#Eleanor Hull

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Stephen Reid (1873-1948), ''Cuchulain: The Hound of Ulster'' by Eleanor Hull, 1911 Source

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Alfred the Great at the Battle of Ashdown, 871

by Morris Meredith Williams (1913)

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Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor ( Lyrics On Screen )

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ship prompt: Spangela, all riled up during/after a Gentleman's game in which Spencer runs his mouth a little too much and starts hitting on her or something?? Please, Spangela tag has such little crumbs 🙏

Angela doesn’t know what has gotten into Spencer today—okay, scratch that, she does. He put on that fucking Gentleman’s Hat and it’s like some sort of Manchurian Candidate bullshit hit him, just like it always does. He’s said in the past that having a costume makes him feel bolder and less like an absolute fool in what he’s doing, no matter how stupid he looks. Angela can absolutely relate in that regard. Sometimes she’ll literally just put on a scarf to make herself Not Angela so she can put on her ‘acting face’.

The difference today, however, is that she wasn’t originally supposed to be in this video; Amanda was. Amanda and Spencer are almost always the two that end up doing some weird-ass flirting in one of these. Since Angela wasn’t set to do one of these, she’d gone pretty all out on her makeup today since she’s trying the self-love thing more now that the New Year has rolled in and she’s convinced herself that it’s a ‘fresh start’, whatever the fuck that even actually means.

She’s got on heavier makeup, like what she would wear on a night out rather than her ‘no makeup’ makeup look she typically goes for. Usually she’s just really looking to make her eyebrows a little more even, her eyelashes nice and visible, and to hide the uneven tones in her skin. She’s received several compliments today about how nice she looks and it’s made her feel fantastic. Spencer has told her a couple of times how good she looks, and it’s taken her by surprise every time. It probably shouldn’t, considering any time he sees that she’s put more effort into her makeup, he compliments her because, as he said,

“You worked hard on that shit. I know how difficult that stuff is to work with, and you look damn good.”

They’re twenty minutes into filming, and Spencer has turned her pink in the cheeks four separate times now with how much he’s just straight up flirting with her. She’s a giggling mess, and she’s really hoping that that hides it, since everyone knows Spencer absolutely kills her in these games with his persona. Any time he does a persona, honestly, it makes her laugh so much. When they did BAF Legacy and she was Eleanor, he had her in flustered giggles multiple times without even so much as trying to do so. Now that he’s trying she thinks she might actually die.

They end up shooting charged barbs back and forth at each other, and everyone else in the room is fascinated by the volley that is very clearly happening in front of them. All Alex can think is fucking finally, dude.

When they wrap, Angela mutters something about taking her costume back to the rack and getting some air away from the harsh stage lights. Everyone knows that that is at least partially a lie, and that she’s even more flustered than when Damien broke out the character of Todd Hull on her without warning.

She’s just hung up her jacket and put her hat on the rack in the back corner of the wardrobe section of the office when Spencer appears, jacket over his arm and hat still on his head.

“Oh, good grief,” Angela mumbles. “I’m starting to think that hat is fused to your head.”

Spencer just chuckles and the crooked smile he gives her makes her turn away towards the small vanity in the corner here so that she can fix her hair. She had to take it out of the updo she had it in to put on that hat because if she didn’t, she’d look fucking bald. She’d look like her brother when he was fifteen (but with much, much better makeup skills, thank you) and she’s just not having it today.

With how flustered she is, she’s dropped her hairtie twice now, and the third time, she grunts in frustration, but it quickly fades out into a meep when Spencer shows up behind her in the mirror with it grasped between his fingers.

He meets her eyes in the mirror and she swallows the lump that’s arisen in her throat.

“You mind some help with that?” he murmurs, and her knees nearly go weak.

“I—I could use some help,” Angela says, far more breathless than she expected to be upon speaking. “A um, a hand’s on approach might be helpful.”

Spencer chuckles lowly and he speaks softly into her ear.

“You don’t have to ask me twice.”

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CAPTAIN DIRTBAG

This is the first part of a script I wrote because I needed to see the woman hot-mess dirtbag trope (Eleanor Shellstrop/Fleabag/Tracey from Chewing Gum. you get it) in a Captain's role in Star Trek.

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Part I:

It's the 25th century, exactly 100 years after Voyager got yeeted into the Delta Quadrant. The Starship Sojourner is on red alert - again.

Captain Vatal and her crew are struggling to fight off an alien warship for the fifth time in two months. Shields at 30%. Weapons at 20%. Several of the crew are injured.

Vatal is trying her best not to be shaken but the fact of the matter is they're getting their asses kicked. She is an uptight perfectionist so this string of ass whoopings is rattling her to her core. When she got assigned this mission - find and make contact with 12 planets and 12 species charted out by Starfleet Command - she was pleased. She had a reputation at Starfleet as being a top student and her first mission as Captain had been a success. But this second mission was a bigger deal - bigger ship, bigger crew, deeper space - and she was absolutely beefing it.

BOOM! An explosion.

Ensign Jared (Young, handsome, frazzled): Captain, the hull's about to go!

Captain Vatal: Reroute auxiliary power to the structural integrity field now!

First Officer Cres (severe, capable, irritable): Rerouting -

Another explosion.

Vatal: Lieutenant, evasive maneuvers!

Lieutenant Denalia (hot, mysterious, agile): The warp core is offline! We won't be able to make it out fast enough!

Vatal: Reroute auxiliary power to the warp -

Cres: There's only so much auxiliary power to reroute Captain! You can't just say that everytime!

(Explosion)

Vatal: Just fucking do it! Goddamnit Cres!

Cres: REROUTING -

Another direct hit. The ship begins to speed away faster. But the alien warship is close behind them. It's a shark swimming after a guppy.

Denalia: They're gaining on us Captain.

Vatal: I see that Lieutenant!

Cres: They're charging weapons again.

Vatal: I'm aware Commander!

Cres: So what do we do?

Captain Vatal is panicking. Everyone is looking to her for direction. She is frozen in time and space. It's random, but her mind goes back to her graduation day at the academy. As if in slow motion, she can see her parents, professors and classmates smiling at her, top of her class. They attach a pin to her lapel. She feels like the luckiest ensign in the world.

BOOM.

A huge explosion. A blinding light. It's over, Vatal thinks. But suddenly her vision comes back and her eyes dart around wildly. The bridge is still intact. The crew is still alive. And through the viewscreen - an alien warship that has been completely blown up.

Jared: Wha- was that us??

Cres: You control the weapons, did you fire?

Jared: No...

Cres: So it wasn't us (under her breath) idiot...

Denalia: Who was it?

Vatal: Or what was it?

Cres: Captain we're being hailed.

Vatal: Open a channel.

They hear a woman's voice slurring her words and a rather raucous crowd in the background. It's as if someone's calling from a party.

Keej: Ohhhh my god hello?

Vatal: Hello. This is Captain Vada Vatal of the Starship Sojourner. Who am I -

Keej: (Slurring) Ohhhh my god you guys what WAS THAT?

Vatal looks at Cres. The crew listens in confusion.

Denalia: She sounds concussed.

Keej: That thing...was MUTHAFUCKIN BIG!

Cres: I think she's...

Vatal: Who is this?

Keej: Mmmm who is THIS?

Vatal: I just introduced myself.

Keej: Look I'm not gonna say. But you're welcome. You guys owe us a torpedo, man - pffffft (cackles) (To someone in the background) Did you guys hear that? I said they owe us a torpedo. No forreal cuz like we didn't have to save them - HUH?

Cres: (Mouths to Vatal) What the fuck?

Vatal: Where are you located? Are you on a starship? A shuttle?

Keej: No further questions your honor. End transmis-shing. (To the background) Wow. That lady sounded like a real bummer. Captain Snooze, amirite. Like, GRAY alert-

Vatal: You're still on the comm line.

Keej: Pffffft (laughing) That's my bad. End transmish-een. (To the party) Hey what's a Captain gotta do to get another shot of kanar?

Vatal: Cres activate long-range scanners. Where the fuck are these people?

Cres: (Activates) Nothing Captain. We're not picking anything up.

Vatal: Ensign, modulate the electron fluctuation on the scanners and try again.

Jared: (Modulates) Nothing.

Vatal: Puzzling. (sighs) But I'm not gonna stick around and wait for another warship to show up. Denalia, take us out of h-

BOOM. The ship rumbles on impact.

Jared: Captain something's crashed into us. Damage on decks 3, 7 and 8.

Vatal: (angrily) What the actual hell?

Cres: We're being hailed.

Vatal: Open the damn channel! HEY you ...JERKS!

Cres: (Rolls her eyes) Got em.

Vatal: What the fuck are you guys trying to do?

Keej: (muffled, to her crew) Fucking turn it off. Just shut it off, there's no point now...

Slowly, a small starship goes from invisible to visible - and its port bow is smashed into the Sojourner's docking station.

Keej: (Big drunk sigh) Hey guys...so...party foul...

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The Morrigán

Name: The Morrigan (Great Queen, Phantom Queen,) Mor Rioghain, Morgain, Mórrígu, mór rígain, Morgan La Fay, The Bean-Nighe or The Washer At The Ford, The Wife of the Green Man, the Wyrd Sisters.

Symbols: Raven or Crow, spear.

Goddess of: Battle, prophecy, fertility, and sovereignty

Usual Image: A shapeshifter, she appears in many forms, a beautiful maiden, a mature woman, an ancient hag, a crow, a bear, and others.

Relatives: Ernmas (mother) Cailitin, a Druid or Delbaeth or Dagda (father) Anu, Badb, Macha or Badb the Crow, Nemain the Venomous, Fea the Hateful. (Sisters or other aspects of her or goddesses she presided over.) Eriu, Fotla, and Banba (other sisters and goddesses of the land, not other aspects of her) Mechi (Son, father unknown) had three hearts, which were three serpents. The serpents, it was foretold, would destroy Ireland, so MacCecht killed him and burnt the hearts, throwing the ash into the river Berba; even then, the ash of his hearts boiled the waters of the river away and killed all the fish in the river.

Holy Books: Book of Leinster, Book of Fermoy

Synodeities: Kali (Hinduism,) Cathbodva (Gaul.)

(The Watcher of the Ford, illustration from Cuchulain, The Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull 1904)

Details: Once you look into the myths about the Irish goddess Morrigan you begin to understand why the Celts developed the Celtic knot!

At her most basic, Morrigan was a goddess of battle, who did not take part in the battle itself, but instead stirred up strife, then flew over the battle in the form of a crow who picked who would die by casting confusion on them, afterward feasting on their remains.

Not your warm and affectionate sort of goddess, yet she was also a goddess of fertility and sovereignty, without whom the king would be powerless.

Going deeper into Morrigan (or The Morrigan as this may have at some time been a title) we find that she is also a triple goddess, who, along with either her sisters Badb and Macha or, in some accounts, Nemain the Venomous and Fea the Hateful, play a shifting role in scores of myths and legends.

What brings this goddess back in so many forms and guises, and age after age, returns in another form, even if this means mixing aspects that are both grand and horrific?

An answer might be found in the theory put forth by Ralph Abraham, mathematician, historian & Chaos theorist, in the book Chaos, Gaia, & Eros (1994, Harper Collins.)

To oversimplify it for this page, his theory is that three main forces have driven human consciousness through the ages, which he calls.

Gaia: The physical existence and living spirit of the created world.

Eros: The spiritual medium connecting Chaos & Gaia, the creative impulse and

Chaos: The creative void, the source of all forms.

From the Paleolithic to the present, these three forces moved us forward, with at times one or more of them being suppressed only to resurface again and again.

Whoever the original goddess was who returned as the Morrigan, she was most likely first worshipped in a very different form sometime between 10,000 & 4,000 B.C.E. During what he called the Gaia span (agriculture/partnership.)

With the coming of the Eros span, 4,000 B.C.E. to +/- 1962 A.D. (the wheel, patriarchy & science), she was re-imagined by a new way of thinking that often feared Chaos and almost always had, as part of its dominant mythos, the conquest of Chaos by a hero or god representing Order.

In this way, Morrigan changed from life-giver to carrion eater, and yet the three forces she is a part of continue to bring her back in multi-triad forms.

So that as the Eros span grew, she was not undone or put away but continued to shapeshift.

Changing from setting as a raven on the shoulder of dead Cú Chulainn to reappearing as Morgain La Fey in the tales of King Author, or as the wife of the Green Man and tempting Sir Gawain, to stirring the cauldron for Macbeth as the Wyrd sisters, and later as part of the Celtic Fairy faith, becoming the Bean-Nighe who is seen washing the bloody clothing of those who are about to die.

The thing is, in this theory, the Eros span has now begun to be overtaken by the now-developing Chaos span (Neo-Pagan, Post Modern, Chaos Theory, and meta-modern), which offers the hope of the end of the suppression of these three forces so they can be understood with positive effect.

No doubt the form that Morrigan takes in this era, if his theory is correct, will be most interesting indeed!

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🏴‍☠️ BLACK SAILS EPISODE BRACKET

ROUND 1, GROUP 2

SUMMARY

IV. (1.04) — The Walrus suffers a disastrous undertaking when the crew takes on the mission of careening the ship's hull under the new quartermaster's orders. Meanwhile, Silver warns Flint about Billy's allegiance with Morley as the story of Mrs. Barlow comes to light. When Captain Bryson arrives in New Providence, Eleanor wants the 12 cannons aboard his supply ship, Andromache for protection in the search for the Urca de Lima. However, after he denies her, she turns to her father for help in persuading him despite betraying Mr. Scott's wishes. Also, Vane is surprised to see a figure from his past.

XX. (3.02) — The crew of the Walrus are forced to brace themselves against the elements. Teach disagrees with Rackham's plans for defending a united Nassau, and Rackham acquiesces to Max's contingency plan to exchange the gold for jewels and gems. Woodes Rogers and Eleanor begin to draft the terms that their partnership will be based upon. Anne begins to worry about the future, what it entails, and where her relationship with Max will go.

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Then a great shout went up from the men of Ulster, and their warrior spirit began to revive in them. And to each in turn the King applied, bidding him go forth and summon his clan and followers to meet him that day week upon the Hill of Slane in Meath, for he himself would call a muster there.

Gladly and eagerly the chiefs issued forth, for they heard the sounds of stirring men and the welcome bark of the hounds without.

As for the King himself, his mind was so confused with the magic sleep in which he had lain, that he remembered not the dead from the living, but stood, calling on the dead to come to his aid, as though they had been yet alive.

Throughout all the land he sent heralds to call together his men-at-arms ; and with one heart and mind the men of Ulster responded to his call. Troop on troop they flocked to Emain, from North and West and East, each mighty leader surrounded by his host clad in the kilt and colours of his clan. As for the clans that were south of Emain, they tarried not to assemble at the kingly fort, but made their way, each by his own route, straight forward to the Hill of Slane.

For after their long rest and weakness their hands itched to be upon their swords again. Hull, Eleanor. "Chapter XVI: Ulster, Awake!" The Boy's Cu Chulain, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1910

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Fate Grand Order Servant Comparisons

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Left - FGO

Right - The Boys' Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull , illustration by Stephen Reid (1904-1910)

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What is Ifa Tuntun?

What is Ifa Tuntun? When did Ifa Tuntun begin? Who is culpable for initiating it? Ifa Tuntun started the moment we Africans were packed into the hulls of the merchant ships and hauled across the sea. Everything changed from that point. Nothing has ever been the same again both for those who were forcibly taken and those left behind. Those forcibly taken did several things: - Some looked back and cursed the land that they were leaving, and those who forced them into captivity and alienation. - Some, knowing they would be killed, locked their captors into a fight, even chained, and got executed. - Some, with courage, jumped into the ocean, burying their bodies in the mother sea, preferring death to captivity. - Some descended into the hull of the ships into which they were led, determined to live to see where the rest of the journeys of their lives would lead them. They shed blood. They shed tears. They shed sweat, cold sweat. They shed urination. They shed milk, those mothers taken away from their children, their swollen bodies lactating. They met others who could not speak their language. They communicated with gestures, with signs, with sighs, with cries. That was the birth of jazz music, as they improvised beyond words to make their feelings clear. That was the birth of blues, as they sobbed, rocking from side to side, moaning ai, aye, bae, bi, bligh, buy, by, bye, cai, chai, chi, cry, cy, dai, die, dry, dye, eye, fae, fi, fly, fry, frye, guy, hi, high, hy, hye, i, i., kai, kwai, lai, lie, ly, lye, mai, mei, my, nigh, nye, pe-tsai, phi, pi, pie, ply, pri, pry, psi, pye, rye, sai, shy, sky, skye, sly, spry, spy, sty, sy, tai, thai, thigh, thy, tie, tri, try, ty, tye, vi, vie, wai, why, wry, wye, y, yeeparipa! Their blood, mixing with the sweat, tears, milk, and urines on the floor of the ship, as pregnant women gave birth, and weak ones gave up life and dead bodies left marks on the bottom of the slave ships—gave birth to the origin of abstract painting, conceptual art, and gestural images of body markings.

© Tom Feelings, Middle Passage Photo / White Ship, Black Cargo That moment, which came for different people and their descendants in the foreign land, which they turned into the New Africa, was the end of an old order, and the birth of a new world. Their new voices articulated Ifa Tuntun, as they opened their mouths, and sang, in a rhythm, pacing, harmony, discord, and coloring never before known to humankind, Ifa Tuntun came out of these spirits: Aberjhani, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Linda Addison, Tomi Adeyemi , Rochelle Alers, Elizabeth Alexander, Kwame Alexander, Larry D. Alexander, Lewis Grandison Alexander, Candace Allen, Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, Robert L. Allen, Garland Anderson, Maya Angelou, Tina McElroy Ansa, Ray Aranha, Chalmers Archer, M. K. Asante, Jr. Jabari Asim, Russell Atkins, William Attaway, James Baldwin, Calvin Baker, Toni Cade Bambara, Leslie Esdaile Banks Amiri Baraka, Shauna Barbosa, Steven Barnes, Lindon W. Barrett, Samuel Alfred Beadle, Paul Beatty, Robert Beck, Christopher C. Bell, Derrick Bell, Brit Bennett, Gwendolyn Bennett, Hal Bennett, Lerone Bennett, Jr., Bertice Berry, Venise T. Berry, Henry Bibb, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Marita Bonner), Arna Bontemps, James Boggs, Demico Boothe, David Bradley, William Stanley Braithwaite, Gwendolyn Brooks, Claude Brown, Hallie Quinn Brown, Roseanne A. Brown, Sterling A. Brown, William Wells Brown, Anatole Broyard, Ashley Bryan, Niobia Bryant, Ed Bullins, Olivia Ward Bush, Octavia Butler, Roderick D. Bush, George Cain, Bebe Moore Campbell, Stokely Carmichael, Ben Carson, Jennie Carter, Stephen L. Carter, Cyrus Cassells, Kashana Cauley, Eddie Chambers, Lady Chablis, Charles W. Chesnutt, Alice Childress, Cheril N. Clarke, Cheryl Clarke, John Henrik Clarke, Stanley Bennett Clay, Troy, Pearl Cleage, Eldridge Cleaver, Michelle Cliff, Lucille Clifton, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, Ta-Nehisi Coates , author, journalist, Wanda Coleman, Marvel Cooke , Anna J. 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Walker, Margaret Walker, Christopher George Latore Wallace, Michele Wallace, Eric Walrond, Mildred Pitts Walter, Marilyn Nelson Waniek, Douglas Turner Ward, Jesmyn Ward, Booker T. Washington, Frank J. Webb, Ida B. Wells, Richard Wesley, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Cornel West, Dorothy West, Phillis Wheatley, Walter Francis White, Colson Whitehead, Steven Whitehurst, Albery Allson Whitman, Anthony Whyte, John Edgar Wideman, Isabel Wilkerson, Crystal Wilkinson, Alicia D. Williams, Chancellor Williams, John Alfred Williams, Samm-Art Williams, Sherley Anne Williams, Walter E. Williams, August Wilson, Harriet E. Wilson, Kathy Y. Wilson, William Julius Wilson, Oprah Winfrey, Carter G. Woodson, Jacqueline Woodson, David Wright, Jay Wright, Kelly Wright, Richard Wright, Sarah E. Wright, David F. Walker, Malcolm X, Marian X, Camille Yarbrough, Frank Yerby, Al Young, Zane, and Ahmos Zu-Bolton. Moyo Okediji did not invent Ifa Tuntun. He is not culpable. If you kill Moyo Okediji, it is pointless. To kill Ifa Tuntun, you must kill all the sacred voices listed above. They are culpable. Picture is by Tom Feelings, Middle Passage: White Ship, Black Cargo Read the full article

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The Boston Tea Party

12/16/1773

It can be argued that the first memorable action taken by the American colonists against the authority of the British crown in the Revolutionary period was the Boston Tea Party.  And that action set off a chain of events that eventually led to the creation of the United States of America.  That memorable event, forever burned into our national consciousness, occurred 250 years ago today.

In the years leading up to the Boston Tea Party, tensions between the American colonies and the British government had been escalating.*  The Tea Act of 1773, imposed by the British Parliament, granted the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies and allowed them to sell surplus tea directly to the colonies through consignees at a reduced tax. This move was seen by the colonists as a ploy to undercut local merchants and smugglers. In response to these perceived injustices, colonial leaders organized Committees of Correspondence, a network that facilitated communication between the colonies and fostered a sense of unity. Figures like Samuel Adams played a crucial role in galvanizing public opinion against British policies, using newspapers and pamphlets to disseminate information about threats to colonial liberties.

Protesters throughout many of the colonies were able to force the tea consignees to resign or to return the tea to England. However, in Massachusetts (Boston in particular), Governor Thomas Hutchinson was determined enforce royal authority. He urged the tea consignees not to give in to the bully tactics of the patriots.  Actions of the British troops enforcing earlier laws and the Boston Massacre in 1770 only fueled the patriots resolve.  It was a standoff.  

The Dartmouth arrived in late November with a hull full of tea prompting Samuel Adams to hold a mass meeting that drew thousands. The meeting passed a resolution urging the captain of the ship to turn around and go home.  But Governor Hutchinson refused to grant permission for the ship to depart. The captain legally had to unload his cargo by December 17 or disobey orders and leave. The Eleanor arrived with its cargo of tea and faced a similar dilemma. On December 15, Beaver arrived.  Three ships, full of tea, sat in Boston Harbor; their captains feeling like they were sitting on a powder keg.

On the evening of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams held another mass meeting where approximately 6,000 people out of a population of 16,000 showed up.  They were informed that Governor Hutchinson still refused to allow the ships to depart. The tea was scheduled for offload in the morning. Samuel Adams said, “This meeting can do nothing further to save the country.”  Shortly after he said that, the meeting began to break up.  According to eyewitnesses, Adams tried to keep the meeting together, but failed.

A small group of colonists (reports vary between 30-130 men), most disguised as Mohawk natives to conceal their identities, boarded the three British ships anchored in Boston Harbor. They politely requested the keys to the holds and were given them. For three hours, the protesters “unloaded” 342 chests of tea (92,000 pounds) into the icy waters of Boston Harbor. They used their tomahawks to break open the locked chests to ensure that the tea was ruined by the salt water. However, they meticulously refused to do any other damage to the ships and did not harm the crews.  The damage done was entirely to the East India Company and the British government.  The cost of the evening was roughly $1.7 million in today's money.

*We’ll be looking at events in American history in the years before the Boston Tea Party in blog posts that will be called “Look Backs.” These posts will be made during periods on the calendar when there wasn’t much else going on.

[propfortytwo]

ive got you askbox inhabitant. disclaimer dont actually use any of these this is meant purely for entertainment and i'm half asleep as i'm writing this.

AOI

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 2, SSC Black Witch 3, IPS-N Caliban 1 [ CORE BONUSES ] Integrated Weapon, Overpower Caliber [ TALENTS ] Hunter 3, Leader 3, House Guard 3 [ STATS ] HULL:4 AGI:0 SYS:0 ENGI:4 STRUCTURE:4 HP:17 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:8 REPAIR:4 TECH ATK:-2 LIMITED:+2 SPD:6 EVA:12 EDEF:6 SENSE:3 SAVE:13 [ WEAPONS ] INTEGRATED WEAPON: Tactical Knife // Overpower Caliber FLEX MOUNT: Tactical Knife (Supermassive Mod) / Tactical Knife MAIN MOUNT: Magnetic Cannon [ SYSTEMS ] Magnetic Shield, Ferrous Lash, Perimeter Command Plate, Personalizations

a controller/support build using black witch systems and knockback. hunter and knives for damage because she has hikou equipped when you play as her. some decent hp and heat cap to reflect mag's defensive style.

QUINCY

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 2, HA Tokugawa 2, HORUS Kobold 1, HA Barbarossa 1 [ CORE BONUSES ] Heatfall Coolant System, Auto-Stabilizing Hardpoints [ TALENTS ] Tactician 3, Crack Shot 2, Nuclear Cavalier 2, Walking Armory 2 [ STATS ] HULL:2 AGI:0 SYS:0 ENGI:6 STRUCTURE:4 HP:13 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:10 REPAIR:3 TECH ATK:-2 LIMITED:+3 SPD:6 EVA:12 EDEF:6 SENSE:3 SAVE:13 [ WEAPONS ] FLEX MOUNT: Fusion Rifle MAIN MOUNT: Fusion Rifle // Auto-Stabilizing Hardpoints [ SYSTEMS ] External Batteries, Siege Stabilizers, Deep Well Heat Sink, Armament Redundancy

nothing particularly fancy here, just an ext. bat. fusion rifle sniper except on an atlas. overcharge for nuke cav, barrage with double crack shot rifles.

ELEANOR

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 2, HORUS Hydra 2, HORUS Balor 1, HORUS Goblin 1 [ CORE BONUSES ] The Lesson of the Open Door, Overpower Caliber [ TALENTS ] Drone Commander 3, Sysop 3, Empath 2, Leader 1 [ STATS ] HULL:0 AGI:0 SYS:6 ENGI:2 STRUCTURE:4 HP:11 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:6 REPAIR:2 TECH ATK:+4 LIMITED:+1 SPD:6 EVA:12 EDEF:12 SENSE:3 SAVE:15 [ WEAPONS ] FLEX MOUNT: Autopod // Overpower Caliber MAIN MOUNT: Ghoul Nexus [ SYSTEMS ] PUPPETMASTER, Hive Drone, Scanner Swarm, Tempest Drone, Tempest Drone, Personalizations

drone commander on a hacker atlas, reflecting nyx's mind control. this is not in any way practical or sensible, but it IS funny, which i think eleanor "typing on my keyboard with my tongue" nightingale would approve of.

LETTIE

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 2, SSC Emperor 3, IPS-N Tortuga 1 [ CORE BONUSES ] Overpower Caliber, Integrated Weapon [ TALENTS ] House Guard 3, Black Thumb 3, Leader 3 [ STATS ] HULL:4 AGI:0 SYS:0 ENGI:4 STRUCTURE:4 HP:17 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:8 REPAIR:4 TECH ATK:-2 LIMITED:+2 SPD:6 EVA:12 EDEF:6 SENSE:3 SAVE:13 [ WEAPONS ] INTEGRATED WEAPON: Pistol FLEX MOUNT: Deck-Sweeper Automatic Shotgun // Overpower Caliber MAIN MOUNT: Tactical Melee Weapon [ SYSTEMS ] Shahnameh x5, The Walk of Kings x5, COMP/CON-Class Assistant Unit

you'd expect lancaster systems here, but i thought those were too industrial for what is supposed to be a warframe- so, i went with emperor instead. compcon with blackthumb and houseguard for applying extra overshields, leader for damage resistance, and a deck sweeper. i know she uses a rifle but in my mind, if she had access to the deck sweeper, should would appreciate its brutal efficiency. plus it probably has the same effective range as the latron

AMIR

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 2, HA Napoleon 1, HA Sunzi 3 [ CORE BONUSES ] Overpower Caliber, Armory-Sculpted Chassis [ TALENTS ] Skirmisher 3, Exemplar 3, Nuclear Cavalier 3 [ STATS ] HULL:0 AGI:6 SYS:2 ENGI:0 STRUCTURE:4 HP:11 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:4 REPAIR:2 TECH ATK:0 LIMITED:+0 SPD:9 EVA:18 EDEF:8 SENSE:3 SAVE:13 [ WEAPONS ] Integrated: Fuel Rod Gun FLEX MOUNT: Charged Blade MAIN MOUNT: Thermal Rifle // Overpower Caliber [ SYSTEMS ] Accelerate, Realspace Breach, Stasis Generator, Jäger Kunst I, Personalizations

now. amir is goofy and reckless and likes to go fast- but he isn't stupid. armory-sculpted chassis and some points in systems helps mitigate SOME of this meme hase atlas' weakness, while the rest of the systems are built around support. stasis represents stunning, sunzi systems represent the shield that buffs ally shots whose name i forget as well as the speed ability. opcal thermal rifle is close enough to an amprex.

ARTHUR

-- SSC Atlas @ LL6 -- [ LICENSES ] SSC Atlas 3, IPS-N Blackbeard 1, IPS-N Zheng 2 [ CORE BONUSES ] Titanomachy Mesh, Mount Retrofitting [ TALENTS ] Duelist 3, Pankrati 2, Combined Arms 1, Brawler 1, Tactician 1, Vanguard 1 [ STATS ] HULL:2 AGI:1 SYS:3 ENGI:2 STRUCTURE:4 HP:15 ARMOR:0 STRESS:4 HEATCAP:6 REPAIR:3 TECH ATK:+1 LIMITED:+1 SPD:6 EVA:13 EDEF:9 SENSE:3 SAVE:13 [ WEAPONS ] FLEX MOUNT: Pistol / Pistol RETROFITTED MOUNT: Tactical Melee Weapon / Tactical Knife // Mount Retrofitting [ SYSTEMS ] Synthetic Muscle Netting, Total Strength Suite II, Jäger Kunst II x4, Personalizations, Armament Redundancy

the only one who's taking this seriously. maybe too seriously, some would say. a titanomachy build that stacks accuracy and damage wherever possible. vanguard in place of gunslinger so that the bonus pistol accuracy is available for both pistols, main/aux for (in theory) more consistent damage over opcal, the works.

What Lancer builds would the memebers of the Hex use? I can totally see Quincy using a Deaths Head.

I'm not making six whole builds dude

[finnlongman]

Eleanor Hull did a retelling (mainly about CC, but i found the digitized book on project Gutenberg and it does mention Laég) in 1910(?) titked Cuchulain: the Hound of Ulster

Yes, Hull is probably too close a retelling to be useful to me as she is not writing a new novel with the material, just reworking it directly. I may include her in passing though as she's likely to be a source for some of the others, as with Lady Gregory.

[un-gyvepress]

The Sons of the Gael

We, a bunch of greencard Irish,

vamp it under the cathedral arches

of Brooklyn Bridge that’s strung like a harp. 

‘We Will Not Play the Harp Backward Now, No’  Selected Delanty p. 52

 A Textbook of Irish Literature (Part II.) by Eleanor Hull (Dublin, M. H. GILL & SON, LTD. & London, DAVID NUTT., 1908) follows a preface with a chronology which begins with Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh.

fl. 1560. FEARFLATHA O’GNIVE, bard of the O’Neills of Clannaboy, accompanied Shane O’Neill to London in 1562, when he was summoned by Elizabeth. His poems had much influence in rousing O’Neill to action in the North, and in stirring up the Irish nobles in other parts of the kingdom. His best known poem is the “Downfall (or ‘stepping~down’) of the Gael,” a lament over the condition of Ireland and the inaction of the chiefs. This O’Gnive, or more probably another bard of the same name, wrote a lament on the death of Teigue Dall O’Higgin, who was murdered in 1617 by the O’Haras.

Downfall of the Gael

My heart is in woe, And my soul deep in trouble,— For the mighty are low, And abased are the noble: The Sons of the Gael Are in exile and mourning, Worn, weary, and pale As spent pilgrims returning; Or men who, in flight From the field of disaster, Beseech the black night On their flight to fall faster; Or seamen aghast When their planks gape asunder And the waves fierce and fast Tumble through in hoarse thunder; Or men whom we see That have got their death-omen,— Such wretches are we In the chains of our foemen! Our courage is fear, Our nobility vileness, Our hope is despair, And our comeliness foulness. There is mist on our heads, And a cloud chill and hoary Of black sorrow, sheds An eclipse on our glory. From Boyne to the Linn Has the mandate been given, That the children of Finn From their country be driven. That the sons of the king— Oh, the treason and malice!— Shall no more ride the ring In their own native valleys; No more shall repair Where the hill foxes tarry, Nor forth to the air Fling the hawk at her quarry: For the plain shall be broke By the share of the stranger, And the stone-mason's stroke Tell the woods of their danger; The green hills and shore Be with white keeps disfigured, And the Mote of Rathmore Be the Saxon churl's haggard! The land of the lakes Shall no more know the prospect Of valleys and brakes— So transformed is her aspect! The Gael cannot tell, In the uprooted wildwood And the red ridgy dell, The old nurse of his childhood: The nurse of his youth Is in doubt as she views him, If the wan wretch, in truth, Be the child of her bosom. We starve by the board, And we thirst amid wassail— For the guest is the lord, And the host is the vassal. Through the woods let us roam, Through the wastes wild and barren; We are strangers at home! We are exiles in Erin! And Erin's a bark O'er the wide waters driven! And the tempest howls dark, And her side planks are riven! And in billows of might Swell the Saxon before her,— Unite, oh, unite! Or the billows burst o'er her!  

Archie Burnett in his introduction to Selected Delanty:

     "The words for people who change their country are themselves highlighted as strange, foreign: 

I ate the lotus of emigration,

never in a decade of Sundays imagining I’d be here

to stay, wincing at the word emigrant

that, once uttered, seems to filch me of myself

the way they say a camera steals a soul. 

And there is that stranger word immigrant

that I’ve become and that my tongue 

that night stuck on, the stammer itself 

intimating the meaning. 

‘The Lost Way’ p. 48 

Brand us exiles, emigrants if you like. 

‘To Those Who Stayed’ p. 228

For all that, there is an undeniable impulse in the poems to look back to Ireland, to name the old names of the streets and people, to bring to life the colorful detail of domesticity and childhood...."

And as in the earliest of Irish verse 

The Gael cannot tell, In the uprooted wildwood And the red ridgy dell, The old nurse of his childhood:

[blacksailspolls]

🏴‍☠️ BLACK SAILS EPISODE BRACKET

LOSER POLLS, GROUP 2

winner from this poll will have a 1v1 battle the winner from the group 1 of losers. only one episode from the loser polls will go through Round 2. choose wisely!

EPISODE SUMMARIES UNDER THE CUT!

II. (1.02) — After Captain Flint reveals Singleton as the thief in front of his crew, he has Gates convince Billy, who knows the truth about his captain, that this is for the good of the crew. Meanwhile, Silver and Max are forced to hide in the brothel when they put themselves in danger as Captain Vane and his partners, Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny, are determined to get a hold of the missing page in the hunt for the Spanish galleon, Urca de Lima. Also, Eleanor is given an ultimatum by Max and has to decide between wealth or love.

IV. (1.04) — The Walrus suffers a disastrous undertaking when the crew takes on the mission of careening the ship's hull under the new quartermaster's orders. Meanwhile, Silver warns Flint about Billy's allegiance with Morley as the story of Mrs. Barlow comes to light. When Captain Bryson arrives in New Providence, Eleanor wants the 12 cannons aboard his supply ship, Andromache for protection in the search for the Urca de Lima. However, after he denies her, she turns to her father for help in persuading him despite betraying Mr. Scott's wishes. Also, Vane is surprised to see a figure from his past.

VIII. (1.08) — The hunt for the Urca de Lima begins when Silver divulges the schedule to Flint, taking them to the ship's location. Rackham stops paying Ms. Mapleton, which causes her to threaten to blackmail Rackham. She threatens to tell the locals what really happened to Mr. Noonan. Meanwhile, Vane makes his way back to New Providence with his new crew. Eleanor's situation changes when a small band of men take over Hornigold's fort and start sinking supply ships in the bay. Gates threatens to call off the attack of the Ranger, so Flint kills him. The final scenes of the season show that the Walrus has beached itself upon the same isle as the Urca de Lima.

XVI. (2.08) — Billy's trap to eliminate the traitors of the pirate crew succeeds, and Flint ends up winning against Hornigold in the election for the captaincy. After the election and its results against him, Hornigold departs from Nassau. Flint also leaves Nassau, but instead sails to Carolina to meet with the governor there in regards to his daughter; Carolina is a place where pirates are believed to be most evil and the attitude towards them is extremely hostile. John Silver discusses the plan for the retrieval of the unguarded Spanish gold with Jack Rackham and his crew. Mrs. Mapleton reveals to Eleanor the plan to retrieve the gold, and they both agree that the plan goes against the dream that they share for Nassau, to transform the pirate town into a legitimate community.

XXII. (3.04) — Flint and his crew are captured by islanders, marched to a hidden village and imprisoned; Flint identifies their captors as escaped slaves. Rogers tells Eleanor he wants her as his counsellor during his move onto Nassau. Jack blows up the fort so that Vane can escape to Teach's ship; on the ship, Teach shows Vane that Eleanor is aboard a British vessel, and later wonders where his loyalties lie. Rogers and his men believe they have trapped the remaining pirates until a single ship begins moving across the bay; when it is closer to the British fleet, Vane lights the ship on fire and jumps overboard. At the village, Flint tells Silver that the islanders will kill them because they cannot risk their secret being revealed. Under the cover of darkness, Mr. Scott approaches the slaves who escaped from the fort but is challenged by two British sailors and injured by the exchange of gunfire. The slaves load him into a boat and make for the open ocean.

XXIII. (3.05) — As Flint's crew begins to face certain death in captivity, Flint is spurred into action by Silver to save himself and the crew by appealing to the queen who, it's revealed, is secretly the wife of Mr. Scott. Teach helps Vane with his regrets over Eleanor and abandoning Nassau and tries to show him a better path forward without Nassau; Vane comes upon some valuable intelligence from a captured Spanish ship. Max takes issues into her own hands to make her own way forward. However, the surrender of her gems leads to a new threat from Spain for Eleanor and Woodes Rogers, putting their plans on hold. Rackham, unaware of Rogers' knowledge of the gems, leaves the remaining gems with Anne and returns to Nassau to secure a pardon for himself.

XXVII. (3.09) — Eleanor visits Vane in prison and redoubles her commitment to his execution. Later, she visits Rogers, who has fallen ill with fever and is bedridden; Rogers grants her emergency power to govern New Providence Island until he recovers. On the Walrus, Flint and Silver attempt a risky manoeuvre to shake Captain Hornigold's pursuit, while on the island, Billy plots a way to buy time before Vane's execution. Rogers becomes unresponsive; Eleanor orders an expedited trial to execute Vane the next day. Flint and Silver discuss leadership styles while Mr Scott passes from his injuries. Billy prepares to rescue Vane, but things don't go according to plan. Flint and Rackham plan how to best defend themselves with the marooned slaves, while Eleanor plans the British offensive with help from the plantation owners. Teach is informed of the outcome of Vane's execution.

XXIX. (4.01) — The war for Nassau is well under way, as Flint and Blackbeard's crews set to make landfall. The fort appears lightly armed but landfall still isn't as easy as they anticipated. Falling into a trap, Flint must recover and lead his crew to a successful retreat. Woodes Rogers and Eleanor Guthrie have married, but his divorce from his ex-wife is not without consequence. The pirate and slave forces have been severely decimated as 121 of them are captured and numerous others are dead.

XXXII. (4.04) — The pirates have taken over Nassau as news of Captain Berringer's death reaches Rogers who is en route back to Nassau. 42 captives from Teach's crew are being transported to Port Royal, but have plans of taking control over the ship. Billy and Silver have words as they discuss the plans for Nassau going forward. Madi tries to talk the former slaves of the Uphill plantation into joining the pirates, but they have reason to worry as a new threat to their success is born.

[bluesman56]

Humber Bridge by Tony Via Flickr: The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,220-metre (7,280 ft) single-span suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. When it was opened, it was the longest of its type in the world; it was not surpassed until 1998, with the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, and it is now the eighth-longest.