#Edward Lucie-Smith

[hitchell-mope]

Good movie. It should’ve been at least 95 minutes shorter. But still. Good movie.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Bridget Riley, Study for Movement in Squares, 1961

Bridget Riley, Movement in Squares, 1961

Edward Lucie-Smith, Bridget Riley, circa 1970

[corallapis]

i can't believe pamela wyndham met and started being courted by edward tennant because she was sent to india to get over harry cust (whose married mistress violet rutland used her unwitting cousin nina to execute a baby-trap-by-proxy so that he'd have to get married to nina and couldn't marry pamela & thus would remain violet's lover) & tennant was there in the first place to check up on his sister lucy... who had also been sent to india..... to get over harry cust.......

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Serving in Nauvoo Homes and Shops

Elder Kevin and Sister Lou Dene Hunt are enjoying serving in Nauvoo homes and shops. We are pleased to be serving in Nauvoo as “Site Missionaries” in the Illinois Historic Sites Mission (that includes Nauvoo and Carthage).  This is a great blessing and privilege. As noted earlier, Sister Hunt’s parents, Elder E.H. and Sister Verna Belcher served in Nauvoo from 1979 to 1981.  They spent their…

[granstromjulius]

Edward Lucie-Smith

[milksockets]

'portal gates, 1974' in the art of albert paley: iron, bronze, steel - edward lucie-smith (1996)

[thatscarletflycatcher]

The problem with discussions about Henry Crawford is that there are two different questions being asked at the same time: 1) Can Fanny reform Henry? and 2) Can Henry reform?

Austen answers negatively to the first one, but I'd argue she's very ambivalent in her answer to the second.

Austen is not in the habit of "punishing" her villains; none of them are struck by accidents of fortune or anything the like, but we commonly perceive the downgrade between what they could have had and what they end up having. Edward Ferrars is an infinitely preferrable husband to Robert Ferrars, but Lucy Steele never seems to become aware of that fact. Isabella tries to get Captain Tilney over James Morland. Mr. Elliot is not crying by the corners over the fact that he lost Anne Elliot. Even Willoughby's regret is not about Marianne's actual goodness, but his personal convenience. Austen's "villains" as a rule are morally stupid people.

When Aristotle says that no one can be good who is stupid, he doesn't have in mind things like being good at Math or being well read or quick-witted; he's thinking of a certain intuition, clear-sightedness about what is good, what contributes to human flourishing, and this seems to be a strong component of what Austen calls sense. Sense is almost convertible (if not completely) with prudence, and prudence is a rather intuitive virtue, as it regulates the when, the how, the how much, etc of the other moral virtues. (and there goes my first thesis topic that I never did!).

In that way it is interesting that only 4 characters are said to possess sense in Mansfield Park: Edmund, Fanny, Henry, and Tom (and Tom doesn't even fully count, because his is expressed negatively: instead of having sense, he doesn't lack it). Here are the Henry instances:

"He did not want them to die of love; but with sense and temper which ought to have made him judge and feel better, he allowed himself great latitude on such points." "Henry Crawford had too much sense not to feel the worth of good principles in a wife, though he was too little accustomed to serious reflection to know them by their proper name; but when he talked of her having such a steadiness and regularity of conduct, such a high notion of honour, and such an observance of decorum as might warrant any man in the fullest dependence on her faith and integrity, he expressed what was inspired by the knowledge of her being well principled and religious." "That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of the barriers which society gives to virtue. In this world the penalty is less equal than could be wished; but without presuming to look forward to a juster appointment hereafter, we may fairly consider a man of sense, like Henry Crawford, to be providing for himself no small portion of vexation and regret: vexation that must rise sometimes to self-reproach, and regret to wretchedness, in having so requited hospitality, so injured family peace, so forfeited his best, most estimable, and endeared acquaintance, and so lost the woman whom he had rationally as well as passionately loved."

(I'm not counting the one time Edmund calls him a man of sense, and the one time Sir Thomas does the same, for obvious contextual reasons).

It's not only interesting that he is the only rake to be called a man of sense by the narrator (Mrs. Smith calling Mr. Elliot a man of sense in Persuasion is clearly not meant to be taken straight), but that it is always specifically tied to moral perceptiveness; he was morally perceptive enough to know he shouldn't have played the way he did, and he chose to ignore it. He perceives Fanny's moral worth, and it is the core reason why he wants to marry her.* He also perceives William's moral worth as something both good and desirable:

"To Henry Crawford they gave a different feeling. He longed to have been at sea, and seen and done and suffered as much. His heart was warmed, his fancy fired, and he felt the highest respect for a lad who, before he was twenty, had gone through such bodily hardships and given such proofs of mind. The glory of heroism, of usefulness, of exertion, of endurance, made his own habits of selfish indulgence appear in shameful contrast; and he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!"

Both here and at the end of the novel, Henry's moral perceptiveness leads to remorse for his own moral wrongdoings. Compare this to Willoughby's regret over Marianne:

"Willoughby could not hear of her marriage without a pang; and his punishment was soon afterwards complete in the voluntary forgiveness of Mrs. Smith, who, by stating his marriage with a woman of character, as the source of her clemency, gave him reason for believing that had he behaved with honour towards Marianne, he might at once have been happy and rich. That his repentance of misconduct, which thus brought its own punishment, was sincere, need not be doubted;—nor that he long thought of Colonel Brandon with envy, and of Marianne with regret. But that he was for ever inconsolable, that he fled from society, or contracted an habitual gloom of temper, or died of a broken heart, must not be depended on—for he did neither. He lived to exert, and frequently to enjoy himself. His wife was not always out of humour, nor his home always uncomfortable; and in his breed of horses and dogs, and in sporting of every kind, he found no inconsiderable degree of domestic felicity."

This sense/moral perceptiveness of Henry Crawford, and his experiencing remorse for his own wrongdoings sets him apart from the other Austen rakes. He's also not a drinker or a gambler; he does take at least minimal care of Everingham ("Everingham could not do without him in the beginning of September. He went for a fortnight") and did some modifications to it as soon as he got it. The same way Darcy's character is revealed as we see Pemberley, so the inflexion point of Henry's redemption attempt is his trying to become a better master of his estate:

For her approbation, the particular reason of his going into Norfolk at all, at this unusual time of year, was given. It had been real business, relative to the renewal of a lease in which the welfare of a large and—he believed—industrious family was at stake. He had suspected his agent of some underhand dealing; of meaning to bias him against the deserving; and he had determined to go himself, and thoroughly investigate the merits of the case. He had gone, had done even more good than he had foreseen, had been useful to more than his first plan had comprehended, and was now able to congratulate himself upon it, and to feel that in performing a duty, he had secured agreeable recollections for his own mind. He had introduced himself to some tenants whom he had never seen before; he had begun making acquaintance with cottages whose very existence, though on his own estate, had been hitherto unknown to him. This was aimed, and well aimed, at Fanny. It was pleasing to hear him speak so properly; here he had been acting as he ought to do. To be the friend of the poor and the oppressed! Nothing could be more grateful to her; and she was on the point of giving him an approving look, when it was all frightened off by his adding a something too pointed of his hoping soon to have an assistant, a friend, a guide in every plan of utility or charity for Everingham: a somebody that would make Everingham and all about it a dearer object than it had ever been yet. She turned away, and wished he would not say such things. She was willing to allow he might have more good qualities than she had been wont to suppose. She began to feel the possibility of his turning out well at last; but he was and must ever be completely unsuited to her, and ought not to think of her.

I have half an idea of going into Norfolk again soon. I am not satisfied about Maddison. I am sure he still means to impose on me if possible, and get a cousin of his own into a certain mill, which I design for somebody else. I must come to an understanding with him. I must make him know that I will not be tricked on the south side of Everingham, any more than on the north: that I will be master of my own property. I was not explicit enough with him before. The mischief such a man does on an estate, both as to the credit of his employer and the welfare of the poor, is inconceivable. I have a great mind to go back into Norfolk directly, and put everything at once on such a footing as cannot be afterwards swerved from. Maddison is a clever fellow; I do not wish to displace him, provided he does not try to displace me; but it would be simple to be duped by a man who has no right of creditor to dupe me, and worse than simple to let him give me a hard-hearted, griping fellow for a tenant, instead of an honest man, to whom I have given half a promise already. Would it not be worse than simple? Shall I go? Do you advise it?” “I advise! You know very well what is right.” “Yes. When you give me your opinion, I always know what is right. Your judgment is my rule of right.” “Oh, no! do not say so. We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

This is even more hammered in by the narrator: "Had he done as he intended, and as he knew he ought, by going down to Everingham after his return from Portsmouth, he might have been deciding his own happy destiny."

All these elements seem to point towards his being redeemable; he almost managed it! If only he'd gone to Everingham instead of London, catastrophic failure would have been averted! And yet at the same time we are told this:

Henry Crawford, ruined by early independence and bad domestic example, indulged in the freaks of a cold-blooded vanity a little too long. Once it had, by an opening undesigned and unmerited, led him into the way of happiness. Could he have been satisfied with the conquest of one amiable woman’s affections, could he have found sufficient exultation in overcoming the reluctance, in working himself into the esteem and tenderness of Fanny Price, there would have been every probability of success and felicity for him. His affection had already done something. Her influence over him had already given him some influence over her. Would he have deserved more, there can be no doubt that more would have been obtained, especially when that marriage had taken place, which would have given him the assistance of her conscience in subduing her first inclination, and brought them very often together. Would he have persevered, and uprightly, Fanny must have been his reward, and a reward very voluntarily bestowed, within a reasonable period from Edmund’s marrying Mary.

Ruined by early independence and bad domestic example. Mansfield Park is in a way a rather pessimist novel: it is a novel about education, and once your education has "set", your character is fixed, and your fate determined. Much of Maria and Julia's disgrace was also directly caused by their upbringing in a household where all importance was given to superficial qualities, and very little effective affection was shared; one can compare the restrained calm of Mansfield as a reflection of Sir Thomas' own unwillingness to see reality and give himself some discomfort in making others comfortable, with the bustle of the Musgrove household, and connect the dots to what makes the relationship between sisters Maria and Julia so different from the one between Louisa and Henrietta in similar situations.

In the end, it's a bit of a Schröedinger's cat situation. Can Henry reform? Yes, says Austen, he has the qualities needed for moral improvement, but no, his upbringing ruined him, and his character is fixed.

While this idea is the strongest in MP, it is present one way or another in all Austen's novels. Characters reforming is usually more about one specific quality or moral tone not being fine tuned than proper metanoia. Darcy was taught to do right, and did right; what he needed was to add proper humility and kindness to his practice. There is an exception, though, the one thing Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen agree upon: a close brush with death is the best recipe for moral cure in the otherwise incurable.

Maybe the key is to wish Henry a good pneumonia, or a strong horsefall-induced concussion.

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*On a side note, it's interesting that before he proposes, he considers how attached Fanny is to Mansfield, as undeserving as he thinks the Bertrams to be of her affection, and even draws a plan that contemplates giving her pleasure that way too: "I will not take her from Northamptonshire. I shall let Everingham, and rent a place in this neighbourhood; perhaps Stanwix Lodge."

[fashionbooksmilano]

Liliane Tomasko Beds

Edward Lucie-Smith

Galeria Llucia Homs, Barcelona 2002, 36 pag., Catalan and English

with a postcard signed by the artist

euro 45,00

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04/06/24

[bethanydelleman]

what do you think would have been the most personally tragic (plausible) outcomes for each of the heroines?

Catherine Morland - She was somehow forced to ride in John Thorpe's gig for a third time.

Now I'll be serious. I refuse to imagine my dear Catherine in a tragedy.

Marianne Dashwood - Willoughby seduces her and she ends up pregnant and ruined. I've written this, twice. Also, she could have died from her fever

Elinor Dashwood - Edward marries Lucy Steele, she ends up resigning herself to a prudent but loveless marriage or never leaves home, occasionally hearing through her family that Edward is completely miserable

Elizabeth Bennet - marries someone she doesn't really respect and becomes a female version of her father

Jane Bennet - never gets over Bingley, eventually settles for a loveless marriage and it kills her inside

Fanny Price - Edmund marries Mary Crawford and Fanny watches in silent agony as she destroys Edmund's (weak) moral core and he becomes an entirely different person. William's ship is lost and Fanny never hears from him again

Emma Woodhouse - kind of cheating since it's in the book: Mr. Knightley does fall in love with Harriet Smith and stops coming to Hartfield as often, leaving Emma loveless and lonely

Anne Elliot - Captain Wentworth marries Louisa Musgrove out of duty, he also realizes his love for Anne but sees no way out. Anne remains within his sphere through her connection to the Musgrove family, she is aware that he loves her but there is nothing either of them can do about it. After a few years and two children, Wentworth confesses and Anne is forced to remove herself to the house of a distant family member. She eventually marries and Wentworth takes on more and more risks as a naval officer, leading to his ship being destroyed and his entire crew dying. He survives and feels so guilty that he eventually hangs himself, leaving his disillusioned wife and kids to fend for themselves (don't worry, Louisa has a great family and a good fortune).

Lady Susan - Sir James refuses to die and escapes all of her attempts like a clueless cartoon character who cannot be killed. Her daughter is also widely reported to be more beautiful than her.

[hollywoodfamerp]

Pack your bags, Famers! Our annual winter trip is taking place in… Australia! On February 16th, all celebrities will land in Sydney, Australia to kick off our trip!

Under the cut, you’ll find the list of roommates! 

Couples from the ship list have been roomed together and everyone else was randomized by a generator. If you have been roomed with another fc that you play, please message us POLITELY and we will fix it asap! Roommates are subject to change due to unfollows, follows, activity check, etc. so please like this post to keep up to date on any changes.

Zendaya Coleman & Xu Minghao

Gigi Hadid & Lee Taemin

Kelsea Ballerini & Miles Teller

Renee Paquette (Renee Young) & Awsten Knight

Meryl Streep & Choi Soobin

Ariana DeBose & David Corenswet

Sam Reid & Britt Lower

Normani Kordei & Zac Efron

Byun Baekhyun & Hayden Christensen

Gareth Southgate & Charles Leclerc

Harry Kane & Matt Smith

Lainey Wilson & Alycia Debnam-Carey

Joe Jonas & Emma Stone

Kit Connor & Robyn (Rihanna) Fenty

Tom Holland & Jon Moxley

Liam Hemsworth & Joey King

Melissa Barrera & Cynthia Erivo

Florence Pugh & Anne Hathaway

Andrei Iosivas & Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd)

Jordyn Woods & Wong Kunhang (Hendery)

Eiza Gonzalez & Hailee Steinfeld

Vanessa Kirby & Isabela Merced

Simone Ashley & Jung Wooyoung

Lily James & Mike Evans

Cha Eunwoo & Dianna Agron

Adria Arjona & Madelyn Cline

Matthew Tkachuk & Mazz Murray

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock & Joshua Hong (Hong Jisoo)

Alex Gumuchian (bbno$) & Chase Stokes

Rebecca Ferguson & Kang Seulgi

Britt Baker & Pedro Pascal

Aaron Tveit & Ariana Grande

Peter Hernandez (Bruno Mars) & Lee Felix

Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley) & Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte Flair)

Hwang Hyunjin & Christopher Bang (Bang Chan)

Sarah Paulson & Jessica Lange

Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift

Chris Evans & Naomi Scott

Noah Centineo & Anya Taylor-Joy

Benson Boone & Manu Rios

Glen Powell & Romee Strijd

Niall Horan & Olivia O'Brien

Sophie Turner & Dove Cameron

Nick Robinson & Nicholas Hoult

Park Seonghwa & Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (Megan Thee Stallion)

Choi San & Jeon Jungkook

Sabrina Carpenter & Jenna Ortega

Chloe Bailey & Josh O'Connor

Karlie Kloss & Oliver Stark

Rylee Arnold & Joe Burrow

Olivia Dunne & Ja'Marr Chase

Cate Blanchett & Jenna Lyons

Selena Gomez & Nick Jonas

Olivia Rodrigo & Halle Bailey

Sam Claflin & Chris Pine

Sebastian Stan & Margot Robbie

Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) & Rebecca Quin (Becky Lynch)

Pamela Martinez (Bayley) & Mercedes Justine Varnado (Sasha Banks)

Zoë Kravitz & Lili Reinhart

Danny Amendola & Olivia Culpo

Emily Blunt & John Krasinski

Josephine Skriver & Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Cari Fletcher & Victoria de Angelis

Kim Hongjoong & Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper (Saweetie)

Hailey Baldwin & Luke Hemmings

Min Yoongi & Kim Namjoon

Saoirse Ronan & Jack Lowden

Nicholas Galitzine & Taylor Zakhar Perez

Ashton Irwin & Harry Styles

Lauren Jauregui & Bill Skarsgard

Elizabeth Lail & Jason Sudeikis

Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) & Jessica Chastain

Kim Jisoo & Christian Yu

Dakota Johnson & Sam Heughan

Tom Hardy & Candice Swanepoel

Chris Hemsworth & Elizabeth Olsen

Mason Mount & Perrie Edwards

Kaia Gerber & Juno Temple

Momo Hirai & Charlie Hunnam

Kendall Jenner & Taylor Hill

Xiao Dejun & Paul Mescal

Daisy Edgar Jones & Sydney Sweeney

Shawn Mendes & Adam Brody

Alexander Skarsgard & Rachel Brosnahan

Jasmine Tookes & Yu Jimin (Karina)

Vanessa Hudgens & Lalisa Manoban

Bella Hadid & Laura Harrier

Kim Taehyung & Josh Allen

Andrew Garfield & Lucy Hale

Dua Lipa & Samara Weaving

Callum Turner & Joe Locke

Ryan Blaney & Cindy Kimberly

Jalen Hurts & Damiano David

Austin Butler & Kathryn Hahn

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[spaceagebachelormann]

𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

!!REQUEST REQUIREMENTS!!

-> state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and a plot

-> do you have any specifics for the reader? blonde, poc, male, neurodivergent, etc? (please keep in mind i will write poc readers but i’m white so they may be a little difficult for me)

-> requests are preferred to be sent through inbox, but i can make dms work if needed

-> PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE “____ x reader fluff” GIVE ME A PLOT LINE

!!WHAT I WILL WRITE!!

-> platonic

-> romantic

-> familial

-> any gender x any gender

-> headcanons

-> long fics

-> multi character

-> blurbs

-> poly relationships

-> x reader

-> i will only write cheating if it’s a character comforting r after being cheated on, not a character cheating on r

!!WHAT I WONT WRITE!!

-> smut (i’m 15)

-> yandere

-> most aus, ask about the specific au before requesting an au

-> incest

-> age gaps

-> canonical gay/lesbian character x a man (if lesbian) or a woman (if gay)

-> song fics

-> things about ocs

-> ships

-> sunshine x grumpy tropes, i’m horrible at this trope

character list

keeper of the lost cities

sophie foster, dex dizznee, fitz vacker, keefe sencen, biana vacker, marella redek, maruca chebota, tam song, linh song, wylie endal, jensi babblos, stina heks, elwin hesledge

harry potter

harry potter, ron weasley, hermione granger, neville longbottom, luna lovegood, ginny weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, sirius black, james potter, remus lupin, mary macdonald, marlene mckinnon, lily evans, dorcas meadows, regulus black, barty crouch jr, narcissa black, andromeda black, bellatrix lestrange

the outsiders

ponyboy curtis, johnny cade, sodapop curtis, darry curtis, steve randall, twobit matthews, dallas winston, cherry valance

the school for good and evil

agatha, sophie, tedros, hort, hester, anadil, dot, nicola, rhian mistral, rafal mistral, clarissa dovey, leonora lesso

little women

jo march, amy march, beth march, meg march, laurie

dracula

dracula, lucy westenra, arthur holmwood, john seward, mina harker, abraham van helsing, renfield, quincey morris, jonathan harker, the brides

frankenstein

victor frankenstein, elizabeth lavenza, henry clerval, adam frankenstein, justine mortiz, ernest frankenstein, the bride

dr jekyll and mr hyde

henry jekyll, edward hyde, richard enfield, gabriel utterson, hastie lanyon, lucy harris

phantom of the opera

christine daaé, erik destler, raoul de chagney, meg giry, carlotta giudicelli

the mighty ducks

charlie conway, adam banks, lester averman, guy germaine, connie moreau, fulton reed, dean portman, julie gaffney, ken wu, luis mendoza, dwayne robertson

david bowie

david bowie, ziggy stardust, jareth, thomas jerome newton, celliers

daisy jones and the six

daisy jones, billy dunne, graham dunne, karen sirko, warren rhodes, pete loving/roundtree, eddie loving/roundtree, camila dunne, simone jackson

doctor who bbc

ninth doctor, tenth doctor, eleventh doctor, twelfth doctor, rose tyler, jack harkness, mickey smith, donna noble, martha jones, clara oswald, river song, amy pond, rory williams, simm! master, missy/gomez master

miss peregrines home for peculiar children

jacob portman, emma bloom, millard nulling, enoch o’connor, olive elephanta, alma peregrine

good omens

crowley, aziraphale, ineffable husbands (poly), beelzebub <3, gabriel, ineffable bureaucracy (poly), nina, maggie, nina and maggie (poly), anathema

what we do in the shadows

nandor the relentless, nadja of antipaxos, laszlo cravensworth, colin robinson, guillermo de la cruz, the guide, baron afanas

yellowjackets

shauna shipman, lottie matthews, misty quigley, taissa turner, van palmer, natalie scatoricco, jackie taylor, travis martinez

star trek (tos/aos)

jim kirk, spock, leonard mccoy, nyota uhura, hikaru sulu, pavel chekov, montgomery scott, janice rand, christine chapel

xmen

charles xavier, erik lehnsherr, logan howlett, scott summers, jean grey, ororo munroe, rogue, remy lebeau, kevin sydney, lucas bishop, mystique, emma frost, kurt wagner, hank mccoy, jubilee

miscellaneous characters

sarah williams, bernard the elf, rodrick heffley, varian, lisa frankenstein, the creature (lisa frankenstein)

UPCOMING FANDOMS : american horror story, torchwood, gossip girl, hannibal, sherlock, ghosts, house md, star trek tng, the x files, the big bang theory, dead poets society

[lime1991]

List of sims 2 premades who are people of color

(university, dead, and binned sims not listed. If I missed anyone else, let me know!)

Strangetown

Circe Beaker - 1/2 Greek, 1/4 Black 1/4 White

Nervous Subject - African Ancestry (Black)

Curious Brothers - 1/2 Black, 1/4 Not White 1/4 White

Jenny Smith - 1/2 Black, 1/4 Not White 1/4 White

Jill Smith - 1/2 Alien, 1/4 Black 1/8 Not White 1/8 White

(Note: In real life, Jill wouldn’t be considered a poc but because she looks exactly like Jenny, who should look black, she should also look black. Also Not White is my go-to when I can’t tell the intention behind their grandparents’ designs. Some read Kitty Curious as wasian or half native, I personally see her as half white and half black.)

Lola & Chloe Singles - Aliens with a black father

Olive Specter - African (Maiden name is Swahili)

Ophelia Nigmos - African Ancestry (Black)

(Note: When I say “African Ancestry” I mean there’s a degree of separation between the sim and the place their ancestors are from, Ophelia and Nervous are both black and have direct ties to specific places in Africa. I just mean that they themselves did not come from Africa and nor did their parents.)

Pleasantview

Daniel Pleasant - 1/2 Black, 1/2 Not White

Mary-Sue Pleasant - Fully Asian, Adopted

Angela & Lilith - 1/2 Asian, 1/4 Black 1/4 Not White

Jennifer Burb - 1/2 Black, 1/2 Not White

Lucy Burb - 1/2 Black, 1/2 White

Bella Goth - 1/2 Black, 1/4 Hispanic 1/4 Not White

Cassandra Goth - 1/2 White, 1/4 Black 2/8 Other

(Note: Cassandra looks more like Bella, which is why she’s on the list. In real life, people would not consider her a person of color if she had lighter skin.)

Dina & Nina Caliente - 1/2 Hispanic, 1/2 Egyptian Arab

Don Lothario - Spicy White (Italian) (felt worth mentioning)

Dreamer Family - Black (obviously)

Brandi Broke - White, but with Not White ancestry

Veronaville

Monty Family - Confusing

Oberon Summerdream - Black

Bottom Summerdream - Black

Titania Summerdream - 1/2 Asian, 1/2 White

Belladonna Cove

Benjamin Baldwin - 1/2 Black, 1/2 Arab

Isabel Baldwin - Black, possibly something else too

Sofia & Marcus Baldwin - Black

Carlos Contender - Black

Vivian Cho - Mixed Ancestry Asian

Etsu Cho - Mixed Ancestry Asian

Timothy Riley - 1/2 Irish, 1/2 Indian

Sally Riley - Mostly white, 1/4 Indian 1/4 Native

Chastity Gere - 1/2 Black, 1/2 White

Gabriel Green - Hispanic

Jessica Peterson - White but maybe Not White

Patel Family - Indian (duh)

Geoff Rutherford - White but 1/4 Black

Connor Weir - 1/2 Black, 1/2 White

Desiderata Valley

Una-Aspir Families - Russian? Mongolian, maybe?

Bell-Wirth Family - Black

Edward Contrary - Black-ish

Opal Contrary - Asian

Rick Contrary - Blasian-ish

Marcel Jocque - White but 1/4 Black and tan skin

Violet Jocque - White but 1/8 Black with tan skin

(Note: I’m only mentioning them bc they have non-white ancestry and it shows.)

John Mole - 1/2 Asian, 1/4 Black 1/4 White

Riverblossom Hills

Jason Greenman - White but 1/4 Black

Gabe O’Mackey - White but 1/4 Black and tan

Morty Roth - Black(?)

(Note: His father is black with an afro and his mother has cornrows which imply she’s black but neither grandparents look black? His mom’s dad might be? His dad’s dad is named Tyronne which is a stereotypically black name? I don’t know man.)

Sandra & Xander Roth - Questionably 1/2 Black

Patrica Wan - 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Japanese

Cleo Shikibu - 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 White

Andrew & Jacob Martin - Hispanic

[iwannascreameurekaa]

ahem... everyone ignore my last post shhhhh

my valgrace playlist! In a format that can actually be used because links hate me and I'm cursed yippiee

@erosjournal

angst playlist fluff playlist smut playlist

Cupids Chokehold / Breakfast in America  by Gym Class Heroes (Ft. Patrick Stump)

Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan 

Stick Season by Noah Kahan

Fourth of July by Sufjan Stevens

All I Want by Kodaline

Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Line Without A Hook by Ricky Montgomery

Tears over Beers by Modern Baseball

Everyone Adores You (At Least I Do) by Matt Maltese

Mr Loverman by Ricky Montgomery

ocean eyes by Billie Eilish

Dear Arkansas Daughter by Lady Lamb

Paper Rings by Taylor Swift

I Don't Smoke by Mitski 

This Year by The Mountain Goats 

Wolves by Selena Gomez & Marshmallow 

Happy News For Sadness by Car Seat Headrest

Wet by Dazey and the Scouts

Let's Fall In Love by Mother Mother 

What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish

Inarticulation by Rio Romeo 

The Adults Are Talking by The Strokes

Break by Alex G

Sex, Drugs, Etc. by Beach Weather

Stressed Out by twenty one pilots 

Two Birds by Regina Spektor

TV by Billie Eilish

Things to Do by Alex G

Take Me to Church by Hozier 

the way things go by beabadoobee 

Mind Over Matter by Young the Giant

I'd Rather Sleep by Kero Kero Bonito

anything by Adrianne Lenker

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by The Smiths

Pretend by Alex G

Nothing's New by Rio Romeo

Good Looking by Suki Waterhouse 

Time Moves Slow by BADBADNOTGOOD & Samuel T. Herring

Bruno is Orange by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

Twin Sized Mattress by The Front Bottoms

Be Nice To Me by The Front Bottoms 

I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski

Meteor Shower by Cavetown

Brother by Madds Buckley

Electric Love by BØRNS

Harness Your Hopes (B-side) by Pavement

Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood 

For The Record from 36 Questions 

Where Is My Mind? by Pixies

Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence

Lone Star by The Front Bottoms 

Too Sweet by Hozier

HOT TO GO! by Chappell Roan

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse 

the fruits by Paris Paloma

Girl With One Eye by Florence + the Machine

i like the way you kiss me by Artemas

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story from Hamilton

Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine

Symphonia IX by Current Joys

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

Run Boy Run by Woodkid

Washing Machine Heart by Mitski

Sarah by Alex G

Race by Alex G

lucy~ by Corbon Amodio

Waiting Room by Phoebe Bridgers

Not Strong Enough by Boy Genius 

Gilded Lily by Cults

The Archer by Taylor Swift

BritRock by McCafferty

Beachboy by McCafferty

Bottom by McCafferty

Fentanyl by McCafferty

Trees by McCafferty

Babooshka by Kate Bush

When Will I See You Again by Shakka 

Candy by Alex G

Your Best American Girl by Mitski

You're My Best Friend by Queen 

Abbey by Mitski

That's What I Like by Bruno Mars

Maneater by Nelly Furtado

Vampire Empire by Big Thief

Vampire Empire by Adrianne Lenker

That's Life by Frank Sinatra 

Wasted Summers by juju<3

The 30th by Billie Eilish

Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin

Static by Steve Lacy

The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer

The Gold by Manchester Orchestra & Phoebe Bridgers 

It's Called: Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons

Habits by Genevieve Stokes

Best Friend by Rex Orange County

Revenge by XXXTENTACION

Anything You Want by JAWNY

Lay All You Love On Me by ABBA

Over & Over by Rio Romeo

Heather by Conan Gray

Young Dumb & Broke by Khalid 

Freaks by Surf Curse

Tear in My Heart by twenty one pilots

Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart by Mitski

Exit Music (For A Film) by Radiohead

forwards beckon rebound by Adrianne Lenker

Creep by Radiohead

Feel Better by Penelope Scott

Shut Up and Drive by Rihanna

Casual by Chappell Roan

Never Enough from The Greatest Showman 

Rewrite the Stars from The Greatest Showman

Sailor Song by Gigi Perez

Once More to See You by Mitski

Back to Life by Mother Mother

Nasty Dog by Sir Mix-A-Lot

Black Hair by Alex G

Sandy by Alex G

Stay Behind by Mother Mother

Wait for Me (Reprise) from Hadestown

Rollercoaster by Bleachers 

Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus

Good at Loving You Mother Mother

Wont Bite by Doja Cat

Cold as Ice by Blacklite District  

Brown Shuga by Sir Mix-A-Lot

Bark Like You Want It by Sir Mix-A-Lot

Fable by Gigi Perez 

Calm Me Down by Mother Mother

Arms Tonite by Mother Mother

Death Cup by Mom Jeans.

She Knows by J. Cole

Christmas Kids by Roar

Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender

I Love You So by The Walters 

Midwests Best by Nik Salah

Picture You by Chappell Roan

Cop Car by Mitski

St. Chroma by Tyler, The Creator 

Positions by Ariana Grande 

Need To Know by Doja Cat

Ride by Sir Mix-A-Lot

obsessed by Olivias Rodrigo

Toxic by Britney Spears

No One Noticed by The Marias

Bed Chem by Sabrina Carpenter 

Juno by Sabrina Carpenter

Closer by Nine Inch Nails

we can't be friends (wait for your love) by Ariana Grande

Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches 

Apartment by Modern Baseball

Au Revoir (Adios) by The Front Bottoms 

Bag of Bones by Mitski

Bobby by Alex G

Brand New City by Mitski

Brave as a Noun by AJJ

Broken by lovelytheband 

Broken Cash Machine by Modern Baseball

Bubblegum Bitch by Marina and the Diamonds

Burn from Hamilton

Change by Alex G

Come into the Water by Mitski

Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift

Cupid by Jack Stauber's Micropop

Dance With Me by Topline Addicts

Dancing With Your Ghost by Sasha Alex Sloan

Dead-Bird by McCafferty 

deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo

Dial Drunk by Noah Kahan

Dread in My Heart by Mother Mother

Dream Sweet in Sea Major by Miracle Musical

Enchanted by Taylor Swift

Fifteen by Taylor Swift

First Love / Late Spring by Mitski

Fool by Frankie Cosmos

Francis Forever by Mitski

Freak by Doja Cat

From The Start by Laufey

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA

 Good Graces by Sabrina Carpenter

Government Hooker by Lady Gaga

Groan by Dazey and the Scouts

half return by Adrianne Lenker

Get This Right (Outtake) from Frozen II

Sex With A Ghost by Teddy Hyde

Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot

Bubble Pop Electric by Gwen Stefani

Fergalicious by Fergie

Lovegame by Lady Gaga

Hickey by Nik Salah

Would You Fall In Love with Me Again from Epic the Musical

[companion-showdown]

Family Feud Nominations, Who is the Best Doctor Who Family

If I've missed a character out of one of the families let me know (within reason, I imagine all these families are massive in the EU, so prioritise tv or significant characters)

Currently, the only rule is no families may inculde anyone who is even ambiguously The Doctor, it'll get super complicated super fast imo

Any characters, eg River, who can link up multiple different families to create a single massive family unit will be treated on a case by case basis. If it is possible to pick one of the smaller family units that they are a part of to include them in while not including them in any of the others (in a way everyone will agree at least makes sense) they will be included in that family only, otherwise they will not be included

Please bare in mind when you are nominating that I am hoping to keep the number of nominations under 64 to run this as a mini-tournament. This is not a hard rule so if nominations do exceed 64 its not a big deal, just something I'd like everyone to bare in mind

Nominees

Foreman-Campbell (Susan, David, Alex)

Chesterton-Wright (Ian, Barbara, implied to be married after they leave)

McCrimmon (Jamie, Heather, V.M.McCrimmon, various others)

Waterfield (Victoria, Edward (father))

Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate, The Brigadier, Doris (Brig's wife in Battlefield), Archibald Hamish (TUAT), Gordon (Kate's son in Downtime), Kadiatu, The Great Intelligence, Lucy Wilson)

Grant/Jones (Jo, Cliff, Santiago (Jo's grandson in Death of the Doctor))

Smith (Sarah-Jane, Lavinia (aunt), Brendan Richards, Luke, Sky, Mr Smith, K9 (they are her family and I will not be hearing otherwise), Barbara, Eddie (parents in Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith))

Leela, Andred, Veega, Rayo

Adric and Varsh (brothers)

Nyssa, Tremas, and Kassia (daughter, father, step-mother)

Jovanka (Tegan, Vanessa (aunt in Logopolis), Colin (cousin in Arc of Infinity))

Turlough (Vislor, Malkon (brother in Planet of Fire))

McShane (Ace, Audrey (mother), Kathleen (grandmother), Liam (brother))

Tyler (Rose, Jackie, Pete, Tony (baby mentioned in Journey's End), no I will not be adding the metacrisis to this list)

Another Smith (Mickey, Rita (grandmother))

Slitheen

Harkness (Jack, Grey, parents, Alice Carter (daughter), Steven Carter(grandson))

Isolas (Fear Her)

Jones (Martha, Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo, Leo has a baby as well, Adeola Oshodi)

The Family of Blood

Redfern-Smith (Joan, John (various), possible dream children and grandchildren)

Shafe Kanes (from Utopia, Kristane, Beltone)

Mott-Noble-Temple (Donna, Sylvia, Wilf, Shaun, Rose)

The Adipose

Pond-Williams (Amy, Rory, River, Brian, Anthony, Amy's aunt and parents)

Owens: (Craig, Sophie, Stormageddon Dark Lord of All)

Gillyflower (Mrs Gillyflower, Ada)

Paternoster (Jenny, Vastra, Strax)

Oswald (Clara, Ellie, Dave (parents), grandmother, and I'm going to say Danny makes the cut, Orson)

Potts (Bill, Mother, Moira (foster mother))

O'Brien-Sinclair (Graham, Ryan, Grace, Aaron (Ryan's father))

Khan (Yaz, Najia (mother), Hakim (father), Sonya (sister), Umbreen (grandmother))

Lewis (Dan, Eileen (mother), Neville (father))

Swarm and Azure

Bel, Vinder and their as yet unborn child

Sunday (Ruby, Carla, Cherry, many many foster siblings)

The TARDIS and Lolita

Little House of Cwej

The House of Lungbarrow (Grandfater Paradox, Qenceus, Inocet, various cousins, Irving Braxiatel, Maggie Matsumoto, Ulysses, Penelope GAte, Anna Joyce)

The House of Dvora (Morbius, The War King, Thessalia, Romana, various others)

Langer (Clyde, Carla (mother), Paul (father))

Jackson (Maria, Alan, Chrissie)

Chandra (Rani, Haresh, Gita)

The Wu Diaspora (Cindy Wu and her clones)

Munmeth and Mutmunna (Medicine Man)

Ada and Alice Obiefune

Who (Susan, Barbara, Louise)

Jones-Davies (Ianto, Rhiannon, Johnny, David, Mica)

Summerfield (Bernice, Issac, Claire, Jason Kane, Peter, Wolsey, Keith, Rebecca, Cousin Eliza, Benedict I-IV, Christine)

Miller (Lucie, Pat (aunt))

Schofield (Hex, Cassie, Hilda)

House of Witforge (Narvin, Lenaris, Helico, Narvin's father, Rexin)

Faction Paradox

Pollard (Charley, Louisa, Richard, Margaret, Edward Grove, The Sound Creature)

Mesh Cos, Lon Shel, Julian White Mammoth Tusk

Cooper-Williams (Gwen, Rhys, Anwen, Geraint, Mary (Gwen's parents))

Chenka (Liv, Tula, Kal, Garlon Rosh)

Sinclair (Helen, Albie, Trev Bailey)

Forrester

Proctor (Cleo, Jordan, parents)

Nominations will be open until Midday Friday (03/05, 12:00 BST (GMT/UTC +1)), I will try and give a more specific time then

[evita-shelby]

Vēnor: The Note

Eva’s new course in life all began with a note

or Brilliant Chang was famous for using letters to get women and here's how he used them to woo Eva.

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The first note had come after she discovered Tommy didn’t like Chinese food and didn’t know about Billy’s shops here. Eva came here to escape Tom, who refused to give up and had grown tired of his interference in her life.

Charlie had been six months old and left in the nanny’s care as Eva met with her cousin Ignacio’s English friend to file a divorce with a good enough custody agreement to be rid of her shackles once and for all.

Eva had given him a chance for the baby. Pregnancy was difficult enough for a couple, let alone a single woman, and he had mistaken her need for support as forgiveness for his cruelty towards her. She had a fear of childbirth, and for that moment, she indulged in the fantasy that Tommy was a man deserving of her.

In a moment of weakness, she had almost forgiven him. She had been overcome with want and had fucked him only for him to remind her why she wanted him gone when she learned he still looked for Lucy. After that she barred him completely from her bed and told him he’d be his son’s father and nothing more.

Adding to her ex-husband’s never-ending suffering, she withheld Lucy’s whereabouts from him. The funny thing was Tommy believed Eva was doing it out of possessiveness and not for revenge. He’d forgotten he owed her Lucy’s life in the first place and the Goddess’ wrath was not easily mollified.

Even if by some miracle she could forgive him for doubting her character, there was no way in hell she’d play second fiddle to anyone.

Tommy knew the rules: if he wanted Eva to be exclusively his, he had to be exclusively hers.

And then the first note came a week after Eva made it clear her marriage was over even if the papers had yet to be signed.

Dear unknown,

Please do not regard this as a liberty to write to you, I am truly unable to resist the temptation after having seen you so many times--

She had rejected him, not out of any loyalty to her darling husband, but to see how long she can drag that out for. If Chang was serious in his intentions, he would keep on trying and maybe even try harder to have her.

Then one note became two and eventually they were accompanied with a complimentary tea or whatever had caught her eye but had not purchased at his businesses. Chang was persistent, did not give up even after being told no each time.

And then the letters stopped.

Billy ended their game when he killed Freda Kempton, guilt gnawing at him about the tragic end his former lover had had and refused to leave Campbell any openings to come after Eva. The witch had not known he’d done it to protect her until after they began seeing each other, she had assumed he had lost interest in her so Eva set her cap on other men in the meantime.

She had embraced her infamy in London and by the time 1922 came about, Thomas Shelby was known as the fool ex-husband of Eva Smith. Even Edward of Wales had been quoted saying Tommy must have been the worst businessman in Birmigham if he let Eva slip through his hands.

But then one day, he wrote again. The only man she could desire in this country had resumed his pursuit and all the other hunters had been left behind.

Tommy had not known about it, not until he caught her smiling at the note. Eva had allowed him to join her in looking for something for Polly as an excuse to go to Brilliant’s warehouse. His shopgirl, who always acted as his courier between them, had slipped her the note only for Tommy to take it from her hand.

No other words but a part of a poem by Thomas Wyatt about Anne Boleyn.

And graven with diamonds in letters plain

There is written, her fair neck round about:

Noli me tangere, for Caesar’s I am,

And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.

“Don’t make me write a reply, Shelby. Just because you fucked up doesn’t mean I am not free to do as I please.” Eva had said knowing Brilliant Chang would see the sign of her interest from wherever he was.

Eva wanted the man, but she wanted him to work harder to get her. The next note she rejected him again and goaded him into coming to her instead.

And he did, Brilliant left his private room and claimed the one of a kind doe no other hunter could have ever dreamed of catching.

He let her tie up his hands, learned what she liked in bed with ease and Eva swears she’s not had that great a time in bed as she has had with him. One clandestine meeting became several and before she knew it, the witch had embraced the spring of a new love.

The change in her was so apparent Polly Gray had confronted her about it in London thinking this change was brought about by Tommy ---who had given up on finding Lucy on his own. Polly had been stunned to know Eva had never intended on reconciling with Tommy. Not for Charlie, not for personal gain nor any lingering positive feeling her ex-husband had not already killed.

The older woman had been hesitant and yet had no choice but to accept Eva’s chapter with Tommy had ended and the new beginning Eva’s leaves showed her was a life with Billy.

She kept her secrets, they were still friends despite it all and until the world discovered the lucky woman who took the grand prize from their hands, ensured Tommy remained mostly unaware of who the mystery man was.

They no longer hide, even if the girls continue to mourn their loss and have become a nuisance. But those desperate young women have their uses, they keep Tommy and his brothers away from them as an unintentional human shield.

Leaves them free to be with each other more than they had been before. Like right now that they dine privately with everyone trying to catch a glimpse of them. He had taken her dancing, shopping and often brought her here to the place it all began.

Eva’s usual order has been sold out for days as the waiters peddle the story of how Billy swept her off her feet. A romance for the new age, a divorced woman finding love again in the arms of the handsome and cultured man wrongfully accused of a sad girl’s murder.

She has not been featured on tabloids and other gossip mediums since her great return to Mexico City and subsequent courtship with Leopoldo Carranza. Her six-hour engagement to Venustiano Carranza’s son had been all over Mexico and her aim of ruining the President’s image had succeeded by painting Eva as the poor young woman in love with the man’s son.

This time she is the stunning enigmatic divorcee who’s taken Chang’s heart and has taken England by storm. She’s not Eva Shelby, wife of Tommy Shelby, she is Eva Smith, the lover and perhaps future wife of Mr. Brilliant Chang, the maligned businessman.

“I’m framing it.” The witch tells her lover who is relieved at how well she is taking it. “God, I look amazing.”

The photograph all over the world has Eva dressed finely, an elegant fur coat that matched his, her make up light and the angle just right enough to show off her best assets.

Eva’s sin has always been vanity.

“The luckiest woman in England, but they do not know I am the luckiest man.” Billy whispers as if it were a great secret.

He wants to marry her; he thinks she hasn’t known it since he took her to look at houses in London.

A villa had caught their eye, a wisteria and ivy covered entrance where she sees a little Miss Annie Chang run out of the door and into her father’s arms.

To think this new future started out with a note.

---

the poem is Whoso List to Hunt by Thomas Wyatt