#c: raleigh

[wintcrstcrfall]

@erstwhles send “ i don’t know what to do “ + [ 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 ] our muses share a bed in the early morning hours because it is cold in the house / marcella + raleigh!

Marcella was nervous and that on itself was a strange feeling for her. Usually it was under pressure when she thrived the most, but apparently it was work pressure that allowed her to explore her best abilities. This, right here, were waters she didn't know how to thread in and the uncertainty was written on her features while she carefully sat on the bed next to him. If it was any warmer Marcella's cheeks were bound to have already gone scarlet but at least one positive thing could be taken from the moment that they found themselves in. A short, frustrated huff left her parted lips as the woman shifted nervously in her spot, too high-strung to keep in one place. "Well, if you insist on me being the one to say it out loud... our best option is to keep warm together while the storm passes. And hope that it won't take long for the power and heating to return." Her shoulders shrugged as if it wasn't that big of a deal when, in fact, it was exactly that. One look throughout the window told her enough of the severity of the storm outside and she knew that a lot of warnings had been issued just a few hours prior. "If you have nothing against it, of course."

[lucianaxalvarez]

the carnival w/ @raleigh-reese

Luciana stands in line where the cotton candy is being served, her head turning when she sees Raleigh heading her way. "Here I thought you were going to stand me up," she laughs. She glances over her shoulder to the people behind her as she raises her hand to cover their view from her lips as if they would only hear here if they could see what she was saying. "I saved you a spot." She whispers, a soft laugh leaving her.

[ithinkitscami]

@raleigh-reese

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"Don't let anyone hear that because that could be admissible in court if we were to get caught." Camille teased her sister, nudging her shoulder gently. She wasn't going to say anything about the flowers because it did annoy her-she was used to this by now. "How smoky are we talking? And what even causes a fire to become more smoky?" She was sure Raleigh had mentioned it before, or she had asked in the past, but asking again wasn't going to hurt.

[downthecove]

@castafar asked: 7 M/M [ at kayden / phillip ]

MEME: 𝚄𝚂𝙵𝚆 𝙶𝙸𝙵 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂 STATUS: accepting

making his way to the glory hole wasn't supposed to turn out this way, but the bodyguard found little things in his life went as they were planned. he had taken raleigh's shaft into his mouth and worked the other man up until he was a slobbering mess. yet that didn't seem to be enough. he crossed stalls and sat the other down until he was able to sit on his shaft. "just take it." phillip moaned out as he grabbed onto the glory hole with his right hand and threw his left arm around raleigh. he bounced on the other man's length at a good speed, tightening his hole as he went down and relaxing it as he went up. "shit, when was the last time you were milked like this?"

[legends-and-savages]

@sheiismother sent: “I know. Baby’s due next week. I’m huge.” (From Molly)

Raleigh looked over at her with a small smile. "You don't look that big." He said. "You look good you need help with anything?"

[missesotericka]

hyperfixation unlocked: drawing samson with his hair not slicked back

i just think he’s cute ‘n i wanna protect him 🥺

[tired-of-straight-lines]

Raleigh Ritchie being a precious ray of sunshine on Portrait Artist of the Year (2017)

and giving Grey Worm

[patrickztump]

for the rest of my life getting just one yesterday for my 8 ball with be my eighth wonder because i will never be able to comprehend how the stars aligned to make that happen. my mind has been blown since march 19, 2024 at 10:34pm est and i will likely never recover

[shivcodedkendall]

just smoked and listened to @bitingfaggotry’s amazing iwtv disco reunion playlist x so I am very inspired and just imagining….imagining that Jacob’s beautiful Raleigh Ritchie talents must not go to waste and how I can not be held responsible for the things I will do if they do not write something where Louis gets to sing…imagining that maybe Louis was in the church choir ( I don’t think the catholic church we see Louis going to in ep 1 would have a children’s choir but idk I’m not catholic…sorry if this is wrong) when he was very young but eventually falling away from this activity bc he enjoyed it too much-maybe Jonah was in the choir as well 🤷🏽‍♀️. But Louis saw singing as something that he loved and could get lost in and that is very dangerous to Louis. Lestat never knowing about this because Louis never told him (maybe Louis felt like his voice was nothing special compared to Lestat’s fucking theatrics and was embarrassed. or maybe Louis just wanted to keep this one thing to himself) …I just find it very illogical that Lestat would be aware that Louis has a beautiful singing voice and not bring it up all the time.

But anyways, imagining 70s Louis bored and depressed and willing to do just about anything to pass the time and distract himself, moonlighting as a singer. Armand just mind tricks the manager at some bar with live music and forces them to let Louis sing whenever the mood fucking strikes him - mostly Sunday nights tho. Idk Armand that well but maybe he would be v supportive and recognize that singing is a healthy way to express feelings of great melancholy so this is good for Louis, really…

just think about Louis singing sensual disco songs once a week to a mesmerized crowd…Omg Louis crooning with his sexy sad eyes and some bell bottoms?? please.… also these two specific songs are crowd favorites from Louis

[secondsofpleasure]

hallowed halls / 8.2023

[lackadaisycats]

I’m so sorry if you’ve already answered this somewhere, but how do you design your characters?

I’ve been trying to make an OC from the prohibition era and it turns out there’s basically nothing to work with for men’s outfits, so I’m curious how you made this many that look unique and fitting to the characters

There is so much to work with, though! You will tend to find more of a focus on variety in women's fashion, but there is still quite a lot of menswear to ogle too. I suppose it's just a matter of searching out ideas and inspiration in the rights corners. Here are a few suggestions:

Old Clothing Catalogues -

Collections from Sears-Roebuck and other popular clothing retailers are pretty easy to find compiled into relatively inexpensive books, or just floating online.

A fair bit of it is in the public domain now.

--Here's an entire 1922 catalogue of stuff to flip through.

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Contemporary Artwork -

Some phenomenal illustrators were working in this field amidst the "Golden Age of Illustration" and featured prominently on the covers of magazines and on the ads inside. There was a lot of emphasis on fashion.

Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post are a couple of the more prominent and easily searchable resources. The costuming on the cover art always has a lot of personality.

There's Rockwell, of course, and it's almost impossible to go wrong with J. C. Leyendecker. He's probably best known for his Arrow Collar ad art, but even his sock ads are like…

There were numerous other amazing and influential illustrators working at the time too. Here's a list of some of them. Here's a bonus Henry Raleigh featuring some of his fabulously-dressed people.

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Blogs and Articles -

There are so many of them! If you want historical accuracy, be wary of write-ups pulling all of their references from film and television. There's nothing wrong with using those for inspiration if you aren't too concerned with historicity, but there are some pretty comprehensive and well-researched things out there with more of an eye on actual fashion history too:

--Gentleman's Gazette - What Men Really Wore in the 1920s

--The Fashionisto - 1920s Men's Fashion

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Digital Collections -

There are numerous digital historic image collections stemming from universities, museums, libraries, and the government that are free to peruse too.

--The Metropolitan Museum has a searchable catalog of exhibits that includes fashion and photos

--Here's some things from the New York Public Library

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Photos at Large -

If you aren't sure where to start, image searching for any of Hollywood's early celebrities will typically turn up a bevy of production stills and promotional photography featuring a variety of fashions. Here's a random Getty images search for Harold Lloyd. A lot of standard 3 piece suits, but a lot of stuff with added character too.

Photography was generally quite accessible by the 1920s, though, and you can find a lot of authentic photos of people from all walks of life, out in the wild wearing all sorts of clothes.

This is by no means the limit to the resources available, but hopefully it'll provide some leaping-off points for designing looks for your characters!

[ithinkitscami]

closed starter for: @raleigh-reese / location: home / after the carnival blues

Camille was in need of some sisterly time so she was glad that Raleigh was home at night, for once. She had spent her evening out on the patio before she headed back in making her way towards Raleigh's room. Knock knock. "I'm coming in." She walked inside Raleigh's room and plopped herself on the bed next to her. "I need some advice." She stated. The carnival had passed and her head was somewhat clearer than before, but not so. She at least had Raleigh to talk some sense into her if that's what she needed.

[uss-edsall]

When Pacific Rim (2013) came out, I was just out of college, about four months into my first steady job (working at Dunkin' Donuts for minimum wage), and excited about the fact I had an income. Unfortunately I was also deeply into a phase where, when I watched a movie or played a game I really liked, I'd buy a tie-in novel and read it.

Most of these things suck. Practically everything by William C. Dietz.

All except the Pacific Rim tie-in novel. Which in and of itself isn't particularly impressive, and makes some changes I don't like (for example, Raleigh kisses Mako at the end), but it had one thing going for it:

Almost every chapter ended with a dossier or some other bit of cool extended lore and fuck it was awesome. It's given me brainworms for a decade. I still think about those one-two page dossiers and little snippets

[legends-and-savages]

@reiignonme sent: [ tongue ] — your muse licks my muse’s breasts/nipples (For Raleigh from Sola)

kinky/rough smut prompts| Accpeting

Raleigh had a bit of a reputation. So if anyone wondered into his room they wouldn't be quite so surprised to find Raleigh in the position he was in with Sola. With him pressed against the bed with her straddling him. One hand on her hip as she leaned forward. A groan at her actions.

[moxie-girl]

an AU of @orange-artist's ASL god AU where Deuce is also a god b/c I'm rotating him in my mind at all times

some notes about him under the cut: (this idea has consumed my brain)

His hair changes color based on the sky near him when in god form, it's usually just "sky blue" in human form

When he gets especially emotional it sometimes affects the sky around him

He's the god of loyalty/devotion due to his role "supporting" the other celestial gods

However, he's closest to Astrus as he was essentially "born" from the spaces between the stars

He's basically the patron god of first mates - when the Roger Pirates landed on Raftel, he was drawn the most to Raleigh

He's also the god of storytelling (because of canon Deuce's dream to write a book)

Some of his powers include telekinesis-like spatial manipulation and controlling clouds (ex. the different types on Sky Islands)

His and Ace's first meeting went like: "Oh man, sailing around like a human is way harder than it looks, I can't believe I'm already shipwrecked" -> "There's another person trapped here? I'd better help I guess" -> *gets closer and makes eye contact* "IT'S YOU!?" for both of them

[centuriespast]

Surveillance Photograph of Militant Suffragettes Criminal Record Office (active since c.1914) National Portrait Gallery, London

Portraits of Mary Raleigh Richardson; Lilian Lenton; Kitty Marion (Katherina Maria Schafer); Lillian Forrester; Miss Johansen; Clara Elizabeth Giveen; Jennie Baines; Miriam Pratt. Surveillance photographs of militant suffragettes were issued to public galleries including the National Portrait Gallery in 1914. Most of the images in the composite group photograph were taken undercover while the women were in the exercise yards of Manchester or Holloway prisons. Of those included, Gertrude Ansell (1861–1932) (below, bottom row, second left), a professional typist, attacked Hubert Herkomer’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the Royal Academy and was forcibly fed 236 times.