#a monster in Paris Colette

[your-official-gingerartist]

Chapter three is up now :3c

[c-rowlesdraws]

Also. Another important theme/message of this version of Ratatouille would be how folks can break cycles of abuse, instead of perpetuating them just because “this is how things are done/how things are”:

Colette is a young fine dining chef in Paris. She learned how to cook professionally in one of the most toxic work cultures on planet earth, and she steeled herself and pushed through in order to excel. After Remy convinces Colette to teach him how to cook, she tries to at first to replicate the ways she was taught in the kitchens of her past, the ways she’d always taken for granted as the only ways to train a rookie into a chef worth anything: brutally reprimanding him for mistakes, raising her voice, letting those ghosts of previous head chefs rise up inside her. And then, in a moment of lucidity, she looks into his big, wet, little rat eyes on a particularly difficult practice day, and sees the hurt there, the confusion, the shame… and she feels her heart quietly break for her younger self and for him, that they both took this kind of abuse, and feels her heart break for her current self, too, about how she’s let herself turn into the kind of chef her younger self had nightmares about, a monster who could make a green cook with big dreams cry.

Trying to replicate this teaching method had been emotionally trying for her, too, and this is the final straw: she shouts this particular epithet or turn of phrase at him, sees how he looks at her… and she flashes back to when that same thing had once been shouted at her through a haze of steam from across a narrow, crowded line when she was in the weeds, her hair falling out of its kerchief and sticking to her neck, the old fan on the wall doing nothing for the hot, humid air but circulate it weakly around the kitchen, and she’d let the sauce split again, how could she be so stupid—

And she decides that she never wants to see that look in Remy’s eyes, or any young cook’s eyes, ever again.

[leletha-jann]

Cracking me up that the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony is what Europan Paris is like ALL THE TIME.

There are creatures in the catacombs that will eat you. There are intrepid parties of kid explorers who probably need rescuing. Masked figures parkour across the rooftops.

Artwork comes to life. Mechanical ships sail through the streets. Opera makes things explode. Black women SLAY in a variety of genres.

ART IS HAPPENING. People are flying through the air. Fashion is happening. Fashion is happening to you.

There are threesomes in the library. There are submarines in the Seine. Statues are rising from the river. What if we try space travel, oh we got distracted. Queerness takes over bridges and throws parties. That one guy has definitely turned himself blue.

Mechanical horses run down the Seine. The Eiffel Tower shoots laser beams. Hot air balloons float through the sky.

If a river monster puts its head up, no one will be at all surprised.

(Also, there are minions.)

This is Europan Paris every damn day.

...Good luck, Colette! Have fun being in charge of all that!

[fitz-higgins]

LGBT literature of the 1860s–1910s. Part 2

Ten more works! This time we have: a sci-fi novel by a transgender author, a major science study of homosexuality in the 19th century, Thomas Mann's homoerotic short story and more.

1. Two Loves, by Alfred Douglas (1894). This beautiful poem is a staple of gay culture, famous for its last line, the love that dare not speak its name, which became an euphemism for homosexuality and acted as code for homosexual men [see more about codes here]. [Read online]

2. Q. E. D., by Gertrude Stein (written in 1903, published in 1950). Based on Stein’s ill-fated relationship with May Bookstaver, this short story is about love between a young Adele and Helen. Interestingly, the story is the first novel that uses the word “queer” as a signifier of homosexual love. [Read online]

3. L'Immoraliste (The Immoralist), by André Gide André (1902). Another story of a married man who discovers that he is attracted to men, so much so that he virtually sacrifices her. Again, problematic, but offers an interesting insight as it is written by a homosexual (or bisexual) author who was familiar with gay community of France. [Read online in French or in English]

4. L’eredità di Saffo (Sappho’s Legacy), by Nada Peretti (1908). Out of scientific curiosity about lesbian relationships and after witnessing them in women’s boarding schools, Fede conducts a survey. The novel contains the results of this survey and also the letters from her friend Franz on this topic. The book is so explicit that Peretti was even tried for obscenity.

5. Fenny Skaller: Ein Leben der namenlosen Liebe (Fenny Skaller: A Life of the Nameless Love), by John Henry Mackay (1913). Another autobiographical novel that explores same-sex sexuality and the subject of “third sex” which was popular at that time. The protagonist, Fenny, discovers that he is not alone in his preferences through scientific studies. Curious, he studies sexology, but eventually comes to an identity that is resistant to theories of sexual intermediacy, mostly because of the way it describes homosexual people. Allow me an interesting quote: “He understood only so much: they had locked up his love in science’s wax-figure cabinet of monsters, of deformities and monstrosities of all kinds – there they had also classified him: among people with whom he had nothing in common, and could and would have nothing in common. But the love existed. It was there, and among those pages, filled with the confessions of the desperate, who did not understand themselves and who hoped for salvation from the doctor”. [Read online in English]

6. Beatrice the Sixteenth: Being the Personal Narrative of Mary Hatherley, M.B., Explorer and Geographer, by Irene Clyde (1909). Another Edwardian sci-fi (feminist utopia), written by a transgender author, no less! Mary Hatherley, an explorer, finds herself in a strange kingdom of Armeria where gender doesn’t seem to exists, and relationships are based on love and companionship, not sex.

7. The Claudine stories, by Colette (1900–1903: Claudine à l'école, Claudine à Paris, Claudine en ménage, Claudine s'en va). Semi-autobiographical story of Claudine and her journey from her school to the literary salons includes a lot of homoerotic motifs and describes Colette’s own experience in same-sex relationships. [Read all four novels in English or Claudine à l'école in French]

8. Tonio Kröger, by Thomas Mann (1903). A short story about a young man who is torn between his bourgeois and artistic heritage as well as between two sexualities as he falls in love both with a popular young man and with a young woman. [Read online in German or in English]

9. L’Affaire Oscar Wilde, by André Raffalovich (1895). Raffalovich was a poet, a critic of Oscar Wilde and for some time was considered the leading expert on homosexuality in France. In this essay he attacked Wilde, but not for homosexuality (he himself was a gay man, in relationship with John Gray) but for “encouraging vice in others”. Raffalovich did consider Wilde a criminal, but only because of the influence on “the vain youth”. [Read online in French, also available on Google Play]

10. Sexual Inversion (Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Vol. 2), by Havelock Ellis & John Addington Symonds (1900). Officially, this work’s author is only Ellis, because Symonds’ name was removed to avoid a scandal. He was a gay man and a very influental figure for homosexual men of the 19th century. This is the first English medical book about homosexuality. It explores same-sex relationships in different cultures and eras and classifies forms of “sexual inversion” in men and women. [Read online]

If you missed Part One, here it is! More to come. If you have suggestions feel free to submit them via comments, ask or DMs!

[phoenixyfriend]

The “Momma Sturmvoraus was Literally Satan” AU

As requested by @spazzbot​. This AU was initially brainstormed on the GG fanworks server almost a year ago. Specifically, on the first day of 2020.

[ID: a truncated discord message by “Miss Nixy, Gay for RoboLadies” posted 01/01/2020. The message reads “I need to sleep but please for the moment consider:” and ends there.]

So. Let’s get to it.

Satan took a human form because why not see what's going on topside, live like a human, and “Oh shit is this pregnancy? This is pregnancy. Fuck, that's a tiny human. Which is now half demon. Am I supposed to take care it? Wonder if retconing this form into that Valois family was a bad idea. They do have SO much money though, I get to live like a queen. I suppose another child shouldn't hurt, it wasn't that bad. Oh, he's cute, this is actually making sense, why humans do all the sinning. Not counting dear Aaronev's murders, of course, those are just evil, but I did search out the worst of the humans to pair myself to...”

This is literally just "Tarvek and Anevka's mom was low-key Satan on a bored “let's be human for a decade or two to see what happens” jaunt, consequences happen because these kids are LITERALLY half-demon and arguably anti-Christs."

Also it's just Very Funny for Tarvek, ineffectual sexy lamp fashion twunk extraordinaire, to be an antichrist

Jeff thinks he’s pretty. Jeff keeps describing features that don’t entirely make sense. (Jeff’s canon name is Karl Thotep but they spent so long unnamed that the server collectively named them Jeff.)

This is not a crossover with anything, btw. Ambiguously Pop Culture Satan just got bored and went to have babies with a serial killer.

They’re just kids! That are vaguely demonic. So. Moreso than the rest of the Valois.

Sometimes "mom" comes back from the dead and visits Anevka and Tarvek to impart Wisdom and possibly magic lessons The rooms always smell faintly of sulfur after that...

They try to put Anevka in the machine but SHE isn't hurt and the MACHINE just melts

So that's the end of that.

It's very awkward for everyone, but the paperwork isn't too bad. It's very easy to write "incidental fire began during late-fugue experimentation, resulted in fire spreading through six rooms and several casualties, including Prince Aaronev Wilhelm Sturmvoraus."

As per @atagotiak​, “I feel like if we’re going in any way dimensional weirdness with thing, Tarvek got so good at exploring bc he could just clip through walls.”

With image provided by @thisarenotarealblog​:

Tarvek in Paris: My dead mother keeps showing up in my dreams to tell me I need to seduce my way out of my problems and also she looks like Satan. Tarvek's Voltaire-Appointed Therapist: I still don't know what that means. Just like the last five times. Tarvek: I keep telling her that I can’t seduce Colette, if seduction is that important she should get Anevka to do it.

Like he probably wouldn’t say most of that in front of any Voltaire-approved individual, but still.

Tarvek is still very good at self control but there's a Special Edge to his rants.

(Derailed in the moment to me thinking about Anevka in a sfw-but-concerningly-deadly succubus getup, because... yeah.)

Aaronev dies and goes to hell and his dead wife is just there like "hi! Time to be tortured for eternity!" He wasn't a good husband so. He can't exactly sentimentalize his way out.

“In the sexy way?” “... not for you, no.”

Mostly I just want the BULLSHIT that is "Storm Mom was actually just Satan getting bored and going on vacation as a retconned Valois girl, the kids are half-demons and sometimes it Shows."

To clarify: the Satan bit isn't the retcon. Grandma used to have one daughter. Now there are two. (Seffie and Martellus's mother doesn't remember being an only child, but sometimes...)

Satan retconned a new daughter in, which included a Valid Valois Venusian Vestment, so the blood tests play out.

The subtle signs of wrongness would be fun too. Anevka tends to smile a bit too wide and sharp for a human face. Inexplicable uneasiness, here you can’t point at any specific thing that’s wrong but it’s uncomfortable. Uncanny valley prettiness, almost like the porcelain she became in other timelines. Skin isn’t supposed to be that smooth.

My brain's pre-nap contribution at that point was "Satan's pronouns when not pretending to Human are sin/sinself" which is! Certainly a thing.

Tarvek, at some nebulous future point: I mean, your ancestors were monsters, but my dad was a serial killer and my mom was literally Satan, instead of just figuratively like Lucrezia, so. I mean. I kind of get what you're going through.

Per @firebirdeternal: Tarvek and Anevka growing up with "you're allergic to holy water" and not questioning it until a little later because What.

And then they test it and it's like "yeah, no, there's a rash now. That stung. What the fuck."

It INFURIATES Gil in Paris when Tarvek tells him that's a thing, because there's nothing chemically different about Holy water and regular water. But no, this is somehow happening.

It gets logged in medical journals as a Valois genetic thing because, well, Mom was like that too, right?

One time they both go into a church for an Adventure and Gil is very annoyed to find that Tarvek is like. Faintly smoking. It smells like burnt hair in here.

Gil: What smells like burnt hairgel? Tarvek: [glares]

Gil decides that it must be something particular to the church, like a fungus or something in the stone, contaminating the air and water so it only LOOKS like the holiness is what's setting off reactions.

It is not.

Tarvek once got into an argument with someone and ate a slab of raw, completely uncooked meat as a power move.

SVV seems to work perfectly. Everyone is fine. We get the ‘you fight like ducks’ moment.

And then Tarvek bursts into flames, and everyone panics because no they fixed this what the fuck is he still infected with Hogfarb’s oh my god... and then everything settles down and he's perfectly fine. Not a scratch on him, no longer turning funny colors. Completely unharmed. He's in a nicely tailored suit and looks faintly stunned

"I just met my dead mom, who's apparently Satan. She told me that after I died the first time just now, I should be harder to kill later, especially with fire, because now there's more demon and less mortal and guys I think I'm going crazy." "Is that a martini?" Tarvek looks down. "Apparently."

Tarvek starts just. Randomly setting things on fire by glaring too hard and has to tone it down. Meanwhile, Agatha and Gil are having crises about how he's somehow getting PRETTIER.

Is he faintly glowing? Maybe!

Gil handles it by angrily sniping at Tarvek about how of COURSE he's an evil little rat with a background like that.

Tarvek just wants a nap and to forget this ever happened. Many people are sworn to secrecy. It's very awkward.

Still, SVV did something, for handwave-y reasons, and so they're linked now. Gil and Agatha both getting tiny flashes of the same shenanigans.

They get none of the powers. They just keep getting Weird Shit.

Other characters with divine influence are like "Did you.... did you make a pact with a demon?" "What no that's our boyfriend."

Tho tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if a Heterodyne did sign a contract with a demon at some point in exchange for like. Materials. A hundred souls sacrificed in exchange for some succubus blood. Thanks!

Tarvek and Othar: Falling out of CW as in canon. Tarvek: WHAT THE HELL SINCE WHEN DO I HAVE WINGS HIDE THIS BEFORE I GET BOOTED FROM THE LINE FOR THE THRONE

IDK where Anevka is during all this. I think she might have decided to go sleep her way through the courts of the Ice Tsars. Vacation, y'know?

Othar after he's decided to make Tarvek his new Heroic Apprentice: AH, my poor afflicted young friend, it's noble of you to go against the dark nature of your tragic heritage like this. Tarvek: I hate you. I wish I could hate you to death. But you have a point. I shouldn't let my father's blood limit what I strive for in life. Othar: I... I thought your mother was... Tarvek: I know what I said.

Tarvek: Also you can't tell ANYONE about that, I can't have them thinking I'm not actually in line for the Storm King's throne.

He does admittedly have to like. Explain things to Grandma.

Terabithia is Tarvek’s maternal grandmother so this is supremely awkward. That said...

Grandma fondly remembers her pregnancy cravings; bone marrow and sulfur.

"Yeah so, my mother, your daughter, was... maybe actually Satan? But retconned into your life?" "Tarvek, darling, please. I figured that out half a century ago."

TARVEK ACCIDENTALLY FINDS HIM HIMSELF WEIRDLY INTENSE AT CONTRACTS

I mean that honestly just Tracks about Tarvek anyways? But like moreso.

He just. Writes something up and there's things getting signed or shook on and then the person tries to break the contract and either suddenly catch fire or are deeply unlucky for a set amount of time.

And Tarvek's just standing there like "how in the FUCK did I do that?"

Severity of infernal punishment depends on the severity of the breach of contract.

Tarvek finds out that Anevka's been convincing rich people to sign their souls over to her. It's a fun challenge. She keeps them in jars.

They can still remotely pilot their bodies but like. They can't TELL anyone what happened.

Satan: I'm going to go make babies and now everyone else has to deal with the consequences.

Anevka's living up to that whole "princess of hell" vibe. Tarvek's just like "nope nope nope I want the storm throne, not the hell throne, BYE MOM."

Satan's just feeling sinself down in hell like "awwww look at my babies go, aren't they adorable?"

Tarvek: Anevka, what... first off, how did you figure it out? Anevka: Well, I temporarily died when father put me in the machine, and... I can't say that hell kicked me out because they were afraid I'd take over, but mother DID say she'd rather I play about with human governments instead of Hell's. Tarvek: Okay, cool cool cool. What after you planning to DO with all these souls? Anevka: They make for some lovely reading lamps, don't they?

(Anevka absolutely sets herself the goal of acquiring new titles that rival her old ones, or even surpass them. She just black widows her way through Europa.)

I just want someone (probably Snackleford) to ascend, take one look at Tarvek, and run SCREAMING.

Tarvek still needed to be anchored to Higgs, because Tarvek is Baby.

Gil is eventually in a relationship with an Eternal God Queen and the Literal Son of Satan.

Family dinners can include ALL the in-laws if you duck down to hell! - You borrow Bill from... probably heaven, maybe purgatory. - You have Lu and Aaronev and Satan already there, though the first two... well. Aaronev and Lu get invited to dinner but they have to eat by themselves at the kiddy table and nobody talks to them or acknowledges their presence. After all, this is hell, and what better punishment for Lu than to be completely ignored, and for Aaronev to see Lu at her worst and be reminded that he gave everything for this horrible, horrible person who isn't even pretending to care about him anymore. - Zanta and Klaus get invited via portal. - Anevka saunters in with a blood-soaked dress and a complaint about militant demon-hunters refusing to let her go shopping for a new pair of shoes. - Zeetha tagged along with the OT3. (She can't wait to see this situation explode.)

Oh God, Satan is actually second place as far as good parenting goes.

Well, actually, fourth. Because Adam and Lilith. But second as far as bio parents go. 1. Zanta 2. Satan 3. Klaus 4/5. Lu and Aaronev N/A. Bill

Someone (Anevka) decides to stir the pot and invites Von Pinn, Terabithia, Bang.

Bang is basically Gil’s older sister, right? Right.

This is Zanta meeting Bang for the first time! Zanta is just: "It's so nice to meet my husband's adopted daughter." Klaus freezes. Bang freezes. Gil is the only one who is just. "Yeah." Meanwhile Zeetha is crying with laughter off to the side because both of them deserve this. (Zanta would legit love Bang though.)

Agatha: Tarvek, I think DuPree is-- Tarvek: Hitting on my sister? I know. Agatha: On your mom, actually. Tarvek: NO!

Also I do love the idea of like. Nobody tells Bang they're inviting her. She just wakes up in Hell like. "Ah. Yes. Fair enough."

Satan: Oh no no no my dear, you're here as a guest. Besides as well as you'd fit you're not one of mine, you've got other things waiting for you. Bang: Okay, but I love the decor. And is that Cheesecake?

Bang’s family has their own evil god in the novels, but! Bang DID pick on Tarvek a lot in Paris. Satan cares more than Anevka does. Bang might get the sexy punishment.

I feel like the fact that no permanent damage was done and it taught Tarvek a lot of things means Satan isn't gonna be all that upset about it.

And let's be real, if there's a character in GG who could look the literal Christian devil in the eye and be like "Yeah I tortured your kid, what're you going to do about it?" it's Bang.

Even Satan doesn't know what to do or think about Othar.

He sure is here! As Anevka’s arm candy! Nobody knows what to do except Anevka herself, who just wants to be Smug.

(What's that scene from Phineas and Ferb that's the mad scientist trapping the platypus within the rules of polite dining at a fine restaurant? Like he can't make a scene because that would be rude?) (That. Othar would dearly love to start a fight, but it's a Family Dinner. You're only allowed to fight verbally at those.)

(Othar isn't even fighting Satan, he just wants to argue with Klaus.) (And maybe fanboy in Bill's direction a bit).

[riverbirchindex]

OC LIST 2.0

This is the current compiled list of all my oc’s that I’ve managed to get to on 4/7/2022. This list includes ALL OF MY ADOPTED OC’s, ALL OF THE OC’S I HAD ON MY OLD LIST, and some of the new ones added ontop. 

[] ALL OF THE [newer] OC’S I OWN HAVE YET TO BE ADDED YET [] ALL OF THE IMPS ARENT ADDED ON HERE YET

– The Men:

·        Aedei Osum – Tulip Desert Rose Plantoid

·        Aksle Graham – Fahrenheit Incubus

·        Aurian Jay: Orca Dragon

·        Barjecht Baffomeht – Baffmo Demon

·        Blyoo Ummi – Blue Raspberry Gummy Slime Boy

·        Boojum Baffomeht – Baffmo Demon

·        Caleb Otto – Scylla

·        Calivera Rojo – Old Cardinal Ghost

·        Cesar Isandro Chavez – Cactus Soccer Player

·        Clyde Carnicke – Bull Shark Cop

·        Cinnamin Ruul – Burner Salamander

·        Chase Briar – Crocodile

·        Devin Pascal – Oscar’s Rival / Best Friend

·        Edward Celsur – Yellowjacket Nobleman

·        Emilie Onblooms – Rose Plantoid Flauna

·        Fiful Nifelheim – Skunk Plague Doctor

·        Frederico “Freddy” Santasar - Human

·        Harue Ochi – Snake Demon Prince

·        Jacopo Tato – Red White Tarantula

·        Jicama – Insomniac Shadow Person

·        Julius Flor – Dandelion Plantoid

·        Karlos Astor – Human [Likes Redmond]

·        Mihail Sholes – Botanic Dancer

·        Monatana Ackermann – Shotgun Mercenary Robot

·        “Nasta” – Lich Necromancer

·        Oreo - Rollie Pollie

·        Oscar “Soutman” Browhn – Swing Singer

·        Owen Renfield - Human

·        Parys Beau – “Beauty” Model Demon

·        Popella Hominim – Brazier Hellion

·        Poppycock – Poppy Bastard of Druidic and Incubus dealings

·        Pyrite I– Manmade Idol Angel

·        Rook Bowlin – Mafioso Jerk

·        Rorsch - Ink Blotchy

·        Sebastian Yo – Devils Cigar Mushroom

·        Sicily Rosa - Blue Rose Plantoid

·        Strave Kilos - Alien Sand Skater

·        Sundae Mums – Ice Cream Fairy

·        Toy Bunny – Toy Bunny

·        Walter Briggs – Persistent Coffin System [Human Deceased]

·        Waryn Sallet – Blacksmith Daedra

·        Willow Bunyin – Barn Owl Harpy

·        Zorblo Zathurn – Green Alien

– The Ladies:

·        Aalaya Leare – Black Jaguar Demon

·        Adranuch “Phuri” Shephar – Sheep Ranchhand

·        Afra Azad – Persian Justicar

·        Alouette Cross – Wolf Spider Arachpire

·        Anj’I Vyrss – Kobillianoid Mechanic

·        Arbor Buckle – Goblin Blacksmith

·        Ark’xa Mor – Blue Skinned Orc

·        Aro Anois - Scorpion Lady

·        Anne Gale – Garden Spider

·        Ayiqua Unalii – Thunderbird

·        Ayo – Shade Child

·        Azalea Brightsap – Azalea Bush Plantoid

·        Baisu – Stitch Witch

·        Bayleigh Kells – Maron Unicorn

·        Bii Plum – Bee

·        Boo Bee – Ghost Bee

·        Cassidy Miles – Desert Long-eared Bat

·        Catalina Chavez – Lil Barrel Cactus

·        Celosia Strega – Human turned Flame Elemental

·        Cindii – Fire Bee

·        Colette Myr – Oni Lass

·        Coralynn Tato – Cobalt Blue Tarantula

·        CRT – TV headed Robot

·        Cybia "Mia" Pscillo - Mushroom Witch

·        Cushion – Bed Golem

·        Delilah Carnicke – Nurse Shark

·        Elise Vermillion – Astronomer Student

·        Fawn Hylls – Bear Demon

·        Fifai Foe - Firefly

·        Fuba Chichi – Firefly Squid

·        Gazelle – Revenant Skeleton

·        Gretchen Saoire – Werewolf Queen/Mom

·        Hiji Phrydum – Hunter Class Robot

·        Ivie Myill – Indigo Milk Mushroom

·        Illiyad III – Pugilist Robot

·        Ineruiko Ari – Black Inari Fox

·        Ira Jiya – Venus Flytrap

·        Joey – Eldritch Femme Fatale

·        June Indigo Holiday – Mythical Werewolf [Queen] PI

·        Katherine Ryme – Yuki-Onna

·        Kram Bustonthrooh – Oni Girl

·        Kiki Ketsup – Goliath Tomato Plant

·        Lyio Quill – Dandelion Plantoid

·        Lola Friday – Turkey

·        Matilda Rake - The Country Bumpkin Scarecrow

·        Marie Green – Cow Centaur

·        Mascara Rake – The Cast Scarecrow

·        Melody Rake – The Clubbing Scarecrow

·        Meridia Ile – Drow Alchemist

·        Mikola Tescin – Roadie Skeleton

·        Minx Wehr – Harlequin Mime

·        Mirabelle Pumpernickel [Sourdough] – Scottish Fold Cat

·        Mother Magnet – Maid Robot [Malfunctioning]

·        Ms Badger – Plush Badger

·        Mu – Tall Fungal Finder

·        Myca Dime – Bunny Monster Gal

·        Myra Foil – Mantis Robot

·        Nimune - Swamp Monster Lass

·        Nu – Shortstack Fungal Finder

·        Paka Pita – Snail

·        Pamela Grisgill – Infected Human [Vegan Chupacabra]

·        Pebble Cove – Shoebill lady

·        Porridge – Fluffy Pidgeon

·        Portia Bella – Portobello Mushroom

·        Raynae Papria – Dragonfruit Druid Human

·        Rahmiel Valhm – Fallen Angel of Mercy and Love

·        Rhys Lykcit – Ferret Cursed Witch

·        Sara Indippdi – Christmas Crab

·        Sew Bahr – Undead Ghoul Boar

·        Sii Cookie – Mythical Bee

·        Somnia Munel – Shade

·        Valerie Duccat – Honest Gambling Skeleton

·        Vina Erma – Cornucopia Tree

·        Vulcan Oll – Zippo Bounty Hunter

·        Wimona “Wyrm” Zobe - Zombie Girl

·        Ysabell Asor - Blue Rose Noble Plantoid

·        ZugZug Blubba – Trash Golem

·        Zyl Phynx – Plum Vine Plantoid

– Neither / Gender Fluid:

·        Amadrya Cimmerro – Mandeadrake Nymph

·        Charolette Springs – Spider Animatronic

·        Cygnus – Blackhole Effigy

·        Eridanus – Voidling

·        Fui Bya – Wingless Silverspun Moth

·        Gmooh – [Ether] Voidling

·        Halceyon Tide – Ship AI Navigator

·        Kokolo Flor – Long Flower Plantoid

·        Kris[tine] Shio – Pistachio Plantoid.

·        Ookli Ohkapi – Super Space Alien Scout

·        Othello – Caretaker Paper Spirit

·        Perseus – Star Voidling

·        Rubeka – Watermelon Doggo Slime person

·        Septerra – Anu Guardian

·        Stinky – Pile of Grass Plantoid

·        Vivia Paars – Sock Unicorn Puppet

– The Transistioned:

·        Andi Oli – Toxic Salamander

·        Fain Mail – Piloted Assassin

·        Jake Carnickie - Tomboy Shark

– The Imps:

·        Azucar – Sugar Skull Imp

·        Cinder – Ash [Chimney Sweeper] Imp

·        Dandara – Heart Imp

·        Gymnyst – Geode Imp

·        Jiji – Diamond Card Imp

·        Khal – Club Card Imp

·        Kryll – Sea Angel Imp

·        Michio – Mint Chocolate Chip Imp

·        Qux Huulak – Spade Card Imp

– The Fandoms:

·        Blue Heaven – Morning Glory Floran

·        Chip – Furret Pokemon

·        Clenoa “Clover” Donahue – Celtic Earth Pony

·        Hydrani Gea – Deku Scrub Librarian

·        Lilian Seafoam – Gardevoir Pokemon

·        Ludica Trebble – Gijinka Parasect

·        Mio Cir Loto – Seedrian

·        Pip Mozette – French Earth Pony

·        Raspberry Nebula – Mismagius Pokemon

·        Sapphire Tear – Unicorn Pony

·        Stubborn - Ram

·        Rawr – Tiger Pony

·        Tundra Mist [May Rebirth] – Bat Lantern Pony

– Groups / Creature Species:

·        Dragoil Thatchers – Dragon Rustler Desert Protectors

·        Hydroqua – Aquadile

·        Teil – Rainbow Parrot

[inlovewithjude]

The list of my all time favorite movies: Continuously updated... 🎬✨

(500) Days of Summer- (500) giorni insieme

13 Going On 30- 30 anni in un secondo

2night

9½ Weeks- 9 settimane e mezzo

A Good Year- Un'ottima annata

A Little Princess- La piccola principessa

A Monster Calls

A Walk on the Moon- Complice la luna

Addicted to Love- Innamorati cronici

After

Aladdin (1992) + (2019)

American Gigolo

Anastasia

Anna and the King

Anna Karenina

Antz- Z la formica

Aquamarine

At First Sight- A prima vista

Balto

Barbie

Beauty and the Beast- La bella e la bestia (1991) + (2017)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks- Pomi d'ottone e manici di scopa

Belle et Sebastien

Before Sunrise- Prima dell'alba

Before Sunset- Prima del tramonto

Before We Go

Begin Again- Tutto può cambiare

Blade Runner + Blade Runner 2049

Boys Don't Cry

Breakfast at Tiffany's- Colazione da Tiffany

Breathe In

Breathless (1983)- All'ultimo respiro

Bridge to Terabithia- Un ponte per Therabitia

Call Me By Your Name- Chiamami col tuo nome

Captain Fantastic

Casper

Chemical Hearts- I nostri cuori chimici

Chicken Run- Galline in fuga

Chocolat

Cinderella (1950)- Cenerentola

Cold Mountain- Ritorno a Cold Mountain

Colette

Conte d'été- Racconto d'estate

Corrina, Corrina- Una moglie per papà

Damage- Il danno

Dead Poets Society- L'attimo fuggente

Death Becomes Her- La morte ti fa bella

Desert Hearts

Deux Moi- Someone Somewhere

Diabolik

Dirty Dancing

Divergent

Driving Miss Daisy- A spasso con Daisy

Dune (2021)

Eiffel

Elemental

Enchanted- Come d'incanto

Equals

Equilibrium

Ex Machina

Far and Away- Cuori ribelli

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)- Via dalla pazza folla

Finding your feet- Ricomincio da noi

Five Feet Apart- A un metro da te

Footloose (1984)

Four Weddings and a Funeral- Quattro matrimoni e un funerale

Gifted- Il dono del talento

Gladiator- Il gladiatore

Hitch- Lui sì che capisce le donne

Home Alone- Mamma ho perso l'aereo

Hors De Prix (Priceless)- Ti va di pagare?

How to Make an American Quilt- Gli anni dei ricordi

Hugo- Hugo Cabret

Hysteria

Imagine Me & You

In the Land of Women- Il bacio che aspettavo

In Time

Inside Out

Into the Blue

Jeune et Jolie- Giovane e Bella

K-PAX

L'amant (1992)

L'amant double

La Boum

La prima notte di quiete

La vie d'Adèle

Ladies in Lavender

Lady and the Tramp (1955) + (2019)

Ladyhawke

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

Le Hérisson

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Like Crazy

Little Women (1994)

Lost in Translation

Love and Other Drugs

Love, Rosie

Loving Vincent

Mal de pierres

Mars Attacks!

Matilda (1996)

Matrix

Mia and the White Lion

Midnight in Paris

Mon Inconnue

Mona Lisa Smile

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mulan (1998)

Must Love Dogs

Mystic Pizza

Notting Hill

One Fine Day

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Only You

Perfect Sense

Peter Pan (2003)

Point Break

Pretty Woman

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Ratatouille

Reality Bites

Remi (2018)

Roman Holiday (1953)

Romanzo Criminale

Sabrina (1954)

Saturday Night Fever

Scent of a Woman

Shame

Shrek + Shrek 2

Sing Street

Sixteen Candles

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Slumdog Millionaire

Something's Gotta Give

Soul

Stealing Beauty

Suffragette

Suite française

Sweet November

Swing Kids

The Age of Innocence

The Aristocats

The Art of Getting By

The Book of Eli

The Breakfast Club

The Danish Girl

The Devil Wears Prada

The Dreamers

The Edge of Love

The Fifth Element

The Holiday

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Island

The Jungle Book (1967)

The Last of the Mohicans

The Light Between Oceans

The Little Mermaid (1989)

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Notebook

The Perfect Date

The Portrait of a Lady

The Shawshank Redemption

The Sleeping Dictionary

The Truman Show

The Warriors

The Wedding Date

The Women

Titanic

Tokyo Fiancée

Troy

Tuck Everlasting

Un Amour de Jeunesse

Un cœur en hiver

Undine

Unfaithful

Waterworld

When Harry Met Sally...

White Palace

Witness

Wonder

Words on Bathroom Walls

Yes Man

You've Got Mail

Zoe (2018)

[animusrox]

1.   Avengers: Infinity War 2.   Mandy 3.   Blindspotting 4.   Mission: Impossible – Fallout 5.   Black Panther 6.   Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7.   First Reformed 8.   Bodied 9.   Burning 10.  Suspiria

[Grade A]

11.   Upgrade 12.   Apostle 13.   Leave No Trace 14.   Roma 15.   Eighth Grade 16.   A Prayer Before Dawn 17.   22 July 18.   Support the Girls 19.   Lean on Pete 20.   Monsters and Men 21.   Revenge 22.   Minding the Gap 23.   Free Solo 24.   Shoplifters 25.   The Old Man & the Gun 26.   Bad Times at the El Royale 27.   Cold War 28.   The Ritual 29.   Game Night 30.   A Quiet Place 31.   The Wife 32.   The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 33.   Thoroughbreds 34.   We the Animals 35.   Vice 36.   Mid90s 37.   Verónica 38.   A Private War 39.   Overlord 40.   Searching 41.   Bumblebee 42.   The Death of Stalin 43.   Cam 44.   Private Life 45.   Tully 46.   Unsane 47.   The Hate U Give 48.   A Simple Favor 49.   The Night Comes For Us 50.   Teen Titans Go! To the Movies 51.   If Beale Street Could Talk 52.   First Man 53.   The Long Dumb Road 54.   The Rider 55.   Halloween 56.   Papillon 57.   Batman Ninja 58.   Chappaquiddick 59.   Maze Runner: The Death Cure 60.   Kin 61.   Green Book

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[Grade B]

62.   Galveston 63.   Can You Ever Forgive Me? 64.   Ravenous 65.   They Shall Not Grow Old 66.   Deadpool 2 67.   Kodachrome 68.   The House That Jack Built 69.   Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 70.   Boy Erased 71.   Creed II 72.   Best Friends Vol. 1 & 2 73.   The Favourite 74.   Sicario: Day of the Soldado 75.   Ready Player One 76.   Destroyer 77.   Unfriended: Dark Web 78.   BlacKkKlansman 79.   Ant-Man and the Wasp 80.   Wildlife 81.   At Eternity’s Gate 82.   The Sisters Brothers 83.   Crazy Rich Asians 84.   A Star Is Born 85.   Incredibles 2 86.   Solo: A Star Wars Story 87.   Operation Finale 88.   Mom and Dad 89.   Hotel Artemis 90.   The Miseducation of Cameron Post 91.   Christopher Robin 92.   Summer of ‘84 93.   Blockers 94.   Instant Family 95.   Anna and the Apocalypse 96.   Welcome to Marwen 97.   White Boy Rick 98.   Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot 99.   The Oath 100.   Isle of Dogs 101.   Colette 102.   Smallfoot 103.   The Possession of Hannah Grace 104.   Batman: Gotham by Gaslight 105.   Mayhem 106.   You Were Never Really Here 107.   Equalizer 2 108.   Hell Fest 109.   Hold the Dark 110.   Sorry to Bother You 111.   Never Goin’ Back

[Grade C]

112.   Welcome the Stranger 113.   Beirut 114.   7 Days in Entebbe 115.   Down a Dark Hall 116.   The Predator 117.   Slender Man 118.   The House with a Clock in Its Walls 119.   On the Basis of Sex 120.   Widows 121.   Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 122.   Uncle Drew 123.   The Front Runner 124.   Mortal Engines 125.   Hereditary 126.   Den of Thieves 127.   Rampage 128.   Early Man 129.   Terminal 130.   The Kindergarten Teacher 131.   Superfly 132.   Mary Queen of Scots 133.   12 Strong 134.   Annihilation 135.   Alpha 136.   How to Talk to Girls at Parties 137.   Aquaman 138.   The First Purge 139.   Beautiful Boy 140.   The Happytime Murders 141.   The Girl in the Spider’s Web 142.   Life Itself 143.   Stephanie 144.   Peter Rabbit

[Grade F]

145.   Bohemian Rhapsody 146.   Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 147.   Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle 148.   The Death of Superman 149.   Slice 150.   The Cloverfield Paradox 151.   Every Day 152.   The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 153.   Death Wish 154.   Adrift 155.   Ralph Breaks the Internet 156.   Skyscraper 157.   Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 158.   Assassination Nation 159.   Tag 160.   Tau 161.   Hunter Killer 162.   All About Nina 163.   Bird Box 164.   Pacific Rim Uprising 165.   Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay 166.   Action Point 167.   The Meg 168.   Gringo 169.   Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 170.   The Darkest Minds 171.   The Spy Who Dumped Me 172.   The Nun 173.   Fahrenheit 451 174.   Mile 22 175.   Winchester 176.   The Mule 177.   Tomb Raider 178.   Robin Hood 179.   Red Sparrow 180.   Overboard 181.   Ocean’s 8 182.   Venom 183.   The Grinch 184.   The Strangers: Prey At Night 185.   Breaking In 186.   Peppermint 187.   Traffik 188.   Life of the Party 189.   Proud Mary 190.   I Feel Pretty

Bottom 10

191.   Johnny English Strikes Again 192.   Holmes and Watson 193.   Night School 194.   The Hurricane Heist 195.   Truth or Dare 196.   Nobody’s Fool 197.   The 15:17 to Paris 198.   Gotti 199.   Tyler Perry’s Acrimony 200.   A Wrinkle in Time

[dippedanddripped]

When Karl Lagerfeld died, in February, “fashion and culture lost a great inspiration,” Bernard Arnault, the C.E.O. and chairman of L.V.M.H., said. A handful of businesses in Paris also lost a major patron, a one-man stimulus package who for decades had primed their margins and their creativity. The Lagerfeld District: a quilted clutch of bonnes adresses along the Tuileries and the gardens of the Champs-Élysées, not far from the headquarters of Chanel, where he was the creative director. The collapse of the Lagerfeld economy wasn’t catastrophic—Colette, one of his favorite boutiques, had already closed, in 2017—but his absence continues to be felt on shop floors around the city’s central arrondissements. “Karl liked to say that he was eleven per cent of our business,” Danielle Cillien Sabatier, the director of Galignani, the bookshop on the Rue de Rivoli, said the other day. When a visitor asked if the figure was accurate, she didn’t correct it. “He was certainly our No. 1 client.”

Lagerfeld went into Galignani once or twice a week. In a replica of his office that he once exhibited, shopping bags from the store cover every surface. “Once, we changed colors, from dark blue to light blue, and Karl said, ‘Oh, it’s the blue of Lanvin,’ ” Sabatier recalled. “I said, ‘No, it’s the blue of my eyes.’ ” An author and publisher himself, Lagerfeld was a bibliophile of epic appetite. (Practically a bibliophage, he is said to have torn the pages out of thick paperbacks as he read them.) He bought French books, English books, books of poetry, signed books, first editions, monographs, everything he could find on the Wiener Werkstätte. “Our booksellers knew the themes of his fashion shows long before they happened,” Sabatier said. “Sometimes we were thinking, This is awkward, what is he preparing? He’d buy dozens of books on astronauts, and, months later, there’d be a rocket at the Grand Palais.”

“Karl Kaiser,” the French journalist Raphaëlle Bacqué’s biography of Lagerfeld, has been a recent best-seller at Galignani. Near the fine-arts desk, there is a little shrine to him: a framed portrait, a photograph he took of a model posing in front of the shop’s windows. He might have been a monster boss (“I have no human feelings,” he once claimed), but he was apparently a peach of a customer. “He was very nice to everyone,” Sabatier said, pointing out another framed photograph, of Lagerfeld’s blue-cream Birman cat, Choupette, her head poking out of a Galignani bag. Lagerfeld had shot it for a window display and then given it to Sabatier for her office. She and several of her colleagues attended his memorial service. “I think it was real luck to come across such an incredible personality, and to see him in such simple conditions,” she said.

A few doors down, at Hilditch & Key, shirtmakers since 1899, Philippe Zubrzycki, the store’s manager, lit up when Lagerfeld’s name was mentioned. Monsieur Lagerfeld, he said, ordered around a hundred and fifty made-to-measure garments a year: nightshirts, kimonos, the white button-downs with collars like neck braces that had been his signature look since he lost ninety-two pounds over the course of a year by drinking protein shakes and eating nothing after 8 p.m. “He also ordered sleeveless ones, for painting,” Zubrzycki said. A client of long standing, Lagerfeld had cycled through different looks. At one point, when he was spending time at a château in Brittany, he had a taste for billowing shirts made in taffeta. “Sometimes he’d put in an order for fifty pieces and, over the weeks, the order would grow,” Zubrzycki said, acknowledging that Lagerfeld’s patronage was “fairly consequential.” Lagerfeld sent sketches for his orders by fax or courier, but he was open to suggestions from Hilditch & Key’s salespeople and tailors. “He loved when we made propositions, and often he’d say, ‘Oui, bingo!’ ”

Lagerfeld’s florist was Lachaume, a hundred-and-seventy-five-year-old family business on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where Marcel Proust went each morning to purchase an orchid for his buttonhole. Caroline Cnocquaert and Stéphanie Primet, its sister proprietors, responded immediately to a reporter’s invitation to talk about Lagerfeld, writing, “With great pleasure, he was our dream client!” The first time Lagerfeld came into the shop, in 1971, he bought “a very beautiful big white rose” from their grandmother, Giuseppina. An hour later, the sisters recalled, Yves Saint Laurent showed up, asking their mother, Colette, for exactly the same flower. When iPhones came out, Lagerfeld gave one to each sister, so that he could send them texts and images (“That was his word, rather than saying ‘photos’ ”). He hated holidays, when his ateliers were closed, and would take advantage of the fact that Lachaume stayed open, sending messages or coming in to chat. Cnocquaert and Primet had been very sad when Lagerfeld died, but, they said, “let’s think of the future, that’s what Monsieur Lagerfeld did.” They’d have their memories, they said, of his incredible orders. “We created thousands of bouquets!” ♦

[your-official-gingerartist]

She’s fallen in love… with a flea!!?!

🫣this is how Colette found out the one she loves turned out the be a monster.

Also under the crop I have another version where you can see what got covered up- I was really proud and happy with the shoes and hands I did on francoeur 😭

[bbclesmis]

The Telegraph: Dominic West: 'Colette's husband smoked and had sex three times a day – it makes our vegan times look dreary'

When Dominic West was cast opposite Keira Knightley in Colette, to play the limelight-stealing first husband of the not-yet-famous French novelist, it was during his stage run of Dangerous Liaisons at London’s Donmar, playing a wicked libertine of quite another époque.

“I tend to get villains these days,” West muses, sinking back affably in a hotel armchair. To viewers of the BBC’s new Les Misérables, the remark may seem puzzling: after all, it’s not the obsessive Javert he’s playing in that six-hour, song-free version of Victor Hugo’s novel, but Jean Valjean, one of the most unambiguous heroes in world literature.

The 49-year-old Yorkshireman admits it was a refreshing change – if probably a one-off – to be offered such a morally upstanding assignment. Willy in Colette and Valmont in Liaisons are more like bread-and-butter characters; throw in his small-screen infidelities in The Affair, which has one last season of grubby intrigue to shoot, and he’s the actor most likely to be glared at on the street as an incorrigible philanderer.

Beyond turpitude, though, he spots something else these parts have in common: we watch him outmanoeuvred by the women he assumed he could possess.

“That does seem to be a theme in my career – being matched by stronger women. Which is probably the theme of my life, too. I've got five sisters, and three daughters! I’m the go-to guy for playing the male foil, I suppose.”

When did this shift to bad guys occur, if it was even really a shift? “You reach certain waypoints in your career – well, I played lovers, and now I play villains, and dads! A while ago, I played Iago, Fred West and some other horror, all in the same year. I must have a funny look in my eye? I don't know what it is. But I suppose the Devil's always got the best lines. They're more interesting to play, really, especially if you can play against the evil.”

Colette is being marketed around Knightley, by and large. This seems eminently fair: as a writer and actress in turn-of-the-century Paris, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette spent way too much of her career living in the shadow of her ruthless, slave-driving publisher – also her husband, known to the world as “Willy” – to be co-credited on her own biopic with anyone else.

Still, it’s West who snuck his way into a BIFA nomination, for best supporting actor, while Knightley was crowded out. The film relies for nuance on his refusal to monster the character. He concedes that it’s not the most flattering role. “I had three different fat-suits and an appalling walrus moustache!” But in West’s hands, an odd sympathy emerges for Willy, despite all his terrible behaviour – locking Colette in an upstairs room to write, cheating on her incessantly, and eventually selling off the rights to her novels.

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“I thought he was obviously an exciting guy to be around,” West says. “And a total shit, and a narcissist, and an exploiter. But she was with him because he was this incredible force of nature, really, and a sort of bon viveur catalyst to quite a lot of very good writers. I did, even at the end, have a sympathy for this Salieri figure, who realised, having been so famous, that he would only ever be remembered as Colette’s former husband. Which is ironic – no one's ever heard of him now. And if they have, that's the only reason.”

First hatched as an idea 15 years ago, Wash Westmoreland’s film has been an arduous one to get made. West mentions this slow gestation to explain how tentatively the dial moves, in terms of getting stories told about women’s creative achievements. Just five years ago, Knightley was essentially playing sidekick to Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; now it’s her turn to play the genius.

West sees it as “rather serendipitous” that so much discussion about women’s agency – not to mention male abuse – started to happen as the film got made. There’s a striking parallel, I point out, with the role Glenn Close plays in The Wife – as the true brains behind the operation in another literary marriage. “I bet that’s a commonplace story,” he agrees. “Misapplied acclaim. It’s interesting that George Eliot had to change her name to a man's to get published. But then, so did JK Rowling. Doesn't change much, does it?”

 As a true-blue fan of The Wire, I couldn’t possibly interview West without touching on his lead role in that series. You could argue David Simon’s Baltimore-set, 5-season HBO epic changed everything for the actor in 2002, but you’d be wrong, because it took about five years before anyone even saw it.

West, a dabbler in Hollywood back then, was deep into his “lovers” phase – he’d been an alcoholic boyfriend to Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, a jazz-age lothario shot dead by Renée Zellweger in Chicago, a caddish colleague to Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile. He was usually the debonair party animal you had to get out of the way so the film could carry on.

And then a tape he’d recorded as a joke fell into Simon’s hands. “It was just an astonishing piece of luck,” he reflects, “because in spite of myself, I landed the lead part in the best TV show of all time!”. This casting fluke lets him lampoon himself so perfectly it’s hard not to laugh. “I spent an awful lot of time trying to get out of it! I was always saying, ‘Oh gawd, not another season.’ Mainly because I was away from home, from my young daughter. And also because no one seemed to be watching it.”

Jimmy McNulty, an alcoholic cop struggling with child support and unstable relationships, was the show’s weary constant. West’s crumpled humility gave the show a relatable centre, but it finally paid him back: the slow-trickle recognition of Simon’s sensational achievement has let everyone involved live in its afterglow.

“I wouldn’t have watched it, had I not been in it,” West admits. “My daughter told me the other day, ‘Yeah, I watched it, it's very dated, dad.’ I don't think it is, though! It's been the gift that keeps on giving.” Michael B. Jordan, now a superstar after the Creed films and Black Panther, got his break there as a tragic 16-year-old drug dealer called Wallace. “I directed him in the last season, now he’s the king of Hollywood,” West remembers.

And there was Idris Elba, as kingpin-cum-politician Stringer Bell. “What happened to Idris? I don't know what happened to Idris. Has anyone heard of him since?! It was perfect. I think he knew it was perfect. He came in, blazed it, and got out. The rest of us felt slightly like journeymen, supporting these celebrity cameos.”

West socks over this kind of self-deprecation with reliable verve. He gallantly assumes it was his dancing, not Knightley’s, which led to a polka sequence being cut from Colette. “She’s pretty easy to spark off,” he says of his co-star. “And she's certainly easy to fall in love with. I had one particular scene where I'm in despair because she's leaving me, and that was a piece of cake.”

Colette was just a 19-year-old Burgundian country girl when she met Willy, 14 years her senior, and was swept off her feet. When West talks about their vigorous sex life, which branched out to multiple partners in Paris – and some they shared – there’s a hint of performative envy to his routine. “Considering what he drank and ate and smoked every day, he was also having sex three times a day. I mean, people did that, in those days. They make our vegan times look so dreary!”

Meanwhile, his approach to tackling the almost dauntingly virtuous Jean Valjean was to find the weakness in the man. “He's so obviously someone overcoming his shortcomings. Which is the only chance any of us get to be heroes. Quite apart from all the acrobatic saving of kids that he does, his great thing is redeeming his flaws, or his dark past.”

It’s an effort for us both not keep calling it Les Miz. Wasn’t he at all disappointed that he never got to belt out “Two-four-six-oh-OOOOONE!!” in his beefiest Old Etonian baritone?

“I was disappointed, but I think everyone else was relieved! I wondered where the songs were, actually. I kept trying to sing and they kept stopping me.”

Les Misérables continues on BBC One on Sunday at 9pm. Colette is out in UK cinemas from January 11 (x)

[siffleur]

CECIL  +  FAMILY. a guide to cecil’s family.

darius reinard  (1689-1759)   —   cecil’s father, devout catholic, a french baron and the head of the house of reinard. owned a sizable manor on the outskirts of paris, however most of his fortune was lost to debts due to his own father’s doings. he was a strict man, hard to please, though he did at few occasions show himself to care for his family. he had a final say and full control over his children’s lives, and cared above all about the good name of the family, not their personal happiness ; he was the one who sent cecil away twice due to, by his standards, unbecoming behaviour that could possibly tarnish their name. it was him cecil had the most issues with, feeling a dislike and animosity coming from his father towards him specifically as he did not live up to his standards. it was darius who, assuming his son was already turned into a vampire when he was simply spiked with vampire blood, due to visible bites on his neck, instead of helping him after their argument which led to a serious accident, decided to finish the job and afterwards cover it up. ten years after turning into a vampire, cecil returned and killed his father in revenge, burning their family house down.

anna reinard,  née lesczyńska  (1693-1752)   —   cecil’s mother, devout catholic, a polish noblewoman. she was a kind but fierce woman with a love and talent for music, which her youngest son shared with her. she grew up in poland, however due to shifting political scene in the country, she along with her family moved to paris, where she met and later married darius. cecil was the only one out of his siblings to take after his mother in terms of looks, sporting her blonde locks, green eyes and not very impressive height as opposed to the rest of their family. she loved her son deeply and it was with her he connected the most, though their relationship did become slightly strained after she broke his trust, when for her misguided concern for him, she told his father things he told her in confidentiality, which resulted in him being sent away. she was the only one of their family who witnessed cecil’s death, and the ordeal was so painful to her that she had not been the same afterwards. she closed off, and slowly began to descent until eventually, mad with grief, she died three years after cecil’s mortal death and never saw her son turned into a vampire.

francis reinard  (1713-1759)   —   cecil’s oldest brother, making him the firstborn child of the reinard family. seeing as there were twelve years between the two of them, and they were largely different in terms of personality and interests, they had very little in common and often did not really know how to interact with one another. the strain in their relationship, however, contrary to popular belief never came from the fact that as the eldest son, francis was to inherit everything and leave cecil nothing. they had very opposing personalities, and where francis could be a little aloof and unwilling to express his feelings, as well as being firmly grounded in the traditionally male narrative of the time, cecil was gentle, but willful, emotional to the core. ironically, in some instances the youngest brother proved to be stronger, and in reality francis had been a rather sensitive person, all of which had been repressed by their father. he had his own family, wife and kids, already when cecil had been alive. after cecil returned ten years after his death, however, he had every intention of turning his brother into a vampire if he only wished so, but upon finding out that francis helped bury his body and cover his story up, unbeknownst to him forced by their father, he snapped and killed him by drinking his blood, before killing their father.

madeleine delacroix,  née reinard  (1716-1760)   —   cecil’s older sister, a lovely woman who while looking much like her father, in terms of personality took mostly after her mother. even though there were nine years of age difference between her and cecil, they always had quite a good relationship, and cecil absolutely doted to her. he wrote the most letters to her specifically when he was away, even more so when madeleine eventually went on to marry and have her own children, all daughters. she had a sharp mind and could have easily bested any men, but due to their father’s influence and power over his children, she was forced to marry young. luckily, however, while there was no love between her husband, there was mutual respect. she was the only one away from their house with her own family when cecil had died and never knew the truth about her younger brother’s real fate, but rather believed the story of him running away to pursue music. she was understandably broken up after the truth came out and all of her immediate family was dead. cecil came to her some time after, meaning to turn her into a vampire as he did not want to be alone, but as she refused and called him a monster, an accident occurred where she slipped on the balcony, and fell to her death. cecil took her silver cross and ever since was wearing it around his neck.

henriette reinard  (1719-1720)   —   cecil’s older sister whom he had never met, as she fell ill when she had been just one years old and died shortly after.

julien reinard  (1722-1722)   —   cecil’s older brother whom he had never met, who was born during a harsh winter with some unforeseen complications, he died after a week of life.

cécil leopold bastien reinard  /  alias “léo”  (1725-1749  /  vampire life 1749 - present)   —   youngest child of darius and anna reinard, named after his paternal grandmother, cécile reinard.

colette beaumont  /  alias “rozalia”  (1757-1772  /  vampire life 1772 - present)   —   colette was the only child of cecil’s sister’s oldest daughter. due to her parents’ deaths and no siblings, at the age of merely eleven she became an heiress to a sizable fortune. at some point she was brought to cecil by the guild, for him to be tested and prove himself. he was given an ultimatum ; to either turn her into a vampire or let them kill her. she was only fifteen at that point, making her still a little too young to be turned by their standards, but as she pleaded him to save her, he drank from her until the brink of death and then fed her his blood before she died. simultaneously, she became the first vampire cecil had ever sired. she joined the guild along with her fortune, made to be forever a teenager, and upon finding out who cecil really was, due to what he’s done to their family prior to her birth she disliked him on principal and chose her guild name to be his maternal grandmother’s. though there often was animosity between them and she refused to accept his help, he did look out for her regardless, and she was also never present and as it turned out, involved in the guild’s betrayal and attempt to kill both him and yulia. he later lost sight of her as she remained with the guild, but as he was again found and asked to join once more in modern times, it turned out she was still alive and fairly well, traveling with what was left of once prominent vampire society.

[jetsneakers]

Adidas x Kevin Lyons Adilette Slides Release Info #slides #adidas #Adilette #INFO #Kevin #Lyons #RELEASE

[sneakerspotlight]

Every Artist Needs Canvas: Converse in Collaboration

Every artist needs a canvas on which to work, and since the Converse sneaker is quite literally made of canvas, the brand has had a lot of opportunity to collaborate with other companies and creatives over the years. They have done dozens of collaborations, and some of their most notable ones are highlighted below.

1. Comme des Garçons

The Japanese streetwear brand first started collaborating with Converse in 2009. Famous for their logo of a red heart with big eyes that was designed by ​​Filip Pagowski, Comme des Garçons began with a Chuck Taylor sneaker that had the top half of the logo resting along the line of where the rubber sole meets the canvas sides of the shoe. This made it look as though the heart was peeking up with its eyes, peering out from behind a wall on both a high-top sneaker and a low-top option. This model is still widely available and comes in white and black. Throughout their decade-long relationship of creating together, there have been other iterations that incorporate the Comme des Garçons logo; some models include polka dots, a line of several red CDG hearts, an all-over print with a minimalist outline of the hearts, an all-leather option, and some other color-way options like blue, gray, and khaki. The highly-recognizable logo mixed with the down-to-earth nature of the Chuck Taylor shoe creates a playful and street-smart look that makes this collaboration one of Converse’s most popular to date.

2. colette

The iconic French department store colette closed its doors in 2017 after 20 years of business, and anyone who was able to visit this store in person will certainly understand that it was a fashion giant when it came to unique collaborations. Carrying high fashion, streetwear, art magazines, and accessories, this concept shop was always on the cutting edge of cool. These fashion collaboration trailblazers worked with everyone from Balenciaga to McDonald’s, and Converse was able to work with them before they closed their doors. Illustrator Kevin Lyons designed a high-top Chuck Taylor sneaker using colette’s signature blue to cover the canvas shoes with a variety of monsters. These limited edition sneakers were exclusively sold in the colette store in Paris, and only 125 pairs were made.

3. Damien Hirst

In 2010, Converse announced a collaboration with Damien Hirst for (PRODUCT)RED for an exclusive sneaker that would retail for $100 USD a pair (with 100% of the profits of the shoe going to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria). The design was a laser-printed version of Hirst’s “All You Need Is Love” butterfly print, which he created in 2007 and which was sold at an AIDS benefit auction in 2008 for $2,420,000 USD.

4. Missoni

The Italian design house Missoni has joined forces with Converse many times in the past to create eccentric versions of the Chuck Taylor All-Star clad in the bold patterned prints the brand is known for, rather than Converse’s traditional canvas. Some of the models they have released over the years have been in section-tinted wool, mesh, suede, mohair, shearling sheepskin, knitted jersey, and leather (with the shoelaces). The patterns used have been Missoni’s famous stripes and zig-zags, and they have played with many different color-ways as well: ochres and warm beiges/browns for an autumn release, pastel and creamy tones for a spring release, classic black and white, and of course some of the bold color combinations that the maximalist Italian couture house is known for.

5. The Simpsons

In September of 2014 Converse released four different versions of their Chuck Taylor All-Stars (two high-top, two low-top) that featured characters from the television program The Simpsons, to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary.

6. Nintendo

A Japan exclusive, Converse collaborated with Nintendo to create a sneaker covered in Super Mario characters in honor of the game’s 25th anniversary. A fun detail on these special edition sneakers is the subtle redesign of the classic star on the Chuck Taylor All-Stars, which looks like the star from the world of the game that gives players extra powers.

7. Maison Margiela

Maison Margiela paired with Converse in autumn 2013 to create a very innovative collaboration: they took a pair of the classic Chuck Taylor All-Stars, covered them completely in a special white paint that was designed to flake off as you wore them, eventually revealing a hidden color beneath the surface: navy blue, red, black, or yellow. There was no way to know what the hidden color would be at the time of purchase; the only way to know would be to buy them, wear them, and let time reveal your color. The yellow sneakers were exclusively available in Maison Margiela stores, with the other color options available in Paris concept stores L’Eclaireur and colette.

Images (from top to bottom): havenshop.com, Vogue France, hypebeast.com, popsugar.com, Vogue France, hypebeast.com, nssmag.com

[moonage-x-daydream]

Ohne welches Buch könntest du dir kein Leben mehr vorstellen?

Uff, das wird sich wohl eher nicht nur auf ein einziges Buch bei mir beschränken, da ich Bücher über alles liebe und mehrere zu meinen absoluten Favoriten gehören. Sie sind irgendwie ein Teil von mir geworden, haben mir immer wieder etwas mitgegeben. Ich habe ebenfalls von vielen Büchern gelernt. Einige öffneten mir sogar die Augen. Das ist etwas sehr Wundervolles für mich. Ich weiß, ich könnte diese Antwort ganz einfach nur mit Titel und Autor beantworten, aber da ich so #extra bin, musste ich das hier alles hinklatschen, heh. Nun denn, dies sind die Bücher, ohne die ich mir kein Leben vorstellen könnte:

1984, Farm der Tiere - George Orwell

Gespräch mit einem Vampir, Armand der Vampir - Anne Rice

Der alte Mann und das Meer - Ernest Hemingway

Goethes Faust (Teil 1)

Schöne neue Welt - Aldous Huxley

Frankensteins Monster - Mary Shelley

La Reine Margot - Alexandre Dumas

Gullivers Reisen - Jonathan Swift

Wolfsblut - Jack London

Sturmhöhe - Emily Brontë

Die geheime Geschichte - Donna Tartt

Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

Elric von Melniboné/Die Sage vom Ende der Zeit, Tochter der Traumdiebe - Michael Moorcock

Claudine à l'École, Claudine à Paris, Claudine en Ménage, Claudine s'en va - Colette (Ich kann gar nicht in Worte fassen, wie sehr ich diese Bücher liebe. Jedoch stehen sie leider nicht in meinem Regal, da sie hier in Deutschland nicht mehr gedruckt werden …wie auch so viele gute Bücher.)

Tod in Venedig - Thomas Mann

Und das wird wohl jetzt nicht wirklich unter die Kategorie “Buch” fallen, aber ich liebe auch die Erzählungen von Edgar Allan Poe.

[overlord-off-record]

So I managed to scrape out a little bit of prose while working an unreasonable amount of overtime. I’m tired, so I’ll probably wait until tomorrow to post this to ao3. 

Someone may have a concussion here, which, I must say, is a bit too easy to write when I have a migraine. Poison series: 4/?

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Gil could have stayed on the ground, contemplating the ringing in his ears, waiting for the world to right itself. He could have let Captain DuPree handle the three-story-tall monstrosity that had swatted him aside like a wet handkerchief. He felt a bit like a wet handkerchief, to be entirely honest about it. But the thing was charging, the trap gun had failed, and his friends needed him.

He lurched to his feet, unsteady, focusing on his own unruly limbs as the city reeled around him. How hard had that thing hit him? Farther down the street, Wooster yelped. Gil squinted, trying to make sense of what he saw. His rattled brains refused. With a shrug, he loped back toward the carnage.

Clawed limbs wheeled this way and that, making a wreck of the architecture. Colette yelled impolite words about the beast harming her city. That's fair. Onlookers peered out of buildings, began to gather along the streets.

That would complicate matters.

An explosion—that would not have been Colette—shook the street. The creature roared and reared back, shaking its flaming forelimb. DuPree's work, then. Gil watched with mild interest as the crowd broke beneath the burning debris, only to form up again to the right of the monster. They probably had a better view from there anyway.

The creature flailed back from another explosion, this one falling a little short. It roared again, then seemed to change its mind about continuing on down the street. It snarled at the crowd. Whoops.

"Hey!" Waving his arms, Gil increased his pace. "Hey, ugly!" His shouts confused the beast. Its head swung toward him, then back to the crowd. "Over here!"

The monster lashed its tail toward him, the point of which snapped open into four lobes, each sporting a row of barbs.

Uh-oh.

Gil lunged to the side, but one of the lobes of the tail-weapon slammed into his shoulder, throwing him to the ground again. Great. He fought for breath, fought the overwhelming sense that he should just close his eyes, perhaps melt a bit into the pavement. Every laborious gasp stung, burned, ached. Something was wrong, but he could not name it, not until he managed to catch his breath.

Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Gil tried to sit up. That was when he realized that he could not feel his left hand. Ugh, lovely. With his functional hand, he fumbled to unbutton his shirt. He yanked the bloody fabric away from the wound, and he saw that the skin around the punctures had already turned an unsettling purple-black. Double ugh.

Some of the crowd had shifted focus from the creature to its victim. "You poor thing!" said a young woman with a large hat and a tenuous grasp of the purpose of corsetry. She leaned over him, and he scuttled backward, discovering in the process that his left foot had also lost sensation. Lovely.

"Move!" Gil said, and then appreciated how the Paris crowd obeyed first and then afterward looked and shrieked at the massive foot stomping down where they had stood. He struggled to his feet, inadvertently mirroring the way the monster fumbled to turn in the narrow street. It apparently held a grudge over being called ugly. It destroyed a façade, reared back, and roared again.

"I like that haberdashery," complained a too-familiar voice behind Gil. Great.

"Look who came out to gawk." Gil rolled his head to the side, trying to give Tarvek a challenging stare, but the numbness was spreading.

Tarvek's eyes narrowed. "Are you drunk?"

"You would say that this early in the afternoon," Gil scoffed. He contemplated all possible logistics of leaping onto the beast's back with no feeling in one foot. He took one awkward step forward before a hand on his collar yanked him back.

"What is wrong with you?" Tarvek spun him about, his gaze falling to Gil's open shirt, to the blackened flesh there.

"I got stung by Big Ugly there. Do you mind?"

Tarvek ignored Gil's attempt to brush him off. "Toxin?" he asked, pulling a vial from one of his pockets.

Gil lied before he even thought about it. "Some kind of paralytic." He knew well enough to recognize a powerful neurotoxin, but he figured he could sleep it off with little trouble.

Tarvek poured the contents of the vial over the puncture wounds. The liquid sizzled when it touched the blackened skin, but Gil felt nothing.

"What is that stuff?"

"Disinfectant," Tarvek said, returning the empty vial to his pocket. "Sepsis from monster attack is a useless way to die."

Gil suspected that Tarvek was lying, but he also had no evidence. Anyway, Tarvek couldn't possibly know what sort of toxin the creature produced. Not unless he knew how it had been made. Gil gave him a calculating glance. No. Big horrible monsters were just not Tarvek's style.

Shrugging his right shoulder, Gil turned back toward the beast. "Well, here goes," he muttered to himself, but when he started forward, Tarvek yanked him back again.

"What are you doing? If you get yourself killed today, we all fail that group project on Thursday!"

"I'm not going to die!" Gil argued, irritation getting the better of good sense. "Look at the thing! It can't even turn around without smashing three shopfronts! Your grandmother could probably disable it." He knew he was understating the danger, but the monster did seem as great a hazard to itself as to the public.

Tarvek arched one eyebrow. "With one hand tied, I have very little doubt," he said, his expression leaning toward wry. "Not that she would let that happen. Ever." He grimaced. "Now what's wrong with you?"

An excellent question. Gil scowled and failed to mention that his vision had become unstable. Small tremors at intermittent intervals. Ugh. "You're in my way."

"The monster is behind you."

So it was.

The beast had finally managed to turn. It lowered its head, chin nearly touching the street, and it roared at them. Gil sighed. This was how he had managed to get swatted to the pavement the first time.

"Fine," he said to the creature. "Let's do this."

"You are out of your mind," Tarvek objected, catching him by the collar again.

Probably. Gil attempted to shrug off the hand holding him back. He failed, which did not give him a reasonable amount of faith in his ability to subdue this monster. "Well, somebody has to deal with it."

"Aren't some of your degenerate friends around here somewhere?"

A hollow boom resounded down the narrow street, and Gil cast a smirk at Tarvek. "I wouldn't let Colette hear you say that, if I were you."

The monster roared. It hesitated, legs seeming to buckle for a moment before it shook off the unseen attack from behind. A second blast knocked it to its knees.

Gil tried without success to peer past the creature. "I think Colette just field tested her final project for Modular Artillery."

"Sounded like it," Tarvek agreed. The monster's chin dropped to the pavement. "A rousing success, I'd say."

Gil rubbed at the back of his head. Oh, he had a fairly large bump there. Huh. "We'll have to move this thing somehow."

"In pieces?" Tarvek suggested, and Gil gave him a sharp look.

"You want to make more of a mess? You?"

"Colette's sonic canon has knocked it down, but it will get back up soon enough. You want to drag this carnage out longer?" Tarvek shot back, glaring.

Fair point. Gil frowned at his own trap gun, which had jammed or something. "I hope someone has a better idea," he grumbled, growing irritable as the throbbing in his head began to distract him.

"Colette probably has a few thoughts." Tarvek gave Gil a bit of an odd look. "Are you about to fall over?"

Gil opened his mouth to object, but at that moment, the trap gun finally deployed, narrowly missing him. It did ensnare Tarvek, who yelped and hurled rude epithets at Gil. Well. That gave him a better idea of the adjustments he needed to make, at least. He reached into his pockets for tools.

Behind him, he could hear DuPree and Wooster arguing about what to do with the monster. They would sort it out, he had every confidence. Gil noticed his hand shaking, and he imagined that a wiser man would rest before revising his invention. He wanted to be wise, but he supposed the victim of his device was right to call him an idiot. To yell it, for all of Paris to hear. Not that Gil would ever tell Tarvek so.

Grinning to himself, Gil got to work.