#carlyle abraham

[whibleysims]

"I saw the signs, but I guess I thought she would pull through anyway. I'm so sorry, Carl -- I don't know what to say, I don't know how you could ever forgive me."

"Now now, no one is to blame here."

"Have you heard from her at all?"

"No, nothing."

"And no idea of where she would go, who she would contact?"

"No."

"--But it's okay," Carl continued. He smiled as he walked towards Irene, who was gently rocking baby Layla.

"How?" she asked the floor.

[wndstrrrry]

omg youre gonna hate meeeeee (questions so you doodle the rest of the characters i can think of)

to pascal: what has been the hardest part of helping serge and gilbert through this process?

to kurt: what are you doing now since you dropped out of college?

to nekka: what's your favorite musical?

to carl: who do you speak to now since you don't hang out with the lacombrade gang anymore?

to sebastien: what's your favorite minecraft mobs?

to jack: how was it like finding out you're bisexual after being a homophobic bully for so long?

to liliath: what are your favorite fashion brands (or if you don't have brands in specific, general items, like specific purses or looks or stuff)

to angeline: what is your family situation like now?

to patricia: what's your favorite shoujo?

to rosemarine: what do you hate most about gilbert?

to pascal: what has been the hardest part of helping serge and gilbert through this process?

to kurt: what are you doing now since you dropped out of college?

to nekka: what's your favorite musical?

to carl: who do you speak to now since you don't hang out with the lacombrade gang anymore?

to sebastien: what's your favorite minecraft mobs?

to jack: how was it like finding out you're bisexual after being a homophobic bully for so long?

to liliath: what are your favorite fashion brands (or if you don't have brands in specific, general items, like specific purses or looks or stuff)

to angeline: what is your family situation like now?

to patricia: what's your favorite shoujo?

to rosemarine: what do you hate most about gilbert?

[nerds-yearbook]

The Force of July (Abraham Lincoln Carlyle, Lady Liberty, Majory Victory, Mayflower, Silent Majority, and Sparkler) got in a lethal battle with Task Force X (The Suicide Squad) in Suicide Squad 27# (cover date May, 1989). The conflict saw the murder of Abraham Lincoln Carlyle, Mayflower, and Sparkler. ("The Janus Directive 2: Scattermove", Suicide Squad 27#, Comic, Event)

[wndstrrrry]

here's all the character info so far! :)

modern au stuff that you should tooootally ask me about in @windstir btw :P

[abe-wainwright]

Name: Abraham "Abe" Wainwright Age/Birthday: 46 (April 26, 1978) Gender & Pronouns: man, he/him Occupation: Legacy Rancher, owner of Blue Rooster Ranch Affiliation and Position: The Cowboy Mafia, Top Hand

"Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man...and give some back."

BIOGRAPHY.

Abraham "Abe" Wainwright IV was born, raised, and shaped in the image of Paxton, AZ. Ranching is baked into the very marrow of his bones, and his eventual ownership of Blue Rooster was a promise he pinned all his plans on. From the moment he was old enough to sit upright on a horse, Abe knew what he was destined to do.

Abe is the latest in a line of Wainwrights owning the ranch that reaches back to the founding of the town. His father was a benevolent neighbor but a terrible businessman and nearly lost the ranch with his naivety. Abe did what was necessary to keep the legacy afloat.

He married his high school girlfriend the moment she showed him the plastic stick with little pink lines. It seemed he'd build his life early, before he could even grow a proper beard. But he couldn't have been happier. And then his father retired and signed the Ranch over to him. The accounts were a nightmare--debts to the IRS, unsustainable operating costs, IOUs written on diner napkins from men who had died decades past. Life got real faster than his wife could handle and she begged him to leave it all behind. When he went to her with plans to work with Charlie Cross, she filed for divorce and moved with the kids to Flagstaff.

He earned his brand by allowing the Cross brothers and their associates access to the Ranch for their transportation and trafficking needs. It was a win-win deal: they had a longstanding, legitimate operation as the clean front for their dealings and he got a hefty kickback that kept the Ranch profitable.

Randall had been like a little brother--the Wainwrights and the Kastings went way back. Abe's own father had been an important source of solace for Randall when his father died, but the old man never had a clue about the trouble he was getting into. Abe knew--he just never would have imagined the affair. As much as it pains him to admit it, the dalliance cast a shadow over the memory of his dear friend.

These days, it's all he can do to keep the legitimate parts of his business compartmentalized from the less legal activity. But he'll spend his last breath making it work. Every step he's ever taken has been in service to the Ranch. There is no alternative.

CONNECTIONS.

Father: Ernest Wainwright b. 1953 (NPC) Mother: Betsy Wainwright nee Glover b. 1957 (NPC) Sister: to be named b. 1981 (WC) Brother: to be named b. 1986 (WC) Ex-Wife: Naomi Wainwright nee Carlyle b. 1977 (NPC) Daughter: Maisie Wainwright b. 1997 (NPC) Son: Jasper Wainwright b. 2000 (NPC)

PLOT ARC.

Whatever it takes. He feels this struggle more acutely than the rest. He has more to lose, and that makes him more dangerous and steadfast. He’d burn the corporate building of Obsidian Holdings down if it meant the problem would be solved — he’s ready for blood. He originally thought that Randall was using Alicia for information, but he’s learning more, and it disgusts him. Randall didn’t get the job done, in his eyes.

[coffee-n-ocs]

Onyx Soul: Dana Carlisle, Half-Blood Siren (2001)

The 'Bastard' son of a Siren and her human lover, Dana is frowned upon by most of Gravesend, only being accepted by the Carson-Harlow siblings, as the rest of the town would like to get rid of him.

"Did your brothers leave you all by yourself, that's a risky move."

Name

Full Legal Name: Dana Ariel Hadley Carlisle First Name: Dana Meaning: From a surname that is of unknown origin Pronunciation: DAY-na Origin: English Middle Name(s): Ariel, Hadley Meaning(s): Ariel: Means 'Lion of God' in Hebrew, from ''Ari' meaning 'Lion' and ''El' meaning 'God' Hadley: From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning 'Heather field' in Old English Pronunciation: EHR-ee-al/AR-ee-al, HAD-lee Origin: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek. English Surname: Carlisle Meaning: From the name of a city in northern England Pronunciation: KAHR-liel Origin: English Aliases: Dan Carlyle, Ariel Hadley Nicknames: Dan, Ana, D.C, Ari Titles: Mr

Characteristics

Age: 23 Gender: Male. He/Him Pronouns Race: 1/2 Siren 1/2 Human Nationality: American Ethnicity: White Birth Date: 28th August 1978 Sexuality: Bisexual Religion: Raised following the 'Water Spirit' Native Language: English Spoken Languages: English, (some) Spanish, (Some) French Relationship Status: Single (Has a crush on both Phoenix and Navy) Astrological Sign: Virgo Face Claim: Jack Black

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Gravesend Current Residence: Gravesend Have They Been Beyond The Veil: Yes

Appearance

Height: 5'6" / 168 cm Weight: [Data Redacted] Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Brown Hair Dye: None Body Hair: Hairy Facial Hair: Full Beard Tattoos: None Piercings: None Scars: gills hidden as scars when above water Clothing Style: Beach shorts, graphic T-shirts

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Social drinker Illnesses/Disorders: None permanent, gets gill infections if he swims in fresh-water Medications: Takes pills to prevent infections and to make sure he can breathe for longer underwater Any Specific Diet: None

Relationships

Affiliated Groups: None Friends: Hayden Harlow, Phoenix Carson, Navy Carson-Harlow, Harley Yancy Enemies: None, but the whole town seems to hate him Mentor: Daniyah Carlisle Significant Other: None Previous Partners: None of Note Parents: Abraham Maus (46, Father), Daniyah Carlisle (48, Mother) Parents-In-Law: None Siblings: None Siblings-In-Law: None Nieces & Nephews: None Children: None Children-In-Law: None Grandkids: None Other Notable Relatives: None

Notes

Occupation: Construction (Works with Hayden & Phoenix) Tropes: (Purely speculative)

Apparently Human Merfolk: Dana's half human, so he looks the most like a human being when above water.

Ear Fins: When below water

Fish People: when below water, though he still looks somewhat-human in comparison to pure-blood sirens

Sirens are Mermaids

Super Not-Drowning Skills: Due to being half human, Dana can only last 48 hours below water

[wausaupilot]

Today in History: Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of 2024.

On this date: In 1999, "The World is Not Enough" 19th James Bond film premieres in Los Angeles, starring Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane, and Denise Richards.

By The Associated Press Today in history: On Nov. 8, 2000, a statewide recount began in Florida, which emerged as critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election. The recount would officially end on Dec. 12 upon orders from the U.S. Supreme Court, delivering Florida’s electoral votes and the presidency to George W. Bush. Also on this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln…

[yhwhrulz]

Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for February 20

Tozer in the Morning Wondering Worship

The third stage of true worship is wonder. Here the mind ceases to understand and goes over to a kind of delightful astonishment. Carlyle said that worship is ?transcendent wonder,? a degree of wonder without limit and beyond expression. That kind of worship is found throughout the Bible (though it is only fair to say that the lesser degrees of worship are found there also). Abraham fell on his face in holy wonderment as God spoke to him. Moses hid his face before the presence of God in the burning bush. Paul could hardly tell whether he was in or out of the body when he was allowed to see the unspeakable glories of the third heaven. When John saw Jesus walking among His churches, he fell at His feet as dead. We cite these as a examples; the list is long in the Biblical record. It may be said that such experiences as these are highly unusual and can be no criterion for the plain Christian today. This is true, but only of the external circumstances; the spiritual content of the experiences is unchanging and is found alike wherever true believers are found. it is always true that an encounter with God brings wonderment and awe. The pages of Christian biography are sweet with the testimonies of enraptured worshipers who met God in intimate experience and could find no words to express all they felt and saw and heard. Christian hymnody takes us where the efforts of common prose break down, and brings the wings of poetic feeling to the aid of the wondering saint. Open an old hymnal and turn to the sections on worship and the divine perfections and you will see the part that wonder has played in worship through the centuries. But wonder is not yet the last nor highest element in worship. The soaring saint has one more mountain peak to clear before he has reached the rarefied air of purest worship. He must adore.

Tozer in the Evening Appointed to Be Eternal Fruit-Bearers

. . . No man is ever the same after God has laid His hand upon him. He will have certain marks, and though they are not easy to detect perhaps we may cautiously name a few. . .

Another mark of the Spirit's working is a mighty moral discontent. In spite of our effort to make sinners think they are unhappy the fact is that wherever social and health conditions permit the masses of mankind enjoy themselves very much. Sin has its pleasures (Hebrews 12:25) and the vast majority of human beings have a whale of a time living. The conscience is a bit of a pest but most persons manage to strike a truce with it quite early in life and are not troubled much by it thereafter.

It takes a work of God in a man to sour him on the world and to turn him against himself; yet until this has happened to him he is psychologically unable to repent and believe. Any degree of contentment with the world's moral standards or his own lack of holiness successfully blocks off the flow of faith into the man's heart. Esau's fatal flaw was moral complacency; Jacob's only virtue was his bitter discontent.

Again before a man can be saved he must feel a consuming spiritual hunger. Anyone who lives close to the hearts of men knows that there is little spiritual hunger among them. Religion, pious talk, yes; but not real hunger. Where a hungry heart is found we may be sure that God was there first. ''Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you . . .'' (John 15:16)

Copyright Statement This material is considered in the public domain.

[screamingforyears]

IN A MINUTE: // A POST_PUNK_ISH EXPRESS…

“SPOT THE DIFFERENCE” is the flip/side on @fuckedup's forthcoming 7” titled ‘Show Friends’ (11/7 @mergerecords) & it finds the veteran Toronto-based quintet of Damian Abraham, Jonah Falco, Mike Haliechuk, Sandy Miranda & Josh Zucker waxing upon “incremental change & compromise” across a sub-3 min burst of the Clash meets the Mats AltPunk. “RIDING IN THE RAIN” is the second single from @ronniestone.coffin’s forthcoming LP titled ‘Ride Again’ (2/2 @feeltriprecords) & it finds the New York City-based artist feeling “trapped as the world changes around you” while riding across 4 synth_poppin mins of cinematically cool, giddily crystalline & Cars-esque NüWave. “THE DICE MAN WILL BECOME” is a choice cut from @theserfs’ recently released LP titled ‘Half Eaten By Dogs’ (@troubleinmindrecords) & it finds the Cincinnati-based trio of vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Dylan McCartney, Dakota Carlyle & Andie Luman linking up w/ guitarist Luke Cornett to bring a bouncy 4 min bout of new_waving PostPunk. @yeahrs_ are back w/ a brand new standalone single titled “SMOKESCREEN” & it finds the Berlin-based quartet bringing the grunge_gothing goods across 3 mins of moodily charged, pedal_gazed & melancholically malaise’d AltRawk… that final third push tho!!! @vyva-melinkolya is here w/ “222,” the second single from her forthcoming LP titled ‘Unbecoming’ (11/9) & it finds the Louisville-based vocalist/guitarist Angel Diaz teaming up w/ @mothercain to immerse themselves in knee high water while crooning out over 6+ mins of glacially hazed, texturally gazed & slow_coring DreamPop.

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TRACKS STREAMING BELOW...

[magadeqamar]

"De nada sirve al hombre lamentarse de los tiempos en que vive. Lo único bueno que puede hacer es intentar mejorarlos". Thomas Carlyle Lo que está ya está hecho. Si es para bien, se consolida y se toma de modelo si es preciso. Si no es así, se intenta no cometer y proyectarlo de tal forma que su percepción sea mejor. Pasa como con los pensamientos: Cuando no fluyen, se estancan. Cuando no fluyen, se hacen bucle, una espiral finita de la que resulta complicado evadirse. "Orage Nocturne à Cefalù" | 1800 | Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe

[whibleysims]

"We should get up."

"I wish we could stay in bed forever."

"I have a meeting with Sir Reginald today, he may ask about your graduate thesis defence."

"We should get up," she agreed.

"But under protest," she added.

"Duly noted."

Carl took a quick look at himself before getting dressed. He was happy! Life with Lydia was just what he needed to process Isabella's passing. Any moral implications about their relationship left his body entirely; he was convinced Lydia was sent to him from above, and he had no doubt that she would stay with him until he was to reunite with Isabella.

[the-paintrist]

John Linnell - Selfportrait - ca. 1860

oil on canvas, Height: 91.1 cm (35.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; Width: 70.2 cm (27.6 in) 

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London, UK

John Linnell (16 June 1792 – 20 January 1882) was an English engraver, and portrait and landscape painter. He was a naturalist and a rival to the artist John Constable. He had a taste for Northern European art of the Renaissance, particularly Albrecht Dürer. He also associated with the amateur artist Edward Thomas Daniell, and with William Blake, to whom he introduced the painter and writer Samuel Palmer and others of the Ancients.

John Linnell was born in Bloomsbury, London on 16 June 1792. where his father was a carver and gilder. He was in contact with artists from an early age, and by the age of ten was drawing and selling portraits in chalk and pencil. His first art teacher was the American-born artist Benjamin West, and he spent a year in the house of the painter John Varley, where William Hunt and William Mulready were also pupils, and made the acquaintance of Shelley, Godwin and others. In 1805 he was admitted to study at the Royal Academy, where he obtained medals for drawing, modelling and sculpture. He was trained as an engraver, and executed a transcript of Varley's "Burial of Saul."

In 1808, the 16-year-old Linnell moved into Mulready's house, whose wife had accused him of infidelity with both other women and boys. Linnell's association with Mulready may have caused the breakup of Mulready's marriage.

In later life Linnell occupied himself with the burin, publishing, in 1833, a series of outlines from Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, and, in 1840, superintending the issue of a selection of plates from the pictures in Buckingham Palace, one of them, a Titian landscape, which he engraved in mezzotint. At first he supported himself mainly by miniature painting and execution of larger portraits, such as the likenesses of Mulready, Richard Whately, Peel and Thomas Carlyle. Several of his portraits he engraved in line and mezzotint.

He painted many subjects like the "St John Preaching," the "Covenant of Abraham," and the "Journey to Emmaus," in which, while the landscape is usually prominent the figures are of sufficient importance to supply the title of the work. But it is mainly in connexion with paintings of pure landscapes that his name is known. His works commonly deal with some scene of typical uneventful English landscape, which is made impressive by a gorgeous effect of sunrise or sunset. They are full of true poetic feeling, and are rich and glowing in colour.

Linnell commanded large prices for his pictures, and about 1850 he purchased a property at Redhill, Surrey, where he lived till his death on 20 January 1882, painting with unabated powers until within the last few years of his life. He devoted himself to painting landscapes notably of the North Downs and Kentish Weald. His leisure was occupied with a study of the Bible in the original, and he published several pamphlets and treatises of Biblical criticism. Linnell was one of the best friends and kindest patrons of William Blake. He gave him the two largest commissions he received for single series of designs—£150 for drawings and engravings of The Inventions to the Book of Job, and a like sum for those illustrative of Dante Aligheri.

He was a friend of the painter Edward Thomas Daniell. A blue plaque commemorates Linnell at Old Wyldes' at North End, Hampstead. The plaque mentions that William Blake stayed with Linnell as his guest.

[oneboxofmatches]

All You Need to Know About Matchups!

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Hi y'all!

This account is solely for matchups for several different fandoms. That means requests for imagines, oneshots, headcanons, etc. will NOT be taken.

Here are some basic things to know about requesting a matchup!

Unless otherwise specified for a certain fandom, a request yields one romantic pairing AND one friendship pairing as well as information on why I think you work well with the individuals I choose. Of course, if you only wish to receive either just the romantic matchup or just the friendship matchup, just let me know!

You can request matchups for several different fandoms at once! For each fandom you request, I will match you up with one romantic partner and one friend unless you request differently.

You can ask to exclude any character(s)!

Where can I request a matchup?

Requests can be made in the MATCHUP REQUESTS/ASK ME ANYTHING tab.

What do I need to include in my request?

Required

Fandom(s)

Your gender and/or pronouns

Your sexual orientation and/or preferences

Description of personality

Optional (but definitely helps me out!)

Description of appearance

Hobbies

Personality alignment (Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, Hogwarts House, etc.)

What you would look for in a partner and/or friend

Any other information you think would be helpful – the more you provide, the more I can work with!

Now with that out of the way, onto the fandoms!

Listed directly below is a shortlist of all the fandoms I take requests for as well as some extra information as needed.

Disclaimers

If a title is in italics, it means that while I feel comfortable providing matchups for this show, I have not watched every season. If a character drastically changes after a certain point, I may not be aware. The last season I watched of these shows will be included in parentheses.

All movies/shows based on novels will most likely focus on the on-screen adaptations of characters.

SHOWS

The 100 (6)

Good Omens

The Good Place (3)

Lucifer (4)

On My Block

Parks and Recreation (4)

Prodigal Son (1)

Sherlock

Space Force

Supernatural (14)

The Walking Dead (8)

MOVIES

Clueless

The Greatest Showman

Harry Potter -- Unless specified in request, will entail 2 sets of matchups as a student (Golden Trio and Marauders eras respectively)

The Hunger Games

Marvel Cinematic Universe -- Unless age is specified, underage characters will NOT be available for romantic matchups

BROADWAY

Anastasia

Beetlejuice

Carrie (2012 Off-Broadway)

Hadestown

Hamilton

Les Misérables

The Phantom of the Opera

Six

VIDEO GAMES

Detroit: Become Human

Red Dead Redemption 2

What’s below the cut?

A masterlist of characters in each fandom that will be considered for each request (unless marked with an asterisk (*), all characters are assumed to be available for both romantic AND friendly matchups while names marked with an asterisk are only available for friendly matchups). Listed alphabetically by first name.

Don’t be afraid to tell me about a typo!

Any questions? Just want to talk? You can also use the  MATCHUP REQUESTS/ASK ME ANYTHING tab to get ahold of me!

SHOWS

Bellamy Blake

Clarke Griffin

Echo

Finn Collins

Harper McIntyre

Jasper Jordan

Johnathan “John” Murphy

Jordan Green

Lexa

Lincoln

Marcus Kane

Monty Green

Octavia Blake

Raven Reyes

Roan

Wells Jaha

Aziraphale

Anathema Device

Crowley

Newton Pulsifer

Mme. Tracy*

Witchfinder Sgt. Shadwell*

Chidi Anagonye

Eleanor Shellstrop

Jason Mendoza

Michael*

Tahani Al-Jamil

Amenadiel

Det. Chloe Decker

Det. Daniel “Dan” Espinoza

Ella Lopez

Eve

Dr. Linda Martin*

Lucifer Morningstar

Mazikeen “Maze���

Cesar Diaz

Jamal Turner

Jasmine Flores

Monsé Finnie

Oscar “Spooky” Diaz

Ruben “Ruby” Martinez Jr.

Andrew “Andy” Dwyer

Ann Perkins

April Ludgate

Benjamin “Ben” Wyatt

Christopher “Chris” Traeger

Donna Meagle*

Gerald “Jerry” Gergich*

Jean-Ralphio Saperstein*

Leslie Knope

Ronald “Ron” Swanson*

Ainsley Whitly

Det. Dani Powell

Edrisa Tanaka

Lt. Gil Arroyo

Det. James “JT” Tarmel

Jessica Whitly

Malcolm Bright

DI Greg Lestrade

Mrs. Hudson*

James “Jim” Moriarty

Dr. John Watson

Mary Morstan*

Molly Hooper

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Dr. Adrian Mallory*

Capt. Angela Ali

Brig. Gen. Bradley Gregory*

Dr. Chan Kaifang

Duncan Tabner

Erin Naird

F. Tony Scarapiducci

Kelly King

Maggie Naird*

Gen. Mark Naird*

Abbie “Bela” Talbot*

Adam Milligan

Alex Jones

Balthazar

Benjamin “Benny” Lafitte

Castiel

Charlene “Charlie” Bradbury

Claire Novak

Crowley

Dean Winchester

Sheriff Donna Hanscum

Eileen Leahy

Ellen Harvelle*

Gabriel

Garth Fitzgerald IV

Jack Kline

Jessica “Jess” Moore*

Joanna “Jo” Harvelle

Sheriff Jody Mills*

John Winchester

Kaia Nieves

Kevin Tran

Lucifer

Meg Masters

Michael “Mick” Davies

Patience Turner

Robert “Bobby” Singer*

Rowena MacLeod

Rufus Turner*

Samuel “Sam” Winchester

Aaron

Abraham Ford

Andrea*

Beth Greene

Carl Grimes*

Carol Peletier*

Dale Horvath*

Daryl Dixon

Dwight

Enid*

Eugene Porter*

King Ezekiel*

Father Gabriel Stokes

Glenn Rhee

Hershel Greene*

Maggie Greene

Michonne

Morgan Jones*

Negan Smith

Paul “Jesus” Rovia

Rick Grimes

Rosita Espinosa

Sasha Williams

Tara Chambler

Tyreese Williams

MOVIES

Cher Horowitz

Dionne Davenport

Josh Lucas

Tai Frasier

Travis Birkenstock

Anne Wheeler

Charity Barnum

Jenny Lind

Lettie Lutz*

Phillip Carlyle

Phineas “P.T.” Barnum

W.D. Wheeler

Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody*

Albus Dumbledore*

Arthur Weasley*

Cedric Diggory

Cho Chang

Draco Malfoy

Fleur Delacour

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Ginevra “Ginny” Weasley

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

James Potter

Lily Evans

Luna Lovegood

Minerva McGonagall*

Molly Weasley*

Neville Longbottom

Nymphadora Tonks*

Oliver Wood

Remus Lupin

Ronald “Ron” Weasley

Rubeus Hagrid*

Severus Snape

Sirius Black

Viktor Krum

Cinna

Effie Trinket*

Finnick Odair

Gale Hawthorne

Haymitch Abernathy*

Johanna Mason

Katniss Everdeen

Peeta Mellark

Anthony “Tony” Stark -- Iron Man

Dr. Bruce Banner -- Hulk

Carol Danvers -- Captain Marvel

Dr. Christine Palmer*

Clint Barton -- Hawkeye

Drax the Destroyer*

Edward “Ned” Leeds

Gamora

Groot*

Harold “Happy” Hogan*

Dr. Henry “Hank” Pym*\

Hope van Dyne -- Wasp

Sgt. James “Bucky” Barnes -- Winter Soldier

Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes -- War Machine

Loki Laufeyson

Luis*

Mantis*

Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Carter*

Cdr. Maria Hill*

May Parker*

Lord M’Baku

Michelle “MJ” Jones

Nakia

Natasha Romanoff -- Black Widow

Nebula*

Col. Nicholas “Nick” Fury*

Okoye

Peter Parker -- Spider-Man

Peter Quill -- Star-Lord

Agt. Phillip “Phil” Coulson*

Pietro Maximoff -- Quicksilver

Rocket*

Samuel “Sam” Wilson -- Falcon

Scott Lang -- Ant-Man

Shuri

Dr. Stephen Strange

Steven “Steve” Rogers -- Captain America

King T’Challa -- Black Panther

Thor Odinson

Valkyrie

Virginia “Pepper” Potts

Vision

Wanda Maximoff -- Scarlet Witch

W’Kabi

Wong*

Yelena Belova

Yondu Udonta*

BROADWAY

Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov

Dimitri Sudayev

Gleb Vaganov

Countess Lily Malevsky-Malevitch*

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna*

Vladimir “Vlad” Popov*

Adam Maitland

Barbara Maitland

Beetlejuice*

Delia Schlimmer

Lydia Deetz*

Carrie White

Christine “Chris” Hargensen

Susan “Sue” Snell

Thomas “Tommy” Ross

Eurydice

Hades

Hermes*

Orpheus

Persephone

Aaron Burr

Alexander Hamilton

Angelica Schuyler

Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler

George Washington

Hercules Mulligan

James Madison

John Laurens

Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler

Maria Reynolds

Marquis de Lafayette

Philip Hamilton

Thomas Jefferson

Cosette

Enjolras

Éponine Thénardier

Fantine

Insp. Javert

Jean Valjean

Marius Pontmercy

Carlotta Giudicelli*

Christine Daaé

Erik “The Phantom”

Mme. Giry*

Meg Giry

Raoul de Chagny

Anna of Cleves

Anne Boleyn

Catherine of Aragon

Catherine Parr

Jane Seymour

Katherine Howard

VIDEO GAMES

Carl Manfred*

Chloe

Det. Chris Miller*

Connor

Elijah Kamski

Lt. Hank Anderson*

Capt. Jeffrey Fowler*

Josh

Kara

Leo Manfred

Lucy*

Luther

Markus

North

Rose Chapman*

Simon

Abigail Roberts

Arthur Morgan

Beau Gray*

Charles Smith

Daniël “Dutch” Van der Linde

Eagle Flies

Hosea Matthews*

Javier Escuella

Johnathan “John” Marston Sr.

Josiah Trelawny

Karen Jones

Kieran Duffy

Leonard “Lenny” Summers

Marion “Bill” Williamson

Mary-Beth Gaskill

Micah Bell

Molly O’Shea

Penelope Braithwaite*

Rev. Orville Swanson*

Sadie Adler

Sean MacGuire

Simon Pearson*

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A PANTHEIST IN THE MIX

The purpose of this posting is to review, in a few words, the effect of Ralph Waldo Emerson – known to his acquaintances as Waldo – on the Transcendentalist movement in the US.  This account will be spotty but hopefully cover the importance of Emerson in advancing and, at times, inhibiting federalist values.  He initially set out to do his work in religious venues – he trained to be a minister – but in time he left that behind.

         Probably his most utilized stage was that of an essayist.  Originally, his efforts usually appeared as lectures that he then converted into written form.  His overall messages portrayed him as a champion of individualism and as a social critic.  As such, he portrayed an uncanny ability to foresee developments as he repeatedly set out to dispense good advice in relation to countervailing societal forces.  

In that effort, he described how and why those forces did what they did. For that, he enjoyed an expansive audience that grew not just across the nation but extended into Europe.   From his 1500 or so lectures, one can find the core of his thinking in the first two published collections of his essays, those being Essays:  First Series (1841) and Essays: Second Series (1844). A few of his well-known essays include “The Over-Soul”, “Circles”, “Experience”, “The Poet”, “Self-Reliance”, and his most famous piece, “Nature”.  

And underlying his main themes was his transcendent view and reliance on the role of intuition in determining one’s knowledge and the direction one takes in life.[1]  As a cited source puts it, using Emerson’s words,

… he explicitly identifies Transcendentalism as a form of philosophical Idealism. Emerson wrote:

As thinkers, mankind have ever been divided into two sects, Materialists and Idealists; the first class founding on experience, the second on consciousness; the first class beginning to think from the data of the senses, the second class perceive that the senses are not final, and say, The senses give us representations of things, but what are the things themselves, they cannot tell…Society is good when it does not violate me, but best when it is likest to solitude. Everything real is self-existent. Everything divine shares the self-existence of Deity…[Kant showed] there was a very important class of ideas or imperative forms, which did not come by way of experience, but through which experience was acquired; that these were intuitions of the mind itself; and he denominated them Transcendental forms.[2]

         On more political topics, he espoused the potential of the individual and of his/her freedom to seek those potentials.  This individualism should not be seen as the one seen in the twenty-first century.  It was more a concern for the integrity of a person and his/her challenge to overcome his/her weaknesses or other obstacles in life.  

And in true Romantic spirit, he extoled the virtues of nature.  Some would consider his philosophic bent to eventually become a pantheist or pandeist.  He is quoted as saying, “In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.”[3]  His political contributions gained steam during the Civil War years.  

An antislavery person, he initially shied away from entering that arena.  But probably as a reaction to the number of his friends and family members being outspoken critics of the institution, he eventually joined the fray. Besides a series of lectures opposing slavery in 1837, he began taking a more active role in 1844.

Beyond giving speeches, he hosted John Brown in his home in Concord.[4]  During the war he met with Abraham Lincoln and upon meeting him, changed his estimation of the President.  His initial concern with Lincoln was that he was not as committed to ending slavery as he was in saving the Union.  His face-to-face meeting convinced him that his judgement was not accurate and became one of Lincoln’s great admirers.

So, on the pro-federalist side of the ledger, Emerson strove toward inclusion of blacks into the political partnership of the nation.  In that, he had no hesitation in promoting his belief in the need for a civil war and seemed to consider it as a rebirth of the nation.  On the not so federalist end of the scale was Emerson’s attraction to Thomas Carlyle.  Apparently, the Scot had a profound effect on Emerson.  

As alluded to earlier in this blog, Carlyle was a strong proponent of the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon “race.”  In this, one can sense an exclusionary trait and the degree to which Emerson shared this belief is not clear.  Emerson wished for Carlyle to visit America and served as a sort of agent for the historian on this side of the ocean.  The two kept up an ongoing correspondence until Carlyle died in 1881.[5]

In this blogger’s opinion, Emerson did much to secularize American thought.  His opposition to slavery helped bring an end to that scourge on American federalism.  His travels, both domestic and in Europe, led him to meet just about everyone of any note in the literary as well as the political world of his time.  Early on, while living in St. Augustine, Florida, he even met a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Achille Murat. They became close friends as they discussed the heady topics of the day such as religion, philosophy, sociology, and politics.[6]

That stay in Florida was where Emerson witnessed slavery firsthand and noted that on one of his outings to a Bible Society meeting, there was a slave auction taking place nearby. He is quoted as expressing, “One ear therefore heard the glad tidings of great joy, whilst the other was regaled with ‘Going, gentlemen, going!”[7]  

         The history of Emerson’s time and his influence betray much of American culture of the 1800s.  While his family’s background spanned the European experience in North America up to his time, he helped further define what the espoused political values of his countrymen should be.  In his efforts, he was more a force for liberating the prevailing federalist thought than adding to its parochialism.  In that, he helped Transcendentalism as a movement stay true to the nation’s basic moral stand in defining its political proclivities.

         Eventually given the title, Sage of Concord, he is judged to have upgraded the art of lecturing.  Reported are the later thinkers and writers who were influenced by Emerson’s work, and they include William James – who happened to be Emerson’s godson – and Nietzsche.  And despite his anti-establishment religious turn, he is credited by some as having a great influence on American theology.  With the focus this posting gives this great American lecturer/essayist, the blog ends its review of the Romantic/Transcendentalist movement in the US.

[1] David Boersema, “American Philosophy,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  A Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource (n.d.), accessed September 20, 2021, https://iep.utm.edu/american/#H2 .

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal entry, April 7, 1840.

[4] Len Gougeon, Virtue’s Hero:  Emerson, Antislavery, and Reform (Athens, GA:  University of Georgia Press, 2010). 

[5] Robert D. Richardson, Jr., Emerson:  The Mind on Fire (Berkeley, CA:  University of California Press, 1995).

[6] Peter S. Field, Ralph Waldo Emerson:  The Making of a Democratic Intellectual (Lanham, MD:  Rowman and Littlefield, 2003). 

[7] Richardson, Emerson, 76.

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in case you were needing it, here is my attempt at creating a comprehensive, mostly chronological list of every song sufjan stevens wrote/released as a solo act

A Sun Came We Are What You Say A Winner Needs a Wand Rake Siamese Twins Demetrius Dumb I Sound Wordsworth’s Ridge Belly Button Rice Pudding A Loverless Bed (Without Remission) Godzuki Super Sexy Woman The Oracle Said Wander Happy Birthday Jason Kill Ya Leil A Sun Came Satan’s Saxophones

Eye of the Beholder All Delighted People

8.21: A Blue Bunny Compilation Woman at the Well Far Physician’s Son

Seen Unseen Damascus

Enjoy Your Rabbit Year of the Asthmatic Cat Year of the Monkey Year of the Rat Year of the Ox Year of the Boar Year of the Tiger Year of the Snake Year of the Sheep Year of the Rooster Year of the Dragon Year of the Rabbit Year of the Dog Year of the Horse Year of Our Lord

To Spirit Back the Mews God’ll Ne’er Let You Down Bushwick Junkie I Can’t Even Life My Head

Michigan Flint All Good Naysayers For the Widows in Paradise Say Yes! To M!ch!gan! The Upper Peninsula Tahquamenon Falls Holland Detroit Romulus Alanson, Crooked River Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie They Also Mourn Oh God, Where Are You Now? Redford Vito’s Ordination Song --- Marching Band Pickerel Lake Niagara Falls Presidents and Magistrates Wolverine

Hope Isn’t a Word Borderline

Metaphysics for Beginners How Can the Stone Remain?

Seven Swans All the Trees The Dress Looks Nice on You In the Devil’s Territory To Be Alone with You Abraham Sister Size Too Small We Won’t Need Legs to Stand A Good Man Is Hard to Find He Woke Me Up Again Seven Swans The Transfiguration --- I Went Dancing with My Sister Waste of What Your Kids Won’t Have Illinois Concerning the UFO Sighting The Black Hawk War Come On! Feel the Illinoise! John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Jacksonville A Short Reprise Decatur One Last “Whoo-Hoo!” Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah! Casimir Pulaski Day To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region The Man of Metropolis Prairie Fire That Wanders About A Conjunction of Drones The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades They Are Night Zombies!! Let’s Hear That String Part Again In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man The Seer’s Tower The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders Riffs and Variations Out of Egypt

NPR single The Lord God Bird

The Avalanche The Avalanche Dear Mr. Supercomputer Adlai Stevenson The Vivian Girls The Henney Buggy Band Saul Bellow Carlyle Lake Springfield The Mistress Witch from McClure Kaskaskia River Inaugural Pop Music No Man’s Land The Palm Sunday Tornado The Pick-Up The Perpetual Self For Clyde Tombaugh Pittsfield The Undivided Self

Mews Too Opie’s Funeral Song

Songs for Christmas ---I We’re Goin’ to the Country! It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad! ---II Put The Lights On The Tree Only at Christmas Time ---III Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! That Was the Worst Christmas Ever Ding! Dong! All the King’s Horns ---IV Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time! Did I Make You Cry on Christmas? (Well, You Deserved It!) The Incarnation ---V Get Behind Me, Santa! Christmas in July Jupiter Winter Sister Winter Star of Wonder The Winter Solstice

The Believer In the Words of the Governor

The BQE Prelude on the Esplanade Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes Movement I: In the Countenance of Kings Movement II: Sleeping Invader Interlude I: Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation Movement III: Linear Tableau with Intersecting Surprise Movement IV: Traffic Shock Movement V: Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns Interlude II: Subi Power Waltz Interlude III: Invisible Accidents Movement VI: Isorhythmic Night Dance with Interchanges Movement VII (Finale): The Emperor of Centrifuge Postlude: Critical Mass --- The Sleeping Red Wolves

Single: Sofia’s Song

All Delighted People All Delighted People Enchanting Ghost Heirloom From the Mouth of Gabriel The Owl and the Tanager Arnika Djohariah Side D

The Age of Adz Futile Devices Too Much Age of Adz I Walked Now That I’m Older Get Real, Get Right Bad Communication Vesuvius All for Myself I Want to Be Well Impossible Soul

Silver & Gold ---VI Lumberjack Christmas The Midnight Clear St. Benjamin the Bearded One Barcarola ---VII Christmas Woman Happy Family Christmas Mysteries of the Christmas Mist Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling Mr. Frosty Man Make Haste to See the Baby Eternal Happiness or Woe I Am Santa’s Helper Even the Earth Will Perish ---VIII Christmas in the Room Particle Physics The Child with the Star on His Head ---IX X-mas Spirit Catcher ---X Happy Karma Christmas Justice Delivers Its Death Christmas Unicorn

Carrie & Lowell Death with Dignity Should Have Known Better All of Me Wants All of You Drawn to the Blood Eugene Fourth of July The Only Thing Carrie & Lowell John My Beloved No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross Blue Bucket of Gold

One Night Stand #1 Harsh Noise

Exploding Whale single

The Greatest Gift Wallowa Lake Monster The Greatest Gift The Hidden River of My Life City of Roses

CMBYN Singles Mystery of Love Visions of Gideon

Tonya Harding single

Lonely Man of Winter single

The Ascension Make Me An Offer I Cannot Refuse Run Away with Me Video Game Lamentations Tell Me You Love Me Die Happy Ativan Ursa Major Landslide Gilgamesh Death Star Goodbye to All That Sugar The Ascension America

Live Only Majesty Snowbird The 50 States Song Many Guides Maple River

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10th drawing in the series of warm up sketches of DC’s latinxs and hispanic characters, and this time is the turn of SPARKLER, who as far as I could find, was DC’s first hispanic teen hero.

SPARKLER was a part of the superhero team Force of July, who as you can guess by that name, was a US patriotic team, who in secret was controlled by the evil government organization A.S.A. (maybe some of you know them from the Black Lightning TV show). The Force of July got some heroes with names as cringe worthy as the team name suggests: we’ve got Major Victory (their leader), government liaisons Abraham Lincoln Carlyle and B. Eric Blairman, and team members Lady Liberty (dressed as the Statue of Liberty), Mayflower (like an english pilgrim), Silent Majority (sigh) and, of course, SPARKLER.

The thing about SPARKLER though is that, we never knew his name, just that he was hispanic (I’m assuming he was born in the US, but couldn’t find any sign of nationality or heritage), and besides flying, his power set included light manipulation in the form of beams and, get this, fireworks (hence the name). So basically, he was Jubilee before Jubilee -although far less cool looking- (”fun” fact: SPARKLER died the same month that Jubilee debuted in 1989, apparently there’s only room for one fireworks themed superhero in mainstream comics).

Now, this team was something of a constant presence in the 80′s: they fought against the Outsiders and, since they were A.S.A. sponsored, were part of the large “secret organizations” community in the DCU, which ended up being it’s doom. In an crossover called “The Janus Directive”, villain organization Kobra manipulated the different secret organizations of the DCU so they would fight each other, and that marked the end of Force of July; most of it’s members were killed, including SPARKLER, at the hands of Doctor Light due to it’s well known aversion of teen heroes.

There was another iteration of Force of July (called Freedom’s Ring), but SPARKLER -or it’s monicker- never returned.