#Brandy x Dorothy

[padmaddean]

Brandy & Dorothy Black Mirror s07e03

[blueeagles-world]

This season has been wrecking me. 🥹

save me tragic black mirror sapphics... save me...

[charliedesantiago]

I know it’s only been a couple days but how is there not more fanfics for Brandy/Dorothy. I’m almost tempted to start writing some myself

[markodragic]

just watched the black mirror episode hotel reverie from renowned based himedanshi charlie brooker 🤙

[agir1ukn0w]

ok well goddamn I guess all it took was one tragic lesbian romance to get me fully on board with the black mirror hype train

[podcastingjamaican]

BLACK MIRROR S7 EP3 - REACTION

I had a fun time reacting to this episode of Black Mirror 'Hotel Reverie' S7 Ep3 and I was NOT expecting the sapphic storytelling to be this intense. Kinda reminds me of another Black Mirror sapphic ep San Junipero (which won an Emmy by the way). So enjoy my funny and insightful takes on this episode starring Issa Rae and Emma Corrin, who had great chemistry (even though some may think differently)

[boujee-marsh]

Clair de lune bringing couples together since 2008

[ethereal-ocean-eyes]

seems like you were in a glass hotel | brandy friday x dorothy chambers

The sun rises and the world is still the same. Picturesque Cairo, a tableau in every direction, and the same enchanting and timeless Dorothy.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64730818

[meevling]

I have created a playlist on Spotify of songs that make me think of The Winding by @aliiveswrites

1. Blood On My Name - The Brothers Bright

2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

3. Broken Bones - Kaleo

4. Brother Run Fast - Kaleo

5. Raise Hell - Brandi Carlile

6. Through The Valley - Shawn James

7. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man

8. Prisoner - Stumfol

9. My Own Monster - X Ambassadors

10. Fistfight - The Ballroom Thieves

11. Raise Hell - Dorothy

12. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Cover by Lorde

13. Bang Bang - Nico Vega

14. That’s Life - Shawn James

15. Providence - Poor Man’s Poison

16. Glitter And Gold - Barnes Courtney

17. Supernatural - Barnes Courtney

18. Fire - Barnes Courtney

19. Hellfire - Barnes Courtney

20. I’m A Wanted Man - Royal Deluxe

21. This Is My World - Esterly, Austin Jenkes

22. Blood Runs Red - 78rpm

23. Killer Inside Of Me - Willyecho

24. Bartholomew - The Silent Comedy

25. Used To The Darkness - Des Rocs

26. Sinners - Barnes Courtney

27. Gun In My Hand - Dorothy

28. Me And Mine - The Brothers Bright

29. Rather Die - Barnes Courtney

30. Good Thing - Barnes Courtney

31. Survivin’ - Bastille

32. The Draw - Bastille

33. World Gone Mad - Bastille

34. Million Pieces - Bastille

35. Blame - Bastille

36. C’mon Down - Poor Man’s Poison

37. Allies Or Enemies - The Crane Wives

38. Tongues And Teeth - The Crane Wives

[xxinkys-ocsxx]

I'd like to present to you my giant list of make, female and gender neutral names all in alphabetical order

Fem

Alison

Ava

Anna

Annabeth

Addie

Addy

Agatha

Astrid

Amber

Amilia

Amy

Angela

Angie

Atlas

Alexandra

Alyssa

Ashley

Aria

Avery

Acacia

Amanda

Arya

Athena

Aurora

Autumn

Adrianna

Alaina

Abigail

Addison

Adeline

Audrey

Adeline

Aaliyah

April

Beatrice

Bertrand

Beth

Bethany

Barbie

Brandy

Brandie

Bea

Bee

Belinda

Blair

Blake

Babette

Bahija

Bahula

Barb

Beryl

Bethany

Birdie

Blossom

Brielle

Brooklyn

Baptista

Bella

Bailey

Bambi

Babs

Bree

Brianna

Britney

Brooke

Bali

Bell

Birdie

Birdy

Claire

Cally

Cindy

Camila

Caitlin

Callie

Caroline

Celeste

Cassidy

Catalina

Cecilia

Chloé

Caitriona

Calista

Camryn

Carmen

Catherine

Catrin

Charlie

Charlotte

Chérie

Cherry

Claire

Clara

Cora

Cailyn

Casey

Cadee

Classy

Clarabelle

Candy

Cathy

Catherine

Cat

Cry

Coco

Dolly

Dia

Dorothy

Dixxy

Dixy

Diamond

Dearest

Darling

Dahlia

Dakota

Delilah

Demi

Destiny

Daisy

Delaney

Diana

Daffodil

Dallas

Daniela

Daphne

Danna

Daania

Dacey

Dacia

Daesha

Dai

Dale

Daleyza

Dana

Dani

Davina

Dee

Diana

Daphne

Duchess

Eada

Emma

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Evie

Eve

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Emilia

Eleanor

Ella

Eden

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Emerson

Emma

Everly

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Earlene

Eartha

Easter

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Elodie

Esme

Evelyn

Éadaoin

Eavan

Edith

Florence

Flower

Faith

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Fallon

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Felicity

Flora

Frances

Freya

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Frankie

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Fannie

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Glossy

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Honey

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Iris

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Key

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Kaleidoscope

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Keke

Koko

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Lady

Lucy

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Lea

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Lizzy

Lizzie

Lil

Molly

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May

Mea

Max

Monique

Minnie

Nina

Nelly

Nellie

Nora

Niyomi

Navy

North

Odette

Olivia

Omi

Olga

Polly

Pixie

Pom

Pompom

Phoebe

Poppy

Posie

Peggy

Pepper

Queenie

Queeny

Roxy

Ruby

Riley

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Rorelai

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Sarah

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sosha

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Scarlet

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Trinity

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Vicky

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Whitney

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Waverly

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Wynter

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Wanetta

Winter

Whitley

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Walker

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Wednesday

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Both:

August

Ace

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Bow

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December

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Darcy

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Eye

Fern

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H:

I

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Nameless

Nine

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Pluto

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Q:

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Sawer

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Tuck

Time

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U:

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Wild

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Hugo

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Nathan

Nathaniel

Nico

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Rocket

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Stone

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U:

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Valentino

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UHHHH NEW UNNAMED OC!!! SUGGEST NAMES IF YOU WANT!!!!! :3333

[charliedesantiago]

So of course I watched the new season of Black Mirror and I have to say “Hotel Reverie” was the best episode this season. This made me laugh, fall in love and cry. Honestly they should have a full series for that one episode. Brandy x Dorothy actually has my heart and they were utterly heartbreaking but phenomenal.

[quietya]

Black Lives Matter: A Reading List

On this blog, we believe Black Lives Matter. I’ve been quiet here because I’ve just been absorbing and listening and loud on other platforms. But I wanted to take the time and share some books by Black authors that may not be on your radar, books besides The Hate U Give and Dear Martin and Children of Blood and Bone (though I hope you’re reading those too, you’ve probably heard of them at this point). It also won’t just be books about Black pain because Black people have a huge range of experiences and they all deserve to be heard.

All the links in this post will go to Mahogany Books, a Black owned bookstore in Washington, D.C. that does ship. If I can’t find it on their website, the link will go to Semicolon Bookstore, another Black owned indie bookstore, this one located in Chicago’s, Bookshop page. Please note that many books are currently backordered because there’s a huge rush on books by Black authors (especially anti-racist books) right now and there was already a paper shortage and delays in printing because of COVID-19. If that’s the case, check your local library’s digital resources or check other bookstores since they all have varying stock.

Non-Fiction

We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Contemporary and Historical

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess The Wicker King by K. Ancrum Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert Pointe by Brandy Colbert The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis When the Stars Lead to You by Ronni Davis I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett Endangered by Lamar Giles Fake ID by Lamar Giles Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles Overturned by Lamar Giles Spin by Lamar Giles A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson This is My America by Kim Johnson You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kim Jones and Gilly Segal If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon Light It Up by Kekla Magoon By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery Home and Away by Candice Montgomery Slay by Brittney Morris Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe Girls Like Us by Randi Pink Sorry Not Sorry by Jaime Reed All-American Boys by Jason Reynolds The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds For Every One by Jason Reynolds Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith Jackpot by Nic Stone Odd One Out by Nic Stone All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani Calling My Name by Liara Tamani On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson This Side of Home by Renee Watson Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon American Street by Ibi Zoboi Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi Pride by Ibi Zoboii

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton Mirage by Somaiya Daud The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams The Black Veins by Ashia Monet A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow Akata Witch by Nendi Okorafor Shadowshaper by Danielle Jose Older Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige Orleans by Sherri L. Smith Given by Nandi Taylor

This isn’t a complete list and I probably missed a bunch - especially since this list is very focused on mainstream publishing. I also added a few books that aren’t out yet, but are coming out this summer. But this is a starting place for whatever kind of YA book you want to read.

[podcastingjamaican]

Brandy and Dorothy - Sweet Dreams Fanedit

BRANDY x DOROTHY – Sweet Dream or Beautiful Nightmare

[magnumversum]

WARNING: THIS CONTENT IS RATED R FOR DEPICTIONS OF EXTREME VIOLENCE AND INSENSITIVE CONTENT.

FIGHT OR FLIGHT X SUICIDE; OUR STORY: BROTHERS AND MOTORCYCLES PART II

A SPECIAL CANIVERSUM EVENT

AUTHORED BY JOSEPH M.

SOME TIME IN 2001

While unruly parents brawled and senselessly accused each other, a young woman helped her sister untangle her hair with a hair comb, perched on a tree. Lice and marbled decor loosened from mangled hair strains, tumbling onto the branches below. The young woman spotted a horrified, trembling girl, curled up next to a plethora of plush-eyed, cotton-stuffed rhinos, lions, and bears. The young woman spotted the girl running from her bedroom into the kitchen, bravely defending her mother from the abusive father. Her father plucked a bottle of ginger ale from the counter and smashed the glass over her neck.

“Je t’aime, Jessie,” said the mother. “Je t’aime beaucoup.”

“Je t’aime aussi, maman.” The daughter comforted her mother, while the father unbuckled his belt, and while two women, Dorothy and Lucia Hoffs, surveilled from the woods.

Dorothy climbed down the pines, scampering into Jessie’s mother’s kitchen, blurting out, “Hey Miss Armstrong.”

“Who are you?” stammered the daughter.

Dorothy unzipped her coat, revealing two curvy daggers lhidden inside her jacket. “I’m Lady Daggers. You’re Jessie Armstrong, adopted daughter of Diana and Brett Phillis.”

“What’re you saying?” Brett yanked his daughter by her scarf. “How’d you know our names, creep?”

“My partner Lucia and I were surveilling the area. I’m Lady Daggers: an enforcer for the Esmugos; they’re a vigilante law enforcement team around these parts,” said Lady Daggers. “Kandi tells me you’re not being a good father and husband.” Abruptly, Lady Daggers skewered Brett with her daggers; they carved into beefy, tender pulmonary valve, puncturing the heart, and her arms bent somehow; the right kidney burst and urine, blood, and water entered the still blood stream; then into the intestines, dislodging clunky, misshapen, undigested, and broken wings of chicken; then out the rectum, where her gore-smothered hands clenching daggers and the undigested chicken wings, smeared in unreleased bowel surplus, bearing resemblance to crumbly brownies and gooey fudge.

Diana mourned over Brett’s corpse. “Who the hell are you?”

“People like your husband, Brett, created the world that birthed me, who forged the daggers that killed him. Brett woke up in the world created by his fathers, and decided to ruin it. I woke up in the world he left behind, and decided that if I was gonna burn in the world he made, he should fucking burn too. I am Dorothy Hoffs; I am not the pain that birthed me; I am pain.”

After giving the eulogy, Lady Daggers sheathed the bloody daggers.

Jessie, who awaited her, seated on the front porch, asked childishly, “What happened?”

“Your father abused you, then your foster father abused you; your fathers won’t abuse you anymore.”

Brandy explained, “Wolves have the strength and prowess he wanted, but they’re so dumb; and men are smart, but so weak and untalented, so Ramnez and Keshin decided to create something with the best capabilities of both wolves and men. Lizards are stealthy and nimble, so I modified the DNA of the men and werewolves, and created man-lizards and were-lizards: the genetically superior werewolves made so much better, all with my improvements.”

“Your Frankenstein experiments are hacking biology,” Jessie retorted, drawing her revolver. “You’re turning them into monsters.”

“I’m saving humanity, Jessie.”

“You’re destroying it.” Jessie forced her pistols against Brandy’s forehead. “Modifying genetics is dangerous, and you never know what you’ll create.”

“I tried to give you only Purgatory, Jessie: punishment, while also a chance to forfeit and become a were-lizard too; however, now I see that’s not what you need. You don’t need Purgatory, Jessie. You need a permanent solution: termination.”

“There are three graves, mayor.” Hoffs unsheathed her daggers from her pouch. “One for your pride, one for your greed, and one for your skin.”

“But this isn’t my funeral, cowards.” Brandy drew his cutlass from his tattered scabbard, hooked to his leather belt, anchoring his left heel against the pavement.

“Yet… your funeral…” Williams’ silver longsword appeared midair, clashing against Brandy’s cutlass. “Your funeral has just begun.” Lady Daggers’ blades slashed Hughsonnes’ knees; Sharpshot Jess unloaded magazine after magazine, bullets penetrating his jacket, and they punctured his bones and arteries. The mayor tried his best to parry Williams’ and Hoff’s ambushes, blocking Williams’ repeated, aggressive slashes, but he stumbled into a bush.

“Damn it.” Brandy thought. The mayor recoiled from the shrubbery. He brushed off some leaves, positioned himself, then relentlessly pecked at Justin’s dominant right shoulder. Dorothy promptly staggered in, hacking Brandy’s skull clean off; then the waves carried it away, then it sank in the trenches of the Vanilla Sea, obscured by lively clownfish, seahorses, and coral, and the quickly withering skin floated to the surface along with hazy drops of blood, or was nibbled and suckled on, and hollowed out by passing sharks and their pups, or hungry, wild, dumb packs of piranhas.

“Justin, you’ve been marked absent eight times this week amongst several teachers,” said the counselor. “You’re ditching your classes again.”

“I’m ditching my classes for a reason,” Justin replied to xem. “Lieutenant Armstrong and Lieutenant Hoffs need me.”

“This shouldn’t interfere with your studies again, or I’m calling them to force you to resign.”

“I’m something when I’m with them. You cannot just take that away from me.” Justin got up from his chair, and slung his duffle bag on his arm. “They made me family.”

“They’re good people and you are too, Justin,” xe muttered to Justin, attempting to comfort him. “You don’t need to do extraordinary things to prove you aren’t extra-ordinary. You’re extraordinary.”

“I am not extraordinary.”

“That’s what you tell yourself, because you haven’t truly made amends with your past. Talk to Jasper, and make peace with him.”

Justin mumbled, “I don’t owe him forgiveness.”

“No, you owe yourself peace,” the counselor responded. “And he owes you an apology. I can’t make him forgive you though… that’s a choice you’ll have to make on your own.”

“He hacked a guy to bits and ditched him in the school dumpster, ending up nearly getting me into trouble,” said Justin. “If he won’t apologize, I won’t forgive him.”

[harleyquinnzelz]

Smoke On The Water Playlist

Sweet Child ‘o Mine - Guns ‘n Roses // Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin // Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas // Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd // Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple // Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith // Hotel California - Eagles // Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin // House of the Rising Sun - Lauren O’Connell // Wheel in the Sky - Journey // Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash // Hold Me Down - Halsey // Renegade - Styx // Abraham’s Daughter - Arcade Fire // Come Away to the Water - Maroon 5, Rozzi // Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars // (Don’t Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult // Another One Bites the Dust - Queen // Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins // Eye of the Tiger - Survivor // Iron Man - Black Sabbath // Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes // Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass // Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked - Cage the Elephant // Burning House - Cam // Centuries - Fall Out Boy // Chasing Twisters - Delta Rae // It’s Not Over - Daughtry // Home - Daughtry // Highway to Hell - AC/DC //  Bottom of the River - Delta Rae // Warrior - Demi Lovato // Demons - Imagine Dragons // Dust to Dust - The Civil Wars // Empty Gold - Halsey // Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Lorde // Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day // I Am the Fire - Haelstorm // Short Change Hero - The Heavy // Hey Brother - Avicii // High Hopes - Panic! At the Disco // If I Die Young - The Band Perry // I’m Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance // Bleeding Out - Imagine Dragons // Warriors - Imagine Dragons // Devil’s Resting Place - Laura Marling // Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash // Riverside - Agnes Obel // Blood On My Name - Brothers Bright // Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine // Just One Yesterday - Fall Out Boy, Foxes // Learn to Let Go - Kesha // Kingdom Come - The Civil Wars // Run Daddy Run - Miranda Lambert, Pistol Annies // Lights - Ellie Goulding // I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons // Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance // You’re Gonna Go Far Kid - The Offspring // Pompeii - Bastille // Heaven Knows - The Pretty Reckless // Under the Water - The Pretty Reckless // Fight Song - Rachel Platten // Lost Boy - Ruth B. // Slipped Away - Avril Lavigne // Still Breathing - Mayday Parade // Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars // This is Gospel - Panic! at the Disco // Unsteady - X Ambassadors // Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash // What a Wonderful World - Joseph William Morgan, Shadow Royale // Truce - Twenty One Pilots // Somewhere A Clock is Ticking - Snow Patrol // Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation // .weighted - Frank Iero and the Patience // Black Sun - Death Cab for Cutie // Hunger - Of Monsters to Men // Neptune - Sleeping at Last // Gun In My Hand - Dorothy // River - Bishop Briggs // God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash // Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash // Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest // Kiss from a Rose - Seal // Dear God - XTC //  Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold // Atlas: Two - Sleeping at Last // Atlas: One - Sleeping at Last // King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men // Woodwork - Sleeping at Last // Jumpsuit - Twenty One Pilots // Nightmare - Myles Marcus // Fight Like a Girl - Zolita // Migraine - Twenty One Pilots // Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood // Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons // Dream On - Aerosmith // Bohemian Rhapsody - Panic! at the Disco // Emporer’s New Clothes - Panic! at the Disco // How to Save a Life - The Fray // It’s My Life - Bon Jovi // Over You - Miranda Lambert // My Father’s Father - The Civil Wars // Oh Well, Oh Well - Mayday Parade // The Ballad of Mona Lisa - Panic! at the Disco // Seasons of Love - RENT Soundtrack // Sun - Sleeping at Last // Enemy Fire - Bea Miller // Little Lion Man - Mumford and Suns // Wild Horses - Bishop Briggs // The Kids Aren’t Alright - Fall Out Boy // Walking Disaster - Sum 41 // We Don’t Need Another Hero - Tina Turner // Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm // There’s a Ghost - Fleurie // i can’t breathe - Bea Miller // Tin Man - Miranda Lambert // Blackbird - The Beatles // Wicked Ones - Dorothy // The Cave - Mumford and Sons // Fixed at Zero - Versaemerge // Black Water - Of Monsters and Men //  Jupiter - Sleeping at Last // Pluto - Sleeping at Last // My Demons - Starset // Carnivore - Starset // Raised by Wolves - Falling in Reverse // I Have Questions - Camila Cabello // Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! at the Disco // Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd // The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band // I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - O’ Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack // I’ll Fly Away - Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss // Down to the River to Pray - Alison Krauss // Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby - Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch // White Flag - Daughtry // Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Segar // Dark Side - Bishop Briggs // Carmen - Lana Del Rey // Cruel World - Lana Del Rey // God Knows I Tried - Lana Del Rey // Not About Angels - Birdy // Te A Team - Ed Sheeran // Praying - Kesha // I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie // I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin // Good Times - All Time Low // Savages - Marina and the Diamonds // Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp // Home - Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, Bebe Rexha // Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield // Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi // Bad Moon Rising - Mourning Ritual, Peter Dreimanis // I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons // Growning Pains - Maria Mena // Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

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Wimsey found some consolation in this. At any rate, he so far pulled himself together as to be the life and soul of the rather restrained revels at Duke’s Denver. The Duchess Helen, indeed, observed rather acidly to the Duke that Peter was surely getting too old to play the buffoon, and that it would be better if he took things seriously and settled down.

“Oh, I dunno,” said the Duke, “Peter’s a weird fish—you never know what he’s thinkin’ about. He pulled me out of the soup once and I’m not going to interfere with him. You leave him alone, Helen.”

Lady Mary Wimsey, who had arrived late on Christmas Eve, took another view of the matter. She marched into her younger brother’s bedroom at 2 o’clock on the morning of Boxing Day. There had been dinner and dancing and charades of the most exhausting kind. Wimsey was sitting thoughtfully over the fire in his dressing-gown.

“I say, old Peter,” said Lady Mary, “you’re being a bit fevered, aren’t you? Anything up?”

“Too much plum-pudding,” said Wimsey, “and too much county. I’m a martyr, that’s what I am—burning in brandy to make a family holiday.”

--Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison (1930), Chapter XII.

“Burning in brandy to make a family holiday” is a play on a line from Canto IV of “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (1812-1818) by Lord Byron, in which he imagines an unnamed gladiator “butchered to make a Roman holiday!” (x) Plum puddings were traditionally soaked in brandy and ceremonially set on fire at serving-time. (x)

The title of Busman’s Honeymoon merges the same line with the idiom “busman’s holiday,” meaning to spend a holiday engaged in behavior similar to one’s usual occupation, whether driving a bus or solving murders. (x)

Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, traditionally saw gifts to tradespeople by their clients and employers to their servants. (x)