#Samuel James wigs

[bespokeredmayne]

Getting into character

The changing wigs worn by Eddie Redmayne’s Emcee in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club heightened the shifts in his character + melded with the tone + action on stage. Repost @samuel_james_wigs_ on Instagram: “Wigs made by us for #eddieredmayne in Cabaret the Musical. Designed by @tomscuttdesign

#wigs #wigmaker #lacewigs #musical #theatre #cabaret #kitkatclub #cabaretmusical #eddieredmayne #theemcee #samueljameswigs”

[thepastisalreadywritten]

England, a nation of shopkeepers. 🛒

A thread of fascinating Victorian shops, each with their own individual character. 🧵

Little Victorian children smartly turned out at Guest Hosier and Draper. A good range of socks, shirts and cravats displayed in the window.

England, 1888

Mr H. Shaw. Naturalist and Fishing Tackle Manufacturer.

An impressive collection of stuffed fauna under glass domes. A huge plaster fish, a mounted bull’s head, a keep net and a coracle can be seen.

England, 1888

Anderton Jeweller and Watchmaker.

A meticulously arranged window display and judging by the hanging sign, a maker of spectacles too.

England, 1888

Samuel Juckes.

Ironmonger, tinsmith and bell hanger. The shop keeper, wearing a long white apron, stands in the doorway with garden forks, spades, baskets, broom heads, and buckets.

England, 1888

Henry James.

Large Cheshire and Cheddar cheeses and packs of margarine for 6d. Other large round cheeses are piled outside with hams hanging on hooks.

England, 1888

Moore Hairdresser and Fancy Repository.

Goods on sale include fans, wigs, chess boards, shaving requisites, whips and children’s toys alongside the hairdressing service.

England, 1888

H. Hillier Confectioner and Baker.

Displayed in the window are bottles and confectionery on the top shelf and bread and cakes on the lower shelf. Cadbury’s chocolate, hot dinners daily, and a bed for the night.

England, 1888

James F. Smith.

Oil, Glass, Paint and General Dealer. Located next to Toye Bros., butchers. A policeman stands on the far right of the photograph.

England, 1888

Dick’s Depot - Original Boot and Shoe Shop.

Repairs done while you wait and a large quantity of footwear is displayed. “Dick’s repairs are the best!”

England, 1888

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A treasure trove of beautiful photographs captured on fragile glass plate negatives by 25-year old Victorian businessman, Joseph Della Porta.

Stunningly colourised by Jecinci Colorizations.

[unreleasedwrites]

Um hi I am kinda shy and can you please do a lookism men x black fem reader?

drabbling about lookism characters w a black woman

pov: lookism characters dating a black woman

character(s) included: multiple; Daniel Park, Zack Lee, Warren Chae, Euntae Lee, Jace Park, Jake Kim, Sinu Han, Jay Hong, Eli Jang, Kwak Brothers, Johan Seong, Gun Park, Samuel Seo, Goo Kim, Vin Jin, Yoojin, Yooseong, Baek Hangyeol, Baek Gyeol, Diego Kang/James Lee, Seongji Yook, Jaegyeon Na, Gitae Kim

cw: my opinion, tbh I wasn’t sure how to do this and I’d like to just state that I am not a black woman, but I did try my best to get this request done from what I know in social media and experiences of other black women that I know with their mans, although this can lowkey be seen as any person since i dont really know how to put ideas about them w a specific race, but i tried my best 😭, also wasn’t sure which character would do which so just imagine someone else if you’d like, in this scenarios— they all love you veryyyyyyyy much so if yiu imagine someone like yoojin doing all that for you, remember he is obsessed w you and they all are in these fics and drabbles ( im delusional ), also there are a lot of characters in each because i feel like they all could do that 😭😭

unwrapped on: Sunday Night, April 28 2024

wrapped up on: Saturday Night, May 11 2024

published on: Saturday Night, May 11 2024 (at around 9 PM)

Absolutely head over heels

Absolutely loves seeing you in FLASHY colors. He solely thinks that it highlights your skin tone incredibly well and he just loves matching with you whenever he can. He gets himself involved with all your hair appointments, even though they can take up to literal HOURS. He will literally and deliberately sit there and happily watch you without any complaints. Loves seeing your finished hairstyles, whether it’s any sort of braids, extensions, laid out edges, or new wigs that you had custom made— he is absolutely amazed with how it all turned out. This man tries to help you with your hair but really can’t figure it out so he ends up just watching you as per usual, patient and puppy dog eyed. Even if he isn’t used to it, he will try to do your makeup happily if you let him. If you do, he will be overjoyed and start off with your skincare products and the makeup is only after that. He clings onto you like a lost puppy whenever you just got back from shopping or an appointment because you just look, oh sooo pretty and he doesn’t know how to tell you that in words.

Daniel Park, Zack Lee, Warren Chae, Euntae Lee, Jace Park, Jake Kim, Sinu Han, Jay Hong, Eli Jang, Kwak Brothers, Johan Seong, Yooseong, Baek Hangyeol, Seongji Yook

If he wanted to he would (rich version)

Will rearrange his ENTIRE day to day schedule just for you. He will take you to get your hair done whenever and wherever you want. He comes around at the end of all your appointments to pay and smother you in compliments about how good you look, and if you don’t like what the stylist did, he’ll take care of it. He pays for everything, from your hair and lashes to your nails and makeup products. He doesn’t care about how much it all costs, as long as you’re happy with how it turned out and the service or products, he will never complain or even bring up having to pay for stuff because you can provide for yourself and actually don’t need him financially— but he insists. Of course, you find ways to make it up to him to which he is very happy with. Even if the stylist seemingly did a pretty bad job, he will never admit that even if it were true. He will make sure you feel secure and that it isn’t bad at all, and he immediately books and pays for your new appointment with your favorite stylist.

Gun Park, Samuel Seo, Goo Kim, Yoojin, Baek Hangyeol, Baek Gyeol, Diego Kang/James Lee

You’re just too perfect

Would love to try out the things you do normally but he’s never done before. Wearing bonnets? Count him in. Wanna do braids on / with him? He doesn’t mind. Cook him food he hasn’t tried before? He’ll love it as long as you made it. Also loves seeing GOLD on you. It just highlights your skin tone so well and he makes sure you’re always wearing what you’d like but he loves seeing you in shiny jewelry because it just compliments you so well. Loves all the hairstyles you do but one of the ones that baffles him the most is when you just unwrapped your silk press. He thinks its so satisfying and this man is also head over heels with every single aspect of your body. It doesn’t matter where or why, how small or how big, he is just absolutely obsessed with you. He will also specifically give you his clothes with the colors that he thinks suit you so insanely well.

i feel like all of them 😭😭: Daniel Park, Zack Lee, Warren Chae, Euntae Lee, Jace Park, Jake Kim, Sinu Han, Jay Hong, Eli Jang, Kwak Brothers, Johan Seong, Gun Park, Samuel Seo, Goo Kim, Vin Jin, Yoojin, Yooseong, Baek Hangyeol, Baek Gyeol, Diego Kang/James Lee, Seongji Yook, Jaegyeon Na, Gitae Kim

notes: some are in the cw (content warnings), but also im gonna be insanely busy for like the next 2 weeks but I will upload a masterlist (even though i dont have much works lol), plus an about me post so you can see info on requesting and what i write, i only wanted to post the about me since the masterlist is kinda empty, but in my about me post there is a supposed link that leads to the masterlist so yeah… Also if you look at my masterlist, you’ll be able to see what im currently writing in my drafts and some fics i may do soon!! andDDDDdddDd TYSM FOR 100 FOLLOWERS (107 to be exact) IM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YALL AND I NEVER WOULDVE IMAGINE THAT I COULD GET HERE AND THATS ALSO WHY IM UPLOADING THE MASTERLIST AND ABOUT ME 😭😭 also because ill be busy my only post within the next week and about a half will just be the masterlist and about me post so im sorry abt that but after ill be back to writing !! 💝💝 thank you so much ❤️🤍

- With or without proper credits, please don't try to steal or claim any of my works as your own

I genuinely appreciate any feedback like comments, likes, reblogs, and requests

Once again, I hope this isn't too bad and I will be doing more of these drabbles so just feel free to request but try to specify if a drabble is actually what you’re looking for and not a one shot, thank you!! 💝

[six-costume-refs]

Wig Changes: 2023-24 UK Tour

We’re only a few week into shows for the new UK Tour cast, but there’s already been several significant changes to the wig design. As always, here’s the breakdown.

Kenedy Small (Cleves) Samuel James, the wig maker, posted a photo of Kenedy’s wig around the time they would have finished it. It has some pretty significant departures from most Cleves wigs. The hair is braided back from the hairline to the crown and then left loose and curly. It’s very similar to Cassandra Lee’s Aragon look. By one of the late costume fittings, it had been loosely restyled with the same base style but with the loose hair pulled into the more typical faux-hawk style. By tech week, it was significantly restyled to the typical faux-hawk structure, with braids only on the sides. The curl pattern was also altered to create more defined curls. As shows started, the bulk of the curls were pulled forward and secured. This current look is fairly in line with most other Cleves wigs.

Lou Henry (Howard) Lou has very short hair, presumably too short to put up in a ponytail. To address this, they seem to have given her a front piece (pictured left). They've had this issue with a few Howards and usually solved it similarly; here's a post about how it works for Esme Rothero and Tsemaye Bob-Egbe. In a late fitting, her hair was pulled loosely back into the ponytail. By tech, it was pulled much more tightly back but with a bump in the front. By opening night, they had shifted it to a side part with a swooped bang style. In mid-May, they scrapped the hairpiece entirely and just slicked her hair back. The ponytail was also moved higher on her head, rather than sitting further back like it had before. I'm not sure what happened with her wig. It may be that her hair just grew out enough that they could style it that way, or they may have worked out a way to slick it back like they have for some prior actors' bangs.

Izi Maxwell (alt Boleyn) Izi's hair has mostly had length changes. The left photo is from tech and seems to be her own hair. The center photo is from her debut and she has a shorter back piece with a lighter tone. For her 2nd show, she’s worn a similar bob back piece. However, it has a slightly different color and cut than the one she initially wore in the left photo and seems to be either a different wig or an altered one.

[lightleckrereins]

Six UK tour 2023 costume breakdown

Guess who is doing the write-up this time. This will include the costumes that have been onstage so far: principal costumes, alternate principal costumes, silver swing and orange alt and will be updated with the rest of alternate costumes once we get good photos of those. Also a few general notes:

The entire cast has the numeral earrings and glitter IEMs.

The boots are custom made by LaDuca with rhinestones done by Crystalled by Jane who does all the UK boots and collaborated on the heel designs with Gabriella Slade. All boots minus Cleves have the single wide strap and alternates have silver heels and interchangeable straps. Ellie Jane grant gets a second pair of tigh high boots for Cleves.

Aragon: Nicole Louise Lewis (principal), Ellie Jane Grant (alternate)

The costumes follow the style of recent UK Aragon costumes with a wide front panel and skirt gap. The peplum has been switched from a single piece laying mostly flat against the skirt that 2022 WE and UKT have/had to a more US looking rised peplum made of different panels. Unlike most Aragon costumes the shoulder straps widen at the bottom and are not fully aligned with the bodice seams and the horizontal band at the collar is wider than usual. The necklaces have black trim weaved through the chains. The costume is likely made by White Star costume.

They both have full wigs styled with braids at the front following the hairline. Nicole's wig is black and reaches her upper back, Ellie's wig is auburn slightly shorter and has a little more volume as both are made following their hairtype.

Boleyn: Laura Dawn Pyatt (principal), Izi Maxwell (alternate)

This costumes have the darker green vinyl that was introduced to the UK in late 2022 and has become the standard since. Unlike most Boleyn costumes where the square cutouts start right at the waist or slightly higher (being partially cut on top) and are either cut before a third row of squares at the bottom starts or have the third row cut these skirts have solid black above and below the squares to complete the lenght. It is more visible on Izi as her skirt is longer. The costume is likely made by White Star costume.

Laura wears her hair mid back. Izi has worn hairpieces in a few different lenghts but it seems to have settled on a chin lenght hairpiece with the tips curved inward.

Seymour: Erin Caldwell (principal), Tamara Morgan (alternate)

The costumes are standard UK costume with a black trim weaved through the chain. The costumes are made by Kirsti Reid.

Erin has a full wig that reaches mid back. It is styled with a slight side part (that had only been used in the US and SK productions while UK did only mid parts), a styled front in line with the recent SK stylings, no beehive and soft curls towards the bottom. She wore a crown with a black base at the start of her run but switched to a white base, which had only been used in US productions and cruises at that point. Tamara wears her own hair styled with a side part and the sides pulled back, she also wears a hairpiece that reaches her mid back.

Cleves: Kenedy Small (principal), Ellie Jane Grant (alternate)

They both have standard UK costumes made by Paul Aspinall (who has made all UK Cleves in recent years) and reveal leotards by Queen of stretch.

Kenedy wears a full wig styled in the usual Cleves updo with braids on the sides and curls styled towards the front and over her forehead; Samuel James wigs who makes all the UK wigs and hairpieces posted a different wig for her that seems to be cut (Ellie has worn her hair styled on a simpler version of the updo in varying heights, but she might get a wig in the future.

Howard: Lou Henry (principal), Izi Maxwell (alternate)

They both have costumes made by Ella dancewear who is the primary UK Howard maker. The skirts seem to be slightly narrower than usual.

Right at the start Lou wore a base wig with styled bangs in the front and a separate ponytail attached to the wig; she had a different styling with a front poof instead of styled bangs during tech and wig fittings. Mid may she started wearing her own hair as base instead of the wig. Izi wears her hair pulled back into a bun with the ponytail on top in the usual Howard styling.

Parr: Aoife Haakenson (principal), Tamara Morgan (alternate)

Aoife has a standard UK Parr costume. Tamara´s costume mostly follows the UK style but her pants havea higher waist than usual and her peplum is narrower to accomodate her build. Both costumes are made by AshleighCherrycostumes who is the primary UK Parr maker.

Aoife wears a full wig styled in a version of the braid and ponytail hairstyle that seems to be the new standard for non black Parr actors. She has a french braid on top and the sides pulled back into a ponytail lightly curled on the tips. And a crown on both sides like Roxanne and the SK Parrs. Tamara wears her own hair styled in the curly side ponytail.

Swing: Shakira Simpson

Shakira has the silver swing costume made by Paul Aspinall. So far she has debuted Aragon, Seymour and Howard wearing the main silver skirt and Parr wearing pants, but from costume maker posts we know she has a Cleves costume. She has a K charm for Howard and likely a B charm for Boleyn. During rehearsals she posted boots with a new heel rhinestone design, but she got the usual silver design by the time she debuted.

She wears her own hair for all the queens she has debuted so far with hairpieces added for some of them. For Aragon she wears her hair pulled back on the sides with a short curled hairpiece and a silver version of the Aragon crown. For Seymour she wears her hair pulled back on the sides, and a mid back lenght hairpiece curled with soft waves. For howard she wears her hair pulled back into a bun and a waist long straight ponytail. For Parr she wears her hair styled in a simmilar way to Aoife with a braid at the front and a ponytail on the back. She wears different lipstick for each queen and regular silver hoop earrings.

Alternates: Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell

Ellie has the teal costume for her second and third covers. Her costume is the current standard teal variation with pants and a peplum and a darker blue vinyl. So far she has debuted Boleyn and Parr in this costume. She has interchangeable boot straps in the teal square design.

For Boleyn she wears her own hair styled into spacebuns and has a B charm choker. For Parr she wears her own hair styled to the curly side ponytail.

Izi has the orange costume for her second and third covers. She has debuted Seymour and Cleves in this costume. The costume is a standard UK orange with pants and peplum likely made by Camden costumes. It has a notable difference in the cutout panels on the front and back of her top being narrower than usual to accomodate for her build. She has interchangeable boot straps in the current orange style with black outlines.

For Seymout she wears her own hair pulled back with a long back hairpiece styled in a very small beehive. For Cleves she wears her hair in an updo with three buns that is the standard for UK alts with straight hair, the buns are likely a hairpiece as her hair is too short to create enough volume. For her promo photo she wore the orange costume and her Parr hairstyle which is the same combination of braid and ponytail Aoife and Tamara wear, in Izi's case it is her own hair styled at the front and a hairpiece for the ponytail in the back.

Note: we have seen tamara in her pink alt costume in promo photos and backstage but she hasn't debuted any queens in pink I didn't add that costume yet. All the alt costumes are likely made by Camden Costumes.

All photos come from the queen's personal instagram or tiktok accounts (@/nicolelouise_lewis, @/lauradawnpyatt_, @/erincaldwellxox, @/kenedysmall, @/louhenry, @/aoife_haakenson, @/s.simpson, @/elliejane.grant, @/izimaxwell, @/tamannemorgan) the six main accounts (@/sixthemusical), and promotional photos are by Pamela Raith (@/peachyraith)

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ficsmells of 2023

(a sequel to the long-bygone ficsmells of 2017)

pete campbell in "santa, buddy": pomade, laundry soap

mozart in "divertimento": wig powder, orange-flower water, sweat, ink

billy hargrove in "somebody's sins but not mine": cigarettes, Drakkar Noir

eddie munson in "we like it louder": sweat, woodsmoke, Old Spice, grime

eddie munson in "give you what you need": sweat, weed, Old Spice, body odor (look at him and tell me i'm wrong)

al shaw in "all the things you boys lie about": sweat, specifically Marlboro cigarettes

vecna tentacle monster in "alive after death": chlorine, semen, rotting meat

daimler in "no language but a cry": rosemary and clove pomatum

julian fromme in "the days of september that rise": swimming pool chlorine, skin/sweat

orson krennic in "the dose makes the poison": sweat, uniform wool, "light and woody" cologne

phil burbank in "coffin tack": this man STINKS + wet wool/leather

bob benson in "(the first time ever) i saw your face": 'Binaca and fine cologne'

henry drax in "the heidelburgh tun": sweat, body odor, wet wool, blood

cirk baufort in "false taste of paradise": sweat, clean cotton tee shirt, semen

father paul hill in "and all the senses rise against": semen, soap, salt, skin, trace cologne

noemí taboada in "lactarius indigo": typewriter ribbons, dusty card catalogs

boris lermontov in "adoration of the earth": carnation, glove leather, hair tonic (spice/herbal notes)

g. joubert in "til every taste is on the tongue": leather, carnation, rosewood, cedar

primo nizzuto in "sticky fingers": bergamot, orange oil

cornelius hickey in "the men will be good, but when?": picked rope, tar

brother matteo in "horologion": wool, wax

dr. stanley in "a progressive vice": camphor

cleopatra in "sykon": myrrh, balsam

james noel holland in "a pathless comet, and a curse": vetiver, neroli

julius caesar in "leopard" and "intempesta nox": calamus, sweet clover, marjoram

stewy hosseini in "the gatecrasher": rosemary, hinoki (I think I had a real cologne or combination of products in mind when I wrote this description but idk which)

stewy hosseini in "buy more stock in roses": cedarwood

marc antony in "nonae" and in "this battalion of lovers": olive oil, herbal water

henry iv in "much ado with red and white": clove-pinks, blood

prince hal in "surfeited with honey": rose, civet

shiv roy in "in the sanatorium": hair serum, expensive shampoo

kendall roy in "in the sanatorium": Tom Ford cologne

henry viii in "serpentello": civet, lavender, bay

samuel masham in "a trick of state": sandalwood, civet

hugo barrett and tony theservant1963 in "close my mouth": Russian birch, leather -- super common fragrance notes for men's fragrance of the era, I might have been thinking Creed Cuir de Russie, for reasons that have everything to do with the comedy value of Creed's pretentious branding

evelyn mulwray in "speak low": 'wet earth and salt water and magnolia flower, like a cloud of perfume staining the wrist of a pair of white leather glove'

colonel ives in "and the burden and the lesson": pomade, bay leaf, clove

noho hank in "yes, and": 'expensive stores at the mall' which 100% means he's wearing a cologne barry doesn't recognize

sal romano in "at last, something beautiful": this dude smells NICE in ways ginsberg cannot articulate

marcus isaacson in "something unreck'd": rose and petitgrain

jay gatsby in "a ruby in the vine": BLOOD AND MONEY

debbie mitford in "soft targets": jasmine, cigarette smoke

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

What an amazing work!

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[thatmexisaurusrex]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your five favorite fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

tagged by: @jules-of-the-crown oh gosh, thank you so much for tagging me 🥰

Here are 5 of my favorite fics I've written!

1. The Bucky Quest Saga | SamBucky | Rated: M | WC: 301.6K | Canon Compliant (To a Point), Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Foodies

Summary: Sam Wilson's out on his search to find the infamous Winter Soldier shortly after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. What he finds isn't what he expects.

Excerpt:

Sam stared down at it. Shiny. A bow carefully tied around it. “The fuck?” Sam accidentally let slip, just staring down at the damned steering wheel the hotel front desk worker was awkwardly holding out to Sam, clearly bewildered. “He just…left it here? And told me to give it to Mr. Samuel Wilson of Room 1405,” she spoke up, as if she’d said it already, which she might have, Sam felt like he’d been staring at the wheel for somewhere between five minutes and five hours.

2. If We Are Celestial Bodies Series | SamBucky | Rated: M | WC: 87.7K | Winged!Sam, Shifter!Bucky, Prince!Sam, Arranged Marriage AU with a Twist

Summary: Sam has seven days to find a spouse out of hundreds of suitors before he becomes king. He has no clue how he's going to choose a spouse, let alone run a city-state. But at least he's not the biggest mess at this week-long event. That title goes to the very entertaining James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes.

Excerpt:

“I’m preparing,” said Sam. “No. You’re dramatically moping on the floor and spiraling into a nervous wreck,” said Redwing.

3. Strawberries and Grapes Bear Fruit in the Summer | SamBucky | Rated: M | WC: 10.5K | Winged!Sam, Strangers to Lovers, Courting Rituals, Multiverse

Summary: Something's been eating Bucky's strawberries and grapes from his garden. Bucky decides to stake out the garden and find out what it is, only to discover that it's a who... with wings.

Excerpt:

“Um,” said Bucky, trying to make sense of what he was looking at, “Excuse me?” Wings. The man had wings. There was a drop-dead gorgeous man who was standing right in front of Bucky (well, crouching), wearing clothes like he just stepped out of some fantasy LARP, nibbling on Bucky’s strawberries like they were the free samples at a supermarket. Bucky was staring.

4. Buffy Burnes Ph.D. the Scientific Illustrator Roommate | SamBucky | Rated: M | WC: 5.1K | Roommates, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Crack Treated Seriously, Post-AoU

Summary: Sam decides to take a break from Avengers business after Age of Ultron. He puts out an ad for a roommate on Craigslist for his new apartment in Delacroix. He gets one response from a "Dr. Buffy Burnes".

Excerpt:

“Buffy?” said Sam curiously, “Like the Vampire Slayer?” Bucky frowned in confusion. “…Yes?” said Bucky, definitely not understanding the reference. Sam didn’t even know how Bucky got into the country. Probably the same way he got out. Sam honestly didn’t even care. The terrible blonde wig; the nondescript glasses; the button down and gloves that made zero sense in Delacroix, Louisiana; Sam was having a time with this, trying not to buzz too delightfully at the thought that the first and seemingly only person to answer Sam’s Craigslist ad for a roommate was Bucky fucking Barnes in disguise. Sam wondered if that was because Delacroix was such a small community; Sam wondered if it was because Bucky did something so that he was the only person who could respond. Again, Sam didn’t care. This was an Oscar performance worthy of a Razzie and Sam was honored to be here with front row seats to it.

5. You're a Sunflower (I Think Your Love Will Be Too Much) | Aaron Davis x Peter B. Parker | Rated: M | WC: 14.8K | Canon Divergence, Fake Marriage, Crack Treated Seriously, Dorks in Love

Summary: Inspired by this Tumblr post, a what-if about Aaron Davis and Peter B. Parker being fake married.

Excerpt:

“Uh,” said Miles, and Peter knew he was usually pretty okay (like, a B- at the very least) at keeping up a cover story, so the kid was bound to have some level of ability to lie too, right, “This is my Uncle Peter.” Miles said. To his own parents. Was Peter inwardly screaming? Sure. Out of all the cover stories with all the people, how?

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No pressure tag to: @yammz, @samothy-wilson, @cataroo, @sadieb798, @meidui and whoever else would like to do this who sees this post 🥰

[therealvinelle]

So as of right now who would you cast to play in twilight? And it’s subsequent movies?

You’re making it really difficult for me, anon. This is… well this movie would be ridiculous. You see, I watch very few modern movies. Notice how much of this cast is taken from tumblr, "Little Women", and the MCU.

At least there’s no Ben Barnes.

Alice: Shira Haas

Had to consult a friend for this one.

Shira Haas had her growth stunted by childhood illness, she's a teeny tiny woman. She's the right age too.

Aro: Timothee Chalamet

This one is actually great as far as facecasting goes. Chalamet has the perfect vibe and face for “polite but maniacal ancient, frail-looking over-curious vampire”.

I’m not sure he has the charisma or gravitas needed for the part, I think is Paul in the upcoming Dune movie will tell.

Bella: Freya Allan

She’s very beautiful, the right age, and more importantly she looks delicate and protectable. She nails the vulnerable beauty aesthetic. I think she could pull it off.

Caius: Samuel Jackson, because he’d have so much fun with it. That, and he accepts just about every gig so I might actually get him.

Jackson can put the fear of God into a man and very effectively communicates that he has no time for your nonsense. Caius would be easy as breathing. Also he'd look killer in a white wig.

Carlisle: CGI Henry Cavill

Is he too old, yes, he could be Carlisle's father. Does he look like what I picture from Carlisle, no. But he is insanely good looking, the kind who makes you want to go rethink your life because if you can’t look like that, or have that man’s children, then what’s the point of it all.

His physique fits Carlisle, tall and strong, and he has the charisma for it. He’s one of those who can have no lines in a scene and still be an important part of it.

Besides, in my movie I’d use CGI and a trunkload of makeup on all the actors anyway (we’re assuming I have a ridiculous budget), they’re not supposed to look human.

Edward: I looked up current boy bands, none of the images loaded, then thought about CGI Johnny Depp because my god that man has the range, but then a friend tipped me off to some guy called Finn Wolfhard.

He is the right age, he has very interesting and extreme yet symmetrical features, I don't know if he has the range but he appears to be my best option.

Emmett: Two guys in a coat muscle suit. The one on the top is Tom Holland.

You didn't give me a lot to work with, anon.

CGI and the makeup department will have to bail us out for this one.

Esme: Emma Watson.

She’s not a very good actress, but it’s a small part so she doesn’t have to be. She has the right aesthetic and the right age, I can see her pulling it off.

James: Brad Pitt.

He’d nail it, I’m sure, the guy is a character actor who tragically got lost in the blockbuster scene. I’d be so down for Pitt as James, you people have no idea.

Jane and Alec: Dafne Keen.

She’s amazing, looks the part, and as Alec is a bit part she gets to play both.

Jasper: I’m sobbing, but… Clint Eastwood.

Yes, he’s in his nineties, no I don’t care. No CGI either, just Clint Eastwood as is.

Laurent: William Jackson Harper.

Come to think of it Harper could have made a very compelling Carlisle, but if Carlisle were black he wouldn’t be able to become a doctor in the States in the first place. Twilight would have to be set in another part of the world. It’d be a different story period.

I digress - Harper gets Laurent because he is great at panicking, and that’s really what Laurent has been doing in the face of his life going downhill for the past three hundred years.

Marcus: Margot Robbie.

Look, I have to cast her as somebody in this franchise, but I’m running out of current male actors whose names I know. Robbie is very talented and more, I genuinely think she would relish being swathed in petrified vampire makeup to play this super depressed ancient 19-year-old male vampire.

Mostly I’d cast her to see what she made of the part.

Rosalie: I would have gone Sophie Turner, but she's just not a very good actress. Not good enough for Rosalie, at any rate.

I think I'll say Anya Taylor-Joy instead. I haven't seen her in anything so I can't attest to her talent, but she has the face for the part.

Victoria: Zendaya

I DON’T KNOW A LOT OF CONTEMPORARY ACTRESSES.

Zendaya has a face, she’s an actress, she’s younger than 30. She gets the part. And I do sincerely think she could really look the part. Besides, London has always been a racially mixed city so Victoria doesn't have to be white. Red hair is not an exclusively caucasian trait.

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All these actors would be slathered in copious amounts of makeup and CGI, and good use of lightning and costumes (think the elves in Lord of the Rings), but yeah, this is... well it's a list. Make of it what you will.

[terrovaniadorm]

Inconsistency my beloved, i did her reference few weeks ago but didn't post it before so, here's my Hexeons oc Angelique!

Name: Angelique Hilda Grand

Nicknames: Angie (her rats)

Age: You'll never know

Birthday: February 5

Species: Witch

Height: 172cm

Family: Many siblings, Faust-Marion Grandiose (Great great nephew)

Homeland: The Rose Kingdom

Twisted from: Grand high witch

Class: 4-D

Dorm: Hexeons (@the27th)

Occupation: Student

Club: Movie Appreciation Club

Best Subject: Conjuration

Dominant Hand: Right

Favorite Food: Hamburgers

Least Favorite Food: Chocolate

Dislikes: Young Children

Hobby: Throwing lavish parties

Talents: Doing Make-up

Unique Magic: Maximum Results!

Angelique can turn people into rats, unless they best her in 24 hours they'll remain as rats permanently.

Personality: Angelique is very old, wise and powerful yet she's very vain about herself and very bossy. Very patient but very destructive when her patience runs out, hates young children and unnecessary loudness

CV: N/A

Trivia

-Angelique is a Latin name meaning "messenger of god"

Hilda is a norse name meaning "battle"

Grand is a Latin name meaning "High"

-Has a wig different every day, no one knows how her actual hair looks like

-No one knows her actual age either

-Very good at shapeshifting magic

-Hates anything chocolate related, she's disgusted by it

-Her rats named are Luke, Bruno and James

-Used to be Simone and her nephew Faust's mentor, Simone idolizes her while Faust despises their aunt

-Hates Hecate and Samuel, has some history with Hecate

-Xanthe is terrified of her,no one knows why though

[bedlamsbard]

All right, reactions to Mando 2.05, “The Jedi”, in...semi-coherent form. Spoilers, obvs. I hated this episode, so keep scrolling now if you don’t want to see negativity.  This is not in any kind of order except stream-of-conscious.

again, I reiterate, spoilers.

again, I reiterate, this is REALLY negative.

Rosario Dawson...yikes.

how...did Bo-Katan know that Ahsoka was on Corvus? are they in contact? since when? Ahsoka seems to have been on Corvus for long enough to be a nuisance to the Magistrate (Morgan Elsbeth), but normally Ahsoka is very efficient and she just...really does not seem to be here? I did not get the impression she was planning on sticking around for any period of time.

(the same could be true for Frog Lady and Bo-Katan on Trask several episodes back. that wasn’t a convert, that was three Mandalorians hanging around the port in cloaks. I guess they could be doing that on the regular, but? would the Empire not then be more worried about being attacked by Mandalorians?)

there was only ever a very, very slim chance that I was going to be happy with any translation of Ahsoka from animation to live action.  I am on record as thinking that animation is the medium for Star Wars and that live action is always going to be a weaker medium than animation and that a lot of things that can be done in animation just cannot be translated to live action in any meaningful form.  I knew Ahsoka’s fighting style couldn’t translate to live action convincingly (here’s what I said about the mo-capped duel in TCW); it never occurred to me that they couldn’t pull off TOGRUTA given that Shaak Ti, you know, exists, and also there are so many excellent Ahsoka cosplayers.

(Consider KM Creations’ excellent silicone lekku (S7), which have beautiful movement; the cosplayer behind that is CallMeSnips and her epilogue prototype is from SWCC is in there somewhere.  I think Rei Kennex’s are latex (you can tell they don’t have much movement) but at least they’re the right length.  I think Ahsoka94′s are also latex (again with the movement); this is her Mortis vision grown-up Ahsoka.)

AND YES, THE LEKKU/MONTRALS WERE A DEAL-BREAKER FOR ME.

I feel very “you have made your bed and now you have to die in it” about that -- apparently the reasoning is for stunts and movement, but for me here’s the thing: her lekku length wasn’t optional.  This is not the equivalent of changing a hair style, which some people seem to think (believe me, I have read so many hot takes); this is like...I’m trying to think of a good comparison.  Like putting Peter Mayhew or Joonas Suotamo in a wig because Chewie’s head was too hard for the actor to see out of, or giving them normal human hands because they can’t grip with the Wookiee hands.

Also your main character wears a helmet at all times that (if it’s anything like my Mandalorian helmet) is pretty poor visibility and full body armor and THIS was your breaking point for stunts?

Ahsoka’s lekku and montrals grow as she ages. These are about S7 length; as @reena-jenkins put it, THEY DE-AGED HER HEAD.  Ahsoka fans coming in know this.  PEOPLE SAW THE REBELS EPILOGUE.

I wonder how many of the people being self-righteous about being totally fine about Ahsoka’s lekku are the same people who claim that Katee Sackhoff is too young to play Bo-Katan.

this also puts them in a weird position in regards to the inevitable merchandise: do they go with normal Ahsoka from TCW and Rebels, the one everyone is familiar with, or do they go with these stunted lekku?

(I can’t believe they’re going to make Her Universe sell merch with this Ahsoka on it. it’s not going to happen but I wish HU was going to be petty enough to not sell any nu!Ahsoka merch.)

Here is some nice art of how Ahsoka’s lekku and montral should have looked.

hoo boy were those prosthetics also just Bad.

“but the stunts” buddy I’m sure Pedro Pascal and his various stunt doubles aren’t having a great time in full armor with almost no visibility either

if you’re going to put the character in, do it right

YOU CAN’T CHEAT

look, I am really, really aural -- the best example I can give is that even though intellectually I know that Matt Lanter and Hayden Christensen both play Anakin Skywalker, I literally cannot parse them as both being the same Anakin Skywalker and for that reason TCW and the PT don’t exist for the same continuity for me.  (This also goes for Ewan McGregor and James Arnold Taylor, Natalie Portman and Cat Taber, and Samuel L. Jackson and TC Carson. I can kinda cope with the multiple Palpatine VAs. Yes, the decision to use Hayden and Sam in Ahsoka’s vision in “Shattered,” even blending into Matt’s voice from Hayden’s, threw me so badly I couldn’t take the vision seriously.)  Ashley Eckstein has a very distinctive voice, and moreover has been the only person to ever voice Ahsoka up to this point (even in the Ahsoka novel audiobook). Barring a MIRACLE I was never going to be able to parse another actress’s voice as Ahsoka’s, solely because of how my brain works.

I could probably have parsed someone else’s face because animated Ahsoka is pretty stylized but the voice thing is a huge problem for me because of how aural I am.

(I say this but when Squadrons did a more live action-style Hera -- knowing they mo-capped Vanessa Marshall I think they used Vanessa’s face for Hera’s, which is also what it looks like on the revised art and face sculpt for the Black Series Hera -- I kind of had a meltdown about it (for...weird reasons). And that was the same VA.)

(The timeskip between TCW and Rogue One, then Rebels, probably saved Saw Gerrera for me here, but he was also never a main character.)

can you believe that Sam Witwer’s Maul got more live action respect than Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka

I love Sam’s Maul but wow

this is particularly jarring because Dave Filoni and Ashley Eckstein always seemed like they were friends? I realize that this gets skewed by how little of their actual lives we see online, but that is the vibe that I’ve gotten from interviews and social media posts.

can you believe that TROS gave more respect to Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka than Dave Filoni’s Mando episode did (here is her statement on TROS.)

back in March, when the Dawson casting rumors first dropped (or leaked, as the case may be), Ashley posted a statement about it saying that she was not involved in The Mandalorian. she has over the years been very vocal about desperately wanting to play live-action Ahsoka, who is a character solely associated with her up until today, and honestly this just breaks my heart.

I am not the massive Ashley Eckstein fan that many Ahsoka fans are, but I have never heard anything bad about her (I saw her at my hotel at SWCC while I was waiting for my roommate to arrive! that’s the closest I’ve ever gotten to her, a distance of about six feet), and I really desperately hope that someone told her about this beforehand and she didn’t find out from watching the episode.

Also, while I’m here talking about Ashley Eckstein, the characterization here was extremely off, in that specific way that happens when a writer/director is working with their absolute favorite character, DAVE FILONI. I do trust Ashley to course-correct Dave on Ahsoka (in the same way we’ve heard about Sam Witwer pushing back on people about Maul), and that...was not happening here.  (I think Katee Sachoff said something similar to this about Bo-Katan in her interview last week, as well.)

how did you get Bo-Katan so right and Ahsoka so wrong

look, Dave Filoni is truly living up to George Lucas’s legacy in that he can story tell pretty well but he’s not actually that great at nitty-gritty of writing and directing. (none of the really good TCW episodes are his.)

this episode made me think of A Friend in Need (which he directed) which is not, like, a BAD episode but quite notoriously includes the Bo-Katan ass-slap and also Ahsoka beheading four Mandalorians at once.

it also includes a helpless village of oppressed and exploited Asian-coded civilians who are there mostly as background scenery so the bad guys can be bad and the heroes can feel righteous

I’ll come back to that one

the level of violence in this episode was...weird. honestly, too high? in a way that probably would not have registered if it was anyone but Ahsoka. look, I am an animated shows person. I know TCW and Rebels inside and out. I know that neither one is particularly shy about killing off faceless bad guys (though if you watch Rebels S1 compared to Rebels S4 they really dial back the amount of fatal violence the main characters commit in the last season, lol).  But this felt off for Ahsoka in a way I can’t really articulate.

why is Ahsoka attacking a random Mandalorian (her allies are Mandalorians!) who is walking through the woods WITH A BABY? WITHOUT WARNING?

part of that is just her movement -- when they animated her for TCW back in 2008, they made a deliberate decision to give her mannerisms and movement and a fighting style that a human can’t do because she isn’t human and animation can do that. which means that they hobbled themselves when they came to translating her to live action because uh a human can’t do that.

something about her lightsaber blades looked really, really wrong and I can’t put my finger on what. it’s like they just used the illuminated blades of the stunt sabers but didn’t do the extra CGI that the films do? I don’t know.

Ahsoka did a LOT of dramatic posing and what WAS that?

Dave can’t direct live action, that’s what that was

since when can you canonically convey that much information mind to mind

are Ahsoka and Grogu a dyad in the Force (I know the answer is no but also: what? what was happening?)

the only people we’ve seen who can do that sort of thing are Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis, who both have the rare talent for telemetry, and even that’s not mind to mind communication, that’s touching a thing and going “YIKES”

you are telling me that Ahsoka Tano, whom six months ago we saw take on Darth Maul, a whole barrage of Mandalorian warriors, and her entire clone trooper battalion and walk away without a scratch, had to work up a sweat fighting one woman with a spear

you do know that we all saw TCW and Rebels right

and here’s the problem! this episode makes zero sense if you HAVE seen TCW and Rebels because (1) she doesn’t look right (2) she doesn’t fight right (3) timelines? we’ve never heard of them? (4) is Thrawn back? did you find the Chimaera? (you all do remember that Ezra and Thrawn aren’t out there alone and are in fact with a 40,000 man crewed star destroyer right) (5) did you NOT find them? (6) are you even looking? (7) this is supposed to be AFTER the Rebels epilogue unless you’ve decided to take advantage of that specific ending scene not being super specifically dated and if it’s before IT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE! because I desperately hate that epilogue and its implications EVEN AS IT IS! (8) why would you call this episode “The Jedi” when since 2013 Ahsoka’s whole thing has been not being a Jedi

to be fair I’m pretty sure S7 tried very hard to course correct that but unfortunately, they could not because the rest of canon exists

are you still trying to deny me grown Ahsoka and Rex when we know you got Temuera back for a five second shot of Boba

to be fair I would have the same aural problems with Temuera voicing Rex because that’s Dee Bradley Baker as far as I’m concerned (I reiterate that this is because of how my brain process character and sound, not anythign else)

if you haven’t seen TCW and Rebels this is a random Jedi wandering around for no specific reason namedropping a completely random person who has no prior significance unless it’s going to turn up later

this entire show has consisted of namedropping random people and things with no prior significance within the show itself and it remains entirely unclear whether they’re ever going to have significance within the show itself

look, I can buy Ahsoka not wanting to train the kid both for her stated reasons and for some implied stuff from earlier on in canon (the kids in the Ahsoka novel, the babies from Future of the Force), even what happened with Ezra, and obviously she has Plans and cannot haul a baby around with her when that baby is going to be a baby for an indeterminate amount of time

which honestly is something that ought to come up because even if Ahsoka wanted to train the kid by the time she grew old and died he might, if we were very lucky, have advanced to being essentially a pre-teen and then would be on his own again? this is also true for Din.

lol sure go cast yourself out into the Force, I’m sure there’s absolutely not a single darksider still wandering around the galaxy who might perk up at “ooh, free apprentice!”

I’m literally starting to think that this show takes place in an alternate universe where Luke and Leia either don’t exist or died at some point in the OT

me, baffled, last season: you’re telling me Cara Dune, Alderaanian, had never heard of the Jedi? was she not keeping up with whatever Leia Organa was doing? was the Rebel Alliance actually big enough that PEOPLE IN IT HADN’T HEARD OF LUKE SKYWALKER?

what...is Luke doing right now. isn’t he training Leia?

WHAT HAS AHSOKA BEEN DOING FOR TEN YEARS are we seriously supposed to believe she peaced out of the Rebel Alliance after Malachor and whatever the hell they’re going to make that out to be (honestly at this point I’m betting on “they will never touch it”)

does or does Ahsoka not know that Luke exists

hoo boy can you just see them trying to cast a younger Luke, or do you think they’d CGI de-age Mark Hamill?

oh yeah let’s go through this again in a season with someone else playing young Luke, let’s, I’m not emotionally invested in that so I’m prepared to be entertained

hasn’t Sebastian Stan been floated (even if just on Twitter) for young Luke?

why are these not-imperials on this planet. what are they doing here. what’s the point.

 why is the planet...being burned? I was half-expecting, like, normal deforestation (in terms of logging for lumber) but I’m also a bit ??? about this.

since when is beskar resistant to lightsabers, I thought cortosis was the only thing that was? whatever, it’s new canon, they can do whatever they want. (ETA: apparently that’s been true for a while; I am more a Jedi person than a Mandalorian one as far as the EU goes and my Mandalorian lore is my weakest point.)

dear god were these fight scenes bad

I did spot Morai and I appreciated the tookas

okay, I am taking the next thing out of bullet points because I was really, really upset by it, and as an Asian-American woman it affects me directly.

I was really, really shaken by the use of village of (space) Asian people who were portrayed solely as background victims to be tortured and exploited.  Star Wars has a long history of Orientalism, and some of it I can look away from and some of I can’t.  Mando especially has a very bad track record with its treatment of Asian characters (Fennec Shand), and in recent years the rest of Star Wars live action has also been pretty bad about it; I will never forget how shaken and upset I was by Paige Tico’s death at the beginning of TLJ, and Rose’s sidelining in TROS was a lot to deal with. There has also been some pretty appalling anti-Asian racism from the Mandalorian fandom that I have seen in regards towards casting rumors about Sabine (which brought me to the point of tears as recently as yesterday).

I had been braced for Rosario Dawson Ahsoka because it’s been rumored for so long, if never officially confirmed by Lucasfilm, and after they pulled the original VA for Leia from Resistance a few years ago (without ever making an official statement but it was after she made really dismissive statements during the Kavanaugh hearings) I was still really hoping they’d pull Dawson for the transphobic assault allegations, or that the rumors were false, or...something.  I was not expecting the way that they treated the Asian civilian population here.  I kept hoping that there was going to be something, and it’s like they kept almost going there with Governor Wing (you want to make either his name or his position clear in the actual episode, maybe?) but then kept pulling back, which just made the whole population victims that had to be rescued by outsiders. And exploited, and tortured, and abused in general.

And yes, I’m aware the Magistrate/Morgan Elsbeth is an Asian-American woman.  That doesn’t make it better?  Since Ahsoka presumably kills her offscreen?

(Also Diana Lee Inosanto is a stunt performer and a fight choreographer, why is that fight scene so wooden, damn.)

okay back to bullet points to wrap up

I realize I haven’t said much about Din and the kid and that’s because they didn’t...do...much? I guess if you’re actually invested in them “YAY HE HAS FEELINGS” is a major thing but I’m not

I have flashes of being invested in Din, but the problem is that I never know what the hell this show is doing because it’s all over the place.  We are 5/8 of the way into season 2 and I have no idea what it’s trying to do: they keep setting stuff up and then not doing anything with it. I can make vague predictions based on what’s set up and based on my knowledge of canon, but this show is so weirdly set up and paced that I can never tell if they’re something for A Reason, for the lulz, or for the Aesthetic.

I feel extremely vindicated by the revelation a few weeks ago that Din grew up in a cult but I also straight-up feel like I spent the past year being gaslighted about what Mandalorians were, and that’s...not a great feeling. Do I think that the show is going to do anything with that? Fuck, I don’t know. I hope so. I know what I’d do as a writer. But I can’t predict anything they’re doing and that makes me really uneasy.

jeez, at least when George Lucas was making Star Wars you knew he was doing it to entertain himself and tell a specific story rather than constantly having to go back and wonder what story lines got compromised for a project down the road.

like, is this why they did mo-cap Ahsoka in S7, to brace us for live action Ahsoka here? I know they had already filmed Mando S2 before S1 came out. WHY THEY DIDN’T THEY REUSE LAUREN MARY KIM AS AHSOKA’S STUNT DOUBLE THEN? it’s not like she hasn’t stunted in Mando before?

if this was supposed to be a backdoor pilot to a Rebels sequel...I will flip a table

I enjoyed the Bad Batch eps in TCW S7 but knowing that there’s going to be a Bad Batch show I’m now wondering if they’re only in S7 to backdoor pilot that show

how far back does this go? did they put the Legacy of Mandalore story line in Rebels S4 solely to set up for this? especially considering that that’s the one thing in S4 that actually has saga weight and then they immediately got rid of everything it accomplished to set up for this?

I presume that this is the reason they refused to release the turnaround for Ahsoka’s epilogue look two years ago. apparently it doesn’t matter given they changed her entire epilogue color scheme and also her lekku and personality.

Look -- at the end of the day, there was only about a 2% chance I was ever going to like this episode, but I was holding out for it nevertheless. I do get surprised from time to time! I liked the Bo-Katan episode! This was, however, a hot mess. And yes: a lot of the things that bother me are not going to bother other people. (I haven’t seen anyone comment on the Asian villagers, for example.)

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Rate That Portrait: Admiral Edition

After my bemusing find of Graves-themed pet-portraiture last night, I realised I had never shown all three extant portraits of Samuel Graves, the (not quite so-) secret protagonist of this blog, alongside each other (or indeed at all...). So, here we go:

Samuel Graves, by Thomas Hudson.

4/10. It is recognisably him, no doubt, the family heirloom under eye bags give the sitter away. The captain's uniform coat makes it plain the portrait must have been painted between 1744 and 1762. I am decidedly not a fan of his wig or the fact he almost blends into the background.

Samuel Graves, circle of Joshua Reynolds.

20/10. That thing is so amusingly awful I love it and would hang it over my dinner-table. If you thought the Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions-trope was the product of 20th century action movies with ridiculously ripped male main characters that save the world with their brawn, not brains, think again: portly, middle-aged naval officers have done so in the 18th century. Someone hand him a pair of Terminator sunglasses, please.

I have absolutely no idea if the background is supposed to depict a real action (perhaps Quiberon Bay?), but it's clear Sam, gesturing towards the burning wreck nonchalantly with his hat in hand, wants to show it to you. No wonder his niece, Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe, née Gwillim, turned out so fascinated by (purposefully setting things on) fire- she must have picked the pyro-positive streak up from her dear uncle.

I'll award a serious bonus point for the decision to get rid of the terrible 1740s wig in favour of wearing his natural hair, though. Given he must have been in his fifties when it was painted (between 1762 and 1770, again, the uniform, this time a rear-admiral's, gives the timeline away), he seems to have had rather dark and luscious locks for that age.

In my mind, the portrait had pride of place in a sitting-room furnished with the pair of black sofas Samuel and his second wife Margaret owned (Margaret's favourites, by the way)- they both had a rather macabre taste in interior decoration, it seems.

Additionally, this painting inspired me to do my little re-write of We Didn't Start the Fire, so it undoubtedly has inspirational, artistic value (at least to yours truly). ;-)

Samuel Graves by James Northcote

8/10. I've talked about why I like this portrait so much before, but have to deduct points for bringing back The Wig, which obviously is the same one as in the 1740s portrait, just worse for wear after 30 years in a drawer in around 1769.

...Seriously though, if any of you happen to own the middle portrait or have seen it hang over the fireplace at your grandparents' house, do contact me with reasonable offers. ;-)

[six-costume-refs]

2022-23 West End Alt Wigs

Hey! I know I’ve gotten a few asks about this and with debuts of some third covers these last few days I thought I’d finally make a proper post. Wigs are all made by Samuel James Wigs and everyone's hair/wigs are styled by Zoe Louise.

Monique Ashe-Palmer Monique wears her natural hair for Aragon. The front is pulled back with a center part, but it doesn't utilize any Dutch braids in the front like most other recent Aragon styles. She also seems to wear her natural hair for Cleves. It's just pulled up on to the top of her hair and forward in a faux-hawk. For Boleyn and Seymour she has a half wig. It's styled in twists. For Boleyn the front half of her hair is pulled straight into regular Boleyn buns. For Seymour the front is twisted back around the crown and pinned to blend into her back piece. (S photo by Pamela Raith) For Parr she seems to wear her own hair just styled over to the side and left loose.

Danielle Rose Danielle wears her own hair for Boleyn. It's a typical middle part and Boleyn buns style. For Howard she slicks back her own hair into a bun and then adds a pink ponytail piece over. For Aragon she has a short curled back piece. (Note that she hasn't covered Aragon on this 22-23 contract, but it is one of her first covers) For Seymour she wears her own hair. Center part, slight beehive, and curled with rollers. For Parr she has a front bump into a low ponytail. It's not identical to Roxanne Couch's Parr hair: the ponytail is set much lower and doesn't seem to have the same braid style.

Leah Vassell Leah started out with just a back-piece for Seymour. Her own hair was pulled back with a center part from the front. Pretty quickly in the run she got a new full-wig. The wig length and overall style was changed, and a beehive styling was added. For Parr she pulls her hair over into a bun and then a side piece is added. This was Maiya Quansah Breed's from Hampton Court, and I assume still is.

Leah wears her own hair for Aragon. She has a center part and the front is pulled back, but like Monique it doesn't have any Dutch braids in the front. For Cleves her hair is styled into a faux-hawk. It does seem to be a hairpiece rather than her own hair. I actually suspect it's her Parr hairpiece, but haven't been able to confirm that for sure. For Howard her hair is the typical styling of pulled back into a bun with a ponytail piece added over.

[david-sankey]

Fishmongers' Hall court . James Hulbert Statue, with Southwark Cathedral in background by david sankey Via Flickr: From www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/824/ Wigged, frock-coated and caped figure with walking stick. Double axe motifs on cape, which is itself fur edged. Fishmongers' cartouche o front face pedestal. Hulbert's lion-headed crossed armorial on rear cartouche. Inscriptions South side: In Memory of / MR. JAMES HULBERT late / Citizen and Fishmonger / of London Deceased / The worthy Benefactor / Who Recommended (the) care / of building the Almeshouses / in this Square, to / URBAN HALL Esqs. ROBt. OXWICK and M. RICHARD WEST Members of (the) Said Company/ This Statue was Erected / in the year of Our Lord / 1724 East side (lower right): Rt. DASTON Fecit North side: The Wardens of the Wor. / Company of FISHMONGERS / LONDON, pursuant to the Wish / of Mr JAMES HULBERT who / departed this Life in (the) year / of his Primewardenship 1719 / Erected and Endowed the Twenty ALMESHOUSES / in this Square / For Twenty Poor Men & Women / ROBt. OXWICK Esq. Primewarden Mr. WILLIAM PROCTOR Mr. WILLIAM PARROT Mr. SAMUEL PALMER WARDENS Mr. SAMUEL WALTERS Mr. JOHN TOWERS Anno Dom 1724 On adjacent wall, three plaques, regarding change of site of the statue: 1) Regarding the original placement at St. Peter's Hospital, Newington within the area of the (20) houses built by his mugnificence was removed and re-erected on this spot Inscribed by order of court 1853 / BENJAMIN SHAW ESQ. / PRIMEWARDEN 2) THIS STATUE OF / JAMES HULBERT / WAS REMOVED FROM / ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL WANDSWORTH / TO / JESUS HOSPITAL BRAY / ON THE CLOSING OF THE FORMER HOSPITAL / 1923 3) THIS STATUE OF / JAMES HULBERT / WAS REMOVED FROM THE GROUND OF THE JESUS HOSPITAL / AND PLACED IN THIS GARDEN / IN MAY 1978

[oh-look-isa-weeb]

Ace of Hamilton

Inspired by @tendou-tho’s Hamilton x Haikyuu. I don't think a lot of people are in both fandoms, but we're doing this anyway. Creative freedom y'all.

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Starring...

Miyuki Kazuya as Alexander Hamilton

Harada Masatoshi as Aaron Burr

Yui Kaoru as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton

Kamiya Carlos Toshiki as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson

Maezono Kenta as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison

Kuramochi Youichi as Angelica Schuyler

Sawamura Eijun as Elizabeth Schuyler

Furuya Satoru as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds

Takigawa Chris Yuu as George Washington

Tanba Koichiro as Samuel Seabury

Todoroki Raichi as Charles Lee

Sanada Shunpei as James Reynolds/The Doctor

Okumura Koushuu as George Eacker

Narumiya Mei as King George III

Kominato Haruichi as The Bullet

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Behind the scenes!

Tetsu and Jun are the director/assistant directors

The managers (Takako, Sacchin, Yui, Haruno, Anna and Akane) are managers! They're in charge of costume, set and props.

Ryousuke used to be the bullet, but Haruichi has since taken over that role. Ryou steps in whenever needed and has also become an understudy for the side antagonists (Seabury, Eacker, etc.)

(I don't really know what to call them, so "side antagonists" it is)

Itsuki is Harada's understudy for Burr.

The Kominatos' hair stands out a lot, but they tried wigs one time and promptly decided against it.

Furuya is super stiff in the beginning, but he has a good voice for Maria, so they kept working with him until he was less awkward.

In the first part of "The Schuyler Sisters", he's not really petulant, but more resigned/tired.

Okumura gets WAY too into badmouthing Miyuki and duelling Yui. On the bright side, that means his performance is immaculate.

Tanba gets messed up doing "Farmer Refuted" in rehearsals so many damn times

Sawamura's rendition of "Burn" is godly. He also does very convincing fake crying.

Mei is basically the reincarnation of King George III. He's also very distracting prancing around the sides in Act II. Harada keeps telling him to "quit showing off"

The cast almost definitely messes around backstage or between shows. They swap roles and mess up the choreography while the actual actors of said roles shake their heads on the sidelines.

Somebody took two of the prop guns and now there's a dramatic mock duel happening in the middle of nowhere. One of them is still in their socks and the other is wearing half their costume. Someone is humming “Ten Duel Commandments” as background music to the duel. Sacchin is looking for those props and is very mad.

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A look into the casting process…

The decision on who to cast as Washington was a toss-up between Tetsu and Chris.

A lot of interactions in the canon series were considered!

For example, Misawa as Hamilton/Eliza and Kuramochi being Eijun's big brother (or in this case, sister) figure.

Those were some of the casting decisions I had since the start, along with ones like Maezono as Mulligan/Madison, Mei as King George III, and either Kominato as the Bullet.

Roles that gave me a thousand and one headaches were Burr, Laurens, Lafayette, Peggy, Lee, Reynolds and Eacker.

Deciding on Okumura as Eacker and Yui as Philip was an eureka moment for me. Both decisions were made at the same time. I totally forgot about The Laurens-Lee duel, but not everything can fit perfectly anyway. I must admit I got very excited at the prospect of Okumura duelling Yui. Rather fitting, isn’t it?

I'd like to think that the others who didn't get roles are ensemble, backstage crew or technicians.

I didn't wanna cast characters from schools outside of Seido at first, but I COULD NOT stop thinking about Mei as King George III and it just. It had to be done.

The initial inspiration I had for this was actually the Kominatos as the Schuyler sisters, with Ryou as Angelica and Haruichi as Eliza, in which case Hamilton might've been Mochi. But that was more of a funny "what-if" which I didn't expand on very much.

[broadwayandnetflix]

It’s Always Been You - Bucky Barnes x Reader

Warnings: Language

Theme: Fluff, Pining, Semi-Angst

Summary: Being the youngest princess in a wealthy kingdom definitely has its ups and downs, especially when your father is trying to court you away to some wealthy prince. 

Word Count: 2.2k

A/N: This was made for @bucky-smiles​ Secret Santa Writing Challenge, and I wrote this for the lovely @delicatelyherdreams​. I really do hope that you enjoy this, even with its late arrival. I feel as though this story went in a million different ways, but I tried to do you justice. I also hope you enjoy my very creative way of coming up with kingdoms. (no sarcasm here)

You sat upright on your mattress, eyes closed, and knees tucked underneath you, a faint smile gracing your lips. The air of your bedroom peaceful, quiet minus the soft sound of your record player playing in the background, calm and serene.

Rarely if ever, you had moments like these to yourself. Periods where you can just relax and not have to help your family tend the Kingdom.

Where you could simply pop open a book, wear more comfortable clothes, do nothing, go out, and not have Barnes check up on your every move. Well, you could let that last one slide.

For the last 19 years, your existence has been claimed by your family’s royal history. From the first day of your life, you were titled as one thing and one thing only.

Y/N Y/L/N, Princess of Starkonia.

You were to be polite, flexible, and accepting of those around you, you had to be presentable and prepared at your father’s beck and call. You needed to be present during ceremonies, and get prepared for what seemed to be your most significant task, marriage.

Even the mention of the word tasted bitter on your tongue, the prospect of being wedded to a man you barely knew was revolting. Yet, just like your sisters did before you, you too would have to get married at some point.

Savannah was first, marrying some big wig from a neighboring country. Juliet was next, getting married at only nineteen to one of the richest princes from Rogeria. Shortly after followed Hannah, who conveniently married Juliet’s husband’s brother.

Growing up, marriage was all your sisters could talk about. Often dreaming of what they would wear on their wedding day, or how they would soon one day become queen, conjuring up the royal subjects that they would lead and inspire over.

You would listen, of course, with an eager grin, but whenever they would ask for your input, you’d often draw a blank. Even during your early teenage years, you couldn’t really imagine your future starting off with marriage. Which, of course, was unusual regarding your sister’s childhood, so you often became alienated from discussions.

So you found refuge in the likes of one of your father’s young knights, James Buchanan Barnes. Or Bucky to you and you only. Despite his dedication and serious attitude to his job, you’d often find time to sweep him away.

The two of you frequently met in secret within the palace’s gigantic library, reading side by side, eating stolen pastries from the boisterous and clattering kitchen.

Underneath the full bookshelves of the library was where the two of you let your guard’s down. Both of you share secrets that you’d tell no one else, read books from the tallest shelves, and chatter on about the latest palace gossip.

The library was where you learned that Bucky was an aspiring writer, but became a knight to make a living and impress his father. He was thoughtful, quiet, but also quite humorous, always seeming to tickle you with his quips and comments.

In response, you shared your distaste of marriage and how you desired a more straightforward career that didn’t require so much attention. Instead of being judgmental and critical of your complaints, Bucky, to your delight, welcomed them with considerate eyes, and a listening ear.

Bucky made your days meaningful, always giving you something to look forward to, an escape if you will. So when your father, unbeknownst to your growing duo, made Bucky be your personal guard, the two of you were ecstatic.

Of course, you knew the reasoning behind this, your father valued your safety, being the youngest of your family meant that you were the last to be scooped up. Given your family’s rich lineage, courting, you would be a satisfying compromise for growing countries and their princes.

Bucky would often find himself falling subject to your long, and constant complaints about your potential suitors.

Nobody ever seemed to meet your fancy. Thor of Asgard was too self-absorbed, Bruce of Bannaria was too quirky, or worst of all, Samuel of Willaria was way to forthcoming.

Oh, how they all gave you quite a headache!

You could tell that your father was becoming quite frustrated with your lack of progress. Day by day would pass with to no avail, you’d always find some way to shoot each of them down.

Dinner’s would be filled with short tempers and argumentative quips that’d send you to sleep angry and exhausted. Unless you found a suitor that satisfied your father over yourself, then you could make him proud.

Yet through thick and thin, Bucky remained a constant in your life, even if he technically had to be. The two of you would often explore the little village outside of the palace. Complete with bustling vendors within the local farmer’s market that sold ripened fruit, pastries, linens, and fresh honey from the town’s apiaries.

You always found joy in seeing the many vendors that always greet you with a smile. Or seeing the kids that would run around trying not to trip over themselves to see the royal horses. Days like these were your escape as they were Bucky’s who could always be found in the town’s small bookstore.

Days where you don't have to prove yourself to anyone or focus on whomever you were going to marry. These days were your favorite, like this one, in particular, your mother and father out for a gathering with a neighboring kingdom.

Despite the flurry of servants and staff that resided in the palace, you were technically by yourself for the day. That was until you hear a knock on your door, open your eyes, and swing your legs forward to stand up from your bed.

“Come in!” you called out before rushing over to lower the sound on your record player.

The door opened with a swing and in stormed Bucky with a sour disposition, a scowl planted firmly on his lips. You gaped wide-eyed at the sight in front of you, never had you seen Bucky so angry.

“What’s wrong?” you asked quickly, watching as he simply paced your room, ignoring you.

That is until he stopped abruptly before focusing his gaze onto you, his shoulders sagging almost immediately. He stood in his uniform minus the exception of his gloves, his metal fingers reflecting in the light that streamed through your window.

“My father,” he huffed, gritting his teeth and squeezing his eyes tightly, “My father found my novel and went fucking ballistic.” he seethed.

Concern flooding your senses, you move forward to comfort him but ultimately decided against it, taking a step back to give him some space. Bucky’s father had always been tough on him, especially after the loss of Bucky’s mother.

Bucky, more often than not, had to take control of the house to protect himself and his little sisters while his father went out and got drunk at the local taverns. Hence why he had this job in the first place, ultimately crushing any dreams that Bucky had for writing.

“How could I be so stupid? I shouldn’t have left it in plain sight! Or, more specifically, a place where I should’ve known that Rebecca would’ve found it!” he exclaimed, cursing himself quietly, eyes widened like saucers.

“Bucky, you aren’t stupid, and there was no way you could’ve known that she would’ve found it,” you replied quietly, catching his gaze just for a second before he focused it elsewhere.

He exhaled heavily clamping his eyes shut, despite the way he held himself up, you could still see the slight tremble between his legs.

“I’m sorry that your father reacted the way he did. Buck, you don’t deserve that kind of treatment from your father.” you continued on before sitting down on the bed, his eyes opening warily at the sound of you falling against the cushions.

He watched you sit momentarily before joining you without a second thought, his much taller figure slumping onto the bed, before resting his head against yours.

You grew rigid at his touch, trying to fight the pounding in your heart that seemed to echo painstakingly loud in your chest. His arms snaking their way around to your side before he let out a shaking sigh, his metal armor cool to the touch on your skin.

Why do you feel so sweaty all of a sudden? You two had never been this close before, so why does this feel oddly comfortable? Is that cologne? Bucky smells..nice.

“Thank you.” he murmured ever so quietly so only you could hear.

“Anytime Buck, anytime.” you exhale promising yourself that you’d hold him as long as he deemed necessary.

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One Week Later

“Come on, sister! Is there really nobody that you fancy nowadays?” Savannah, your oldest sister, exclaimed one evening as the two of you caught up as of your monthly tradition. Her eyes all giddy, hands on her hips in a way too over dramatic manner.

You frowned at the comment presented in front of you, of course, you did not ‘fancy’ any of the young princes offered to you. Yet, there did appear to be someone who did cross your mind more than often nowadays.

Bucky.

No, that didn’t mean you fancied him. Of course not, Bucky was … well, Bucky. He was your best friend, best friends don’t date. Princesses most certainly don’t marry knights either that was just fairy tale nonsense. Father would never approve either.

“Well?” Savannah quipped, her body tilting as she shifted all of her weight onto one foot.

You swallowed sheepishly, glancing down at your feet, flinching at the excited squeal that your sister let out as the realization sunk in.

“Oh my gosh! Y/N! Tell me everything? Who is he? Is he cute? Oh, tell me he’s cute!?” Savannah cried out, nearly tripping over her dress to pull you into a bone-crushing hug.

“Savannah!” you gasped, squirming your way out of her hold, looking at her all bewildered.

“Sorry, It’s just, my baby sister finally found someone,” she replied before taking a seat on your bed, looking at you expectantly.

“Okay, well, for starters, I don’t even know if I like him. I’m friends with him, but he’s just been very touchy lately,” you admit before plopping down beside her lying down on your bed.

“Define touchy,” she questioned while following your actions, her hair now brushing up against yours.

You glanced at her perplexed, the two-year history between you and Bucky swirling around in your mind. Why now? Why were you questioning it now?

“I don’t know, he’s just been a lot closer than he used to be.” you murmur as you rub your face in frustration.

“Don’t tell me this is that young knight that always follows you around like a lovesick puppy?” Savannah exclaimed as she sat upright, looking at you wide-eyed.

“He does not!” you retort back.

“Oh, it so is! You have to tell him!” her voice reaching a pitch that you didn’t think was possible.

“I don’t think I could even stomach that, what if he rejects me?” you sigh, sitting upright only to notice your bedroom cracked open slightly ajar.

“I’m sorry, is this a wrong time?” a voice calls out as the door pushes forward to reveal Bucky.

You have the hold back the gasp that threatened to escape your lips. Bucky catches your gaze, noting the tension in the air between you three before adjusting it onto your sister, who was just as surprised as you.

“I’m guessing this is the wrong time,” Bucky stammers awkwardly before turning around to go.

“Wait!” you cry out, causing him to turn back around, eyeing you curiously.

“I, I need to talk to you about something,” you stammer anxiety pricking at your skin. You felt hot and heavy, the bed dipping as Savannah slipped out the door.

Bucky letting the door close behind him, before walking over to sit beside you on the bed, just as you did for him not so very long ago. He looked at you with an expression that you couldn’t quite decipher, his eyes searching yours for what you were saying.

“You know I don’t know why it hasn’t hit me sooner,” you start trying to hide the shakiness of your words.

“No one ever seemed right, or just worth my time, not even if my parent’s approval was on the line.” he nods to himself slightly at that, chuckling softly.

“I’d be so disappointed with myself, and then I would turn around, and you would be there. Bucky, you have always been there for me,” you admit swallowing before mustering up the courage to meet his eyes.

“It’s been you, Buck, it’s always been you. You are the one I want, I’m sorry I didn’t see it sooner.” the words fall from your lips, and just like that, it’s as if time stops for just a second.

The room that felt heavy and thick with hesitation or the anxiety that clung to your skin evaporated. All you could see was Bucky and the soft smile that complimented his features. The way his hand slipped into yours, the way he didn’t look away from you as he inched closer.

The way his hand caressed your check sending shivers down your spine, or the way he kissed you with a longing that had never felt so good. Who knew someone could taste so good, or smell so good.

It was perfect, it was long overdue, and it was brand new all at once. And you couldn’t wait to see where it takes you next.