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Falling Into You (Part 2)

Pairing: Emilia Clarke x fem!reader

Summary: Y/N and Emilia find themselves on the pages of the Daily Mail

Word Count: 2k+

Part 1 Here Part 3 Here

The morning light crept through the thin curtains of Y/N’s new flat, illuminating the scattered boxes and half-unpacked luggage that still littered the living room. It had only been a couple of weeks since she’d moved to the UK from Colorado, and despite her best intentions, she hadn’t quite found the time or energy to finish unpacking. The flat was a charming, if modest, space with creaky wooden floors and large windows that let in the autumn sunlight, but it still felt more like a temporary stopover than home.

Y/N padded around the kitchen in her worn slippers, her movements leisurely and unhurried. The kettle bubbled away on the stove, steam rising as she waited for the water to boil. She glanced around at the cluttered countertops, mentally adding ‘organize kitchen’ to the ever-growing list of things she needed to do. But not today. Today was going to be a lazy Saturday.

The whistle of the kettle broke her train of thought, and she poured the boiling water over a coffee filter, the rich scent of the brew filling the small kitchen. She sighed contentedly, the familiar smell a comforting reminder of home. Her favorite mug—a chipped one from a café in the Rockies—sat waiting on the counter. She filled it to the brim, taking a cautious sip before making her way to the kitchen table.

She pushed aside a pile of unopened mail and travel brochures, finding a small space to set down her coffee. Her laptop sat closed in front of her, an open invitation to start her day with the mindless scroll of social media or catching up on emails, but she resisted the urge. Instead, she leaned back in her chair, cradling the warm mug between her hands as she soaked in the quiet stillness of the morning.

Just as she was starting to enjoy the peacefulness, her phone buzzed, vibrating its way across the cluttered table. She glanced at the screen and saw her coworker's name, Sara, flashing. With a bemused smile, she picked up the call.

“Hey, Sara. What’s up?” she greeted, her voice still thick with sleep. 

Sara’s voice crackled through the speaker, rapid and almost breathless with excitement. “Oh my God, Y/N! Did you see it? Tell me you’ve seen it! I just sent it to you!”

Y/N blinked, bewildered, her still sleepy mind struggling to catch up. “Uh, seen what?”

“Check your texts!” Sara insisted, her voice buzzing with so much energy that Y/N couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Alright, alright,” she muttered, pulling the phone away from her ear and opening the text message thread. A new message from Sara blinked at the top of the screen. She tapped on it, her thumb hovering over the image file for a moment before she clicked it.

Her eyes widened as the Daily Mail article loaded. It was a bright, glossy picture of her and Emilia Clarke from the other day. They were walking through the park, Emilia mid-laugh, her hand brushing against Y/N’s arm as they stood outside the café. The headline blared across the screen in bold letters:

"Emilia Clarke Enjoys a Cool Fall Day with a Mysterious Woman!"

Y/N nearly spat out her coffee, coughing as she read the caption below the photo. “‘The Game of Thrones star was seen enjoying a casual day out with an unidentified brunette, sparking rumors of a new romance...’” Her eyes widened, and she could almost hear Sara's barely-contained glee on the other end of the line.

“Are you kidding me?” Y/N muttered to herself, scrolling down the article. There were more pictures—one of her laughing at something Emilia had said, another of them at the café, their heads close together in conversation. Each image was accompanied by captions that only seemed to add fuel to the fire. “Who writes this stuff?”

Sara’s voice interrupted her thoughts. “So? Spill! Are you secretly dating Emilia Clarke, and you just forgot to tell me? Because that’s something you don’t forget to mention, Y/N!”

Y/N rubbed a hand over her face, feeling a mix of amusement and disbelief. “No, Sara, I’m not dating Emilia Clarke,” she said, shaking her head as she continued scrolling. “‘The pair appeared at ease as they strolled through the park, sparking rumors of a potential new love interest.’ Really?”

Sara giggled on the other end of the line. “I mean, they’re not wrong. You two looked super cute together. Who knew you’d have such an eventful first month in the UK?”

Y/N let out a huff of laughter. “Yeah, because this is exactly what I pictured—moving to a new country, getting mistaken for a celebrity’s new girlfriend in the tabloids. Totally normal.”   

They both laughed, the absurdity of the situation lightening the initial shock. Y/N glanced around her still-chaotic flat, the unpacked boxes and scattered belongings serving as a stark contrast to the glamorous life the article seemed to suggest she was part of.

Y/N shook her head, returning her attention back to the article. “‘The pair appeared to be quite cozy as they strolled through the park, laughing and enjoying each other’s company. Could this be the beginning of a new celebrity romance?’” she read aloud, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “Unbelievable.”

“Cozy, huh?” Sara teased, giggling. “You know, this could be your big break into the world of tabloid fame!”

Y/N rolled her eyes, unable to hold back a laugh of her own. “Oh, great. Just what I need. My fifteen minutes of fame as Emilia Clarke’s mystery woman.”

Y/N glanced back at the article, a strange mix of amusement and disbelief washing over her. The way the article painted the day as some kind of romantic rendezvous was almost comical, if not for the fact that it was now out there for the world to see.

“Well, I have to go, but we’re not done talking about this!” Sara warned, still giggling.

“Yeah, yeah,” Y/N replied with a smirk. “I’ll talk to you later.” 

Y/N set her phone down and leaned back in her chair, chuckling to herself. “Emilia Clarke’s mystery woman,” she muttered with a shake of her head. The idea was so absurd it was almost laughable. She glanced around her cluttered flat, her eyes landing on an open box filled with books she still hadn’t unpacked.

“Well, if I’m going to be famous, I guess I should at least finish unpacking,” she said to no one in particular. With a grin, she pushed herself up from the table and set to work. After all, it wasn’t every day you got mistaken for a celebrity’s love interest in the tabloids. She might as well enjoy it.

Emilia’s POV

The late morning sun was warm on Emilia’s skin as she settled into a wicker chair in her garden, cradling a mug of steaming tea between her hands. It was a rare, quiet Saturday morning, and she intended to savor it. The garden was her sanctuary, a little pocket of green amidst the bustling city, filled with blooming flowers and the soft hum of bees. She took a sip of her tea, the gentle breeze rustling through the leaves as she let herself relax into the tranquility of the moment.

Her phone, resting on the small table beside her, buzzed with a notification. She ignored it at first, not wanting to interrupt the peaceful silence, but curiosity got the better of her. She reached for the device, glancing at the screen. It was a message from her publicist, Jackie.

Jackie: What do I need to know about this?

Emilia frowned, confusion furrowing her brow as she opened the attachment. Her eyes widened as the Daily Mail article loaded, the headline jumping out at her in bold letters:

“Emilia Clarke Enjoys a Cool Fall Day with a Mysterious Woman!”

A groan escaped her lips, loud enough to disturb a few birds perched in the nearby tree. “Oh, for the love of—” she muttered, scrolling through the article. There were pictures of her and Y/N from the other day, walking through Hampstead Heath, laughing at the café. The captions were all suggestive, spinning a narrative that was completely out of line with what had actually happened.

She rubbed her forehead, her mind racing. How had the paparazzi even found her? It had been such an ordinary day, and she hadn’t noticed anyone following them. Her eyes skimmed the article again, noting how it made Y/N out to be her new love interest, emphasizing their supposed chemistry and the cozy atmosphere between them.

Before she could fully process her irritation, her phone rang, Jackie’s name flashing on the screen. Emilia sighed and answered, bringing the phone to her ear.

“Good morning, Jackie,” she greeted, trying to keep her tone light despite the frustration simmering just beneath the surface.

“Morning? More like afternoon at this rate,” Jackie quipped, but her tone quickly turned serious. “Emilia, what’s going on? Are you dating this woman or not? Because, from these photos, it certainly looks like there’s something going on.”

Emilia closed her eyes, the absurdity of it all almost making her laugh. “No, Jackie, I’m not dating her. I literally just met her the other day. I tripped over her in the park, we had tea, and that was it.”

“Mhm,” Jackie’s voice was skeptical, but playful. “Because that’s how everyone looks at a stranger they just met. I mean, look at these pictures. You two look awfully cozy together.”

Emilia bit back a retort, her gaze shifting to the garden around her, the flowers swaying gently in the breeze. “We were just talking. She seemed nice, and we had a good conversation, but that’s it. I feel terrible for her—now she’s got her face plastered all over the tabloids because she happened to have tea with me.”

Jackie’s sigh was audible over the line. “You know this happens. You’re Emilia Clarke, for crying out loud. Every time you step outside, people notice. Whether you like it or not, that’s just how it is.”

“I know,” Emilia muttered, rubbing the bridge of her nose. “But it’s not fair to her. She didn’t ask for any of this.”

“Maybe not,” Jackie conceded, her tone softening a bit. “But you can’t control what the paparazzi do. You know that. It’s part of the deal, unfortunately.”

Emilia was silent for a moment, staring down at the half-empty mug of tea in her hand. She’d been through this a hundred times before, but it never got any easier. And now this poor woman, who had probably just been trying to enjoy her day, was being dragged into the spotlight because of a random encounter.

“What can I do, Jackie?” Emilia asked quietly, feeling a pang of guilt. “I want to apologize to her, at least.”

Jackie was silent for a moment, considering. “I can try to find out where she works, or maybe get her contact information somehow. But you know how tricky this can get. We don’t want to overstep.”

“I know,” Emilia sighed. “But I just… I feel like I should do something. This is all so ridiculous, and now she’s caught up in it because of me.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” Jackie said, her voice gentler now. “But try not to worry too much, okay? These things blow over. People will be onto the next story before you know it.”

“Yeah, I guess so,” Emilia murmured, though she didn’t feel much relief. She thanked Jackie and hung up, setting her phone down on the table with a frustrated sigh. The garden felt less serene now, the peaceful morning soured by the thought of Y/N being dragged into her chaotic world without warning.

She leaned back in her chair, staring up at the sky. It was such a small, silly thing—just a chance meeting and a bit of conversation—but it had spiraled out of control so quickly. And now Y/N, who seemed so kind and genuine, was probably dealing with the fallout.

Emilia closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, and let the cool air wash over her. She’d find a way to make this right, or at least to apologize. Somehow. But for now, all she could do was sit there, sipping her now-cold tea, and wonder how one simple day in the park had turned into this.

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Wrote this last weekend but was then too non-covid but basically covid to post. It's supposed to be a return to daily micro-blogs but, meh, long format seems to be my energy at the moment.

4th July, 2024

There are things you notice for the first time when you don’t know how to vote: the suppressed hopefulness of the red-rosette pollster, the beatific care with which the volunteers scan down the registry, but mostly it’s the special pencils. I’ve got a lovely hexagonal half stub in my hand. It’s fatter than the average pencil and in a tasteful monochrome. Most alluringly, it’s labelled the property of the UK Government. The urge to untie it from the rickety booth and slide it into my pocket is almost overwhelming. I wonder if there is a black market for these things. I was entirely prepared to vote Green when I sauntered into the Mormon church that doubles as a local polling station. Now I’ve been staring at the same three names for five minutes. And they all belong to one man. Can I really vote for a man with three Christian names? Who keeps such a surplus? It’s suspect. And I’ve absolutely nothing else to base my impression of the candidate upon because I haven’t looked up a single person running in this election beside the incumbent. We were so excited when she won a historic race here in 2017. Now her name is branded with bitter X-fuelled feuds between Terfs and anti-Terfs and she can’t show up for Hustings because of security concerns. Why did I not look up a single freaking other candidate? My government-issued pencil drifts that towards the Labour box. Stop. I close my eyes and do some of those grounding exercises. What truly matters to me in this moment? My friends. My friends’ kids. This second thought sets me off. The sheer helpless terror of being the parent of a trans kid right now is something I cannot even encompass. It’s possible I’m going to cry in the government-approved booth. Fuck this. Mr Three-Christian-Names it is. I’m back out the door, shades on to hide my expression. Thank god it’s a sunny day.

I later learn the Green candidate is a jolly sort who runs the local bike repair charity. And wouldn’t, my friend reasons, the world be a better place if it was made up of people like that?

5th July 

The world has changed and the weather drips from the brim of my walking hat. In my all-black rain ensemble, I feel like a modern-day mourner. I just don’t know whose funeral I’m attending, or even if one is scheduled. The social rupture of the General Election has reopened old fissures. The grief leaked into my friends’ last-night communications, the ones who poured themselves into the Labour movement in the Corbyn years. Their momentum is now officially a stumble, in the same way we minimise the significance an old relationship once we find The One. Crossing the Stour where the picturesque plankton-filled river takes on punts, I hear a man singing. High above the water, a scaffolder in a harness and bright blue quick dry t-shirt belts out a sentimental ballad about finding love at last. Come on! he calls to an unseen man below. It’s unclear whether it’s a call to join in or to hurry up. My mood lifts. Not everyone is miserable today.

When I arrive at my appointment, the craniosacral therapist opens the door looking like the embodiment of fresh English summer: a floral sundress, pink cheeks, and flowing waves of loosely bound hair. You’re dressed for the weather, she declared. I want to be dressed for her weather. I lie on the table in the beautiful old treatment room in the heart of Canterbury, trying to tune out the fluctuating high-pitched hum of the air purified as she moves her hands around the energy centres of my body. How are her hands so warm? She truly exists in another climate. I try not to think of anything negative, or wildly inappropriate, under her touch in case it filters through. It’s time for her assessment. When you first came in and we were talking, you didn’t seem tired at all but – here she tilts her head to a sympathetic angle – but your body is really tired.

Tonight, the football is back. I’m really delighted at how willing my hosting friend is to join me. I’m backing Portugal despite the nausea-inducing presence of Ronaldo at the helm. She is supporting France because she enjoys going on holiday there. I’ve previously signed off on similar claims about the superior charms of Spain and Turkey – better food and more attractive men – but I draw the line at France. Why? They’re the villain, I say. What, as in some kind of ancestral enemy of England? Yes..maybe… I don’t know. My relationship with the technical country of my birth is complicated. The England-France rivalry is not. France plays their role so well: producing grand triumphs followed by epic collapses. They are an incredibly satisfying antagonist and for that reason alone, yes, I will always root against them. Mbappé even obligingly wears a black mask. Whether they are a mustachio-twirling villain, a protesting troubadour, or a stranger in this town, we always need the man in black.

6th July

No problem, I will just read some Cervantes. This is not the response I am looking for when I announce the England game is about to start. Especially as the man speaking is sitting in the very middle of my friend’s sofa. Technically, I am just as much of a visitor as he is, but this is the television facing sofa and why can’t he read classic literature on the other one with the non-optimal angle? But I can already tell tonight’s entertainment will be a hybrid experience. He and my friend are prepping for the open mic she hosts tonight. She has tap shoes and a slide whistle out for a Klaxons style mating dance. He’s got the book open to the passage in which Don Quixote attacks some marionettes. The night’s theme is puppets. Pick a side, I tell him, and slot in prepared to do battle.

Men, particularly older men, always find something comical in my watching football. Tonight is no exception. Oh listen to you, you could be the next Gary Lineker, he says after twenty minutes. I’m not sure if it’s the Americanness or femaleness – probably both – but I get these comments lot. Where is my can of lager? Can they hear my football bellow? I infinitely prefer watching with women who discuss the match, rather than my watching of it. But as the minutes tick on, and England isn’t playing absolutely shit, something a bit special happens. This man has always struck me as an art and music lover for whom London is the centre of the world. Now, through the medium of share viewership, we’re transported back to his boyhood in Middlesbrough. He’s not nostalgic for it – horrible place, god the accents – but is channelling the energy of the rough, mid-century stadium he attended every weekend all the same. I remember a chant we did for the opposing fans, he announces, then changes his voice: you’re going home in a Teesside ambulance – oi!

I traipse into the open mic event late – worth it for that penalty shootout – and watch the mating dance. Then a woman in Birkenstocks works a skeleton puppet through a synth performance (absolute fucking genius). During the inevitable ambient musical interlude, I make the Franz Kafka marionette journey through his own dreams. At the end, we are all instructed how to make a swizzle, the technical term for the bit of card and spit that transforms your voice into Punch. Terrifyingly loud, it would attract attention in even the most raucous stadium.

Do you want to go to a mummers’ play? My friend issues this invitation while I’m still groggily stretching myself out on a Sunday morning. It’s this kind of impromptu invitation that more than makes up for the mental overwhelm I often experience staying here. Camped in her overfilled central living space, my control-obsessed brain has to ignore the old rescue furniture, the new music equipment, and theatrical props accumulating by the door. But the Jack-of-the-Green costume – a sort of burlap cage denuded of its festive vines – is not just an unwieldy obstacle, but a connection to a whole performance community. The sort who revel in arcane folk traditions. I take my porridge with berry compote in the car and we’re off to Sandwich. I forgot what an absurdly charming town it is. We used to ride our bikes here on long summer weekends, stopping at, yes, a sandwich shop attached to a posh deli.

The pageantry is in full force when we arrive at St Peter’s Church. A blonde woman about my age in a white rugby shirt emblazoned with ‘George’ is going several rounds with a fire-breathing dragon. Parking ourselves on the curb, we cheer as George dispatches the dragon with the aid of protective potholders. Next, we have the French knight. Sir Fleur de Lis, with his waxy moustache, withdraws a white handkerchief. George counters. The fight very much resembles the troops of Morris dancers taking over the town for this folk and ale festival. This, I say to my friend, is why we root against France in the football. It’s just another form of pantomime.

The dispatched French knight now lies on the ground, a lance projecting from his body at a 45° angle. An incredibly tall man in a long white doctor’s coat, a top hat, and myopic spectacles seeks help from the audience to remove the weapon. Is there no one in the audience who can help remove the lance? He approaches a little boy who stares up with wide terrified eyes, then a little girl who ducks into her father’s side. Sensing that there are no sufficiently patriotic children to take up England’s Excalibur, the doctor approaches my friend, child height from her position on the pavement. Do you think you can pull it out? She hops up and runs to the fallen French knight with what I can only describe as a scamper.

After she hoists the lance – huzzah! – and the knight is at last resuscitated – ‘When all else fails, drink some Kentish ale’ – we move about taking in the food stalls and more flag-waiving dancers in tabards. Do you remember we saw that one old man perform the ‘The Ladies’ Fancy?’ my friend asks me. It was in Cambridgeshire; and I do. Ribbons were involved. English villages are so weird. Am I really thinking of moving back here?

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Headcanon: Deus Ex Scuba Gear

Note: Spoilers for Bly Manor. 

So, here is my Bly Manor/Supergirl crossover crackfic headcanon where Kara is Dani and her ex Mike gets killed by a truck when he walks into traffic after Kara comes out to him and breaks off their relationship.

“Mike, I think I’m gay,” the blonde whispers, too ashamed to speak any louder. The man next to her tenses slightly before a look of relief washes over him.

“Oh thank God,” he says, and smiles at a confused Kara.

“What? You’re okay with this?” Mike shrugs and shoots the woman his frustratingly disarming grin. 

“I mean, am I glad I’m being dumped? No. Am I relieved that the reason is you aren’t into guys? Kind of.” Kara wrinkles her brows in confusion and he continues. 

“I mean, I know I’m hot.” Mike grins again and winks at the blonde who purses her lips at his peacocking, “I thought maybe you were just frigid or something.”

“Mike!” Kara looks around to make sure no one is listening. Mike laughs and she shoots him a glare. 

“Hey, you’re the one that decided to break my heart at the corner of a major intersection.” 

He winks at her and she advances on the man, trying to shut him up. He skips away from her, ignoring the fact that he is now in the crosswalk of the intersection. 

“Mike! Stop fooling around!” the blonde pleads but the man ignores her. 

“Hey, were you checking out chicks while we were together?” He waggles his eyebrows and Kara balls her fists at her sides. She refuses to take the bait. The man just laughs at her silence. “Dude, you totally did. What’s your type?” 

He goes quiet suddenly and his face lights up. Kara shakes her head. It is seldom a good thing when the man gets a light bulb moment. 

“Hey Kara,” his face gets lecherous and Kara readies herself for some horrifying comment, “Would you let me watch?” 

Kara’s face blooms red with embarrassment and anger. She steps closer to jab her finger against the man’s face and get her point across. However, Mike anticipates this and he takes another step back, grin still in place even as a truck barrels into his body. Kara stares in shock, midstep and with her finger still in the air as Mike is flung at least twenty feet down the street. The smell of burning rubber as the truck attempts to stop and the blaring sound of a horn being pressed much too late fill her senses. 

Kara: “No, Mike, not gay as in happy. Good lord, dude!”

Kara is at the hospital when Mike is pronounced dead. Rhea never really liked her so she leaves for her apartment, still shaken but confused about how she feels about what happened. On the one hand she feels responsible for what happened, but on the other hand, she almost feels relieved. Until, that is, she goes to wash her hands in the bathroom and sees Mike standing behind her. She screams and when she turns around, he is gone. It isn’t until a few days later that she hears someone walking around her apartment that she realizes what happened. She grabs her trusty bat and walks out, expecting some coke addict rifling through her bookshelves but instead sees Mike, pawing at her bookcase. He grunts in frustration when his hand goes through a book but cheers when he manages to knock one onto the floor. Kara drops the bat in shock and Mike turns around, grins wide and puts a hand up in a peace sign, just like when he was alive.

Mike: “I’m still here, bro!”

Turns out Mike is tethered to Kara and it is a horrible, cruel curse. He is both the best and worst wingman and Kara is still not convinced he doesn’t try to peek when she is getting dressed or showering but he also helps her learn to be more confident. All his shameless arrogance makes him a great cheerleader, at least once they talk about some ground rules.

1. No creeping on Kara in the bathroom or when she is changing. Mike scoffs at this and mutters about being able to creep on hotter ladies. 

2. No unsolicited advice or comments about women that Kara is not interested in pursuing a relationship with. This is added after a week of Mike making comments about women that had Kara blushing constantly, even at work.

3. No watching when Kara has a lady over. She wasn’t sure where Mike disappeared off to when she did manage to have a date come back to her place but he would always leave after shooting Kara another peace sign and telling her to “do the circle thing I showed you.”

It all hits the fan when Rhea gets wind of Kara dating women and she packs up and leaves. She does not want to deal with that fallout and she would rather get a fresh start somewhere else. Where is that where else? London, Bly Manor, American au pair, you know the rest.

Kara: “Yeah, I’m gonna take a one way and gtfo of here.”

Who are our players at Bly?

Our cook Owen Sharma is good old Jack Spheer because sometimes these things write themselves. And who is our beloved Hannah Grose? Why, Lucy Lane. Because she was too good and I always want to see more of her. Plus she can be a stern little spitfire with the kids and ghosties (The kids refer to her to as Major). She takes her fine self and daydreams about the moment that charming Jack came over to get the job as a cook, not dead, just as a useless hetero (is that a thing? It is now...) that can’t fathom for some reason that Jack is totally in love with her.

As for Rebecca Jessel and Peter Quint? Kelly Olsen (the only character with any brain cells half the time) and Andrea Rojas, our muy caliente Scotsman. Is that racist? No, but her horrendous accent might be a crime. This version has none of the controlling assholeroy of Peter and no secretly killing Rebecca. Just good old bad luck in a horror series. Andrea gets drunk and tries to dive into the lake to find the chest of loot she is convinced is down there so her and Kelly can run away to America. 

Andrea: “This is a file on all the reasons you should run away from this haunted ass creepy mansion and come with me to America. Also, there is a map I drew of the lake with an X where the loot most definitely is.”

Kelly: “This is just a picture of you in lingerie and a sheet of paper you colored blue with a big red X in the middle.” 

Kelly dies trying to save her when Andrea starts to get hypothermia and they both drown in the freezing lake. Because why bury your gays when you can drown them? Amiright? Who finds their bodies the next day? This leads to the following section: Next slide, please!

Who is standing in for Miles and Flora Wingrave? Why, Ruby and a tiny Nia, of course. Nia is a sweet baby angel and I want to meet her as a little sister, totally doted on by her big sister, Ruby. Nia sees Andrea and Kelly arguing like lesbians (so much hand waving and crying and angry whispering) on the far end of the lake while their blue popsicle bodies float around. Ruby and Lucy drag little Nia away from the scene.

Nia: “My giant scarf is perfectly splendid! Also, I am baby.” 

Things get really spicy when Kara shows up, ghost!Mike and all. He complains about not being able to haunt the “hot chick from apartment 314” any more, but he perks up at the thought of “British broads.” Kara had hoped he was tethered to National City or something, but it appears he is linked to her. Mike is ecstatic when he finds out Bly is full of ghosts. He is always off somewhere exploring the mansion and only pops in to tell Kara snippets of Bly’s history and its many inhabitants. 

Meanwhile, we get to the real star of this indulgent charade. Lena as the wonderfully fit Irish (let her have the accent!) gardener, Jaime. She is convinced Kara is a corn-fed straighty from America until Kara throws herself at her in the greenhouse because flowers turn on lesbians (see Imagine You and Me and Georgia O'Keeffe’s many works. This is sapphic lore, kids.) She opens up about Mike and Lena smooches her so she doesn’t have to listen to the hot blonde’s delusions. 

Lena: “What do you mean it is too bright? What book? This is a watering can for my gardening activities. So is my fashionable, appropriately sized hat.”

Kara: *OMG she is so hot and cool, what do I do?* “Hey, do you guys do the circle thing in the UK?” 

Meanwhile, things are getting interesting with Mike and the ghosts: Kelly and Andrea, newly minted Bly ghosts, explain that they are stuck on the grounds. Mike, who believes in having the freedom of “you do you,” vows to break the curse. He strikes a heroic pose that makes Andrea roll her eyes but Kelly agrees they need to find out more about the origins of the Bly Manor curse. 

Flashback episode in a horrid b/w tone because I want to show this is old, okay. It’s not like we could figure it out by the clothes. Or the set dressing. Or the fact that the one of the characters died of “the lung.”

Anyway, we have our sisters, Viola and the other one. Their names don’t really matter because they are going to be the brunette one and the blonde one, played by the queen of period series: Katie McGrath.   

Anger-y brunette Katie, getting her smacking hand ready. 

And blonde, sad (but also evil? plot twist!) Katie, lusting after her brother in law. 

And they fight over none other than Daddy Cullen, Maxwell Lorde, because look at that hair, look at all those buttons, look at that big hand! Who could resist? 

The child is baby Lena being twirled by Anger-y Katie pre-“the lung” because let’s just have this turn into a black hole that destroys itself. 

Baby Lena: “Swing me, mummy. Swing me with your good lungs!”

Anger-y Smack-You-Every-Time Katie: “I swung too close to the sky and now this is happening to me.”

So while Kara and Lena are christening all sorts of places at Bly (yes, even the master wing because, of course, the master wing), Mike, Andrea, and Kelly are incepting themselves into all sorts of memories and whatnot. Cue that montage!

404 ERROR. MONTAGE NOT FOUND. 

Whoops, looks like we blew our budget on that black and white filter. Sorry about that.

Once the ghost trio realizes the chest in the lake doesn’t in fact hold some dragon’s hoard of gold, but the key to ending this madness, Mike pops in on Lena and Kara to bring them up to speed. Kara screams at him about the third rule while Lena tries to accept the fact that her girlfriend (yes, they are girlfriends by now, keep up) has a ghost for a best friend. 

Kara makes Mike look away while her and Lena get dressed and after quite a bit of exposition, they decide to pull the chest up from the lake. Lucy and Jack have been off playing hide the croissant or whatever the straights do during their leisure time, but they quickly hop on the “break the Bly manor curse” train.  

There is a fun B (C?) plot where Ruby and Nia steal Jack’s car and drive into town. No one in town cares because they are rich and all the adults at Bly are busy romancing each other and assume the girls are being odd rich kids playing somewhere in the manor. 

The adults are planning how to get down to the chest without suffering Andrea and Kelly’s fate, when they find some scuba gear the kids bought on their last trip to town. It is wholly impractical but the adults shrug and accept the plot hole so they can hurry this along. 

They draw straws and Kara has to dive down and tie some chains around the sunken chest. Lena jumps in front of limited edition Scuba Gear Kara to stop her but the American has to America so she dives into the freezing lake after a swoon inducing “I’ll be right back” kiss. Like, gifable on tumblr, twitter, and whatever new platform there is a hundred years from now.  

Scuba Gear Kara: “Guys, I can’t see anything through this helmet. Guys?“

After a few tense moments where Anger-y Olden Time™ Katie tries to stop Kara, Mike, Andrea, and Kelly step in and use their ghost powers to keep her away from Kara. Jack uses his car to pull up the haunted chest and they pry it open with a crowbar and plenty of moxie. The screams of slap happy Katie of the past ring out around the heroes as the curse is broken. The ghosts cheer, everyone laughs nervously (they know the end is never the end in a horror story) and Kara shivers from the cold until she is next to the fire, dry and cuddled up with Lena.

As her final act of revenge, Anger-y Katie gives Kara the Lung(!) but thanks to the power of Science, our spunky American pulls through after properly completing the full course of treatment and antibiotics. This includes Lena taking sexy care of her girlfriend. *wink*

***** westershiresauce is not a medical professional and their thoughts regarding the health benefits/healing powers of a sexy nurse!Lena are not verified. Don’t take srsly. ***** 

Cut to, one more garden and I can retire, Lena, sitting next to an immaculate shrub, waiting for her wife Kara to bring out the tea and biscuits. 

THE END!

Lena: “I swear to all that is holy, if that tea is shite, I am leaving her. It’s been like thirty years!”  

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The trump card or experts pointer is the critical use of marine macro-algae; likewise referred to as saltwater plants! .

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Photo from my "Developing The Perfect Container Atmosphere" e-class. Having detritus biting inverts and macroalgae is a fantastic tidy team

There are 2 sorts of aquatic plants that generally take place in saltwater aquariums 1. The (primarily) good types; these are the macroalgae (meaning "huge" celled), the aquatic plants like Caulerpa as well as Halimeda and also dirtying forms; the coralline algae.

These are desirable species because they look natural, expand predictably, oxygenate the water, draw out nutrients as well as are healthy snacks for our family pets.

However there are a couple of invasive macro-algae varieties you would certainly not desire in your tank, so research your prospective types well.

A lot of macroalgae species come from the groups Chlorophyta (environment-friendly algae), the prominent coralline types from the group Rhodophyta (red algae) and Phaeophyta (brownish algae).

2. The (mostly) negative varieties: the micro-algae (definition "little" celled) these are single-celled algae types, which converge in our fish tanks en-masse as well as have an incredible reproductive capacity. Its these micro-algae's out-of-control growth that cause flowers that can intimidate our whole marine storage tanks. The most infamous of the micro-algae's are:

3. Blue/green algae (Cyanobacteria): Blue-green sludge algae is responsible for a lot of saltwater aquarium chaos, these single-celled organisms are a lot more pertaining to bacteria than algae. In colour this algae ranges from red completely via to bluish-black and also can be viewed as slime, hair-like strings or a smear of evil looking film. Green algae covers everything in its path as well as is very tolerant of water specifications however does ideal in high phosphate, well-lit environments. 4. Hair algae: Likewise known as filamentous green algae as well as officially as Derbesia varieties. This is one of one of the most frustrating algae's and also is really usual in saltwater fish tanks. Its growth as im sure you can presume looks like clumps of downy hair that are green.

Bryopsis: Bryopsis is an eco-friendly macro-algae and additionally goes by the wonderful name of Sea Brush, however this things is anything but charming in your aquarium. It grows really rapid and also its green-brown feathery mass can take control of your aquarium in a number of days! Bryopsis is typically presented on real-time rock and is generally misinterpreted for Hair algae or Caulerpa.

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So, it's micro-algae varieties that cause the huge bulk of bug algae issues in marine aquariums.

They cause troubles by covering every item in the container (as well as the glass) consisting of corals and other invertebrates that they can asphyxiate, cause infection and also shut out their light every one of which can trigger damages as well as even fatality.

Some algae are even harmful if consumed.

Bug algae outbreaks likewise suck out huge amounts of oxygen from the water at night, block filters, ruin water high quality with their rotting biomass and normally look unpleasant avoiding us from seeing our wonderful fish as well as reefs!

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Macroalgae on the other hand is extremely useful and also will do these 5 superb things for your tank:.

Out completing the pest algae varieties by utilizing up all readily available nutrients in the water faster and also better. This implies pest algae will not have a possibility to flourish.

Gives a wonderful auxiliary food source to herbivores as well as omnivores alike. Occasional browsing will also motivate the algae to grow well. Tangs, Angelfish, Blennies, crabs as well as snails all take advantage of algae expanding in the tank. A diet regimen abundant in algae is stated to considerably lower the incidence of head as well as lateral line disintegration illness (HLLE) in Tangs and also Angelfish.

As a water filter drawing natural nutrients out of the water such as nitrates, phosphates as well as silicates that come from the failure of food as well as waste. Corals specifically are extremely conscious these compounds. Algae likewise aids to soak up heavy metals as well as any kind of contaminants released by marine microorganisms.

Add much needed oxygenation to the water column. Marine plants absorb carbon dioxide and put out oxygen, you can never have adequate oxygen in a deep sea environment.

Offers your fish tank a much more all-natural, authentic appearance and also provides habitats for invertebrates and concealing places for invertebrates and marine fish.

Producing a perfect environment for macroalgae.

Macroalgae are really easy to take care of as well as just actually need fairly tidy water and the very same bright (high) lighting that photosynthetic corals and anemone call for, so are best for coral reef containers.

They require around 8 hrs each day of light to thrive. Interestingly pest micro-algae's do better in dark illumination.

They will not need any kind of extra feeding, as they will mop up excess nutrients in the water. Coralline (red) algae also need a calcium supplement to grow ideal.

If your marine plants are expanding excessive (this is usually a pretty slow process for macroalgae) you can simply cut as well as prune them as you would certainly land plants.

Directly I such as to keep the base of my fish tanks devoid of substratum (a lot easier to maintain clean this way and also motivate the development of dirtying macro-algae's across the base and also strategically plant clumps of Halimedia and Caulerpa on the real-time rock where it looks actually pretty.

Sorts of macroalgae.

1. Caulerpa types: This rapid-growing and popular macroalgae comes from the phylum Chlorophyta which are the green macroalgae's. There are greater than 100 different types of Caulerpa some types expanding high and also others growing as floor coverings. The "feather" as well as "grape" selections called after the types of their fallen leaves are one of the most prominent with aquarists. Caulerpa is a favorite treat for marine herbivores and is great for filling in empty spaces in aquatic containers. Caulerpa plants are affixed to each other by runners or rhizomes, which they make use of for securing themselves to the rock.

2. Halimeda: This Hawaiian macroalgae additionally of the phylum Chlorophyta incorporates calcium into its plate formed leaves so is not eaten by herbivores. It is a sluggish cultivator as well as types baseball sized, circular globs. It is an appealing and also durable macroalgae to have in your deep sea fish tank.

3. Coralline algae: The bright red/pink/white/ purple encrusting varieties of coralline algae (phylum Rhodophyta) are a big favourite of reef container proprietors. They always come presented on real-time rock however can also spread out onto glass bottoms, they can likewise be propagated by taking scrapings or existing nests to brand-new areas. Also being calcium absorbing they need suitable levels of calcium (400-- 440 mg/mL) like reefs. Additionally like corals reefs they do not tolerate much phosphates or nitrates as well as likewise need magnesium, which will encourage them to grow. Coralline algae is vital to holding together reef in the wild and is stated to create chemicals that advertise the growth of invertebrates, they likewise maintain bug algae away and also offer a magnesium source for the tank.

4. Turtle turf: Likewise called Maidens hair Chlorodesmis is also from the phylum Chlorophyta and looks like great blades of turf that look like tufts of bright green hair. In my viewpoint this is among the most eye-catching macroalgae's as a result of its colour and also form. It wont be snacked on due to the fact that it contains a deterrent in its leaves. It needs moderate to strong water present as well as lighting.

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Photo from page 99 of "Creating the Perfect storage tank Environment": Turtle grass is rather appealing and also fish love it.

A GOOD IDEA: utilizing macroalgae as a filter that rubs the water.

One of one of the most effective uses for macroalgae entails growing it in a sump or refugium listed below or to the side of the primary container.

This algae "scrubber" when developed will enormously filter phosphates, nitrates, some heavy metals and contaminants from your water and add big quantities of oxygen.

Along with the obvious benefits an algae filter suggests pest algae will not be able to grow in your display screen tank. All you require is a constant flow of container water in and out of your algae chamber and also regarding 18-24 hrs of light daily for maximum result, the reason for near continuous light is so that launch of carbon dioxide at night periods is kept to a minimum, which will decrease pH.

You can also keep online rock, live sand in your refugium/sump and also raise amphipods and copepods to feed your marine life at the same time as expand algae. Algae in the scrubber needs to be regularly trimmed as well as excessive growth eliminated.

The very best alga to use for this job is Chaetomorpha or spaghetti algae which has come to be popular with reefers in the last few years. This algae expands in thick rounds resembling a round of environment-friendly fishing line. 'Sheaths eat this algae also. Chaeto expands under routine fluorescent lights.

With any luck this blog post will have shown you the relatively unknown huge advantages of macroalgae and the substantial advantages it can supply your aquatic system.

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nitrate and phosphate degrees can conveniently go high, and result in an algae break out. Overfeeding as well as Live Algae UK  overstocking is the most typical factor for water quality Live Algae UK - Clean Macroalgae & Chaeto UK going bad like that. Microalgae that are able to do photosynthesis are essential to life in the world; they generate around fifty percent of the oxygen discovered in the ambience, they use the sunlight's light and also carbon dioxide in their growth. They are important to the life of our oceans and lakes as they go to the extremely lower of the food web, without microalgae the whole ecosystem would fall down. Chaetomorpha "Pasta Algae" is cultured by lots of marine aquarists to eliminate nitrates as well as phosphates from the water biotope. It is absolutely sufficient to harvest a handful of algae periodically to keep the biological equilibrium in an aquarium-- a cost-effective as well as easy option to several chemicals or resins.

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This is important because both nitrates and phosphates can be dangerous or perhaps fatal to the residents of your fish tank. One more reason why we feel Chaeto is the very best option for your refugium is because it makes for an amazing home for copepods.

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If you're seeking something to use as nutrient export, I would certainly just obtain some stem plants and a suitable light. They'll expand rapidly, consume nutrients, as well as can be trimmed frequently as well as will achieve the same thing that utilizing Chaeto would certainly in deep sea. Commonly seaweed, chaeto, mangroves, sea-grapes, calerpa and so on In home aquariums, the refugium is generally situated in the cabinet beneath the major storage tank. By restricting the plants as well as creatures to the refugium, the major storage tank remains clean and also aesthetically pleasing, while the biological purification happens in the refugium. The suggestions goes over in this short article are merely to offer you an image of the conditions existing in what we think is the "ideal macro container".

The truth that they look great and are typically quite easy to expand is icing on the cake.

Maiden's hair algae as well as sea lettuce (Ulva spp.) are bright environment-friendly species of macroalgae that normally grow affixed to rocks and are normally offered that way for aquarium use.

They might additionally be put amidst your online rock where they would certainly obtain brilliant light.

If you're seeking a little green for your container (and probably food for your Scats?), you ought to most definitely take a look at these varieties.

If the storage tank you are using to filter your system is mosting likely to be seen, after that of course get a varied group of macroalgae as well as make a display screen sump or refugium. If you are as addicted to this leisure activity as we are, you will certainly have fun establishing this new tank. If on the other hand the filtration location of your container will certainly be concealed from sight, you are much better off with just some solid filtering macros.

Macro Algae 1.

It is lasting with low to modest degrees of illumination as well as prefers low to modest flow. Red Titan algae will thrive the best when affixed to your rock; it makes a striking addition to your display screen aquarium. Coralline is located in deep sea fish tanks and also it will certainly dirty rocks, aquarium wall surfaces as well as substrates. It is preferred by lots of aquarists as it gives the fish tank colour as it is located in reds, pinks, purples as well as white. Coralline can play a crucial function in the ecology of a fish tank as points like sea urchins will prey on it. Ironically I really feel fairly comfy with provding for the seahorses, yet certainly they can not be included until this trouble is looked after. It is utilized in the aquarium pastime because of its quick growth under reasonably adverse conditions. It is not used as regularly in the aquarium anymore as individuals currently favour Chaetomorpha. Lights can have an effective impact not only on the survivability of the algae, but also on its look. These other pigments are called phycobilins, several of which reflect red, and a few of which show blue.

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As a basic rule, environment-friendly macro is much better at filtering than the others, as it tends grow faster than the others. Caulerpa and Chaeto both grow really quickly, although as stated before, Caulerpa is not without its imperfections. Scroll Algae is among the very best at straining of the brownish macros, as well as Brown Gracilaria and Red Gracilaria are the best out of the red macros we have,, yet neither is like Chaeto. Mangroves, (which aren't a macro, yet a true vascular plant), is in our opinion the best at purification in terms of the volume it occupies in your container. 

However, because Mangroves mature and out of the storage tank, they need to be incorporated with Chaeto for optimal filtration results. This group of 10 stems of Ludwigia makes a great addition to any kind of small yard fish pond. This rooted freshwater plant does ideal along the edge in a foot of water.

 This team of 30 stems of Infant's Tears makes a terrific addition to any kind of small yard pond. This rooted freshwater plant does finest along the fringe in a foot of water or much less. Some macro algae give a very good environment for advantageous inverts like copepods and also amphipods to expand as well as replicate.

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Witch Tips 13

Hey lucky 13 that's kinda cool!

1. A potion for good health

This is a potion I made for when you want an extra little boost of health.

Gather:

-A heat-safe cauldron (a cooking pot will work in a pinch)

-Orange rinds

-2 Cinnamon sticks

-Ginger

-2 cups of water

-A pinch of powdered cayenne pepper

-A scoop of loose leaf green tea

Put the water into the cauldron and set over a low heat. When the water is warm, add the orange rinds. Wait 5 minutes. Add the ginger & the cayenne and raise the heat to medium. Add the tea leaves Carefully, use one of the Cinnamon sticks to stir the potion in a clockwise direction saying,

"Water of the sky

Oranges of the trees

Ginger, peppers, of the earth

Leaves of tea, so bright and green.

May this mixture fill me with

Strength and power and health

For the days to come.

I thank the earth for what it provides."

Use a cheese cloth or some kind of filter to strain the mixture into a teacup or mug. Stick the other cinnamon stick in the mug. If you must stir it, stir clockwise.

2. Here are some good omens to look for

My last 10tips had bad omens, but we are a community of balance and so now we get the good omens to pair with the bad ones.

Bats nesting near your home

Seeing your initials in a spiders web

Cats coming into your home

Shooting stars

Double yolks when you crack an egg

Rain and sun happening at the same time

3. The magick of moon phases: Full Moon

Since this post will be coming out on the full moon, I thought I would share some tips on what sort of spells are best for the occasion.

BIG goals you want to manifest

Income spells

Health spells

Attracting love spells

Strength spells

Later in this post, there's going to be a full moon spell that I wrote myself, so stick around for that :)

4. Leave an offering when collecting graveyard dirt

I hope it's a given that you should never take graveyard dirt off of somebody's grave. But just in case, please don't dig up people's grave. Even when taking dirt from a barren place in the cemetery where no bodies are buried, it's still best to leave some sort of gift or offering for the spirits of the graveyard. Maybe give them some crystals or flowers. Be sure to do your research and not give anything as an offering that wards off spirits!

5. If you can't have an open flame in your house, improvise

I used to live in a dorm room when I was 18-20 years old. We weren't allowed to have any open flame or incense, anything of the sort. And although I definitely broke that rule, I don't condone it Haha. You can get flameless tea lights for really cheap as well as big flameless candles for a bit more. If you want something a bit more magickal looking, you could get some tiny wire string lights and put them in Mason jars. They also come in different colors, which is great for color correspondence.

6. Get a spell-a-day book even if it's a little corny

Spell a day books are great for encouraging yourself to practice witchcraft everyday. Sometimes you need a little inspiration, and that's fine! I have a spell-a-day Witches Almanac from 2017 that I still use everyday, despite it sometimes being a bit off lol. Sometimes it'll have special spells for different moon phases, and I'll just switch that days activities for the one that aligns with the current moon cycle.

7. Go to a witch museum

These exist all over the world, not just in Salem, MA (where most of the women murdered weren't even witches but that's a rant for another day) These can be a wonderful place to go and visit. You can get inspiration, pay respects, and even learn a little something about the craft. They exist in many different countries, including Spain, Iceland, Germany, & in the UK and many others. Call ahead and see if there's any sort of offering shrine that you could contribute to!

8. Full moon spell for attracting a partner

Full moon magick is extremely powerful. It's not for quick flings and one night stands. Doing this spell with casual intentions could lead to more than you bargained for. Proceed with caution.

Gather:

An odd number of rose quartz, the stone of unconditional love.

An odd number of rhodonite, the stone of emotional balance

An odd number of Emeralds, the success in love stone.

Rose oil

A pink candle

Cast your circle under the light of the full moon. Anoint the candle with the rose oil saying,

"As the full moon glows bright above,

I light this candle with words of love."

Place the stones around the candle, let your intuition guide your hands. Place the stone wherever it feel right, wherever your instincts tell you to. As you do so, say,

"As these stones surround the flame,

Love surrounds me just the same."

Meditate on the flaming, thinking not of a specific person but of what you want from a partner and what you need in a relationship. Concentrate on your goals as well as your desires.

After you feel you've gotten all of your desires out there, say,

"And so have willed it

So has the flame been lit"

Allow the candle flame to go out on it's own and your spell has been cast.

9. Don't use an even number of things when performing love magick

In my previous spell, you may have noticed that all of the ingredients were listed as odd numbers. This is because it is said to be bad luck give a couple gifts in an even number. This is because an even number can be easily split between two separating people. Magick is the same way, if you're using an even number of crystals, you're not treating the two people involved as one. If you're polyamorous however, I don't have enough experience in that area to tell you if this applies to you or not so idk. Maybe make sure the items can't be evenly divided between you and your partners.

10. Hate tea? Enchant your other drinks instead

Personally, I love tea. But even when I'm not drinking it, I like to enchant everything that I drink. You don't have to be a tea fanatic to be a witch. You can enchant your hot cocoa, your coffee, your 7-Eleven slushie. Enchant everything that goes into your body to help you out a bit!

Thank you so much for reading my latest #10tips. Because I just hit 500 followers (thank you all so much, I love and appreciate you greatly!!) I wanted to make sure I had some fun spells and potions in there for you all.

Feel free to send an ask whenever you want to tell me something or have any questions. Have a magical day!

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ON THIS DATE (51 YEARS AGO) October 21, 1967 – Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is released in the US. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5 # Allmusic 5/5 stars

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the début album by Pink Floyd, released in the US on October 21, 1967, and in August 1967 (mono only) in the UK. The US album featured an abbreviated track listing and reached #131 on the Billboard 200 Top LP's charts. In 2003, it was ranked number 347 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2000, Q magazine placed The Piper at the Gates of Dawn at number 55 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

Architecture students Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, and art student Syd Barrett, had performed in various guises since 1962, and began touring as "The Pink Floyd" in 1965. They turned professional on 1 February 1967, when they signed with EMI, with an advance fee of £5,000. Their first single, a song about a kleptomaniac transvestite titled "Arnold Layne", was released on 11 March to mild controversy - Radio London refused to air it. About three weeks later the band were introduced to the mainstream media. EMI's press released claimed that the band were "musical spokesmen for a new movement which involves experimentation in all the arts", but EMI attempted to put some distance between them and the underground scene from which the band originated by stating that "the Pink Floyd does not know what people mean by psychedelic pop and are not trying to create hallucinatory effects on their audiences". The band returned to Sound Techniques Studio to record their next single, "See Emily Play", on 18 May. The single was released almost a month later, on 16 June, and reached number five in the charts.

When the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, they kicked a new band out of a neighboring studio to do some overdubs for "Lovely Rita." The band was Pink Floyd and, while the Beatles were polishing up what many consider to be the gold standard of British psychedelia, Syd Barrett and Co. were already upending the young genre with The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Produced by Norman Smith--the Beatles' chief engineer in the early '60s--it catapulted the British Invasion into the cosmos. With an explosive spirit barely contained within pop's dictates, the tracklist has an array of classics. Roger Waters's sinister bass slinks beneath the aural lysergy of "Instellar Overdrive" and "Lucifer Sam," while Rick Wright's organ drones envelop harmonic whimsies like "Matilda Mother." Ultimately, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the only Floyd record that seriously included him, belongs to Barrett. Using the electric guitar as a textural dervish, turning pop convention into shifting melodic quicksand, and introducing childlike lyricism into the psychedelic lexicon (the album's name comes from his favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows), his voice and songwriting astound. Indeed, Barrett's blown-mind cadences are as much a symbol of psychedelia as Hendrix's strat or George Harrison's sitar. His voice simply sounds like tripping, and captures all the ungraspable beauty and fearful fragility of the experience. An extraordinary debut record, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn remains Barrett's visionary statement of purpose. _____________________________________

ALBUM ARTWORK and TITLE

Vic Singh photographed and designed the album cover, unlike subsequent Pink Floyd albums. The album remains one of the few to actually feature the band members on the front cover.

The album’s title comes from the title of Chapter Seven, “THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN,” of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, where Rat and Mole, while searching for Portly, the lost son of Otter, are drawn to a place where the ‘Piper’ is playing on his reed flute.

“`This is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me,’ whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. `Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!’”

(The ‘Piper’ referred to is the Greek god Pan.)

Portly was found near Pan.

The title was later referred to by Stevie Wonder in the song “Power Flower” from the 1979 album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants (“Fire and air, earth water I prepare/I am the piper at the gates of dawning”), by Van Morrison in the song “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” from his 1997 album The Healing Game and also by the metal band Iron Maiden in the song “Wicker Man” from the 2000 album Brave New World (“The piper at the gates of dawn is calling you his way”). Furthermore, Pink Floyd’s later song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” dedicated to Barrett and detailing his decline, refers to him as “you piper, you prisoner;” this may also be an allusion to the album’s title. ___________________________________

REVIEW Steve Huey, allmusic The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD. Barrett's catchy, melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer, more experimental pieces showcasing the group's instrumental freak-outs, often using themes of space travel as metaphors for hallucinogenic experiences -- "Astronomy Domine" is a poppier number in this vein, but tracks like "Interstellar Overdrive" are some of the earliest forays into what has been tagged space rock. But even though Barrett's lyrics and melodies are mostly playful and humorous, the band's music doesn't always bear out those sentiments -- in addition to Rick Wright's eerie organ work, dissonance, chromaticism, weird noises, and vocal sound effects are all employed at various instances, giving the impression of chaos and confusion lurking beneath the bright surface. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation -- the pleasures of expanding one's mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett's subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.

TRACKS: All songs written by Syd Barrett, except where noted. Side one 1. See Emily Play - 2:53 2. Pow R. Toc H. (Barrett, Roger Waters, Wright, Nick Mason) - 4:26 3. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk (Waters) - 3:05 4. Lucifer Sam (Barrett) - 3:07 5. Matilda Mother (Wright, Barrett) - 3:08

Side two 1. Scarecrow - 2:11 2. The Gnome - 2:13 3. Chapter 24 - 3:42 4. Interstellar Overdrive (Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason) - 9:41

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Discus freshwater fish

I believe the size and shape of the fins is directly linked to fish genetics, the quality of the diet and water provided for it. Discus fins are like fingernails, continually growing and 'dropping off' - not literally, but the fish is able to replace the soft areas of its fins. Males have longer ventral fins than females It should also look clean and bright, as the eye is a good indicator of the fish's state of health and age. Regardless of the colour, always pick fish that have an eye proportional to body size. However, most Discus available today are domestically-bred mutations and the eye can be yellow/red/albino and so on. In the main, wild Discus do have bright red eyes, so some fishkeepers consider a red eye a must characteristic. Yet is the risk worth the worry? Only the individual fishkeeper can decide, My advice, however, is to avoid known risks.ĭiscus must have a red eye to be considered a worthy specimen This is generally referred to as 'Discus plague' and can be treated, although not always successfully, using salt dips/formalin and malachite green/acraflavin. If the fish are going to 'cross contaminate' it will show itself within a 48 to 72 hour period. If after ten days they are fine you can reasonably assume that all is well. So keep your fish in separate tanks while the newcomers undergo a period of quarantine.ĭuring this time avoid transferring even a single drop of water from one tank to the other.Īfter a few weeks take a new fish and an existing fish and put them in a tank together. Usually people will have a happy tank, go out, buy some new Discus, pop them in the tank and 48 hours later notice a problem. So how do we avoid it? Don't do it! However, if you want fish from different places then there's a simple procedure to follow. It can involve two batches of fish that have simply been purchased from different shops. I need to stress that this is not an Asian/German 'thing', as it's often referred to in the hobby. Keeping Discus successfully is made easier by eliminating the known risks and there's conclusive evidence that sometimes, when two batches of fish from different sources are put in the same tank, it can have devastating results - with one set becoming very sick in just a few days. In my opinion the answer is no, but if that didn't happen the hobby would grind to a halt. You shouldn't mix fish from different suppliers/countries Your best course of action is to seek the advice of your chosen Discus supplier, but an increasing number of keepers are considering an RO filter a product very much of the past. Some aquarists acclimatise their Asian Discus to UK tapwater, but top breeders such as Jeffrey Tan advise soft water.Įuropean-bred Discus, however, are quite happy and will even breed in harder water - the reason being they have now been tank-bred over several generations and have adapted to it. Some areas of the UK have soft water on tap, but, even then, it would be wise to run it through carbon.Īsian Discus are also raised in soft water, so will appreciate the same water preparation for wild Discus. Wild Discus will require soft, slightly acidic water and generally the only way to achieve this is to use a reverse osmosis filter. Much will depend on the water your fish have spent their lives in prior to reaching your tank. Beliefs passed through the hobby may not be necessary, beneficial or even accurate - as you'll discover: It's said they need RO waterĪll Discus will live in water prepared by a reverse osmosis filter - but do they all need it?

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Monochrome Photography - How to Take Compelling Black and White Photographs Like a Pro

They say that a camera is powerful as it puts a world of possibilities at your fingertips. In recent days, monochrome photography has gained popularity. Monochrome photographs use different amounts of light instead of different colours to capture and represent images. Standard colour photographs (called polychrome) display colours across the spectrum, while monochrome photographs use only one colour and different tones.

The same is true for black-and-white photographs that use different shades of neutral gray instead of the actual colour of the captured object. However, monochrome is not limited to just black and white. You can achieve it by using different colours like sepia and bluish shades. This article will guide you to make the best monochrome photography. If you look for the best Black & White picture frames in the UK , scroll down below.

6 Tips for compelling black & white photos

Taken in Raw

One of the best ways for photographers to capture high-quality images in colour or monochrome is to shoot RAW files. When shooting in RAW, the entire colour information of the image is retained and saved. Full-colour information is compressed while shooting in JPEG. Increasing the number of pixels gives you more flexibility and ease of use when you edit and process your shots later. Alternatively, if you want to keep the JPEG version of each shot, you can shoot in both RAW + JPEG.

Experiment with Long Exposures

Long exposures can add motion to give a monochromatic shot a dynamic feel. To create attractive monochrome images, try exposure times to give a visual effect beyond beautiful colours. Take advantage of everything moving in the frame, like water, clouds, people, and plants.

See Contrast

The best monochrome images are about tonal contrast, so you need to be trained to find the contrasting tones around you while looking for the right scene or subject before showing the camera. It's hard to "see" what the colour view looks like in grayscale or sepia, but pay attention to the highlights (close to white) and low lights (close to black), as well as lines and shapes. Potential subject frames for you that will help you pay and check.

Use Filters

This warning is a natural consequence of the previous warning. You may need to use a slow neutral density (GND) or solid neutral density (ND) filter to play shutter speed. We recommend that you always carry an ND filter kit in your bag. ND8, ND64, and ND1000 are great places to start, so you have a wide range of exposure times.

Check the Shot

Take the time to review the black and white (preferably camera) shot before moving on to the next topic. All you have to do is preview the shot, make the necessary adjustments to the framing and camera settings, retake the shot or leave it. It can be visually interesting, especially if you notice a lack of contrast or texture in a particular scene or subject.

Improve Framing

As with all photographic styles, photographers need to carefully assemble and create images to capture and capture the viewer's attention. One construction technique you can follow is balancing the monochrome photo's tone. Balancing small dark areas with large bright areas can help you achieve it. Read on for other compositing techniques to help you frame your shots better. If you are dubious about frame selection, you can try out classic frames.

If you are looking for Black & White or traditional picture frames in the UK, consider visiting AK Frame Ltd . We have a wide collection of photo frames that can enhance the interior of your home.

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