#Essen 2022

[fashionbooksmilano]

Paul Koikeer Fashion

Graphic Jurgen Maelfeit

Art Papers Editions, Gent 2023, 2000 copies, 288 pages, 18,4×24,2cm, ISBN 9789464660647

euro 58,00

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“Fashion” is a concept that represents what is trending at the moment. Paul Kooiker’s fashion photography, on the other hand, is characterised by its timelessness. The artist portrays the biggest fashion brands and today’s most famous faces, but transports them to a world of their own. Disconnected from time and place, his surreal images feel like film stills with stories we can only guess.

His photography transcends classic gender roles: his models adopt unusual poses and their faces are often left out of frame, obscuring their identity. At times, it is not even clear whether the subject is human or a doll. In order to capture the extravagance of luxury objects, Kooiker magnifies its means of pre­sen­tation, like for example mannequins and displays, to such a degree that it is ultimately our desire itself that is captured by his camera.

Over the span of 10 chapters, he endeavors to articulate his perspective on fashion. This commissioned work, bearing the same title, was showcased prominently in a solo exhibition at the Museum Folkwang Essen in 2021 and at Foam Amsterdam in 2022.

23/12/23

[tempting-seduction]

Born on 24 March 1964 in Essen, Germany, Frank Mastiaux is an Affiliate Professor at the ESCP Campus in Paris, teaching Business Transformation. and Leadership in large-scale industrial organizations. In 2022, Frank retired from his 10-year-tenure as CEO of EnBW, one of the three largest energy companies in Germany.

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Shavua Tov! He crawl. Various Phantoms around the world absolutely mopping the stage. Army crawlers only. Not a speck of dust left. Roomba the heck out of that lair, my sewer man.

Featuring (clockwise from left): Ben Crawford (Broadway, 2022), John Owen-Jones (West End, 2004), Jon Robyns (West End, 2023, @shakeatradefeather, master), Ethan Freeman (Essen, 2006)

[waidwund]

'zeche zollverein' – essen, germany // 08-2022 © 2022 waidwund-photo  

[sprinkleonthatcriticism]

So I saw someone mention Namy Gaga on here and... well, if you want more context, I'm more than happy to provide links (to videos by Biotex Racoon on Youtube - overall they do a good job at detailing credible information regarding Namy's actions (English subtitles are needed btw)) for more context:

Part 1: https://youtu.be/tYptunXswYI?si=omEUyuajQwhUUZK7

Part 2.1: https://youtu.be/sjwFO6v8j84?si=dqvPyc5ourgKjGYo

Part 2.2: https://youtu.be/hOsdtXk4P_U?si=aSNa9cye6qUarQUi

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcrRkJPeQKg

I'm actually surprised not enough people are aware of her actions, which is actually worrying to me given that she still has her online platforms (Youtube, Deviantart, Tumblr, Insta, Cara, Twitter, etc.) despite the hurt she has caused.

The reason why I'm not showing images/evidence for some of her actions on here is because I want to maintain my anonymity for my own safety (since Namy has had a history of harassing her critics and manipulating her fanbase to harass those who publicly bring awareness to her behaviour) and Tumblr doesn't allow you to share images in an anonymous ask.

If you want a summary of some of the more egregious things she's done, I'll quickly provide one below (with the appropriate disclaimers and content warnings for any readers ofc).

SOME DISCLAIMERS/NOTES:

TO ANYONE READING THIS: Please DO NOT send harassment to either Namy or anyone else involved.

TO ANYONE READING THIS: Please DO NOT contact/harass Namy’s current partner or any of her family as, to my knowledge, they have no involvement in the incidents I’ll be discussing.

TO ANYONE READING THIS: Two things can be true at once. Namy should be held accountable for her actions regardless of her LGBTQ+ experiences AND invalidating/disrespecting the identities of Namy and those involved (her victims included) is bad and sets an awful precedent when it comes to cases like this.

Namy was born in October 1998 and currently lives in Mexico (as per her DeviantArt bio).

At the time the majority of the incidents that I’ll discuss were documented (2015-2024), Namy had been very open about her lesbian identity and a lot of her work features LGBTQ+ characters and relationships (mostly those under the sapphic umbrella). As of me writing this, she still identifies as lesbian/sapphic (“I still like women, I have a sexual and romantic preference for feminine traits, I don't care if the person is a trans girl, an androgynous person or a genderless person or many, as long as they look feminine, I like it”).

For the majority of her online presence, Namy identified as a cis woman, but explored androgynous gender expression (e.g. fashion) in ~2022-2023. As of August 2024, Namy opened up about being genderfluid. While Namy still prefers “she/her” (which I will be using here), she doesn’t mind being referred to as a guy.

Some of the controversies Namy has been involved in have been omitted from this ask, either because they were caused by a genuine misunderstanding, were resolved privately, were just blown out of proportion by some people to justify harassment, and/or will take focus away from the more concerning incidents should I discuss them here.

When discussing some individuals, certain details have be changed/omitted to respect their privacy and to prevent further harassment.

Despite the substantial evidence supporting the testimonies of those she hurt, I regrettably need to state that, until Namy has been trialled and convicted in a court of law, she is innocent until proven guilty (that, however, is a legal disclaimer and should not be misconstrued as me dismissing the aforementioned evidence). 

As a FNAF fan since mid-2019, I used to be a casual fan of Namy’s FNAF AU from that time up until mid-2022 (when I first found out about some of the more egregious things she’s done, including what happened to one of her victims) - this is why I know a bit about her AU story and how closely tied the development of it was to the incidents I’ll discuss (essentially tarnishing the legacy of that AU).

While I will give Namy a SMALL benefit of the doubt that she has changed from certain behaviours and mindsets (e.g. transphobia), no amount of “wanting to change” will exempt her from being responsible for the hurt she caused to her victims and any legal consequences that she will have to face for that.

CONTENT WARNING FOR MENTIONS OF:

Predatory/abusive relationships

Inappropriate and illegal/immoral NSFW artwork

Queerphobia including but NOT limited to:

Transphobic remarks

Fetishisation/harmful depictions of bisexual women (in a fictional context in her FNAF AU, but still has worrying implications)

Distasteful remarks regarding ace and pan people

Potentially harmful depictions of sexual abuse and mental health struggles experienced by LGBTQ+ characters (again, in her FNAF AU)

Harassment including but NOT limited to doxxing, sexual harassment, and spreading misinformation

Manipulative behaviours

Using slurs as a means of deriding those with genuine criticisms/concerns

Basically, here is the summary:

Namy has had a long history of creating NSFW artwork condoning/romaticising incest (e.g. one of the romantic pairings in her FNAF AU being of Circus Baby/Brenda and her adoptive mother Ballora/Roselle) and the sexualisation of teenagers/children (e.g. her infamous TOH comic), some of which date back as far as 2014/2015. As of 2024, she claimed that she has removed those pieces from all of her NSFW platforms, but as of me writing this, they're all still up on her Baraag account.

She has swung between condemning and supporting Shadman and his drawings (if you know, you know) whenever it was most convenient for her, claiming that he was one of her inspirations when it came to drawing NSFW artwork herself from a very young age.

In 2018, Namy harassed another FNAF AU creators (Ed00chan), claiming that her FNAF AU was better and making a couple of what I can only describe as harassment drawings (both of which are still on her Deviantart (https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/Pero-ke-Mrd-es-esto-NO-706449559) and one of which included the AUs of other artists who I doubt supported her harassment in any way (https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/FNAFNG-What-did-you-say-753972002)).

Namy has had a history of being incredibly immature and spiteful towards her critics (not the trolls, I mean those who had genuine concerns about her behaviour). In response to getting kicked out of a Welcome Home Facebook fan group in May 2023, she accused the admins of homophobia (essentially using her identity as a shield) when they were actually concerned about the safety of the other members. In the years prior to this, she had used multiple slurs to refer to her critics, such as "gringo" (a derogatory Latin Spanish term for anyone who is a foreigner, regardless of someone's skin colour or ethnic/cultural background), the n-word, and the r-slur.

In July 2023 (around the time something VERY important happened that I'll discuss later on), Namy made a Tumblr account and made two posts mocking her critics. She has since repurposed it as an ask blog, but that blog was still intended to be used to harass her critics.

In 2015, she made a post on Twitter arguing that medical transition and gender-affirming surgery was a pointless endeavour for trans and gender-diverse people, telling those who have had surgery to get a refund and calling them the latin Spanish equivalent of the f-slur (that screenshot may still be circulating on Tumblr).

In 2018, Namy made an infamous "meme comic" gatekeeping LGBTQ+ experiences (i.e. according to her logic, exploring and coming to terms with your sexuality/gender is a 'decision' and that her advice is 'the most correct') - warning that some of the comments underneath this post are pretty confronting: https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/LGBT-Correct-answer-Meme-757868018

In the years to follow, she has been criticised by LGBTQ+ people for a number of things including but not limited to: making distasteful comments about two pansexual characters from her FNAF AU (see in the description of this post (https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/FNAFNG-Pride-Month-11-881475230) and Namy's response to one of the comments of this post (https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/FNAFNG-Pride-Month-14-966150705)), ignoring the fact that ace and a-spec people can have relationships (translated from one of her Twitter posts in 2021: "As long as a character may be able to feel love, they have the right to have a partner"), pairing bisexual women characters in her FNAF AU with incest jokes (the adoptive daughter of Chica and Stacy/Toy Chica: https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/FNAFNG-Photo-album-926228818) and incestuous relationships (Circus Baby/Brenda), pairing Brenda's bisexuality and her trauma from sexual abuse (which she also fetishised in this censored drawing: https://www.deviantart.com/namyg/art/FNAFNG-Freakenda-begins-ECCHI-880842769) with said incestuous relationship without any level of sensitivity or consideration, and tagging an NSFW artwork of Poppy Partridge (a trans woman) from Welcome Home as "futanari" (a hentai genre that has been heavily criticised for fetishising trans and intersex bodies).

On two separate occasions, Namy engaged in predatory, abusive (emotionally and sexually) relationships with 16-17 year-old individuals. One of these relationships took place in 2019-2020 (Evan, a trans man who Namy dated prior to his transition - after their relationship ended, Namy would misgender and deadname him behind his back) and the other in 2020-2021 (Mely) - both of which while Namy was in her early 20s and completely aware of their ages (blackmailing Mely into keeping her age a secret).

As per their testimonies, both Evan and Mely experienced emotional/sexual abuse, romantic grooming, and manipulation from Namy. Biotex's new video details Namy specifically did to them both (warning for some of it can be incredibly distressing to read/hear about).

Namy has defended both of these relationships, even falsifying Mexican laws to downplay how illegal these relationships are (despite the fact that the ages of consent in most provinces in Mexico, including her own, is 18 - and that Mexico does not have "Romeo and Juliet laws"). 

After Mely cut ties with Namy, Namy allegedly continued to harass her, especially in her comments on the former's Facebook posts. In July 2023, Mely - who had come out about her experiences publicly in September 2022 - filed a lawsuit against Namy (yet to be resolved as of me writing this).

In response, Namy doxxed Mely's full legal name in a video addressing the lawsuit (which has since been deleted) and lied about the relationship, inciting her fanbase to harass Mely. This harassment worsened in December 2023, when Namy released a Google Drive attempting to paint herself as innocent and to victim-blame Mely. The Drive in question has been privated as of me writing this, but it contained screenshots and other evidence confirming that love-bombing and sexual coercion/exploitation among others were involved in this relationship (meaning they could easily be used in to support the victim’s testimony in a court of law).

Namy continues to victim-blame both Evan and Mely, despite privating the Google Drive and claiming to have apologised to both victims.

Since Biotex's newest video came out, there was a third victim (Zoe, who was one of Namy's voice actors for her FNAF AU animations since 2017 (when she was 16)) of Namy's behaviour and who knows how many others she's hurt! Even with the potential argument that Namy had no intent to have a romantic relationship with Zoe, that doesn't ignore the fact that, during 2017, Namy initiated sexually-charged conversations with Zoe, talked about ideas for NSFW art, and requested audio from Zoe to which she responded by saying that Zoe had a "sexy voice".

Thank you for reading.

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[olgalenski]

Hallo, ich hoffe, du bist gut ins neue Jahr gekommen! Falls es nicht zu dreist ist, würde ich dir gerne die Fragen 9 und 10 von kathastrophens Jahresend-ask game stellen. Liebe Grüße

Hi ich bin sehr gut reingekommen, ich hoffe du auch

und natürlich darfst du fragen, deswegen reblogge ich sowas ja ^^

9: Wie viele WIPs nimmst du mit ins nächste Jahr? (Mach uns gerne neugierig!)

also wir ignorieren mal die WIPs die ich zwischen 2016 und 2022 angefangen habe weil die zu Castle und asoiaf gehören und sehr wahrscheinlich auch nicht weiter geschrieben werden. wobei die eine die ich im februar 2020 angefangen hab schon sehr nice wär aber nee

also die von 2024 sind alle Tatort Frankfurt und es sind 8. in verschiedenen Stadien von Progress. also glaube die meisten sind: hier ist eine Idee die ich mal aufschreiben muss, weil ich mich eigentlich auf was anderes konzentrieren muss, aber n paar haben auch so halb geschriebene Sätze und angefangene Szenen und somewhat detaillierte outlines

wir hätten da eine dritte Das Monster von Kassel Story, in der sie einfach zu dritt mit der Lauritzen essen gehen. die wäre dann aber POV die Lauritzen, die irgendwann so fragt: okay seit wann seid ihr jetzt zusammen? und dann beide komplett überfordert. (kannst mir nicht sagen, dass sie das nicht dachte. weswegen die Tatsache, dass sie nur mit Paul essen gegangen is einfach so richtig dumm und unrealistisch ist aber gut)

zu dMvK gibt es auch eine so: Annas thoughts nachdem Paul einfach nein sagt, und wieso genau stört sie das jetzt eigentlich? er kann doch machen was er will. und neee er is ja eh nich mein typ ich ignorier das jetzt vielen dank. is das dann introspection oder wie das heißt? keine Ahnung. auch keine Ahnung ob ich das wirklich mal schreibe aber das war auch die erste Idee, die ich hatte. im März. nachdem ich frankfurt komplett geguckt hatte zum ersten Mal

dann hab ich zu fürchte Dich ein AU was entstand weil ich beim Ersten Mal gucken nicht mitbekommen hab, dass Anna zwischendurch Jahrelang in Berlin gewohnt hat und mir dachte als ob Paul und Fanny jetzt nicht bei Anna unterkommen können. und dann meinte Mariele so sie sieht die Folge eh nicht als Canon an, weil die sich duzen und mein gehirn war so: okay wenn das so nicht passiert ist, aber sein Haus trotzdem abgebrannt ist: wieso bietet Anna ihm nicht ihr Gästezimmer an. (wenn ich mir angucke wie ihre Wohnung in der Turm aussieht, is das gar nicht mehr so unrealistisch dass sie n Gästezimmer hat. weil da war ne Tür zwischen ihrem Schlafzimmer und da wo der PC steht, und der sah nicht aus wie das Wohnzimmer anyway) bin dann zu dem Entschluss gekommen, sie war einfach grad in Australien ihren Sohn besuchen und mitten in der NAcht, bzw bei ihr dann Morgens iwann ruft Paul an weil sie die erste Person ist, an die er denkt. und ja kp. Problem hier is halt, dass das so n AU is, wo ich die gesamte Entstehungsgeschichte erstma erklären müsste wahrscheinlich xD und außer dem Telefonat hab ich da auch nicht viel. aber vllt wird das ja nochmal was

fürchte Dich hat auch noch ne Option von Anna schafft es Merle aus dem Haus zu holen und geht dann NOCHMAl rein weil Brix noch drin is und dann muss er sie da rausholen. aber auch hier mal sehen

Der Turm haben sie den Fall ja nicht wirklich aufgeklärt, also das jetzt n Cold Case: was wenn das neue Team in Frankfurt die sich ja um Cold Cases kümmern, da irgendwie ne neue Spur findet und den Fall nochmal aufrollen. aber dazu muss ich erstma n paar Folgen mit dem neuen Team schauen um zu wissen, wie die arbeiten

dann hab ich während meines Funkstille rewatches gedacht: alter warum seid ihr grad so weird miteinander, hab dann gedacht na wenn die guten und die Bösen die Folge is, nach der Paul checkt, dass er Anna liebt und dann unterbewusst überreagiert und abstand nimmt, ergibt das sinn und dann sind wir bei: anna is komplett verwirrt davon und fragt sich ob ER mitbekommen hat, was sie seit Kassel weiß

und dann auch eine die guten und die Bösen paul denkt drüber nach, was anna ihn gefragt hat, weil der Matzerath sie gefragt hat (Haben Sie jemanden schonmal so sehr geliebt, dass sich das angefühlt hat, als wäre er ein Teil von Ihnen?) das hat sogar schon 400 Worte ich weiß nur echt nich, wie er die Erkenntnis haben soll lol

joa und dann die eine die ich länger im Kopf hatte aber immer dachte neee und dann am 30. oder so doch mariele mitgeteilt hab und die jetzt 1000 worte hat und wohl irgendwann geschrieben wird. AU in which they met once 27 Jahre vor Folge 1. kapieren tun sie das so 2023. also anna kapiert das. (also Paul wird 60 und feiert halt groß und seine schwestern sind so nett so hier sind Fotos von Paul in seinen 60 Jahren und eins is von sommer '88 und Anna denkt so jo the fuck. warum er da in Berlin war weiß ich noch nicht, aber das ja auch unwichtig.) joa die werd ich wohl mal weiter schreiben so die Tage

so und da ich ja noch 7 Folgen nochmal gucken muss, werden da wohl noch n paar dazu kommen dieses Jahr. ob irgendeine davon feritg wird? keine Ahnung.

10: Welche deiner Fics, die du dieses Jahr geschrieben hast, verdient mehr Aufmerksamkeit?

öhhh alle? also eig kann ich mich echt nich beschweren, wenn ich für kleine fandoms schreibe gibts da halt nich viel interaktion und das is voll oke. aber gerne alle. ich find die nämlich alle voll gut gelungen ^^

Jahresend-Fanfic Fragerunde

[mentaltimetraveller]

Ethan Assouline, (…), 2020 (detail)

Whimsies at Neuer Essener Kunstverein June 30, 2022

[anneemmasommer]

Fischkonsum steigt

Die Deutschen essen wieder mehr Fisch. Im Jahr 2022 lag der pro Kopf Konsum bei 14,4 Kilogramm. Im Vergleich zum Vorjahr ist das fast ein Kilogramm mehr. So wird der End of Fish Day jedes Jahr früher erreicht. Im Jahr 2020 lag er noch auf dem 5. April.

Mach jetzt auf dieses Problem aufmerksam! Schreib eine Postkarte!

https://www.bund.net/themen/aktuelles/detail-aktuelles/news/end-of-fish-day-deutsche-fischprodukte-bereits-jetzt-aufgebraucht/#:~:text=Fischkonsum%20steigt,Day%20jedes%20Jahr%20früher%20erreicht.

[firagasoap]

Essen 2022

[adridoesstuff]

Comparing Elisabeth's costumes in the Vienna productions of Elisabeth das musical (Act 1)

And I'm back once again to perhaps prove a point, but mainly to pour out some of the frustration. In this post, I'll be comparing the costumes chronologically worn by Elisabeth in the Vienna productions of Elisabeth: the original/1st revival (designed by Reinhard Heinrich; lower refered to as the Heinrich version) and the 2nd revival/Schönbrunn concert (designed by Yan Tax; lower refered to as the Tax version). The Yan Tax design was first used in the 2001 Essen production, but was later carried over into the 2nd revival Vienna production in 2012 and VBW kept on using it since.

I tried to mainly find higher quality photos of all these costumes, but sometimes, I had no luck in doing that. So, at times, I will use a screenshot because nothing else was available. I mainly tried to look for pictures of the 1st revival (circa 2003-2005) and 2nd revival (circa 2012 - 2013), but I will sometimes use pictures from the original production (1992-1996).

Disclaimer: the contents below are my subjective opinion as a student of set and costume design and I will be mainly looking at what the costume tells me within the context and the construction. If you prefer costumes I don't, your opinion is totaly valid and you're welcome to discuss why you think otherwise in reblogs and comments below. :) After each section, I'll try to sum up which of the costumes I liked better and why.

Little Sisi:

Heinrich version: light blue and white trachten/dirndl with a lace apron, hair bow and ribbon choker. Not only fitting her origin as a Bavarian princess, but also sweet with the pastel colors and the accordingly fluffy, but light construction. The costume is girly, but not hindering when is comes to Sisi climbing trees and other physical activities she mentions she likes.

Tax version: short green/brown/orange plaid print dress. Now, this is a historically plausible costume, but do I like it? Absolutely not. The colors and print are ugly and don't fit Sisi's character in the slightest. And with the way the costume has multiple ruffles and pleats, it just makes it too busy to look at. And the skirt is too fluffy for this point in the show. (And they did Abla absolutely dirty with the wig they gave her in 2022 Schönbrunn)

Which is better? Heinrich version all the way. It's sweet and girly, but not too much and I love that it's a trachten/dirndl. The Tax version is just too busy with the plaid and I don't like the colors.

Bad Ischl:

Heinrich version: Dark blue short-sleeved bodice and skirt, matching hair bow and velvet ribbon long choker and bracelets. This costume is directly inspired by what Elisabeth could have worn during this first meeting in Ischl (when she met Franz, she and all her family were in dark mourning dresses, since they didn't have time to change and unlike Helene, who looked washed out in her dark dress, the dark dress really suited Elisabeth). Another little interesting historical detail I noticed here is the choker, which looks like a ribbon choker Elisabeth was mostly depicted wearing during her engagement to Franz. So, awesome that they kept in these little historical details.

Tax version: Long-sleeved bodice and skirt. Now, I've seen this dress in a ton of different fabrics (white with a broad floral trim on the skirt, blue plaid) but I think the most common variant of this costume is this beige one with the orange-red and green pattern. Now, once again, this is a historically more plausible costume, since the meeting took place during the day and so it would be proper for Elisabeth to be covered up, but it doesn't take into account any of the historical happenings. Which just seems to me like the designer didn't do any background research into Elisabeth specifically. And if we're going on pure aesthetic level alone, this dress is so plain and boring.

Which is better? Once again, Heinrich won this. No question needed. And while we're at it, the colorplay the dark dress on Elisabeth offers in Nichts ist schwer is much better that the light dress (We're about to get into lighting here, because that is also important to consider). With the reddish and blue lights for this scene, the dark dress stands out against that very red Habsburg eagle, but the light dress gets a red/pink wash from the lights, which makes Elisabeth almost visually disappear in that scene (see image below). The entire colorplay in the Tax version is simply off for this scene (because the thing that most stands out to me isn't Elisabeth, it's Franz's VERY green knitted socks).

Wedding dress:

Heinrich version: white satin bodice and skirt with silvery translucent overlay, ruffled bertha collar with beaded fringe and puffed translucent sleeves. The amount of soft texture this dress has under the stage lights is so amazing and I really like the choice of sleeve here, since it does remind me of the puffed sleeves she had on her trachten, but this is like a more grown up version. And since the sleeves are translucent and long, it gives Elisabeth the appearance of not fitting in with the court ladies, who all have short sleeves in opaque fabrics . The silvery contrasts look great and the way that white fringe looks like the fringe on Tod's jacket from the Prolog (thus connecting them visually) is *chef's kiss*.

Tax version: white satin button-up bodice with pagoda sleeves and skirt with striped accents. This dress is giving me a whole lot of nothing. Like, there isn't anything eyecatching here. And it makes Elisabeth look kinda dowdy with how covered up she is. And, if they were going for more "historical accuracy", why then put her in a dress that could be classified as daywear (with the long sleeves and the very prominent buttons in the front) if all of the wedding should be taking place in the evening?

Which is better? Heinrich version. The Tax version is too flat and plain for me. If the Heinrich design is proving anything so far, it's that historical accuracy can easily be beaten out with good and purposeful artistic design.

Nightgown:

Heinrich version: structured white nightgown with a slightly raised waistline, broad lace straps and lace trim. Once again, I love the structure the fabric has, it looks soft and romantic under the stage lights. The straps are so characteristic and they make her arms completely bare, thus making her appear vulnerable when facing Sophie and the ladies in waiting.

Tax version: white satin empire waist nightgown with short puffed sleeves. They literally couldn't have picked a thinner and cheaper looking satin for this costume? It literally looks so flimsy, especially since this costume has no texture and no decoration going on. I think the very high empire waistline is also a rather off choice, since it would be very out of fashion during the 1850s and it is a waist placement that often looks awkward on a lot of people. And there are the sleeves. They are very awkwardly short. Especially on the concert costumes, the sleeves literally look like they have 2 cm of an inseam at best.

Which is better? I think this is no surprise, but Heinrich once again gets it.

Stationen eine Ehe:

Heinrich version: White robe with ruffled lace trimmings, long bell-shaped sleeves and a broad light blue sash at the waist. I always love when I see a good nightrobe on stage and this is no exception. The material is delicate and translucent enough to keep Elisabeth looking very vulnerable in this scene, even though she's covered up. And the amount and placement of ruffling is just right. What I also find very interesting is that sash, because that color is so eyecatching (reminds me of a robin's egg) and it really gives the robe a distinct look.

Tax version: Reddish-pink duochrome satin bodice with fake buttons and pagoda sleeves w/ white puffed undersleeves and a matching skirt worn over a circular hoopskirt. Once again, more historically plausable, but it doesn't offer me anything as a costume. By making Elisabeth's silhouette here the same as Sophie and the ladies in waiting and by not giving the fabric any sort of softening embellishments, it removes this vulnerability she should have here. And I don't get why they went for this weird pink shade, because it makes no storytelling sense. And while we're at it, why did they choose to put her in this braided wig here? In real life portraiture, we don't get Elisabeth depicted with her hair in these braided updos up until the mid 1860s. The Heinrich version cleverly went around this by keeping Elisabeth with long loose curls through Act 1 to emphasize her girlishness and naivity, so when we see her with her hair braided up in the portrait reveal, it's this clear visual breaking point for her, showing us how she matured. But in the Tax version, it's a mess when it comes to wigs.

Which is better? Once again, Heinrich takes the cake. I feel like I might be biased, but I just can't find any rhyme and reason in the Tax costumes so far.

Schatten Hungarian dress:

Heinrich version: black and dark blue striped satin bodice with a fake stomacher and puffed sleeves and skirt with a black lace apron. For how little time this costume gets on stage, it is so crucial in this design, since it is both a visual paralel with Elisabeth's Hungarian coronation gown (but here, the silhouette is less mature and it's like a dark version of that dress), but also, this dress is paralelled again in the Mayerling dresses, since Shatten in Act 1 and Mayerling are paralel scenes, where Death takes away one of Elisabeth's children because of her unadvised decisions.

Tax version: same dress as in Stationen eine Ehe, but over it is worn a red velvet atilla with gold cording and brown fur trim and a matching red velvet hat. The atilla looks decently made and the cording does seem ok. This is a much technically easier way how to do this quick costume change, but it's ok. What I don't like here is the hat. It simply looks awkward witch the placement of where it's sitting and that cord in the front doesn't make it better. And once again, I am missing the paralels!

Which is better? I will probably sound like I'm repeating myself, but Heinrich version wins again. You can never beat good paralels and visual connections in costume design.

Elisabeth, mach auf mein Engel:

Heinrich version: Same robe as during Stationen eine Ehe (but this time with a better picture). Still love it here, because this is still supposed to be a vulnerable moment (especially when Death comes in at the end). So by keeping her in this nightgown, which she previously wore at a vulnerable moment, we have an immediate connection of how she feels.

Tax version: White chiffon robe with elbow length sleeves w/ lace engageants and with a train trimmed with lace ruffles, worn over a long pale pink/peach/orange?? satin slip. And we have a dreaded return of that flimsy satin! The nightgown for the most part looks ok, but another of this production's big issues comes in here and that is a gaping issue on front closing overcostumes. (If you read my 2022 Schönbrunn roast, you might remember how I complained about the massive amount of gaping in the front Der Tod's doctor disguise had). Here, the gaping could have easily been fixed with an added ruffle along the seam.

Which is better? Heinrich once again.

Star dress:

Heinrich version: Cream bodice with gathered tulle overlay, bertha collar trimmed with pearls and 3 tiered tulle ruffle sleeves, matching skirt with draped tulle overlay, tulle sash and pearl necklace. I love how this dress isn't an outright copy of the Winterhalter portrait, but keeps the soft, etherial and dreamy vibe the dress has. This dress looks light as a feather and even if it doesn't outright have stars, it has a light shimmer in the tulle.

Tax version: Cream bodice decorated with tulle overlay w/ gold embroidered stars, with pleated bertha collar, single tier tulle ruffle sleeves, matching skirt, matching star embroidered shawl, white satin gloves and star necklace. I love how this costume looks exactly like the portrait! The design is great, but sometimes, there have been some hiccups with the execution, specifically with balancing the volume of the sleeve in relation to the skirt. The costume below is one of the better ones, but often, the sleeves end up being too big and the skirt too narrow, throwing the proportion off. And sometimes, the costume can end up looking too stiff.

Which is better? Depending on the version. For me, this will be a tie. The better versions of the Tax design are equally as good as the Heinrich versions. However, if I were to take into account some of the stiffer versions of the Tax design, Heinrich would take the win again.

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German police and fire respond to a call in Essen.

Justin Von Brosch, April 26, 2022

[mrsmyths-automobilia-1984]

Unimog 411 - 1960

Techno Classica 2022 Essen Deutschland - Germany March 2022

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

The Gotham We Have

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4GMJ7aL by RageAndLoveAndLife Um ano após "The Gotham We Want": Com o Batman aposentado e Wayne falido, Bruce vem tentando seguir em sua nova vida turbulenta ao lado do Coringa. Em meio às desavenças, a cidade ficando mais perigosa a cada dia e o caos na delegacia com a aposentadoria de Gordon, o ex-bilionário precisa lidar com a volta do Contador de Histórias, e revelações sobre o seu passado. Em contrapartida, o ex-vigilante encontra um parceiro no jovem jornalista investigativo Richard Grayson, que está participando das investigações. No meio de todo o caos, alguém começou a efetuar pequenos assaltos com um moletom vermelho de capuz. If you don't speak my language, use the translator, I would have missed the best stories if I limited myself to my language. OBS: Essa história é a continuação de "The Gotham We Want", então seria interessante você ler ela primeiro :) Link: https://ift.tt/A8cQ7XL Words: 4505, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Português brasileiro Fandoms: Batman (Movies - Nolan), The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Bruce Wayne, Joker (DCU), Jim Gordon, Sarah Essen, Harvey Dent, Rachel Dawes, Edward Nygma, Original Characters, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson Relationships: Joker (DCU)/Bruce Wayne, Rachel Dawes/Harvey Dent, Sarah Essen/Jim Gordon Additional Tags: Psychological Torture, Torture, Violence, Psychopathology & Sociopathy, Family Drama, Investigations, Past Child Abuse, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Complicated Relationships, Human Trafficking, Bruce Wayne Needs a Hug, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Joker (DCU) Has Issues, Bruce Wayne Has Issues, Domestic Violence, porque é Bruce e Joker e eles não são funcionais, mesmo que tentem read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4GMJ7aL

[fitzrove]

🔥 Elisabeth unpopular opinions!

I think like 90% of my posts are this... xD But then again, it can be hard to know what opinions are really "unpopular", because there's such an incredible diversity of opinion in the fandom :D

I'm limiting myself to five rapid-fire ones...

1. The Essen/Stuttgart staging/directing and therefore those productions aren't that great or enjoyable to watch jfkgkf. Like, it's more trouble than it's worth, so to speak... It's where Tod's not-that-great costumes come from (Yan Tax made the Essen ones), and in general it's where things started going kitsch with the direction. Plus it has Conspiracy which makes me so mad 🤣

2. KKOG is a better song that Schwarzer Prinz... 😭😂 Listen, the original 1992 "wie du reprise" (mama, wenn ich älter werde...) is the only valid option. Schwarzer Prinz is soo simple and dull in terms of lyrics, and while it's better than KKOG in that at least it's Elisabeth POV, I never listen to it. Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy Vienna 2003-5 doesn't have KKOG.

3. Ajkgkd this is such a random thing that has no bearing on the actual show but every time I bring up my wish to see a woman play Tod in Europe someday, there are at least 10 people who suggest Dutch musical actress Pia Douwes for the part. While I admire Pia and her talent as a performer, these people are ignoring that by saying I want to see a woman as Tod I really mean I want to cast myself. JSKGKDKDKD okay joking but in general I'd love for someone unknown and up-and-coming to do it if it happened, and preferably not a soprano!!!

4. Idk if this is unpopular but Fritz Schmid is a super awesome Rudolf 🥺 It's really him who made a big difference in me getting into Elisabeth so intensely (and staying around for several years). I don't actually find Lukas' or Jesper's performances as "chewable" (ajfkdkdl) and multifaceted, even though I like them very much.

5. Again, don't know if unpopular, but I find the 2005 Prolog without the overlapping lines from different characters better than the 1992/2019/2022 version. Needs a good Lucheni to work, obviously, but I think the overlapping melodies version is a bit on the nose... Unfortunately, considering it happened in Brussels, I think that this version of the opening is becoming a permanent fixture of the show again.

[menschtiervereint]

Heute möchten wir mit Euch über die Jagd auf Waschbären sprechen. So wurden in der Jagdsaison 2022/23 unvorstellbare 202.821 der intelligenten Tiere von Jägern getötet! 😰

Die Begründung für die intensive Jagd auf Waschbären ist immer, dass die Tiere ursprünglich aus Pelzfarmen stammen und sich bei uns ausbreiten, weil sie fast keine natürlichen Feinde besitzen.

Aber was ist dran an der Argumentation?

Waschbären sind Omnivoren und ernähren sich zu rund 40% von Wirbellosen, zu 33% von pflanzlicher Kost und zu 27% von Wirbeltieren. Während sie im Frühjahr vor allem Insekten, Würmer, Käfer usw. essen, bevorzugen sie im Herbst pflanzliche Kost, wie Obst und Nüsse. Von den Wirbeltieren sind Fische und Amphibien, wie Frösche, Kröten und Salamander, die häufigsten Beutetiere.

Auch der NABU hält die Jagd nicht für sinnvoll: "Waschbären können Populationsverluste durch eine vermehrte Fortpflanzungsrate ausgleichen, auch würden bei einer „Entnahme“ neue Tiere aus den umliegenden Gebieten in den dann unbesetzten Lebensraum nachrücken. Gleichwohl gibt es Belege über lokal negative Auswirkungen des Waschbären auf die heimische Tierwelt(...). Aber wie so oft gilt auch hier: Je vielseitiger und strukturierter die Natur, umso geringere Auswirkungen hat die Prädation durch den Waschbären. So sollte vielmehr der Schutz der Lebensräume im Vordergrund stehen und nicht eine Bejagung des Waschbären die Konsequenz sein."

Fazit: Auch wenn Waschbären natürlich nicht von Luft und Liebe leben können, sollten wir sie nicht zum Sündenbock für die Zerstörung der Natur und das Artensterben machen, denn das haben sie nicht verdient! 😊💚

Quellen: ➡ LINK 1 ➡ LINK 2 ➡ LINK 3 ➡ LINK 4 ➡ LINK 5

[msclaritea]

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