#Dr Emile West

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Meant to make this for Valentine’s, but. Oh well

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the best of buds! (They've all killed before/still do)

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✨ Info Post! ✨

By popular demand (small handful of people) I bring you! The Deranged Dentist ask blog :)

Salutations! I’m Scott, or Imp, or Nelson, or Purple, or a variety of other different names! I’ve decided to make this thing cause 1. I thought it’d be fun, 2. Other people seemed to think it’d be fun! And 3. I wanted to, ya know, do something with them. So! Here we are. Now, the info;

🦷 Emile West 🦷

Emile uses they/he pronouns (they/them preferred)

They’re about 6’6” tall! Not quite tall enough to knock their head on door frames, but it’s a close thing.

In his mid-thirties somewhere

Bisexual, but oblivious!

Current setting; since losing their job and kidnapping an Agent, they’ve gotten caught hired by the Agency - supposedly as a dentist, but in practice they’re mostly used as an errand boy of some sort. Kind of just left to wander, aside from frequent check-ins.

💜 General Blog Info! 💜

Please dear god no nsfw. Flirting is allowed!

Don’t be a dick. Well, actually, you’re allowed to be a dick to Emile - just not to me or others.

I will probably only be responding with art rarely, on account of motivation + energy issues, but if the mood strikes me there might be some :)

Might make references to characters I consider part of Emile’s canon story!

Also, animal harm - especially to pets - is a :(

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When you tell the cutie he's a cutie with a cute earring.

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DC Cinematic Universe Pitch (TL;DR version)

So, in case you didn't have the time or interest to read through the hundred+ reblogged layout of the DC cinematic universe I was proposing over the last while, here's a relatively truncated version of that:

(Edit: Apparently it undoes my tabbing when not in edited mode, so I'm going to try bolding)

PHASE ONE

Title*

Elements they introduce*

Wonder Woman

Princess Diana

Queen Hippolyta

Donna Troy

Nubia

The Amazons

Themyscira

Steve Trevor

Barbara Ann Minerva (pre-Cheetah)

Etta Candy

Baroness Paula von Gunther

Doctor Poison

Martian Manhunter

J’onn J’onzz

John Stewart (pre-Green Lantern)

Katma Tui

The Green Lantern Corps

The Guardians

Scar

The Manhunters

The Flash

Barry Allen

Wally West (as Kid Flash)

Iris West

Joe West

Ralph Dibny (pre-Elongated Man)

Sue Dibny

The Rogues

Captain Cold

Captain Boomerang

Heat Wave

Weather Wizard

The Trickster

Pied Piper

Green Lantern

Hal Jordan

Thaal Sinestro (still a Green Lantern)

Abin Sur

Kilowog

Arisia Rrab

Salaak

Ch’p

Carol Ferris (pre-Star Sapphire)

Thomas Kalmaku

Red Lantern Corps

Atrocitus

Dex-Starr

Aqualad

Jackson Hyde

Garth of Shayeris

The concept of Atlantis

Atlan, the Dead King

Black Manta

Cal Durham

Dr. Stephen Shin

Black Jack

Eel

Scavenger

Charybdis and Scylla

Green Arrow

Oliver Queen

League of Shadows (Mentioned)

Black Canary

Roy Harper

Deathstroke

Deadshot

Task Force X

Amanda Waller

Count Vertigo

Vlatava

Justice League

Batman

Aquaman

Superman

Martha and Jonathan Kent

Lois Lane

General Zod

Faora-Ul

Ursa and Non

Jax-Ur

The Kryptonians

The Phantom Zone

Alfred Pennyworth

Queen Clea of Atlantis (briefly)

Teen Titans

Dick Grayson (as Nightwing)

Starfire

Cyborg

Raven

Beast Boy

The HIVE Academy

The HIVE Queen

Doctor Light

The HIVE Five

Bumblebee

PHASE TWO

Wonder Girl

Cassie Sandsmark

Vanessa Kapatelis (pre-Silver Swan)

Circe

Medusa

Superman

Supergirl

Zor-El

The City of Kandor

Brainiac

Darkseid (Mentioned)

Perry White

Jimmy Olsen

The Daily Planet

Batman and Batgirl

Barbara Gordon

Jim Gordon

The Mad Hatter

The Joker (in memory)

Catwoman (in memory)

Harley Quinn (in memory)

Two-Face (in memory)

Jason Todd’s death (in memory)

The Penguin (in memory)

The Riddler (in memory)

Killer Croc

Harvey Bullock and Renee Montoya

Nightwing

Tim Drake

Poison Ivy

Clayface

Roman Sionis (pre-Black Mask)

Aquaman

Queen Mera

Orm Marius

Tula Marius

Queen Atlanna

Nuidis Vulko

The Kingdom of Xebel

King Nereus

The Siren

The Trench

Green Arrow 2

Mia Dearden

Brick

Cupid

China White

Wonder Woman 2

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

Queen Antiope

Bana-Mighdall

The White Magician

Green Lantern 2

Guy Gardner

Ganthet and Sayd

Carol Ferris as Star Sapphire

The Star Sapphire Corps

The Zamarons

Jillian Pearlman

Hector Hammond

Doctor Polaris

Sonar

The Tattooed Man

Hawkman and Hawkgirl

Carter Hall

Shiera Saunders

Prince Khufu

Princess Chay-Ara

Hath-Set

Kent Nelson (as Doctor Fate)

Inza Cramer

Nabu

Supergirl

Linda Danvers

The Silver Banshee

The Flash 2

Linda Park

Elongated Man

Solovar

Gorilla Grodd

Gorilla City

Marvel Family

Billy Batson

Mary Bromfield

Freddy Freeman

Dr. Sivana

Black Adam

The Wizard Shazam

Martian Manhunter 2

Saint Walker

Blue Lantern Corps

Larfleeze

The Orange Lantern

Aqualad 2

Dolphin

King Shark

Justice League 2

Vandal Savage

The Blue Beetle Scarab

Daniel Garrett

Ted Kord

Teen Titans 2

Terra

A new lineup of Task Force X

PHASE THREE

The Atom

Ray Palmer

Jean Loring

Booster Gold

Goldstar

Chronos the Time-Thief

Per Degaton

Firestorm

Ronnie Raymond

Martin Stein

Killer Frost

Jason Rusch (pre-Firestorm)

Superman 2

Lex Luthor

Emil Hamilton

Metallo

Bizarro

Kryptonite and its properties

Batman and Batgirl 2

The Iceberg Lounge

Catwoman, Joker, Harley, Two-Face, Penguin, and Riddler in person

Hugo Strange

Wonder Girl 2

Giganta

Doctor Psycho

Aquaman 2

Corum Rath

Kadaver

Lorena Marquez

The sinking of San Diego

Nightwing 2

Mr. Freeze

Nora Fries

Stephanie Brown

Arthur Brown

Wonder Woman 3

Barbara Ann Minerva as the Cheetah

The Duke of Deception

Marvel Family 2

Darla Dudley

Eugene Choi

Pedro Pena

Victor and Rosa Vasquez

Mister Mind

The Anti-Life Equation

Teen Titans 3

Jericho

Rose Wilson

The Wildebeest Society

Various new Titans

Green Lantern 3

The Sinestro Corps

Amon Sur

Lyssa Drak

Karu-Sil

Despotellis

Arkillo

Anti-Monitor

Parallax mentioned

Other Lanterns like Boudikka and Tomar-Re

Supergirl 2

Earth Three

Ultraman

Owlman

Superwoman

Power Girl

The Crime Syndicate

Alexander Luthor and family

Mr. Mxyzptlk

Martian Manhunter 3

Mongul

Warworld

Mongal and Mongul Jr.

Lobo

Big Barda

The Flash 3

Bart Allen

Meloni Thawne

Reverse Flash

Don and Dawn Allen

Time travel using the Speed Force

Green Arrow 3

Shado

Merlyn

Bronze Tiger

League of Shadows

Connor Hawke mentioned

Death of Oliver Queen

Justice League 3

Darkseid

Apokolips

Desaad

Granny Goodness

Mr. Miracle

New Gods

ANIMATED UNIVERSE

Superman

Earth Two

Golden Age Superman

Golden Age Lois Lane

The Ultra Humanite

Delores Winters

Plastic Man (Cameo)

Wonder Woman

Golden Age Wonder Woman

Eviless

Hypnota

Maxima

Jay Garrick

Jay Garrick

Johnny Quick

Jesse Quick

Mirror Master

Rainbow Raider

The Thinker

Aquaman

Golden Age Aquaman

Lori Lemaris

Topo

King Neptune

The Fisherman

The Malignant Amoeba

Batman

Golden Age Batman

Golden Age Robin

Golden Age Joker

Golden Age Penguin

Golden Age Catwoman

Golden Age Riddler

Bat-Mite

Alan Scott

Alan Scott

Rose Canton

Jennifer-Lynn Hayden (Pre-Jade)

Doiby Dickles

Ma Hunkel

Solomon Grundy

Justice Society of America

Mr. Terrific (Terry Sloane version)

Johnny Thunder

Hawk and Dove

Metamorpho

The Justice Society

The Legion of Doom

STANDALONE TRILOGY

Clark Kent

Earth Prime

Teenage Clark Kent

Jonathan and Martha Kent

Lana Lang

Pete Ross

Leslie Willis (pre-Livewire)

Chloe Sullivan

Whitney Fordman

The Toyman

Clark Kent 2

Teenage Lois Lane

Krypto the Super-Dog

The Parasite

Clark Kent 3

The Multiverse

Leslie Willis as Livewire

Atomic Skull briefly

CRISIS

Crisis on Infinite Earths (Part 1-3)

True nature of the Anti-Monitor

The imps Qwsp and Quirk

Destruction of Earth Two, Three, and Prime

Death of Barry Allen

Hal Jordan as Parallax

Apparent death of Mr. Miracle and Darkseid

Teenage Clark Kent only survivor of Earth Prime

PHASE FOUR

Superman 3

Doomsday

The death of Superman

Lois pregnant with Jon Kent

John Henry Irons (pre-Steel)

Batman & Batgirl 3

Hush

Arkham hostage situation

Barbara Gordon paralyzed

Jonathan Crane’s allegiance to the League of Shadows revealed

Batman, Catwoman, Joker, Harley, Penguin, Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and Killer Croc taken by the League

Wonder Girl 3

Vanessa Kapatelis as Silver Swan

Hawkworld

Kendra Saunders

Fel Andar

The Thanagarians

Katar Hol

Shayera Thal

Nightwing 3

Jason Todd resurrected as Red Hood

Roman Sionis as Black Mask

Firefly

Kyle Rayner

Genocide of the Green Lantern Corps by Parallax

Kyle Rayner

Jennifer-Lynn Hayden as Jade

Alexandra DeWitt

Alexander Nero

The Indigo Tribe

Miss Martian

M’gann M’orzz

Ma’alefa’ak

Despero

Kid Flash

Wally West as the Flash

Hunter Zolomon as Zoom

Golden Glider leading a new team of Rogues

Golden Glider

The Top

Starfire

The original Teen Titans disbanded

The Planet Tamaran

Blackfire

The Citadel

The Planet Rann

Adam Strange

Alanna

Buddy Baker

Aquaman 3

Offscreen death of Aquababy, separation of Aquaman and Mera

Thanatos

Doom Patrol

Niles Caulder

Robotman

Elasti-Woman

Mento

Negative Man

The Brotherhood of Evil

The Brain

Monsieur Mallah

Madame Rouge

General Immortus

General Zahl

Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing

Abigail Arcane

Anton Arcane

John Constantine

Steel

John Henry Irons as Steel

Natasha Irons

Conner Kent AKA Kon-El created

Hank Henshaw becomes Cyborg Superman

Impulse

XS

Owen Mercer, son of Captain Boomerang

Max Mercury

Cobalt Blue

Inertia

Teen Titans 4

The Big Bang

Static

Gear

Aquamaria

Hotstreak

Major Disaster

Rolando Texador

Holocaust

The Blood Syndicate

Zatanna

Zatanna Zatara

Jason Blood and Etrigan

Brother Blood

Cult of Trigon

Blue and Gold

Booster Gold and Blue Beetle’s friendship

T.O. Morrow

The Red Tornado

Maxwell Lord

Watchtower

Firestorm 2

Multiplex

Lorraine Reilly

Jason Rusch becomes Firestorm

Ronnie Raymond dies of cancer

Supergirl 3

Legion of Super-Heroes

Brainiac 5

Cosmic Boy

Saturn Girl

Lightning Lad

Mon-El

Brainiac 13

Kara remains in the future

The Atom 2

Murder of Sue Dibny

Murder of Doctor Light

Kimiyo Hoshi becomes Light

Jean Loring exposed as murderer

Blue Beetle murdered by Maxwell Lord

The Question

Vic Sage

Helena Bertinelli

Victor Zsasz

The Court of Owls

Death of Vic Sage

Justice League 4

Checkmate revealed

Anthony Ivo

Amazo

Jaime Reyes becomes the new Blue Beetle

Secret Society of Super-Villains revealed

Justice League Dark

Zatanna, Constantine, Raven, Swamp Thing, Etrigan, and Jared Stevens form Justice League Dark

Trigon unleashed

Son of Batman

Damian Wayne

Jonathan Crane as the Scarecrow revealed

War of the Gods, Part One

Circe, Cheetah, Giganta, Silver Swan, Doctor Poison, Queen Clea, Zara, and Blue Snowman form Villainy Inc.

Doctor Psycho turned into a pig

Death of Queen Hippolyta

Doors of Death opened

PHASE FIVE

War of the Gods, Part Two

The Firstborn

Murder of Circe, Doctor Poison, Queen Clea, Zara, and Blue Snowman

Ares

Zeus

Hercules

Gods of Olympus

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall returns from the dead

Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Captain Marvel called on to protect the gods

Death of the Olympian pantheon

Champions of Olympus found a new pantheon

Blue and Gold 2

Booster and Jaime attempt to save Ted through time travel

Rip Hunter

Black Beetle

The Reach

The Bat Family, Part One

League of Shadows prison

Bane

Cassandra Cain

Batman, Catwoman, and eight villains work together to escape

Superboy

Expedition to Krypton

Alexander Luthor Jr.

The Eradicators

Death of Emil Hamilton

Teenage Clark Kent from Earth-Prime becomes Superboy-Prime

Birds of Prey

Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya as the Question form Birds of Prey

Barbara Gordon as Oracle

Dinah Drake, the original Black Canary

Katana

Sin

Lady Shiva

Sarah Lance as White Canary

The Speed Force

Barry Allen brought from the past

Barry, Wally, Bart, and allies join forces

Godspeed

Professor Alchemy

Death of Eobard Thawne, Hunter Zolomon, and Inertia

Savitar

Death of Max Mercury

Batwoman

Kate Kane as Batwoman

Bette Kane as Flamebird

Duke Thomas

Man-Bat

She-Bat

Zatanna 2

Klarion the Witch-Boy

Lucifer

Swamp Thing 2

Tefe Holland

The Floronic Man

Blackest Night

Jessica Cruz

Simon Baz

Black Hand

Birth of the Black Lantern Corps

Nekron mentioned

Adam Strange

Starro

War between Rann and Thanagar

The Bat Family, Part Two

Ra’s al-Ghul

Talia al-Ghul

Bat Family fully reunited

Deaths of the Joker and Ra’s al-Ghul

Steel 2

Natasha Irons as Steel

Manchester Black

Black Lightning

Jefferson Pierce

Anissa and Jennifer Pierce

Tobias Whale

Joey Toledo

Syonide

Death of Earl Clifford

The Atom 3

Princess Laethwyn

The Morlaidhans

Adam Cray

The Bug-Eyed Bandit

The Micro Squad

Firestorm 3

Ronnie Raymond resurrected as Deathstorm

Connor Hawke

Connor Hawke

Death of Merlyn

The Rogues

Owen Mercer takes his father’s place

Abra Kadabra trades the team’s souls

The demon Neron

Blackest Night, Part Two

Zombie apocalypse caused by the Black Lantern Corps

Resurrection of dead heroes and villains such as Superman, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen, the Question, Ted Kord, Jean Loring, Sue Dibny, the Joker, various members of the Suicide Squad, and more

Death of Amanda Waller at the hands of her fallen Suicide Squad members

Creation of the White Lantern ring

All intact zombies restored to life

ANIMATED UNIVERSE, PHASE TWO

Alan Scott 2

Icicle

Icicle Jr.

Jakeem Thunder

Cyclone

Universe still existing despite Crisis

Jennifer missing from this universe

Stargirl

Courtney Whitmore

Pat Dugan

Starman

All-American Kid

Nathaniel Adam’s transformation into Captain Atom

General Wade Eiling

Solomon Grundy’s past revealed

Al Pratt

Al Pratt as Golden Age Atom

Atom Smasher

Michael Holt’s Mr. Terrific

Fire and Ice

Ultra-Humanite’s return

Cyclotron

Hourman

Rick Tyler

Rex Tyler

Matthew Tyler

Hawk becoming Extant in the future

The Spectre

Spectre

Boston Brand’s murder

Doctor Mid-Nite

Beth Chapel (pre-Doctor Mid-Nite)

Eclipso

The Hook

Jay Garrick 2

Shade

The Phantom Stranger

The realization something is wrong with their universe

Justice Society of America 2

The Sandman

The revelation that their universe is preserved through the dreams of Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, residing in Earth-One

CRISIS

Final Crisis (Part 1-3)

Superboy-Prime, Alexander Luthor Jr., and Jennifer-Lynn Hayden the keys to restoring the Multiverse

Krona

Imperiex

Resurrection of Darkseid

Restoration of Earth Two, Earth Three, and Earth Prime

Edit: Let's see how that does.

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Come Nightfall tracklist & album notes

[every song & artist referenced in Come Nightfall]

Chapter 1 - Offer

A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

"While Sam Cooke's track burst into life, my brush tap-tap-tapped on canvas."

Chapter 3 - Date

2. Devil’s Gonna Git You – Bessie Smith A piano in a Bessie Smith song plinked with fervor.

3. Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses "If you think I’m going to subject myself to Axl Rose, you’re out of your mind.”

4. Booze and Bules – Ma Rainey 5. State Street Rag – Louie Bluie 6. West Coast Blues – Blind Blake He tripped over himself explaining the origins of Detroit blues (Ma Rainey! Louie Bluie! Blind Blake!) and the birth of twelve-bar blues, whatever the hell that meant.

7. Lohengrin: Prelude – Richard Wagner “So what's on the menu for tonight?” gesturing with my head to the tiny stereo. “Wagner, to celebrate my being done reading that freak Nietzsche?”

8. Clair de Lune – Debussy 9. In the Garden – Emile Pandolfi 10. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op 18: Adagio sostenuto – Sergei Rachmaninoff “You know what it reminds me of?” I said, patting his knee. “Debussy. With a little Emile Pandolfi zhuzh to it. Or like if Rachmaninov woke up one day and decided to write something a little more understated.”

11. Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton "You know I like your recs.” “Except Bobby Vinton.” “Fifties trash," I said with a dismissive shrug.

12. Bella’s Lullaby (From “Twilight”) – Carter Burwell “It’s a lullaby. Your lullaby. I wrote it for you.”

Chapter 5 - Party

13. It Had to Be You – Bing Crosby “The last real birthday party any of us had was for Emmett in 1945,” Edward said. “I believe Bing Crosby was on the top of the charts.”

14. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys “So,” I said, “Backstreet Boys, huh? Nice.”

15. End of the Road – Boyz II Men Alice knew my secret. As an avid Boyz II Men fan, we’d jam out to 90s boy bands in the car on the way to the mall. It was the only way Alice could get me to the mall.

16. What a Girl Wants – Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera’s “What a Girl Wants” began to play in the background. Alice danced near a cluster of flickering candles while she snapped a picture of herself.

OCTOBER

17. Thriller – Michael Jackson Red solo cup in hand, I sat beside the radiator. Observing the sky of drunken college kids dancing, chatting, flirting above me. Listening to Michael Jackson's “Thriller” for what seemed like half an hour.

18. Teenagers – My Chemical Romance Angela had confessed her love for My Chemical Romance on the car ride over, but she was never a classic rock fan.

NOVEMBER

19. You Go to My Head – Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra’s voice chased me down the hall. The cold tickle of Edward’s lips sing-whispering “You Go to My Head” had done it. So soft, so sweet, so irritating, so real, too real, stop, Edward, leave me alone—

DECEMBER

20. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra 21. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Bing Crosby 22. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Tony Bennett

Chapter 12 - Hunting

23. Hammer Smashed Face – Cannibal Corpse “‘Hammer Smashed Face’.” “What?” “Cannibal Corpse?” “What?” “I’m, uh. I’m sorta into metal now.”

24. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys 25. Say My Name – Destiny’s Child 26. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana Not only did the glovebox contain emotional support picks from childhood that didn’t remind me of my ex—Backstreet Boys’ Millennium, Destiny Child’s The Writing’s On The Wall, and Nirvana’s Nevermind, among others—but also a cannister of prerolls and ‘shrooms I’d inherited after the death of Ang’s stoner phase.

27. Still – Geto Boys I flipped the radio on and fiddled with the dial until I found something lively, loud, and safe from memories of him: Geto Boys rapping about picking out our victims when the time is right—

28. Still D.R.E. – Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg The truck became quiet enough to hear the soft plinking keys of “Still D.R.E.” over the radio.

Chapter 13 - Friends

29. Hey Ya! – Outkast While Jacob babbled, he bobbed his head out of rhythm to Outkast’s “Hey Ya” whispering over the radio.

30. Bennie and the Jets – Elton John The list became longer as quickly as daylight retreated from the garage. No way could we accomplish everything in one summer. [...] Backpacking through China, seeing Elton John live, breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s world record, falling madly in love.

Chapter 14 - Adrenaline

31. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Dorothy Ashby Dorothy Ashby’s harp plinked in the background.

SATURDAY

32. Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira A poster of a bikini-clad Shakira crinkled under my weight.

Chapter 22 - Family, Part 2

33. Who Am I (What’s My Name) – Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg rapped softly between choruses of girls singing his name. Jake groaned. “Old rap? You’re on this again?”

34. Complicated – Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” played quietly. I resisted the urge to turn the dial.

35. Doctor Jazz – Jelly Roll Morton Truth was, I fell in love with Edward. Period. Not just the trivialities, like the song he loved to drive to (Jelly Roll Morton’s “Doctor Jazz”), the books he loved to read aloud to me in the meadow (Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way), or the movies we watched on rainy days (Shakespeare adaptations, mostly).

Chapter 24 - Deviations

36. Voice of the Soul - Death “Death is okay,” Edward answered without enthusiasm. “Get real. Death is awesome.” “As if you would know?” “As if you would know,” I retorted. I pulled it out from the Pre-Owned bin. “Look at this. Tell me this album cover doesn’t scream ‘expertly curated collection of badass metal ballads’.”

37. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles Posters covered the store, from The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s to handmade CDs ~ Buy 2 Get 1 Free! signs.

38. Beyond the Cemetery – Cannibal Corpse “When I finally get around to exploring the genre beyond Metallica—” I waved the CD case “—these guys right here. Or, ooh, maybe this. Cannibal Corpse. Tomb of the Mutilated. Wow. Yikes.”

39. Meditation, Op. 42, No. 1 – Tchaikovsky, Leonid Kogan “Okay. Are we done casing the joint or what? Do they have it?” “At the front—under lock and key. Now the issue becomes a matter of price.” “Soviet violinist dude has a price?” “A steep one,” said Edward, “and warranted, being among one of the greatest violinist 'dudes' of the twentieth century.”

40. They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Frank Sinatra “We may never never meet again, on that bumpy rooooaaaaad to love.” “How can you be so casual about it?” “Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of…” He spun me around; my sopping shoes squished. “The way you hold your knife, doo-doo-doo doo doo-doo…”

Chapter 25 - Fate

41. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Guns N’ Roses “I’m not concussed.” To prove it, I rattled off the date, the sitting president, and the names of all the guys in Guns N’ Roses.

Chapter 27 - Volterra

42. Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq 30: Dance of the Furies Over the machine’s growl, I could feel the pulse of the frantic string instruments of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in my seat—Alice’s unsuccessful attempt at getting me to calm the fuck down.

Chapter 28 - Verdict

43. Maramao perche sei morto* – Trio Lescano (*NOTE: not referenced by name) Music burst from behind the thick antechamber doors, some upbeat Italian swing music on vinyl that sounded straight out of the 1940s.

44. As Time Goes By – Billie Holiday Buoyant plinking piano notes of Billie Holiday’s “As Time Goes By” spilled down the long hallway, filling the somber, imposing space with life.

45. You’re as Pretty as a Picture – Al Bowlly A female server flashed me a dazzling smile, offering her tray of fancy desserts. Some upbeat Al Bowlly song pulsed in the background. Like a statue reanimated after a broken spell, Edward bared his fangs at the enemy.

46. What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong We rose above the murder and death, but “What a Wonderful World” still followed us over the tinny speakers.

21:32

47. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band* (*NOTE: not referenced by name) "I happen to know the devil holds fiddle battles in exchange for souls."

Chapter 31 - Postmortem

48. Bein’ Green – Van Morrison Leah stared at the portable speaker playing Van Morrison’s “Bein’ Green”, one of Harry’s favorite songs.

49. Bring It On Home – Lou Rawls Lou Rawls played in the background. I choked on a chuckle remembering the way Harry used to dance in that lame dad way of his—the pumping of his arms, the slow shoulder shimmy, the hip bump he’d do to Sue to make her giggle…

EPILOGUE: PRELUDE

50. Vermilion, Pt. 2 – Slipknot

[supeherosunite]

Original Characters

Pax kent ( cousin of kara) ( Kryptonian cousin / adopted earth sister of Clark) face cam bailee madison

Edith Kent (sister of Clark Kent) face cam Heather Rattray

JaKari Kent (brother of Clark Kent) face cam Laird Macintosh

Lara Kent ( daughter of Clark Kent ) face cam Amanda Fein

Lulu Kent ( daughter of Clark Kent ) face cam Caitlin Fein

Gaia white ( Meta-human with nature powers ) face cam Georgie Henley

Uranus white (Meta-human with nature powers ) face cam Freddie Highmore

Yara smith ( mutant avenger ) face cam Bridgit Mendler

Amity Jones ( young S.H.I.E.L.D. agent ) face cam Drew Barrymore

Lilly Cullen (adoptive daughter of Alice and jasper ) (twilight) face cam Becky Rosso

Violet Smith (profiler) (criminal minds) face cam Haley Lu Richardson

Sammy Brown ( agent) (ncis) face cam Julia Butters

Senara Sohma (Zodiac member) (fruits basket) face cam Emma The Promised Neverland

DC COMICS

Superman

Martha Kent

Clark Kent (Superman)

Jon Kent (Superboy)

Jordan Kent (Superboy)

Jonathan Kent (kon-El)

Lois Joanne Lane

Doctor Emil Hamilton

Tess Mercer

James Bartholomew Olsen

Chloe Sullivan-Queen (Watchtower)

Ryan James

Jonathan Sullivan-Queen (Speedy)

Kara Zor-El (Supergirl)

Alex Danvers (Director Danvers)

Mon-El (Prince of Daxam

Winn Scott (Toyman)

Nia Nal (Dreamer)

Lena Luthor

Batman

James Gordon (police commissioner)

Alfred Pennyworth (Penny One)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)

Kate Kane (Batwoman)

Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)

Terry Wayne (Batman)

Dick Grayson (Nightwing)

Jason Todd (Red Hood)

Tim drake (Red Robin)

Damian Wayne (Robin),

Duke Thomas (The Signal)

Henry King (Gotham)

Luke Fox (Batwing)

David Zavimbe (Batwing)

Minhkhoa "Khoa" Khan (Ghost-Maker)

Barbara Gordon (Oracle)

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler)

Cassandra Cain (Orphan)

Claire Clover (Gotham Girl)

Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael)

Julia Pennyworth (Penny-Two)

Tiffany Fox (Batgirl)

Harper Row (Bluebird)

Flash

Barry Allen (flash)

Iris Ann West-Allen (Eye in the Sky)

Nora West-Allen (XS)

Bart Allen (Impulse)

Wally West (Kid Flash)

Jesse Chambers Wells (Jesse Quick)

Jenna Marie West (Trajectory)

Joanie Horton (Joanie Swift)

Dr. Caitlin Snow (Killer Frost)

Ronald Ronnie Raymond (Firestorm)

Cisco Ramon (Vibe)

Harrison Wells

Dr. Harrison Harry Wells

Harrison H.R. Wells

Harrison Sherloque Wells

Harrison Nash Wells (Pariah)

Maya Wells

Allegra Garcia (Ultraviolet)

Chester Phineas Runk (Black Hole)

Hunter Zolomon (Zoom)

Julian Albert (Alchemy)

Hartley Rathaway (Pied Piper)

Green arrow

Oliver Jonas Queen (Green Arrow)

Felicity Megan Smoak (Watchtower)

William Clayton (White Feather)

Mia Smoak (Blackstar)

Thea Dearden Queen (Speedy)

Roy William Harper Jr (Arsenal)

Dinah Laurel Lance (Black Canary)

Captain Sara Lance (White Canary)

Rory Regan (Ragman)

Zoe Ramirez (Canarie)

Thomas Tommy Merlyn (Dark Archer)

Sara Diggle (Harbinger)

Emiko Adachi Queen (Green Arrow)

Titans/ Young Justice

Garfield "Gar" Logan (Beast Boy)

Koriand'r Kory Anders (starfire)

Rachel Roth (Raven)

Garth (Aqualad)

Karen Beecher (Bumblebee)

Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle)

Billy Batson (Shazam)

M'gann M'orzz (Miss Martian)

Evelyn Sharp (Artemis)

Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl)

Mike Dugan (starboy)

Beth Chapel (Doctor Mid-Nite)

Yolanda Montez (Wildcat)

Richard Tyler (Hourman)

Henry King Jr. (Brainwave junior)

Joey Zarick (Zarrick the Great)

Cameron Mahkent (Icicle junior)

Others

Beebo (God of War)

Zatanna (Mistress of Magic)

Leonard Snart (Captain Cold)

Ray Palmer (The Atom)

Martin Stein (Firestorm)

Nate Heywood (Citizen Steal)

Amaya Jiwe (Vixen)

Patrick "Pat" Dugan (S.T.R.I.P.E.)

Lisa snart (Golden Glider)

Marvel

Spider-Man

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)

Miles (Ultimate Spider-Man)

Gwen (Spider-Gwen)

Cindy (Silk)

Michelle (MJ)

Avengers

Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)

Steve Rogers (Captain America)

Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier)

(White Wolf)

Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel)

Scott Lang (Ant-Man)

Young Avengers

Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel)

Doreen Allene Green (Squirrel Girl)

X-men

Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch)

Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Girl of Many Aliases Sentenced To Three Year Penitentiary Term,” Montreal Gazette. August 8, 1942. Page 13. --- "l wonder what you'd get around here if you robbed a bank?" half-tearful, half-defiant Isabel Smibert Griffiths, alias Loretta Eccleston, alias Agnes Rodgers, soliloquized yesterday morning as she was led away to start a three-year penitentiary sentence on 29 charges ol forgery, uttering forged documents, obtaining merchandise under false pretences and receiving stolen goods.

Obvious reason for her query was the three-year sentence Judge F. X. Lacoursiere had imposed after the 24-year-old woman had pleaded guilty to the 29th accusation that of receiving stolen articles worth $50, property of Elizabeth Wilkes, an Oakville, Ont. teacher who boarded at a Dorchester street west home while visiting in Montreal. 

Until it was explained to her that Judge Lacoursiere's sentence was to be served concurrently with the sentences she had received earlier from Judge Maurice Tetreau three years for each of the 18 charges of forgery and false pretences, six months for each of the stolen goods counts the woman could not understand how such a long term could be exacted for such a minor amount as $50. 

'She realizes the nature of her anti-social conduct and understands the consequences," Dr. Daniel Plouffe, Quebec Government alienist, reported after he had submitted the accused to the mental examination ordered by Judge Tetreau. 

Completely garbed in black, the woman hung her head throughout the long lecture Judge Tetreau delivered in his private chambers. Her request that the sentences date from the time of her detention was denied, but she was granted permission to use the telephone. She had regained her composure by the time she was brought back before Judge Lacoursiere and bandied words with court attendants at she was led away. 

During the course of a severe reprimand, Judge Tetreau emphasized that the Eccleston woman was liable to life imprisonment for her crimes. 

Taken into custody after she had obtained merchandise from an uptown departmental store by means of a false cheque, the woman found charges mounting up against her when municipal detectives took over the investigation begun by Insp. Emile Paquette and William Coady; of the Broderick Detective Service. The investigators were heartily congratulated by Judge Tetreau yesterday morning on their fine work. 

With a long police record behind her before she came here to operate, the woman admitted 19 separate charges of receiving stolen goods, the Crown being satisfied with the pleas and dropping tne accompanying charges of theft. 

The woman, among whose possessions were found several National Registration certificates, was originally charged with petty larceny in Buffalo, N.Y., six years ago. Since then she had been deported to Canada and convicted in Toronto on several charges of uttering forged documents.

[AL: Curiously, Ecclestone’s prison record does not indicate any previous convictions, despite the statement of the Gazette. She was 23, single, Anglo, from Hamilton, and had no job at time of conviction. Like all women sentenced to a federal term (2 years or more) she was sent to the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. She was convict #7027 there, and worked at sewing and cleaning. She was released December 1944, and went to Hamilton.]

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: February 27, 2023

Finding threads from post-rock to jazz to country instrumentals, from IDM to neo-classical, dream pop, and Guinan grooves—today's AM is one of the most wide-ranging in a long while, but hopefully coherent despite it all. All calibrated to shake off the last dregs of February and get ready for the onset of spring. Hope you enjoy it.

(image by amu, track IDs after the break.)

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Ongoing Spotify playlist

Hour One:

Ensenada Bennie Maupin • The Jewel in the Lotus

The Calling Stelar Door • Masquerade

Votive Faten Kanaan • Afterpoem

Fidget Junior Boys • Waiting Game

Fledgling juniorodeo, Himalayan Beach Ensemble • Single

Back Around 5pm Martin Brugger • Music for Video Stores

fly to me RAMZi • Hyphae

Tsunami Benoit Widemann • Tsunami

User Illusion II Eine Kleine China • User Illusion II

Bereaving Lee Paradise • Steady EP

Green to You Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Emile Mosseri • I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon

Hour Two:

Soon It Will Be Fire Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, featuring Moses Sumney • This is a Mindfulness Drill: A Reimagining of Richard Youngs' 'Sapphie'

The Speed of Sound! Jonah Yano • portrait of a dog

Urubamba Morning Sun Joby Baker • Rain on Dry Ground

A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work Tortoise • TNT

TNT Tortoise • TNT

Skin I’m In ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT • ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT

Sombra Del Mar Edena Gardens • Agar

A Word Aptly Spoken Ray Barbee • Triumphant

Reflections from the Moon Speedy West • Guitar Spectacular

Hour Three:

Hongdi Chris Reimer • Hello, People

Wedding, March, Flower Deerhoof • Miracle-Level

Flock of Birds The Unspoken Word • Tuesday, April 19th.

Sunset Scenery The Dragons • BFI

Petit Sékou Bembeya Jazz National • Discothèque 76

Traveling Home Ethel Agee, Preston Scarber, Rev. Dorosco Scarber • Single

Skanky Panky Kid Koala • Some of My Best Friends Are DJs

Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks On You Ben LaMar Gay, featuring Ohmme • Open Arms to Open Us

Babylon Uh Huh • Uh Huh

Underneath my Toe Bernice • Cruisin’

Early Recovery Phase Letters From Mouse, featuring Dr. Nigel Meredith • St Swithin​’​s Day Storm

[bitchycatwizard]

The SPECTRE AU-  The ABC of Villany. Extract from the Archive- C.

Dannymay2022 day 19: Crossover

Name: Cadmus

Alias: Project Cadmus

Description: Cadmus is a large goverment secret organisation that sees it as its duty to protect America (first) and the world from Meta-humans, super natural entitis and aliens.

There members are high ranking goverment employes, military officers, scientists and other specialists.

To do this they are looking into anything from gathering of information, artifacts and people to there cause.

There is also rumors of cloning attempts.

Powers/Members:

-Confirmed: 

Amanda Waller

General Eiling

General Hardcastle

Dr. Hugo Strange

Dr. Moon

Dr. Milo

Professor Emil Hamilton

-Unconfirmed:

Tala (see T)

Maxwell Lord

And somesort of link to Lexcorp, probably finacial.

Theese individuals seem to be the higher ups with other groups under them which with don’t yet have much info only names to go by.

Project: Doomsday

Task Force X

-Only known name is Colonel Rick Flagg.

Project: Galatea

The Ultimen

Project: Volcana

More info is needed to form an opinion.

Weakness: Extreme pessimism, extremly hard to work with people with powers since they are very misstrusted.

The Hardline American view that if you are not with them you are against them.

Allies: The American Goverment, possibly the GiW (see G)

Enemies: The ones with powers that they can’t control.

Goals: Officaly: To Protect the American people from other wordly things.

-Unofficialy: Control.

Obsession: Everything we can not control is a threat.

Status: Building, not yet at full power.

Living Status: All alive.

Incident Report: Informants are starting to disappear.

Metas are gone for months, before returning in uniform and with very changed views.

Attempted recruiting of O2.

More and more stalkers in the cities.

Something big might be coming.

Addendum 1:

The organisation seem to have split into two.

A North with most of the people and funding still under Amanda Waller and a West under (everything points to) Lexcorp and a new main scientist a Dr. Mark Desmond.

What the new West will do is unclear so far all we have are the name Project: Blockbuster.

Addendum 2: Six agents of the GiW has joined Cadmus North after the Thousand Arms incident (see G) (See special report: Thousand Arms)

Name: Buddy Standler

Alias: The Condiment King, Mitchell Mayo

Description: Just a guy in a gray jumpsuit that uses mustard, ketchup, hot sauce and other condiments to commit petty crimes, together with o so many puns.

Powers: Just a guy.

-Items: 

Condiment guns; Condiment King is frequently equipped with squirt guns with tubes connecting to belts or backpacks filled with condiments. These guns are relatively harmless, at most causing their target to lose balance or be propelled moderately backwards. Originally, he was equipped with one gun for ketchup and one for mustard but he would later be shown with a larger cannon that could swivel between different condiments.

Hot sauce packets: Condiment King will sometimes equip his suit with packets of hot-sauce which he uses for close-quarters combat by squeezing into his opponents' mouth to incapacitate them.

Utility belt: Condiment King will sometimes wear a utility belt of different condiments connected to his weapons, rivalling the utility belt arsenal of Batman (in terms of garnishes stored and nothing else).

(Batman fandom wiki)

Allies: N/A

Enemies: The Joker (who is is believed to have driven him insane), The Batman, The Bat family.

Goals: N/A

Obsession: Condiments.

Puns about Condiments.

Status: Gotham city, hopefully Arkham.

Living Status: Yup

Incident Report: We don’t talk about that night!!!

............O3 almost died (again) laughing at the puns and for the rest of us it would take almost three weeks to get the smell of mustard out of our uniforms.

Addendum: What a ridicolus night.

Name/Alias: The Corinthian

Description:

The Corinthian is generally an impeccable dresser and will often wear only  white clothing. The Corinthian's most notable physical feature is his lack of  eyes: in their place, two rows of small, jagged teeth line each eye socket,  which he often covers with sunglasses. He can speak, eat, and even  respire through these mouths. He does not seem to suffer in any way from  his lack of eyes, and indeed claims to be able to see very well; he is shown  driving adequately, even while wearing sunglasses at night. He is, however, fond of taking the eyeballs of  his victims and "eating" them by placing them in his eye sockets.

(Sandman fandom wiki)

Powers:

Complete Possesion

When the Corinthian takes over a body, the eyes are consumed and replaced by teeth and the hair turnes white while the rest stay the same this allows the Corinthian to jump between bodies.

Consuming the eyes lets him see the past of the victims and in some cases the future.

Mental manipulation.

He finds it very easy to convince people of his murderous point of view.

Weakness:N/A

Allies: People who find it fun to kill.

The Collectors.

Enemies: Spectre

Obsession: Peoples eyes and to consume them.

Status: Free.

Livng Status: N/A

Incident Report: This past year we have found four of his crime scenes. 

They have all been horrific.

Small traces of his powers has been found on all places.

We are tracking him.

Addendum:

New evidence points us towards the disappearence of The Sandman 65-70 years ago.

That he is a escaped Nighmare from the Dreamrealms under Morpheus missing time.

We have to go through the books in the house of Mystics if there is a way into the Dreamrealms.

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[eolewyn1010]

3 seasons of Charité - upsides and downsides

Includes spoilers for all three seasons!

What I like about Charité, season 1:

- Ida is a relatable and stubborn woman, and while I think the protagonists of the newer two seasons are written better and more interestingly, she makes for a good central character

- Behring is great to watch, complex, enthusiastic, arrogant, passionate, desperately forlorn, sweetly encouraging, irascible, honest, and I’m always torn between loving and hating him with all my heart

- he also stands in for how badly society was suited to handle people with psychological issues back in the day

-  actually, none of the characters are simple or one-sided; expectations are often subverted – Behring is not heartless, but he can’t just be “saved” either, neither Koch nor Virchow are as benign as they seem at first, Tischendorf is not the sweet young Prince Charming who’ll give Ida the dream life she deserves, Hedwig is not a brainless little floozie with no deeper thoughts or feelings, neither Therese nor Martha are all the strict boss ladies they want to be, Edith is not just a snotty bitch etc.

- medical history of that time, a blunt look on methods and circumstances

- the rivalry between the doctors; it’s fun to watch them passive-aggressively piss on each other

- the staging of the Tuberculin scandal was really effective, with all the hyping, the downfall and the consequences

- we get sweethearts! Stine is a sweetheart, Else is a sweetheart, Therese is a sweetheart, Dr. Kitasato is a sweetheart, and most of all Dr. Ehrlich. I like kind people, ok? Especially in a setting where so many people are asses

- the music is atmospheric and quite nice

- despite two options of marriage, the female protagonist remains single and gets to focus on her career, even in a time and setting that’s not supportive

- I’m having a blast with Minckwitz – he’s such a bitch, I love it

What I hate:

- the lesbian dies for no good reason

- did our main character really have to be a tragic, left-all-alone orphan in debts? Would you like some cheese with that whine?

- the big, hammy speeches get on my nerves after a while

- my sweet lesbian Therese dies, awfully, of frickin’ tuberculosis

- say what you will, Ida and Behring could have made it work; I think they would have been good for each other. Kinda disappointed

- Else Spinola deserved better

- poor Therese dies, thinking that God punishes her for being in love with Ida

- those weird slo-mo shots between scenes don’t serve any purpose

- what’s with the random fortuneteller scene? What was that good for?

- THERESE DIES! We go with f***king Bury Your Gays??? F*** YOU!

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What I like about Charité, season 2:

- Anni and Dr. Sauerbruch – different than with Ida, we get two focal characters who aren’t presented as doubtlessly morally good. On the contrary, Anni starts out as quite the happy-go-lucky little Nazi follower – and then we get all the character development; hell yeah!

- Anni chooses to keep and raise her disabled baby herself, come hell or high water; damn, she fights for that kid. And Martin is positive disabled representation, too – thanks for giving me a handicapped veteran who’s not a bitter, drunk wreck just whining about what a cripple he is! He’s got a grip on his life, and the leg only ever comes up on three occasions; it doesn’t define him

- Otto, Martin, Doc Jung, Margot, Maria Fritsch and Kolbe are more clearly positive characters, but they aren’t one-sided, either – like, Otto plays that bright sunshine, but there’s so much seething in him. My sweet baby boy

- same for the negative characters, because they aren’t flat either; Artur, de Crinis and Christel are super interesting, all different levels between quiet, only semi-aware compliance and full-on, not-so-blind fanaticism. Gawd, those shitheads, but they’re fascinating to watch

- all them relationships – Margot-Ferdinand, Otto-Martin, Otto-Anni, Artur-Anni, Margot-Doc Jung, Ferdinand-Doc Jung, Anni-de Crinis, Bessau-Artur, Martin-Christel, Otto-Christel, Anni-Martin… there are so many interplays, so many dynamics that influence each other! SO many layers!

- the acting is better, I think; the characters altogether feel less wooden, much more human than the first time around – perhaps because it’s not 19th century manners anymore now, I dunno; I’m getting really emotional over shit, and I love it

- incorporation of the political and social situation into the hospital setting – much more than in the first season, the state ideology influences the way the doctors can do their work, and many of them do their best to still hold onto their duty when everything around them falls apart, which is beautiful

- power struggles between the characters in charge and ideological / political nuances are more subtle; nothing is black and white

- but there’s nothing subtle about the presentation of Nazi crimes and how many people actually just went along willingly – that cold bluntness is just what that subject needs

- interactions with patients are better this time; they’re more now than passive, pitiable creatures who quietly die their way, they’re characters with their own minds and drives (Lohmann, Magda Goebbels, Hans von Dohnanyi, even Emil)

- the music is even better than the first time around, I love it – so gentle most of the time, but it can also really help to build the tension

- we get a very sweet, functioning queer romance between characters who consist of more than “well, they’re gay and it troubles them”, and they both live – THANK YOU for learning your lesson; there was no good reason to have the gay character die, so Otto and Martin get a happy end. Was that so difficult?

What I hate:

- Yrsa von Leistner is so effing random. Who the hell wrote this? If you can’t incorporate a character properly, why bother including them in the first place?

- the passivity and anonymity of the disabled children – why didn’t Artur or Anni ever get to perceive one of them as a person? That girl Traudel for example, Anni could have talked to her

- there’s a slight tendency to “I’ll just tell the character next to me” exposition – Artur when he and Anni wake up together that one morning (why wouldn’t Anni know yet what he’s working on? That long-winded explaining sentence just came off as awkward), Peter Sauerbruch to Margot about the Dohnanyis and Bonhoeffers

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What I like about Charité, season 3:

- I’m all pro ProPro! Honestly, that man is a treat, both how the character is written and how the actor carries the situations and interactions he’s in. He’s arrogant and narcissistic, but he’s also principled, insightful and caring, unpolitical in a smart way and honest in a quiet way, and he gets how people are, and his mentorship of Ella, how he supports and encourages her and also bluntly gives her the dressing-down she needs, is a thing of beauty. And that she has to earn his attention first

- I have a personal soft spot for the scene where ProPro is doing his sports and going jogging while talking with Ella, and then just has her run along. That man’s hilarious, I love him

- Ella’s spirited, and while I don’t love the protagonists of this season as much as those of the second, she’s still great in her own right – the dedication to her research, the strength with which she handles the shit that’s thrown at her

- everyone’s so snarky!

- the wider focus on medical history and research; we see a lot past surgery now

- everyone’s taking shit in stride – staff is running off to the West? Ok; rest gets double shifts. We don’t have a senior doctor on the ward this morning anymore? We do shit ourselves. An illness we’re not prepared to treat anymore because, actually, there should be vaccination enough? We’ll make do. I love that spirit

- positive disabled representation! Rapoport’s daughter actually interacts with people, is presented as a person, has dreams and strengths and can handle her issues – yes, please!

- we get an intersex character, not for long and the story isn’t treated with the care and attention it should have, but props for the effort, I guess

- the setting allows for Ella to focus fully on her work and passion, not really giving much on romance and marriage without that seeming out of place – Ida’s conversations most often revolved around a man, Anni was considered a Nazi role model for being married and a mother, but Ella, while the relationship with Kurt is an option, never prioritizes this and never needs it

- personally, I’m smelling threesome subtext between Ella, Kurt and Alex Nowack – that may just be me, but I like it

- how everyone handles situations, how the changes happening in the country are incorporated into the world the characters live in, how they are able to cope with stuff and make decisions, in the end even without shifting blame

- even more so than in season 2, I really like how human the patients and their relatives are, that interacting with them in the right way is made an important part of the doctors’ work, even when some of the patients are asses

What I hate:

- people are mumbling – it’s not dialects, it’s not accents; they’re mumbling. They never were in the first two seasons

- the cancer stories were really no favorite of mine; what’s with the teary melodrama and the sudden gory shock value? Come on, Charité, you can do better. Presenting the human side of everything has always been the strength of this series, so why going so overboard now?

- I dunno, the crime cases ProPro investigates don’t seem to be incorporated that well? I suppose they’re there to establish his main field of pathology, but they spend a lot of time on that “Biter” case, and I’m not sure why

- would have been nice if Inge Rapoport had gotten to interact a bit with important characters other than her husband, Arianna and Kraatz – she’s a lovable, strong female character; why keep her so one-sided?

- what’s with the black’n’white painting? You showed us how conflicted and nuanced people under the Nazi regime could be; why now the clear line between “those people are good” and “that one sold his soul to the Party”?

- you show us an intersex person, introduce her as a character, make us sympathize, show us her hindrances and possibilities – and then she’s just gone? What about her treatment? Positive development? Making Kraatz’ interactions with her a counterpoint to his interactions with Doc Rapoport? What WAS that?

[heres-to-all-that-is-mine]

Scribbles! (Ft. A lil Ben from @salezmanradioz)

[malfunctioning-mantis]

Cosmi describing the guy™, promptly made this doodle... @purple-to-my-tangerine

Bonus thing undercut

video link

[everyones-favourite-dentist]

“…t- totally! It’s, ah, my- my favourite holiday..?”

" heya, buddy ! Nice eyes ya got there, very pretty and very spooky ! ... Aaaanyway just wanted to say Happy Halloween , heh ... !

... Seriously how did you do that with the eyes ... ? Is it like a mask or ... - "

[ he tapped at the beak of his mask, pondering to himself ]

((@agent-octyl))

(The eyes snap shut as they turn to her, clearly startled. What’s with strangers walking up to them out of the blue tonight?)

“Wh— uh, what eyes?”

(…well, that was entirely unconvincing. Their teeth look strangely sharp when they speak.)

[tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors]

i was gonna ask if you have a map of wickhills but i get the feeling your dislike for concrete timelines extends to this kind of thing too

its not possible to draw a map of wickhills! the streets shift around and such. you can generally count on a few things like for example, Main and Fletcher always intersect at the very center of town and your specific street usually stays about the same. but the further out you get the less likely thats accurate, and Main and Fletcher sometimes switch place, and they can never seem to decide which direction theyre going North-South-East-West-wise

what i can give you is a basic rundown of What Wickhills Has In It, infrastructure wise, organized into general groups

going under a cut - this is all meta, and a lot of it

Governmental infrastructure

Wickhills Police Department (featuring kevin lemaster, the literal Only Cop - pretty much the only thing he does is hand out parking tickets and break up the occasional noise complaint, barring the very YikesTM interaction in Heir)

The fire department (again, very small - one truck, like five guys)

The Post Office and The Mailman (capitalized as such because he’s freaky as hell - heres an ask about him)

The Water Tower (featured in Bliss)

Fletcher Street Park (backs onto Fletcher Street Chapel Graveyard, next to Fletcher Street Chapel)

Cliff Park (the location of the wedding proper in Bliss - has a gazebo)

Wickhills Town Hall

Cultural/Religious infrastructure

6 churches (i know this seems like a lot but Trust Me if youve ever been in a small rural town you know this is a totally reasonable number of churches)

Calvary Freewill Baptist Church, Rose of St. Barbara Catholic Church, Wickhills United Methodist Church, Fletcher Street Chapel, Twin Cliff Church, Point Hill Lutheran Ministries

2 graveyards and one cemetery (Crown Hill Memorial Park is the cemetery, Rose Of St. Barbara Cemetery and Fletcher Street Chapel Graveyard are both graveyards in spite of the misleading name of the first)

Wickhills Public School District, which is a very funny and slightly misleading name seeing as its basically just one big school - all three buildings are on one campus.

Wickhills Elementary, Wickhills Junior High, and Wickhills High School - on the same campus are also football, soccer, and baseball fields. The mascot is the Marching Knights and the colors are blue and red

A public pool

The local paper (the Wickhills Community Tribune, commonly referred to as just “the Tribune”)

Other Infrastructure

the grocery store (very small, not well stocked, almost nothing in the way of produce)

the butcher

the farmer’s market (saturday mornings in the main square)

Wickhills Rural Hospital (featured in every other page is a mirror)

the dentist (Dr. Quickel, who appears in a blade buried in wet soil, and is the husband of Mrs. Quickel, from every other page is a mirror)

tow truck (the tow yard of which is featured in Spiderling)

hardware store/mechanic (owned by Anton Adams, Polly’s father and Remy and Nate’s uncle)

an agricultural store that is not a Tractor Supply but everyone CALLS the tractor supply and usually doesnt remember the actual name of

two gas stations, one of which has a deli

(much later in the timeline) Emile’s psychiatry practice

Other Shops

ice cream shop with an associated ice cream truck (Scoops, Patton works here through college)

2 antique/thrift stores (Salvage Garden, which features heavily in i looked just like everyone else, and Good as New which is mentioned but not by name in Small)

a barbershop

3 diners (Crown Hill Diner, The Gallery, Fiddler's)

Pepperoni's Pizza

the army surplus store

a bar (Main Street Pub - unofficial rivalry with the Adams, unofficial because the Adams are obviously whole ass breaking the law)

(much later in the timeline) Patton’s bakery

(much later in the timeline) Logan’s flower shop

other notable features and landmarks

the hanging tree (featured in trying to heal a burn victim by drowning them)

the main square/main square fountain (mentioned in every other page is a mirror, where the above mentioned farmer’s market takes place)

The train tracks (mentioned in Loyalty)

Wickhills Mining Company (abandoned mine)

the Wickham River

along the river there are two covered bridges (one of which appears in for the world’s more full of weeping), Twin Cliff Falls (from Joy), and a very wide assortment of tributaries and creeks running off of it (one of which is ~usually near the Gage house and appears in Reach)

there are a few other details i usually keep in mind. Wickhills has a lot of Cul-de-sacs. the two gas stations tend to stay on opposite sides of town and the train tracks tend to stay on the opposite side from the mine. the exact positioning changes but the Sanders’ house is almost relatively close to the school, and the school tends to stay close to the center of town. Downtown mixes itself up at lot but Logan’s flower shop and Patton’s bakery are always next to each other.

that was a lot of meta in one go - i hope yall had fun even if it was very mechanical. feel free to play in the sandbox!

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Paul Muni, Authenticity and Representation in JUAREZ (’39) By Raquel Stecher

Upon the success of THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (‘37) starring Paul Muni, the studio heads at Warner Bros. were eager to put Muni, their biggest and most important star, in another biographical period piece. His next film was JUAREZ (’39), a historical drama about Mexican president Benito Juarez, the Napoleon appointed emperor of Mexico, Maximilian I and his wife Carlota. Hollywood had been interested in bringing Juarez’s story to the big screen. Great care had to be put into the project as the Mexican government was very vocal about any Hollywood productions that misrepresented their people. MGM’s THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (’38) had enraged Mexicans so producers Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke had to tread carefully with JUAREZ.

Producer Hal B. Wallis saw movie making potential in Benito Juarez recalling in his memoir that “the stubborn, authoritative Mexican hero, was even more interesting and exciting than Maximilian or Carlota, and would be perfect for Paul Muni.” William Dieterle was hired as director yet Wallis and Blanke were in no rush to make the picture. A budget was set for $1.75 million, the most a major studio had ever spent on a single production, and seven months of preparation was put into the project before they ever started filming.

Muni, Dieterle, Wallis and Blanke took a six-week research trip to Mexico City. They visited places important to Juarez. This project was unlike any Muni had ever worked on before and the normally shy Muni really came out of his shell during the research trip. Although sources differ, Muni was able to meet with either one or two surviving members of the Juarist army and was able to get a better sense of Juarez’ personality, mannerisms and preferences to inform his performance. Back at the studio, film researcher Dr. Herman Lissauer accumulated 372 books, documents, correspondence and photographs. There was an overwhelming amount of material, but Wallis and his team were determined to get this right.

Make-up artist Perc Westmore was tasked with transforming the Austro-Hungarian Paul Muni into the Indigenous Mexican Benito Juarez. Westmore and his team took photos of Muni’s face then painted the likeness of Juarez over them. They darkened Muni’s skin, accentuated his bone structure, squared off his forehead and transformed his nose. Westmore noted every step in the process so it could be repeated daily with the same end result. Costume designer Orry-Kelly fitted Muni with a Prince Albert coat and stovepipe hat and the Juarez transformation was complete.

Much care was put into the rest of the production. Orry-Kelly’s researched 1860s wardrobes and dressed the principals, cast and more than 1,000 extras. Art director Anton Grot and his team drew 3,6000 sketches, made 7,360 blueprints and constructed 54 sets which included cities, villages, castles and palaces. Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed original music inspired by the heavy influence the Viennese had on the Mexican music of the time. Even the corn that John Garfield, who plays Porfirio Diaz in the film, eats during one of his scenes had to be Mexican corn which they had purchased at great cost from the University of California’s agricultural program.

What’s unique about JUAREZ is that it was essentially filmed as two separate movies and then edited together. The story of Maximilian and Carlota, played by Brian Aherne and Bette Davis, was filmed first. Muni was shown the first portion and provided his input which included additional scenes and dialogue, much to screenwriter John Huston’s chagrin. Muni’s performance was reserved, perhaps too much so. According to Muni biographer Jerome Lawrence, in later years Muni “felt he had been too faithful to the original, not allowing himself an artist’s prerogative of adding coloration to the historical character.” While many were impressed by how much Muni looked like Juarez, his performance suffered from being juxtaposed with Brian Aherne’s more spirited depiction of Maximilian. Aherne steals the picture from Muni and would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Warner Bros. arranged for a private screening with current Mexican President Cardenas who gave his blessing and invited the studio to host a premiere at the National Theater. JUAREZ premiered in April 1939 and in Mexico later that June. The Mexican newspaper La Prensa had an issue with the final scene of the picture which was tweaked for the Mexican premiere. Protests were expected but the film got a standing ovation instead. Back in the states, the film got mixed reviews and was a financial failure for the studio. While JUAREZ is an international story it had a decidedly American theme of freedom and democracy. It wasn’t enough to appeal to the general public.

The biggest problem with JUAREZ is the lack of actual Mexicans in the film. While that might not have been a problem in 1930s Hollywood, it certainly wouldn’t pass muster today. The principal cast includes a mix of American, British, French-Cuban, Greek, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, Spanish and Maltan players; only Gilbert Roland, who plays Colonel Miguel Lopez, was actually Mexican. Roland remembered the production fondly and, in an interview, said, “there was a feeling of importance, of excitement to it. Even while we were shooting it, William Dieterle guided us all so expertly and with such flow and movement in the scenes…”

While embraced by the Mexican community at the time, JUAREZ also got pushback. Mexican filmmaker Miguel Contreras Torres claimed that Warner Bros. stole his Juarez biopic that he produced in 1934 and dubbed into English in 1935. He attempted to sue Warner Bros., even going as far as meeting with the Mexican ambassador in Washington D.C., but Jack Warner settled the matter by offering to purchase the film for international distribution. In the 1970s, the Mexican Community Council wanted Los Angeles television to stop broadcasting JUAREZ because they felt that the lack of actual Mexican representation made the film problematic.

For anyone who watches classic films regularly, films like JUAREZ are a double-edged sword. We can appreciate the workmanship that goes into a production like this while also feeling the pang that comes from the lack of authenticity. JUAREZ still lives up as a fine historical drama from one of the most celebrated years in film history.