#Pamela Watson
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
Love Remains: An Unwavering Testament to Bobby Watson's Jazz Artistry
Introduction: In the realm of jazz, where the ephemeral meets the eternal, Bobby Watson’s album “Love Remains” stands as a profound testament to the resilience and evolution of hard bop. Released in 1987 and recorded on November 13, 1986, at the Manhattan Recording Company in New York City, this album is a remarkable entry in Watson’s discography. With a total length of 45:18, the album features…
View On WordPress
#Appointment in Milano#Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers#Bobby Watson#Classic Albums#Curtis Lundy#Jazz History#John Hicks#Love Remains#Marvin "Smitty" Smith#Nelson Mandela#Pamela Watson
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
My Main Fortnite Skins
Circular Bisexual Pride Icons
Bubblegum Highwire (With Hood)
Bubblegum Highwire (Without Hood)
Pack Leader Highwire
Princess Lexa
Mikasa Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)
Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
Rebirth Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
Mary Jane Watson (Marvel)
Please like or reblog if using. Credit not required but is appreciated.
No Discourse Please.
#Fortnite#Attack on Titan#DC Comics#Marvel Comics#Highwire#Princess Lexa#Lexa (Fortnite)#Mikasa Ackerman#Eren Yeager#Mikasa Ackermann#Eren Jaeger#Poison Ivy#Pamela Isley#Harley Quinn#Harleen Quinzel#Mary Jane Watson#Bisexual Pride#Pride Icons#My Icons
31 notes
·
View notes
Text
For disclaimer, I don't own April O'Neil, MJ Watson, Jean Grey, Starfire and Poison Ivy.
Kim Whalen(c) Herself
#my fancast#fancast#yourstrulylightstar283#kim whalen#kimberly whalen#april o'neil#tmnt#mary jane watson#mj watson#spider-man#jean grey#x-men#marvel#koriand'r#starfire#pamela isley#poison ivy#dc#dc comics
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
What I imagine MJ looks like in Hobie’s universe. Her makeup is inspired by one our universe’s of the original punks, Jordan Mooney.
#mary jane watson#mj watson#spiderman#spider punk#spider man#spiderverse fanart#across the spiderverse#atsv#hobie brown#mine#jordan mooney#pamela rooke#punk#my art
9 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Voodoo Macbeth
directed by Dagmawi Abebe, Victor Alonso-Berbel, Roy Arwas, Hannah Bang, Christopher Beaton, Agazi Desta, Tiffany Konotiannis-Guillen, Zoë Alyce Salnave, Ernesto M. Sandoval, and Sabina Vajrača, 2021
#Voodoo Macbeth#Dagmawi Abebe#Victor Alonso-Berbel#Roy Arwas#Hannah Bang#Christopher Beaton#Agazi Desta#Tiffany Kontoyiannis-Guillen#Tiffany K. Guillen#Zoë Alyce Salnave#Ernesto M. Sandoval#Sabina Vajrača#movie mosaics#Ashli Haynes#Jewell Wilson Bridges#Inger Tudor#Erin Croom#Pamela Shaddock#Breayre Tender#Wrekless Watson#Jeremy Tardy#June Schreiner#Gary McDonald#Antoine Perry
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
tag dump.
#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀WILL GRAHAM .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀ALICENT HIGHTOWER .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀PAMELA ISLEY .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀JESSICA JONES .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀HARLEEN QUINZEL .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀CLARICE STARLING .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀ZATANNA ZATARA .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀JONATHAN CRANE .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀NATALYA ROMANOVA .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀SHADOWHEART .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀SANSA STARK .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀PADME AMIDALA .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀CHANI .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀MAKIMA .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀WANDA MAXIMOFF .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀ARYA STARK .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀VICKI VALE .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀MJ WATSON .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀GINGER FITZGERALD .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀VERONICA SAWYER .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀ZOE BENSON .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀NATALIE SCATORCCIO .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀SHAUNA SHIPMAN .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀MADISON MONTGOMERY .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀HEATHER MASON .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀SYDNEY PRESCOTT .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀NANCY THOMPSON .#RE⠀*⠀:⠀&⠀MAREN YEARLY .
0 notes
Text
It was always nice to meet someone who was familiar with Sherlock's ways, the time spent apologizing was usually cut in half. "Oh, well... he was experimenting with this bean discovered in south america. Mixing it with formaldehyde so I would say in a week or so. I'm sure I'll be able to convey whatever this problem of yours is." He offered, opening his office door. "Shall we?"
it was a damn shame really. sherlock being an old friend and all. pamela was hoping to catch him before he went on a bender. her head tilts at the other man giving a half polite smile but she feels unease deep in her bones. how could she explain her situation? oh dear
" well you see.... " pamela begins and then pauses wishing she was not so awkward sometimes clearing her throat. " i guess you will do, i'm pamela.. an old friend of dear old sherlock, when do you think he will be back to earth?? "
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
WANTED CHARACTERS
DC Heroes
Batgirl or Oracle / Barbara Gordon
Wonder Woman / Diana Prince
The Flash / Barry Allen
Aquaman / Arthur Curry
Cyborg / Vic Stone
Marvel Heroes
Captain America / Steve Rogers
Doctor Strange / Stephen Strange
Hawkeye / Clint Barton
Falcon / Sam Wilson
Warmachine / James Rhodes
Vision
Black Panther / T'Challa
Ant-Man / Scott Lang
Spider-Gwen / Gwen Stacy
Any Guardians of the Galaxy
DC Villains
Riddler / Edward Nygma
Two-Face / Harvey Dent
Penguin / Oswald Cobblepot
Poison Ivy / Pamela Isley
Bane
Mr. Freeze / Victor Fries
Killer Croc / Waylon Jones
Scarecrow / Jonathan Crane
Lex Luthor
Marvel Villains
Magneto / Erik Leshnerr
Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius
Kingpin / Wilson Grant Fisk
Prowler / Aaron Davis
The Spot
Carnage
Mysterio
DC Anti-Heroes
Deadshot / Floyd Lawton
Marvel Anti-Heroes
Venom / Eddie Brock
Storm / Ororo Munroe
Beast / Hank McCoy
Mystique / Raven Darkhölme
Cyclops / Scott Summers
Shadow Cat / Kitty Pryde
Gambit / Remy LeBeau
The Punisher / Frank Castle
Blade / Frank Blade
Misc. DC
Jim Gordon
Renee Montoya
Lucius Fox
Tiffany Fox
Misc. Marvel
Professor X. / Charles Xavier
Aunt May
Ned Leeds
MJ Watson
Pepper Potts
Jefferson Morales
Rio Morales
Mobius
#avengers#avengers rp#batman rp#dc comics#dc rp#dceu#dceu rp#marvel#marvel rp#roleplay#batman roleplay#batman#comics#roleplay discord#discord rp#dc roleplay#dc#fantastic four#justice league#marvel roleplay#x men#avengers roleplay#open rp#roleplay server
20 notes
·
View notes
Text
Happy (belated) Pride Month 2024!
Happy pride month post, 2024 edition. Slightly late this year but better late than never!
As always, I'm featuring actors who have identified themselves as having an LGBTQ+ identity or relationship, but this list is certainly not comprehensive. There are likely other closeted actors and/or actors who are out but may not have explicitly stated their queerness clearly enough for me to feel comfortable including them. As identity is a deeply personal (and potentially unsafe) topic, I try to err strongly on the side of caution in who I do or don't include. And just like in past years, this post only includes actors who are currently with the show or joined the show/had a new contract since my 2023 post, even if they're not currently involved.
Pictured: Claudia Kariuki (emergency cover, West End) Kelsee Kimmel (Seymour, Canada) Ruby Gibbs (Seymour, Breakaway 6.0) Jenny Mollet (alt A/B/S, Broadway) Meg Dixon-Brasil (swing, West End) Chelsea Dawson (Howard, Australia Tour) Lou Henry (Howard, UK and International Tour) Taylor Sage Evans (alt B/H/P, Boleyn Tour) Danielle Mendoza (Cleves, Boleyn Tour) Cydney Clark (Cleves, Breakaway 6.0) Zelia Rose Kitoko (Cleves, Australia Tour) Harriet Watson (emergency cover, UK Tour) Meghan Corbett (Aragon, Breakaway 6.0) Carlina Parker (alt A/C/P, Boleyn Tour) Aryn Bohannon (alt B/S/H, Boleyn Tour) Laura Dawn Pyatt (Boleyn, UK and International Tour) Gabriela Carrillo (Parr, Broadway) Amelia Atherton (Parr, Bliss 7.0)
——————————— junka_0.0; Joan Marcus; _ruby_gibbs; jenny.mollet (unsure of origin); Pamela Raith; sixthemusicalau, but unsure of origin (possibly James Morgan); Pamela Raith; taylorsageevans; Joan Marcus; ccsweatheart22; sixthemusicalau; Johan Persson; ceghanmorbett; carlina_parker; Matthew Sewell; Pamela Raith; Joan Marcus; thetheatrelifestyle
#six the musical#pride month#six broadway#six west end#six uk tour#six boleyn tour#six australia#six musical#claudia kariuki#kelsee kimmel#ruby gibbs#jenny mollet#meg dixon brasil#harriet watson#meghan corbett#carlina parker#aryn bohannon#laura dawn pyatt#gabriela carrillo#amelia atherton
32 notes
·
View notes
Text
[Image description: Horizontal rectangular graphic; the background is the Disability Pride flag, with adjoining red, yellow, white, aqua, and green stripes slanting together from the top left to bottom right corners on a dark gray background. White text in the center foreground says "Disability Pride: / Suggested Reading / Columbus State Library / library.cscc.edu."]
July is Disability Pride month, and that means it's time for a bigger, better, updated Disability Pride reading list!
A Disability History of the United States, by Kim E. Nielsen
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, by Judith Heumann
About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times, Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, editors
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and how to Be an Ally, by Emily Ladau
Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence, by Erin E. Andrews. Companion case study volume here.
Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation, by Eli Clare
The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability, by Elizabeth Barnes
Nothing about Us without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, by James I. Charlton
The Problem Body: Projecting Disability in Film, Sally Chivers and Nicole Markotić, editors
Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies, Nick Watson and Simo Vehmas, editors
My Wonderful Life as a Vegetable, Lars Feldballe producer/director
The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation, by Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames
Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives, G. Thomas Couser and Susannah B. Mintz, editors
The Routledge Handbook of Disability Activism, Maria Berghs, Tsitsi Chataika, Yahya El-Lahib and Andrew K. Dube, editors
Black Disability Politics, Sami Schalk
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, by Alice Wong
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, Alice Wong, editor
From the Periphery: Real-Life Stories of Disability, by Pia Justesen
Young, Disabled and LGBT+: Voices, Identities and Intersections, Alex Toft and Anita Franklin, editors
Disability, Media, and Representations: Other Bodies, Jacob Johanssen and Diana Garrisi, editors
The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts, Culture, and Media, Bree Hadley and Donna McDonald, editors
Occupying Disability: Critical Approaches to Community, Justice, and Decolonizing Disability, Pamela Block, Devva Kasnitz, Akemi Nishida, Nick Pollard, editors
Use our catalog to search for more titles on this topic!
Current Columbus State Students and employees can check out books using a photo ID. Ebooks and other electronic materials can be used both on and off campus; off-campus use requires logging in with your Columbus State username and password.
38 notes
·
View notes
Text
Ships that have already qualified (read before submitting):
Jude Lizowski/Jonesy Garcia
Tyler Kennedy "TK" Strand/Carlos Reyes
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Gwen Stacey
Willow Rosenberg/Winifred "Fred" Burkle
Francine Frensky/Muffy Crosswire
Susan Ivanova/Marcus Cole
Kate Kane (Batwoman)/Renee Montoya
Barry B. Benson/Vanessa Bloome
Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago
Willow Rosenberg/Tara Maclay
Jack Zimmermann/Eric "Bitty" Bittle
Justin "Ransom" Oluransi/Adam "Holster" Birkholtz
Danny/Reuven
Larissa "Lara" Bogdan/Jasmine
Kelsey Pokly/Isabella "Stacks" Alvarado
Rebecca Bunch/Audra Levine
Rebecca Bunch/Greg Serrano
Rebecca Bunch/Nathaniel Plimpton
Samantha "Sam" Manson/Danniel "Danny" Fenton
Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Selina Kyla (Catwoman)
Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Clark Kent (Superman)
Clark Kent (Superman)/Lois Lane
Harley Quinn/Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy)
Barney Guttman/Logan Nguyen
Leah/Chanan
Shay Goldstein/Dominic Yun
Marvin/Whizzer
Trina/Mendel Weisenbachfeld
Perchik/Hodel
Tzeitel/Motel
Monica Gellar/Chandler Bing
Molly McGee/Libby Stein Torres
Rachel Berry/Noah Puckerman
Fiddleford McGucket/Stanford Pines
Cristina Yang/Owen Hunt
Cristina Yang/Preston Burke
Levi Schmidt/Nico Kim
Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam
James Wilson/Gregory House
The Baker and/The Baker's Wife
Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable
The Jewish People/The Shabbat Bride
Alec Hardison/Parker
Max Eisenhardt (Magneto)/Charles Xavier (Professor X)
Steve Rogers (Captain America)/James "Bucky" Barnes
Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Michael Bech
Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Steve Rogers (Captain America)
Billy Kaplan (Wiccan)/Teddy Altman (Hulkling)
Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Hank McCoy (Beast)
Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)
Layla El Faouly/Mark Spector (Moon Knight)
Matthew Hawk (Two-Gun Kid II)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Betty Brant
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Eugene "Flash" Thompson
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/ Felicia Hardy
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/ Harry Osborn
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Mary Jane "MJ" Watson
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Wade Wilson (Deadpool)
Steve Rogers/Bernadette "Bernie" Rosenthal
Wanda Maximoff/The Vision
Midge Maisel/Susie Myerson
Hal Emmerich (Otacon)/Solid Snake
Casey Goldberg-Calderon/Lunella Lafayette
Fran Fine/Max Sheffield
Ben Gross/Devi Vishwakumar
Winston Schmidt/Cece Parekh
David Jacobs/Jack Kelly
Seth Cohen/Summer Roberts
Scout Touzani/Elias Wyrick
KJ Brandman/Mac Coyle
Lavinia Asimov/Poison Oak
Phineas Flynn/Isabella Garcia-Shapiro
Anon's Mom/Dad
The person reading this & their partner
Jerry Seinfeld/Cosmo Kramer
Simon Lewis/Isabel Lightwood
Danielle/Maya
Bram Greenfeld/Simon Spier
Miryem Mandelstam/The Staryk King
David Rose/Patrick Brewer
James T Kirk/S'chn T'gai Spock
Worf Rozhenko/Jadzia Dax
Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla
Brian Jeeter/Krejjh
Bobby Singer/Rufus Turner
Jonah Simms/Amy Sosa
Reish Lakish/Rabbi Yochanen
King David/Yonatan
Devorah/Barak
Moses/Tzipporah
Ruth/Naomi
Yaakov/The Angel
Rowan Roth/Neil Mcnair
Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz
Cecil Palmer/Carlos The Scientist
Josh Lyman/Donna Moss
Little Ash/Uriel
Lucille "Lucy" Kensington/Dr. Edison "Ed" Tucker
Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Anshel/Avigdor
Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch)/Jericho Drumm
Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Shondra Kinsolving
Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Talia Al Ghul
Ben Grimm (The Thing)/Alicia Masters
Velma Dinkley/Daphne Blake
Velma Dinkley/Marcie Fleach
Didi Pickles/Stu Pickles
Velma Dinkley/Coco Diablo
Babushka (Tatiana)/Dedushka (Ivan)
Kitty Pryde/Illyana Rasputin
Natasha Romanoff/Wanda Maximoff
Marc Spector (Moon Knight)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)
Hillel/Shammai
S'chn T'gai Spock/James T Kirk/Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
S'chn T'gai Spock/Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Frankie Bergstein/Grace Hanson
Annie Edison/Jeff Winger
Maxine Myers/Paula Cohen
Baby Houseman/Johnny Castle
Tevye/Golde
Michael "Mike" Wazowski/Celia Mae
Talmudic couple having gay sex in the attic
Tim Drake/Kon El (Conner Kent)
Violet Baudelaire/Quigley Quagmire
Reuben Kent/Feliks Kaufmann
Anshel/Avigdor/Hadass
Amram/Zelikman
Anshel/Hadass
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL MAY 8, 2023 @ 12:00 AM EDT
#info#if you have any reasons a ship shouldn't be on this list let me know since I don't have the ability to fully vet everything#there are a small handful im still considering#will update as more submissions trickle in
56 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fuck it, Ben and their friend group/bandmates (Fangs of Pearl)
From left to right:
Benjamin "Ben/Benny/Ben-Ben" Cross (Bassist, Backing Vocals, Songwriter)
Emily "Em" Tamblyn (Drums)
Tae Watson (Guitarist, Songwriter)
Pamela "Patti" Michaels (Guitar, Keyboard, Other sound effects, Backing Vocals)
Lina Ramirez (Lead Singer, Songwriting, Guitar, Other Sound Effects)
Lina had been dreaming of starting a band long before high school. In 2005, she transferred high schools, where she met, Emily, Tae, and Patti. Ben became friends with all of them in May of 2006. In August of 2007, Patty and Lina began to date.
Fangs of Pearl as a band formed in the summer of 2006, and spent most of their early years playing in Emily's newly renovated garage. In the beginning, they didn't exactly record a whole lot of music, as it was too expensive. They mainly played covers of their favourite songs. During senior year, they didn't play together as much due to the stress of exams, and (unbeknownst to the Fangs) Ben's involvement in the Kira investigation. Fast forward to June of 2016, Fangs of Pearl releases their first album, the cover of which was photographed by Emily, and edited/stylized by Ben and Tae. They are now quite popular in Chicago's punk scene.
Their sound is reminiscent of bands like Hole, Meet Me @ The Altar, Paramore, Bikini Kill, and Lunachicks, with elements of gothic rock.
(I'm definitely going to draw them all soon, just wait)
#death note#death note oc#my oc#I get so nervous posting stuff like this aaaaa#also lina and patti are still going strong! they do in fact get married in 2018#ben cross#emily tamblyn#lina ramirez#tae watson#patti michaels
15 notes
·
View notes
Note
Have you read Death Comes to Pemberley and/or Mr Darcy Takes A Wife? Both were gifted to me by well meaning individuals who know I love Austen but neither one was an enjoyable read for me. MDTAW was too melodramatic (everyone was a little too obsessed with Elizabeth, I hated its take on Bingley and Jane), but I do kind of like Fitzwilliam/Georgiana as a pair. I apparently found DCTP pretty forgettable because I can't remember much about it.
Do you have any post-canon Austen book or story favorites to recommend?
SPOILERS: I have read both, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife I did not like at all, Death Comes to Pemberley is okay but honestly I don't like the resolution of the crime. I feel like it really was the Colonel who shot Denny, too convenient to make it a dying man. It is a fairly well-written sequel otherwise.
My favourite post-canon Austen book has to be the one I wrote, Prideful & Persuaded, though it's not about the main characters. I really like Old Friends & New Fancies, which is widely considered the first JAFF that isn't a completion of Sandition or The Watsons. Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins is a nice, canon-compliant continuation. The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle is decent too.
Unfortunately, I haven't read that many others that aren't just porn with very minimal plot (not that there is anything wrong with that... Shannon Lathan if you want some good smut). I do not recommend The Other Bennet Sister, it's terrible.
I have a free continuation, though it does not feature Georgiana and Colonel Fitzwilliam as a pairing (he gets Caroline). My suggestion would be to check out AO3, you can search by relationship tag Georgiana Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam. I would also suggest asking for favourites from the subreddit r/JaneAustenFF or the Facebook group Pride & Prejudice Variations. There is a ton of free stuff out there to explore!
There is also the JAFF Index (though you need a password) and you can also search there by relationship tags. You can get a password from sites like A Happy Assembly.
Feel free to add recommendations in the tags!
45 notes
·
View notes
Text
In honor of Dracula Daily starting again tomorrow, I am posting a preview of the trailer for my Arden Dracula AU, which will be posted in full during @podcastgirlsweek! Enjoy, and know that I read academic articles for this.
BEA: However old you are, wherever you live, you’ve almost certainly encountered some version of the Dracula story.
[Clip:]
DRACULA: Vell, vell, vell…. Velcome to my humble home. You must be chilly on such a cold, dark night.
WOMAN (breathily): I got caught in a rainstorm with nothing but this translucent nightgown.
DRACULA: Please, let me help you into something more comfortable. (sinister chuckle)
[New clip:]
DETECTIVE: We just pulled another body out of the river. The same as the last one. Bloodless, with two pricks on the neck.
CHIEF INSPECTOR: Why??? She was so young!
[New clip:]
WATSON: Have you figured it out?
HOLMES: It’s elementary, my dear Watson. The killer is none other than the count!
DRACULA: (hisses).
[End clips.]
BEA: Count Dracula is a stock character, a movie monster, while the original details of the case have faded out of the public memory. When he is revisited as a historical figure, the story still gets… inflated.
[Clip:]
VOICEOVER: Could Count Dracula have studied at the Scholomance, an arcane academy dedicated to devil worship and black magic? Join our team of experts as we prove that the Scholomance does exist… and your children might be on their mailing list.
EXPERT: If you study this ancient Mayan carving, I think you’ll be convinced, just like I was, that Dracula and Elvis Presley both attended the Scholomance and returned there after their time among us was over. In fact, if you do a deep dive into the lyrics of “Suspicious Minds”, I’ll argue that the “trap” Elvis refers to is none other than the school’s underground labyrinth.
VOICEOVER: Coming up next on the History channel.
[Clip ends.]
BEA: But who was Count Dracula, really? Who were his victims? And how did one of the world’s most famous serial killers disappear so successfully that some people believe he’s still out there, over 100 years later? I’m Bea Casely, investigative reporter and host of hit podcast Arden. In this special miniseries, we’re going to peel back a century of hyperbole and romanticization to find the man behind the monster.
BRENDA: Unless, of course, the man was a monster.
BEA: (sighs) And that’s my cohost, Brenda Bentley, who has her own take on the case.
BRENDA: For as long as Count Dracula has been at large, there’ve been rumors that he’s more than he seems. Or, exactly what he seems. Victims suffering from blood loss, reports of unnatural abilities, a parasitic relationship with the lower class… is it any surprise many people suspect him of being… (bad accent) a vampire?
BEA: Yes! It is a surprise, since vampires don’t exist.
BRENDA: “If human testimony taken with every care and solemnity, judicially, before commissions innumerable, each consisting of many members, all chosen for integrity and intelligence, and constituting reports more voluminous perhaps than exist upon any one other class of cases, is worth anything, it is difficult to deny or even to doubt the existence of such a phenomenon as the vampire.” That’s from Le Fanu’s seminal vampire narrative Carmilla.
BEA: Which is fiction.
BRENDA: It’s important to lay out all the possibilities. The fans loved the dual narrative thing we had going on last season.
BEA: (deep breath) That’s what you have to look forward to, listeners! We’ll look into the case, exhume the facts of what took place all those years ago, and settle this once and for all.
BRENDA: The Dracula debate never dies. Just like Dracula.
BEA: (intensely) We only have six episodes, so we’re going to pin this case down even if we have to stake it through the heart.
BRENDA: Aw, you are getting into the vampire spirit.
BEA: Don’t push it.
[The Wheyface Industries jingle begins to play.]
ANDY: Murder? Vampires? Ghost ships? How fantastically spooky! I’m trembling already.
PAMELA: Andy, we haven’t aired the section on the Demeter yet.
ANDY: That’s what we call a ‘teaser’. It’ll keep the audience excited.
PAMELA: Then I’d better start working on episode one. Stay tuned, everybody.
ANDY: Arden is brought to you by Wheyface Industries: the good people. So good, in fact, that we’re immune to vampiric wiles. Don’t believe me? We’re so confident in that promise that if you’re slain by a vampire after enjoying any Wheyface Industry goods or services, we’ll give you your money back, no questions asked. That’s a Wheyface guarantee.
(rapidly) This offer is null and void if you become a vampire, as you are then no longer one of the good people. Instead you will be slain by our patented Wheyface brand vampire slaying drones, all equipped with stakes and holy water blessed by our corporate priest. Terms and conditions apply.
In 1893, a series of unexplained killings shocked the English towns of Whitby and London. Blame eventually fell on a Mr. DeVille, a recent arrival from Romania better known as Count Dracula. Before he could be held responsible, he vanished without a trace, leaving nothing behind but a legend that continues to this day. But was the count one more Victorian serial killer, or something even more monstrous? And what does this case tell us about gender, race, and power in Victorian England?
Join us, won’t you? As we unravel the mystery, on Arden.
24 notes
·
View notes