#Pop Wellington

[bstroobery]

Continuing on my reposts of Blue’s art…

Time for the AFF! It’s a great story that you guys should check out once Blue figures out how they want to post it. This stuff is from 2019-2020 btw. That’s right, in going back with the art!

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[trentonsimblr]

Rutherfords through the seasons 🌷☀️🍁❄️

[the1ronduke]

Stop hunting me @banasstre

[geezerwench]

The Wellington Family

[needcake]

I watched Napoleon (2023) yesterday and it's... pretty bad

[vibrantpuppeteer]

Of all the things that go together in this world...

Beef fizz and corn dogs (a.k.a. beef wellington on a stick) are certainly a pair We'd like to try.

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Thank you for the tag, @acrossthewavesoftime!

Last song: “Bushel and a Peck” from Guys and Dolls. I was just this minute wondering if I could profitably apply the “talking in my sleep... ABOUT YOU” line to Ewen Cameron.

Last show: Just finished catching up on Leverage: Redemption; will probably begin Bletchley Park: San Francisco later in the weekend.

Currently reading:

A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle)

English Sexualities: 1700-1800 (Tim Hitchcock)

Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place (Neema Avashia)

The War that Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (Margaret MacMillan)

The Wounded Name (D.K. Broster - aloud to @grrlpup)

Moby Dick, Les Miserables, The Lightning Conductor, and Dangerous Liaisons (all in ‘daily lit’ format)

Current obsession: Arthur Wellesley (the to-be Duke of Wellington) taking nine copies of Fanny Hill to India with him.

Tagging: @tgarnsl, @phoenixfalls, @sailorpants, @lacnunga, and anyone else who feels like taking part.

[imakemyownnotes]

[falseandrealultravival]

In the Canary Islands (Eiichi Otaki): City Pop

The boss of City Pop, Eiichi Otaki, has the most transparent and beautiful voice among Japanese male vocalists. One song from the album "A Long Vacation" that includes "Kimi wa Tennenshoku" is "In the Canary Islands". What do you think of the forgetfulness of this song? He casts off his troublesome persona and spends some time playing in the windless space. Having so much free time makes life so much more enjoyable.

♪ Thinly sliced oranges

float in iced tea

Slide only the pen on the terrace facing the sea

  When the shadow of summer rushes across the sandy beach

  Refreshing to live

It's strange because I can see

canary island

canary island

the wind doesn't move

カナリア諸島にて（大瀧詠一）：シティ・ポップ

シティ・ポップのボス、大瀧詠一は、日本の男性ヴォーカルのなかで、最も透明感のある美声の持ち主だ。「君は天然色」が収録されたアルバム「A Long Vacation」の一曲が「カナリア諸島にて」だが、この曲の忘我感はどうだろう。煩わしいペルソナを脱ぎ捨て、しばし無風空間で遊ぶ。これほど自由な時間が持てるだけでも、人生は楽しいというもの。

The place where Napoleon was finally exiled by Wellington.

(2023.05.14)

[bstroobery]

Hey look! We made it to the end!

Gonna post the AFF:PI stuff next :3

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[cossaboomboombelly]

Apart from Templeton in Charlotte's Web, this was the cartoon that started my fascination with weight gain, particularly in animation, and cemented Wimpy as one of animated weight gain heroes. The cartoon was "Egypt Us" from the old King Features Syndicate series of made-for-television Popeye cartoons of the early 1960's, and the frames of "fat" Wimpy were burned into my head the moment I saw them when growing up. When I found the cartoon again in digital form years later, in the age of photo editing tools, I started making my own art with other backgrounds and situations, as well as discovering other cartoons and comics in which "Wimpy the Moocher" gained enormous amounts of weight, making hi, in my opinion, one of the best fat cartoon characters of all time. But this was the cartoon where my fascination with his big belly started.

[robascoltayoutube]

Justin Wellington feat. Small Jam - "Iko Iko (My Bestie)" [2019]

[episims]

Kijiko Pop Wellington Glasses Edit

A collab with awesome @pforestsims!

@rented-space shared a 3t2 conversion of Kijiko's Pop Wellington glasses here and I've recolored them in the distant past. I haven't found much use for those recolors myself, so I wanted to try something different.

Pforest came to help and edited the mesh to work with transparency and the material to look more like plastic. I turned the edits into a new standalone mesh so it can be used alongside the original.

We made 9 slightly translucent recolors; 4 gradients and 5 various tortoise shell patterns. They have a subtle shine on them, so the colors appear a bit different depending on the lighting.

👓 Download (SFS) (alternate)

Files are compressed. Available from children to elder of both genders. Binned properly as glasses so they will trigger the glasses TO and won't be layerable with other glasses accessories.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

My current letter to the HBO Folks.

@stardust-sadie's latest letter, @merryfinches, @poison-into-positivity and so many others inspired me to write my own letter to David Zaslav. This is what was sent, feel free to use any of it if you'd like, I stole some of Stardust-Sadie's commentary with their permission (in their letter).

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Email Addresses:

Only emails that worked:

support@hbomax.com

kundeservice@hbomax.com

The rest of these are not working at the moment:

david.zaslav@discovery.com, david_zaslav@discovery.com, To whom it may concern: attention David Zaslav, help@hbomax.com

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To whom it may concern: Attention David Zaslav

I realize you all are probably being swamped at the moment by an influx of responses to your decision to not greenlight Season 3 of Our Flag Means Death, so I appreciate you taking the time to read this if you do. 

I am writing today, much like many of my fellow fans, hoping to provide you with evidence and earnest feedback as to why you should reverse the decision not to renew. I have used HBO Max in the past, but once a show I liked was over, and another one on another network came up that we wanted to watch, we decided to cancel. I was on HBOMax before I knew about Our Flag Means Death, and aside from Doom Patrol and Harley Quinn, we didn't have too many other shows we wanted to watch. After cancelling for many months, I heard of Our Flag Means Death from an artist that drew for other fandoms that I liked. Looking into the fanbase, I quickly found pieces that I felt were definitely up my alley and decided to cancel other networks for a few months to jump back into HBOMax.

Why is this important? I don't watch ads in a lot of places. I block pop ups because they are often very spammy, so I don't get recommendations for shows like most people. I'm a [AGE][GENDER][PROFESSION] and I avoid advertising in most cases. You know where I get my recommendations? Fanbases, casts and crews. The absolute adoration of an artist or writer that I like loving a series will get me to look into and watch that show before any other kind of advertising. Your fanbase is free advertising. THAT BEING SAID -- I'd like to explain to you what meant so much to me about this show.

Not only was I absolutely floored by the quality, and story of Our Flag Means Death, but the thing that kept me wanting more was the messages it portrayed. So rarely is there a show that embodies drama, comedy, and an all encompassing belief in forgiveness and change, and accepting others for who they are. This show gave me a new outlook on life. It helped me to heal parts of myself I didn't realize were hurt. I found love and compassion in the cast, the crew, and the fanbase that I haven't experienced in modern television in a very long time. I became engaged in other max shows because of it (Wellington Paranormal, The Last of Us, His Dark Materials, Lovecraft Country, etc). I'm actively watching shows and content I had previously decided not to worry about because of the influence of Our Flag Means Death. 

For me, as a fan, knowing that Max has content that means so much to me and others, shows that as a company, you're willing to have content that not only sparks the imagination, but fosters kindness, acceptance, and forgiveness no matter what race, gender, sexuality, or financial background you're from. That is the content we, the fans, have been looking for in so many places and have found them lacking. Another great example of this is the Barbie movie that you had a sign language interpreter for. While I am a hearing person, I still watched it because it was fascinating and so incredibly inclusive, and that tells me that you, HBOMax as a company DOES care about inclusivity.

When we waited for the renewal announcement this winter, I purchased Our Flag Means Death merchandise from your store (a mug and a blanket) because I knew I needed something to commemorate this great show no matter what happened. I am one of many fans who did this. Fun, reasonably designed merchandise is something we the fanbase can get behind. 

Our Flag Means Death is a powerhouse in television, and I know that it's only meant to be 3 seasons, so it won't be a cash cow forever, but I can tell you it's brought SO MANY PEOPLE to your platform that would normally just not have joined up. I am on HBO Max right now so that I can watch Our Flag Means Death whenever I want to. You're getting monthly subscription fees from me and so many other people JUST for this show. Your decision to cancel it is actually hurting your numbers, as can be seen in the clear drop in shareholder confidence since the announcement on January 9th.  Attached is a screenshot of the WB Discovery Inc Stock for reference.

In addition, a colleague of mine said this best so I will quote them here:

"Furthermore, the decision to cancel the show has led to a very prominent and public backlash from the very passionate and vocal fanbase of Our Flag Means Death. Fans have made their displeasure known across all the major social media platforms: X, Instagram, TikTok, Tumblr, YouTube, Facebook, etc etc. This backlash is unlikely to die down in the near future, and is likely to continue to reflect a poor image of HBO Max to subscribers and investors. 

The egregious decision to cancel Our Flag Means Death has also caught the attention of journalists writing for major publications, such as Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, and even more niche internet publications such as Collider. "

All of this is true. As an active member of this fanbase, I am seeing this across all platforms.

I implore you, as a huge consumer of  fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, historical, and lgbtqia content, to please reconsider renewing Our Flag Means Death for its 3rd and final season. We the fans are willing to put our hearts and souls into these letters because this show made an impact on our community that is so immense and cascading that it can't be quantified. I guarantee that a good faith act to do so will not only restore your reputation but open new revenue streams if you continue with this kind of inclusive and heartfelt content.

Thank you for your time,

[NAME]

[princessanneftw]

Fendi pays tribute to Princess Anne with themed Milan show

This was the designer’s witty love letter from one strong, forthright woman within a powerful dynasty to another

Stephen Doig for the Daily Telegraph

Just this week, a colleague was extolling the wardrobe virtues of the “accidentally stylish” Princess Anne. And it seems that Silvia Venturini Fendi, the formidable matriarch of the Roman fashion house, is in agreement.

“I fell in love with the style of Princess Anne who, to my mind, is the most elegant woman in the world,” said Fendi, backstage in Milan. “When I saw the Coronation last year with Princess Anne in her uniform, I thought she looked beautiful. So I said ‘let’s be inspired for a men’s collection’.” The collection took the codes of the Princess Royal’s singular approach to dressing and applied them to men’s clothing, with a dusting of Fendi luxury in the mix.

“It’s a little bit Town and Country,” Fendi said of the distinctly British homage. “The Princess Royal is very rigorous in how she dresses, with this kind of military minded attitude, but feminine at the same time. She has a life outside the spotlight. She’s kind of an anti-fashion person, and to me that’s something that’s actually very fashionable and chic.”

Princess Anne’s status as a style icon over the years certainly hasn’t been by design on her part – leave the Princess of Wales to the Burberry while she dons House of Bruar – and was never the intention of the no-nonsense and hardworking royal, who favours practical country attire and Oakley shades over couture and experimental shapes, horse trials over the Gucci horsebit loafer. But that same sense of self-assuredness, stoicism and very British approach to dressing is just what appealed to Fendi in theming her show around the royal.

In actual terms, that translated into twinsets and chunky tweed skirts, heritage fabric coats – plaids spliced on plaids for a layered effect – waxed jackets and Wellington boots. The kind of attire built for yomps at Balmoral and Gloucestershire horse trials rather than the bars of Milan’s Brera district. The colours were those of the British countryside; olive, moss, oak and stone hues that evoked Gatcombe’s Green & Pleasant Land. The skirts, coincidentally, were in fact big, blousy Bermuda shorts designed to ape the appearance of Princess Anne’s solid kilts, although the royal herself has always mixed up the gender codes with her upright military uniform, so perhaps she’d approve of a bit of fluidity in that respect.

This being Fendi, a bit of experimentation with fabrication also weaved its way into the collection, with a tufted coat actually made from slivers of denim and some plush shearling on cropped jackets.

What Princess Anne would make of the sparkly suits on the willowy young men on the catwalk – perhaps a nod to her 1970s glamour – as well as the screaming furor from fans outside due to the presence of K-Pop stars and actors James Franco and Kit Harrington is anyone’s guess. But Silvia Venturini Fendi is no stranger to the singular position of being a strong, forthright woman within a powerful dynasty. It was a witty stylistic love letter from one woman of substance to another.

[illsuiteddowner]

@unclejackworthing

It was Arthur's fault for getting too comfortable. Jack was in the kitchen trying to figure something out while Arthur waited in the living room. Jack was only a room away. He got too comfortable.

When the knock on the door came, he nearly jumped out of his skin. He was in no state to entertain company. He was wearing someone else's pajamas and covered in bruises after his last encounter. But when he he hesitated too long, he heard a voice through the door:

"You'll want to cooperate, of course. It's a matter of your health." Arthur looked through the window and made direct eye contact with a doctor. Another one was behind him, difficult to mistake when they were dressed almost identically in the same odd fashion sense common among Wellington Wells' medical community.

Arthur's heart sunk, but he put on the best smile he could and opened the door. He tried to keep his body mostly behind it. "Gentlemen! Lovely day for it! Now what's all this about a medical emergency?"

"Yes, well, you'll forgive the intrusion, but my colleague and I happened to be wandering along when caught your scent through the window. It's ajar."

Arthur looked at it again. Indeed it was. Why did every little thing have to go wrong? The doctor pushed past Arthur into the living room, then turned to face him, so Arthur had a doctor on both sides.

"And, when we'd sniffed you out, then we couldn't help but notice that peculiar pungency telltale of one off their Joy." The doctor smiled, his creepy little mustache curving up at the edges. "So of course we both agreed it was our medical duty to come remedy the situation."

"Oh, dear!" It wasn't difficult to look horrified. It was harder to to look like he had nothing to hide. "Silly me! Has it been that long since I've popped a Joy? I'll take one straight away. I'm so thankful to you for warning me, Doctor." Arthur kept turning between the doctors, unsure which one to face. "And, uh, Doctor. Jolly decent of you."

"Yes, we'll administer a dose presently." The doctor leaned close, peering at Arthur with one fish eye. The one behind Arthur--he was getting them mixed up now--took a noisy sniff of Arthur's neck. "Are you certain you don't need more extreme medical intervention, sir? You do seem to be rather beat up."

"Oh, not at all! That's why I'm at home in my pajamas, you see. Silly me, I tripped down the stairs and the doctor put me on strict bed rest until I've healed up."

If only smiling hard enough would make them believe him. His cheeks were starting to hurt. "I've been going crazy here at home instead of at work. I'm sure the Joy will help with that." Arthur tried to step out from between the duo. "I'll just step away and go take care of that right now. I shouldn't waste another minute."

The doctor behind Arthur grabbed his upper arm and wrenched him back in place. "You'll forgive us for wanting to take you back to the office just to be sure. It is a matter of your health, after all. You can't be too careful."

"Oh, pish-posh!" said Arthur desperately. "I'm as healthy as a horse. Just some light bruising."

"I think that's for a qualified medical professional to to decide, don't you think?" The doctor in front of Arthur produced a rather large syringe as the one behind him held Arthur's arms. "But first there is the matter of your Joy. I think you'll be much more agreeable once the proper dosage is applied.

The doctor came in close and tilted Arthur's head up to expose his neck. He ran a finger along the vein he chose and then stabbed the needle into Arthur's skin, fully compressing the plunger and emptying the pink liquid into Arthur's bloodstream.

"Shit," said Arthur. His legs had suddenly stopped working correctly. He collapsed into the doctor's arms. Too much Joy.