#John Hilding

[weirdlookindog]

Georg John and Mia May in Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)

[oscarwetnwilde]

James Wilby as Alfred Redl in A Patriot For Me (posted by Nicola Stephenson who played Hilde) in 1995.

[wfodicks]

#645: WINE PILLS AND THE HULK HOGAN BIOPIC

mike, travis and drunk discuss the following topics….. declaring war on the boomer bunker….. the king of cola tries double cola: 7.1 “dear drunk” questions from starry spice, assistant treads, po boys, liquid lozenge wine in pill form…. wild horses….. hulk hogan biopic…. potw: the fall of the house of usher/macglocky/temu well, bye.

[nedlittle]

apropos of nothing, here are some gay historical fiction novels that engage with historical queerness in thoughtful, complex, and interesting ways (organized chronologically)

hild by nicola griffith ↪ early 7th century england

a tip for the hangman by alison epstein ↪ 1585-1593 england

confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg ↪ 1702-1724* england

the confessions of frannie langton by sara collins ↪ 1812-1826 jamaica to england

patience and sarah by isabel miller ↪ 1816 america

devotion by hannah kent ↪ 1830s prussia to australia

the sweetness of water by nathan harris ↪ 1865 america

whiskey when we're dry by john larison ↪ 1885 america

the city of palaces by michael nava ↪ 1897-1913 mexico

tipping the velvet by sarah waters ↪ 1890s england

at swim, two boys by jamie o'neill ↪ 1915-1916 ireland

the gods of tango by caro de robertis ↪ 1913-1920s argentina

uncommon charm by emily bergslien and kat weaver ↪ 1920s america

the book of salt by monique truong ↪ 1930s vietnam to paris

the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon ↪ 1939-1954 america and beyond

the flight portfolio by julie orringer ↪ 1940 france

the savage kind by john copenhaver ↪ 1940s america

a thin bright line by lucy jane bledsoe ↪ 1950s america

*this one has a framing device and footnotes from the present day but the bulk of the story is set in the early 1700s

[theinquisitxor]

24 in 2024

Considering myself tagged by @sixofravens-reads

My 23 in 2023

These are 24 books/series I want to prioritize in 2024:

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (new release)

The Mirror Visitor series by Christelle Dabos

Realm Breaker series by Victoria Aveyard

Beartown series by Frederik Backman

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggin (reread)

Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (new release)

A Fragile Enchantment by Alison Saft (new release)

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake (new release)

House of Flame and Shadow by SJM (new release)

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Hild by Nicolla Griffth

Captive Prince by CS Pacat

The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland (new release)

The Luminaries by Elenor Catton

Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland (new release)

Paladin's Grace/ more T Kingfisher books

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

The Magician's Daughter by HG Parry

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Tagging anyone who wants to participate!

[houseofgeeks]

Olympic Podcasts

So as I mentioned, I'm going to be posting a lot of Olympic things here for the next couple of months. And I'd like to start with one of my favorite things, which is Olympic podcasts. There are some that only pop up during the games, and some that are produced year round. This is my list based on my favorites. (Unless stated otherwise, you should be able to find them on all major listening platforms).

Keep the Flame Alive Podcast -Hosts: Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown, USA based. Covers both Olympics and Paralympics, year round coverage. My personal favorite. I really appreciate that they focus on both Olympics and Paralympics (and will be providing daily coverage at both games in person this year) as well as athletes and people involved with the Games that aren't athletes (reporters, commentators, judges etc.) I do also refer to them in my head as Olympic Aunties, so take that into account when considering this podcast.

Off the Podium - Hosts: Ben Waterworth, Colin Hilding & Jarrod Loobeek. Australia based. Covers mostly Olympics. Year round coverage. Definitely good to listen to, to hear stories from Australian athletes.

Anything but Footy - Hosts: John Cushing & Michael Weadock. British based. Both Olympics and Paralympic coverage, more focus on Olympics year round. This one is only a 25-30 minutes podcast so good if you want a short British update.

Olympics.com Podcast - Host: Nick Zacardi (of previous NBC Olympics). This one is the official Olympics Podcast and produced through the IOC. So very Pro Olympics Year Round. But has the largest variety of country representation. Its another 30 minute one, so good for those quick listens.

The Podium - NBC Podcast, only done during the leadup and the Olympics. I don't actually listen to this one, but that's because I can't personally stand the majority of NBC commentary. But I'd thought I'd put it on here in case someone was interested. *Shrug*

Now I do know these are all English speaking podcasts, but I am afraid I only speak English. So if someone else sees this and knows of non English speaking podcasts that I should add, I will. Or you can piggy back off of this post. I do also have some Olympic adjacent podcasts that are sports specific that I will make a different post for later.

[yokalinski]

"THE MONKEY KING" END CREDITS (Golden Wolf)

PRODUCTION

Creative Director Ewen Stenhouse Supervising Producer Tan Jones Supervising Producer Dotti Sinnott Production Manager Lucy Caetano Production Assistant Danielle Bordelon Talent Director Henry Purrington

DESIGN Design Mikhail Kalinin Design Simon Leclerc Design Yujia Wang Colour Script Dan Burgess Lap Pun Cheung Layouts Gaia Lamiot ANIMATION

Animation Lead Maxime Delalande Animation Charles Badiller Animation Stephanie Mercier Animation Diego Porral Animation Mourad Elias Seddiki Animation Kensei Thomas Animation Alain Vu Animation Tim Whiting Animation Clean Up Jennifer Belobi Animation Clean Up Eric Bradford Animation Clean Up Thomas Eide Animation Clean Up Myra Hild Animation Clean Up Mila Obelleiro Technical Director / Compositing Lead Ian Pinder Compositing Stefan Ahmad Compositing Karl Fekete Compositing Gabrielle Locre Compositing Laurence Parsons Compositing Thomas Purrington Compositing John Taylor

[alexhwriting]

Bloodborne: A Study of Environmental Narratives and Ludonarrative Harmony.

VII. Conclusion

While this paper only addresses Bloodborne as far as concerns about ludonarrative harmony go, that is far from the extent of the concept’s applications within the field of video game studies going forward. Engaging with games and looking for this blending between the ludic and narrative elements proves fruitful as an exploration of developer intention and whether or not those marks have been missed. Without ludonarrative harmony, players are faced with disjointed and un-immersive experiences in their narrative games. Games that deemphasize narrative are, of course, less concerned about ludonarrative harmony, though the vast majority of things being produced by gaming companies as of this paper’s writing to involve some form of narrative progression.

To summarize, Bloodborne gives its players a sense of harmony between its narrative themes and its gameplay by blending its environmental storytelling, narrative elements, and gameplay into a cohesive whole. This paper looked at how each of these elements worked, moving from the most broad, environmental storytelling, to the most complicated and narrow, ludonarrative harmony. Through an exploration of the narrative expectations of Bloodborne and comparing those with the gameplay, we can see that the game emphasizes its narrative themes throughout the play experience by utilizing elements like health damage, enemies, and item descriptions to effectively blur the line between what is narrative and what is gameplay.

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[blackbutlercharacterpoll2023]

Here are today's character polls! Characters are listed in order of perceived importance and alphabetically.

Joker

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cloudia Phantomhive

"Deer"

Grelle's chainsaw

Hilde Dickhaut

Jan

Richard

Rin

Trancy / Former Head Trancy

Aristocrat of Evil with the scarred face

the archeologist

the bear

the cats that Sebastian rescues from the rain

These character polls are ending tomorrow! Go and get your last votes in before they close!

John Brown

Ludger

Lawrence Anderson / Pops

Artie

Peter

Damian

Miranda

Nina's assistants

Chef Wollest

Chris Heathfield's maids

Saneatsu Nekoma

Susan

demon crow

Prince Albert puppet

[chocolatehideoutpirate]

This first edit of old classic passing Tuesday Mary Jesus Joseph Angels in heaven Princess Pocahontas, Lallie Charles Cowell Portrait, Lou Conter, Amber Rene Hagerman, Opal Jennings, JonBenèt Ramsey, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland and Terry, Dominique and Dominick Dunne, Samantha Reed Smith, Pal, Bessie Barker, Darla Jean Hood, Mona Lisa, Mary G Stinson Smith, Grigori Rasputin, Julia Ann Beauchemin Stinson, COL Thomas Nesbit Stinson, Lydia Ruth Talbot Theobald, Arthur James Talbot, Alton Elbren Theobald, George Eli Talbot Sr., Benjamin Grant “Cotton” Theobald, Crystal Theobald Whitehead, Charles Arthur Theobald, Thomas Benjamin Talbot, Margaret Alice Wiggill Talbot, Eli Wiggill, Rosanna Maria Wiggill Talbot, Isaac Wiggill, Ann Brown Hammer Wiggill, Frances Amelia Wiggill Lowe, Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones, Edward Booth-Jones, John Percival Booth-Jones, Millichamletton Percival Booth-Jones, Jeremiah Francis “Jerry” Wiggill, Eli Francis Wiggill, Priscilla Jane Talbot Wiggill, Victoria Adelaide Wiggill McLean, John Richard Wiggill, Lavina Ruth Wiggill Ellison, Sarah Good, Salina Talbot Dutson, Charles Henry Talbot, Charles Stuart Talbot, Roseanna Maria Talbot Anderson, Ellen Graham Anderson, 1SGT William Alexander Anderson, Mary Louisa Blair Anderson, Ruth Floyd Anderson McCulloch, Anna Aylett Anderson McNulty, William Dandridge Alexander Anderson, William Dandridge Alexander “Alex” Anderson, Judith Nicoll Anderson, Henry Wayne Blair, Col William Barrett Blair, Mylinda Elizabeth “Mindy” Baker,Michael L. Baker, Carla Jean Eves Baker,Sandra Jane Burch, Patti Jo Baker, Jessie Benton Stinson, Jack Chesbro, Mabel A Shuttleworth Chesbro, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ruth Naomi Steward, Truman Cox Steward, Alice Christine Steward Wear, Charles Corwin Steward, Helga Susanne Goebbels, Hildegard Traudel “Hilde” Goebbels, Helmut Christian Goebbels, Holdine Kathrin “Holde” Goebbels, Hedwig Johanna “Hedda” Goebbels, Heidrun Elisabeth “Heide” Goebbels, Harald Quandt, and so much more I'll add Gracie Perry Watson in the second row of edits

[phoenixflames12]

Unoffically tagged by @astro-gnome, thank you so much!

Favourite book series: The Wolf Hall trilogy by the late, great Hilary Mantel

Favourite stand alone book: Either Hild by Nicola Griffin or TransAtlantic by Colum McCann

Which movie did it better than the book: The Terror Season 1 is not a film, but it is SO much better than the book. Go and do yourself a favour and watch it, please.

Pick: times new roman or arial font: Arial- easier to read

Florence and the machine or Hozier: Hozier

Do you prefer handwritten or typed: I love getting handwritten letters and postcards but much prefer typing.

Favourite month of the year?: Late September when summer is still clinging on, but the leaves are just thinking about changing and there's a nip of winter in the air.

Song on repeat this week: Either All for me Grog by the Longest Johns and El Pony Pisador because it is wonderful and the videos for the Longest Pony make me incredibly happy or Mozart's Requiem Introit and Kyrie for fic writing related purposes.

Pick one: dogs or cats: dogs

Bonus: Favourite books as a child (0-12): The Wind on Fire series by William Nicholson

extra bonus: when was the last time you went to your local library? (digitally or in person?): This morning!

I will no pressure tag: @gohoubi, @pumpkinspicegingerbread, @cerebrobullet and @some-cold-and-some-violence (only if you want to, of course!)

[weirdlookindog]

Georg John and Mia May in Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)

[lisbeth-kk]

John finds a box containing intens from Sherlock’s childhood. It’s totally embarrassing and Sherlock hildes from John for days. Post-case however, hiding is no longer an option.

My take on the prompt for March - headphones.

@sherlockchallenge

[theinquisitxor]

23 in 2023

Here are 23 books I want to read this year, based off the popular prompt going around tumblr right now. Making these lists are tough, because I'm such a mood reader and I never know what I'm going to be in the mood for next. But I think I'm set on wanting to read all of these this year.

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Poppy War by RF Kuang

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

The Glass Hotel and The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

World Without End by Ken Follett

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

A Day of Fallen Night by Samatha Shannon

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker Chan

Hild by Nicola Griffith

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Captive Prince by CS Pacat

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Gallant by VE Schwab

Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

[abybweisse]

I'm an Angelic Smartass (December Sagittarius).

Let's look at people in the Kuroverse with known birthdates:

The Phantomhive twins are also Angelic Smartasses (December Sagittarius).

Vincent Phantomhive is a Feral Disaster (June Gemini).

Claudia/Cloudia Phantomhive is also a Feral Disaster (April Aries), "proving" that sons really take more after mothers in this world. 👈

Cedric K. Ros-- is a Feral Smartass (March Aries). Very fitting for Undertaker. 😉

Agni is an Angelic Disaster (August Virgo). Considering the alternatives, I'd say this tracks.

Hilde Dickhaut (German soldier) is a Sad Disaster (October Libra). Oof, that's too true, as far as I can tell. However she got caught up in that lie being fed to Sieglinde, we will probably never know, but she ends up burned in a tank, shot by Wolfram, and then finally killed by Sebastian with a blade to the carotid.

Queen Victoria is an Angelic Disaster (May Gemini). Meh. Unless John Brown turns out to be an angel instead of a demon.... Then 🤔.

Prince Albert is also an Angelic Disaster (August Virgo). Now I'm just staring at John Brown.

Bonus: Sebastian claims to have been reborn when he made his contract, which would have been either January 20 or 21, 1886... making him a Sad Himbo.

What other birthdays do we know?

Signs and their months on an alignment chart