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[startrekfangirl2233-writes]

You Are My Soulmate

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw x Reader

Status: In Progress

Last Updated: July 30th, 2024

Disclaimers: Female!Reader

A/N: This is a Soulmate!AU with a spin. Instead of having a single soulmark, a quarter of the population have multiple. Tinkerbell and Rooster are two of those people. I love Soulmate AUs, and well, the Top Gun Brain-Rot is still ever present, so here we go. This one is going to be a bit different for me, as I'm going to be trying out flipping perspectives within the chapters between Rooster and Tinkerbell (Reader's Nickname throughout the fic).

Themes: Angst, Smut, Soulmate!AU, Bradley is a bit of a dick, Rivals to Friends to Lovers, Unrequited Love (Slight, One-Sided)

Summary: You're ecstatic when you find out you have five soul indicators at midnight on the day of your twenty-first birthday, right before you start Officer Candidate School for the Navy in Rhode Island. OCS is so complex you can’t devote time to searching for your soulmate. On graduating from Officer Candidate School, Naval Aviation Command School, and Aviation Maintenance School at the top of your class, you are given the primary selection of detachment and travel worldwide as an Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer. The excitement you felt on your twenty-first birthday has changed over the past seven years, and you’re impatient to see who your soul is. After years of constant movement, it’s a relief to learn you have been assigned to run maintenance on a squadron’s planes out of Naval Air Station North Island. San Diego is sunny and gorgeous, an absolute dream after being stuck on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean for the past six months. The Dagger Squad is a newly-permanent squadron based out of NAS North Island. Each member welcomed you to Miramar as a part of their maintenance crew with warmth and friendliness. Except for one pilot, callsign: Rooster. He’s the most unpleasant pilot you’ve ever met. He’s full of himself, cocky, arrogant, rude, and condescending. If only he didn’t feel so familiar. If only you didn’t feel so drawn to him. 

Bradley Bradshaw is sure he’s never going to find his soulmate. He’d been in mourning on his twenty-first birthday, still grieving the loss of his mother, followed by the loss of the only father he’d ever known, his Uncle Mav. It isn’t until Bradley is across the country at Officer Candidate School that he realizes he never received his soul indicators. Years later, and thousands of miles away, recovering from a plane crash, Bradley, now known as Rooster, jolts awake to the half-remembered scent of citrus and glistening hair in a thick braid. Without any other indicators, Rooster gives up. After all, who’d want a soul disfigured by something they loved? That’s when Bradley gives up. He sinks into the reputation of the piano-playing, mustachioed casanova and gives up on his dreams of finding a love like his parents had found in each other. And he’s content with his life until he runs into the feisty, loud AMDO officer newly assigned to NASNI. Something about her feels like everything Bradley’s been searching for, at least, if she weren’t completely committed to Bagman already. You can call him what you want, but Rooster doesn’t steal another man’s girl.

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Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2 - Tinkerbell

Chapter 2 - Rooster

Chapter 3 - Rooster

Chapter 3 - Tinkerbell

Chapter 4

Chapter 5 - Tinkerbell

Chapter 5 - Rooster

Chapter 6 - Tinkerbell

Chapter 6 - Rooster

Chapter 7 - Tinkerbell

Chapter 7 - Rooster

Chapter 8 - Tinkerbell

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[raptorfae53]

Monster High Reimagined: Heath Burns Character Bio/redesign.

Heath Burns (He/Him)

(Paraguayan-American)

Boitata child of the burns family.

To the average eye,Heath is not the…sharpest tool in the shed,an overly excitable would-be casanova whose desire to impress often leads to him making a fool of himself,exactly the last person you'd think to give the flammable powers and responsibilities of the Boitata. But although an exuberant literal wild child, there's more than a few dimensions to him, most more apparent out in the wilds and nature than in the classroom…

Likes: Being in nature,wildlife,flame print,girls (particularly girls taller than him) and s’mores and other such campfire foods.

Dislikes: Environmental damage and destruction,colder weather, boring or tedious activities,being ignored when chatting,and people being two-faced.

Killer style: nothing but the coolest fashion for this fire spirit! We're talking bowling shirts,chain jewellery, and flame patterns on everything! (For the uninitiated reader, he dresses like Guy Fieri, and nobody has the heart to tell him, heath wouldn't mind regardless)

Familiar: none, besides the whole fire thing heath has no desire to keep animals as pets,he prefers nature wild,free and chaotic,like himself.

Pet Peeve: Seemingly always ending up a laughing stock in his frequent attempts to prove himself as cool,suave or funny as he'd like,Heath laughs it off with the rest of them but it stings nonetheless…

Freaky Flaw: Impatience,at least in man-made settings. Heath…has never done particularly well in a classroom setting and is usually desperate to get anything paperwork related done in a flash to get back to more interesting affairs, his attempts to remedy that being not as well thought out as he likes and usually getting him into more trouble than they were ever worth in the first place!

Spooky Secret: heath can tell his peers are saying stuff behind his back and don't respect him as much as he wishes, and far from his seeming obliviousness to it all it irritates him greatly, that goes for those gossiping about that cute Yeti girl too, she's not scary she's just trying to be friendly!

Dream job: Wildlife ranger,wildlife photographer or anything that gets him out in nature and not cooped up indoors, going to cool places and learning and helping all sorts of cool animals,plants and other such forms of life!

Five Fearsome facts:

Like the rest of his species, Heath's actual form resembles an anaconda made out of living fire. As cool as he and his friends do think this form is, heath takes a humanoid form (albeit one with golden skin and flames for hair) to better navigate society and/or not scare the living daylights out of regular humans.

In turn, heath is capable of controlling said fire with pyrokinesis, or at least he's training to,getting too overexcited tends to end with anyone nearby getting their hair singed as he's come to learn.

Befitting his species original role and bewildering his colleagues used to his airheaded personality,heath is a staunch environmentalist ,striking up a friendship with Venus over their shared interest and collaborating often with the plant monster on various efforts as part of monster high's environment and gardening clubs.

Heath is trilingual in English, Spanish and Guarani, having grown up in a household fluently speaking all three. Recently a pastime of his has been practising the fundamentals of a fourth language to properly chat to a girl in his year,as she's clearly more confident talking in her mother tongue instead of English and Heath would love to get to know her better…

Whilst being made out of fire might seem like a surefire reason to stay away from swimming pools ,heath is an adept and seasoned swimmer, if only his exuberant nature didn't turn every pool he's ever been in into a simmering,steaming hot tub!

Hello again to the second profile of seven this spooky season (I know its still September but personally summer doesn't quite agree with me yknow,bring on Halloween!)

Compared to Abbey, (whose inspiration is well known by most people in the mh fandom) what exactly Heaths monster type and inspo is a little less well-known, so there's some explanation down below regarding exactly that!

Anyways,hope you enjoyed this profile, and see you next week for the next one. (It's going to be one I should've done a while ago tbh,if that's any clue...)

Anyways,regardless of all that, you probably have one primary question on your mind.

What's a Boitata, and why is Heath one?

In regards to the first question, a boitata is an Amazonian nature spirit that takes the form of a giant flaming snake and which protects the animals and plants of the forest from harm. The Boitata is from Guarani mythology, who live primarily in Paraguay and the surrounding countries, hence why Heath is from a trilingual Paraguayan family.

And to answer the second question, like toralei before him, I dont like the whole fire elemental thing, and him being a demon/hellborn goes against one of the fundamental rules I set myself regarding what monsters the monster high characters are based on. No Abrahamic Demons,Angels,direct children of Gods ,Aliens (bar one,but we'll get to them later) and no bigfoot because I thought it'd be funny if that were where i drew the line.

So I had a look at some of the other fire based monsters, and the boitata, in particular, simply caught my eye. (+ the environmental protector thing I thought fit Heaths g3 personality, as all things considered my version of him is a mix of g1 and g3 in terms of design and personality instead of purely one or the other...)

Also for better reference here's a collection of different renditions of the creature to give a better picture:

[neptuniadoesstuff]

ITS A TRAP! /hj (Adrastea's Official Ref)

So I have been working on this fella for a while (In Ibispaint it says like 26 hours but in reality its been a few days) ever since I decided to take a small break from working on Ryan. BUT I may have uh.... Got into some chaos since MY PROGRAM CRASHED LIKE 2 TIMES, ONE TIME FOR THE IMAGE & ANOTHER FOR THE FILE RECOVERY! But in the end I was able to finally finish it. So.... yeah... :')

This guy (Yes guy, I'm not sure you read the title but this is infact a MAN) is for a DT I'm having with a frend based on my Lil universe/story called "A Stargazer's Diary" & this guy is a antagonist in the story.

On the left is his Drag Queen/Dancer get up while on the right is his Gang leader get up. Yes he's a gang leader & will brutally myorder you if you lose to a game of poker with him). He is often referred to as Mr. Casanova when he is in his gang leader suit but when he is not & working as a dancer/entertainer at the casino/Hotel he owns, he is referred to as "Queen Rosette". (& yes teh rose motifs are everywhere)

If you wanna read some of his info, you can go here (The Tumblr bio) or here (His official file created by me on TH).

Theres some extras but here's a warning: One of the extras contains LARGE AMOUNTS OF BL00D! The other extra is just him but with shorts & a crop top on bcs I don't know if I can show his full body without being murked to deth.

Extra 01:

This is the gang leader get up but with LARGE amounts of bl00d on it. (Bcs he is very brutal to his victims in this ver of him)

Extra 02:

Just a image of him but it's actually showing his face & w/o his long ahh hair that was a struggle to draw. (Why do curly hair gotta be so gosh diggity hard to DRAW!)

Btw he does have a tail but it's pretty small due to him being a Humonculus of a exo-human + plant alien hybrid created by a evil space colony.

Anyways.... hope this enjoy this hellhole I went through bcs IbisPaint decided to be a lil jerk to me & crash on me for no reason.

Character was created by me but made for my frend Al.

Art: Mine.

Program: IbisPaint x

Bubs' TOS: Plz don't repost/steal, trace, or recolor my art WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! If you do, I'll take yur femur and pelvis.. SO, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT! (The PNS on my blog's pinned post clearly means "Please No Steal" plz follow that rule.) If you do post my art on anything like yur blog or somewhere else (With my permission) PLEASE CREDIT ME!

[inamoratoing]

tommy martinez, pansexual, male& him/he— well met ! as blood demands Valentine Orion has answered the call ! they have been chosen and are now claimed as the APHRODITE . while they have been alive for AGE IN NUMBERS years, the adventure has just begun.they must now train hard in the ways of the WILD MAGIC Sorcerer. while their CREATIVE,PERSUASIVE, FLIRTATIOUS  can be an asset to the god’s cause, their INATTENTIVE, TEMPERAMENTAL,  ADDICTIVE could create some tension. only the fates will know in the end, but now their thread has been woven into the tapestry of myths and legends ! — B, 35, him/he, gmt+10+ him

Name: Valentine Orion

nicknames: Vale, Orion, pretty boy.

date of birth: january 15th, 1996. 

age: 28. 

face claim: Tommy Martinez.

 godly parent: Aphrodite.

occupation: Artist.

Place of birth: Paris, France.

Mother: Aphrodite Father: Diego Diaz

siblings: other kids of the love goddess but no direct family.

sexual orientation: Pansexul. 

sexual position: a true verse. He's all about sex in all it's forms

class: Wild Magic sorcerer . 

inspirations: Pictomancer from ff14, Isaac Mendez from heroes, Casanova

Bio:

Born to a single father in the suburb of Montmartre, in the city of Paris. Valentine grew up in the city of love and under the shade of one of the most vibrate and art heavy suburbs in the world. His rather unusual name chosen by his father for two of the most beautiful things he could think of, love and the single brightest star in the night sky. Perhaps in memory of a beautiful woman who's path he'd crossed at a crowded cafe one night. A whirlwind romance that had ended with a child in his arms but no hate in his heart either the woman or the child.

Valentine's love of art had been evident when he was a child, while he might have coloured outside lines of any colouring book he was given- the end result had always had a certain charm to it.

Valentine was about ten years old when his art took a little more of a drastic turn. His drawings and paintings became more and more fantastical. Creatures from myths. Golden apples and flying boats. Darker animals no one could quite name but Valentine had no fear of them. -

[the-lupine-sojourner]

Meet Alexandra Caroline Speedwagon (adopted by Speedwagon and my Phantom Blood OC, Alicia)

Here's the next of my Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OCs, Alexandra!

If you haven't seen my first OC, Alicia, here's her post!

As before, I will include the bio!

Name: Alexandra Caroline Speedwagon 

Species: Human (Hamon user)

Age at the start of Battle Tendency: 21

Height: 5’7

Hair: Auburn with strawberry blonde highlights, Merida curls, down to the bottom of the shoulder blades.

Eyes: Hetrochromatic. Left eye is hazel and right is grey.

Skin: Fairly tan with freckles spattered over her upper half, concentrated on her face and shoulders. 

Build: Slightly stocky, but not bulky. Wider shoulders with a fairly slim waist. Muscular without being overly so. Not to be underestimated.

Outfits: Mostly button-up shirts with high-waisted pants. If it’s a more formal occasion, she’ll wear skirts or a dress, but she doesn’t really like wearing them. In winter, she wears peacoats on top with beanies and fur-lined boots. In summer, she wears shorts and short pantsuits. 

Abilities: Some Hamon uses. Mostly just the basics, but she knows the basics really well. She focused a bit more on healing than fighting. And then she trains with Lisa Lisa and got a lot better at fighting and gained some more healing tips. 

Personality: Similar to Joseph, but not quite to his level. She has more awareness of the consequences of her actions and isn't as self-centered as Joseph, but is still a goofball who will prank you or fight you at a moment’s notice. Has a lot of respect for those who earn her respect, like her parents, Erina, and Joseph to some degree. Has no respect for people who pick on others for no reason. 

Occupation: Former family headache, current CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation.

Misc: Alex must have a cup of coffee in the morning. Otherwise, she’ll be whiney and complaining of a headache all day.

She got bullied for her heterochromia when she was younger, and her and Joseph got into fights about it growing up.

Her and Joseph are protective of each other and refer to each other as siblings, which confuses a lot of people.

She’s also very protective of her family and Erina. Heaven forbid anyone threaten them. Expect to be beaten the shit out of.

She met Ceasar Zepelli at a charity gala, they danced together, and he was intrigued by her after she caught on to his Hamon kiss and got mad at him about it. Then he spoke to Speedwagon about her and got her address, sending her letters explaining himself and they become friends, then start dating a little while later, just passing their two-year anniversary when Battle Tendency starts. Joseph doesn’t approve of this Italian Casanova ‘stealing his sister’, so they still have that ‘rivals to kind of friends to best friends’ dynamic. 

Hope you guys like her! :)

[geargirth]

Heyy, I dont tend to like being a joykiller and all but please if you're going to come to my DMs trying to.. I guess ERP cuz what else do you plan to get out of a NSFT account?? uh...

Try to like, at least dine me first? You know, casual chat, Let's know each other a lil bit before trying to suck any dick.

And by all the hells please have your age in your bio.

Like, prefferable outcome is just... dont DM me for ERP unless we are mutuals and I've been dinned, please, I am a complete and utter rando to you. But if you're going to try and casanova your way into some esex please be a gentleman about it.

[whumpsical]

Jay

contents: flashback to a minor whumpee, homelessness, discussed homophobia, bio family blues

Some sweet comfort from one the rockiest eras of Jian's past <3 the gays stick together <33

sometime in 2014

taglist!!! @yet-another-heathen @much-ado-about-whumping @minerscanary

🌲🌲🌲🌲

“Come here, Jay.”

Jian bristled.

He was only sixteen at the time. He didn’t like nicknames. He’d never liked nicknames. It wasn’t anyone’s fault; no one had beaten or bullied him out of a taste for them, and he had no past relationships to any particular nicknames to turn him off to the concept. He just didn’t like them.

But at Casanova, one of the many gay bars in Jian’s early rotations, the owner liked to call him Jay. And Jian found that it didn’t grate on his nerves the way it usually would, not coming from Cal.

Cal first caught Jian sneaking into Casanova on a chilly, rainy night. It wasn’t the first time Jian had gotten in. He’d just had a harder time blending with the partygoers that night: waterlogged and shivering, too exhausted to even talk, sitting by himself on a leather couch near the bathrooms. His clothes were damp, leeching all the warmth from his small body, but even shedding his wet jacket didn’t feel like an option. He was convinced that the moment he slipped his scrawny, narrow shoulders free, his age would be made even more pathetically obvious than it already was. It was better to keep still and try to pretend that he wasn’t there at all.

Cal was on the floor that night, covering for a sick bartender. He’d wondered how he’d missed the obviously underaged kid’s entrance into his bar. It was a Tuesday night. Not very busy at all. Maybe it was the rain. The patio sat empty, everyone instead gathering inside and cluttering up Cal’s view of the front door.

Jian flinched when Cal approached him. He was a tall, hefty man, comfortably in his fifties. Though with age his ratio of muscle to fat had shifted, he still had an intensely intimidating power in his stature, especially from where Jian was sitting.

“Hey,” Cal said, with just a hint of the stern edge to his voice which he only fully put on for the handsy creeps and mean drunks.

Jian looked up at the man, numb in the face. He had nothing to say, and was too shocked with cold and fear to even try to squeak out a word.

Cal stood tall, unyielding. “You wanna show me some ID?”

Jian looked at his shoes, a lump growing in his throat. His head was too misty to comprehend much, but he understood enough to recognize he’d been caught, which meant that he had to find somewhere else to hide from the rain. He already couldn’t remember how many times this had happened that night. All he knew was that he didn’t want to go back to the shelter, but he was quickly running out of options. With stiff, freezing hands and a weak, trembling effort, he pushed himself off the sticky seat and started on his staggering trek to the exit.

Cal’s large hands stopped him, butting against his shoulders. Not grabbing. Jian couldn’t even muster any awareness of the act, just pushing his empty body against Cal’s hands like they were an invisible wall in a video game. Cal pushed back a little more firmly, and Jian’s feet tripped to a halt. He stood in place, blinking through confused sparks in his eyes, feeling lightheaded.

“Hold on, hold on. Hey,” Cal said, stooping down to meet Jian’s eyes, and, as twenty-something year old Jian suddenly realized with fondness, to shield him from the activity of the bar around them. “Do you need… Would you like something hot to drink? A warm meal, maybe? Someplace dry?”

Jian had no clue what his face was doing. He remembered his body as a hollow wooden vessel. Still, something must have come across in his silence, because Cal softened even more.

“Look, I don’t know your situation,” he said, squeezing Jian’s shoulder. “But I can tell enough that you need help. I have the means. Come on, honey.”

Cal started to usher Jian towards the bar, and a volatile switch flipped in Jian’s gut, instantly rubbing every inch of his skin raw and sucking the air from his lungs.

“No,” Jian managed in a desperate whisper, shrugging his way out of Cal’s hands and stumbling backwards a few feet before blinking the blind terror from his eyes and halfway remembering where he was. Cal’s hands hovered in a deliberately non-threatening airspace, allowing Jian to retreat as far as he needed.

“Okay,” Cal said quickly, in a peaceful, hushed tone. Jian’s focus still whipped around the bar, but Cal let that manic vigilance die down in its own time, keeping his own body still and distant. “Okay. You don’t have to. But I really don’t want to send you back out there, to who knows what, without at least getting you dried off. You can stay here, honey. You don’t have to go.”

The vividness of Jian’s memory drained to an uninviting mist. He knew that at some point he’d started to cry, and that Cal had led him with an open hand -- so broad it nearly spanned Jian’s entire waistline, at least in those days -- to a more secluded area behind the bar, where both Cal and the small kitchen crew could keep an eye on him while he ravenously devoured a warm plate of various bar staples and a few Casanova specialties. Jian remembered being offered an offensively sugary Shirley Temple in that same spot, but that may have been on another night.

Sometime later, a shift change freed Cal up to drag a second black painted chair over to Jian’s, where he’d been working on drying himself off with an only slightly ratty towel, having adamantly refused a change of clothes from Cal’s apartment above the bar.

“Hey there, kiddo. You feeling any better?”

Jian nodded sheepishly, embarrassed at all the drama he’d become the center of tonight, now that the terror had mostly passed. The heat from the crowd and the food had long since stilled his shivering, and an almost contented sleepiness was taking over instead, a feeling so unfamiliar that he was struggling to guard against it, finding himself nodding off every now and then. He’d been focusing his energy on staying upright in the chair, and was glad for Cal’s interruption.

“I’d like to have a little chat with you, if that’s okay,” Cal said, leaning forward in his seat to match Jian’s height. Jian visibly tensed, swallowing nervously and breaking eye contact. Cal’s voice only softened more. “Sweetheart, you’re not in any trouble with me. What’s your name, honey?”

When Jian only gulped again with considerably more effort, his eyebrows starting to knit with growing anxiety, Cal nodded thoughtfully.

“That’s okay, you don’t have to tell me.”

A rush of cool air flowed through Jian’s chest, relief unclenching his jaw before he’d even realized how tight he’d been squeezing it shut.

“I would like to know how old you are, though,” Cal continued lightly. “But don’t tell me that either. I want to guess. Flex my skills. Is that something the kids are saying today?”

One corner of Jian’s mouth lifted a bit.

“See, I’m out of the loop. This’ll be fun,” Cal said. “Hmm,” he hummed, one hand rubbing his chin as he made a show of scrutinizing Jian’s scrappy appearance. “I’ve got nieces in the eighth grade, but they’re all shorter than you. They definitely eat better, though.” Jian couldn’t help but chuckle silently under the heat of the spotlight, feeling himself becoming invested in the game, despite everything. “Fourteen, maybe? No, fifteen.” When Jian shook his head to both, Cal leaned back, worry overtaking his expression. “Oh, sweetheart, please don’t tell me I started too high. I don’t think I could handle it.”

Jian shook his head again, an easy smile finding its way onto his face. “Sixteen,” he said, his delicate voice all but confirming his answer.

Cal nodded, solemnity gently wafting away the air of humor that had eased them to this point. He leaned forward again, hands clasped in front of him, and looked into Jian’s eyes as he spoke. “It was a long time ago, but it was tough for me when I was that age, too. I can’t speak for your experience, honey, but I know what it’s like to feel alone in the world.”

His defenses down, Jian felt the words hit him square in his chest. Fear and apprehension prickled at the edges of the impact, but the crater was deep enough that genuine empathy was what struck Jian the most. He felt breathless and fragile as he listened, but he didn’t look away.

“I’ve seen some very good friends go down dark paths because of that feeling. And it’s hard to find your way back out. It’s hard out there, baby, I know. But no matter how lost you feel, you will never be unworthy of love, and safety, and peace. Do you understand me?”

Jian wasn’t sure that he did, but Cal spoke with such an urgency that Jian felt he should at least nod, though unease was building in his stomach again. Cal watched him with earnest conviction as he waited for Jian to answer, but Jian shied away from the intensity of it, breaking off eye contact and betraying the gnawing guilt he suddenly felt. Cal sighed, too softly to hear beneath the noise of the bar.

“I know that look, sweetheart. Your family?”

Jian hadn’t realized how obvious it could be. His stomach dropped and a flash of heat pushed tears behind his eyes as fresh wounds burst through their haphazard stitches. He could feel the metaphorical slam of the door all over again, the pain of his father’s violent and consummate rejection only compounded by the past year he’d spent trying to stitch himself back together without him. Failing miserably. He bit his cheek to keep the rest from spilling, and locked eyes with Cal to silently implore him to continue.

Cal didn’t falter. He wrapped Jian’s restlessly clenching fists between his warm hands and leaned in.

“There’s not a lot I can do to change the truly fucking awful things that happen in this world,” Cal said. “But what I can do is help lift some of the burdens that fall on us. You are welcome here, honey.” He accented this with a squeeze of Jian’s hands, then paused, blinked a few times, and made an undecided gesture with a tilt of his head. “Not in the bar, mind you.”

At the gentle chiding, Jian found himself laughing with him, vaguely relieved to be acknowledged as something other than a novelty or a criminal. Cal looked at him without hunger. Being the object of someone’s worry instead of their hatred or desire had faded to a memory from another world, and Jian didn’t know what to do with or even how to identify the bubbly feeling which sat high in his chest. The release of pressure set free a cold crop of tears that he had been clinging to. With grace, Cal let them fall without address.

“But any time it’s getting too heavy,” Cal continued, holding Jian’s hands tight, “if you’re ever hungry, tired, need someone to talk to, anything, you come to Casanova and you ask for Cal, okay? I mean it. We make our own families here.”

Jian nodded, with emphatic gratitude this time. His head felt too fuzzy and exhausted to really comprehend the mess of emotions that writhed and tangled inside him, like a rat’s nest of colorful yarn choking his heart, but the mess itself was colorful and soft, and that had to be enough for now. He took a steadying breath.

“My name’s Jian,” he said, feeling shy under the usually anonymizing glow of the blacklights. But Cal beamed.

“It’s very nice to meet you, Jian,” he said. “Now, the big questions: Do you have a place to stay tonight? Is there someone I can help you call, to let them know where you are?”

“No,” Jian said simply, and the scalding, mortified blush that would’ve normally flooded Jian’s entire face and neck just wasn’t there. Instead, Cal’s hands landed on his shoulders, blanketing him in steadiness and warmth without suffocating.

“Now you do, Jay. Now you do.’

From somewhere in the comfortable fog of Jian’s distant memory, Dickass Lee’s voice wormed back into his ears.

“Come here, Jay.”

Jian bristled.

“Ugh, yeah, no. No. I get it,” Dickass Lee said with a comically exaggerated shudder, mimicking the tension in his captive’s shoulders. “I’ll stick to ‘Jian.’”

[prxttybxybxstxrd]

We'll keep things simple

This is a sideblog. Okay? Good.

As he is, Casanova Alibaba is first and foremost a Fates OC for almost exclusive debaucherous purpose of the highest order. Self-centered, selfish, utterly shameless, bratty misogynist and always gets what he wants through literal 'im a living story so i dub myself the protagonist' so things tend to literally always go his way. He's short, pretty an effeminate but his cocks fuckin ridiculous an you gotta wonder how he hides it.

He will not respect women. He doesn't even think of women as people, just 'his'. You have been warned.

This will extend to any and all verses i shove him in.

Alright lets do this bullshit

Bio is here

[riverblossom-valley]

Riverblossom Valley updated bios - RBH edition

Viejo: Catherine and Betty recently uncovered the secret to a happier, more fulfilling life: staying away from men. The two had been tempted by a nearby farmer but decided he was too far gone and then set their sights to each other. Now they're making the most of what time they have left while the Martin boys are distracted by their numerous pixels.

McGreggor: Formerly touted as a rural Casanova, Leod's green thumb has started to bloom in ways he's never expected. He still keeps the idea of finding someone on his mind, but it's starting to get overgrown by weeds and he hasn't found a strong enough weed-killer.

Greenman: Having sprouted two boys after Daisy, Rose decided to go all-in and embrace human culture by opting to grow the first-documented sim-plantsim hybrid. Jason had been keeping close observation of everything…that is until he went and got himself abducted. The greenhouse is about to become a bit more chaotic but the pair wouldn't have it any other way.

Roth: Stella's restlessness has subsided due to her having to play PR as to why Morty has gotten more round in the mid-section once again. At first, she had forgiven his little extraterrestrial tryst but things have been rocky since he went and did it again. How in the middle will she be able to stave away the "perfect little family" ideal with aliens running amuck in the mansion?

Wan: Patricia's given up on Gabe and, apparently, at a good time since he went off and got married to an artist from nearby Desiderata Valley. She and Cleo have recently started throwing around some innocent flirting but there is some hope that it won't be so innocent for too long.

O'Mackey: Jules would never admit it but she'll kind of miss having Patricia around to scowl at - her father's new wife does seem a bit more even-tempered, though, and she is more than okay with the house always smelling like fresh grilled cheese sandwiches.

Ottomas: Despite having never truly seeing things from eye to eye, Samantha does miss having her mother-in-law around. Ever since she passed and her oldest moving out, things in the Ottomas house have seemed emptier - but that's nothing another set of baby feet won't fill!

Ramaswami: Riverblossom Hills has brought nothing but happiness for Sanjay and Priya! They're both excelling in the respective careers and raising their daughters right - what could possibly go wrong? Oh, yeah, there is the rumor that Sanjay has started sleeping around with one of Priya's co-workers, but they'll burn that bridge if and when they get to it.

[thediego-hernandez]

D I E G O || I N T R O

|| Be in the know ||

NAME: Juan Diego Estrada Hernández 

GENDER & PRONOUNS: He/Him

AGE & DATE OF BIRTH: 47 - 04/02/1975

NEIGHBORHOOD: Bighorn Hills

TIME IN PROVIDENCE: 3 Months

MOST RECENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Mesa, Arizona

BIRTH PLACE: Zapallar, Chile

OCCUPATION: firefighter/ general contractor 

SEXUALITY: Pansexual 

SUN SIGN: Aries 

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Divorced - Single

|| Here are some quick facts more in depth about Diego’s personality and life ||

I N F O ;;

Positive Personality traits: Loyal, Protective, Funny

Negative Personality traits: Broody, Secretive, possessive 

Diego is the oldest of seven children 

He has 30+ cousins (Looking for a WC   O.O)

He had a deep, intense, whirlwind romance with a woman, eloping, and then got divorced all within two years. 

Has always been the Casanova type, has quick flings, some of them passionate but fuel by fire and ends in ashes

Diego is incredibly smart and handy, knows how to fix almost anything he gets his hands on

Is a firefighter, and on his off days, he supervises home building projects or contracts himself out for jobs

three of his younger siblings have passed away(more info in bio)

Had an 11-year old daughter that passed away

Fluent in Spanish and English

Mainly lived in Arizona, but wandered through New Mexico, California, up to Wyoming, Oregon, Mexico and back in Chile

Has two cats named Pacho & martillo

** I will be adding in some wanted connections soon! ** 

[neptuniadoesstuff]

Mr. Casanova/Queen Rosette

So I may have made a bio for this fella earlier BUT here is some extra info: He's the owner of a casino/hotel that is adults only (bcs this guy really do not like kids alos children make him uncomfortable). Also that hotel/casino is in a city where he's pretty much in charge of called Rosenblake which is on the same planet as the one Chris is living in. There actually has been a few instances of him actually pacifying his original victims AS LONG they work for him.

Also when in Drag, he has his hair down & he wears a mask to hide the fact he has a beard. (Also he has a obsession with drink fruity & alcoholic drinks, not beer though bcs beer is tasty.

Btw this is for a DT I'm having with a frend (which means imma have to take a break from drawing Ryan for awhile)

[djs-party-edm-italia]

Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo, arriva "GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA"

Dal 12 gennaio 2024 sarà disponibile "GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA", il nuovo album per pianoforte e voce di Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo in occasione dei 50 anni di carriera di Angelo Branduardi. L'album è accompagnato dall'uscita del singolo "Fou de love" dal 12 gennaio in rotazione radiofonica.

"Fou de love" è un brano il cui testo è stato scritto da Pasquale Panella in un miscuglio di lingue (italiano antico e moderno, inglese, francese, spagnolo, esperanto), in dialetto (napoletano) e con espressioni inventate. In questo pezzo, come per altri presenti nel disco, è stata aggiunta una breve introduzione - sempre presa da un concerto di Branduardi -, per il resto la stesura è fedele all'originale. L'argomento della canzone, ovvero la disperazione d'amore, ha certamente influito sull'interpretazione.

Commentano gli artisti sul nuovo videoclip: "Con questo semplice video abbiamo voluto ricreare l'atmosfera che c'è quando io e Alessandro suoniamo e cantiamo le canzoni di Branduardi, questa volta sullo sfondo di pianoforti e altri strumenti antichi in questo strano liutaio di Padova. Insieme, la condivisione delle fasi di registrazione allo Studio2, che è sempre un momento di serio divertimento."

Guarda qui il videoclip su YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNNyxv2r1k

Angelo Branduardi ha creato un genere personale rigenerando le tipiche atmosfere fiabesche ed epiche (medioevali, rinascimentali, celtiche...) grazie all'enfasi del cantato, agli arrangiamenti e alla scelta degli strumenti. Il tutto insieme ai riferimenti e alle costruzioni armoniche del passato. Quelle canzoni hanno però contenuti, una scrittura lirica e una metrica ben precise, spesso di forte impatto poetico.

Commenta Fabio Cinti a proposito del progetto: "Il mio intento è quello di far emergere questo aspetto affrancandole dalle personalità mia e di Branduardi e cercando nell'interpretazione pura (dove l'interprete è al servizio della canzone e non viceversa) proprio la poetica che sta nella scrittura, sia della musica che dei testi. A ricantare Branduardi - e vale per quel pugno di grandi cantautori italiani di cui fa parte - si rischiano due cose: l'emulazione (non solo vocale) o la "coverizzazione", ovvero quel processo attraverso il quale ci si autorizza a fare proprie delle canzoni personalizzandole a piacimento, offrendo versioni spesso modeste e inferiori alle originali. Questo non accade nella musica classica, dove il rigore esecutivo della scrittura è essenziale e quindi imprescindibile. Il mio approccio vocale e quello pianistico di Alessandro Russo è proprio figlio di questo rigore."

TRACK-LIST:

Il dono del cervo (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Fou de love (P. Panella, A. Branduardi)

Sotto il tiglio (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

La luna (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Casanova (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Confessioni di un malandrino (A. Branduardi)

La volpe (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Alla fiera dell'est (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

BIO

Fabio Cinti è un musicista, cantautore, autore,

È del 2011 – a 33 anni, dopo la lunga formazione filosofica e musicale – il suo esordio discografico con "L'Esempio delle Mele", dove già compaiono i nomi delle collaborazioni maturate nel tempo. Su tutte spiccano quella di Morgan e Pasquale Panella, autore del testo di un brano.

A seguire, nel 2012, "Il Minuto Secondo" e nel 2013 "Madame Ugo" – In quest'ultimo, uscito per Mescal e prodotto da Lele Battista, compaiono altre due importanti collaborazioni, quella con Franco Battiato, autore di un inedito ("Devo"), e con Paolo Benvegnù -.

Nel 2014 "Tutto t'orna", album che contiene una raccolta di undici canzoni tratte dai tre dischi precedenti riarrangiate per quartetto d'archi, pianoforte e chitarra acustica, sotto la direzione del M° Carlo Carcano.

L'anno seguente esce "FQ", un ep di cinque tracce elettroniche/sperimentali.

L'album successivo (2016) sarà prodotto da Paolo Benvegnù: "Forze elastiche". Anche qui compaiono alcune collaborazioni, su tutte quella di Nada, a cui è affidata l'interpretazione di un brano.

Il 27 aprile del 2018 esce La voce del padrone – un adattamento gentile: il capolavoro dell'1981 di Franco Battiato viene eseguito in un adattamento per quartetto d'archi, pianoforte, voce e cori. L'album viene accolto con forte entusiasmo sia da parte della critica che del pubblico, tanto che Fabio Cinti vince la prestigiosa Targa Tenco 2018 nella categoria "Interprete di canzoni".

Il 24 aprile del 2020, in pieno confinamento da pandemia, decide di far uscire comunque il nuovo album: "Al blu mi muovo", accolto molto favorevolmente dalla critica.

Inoltre: Fabio Cinti è stato producer al fianco di Morgan per sette edizioni di X- Factor. Ha già scritto musiche per il teatro (le ultime, per lo spettacolo di Gabriella Greison – fisica, divulgatrice, scrittrice e attrice – tratto dal suo romanzo "Ucciderò il gatto di Schrödinger" – Mondadori -, per la regia di e con Marco Caronna) e per alcuni cortometraggi, tra cui Argos di Fabio Bagnasco.

A Fabio Cinti è dedicata una monografia di Studio XXXV Live in onda su SKY Arte e, sullo stesso canale, partecipa a assieme a Morgan alla monografia su La Voce del Padrone per la serie "33 giri – Italian Masters".

Nel 2021, in occasione dell'anniversario del La voce del padrone, è stato chiamato a interpretare Battiato con l'Orchestra della Magna Grecia e con la band originale di Battiato, composta da Angelo Privitera e Il Nuovo Quartetto Italiano.

Sempre nel 2021 partecipa a Invito al viaggio - Concerto per Franco Battiato all'Arena di Verona; canta, insieme a Morgan, il brano Segnali di vita (il concerto diventerà un album per la Universal, un film, e, insieme alle interviste nel backstage anche delle prove, una serata-evento ideata e diretta da Pif, "Caro Battiato").

Nel 2022, un nuovo studio (solo dal vivo) su Franco Battiato, ideato e eseguito insieme al pianista Arturo Stàlteri, si chiama Incantate e ripropone per pianoforte e voce dieci brani del cantautore siciliano scritti insieme a Giusto Pio per le interpreti femminili (Milva, Giuni Russo, Alice e Sibilla) e mai cantate da lui.

Alessandro Russo è un pianista e compositore nato a Stoccarda, di origini calabresi e bolognese d'adozione.

Si laurea al DAMS di Bologna con una tesi sul cinema di Franco Battiato. Di lì a poco inizia la collaborazione con Fabio Cinti, sia dal vivo che in studio (suona e arrangia in Il Minuto Secondo, Madame Ugo, Tutto t'orna).

E, nel 2013, lo accompagna in apertura ad alcuni concerti dell' "Apriti Sesamo Tour" di Franco Battiato.

Nello stesso anno esce il suo primo album, prodotto dallo stesso Cinti, "Assediati dall'esercito russo e cinti dalle mura, guardavamo il cielo" (Blume).

Il suo brano "Qualcosa di cui ho bisogno", scritto assieme a La Tarma, entra nella colonna sonora originale della fiction Rai Uno "Tutto può succedere" (Cattleya).

Nel 2018 pubblica il suo secondo album "Escher on the beach", prodotto dal M° Marco Biscarini, con il quale scrive il brano "Ricordi", per la colonna sonora originale del doc-ufilm "Bologna '900" del regista Giorgio Diritti. Sempre con Marco Biscarini, in qualità di pianista interprete/esecutore, partecipa alla colonna sonora del docu-film su Carlo Cracco "Cracco Confidential" (Discovery Italia, 2018) e al film "Il Vegetariano" (2019) di Roberto Sanpietro.

A maggio del 2021 pubblica il singolo "Where The Wave" (DistroKid) in collaborazione con il cantautore statunitense Benoit Pioulard e prodotto da SINK.

A settembre del 2021 pubblica il terzo album "Songs from the Ponds", una raccolta di 13 nuove composizioni originali per pianoforte, nata e registrata durante il lockdown.

"GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA" è il nuovo album per pianoforte e voce di Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo in occasione dei 50 anni di carriera di Angelo Branduardi disponibile dal 12 gennaio 2024.

[sounds-right]

Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo, arriva "GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA"

Dal 12 gennaio 2024 sarà disponibile "GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA", il nuovo album per pianoforte e voce di Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo in occasione dei 50 anni di carriera di Angelo Branduardi. L'album è accompagnato dall'uscita del singolo "Fou de love" dal 12 gennaio in rotazione radiofonica.

"Fou de love" è un brano il cui testo è stato scritto da Pasquale Panella in un miscuglio di lingue (italiano antico e moderno, inglese, francese, spagnolo, esperanto), in dialetto (napoletano) e con espressioni inventate. In questo pezzo, come per altri presenti nel disco, è stata aggiunta una breve introduzione - sempre presa da un concerto di Branduardi -, per il resto la stesura è fedele all'originale. L'argomento della canzone, ovvero la disperazione d'amore, ha certamente influito sull'interpretazione.

Commentano gli artisti sul nuovo videoclip: "Con questo semplice video abbiamo voluto ricreare l'atmosfera che c'è quando io e Alessandro suoniamo e cantiamo le canzoni di Branduardi, questa volta sullo sfondo di pianoforti e altri strumenti antichi in questo strano liutaio di Padova. Insieme, la condivisione delle fasi di registrazione allo Studio2, che è sempre un momento di serio divertimento."

Guarda qui il videoclip su YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNNyxv2r1k

Angelo Branduardi ha creato un genere personale rigenerando le tipiche atmosfere fiabesche ed epiche (medioevali, rinascimentali, celtiche...) grazie all'enfasi del cantato, agli arrangiamenti e alla scelta degli strumenti. Il tutto insieme ai riferimenti e alle costruzioni armoniche del passato. Quelle canzoni hanno però contenuti, una scrittura lirica e una metrica ben precise, spesso di forte impatto poetico.

Commenta Fabio Cinti a proposito del progetto: "Il mio intento è quello di far emergere questo aspetto affrancandole dalle personalità mia e di Branduardi e cercando nell'interpretazione pura (dove l'interprete è al servizio della canzone e non viceversa) proprio la poetica che sta nella scrittura, sia della musica che dei testi. A ricantare Branduardi - e vale per quel pugno di grandi cantautori italiani di cui fa parte - si rischiano due cose: l'emulazione (non solo vocale) o la "coverizzazione", ovvero quel processo attraverso il quale ci si autorizza a fare proprie delle canzoni personalizzandole a piacimento, offrendo versioni spesso modeste e inferiori alle originali. Questo non accade nella musica classica, dove il rigore esecutivo della scrittura è essenziale e quindi imprescindibile. Il mio approccio vocale e quello pianistico di Alessandro Russo è proprio figlio di questo rigore."

TRACK-LIST:

Il dono del cervo (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Fou de love (P. Panella, A. Branduardi)

Sotto il tiglio (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

La luna (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Casanova (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Confessioni di un malandrino (A. Branduardi)

La volpe (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

Alla fiera dell'est (L. Zappa, A. Branduardi)

BIO

Fabio Cinti è un musicista, cantautore, autore,

È del 2011 – a 33 anni, dopo la lunga formazione filosofica e musicale – il suo esordio discografico con "L'Esempio delle Mele", dove già compaiono i nomi delle collaborazioni maturate nel tempo. Su tutte spiccano quella di Morgan e Pasquale Panella, autore del testo di un brano.

A seguire, nel 2012, "Il Minuto Secondo" e nel 2013 "Madame Ugo" – In quest'ultimo, uscito per Mescal e prodotto da Lele Battista, compaiono altre due importanti collaborazioni, quella con Franco Battiato, autore di un inedito ("Devo"), e con Paolo Benvegnù -.

Nel 2014 "Tutto t'orna", album che contiene una raccolta di undici canzoni tratte dai tre dischi precedenti riarrangiate per quartetto d'archi, pianoforte e chitarra acustica, sotto la direzione del M° Carlo Carcano.

L'anno seguente esce "FQ", un ep di cinque tracce elettroniche/sperimentali.

L'album successivo (2016) sarà prodotto da Paolo Benvegnù: "Forze elastiche". Anche qui compaiono alcune collaborazioni, su tutte quella di Nada, a cui è affidata l'interpretazione di un brano.

Il 27 aprile del 2018 esce La voce del padrone – un adattamento gentile: il capolavoro dell'1981 di Franco Battiato viene eseguito in un adattamento per quartetto d'archi, pianoforte, voce e cori. L'album viene accolto con forte entusiasmo sia da parte della critica che del pubblico, tanto che Fabio Cinti vince la prestigiosa Targa Tenco 2018 nella categoria "Interprete di canzoni".

Il 24 aprile del 2020, in pieno confinamento da pandemia, decide di far uscire comunque il nuovo album: "Al blu mi muovo", accolto molto favorevolmente dalla critica.

Inoltre: Fabio Cinti è stato producer al fianco di Morgan per sette edizioni di X- Factor. Ha già scritto musiche per il teatro (le ultime, per lo spettacolo di Gabriella Greison – fisica, divulgatrice, scrittrice e attrice – tratto dal suo romanzo "Ucciderò il gatto di Schrödinger" – Mondadori -, per la regia di e con Marco Caronna) e per alcuni cortometraggi, tra cui Argos di Fabio Bagnasco.

A Fabio Cinti è dedicata una monografia di Studio XXXV Live in onda su SKY Arte e, sullo stesso canale, partecipa a assieme a Morgan alla monografia su La Voce del Padrone per la serie "33 giri – Italian Masters".

Nel 2021, in occasione dell'anniversario del La voce del padrone, è stato chiamato a interpretare Battiato con l'Orchestra della Magna Grecia e con la band originale di Battiato, composta da Angelo Privitera e Il Nuovo Quartetto Italiano.

Sempre nel 2021 partecipa a Invito al viaggio - Concerto per Franco Battiato all'Arena di Verona; canta, insieme a Morgan, il brano Segnali di vita (il concerto diventerà un album per la Universal, un film, e, insieme alle interviste nel backstage anche delle prove, una serata-evento ideata e diretta da Pif, "Caro Battiato").

Nel 2022, un nuovo studio (solo dal vivo) su Franco Battiato, ideato e eseguito insieme al pianista Arturo Stàlteri, si chiama Incantate e ripropone per pianoforte e voce dieci brani del cantautore siciliano scritti insieme a Giusto Pio per le interpreti femminili (Milva, Giuni Russo, Alice e Sibilla) e mai cantate da lui.

Alessandro Russo è un pianista e compositore nato a Stoccarda, di origini calabresi e bolognese d'adozione.

Si laurea al DAMS di Bologna con una tesi sul cinema di Franco Battiato. Di lì a poco inizia la collaborazione con Fabio Cinti, sia dal vivo che in studio (suona e arrangia in Il Minuto Secondo, Madame Ugo, Tutto t'orna).

E, nel 2013, lo accompagna in apertura ad alcuni concerti dell' "Apriti Sesamo Tour" di Franco Battiato.

Nello stesso anno esce il suo primo album, prodotto dallo stesso Cinti, "Assediati dall'esercito russo e cinti dalle mura, guardavamo il cielo" (Blume).

Il suo brano "Qualcosa di cui ho bisogno", scritto assieme a La Tarma, entra nella colonna sonora originale della fiction Rai Uno "Tutto può succedere" (Cattleya).

Nel 2018 pubblica il suo secondo album "Escher on the beach", prodotto dal M° Marco Biscarini, con il quale scrive il brano "Ricordi", per la colonna sonora originale del doc-ufilm "Bologna '900" del regista Giorgio Diritti. Sempre con Marco Biscarini, in qualità di pianista interprete/esecutore, partecipa alla colonna sonora del docu-film su Carlo Cracco "Cracco Confidential" (Discovery Italia, 2018) e al film "Il Vegetariano" (2019) di Roberto Sanpietro.

A maggio del 2021 pubblica il singolo "Where The Wave" (DistroKid) in collaborazione con il cantautore statunitense Benoit Pioulard e prodotto da SINK.

A settembre del 2021 pubblica il terzo album "Songs from the Ponds", una raccolta di 13 nuove composizioni originali per pianoforte, nata e registrata durante il lockdown.

"GUARDATE COM'È ROSSA LA SUA BOCCA" è il nuovo album per pianoforte e voce di Fabio Cinti e Alessandro Russo in occasione dei 50 anni di carriera di Angelo Branduardi disponibile dal 12 gennaio 2024.

[edwin--artifex]

"FEUERBLUME – DIE ZWEI LEBEN DER MARISA MELL"

Ö 2023 – 64 Minuten – deutsche Fassung R: Markus Mörth D: Marisa Mell, Erika Pluhar, Helmut Berger

Wer war Marisa Mell? Die Personae der berühmten Grazer Schauspielerin und Privatperson Marlis Moitzi werden im Dokumentarfilm Feuerblume – Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell einander gegenübergestellt. Weggefährt:innen wie Christine Kaufmann und Erika Pluhar erinnern sich.

Der Film versucht, mit aktuellem Blick und vor dem Hintergrund der #MeToo-Bewegung die Rolle der Frau im Filmbusiness der 1960er- bis 1980er-Jahre zu hinterfragen.

"Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell" ("Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell") Documentary (2022-2023) Portrait / Directed & written by Markus Mörth/ Production Markus Mörth Filmproduktion GmbH/ ORF - Österreichischer Rundfunk /

Production Designer & Art Director: Burkhard Stulecker

locations/fixer: Roma: Edwin Alexander Francis

SPECIAL THANX TO: Annamode for letting us film Marisa Mell's beautiful costumes inside their workshop and to VPI Voice Professionals Italy for letting us film in their 'office' on Piazza Vittorio, Rome

local crew: from left to right: Edwin, Burkhard (Art), Astrid (DOP), Markus (Director/Producer) and 'X' our Sound-stand-in

...and here's a 'historical' snapshot featuring Marisa (centre left) (c) Burkhard Stulecker (second from the right) and Helmut Berger (on the right) ->

Marisa M. & Marcello M. starring in 'Casanova 70 ->

a brief bio ->

Marisa Mell was born in 1939 in Graz, Austria. Her film debut was in 1954 in “Das licht der Liebe”. She went on to make “Dr”, “City of Fear”, “French Dressing”, “Masqurade” and “Danger Diabolik”. In 1967 she was on Broadway as “Mata Hari” a musical with Pernell Roberts. It was not a success. Marisa Mell died in 1992 in Vienna.

....and a brief portrait (c) Tina Aumont (from an article published in the series: Tina Aumont’s Eyes)

Beautiful and exiting, the stunning Marisa Mell appeared in an array of cult classics and exploitation favourites, from both Italy and abroad. Never shy with nudity, she is also remembered for her glamorous pictorials that featured in many glossy publications during her long and varied career.

Born in Austria on February 24th 1939, Marisa Mell’s life was nearly over before her career even took off. In 1963, after having appeared in only a handful of European movies, Marisa was involved in a serious traffic accident while in France. She nearly lost her right eye and would spend the next two years having plastic surgery, which resulted in a slight curl to her upper lip. During this time though, she continued to make films both home and abroad. In 1964 Marisa played a French movie star in Ken Russell’s film debut ‘French Dressing’, a fun comedy with James Booth and Roy Kinnear. Staying in the UK, she was a femme fatale in Basil Deardon’s spy spoof ‘Masquerade’ (’65), with Cliff Robertson. Back in Italy, Marisa was one of Marcello Mastroianni’s conquests, along with Michèle Mercier and Virna Lisi, in the entertaining romp ‘Casanova ‘70’ (’65).

Marisa is perhaps best known for Mario Bava’s stylish 1968 caper ‘Danger: Diabolik’, as the sexy girlfriend of John Phillip Law’s slick criminal; Diabolik. A big hit in Europe, it’s a fun if dated tongue-in-cheek romp that’s developed quite a cult over the years. Also in 1968, Marisa co-starred in the corny sex farce ‘Anyone Can Play’, alongside Virna Lisi and former Bond Girls Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger. The following year she gave a good performance in Lucio Fulci’s first giallo ‘One on Top of the Other’ (’69), looking sexy and dangerous in dual roles. Marisa would again have a double role in the Spanish thriller ‘Marta’, co-starring Stephen Boyd. An interesting though sometimes frustrating movie, it had Marisa play a murderess who resembles the estranged wife of a wealthy man (Boyd), who has murdered his own mother. More of a character study with added intrigue, than the usual giallo, both Boyd and Mell are very good and there are a few surprises along the way.

The following year Marisa would yet again play two roles, this time as twins, in exploitation king Umberto Lenzi’s pretty good giallo ‘Seven Blood-Stained Orchids’ (’72). Marisa looked stunning as a honeymooning bride who’s attacked on a train by a mysterious figure dressed in black. A rare Hollywood film came in 1975 when she had a small role in the Diana Ross fashion drama ‘Mahogany’, as the owner of an Italian modelling agency. It did little to help her career, but at least she got to work with her early crush; Anthony Perkins. Back in Europe Marisa was brutalized by a psychotic Helmut Berger in the sleaze-filled exploitation flick ‘Mad Dog Killer’ (’77), a typically grimy revenge picture from Italy, filled with rape, murder and car chases. In 1979 Mell appeared in ‘Ring of Darkness’, an Italian late entry in the whole ‘Exorcist’ rip-off cycle. A bit of a mess and hard to follow, it at least had a respectable cast including Frank Finlay, Ian Bannen and Anne Heywood. A silly but fun actioner followed with the terrorist-themed ‘Hostages!’ (’80), an international co-production with Stuart Whitman and Mexican favourite; Hugo Stiglitz.

Like many cult stars of the sixties and seventies, Marisa’s career had waned considerably by the 80’s, with only small roles in a few TV shows and Z-grade movies (including a guest spot in the 1983 porn flick ‘Nude Strike’), coming her way. After the dire Joe D’Amato fantasy ‘The Hobgoblin’ (’90), Mell’s final appearance was in the obscure 1991 comedy ‘I Love Vienna’. Married briefly to director Henri Tucci (’59-63) Marisa Mell sadly died in Vienna from throat cancer, on May 16th, 1992, aged just 53. A very good actress and a B-movie favourite, Marisa added charm and sex appeal to many European movies, and her legacy continues to be rediscovered by cult movie fans worldwide.

So, the "Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell" (Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell) documentary directed & written by Markus Mörth is a must! The film tries to question the role of women in the film business between the 1960s to 80s while opening on current perspectives against the background of the #MeToo movement.

below: setting for the interview with Karin Aicardi (née Moitzi, Marlies Theresa Moitzi, aka Marisa Mell's cousin)

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CHARACTER INFORMATION

face claim: Michael Trevino

full name: maximiliano casanova

nickname(s) / goes by: max.

pronouns & gender: he/him, cis man.

sexuality: bisexual

birth date: april, 10, 1988.

birth place: merrock, maine.

arrival to merrock: resident since birth.

housing: rural country side

occupation: horse trainer

work place: –

family: parents + 5 brothers and 1 sister

relationship status: single

PERSONALITY

Hardworking, adrenaline junk and quite of a womanizer, those are all words that could express a small glimpse of who Maximiliano is. The Casanova never liked anything that was easy, always orbiting around anything that he couldn’t had or that’d make him sweat, maybe that’s the reason that any of his relationships were able to succeed, there’s something about being loved and in peace that scares him. Max hates consistency and schedules, it’s just not how his brain works. Although not the biggest extrovert the man really enjoy some company here and there, but mostly enjoy to be around what he loves the most: his horses. He might deny that the reason he is so fond of those animals is because in a certain level Maximiliano knows they’d never disappoint him, but that it’s the absolute truth. He surely doesn’t know who he wants to be or what is his place in the world, but to silence most of his mid-life crises thoughts he puts himself in as much danger as he can, and even if for a fraction of seconds his mind is finally what he desires: quiet.

WRITTEN BY: Trixie (she/her), pst.

BACKGROUND / BIO

Mexican and proud, that’s how Maximiliano was taught from a young age to be, to know his value and his culture but most of all never allow anyone to put his spirit down. His parents Eugenia and Alejandro came from a very different and poor upbringing, after arriving in Merrock they made sure their children would never go through anything they did. Every single one of the Casanovas kids went to the best schools in town, and later in life some of them even made to Ivy League universities, but not Max, he always knew what he wanted. Even on his earlier memories the Casanova can’t think of much in his childhood that he needed or wanted that sooner or later his parents wouldn’t make sure to offer to him. With the mix of Eugenia ambitions and Alejandro hard work the small Casanova farm became bigger and bigger year after year, soon in their farm they had every kind of livestock and big fields of the sweetest fruit crops in town.

Max remembers well how afraid he was of telling his parents that different from his siblings he didn’t wanted to attend college, but for his absolute surprise his father was very understanding and supported his decision to work with what he loved: horses. Eugenia his mom was as supportive as she could be, although in parts she couldn’t understand much of Max decision, after some time she was able to process and to proceed to give him the support he needed. Maximiliano has always been very fond of adrenaline, and being around horses all day long provides him just the perfect amount of it. Not only that but Max loves to try to tame the wild, and with that said one can imagine how easily he was attracted to the rodeo life. The biggest joke of his life is definitely the fact that he can keep himself longer on top of a wild animal than in a relationship. The oldest son of the Casanova seems to have some kind of aversion to stability and that seems to explain his horrible dating history.

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