#House of Antilles

[sw5w]

Alderaan Seconds the Motion for a Vote of No Confidence in Chancellor Valorum

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace - Deleted Scene: Bail Organa of Alderaan 00:14

And just for fun, here's an edit of the previous shot, with the bluescreen background replaced with the Senate (and a hovercam droid thrown in).

Bronze Age Star Wars (Ted) pointed out on Twitter that in the 2nd issue of the original 1977 Marvel adaptation of A New Hope, Princess Leia names her father "Bail Antilles" adding further confusion to this character's name and role. When Jimmy Smits was cast as Bail Organa in Episode II, the issue was finally laid to rest.

[w-m-pitt]

Long Live our King-Emperor, His Imperial Majesty Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, By the Grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Marquis of Veere and Flushing, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Burgrave of Antwerp, Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy, Hereditary and Free Lord of Ameland, Lord of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Clundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn, Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach, Dasburg, Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon! 🇳🇱

[beautifulfrenchhouses]

399,000 €

67 m² / 721 ft²

Saint-François, Guadeloupe, France.

[herpsandbirds]

Your black widow ID made me realize that was the exact spider that crawled out of my drain while I was doing dishes.

DRAIN SPIDER!!!

In my family, I'm the one who removes spiders from the house (alive).

Here's a really gorgeous Black Widow for you...

South American Black Widow (Latrodectus curacaviensis), family Theridiidae, found in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean and South America

photograph by Renato Brito

photograph by Robin James

[kazoosandfannypacks]

based off of this post, I now wanna write an au where Satine lives and joins the rebellion and Obi-Wan spends a decade or so wishing he could join the rebellion, but instead he has to stay in hiding and watch over Luke.

But then Satine sends a transmission that she needs his help, and she uses R2-D2 to do so because she knows it's a droid Obi-Wan would be familiar with, and Obi-Wan is not sure if he can leave Luke. He goes to check on Luke only to find that! Oh no! The Empire found his aunt and uncle and burned their house down! Fortunately, fourteen-year-old Luke was at Toche's station picking up power converters, so he didn't get destroyed with his aunt and uncle.

Obi-Wan then decides that Tatooine isn't safe for himself and Luke, so they join the Rebellion together.

The A plot of this fic would then be Obi-Wan Kenobi and Duchess Satine Kryze Actually Have a Chance At A Relationship And It's The Entire Rebellion's Favorite Point Of Gossip.

The B plot? Luke Skywalker being fourteen whole years old and becoming friends with Leia and Ezra and Sabine and later Wedge Antilles and the Shenanigans they get into, with Obi-Wan spending all his spare time trying to keep Luke from realizing he and Leia and Darth Vader are related.

[phoenixkaptain]

Luke and Mara’s relationship is SO FUNNY. Literally everyone else is like: “What are you doing? Why are you concerned? Luke, she threatens to kill you every time you speak with each other, please-“

I love the Luke was so concerned when he sensed that Mara’s ship lost power in the second book. Han describes it as Luke acting like Mara is his best friend rather than the woman who has repeatedly threatened him with murder. And after it’s all over, he does save her! He gets them to pick her up and they take her to Coruscant to heal and none of that would have happened without Luke’s influence.

Luke is so fond of Mara, despite having met her all of three months ago. All of their interactions involve murder threats and dangerous situations, literally none of them have been postive interactions, but Luke is so pleased to see her! Just! All the time!

Luke agrees to break Karrde off of Thrawn’s ship because Mara asks (no further requesting necessary). Luke breaks Mara out of her house arrest on Coruscant because he wants her to go to Wayland with them. Luke defends Mara constantly whenever Han (very reasonably) questions whether or not they should trust her. Han and Mara and Luke himself all ask “What if this ends in Luke’s death?” and Luke’s answer is always “¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ Guess I’ll die then.”

(Luke is basically like “If I die, I die. The Force wills it.” I think he and Qui-Gon were soulmates-)

I like that Luke finds out about Mara’s past in the first book but only ever brings it up in the third. And Han is like “She was the EMPEROR’S HAND, and you didn’t think that was worth mentioning???” and Luke just: “The past is in the past.”

Leia and Mara also have a fun relationship though. Leia speaks to Mara for the first time and Mara, right as Leia is leaving, is like “I’m going to kill your brother. Did he tell you that?” and Leia just: “No, he didn’t mention that. May I ask why?”

Leia consistently is like “Well. Luke trusts this person. I trust her too.” Which is almost exactly like Wedge “Luke vouched for them so I trust them with my life” Antilles.

Leia 🤝 Wedge

“If Luke trusts them, I trust them.”

Leia is always like “I know you’ve said you want to kill my brother. But, from what he’s said, you had a lot of opportunities to kill him. And he’s still alive. Are you sure you want to kill him?”

And Mara is just like: “Shut up.”

Han is the only one who is like “I don’t think we should trust this person who wants to kill Luke” and Luke is always like “Why not?”

But really what gets me is the final scene SPOILERS when Luke gives Mara Anakin’s lightsaber. And I know Mara thinks it’s him not-so-subtly telling her that they can both move on from the past, but all I can see it as is Luke seeing Mara like he saw Anakin. He sees them both enslaved to the Emperor and brainwashed and hurting and he ultimately saves both of them. But, Anakin never got to use his lightsaber again, after he came back to the light. So, giving it to Mara, who was in a very similar situation as Vader was, is such a good way to honour Anakin’s memory and every time I think about it - two people manipulated by Palpatine who find their way back after years and years of abuse, both using the same lightsaber at opposite ends of their life - I kind of want to cry.

And maybe I’m looking too deeply into it, but I love this scene. I love Mara asking why Luke is giving it to her and Luke saying “I want you to have it.” I love Anakin’s lightsaber finally being used in the light again, I love it I love it I love it- I’m crying again

[comyet]

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[camille-pissarro-paintings]

-Landscape with House in the Woods in Saint Thomas, Antilles-

[zenia62]

Letter From Daendels to King William 1

Hey guys, I was js scrolling through my Daendels album when I found this letter that Daendels wrote to King William I 👀 So far I've only found one n I think in here Daendels was trying to get on the King good side n offers him services 🤔 As usual, translation might not be accurate as I'm only using google translate 🙏

DAENDELS TO KING WILLEM I Warsaw, 4 December 1813 To His Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange-Nassau My Prince! The misfortunes of our Fatherland unite all Dutchmen. They now have only one heart and one sentiment: that of seeing their country freed from the yoke of the French; of seeing Your Highness at their head as their supreme chief; and of seeing the illustrious House of Orange-Nassau return to Holland, which has always rendered the most distinguished services to the Fatherland.

My feelings are those of my compatriots. The time approaches when one will have the opportunity to prove them. Modlin fell on the 1st of December. This fortress had been entrusted to my honor and could not be returned until its provisions were consumed. The following day, I requested His Majesty the Emperor of Russia to employ me in the army destined to liberate Holland.

My wife is preparing to take refuge in a neutral land under the protection of the allied army in Westphalia, and I will tender my resignation from the French service as soon as this is arranged. The response of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia encourages me to soon be in a position to demonstrate my zeal and devotion to Your Highness. All necessary orders for this have been provided with the assurances of my care and service.

Let us hope that the forms of our previous government, especially the sovereignty of each province and city and the different interests of each, which were the causes of our dissensions and misfortunes, will be replaced. It is desirable to adopt a constitution that, while ensuring national freedom, prevents these inconveniences for the future.

Perhaps the English constitution, with some modifications, could suit our nation. The government would not suffer from lengthy deliberations, secrecy could be maintained between two or three persons, and corruption would not take place. The old nobility would find in the upper chamber its distinctions and privileges, which bind it so closely to the Fatherland.

Your Highness would have the opportunity to create titles for distinguished services, and the ambition of other classes would be satisfied through elections of members to the lower chamber, which could be conducted by voters to ensure that choices are well-made. It is also to be hoped, My Prince, that the Allied Powers will grant Holland an increase of territory, sufficient to create and maintain an army strong enough to prevent invasion in a few days.

Prussia and England will be obliged to maintain, even in full peace, an army ready to assist our security, which would offer great difficulties and hinder the free flow of goods in banking and commerce. Hope, Mujlman, and others would have to withdraw or restart their businesses.

Russia, England, Prussia, and Sweden must equally ensure that Dutch capital, gained through commerce, flows back into their treasuries through negotiations whenever they need money. All this seems impossible without an increase in territory and an army of 70 to 80 thousand men, to provide sufficient security to bankers, merchants, and capitalists; because the sufferings of recent years have been too cruel to be forgotten.

Perhaps it would be easy to grant Holland this increase in territory if England were willing to cede to Russia the Duchy of Oldenburg, while the Duchy of Berg, a very fine country with 360 thousand inhabitants, would then be exchanged for it. Meanwhile, England could compensate Holland with the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Pondicherry, Goa, Malta, and some French possessions in the Antilles.

These peoples would then find happiness and contentment under the dominion of Your Highness, and every inhabitant of the country would be proud to bear the name of his sovereign, to glorify himself for sacrificing for his country and for his prince, his property, his welfare, his freedom. I have the honor to be, DAENDELS Conforming to the original, DAENDELS

I believe that Daendels wrote this during his time as prisoner of war 😶 Sadly this letter was ignored by King William I as far as I know 😔 Daendels was desperate to be release at this moment n also this is where Mrs Ross played a big role in getting Daendels out of prisoner of war 😯 shout out to her tho haha 😆 Also, Daendels mentioned his wife aswell here, it's wholesome that he wanted to make sure she's safe first before he deal w resigning from the French service 🤭 I haven't fully analyze this letter either so I've only skimmed it 😭 Anyways, thank you guys n have a wonderful day, stay safe 🌙

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

Hey, so if you had to choose between madagascar boas, cave dwelling rat snakes, or anthill pythons to keep as a pet what would you pick? Ive been trying to narrow down what snake i want next and i can't narrow it down anymore, so basically im asking you to help pick lol

I actually have an antill python (her name is Myndie) and especially if you've never had the pleasure of owning an Antaresia python before, I totally lean in that direction. Anthill pythons are really fun and spunky and so fun to watch! My Myndie is always on the move and doing something. Honestly can't recommend them enough, especially if you like snakes who are active and easy to handle.

Ground boas are cool, and cave dwelling ratsnakes are so beautiful, but anthill pythons hold a special place in my heart and everyone I know who owns one absolutely adores them. Ground boas are great and cave dwelling ratsnakes are beautiful, but the ground boa will eat you out of house and home (not necessarily a bad thing) and beauty ratsnakes have a lot of attitude (still awesome snakes). This post is me doing my part for the "popularizing Antaresia pythons for non-Australian keepers" gang.

[marc--chilton]

ik i said furry au but honestly i was thinking just straight up critters

i went for mostly canines because that's what i know about lol but i like your non-canine interpretations!

if i'm going a bit more out there wilson is a phiddipus johnsoni jumping spider. i like jumping spiders. they've got personality. they waggle their arms at you. phiddipus johnsoni has teal arms and a red booty but it's not dangerous and jumping spiders on the whole tend to be friendly to people. house would be a noble false widow- looks like a brown widow but is not nearly as dangerous (not pleasant but apart from bacteria risk, not going to kill you, kinda like a bee or a wasp sting if you're not allergic), because he actually is a decent person underneath all the cruel bastard facade. chase is a peacock spider! they're a type of jumping spider like phiddipus johnsoni but they're of a different genus (they're maratus volans) and they're really funky looking and they dance and they're australian. i think all of those are chase. thirteen is a striped lynx spider- they're similar to her in coloration and they've got spiky pedipalps on their legs! they look fearsome but to humans they pose little threat (the bite hurts but you'll be fine). foreman is some form of spider in the family trachelidae. they're kinda normal and if they bite you it'll hurt but nothing will happen and some of them have dapper markings just like foreman. cameron is an antilles pinktoe tarantula. really pretty. they're known to be shy but they also can throw their hair at you if they want to. so watch out. taub is a micropholcus fauroti (daddy long legs) because i think it's funny to have a him be a long-legged spider. cuddy is a black widow because i would be scared of her if i knew her in real life but she is so gorgeous. aaaaaand masters is a joro spider. they're very beautiful (vibrant blue and yellow bodies with black and orange legs) and very large (about palm-sized) but not dangerous and they're very docile.

i like bugs

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there are bugs indeed

[bomberqueen17]

caught up

Ha so i managed to watch all the episodes of the new Witcher season this weekend, so now i can -- let's be real I wasn't avoiding spoilers before, but like, I've read the books right, it's like, there's only so much they can do to surprise me. (below discussion is not in-depth or spoilery, more general and I don't have a ton of time so not meant to be anything profound)

I see they've taken Cahir's character in a delicious other direction-- book!Cahir is a dutiful young fanatic whose youth and relative inexperience is kind of critical to his character (and kind of parallels Ciri's contemporary journey, as she goes from being an idealistic child through all the things she goes through, he also is humbled and shamed and loses his idealism and his fanaticism gets a layer of tarnished desperation and then he finds his humanity etc-- chefkiss), but the Netflix version is an older, more deeply-committed fanatic, more intimately and personally tied to the ruler he serves so faithfully. They've also done some worldbuilding for Emhyr's missing years that I think is very interesting. It's funny, Cahir's actor is too old (but a great actor), and Emhyr's is too young, they've tried to age him up but he's like. Well he's like thirty. It hits weird. But, television, that's how television is.

I was using my sister's television since i had the house to myself, and could not figure out how to get subtitles on, so any of the lines that were whisper-growled-- that is to say almost all of them-- were largely unintelligible to me. But many of the ones I could make out were also just-- word salad, pretty things strung together for the vibe, so I don't feel like I missed out. You just had to get the gist, and sometimes it was an incredibly impactful book line that they crammed in there kind of unearned, but if you recognized it you could imbue it with the correct meaning yourself. This is not really a criticism. The whole thing was so rushed because they had to cover like 20 episodes' worth of material in eight, so it was just cruising on vibes and did so I think admirably, conveying a lot of worldbuilding complexity without having really a moment to get into it, and shorthanding character development in snappy one-liners that were pretty effective if you just. Suspended disbelief about literally any kind of logistics.

I did like some of the details they did choose to give us. Cool themes with Ciri, which I think convey the entire message of the book extremely well. And like-- when she's exposed to a bunch of sunlight, they showed her suffering with sunburn. That's a great grounding little bit of detail, even if it went away by the next scene because there wasn't time-- such a good detail, really eloquently conveyed by the framing and the actress and the props.

It's like.... an incredibly abbreviated art form, where they're doing grand gestures of vibes to get the story across.

Absolutely perfect for fanfic, LOL. There's really no well thought out detail to contradict so you've got a largely blank canvas. I also have deep regret that I don't think I can retcon my fic Keira into the Keira from Netflix who was both hot and had like, the perfect earthy practical personality, fuck she's good. Relatedly I loved the detail of how in the books Margarita Laux-Antilles was described as the most beautiful women in the world, and they cast a fat Black woman to play her, an absolutely gorgeous fat Black woman, and there in every scene of the sorceresses being beautiful were several fat women being beautiful too. It's something, ok.

I kept being like "omg woman hot" as i was watching, which was funny. I was by myself though, so it was fine, no one was there to witness my incoherence except the discord channels i kept typing into the wrong ones of.

one tiny sort of spoilery bit: i loved the delicious scene with Ciri confronting Cahir, but it was so rushed it was awkward, instead of showing us much they just had to have Cahir say it, and it was-- well the vibes were fucking delicious, but the execution kind of clumsy. But as I don't plan to rewatch, have zero fear that in my head I will rebuild this myself into something absolutely fucking perfect and id-tastic. Alas that we lost the book vibe where she clearly hadn't really realized he was a person until she knocked his helmet off and saw his stupefyingly blue eyes etc., and his terror and such, but i'm just gonna go ahead and fold that back in there in my mental recreation of it, don't worry. LOL if it worked for you as shot I Do Not Blame You.

oh also i'm in love with Philippa and now i feel bad i was so careless with her in my fic. Maybe I need to give her a bit more depth. I used her game characterization, I admit it, and Netflix did so well by her I'm sort of ashamed I didn't think of her like that.

[avatarskywalker78]

OC Introduction - Isla Tinero-Antilles

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU, DAY ONE: I'm One with the Force, and the Force is with Me

Taking to the skies to fly into battle with resistance fighters, wielding a lightsaber to avenge a friend that been harmed, or breaking an oath to protect those who can't protect themselves; May fourth is a day to honor the light side characters who can and cannot utilize the Force. Highlight their journey(s), their role(s) in the grand scheme of things, the impact(s) they've created on themselves and everyone around them, etc.

Born in 6BBY to Wedge Antilles and Mala Tinero, Isla's life was marred by tragedy from a young age when her mother, maternal grandfather, and several other relatives were killed by the Empire, Isla herself only surviving because Mala managed to hide her in an underground safe house. Nonetheless it was still twelve hours before anyone found her as they had to dig through the rubble to get to her, - this incident served as the final catalyst for Wedge to join the Rebellion, taking his daughter with him, though for her own safety she ended up smuggled to an Outer Rim world while he fought for the Alliance.

As a result, Isla didn't see much of her father, but she supported the Rebellion and was always frustrated that she couldn't do more to help, though she was determined that once she became a teenager she would find a way to help. But thankfully the main fighting ended before this and Isla rejoiced when the second Death Star was destroyed and the Emperor killed and she was able to reunite with her dad, and after the treaty was signed, she and Wedge settled on Hosnian Prime, and she was able to enjoy peace for the first time in her life. But she was still unsettled, the Corellian wanderlust still very much present, and she wanted to go out and explore the galaxy any way she could - eventually, years later, following in her father's footsteps and becoming a pilot, though she had no plans to become a fighter, instead just wanting to see the universe for herself.

This all changed when the First Order started making waves - although the New Republic didn't consider them a threat, Isla knew this could escalate, and signed up to join the Defense Fleet. A few years later tragedy struck her life again when Ben Solo turned Dark and slaughtered most of Luke Skywalker's Jedi students, and Mara, Nellith, and Reyana - people Isla knew and loved, people she considered family - were apparently killed as well. It was clear that the First Order was far more dangerous than anyone had realised and Isla - incensed at the lack of action from the New Republic - became part of the Resistance alongside her stepbrother Temmin Wexley, and by 34BBY holds the rank of Commander, having led multiple missions against the rising tyranny in the galaxy.

But the biggest threat is yet to come - and it won't be long before Isla comes face to face with the ghosts of her past...

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[auckie]

What animals do you have all in all?

A 5ft leucitic ball python, two Mediterranean house geckos I caught at the place I work, 13(?) blue feigning death beetles, an Asian forest scorpion, a Brazilian jewel, an Antilles pinktoe, a Brazilian black, a Trinidad dwarf, a pink zebra, Chilean flame, Chilean rose, an Arizona blonde, and a curly hair tarantula— a Turkish velvet spider, uhh. I think that’s it? I had a wild bunny for a very short period of time but it passed away despite my best efforts. They’re hard to raise bc of their dietary needs, and even with rabbit milk and cecotropes and seeming to thrive it just died one night. And that’s it! For now…

[herethereverywhere]

Queen Caramelinda and King Amethar of House Rocks

Louise Glück, Timor Mortis/Davis Blue/Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters/Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine/Angela Faustina, BLOOD ORANGE XXIII/Isabel Allende, The House of The Spirits/Anne Carson, Plainwater/Derek Walcott the Antilles, Fragments of Epic Memory/James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room