#Christa Hepburn

[voguefashion]

British Vogue Covers: 1971

January 1971: Jan Ward by Norman Parkinson February 1971: Sue Baloo by Barry Lategan March 1, 1971: Florence Lafuma by Barry Lategan March 15, 1971: Maudie James & Alan Bates by Barry Lategan April 1, 1971: Audrey Hepburn by Henry Clarke April 15, 1971: Louise Despointes by Barry Lategan May 1971: Ann Turkel by Patrick Lichfield June 1971: Ingrid Boulting by David Bailey July 1971: Mona Kristensen by David Hamilton August 1971: Cathee Dahmen by Barry Lategan September 1, 1971: Princess Anne by Norman Parkinson September 15, 1971: Maudie James by Patrick Hunt October 1, 1971: Susan Moncur by Peter Knapp October 15, 1971: Apollonia van Ravenstein by Peter Knapp November 1971: Christiana Steidten by Peter Knapp December 1971: Apollonia van Ravenstein by Christa Peters

[daibolik-lovers-encyclopedia]

Diabolik Lovers - Anime

KANJI

ディアボリックラヴァーズ

ROMAJI

Diaborikku Ravāzu

GENRE

Supernatural, Romance

DEVELOPER

Rejet

STUDIO

Zexcs

DIRECTER

Tagashira Shinobu

RELEASE DATE

Started airing - September 16th, 2013

Finished airing - December 9th, 2015

RATING

TV-14

PLATFORMS/OTHER

2-disc DVD volume set was released December 2, 2014

Taken off crunchy roll March 31, 2022

Current available streaming platforms unknown

CONTENT

2 Seasons/24 episodes

Diabolik Lovers (ディアボリックラヴァーズ, Hepburn: Diaborikku Ravāzu) is a Japanese visual novel franchise by Rejet.

An anime adaptation was first announced at a 2013 event called the "Rejet Fes 2013 Viva La Revolution". During the "Otomate Party 2013" event later that year, it was announced that the adaptation would be directed by Atsushi Matsumoto and produced by the Zexcs studio.

Diabolik Lovers (ディアボリックラヴァーズ Diaborikku Ravāzu), abbreviated as DiaLover, is a Japanese anime television series directed by Shinobu Tagashira and produced by the animation studio Zexcs.

Diabolik Lovers More,Blood (ディアボリックラヴァーズ モア、ブラッド Diaborikku Ravāzu Moa,Buraddo) is the second season of the DiaLover anime series which takes its title from the second otome game of the same name, Diabolik Lovers MORE,BLOOD.

However, the second season is not a direct sequel to the first season, but a spin-off based on the second game of the franchise.

Plot

First season

Yui is a kind and gentle seventeen-year-old second year high school student who lived a normal and peaceful life, until her father moved overseas for work.

“Not wanting her to be alone” , he sends her to live with an old friend and his six sons. When she arrives at their mansion, she discovers that they are vampires.

Only to be informed that there is a different, much darker reason she was sent to them. While she optimistically accepts her situation, she unravels mysteries of the Sakamakis' past and her own.

Second Season

After living with the Sakamaki's for a month, Yui begins to have strange dreams and apparitions regarding a mysterious purple haired woman. Her fate takes a turn after she gets involved in an unexplainable fiery car accident with the Sakamaki's.

This incident heralds four new vampire brothers who suddenly appear and abduct Yui for their own purposes.

Main Characters

Yui Komori (CV: Rie Suegara )

Ririe (Shuu) Sakamaki (CV: Kōsuke Toriumi)

Reiji Sakamaki (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi)

Ayato Sakamaki (CV: Hikaru Midorikawa)

Kanato Sakamaki (CV: Yūki Kaji)

Laito Sakamaki (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa)

Subaru Sakamaki (CV: Takashi Kondō)

Ruki Mukami (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)

Emilio (Kou) Mukami (CV: Ryōhei Kimura)

Edgar (Yuma) Mukami (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)

Azusa Mukami (CV: Daisuke Kishio)

Carla Tsukinami (CV: Toshiyuki Morikawa)

Shin Tsukinami (CV: Showtaro Morikubo‎)

Side Characters

Karlheinz Sakamaki (CV: Ryōta Takeuchi)

Richter Sakamaki (CV: Jun Konno)

Cordelia (CV: Akane Tomonaga)

Christa (CV: Yuki Tashiro)

Beatrix (CV: Mana Hirata)

Music

First Opening Theme

Song - Mr.SADISTIC NIGHT

Artist: Ayato Sakamaki (CV:Hikaru Midorikawa) & Shu Sakamaki (CV:Kōsuke Toriumi)

Second Opening Theme

Song - Kindan no 666

Artist: Ryōhei Kimura & Daisuke Kishio

Ending Theme

Song - Nightmare lyrics

Artist: Yuki Hayashi

[indiejones]

WORLD CINEMA’S TOP 236 ACTRESSES OF ALL TIME! (@INDIES)

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls569475215/

Position.  Name.

1 Barbara Stanwyck 2 Olivia de Havilland 3 Meena Kumari 4 Geraldine Page 5 Audrey Hepburn 6 Suchitra Sen 7 Vivien Leigh 8 Ginger Rogers 9 Elizabeth Taylor 10 Katharine Hepburn 11 Kate Winslet 12 Julia Roberts 13 Norma Shearer 14 Nathalie Lissenko 15 Hasmik Agopyan 16 Catherine Deneuve 17 Chulpan Khamatova 18 Nataliya Vdovina 19 Elena Solovey 20 Brigitte Bardot 21 Aleksandra Khokhlova 22 Jeanne Moreau 23 Anna Karina 24 Isabelle Adjani 25 Romy Schneider 26 Léa Seydoux 27 Mélanie Laurent 28 Audrey Tautou 29 Ekaterina Chtchelkanova 30 Vanessa Paradis 31 Simone Signoret 32 Emmanuelle Béart 33 Isabelle Huppert 34 Sandrine Bonnaire 35 Carole Bouquet 36 Anne Parillaud 37 Fanny Ardant 38 Sophie Marceau 39 Nathalie Baye 40 Anouk Aimée 41 Alexa Davalos 42 Josiane Balasko 43 Clémence Poésy 44 Natalija Janichkina 45 Laetitia Casta 46 Eva Green 47 Elodie Yung 48 Kristin Scott Thomas 49 Anna Mouglalis 50 Astrid Bergès-Frisbey 51 Charlotte Gainsbourg 52 Capucine 53 Roxane Mesquida 54 Jane Birkin 55 Bérénice Bejo 56 Olga Kurylenko 57 Leslie Caron 58 Josephine Baker 59 Pom Klementieff 60 Noémie Merlant 61 Adèle Haenel 62 Adèle Exarchopoulos 63 Emma Mackey 64 Yael Grobglas 65 Emmanuelle Seigner 66 Juliette Binoche 67 Ellen Burstyn 68 Madhavi Mukherjee 69 Isabelle Weingarten 70 Sarah Adler 71 Christa Théret 72 Karin Viard 73 Déborah François 74 Marie Gillain 75 Juliet Berto 76 Mélanie Doutey 77 Monique Mélinand 78 Stéphane Audran 79 Léa Drucker 80 Dominique Labourier 81 Angélique Litzenburger 82 Françoise Lebrun 83 Valérie Donzelli 84 Bernadette Lafont 85 Sylvie Testud 86 Cécile de France 87 Katia Leclerc O'Wallis 88 Zouzou 89 Françoise Fabian 90 Maria Schneider 91 Agnès Jaoui 92 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 93 Aurora Cornu 94 Stacy Martin 95 Lola Créton 96 Laurence de Monaghan 97 Dominique Blanc 98 Béatrice Romand 99 Mélanie Thierry 100 Caroline Cellier 101 Michèle Moretti 102 Geneviève Page 103 Elina Labourdette 104 Anne Wiazemsky 105 Marie Dubois 106 Claudine Auger 107 Annie Girardot 108 Juliette Mayniel 109 Brigitte Fossey 110 Martine Carol 111 Dolly Scal 112 Patricia Gozzi 113 Marilou Berry 114 Maria Mauban 115 Janine Darcey 116 Suzanne Flon 117 Colette Marchand 118 Françoise Arnoul 119 Ludivine Sagnier 120 Béatrice Dalle 121 Claude Nollier 122 Josette Day 123 Nicole Stéphane 124 Catherine Salée 125 Dominique Sanda 126 Marina Hands 127 Cécile Aubry 128 Nicole Ladmiral 129 Bulle Ogier 130 Véra Clouzot 131 Simone Renant 132 Sylvia Bataille 133 Suzy Delair 134 Jane Marken 135 Nane Germon 136 Lucienne Bogaert 137 Renée Carl 138 Catherine Frot 139 María Casares 140 Arletty 141 Odette Joyeux 142 Marguerite Moreno 143 Madeleine Robinson 144 Héléna Manson 145 Paulette Dubost 146 Micheline Francey 147 Ginette Leclerc 148 Mady Berry 149 Edwige Feuillère 150 Jacqueline Laurent 151 Mila Parély 152 Florelle 153 Claudette Colbert 154 Danielle Darrieux 155 Rolla France 156 Annabella 157 Anne Chevalier 158 Lya Lys 159 Simone Mareuil 160 Maria Falconetti 161 Yvette Andréyor 162 Musidora 163 Nora Arnezeder 164 Virginie Ledoyen 165 Michèle Morgan 166 Marine Vacth 167 Louise Bourgoin 168 Caridad de Laberdesque 169 Pauline Carton 170 Sévérine Lerczinska 171 Odette Talazac 172 Léora Barbara 173 Simone Simon 174 Marion Cotillard 175 Mireille Darc 176 Edith Scob 177 Chantal Goya 178 Emmanuelle Riva 179 Chiara Mastroianni 180 Claire Maurier 181 Marika Green 182 Delphine Seyrig 183 Mylène Demongeot 184 Marie-France Pisier 185 Françoise Dorléac 186 Marina Vlady 187 Stella Dassas 188 Marpessa Dawn 189 Elsa Zylberstein 190 Bleuette Bernon 191 Sara Forestier 192 Pascale Ogier 193 Amanda Langlet 194 Julie Delpy 195 Linh-Dan Pham 196 Nelly Borgeaud 197 Nicole Garcia 198 Irène Jacob 199 Myriem Roussel 200 Arielle Dombasle 201 Marie Rivière 202 Solveig Dommartin 203 Émilie Dequenne 204 Ariane Labed 205 Zabou Breitman 206 Romane Bohringer 207 Sabine Azéma 208 Hafsia Herzi 209 Andréa Ferréol 210 Jeanne Balibar 211 Isabelle Renauld 212 Mireille Perrier 213 Juliana Samarine 214 Catherine Mouchet 215 Aurora Marion 216 Anaïs Demoustier 217 Judith Chemla 218 Marie Laforêt 219 Michele Valley 220 Hélène Alexandridis 221 Anne Consigny 222 Macha Méril 223 Anne Brochet 224 Miou-Miou 225 Anne Teyssèdre 226 Joséphine Sanz 227 Gabrielle Sanz 228 Fantine Harduin 229 Charlotte Véry 230 Élodie Bouchez 231 Natacha Régnier 232 Pili Groyne 233 Yolande Moreau 234 Emmanuelle Devos 235 Nina Meurisse 236 Florence Darel

[doks-aux]

"And I've known The feeling you've had when you're held The comfort of being unwell So something can cradle you Oh, I don't need it Oh, I won't grieve it"

Sascha song 😌

[christas-museum]

Passeggiera by Christa Winsloe (LOL)

Previous POST follow-up.

AU what if?

Chris comes to Scotland: My new book is titled Passeggiera. [Very short summary goes here including main character's name, Sylvia Carlsen.]

Scot, an interviever: The character is Sylvia Ca— What?

Chris, calmly: Carlsen.

Scot: You're half-Scot, yes?

Chris: Yes.

Scot: Then why have you done this? We can't pronounce any variation of C-a-r-l, a name or a surname! What have you done to us?! Agrrrr! [Leaves.]

Chris: At least, she's not Carl Carlsen.

(The last part is from a comment to one Scottish video where it was Karl Karlsson. // Chris' "daughter" is cracking a joke.)

⚠️ MAYBE this name is just Chris' version of Sylvia Scarlett, a title character of 1936 film* with Katharine Hepburn. If rearrange Carlse of Carlsen, it's Scarle. Shockingly similar, ja? Ja, und . . . Google's summary has this, "Returning to England from France . . ." In Passegeira, young pianist Sylvia couldn't find a job in the USA and was returning to Italy. And on top of that, Sylvia's mother in the film has died recently, and mother of real Sylvia (Chris' Mutti) died when Chris was 11 years old. Plus, the film's Sylvia disguised herself as a man, so it would be perfect for young version of Chris. This is also (mainly?) why the name was used. Hopefully, Chris liked Kate as Sylvia (JA, Christa Kate and Kate (Katharine) :D)

*I've never watched the film, and haven't been sure where the character is from, but it's not a book as I thought.

ANYWAY, an anagram is clever Chris 👏

EDIT: Sylvia und Sybille had been published in 1931, so at least main character's name (not surname) is an earlier choice.

[alexlacquemanne]

Octobre MMXXII

Films

Les Acteurs (1999) de Bertrand Blier avec André Dussollier, Jacques François, Sami Frey, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Piccoli, Claude Rich et Josiane Balasko

Histoire vraie (1973) de Claude Santelli avec Pierre Mondy, Marie-Christine Barrault, Denise Gence, Claude Brosset, Isabelle Huppert et Danielle Chinsky

Le Passager de la pluie (1970) de René Clément avec Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Annie Cordy, Jill Ireland, Ellen Bahl et Steve Eckhardt

Les hommes préfèrent les blondes (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) (1953) de Howard Hawks avec Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan et Elliott Reid

De l'or en barres (The Lavender Hill Mob) (1951) de Charles Crichton avec Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sydney James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding et Audrey Hepburn

La Gueule de l'autre (1979) de Pierre Tchernia avec Michel Serrault, Andréa Parisy, Jean Poiret, Bernadette Lafont, Curd Jügen, Roger Carel et Georges Géret

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) de Don Siegel avec Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones et Larry Gates

Simone, le voyage du siècle (2022) d'Olivier Dahan avec Elsa Zylberstein, Rebecca Marder, Élodie Bouchez, Judith Chemla, Olivier Gourmet, Mathieu Spinosi et Sylvie Testud

Adieu l'ami (1968) de Jean Herman avec Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot, Brigitte Fossey, Bernard Fresson et Jean-Claude Balard

Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988) de Claude Lelouch avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Richard Anconina, Marie-Sophie L., Jean-Philippe Chatrier, Lio, Daniel Gélin et Béatrice Agenin

Joyeuses Pâques (1984) de Georges Lautner avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Marceau, Marie Laforêt, Rosy Varte et Michel Beaune

À bout portant (The Killers) (1964) de Don Siegel avec Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Claude Akins, Norman Fell et Ronald Reagan

Détective Conan : Le Gratte-Ciel infernal (Meitantei Konan: Tokei shikake no matenrō) (1997) de Kenji Kodama avec Claudine Grémy, Philippe Valmont, Nayeli Forest, Gérard Malabat et Cyrille Monge

Les Guignols de l'info : La Fiction (1999) de Bruno Le Jean avec Yves Lecoq, Daniel Herzog, Sandrine Alexi, Nicolas Canteloup, Joël Demarty et François Jerosme

Les Trois Jours du Condor (Three Days of the Condor) (1975) de Sydney Pollack avec Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman et Addison Powell

Le Bruit des glaçons (2010) de Bertrand Blier avec Jean Dujardin, Albert Dupontel, Anne Alvaro, Myriam Boyer, Christa Theret et Audrey Dana

Burn After Reading (2008) de Joel et Ethan Coen avec George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton et Richard Jenkins

Antoinette dans les Cévennes (2020) de Caroline Vignal avec Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Côte, Louise Vidal, Marc Fraize, Jean-Pierre Martins et Lucia Sanchez

La Soif du mal (Touch of Evil) (1998) d'Orson Welles avec Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia et Marlene Dietrich

Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988) de Giuseppe Tornatore avec Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin et Leopoldo Trieste

Séries

Doctor Who Series 13

Survivants du flux - Les conquérants - The Power Of The Doctor

Le Coffre à Catch

#84 : Chavo et CM Punk c'est la bagarre!! - #85 : Kelly Kelly fait du bon catch : Info ou Intox? - #86 : Le Nature Boy de passage à la ECW ! - #87 : Le meilleur Triple Threat de la ECW ?

Affaires sensibles

Qui a peur de Belphégor ? - 1984, George Orwell - Épisode 1/2 : L'affaire Dreyfus : au fond de la corbeille - Épisode 2/2 : L'affaire Dreyfus : l'innocent le plus célèbre de France - Farewell : l'espion qui a fait basculer la guerre froide - L'OVNI de Roswell et le mystère de la Zone 51 - L'Exorciste de William Friedkin, Belzébuth superstar - Le fantôme du château de Veauce

Graffiti 80

Le premier salon du changement (1981-1983) - Coulez le Rainbow Warrior (1984-1985) - Touche pas à mon poste (1986-1987) - A l'Est du nouveau (1988-1989)

Rex, Chien Flic Saison 5, 6, 7, 8

Le testament - Secrets fatals - Sissi - Série noire - Le secret des cartes - Le brésilien - Le faux coupable - Le cheval qui valait des millions - Plein gaz - Clichés tragiques - Héritage empoisonné - Mauvaises actions - À la dernière seconde - On n'embrasse pas les policiers - Et la mort frappa deux fois - Le petit chien - Hold-up - Œil pour œil - Les cachets

Dark Side of The Ring Saison 3

Le Procès des stéroïdes

Brooklyn Nine Nine Saison 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Halloween - Halloween II - Halloween III - Halloween IV - Halloween V

Spectacles

L'Exoconférence (2014) d'Alexandre Astier

Livres

Des rives humaines de Delphine Evano

Bilbo le Hobbit de J.R.R. Tolkien

(III) et tes soupirs entre les draps de Celle qui aimait

Kaamelott Tome 8 : L'antre du Basilic de Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré

Détective Conan : Tome 2 de Gôshô Aoyama

Marvel, les années 2000 : Tome 3 : Black Widow de Scott Hampton et Devin Grayson

Contes et légendes mythologiques de Emile Genest

Hitchcock présente : Histoires angoissantes

[mysteryshelf]

BLOG TOUR - Bearly Departed

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Bearly Departed by Meg Macy

  Bearly Departed (A Teddy Bear Mystery) Cozy Mystery New Series Kensington (May 30, 2017) Paperback: 288 pages ISBN-13: 978-1496709639 E-Book ASIN: B01LJKQI7I

The Silver Bear Shop and Factory might be the cutest place around, but there’s nothing warm and fuzzy about murder . . .

As manager of the family teddy bear shop and factory, thirty-one-year-old Sasha Silverman leads a charmed life. Well, except for the part about being a single divorcée with a ticking biological clock in small-town Silver Hollow. And that’s just kid’s stuff compared to Will Taylor, the sales rep who’s set on making drastic changes to the business her parents built from scratch—with or without Sasha’s approval . . .

But before Will digs his claws in, someone pulls the stuffing out of his plan . . . and leaves his dead body inside the factory. Reeling from shock, Sasha’s hit with more bad news—police suspect her hot-tempered Uncle Ross may have murdered him. Sasha knows her uncle would never do such a thing, and she’s launching her own little investigation to expose the truth. As she tracks Will’s biggest rivals and enemies for clues, Sasha can’t get too comfy—or she’ll become the next plaything for a killer . . .

Interview With The Author

What initially got you interested in writing?

All writers are, by nature, readers first. As Richard Peck once said, “We write by the light of every story we have ever read.” After visiting bookstores and dreaming of my name on the spine of a book, I decided to take the first step – to write a scene. That led to a whole chapter, and then a book – plus five more before I became published. Learning the craft is the toughest part of the journey, of course.

  What genres do you write in?

A friend once said a writer can write anything. I prefer reading genre fiction to literary fiction – those vague endings or runaround plots annoy me at times. And while I have dabbled in sf/f, YA, and children’s stories, I prefer writing historical and cozy mystery.

  What drew you to writing these specific genres?

Reading Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes plus Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. I love Christie’s mystery plots. When I decided to earn a Masters in the Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University, I chose to study historical mystery and hone my skills in plotting, characterizations, etc. The real world may not deliver, but readers absolutely want that sense of justice in the mystery genre.

  How did you break into the field?

I wrote a historical western mystery – my version of Charles Portis’s True Grit but set on the 1869 transcontinental railroad. Double Crossing won the Western Writer’s of America Spur Award for Best First Novel in 2012. Quite a surprise for me, since I knew the contest would be tough – and I feel honored to be included among the best.

  What do you want readers to take away from reading your works?

A sense of place and a satisfying story. My writing partner, Sharon Farrow, and I have a wonderful time re-creating G.B. Shaw’s Pygmalion witty characters Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins and bringing them to life in historical mysteries. For my teddy bear cozy mysteries, I hope readers identify and laugh with my amateur sleuth while she works to restore order to her small town after tracking down the murderer.

  What do you find most rewarding about writing?

Creating a believable place, I think – I’d love to visit my setting of Silver Hollow!

  What do you find most challenging about writing?

Keeping to the discipline of writing every day. Life gets in the way at times, but deadlines happen! It’s always tough to know if people will enjoy a story, too.

  What advice would you give to people wanting to enter the field?

Take the time to learn the craft. Write, revise, revise, revise again. Proofread. Hire an editor or learn to edit your own work, and thoroughly proofread again. Keep reading.

  What type of books do you enjoy reading?

I love mysteries, but also biographies, science fiction and fantasy, YA and a well written children’s picture book that makes me laugh!

  Is there anything else besides writing you think people would find interesting about you?

I’m an artist – with little time to paint or do crafts, but I try to squeeze that in whenever possible and visit artist markets. Creativity in any form helps writing. I’m a classic music fan, and love movies with Audrey Hepburn or Cary Grant, plus most Alfred Hitchcock movies. But I’m a also a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter.

  What are the best ways to connect with you, or find out more about your work?

Facebook and Twitter – like my author pages and follow my tweets! I’m also on Pinterest, which is like a visual corkboard, a feast for the eyes.

About The Author

Award-winning mystery author Meg Macy lives in Southeast Michigan, close to Ann Arbor, Chelsea, and Dexter — the area she chose for the setting of her new “Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear” cozy mystery series for Kensington. She is also one-half of the writing team of D.E. Ireland for the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery series; two books have been named Agatha Award finalists. Meg’s first published book, Double Crossing, won the 2012 Best First Novel Spur Award from Western Writers of America. She’s a graduate of Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction program. Meg loves reading mysteries, historicals, and other genre fiction, and also enjoys gardening, crafts, and watercolor painting.

Author Links: www.megmacy.com Meg Macy – Teddy Bear Cozy Mysteries Meg Macy on Twitter

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[doks-aux]

Alright, it’s OC secret origins time.

The short story for Sascha’s existence in Earth-24 is that Victor was spiraling into self-destructive depression after his parents' deaths and one night got exceptionally drunk and had unprotected sex with a woman who looked enough like Roman in the dark that he thought it might make him feel something.

The longer, more complicated story is that Sascha's mother deliberately set out to get pregnant because she thought having the child of a grieving man who'd just come into a significant inheritance and must be desperate for a familial connection was a way out of an increasingly dangerous life and marriage.

She really could not have anticipated how quickly and thoroughly Victor was demolishing his life and finances.

She obviously didn't end up approaching him. Initially because he'd lost his entire fortune, so it really defeated the purpose. And then after he took up with Roman because that wasn't exactly a stable, safe situation itself. And she did feel guilty by then. She didn't regret it, really, but she at no point pretended it wasn't a pretty shitty, dishonest dick move. But it was what she felt she had to try.

And she loved Sascha. She raised her as well as she could under the circumstances. Her husband was a low-level criminal in Bludhaven, barely scraping by in and constantly under threat of retaliation from his employers for being pretty shit at his job. He never physically abused Sascha or her mother nor did he frequently lose his temper at them, but he refused to recognize the constant danger he was putting them in in his futile pursuit of underworld notoriety, to the point that he began involving Sascha herself in the work.

She kept up-to-date with Victor, just in case. Every few years she'd write a letter she never sent. There was probably never going to be a good time to say, “Hey, I tried to baby trap you a little under a decade ago. Here’s the result.” But her hand was forced when Sascha was targeted for kidnapping. (This part involves the Court of Owls arc of the ‘verse, so I'm still working out the details. But the Court always hated the Zsaszes--for reasons I'll get into in another post--and were more than petty enough to abduct their grandkid to become a Talon.) At any rate, she gives Sascha the letters and tells her where to find her biological father. Sascha comes out of the encounter with the Talons alive and on her way. Her mother and the man who raised her do not. Though Sascha either does not know or is in denial of that for awhile longer.

And that is how Roman finds a goddamned ten-year-old drinking virgin daquiris with Harley Quinn in his goddamned night club.

[doks-aux]

Sascha likes a lot of music from the 50s and 60s because her mom would always have the radio tuned to oldies stations, and she'd listen to them while filling out credit card applications with stolen IDs.

Her favorite was "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.