#Scot Williams

[cultfaction]

Preview: Backbeat (Bluray/DVD)

“Backbeat is a thrilling spectacle that rocks the house…defiant, raucous, erotic.” – Rolling Stone The pre-fame Beatles head to Hamburg in search of success, as they gain popularity the “fifth Beatle” bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), falls in love and ultimately must choose between his best friend John Lennon, his new love Astrid Kircherr (Sheryl Lee) and the greatest rock and…

[movie-titlecards]

Tempesta (2004)

My rating: 4/10

Feels very 90s, in that it is a vaguely pretentious, overly horny "thriller" about painting that seems to go out of its way to suck out any suspense that may otherwise build. Malcolm McDowell is there for a little while, and I think he's supposed to be Italian.

[emotionaloof]

they never fucking explained why he changed his name did they

[bastilaelendiri]

Still a favorite of mine even after all these years

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question : Murder and Disappearance Edition I

Given that Judge Crater, Roanoke, and the Dyatlov Pass Incident are credibly solved, though not 100% provable, I'm leaving them out in favor of things ,ore mysterious. I almost left out Amelia Earhart, but the evidence there is sketchier.

Some people were a little confused. Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury are the Princes in the Tower.

[atlas-hope]

this is what i imagine vanessa's childhood was like

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

William Russell Flint (Scottish, 1880-1969) Others again go for water to the well, early 1900s

[adventuresofalgy]

Of course it's always satisfying to be right when one makes a prediction, but in this case Algy rather wished that he could have remained unsatisfied, because it did indeed rain again. In fact it rained much of the night and most of the following day. And, in addition, his home was blanketed by the thickest, wettest, mistiest Scotch mist he had ever seen.

But a fluffy bird is rarely daunted, and so Algy hopped up into the shelter of a pine tree to study the view. Unfortunately, though, there was no view. Where there should have been rocky ridges there was nothing. Where there should have been islands floating in the sea there was nothing. Where there should have been a large expanse of sky there was nothing. Absolutely nothing at all. Even the stand of tall spruces a few metres away seemed to be fading out as he watched.

However, the robin was still singing its autumn song merrily nearby, notwithstanding the rain, (or, more accurately, withstanding it particularly well) and so Algy decided to follow its example and sing along:

When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day.

[Algy is singing the first verse of the Fool Feste's song from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night.]

[geekcavepodcast]

DC Comics Announces "DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack" and "DC Pride: Uncovered"

In addition to DC Pride 2024, on sale May 28, 2024, DC Comics has announces a couple other DC Pride titles for 2024 - DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack and DC Pride: Uncovered.

DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack celebrated the life of works of writer Rachel Pollack. The 96-page one-shot comic book will reprint the debut of Kate Godwin / Coagula, DC's first transgender hero, from Doom Patrol #70, who was created by Pollack and pencilled by Scot Eaton. The comic will also reprint Pollack and artist Michael Allred's Vertigo Visons: The Geek. Finally, the one-shot will also feature a new Coagula short story from Pollack's friend and collaborator Joe Corallo and artist Rye Hickman.

DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1 goes on sale on June 6, 2024.

DC Pride: Uncovered #1 is a collection of variant covers spotlighting DC's LGBTQIA+ characters across the DCU. The collection is scripted by Andrea Shea, DC editor and includes covers from Jen Bartel, Phil Jimenez, Jim Lee, Joshua “Sway” Swaby, David Talaski, Babs Tarr, Kris Anka, and more.

DC Pride: Uncovered #1 goes on sale on June 11, 2024. The collection of covers features a main cover by Jen Bartel and variant covers by Oscar Vega, Luciano Vecchio, Mateus Manhanini, and Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Tamra Bonvillain.

(Images via DC Comics - Cover of DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1 and Jen Bartel's Main Cover of DC Pride: Uncovered #1)

[shakespearenews]

QUEEN: Hamlet, wheesht. Nae mair  o’ this.  My een ye’ve turnt tae stare back inwarts,  An’ in my saul I see the blackent smutches, stains,  That keep their awfu’ colour.  HAMLET: To live atween the sheets,  In the sweaty spunky greasy sheets o’ yir kip,  Stewed an’ bubblin’ a’ corruption’s heatit honey,  Makin’ houghmagandie in the pigswill –  QUEEN: O will ye haud yir wheesht! Eneuch!  Yir words are blades that slice intae ma lugs, they gang richt in.  Nae mair, for peety’s sake, douce Hamlet.  HAMLET: A murtherer, a villain,  Juist a slave, no’ e’en a twentieth pairt the wee-est bit  O’ him ye jinked wi’ last. A doitit fuil, a clown,  A measlie-mean an’ mealy-mou’d bluidsucker o’ the empire,  Wha liftit frae a shelf the croun whan naebody else was keekin’,  An’ slipped it in ’is pooch.  QUEEN: Nae mair!  HAMLET: A king o’ tatters, scraps an’ patches –  (Enter Ghaist)  Abune me wi’ yir wings, O gairds o’ heivin!  Sauve me, fluther owre! Och, man, yir grace, yirsel’, whit’s up?  QUEEN: Ochon, ochon! He’s gyte.  HAMLET: I ken I’m slow tae stert, ye’re here to nudge me,  Deavit doun in passin’ ’oors an’ gumption, a’ gane by  Yir strang command an’ my obeyin’ o’ ’t.  Speak tae me nou!  GHAIST: Dinnae forget, an’ dinnae forgie, ye’ll mind o’ this, an’ mind  o’ me.  I’m here to roust yir purpose oan the whetstane aince again. It’s bluntit.  Shairpen up, son. Luik. Yir mother’s visage flauchters wi’ amaze.  Nou get atwixt her an’ her ragin’ saul. Imaginin’ in dwaiblie fowlk works strang.  Speak tae’r nou, Hamlet. Oan ye go.  HAMLET: Hou’s yirsel nou, mither?  QUEEN: Naw, naw, hou’re you?  Yir een are set on naethin’ness,  And a’ yir words are sent intae the tuim an’ bodiless air.  Oot o’ yir een yir speerits keek like craziness,  An’ juist like sodgers sleepin’ through alarums,  Yir hair, richt there, starts up, staunds up, on ends. Och son,  My denty chiel, owre the flamin’ het o’ yir wierd govin’,  Spatter the cool o’ patience. Whit’re ye luikin’ at?  HAMLET: Him! Him! He’s wan as a full muin at midnicht. Luik!  He’s glowrin’ at us nou. Baith hou he luiks an’ whit he tells  Is nou the ae thing, anerlie, jined. He could preach tae stanes  An’ see them sympathise. 

[coquette2004]

The Stuarts and Friends: On Halloween

*Stay home and give out candy to the little kids*: James VI and I, Mary II, Hans William Bentinck, George of Denmark

*Go to a party*: Mary Queen of Scots, Anne of Denmark, Charles II, James Duke of Monmouth, Arnold Joost van Keppel, Sarah Churchill, John Churchill

*(And get drunk)*: Charles II, James Duke of Monmouth

*Wear a cute costume*: Catherine of Braganza, Mary of Modena

*Wear a sexy costume*: Mary Queen of Scots, Anne of Denmark, Anne Hyde

*Wear a really creative costume*: Charles II, Sarah Churchill

*Don't celebrate Halloween*: Charles I, William III, Anne Queen of Great Britain

*HAVE BANNED HALLOWEEN*: Henrietta Maria, James II

[amorgansgal]

I just realised something really weird. I don't think I've ever seen a production of Macbeth were they had Scottish accents.

[maximumphilosopheranchor]

Hatton’s shift of attitudes towards Mary is also clear in the ensuing Parliament, when he managed the proceedings against her with every sign of conviction in the necessity of her execution. He introduced the topic on 3 November, roundly condemning Mary, he handled and reported on discussions with and petitions to the Queen, and throughout he accorded with the clear preference of both the Commons and the Lords that Mary should be executed. Indeed, Hatton was closely involved in the infamous unauthorised despatch of the warrant for Mary’s execution. Once Elizabeth had signed the warrant, the secretary, William Davison, actually took it first to Hatton. The two then took it to Burghley, who convened all the councillors at court to agree to despatch it without Elizabeth’s knowledge. It is intriguing that Davison went first to Hatton; the two had cordial relations but seem not to have been close. It may have related to Burghley’s illness, or perhaps Davison wanted to consult a cool head. More cynically, he may have wanted to ensure Hatton took his share of responsibility and ensure that he could not later disavow the decision and seek political advantage from it. Despite this apparently pivotal role in the affair, Hatton attracted virtually none of Elizabeth’s considerable wrath in the aftermath; he was the first to see the Queen after she learned of Mary’s death, but her anger fell primarily on Davison and Burghley. Davison effectively lost his job, and Burghley was in disgrace and away from court for several months. Hatton certainly received some harsh words; Walsingham told Leicester in April that ‘Sir Christopher Hatton hath dealt very plainly and dutifully with her, which hath been accepted in so evil part as he is resolved to retire for a time’ –​ yet he was made Lord Chancellor two months later. The contrast is a little hard to explain, but it may relate to Hatton’s lack of previous hostility to Mary. Hatton clearly changed his position, then, from one of some sympathy to Mary (certainly very different to the implacable hostility of Burghley and Walsingham) to an acceptance that her death was necessary. The question of why reflects the same question with regard to the Queen, of course; after years of resisting pressure to move against Mary, she genuinely seems to have changed her mind after the Babington Plot, and it is not wholly clear why. Possibly the increasingly threatening noises from Spain played a role. Certainly the fact that James VI was by then old enough to govern England changed matters; he also reduced (if not entirely) his flirtations with Catholicism. All of this made Mary somewhat redundant. This may well be the most important reason why Hatton himself changed his mind; he sensed that the tide was running against Mary and that Elizabeth had finally been convinced, and went along with it (this of course assumes that Elizabeth really wanted Mary executed). He may have been genuinely shocked by her complicity in the Babington Plot, or thought that she was objectively a more serious threat than she had been before.

Neil Younger, Religion and politics in Elizabethan England: The life of Sir Christopher Hatton

[agentxthirteen]

On this day (September 27, late) in Sharon Carter history, Sharon appeared in:

Captain America 2000 #1 (2000)

X-Men V2 #106 (2000)

Captain America V5 #22 (2006)

Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 (2017)

Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 [Variant A] (2017)

Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 [Variant B] (2017)

Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 [Variant X06] (2017)

Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America #1 [Variant Z] (2017)

Infamous Iron Man #12 (2017)

Infamous Iron Man #12 [Variant] (2017)

[roehenstart]

Mary Stuart, by William Home Lizars.

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