#bray porter

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a future toh AU thing i've been planning for more than a year now (hence my hiatus, among personal stuff in the background) since i've been busy trying to finalize the designs and pre-making some content for it.

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The Prince of Wales takes part in a traditional fish brai lunch with Heidi Klum, Winnie Harlow, Billy Porter and Tobe Nwigwe as he visits Kalk Bay Harbour to highlight the contributions of 2023 Earthshot Finalist, Abalobi during the 'Earthshot Week', in Cape Town, South Africa -November 7th 2024.

📷 (1) : Andrew Parsons/Kensington Palace.

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Vegas Kornwit Theerapanyakul

Paul Heyman/Florence Griffith Joyner/Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass/Ulquiorra Cifer/Washington Irving/John le Carré, The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4)/Carla H. Krueger, Sex Media/Sophie Page, To Marry a Prince/Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty/Chris Crutcher, The Crazy Horse Electric Game/Luciana Susan Kay/Aletheia Luna (Awakened Empath: The Ultimate Guide to Emotional, Psychological and Spiritual Healing)/Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Last Night I Sang to the Monster/Richelle Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher/Max Porter/Chris Crutcher, The Crazy Horse Electric Game/Gloria Whelan, Summer of the War/Billy Ray Chitwood, The Cracked Mirror: Reflections of an Appalachian Son/Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents/Robert Murray McCheyne/Faraaz Kazi, Truly, Madly, Deeply/Jules Verne/Stephen King, The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

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The Prince of Wales Visits South Africa For The Earthshot Prize Awards — Day Four

Prince William meets ABALOBI & Fish with a Story staff and local fishermen, then takes part in a traditional fish brai lunch with Heidi Klum, Winnie Harlow, Billy Porter, and Tobe Nwigwe during a visit to Kalk Bay Harbour at Kalk Bay Harbour on 7 November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.

During his visit, The Prince of Wales attended the fourth annual Earthshot Prize Awards and engaged in various environmental initiatives and participated in events held in Cape Town as part of 'Earthshot Week'.

📸: Phil Noble - Pool / Getty Images / Aaron Chown - Pool / Getty Images

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você sabia que é mais educado tirar os fones de ouvido para dar boas-vindas aos novos moradores?! venham, se aconcheguem, pois as maravilhas de bray esperam por vocês.

Se a vida de AOIBHINN MARLOWE URQUHART CAOMHÁNACH fosse virar um filme, CASSANDRA de FLORENCE + THE MACHINE com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E UM ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como ESTUDANTE UNIVERSITÁRIA E COORDENADORA DE EVENTOS NO TEATRO. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão OBSTINADA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão ENGANOSA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que GRACIE ABRAMS ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de DEVRYK MERKEL VON GŒTHE fosse virar um filme, RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME de TAYLOR SWIFT com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de TRINTA E TRÊS ANOS e acompanhando-o durante sua rotina como PROPRIETÁRIO DE UM PUB E DA OFICINA LOCAL. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELE ser tão LEAL, mas ao mesmo tempo tão RUDE? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que ANDY BIERSACK ficaria ótimo no papel!

Se a vida de BLANCA SALAZAR fosse virar um filme, NOTHING YOU CAN’T TAKE FROM ME de THE COVEY BAND com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E OITO ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como CANTORA E BIBLIOTECÁRIA. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão TALENTOSA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão ACANHADA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que CHRISTIAN SERRATOS ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de SELENE SINCLAIR fosse virar um filme, CLARA BOW de TAYLOR SWIFT com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E QUATRO ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como CANTORA e COMPOSITORA. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão ARTISTICA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão CRÍTICA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que SABRINA CARPENTER ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de NIAMH GIA LYNCH-FOLEY fosse virar um filme, ARSONIST’S LULLABYE de HOZIER com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de TRINTA E DOIS ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como CHEF DE COZINHA. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão RESILIENTE, mas ao mesmo tempo tão EXPLOSIVA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que OLIVIA COOKE ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de JAMES ACKHURST fosse virar um filme, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT de THE SMITHS com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de QUARENTA E TRÊS ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como CIRURGIÃO CARDIOVASCULAR. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELE ser tão VISIONÁRIO, mas ao mesmo tempo tão ANALÍTICO? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que BEN BARNES ficaria ótimo no papel!

Se a vida de AIDEEN GALLAGHER fosse virar um filme, CIGARETTE SMOKER FIONA de ARCTIC MONKEYS com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de TRINTA E DOIS ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como PROPRIETÁRIA DA GROOVE RECORDS e MUSICISTA. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão INVENTIVA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão EVASIVA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que WILLA FITZGERALD ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de OPHELIA GINEVRA PORTER fosse virar um filme, WAY DOWN WE GO de KALEO com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E SETE ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como INVESTIGADORA CRIMINAL. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão DETERMINADA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão TEIMOSA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que MELISSA BARRERA ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de LISBETH EMILIA BAYER fosse virar um filme, RUNNING UP THAT HILL de KATE BUSH com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E CINCO ANOS e acompanhando-a durante sua rotina como ENFERMEIRA. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo DELA ser tão DEDICADA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão INQUIETA? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que ASENA KESKINCI ficaria ótima no papel!

Se a vida de SHILOH RIVER BUCHANAN fosse virar um filme, SAVIOR COMPLEX de PHOEBE BRIDGERS com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de TRINTA ANOS e acompanhando-lhe durante sua rotina como BOMBEIRO NA VANGUARD RESCUE. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo delu ser tão ALTRUÍSTA, mas ao mesmo tempo tão IMPRUDENTE? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que EMMA D'ARCY ficaria ótimx no papel!

Se a vida de VINCENT BEAU COUGHLAN fosse virar um filme, BRIANSTORM de ARCTIC MONKEYS com certeza faria parte da trilha sonora, tocando em seu aniversário de VINTE E OITO ANOS e acompanhando-o durante sua rotina como FAZ-TUDO e BARISTA NA MAEVE'S. Quem sabe até não justificaria o motivo dele ser tão CARISMÁTICO, mas ao mesmo tempo tão PREGUIÇOSO? Isso eu já não sei, mas acho que DREW STARKEY ficaria ótimo no papel!

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Lords Vote

On: Post Office (Horizon Systems) Offences Bill

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom moved amendment 2, clause 1, page 1, line 10, to leave out paragraph (c). The Committee divided:

Ayes: 76 (53.9% LD, 17.1% Con, 17.1% XB, 7.9% Lab, 2.6% , 1.3% Green) Noes: 111 (97.3% Con, 2.7% XB) Absent: ~623

Likely Referenced Bill: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024

Description: A Bill to provide for the quashing of convictions in England and Wales and Northern Ireland for certain offences alleged to have been committed while the Horizon system was in use by the Post Office; to make provision about the deletion of cautions given in England and Wales or Northern Ireland for such offences; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Unassigned Bill Stage: Royal Assent

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (41 votes)

Addington, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Brinton, B. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Clement-Jones, L. Dholakia, L. Featherstone, B. Foster of Bath, L. Fox, L. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Humphreys, B. Hussein-Ece, B. Jolly, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. McNally, L. Newby, L. Northover, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Rennard, L. Russell, E. Scriven, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Strasburger, L. Suttie, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Tope, L. Walmsley, B.

Conservative (13 votes)

Altmann, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Farmer, L. Framlingham, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Norton of Louth, L. Polak, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stowell of Beeston, B.

Crossbench (13 votes)

Aberdare, L. Boycott, B. Bull, B. Colville of Culross, V. Craig of Radley, L. Deech, B. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Hall of Birkenhead, L. Meacher, B. Russell of Liverpool, L. Somerset, D. Watkins of Tavistock, B. Wheatcroft, B.

Labour (6 votes)

Browne of Ladyton, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Chakrabarti, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Reid of Cardowan, L. West of Spithead, L.

Non-affiliated (2 votes)

Paddick, L. Uddin, B.

Green Party (1 vote)

Bennett of Manor Castle, B.

Noes

Conservative (108 votes)

Agnew of Oulton, L. Altrincham, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Ashcombe, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Attlee, E. Bailey of Paddington, L. Barran, B. Bellamy, L. Benyon, L. Berridge, B. Bethell, L. Blackwood of North Oxford, B. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bray of Coln, B. Brownlow of Shurlock Row, L. Callanan, L. Cameron of Lochiel, L. Camrose, V. Colgrain, L. Courtown, E. Davidson of Lundin Links, B. Davies of Gower, L. Douglas-Miller, L. Eaton, B. Effingham, E. Elliott of Mickle Fell, L. Evans of Rainow, L. Finkelstein, L. Fleet, B. Fookes, B. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Gascoigne, L. Godson, L. Goldsmith of Richmond Park, L. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harding of Winscombe, B. Harlech, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Horam, L. Howard of Rising, L. Howe, E. Hunt of Wirral, L. Jackson of Peterborough, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Johnson of Lainston, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Lawlor, B. Lea of Lymm, B. Lilley, L. Lingfield, L. Magan of Castletown, L. Manzoor, B. Markham, L. Marlesford, L. Maude of Horsham, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McInnes of Kilwinning, L. McLoughlin, L. Meyer, B. Minto, E. Mobarik, B. Monckton of Dallington Forest, B. Morgan of Cotes, B. Mott, L. Moylan, L. Moynihan of Chelsea, L. Moynihan, L. Murray of Blidworth, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Offord of Garvel, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Parkinson of Whitley Bay, L. Popat, L. Porter of Fulwood, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Randall of Uxbridge, L. Reay, L. Redfern, B. Robathan, L. Roborough, L. Sanderson of Welton, B. Sandhurst, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Sewell of Sanderstead, L. Sharpe of Epsom, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Stewart of Dirleton, L. Strathcarron, L. Sugg, B. Swinburne, B. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Udny-Lister, L. Vere of Norbiton, B. Wharton of Yarm, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Wyld, B. Young of Cookham, L.

Crossbench (3 votes)

Burnett of Maldon, L. St John of Bletso, L. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L.

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France Industrial Valve Market Outlook for Forecast Period (2023 to 2030)

France Industrial Valve is Expected to Grow at a Significant Growth Rate, and the Forecast Period is 2023-2030, Considering the Base Year as 2022.

The industrial valve market in France is a vital component of the nation's thriving industrial sector. As an integral part of various industries, including oil and gas, chemical, water and wastewater treatment, and manufacturing, industrial valves play a crucial role in controlling the flow of fluids and gases. The market has witnessed steady growth over the years, driven by technological advancements, increasing demand for energy, and a focus on efficient resource utilization.

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Leading players involved in the France Industrial Valve Market include:

"ARCA Regler GmbH (Germany), SAMSON Controls SAS (Germany), Bopp & Reuther Messtechnik GmbH (Germany), Velan SAS (Canada), SFC KOENIG SAS (Switzerland), Tecofi SAS (France), Valco Group France SAS (France), LDM Armaturen GmbH (Germany), SLCE Sistemas de Control de liquidos y Electricidad SL (Spain), RITAG Ritterhuder Armaturen GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Parcol S.p.A. (Italy), Laroche SAS (France), Bray Controls France SAS (Ireland), Gestra France SAS (Germany), CIRCOR International Inc. (France), Gevas GmbH (Germany), Pister Kugelhähne GmbH (Germany), Walworth Valves France S.A.S. (Mexico), VYC Industrial S.A. (Spain), Baelz Automatik GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) and other major players." 

Market Driver:

One significant driver propelling the growth of the industrial valve market in France is the nation's commitment to environmental sustainability. With a rising awareness of environmental concerns and stringent regulations in place, industries are increasingly adopting advanced industrial valves that enhance energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Smart valves and control systems are gaining prominence, allowing for precise monitoring and control, thereby minimizing wastage and optimizing resource utilization. This commitment to sustainability not only aligns with global trends but also positions France as a leader in adopting eco-friendly industrial solutions.

Market Opportunity:

An emerging market opportunity lies in the integration of digital technologies within industrial valves. The Industry 4.0 revolution is transforming manufacturing processes, and industrial valves are no exception. The incorporation of IoT (Internet of Things) technology, predictive maintenance, and data analytics in valve systems provides a significant opportunity for market players. Manufacturers offering smart valves equipped with sensors and connectivity features stand to gain a competitive edge. This not only enhances operational efficiency but also opens avenues for innovative services such as remote monitoring and predictive maintenance, addressing the evolving needs of industries in France.

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Ball

Globe

Gate

Butterfly

Plug

Check

By Material

Steel

Brass

Bronze

Cast Iron

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1”–6”

6”–25”

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Power

Energy

Chemical

Water & Waste Treatment

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On/Off

Control

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The Exploitation of Cows: Family, Food and Labour

Cows in Societies

Cows are a type of bovine that are widely domesticated and are mostly raised as livestock. Types of livestock can include dairy cows, leather cows and cows used for transportation. Due to their status as livestock animals, globally they are seen as an asset used for food and labour, and not to be kept as a pet. However, cows are usually not kept as pets because of their size, specific and differing needs to other domestic pets, and the fact that they are social animals, thriving in their own herds (Dairy Cow Welfare, n.d.).

Put on a pedestal higher than pets, cows are seen as a religious symbol in Hinduism, and in many parts of India and Nepal, cows are allowed to roam free; they are used in religious rituals, their slaughter is forbidden, and cows are becoming more of a political element, often the drive of religious and social clashes in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi (Biswas, 2015). This culture regarding cows is a stark contrast to the urban Western perspective: where cows as animals are a concept that only exists within farms and playsets, are not beloved or personified like pets, and are perceived as nothing more than plastic-wrapped slabs of meat in a supermarket or a carton of milk. Naturally, this disconnection links to the animal farming industry: In Heather J. Bray (2016)'s study regarding Australian children and vegetarianism, Australian families in rural areas (who would be more accustomed to animal labour and death) are less "dissonant" to the origins of meat than urban Australian families, as well as having a "higher expectation" for their children to eat meat. It is also stated that parents may feel discomforted with telling the truth about meat to their children as it may make the parents feel discomforted themselves, or highlight the hypocrisy of caring for animals yet eating them. (Bray, 2016)

Cows in art

[Figure 1: The Chillington Oxen, a engraved mezzotint and hand-coloured print by John Porter, 1838, depicting a small herd of square-bodied, large cows with their owner.]

In 1800s Britain, livestock painting was a genre of painting that allowed wealthy land owners to show off their farm animals (Ewbank, 2022). Painters would make the bodies of their animals massive and heavy, supported by small, short legs, emphasising their value as livestock in weight and the status of the owner. As seen in Figure 1, he makes his appearance away from the centre of the print, not to take attention away from his prized property, as well as being paired with a landscape of a large building surrounded by trees, presumably a mansion, which is assumed to belong to said owner. Overall, the print has a hazy and idyllic nature to it, shown in its muted colour palette and overcast skies. In the context of the time period, it also implied the owner had access to newer farming practices that allowed animals to grow quicker and bigger. As shown in Figure 1, the exaggerated and square anatomy of the cows oddly beautifies them, but is mostly uncanny: being a projection of man-made beauty ideals onto nonhuman animals, whilst it objectifies them: connoting their status as creatures of labour, only existing as a means to an end.

[Figure 2: Photo of the artwork "Mother and Child (Divided) (1993)", a sculpture of a cow and its calf using glass, stainless steel, perspex, acrylic paint, and formaldehyde]

In a more contemporary lens, "Mother and Child (Divided) (1993)" by Damien Hirst is a 4-piece sculpture of a cow and its calf bisected, each half being its own sculpture (Figure 2). The animals' bodies and tongues float upright, suspended and limp in the blue formaldehyde solution. Hirst could have simply called them "cow and calf", but decides to humanise the pair, naming them "mother" and "child", removing the clinical aspect of their dissection. Personally, that choice makes the piece more chilling, uncanny and visceral, as if I shouldn't be seeing this at all.

The insides of the cow and calf aren't bloody: the dissection is completely clean with no stains of blood. The pair are definitely dead- but noting the fact their fur is intact, and that you can still look into the eyes of their split faces, they still feel slightly alive, hence its uncanny nature. Despite Hirst's humanisation of the pair, the sanitised presentation of the work still echoes to that urban separation between the cow as the animal, and the cow as the food. Whilst animal slaughter is quick and gory, with cows being slit in the throat to be killed, these animals are cut clean in half (also assuming it must have taken time to clean their carcasses of blood). Linking back to Hirst's title, the "dividing" of the cow and calf can be seen as a cynical reference to the forced separating of calves from dairy cows. When put in this perspective, Damien Hirst's sculpture can feel like a dark parody of the food-animal divide.

My Graphic Media Response

In my own graphic media work, I was responding to the question of cows being "friends or food". Therefore it was relevant that I also highlighted the cynicism and dissonance of the food-animal divide. In order to draw from references I looked at the drawings from a Wikihow article on how to slaughter a cow. The article talks about the best place to shoot a stun rod between a cow's head, whilst the animal slaughterers in the pictures were drawn in the same simple, friendly style as any other article on the site. It really made me think that "the animal slaughterer" isn't a faceless antagonist- they are, in a literal sense, just other people, but so warped yet unclouded by dissonance that they will slit the throat of a living thing and claimed they loved it in the end.

Bibliography & Figure References:

[Figure 1] Porter, J. (1838) The Chillington Oxen [Print]. Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut.

[Figure 2] Hirst, D. (1993) Mother and Child (Divided) [Exhibit]. Tate Gallery, London.

Dairy Cow Welfare (n.d), RSPCA. Available at: https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/dairy (Accessed: 16 January 2023).

Biswas, S. (2015) Why the humble cow is India's most polarising animal. Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34513185.amp (Accessed: 18 January 2023).

Bray, H.J. et al. (2016) “Not appropriate dinner table conversation? talking to children about meat production” Appetite, 100, pp. 1–9. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.029.

Ewbank, A. (2022) In 19th-Century Britain, The Hottest Status Symbol Was a Painting of Your Cow, Atlas Obscura. Available at: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/britain-cows-pig-sheep-paintings-livestock.amp (Accessed: 17 January 2023).

Damien Hirst Art, bio, ideas (n.d.) The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/hirst-damien/ (Accessed: 17 January 2023).

Flower, F.C. and Weary, D.M. (2003) “The effects of early separation on the dairy cow and calf,” Animal Welfare, 12(3), pp. 339–348. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600025847.

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I'll be 100% honest I haven't watched Raw since December so I have no idea about anything that didnt involve Drew or the Hurt Business caz that's what I paid attention to on Twitter

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okay accrochez vous c'est parti pour mes headcannons sur les personnages de BD française.

Tintin

C'est le plus évident pour moi : triple A (aromantique, asexuel, agenre). En plus d'une vingtaine d'album tintin n'exprime un intérêt romantique pour personne, n'exprime aucune attraction (même une attraction dans les codes de la bd jeunesse) et il vit seul ou avec le capitaine haddock. Et y'a pas de femme dans cette bd.

Quant à son genre, Hergé lui même (qui n'est pourtant pas soupçonné de wokisme mdrrr) a déclaré que tintin était à la fois une fille et un garçon si mes souvenirs sont exacts. (pour être honnête c'est dans le sens "il s'adresse aux garçons et aux filles, tout le monde peut s'identifier mais j'ai choisi d'ignorer cette interprétation)

D'ailleurs petit headcannon bonus : il est dans une relation platonique queer avec le capitaine haddock

Astérix et Obélix

Tarif groupé pour ces deux là, qui sont gays et en couple. C'est absolument évident, ils mangent ensemble, vivent ensemble, ils sont la personne la plus importante l'un pour l'autre et même dans Astérix et les vikings et Astérix en Hispanie y'a une petite vibe "j'élève un enfant avec mon compagnon". Ils supportent pas d'être fâchés ou d'être loin l'un de l'autre. Je sais pas à quoi pensaient uderzo et goscinny mais je vois pas d'autre manière de l'interpréter

Les connaisseurs me rétorqueront peut-être "hé mais oh. et falballa alors?" effectivement, dans Astérix légionnaire, Obélix (et à la fin de l'album, Astérix) a un crush sur falballa. Mais ça ne détruit pas mon headcannon :

1. c'est un album. Obélix et Astérix vivent ensemble et se soutiennent pendant des dizaines d'albums

2. Avoir un crush sur une femme n'empêche pas un homme d'être gay.

3. Obélix se dispute sur la manière de porter des braies rayées dans la rose et le glaive. fruit behaviour

Plus sérieusement ils peuvent être bisexuels aussi

NB : dans La zizanie (si je ne me trompe pas) Bonnemine fait explicitement référence au fait qu'Asterix n'est pas marié (quelque chose dans le genre "encore célibataire ! à son âge") et qu'il passe beaucoup de temps avec Obélix. Je n'invente rien c'est canon, Astérix préfère Obélix aux femmes

Lucky Luke

Encore une bd où il y a peu de femmes. hmmm tant pis tous ces hommes sont queer désormais

Bon déjà Lucky Luke est un cowboy, profession historiquement homosexuel donc ça donne un indice. Dans l'album La fiancée de Lucky Luke, il a l'air plus embarassé qu'autre chose par une femme. Il a des rapports polis avec Lulu Carabine et ses danceuses, mais sans plus, il ne semble pas particulièrement intrigué. Partant de là, j'ai du mal à croire qu'il soit hétéro.

Il n'a pas pour autant un homme en particulier dans sa vie au contraire des personnages précédents. Mystérieux.

J'ai du mal avec lui parce qu'on en sait si peu sur sa vie perso. Oui c'est un "lonesome cowboy far away from home" mais est-ce que ça lui pèse ? est-ce qu'il l'a choisi ou est-ce qu'il a été chassé de chez lui? il n'a pas de difficulté apparente à se faire apprécier des gens, puisque dans chaque album il se fait des alliés mais c'est rarement plus. Même l'amitié platonique profonde semble lui venir difficilement. J'ai pas de headcannon pour lui n'hésitez pas à m'aider

NB: je fais une entorse à la règle "personnages principaux uniquement" mais l'anglais dans l'album Le pied tendre est queer. il faudrait que je relise l'album pour affiner cet headcannon mais les vibes sont claires dans ma mémoire

Les tuniques bleues

Ah l'homosexualité inhérente à l'armée ! Ah la relation spéciale d'amour/haine entre un supérieur qui vous tient pour un lâche mais qui ne peut se passer de vous, et vous, un subordonné qui le trouve à la fois tyrannique et trop soumis à sa hiérarchie mais qui lui sauve constamment la vie !

Le sergent Chesterfield est bi mais il ne l'assume pas il est attiré par blutch mais refuse cette pulsion et la transforme en agacement

blutch de son côté est bi et trans parce que je le décide. aussi il assume clairement mieux son attirance pour les hommes

Indice à charge : dans l'album où ils montent un spectacle pour remonter le moral des troupes (le titre m'échappe) ils rencontrent un danseur de ballet (je recommande pas la lecture de cet album, ce personnage est une caricature d'un gay efféminé quasi sans arc de personnage, sans profondeur) qui flirte avec le caporal sans vergogne, ce qu'il prend très mal alors que butch le vit beaucoup mieux (d'autant qu'il n'est pas la cible directe des tentatives de séduction)

Autre indice à charge :

C'est littéralement sur le site officiel

Fun fact : j'ai systématiquement écrit butch au lieu de blutch

Conclusion : les personnages de mon enfance sont queers

Merci à @obelixetcompagnie je l'aurais pas fait si t'avais pas manifesté ton intérêt

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Le symbole de la Nation Bretonne

Mon cadeau pour le secret santa de @hermie62 merci encore elle est parfaite !!!

Le symbole de la Nation Bretonne Hermie62 pour Zialin Après dix ans sans cérémonies, célébrations, rassemblement du corbeau et autres fêtes des fruits, le royaume de Logres s’apprête enfin à sortir de sa torpeur. Les feux de Beltaine sont l’occasion pour le couple royal de se montrer digne de la seconde chance qui leur a été accordée. En tout cas, Guenièvre est bien décidée à tout faire pour.

PS : petit historique pioché sur internet si tu ne connais pas la fête de Beltaine. Beltaine est une des fêtes celtiques majeures de l’année. La fête de Beltaine a lieu le 1er mai, ou plus précisément à la pleine lune de mai et célèbre le renouveau de la vie. Dans le calendrier celtique, elle correspond au passage vers la moitié lumineuse de l’année et annonce un changement de rythme de vie qui se tourne désormais davantage vers les activités extérieures, dans la nature et la flore en plein épanouissement. A Beltaine, un rituel essentiel était effectué par les druides : ils allumaient des feux, les feux de Bel, prononçaient des incantations magiques, et faisaient passer les troupeaux entre ces feux sacrés purificateurs en vue de les protéger pour tout le cycle de l’année, en particulier des épidémies. On dressait également au centre du village un Arbre de Mai, souvent fait de bouleau, et, lors de festivités joyeuses très attendues, on dansait autour en spirale, avec des rubans de toutes les couleurs

« Bon vous allez vous grouiller oui! » « Flûte à la fin ! Vous voyez bien que je ne suis pas présentable ! Partez devant ça vous fera prendre l’air ! » « Partir devant ?! Pour me retrouver en tête à tête avec votre mère tout le long du chemin? Non merci je passe mon tour. Déjà que je suis bien gentil de venir à votre pique-nique à la noix alors que j’ai des tonnes de truc à régler... » « Déjà ce n’est pas MON pique-nique à la noix ! Je vous l’ai déjà expliqué à plusieurs reprises il me semble » Nessa, les bras chargés d’étoffes, pouffa de rire avant de pousser du pied la porte de la chambre déjà entrouverte. Malgré des années de séparation, le couple royal n’avait vraiment pas eu besoin de beaucoup de temps pour retrouver sa complicité. Le soleil déclinait déjà en cette fin d’après-midi, plongeant la pièce dans une semi-obscurité. Le roi, à genoux devant la cheminée, grognait dans sa barbe en essayant de raviver les braises d’un feu qui avait du mal à repartir. La reine, assise devant sa coiffeuse, commençait à s’apprêter à la lumière des chandelles. Sa longue chemise blanche attirait tout de suite le regard, contraste saisissant de ce point clair dans la pénombre environnante. « Excusez-moi Monsieur, Madame. J’apporte les tenues de Madame. » Chantonna la servante en traversant la pièce avant de se délester enfin de son poids mort, déposant le tout sans délicatesse sur le lit. « LES tenues ? » Demanda le roi en tournant la tête vers le paquet de tissus, les sourcils froncés. « Vous comptez faire un défilé où c’est pour rhabiller tout le royaume ? » Continua-t-il en se relevant, époussetant ses braies pleines de suie. Guenièvre leva les yeux au ciel. « Mais vous ne pouvez pas arrêter de râler juste cinq minutes ? » Soupira-t-elle dramatiquement tandis que Nessa commençait à brosser sa longue chevelure qui tombait en cascades de boucles le long de son dos. « J’ai demandé à Nessa de remonter quelques robes parce que je veux choisir la plus appropriée à porter ce soir » « Mais qu’est-ce que ça change ? » Reprit Arthur les mains sur les hanches. « Vous allez pas nous représenter à Rome non plus. On va juste en bordure de forêt couper un arbre et faire griller des saucisses avec les pécores du coin. Pour le prestige on repassera. » La reine pivota sur son siège en un éclair, foudroyant son époux du regard. Nessa se décala nonchalamment afin de continuer sa tâche. Elle avait vite pris l’habitude de ne pas interférer dans les discussions royales. Elle n’en comprenait de toute façon pas la moitié alors pourquoi s’en soucier. « Faire griller des saucisses ? »Répéta Guenièvre d’un ton sec. « C’est tout le crédit que vous donnez aux feux de Beltaine ? Vous passez vraiment trop de temps avec vos amis demi-croustillants à la taverne ! » Les lèvres du roi s’étirèrent en un léger sourire, pas le moins du monde affecté par le courroux de son épouse. « C’est les semi-croustillants déjà. Et la taverne sert de lieu de réunion en attendant que le château soit terminé. Je n’y vais pas pour grailler. » Expliqua t’il sur un ton plus léger. Guenièvre qui avait de nouveau tourné la tête face à son miroir, leva un sourcil en direction du roi. « Bon je n’y vais pas Que pour grailler si vous voulez vraiment être précise. » Concéda-t-il en se rapprochant de la reine. « Ça nous arrive de s’en jeter un petit aussi. » Termina-t-il avec l’air le plus sérieux du monde en regardant par la fenêtre comme si de rien n’était. La reine de Logres lui jeta un peigne qui trainait devant elle. Arthur esquiva avec un petit bon en arrière en ricanant. « Soyez sérieux deux minutes s’il vous plait. » Pria-t-elle alors que Nessa terminait de tresser sa chevelure en deux longues nattes. « Nous rendons hommage aux dieux, nous ne faisons pas un pique-nique comme vous dites. Merci Nessa » Remercia t’elle sa servante en quittant son siège pour étudier les différentes robes posées derrière elle. « Vous savez, ces dieux qui vous ont rendu votre épée, qui vous ont permis de vaincre Lancelot, qui nous permettent de vivre ici. » Enuméra-t-elle en écartant une longue traîne dorée. Le roi se gratta l’arrière de la nuque nerveusement, ne trouvant aucun contre argument à l’énumération de son épouse. Son regard balaya la pièce en quête d’inspiration mais ses yeux ne tombèrent que sur Nessa postée dans un coin qui se contenta d’hausser les épaules. Un faible bruit de tissu attira de nouveau son attention sur Guenièvre qui continuait son tri, balançant par terre une robe noire brodée de fils argentés avec une moue dubitative. « Vous avez toujours été si pieuse ou c’est nouveau cet élan de foi ? » Questionna-t-il, essayant aussi subtilement que possible de changer de sujet. « Figurez-vous que j’ai eu pas mal de temps à consacrer à la prière ces dix dernières années. » Marmonna-t-elle en soufflant de dépit face à une robe rose pâle. « Ça c’est sûr ! » S’exclama Nessa qui hocha vivement la tête face au regard dubitatif du roi de Logres. La souveraine laissa tomber au sol une autre tenue, ne se retrouvant plus qu’avec deux choix possibles face à elle. « Tous les jours, je suppliais les dieux de me venir en aide. Et puis boum ! Vous avez fait tomber la porte de cette horrible prison. » Confia t’elle en relevant la tête vers son époux. « Après vous en pensez ce que vous voulez, mais moi je leur serrai éternellement reconnaissante. » Le visage d’Arthur s’assombrit. « Reconnaissante ? De quoi ? De vous envoyer enfin quelqu’un après tout ce temps ? » Maugréa t’il. Avec un sourire tendre, la reine, attrapa la main de son mari qui triturait nerveusement sa manche. « De vous avoir envoyé vous. » Répondit-elle sans hésitation. Les joues du roi de Bretagne avaient pris une légère teinte rosée qu’il tenta de dissimuler en trouvant la vue qu’ils avaient sur la cour du château, de plus en plus intéressante. Une seconde main se posa sur son visage, l’obligeant à reporter son attention sur son épouse. « Merci d’être revenu » Murmura t’elle, son regard amoureux plongé dans le sien. Lentement, le souverain sortit de sa torpeur, lui rendant son sourire. Ce moment intime fut brutalement interrompu par un mouchage sonore. Leurs visages se tournèrent d’un même mouvement vers la source de ce vacarme.

« Excusez-moi » Souffla Nessa entre deux sanglots, sa figure en partie dissimulée dans un carré de tissu « Mais c’est tellement romantique. » Le roi ferma les yeux de dépit face à ce spectacle navrant. La reine se détourna en pouffant de rire, faisant face une nouvelle fois à son dilemme vestimentaire.

« Bon l’heure tourne et je ne suis pas plus avancée. » Déclara-t-elle en croisant les bras devant les deux robes restantes. Devant sa moue dépitée, Arthur se posta derrière elle, scrutant par-dessus l’épaule de son épouse les causes de son intense réflexion. « Celle-là » annonça t’il en pointant du doigt la tenue de gauche. Guenièvre pivota légèrement, son visage empli de doute. « Vous êtes sûr ? Ça ne fait pas un peu trop ? » Son époux fronça les sourcils. « Mais qu’est-ce que vous me chantez là ? » Répliqua-t-il. « Votre but c’est bien de célébrer le printemps, le renouveau de la nature et tout le tremblement non ? Mettez celle-là je vous dis. » Insista t’il en s’éloignant. Il attrapa sa cape noire accrochée à la porte et l’enfila rapidement en jetant un dernier coup d’œil à sa femme qui ne l’avait pas quitté des yeux. « Et magnez-vous ! » Grogna-t-il en ouvrant la porte de la chambre. « Si vous n’êtes pas en bas dans cinq minutes, je connais un druide qui va encore râler parce qu’on aura raté l’alignement de je ne sais quelles étoiles et tout le tremblement. »

Sur ces dernières paroles, le roi de Logres quitta la pièce. Guenièvre se mordit la lèvre, fixant la tenue désignait par son mari. C’était quelque chose qu’elle n’avait encore jamais porté. Un cadeau de ses parents offert il y a quelques mois de cela, après son retour en Carmèlide et leur reconquête du royaume. Mais cette robe bleu nuit rehaussée par endroit de rouge, contrastait tellement avec ce qu’elle avait l’habitude de porter qu’elle n’avait pas encore osé l’essayer. Le moment propice était peut être arrivé. La reine attrapa délicatement l’étoffe et se tourna vers son miroir, callant contre son corps sa tenue du jour pour en voir le rendu.

« Bon puisque c’est le roi qui a choisi... » Conclu t’elle en faisant signe à sa suivante qui s’approcha pour l’aider.

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« On va faire quoi là-bas déjà ? »

Arthur leva les yeux au ciel, prenant une grande inspiration. Il avait certes échappé à ses beaux- parents qui étaient déjà partis à la rencontre de la petite délégation Burgonde invitée pour l’occasion. Mais il avait omis le chevalier Gallois qui avait trainé dans la cour toute l’après-midi. Perceval s’était étonnement beaucoup investi dans la reconstruction du château, se souvenant du nombre de pierres exactes pour chaque partie de la forteresse. Le roi l’avait donc nommé à la tête d’une petite équipe d’ouvriers et, à son grand soulagement, le chantier avançait bien. Le seul inconvénient était bien évidemment, la présence quasi quotidienne du semi-croustillant sur le domaine, ce qui causait par moment de sacrés maux de tête.

« Alors pour la cinquantième fois. » Énonça lentement le roi qui sentait sa patience s’amenuiser de minute en minute. « Nous allons à la célébration de Beltaine. Et oui ça vous dit quelque chose puisqu’on fête ça tous les ans mais non ce n’est pas l’anniversaire de quelqu’un. » « Ahhh ouais c’est vrai ! » S’exclama Perceval en suivant le regard de son souverain tourné vers la forêt. Postés à l’entrée de la haute cour, ils distinguaient déjà au loin, des dizaines de personnes formant de grands buchers et dressant quelques tentes disséminées autour de la lisière. Le roi prit une nouvelle grande bouffée d’air frais. L’hiver avait enfin quitté le royaume, laissant place à un printemps ensoleillé bien que plus froid que d’habitude. Cela n’empêcherait pas ses sujets de participer à la cérémonie. Privés de toutes formes de célébrations sous le règne de son prédécesseur, ils avaient attendu cette fête avec la plus grande impatience. La première d’une longue série sans aucun doute.

« Et là on attend votre cousine c’est ça ? » Questionna le Gallois toujours égal à lui-même. « Mais non ! » Râla Arthur en se tournant vers son chevalier. « On attend ma femme ! Je viens juste de vous le dire ! Si je pars sans, elle est capable de se paumer et j’en entendrai parler jusqu’à l’année prochaine. Tachez de vous concentrer cinq minutes. Je sais que deux informations à retenir d’un coup c’est peut-être trop vous demander mais considérez ça comme un défi à relever. »

« Dites ! Vous me prenez vraiment pour une cruche ? »

Une voix courroucée interrompit la tirade du souverain. Surpris, les deux hommes se retournèrent pour faire face à l’entrée du château. Guenièvre, les mains sur les hanches, se tenait en haut des quelques marches qui les séparaient.

« Mais nooon, maispasdutout... » Balbutia le roi à la vue de son épouse. La souveraine descendit l’escalier en prenant soin de lever les pans de sa nouvelle tenue. En plus de couleurs que la reine arborait assez peu, cette robe était brodée avec le plus grand soin de fils d’argent qui s’entrelaçaient autour du col et des poignets. Oiseaux, lièvres, cervidés et autres animaux de la forêt stylisés, gambadaient les uns derrière les autres, formant des guirlandes sans fin. Mais l’ornement le plus travaillé était sans nul doute celui dessiné sur son buste. Sur le fond bleuté de l’étoffe, se dessinait une tête de renard blanc parsemée de tiges et de brins d’herbes, comme-ci l’animal surgissait des fourrés après une longue période d’hibernation. Arthur avait simplement jugé la tenue adéquate pour l’occasion. Maintenant qu’il la voyait de près, portée fièrement par la reine qui se tenait à ses côtés, il se traita intérieurement d’imbécile. Elle était sublime, parfaite pour Guenièvre et pas seulement pour la soirée. Sans mentir, la fête du jour, il n’en avait plus rien à secouer.

« Alors ? » Commença-t-elle en regardant tour à tour le chevalier et son roi, sans même remarquer l’ébahissement de ce dernier. « Vous pensez réellement que je suis assez sotte pour ne pas réussir à marcher jusqu’au champ d’à côté ? J’ai vécu accès longtemps en forêt pour savoir me débrouiller seule si votre mémoire est bonne. » « Mais on va dans un champ maintenant ? Je croyais qu’on allait à la fête de Belette ou un truc du genre. » Répondit Perceval. Guenièvre fronça les sourcils et se tourna vers son époux en quête de réponses. « Qu’est-ce que c’est que ces histoires ? Il faut toujours que vous lui racontiez dix milles choses à la fois. Vous savez très bien qu’après il mélange tout ! » Rouspéta-t-elle avant de reprendre d’un ton plus doux en s’adressant au Gallois. « On va aux feux de Beltaine. On faisait ça chaque année dans le temps si vous vous souvenez. Des feux pour honorer les dieux, et les danses autour de l’arbre de Mai pour que tout se passe bien durant l’année à venir. Vous devez certainement avoir ça aussi au Pays de Galles. » Expliqua t’elle comme si elle s’adressait à un enfant. Le chevalier hocha la tête en signe d’approbation :

« Oui oui, notre grand-mère nous emmenait, je me souviens. Même qu’on dansait tellement bien que les autres n’osaient pas venir à coté de nous. Ils étaient trop impressionnés parce qu’on avait inventé une toute nouvelle technique avec mon frère. » Expliqua-t-il fièrement. « Ah bon ? » Guenièvre eut un air faussement étonné.

« Vous n’aurez qu’à nous montrer ça se soir alors... »

Elle s’interrompit en sentant une main glisser lentement dans la sienne et pivota vers son époux, interloquée devant son visage fermé. « Cassez-vous. » Ordonna Arthur d’un ton sec. « Comment ?! » S’exclama t’elle en essayant de dégager ça main. « Pas vous ! » Rétorqua le roi qui resserra sa prise. Son regard se dirigea derrière elle, fixant son chevalier. « Décarrez, c’est un ordre. » « Mais je vais où ? Je rentre où je vais à la fête ? » Demanda Perceval sans se formaliser du ton impérieux de son souverain. « J’en ai rien à carrer ! Tirez-vous ou vous êtes privé de dessert jusqu’au solstice prochain ! »

Face à la menace, le chevalier gallois n’insista pas et disparu de la cour en direction de la forêt voisine. Guenièvre, pour le moins interloquée par cet échange saugrenu, regarda Perceval s’éloigner avant de reporter son attention vers son mari qui lui agrippait toujours la main.

« Vous en avez des manières vous ! Il n’est pas toujours facile à vivre je le reconnais mais tout de même, vous pourriez vous montrer plus patient. » Suggéra-t-elle à son époux. Elle n’eut pour seule réponse qu’un baiser déposé sur ses lèvres. Puis un front vint se coller contre le sien, une seconde main agrippant son bras pour mieux la garder contre lui. Une minute passa ainsi, puis certainement une seconde. La reine, encore peu habituée à ces tendres échanges, pas anecdotiques mais pas non plus quotidiens, recula légèrement la tête pour sonder le regard fuyant de son mari.

« Vous auriez pu juste lui dire de nous laisser seuls une minute. » Lui murmura-t-elle avec un léger sourire. Arthur soupira.

« Je sais bien mais il m’a fait répéter trente-six fois la même chose, j’étais déjà sur les nerfs et puis vous vous débarquez toute... comme ça. » Il gesticula en s’éloignant d’un pas, un bras agité vers elle comme pour montrer une évidence. « Toute quoi ? Ne soyez pas désagréable parce que c’est votre idée cet accoutrement. Je savais bien que c’était trop de toute façon. J’ai l’air d’une idiote maintenant et si je me change on sera en retard et ça sera encore de ma faute. » « Non mais c’est pas du tout ça ! » Répondit fermement le roi devant la mine peinée de son épouse. Ses mains se posèrent sur ses épaules, un geste qui se voulait rassurant. Arthur prit quelques secondes pour peser ses prochaines paroles. « Vous êtes... parfaite. » Confia-t-il dans un murmure, ses yeux ancrés dans les siens. Les joues de Guenièvre se tintèrent de rose et elle secoua la tête en signe de désapprobation. « Vous avez encore été picoler vous. » Rétorqua-t-elle sans grande conviction.

Le roi de Logres caressa légèrement ses épaules. « Pas une goutte, juré sur la tête de votre mère. »

Sa taquinerie lui fit au moins gagner un sourire au coin des lèvres de sa compagne. Il lui tendit un bras, attendant qu’elle y glisse le sien, puis l’entraîna doucement vers la grande porte. Ils marchèrent quelques instants en silence, admirant les derniers rayons du soleil qui commençait à disparaître derrière l’horizon. Ils croisèrent bien vite, les paysans des alentours qui s’afféraient aux derniers préparatifs. Certains d’entre eux, proche du chemin qu’ils empruntaient, s’inclinaient à leur passage. D’autres plus en retrait, faisaient de grands signes dans leur direction. Guenièvre répondait timidement à chacun. De jeunes enfants venus à leur rencontre tendirent de petites fleurs à son épouse qui les accepta en remerciant chaleureusement chacun d’entre eux. Rassurée par cet accueil, la petite troupe se posta devant eux, formant une mini garde royale improvisée. Guenièvre riait de bon cœur et Arthur ne pouvait plus détourner le regard. Il se sentait bien. Serein, en paix, malgré tout ce qu’il restait à reconstruire. À côté d’elle, plus rien ne lui semblait impossible et il brisa le silence.

« Je parlais pas de votre tenue. »

Devant son air interloqué, il poursuivit. « Quand je disais que vous étiez parfaite, je voulais dire en général. » Ils s’étaient arrêtés à quelques dizaines de mètres du camp improvisé, laissant les enfants se disperser parmi les groupes d’adultes déjà sur place.

« Le symbole de la nation bretonne, vous l’aviez dit une fois. Je sais pas si vous vous en souvenez. » Continua t’il. La reine acquiesça en haussant un sourcil. « Vous vous étiez moqué. » Rappela-t-elle en le secouant légèrement par le bras qui tenait toujours le sien. « J’avais tort. » S’excusa-t-il, attrapant doucement son autre main. « Vous l’êtes. En tout cas aujourd’hui, aux yeux de tous, vous l’êtes. » « Et à vos yeux ? » Osa-t-elle demander en retenant son souffle. Parce que c’était tout ce qui avait toujours compté, lui, seulement lui. Des clameurs s’élevaient autour d’eux. Les premiers feux s’allumaient de part et d'autre alors que la nuit tombait lentement, annonçant le début de la cérémonie tant attendue. Le couple royal resta cependant figé hors du temps.

« Je vous l’ai dit. » Murmura le Roi en levant la main de son épouse vers ses lèvres pour y déposer un baiser. « Vous êtes parfaite »

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Destiny Characters as Disney Characters (I had this idea while standing in line for Peter Pan's Flight)

Cayde-6: Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

Zavala: King Triton

Ikora: Mama Odie

Lord Shaxx: Shang Lee

Lord Saladin: Sebastian

Saint-14: Grand Pabbie

Eris Morn: Tia Dalma

Shiro-4: Prince Eric

Tess: Jane Porter

Drifter: Genie

Petra Venj: Merida

Uldren Sov: Prince Hans

Mara Sov: Queen Elsa... or the Evil Queen

Banshee-44: DORY!

Amanda: Gogo Tamago

Speaker: Narrator

Ghost: Baymax

Osiris: King Agnarr

Ana Bray: Belle/Arial

Failsafe: Mittens

Rasputin: Beast

Did I miss anyone?

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Canada Industrial Valve Market Outlook for Forecast Period (2023 to 2030)

The Canada Industrial Valve is Expected to Grow at a Significant Growth Rate, and the Forecast Period is 2023-2030, Considering the Base Year as 2022.

Canada Industrial Valves are crucial mechanical devices used to regulate fluid flow in diverse industries. They control liquids, gases, or suspensions, ensuring smooth operation and safety. Valves come in various types, including globe, gate, and butterfly, and are operated manually or automatically using pneumatic, electric, or hydraulic methods. Their role is to enhance industrial processes and mitigate potential hazards by optimizing flow rate and pressure.

The Canada Industrial Valve market in Canada has continued to grow from several industries such as oil and gas, power generation, water and wastewater treatment, mining, and chemical. Canada Industrial Valves play a key role in regulating the flow of liquids and gases in these sectors, making them essential for efficient operation.

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Leading players involved in the Canada Industrial Valve Market include:

Velan Inc. (Canada), Cameron Canada (Canada), WKM Canada (Canada), Bray Controls Canada (Canada), Tyco Valves & Controls Canada (Canada), Flowserve Canada (Canada), Pratt & Whitney Canada (Canada), Sure Flow Equipment Inc. (Canada), A.R.I. Valve Corporation (Canada), Canadian Valve and Fittings Ltd. (Canada), Quadrant Valve & Actuator Ltd. (Canada), Marwin Valve Canada (Canada), Canadian Process Technologies Inc. (Canada), Amco Manufacturing Ltd. (Canada), Nutech Valve Automation Inc. (Canada), Canox Welding Systems Ltd. (Canada), CIRCOR Energy Products Canada Inc. (Canada), Alfa Laval Canada Inc. (Canada), W&O Canada (Canada), Powell Valve Canada (Canada) and other major key players. 

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Hell is For Children: Animorphs as Children’s Lit

[Guest post from Cates!]

So a couple of months ago Bug asked me to write a post about why Animorphs is Middle Grade/Children’s Fiction, not Young Adult. Since she asked, I’ve read several wonderful posts from other people questioning or explaining what the difference is between Middle Grade and Young Adult, where Animorphs fits, and why it matters. Here’s my two cents as a children’s literature scholar.

To start, Animorphs’ 20,000-30,000 word count per book is a big hint it’s not YA fiction. Obviously, a book with a low word count is not automatically a children’s book, and a book with a high word count is not automatically a book for adults. But if Animorphs was aimed at teens, Applegate would likely have been expected to make the books longer. While there are a lot of great YA novels that are as short as or shorter than your average Animorphs book (check out BookRiot’s list of 100 YA novels under 250 pages,) most YA series, and especially fantasy or scifi YA series, are expected to top 100,000 words. (The three books in the Diviners series by Libba Bray have a total wordcount of 520,000 words; Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy tops 400,000 words, for example.)

Animorphs’ word count isn’t enough on its own to exclude the series from YA classification, but Animorphs’ short word count also fits the trend of children’s—not YA—series fiction in the 1990s. In order to understand this trend, and why it produced books specifically for children, not teens, we need to jump back in time to WWII. Because so many American men were drafted into the military, women took over jobs that had been almost exclusively done by men, like mechanics, sales, electricians, etc. When WWII ended, thousands of men returned home, but women didn’t leave the workforce. Realizing they had an excess of young men and not enough jobs, the US government created the GI Bill, allowing soldiers to attend college for free or at a steeply reduced cost, thus stemming the influx of workers and giving the economy and industry room to grow.

At the same time, families were having children (and those children were surviving) at an unprecedented rate. Thanks to the GI Bill, college was no longer something reserved for wealthy white men, but something available to the middle and even lower class. A college education offered social and economic mobility, and the Baby Boomers, children of the GI Bill recipients, became the first generation to grow up with the idea that college was something that could and should be pursued by all.

Then, the Baby Boomers began having children in the late 1970s through early 1990s, meaning a large chunk of those children (including Bug and I) were in elementary school in mid 1990s to early 2000s. Thanks to their parents, a higher percentage of American adults than ever before had attended college. Thanks to advancements in women’s medicine, psychology, sociology, and education, among other fields, people understood as never before the importance of instilling a love of reading in children at a young age. The huge middle class was willing to invest lots of time and money in their children’s educations, because at this point not having a college education was seen as a barrier to success.

I’m sure you can see where this is going. (Kidding).

Children’s publishing exploded in the 1990s because children—or, more accurately, their parents—were seen as a huge, untapped market. Previously, children’s publishing didn’t receive as much money or attention because, the logic went, children did not have money and therefore couldn’t buy books. But then the publishing industry realized that there were literally millions of parents willing to spend money on their children’s education, and publishers like Scholastic, Dutton, Dial, Penguin, Random House, and others rushed to take advantage of this new customer demographic.

Of the ten books featured on this Scholastic bookfair poster from 2000, seven are series fiction.

Serialized fiction—ie, stories that took place over the course of several books about the same characters and/or in the same setting—was the perfect way for publishing houses to capitalize on this new market. And hoo boy was it successful. From 1993 to 1995, Goosebumps books were being sold at a rate of approximately 4 million books a month. That means roughly 130,000 books were sold every day.

Here’s a few names to bring you back: Bailey School Kids, The Magic Treehouse, Babysitter’s Club, Junie B. Jones, Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen, Horrible Harry, Secrets of Droon, The Magic Attic Club, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Bunnicula, The Boxcar Children, The American Girls, Amelia’s Notebook, Dear America, Wayside School, Choose Your Own Adventure…we could keep going for days. All of those series have two things in common: one, they were either published between 1985 and 2005 and/or experienced a huge resurgence in the 90s, and two, they’re all middle grade novels. Some are aimed at younger children, like Junie B. Jones and The Magic Treehouse, and some are aimed at older children, like the Dear America series and A Series of Unfortunate Events.

The point is, Animorphs is so clearly a product of its time (and not just because of the Hansen Brothers references,) it slots perfectly into the trend of series fiction for children. If you want to claim Animorphs is YA, you also need to claim all of the series I just listed above.

Now, let’s talk about the main argument I see in favor Animorphs being YA: the dark content.

This is my personal wheelhouse. I’m planning on someday doing my PhD dissertation on trauma, violence, war, and trauma recovery in Middle Grade—not YA—fiction. I always find it funny when people use descriptors like cute, sweet, innocent, silly, light, and simple to describe children’s books. While there are certainly plenty of children’s books that are one or more of those things, there are also dozens that are the polar opposite—dark, complex, serious, violent, and deep. I once read a review of The Golden Compass which said “it’s not like other children’s books with a clear cut good guy and bad guy and a simple message.” I don’t know how many children’s books the author of the article had read, but I’m guessing not a lot. Let’s just do a blunt reality check with a few of my favorites—including some picture books which are typically for an even younger audience than Middle Grade. Spoilers for all of the books I’m about to mention.

Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki This book follows a little boy who is sent to a Japanese interment camp during WWII. He and his family deal with abuse, starvation, and sickness. Suggested reading age*? Kindergarten and up.

*(For this and all subsequent books I used reviews from Kirkus, the Horn Book, and School Library Journal to determine suggested reading age.)

Check out this picture of Shorty playing baseball while an armed soldier watches him from a guard tower. Isn’t it cute, sweet, and innocent?

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco Pink and Say are 15-year-old boys serving as Union Soldiers during the Civil War. Confederate Soldiers kill Pink’s mother, Pink and Say become POWs, and Pink is hanged because he is African American. Suggested reading age? First grade and up.

Fox by Margaret Wild This book starts grim and just gets grimmer. Dog and Magpie have been burned in a wildfire. Dog loses an eye, Magpie a wing. Magpie rides on Dog’s head—she is his eyes, he is her wings. Fox comes and convinces Magpie to leave Dog and come with him. There are definite sexual undertones. The book ends with the possibility that Dog and Magpie will be reunited, but no certainty. Suggested reading age? Six and up.

[The text says “He stops, scarcely panting./ There is silence between them/ Neither moves, neither speaks./ Then Fox shakes Magpie off his back/ as he would a flea,/ and pads away./ He turns and looks at Magpie, and he says,/ ‘Now you and Dog will know what it is like/ to be truly alone.’/ Then he is gone./ In the stillness, Magpie hears a faraway scream./ She cannot tell if it is a scream of triumph/ or despair.”]

Tell me this isn’t a total punch in the gut.

The Rabbits by Shaun Tan The introduction of rabbits to Australia is used as an allegory for European colonization and the casual destruction of the Aboriginals’ lives and cultures. Suggested reading age? Six and up.

The Scarlet Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Noble A girl spies on the British during the Revolutionary War while her brother fights. He’s killed and there’s actually a description of her finding the “bloodstained hole” in his coat where the bullet struck him. How cute and silly! Suggested reading age? Second grade and up.

Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Rose Porter I think this works as a nice comparison to Animorphs because it’s another long-running, popular series aimed at kids just starting to read chapter books. Among other incidents, there’s a graphic description of Addy watching her brother get whipped by an overseer and a passage where another overseer forces Addy to eat worms. I actually give American Girls a lot of points for not shying away from the uglier parts of history. They don’t always get it right (*cough* Kaya *cough*) but those books are more complex than I think most people realize. Suggested reading age? Second grade and up.

My Teacher Flunked the Planet by Bruce Coville From the sight of a child starving to death to homeless children freezing in the streets, Coville certainly doesn’t avoid the darker side of human nature. Pretty sure most adults only noticed the funny green alien on the cover. Suggested reading age? Fourth grade and up.

“That was the day we crept, invisible, into a prison where men and women were being tortured for disagreeing with their government. What had already been done to those people was so ugly I cannot bring myself to describe it, even though the memory of it remains like a scar burned into my brain with a hot iron.

“Even worse was the moment when it was about to start again. When I saw what the uniformed man was going to do to the woman strapped to the table, I pressed myself against the wall and closed my eyes. But even with my hands clamped over my ears I couldn’t shut out her scream.”

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai The Vietnam War, migrants drowning in the ocean, refugee camps, racism…this book is a bit like Animorphs in that it’s got a surprisingly dry sense of humor even as awful events take place. Suggested reading age? Fourth grade and up.

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson A pretty harsh look at the realities of America’s foster care system as told by a girl who could give Rachel Berenson a run for her money. It’s not afraid to show that parents aren’t automatically good people. Suggested reading age? Third grade and up.

Stepping on the Cracks and Wait Til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn If WWII, bullying, dead siblings, draft dodging, and parental abuse are too light and fluffy for you, you can always read about a child consumed with survivor’s guilt because she started the fire that killed her mother. Suggested reading age? Fifth grade and up.

“‘How do you think Jimmy would feel if he knew his own sister was helping a deserter while he lay dying in Belgium?’

‘It wasn’t like that!’ I said, stung by the unfairness of her question. ‘Stuart was sick, he needed me! I wish Jimmy had been down there in the woods, too! Then he’d be alive, not dead!’

Mother slapped me then, hard as she could, right in the face. ‘Never say anything like that again!’ she cried. ‘Never!’”

I could go on (and on and on and on) about trauma narratives for children, but suffice to say while I think Animorphs is probably the most brilliant one I’ve ever read, it’s far from the only one. Kids’ books can be dark, which is good, because if we only tell stories about white, able-bodied children living in big houses with two loving parents then we’re excluding the majority of real children’s lived experiences from our narratives.

There’s one more point I’d like to address: without sounding overly accusatory, I think a lot of the compulsion to consider Animorphs YA instead of children’s fiction is born of the adult bias against children. I’ve mentioned this before on the podcast, but Children’s Literature scholar Maria Nikolajeva created the term aetonormativity to describe society’s tendency to value the adult over the child. Like I discussed above, we have this idea that children’s books are somehow sweet and innocent, while YA fiction is darker and grittier because it addresses so-called ‘adult’ topics like sex, drugs, suicide, violence, and death.

As I hope I’ve established above, just because a book addresses these topics that doesn’t automatically mean it’s for teens. Books about heavy subjects can, are, and should be written for children. I think most of us are fans of Animorphs because it’s a series that sticks with us long after we close the neon-cloud covers. It’s a series that strongly disputes the notion of a clear right and wrong, and doesn’t shy away from the atrocities of war. And it was written for children. It was sold to children. It was read by children.

Some of us adults are just cool enough to read children’s books that treat child readers with the respect they deserve.

— Cates