#Oronte

[operasrsly]

Alcina is one of my absolute favourite operas, and this little aria is very dear to my heart. The role of Oronte was created for John Beard, barely 18 at the time, who started out as a boy soprano and had a long, extremely successful career ahead of him. Händel was the opposite of a hire-and-fire person - he loved his singers apparently and was very loyal to them. Personally, I think you can hear who the aria was written for if you pay attention. The tenor here vocally leaves many wishes open, but it doesn't matter - I have rewatched the aria so many times, and I always do it for Alice Coote who plays Ruggiero. Who can look at anything else if she is in the room? *edit: Tumblr "refuses to connect" to the unlisted vid, so here is the link.

[fieriframes]

[Ships are buffeted, and that of Orontes sinks.]

[ltwilliammowett]

Painted seashells with the ship Orontes, 19th century

[orontes]

Sticker and Cotton Tote Bag

(RedBubble)

[suspicious-pools-of-blood]

Just Another Fight

CW: dubcon, mutual domestic violence

It started as just another fight, nothing new for the two headstrong youths who could provoke each other with just a word. Like a couple of young bucks locking antlers to establish dominance, Elvan and Theos butted heads at every chance, hardly even needing a reason.

This time was no different; Theos had said something to set off Elvan and she had charged at him, slamming her full weight into him and sending them both crashing to the ground. He grabbed her shoulders and rolled over to straddle her; she bucked her hips up, throwing his balance off and making him fall to the side. She scrambled to her hands and knees just in time to receive a kick to the stomach. She grabbed Theos’ ankle and pulled, dragging him several inches across the smooth marble floor towards her, then slammed the heel of her palm right into his solar plexus. With the wind knocked out of him, Elvan was able to land a few good hits before he grabbed a fistful of the fabric of her shirt and dragged her back down. He pushed her onto the floor with one hand on her back and wrapped his other arm around her neck, but she tucked her chin under and maneuvered out of the headlock enough to bite down hard on his arm, drawing blood and causing him to relinquish his grip on her with a shout.

They both staggered to their feet, breathing hard, but within seconds they were grappling at each other again, slamming into the wall with enough force to dent it if it weren’t made of stone. This time Theos, back against the wall, was the one to bite Elvan, sinking his teeth into the place where her shoulder joined her neck. Seizing the opportunity that offered him, he flipped them around so Elvan was the one with her back to the wall, and pinned her wrists above her head. Before she knew what was happening, he was crushing his mouth against hers in a violent kiss. She froze momentarily, more out of surprise than anything else, before wrenching her wrists free. One hand went to his throat and squeezed hard, fingertips digging deep; the other tore at his shirt as she pushed him back onto a table that stood against the wall. He pried her fingers away with one hand and tore off the rest of her already ripped shirt with the other.

They went until they couldn’t anymore. When they finally separated, they lay beside each other on the cool stone floor, both on their backs and panting heavily.

“Just so you know,” Elvan gasped between breaths, “I still hate you.”

“Likewise,” Theos replied.

Elvan got to her feet and extended a hand to pull Theos up. Without another word, they returned to their respective chambers to clean up and put new clothes on. It was just another fight, even if the next day Elvan was sore in some places she wasn’t used to.

Tags: @evilwriter-originals @literary-dandy

[lives-in-a-harpsichord]

how did they get this footage of me shipping my shoops

[harpygon]

It‘s even worse than I thought. Oronte comes into the scene (for no apparent reason) and then just tries to get the young widow to marry him instead of Leander or Damon????? The other two at least had like a fundational relationship with the widow, and he just shows up and goes „if you think about it, both of them are poor losers, I‘ll give you two tons of gold if you marry me“ and thinks that would work?????

[jules-and-company]

acte I scène 2 aka le supplice de philinte

[hussalonia]

The ruined colonnades of Apamea in northwestern Syria

[moonlit-minuet]

Staying up to finish vampire zine when I have work in the mornin cam I get a hell yeah

[mclennonslove]

The ruined colonnades of Apamea in northwestern Syria

[fieriframes]

[WAFFLE. WHO STARTED HERE SIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE PLACE WAS A COFFEE SHOP, AND SHIPS ARE BUFFETED, AND THAT OF ORONTES SINKS. AND I STARTED BAKING THINGS OUT OF THE STORAGE CLOSET. THREE YEARS LATER, SHE BOUGHT INTO THE PLACE, FILLED OUT THE KITCHEN... MAC AND CHEESE.]

[fleurthemes]

The ruined colonnades of Apamea in northwestern Syria

[orontes]

Print ° Tote Bag ° Notebook [RedBubble]

[segurpricat]

La Policía Nacional y #EUROPOL han desarticulado una organización crimin...

[msb-lair]

Clutch #3231 - Tsamma/Oronte

Mated On: 2023-05-25 # of eggs: 2 Hatched On: 2023-05-30

Progeny:

Hatchling 8547 (Tantris) - Fae XYX Female, Obsidian Crystal/Saffron Noxtide/Obsidian Contour, Common - 16,189 on 2023-06-05

Hatchling 8548 - Fae XYX Female, Obsidian Crystal/Fire Noxtide/Obsidian Contour, Common - 15 gems on 2023-05-30

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