.

Bill Meyer

Steph Richards With Joshua White — Zephyr (Relative Pitch)

Zephyr by Steph Richards

Zephyr packs a lot of musical exploration into a small space. The album is divided into three suites, each of which uses an environment as a cue to examine relationships between musician and musician, artist and family, and sound and space. The five-part Sacred Sea uses trumpeter Steph Richards’ technique of playing with water as a method to ponder her suppositions about her then-unborn daughter’s perception of sound as well as the limits of instrumental capacity; Joshua White uses preparations to similarly transform the sound of his piano. Sequoia and Northern Lights are a bit less literal, but in both sequences, the duo press the limits of their instruments and techniques as they evade expectation.

Bill Meyer

SiP / Prezzano — SiP / Prezzano (Moon Glyph)

SiP/Prezzano by SiP/Prezzano

The existence of this duo will validate your belief in destiny. Conversely, if Jimmy Lacy, who performs as SiP, and Pete Prezzano, who runs the Love All Day Label, had not gotten together, you might look up at the cosmos and ask, why not? They both live in Chicago, and each makes and/or distributes music that uses synthesizers to take the edge off of whatever life’s dealing with you. Their collaboration is pretty seamless, and the four tracks on this half hour long tape flow together effortlessly, which means that you’re likely to spend less time figuring out who did what than you are giving in to the temptation to let the mind drift wherever long, oscillating tones and ambling modal melodies might take you.

Bill Meyer

Snotty Nose Rez Kids — Life After (Distorted Muse / Fontana North)

Life After by Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Indigenous Canadian hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were on a roll when the pandemic hit. As the quarantine era wore on, they kept getting attention (the placement of “Boujee Natives” on Resident Alien was perfect) but they struggled with recent and past trauma. Out of the crisis came Life After, the title referring not just to exiting lockdown, but to getting through any sort of hardship. The group still has its warrior side, and Yung Trybez and Young D sound as angry as ever, taking on various forms of oppression while addressing the particular struggles of First Nation peoples. They haven't lost their sense of humor, though. “Uncle Rico” references Napoleon Dynamite as it looks at both personal hubris and family mythology. “Oral tradition / I can barely spell,” makes for a fun moment while capturing the attitude of the album. All of the work, though, serves to work toward something better. Chill track “After Dark” closes the album with its real thesis: “I pray we at peace and not in pieces / And that we break the cycle for my nephews and my nieces.” Right now, we're all in life after disaster; but SNRK brings hope that we're headed toward the light after dark.

Justin Cober-Lake

Mai Sugimoto — Monologue (Asian Improv Records)

monologue by Mai Sugimoto

As titles go, Monologue is an unsparing self-assessment. For what else is a solo concert? But between a pandemic that’s made it hard for bands to get together, and an upsurge in anti-Asian violence, the time’s right for Sugimoto to put some points across. Sugimoto recorded this album alone except for an engineer, accompanying her alto sax and flute with some handy percussion. This combination of woodwinds and little instruments suggests that one local legacy on Sugimoto’s mind is the AACM’s. Like Roscoe Mitchell, she gives each idea the space it deserves, neither more nor less, and she feels no need to sugar a pungent attack. The titles assigned to this CD’s 14 tracks evoke vulnerability, spirituality and playfulness. But, compared to her previous recordings with her trio and the collective Hanami, there’s also a pithy toughness.

Bill Meyer

Tigers & Flies — Among Everything Else (Violette)

youtube

This is the stuff! Or at least at first blush it sounds a heck of a lot like it — the brassy, soul-influenced indie pop that bands like Orange Juice, The Jasmine Minks and The June Brides played, bridging the gap between post-punk and c-86. But unlike their predecessors, Tigers & Flies are only occasionally capable of playing with convincing passion, as they do, for example, on “In My Skin.” Here, drummer Arvin Johnson bashes his way into the chorus with a fist-pounding-the-table beat and the song unspools momentarily in response, via its bouncy syncopated guitar lines, before folding forward in frustration again. “Are you seeking enjoyment?/ Are you seeking a change?” wonders frontman Arthur Arnold. But his vague gripes also point to the bigger problem here: there isn’t much at stake in these songs and the music rarely makes up the difference. Lead single, “Half,” tries to twist itself into a more musically complex knot that it hopes will hold. “When you leave, half of me walks away too. / So don’t leave, because I need that half of me that is you,” Arnold sings, while trumpeter Matteo Fernades attempts to recall a leaving lover with a pair of confident bleats. Instead, all he gets is a synchronized, frolicking dance with the rhythm section. The bands they’re aping began as novices and played with a conviction that can’t be faked. On their debut, Tigers & Flies arrive in reverse: they’ve got the sound down, perhaps a little too well, but when it comes to selling the songs' emotion they’re only, as Arnold puts it, “pretty good at doing fine.”

Chris Liberato

Unda Fluxit — Stone Ringing Sorrow (Ever/Never)

Stone Ringing Sorrows by Unda Fluxit

Unda Fluxit makes no attempt to find ease in its jangling, discordant melodies, which reverberate with haunted chaos in the space between experimental folk and noise music. The main creative force behind the band is Huma Aatifi, an Afghan native relocated to Boise, Idaho as a child, and her compositions bristle with jarring dislocation. “Chance of the Towel” clatters noisily with assaultive percussion as Aatifi croons lost lyrics about snow and circumstance, guitar notes crowding behind her like a migraine gathering for attack. “(sunset rain)” is more muted but still full of suffering, a yodeling vocal melody floating uneasily over thunks of hand drums and detuned strums of acoustic guitar. You could make a connection to Christine Carter’s abstracted guitar melodies or even to Karen Dalton’s blasted, desolate folk. Like them Aatifi doesn’t care about conventional prettiness. Like them, she achieves a strident kind of beauty in the clash of notes.

Jennifer Kelly

Uranium — Wormboiler (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)

Wormboiler by Uranium

For a power electronics project, Uranium delivers some fairly formed songs on Wormboiler: see “We Deserve Death,” which sort of has verses and what feels like a refrain. “Sort of” and “feels like” are necessary qualifiers; the music on Wormboiler, provisionally legible as it may be, is fully tapped into the volatility and ugliness that have always been baselines for power electronics — just check out that record title. Still, interesting as the intermittent suggestions of song form are, Uranium is at its most effective when its chaos and appalling deformity are most grotesque. “Hate Thyself for the Callous World Cares Not” slithers and vibrates and jolts with bad feeling. Like some of the best power electronics, the music feels its way along, flowing and climaxing with weirdly livid energy. Which, as the project’s name implies, is toxic stuff. It’s all pretty nihilistic, building toward a final track called “The Glorious Void” that contains samples of symphonic music interpolated with an impossibly distorted horror-movie-Satan voice. The track flirts with goofiness for a bit, but soon it achieves an apotheosis of hostility, obliterating any trace of levity. Schopenhauer would dance to it.

Jonathan Shaw

Vaulted — Left in Despair (Self-released)

Left In Despair by Vaulted

The songs on Vaulted’s new LP Left in Despair sound like a bad day in Boston: damp, cold and full of ornery ill intent. That makes some sense: Melville says Americans learned to “say ‘No!’ in thunder” up in Massachusetts. But instead of any gloomy New England-style austerity, Vaulted pour on the aggro hostility with a sort of excessive glee. The Boston band makes chugging, crunching hardcore, redolent with the burly filth of the death metal that sprouted from the trail of slime left in the wake of Suffocation’s Pierced from Within (1995). See especially tracks like “Lacerated” and “No Place to Mourn.” But make no mistake: Left in Despair is a hardcore record, at its best when it hits hardest. “Mote It Be” mostly moves with a mid-tempo truculence, doling out overdriven riffs that want to bruise. The downshift that occurs around the song’s third minute has a palpable threat attached to it — it’s that slight pause you make when you approach a dark corner at 3 am in Southie. Hunch your shoulders a little tighter, squint your eyes with a sharper “don’t-fuck-with-me” look, because who knows what’s coming. If you’re listening to Vaulted, it’ll probably be another thumping, thundering, three-minute hardcore tune. And heads-up, all you freaks for obsolete formats: you can cop a cassette version of Left in Despair from War Fever Recordings, the label run by Vaulted’s bass player Nicholas Wolf.

Jonathan Shaw

7 notes · View notes

itsybitsyparker · 3 years ago

Text

Peter wanted to go home. He’d been homesick before, he’d been scared before, but never had he been so sure that he was never going to see his home again. This May was nice, and her little apartment was cozy, Peter could easily imagine growing up here, cramped but happy.

But the fact was, he didn’t. He grew up in a narrow little two story in Forest Hills. His Aunt May was a small, sad eyed woman with grey in her hair but a hug for those who needed it. His Aunt had just gotten her nursing degree and was working night shifts in the hospital. His Aunt was the best Gardner in Queens, loved baking shows and hated cop procedurals because they reminded her of Ben.

This wasn’t his May. This wasn’t his Queens. He wanted to go HOME.

Still, he didn’t want to be rude, especially when this May had so graciously opened her home to him after he’d gotten stuck. So he smiled instead of sobbing and brought his plate to the sink, nudging May with his hip.

“Is there anything I can do to help May? I’ve been told I’m good at doing dishes.”

@webbedaunt

#peter parker: scared stressed and sad #peter 3.5 // post nwh verse #kinda sorta maybe #webbedaunt

5 notes · View notes

fairytales-of-yesterday · 5 years ago

Text

A Pirate, Two Hundred Years Too Late

Pairing: Gardner Langway x reader

Word Count: 4.2k

Warnings: idk it’s really soft, if you’re rowan you’ll probably cry, there’s like.. one? swear word? and references to sex

A/N: Happy birthday, Rowan!!! You’re the love of my life, and I’m the luckiest girl in the world to have a best friend and soulmate like you :’)

The title is from a Jimmy Buffett song (A Pirate Looks at Forty), I know it’s super long. I’m just really soft and I love Rowan that’s all, here we go, lads.

•

You awoke to the sound of silence. Something you definitely weren’t used to anymore. Soft morning light peeked through your curtains as you yawned quietly. Stretching, you rubbed your eyes and looked out the window and squinted at the dim sky, realizing it was still extremely early.

Much too early to be awake.

If the sun wasn’t even up yet, why on earth should you be? You squeezed your eyes shut once more, trying to hold on to those last few moments of sleep, and rolled over to cuddle up with your husband. At least, you tried to.

Your brow furrowed, eyes still shut, as you tentatively stuck your arm out and felt around the other side of the bed, as if Gardner was somehow hiding under the sheets. Whining quietly, you gave up and opened your eyes. Sure enough, you were alone.

With a small frown, you rolled over again to glance at the clock.

Five thirty. Christ, what could he be up to?

You moved onto your back, staring at the ceiling and letting yourself wake up. It was when you finally sat up that you realized you knew exactly where he was.

Throwing your covers off, you yawned once more and clambered out of bed. You stood for a moment, eyes closed, just listening to the sound of a quiet house. Your kids had been visiting your parents the past few days for a summer visit, and while you were very happy to have a little time to rest, you still found yourself missing them. It had been so long since the house was quiet, empty. You missed their hugs, the way they’d snuggle up next to you on the couch, and even their shrieks as they played pretend in the backyard. Penny, your five-year-old, had a tendency to rope Ben, who was three, into countless make-believe games that left them both in hysterics. They climbed all over Gardner like he was their personal jungle gym, and you were often roped into a piggyback ride as well. Still, as much as you loved the peace, you certainly loved them more.

You couldn’t complain about the alone time you were getting with Gardner though. You loved your quiet morning cuddles, not worrying about figuring out lunch for everyone, and being able to make as much noise as you wanted whenever you wanted (he always did have a hard time keeping quiet).

You played with the hem of your shirt (well, Gardner’s shirt, but that was beside the point), as you made your way into the bathroom, and smiled at your tired reflection. Your hair stuck up in every direction, reminding you of your time with Gardner last night, and you waggled your eyebrows at yourself playfully. You did your best to tame your mane before finishing getting ready for the day. After slipping on some shorts, you headed downstairs.

You made your way to the kitchen, grabbing a peach from the fridge and going to wash it. As you ran the fruit under the cool water, you felt a slight pressure against your leg and looked down to find your cat, Tybalt, purring at your feet. You smiled down at him and greeted him sweetly, receiving a happy “mrrap!” in return. He weaved between your legs a few times, his usual morning greeting, and then hopped up on the counter to watch you cut up your breakfast.

As you placed the peach slices in a bowl and subsequently gently pushed Tybalt’s face away from them, you looked out the window above the sink and your suspicions were confirmed. Out in the backyard stood your husband and his brother. They’d been at this for days, and while they’d done a fantastic job, you definitely thought five thirty was a bit much.

Still, you had to smile. Sure, the man never ceased to amaze you, but his devotion to his children was no surprise at all.

You stepped out the back door, breakfast in hand, and breathed in the morning air. The sun was fully up now, the only trace of the sunrise the pink smudges in the clouds. You popped a slice of peach into your mouth as you watched your husband fondly.

Before you stood a pirate ship. Or at least, a large model of one. You and Gardner had wanted to do this for a while now, you certainly had the backyard for it, but you’d been putting it off. You’d known it was going to be difficult, and you had no idea what the kids would want. You had considered asking them directly, but you could never find the right time. That is, until last week when you were looking online for some new Fourth of July decorations. Somehow, the two of you got very sidetracked, and wound up looking at playsets. You hadn’t planned on actually buying one until you saw Gardner’s face as he pointed to the pirate ship.

Their own boat!!! Like our family one but just for them!!!

You had laughed at his excitement, but his words struck a chord. His boat was his home for so long. Penny and Ben knew that, and they loved going out on the river with their dad, playing pirates and helping him navigate, so you could only imagine how ecstatic they’d be to have one for themselves. You just knew you had to.

It wasn’t an easy task. Gardner and Calvin had spent the past four days working on it. They’d just gotten all the materials and a complicated set of instructions in the mail, so it was basically built from scratch. Also, it wasn’t his fault, but your husband wasn’t too skilled in the DIY department (putting together the ikea furniture for your first apartment with him was a nightmare), so the first day or so was spent teaching him how to use a power drill. However, after you made it over that hurdle, it was relatively smooth sailing.

You looked on now with a grin as Gardner and Calvin painted their prized creation. The red paint shone bright in the morning sun, and it looked truly gorgeous. Royal and fierce at the same time. The perfect pirate ship.

“A bit early isn’t it?”

The boys looked up at your shout, Gardner almost dropping his paintbrush in surprise, and you waved. Both waved back, and you began making your way over with a smile. Gardner tossed his brush in the bucket on the patio table he’d dragged to the “construction site” as you walked over, wiping his hands on his pants to get some of the paint off.

You greeted him with a sweet kiss when you reached him, murmuring a good morning against his lips and asking how he was.

He broke the kiss and licked his lips, grinning.

“Mm, peachy.”

You laughed loudly at that, swatting his chest before offering him a slice that he gladly accepted.

You set your bowl down on the table and snaked your arms around him. He grinned and pulled you closer as you squeezed him tight, having missed your regular morning cuddle. He tucked his face into your neck, breathing you in. You stayed like that for a few minutes, just enjoying being together, but eventually your hands began traveling south and slipped into the back pockets of his paint splattered overalls. Gardner chuckled softly as he realized what was going on but still yelped as you gave him a good squeeze.

“Mm… you are quite peachy, aren’t you?”

He giggled breathily at that, but you could hear the blush adorning his face. He nestled further into your shoulder, hiding his pink cheeks, and you shook with a laugh.

“You better watch those hands,” he mumbled against your skin, “I’m a married man, you know.”

“At least I know you’re faithful.”

You playfully pulled his hair as you said it, and he pulled back to give you a look that said ‘don’t start something you can’t finish.’ You were about to suggest you go inside and continue when a head peeked over the side of the boat.

You and gardner immediately sprung apart like kids caught getting a bit too handsy, giggling sheepishly. Calvin shook his head with a smile.

“So did you come out here to distract my brother, or are you gonna help us paint?”

You laughed, still bright red, and shrugged.

“I can multitask.”

Gardner fondly rolled his eyes as you donned an apron and picked up a paintbrush. You gave him a quick peck on the cheek, making Calvin scoff good naturedly and retreat back to the upper deck. You opened your mouth to ask if you should paint anywhere specific when Calvin shouted from above.

“You’ve been married for like a decade now and you still act like teenagers!”

Gardner’s head fell into his hands, embarrassed, as yours fell back in a loud laugh.

“We didn’t meet until we were in our twenties! We’re just making up for lost time!”

You heard a yeah, yeah from above and stifled a giggle before pulling Gardner close with a smirk, knowing Calvin couldn’t see.

“And it’s not my fault you’re so damn delicious,” you whispered, capturing his lips once more. He whined quietly, both out of desperation and out of protest, not wanting to be caught again. Before he could say anything though, you pulled away and smiled brightly. “So where do you want me, sweet boy?”

You saw a flash in Gardner’s eyes at the implications behind your words, but he quickly regained his composure with an exasperated grin and directed you to an unpainted section. He explained which brushes to use and how many coats to put on with his perfect little focused frown that made your heart do somersaults.

“The painting is basically all we have left,” he phrased it as a question, like he was just hoping he was correct. “We’ll definitely finish by the time the kids get home tomorrow.” Ever punctual, your husband. And you had to admit, it drove you wild.

“Aye aye, Cap’n,” you saluted jokingly before getting to work.

•

The time passed quickly, the three of you making fantastic progress together. By the time lunch rolled around, you were nearly finished. All you had left to do was finish painting the upper deck and then decorate the inside. After a quick break for sandwiches and a few drinks, you set back to work, determined to finish.

The detail work of the cabin took a lot longer than the painting of the hull, as it called for more precision. You knew that it would be easy to paint it all one color, like the outside, but you just couldn’t. It had to be perfect. Once you were satisfied, the three of you called it a night. All that was left was putting in some chairs and cushions along with some knickknacks once the paint had dried. Calvin stayed for dinner as well, insisting he had to help you finish the playhouse.

“You two can’t take ALL the credit! I’m the one who had to teach Gardner how to use a drill! Plus, I need all the ‘Cool Uncle Points’ I can get!”

Gardner choked on his takeout at that exclamation and stared at his brother, genuinely dumbfounded.

“Cal, you know they think you’re the coolest guy in the world, right? They love you!”

You watched happily as a blush spread across Calvin’s face at your husband’s words. He tried to play it cool, but no one could deny the fact that he was glowing.

“Ohhh…” he smiled softly to himself, waving off the compliment slightly, “you know what I mean. Anyone can be the coolest guy in the world. I’m gonna be the coolest uncle.”

He paused briefly as you laughed, endeared, and his smile widened before he added softly,

“And I love them too.”

After the three of you finished your meals, you checked on the playhouse. You’d planned on getting it all done tonight, but the paint hadn’t fully dried everywhere, so you decided to wait and “furnish” the ship tomorrow morning before your parents brought the kids home. Calvin made you promise to call him over help, to which you readily agreed, and he headed home.

You leaned back against your husband as you watched Calvin’s car pull out of your driveway and he instinctively wrapped his arms around you, giving you a gentle squeeze.

“Feeling okay, honey?”

You smiled softly, trying not to let your favorite term of endearment affect you too much, and nodded. Turning around in his arms, you hugged him properly.

“Mm, just tired,” you hummed, leaning up to press a sweet kiss to his lips. “And paint-stained.”

He chuckled softly at that and pulled you closer again, tucking his face into your neck.

“Yeah, I could definitely go for a nice shower.”

A sly smile spread across your face.

“Oh me too… but I don’t know… our water bill was a bit high last month,” you said with a fake frown, “maybe it would be smart to… y‘know, conserve. Shower together.”

You pulled away to get a good look at the blush you knew had blossomed over your husband’s face, but the second you made eye contact, you both burst out laughing. Though you were nearly doubled over, you couldn’t help but marvel at the way his eyes crinkled at the edges and the way his perfect nose scrunched up in his joy, still awestruck by your love after all these years. You raised up on your tiptoes to press a giggly peck to his nose before quirking an eyebrow as if to say well?

He turned a deeper shade of red, somehow only now realizing that you were completely serious, but nodded quickly.

“That sounds like a uh… that’s a… sounds good.”

You nearly burst out laughing once more at your husband’s terrible attempt at concealing his excitement, but you settled on grabbing his hand and pulling him to the bathroom.

•

You laid together for a while after your shower (and what it led to), heat still radiating off your bodies. You were on top of him, your face buried in the crook of his neck, having simply collapsed after you both reached your highs. Neither of you spoke, though you knew he wasn’t asleep. You could feel his heart in sync with your own from where your chest pressed against his, their beating the only sound in your quiet house.

Lifting your head up, you looked at your husband beneath you. His freckled shoulders, his red hair, sticking out in every direction, his soft cheeks. His eyes fluttered open at your movement, and you smiled gently. Bringing a hand up, you gently moved the still damp hair out of his face, and he sighed at the touch. You brushed your thumb across his cheek and watched him lean into your hand. He nearly melted as you continued your exploration of his features, running the tip of your finger down his lovely nose before pressing a kiss to it. You could feel his soft tummy shaking with laughter under you, and it made your smile widen. He scrunched his nose up before you swiped your thumb across his lower lip and his giggle cut off abruptly. You were about to playfully tug on one of his sweet ears, but your previous touch had struck a chord with him and, before you knew it, his hand was laced in your hair and his lips were on yours.

You groaned softly into his mouth, your hands cradling his face as he smiled against you.

“God, you’re insatiable today, aren’t you?”

He giggled softly, pecking your lips once more.

“Can’t help it, just love you too much.”

At his words, you giggled softly, just so full of love, as you kissed him again. Your mouths moved in sync, quiet moans escaping you both.

Eventually pulling away for air, you leaned your forehead against his.

“And I love you too.”

With one more quick, sweet kiss, you rolled off of him with a small grunt, and he whined at the loss of contact. A laugh escaped you as you pulled on another one of his shirts.

“I’ll be right back, sweetheart, I’ve just gotta set the alarm and make sure all the lights are out, okay?”

You heard a soft groan from the bed, but when you turned to face him, he was smiling sleepily.

“Okay, but be fast please, I already miss you.”

Giggling, you made your way back to the bed and kissed right between his eyebrows, murmuring a promise that you’d be back before he knew it, and set off downstairs.

He waited patiently for you as you moved about downstairs, listening to you sing to yourself. He couldn’t help but smile as he heard you have a small conversation with Tybalt. A small giggle escaped him as he heard you reminding your cat to come up to bed when he feels like it, just reminding him to make sure he’s quiet.

After a little while, you made your way back to your husband, turning the lights off in the hallway and slipping into bed behind him. Immediately, he cuddled into you, sighing sweetly at the feeling of being back in your arms. A soft smile graced your features as you pulled him even closer. You kissed the back of his neck, murmuring a soft goodnight, and he pulled one of your hands up to his lips, whispering a goodnight back.

You had worried that you wouldn’t be able to sleep, too excited to see your kids the next day, but holding your husband and feeling his deep breaths against your chest quickly calmed your nerves, and you were out like a light.

•

Thankfully, you were allowed to sleep in the next morning. You both began to stir at about nine thirty, and you thanked your lucky stars that he hadn’t woken you before sunrise again.

You laid in bed for a few extra minutes, gazing at each other and talking quietly, but before long, you were up and at ’em. You got ready for the day quickly, taking another joint shower, and making breakfast. After a bowl of cereal each, you called Calvin.

You and Gardner were standing in the backyard, simply looking at your creation, when a clap sounded from behind you.

“Alright! Let’s DO this!”

You turned to see Calvin walking over, rubbing his hands together excitedly. Gardner nodded, his endearing look of concentration appearing once more as he followed his brother on deck. You weren’t far behind, and as soon as you were up, the work began.

You moved quickly, knowing your parents would be there with the kids around lunchtime. Chairs were placed in the cabin, maps were hung up, and you even set up a little bookshelf like the ones on the Dear Sidewalk that they had commandeered for their picture books in recent years. They had their own little working compasses and a rope that rang a bell up above. A pirate’s paradise.

It was just as you put down the last cushion that you heard a car door. Your heads snapped up at the noise, and you and Gardner immediately rushed out to the front. Your kids jumped out of the car, running at you full speed the second they saw you, and you and Gardner immediately gathered them up in a huge hug. Their little voices rang out, a jumble of excited shouts, telling you how much they missed you and what they had done with their grandparents. You and Gardner listened intently, nearly tearing up just at having them home again.

After a little, you broke off from the little group hug and made your way to your parents as your kids continued to excitedly cling to their father.

“Well, it certainly sounds like you had a good time,” you chuckled as you hugged each of them. They laughed, saying yes they absolutely did, and you knew they, as well as Penny and Ben, would be sleeping soundly that night.

“You had a nice time too I hope,” your mom smiled, “I’m assuming you enjoyed the quiet?”

You couldn’t help the blush that rose to your cheeks at the thought of all that you and Gardner had gotten up to in the last few days, but you still smiled.

“Oh definitely, it was nice not to worry too much about them for a while, but I’m certainly still glad they’re home.”

You watched with a wide smile as your kids ran circles around their dad, climbing all over him and giggling loudly. He was chuckling as well, lumbering around with them on each of his legs as they screamed in excitement. They certainly took after their father, the sunlight glinting off of their auburn hair and their precious laughter ringing out. He hoisted both of them up, one on each shoulder, and turned to you with bright eyes.

“Should we tell them?”

“Tell us what?” Penny asked from Gardner’s right shoulder before you could answer. Her eyes were wide, excited at the prospect of a surprise.

“Tell us what! Tell us what!” Ben bounced on his dad’s left, always following his older sister.

“Why don’t we just show them instead?”

With a grin, you took your husband’s hand and began leading them to the backyard, your parents close behind, and stopped just before they could see the playhouse.

“Well, your dad and I-”

“And Uncle Calvin!”

You laughed at both the shout that came from around the corner and at the children’s expressions as they realized their uncle was waiting to see them.

“-and Uncle Calvin, yes, worked really hard while you were on your big kids’ trip,” you paused, smiling at their wide eyes, “and we know how much you love going out on the boat, so…”

At that moment, you gently pulled them around the corner and revealed the pirate ship in all its glory. You didn’t really know how they were going to react, but it was better than anything you could’ve hoped for. Aside from when Gardner almost dropped them because of how loud they screamed, but even that was funny after the initial shock.

Penny sprinted over to the ship as soon as she was on the ground, shouting our own pirate ship! over and over as Ben just stood and looked on in awe. Gardner knelt down next to him.

“You alright, bud?”

Ben nodded slightly, mouth hanging open.

“Daddy?”

“Yeah, love?”

He looked up at his dad.

“Do we get to keep it?”

Gardner stifled his laugh, not wanting to embarrass him at all, and nodded excitedly.

“Of course you do! We built it for you!”

Ben looked at him, shocked, for one second more before running off after his sister.

Gardner stood, grunting softly, and made his way back over to you. You leaned against him with a smile.

“Dad noises.”

He chuckled, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.

“Fitting.”

You laughed, taking his hand, and watched as your kids dragged their uncle and both grandparents aboard, showing them around. You noticed they had started calling Calvin ‘first mate,’ instructing him to raise the sails and mop the deck, and all sorts of pirate-y things. He was very quick to accept his new title, playing along and doing his ‘chores,’ looking back at the two of you with a huge smile.

As they began their game, you turned around, putting your hands on Gardner’s hips, and pulled him into a kiss. His hands immediately moved up to cradle your face, and you smiled against him. You leaned your forehead against his and squeezed his hips gently.

“I think we did good.”

You felt his good-natured scoff rather than heard it as he kissed you again, murmuring “Yeah, I think you’re right.”

His arms wrapped around you, and he moved to deepen the kiss, but a shout broke you apart.

“Pirates don’t kiss!”

You looked up, startled, to find Penny leaning over the ship’s railing, looking both embarrassed and slightly grossed out.

Her expression paired with her words and distressed tone made you double over in laughter, you just couldn’t help it. She put her little hands on her hips and stared at you, brow furrowed, as you leaned in and kissed Gardner again, yelling back, “These pirates sure do!”

You heard her sigh exaggeratedly, followed by her telling you that she needed you on deck immediately, they were about to shove off, her favorite phrase of her dad’s.

You looked at your husband, smiling softly, glad to have your little family back together. He kissed your nose, and you laughed before motioning toward the ship.

“What say we weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen?”

He sighed sweetly, looking at you in lovestruck awe, like he was seeing you for the first time all over again.

“Y’know, I’d marry you again if I could.”

You kissed his cheek once more, a pleased grin on your face, and pulled him toward the ship.

“Come on, dork.”

He took your hand, smiling.

“Aye aye, Mrs. Langway.”

#holy shit i'm nervous about this #rowan im sorry this took so long i love you #you're an angel #gardner langway x reader #dear sidewalk #joe mazzello #My writing #gardner langway imagine #gardner langway #joe mazzello x reader #joe mazzello imagine #here's hoping this is good

53 notes · View notes

architectnews · 4 years ago

Text

Ten student architecture projects from the University of Westminster

A project that examines restoring damaged peatlands in Scotland and another that addresses the housing needs of income poor young people in Beijing are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Westminster.

It also includes a mycelium product factory where a repurposed prison provides ideal conditions for growing sustainable products and a redesigned climbing wall highlighting the connection between sport and the natural world.

University of Westminster

School: University of Westminster, School of Architecture + Cities Course: Architecture BA (Hons), Architecture and Environmental Design BSc (Hons), Interior Architecture BA (Hons), Architectural Technology BSc (Hons), Designing Cities BA (Hons), Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA pt II) Tutors: Constance Lau, Stephen Harty John Zhang, David Porter, Paolo Cascone, Panagiota Adileniduo, Ro Spankie, Diony Kypraiou, Allan Sylvester, Ana Araujo, Tabatha Mills, Adam Thwaites, David Mathewson, Elisa Engel, Kester Rattenbury, Sean Griffiths, Anthony Boulanger, Stuart Piercy, Callum Perry John Cook, Laura Nica and Ben Pollock

School statement:

"The School of Architecture and Cities offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as research degrees a few moments from Baker Street. Here, students can enjoy state-of-the-art facilities, including the extensive Fabrication Laboratory and dedicated open-plan design studios.

"Open 2021 is a rolling programme of events being created by the school's staff and students, which reflect the varied design approaches of the School of Architecture and Cities and their place at the heart of London.

"It will feature 750 student projects, drawing on the vast body of developmental and finished work imagined and realised over the course of the last academic year. The show will transform student work into digital assets, creating an extraordinary display of new architecture and a compelling visitor experience. The show opens on 17 June until 30 September."

The Bioengineering Experimental School of Architecture: Designing for the Prevention of Fires by Momchil Petrinski

"In this project, the notion of 'fire' from the laboratory experiments serves multiple purposes, from the 'gallery' for public knowledge, heat distribution to the surrounding buildings and the cultivation of the green spaces.

"The dense urban site of Little Britain and proposed Tower is approached as a Borgesian labyrinth where the ever-green public gardens extend across the horizontal and vertical landscapes, and resting places for the homeless community are embedded within the public realm."

Student: Momchil Petrinski Course: Architecture BA (Hons) Tutors: Constance Lau and Stephen Harty Email: [email protected]

Ideal Landscape from Luo Shen Fu Tu by Yunuo Zheng

"The proposal is a spatial narrative telling the ancient Chinese story of the painting Luo Shen Fu Tu created by the famous Eastern Jin painter Gu Kaizhi based on the plot of Cao Chi's work Luo Shen Fu.

"This is not just a love story – it is a story of frustration and anger caused by feudalism when people could only express thoughts and feelings through landscapes and myths. It is these landscapes and myths that give the form to an immersive exhibition situated in London."

Student: Yunuo Zheng Course: Interior Architecture BA (Hons) Tutors: Ro Spankie, Diony Kypraiou, Allan Sylvester, Ana Araujo Email: [email protected]

Intercultural communal living as a catalyst for refugee integration by Anne-Flore Smits

"Nature avoids monocultures and lives in diversity to feed its system. The harmonious living between living forms is known as symbiosis. Through intercultural communal living, symbiosis is regenerated, where the forgotten lives of refugees can integrate back into society.

"With local and foreign amalgamation, the most vulnerable group in society can write their futures. The design of social-communal connectivity incorporates multi-use courtyards, creating a unique spatial arrangement within the male and female quarter and central community compound.

"A common roof with various environmental qualities ensures the proposed and established buildings receive minimal solar radiation, that is experienced in its extreme within Cameroon's Far North capital of Maroua."

Student: Anne-Flore Smits Course: Architecture and Environmental Design BSc (Hons) Tutors: Paolo Cascone and Panagiota Adileniduo Email: [email protected]

Ark for an Ant Tribe by Yuen-Wah Williams

"This project addresses the acute housing needs of well educated but income poor young people who come to Beijing to seek their future – affectionately known as the 'Ant Tribe' in China.

"The project is a co-living mega-block with floating courtyards, rooftop running tracks, and community programmes open to the broader neighbourhood at the ground level. The novel tectonics draws inspiration from traditional low-rises, high-density Hutong courtyards and local experiments in soviet-era social condensers.

"The generous and intensely social outdoor spaces become rooms in themselves, responds to the changing patterns of life in a pandemic."

Student: Yuen-Wah Williams Course: Architecture BA (Hons) Tutors: John Zhang and David Porter Email: [email protected]

Climb Air Theatre by Zhiqing He

"The conditions of isolation and lack of physical interaction due to the pandemic gave birth to this project with the aim of evoking memories of intimate communication stemming from the past. Inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, London's historic musical production (forced to close during the lockdown), the proposal suggests an open interactive theatre, situated at St Dustan park in London.

"The audience gets invited to follow actors through the theatre's three main theatre stages and participate in distinct moments of the play while re-connecting them to each other through this musical, theatrical and spatial journey."

Student: Zhiqing He Course: Interior Architecture BA (Hons) Tutors: Ro Spankie, Diony Kypraiou, Allan Sylvester, Ana Araujo Email: [email protected]

The Arch Climbing Wall by Tom McGinnity

"The Arch Climbing Wall is located in Bermondsey, London. The redeveloped climbing centre uses all the existing building while also developing a new building adjacent to the existing one. The design aims to highlight the connection between climbing and nature.

"New climbing walls were positioned in the existing building to create an environment of valleys and mountains. The new building acts as the final challenge, with climbers able to scale the exterior of the building and the tall structure within. The new building is open-air with large use of open mesh, allowing climbers to connect with nature."

Student: Tom McGinnity Course: Architectural Technology BSc (Hons) Tutors: Tabatha Mills and Adam Thwaites Email: [email protected]

Old Kent Road: A New Precedent for Mixing Leisure, Manufacturing and Housing by Daniel Sefton

"By combining industrial, residential, and leisure spaces using innovative changes of level, land-use pressures in the inner city could be significantly alleviated.

"An undulating raised park set against the side of an existing recycling centre creates a pocket of urban rurality. Pavilions break through the park's surface for exhibition and retail space, with micro-manufacturing occurring on the submerged ground floor.

"HGV access to ground floors occurs through a road network beneath the park. The park removes both social and physical barriers that industrial land creates through controlled, increased public proximity to manufacturing and community-connecting active transport routes."

Student: Daniel Sefton Course: Designing Cities BA (Hons) Tutors: David Mathewson and Elisa Engel Email: [email protected]

The Mycology Institute by Gemma Mohajer

"The Mycology Institute re-purposes existing buildings at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Former cells provide ideal conditions for growing mushrooms, used to make sustainable products. The project extends one of the cell blocks creating a mycelium product factory.

"It forms a route to the scrubs and a public square created by demolishing the prison wall. The building is constructed using sustainable products, including rope elements, developed from chance operations. These are used as part of the roof structure and as a screen that shades the building and takes rainwater off the roof. Columns and floors reuse the 916,000 prison wall bricks."

Student: Gemma Mohajer Course: Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA pt II) Tutors: Kester Rattenbury and Sean Griffiths Email: [email protected]

The Rotherhithe Cooperative Press by Rebecca Gardner

"Newspapers are dying, and with them, an integral part of London's civic life and tacit skillset is at risk of extinction. The Rotherhithe Cooperative Press reinvents newspaper production, turning away from mass media favouring temporal print that focuses on specific events and protests.

"Through exploiting the natural diurnal cycle of the printing industry and the Thames, the scheme acts as a production framework and distribution network for marginalised media outlets at night whilst a community print-work mobilises the community to engage in protest during the day."

Student: Rebecca Gardner Course: Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA pt II) Tutors: Anthony Boulanger, Stuart Piercy and Callum Perry Email: [email protected]

Peat Observation: Carbon Cycles through Plant Matter by Seni Agunpopo

"The project looks at preserving and accelerating the restoration of damaged peatlands in Scotland – one of the world's most effective carbon store/sinks.

"This project uses a wider parametric masterplan strategy of landscape probes and responsive blanket systems to alter and control the conditions of soil moisture, temperature and humidity, as well as the deployable modular research units that support the ongoing scheme."

Student: Seni Agunpopo Course: Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA pt II) Tutors: John Cook, Laura Nica and Ben Pollock Email: [email protected]

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and the University of Westminster. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

The post Ten student architecture projects from the University of Westminster appeared first on Dezeen.

#Architecture – Dezeen

2 notes · View notes

bjkdsiuiu45 · 4 years ago

Text

Lelki ismeretek (2020) teljes film magyarul videa

Lelki ismeretek teljes film magyarul videa, Lelki ismeretek film magyarul, Lelki ismeretek 2020 filmek, Lelki ismeretek magyar premier, Lelki ismeretek (2020) Teljes Film Magyarul, Lelki ismeretek teljes Indavideo film, Lelki ismeretek letöltése ingyen Nézze Lelki ismeretek film teljes epizódok nélkül felmérés. Lelki ismeretek a HD 1080p-ben, Nézzük meg, miután összeomlottunk a HD-ben, Nézzünk, miután online összeesettünk, Miután összeütköztünk a teljes filmet, Nézzük meg, Lelki ismeretek a teljes filmben, Ingyenes online streaming nézd

meg itt >> https://t.co/BFIli9uxii?amp=1

Letöltés >> https://t.co/BFIli9uxii?amp=1

Joe Gardner középiskolai tanár, aki szereti a jazz zenét. Egy balesetben a lelke elszakad a testétől és egy olyan központba kerül, ahol a lelkek fejlődnek és szenvedélyeket szereznek, mielőtt újjászületnek. Joe-nak segítséget kell szereznie a többi képzésben részt vevő lélektől, például 22-től, egy lélektől, aki örök időket töltött a Te szemináriumon, hogy visszatérjen a Földre. felszabadított: 2020–12–25 Runtime: 102 percek Műfaj: Animációs, Vígjáték, Kaland, Családi, Zenei, Fantasy Csillag: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Phylicia Rashād, Daveed Diggs Rendező: Trent Reznor, Bobby Podesta, Steve Pilcher, Pete Docter, Pete Docter Kulcsszavak : Lelki ismeretek előzetes magyarul, Lelki ismeretek ingyen letöltés, Lelki ismeretek netmozi, Lelki ismeretek magyar premier, Lelki ismeretek film online, Lelki ismeretek teljes film, Lelki ismeretek teljes film videa, Lelki ismeretek indavideo, Lelki ismeretek magyarul online, Lelki ismeretek teljes film magyarul indavideo, Lelki ismeretek online filmek ingyen Lelki ismeretek online 2020 filmek magyarul Lelki ismeretek filmek magyarul Lelki ismeretek online videa 720p 1080p Lelki ismeretek film letöltés Lelki ismeretek 2020 teljes filmek magyarul videa Lelki ismeretek online sorozatok Lelki ismeretek ingyen filmek Lelki ismeretek 2020 film letöltés ingyen Lelki ismeretek filmek online magyarul Lelki ismeretek magyar filmek online Image for post Its somewhat ironic that a movie about time travel can’t be reviewed properly until your future self rewatches the movie. It’s bold of Nolan to make such a thoroughly dense blockbuster. He assumes people will actually want to see ~Lelki ismeretek more than once so they can understand it properly, which some may not. This movie makes the chronology of Inception look as simplistic as tic-tac-toe. Ergo, it’s hard for me to give an accurate rating, without having seen it twice, as I’m still trying to figure out whether everything does indeed make sense. If it does, this movie is easily a 9 or 10. If it doesn’t, it’s a 6. It’s further not helped by the fact that the dialogue in the first 15 minutes of the movie is painfully hard to understand / hear. Either they were behind masks; they were practically mumbling; the sound effects were too loud; or all of the above. The exposition scenes are also waayyy too brief for something this complex — a problem also shared with Interstellar actually. (Interstellar had this minimalist exposition problem explaining Blight, where if you weren’t careful, you’d miss this one sentence / scene in the entire movie explaining that Blight was a viral bacteria: “Earth’s atmosphere is 80% nitrogen, we don’t even breathe nitrogen. Blight does, and as it thrives, our air gets less and less oxygen”). I guess it’s a Nolan quirk. Hopefully, a revision of the film audio sorts the sound mixing out. I do like the soundtrack, but it’s too loud initially. I liked all the actors. You think John Washington can’t act at first, but he can, and he grows on you as the film progresses. And Pattinson is his usual charming self. Elizabeth is a surprise treat. And so on. Its worth a watch either way. See it with subtitles if you can. And definitely don’t expect to fully understand whats going on the first time around. Its one hell of a complicated film. It will be very hard for an average viewer to gather all the information provided by this movie at the first watch. But the more you watch it, more hidden elements will come to light. And when you are able to put these hidden elements together. You will realize that this movie is just a “masterpiece” which takes the legacy of Christopher Nolan Forward If I talk about acting, Then I have to say that Robert Pattinson has really proved himself as a very good actor in these recent years. And I am sure his acting skills will increase with time. His performance is charming and very smooth. Whenever he is on the camera, he steals the focus John David Washington is also fantastic in this movie. His performance is electrifying, I hope to see more from him in the future. Other characters such as Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth, Himesh Patel, Dimple Kapadia, Clémence Poésy have also done quite well. And I dont think there is a need to talk about Michael Caine Talking about Music, its awesome. I dont think you will miss Hans Zimmer’s score. Ludwig has done a sufficient job. There is no lack of good score in the movie Gotta love the editing and post production which has been put into this movie. I think its fair to say this Nolan film has focused more in its post production. The main problem in the movie is the sound mixing. Plot is already complex and some dialogues are very soft due to the high music score. It makes it harder to realize what is going on in the movie. Other Nolan movies had loud BGM too. But Audio and dialogues weren’t a problem My humble request to everyone is to please let the movie sink in your thoughts. Let your mind grasp all the elements of this movie. I am sure more people will find it better. Even those who think they got the plot. I can bet they are wrong. ~Lelki ismeretek is the long awaited new movie from Christopher Nolan. The movie that’s set to reboot the multiplexes post-Covid. It’s a manic, extremely loud, extremely baffling sci-fi cum spy rollercoaster that will please a lot of Nolan fan-boys but which left me with very mixed views. John David Washington (Denzel’s lad) plays “The Protagonist” — a crack-CIA field operative who is an unstoppable one-man army in the style of Hobbs or Shaw. Recruited into an even more shadowy organisation, he’s on the trail of an international arms dealer, Andrei Sator (Kenneth Branagh in full villain mode). Sator is bullying his estranged wife Kat (Elizabeth Debicki) over custody of their son (and the film unusually has a BBFC warning about “Domestic Abuse”). Our hero jets the world to try to prevent a very particular kind of Armageddon while also keeping the vulnerable and attractive Kat alive. This is cinema at its biggest and boldest. Nolan has taken a cinema ‘splurge’ gun, filled it with money, set it on rapid fire, removed the safety and let rip at the screen. Given that Nolan is famous for doing all of his ‘effects’ for real and ‘in camera’, some of what you see performed is almost unbelievable. You thought crashing a train through rush-hour traffic in “Inception” was crazy? You ain’t seen nothing yet with the airport scene! And for lovers of Chinooks (I must admit I am one and rush out of the house to see one if I hear it coming!) there is positively Chinook-p*rn on offer in the film’s ridiculously huge finale. The ‘inversion’ aspects of the story also lends itself to some fight scenes — one in particular in an airport ‘freeport’ — which are both bizarre to watch and, I imagine, technically extremely challenging to pull off. In this regard John David Washington is an acrobatic and talented stunt performer in his own right, and must have trained for months for this role. Nolan’s crew also certainly racked up their air miles pre-lockdown, since the locations range far and wide across the world. The locations encompassed Denmark, Estonia, India, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and United States. Hoyte Van Hoytema’s cinematography is lush in introducing these, especially the beautiful Italian coast scenes. Although I did miss the David Arnold strings that would typically introduce these in a Bond movie: it felt like that was missing. The ‘timey-wimey’ aspects of the plot are also intriguing and very cleverly done. There are numerous points at which you think “Oh, that’s a sloppy continuity error” or “Shame the production design team missed that cracked wing mirror”. Then later in the movie, you get at least a dozen “Aha!” moments. Some of them (no spoilers) are jaw-droppingly spectacular. Perhaps the best twist is hidden in the final line of the movie. I only processed it on the way home. And so to the first of my significant gripes with ~Lelki ismeretek. The sound mix in the movie is all over the place. I’d go stronger than that… it’s truly awful (expletive deleted)! Nolan often implements Shakespeare’s trick of having characters in the play provide exposition of the plot to aid comprehension. But unfortunately, all of this exposition dialogue was largely incomprehensible. This was due to: the ear-splitting volume of the sound: 2020 movie audiences are going to be suffering from ‘~Lelki ismeretekis’! (LOL); the dialogue is poorly mixed with the thumping music by Ludwig Göransson (Wot? No Hans Zimmer?); a large proportion of the dialogue was through masks of varying description (#covid-appropriate). Aaron Taylor-Johnson was particularly unintelligible to my ears. Overall, watching this with subtitles at a special showing might be advisable! OK, so I only have a PhD in Physics… but at times I was completely lost as to the intricacies of the plot. It made “Inception” look like “The Tiger Who Came to Tea”. There was an obvious ‘McGuffin’ in “Inception” — — (“These ‘dream levels’… how exactly are they architected??”…. “Don’t worry… they’ll never notice”. And we didn’t!) In “~Lelki ismeretek” there are McGuffins nested in McGuffins. So much of this is casually waved away as “future stuff… you’re not qualified” that it feels vaguely condescending to the audience. At one point Sator says to Kat “You don’t know what’s going on, do you?” and she shakes her head blankly. We’re right with you there luv! There are also gaps in the storyline that jar. The word “~Lelki ismeretek”? What does it mean. Is it just a password? I’m none the wiser. The manic pace of ~Lelki ismeretek and the constant din means that the movie gallops along like a series of disconnected (albeit brilliant) action set pieces. For me, it has none of the emotional heart of the Cobb’s marriage problems from “Inception” or the father/daughter separation of “Interstellar”. In fact, you barely care for anyone in the movie, perhaps with the exception of Kat. It’s a talented cast. As mentioned above, John David Washington is muscular and athletic in the role. It’s a big load for the actor to carry in such a tent-pole movie, given his only significant starring role before was in the excellent BlacKkKlansman. But he carries it off well. A worthy successor to Gerard Butler and Jason Statham for action roles in the next 10 years. This is also a great performance by Robert Pattinson, in his most high-profile film in a long time, playing the vaguely alcoholic and Carré-esque support guy. Pattinson’s Potter co-star Clemence Poésy also pops up — rather more un-glam that usual — as the scientist plot-expositor early in the movie. Nolan’s regular Michael Caine also pops up. although the 87-year old legend is starting to show his age: His speech was obviously affected at the time of filming (though nice try Mr Nolan in trying to disguise that with a mouth full of food!). But in my book, any amount of Caine in a movie is a plus. He also gets to deliver the best killer line in the film about snobbery! However, it’s Kenneth Branagh and Elizabeth Debicki that really stand out. They were both fabulous, especially when they were bouncing off each other in their marital battle royale. So, given this was my most anticipated movie of the year, it’s a bit of a curate’s egg for me. A mixture of being awe-struck at times and slightly disappointed at others. It’s a movie which needs a second watch, so I’m heading back today to give my ear drums another bashing! And this is one where I reserve the right to revisit my rating after that second watch… it’s not likely to go down… but it might go up. (For the full graphical review, check out One Mann’s Movies on t’interweb and Facebook. Thanks.) As this will be non-spoiler, I can’t say too much about the story. However, what I can is this: ~Lelki ismeretek’s story is quite dynamic in the sense that you won’t understand it till it wants you to. So, for the first half, your brain is fighting for hints and pieces to puzzle together the story. It isn’t until halfway through the movie that ~Lelki ismeretek invites you to the fantastic storytelling by Christopher Nolan. Acting is beyond phenomenal, and I’d be genuinely surprised if neither Robert Pattinson nor John David Washington doesn’t receive an Oscar nomination for best actor. It’s also hard not to mention how good Elizabeth Debicki and Aaron Johnson both are. All around, great acting, and the dialogue amps up the quality of the movie. The idea of this movie is damn fascinating, and while there are films that explore time-travelling, there’s never been anything quite like this. It has such a beautiful charm and for the most part, explains everything thoroughly. It feels so much more complex than any form of time-travelling we’ve seen, and no less could’ve been expected from Nolan. Oh my lord, the score for this film fits so perfectly. Every scene that’s meant to feel intense was amped by a hundred because of how good the score was. Let me just say though, none of them will be found iconic, but they fit the story and scenes so well. In the end, I walked out, feeling very satisfied. Nevertheless, I do have issues with the film that I cannot really express without spoiling bits of the story. There are definitely little inconsistencies that I found myself uncovering as the story progressed. However, I only had one issue that I found impacted my enjoyment. That issue was understanding some of the dialogue. No, not in the sense that the movie is too complicated, but more that it was hard to make out was being said at times. It felt like the movie required subtitles, but that probably was because, at a time in the film, there was far too much exposition. Nevertheless, I loved this film, I’ll be watching it at least two more times, and I think most of you in this group will enjoy it. I definitely suggest watching it in theatres if possible, just so you can get that excitement. (4/5) & (8.5/10) for those that care about number scores. At first, I want to ask Christopher Nolan one question, HOW THE HELL YOU DID THIS? Seriously I want to have an answer, How did he write such as this masterpiece! How did he get this complicated, fabulous and creative idea? What is going on in his mind? The story is written and directed perfectly, the narration style was absolutely unique. I have no idea how can anyone direct such as this story, that was a huge challenge, and as usual Nolan gave us a masterpiece that we’ll put beside (Memento), (Inception) and (Interstellar) The movie is so fast-paced in a good way, there was no boring moment. The chemistry between John David Washington and Robert Pattinson was great and funny and both of their performance was really good. Elizabeth Debicki performance was the best in the movie because she had the chance to show her acting abilities and she cached up that chance and showed us an A level acting. The music wasn’t unique and distinct as the music of Interstellar for example and I think this movie needed the touch of Hans Zimmer, I’m not saying that Ludwig Göransson failed but Hans Zimmer in another level. If there was something I’d say that I didn’t like it in the movie would it be that Nolan discarded any set up or characters backgrounds except Elizabeth Debicki dramatic story but it wasn’t that bad for me, I didn’t care about that, the exciting story didn’t give me the chance to focus on it. But the actual problem was the third act, it was really complicated and I got lost and I convinced myself to discard the questions that were in my head and enjoy the well-made action sequences and Elizabeth Debicki performance. I think this kind of movie that gets better with a second and third watch. I honestly don’t quite know where to begin with ~Lelki ismeretek. I love Christopher Nolan’s work but I have never seen a more complicated film (and I understood Memento). ~After nearly three hours, I came away from ~Lelki ismeretek not knowing myself, my mind reduced to nothing more than piles of ash. Was there time travel involved? Hmm, there was definitely something about time inversion. I mean, does Nolan even understand what he wrote? Look, I give credit to the director because he’s one of the few directors left who knows how to create a compelling and intelligent blockbuster. ~Lelki ismeretek is full of Nolan trademarks — the gratuitous Michael Caine cameo, a loud, really loud score, complete with stunning cinematography and slickly inventive action set-pieces. This time around however, Nolan has finally managed to ‘out-Nolan’ himself: the palindromic plot, whilst creatively ambitious, is simply far too complicated for its own good. ~Lelki ismeretek is overlong, overstuffed, pretentious and too exhausting to comprehend in its entirety — it makes Inception and Interstellar look like Peppa Pig by comparison. I’m aware of the technical wizardry and creative mastery in this film and lord knows I’ll have to watch this again. For those who want a puzzle, ~Lelki ismeretek at least provides a unique cinematic experience. But to actually enjoy solving it Nolan wants you to work very very hard.

#Lelki ismeretek (2020)

1 note · View note

dsferkj34 · 4 years ago

Text

Lelki ismeretek (2020) Online Filmek és teljes filmek magyarul

Letöltés >> https://t.co/BFIli9uxii?amp=1

#Lelki ismeretek (2020)

1 note · View note

deacytits · 6 years ago

Text

deacytits masterlist.

Last Updated September 30, 2019

These are fics written without any names - just a reference to a male. You can imagine it with ANYONE you like! Who will you imagine?

Duct Tape and Lipstick | Dom!Reader, Smut, bondage

One Shots

Imagine | VERY 18+ FOR GANGBANG

Headcannons

Sugar Daddy Queen

Imagines and Drabbles

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

One Shots

Rough Day | Fluff!!

Flannel | Body worshiping smut

Tease | Roger Taylor x John Deacon | Smut | Collab with @anotheronebitesthedeaks

Stay | Absolute filth!

Sugar Daddy ‘Verse

Study Break | 18+ for oral and unprotected sex

“We can never be together” kiss drabble | Angst

Girlfriend | Angst and fluff

(Strip)tease | Smut

Imagines and Drabbles

Edging

Semi-public smut

Inexperienced reader

John falling asleep on the train (picture request)

“It’s just rain, you aren’t going to melt!” | Roger Taylor, John Deacon

“I had a dream about you.”

“Take off your shirt.” | John Deacon, Brian May

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

“Can you shut up for 5 minutes, please?”

One small kiss, pulling away, then devouring each other

When One Person’s Face Is Scrunched Up, And The Other One Kisses Their Lips/Nose/Forehead

“We can never be together” kiss | Sugar Daddy!John Deacon

Kiss of Life

Your wedding night

Series

Listed in order of posting

One Vision | First blowjob | 18+

Body Language| How they met

A Kind of Magic | Drunk fluff and making out

Star of Something Good | Making out, dry humping on the bus

One Shots

Savile Row | Present Day Brian May (in that SUIT) | 18+ for thigh riding

Imagines and Drabbles

“You don’t mean that.”

“We could get struck by lightening…”

“If I trip over one more of your shoes…”

“Take off your shirt.” | John Deacon, Brian May

“Take notes, sweetheart.” | Roger Taylor x Brian May x Reader

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

Height Difference Kisses

One small kiss, pulling away and then devouring each other

Drunk/sloppy kiss

One Shots

Self Portrait (Every Bit of Me) Romance

Save Me | Angst | Songfic for @fredthelegend’s writing challenge

Tease | Roger Taylor x John Deacon | Smut | Collab with @anotheronebitesthedeaks

Exquisite | Virgin!Reader | Smut and fluff

Sugar Daddy ‘Verse

Those Summer Nights | Smut | DADDY KINK

“Another credit card?!” | Drabble

Imagines and Drabbles

Comfort with nuzzling and kissing

“It’s just rain, you aren’t going to melt!” | Roger Taylor, John Deacon

“Another credit card?!” | Sugar Daddy!Roger Taylor

“Can I be of assistance?”

“Take notes, sweetheart.” | Roger Taylor x Brian May x Reader

“Girls can’t drive, plain and simple.”

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

“She’s six, how can she scare you?” | Roger Taylor, Ben Hardy (BxRxR)

“Be serious for two minutes, please.”

Moving Around While Kissing, Stumbling Over Things, Pushing Each Other Back Against The Wall/Onto The Bed

When One Stops The Kiss To Whisper “I’m Sorry, Are You Sure You-” And They Answer By Kissing Them More

Reader caught Roger jerking off

How he is as a dad

Headcanonns

Vampire Boyfriends

Face Masks

Haunted House

Using your Safeword

I Want it All - OT3 Series: Gwilym x Reader x Joe | 18+

I Want It All

I Want It All Pt 2: The Morning After

One Shots

If My Eyes Could Have Hearts | Fluff

Imagines and Drabbles

“You have a cold, you’re not dying.”

“I treat you better than that.”

“Why do they behave for you?”

“I can’t see anything!”

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

“You’re breaking my heart, babe.”

“Sit still, for the love of all that is holy!”

Spin the bottle kiss

Height Difference Kisses

Kissing desperately

Snuggling with Drunk Joe

Lazy Sex with Gardner

Valentine's Day with Pat

Joe eating you out

Favorite sex positions with Gardner

Saying I Love You for the first time with Pat

One Shots

Work It Out | Pure smut

Imagines and Drabbles

“I had a dream about you.”

“If I trip over one more of your shoes…”

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

“She’s six, how can she scare you?” | Roger Taylor, Ben Hardy (BxRxR)

“Why is there a pregnancy test in the trash?”

Routine Kisses Where The Other Person Presents Their Cheek/Forehead For The Hello/Goodbye Kiss

Your wedding with Ben

I Want it All - OT3 Series: Gwilym x Reader x Joe | 18+

I Want It All

I Want It All Pt 2: The Morning After

Imagines and Drabbles

“This is your fault.”

Breaking The Kiss To Say Something, Staying So Close That You’re Murmuring Into Each Other’s Mouths

Moving Around While Kissing, Stumbling Over Things, Pushing Each Other Back Against The Wall/Onto The Bed

Height difference kisses where someone has to bend down and the other is on their tippy toes | All members of Queen and BoRhap

Pretending to be your boyfriend to save you from a creep

Asking you out

#deacytits fics #queen imagine #queen fanfiction #john deacon x reader #john deacon fanfiction #john deacon imagine #brian may x reader #brian may fanfiction #brian may imagine #roger taylor x reader #roger taylor fanfiction #roger taylor imagine #masterlist #deacytits masterlist

1K notes · View notes

theliberaltony · 5 years ago

Link

via Politics – FiveThirtyEight

On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Soon, the U.S. House will almost certainly vote to pass those two articles. And then things move to the U.S. Senate, where things seem just as inevitable: The GOP-led Senate will block Trump’s removal.

But it’s worth explaining exactly why we think the Senate won’t vote to remove Trump. So let’s break down the vote among all 100 senators — we expect a mostly party-line vote, but there are actually a number of different incentives at work beneath the surface. (Remember that a two-thirds majority — at least 67 votes — is needed to remove Trump.)

Let’s start with the Democrats.

Almost certain to vote for removal: 44 Democrats

Trump’s removal is supported by a plurality of Americans (48 percent) and more than 80 percent of Democrats. So if you’re the typical Democratic senator, who represents a blue-leaning state, the safe and obvious vote is for Trump’s removal. And that’s without even considering the strong evidence that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate the Bidens in exchange for a White House meeting and military aid.

It’s hard for me to see even Democrats who like to emphasize their bipartisanship — Chris Coons of Delaware, for example — or those up for reelection in 2020 in blue-tinged swing states — Gary Peters of Michigan, Tina Smith of Minnesota — voting against impeachment. Impeachment is popular enough among Democratic voters that any Democratic senator in a state that’s not solidly red would have serious electoral problems voting against it.

Swing votes based on centrism: 2 Democrats

There are two Democrats, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who are not up for re-election in 2020 but who might still vote against removal.

Sinema, who was elected last November, is known to be fairly centrist and comfortable bucking her party. She was one of only three Democrats who backed the confirmation of William Barr to be attorney general, for example. Manchin is friendly with Trump and voted for Barr and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The West Virginian has taken the same position as the Trump White House on key votes about 31 percent of the time in the current Congress, making him the chamber’s most Trump-aligned Democrat. Sinema is No. 2, backing the president’s position 21 percent of the time.

In terms of partisan lean,1 Arizona leans red, and West Virginia is super conservative. But I doubt electoral considerations matter that much to either Manchin nor Sinema — they aren’t up for reelection until 2024, when Trump’s impeachment will likely be a distant memory.

So I would bet that both Manchin and Sinema vote against Trump’s removal, preserving their brands as separate from the broader Democratic Party.

Swing vote based on electoral considerations: 1 Democrat

Like Manchin and Sinema, Doug Jones of Alabama also voted for Barr. Unlike Manchin and Sinema, Jones is up for re-election in 2020. My read on Jones is that he’s not that personally centrist; instead, he seems to be trying to figure out how to stay in his seat in pro-Trump Alabama. Jones has taken Trump’s position on 18 percent of Senate votes in the current Congress, making him the third-most Trump-aligned Democrat, after Manchin and Sinema. But relative to Alabama’s politics, Jones ranks behind only Jon Tester of Montana in bucking his state’s pro-Trump preferences.

My starting assumption is that Jones will vote against Trump’s removal, hoping that the vote helps his re-election bid. But he could also decide that Trump’s behavior is too extreme to condone and back removal — electoral consequences be damned. Or perhaps Jones votes for Trump’s removal both because he opposes the president’s conduct but also because the Alabama Democrat sees little chance of winning reelection anyway and is basically auditioning for a spot in the next Democratic president’s cabinet. (In 2016, presidential and U.S. Senate voting were highly correlated — no U.S. Senate candidate won in a state where his or her party’s presidential nominee lost. It’s hard to imagine the Democratic presidential nominee winning in Alabama in 2020, so Jones seems like an underdog.)

So that’s at least 44 votes for removal just among Democrats, and as many as 47. The removal of Trump would need another 20-23 votes. Those would have to come from among the chamber’s 53 Republicans, which means removal is 20 to 23 votes short.

At least right now, I don’t think any Republican is likely to vote for Trump’s removal. My guess is that lots of Republicans privately disapprove of Trump’s Ukraine moves. But GOP senators face significant pressure not to publically break with Trump if they want to maintain their standing within the party and not annoy GOP voters who they need to win primaries and general elections.

Still, there are some gradations among the likely no’s. Let’s go through the GOP blocs, from the most likely to the least likely to vote for Trump’s removal.

Trump-skeptical, limited electoral considerations: 2 Republicans

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah are among the most Trump-skeptical Republicans in Congress, with the Utah senator, in particular, occasionally bashing the president very sharply. Neither has too much to worry about electorally — Murkowski isn’t up for re-election until 2022, and Romney not until 2024. Trump isn’t super popular in Utah, and the state’s Republicans knew they were supporting someone who was not particularly pro-Trump when they nominated Romney in 2018. Murkowski lost a GOP primary in 2010 and then won the general election as a write-in candidate, so she probably isn’t that afraid of breaking with the party, either.

That said, only 8 percent of Republican voters support impeachment. Chiding some of Trump’s more outlandish comments is one thing; supporting the removal of a president with such strong support within your party is something else.

Trump-skeptical, significant electoral considerations: 2 Republicans

Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine are both up for reelection in 2020 in Democratic-leaning states. Both have a history of breaking with Trump. They were part of a group of Republicans who publicly said they would not vote for Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election, for example. And Collins, in particular, has remained fairly critical of the president since he came into office. So there are some reasons to think that both could support the president’s removal.

That said, there was some evidence that Republican congressional candidates who broke with Trump in 2016 did worse than those who remained supportive of him, in part because those candidates lost some support from Trump-aligned voters. Perhaps Collins and Gardner would gain support from more centrist, Romney-Clinton voters if they backed Trump’s removal, making up for any losses among conservatives. But that’s a risky bet. Both need Republican voters in the general election.

Also, voting for removal has the potential to result in an organized campaign to defeat Collins or Gardner in their respective GOP primaries. The deadlines to file for the Senate in Colorado and Maine are in mid-March. That’s not a ton of time for a challenger to ramp up a campaign, since the Senate is likely to vote on impeachment sometime in January. But I think it would be fairly easy for even an obscure Republican to find support among GOP activists and donors if he or she were running against a GOP incumbent who had voted for Trump’s removal. And in Maine, there is a very prominent, pro-Trump Republican maywho I think would challenge Collins the moment she voted for Trump’s removal, ex-Gov. Paul LePage.

In short, for Collins and Gardner, the safest electoral route is to oppose removal.

Trump-skeptical, huge electoral considerations: 1 Republican

Ben Sasse of Nebraska was among Trump’s most vocal GOP critics during the president’s first two years in office. But as Sasse’s 2020 re-election bid has neared, the Nebraska senator has changed course — not quite embracing Trump but not going out of his way to emphasize their disagreements either. Not coincidentally, Sasse already has a primary challenger arguing that he is too anti-Trump.

If Sasse voted to remove Trump, I think he would be defeated in Nebraska’s May 12 primary. So I don’t think his vote is in much in question.

Pro-Trump, retiring (no electoral pressure): 4 Republicans

This group includes Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Pat Roberts of Kansas.2

If Trump was truly in danger of being removed, you’d expect to see the first signs of it in this group. I think Alexander, in particular, would be a part of any such movement. He’s conservative on policy, but more of an old-school-style Republican (think Bob Dole) in terms of temperament. He’s not particularly close to the president.

Similarly, Burr, Enzi and Roberts have no particular loyalty to Trump and no political reason to be wary of supporting his removal. That said, all four are long-time, loyal party members. It’s just really hard to see them breaking with the party’s president on this kind of vote.

Pro-Trump, with significant electoral considerations: 4 Republicans

This group of Republicans — John Cornyn of Texas, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Martha McSally of Arizona, Thom Tillis of North Carolina — has a lot in common with the previous group (neither particularly anti-Trump nor especially pro-Trump), except they’re all up for reelection in 2020 in relatively swingy states. In other words, this is a bit of a complicated vote for them.

The safest course — and the one I would expect all four to take — is to oppose Trump’s removal, therefore preventing a major primary challenge and ensuring Republican voters in their states are strongly behind them for the 2020 general election. That said, for all four, voting against Trump’s removal ties their political prospects even closer to the president’s. If 2020 is an anti-Trump wave year, I think it’s possible that Democrats win Senate seats in Arizona, Iowa, North Carolina and/or Texas — the same Senate-presidential vote alignment that is likely to doom Jones in Alabama would also doom some of these members.

But let’s pause here for a moment. Imagine that everyone in the groups listed so far voted for impeachment. (Again, I don’t think that’s at all likely, but let’s just pretend.) That would still give removal “just” 60 votes — seven short of the required number. That makes this next group of Republicans essentially the deciders in the impeachment process.

Pro-Trump but looking at the polls: 32 Republicans

This is a big group; I’d include: John Barrasso of Wyoming, Roy Blunt of Missouri, John Boozman of Arkansas, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ted Cruz of Texas, Steve Daines of Montana, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Josh Hawley of Missouri, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Mike Lee of Utah, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rob Portman of Ohio, Jim Risch of Idaho, Marco Rubio of Florida, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, John Thune of South Dakota, Todd Young of Indiana, Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

And at first glance, you not might think these members should be in the same group. After all, Graham has been one of Trump’s strongest defenders amid the Ukraine scandal, while some of these senators — Lee and Paul in particular — have fairly low Trump scores and occasionally break with the president on policy. But what ties all these senators together is that they are generally Republicans who rose to power pre-Trump. That means they are probably more interested in preserving the GOP and their own electoral standing than defending Trump himself. And none of them are up for reelection in 2020 in swing states, so they are probably looking more at the broader landscape for Republicans than their own reelection prospects.

I don’t see them breaking with Trump unless it’s very politically expedient. Let’s say, at some point, 75 percent of Americans support Trump’s removal, including 35 or 40 percent of Republicans. This is the bloc of Republicans that I think would go to the White House and urge Trump to step down. They would be the most potent messengers in such a situation — they rarely attack Trump and so can’t be written off as “Never-Trumpers,” as the president’s allies have cast Romney. More importantly, if this group broke with Trump, there would be the numbers to actually remove him from office. (Again, though, that all seems very unlikely right now.)

Always Trumpers: 8 Republicans

These Republicans — Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia3 and Rick Scott of Florida — either rose to power post-Trump or are closely allied with the president on immigration issues in particular (Cotton and Perdue). I don’t think they will ever, ever break with the president. If Trump’s political standing worsens, Loeffler and Perdue would be making a somewhat risky move in sticking by him because they represent swingy Georgia (and both are on the ballot in 2020), but I still don’t see any circumstances in which they break with the president. Or, put slightly more cautiously, this group of Republicans would be Trump’s last defenders.

There are a lot of competing incentives at work in the Senate regarding impeachment. The way it all shakes out, however, is that the removal vote is at about 56-44 in Trump’s favor. That could, of course, change based on additional evidence emerging, public opinion shifting and Republican senators changing their minds. But right now, it’s just hard to see the Senate trial of Trump taking place with any real chance that 67 senators will support removing him from office.

#IFTTT #Politics – FiveThirtyEight #politics #538 #Perry Bacon Jr.

4 notes · View notes