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doe-earth-n · 4 months ago

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Episodes recommended for Defenders Chronicles Highlander.

@james5-doe @novemberhope @a-shiva and others who are interested.

Season 1:

The Gathering (how it all begins)

Family Tree (a bit of Richie's backstory)

Free Fall (one of two episodes that set up my ongoing M rated story "Beginning of a New Life", Felicia Martins appears )

Band of Brothers (available on YouTube)

Lady and the Tiger (Amanda, Tori's teacher, debuts)

The Hunters (the debut of Horton, a fierce enemy of MacLeod)

Season 2:

The Watchers (introduction of Joe Dawson and the Watchers)

Turnabout (Charlie Desalvo debuts)

The Darkness (Game changer episode; Richie becomes immortal)

An Eye for an Eye (Richie gets training from Duncan)

Under Color of Authority (Richie's first Quickening)

Unholy Alliance (good episode)

Legacy (Amanda and the loss of her teacher Rebecca)

Prodigal Son (Richie and Duncan moments)

Counterfeit (Official end of Horton, Fake Tessa)

Season 3:

Line of Fire (reminder: Immortals can't have children; good flashback for Duncan)

The Lamb (Kenny, child immortal debuts)

The Cross of St. Antoine (Joe sings; Amanda and Duncan, too)

Obsession (the other episode that sets up "Beginning of a New Life", David Keogh appears, note: Earth N has this episode set before "Line of Fire" contrary to regular canon)

Shadows (a dark episode)

Song of the Executioner (Kalas debuts)

Star Crossed (Fitz dies thanks to Kalas)

Methos (available on Archive mainly; debut of an iconic character)

Take Back the Night

Testimony

Finale (Kalas finally meets his end; part one is on YT, not Archive but you can catch part 2 on Archive)

Season 4 (you'll have to rely on Archive mostly from this point forward because the uploader on YouTube has the episodes of Season 4, onwards either incomplete or missing):

Brothers in Arms

The Innocent

Leader of the Pack (Tessa flashbacks ish)

Double Eagle

Reunion (a backstory with Amanda and the brat Kenny)

Reluctant Heroes (available on YT, not on Archive)

Chivalry

The Blitz

Something Wicked (Dark Quickening)

Deliverance

Mesthulea's Gift

The Immortal Cimoli

Season 5 (if you watch these on Archive, you'll have to see them under another name):

Prophecy (available on YT; file name - One Minute to Midnight)

End of Innocence (available on YT; file name - Prophecy)

Haunted (file name - Money No Object)

The Messenger (file name - Little Tin God)

Comes a Horsemen (file name The Valkyrie)

Revelation 6:8 (file name - Comes a Horsemen)

The Ransom of Richard Redstone (available on YT, file name - Revelation 6:8)

Season 6 (this is where things go downhill):

Sins of the Father (Alex Raven, audition episode #1)

Patient Number 7 (Kyra, audition episode #2)

Justice (Katya, audition episode #3)

Deadly Exposure (Reagan Cole, who's teacher is also Amanda, audition episode #4)

Two of Hearts (Katherine, audition episode #5, my favorite and she's played by Claudia Christian and she's going to be Kristina Graf's teacher in Earth N)

Indiscretions (Joe's daughter Amy, not to be confused with Amy O' Connor)

To Be (first of two part finale)

Not to Be (the second of the two part series finale, Available on YT, not Archive)

Now, it's your call if you want to watch Archangel (the episode that upset many Highlander fans, including myself, hence Clan Denial, albeit I'm borderline denial; file name is Forgive Us Our Trepass) as well as Avatar and Armageddon, brace yourself. You might as well since it might be Earth N canon, but not in regards to Richie's fate in the episodes.

#defenders chronicles highlander #highlander the series #highlander: the series

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ensomheterjohan · 6 months ago

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Nu i helgen är det dags för Stockholms Internationella Seriefestival igen. Jag kommer dit. Och övriga människor som också är insyltade i Buster och tjuvarna eller Svenska Superserier, ska hålla till vid samma bord.

Vi har jobbat på att färdigtälla SSS20, men hann inte med att bli helt klara i tid för att trycka den inför festivalen. Vi törs gissa på att den kommer senare i år i stället. Och en av serierna som är med då heter Pointmen. Den är gjord av den för trogna SSS-läsare bekante Mikael Bergkvist, men en annan person som också är inblandad är Claudia Christian. Mest känd som skådespelare kanske, men hon är faktiskt även serieskapare. I denna hälsning från henne till festivalen nämner hon både Pointmen och sin egen serie Dark Legacies. Och att Mikael har skrivit manus till en serie som kommer i Fantomen i år.

Men SSS19 har vi med oss till festivalen och den är i alla fall tillräckligt ny för att inte ha varit med på förra SIS, så vi säljer den därför fortfarande till premiärpriset 70 kronor.

Ja, och så har jag så klart med mina vanliga andra grejer också. Du vet @bestiariet och allt det där.

Såatte... Vi ses där!

#seriefestivalen #Svenska Superserier #Claudia Christian #serier #evenemang

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hellodarjeeling · 2 years ago

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Claudia Christian's Dark Legacies. Chapter One

The Expanse meets the Terminator, meets Bladerunner in this hard hitting action Sci Fi Comic book thriller.

What's it all about?

Dark Legacies is a multi media sci-fi franchise spanning a not only comics, books and games, but also spanning an epic future timeline.

If you enjoy novels by Iain M Banks, movies like Bladerunner or TV Series like The Expanse then you'll love Dark Legacies.

If you are reading this, the chances are you will already know that Claudia Christain is an accomplished actress having starred in classic Sci Fi Show Babylon 5 for 4 seasons plus multiple movies and games.

However what you may not know is that she is also a great writer and has a huge love for science fiction.

Along with fellow writer Chris McAuley Claudia has been developing the Dark Legacies universe across multiple media for some time now.

What's the story?

The script has been written by Claudia and Chris and it takes place within a pivotal point in the Dark Legacies timeline.

Dark Legacies is a Sci-Fi universe and at this point in time Earth is emerging from a dystopian past, moving from a brutal governmental regime to democracy.

Our main protagonist, Commander Steele, finds herself caught in a web of intrigue as the legacies of the totalitarian past surround her.

Dark secrets are uncovered and all hell is let loose in this all action blockbuster.

Help support this project!

#claudia christian #babylon 5 #b5 #Claudia Christian’s Dark Legacies #kickstarter

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mason-dunn · 5 years ago

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Folklore & Scholarly Books for the Traditional Witch :

• The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft, and Dark Shamanism in 17th Century Scotland by Emma Wilby

• Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby

• Witches at the Bpundary Od South-Eastern and Central Europe by Eva Pocs

• Witches, Werwolves, and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Doubles in the Middle Ages by Claude Lecouteux

• The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practise by Claude Lecouteux

• Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic by Claude Lecouteux

• Carmina Gadelica: Hyms and Incantations compiled by Alexander Carmichael and John Machnes

• The Mabirogion - Welsh Mythology

• The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wente

• Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by WB Yeats

• Tales of the Celtic Otherworld by John Mathews and Ian Daniels

• Ozark Magic and Folklore by Vance Randolph

• Teutonic Mythology (Volumes 1-4) by Jacob Grimm

• Grimms Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhehm Grimm

• American Witch Stories by Hubert J. Davis

• Popular Magic: Cunning Folk in English History by Owen Paries

• Arcadia: Gospels of the Witches By Charles Leland

Poison Path & Herbal Books:

• Pharmako/Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path by Dale Pendell

• Thirteen Pathways of Oculy Herbalism by Daniel Schultes

• Plants of the Devil by Corinne Boyer

• Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers by Richard Evan Schultes

• The Witching Herbs : Thirteen Essential Herbs and Plants for Your Magical Garden by Harold Roth

• The Witches Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic by Thomas Hatsis

• The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants by Christian Ratsch

• Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants by Claudia Muller-Ebeling

• The Devil’s Garden : Facts and Folklore of Perilous Plants by Edward R. Ricciuti

• Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart

• The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart

Traditional Witchcraft Books :

• The Black Toad : West County Witchcraft and Magic by Gemma Gary

• The Mill: Workings in Traditional Witchcraft by Nigel G. Pearson

• Traditional Witchcraft : A Cornish Book of Ways by Gemma Gary

• A Deed Without a Name: Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft by Lee Morgan

• The Devils Dozen : Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One by Gemma Gary

• Besom, Sting & Sword : A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft, the Six-fold Path & the Hidden Landscape by Christopher Orapello

• Weave The Liminal : Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Laura Tempest and Zackroff

• Liber Nox : A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye by Michael Howard and Gemma Gary

• Craft of the Untamed : An inspired vision of Traditional Witchcraft by Nicholas de Matteo’s Frisvold

• Children of Cain : A Study of Modern Traditional Witches by

• Letters from the Devils Forest : An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology and Provenance Traditionalism by Robin Artisson

• To Fly By Night : Craft of the Hedgewitch by Veronica Cummer

• An Cracow Gwyn: Socery and the Ancient Fayerie Faith by Robin Artissin

• The Robert Cochrane Letter: An Insight Into Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Robert Cochrane and Evan John Jones

• Folk Witchcraft : A Guide to Lore Land, and the Familiar Spirit by Roger J Horne

• Balkan Traditional Witchcraft by Prademir Ristic and Michael C. Carter

• The Call of the Horned Piper by Nigel Jackson

• Ecstasies : Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath by Carb Giazburg

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stringnarratives · 6 years ago

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What You Leave Behind: “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”

[This post brought to you with major spoilers for Disney’s 2001 animated film “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,” along with some history and math.]

For many, there’s a sense of magic around Disney films. Whether it’s romantic happily ever afters, selfless anthropomorphic animals, or arcade characters run amuck, most films in the Disney Animated canon achieve some sort of joyous acceptance, even if just in the memories of its viewers. However, as with any perceived rule, even the charm of Disney has its exceptions, and a few films in particular have drawn the short straw when it comes to that fan nostalgia.

Wedged in-between the Disney Renaissance Era’s last film “Tarzan” in 1999, and “The Princess and the Frog” in 2009 (in 2008, “Bolt” would would be the transition film leading to our current era, known as the Disney Revival), eleven “Second Dark Age” or “Experimental Era” films were released with on-average lower levels of financial and critical success immediately following the turn of the 21st Century. On Box Office Mojo’s ranking of total gross for every Disney-parented studio film, “Lilo and Stitch” (2002) ranks the highest of this era’s films at #80, and “Treasure Planet” (also 2002) comes in the lowest at #317 (and is also the only of these films to gross less than its total budget). However, while it may rank in the top 100 for Disney overall, the same site reports that “Lilo and Stitch” earned $167,061,223 less in theaters than Disney’s hardest hitter in the traditional animation category, “The Lion King” which came out 8 years before.

The films produced in this "Second Dark Age” were both transitional and non-traditional for the company, shying away from the Renaissance films’ proclivity for musical numbers, leaning more heavily into computer animation, and exploring new genres of film to pay homage to, including science fiction, buddy comedy and Western. Whether the decade-long dip in popularity was due more to wobbly-leggedness that came with the experimental productions, a greater saturation of competition for animated films in the market, a defiance of the audience’s expectations or a combination of any or all of the above, there seem to be an Internet-full of possibilities. (I recommend researching them yourself, if you’re interested.) The overall consensus is that the majority of Disney films released between 1999 and 2009 are generally less beloved than their Renaissance or Revival counterparts.

While I didn’t realize it at the time, I came to prime movie-watching age in this era. Where I learned language, colors, numbers and animals to the tunes of the Renaissance Era songs, I developed artistic fascination, a sense of humor, and interest in what it takes to actually tell a story alongside the adventures of this Disney dead zone (and, to be entirely fair, some of DreamWorks Animation’s competitive offerings of the same period: “Road to Eldorado” [which apparently also was not considered a commercial success] and “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” [which seems to have done alright]). I spent many summer breaks popping those DVDs in to play one after another, memorizing the exposition of “Treasure Planet,” singing along to Rob Thomas’s closing number in “Meet the Robinsons.” They still make regular appearances on rough, rainy adulthood nights.

While the “Second Dark Age” films may not have left much of an imprint on the popular consciousness as a whole, they certainly left their mark on me, and one in particular has legacy buried deeply in its DNA.

“Atlantis: The Lost Empire” -- released in 2001-- centers around a 1914 expedition to find the titular lost city, a technologically advanced island civilization lost to the sea centuries before. Funded by an off-beat millionaire (John Mahoney), and guided by the inherited knowledge of linguist and cartographer Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox), a team of mercenaries and specialists discover that the lost city is not only still intact below the Earth’s crust, but still inhabited by its long-lived citizens under King Kashekim Nedakh (Leonard Nimoy) and his daughter, Princess Kidagakash Nedakh (Cree Summer). When the mercenaries betray the party, kill the king and kidnap the princess, who has melded with the city’s power- and life-source, the expedition specialists are roused to action to protect the city they had once considered an artifact.

From the beginning, the viewer sees Milo as a man driven by legacy: Between the research of his explorer grandfather, who raised him with stories of Atlantis, and the writings of The Shepherd’s Journal, which serves as a guide to the city, his whole life is dedicated to the pursuit of both personal and ancient history. He both seeks to fill his grandfather’s shoes as a scholar and provide the scientific world with proof that Atlantis isn’t just a fairytale, but a real civilization that once flourished. At the beginning of the film he (like some, but not all adventure archaeologists before him) seeks to return proof of Atlantis to the surface to solidify a legacy for both himself and his grandfather, but abandons this soon upon realizing that the city is still inhabited, opting instead to preserve the legacy of Atlantis’s culture by helping to rebuild after the events of the film.

“Sometimes I get a little carried away. But, hey, you know, that's what this is all about, right? I mean, discovery, teamwork, adventure. Unless, maybe, you're just in it for the money.”

Up to the point that the mercenaries forcibly take Kida, Milo’s attitude is placed in some contrast with that of the other specialists on the crew, who admit flat-out that they joined the expedition to make money, though these perspectives are not without nuance. Soon, the crewmembers open up to Milo about the legacies they carry as well: "Vinny" Santorini's (Don Novello)’s family flower shop, Dr. Joshua Sweet (Phil Morris) following in his father’s footsteps as a physician and maintaining a connection with his mother’s Arapaho culture, Audrey Ramirez (Jacqueline Obradors) taking over her retired father’s machine shop. Later in the film, Milo references back to this conversation, implying that a few had plans to continue their family businesses - investment in their own legacies - with the money they would have received upon returning to the surface.

“You're wiping out an entire civilization, but, hey, you'll be rich. Congratulations, Audrey. Guess you and your dad'll be able to open that second garage after all. And, Vinny, you-you can start a whole chain of flower shops. I'm sure your family's gonna be very proud. But that's what it's all about, right? Money.”

When the crew decides to fight for the Atlanteans and forfeit their payment, they place themselves in direct opposition to the true antagonists of the film, Commander Lyle Rourke (James Garner) and Lieutenant Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian), who describe themselves as “adventure capitalists,” interested in getting rich at any cost. If they have any legacy that they’re trying to protect, it’s never mentioned in the movie, and the lack of regard they display for the Atlantean legacy set them apart from the rest of the characters in a significant way.

In addition to our explorers’ legacies, the Atlantean characters -- especially Kida. In her 2018 SYFY FANGRRLS article “All Hail Kida Of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney’s Forgotten Queen Of Color,” writer and podcaster Afiya Augustine not only describes Kida’s legacy as Disney’s first animated queen of color, but also succinctly describes the history she carries with her, both as a preserver of her people and the heir to historically royal responsibilities, like bonding to the city’s main source of power.

“Turns out, the crystal must bond with a royal host — and Kida, much like her mother, was chosen by the crystal in order to unleash its immense power to protect its world. That’s right — Kida is not only a protector by choice, but she’s been chosen to be such by blood. Like their precious stone, Kida powered the survival of her people.”

Which means that, by the end of the film, Kida is charged with not only restoring her civilization to its former glory, but also carrying the legacy of both her parents, now deceased. It’s a heavy load for a strong character, and one that Kida handles with gravity throughout the film.

And that’s just the character design.

In addition to being the first Disney film to feature a queen of color (rather than the “princess” title that had been utilized in previous films), “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” was also Disney’s first animated science fiction film, launching a jaunt into the genre that would include a other “Experimental Era” films like “Lilo and Stitch” and “Treasure Planet,” leaving its own (generally unacknowledged) mark on the canon itself. It, like many adventurer archaeologist stories before it, pays homage to many a story of lost world before it, from Jules Verne’s depictions in the mid-1800s on through the pulp adventure novels and into the territory of one Indiana Jones. Its art style, with its blocky shadows and angular motifs, pays serious homage to production designer and comic book artist Mike Mignola, an item of his legacy in turn.

“Atlantis” may not be a popular Disney film. It may never have gotten its true sequel or its spin-off television show. Your average casual Disney fan in 2019 might not would have known it existed if it weren’t on Netflix (for now, anyway). But this is not to say that the film didn’t leave its mark, both on the people who did see it and enjoyed it and still enjoy it almost 20 years later, and on the canon in which I truly believe it has rightfully earned its place.

#atlantis #atlantis the lost empire #movies #movie #film #films #disney #title #titles

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downthetubes · 2 years ago

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Claudia Christian's Dark Legacies heads to comic shops next month

Battles in Mech suits, planetary sieges, betrayal, hope and epic space battles… what’s not to like about this new SF comic, created by Claudia Christian and Chris McAuley?

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#Alex Ronald #Andy Bloor #Ben Oliver #Chris McAuley #Claudia Christian #Claudia Christian’s Dark Legacies #Crowd Funding Projects #Dark Legacies #Kickstartarter #Scratch Comics

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stazjohnson · 2 years ago

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Claudia Christian's Dark Legacies , Kickstarter backer incentives sketch covers. Pencil on cover blanks.

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headquartersforlievmuses · 7 years ago

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► James Patrick March

James Patrick March was born on October 30th, 1895 in the Eastern United States. He started killing in the 1920s, and in 1925, he built the Hotel Cortez, which opened on August 23 of 1926. Having constructed a number of secret rooms and hidden hallways to carry out his twisted hobby of murder, James used the hotel's infrastructure to hide all evidence of his life as a serial killer, creating blocked hallways and bricked rooms to make killing more fun and keep his victims' bodies for further acts of depravity, as well as concealing their bodies from the police. His wife, Elizabeth, loved hearing his victims screaming for help and encouraged his dark desires, much to her own amusement.

Oftentimes, James took great fun in the art of murder, killing his victims in a number of playful, thespian-esque ways (i.e. decapitating them via a bloody game of cricket and walling them up alive, among other gruesome methods). He would then have sex with their dead bodies before throwing their remains down a series of chutes that were hidden in each room, which led to a dungeon in the basement that he used to store corpses.

March confessed he had tried many drugs in his time. However, none could satisfy him; it led to his serial murder addiction. He was also said to be a man of "new money", meaning he made his own fortune, to which he added he did at an early age. He described his father as being a true believer in God, but the "meanest son of a bitch [he'd] ever seen". March despises religion, explaining to one of his victims that it was the worst thing in the world right before he killed him. He states he was going to have to kill God, because as long as there was a God, men like himself would never find peace. He also went as far as to collect all the bibles from the hotel bed stands and arrange them with a pile of his victims - slaves that were working on the Sabbath - to leave behind for the police; the first killing in the Ten Commandments murders.

On February 25, in the early 30s, the police came to the Hotel Cortez to arrest March after receiving an anonymous phone call (from his faithful minion, Miss Evers) assuring them that March was responsible for the first Ten Commandments murders. When Miss Evers told him that the police arrived at the Cortez in search of him, he decided to kill them both by letting her choose which way to die - with a knife or with a gun. She decided to let him kill her (because she was secretly in love with him) as his last victim, and after shooting her, he sliced his own throat. He became one of the most famous serial killers of all time; the ghosts of his victims and himself have remained trapped in the Cortez ever since.

When John Lowe visited the Hotel Cortez in 2010 for a night of drinks, he encountered Donovan, who took it upon himself to invite the detective to "a party upstairs", thereby interrupting March's monthly dinner with The Countess. March was enraged at the interruption, but quickly became intrigued regarding homicides investigated by John earlier in the day. March was so impressed by John that he sent The Countess away in order to spend more quality time with the officer, who commented on how out of place and time March seemed. March explained it as a discomfort with the modern world, keeping John oblivious of his true nature as a ghost. He went on to muse about John's "jet black aura", which he claimed signified either a cloaked identity or a dogged determination. Over absinthe, John and March talked for 2 days, until eventually John passed out. In a matter of moments shortly after, March discussed John's potential as a protege with The Countess, whom he asked for assistance in pushing John "into the abyss" to make him his successor as the Ten Commandments Killer, as to enforce John to carry out the remainder of his unfinished legacy.

Mr. March is an attractive young man in his early thirties, with a fit physique. He is very immaculate of his outward appearance, always wearing pinstripe suits in 30s style. His black hair is combed back, and he has a mustache like that of Vincent Price or Howard Hughes, with striking dark brown eyes. An interesting element of him is his strange accent, reminiscent of the Brahmin accent.

He has a distinctly sadistic personality, seemingly finding great pleasure in releasing a deadly rage onto his victims as well as having sexual intercourse with them during their murders, which occur in ways quite theatrical. He states that he was strongly influenced by his father, a fervently religious man, who sparked in him a profound aversion to the Christian values. He murders, in part, so as to wage a personal battle against God, nihilistically speaking.

Despite this, he is also quite charming, finding joy in the company of the pupils he taught to be notorious serial killers during their times alive (i.e. Aileen Wuornos, Jeffrey Dahmer) and taking great pride in their successes. During the events of Devil's Night, when his former colleagues raise their glasses to him in salutation, he is deeply gratified and brought to tears, stating that he could not be happier that their homicides will forever be ingrained in history and pop culture. Among them, he shows a high opinion of John, describing him as having a "once in a generation rage" that enabled him to complete James's unfinished work as the Ten Commandments Killer - an act with which none of James's other proteges were capable.

When Tristan Duffy came to the hotel, he found himself on a floor and heard jazz music playing, leading him to 's room. He stumbled upon some of March's jewellery and cocaine, which he tried to steal it, until March appeared. After a talk, Miss Evers enters the room with a girl who was prostituting herself in the lobby. March offers Tristan a gun and insists he take her last breath, but ends up killing the woman himself when Tristan declines. The model rus aways, calling him crazy.

After having "googled" him, and after being turned by the Countess, Tristan found a detailed account about March, "the greatest serial killer that's ever lived", and has since becomes a fan upon reading it. March appears and introduces his new fan to his "Black Closet", a sliding wall that leads into a small space with a big spike. There are other such places in the hotel, which James wants Tristan to re-open. However, when Will Drake comes in with Claudia Bankson talking about his plans to tear out the entire floor and make it his atelier, March and Miss Evers muse over where they are going to live once the floor is gutted and renovated. March makes it clear that Will is not to touch any of the rooms, and Tristan says he'll take care of it.

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#American Horror Story #American Horror Story [James Patrick March]#Male Character #non mutuals #face claim: Evan Peters

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