#ben kaufmann

[le-brol]

Noah Saavedra as Ben Kaufmann in Bad Banks S2

[krispyweiss]

EP Review: Yonder Mountain String Band - I’d Like Off

Over Yonder Mountain plays the original String Band. And the OG YSMB has released I’d Like Off, an extended play dating to 2010 and featuring “one of the last studio sessions from the original lineup.”

It ends on an eerie note, given Jeff Austin’s 2019 suicide and the fact “I’d Like Off” is likely to be the swan song of the mandolinist - who left Yonder in 2014 - and guitarist Adam Aijala, bassist Ben Kaufmann and banjoist Dave Johnston.

Hey you in the mirror/did you finally get your way/and tell those clowns around you/what you told me yesterday/that inside there’s a noise/that sounds like dreaming/by the way I didn’t catch your name/I’m getting off now if it’s OK, goes the last of the title track’s three verses.

It’s the lone ballad on an EP otherwise made up of the bluegrass burners “Ripcord Blues,” “What the Night Brings,” “Pockets” and “Don’t Lean on Me.”

Austin’s family was “a little shocked” by the band’s release of I’d Like Off, suggesting some sort of internal conflict. That’s a shame, for the music is quintessential YMSB and a tasty piece of ear candy for fans of the original group.

Grade card: Yonder Mountain String Band - I’d Like Off - B+

4/10/24

[chibrary]

Some at the team knew he was the man for the job, but Charles Leclerc's procurement of a seat relied on a neat bit of manoeuvring in order for their boss to agree to a deal.

We're not talking here about the delay that followed Sergio Marchionne's death before Leclerc gained a 2019 Ferrari Formula 1 drive, rather his maiden season of car racing in the '14 Formula Renault ALPS series.

Fortec Motorsport engineer Martin Young knew all about the talents of the 16-year-old Monegasque driver.

"My background is in karting," he explains. "I used to work for the factory teams in Italy. I knew the drivers to watch from karting would be Max Verstappen, Ben Barnicoat and Charles Leclerc, and Fortec wanted to run teams in Eurocup, NEC and ALPS."

It's worth explaining here that in those days Formula Renault 2.0 operated as a pyramid structure, with the Eurocup at the top, and the Dutch-promoted Northern European Cup and Italian-run ALPS series as the base. Fortec was already established in Eurocup and NEC, but was venturing into ALPS for the first time.

"At the time it looked like Verstappen would be doing Eurocup, and we had Ben signed for NEC," continues Young. "I spoke to Jamie Dye [Fortec managing director] and said that if we wanted to move forward in ALPS we needed to get Leclerc.

"We did a test day at Motorland [Aragon] and we sort of lied about his times - we'd put Charles up against a lot of experienced drivers, so he was 1.2-1.3 seconds off - so that Richard [Dutton, team principal] would stay interested in giving him a bit of a deal. Richard was asking, 'Is he really good?', and we said, 'Yeah, we know he's really good.'"

Barnicoat, now a factory McLaren GT racer, was already familiar with Leclerc - as a Racing Steps Foundation protege, he was part of the ART Grand Prix line-up in international karting in 2012 and '13, while Leclerc belonged (and still does) to the All Road Management stable of ART shareholder Nicolas Todt.

"I had two years as team-mate to him in karting," says Barnicoat. "The first year I was directly racing with him, and in the second he went into gearbox [KZ] karts. He was one of the best team-mates I ever had, if not the best. A great guy.

"That first year, Charles won the WSK series and I won the European championship - that was up against the likes of Verstappen, so the competition was extremely high. I feel sort of left out!

"He had a bit more track knowledge so in the first half of the year he was beating me, but then we pushed each other really hard and that worked for the team - we got a lot from that.

"Looking at how good he is, it's nice to know I beat him on occasions, to know that I had the talent and ability to do that."

Fortec was one of the teams that tested Verstappen, and was also eyeing a deal with another talented karter: George Russell, whose plan was to combine Renault ALPS with what was then BRDC Formula 4.

Russell, who now is on course to succeed Leclerc as Formula 2 champion, eventually joined Prema Powerteam for ALPS, but that deal fell over on the eve of the season and he secured a last-minute berth at Koiranen GP.

"We wanted George; we tried to sign him," says Dutton of what could have been a mighty line-up had Russell joined Leclerc. "But he signed for Prema and then [Lawrence] Stroll [who had taken a majority shareholding in Prema] stopped him from going there."

"Me and Charles were testing for Fortec," says Russell, "and at the same time Verstappen was there with Josef Kaufmann Racing, I think. We were in talks with Fortec, but we decided to sign with Prema."

When it's pointed out what a mega line-up that would have been alongside Leclerc, Russell laughs: "In hindsight that could have worked out better for me than Koiranen. That [the late Prema split] put us in the shit a little bit, and three weeks before the first race I didn't have a deal. We took the gamble on Koiranen."

Autosport reminds Dutton of an awards evening over the 2013-14 winter when, asked about Russell, he said: "We've got someone even better - a lad from Monaco..."

"It was really quite a late deal," recalls Dutton. "He missed most of the winter-test programme. But you just knew he was the real deal. In and out of the car he knew what he wanted. In lots of ways he reminded us of Verstappen when we tested him."

Young confirms that the sum total of Leclerc's pre-season mileage was four days at Aragon, and two at Barcelona, before going straight into the pre-weekend test for the Imola opener.

"The first three race weekends his experience was a bit low," says Young, "but as soon as he got on the podium he was there every weekend.

Leclerc went on to finish runner-up to the flying - and experienced - Nyck de Vries in the ALPS points, with two race wins at Monza under his belt, but perhaps the more impressive performances came in his three 'wildcard' outings in the Eurocup. The first was at Spa, one week before the Belgian track's ALPS round.

"He was 30th in qualifying at the Eurocup," says Dutton. "We changed everything - we couldn't understand what the hell was going on. One week later he qualified third for ALPS. That was really, really special."

In his next Eurocup outing, Leclerc took a fifth and a second at the Nurburgring, and in his final one he took a brace of seconds at the Hungaroring.

"I was looking after Matt Parry and Jack Aitken in Eurocup," says long-time Fortec driver coach Matt Howson. "I'd heard [Leclerc] was something maybe a bit special, but you hear that all the time, and wait until you see it yourself.

"Usually you understand the driving style straight away - what's good, what's bad - and the thing with Charles is it didn't matter whether there was understeer or oversteer, he seemed to deliver a lap time."

The cerebral approach of Leclerc and engineer Young frustrated Howson at the Nurburgring.

"He'd never seen the place, and there were only two 45-minute [test] sessions, and furthermore Martin was determined to try things on the car," says Howson.

"I said, 'Don't do it, leave him out'. He was last in the second session, and then he was P3 on the grid for the second race - that's unheard of in Eurocup [for a newcomer]. Renault is a very finicky formula, and it all has to come together to deliver results, but Charles seemed impervious to everything.

"Based on that first year, I knew he was a little bit special. Whenever he was tested in Eurocup, he defied his experience. That's a marker - that you can break all the accepted rules."

Talking about that Nurburgring episode, Young says: "That literally sums up Charles Leclerc. That year we were struggling in Eurocup, and I said I'd come in with Charles and we'd do some testing. Going into qualifying he'd never run new tyres, but he went from last to the front. Nothing ever fazed him."

In Young's view, he also compared favourably to Lando Norris, who tested FRenault cars with Fortec in 2014 before his first steps into single-seaters: "I worked with Lando towards the end of the year, and Lando eventually got to the same point [as Leclerc] but needed a lot of testing, but Charles could just get in and drive. It was second nature to him."

Russell took a distant fourth in the ALPS standings, although he did claim the 2014 BRDC F4 title.

"With Nyck winning the championship it didn't make any sense to me, but I think at the time there were a few dodgy chassis around," he says. "When I tested Nyck's car it was extremely different in terms of characteristics. I wasted a season there, but it was character-building."

He also suffered from chicken pox that caused him to miss the Monza round, where Leclerc took his two wins.

"I didn't think it affected me at the time, but I struggled a bit for no reason in the following few F4 races," says Russell. "It was quite severe - I've still got some bad scars. I put my family off their dinner a few times!"

But Russell trumped Leclerc by joining Tech 1 Racing for the final Eurocup round at Jerez as a wildcard - and winning: "I got my self-confidence back a bit, jumped in that car and won."

Both Russell and Leclerc had initially targeted a full season in Eurocup in 2015, but such were their reputations by the end of '14 that each went to the Formula 3 European Championship, Russell with Carlin, and Leclerc with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Fortec tried to hang on to Leclerc for F3. "We tried so hard to get him for F3, but we lost him to VAR," says Dutton. "We did some tests with him in the F3 car and he was straight on the pace. At Silverstone he was quickest of everybody there, and then we went to Valencia with him and we had a nightmare with mechanical issues. I think that didn't do us any good."

All who worked or raced with Leclerc agree about his qualities as a man.

"Of all the drivers in F1 who've come through us, Charles is the one who gets [guest] passes for the British Grand Prix," says Dutton. "He had Martin [Young] and Jamie [Dye] there this year the whole weekend, in Sauber hospitality. He's a proper guy."

"I still speak to Charles every week or so on various topics," adds Young, who attended Leclerc's initial grand prix free practice outings in 2016. "He's still exactly the same person."

Barnicoat, who is one of the drivers for the McLaren hot laps at F1 events, bumps into Leclerc regularly.

"When we raced against each other in Renault there was quite a lot of rivalry from what we'd had in karting," says the Briton, who added three 'wildcard' ALPS outings as direct team-mate to Leclerc to his title-winning NEC campaign.

"But it would have been nice to get more direct comparisons. In 2013, when we were in karting, I went to the grand prix with him in Monaco and stayed on his uncle's boat, and had a really good time. We spent a lot of time together, and although we were rivals we helped each other out. He was a good friend of mine and still is."

Leclerc is also resilient. "Jules Bianchi came to the Hungaroring Eurocup round to mentor him," says Howson, "and I understood then how close they were. After that incident [for Bianchi] and his father [who died in mid-2017], he's probably been tested off track more than anyone else, but it's not bled over into anything on track.

"He's incredibly mature. He's relatively introverted - he doesn't come in and make lots of noise, but he's polite, considerate and always looks you in the eye when he talks to you. It doesn't matter whether he's got loads of cameras on him, he'll always come over for a chat."

Russell, meanwhile, is "100%" sure that Leclerc will flourish at Ferrari.

"Charles is one of a handful of others I put in the best-of-the-best group," he says. "In my opinion he absolutely deserves his chance at Ferrari. He's got the speed and the talent, and I'm excited to see how he fares next year. I've no doubt that he will be competitive."

[unes23]

Valery Kaufmann by Ben Hassett for ELLE US

[autie-hobbit]

Some TUA Fic Recs!

These are some of my absolute favourite “Umbrella Academy” fanfics! All of these fics are finished, except for one. Please note that most of the tags I am including are not all of the tags on the fic, they are mostly the general ones and warning ones. Also, all of the word counts have been rounded. (all fics are on ao3)

“Against the Waves” by noodlerdoodler | Rated T | 3,200 Words | Main Relationship: Diego Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Canon, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Fluff, Nightmares | Synopsis: 

“Charming. Isn’t my company entertaining enough for you?” Dramatically, Klaus threw up a hand against his forehead and collapsed onto his bed as if he were wounded.

“Don’t be an ass,” His brother rolled his eyes but there was a fond expression on his face, “You know that some of us aren’t actually nocturnal?”

Klaus stuck his tongue out, “What are you doing up then?”

Instantly, his brother’s defences snapped back up and he scowled, “I t-t-t-tol-tol-told y-y-you th-“

Whatever his excuses were, Klaus couldn’t be bothered to hear them. As lowly as the others thought of him, he was actually pretty intuitive and it was obvious the real reason Diego was out of bed was because something was bothering him. He wasn’t one to just wander around after hours for no reason- that was more Klaus’s gig. Whatever it was had really gotten under his skin. Unfortunately, his brother was too emotionally constipated to say what was on his mind. 

| Comments: Very sweet. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26519572

“Business Man'' by Cate_Olivyn | Rated T | 6,800 Words | Main Relationship: Five Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Major Character Death, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Intoxication, Ghosts, Temporary Character Death | Synopsis: 

“Terminate David and Klaus Katz.”

Five ignored the pang of guilt that accompanied the name, because it was only a stranger with his brother’s name. He ignored the ugly feeling in his chest when he saw his mark, and he looked so much like the man he left to rot in the apocalypse.

But he can’t ignore the pain in his brother’s eyes when he talks about a love lost, and a life in another time. 

| Comments: Pain. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40455777

“Firestarter” by Melivian | Rated T | 8,900 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Minor Violence, Drug Addiction, Past Character Death, Deteriorating Relationships | Synopsis: 

"It's funny," Klaus said. "You start out with something so great. And you think it'll stay great forever, so you'll do anything to hang onto it, you know? But then one day you realize it's turned into something else when you weren't looking. And you don't know whose fault it is, or how to make it right again. All you know is that you're holding the same pieces, but suddenly they don't fit together anymore."

Ben said nothing.

"What happened to us, Ben?"

~~~

Ben, Klaus, and two very different Halloweens eight years apart. 

| Comments: Heartbreaking, but good. A character study of Klaus and Ben's relationship. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34527199

“I can die when I’m done” by Kaufmann | Rated T | 3,300 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Hurt No Comfort, Angst, Missing Scene, Panic Attacks, Flashbacks | Synopsis: 

Klaus breathed quickly through his nose, panting and panicking. At his side, Ben was muttering assurances of comfort, telling him to calm down. But Klaus couldn't calm down, because the closet was too small and dark and reminded him of the mausoleum and he would be locked in there, alone with ghosts and...

Klaus writhed violently, shouting as loud as he could with the tape in his mouth, looking at Blue and Pink in panic and fear. [...] Klaus shouted once again, choking on his breath and the tears that threatened to suffocate him, a chorus of no, no, no, no in his mind.

Or

In the show, after Klaus reveals the little information he knew to Hazel and Cha-Cha, we have a time jump and in the next scene, he's locked in a small closet in the motel room.

But what happened after he revealed the information? How did he end up in the closet? How did he handle the long hours locked up until Hazel and Cha-Cha came back late at night? How did he handle the guilt of telling about Five? How did he handle flashbacks and panic attacks? 

| Comments: More pain. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32148223

“Relics in Amber'' by bacondoughnut | Rated T | 8,400 Words | Main Relationship: Dave Katz/Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-Con, Past Rape/Non-Con, Hurt/Comfort, Klaus and Dave in Vietnam, Drug Use, Alcoholism, Angst, Fluff, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse | Synopsis:

 "Klaus," Dave tries tentatively.                                     

He almost asks if Klaus is okay, but the answer's already clear enough, and that question dies on his tongue. He can't immediately think of anything else to say though, and the silence makes Klaus's quiet whimpering all but deafening.                                         

And Dave doesn't know how to handle this.                               

Or; the one where Klaus has a very bad night, and Dave is there to help. 

| Comments: One of the first Klaus/Dave fics I read. Quite sad, but very soft. I’ve read this fic multiple times, it just hits all the spots. (this fic is locked, so you can only read it if you’re logged in)|

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40237791

“Single Red Thread” by riverwrenwrites | Rated T | 38,000 Words | Main Relationship: Dave Katz/Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Vampire AU, Soulmates, Reincarnation, Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Gore, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Hurt/Comfort | Synopsis: 

In 1716, Klaus has lost the love of his life in a horrible tragedy and found himself cursed with immortality. 

In 2019, Dave and his hunting partner Elliot are investigating a number of disappearances, and when they find themselves face to face with the vampire they think is behind it, Dave can't shake the feeling that he's met this man before... 

| Comments: I don’t usually read AUs, and especially not AUs like this, but I like this writer and I was going through all of their TUA stuff. Very cute. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28650759

“Sneaking Out for Snowmen” by MalecAcid | Rated G | 800 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Diego Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Fluff, Pre-Canon | Synopsis: 

"We should build a snowman." Diego said, excitedly clapping his cold hands together.

OR

Nothing but fluff ensues when Diego, Klaus, and Ben sneak out to build a snowman. 

| Comments: Cute. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28308621

“Someday (c’est la vie, c’est la vie)” by JaggedEmeraldsOfGold | Rated G | 5,200 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Diego Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Pre-Canon, Fluff, No Incest | Synopsis: 

“Because I don’t go memorizing locations of old board games, especially when they’re in a dumpster,” Ben says, and Klaus doesn’t deign that with a response, instead climbing the precariously balanced trash bag pile, one hand reaching for the top edge of the dumpster while the other clutches the thin cardboard box to his chest. He drops himself over the edge, and lets himself fall on his ass onto the cement, hoping there isn’t something he wouldn’t voluntarily sit in waiting for him. There isn’t, he finds, and he climbs to his feet as Ben appears next to him, all collected and unbothered and otherwise immaculate.

“Come come!” Klaus tells him, and starts down the alley, away from the dumpster, staggering a few steps until he regains his footing. “Diego will love this, we’ll have a bunch of fun, and he’ll thank me for the relaxing break from work.”

“He isn’t— he won’t,” Ben calls after him, but Klaus feels him follow him out of the alley and back to the McDonald’s anyways.

Or: 21 year old Klaus and Diego (and Ben) chilling in a car, and then a McDonald's. 

| Comments: Also cute. I’m a sucker for these three. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32896588

“Something Blue” by lemur_catta | Rated T | 2,200 Words | Main Relationship: Diego Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Angst, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Childhood Trauma | Synopsis: 

Diego angsts his way through Allison's wedding to Patrick, unable to curb his growing disconnection from Klaus. (Takes place pre-season 1, 2013-ish.) 

| Comments: Sad. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41289621

“Ten Months” by Majure | Rated M | 150,000 Words | Main Relationship: Dave Katz/Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Minor Character Death, Klaus and Dave during Vietnam, Period-Typical Homophobia, Drug Use, Alcoholism, Mutual Pining, Bed Sharing, Hurt/Comfort, Non-Explicit Sex, Ghosts | Synopsis: 

It makes him sad, sometimes, that in order to find acceptance, Klaus has to travel back fifty years into one of the bloodiest wars of American history. Most of the time, he doesn't care. His family probably doesn't even notice he's missing anyway.

---

Dave is looking at him, eyes soft and heavy lidded. “What did you say to that guy?” he asks, head resting on the wall, body turned towards Klaus.

“Ah,” Klaus laughs, dropping his hand to take a drink. “Just mouthed off. You know how I am.”

“That mouth will get you in trouble some day,” Dave says softly.

Klaus looks up, swallowing. “Some people like my mouth,” he says.

“I do.” 

| Comments: This fic is not finished, and has not been updated in 2 years, but it is well worth it, I promise! I read it twice in two months, and it gave me all the emotions. I had to stop at one point because I started crying (I don’t cry while reading fics very often). Very good fic. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18214736

“The Wedding That Never Was” by Cate_Olivyn | Rated T | 2,500 Words | Main Relationship: Allison Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Grief/Mourning, Intoxication, Missing Scene | Synopsis: 

Allison leaves the wedding after her argument with Viktor with a plan: take a bottle of booze and lock herself in her room where no one can bother her. This plan takes an unexpected turn when she finds Klaus half conscious in the upstairs hallway. 

| Comments: A little cathartic to be honest. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40268313

“The Zoo Is Better When It’s Not Dead” by sharkneto | Rated G | 11,000 Words | Main Relationship: Five Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Sibling Bonding | Synopsis: 

Klaus needs a distraction from missing Ben. Five needs a distraction from... well, everything. Somehow, that means a day at the zoo. 

| Comments: Actually acknowledges Five’s trauma, wow, a miracle. Very sweet, though a little disturbing at points. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32488858

“Things That We Got Wrong” by evesbeve | Rated T | 22,000 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Pre-Canon, Drug Use, Overdose, No Incest, Hurt/Comfort, Angst | Synopsis: 

Ben suposes death isn't the weirdest thing that has happened to him. Becoming best friends with Klaus though? That he never would have guessed. 

| Comments: *cries* I love them, your honour! |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19794943

“Trouble Child” by ToriAnne | Rated M | 65,000 Words | Main Relationship: Klaus Hargreeves & Everyone | Important Tags: Temporary Character Death, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Post-Canon, Post-Season 3, Body Horror | Synopsis: 

The tentative peace between the Hargreeves siblings and their father is disrupted when Klaus returns from an unexpected trip to the afterlife with his powers restored. In the ensuing struggle, Klaus could be Five's greatest advantage, which turns him into Reginald's number one target.                    Hargreeves now remembers both his timelines, after all, and he is keenly aware that the most overlooked aspect of Klaus' abilities could lead to his downfall. 

| Comments: Very good. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41254302

“Who You Gonna Call..?” by riverwrenwrites | Rated T | 130,000 Words | Main Relationship: Diego Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Buddy Cop AU, Murder Mystery, Fluff, Angst, Drug Use, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Sibling Bonding, No Incest, Mild Gore | Synopsis: 

At the ripe old age of 25, Diego is still struggling with that age-old problem of balancing work and pleasure. Especially when, for him, work is being a desk-bound police detective, and pleasure is running around back alleys as a masked vigilante. Lucky for him, he may have just stumbled on the perfect unsolvable case that will finally have him taking his career seriously. Unlucky for him, the only hope he has of cracking said unsolvable case lies with his drug riddled, party going, fashion innovator of a brother. 

| Comments: First long fic I read! Very good, have read multiple times. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18371999

Honourable Mentions: These are some of the WIPs I’m reading.

“Chained” by Salvador_Daley | Rated M | Currently 50,000 Words | Main Relationship: Ben Hargreeves & Klaus Hargreeves | Important Tags: Pre-Canon, Murder Mystery, Angst, Drug Use, Blood and Injury | Synopsis: 

“Hey, er…” He’s forgotten the boy’s name. Something with a G. Was it Gavin? Or Garth? “Hey, buddy. I got somewhere to be, but if you wake up now we can go for round two before I have to leave.”

Twenty-two-year-old Klaus Hargreeves awakes following a one-night stand with an enigmatic young artist.

Apart from a stinking hangover, he now has two problems: he possesses almost no memory of the night before and there’s a gruesome surprise in the bed.

Accused of a horrific crime, and with the police watching his every move, he faces a race against time to clear his name.

If he can only stay sober long enough to patch together the memories of that night, he might just stand a chance. 

| Comments: Hasn’t updated in a few months, but I have hope. Has you on the edge of your seat and suspicious of everyone. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34364929

“Where You Gonna Run To?” by ToriAnne | Rated T | Currently 43,000 Words | Main Relationship: Just the Brellies with each other | Important Tags: No Paradox AU, Angst, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Recreational Drug Use, Non-Linear Narrative, Domestic Violence, Past Child Abuse, Religious Abuse | Synopsis: 

Sparrow AU with no paradox. Ben uncovers a mystery in his father's office and won't rest until he has answers.

This is how the Umbrellas changed and remained the same as they lived separate lives, how they found each other even so, and what happened when they did. 

| Comment: Updates every Wednesday. Excited to see where this fic goes. |

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44881930

[jewish-ship-showdown]

QUALIFYING SHIPS UNDER THE CUT

Send me an ask or direct message if 🠺 You feel that any ship shouldn't be on here and explain why 🠺 You have any questions at all 🠺 You just want to say hi

Jude Lizowski/Jonesy Garcia

Tyler Kennedy "TK" Strand/Carlos Reyes

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Gwen Stacey

Willow Rosenberg/Winifred "Fred" Burkle

Francine Frensky/Muffy Crosswire

Luna Armoza/Matilda Franco

Susan Ivanova/Marcus Cole

Barry B. Benson/Vanessa Bloome

Michael Mell/Jeremy Heere

Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago

Willow Rosenberg/Tara Maclay

Jack Zimmermann/Eric "Bitty" Bittle

Justin "Ransom" Oluransi/Adam "Holster" Birkholtz

Danny/Reuven

Annie Edison/Jeff Winger

Larissa "Lara" Bogdan/Jasmine

Kelsey Pokly/Isabella "Stacks" Alvarado

Rebecca Bunch/Audra Levine

Rebecca Bunch/Greg Serrano

Rebecca Bunch/Nathaniel Plimpton

Samantha "Sam" Manson/Danniel "Danny" Fenton

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Clark Kent (Superman)

Bruce Wayne( Batman)/Minkhoa Khan (Ghostmaker)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Selina Kyla (Catwoman)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Shondra Kinsolving

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Talia Al Ghul

Clark Kent (Superman)/Lois Lane

Harley Quinn/Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy)

Kate Kane (Batwoman)/Renee Montoya

Martha Kane/Thomas Wayne/Alfred Pennyworth

Tim Drake/Kon El (Conner Kent)

Barney Guttman/Logan "Logs" Nguyen

Baby Houseman/Johnny Castle

Leah/Chanan

Shay Goldstein/Dominic Yun

Marvin/Whizzer

Trina/Mendel Weisenbachfeld

Perchik/Hodel

Tevye/Golde

Tzeitel/Motel

Monica Gellar/Chandler Bing

Amram/Zelikman

Molly McGee/Libby Stein Torres

Rachel Berry/Noah Puckerman

Frankie Bergstein/Grace Hanson

Fiddleford McGucket/Stanford Pines

Cristina Yang/Owen Hunt

Cristina Yang/Preston Burke

Levi Schmidt/Nico Kim

Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam

James Wilson/Gregory House

Ashlyn Caswell/Big Red

The Baker and/The Baker's Wife

Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable

Ellie Williams/Dina

The Jewish People/The Shabbat Bride

Alec Hardison/Parker

Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer

Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Michael Bech

Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Steve Rogers (Captain America)

Ben Grimm (The Thing)/Alicia Masters

Billy Kaplan (Wiccan)/Teddy Altman (Hulkling)

Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Hank McCoy (Beast)

Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde/Illyana Rasputin (Magik)

Layla El Faouly/Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Matthew Hawk (Two-Gun Kid II)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Marc Spector (Moon Knight)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Max Eisenhardt (Magneto)/Charles Xavier (Professor X)

Natasha Romanoff/Wanda Maximoff

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Betty Brant

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Eugene "Flash" Thompson

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/ Felicia Hardy (Black Cat)

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Harry Osborn

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Mary Jane "MJ" Watson

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

Steve Rogers/Bernadette "Bernie" Rosenthal

Steve Rogers (Captain America)/James "Bucky" Barnes

Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch)/Jericho Drumm

Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch)/The Vision

Midge Maisel/Susie Myerson

Hal Emmerich (Otacon)/Solid Snake

Michael "Mike" Wazowski/Celia Mae

Casey Goldberg-Calderon/Lunella Lafayette

Fran Fine/Max Sheffield

Ben Gross/Devi Vishwakumar

Winston Schmidt/Cece Parekh

David Jacobs/Jack Kelly

Seth Cohen/Summer Roberts

Reuben Kent/Feliks Kaufmann

Scout Touzani/Elias Wyrick

KJ Brandman/Mac Coyle

Lavinia Asimov/Poison Oak

Phineas Flynn/Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

Anon's Mom/Dad

Babushka (Tatiana)/Dedushka (Ivan)

Hillel/Shammai

The person reading this & their partner

Didi Pickles/Stu Pickles

Captain Rivka Maror/Isaac The Wizard

Shulamit/Aviva

Jerry Seinfeld/Cosmo Kramer

Violet Baudelaire/Quigley Quagmire

Simon Lewis/Isabel Lightwood

Danielle/Maya

Bram Greenfeld/Simon Spier

Miryem Mandelstam/The Staryk King

David Rose/Patrick Brewer

Velma Dinkley/Daphne Blake

Velma Dinkley/Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach

S'chn T'gai Spock/James T Kirk

S'chn T'gai Spock/James T Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy

S'chn T'gai Spock/Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Worf Rozhenko/Jadzia Dax

Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla

Brian Jeeter/Krejjh

Bobby Singer/Rufus Turner

Jonah Simms/Amy Sosa

Reish Lakish/Rabbi Yochanen

Couple having gay sex in the study hall attic (Talmud)

Avraham Avinu and Sarah Imanu

King David/Yonatan

Devorah/Barak

Moses/Tzipporah

Ruth/Naomi

Solomon's Muse (female)/Solomon's Muse (male)

Yaakov/The Angel

Velma Dinkley/Coco Diablo

Rowan Roth/Neil Mcnair

Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz

Cecil Palmer/Carlos the Scientist

Josh Lyman/Donna Moss

Little Ash/Uriel

Lucille "Lucy" Kensington/Dr. Edison "Ed" Tucker

Fox Mulder/Dana Scully

Anshel/Avigdor

Anshel/Avigdor/Hadass

Anshel/Hadass

Maxine Myers/Paula Cohen

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WLC 2023 Spring Fic Exchange Works

Hi! We in the Whumplovers Collaborate server have been having fun writing gifts for each other in this recent exchange

We present to you the Whumperful products of our hard work, with fics in fandoms across the board, and some OC works too (:

Careful What You Cast For by FoofsterRoonie @foofsterroonie

Fandom: Supernatural

Sam finds himself on the search for a cure after casting a spell with unintended side effects, Dean ends up taking care of his little brother.

Fate/Design, two faces of one coin by ProdBionic @prodbionic

Fandom: Supernatural

Dean had been acting off lately and Sam was out of tricks. The recent bout of nightmares that had overrun Dean's sleep –Sam's sleep as well because that was bound to happen when his brother would wake up shouting next to him– must've been triggered by the apocalypse creeping up on them and all it entailed. Memories of Hell, Sam presumed.

A regular hunt was Sam's fix to the situation. It was supposed to take Dean's mind off of it.

Of course, when had anything ever been that straightforward, or easy? In this case, nothing was what it looked like..

Baseline by shadowhuntingdauntlessdemigod

Fandom: Captain America, MCU

In which torture and a thirty-mile long trek back to the front lines landed Bucky in the field hospital. Lucky for him, Steve was the second-best mother hen out there, not that Bucky would tell him that, or admit to being one himself when the going got rough. He was a sergeant, after all. Looking after his men, which now included Steve, was part of the job description.

Fallout by contumeliouscorvid @contumeliouscorvid

Fandom: Daredevil

Lying had become something he was at ease with.

Tag to Rabbit in a Snowstorm.

Hollow by shadowhuntingdauntlessdemigod 

Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Soot-stained and debris-covered chunks of white and blue plastoid stick out from the rubble. The wreck of the Tribunal is a mangled mess of a graveyard and Rex's brothers will forever be its only occupants.

Eventually, he feels Ahsoka put a gentle hand on his uninjured shoulder. “I can’t leave them like this,” Rex says quietly. They have time now, he thinks, to do it right for both the first and last time. They’ll make the time, if they have to, on this unknown moon, to ensure that their men can rest as they deserve.

Soon by MnM_ov_doom @mnmovdoom

Fandom: Star Wars, The Bad Batch

Seeing Rex like this was disturbing. One moment he had been pacing around in the cockpit of the ship, looking exhausted and unwell, summarising the intel he had studied for the past couple of days and maybe this time he could find a way to hack into an Imperial database and look up Cody’s CC number and-

The next moment Rex had stopped, staggered, and collapsed.

For You by User_needs_a_Username

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

Edward goes in to give his report while Alphonse goes to pick Winry up from the train station. But it turns out something is happening in the Colonel’s office, and it involves a stranger and a gun.

an unlikely savior by Rookblonkorules 

Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

When Roy is injured and bleeding out, the person he least expects is the one who comes to his aid.

one lone crow doesn’t make a murder by crowsinflight, crowsinflight (goldenzingy46) @goldenzingy46butwriteblr

Fandom: Six of Crows series

Kaz has been building up his persona as a monster, a demon, for a while. The past has a way of catching up.

Or: the fic where a religious zealot believes that Kaz is actually a demon and then tries to do something about that. Gratuitous whump.

If only by Kaufmann @kaufmann-6

Fandom: The Umbrella Academy

"They're going to kill me, Ben" Klaus whispered, his voice full of fear, and Ben shook his head.

"It'll be okay, Klaus" Ben felt like he was lying to Klaus and himself, but the least he owed his brother were a few words of comfort.

An AU in which Patch didn't notice Five's van across the street and Cha-Cha got tired of waiting. Angst follows.

Finding Home by Siegrrun

Fandom: Stranger Things

Steve didn't know what to do. He didn't know where to go. He should've seen this coming, prepared for the possibility. But, really, how can you prepare for your parents kicking you out?

Or, Steve's parents kick him out. He finds a new home.

Don’t Worry, Little Wing by SuperSilverSpy

Fandom: Batman

Suiting up, he put his comm in and swung out the window. “Oracle? What happened to Robin?”

“He snuck out of the manor three hours ago. We can’t find him.”

OR Dick heads to Gotham to look for a missing Jason Featuring hurt!Jason

Lights will guide you home by vel (pineapple_vel) @thaliaisalesbian

Fandom: Percy Jackson

You know how sometimes you think a bad day can't get any worse, and then it somehow does? Percy and Annabeth were trying to make a bad day better, only for it all to go wrong.

malice by Corrosion

Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears Of The Kingdom  

Link may not have his memories from a hundred years ago, but he's certain that whatever caused his current predicament hadn't existed back then. He wouldn't have survived.

How Pretty He Screams by ProfessorWorm 

Fandom: Sherlock (TV)

Everyone thinks Sherlock is dead. Sherlock wishes he was. John decides to live out his fantasies on his former friend. Moriarty has a confusing time.

When the Shift Ends by 99percentsure

Fandom: Emergency! (TV 1972), Adam-12  

How was Roy DeSoto to know his heading for a day off was gonna take such a nasty turn The Poles of Persephone-11 by The_Walking_Pie @the-walking-pie

Fandom: Star Trek: TOS

Following a shuttle crash at the pole of an unknown planet, McCoy and Chekov are the only survivors. Together, they must survive an arctic wilderness in order to reunite with the Enterprise.

A Stitch in Time by The_Walking_Pie  @the-walking-pie

Fandom: American Assassin

Mitch takes a bullet for Hurley. The man has a few words to say about that.

For the True King by The_Walking_Pie @the-walking-pie

Fandom: Original Work

The duty of any prisoner is to escape. Unfortunately, Gideon just happens to get caught in the process.

Detangling by the_diving_fox

Fandom: Original Work

Spinner is a space explorer who's been held hostage and mind-controlled for six months. Now, aboard a different ship and with his best friend, he must begin to deal with what happened to him.

Whiplash by Biarritz

Fandom: Original Work

Even the best have to let their guard down sooner or later. Being a Courier is dangerous; shopping isn't supposed to be.

The Traitor of Murland by NicolePascaline

Fandom: Original Work

Florence thought that King Percy was dead, but he's here to take back the throne and make the traitor pay for his treachery

The Chosen Hero by KnightlyCross 

Fandom: Original Work

The church couldn't stop the scientist since they had no evidence of malign actions. But after a young girl came bearing a prophecy, a hero to take down this scientist was chosen. At least that’s what The Church says.

This Cage Built For Two by Anonymous 

Fandom: Original Work

Ren’s luck has never been that great to begin with, but transmigrating into an otome game where he unexpectedly keeps dying? That’s got to be a new low.

Stay tuned for the next exchange! (Signups will open soon)

Only server members can participate so now’s the time to join us (:

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VASTLAB [VLX4] at Chicago Filmmakers from Chicago Filmmakers on Vimeo.

April 15, 2023 - Chicago Filmmakers

VASTLAB’s VLX4 tour will be at Chicago Filmmakers, producers of the Onion City Experimental Film Festival, this Saturday, April 15. Visit chicagofilmmakers.org or vastlab.org for tickets.

VASTLAB ( @thevastlab ) brings another showcase of underground film & music, touring a theatrical selection of work, with a live performance by Toby Kaufmann-Buhler.

ChicagoFilmmakers.Org VastLab.Org

Or see the link in our bio and story.

VASTLAB SET FEATURING:

giroscopio by Brendamaris Rodriguez @live_art_performance & John Muse @johnmuseartist

futile/gestures by Yolanda Tianyi-Shao @ylannnnnda & Aaron Holmes @aaron_m_holmes

America (I wanted to…) by Matt Mullins @matthewtroymullins

Abstract 22 by Luis Carlos Rodríguez @lu_caroga

Float by Jaden Heller @jj_fuego

Origami by Maxime Corbeil-Perron @maximecorbeilperron

Beyond the Fields by Toby Kaufmann-Buhler @tkbuhler - WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE

perf dance by Steven Woloshen @scratchatopia

Space that Continues to the Mountain by Qianwen Hu @mngo.stickyrice & Jeremiah Paul Neri

Triboro by Nate Dorr @rock_hyrax

Spectral Rainbow Frequency by Hüseyin Mert Erverdi @huseyinmerterverdi

Three Pride Flags by Tom Bessoir @tom_bessoir

To All Those by Josh Weissbach @jweissbach & Ben Balcom @be_right_balcom

Women by Tracy Miller-Robbins @tmillerrobbins_animation

Wald by Christian Groen @ccc.online

Photographing New York by Cesar Bedogne

Self-Shot Film by Marat Valerievich Narimanov

The Seismic Properties of Cloud Computing by Maxwell I Oginz

#fullprogram #indiefilmfestival #filmfestivalprogram #thevastlab #experimentalmusic #vastlab #filmfestival #filmmakers #chicago #chicagofilmmakers #experimentalfilm #experimentalfilmmakers #undergroundfilm #independentfilm #DIYcinema #Chicagoarts #chicagoartists #onioncity #filmfestivals #Chicagofilm #chicagoartists #artfilm #artcinema #film #livemusic #artevents #filmperformance #contemporaryart

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Şelale Evi -Doğanın Kalbi

Frank Lloyd Wright tarafından 1935-1939 yılları arasında tasarlanan Şelale Evi Kaufmann ailesi için bir hafta sonu evi olarak tasarlanmış, doğayla bütünleşen benzersiz bir mimari şaheserdir. Pensilvanya'daki bu eşsiz yapı, modern mimarinin öncüsü ve unutulmaz eserlerinden biridir. - Şelale Evi, Frank Lloyd Wright tarafından tasarlanan eşsiz bir mimari şaheserdir. - Doğayla bütünleşen bu yapı, modern mimarinin öncüsü ve unutulmaz eserlerinden biridir. - Wright'ın organik mimari anlayışı, doğal çevreye uyumlu ve işlevsel bir yapı ortaya çıkarmıştır. - Sütunlu tasarımı, zorluklarla karşılaşsa da, mimari açıdan ileri görüşlülüğün ve yapısal mükemmeliyetin bir örneğidir. - Şelale Evi, uluslararası tanınma ve saygı görmüş, ödüller kazanmış ve mimari tarihinde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Gelin döneminden bir asır önde olan bu yapıyı hep beraber inceleyelim..

Şelale Evi / Dök Mimarlık

Şelale Evi Planlaması

Giyim perakendecisi olan Kaufmann ailesi, küçük bir şelalenin yanında, üzerinde birkaç kulübe bulunan bir arazinin sahipleridirler. Aslen Pittsburgh'da yaşayan aile, o yıllarda bölgedeki çelik endüstrisinin ilerlemesinin sonucu olarak getirdiği hava kirliliğinden dolayı Pittsburgh “Dumanlı Kent” olarak anılıyordu. Bu nedenle Kaufmann ailesi de diğer tüm şehir sakinleri gibi, fırsat buldukça Pittsburgh’un güneydoğusunda yer alan Appalachian Dağları’ndaki Bear Run ırmağı kıyısında tatil yapıyorlardı. Bu şelale ailenin 15 yılı aşkın bir süredir gelip gittiği bir alan olmuştur. Fakat kulübelerin şelaleyi görmemesi en büyük sorunlardan başı çekmiyormuş. En sonunda kulübelerinin de yıkılmaya başlanmasıyla birlikteyse aile yeni bir evin yapımı hakkında düşünmeye başlamıştır.

Kaufmann Ailesi / Dök Mimarlık Ailenin babası Edgar Kaufmann, oğlunun Wright'ın Taliesin Fellowship adındaki okuluna gitmesi ile oluşan yakınlık sayesinde Wright'a ulaşabilmiş ve onunla iletişime geçerek, şelale manzarası olan bir ev isteğini dile getirmiştir. Araziyi gördükten sonra ise Wright Edgar'a: “Eviniz benim hayal gücümde zaten şekil almıştır. Tam olarak Johann Sebastian Bach ahenginde olacak.” Araziyi gördükten sonra Frank Lloyd Wright Arazinin tam olarak ölçümleri yapıldıktan sonra Wright, ailenin şelale gören bir ev hayalinin tam tersi olarak bölgesel ağaçları ve kayaları koruyarak, binayı şelalenin üzerine yapmayı önermiştir. “Ben sizin şelale ile yaşamanızı istiyorum, sadece bakmanızı değil. O hayatınızın bir parçası olmalı”. Yapıyı şelalenin üstüne yapmak için Edgar'ı ikna etmeye çalışan Wright

Şelale Evi yapım aşamaları / Dök Mimarlık Fikrinin kabulü üzerine Wright çizimlerine başlamak istemiş fakat 7 ay boyunca projeye dair tek bir çizik atamamıştır. Bir gün Kaufmann ailesinden bir telefon almıştır. Aile projeye bakmak istediklerini söylemiştir. Wright bunu kabul eder ve onları, bizde sizi bekliyorduk diyerek ofisine davet eder. Buluştuklarında ise çok hızlı bir şekilde eskiz çizmeye başlar ve yanında çalışanlarına temize geçirmeleri için verir. Söylenildiğine göre eskizleri temize geçirenler kalemleri yeterince hızlı dahi açamamışlardır. Fikirler Wright’ın adeta kafasından çizimlere akmıştır.

Şelale Evi minyatürü / Dök Mimarlık Bu kararın sonuçları hem Kaufmann'ları hem de Mimari dünyasını şok etmiştir. 1935'ten 1939’ye kadar yapımı süren Şelale Evi Kaufmann ailesi tarafından 1939’den 1963’e kadar hafta sonu ve tatil evi olarak kullanılmıştır. 1964’te bir mimari simge olan Şelale Evi müze haline getirilmiştir. Günümüze kadar 4 milyondan fazla ziyaretçi aldığı kaydedilmiştir.

Şelale Evi Mimarisi

Frank Lloyd Wright'ın mimarlık kariyeri boyunca tasarladığı ve hayata geçirilen 500’ün üzerinde projesi bulunmaktadır. Bu yapıların büyük bir kısmını müstakil evler ve villalar oluşturmakla beraber bu projelerin tasarımsal ve kavramsal olarak birçok ortak noktası vardır. Frank Lloyd Wright kendi mimari prensipleri doğrultusunda tasarımlarını şekillendirmiştir. Şelale Evinde ise bu prensiplerin çok büyük bir çoğunluğunu görmek mümkündür.

Evin girişinde yer alan İngilizce "Şelale Evi" tabelası / Dök Mimarlık Sesi yapının her yerinden duyulabilen şelale, yakın çevre ve mevcut arsadan çıkan taşlardan oluşturulmuş taş duvarlar ve teraslar bir uyum içinde birleşerek Wright Organik Mimari anlayışını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Frank Lloyd Wright, dikey mimariyi değil yatay mimariyi tercih etmiştir. Yapının hacimlerini dikey olarak uzatmak ve işlevlendirmek yerine yatay doğrultuda genişletmeyi seçmiştir.Şelale Evinde de bu özellik yaşamaktadır. Hacimleri, yatay yönde genişleyerek üretilmiştir. Hacimler fonksiyonlarına göre genişleyerek yapının genel algısını oluşturmaktadır. Terasın ve döşeme plaklarının, pürüzsüz ve çıplak görünümde bırakılması yapının yatay düzlem ile oluşturduğu algıyı vurgulamak amacı ile hususi olarak tasarlanmıştır.

Evin dış cepheleri ve yapısı / Dök Mimarlık Bina yapısı üzerinde bulunduğu toprağı kucaklamalı ve onunla bir bütün oluşturmalıdır. Frank Lloyd Wright Wright tasarımlarında yapının peyzajına verdiği önem ile tanınmaktadır. Şelale Evinin de üzerinde bulunduğu kayalık alan ve şelale ile güçlü ilişkisini hissetmek işten bile değildir. Yapının üzerine oturduğu kayalıklar, binanın temelini oluşturmakta ve yapıya sağlam bir destek sağlamaktadır. Kat planları İç mekan yapısındaki sadelik ve serbest plan kullanımının önemi Frank Lloyd Wright’ın prensiplerinden birisidir. İki katlı bu yapının giriş katına büyük bir antre, küçük bir depo odası ve büyük bir oturma odası konumlandırılmıştır.. Wright, yarattığı bu geniş mekanı duvarlar ile odalara bölmemiş, ürettiği mekanları açık ve serbest bırakarak kullanıcıya kullanım rahatlığı sağlamıştır. Müzik köşesi, yemek köşesi gibi alanlar belirlemiş fakat bu alanları dahi mekansal açıklığı koruyarak tasarlamıştır.

Evin iç mimarisi / Dök Mimarlık İkinci kattaysa iki yatak odası, iki banyo ve evin babası Edgar Kaufmann’ın şahsi ofisi bulunmaktadır. Aynı zamanda ikinci katta Wright tarafından ailenin manzara isteğini gerçekleştiremediği için bir nevi kendisini affettirmek için tasarladığı üç adet teras vardır ve bu teraslardan yapının içerisinde bulunduğu muhteşem doğa ailenin istediği şekilde seyredilebilmektedir.

Frank Lloyd Wright'ın Mimarisi ve Yapının Oluşumundaki Zorluklar

Frank Lloyd Wright'ın eşsiz tasarım anlayışı, Şelale Evi'nin inşa sürecinde bazı zorlukları beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu sorunlardan biri, evin konumunun aslında Wright'ın tasarımını gerçekleştirmek için gereken genişliği sunmamasıdır. Yasal düzenlemeler ve alan kısıtlamaları, istenen ev boyutları için uygun bir zemin oluşturamamıştır. Bu meydan okumayı aşmak için Frank Lloyd Wright, evi sütunlar üzerine inşa etmeye karar vermiştir. Bu strateji sayesinde, izin verilen alandan daha fazla yer kaplamadan istenen boyutta bir ev tasarlamak mümkün olmuştur. Zamanının ötesinde bir çözüm olan bu yaklaşım, mimarlık tarihinde önemli bir dönüm noktası olmuştur. Ancak, bu sütunlu tasarım fikri Frank Lloyd Wright ile ev sahibi Edgar Kaufmann arasında bazı anlaşmazlıklara yol açmıştır. Kaufmann, sütunların tasarımının bir danışman firmanın mühendisleri tarafından gözden geçirilmesini istemiştir. Bu talep, Wright'ın tasarımına duyulan güveni sarsmış ve onu sinirlendirmiştir. Bu gerilim sonucunda Wright, projeden çekileceğini ve çizimlerini geri istediğini bildirmiştir. Ancak, Kaufmann'ın talebinin kabul edilmesi ve durumun düzeltilmesiyle anlaşmazlık sona ermiştir. Yapının inşası ilerledikçe, sütunların altına destek olarak yerleştirilen tahta iskeletin kaldırılması gerektiğinde işçilerin bu görevi yerine getirmekte tereddüt ettiği bir durum yaşanmıştır. Frank Lloyd Wright, bu sorunu bizzat çözmek üzere yapıya gelmiş ve işçilere tahtaları kaldırmalarını emretmiştir. Tahtalar kaldırıldığında, yapının planlandığı gibi kendi ağırlığını taşıdığı görülmüş ve Wright'ın tasarımının ne kadar sağlam ve işlevsel olduğu bir kez daha kanıtlanmıştır. Şelale Evi'nin renk paleti, Frank Lloyd Wright'ın birleşik ve organik kompozisyon anlayışına uygun olarak sınırlı tutulmuştur. Wright, beton yüzeylerde hafif bir kehribar tonu ve çelik kısımlarda kırmızı renk kullanarak yapının doğal çevresiyle uyum içinde olmasını sağlamıştır. Bu renk seçimi, organik mimari prensiplerine uygun olarak yapının çevresine yumuşak bir entegrasyon sağlarken, yapıyı çevresinden ayıran sert bir kontrasttan kaçınmıştır. Frank Lloyd Wright'ın öncü tasarım anlayışı ve Şelale Evi'nin inşa sürecinde yaşanan zorluklar, hem mimari tarihindeki ileri görüşlülüğün bir örneği hem de yapısal mükemmeliyetin bir kanıtı olarak bugün hala hatırlanmaktadır. Bu benzersiz yapının evrildiği zorluklar, onun daha da değerli ve ilham verici bir eser haline gelmesine katkıda bulunmuştur.

Şelale Evi'nin Kazandığı Ödüller ve Tanınmışlığı

Şelale Evi, sadece yerel değil uluslararası düzeyde de büyük bir tanınmışlığa sahip olan, geçmişiyle örülmüş prestijli bir yapıdır. UNESCO Dünya Mirası için aday gösterilmesi, bu eşsiz yapının ne denli önemli ve etkileyici olduğunun bir kanıtıdır. Hem uzak hem de yakın geçmişte yoğun ilgi görmüş olan Şelale Evi, günümüzden yıllar sonra dahi ödüller kazanmaya devam etmektedir. 1938 yılında, dünyaca ünlü Time Magazine tarafından Ocak sayısının kapağında yer alarak tüm dünyanın dikkatini çekmiştir. Bu göz alıcı başarı, Şelale Evi'nin sadece mimari açıdan değil, kültürel ve estetik anlamda da ne denli etkileyici olduğunun bir göstergesidir. Şelale Evi'nin büyüleyici etkisi, 28 farklı yeri içeren prestijli "Ölmeden Önce Görülmesi Gereken Yerler" listesine girmesiyle daha da pekişmiştir. Smithsonian tarafından belirlenen bu liste, dünya genelindeki en önemli ve etkileyici mekanları içermektedir. Şelale Evi'nin bu listede yer alması, yapısal ve görsel açıdan ne denli etkileyici olduğunun bir kanıtıdır. 1966 yılında ise Şelale Evi, "Ulusal Tarihi Yerler" ilan edilerek Amerika'nın tarihî ve kültürel mirasının önemli bir parçası olarak resmen tanınmıştır. Bu unvan, yapıya duyulan saygının ve öneminin bir ifadesidir. Ayrıca, 1991 yılında Amerikan Mimarlar Enstitüsü üyeleri tarafından "Amerikan Mimarisi'nin En İyi Eseri" seçilmiş olması, Şelale Evi'nin mimari açıdan ne kadar değerli bir yapı olduğunu bir kez daha ortaya koymaktadır. Bu ödül, yapıya duyulan hayranlığın ve takdirin bir yansımasıdır. 2007 yılında Amerikan Mimarlar Enstitüs�� AIA'in düzenlediği ankette ise Şelale Evi, "En Sevilen Mimari Yapılar" listesinde 29. sırada yer alarak adını bir kez daha duyurmuştur. Bu, yapıya olan ilginin ve sevginin uzun yıllar boyunca nasıl devam ettiğinin bir göstergesidir.

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

- Kim tarafından tasarlanmıştır ve nerede bulunmaktadır? - Şelale Evi, ünlü mimar Frank Lloyd Wright tarafından tasarlanmıştır. Pittsburgh, Pensilvanya'da yer almaktadır. - Hangi dönemde inşa edilmiştir? - Şelale Evi, 1935 ile 1939 yılları arasında inşa edilmiştir. - Hangi mimari tarza sahiptir? - Şelale Evi, modern ve çağdaş mimari tarzının örneklerinden biridir. - Yapının öne çıkan özellikleri nelerdir? - Şelale Evi, doğayla uyumlu organik mimari anlayışı, yatay kolon tasarımı ve doğal çevresiyle bütünleşen yapısıyla dikkat çekmektedir. - Şelale Evi'nin kazandığı ödüller ve tanınmışlık düzeyi nedir? - Şelale Evi, uluslararası tanınma ve saygı görmüş, prestijli ödüller kazanmış ve hatta UNESCO Dünya Mirası adayı olmuştur. - Yapının inşası sırasında karşılaşılan zorluklar nelerdi? - Yapının inşası sırasında, tasarımın gerektirdiği genişliği sunmayan zemin ve sütunlu tasarımın kabul edilmesi gibi zorluklarla karşılaşılmıştır. - Şelale Evi'nin mimari etkisi nasıl değerlendirilmektedir? - Şelale Evi, mimari tarihinde önemli bir dönüm noktası olarak kabul edilmekte ve Frank Lloyd Wright'ın öncü tasarım anlayışının bir örneği olarak değerlendirilmektedir. - Şelale Evi'nin iç mekanında ne gibi özellikler bulunmaktadır? - İç mekan, Wright'ın serbest plan kullanımı ve doğal ışıkla oynama gibi mimari prensiplerini yansıtan geniş, açık ve işlevsel alanlara sahiptir. Ayrıca, doğal malzemelerin kullanımı ve manzaraya odaklanan düzenlemeler iç mekanı benzersiz kılmaktadır. - Şelale Evi'nin sütunlu tasarımı nasıl bir çözüm sunmuştur? - Yapının sütunlu tasarımı, zeminin gerektirdiği genişliği sunmadığı durumda bile istenen boyutta bir ev tasarlamayı sağlamıştır. Bu yaklaşım, mimari açıdan ileri görüşlülüğün bir örneğidir. - Şelale Evi'nin renk paleti nasıl seçilmiştir ve ne amaçla kullanılmıştır? - Wright, beton yüzeylerde hafif bir kehribar tonu ve çelik kısımlarda kırmızı renk kullanarak yapının doğal çevresiyle uyum içinde olmasını sağlamıştır. Bu renk seçimi, organik mimari prensiplerine uygun olarak yapıya doğal bir entegrasyon sağlamaktadır.

Şelale Evi Hakkında Düşüncelerim

Bu yapının asıl gayesi olan doğallığı yakalamış ve onu böylesine etkileyip değiştirmiş olması, bir mimarinin nasıl derin bir etkisi olabileceğine ve mimarlık gibi sanat dallarının dünyayı ve bütün insanları nasıl yönlendirebileceğine vurgu yapmaktadır. Böylesine büyük çapta bir etkiyi oluşturmak ve yeni bir yaklaşım türü yaratmak kesinlikle küçümsenecek bir şey değil. Wright ise bunu şüphesiz ki çok temiz bir şekilde yapıyor. Bir akım oluşturmak ve bu akımın bütün dünyayı etkisine alıp üstünden neredeyse bir asır geçmesine rağmen bu etkiyi hala daha dünyaya hissettirmesi kesinlikle yadsınamaz bir başarı. Şelale Evi hakkında siz neler düşünüyorsunuz? Sizce bu yatay kolon anlayışı yapıya bir kusur oluşturuyor mu? Eksik veya hatalı bir yönü var mı? Eğer hala göz atmadıysanız benzer dönemde yapılmış ve aynı Şelale Evi gibi döneminin çok çok ötesinde olan Villa Savoye incelememizi de buradan okuyabilirsiniz. Mimar: Frank Lloyd Wright Mimari Tarz: Modern-Çağdaş Mimari Yıl: 1935-1939 Yer: Pittsburgh,Pensilvanya,ABD

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Birthdays 1.11

Beer Birthdays

John Holl (1980)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Reinhold Gliere; composer (1875)

Alexander Hamilton; politician, founding father (1755 or 57)

Jim Hightower; writer, former agriculture commissioner (1943)

Albert "Abbie" Hofmann; LSD discoverer (1906)

Alice Paul; suffragist (1885)

Famous Birthdays

Mary J. Blige; pop singer (1971)

Jean Chretien; Canadian politician (1934)

Clarence Clemons; rock saxophonist (1942)

Ezra Cornell; college founder (1807)

Ben Crenshaw; golfer (1952)

Darryl Dawkins; Philadelphia 76ers C (1957)

William James; psychologist, writer (1842)

Naomi Judd; actor (1946)

Christine Kaufmann; actor (1945)

Tony Kaye; rock musician (1946)

Manfred Lee; mystery writer, "Ellery Queen" (1905)

John MacDonald; 1st Canadian PM (1815)

Jack Nimitz; jazz saxophonist (1930)

Alan Paton; novelist (1903)

Amanda Peet; actor (1972)

Vicki Peterson; rock musician (1958)

Lee Ritenour; jazz guitarist (1952)

Carroll Shelby; auto racer (1923)

William "Intrepid" Stephenson; Canadian spy (1897)

Rod Taylor; actor (1930)

Grant Tinker; television executive (1925)

David L. Wolper; film producer (1928)

[aguineapigcouldntdothis]

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters by Eugène Delacroix

The Jewish Bride by Eugène Delacroix

The Jewish Woman by Amedeo Modigliani

Colorized postcard of Salonican Jewish women and man in Ottoman dress

Portrait of a Sephardic Jew by Isidor Kaufmann

Two Jewish Women of Constantine by Théodore Chassériau

Sephardi & Romaniote Jewish Women's Clothing in the Byzantine and Ottoman Periods, by Nikos Stavroulakis (newer artwork but still beautiful)

just look at them! look how they are depicted with love and care and they are shown being happy and beautiful and worthy of love. these artists gave us our droopy eyes, long noses, oval faces, thick eyebrows, olive skin (except in The Jewish Woman bc that is abstract), colorful clothes, and ornate jewelry. and it isnt done in a fetishizing, insulting, or otherwise crude way. being able to see yourself in artwork that isnt a disgusting caricature done by someone who hates you is amazing. especially when these artists did not whitewash us at all to make us more "conventially attractive", they just painted us as we are and that's beautiful.

old-timey artists depict sephardim so so lovingly and accurately. every jew out there deserves to see themselves in art that is not being used to make fun of them. ill find examples of this when im not hungry i promise

[le-brol]

Noah Saavedra as Ben Kaufmann in Bad Banks S2

[samsdei]

Noah Saavedra

[unes23]

Valery Kaufmann by Ben Hassett for ELLE US

[theories-of]

Ben Kaufmann, untitled, oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 70 cm, 2003

[uupiic]

More of Alea the Tiny, with Hodi, this time as heavenly choir in Kauf Hauptmann und Maid.

From “Die Letzte Schlacht”, 29/01/2021

*photoshop wouldn’t cooperate, so have one coloured and one B&W *shrug*