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elizabethan-memes · 3 years ago

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Hi! Do you have book suggestions? I've read PG's Other Boleyn Girl but Claire Ridgeway's video kind of counteracted that. I was going to pick up an Allison Weir book but now I'm finding she's not that much better than PG. Documentary recommendations would be awesome too (I hope I'm not bothering you, and if I am, I'm sorry!)

No problem!

Historical Fiction Is My Passion (TM) but yeah please assume it's made up until proven otherwise. Like I try and be as historically accurate as possible but I invent, simplify, tweak and exaggerate too.

Philippa Gregory does actually have some historical training but she's not the most discerning of analysts. She just can't resist the shiny allure of a tinfoil hat. Shiny!

Tudor Monastery Farm and Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home are enjoyable viewing. IIRC though, Hidden Killers does perpetuate the myth that Tudor rush floors were gross and disgusting.

I recommend The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family from last year, I did reviews of it on this blog.

I'm not the person to go to for Anne Boleyn book recommendations, but apparently Eric Ives' biography is the OG book to begin with, although other biographies have come out since- though they all begin with Ives.

When it comes to looking for a good history book and sorting the academic wheat from the popular chaff, I recommend Caroline Shenton's checklist. Link here

My Tudor book recommendations:

+ New worlds, Lost worlds by Susan Brigden. When I was a student this was the introductory book we were recommended, so I’m passing that recommendation on. Nothing but the best for my lovely followers!

+ The Sixteenth Century: 1485-1603 (Short Oxford History of the British Isles) edited by Patrick Collinson.

+ How To Be A Tudor and How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Ruth Goodman

+ The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer (I do recommend reading this alongside Black Tudors as Black Tudors argues against Mortimer's conclusions on Tudor racism).

+ Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann

+ Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch. This is a big chonky book, don't ever drop it on your face.

+ History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years also by Macculloch. Not a Tudor history book, but it has a useful chapter on the Reformation.

+ Age of Reformation by Alec Ryrie. I found the first chapter, on Tudor church services, particularly immersive.

+ The Watchers by Stephen Alford. There are some truly weird people in this book. Not quack doctors or seers of visions weird, more like... antisocial dumbasses. Like the guy who’s like ‘my boss died of syphilis’ like my guy how is that a sensible thing to voice. What was the point of saying that. Welcome to Clownsville.

#tudor history #thanks for the ask!#or should i say #thanks for the aske!#ask answered #Book Recommendations #elizabethan history

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dwellordream · 3 years ago

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fuck it doing a list of autumnal book suggestions because Cat’s Eye is so very suitable for this.

not all of these books are set during autumn or halloween related they just give me strong fall vibes. turning leaves and bonfires and crisp cold nights and golden sunlight and school days and haunted houses and all that.

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood: Elaine, a moderately renowned painter in her late forties, returns to 1980s Toronto for a cumulative exhibit of her life’s work. in the process she reflects upon her girlhood adolescence in the ‘40s and ‘50s, and in particular her haunting memories of the charismatic and cunning Cordelia, who ruled their teenage clique with an iron fist.

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier: Raised by his eccentric older cousin Ambrose, young Philip Ashley grows up in a rational bachelor’s world utterly devoid of femininity or mothering. He is horrified when Ambrose sends word that he has married his cousin Rachel while traveling abroad in Italy. Ambrose’s letters grow scarcer and more suspicious of his wife, before he suddenly dies. Philip vows revenge on Rachel, but is soon caught in her enchanting sphere of influence himself.

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: Elevated by the crushing downfall of his beloved master Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell has risen from drunken blacksmith’s son to advisor to Henry VIII. A political genius with a talent for intimidation, bribery, and manipulation, Cromwell holds to no particular morals or creed beyond the elevation of himself and his loved ones and England’s turn from Roman Catholicism to the Anglican Church. All the while, he sees the turning tide of the Reformation and the ascension of bankers and mercenaries over kings and their squabbling lords.

Urchin of the Riding Stars by M.I. McAllister: On the mysterious island of Mistmantle, a kingdom of woodland animals lives in uneasy harmony. Urchin is an orphan born from an outsider to the island, under a mysterious and sinister prophecy that proclaims he will one day destroy a great leader. As he comes of age, Mistmantle’s young prince is murdered, the ruling family is thrown into disarray, and a series of plots of murder, political intrigue, and false accusations begin.

Dragonwyck by Anya Seton: 18 year old Connecticut farm girl Miranda dreams of adventure and romance, a life far away from her devoutly religious family and domineering father. An unexpected opportunity arrives in the form of her mother’s distant cousin Nicholas Van Ryn, the enormously wealthy heir to Dutch landlords who is seeking a governess for his young daughter. Miranda is enchanted by Nicholas’ genteel manners and cold beauty, and both frightened and amazed by his supposedly haunted home, Dragonwyck. When Nicholas’ wife unexpectedly dies, he turns his attention to Miranda, setting off a deadly chain of events.

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé: Born a slave but raised free by the witch and healer Mama Yaya, Tituba sacrifices her freedom for her love, John Indian, and follows him from the Caribbean to Salem, Massachusetts. There she attempts to use her magic for the benefit of others, but finds herself in increasing danger and the object of hysteria, hatred, and betrayal. Ultimately she must choose how her story will end.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik: Every year the famous Dragon claims a daughter of the valley as payment for keeping the monstrosities of the corrupted Wood at bay. Clumsy and careless Agnieszka lives in fear of the day he takes away her best friend Kasia, the most beautiful and intelligent girl in their village. However, it is not Kasia who is chosen, and Agnieszka finds herself unexpectedly apprenticed to the Dragon himself, who is not a scaled beast but an extraordinarily powerful and nearly immortal wizard.

Women Talking by Miriam Toewes: In an isolated Mennonite community in South America, the women gather to discuss the horrifying revelation that the men of their village have been drugging and abusing them and their young daughters. For years they have been gaslighted into believing their unexplained injuries were the result of demons attacking them in their dreams. As they allow themselves to vigorously debate and vent for the first time, they must choose where to go from here, and whether they will stay in the only home they’ve ever known, or leave for an uncertain and dangerous future.

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley: Herot Hall is the perfect gated community, built upon the bones of an Appalachian mining town. While Willa ferries her precocious young son Dylan between carefully monitored playdates and her husband Roger checks his security cameras at all hours, in the mountains behind the neighborhood, traumatized veteran Dana raises her own rambunctious son, Gren. Short for Grendel. As the boys grow into young men, they strike up a precarious bond, and Willa and Dana find themselves on a collision course of race, class, and gender.

#recommendations #word to the wise

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drarreckyninja · 3 years ago

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These are my Halloweentown crossover couples. I never liked any of the shipping options within the movie, so I made my own.

A. Jesse (Hannah Montana) x Marnie Piper

B. Dylan Piper x Miranda Sanchez

C. Sophie Piper x Janis Ian

These are my Halloweentown crossover couples. I never liked any of the shipping options within the movie, so I made my own.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Despite his bad-boy image, Jesse is shown to be very sharp. He has an attention to detail and would likely easily figure out Marnie is a witch. His dad is stationed in Afghanistan, and they hardly ever have a chance to talk.

Marnie has always been fascinated by the strange and unusual, so she’s often attracted to people considered as outcasts. In the first two movies, she was with “no-good punk” Luke; her second love interest (Kal) used and discarded her; her college boyfriend (Ethan) was the son of a man who was obsessed with the Cromwell family. Cody was on the normal side, but there wasn’t much chemistry between them.

Dylan is a cynic who mostly cares about his AP classes and arcade games. He has a love-hate relationship with his magic, though he basically just uses it for speed-reading. He’s only had one love interest in four movies: Natalie. He cares a lot about physical attraction and does not find her true form attractive.

Miranda is smart and witty, and she’s attractive to Dylan’s standards. She’s usually spending time with her cool loser friends – only outcasted due to a rivalry between her BFF and the school Queen Bee– Lizzie and Gordo. Like Dylan, she’s very self-conscious yet never afraid to speak [her] mind.

Sophie is a highly skilled witch and a cheerful child. She can detect people with bad intentions and willingly uses her skills against them. Sophie has a natural talent for getting people to open about their concerns, and she could help Janis with the trust issues she’s sustained since the nasty incident in middle school.

Janis never denies the lesbian rumor {at least, not in the musical; in the movie it’s up in the air}. She acknowledges that she’s manipulative but only toward people she believes deserve it. She’s an alternative goth, just the type of person Sophie would easily befriend.

#halloweentown #halloween town #disney movies #spoilers #crossover #hannah montana #hannah montana jesse #drew roy #lizzie mcguire #miranda sanchez #lalaine #mean girls #janis ian #lizzy caplan #queer characters #marnie piper #dylan piper #sophie piper #lgbtqia

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crowdvscritic · 3 years ago

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round up // JULY 21

‘Tis the season to beat the heat at the always-cold theatres and next to fans set at turbo speed. While my movie watching slowed a bit with the launch of the Summer Olympics on July 23rd, I’ve still got plenty of popcorn-ready and artsy recommendations for you. A few themes in the new-to-me pop culture I’m recommending this month:

Casts oozing with embarrassing levels of talent (sometimes overqualified for the movies they’re in)

Pop culture that is responding or reinterpreting past pop culture

Stories that get weEeEeird

Keep on-a-scrollin’ to see which is which!

July Crowd-Pleasers

1. Double Feature – ‘90s Rom-Coms feat. Lots of Lies: Mystery Date (1991) + The Pallbearer (1996)

In Mystery Date (Crowd: 7.5/10 // Critic: 6/10), Ethan Hawke and Teri Polo get set up on a blind date that gets so bizarre and crime-y I’m not sure how this didn’t come out in the ‘80s. In The Pallbearer (Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7/10), David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow try to combine The Graduate with Four Weddings and a Funeral in a story about lost twentysomethings. If you don’t like rom-coms in which circumstances depend on lots of lies and misunderstandings, these won’t be your jam, but if you’re like me and don’t mind these somewhat-cliché devices, you’ll be hooked by likeable casts and plenty of rom and com.

2. The Tomorrow War (2021)

I thought of no fewer movies than this list while watching: Alien, Aliens, Angel Has Fallen, Cloverfield, Interstellar, Kong: Skull Island, Prometheus, A Quiet Place: Part II, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith, The Silence of the Lambs, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and World War Z. And you know what? I like all those movies! (Okay, maybe I just have a healthy respect/fear of The Silence of the Lambs.) The Tomorrow War may not be original, but it borrows some of the best tropes and beats from the sci-fi and action genres, so much so I wish I could’ve seen Chris Pratt and Co. fight those gross monsters on a big screen. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 6/10

3. Dream a Little Dream (1989)

My July pick for the Dumb Rom-Com I Nevertheless Enjoyed! I CANNOT explain the mechanics of this body switch comedy to you—nor can the back of the DVD case above—but, boy, what an ‘80s MOOD. I did not know I needed to see a choreographed dance routine starring Jason Robards and Corey Feldman, but I DID. All I know is some movies are made for me and that I’m now a card-carrying member of the Two Coreys fan club. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 6.5/10

4. Black Widow (2021)

The braids! The Pugh! Black Widow worked for me both as an exciting action adventure and as a respite from the Marvel adventures dependent on a long memory of the franchise. (Well, mostly—keep reading for a second MCU rec much more dependent on the gobs of previous releases.) Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

5. Liar Liar (1997)

Guys, Jim Carrey is hilarious. That’s it—that’s the review. Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 7/10

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6. Sob Rock by John Mayer (2021)

It’s very possible I’ve already listened to this record more than all other John Mayer records. It doesn’t surpass the capital-G Greatness of Continuum, but it’s a little bit of old school Mayer, a little bit ‘80s soft rock/pop, and I’ve had it on repeat most of the two weeks since it’s been out. Featuring the boppiest bop that ever bopped, at least one lyrical gem in every track, and an ad campaign focused on Walkmans, this record skirts the line between Crowd faves and Critic-worthy musicianship.

7. Double Feature – ‘00s Ben Affleck Political Thrillers: The Sum of All Fears (2002) + State of Play (2009)

In The Sum of All Fears (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7.5/10), Ben Affleck is Jack Ryan caught up in yet another international incident. In State of Play (Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7/10), he’s a hotshot Congressman caught up in a scandal. Both are full of plot twists and unexpected turns, and in both, Affleck is accompanied by actors you’re always happy to see, like Jason Bateman, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Jeff Daniels, Viola Davis, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall, David Harbour, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, and Robin Wright—yes, I swear all of those people are in just those two movies.

8. Loki (2021-)

Unlike Black Widow, you can’t go into Loki with no MCU experience. The show finds clever ways to nudge us with reminders (and did better at it than Falcon and the Winter Soldier), but be forewarned that at some point, you’re just going to have to let go and accept wherever this timeline-hopper is taking you. An ever-charismatic cast keeps us grounded (Owen Wilson, Jonathan Majors, and an alligator almost steal the show from Tom Hiddleston in some eps), but while Falcon lasted an episode or two too long, Loki could’ve used a few more to flesh out its complicated plot and develop its characters. Thankfully, the jokes matter almost as much as the sci-fi, so you can still have fun even if you have no idea what’s going on.

9. Double Feature – Bruce Willis: Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) + The Whole Nine Yards (2000)

Before Bruce Willis began starring in many random direct-to-DVD movies I only ever hear about in my Redbox emails, he was a Movie Star smirking his way up the box office charts. In the third Die Hard (Crowd: 10/10 // Critic: 7.5/10), he teams up with Samuel L. Jackson to decipher the riddles of a terrorist madman (Jeremy Irons), and it’s a thrill ride. In The Whole Nine Yards (Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 8/10), he’s hitman that screws up dentist Matthew Perry’s boring life in Canada, and—aside from one frustrating scene of let’s-objectify-women-style nudity—it’s hilarious.

10. This Is the End (2013)

On paper, this is not a movie for me. An irreverent stoner comedy about a bunch of bros partying it up before the end of the world? None of things are for Taylors. But with a little help of a TV edit to pare down the raunchy and crude bits, I laughed my way through and spent the next several days thinking through its exploration of what makes a good person. While little of the plot is accurate to Christian Gospel and theology, some of its big ideas are consistent enough with the themes of the book of Revelation I found myself thinking about it again in church this morning. (Would love to know if Seth Rogen ever expected that.) Plus, I love a good self-aware celebrity spoof—can’t tell you how many times I’ve just laughed remembering the line, “It’s me, Jonah Hill, from Moneyball”—and an homage to horror classics. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 7/10

July Critic Picks

1. Summer of Soul (…or, When the Television Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Even director Questlove didn’t know about the Harlem Cultural Festival, but now he’s compiled the footage so we can all enjoy one of the coolest music fest lineups ever, including The 5th Dimension, B.B. King, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, and Stevie Wonder, who made my friend’s baby dance more than once in the womb. See it on the big screen for top-notch audio. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

2. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Robin Williams takes on the bureaucracy, disillusionment, and malaise of the Vietnam War with comedy. Williams was a one-of-a-kind talent, and here it’s on display at a level on par with Aladdin. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

3. Against the Rules Season 2 (2020-21)

Michael Lewis (author of Moneyball, adapted into a film starring Jonah Hill), is interested in how we talk about fairness. This season he looks at how coaches impact fairness in areas like college admissions, credit cards, and youth sports.

4. Bugsy Malone (1976)

A gangster musical starring only children? It’s a little like someone just picked ideas out of a hat, but somehow it works. You can hear why in the Bugsy Malone episode Kyla and I released this month on SO IT’S A SHOW?, plus how this weird artifact of a film connects with Gilmore Girls.

5. The Queen (2006)

Before The Crown, Peter Morgan wrote The Queen, focusing on Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) in the days following the death of Princess Diana. It’s a complex and compassionate drama, both for the Queen and for Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen, who has snuck up on me to become a favorite character actor). Maybe I’ve got a problem, but I’ll never tire of the analysis of this famous family. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 9.5/10

6. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

This month at ZekeFilm, we took a closer look at Revisionist Westerns we’ve missed. I fell hard for Roy Bean, and I think you will, too, if for no other reason than you might like a story starring Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner, John Huston, Paul Newman, and Anthony Perkins. Oh, and a bear! Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 10/10

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7. New Trailer Round Up

Naked Singularity (Aug. 6) – John Boyega in a crime thriller!

Queenpins (Aug. 10) – A crime comedy about extreme coupon-ing!

Dune (Oct. 1) – I’ve been cooler on the anticipation for this film, but this new look has me cautiously intrigued thanks to the Bardem + Bautista + Brolin + Chalamet + Ferguson + Isaac + Momoa + Zendaya of it all.

The Last Duel (Oct. 15) – Affleck! Damon! Driver!

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Nov. 11) - I’m not sure why we need this, but I’m down for the Paul Rudd + Finn Wolfhard combo

King Richard (Nov. 19) - Will Smith as Venus and Serena’s father!

Encanto (Nov. 24) – Disney and Lin-Manuel Miranda making more magic together!

House of Gucci (Nov. 24) - Gaga! Pacino! Driver!

Also in July…

Kyla and I took a look at the classic supernatural soap Dark Shadows and why Sookie might be obsessed with it on Gilmore Girls.

I revisited a so-bad-it’s-good masterpiece that’s a surrealist dream even Fellini couldn’t have cooked up. Yes, for ZekeFilm I wrote about the Vanilla Ice movie, Cool as Ice, which is now a part of my Blu-ray collection.

Photo credits: Against the Rules. All others IMDb.com.

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green-like-the-sky · 4 years ago

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This article said “Mantel’s Cromwell is in some ways an analogue to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton” and I couldn’t just let that lie.

So here is a cursed imaged for you all.

#superbestfriends #reforming governments as they see fit!#i didn't want to dignify this with clean lineart and colouring #i don't even want to tag it properly #why am i posting it?#you may ask #if i had to see it so do you

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unhowl · 4 years ago

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🖤 pinned post time! for the sake of mobile users, an abridged version of my rules & a complete copy/paste of my muse roster is beneath the cut! if you could use more information, it’s on my blog when you’re next at a desktop.

RULES

— about: bard - 26 - they/he - white - spoonie - various brainworms — all warnings and triggers are tagged appropriately including not safe for work — don’t be weird, racist or otherwise awful; also, no minors please — i love memes! send me memes! encourage me to send you memes! — i don’t care how you format but i don’t use small text and rarely use icons

MUSE ROSTER

please note: not all muses have faceclaims, or use their canon faceclaims. none of these muses are straight and a good chunk of them are trans. i canon diverge fairly often but that doesn’t really matter until we plot.

CINEMA

GAMES

LITERATURE

OTHER

TELEVISION

VOICETESTING

alexopoulos, justice - original character - fc: tba deet - the dark crystal: age of resistance (tv) - fc: in-show/nathalie emmanuel karev, alex - grey's anatomy (tv) - fc: justin chambers scythia, andromache of - the old guard (movie) - fc: charlize theron spencer, eliot - leverage (tv) - fc: tba vance, eleanor - the haunting of hill house (book) - fc: isabelle adjani

#( pinned post. )#( rules. )#( roster. )

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insanityclause · 5 years ago

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Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Hiddleston and Sheridan Smith are among those shortlisted for the 65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards in association with Michael Kors, it has been announced.

The three actors are up for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Musical Performance in the 2019 awards respectively. Downstate at the National Theatre's Dorfman space tops the list with the most nominations – four in three categories, with its male leads K Todd Freeman and Francis Guinan both up for Best Actor.

The two writing awards nominations are mostly comprised of women this year, with six out of eight nominations in the Best Play and Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright categories.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the London Coliseum on 24 November.

The winners and nominees in full:

Best Actor

in partnership with Ambassador Theatre Group

K Todd Freeman for Downstate at the National Theatre (Dorfman) Francis Guinan for Downstate at the National Theatre (Dorfman) Tom Hiddleston for Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre Wendell Pierce for Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic and the Piccadilly Theatre Andrew Scott for Present Laughter at The Old Vic

Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress

in partnership with Christian Louboutin

Hayley Atwell for Rosmersholm at the Duke of York's Theatre Cecilia Noble for Downstate at the National Theatre (Dorfman) Dame Maggie Smith for A German Life at the Bridge Theatre Juliet Stevenson for The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre Anjana Vasan for A Doll's House at the Lyric Hammersmith

Best Play

in partnership with Chanel

Downstate by Bruce Norris at the National Theatre (Dorfman) ear for eye by debbie tucker green at the Royal Court Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. at the Royal Court Sweat by Lynn Nottage at the Donmar Warehouse and the Gielgud Theatre

Milton Shulman Award for Best Director

Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell for Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic and the Piccadilly Theatre Robert Icke for The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre and The Wild Duck at the Almeida Theatre Jamie Lloyd for Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Musical

Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre Evita at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Fiddler on the Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the Playhouse Theatre Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Musical Performance

Anne-Marie Duff for Sweet Charity at the Donmar Warehouse Andy Nyman for Fiddler on the Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the Playhouse Theatre Sheridan Smith for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The London Palladium

Best Design

in partnership with Michael Kors

Appropriate by Fly Davis at the Donmar Warehouse A Midsummer Night's Dream by Bunny Christie at the Bridge Theatre A Very Expensive Poison by Tom Scutt at The Old Vic

Charles Wintour Awards for Most Promising Playwright

Zoe Cooper for Out of Water at the Orange Tree Theatre Yasmin Joseph for J'Ouvert at Theatre503 Jasmine Lee-Jones for seven methods of killing kylie jenner at the Royal Court Ross Willis for Wolfie at Theatre503

Emerging Talent Awards

in partnership with Access Entertainment

Shiloh Coke for Chiaroscuro at the Bush Theatre Laurie Kynaston for The Son at the Kiln Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre Grace Molony for The Watsons at Chichester Festival Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory Bobby Stallwood for Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre (Dorfman)

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askauradonprep · 5 years ago

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Wrestling Inspiration

As part of the wrestling AU, @scream-qween and I were talking about the different kids and wrestlers who could have served as inspiration for them. Let’s pretend for a second the WWE exists in this universe. Other wrestler suggestions are welcome, I’m just picking ones I’m familiar with (and I’m relatively new to wrestling - I’ve only watched for two years and only watched WWE).

Note: I am referring to the wrestlers as in their kayfabe personas. Any mention of them here should not be read as an endorsement of anything they may have said or done elsewhere.

Mal = Paige, Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose, Undertaker, Kane, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Jody Threat, Molly McCoy, Maria Manic, Tamina and Nia Jax (as a heel).

Uma = Kairi Sane, Io Shirai, Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre, Sasha Banks, Creatures of the Deep, Trish Stratus, Jordynne Grace, The Sea Stars, Chyna, Rhea Ripley, Shotzi Blackheart, Lita, Allie, Kofi Kingston, Nia Jax, Beth Phoenix, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, and Ronda Rousey.

Freddie = Undertaker, Kane, Cameron, Carmella, Damian Priestly, Bray Wyatt, Ember Moon, AJ Lee, Paige, New Age Outlaws, Hawlee Cromwell, Elias, Sanity, Su Yung, Nikki Roxx, Aliyah, and Ruby Riott.

Celia = Undertaker, Bray Wyatt, New Age Outlaws, Ember Moon, Tamina, Aleister Black, Sting, Solo Darling, Nikki Roxx, Willow Nightingale, and Vivian St. John

Jay = Baron Corbin, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Miz, Natalya, Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, Dean Ambrose, Imperium, British Strong Style, Pete Dunne, Goldberg, Ember Moon, Big Show, Jericho, Bret Hart, Bullet Club, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, Alex Zayne, Roman Reigns, Warhorse, The Rock, and the Undertaker

Evie = Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks, Cameron, Mandy Rose, Naomi (especially as a face), Scarlette Bordeaux, Velveteen Dream, Laynie Luck, Breezango, Kylie Rae, and Bayley (especially at the height of her ‘hugger’ days), Charlotte Flair and Ric Flair.

Carlos = Carmella, R-Truth, the Usos, New Day, Shield (as faces), Mark Henry, Big Show, Heath Slater, Undisputed Era, Jordynne Grace, Alex Ohlson, IFHY, Lana, Marko and Logan Stunt, No Way Jose, Lucha House Party, Xyberhawx 2000, and Naomi.

Harry = Nikki Cross, Drew McIntyre, Aleister Black, AJ Lee, Bray Wyatt, Kane, Kairi Sane, Shayna Baszler, Space Pirates, Becky Lynch, Jon Moxley, Jordynne Grace, The Sea Stars, Creatures of the Deep, Damian Priestly, Ember Moon, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Mick Moretti, The Carnies, Undertaker, and Finn Balor (as the demon).

Gil = Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, New Day, Heavy Machinery, Space Pirates, the Viking Raiders, Oleg the Usurper, Creatures of the Deep, Warhorse, Mark Henry, Kane, Big Show, and Kairi Sane.

Ben = John Cena, Kurt Angle, Bruno Sanmartino, Bret Hart, Finn Balor, Diamond Dallas Page, Bayley, Naomi, Natalya, Boomer Hatfield, Levi Everett, Dynamite Dino Dude, and Roman Reigns (especially after he came back from leukaemia).

Chad = Baron Corbin, Randy Orton, Carmella (as a heel), the Miz (as a heel), the Shield (as heels), Kane, Sasha Banks (as a heel), Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Vince McMahon, Darin Corbin, GPA, Breezango, and the Usos.

Lonnie = Asuka’s NXT heel run, Xia Li, Becky Lynch (especially as ‘the Man’), Sonya Deville, Gail Kim, Bianca Belair, Minerva, Velveteen Dream, Johnny Gargano, Jason Jordan, The Bar, Titus O’Neil Rhea Ripley, Shayna Baszler, Tamina, Lacey Lane, Mia Yim, and Natalya.

Jane = Bayley, Asuka (as a face), Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Bobby Roode, Sara Del Ray, Summer Rae, Willow Nightingale, Solo Darling, Jordynne Grace, and Charlotte Flair

Audrey = SASHA BANKS, Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, the Rock, AJ Lee (as a heel), Alexa Bliss, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Mercedes Martinez, Velveteen Dream, Renee Michelle, Roman Reigns, Princess Kimberlee, Mickie James, Lacey Evans and Tamina.

Jordan = Sasha Banks, Carmella, R-Truth, Cameron, Miz, Maryse, Nikki Bella, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, Natalya, CM Punk, Roddy Piper, Tegan Nox, Santana Garrett, Kacy Catanzaro, D-Generation-X, Molly Holly, LuFisto, Lacey Lane, Ronda Rousey.

Ally = Harley Wonderland, Nikki Cross, Allison Wonderland, Alexa Bliss, Maria Kanellis, Rhea Ripley, Lita, Elias, Heavy Machinery, EFFY, AJ Lee, Bayley, and Lacey Evans, Nina Samuels, Jinny.

CJ = Kairi Sane and Io Shirai are all she cares about.

Aziz = Ricochet, Ali, AJ Styles (as a face), B-Team, Bayley, Dolph Ziggler, Jinder Mahal, Finn Balor, Kurt Angle, Dana Brooke, the New Day, Jordan Devlin, Sonny Daze, Goldust.

Herkie = Shinsuke Nakamura, Rusev, Kevin Owens, Brock Lesnar, Mark Henry, Samoa Joe, Bobby Lashley, Becky Lynch, Titus O’Neil, Shelton Benjamin, Kurt Angle, Mandy Rose, and Punishment Martinez.

Maddy = AJ Lee, Aksana, Ember Moon, CM Punk, Paige, Emma, Lita, Charlotte Flair, Rosa Mendes, Victoria, The Beautiful People, Ric Flair, The Ascension, Laycool, and Alexa Bliss, Jinny, Reina Gonzalez.

Ginny = Alexa Bliss, Alicia Fox, Candice LeRae, Mandy Rose, Charlotte Flair, Maryse, Zelina Vega, Lana, Randy Savage, Maria Kanellis, Dolph Ziggler, Laycool, The Iiconics, Candy Floss, Carmella.

Harriet = Kairi Sane, Io Shirai, Mia Yim, Shane Saber, Shelly Martinez, Shayna Baszler, Paul and Katie Lea Burchill, Rhea Ripley, Batista, Kay Lee Ray, Jazzy Gabert, Natalya, Becky Lynch, and Toni Storm.

Ruby = Bayley, Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler, Naomi, New Day, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Lucha House Party, Rey Mysterio, Bianca Belair, Jericho, No Way Jose, Dana Brooke, Xia Brookside, Carmella and R-Truth, Humberto Carrillo, Jurassic Express, Cain Velasquez, Andrade, Sin Cara, Zelina Vega, Sarah Stock, Catalina Garcia.

Anxelin = Baron Corbin, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Charlotte Flair, Ember Moon, Sasha Banks, Paige, Eddie Guerrero, Apollo Crews, Cedric Alexander, Dana Brooke, Titus O’Neil, Shelton Benjamin.

Yi-Min = She’s mostly seen Chinese wrestling promotions, so Black Mamba, Ho Ho Lun, King of Man, Ash Silva, Slam, Hangwan, Voodoo, Candy Brother, Dalton Bragg, and Jason New are her inspirations from those promotions. She’s got a few wrestlers whose careers she follows in English though - Xia Li, Karen Q, Lin Byron, Kenny Li, Rocky, and Big Boa.

Arabella = Daniel Bryan, Rowan, Brie Bella, Asuka, Rusev, Lana, Natalya, Alexa Bliss, Braun Strowman, Becky Lynch, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Finn Balor, Apollo Crews, The Miz, Mandy Rose, Goldust, Elias, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Charlotte Flair, Jimmy Uso, Naomi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Big E, Carmella, Ember Moon, Mickie James, Bobby Lashley, Jinder Mahal, Alicia Fox, Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, R-Truth, and Nia Jax.

Jade = Aliyah, Jayme Hachey, Bianca Belair, Vanessa Borne, Abbey Laith, Ayesha Raymond, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Jazzy Gabert, Kairi Sane, Kavita Devi, Kay Lee Ray, Lacey Evans, Marti Belle, Mercedes Martinez, Mia Yim, Miranda Salinas, Nicole Savoy, Piper Niven, Princesa Sugehit, Rachel Evers, Reina Gonzalez, Renee Michelle, Rhea Ripley, Sage Beckett, Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan, Serena Deeb, Shayna Baszler, Taynara Conti, Tessa Blanchard, Toni Storm, Xia Li, Zeda, Tegan Nox, Barbi Hayden, Deonna Purrazzo, Jessica James, Lei’D Tapa, Nicole Matthews, Alundra Blayze, Lita, Triple H, Corey Graves, Aerial Monroe, Allysin Kay, Ashley Rayne, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Io Shirai, Isla Dawn, Jessica Elaban, Jinny, Kacy Catanzaro, Kaitlyn, Karen Q, Killer Kelly, Lacey Lane, Meiko Satomura, MJ Jenkins, Priscilla Kelly, Vanessa Kraven, Xia Brookside, Zatara, Zeuxis, Beth Pheonix

Zevon = Steve Austin, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Batista, Rey Mysterio, Undertaker, John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge, Sheamus, Roman Reigns, Shinsuke Nakamura, Asuka, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Charlotte Flair, Booker T, William Regal, Bad News Barrett, Baron Corbin, Christian, The Miz, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, MVP

Anthony = Steve Austin, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Brock Lesnar, Batista, John Cena, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, The Miz, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega, Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, The Rock, William Regal, Prince Devitt, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Mustafa Ali, Prince Nana, Prince Puma, Awesome Kong, Mickie James, Michelle McCool, Madison Eagles, Gail Kim, Cheerleader Melissa, Paige, Nikki Bella, Asuka, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Jimmy Jacobs, Aliyah, Alexa Bliss, The Authority, Kairi Sane, Carmella, Toni Storm, Chrissy Rivera, Chelsea Green

Claudine = Michelle McCool, Kurt Angle, Roman Reigns, Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Quinn Ojinnaka, Eddie Guerrero, Pat Patterson, Shawn Michaels, Naomi, Nor Diana, Goldberg, Mustafa Ali, Kacy Catanzaro, Ricochet, Candice LeRae, Mandy Rose, Lacey Evans (as a face), Bayley (as a face), Becky Lynch (as The Lasskicker), Dana Brooke, Sami Zayn (as a face).

Diego = Elias, Street Profits, R-Truth, Carmella, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Shawn Michaels, Jericho, Cameron, Naomi, Marty Jannetty, Shayna Baszler, Drake Maverick, The Rockstar, John Cena, Lita, Mickie James, Jeff Jarrett, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Samoa Joe, Lio Rush, Braun Strowman, Rusev, The Rock, Aiden English, Bobby Roode, Hulk Hogan, Lana

Opal = Ricochet, Kota Ibushi, Rey Mysterio, Io Shirai, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Evan Bourne, Owen Hart, Jushin Thunder Liger, Kane, Randy Savage, Scott Steiner, Lita, Christian, Jamie Noble, Matt Hardy, Gail Kim, Daniel Bryan, Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Tajiri, Zelina Vega, Ayako Hamada, Aliyah, Naomi, Mio Shirai

Ariana = Lady Apache, La Amapola, Marcela, Lioness Asuka, Dynamite Kansai, Chigusa Nagayo, Dump Matsumoto, Mae Young, Luna Vachon, Leilani Kai, Sarah Stock, Natalya, Cheerleader Melissa, Ayako Hamada, Beth Phoenix, Mariko Yoshida, Gail Kim, Mickie James, Sara Del Rey, Akira Hokuto, Alundra Blayze, Judy Grable, Wendi Richter, Bull Nakano, June Byers, Jaguar Yokota, Chyna, Sherri Martel, Awesome Kong, Lita, Mildred Burke, Aja Kong, Trish Stratus, Manami Toyota, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Paige, AJ Lee, Marie LaVerne, Joyce Grable, Ann Casey, Sue Green, Rachel Dubois, Debra, Stephanie McMahon, Victoria, Candice Michelle, MsChif, Sasha Banks, Asuka, Michelle McCool, Madison Eagles, Jazz, Jacqueline, Nikki Bella, Alicia Fox, Ivory, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins

Lil’ Shang = Edge, Christian, Rey Mysterio, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Brett Hart, Jim Neidhart, Undertaker, Kane, Finn Balor, Ho Ho Lun, Big Boa, Rocky, The Rock, Rikishi, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Jinder Mahal, Booker T, Fit Finlay, R-Truth, Trish Stratus, Lita, Victoria, Jazz, Molly Holly, Beth Phoenix, LuFisto, Lance Storm, Road Dogg, Umaga, The New Day, Bianca Belair, Street Profits

Artie = Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, Pete Dunne, Jordan Devlin, Kenny Williams, Ligero, Nick Aldis, Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor, Sheamus, Becky Lynch, Nikki Cross, Paige, James Drake, Bea Priestley, Ayesha Raymond, Zoe Lucas, Tegan Nox, Layla, Lana Austin, Bad News Barrett, Drake Maverick, Isla Dawn, Priscilla Kelly, Joe and Mark Coffey, Finlay, Nadia Sapphire, Eddie Dennis, Mark Andrews, Morgan Webster

Carina = Andre the Giant, Tamina, Lana, Maryse, Taynara Conti, Gisele Shaw, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Trish Stratus, Rhea Ripley, Indi Hartwell, Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Liv Morgan, Natalya, Toni Storm, Kay Lee Ray, Nia Jax, Mortar, Tegan Nox, Chyna, Lita, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Io Shirai, Kagetsu, Melanie Cruise, Shotzi Blackheart, Dakota Kai, Mia Yim, Candice LeRae, Riho, Sarah Logan, Hikaru Shida, Aja Kong, Bull Nakano

Doug is a manager. As a manager, his inspirations are Paul Heyman, Zelina Vega, Lana, and Bobby Heenan. Smee kids and Elle are commentators. The boys tend to like Michael Cole, Beth Phoenix and Byron Saxton. Elle tends towards JR, Corey Graves and Renee Young. Dizzy is a reporter back stage, but her favourite wrestlers to watch are Bayley, Kylie Rae, Breezango, and Princess Kimberly as a face. She gets her professional inspiration from Renee Young, Gene Okerlund, Charly Caruso and Cathy Kelley.

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