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Bad movie I have Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieves 2023

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) Review

Edgin is a rather charming thief who together with a rather misfitted group of unlikely adventurers must head on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, obviously nothing goes to plan! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading Untitled

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Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Rege Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head, Chloe Coleman, Kyle Hixon, Will Irvine, Spencer Wilding, Nicholas Blane, Sarah Amankwah, Georgia Landers, Bryan

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Bowls (circa 1914-1931) by Daisy Makeig-Jones (British, 1881–1945) for Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.

Bone china with lustre glaze.

Images and text information courtesy Carnegie Museum of Art.

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Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) is one of the greatest jazz composers, performers, and bandleaders in American history. His compositions, and the travels of his band, exposed the world to jazz and earned him the nickname, “The Ambassador of Jazz.”

He was born in DC to Daisy and James Ellington. In 1917, he formed his first band, “Duke’s Serenaders (renamed the Washingtonians),” which played dance halls throughout the DC area. He arrived in New York just when jazz emerged as the dominant musical style of the Harlem Renaissance. He attracted some of the greatest jazz musicians in the country including “Bubber” Miley, “Trick Sam” Nanton, Harry Carney, and Johnny Hodges. The Washingtonians played at prominent Harlem nightspots including the Club Kentucky, the Exclusive Club, the Plantation Club, and most importantly, the Cotton Club. The Cotton Club engagement led to the band’s weekly radio program bringing his sound to the entire country.

Teaming with Billy Strayhorn, he composed some of the greatest pieces in jazz music, and unlike the customs of the time, formally wrote his music down. Among his hits were “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo,” “Mood Indigo,” “Rocking in Rhythm,” “Black, Brown and Beige,” “Solitude,” “The Mooche,” and “Take the A-Train.” In 1943, his band played at Carnegie Hall in New York City. His performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island put his face on the cover of Time magazine. In 1969 on his seventieth birthday, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

He married his high school sweetheart, Edna Thompson (1918-1967) and she gave birth to their only son, Mercer Kennedy Ellington. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

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LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

FREDDIE GREEN, ‘’MR. RHYTHM.’’

"His superb timing and... flowing sense of harmony... helped to establish the role of the rhythm guitar as an important part of every rhythm section."

- Ralph Denyer

Né le 31 mars 1911 à Charleston, en Caroline du Sud, Frederick William Green avait commencé à s’intéresser à la musique à l’âge de dix ans. À l’âge de douze ans, Green avait d’abord appris le banjo avant de passer à la guitare. C’est un ami de son père appelé Sam Walker qui avait appris à Green à lire la musique. Il l’avait aussi encouragé à continuer de jouer de la guitare. C’est également Walker qui avait donné à Green son premier contrat avec un groupe local appelé les Nighthawks. Parmi les membres du groupe, on marquait William "Cat" Anderson, qui était devenu plus tard un important trompettiste avec l’orchestre de Duke Ellington. Par la suite, Green avait participé à une tournée avec le groupe de l’orphelinat Jenkins, même s’il n’était pas lui-même un élève de l’école.

En 1930, après la mort de ses parents, Grant s’était installé à New York où il avait été élevé par sa tante. Son arrivée à New York avait ouvert un tout nouveau univers musical à Green. Durant son adolescence, Green avait commencé à se produire dans les clubs de la ville, notamment dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec le pianiste de stride Willie Gant, avec lequel il avait commencé à développer ses habilités rythmiques.

À la fin de 1936, dans le cadre d’une de ses performances au club Black Cat de Grenwich Village, Green avait été remarqué par le dépisteur et futur producteur John H. Hammond, qui avait décidé de le présenter à Count Basie. En 1937, à la suggestion d’Hammond, Basie avait fait passer une audition à Green au Roseland Ballroom. Enthousiasmé par le talent de Green, Basie lui avait aussitôt offert de remplacer le guitariste Claude Williams, qui venait de quitter l’orchestre pour retourner dans le Midwest. Green avait participé à une première session avec le groupe de Basie le 26 mars de la même année. La session, qui mettait également en vedette Walter Page à la contrebasse et Jo Jones à la batterie, avait permis d’enregistrer les pièces "Honeysuckle Rose", "Pennies From Heaven", "Swinging At The Daisy Chain" et "Roseland Shuffle".

À l’exception d’une courte période lors du démantèlement du groupe en 1950, Green était demeuré avec l’orchestre de Basie durant près de cinquante ans. Même si Williams avait participé à une session avec le groupe avant que Green se joigne à la formation, c’est ce dernier qui avait joué le plus longtemps comme guitariste avec l’orchestre.

Avec Basie au piano, le contrebassiste Walter Page et le batteur Jo Jones, Green avait formé une des sections rythmiques les plus célèbres de l’histoire du jazz qui avait été connue sous le titre de  "All American Rhythm Section". Après la mort de Basie en 1984, le groupe s’était réuni et avait continué de jouer, d’abord sous la direction du trompettiste Thad Jones, puis du saxophoniste ténor Frank Foster.

Même si au cours de sa carrière, Green avait joué de la guitare rythmique et accompagné les autres musiciens, il s’était rarement produit en solo. Un de ces solos avait eu lieu le 16 janvier 1938 dans le cadre du célèbre concert de Carnegie Hall mettant en vedette l’orchestre de Benny Goodman. Lors de sa performance, Green avait participé à une jam session sur le classique "Honeysuckle Rose" de Fats Waller, avec une formation composée de Count Basie, de son contrebassiste Walter Page et des musiciens du groupe de Duke Ellington. Après le solo de Johnny Hodges, Goodman avait demandé à Green d’effectuer son propre solo.

Malgré tout son talent, Green n’avait dirigé que deux sessions sous son propre nom au cours de sa carrière. Le 7 mai 1945, Green avait d’abord gravé quatre pièces pour la petite compagnie Duke (sans lien de parenté avec Duke Ellington). Avaient notamment participé à l’enregistrement Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells et Lucky Thompson. Malheureusement, l’album n’avait jamais été publié.

Dans le cadre du 20e anniversaire de fondation de l’orchestre de Count Basie en 1955, on avait décidé d’honorer le membre le plus ancien du groupe en enregistrant un album sous son nom. C’est ainsi que Green avait dirigé une session pour les disques RCA-Victor au Webster Hall, à New York, le 18 décembre de la même année. L’album, qui comprenait douze titres, avait été baptisé  sous le titre de « Mr. Rhythm » en référence au surnom de Green. L’album avait été enregistré avec une formation composée du trompettiste Joe Newman, du tromboniste Henry Cooker, du saxophoniste ténor Al Cohn, du pianiste Nat Pierce, du contrebassiste Milt Hinton, et des batteurs Jo Jones et Osie Johnson. Cohn et Pierce avaient écrit les arrangements de l’album. Cohn avait également joué de la clarinette basse sur quatre pièces: ‘’Learnin' The Blues’’, ‘’When You Wish Upon A Star’’, ‘’Easy Does It’’ et ’’Something's Gotta Give.’’ Deux des douze pièces de l’album étaient de compositions de Green: ‘’Down For Double’’et ’’Corner Pocket.’’ Les deux pièces étaient d’ailleurs devenues des piliers du répertoire de Basie. La pièce "Down for Double" avait été enregistrée par l’orchestre en 1941, tandis que la pièce "Corner Pocket" avait été enregistre dans le cadre de l’album ‘’April in Paris’’ en 1955.

L’album « Mr. Rhythm » a été réédité sous forme de CD par les disques Concord en 1975.

Même si Green était surtout un accompagnateur et n’aimait pas demeurer à l’avant-plan, il avait remporté le prix du meilleur guitariste attribué par le magazine Metronome en 1941.

Dernier survivant de la légendaire ''All-American Rhythm Section'' de Count Basie, Freddie Green est mort le 1er mars 1987 d’une crise cardiaque à Las Vegas, au Nevada, à l’âge de soixante-quinze ans. Green vivait à Manhattan au moment de son décès.

Au cours de sa carrière, Green avait accompagné et enregistré avec de nombreuses sommités du jazz dont Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Joe Sullivan, Benny Goodman, Mildred Bailey, Emmett Berry, Glenn Hardman, Pee Wee Russell, Zutty Singleton, Teddy Wilson, Gerry Mulligan, Big Joe Turner, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell, Bob Brookmeyer, Sonny Stitt ainsi que le trio vocal Lambert-Hendricks-Ross. Parallèlement à sa collaboration avec l’orchestre de Basie, Green avait également participé aux enregistrements de plusieurs membres du groupe, dont Emmett Berry, Lucky Thompson, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Jo Jones, Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing, Ernie Wilkins, Karl George, Dickie Wells et Joe Newman. Il avait également collaboré avec les plus petites formations mises en place par Basie au cours des années, dont  les Kansas City Five, Six et Seven.

L’un des secrets du jeu puissant de Green était l’utilisation d’une guitare dont les cordes étaient plus éloignées des ‘’frets’’ que c’était habituellement le cas, ce qui lui avait permis d’éviter d��avoir recours à l’amplification tout en étant clairement perceptible parmi les autres musiciens du big band. Qualifiant le jeu de Green dans son ouvrage The New Guitar Handbook publié en 1982, Ralph Denyer écrivait: "His superb timing and... flowing sense of harmony... helped to establish the role of the rhythm guitar as an important part of every rhythm section."

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SOURCES:

‘’Freddie Green.’’ Wikipedia, 2023.

‘’Freddie Green.’’ All About Jazz, 2023.

‘’Jazz au Trésor : Freddie Green - Mr. Rhythm.’’ France Musique, 13 juin 2022.

PAGE, Tim. ‘’Freddie Green is dead at 75; Guitarist in Count Basie Band.’’ New York Times, 2 mars 1987.

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Chapter 39: This Has Gone On Long Enough [ AO3 ] | [ ff.net ]

"I just really, really think we should get married," she told him. "I've given it some thought, and I think it's a really good idea."

"Can it wait?" he asked, as she turned, momentarily stabbing at an oncoming Zodiac and shoving them into the outstretched arms of an Unspeakable. "Here," Draco added, handing her one of the triangles as she promptly turned to slice it across a Zodiac Killer's throat, then proceeded to use them as a barricade for the oncoming spell that whizzed past Daphne Greengrass' shoulder. "Okay, cool, bloodier than I thought you were going for, but okay - "

"I mean, regarding marriage, it can definitely wait," she assured him, using the dead Zodiac to absorb one more errant spell before permitting the body to fall limply to the floor, "but hopefully not very long. I think I'm very tired of not being married to you, Draco Malfoy. The whole concept of it is frankly very dull."

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H2W Reactions (SPOILER ALERT) Chapter 14:Hands On Approach

(Disclaimer: any excerpts taken and posted here do not belong to me, only the reactions do. All the excerpts belong to the great, great Olivieblake.

So I was going to do the reactions last Sunday itself but I saw olivie’s post that she would not be posting a chapter this week so, to help myself from succumbing into dramione withdrawal, I did the reactions a week late.

"But that man is my father," Daisy reminded him bitterly. "And seeing as I've already told you who's responsible - "  I feel really bad for her, actually. They should have torture Emmett or something, not outright kill him. Daisy reminds me a lot of Harry too y’know.

"Miss Carnegie," President MacArthur sighed, "as relieved as I would be for any explanation absolving my own Head Auror from guilt, the story that someone kidnapped you from your home, restrained you in your own office, and then murdered a famously well-respected man for conceivably no reason is not one that anyone's going to believe. Particularly not if the party responsible was, as you claim - " he paused, grimacing, to pick up her report file. "Nicholas Flamel, the alchemist who was born in the fourteenth century," the president muttered, and Hermione winced at the obvious skepticism in his tone as he shook his head, displeased. "Surely even you know this is not a promising alibi, Miss Carnegie." Spoken like -every politician who’s gotten his hands tied- ever. Though now that you think about it, Nicholas Flamel being alive does sound far-fetched. The fact that these people don’t believe them obviously means that these kids definitely are going to stir up some shit on their own.

"Wait a minute," Hermione interrupted, but Harry, who had been standing with his hand curled warily his mouth, promptly yanked her back. Was she always this vocal? I mean, yeah she’s a Gryffindor and all...but she’s like too impulsive. Even Harry knows that he needs to stfu and back off. And honey Harry, I’m still mad at you. So watch it.

"President MacArthur," he attempted, stepping forward, "surely you've considered that these enchantments might have been tampered with. Having worked with Auror Carnegie extensively, I assure you that I can vouch for her character, and - " Honey, you’re no smooth talker either.I think you should let Draco talk. Actually, no. His sarcasm will blow the guy’s head up.

"Let me guess," Draco ventured, his tone effortlessly dry. "The files are missing." Fucking obviously. This, is turning into a fucking nightmare of an investigation. But I really wanna see daisy go rogue. And Draco and Hermione to help her. But that would be too cliché so I am assuming not.

"Auror Potter, you may have rid the world of Voldemort, but that feat alone doesn't elevate your word beyond suspicion," President MacArthur cut in, his voice clipped. Finally a person who doesn’t worship the ground he walks on. No offense, but the guy’s right. Harry may have saved them all, but that doesn’t mean his word’s god. I’m pretty sure Harry’s feeling disgruntled and his brain’s going, “Touché.”

"I still don't know why you're here, Miss Granger, but believe me, this brings me no pleasure," he said flatly. “and that is only the case because Auror Potter has arrived - completely uninvited," he added drily, This guy is  so no-nonsense types, he reminds me of Professor Mcgonagall, but he’s also getting on my nerves.

"Aubrey's already submitted an addendum to his initial reports, saying - "He trailed off, and Daisy clenched a fist."Saying what?" she demanded, and the president grimaced."Expressing doubt," he offered, clearing his throat. "In your - "He stopped again, and Daisy's mouth tightened, furious."In my leadership?" she prompted angrily, and the president shook his head."In your innocence," he admitted, flinching apprehensively, and Daisy's eyes widened, opening and closing her mouth on a disbelieving lack of defense until Harry stepped forward to place his hand on her shoulder, his expression grim. Okay, this fucker Aubrey needs to be put into his place. Does he not know not to bring playground rivalries to the big leagues. Motherfucker. (I have adopted Daisy Carnegie cause she’s got two no good parents who have featured for barely 2 scenes in the entire duration of this fic and my sunshine and flowers needs someone to look over her.)

"Why we were - " She stopped, blinking, as she realized she'd forgotten altogether that their presence had been inexplicably erased. "Oh, my god -Like seriously gurl? You are a fucking war heroine. Pay some damn attention instead of just calling out other people’s bullshit.(I’m sorry, I’m just pms-ing and its horrible and there’s no hot chocolate and Hermione’s just getting on my nerves!!!)

"Anybody from all of time! What if nobody's dead?" she pressed frantically, tearing back and forth across the marble of the chamber floor. "What if literally nobody has ever died, ever, and anyone we know, including my - my granny," she sputtered, "is out there trying to murder us?!" Okay I’m pretty sure this is just the hormones speaking. Dang it, should’ve made Harry wait before he barged in. Now all the sexual frustration is making her brain short-circuit.

"How can you joke?" she demanded, and then let out another harsh cry of frustration, resting her forehead brusquely against his shoulder this time and beginning to wonder if either crying or vomiting would help. "I just - " she stammered. "Everything is - it's just so - "  Okay the only thing I am paying attention to is the fact they have initiated physical contact and Houston we DON’T have a problem so just go go go!!!

"You can't fix everything that's broken, Granger," Draco told her, shaking his head. "Don't you know that by now?"  Ha. I’m pretty sure she’s going to take that as a metaphor for him. Him accepting that, I am not so sure about it.

"Does everything have to be a metaphor?" he demanded. "No, Granger, I'm just saying you can't fix everything. Some things just can't be fixed.""But you mean you," she said. "Right?""No," he growled. "I'm fine, Granger - ""No, actually, you're not," she retorted, scowling at him. "You're doing terribly. You're a mess." Called it. Does this lead to angry sex? Please please please *crosses fingers, sacrifices goats and right hand, joins a cult*

"No. No," he said forcefully, staring down at her. "I told you I was sorry. I meant that. I'm sorry. I'm fucking sorry about everything that I was, to you and to the rest of the world. I'm fucking sorry, Granger," he repeated, his voice mechanical and stiff, "but what good does that do me?""Malfoy," she sighed, "let's not do this, okay? I shouldn't have said anything.""No, you shouldn't have," he agreed, "but you did, so we're doing it. We're doing this right now," he half-shouted, "because you started it!" Sigh. My trash babies. Normally I would have been waiting to barge in and break up this fight but this is just gonna build up the sexual tension to a crescendo and then we’ll be having hot, hot, sex. Well, they’ll be.

"No, this isn't about me! STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT ME!""DON'T YELL AT ME!""STOP TRYING TO FIX ME!" he roared, taking another step towards her. Okay guys I am getting a little worried. Is nobody else gonna stop them? Damn harry where are you when you need to be?

She didn't hit him. No, don’t tell me. Is it happening?!!! I am not ready for this!!! My body’s not ready for this, my brain’s not ready for this, my hormones are not ready for this!!!

She kissed him, yanking him towards her and falling back against the railing as he half-choked on something breathless, stumbling against her and biting down on her lip as he let out a gasp of surprise. He caught himself, holding his breath, and pulled away, dazed.

I literally have no words for this. Just..

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So she yanked the zipper down.  GET SOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not posting the rest ‘cause, hey! ya nasty!?

I am, supposed to be kid-friendly, though i have already cursed like a sailor, so, still, no smut. Though imma read this again. and again.

I hate to go forward, but the show must go on, so scene change.

the man's formerly handsome face now mangled beyond recognition. Yes! you deserve it you fucking bastard. Now enjoy eternity with that rubber bag for a face.

they should really call you Herpo the Oblivious, I remember hearing about this Herpo the oblivious somewhere though i don’t remember exactly where. Just a sec..

Roughly 3 secs later,

Oooohhh... This bitch was the one who hatched a basilisk.

Herpo the oblivious does have a better ring than Herpo the foul don’t you think?

*Snickers*

Okay,okay, moving on...

he replied, as Herpo and Ignotus exchanged an impatient glance. It is soo clear that antioch bitch wears the pants in this club. He’s almost like another Voldemort, maybe with more finesse.

"already knew what the lemniscate was, and - " Okay, back up! What the fuck is lemniscate?

Roughly 50 seconds later (’cause i spelt it wrong)...

It’s the infinity symbol!! That’s his tattoo? Or is it what’s carved into the victim’s bodies? Honestly, I feel so confused.

"Not just that. They were expecting the lemniscate," What does he mean by expecting? Like they knew they would find the tattoo or what? It didn’t seem like that to me actually. Meh, whatever.  

"Yes," Ignotus said. "It's a complex potion, though, and paired with a fairly ruthless incantation. It may take a while."  That’s my trash kid’s handiwork. Honestly, I am so proud of him. I think this is the only fic in which I am invariably on Draco’s side no matter how asshole-y he’s being.

"Couldn't he be responsible for the Warlock poisonings?" Herpo asked, and Antioch shook his head. Wait. So these guys, are seemingly innocent. So now we have ruled out the ministry of magic, the MAUSCA, Draco,Hermione, Daisy, Emmett, Dionisia, and the Infinity Club. Who the fuck is left?

Shit, I forgot about Umbridge. Of course it has to be her. Okay too much foreshadowing. Moving on..

"Yes, definitely. But a matter of days ago it was published in the Daily Prophet that he's now an event planner for the Ministry," Antioch said wryly. "Evidently he and Granger are consultants."Herpo scoffed. "A cover, surely," he asserted. "But for what?" You know, the way they say it, it actually sounds ridiculous. I wonder how everyone’s bought the farce.

"Really, Ignotus?" he asked dubiously, the air between them turning glacially cold. "So now, suddenly, you don't see why we don't just get rid of everyone who presents a problem, do you?"   Oooooh. Bad blood between the ranks. you know it would be such a fuck all if Ignotus (Is he the youngest one. God knows.) teams up with Cadmus and together they screw over the eldest one (I think he’s Antioch? Well, he does look like the bossiest bitch out of the three so he must be. )

trailing off pointedly, and Herpo sighed."Can't you kill her yourself?" Herpo asked. "In case you've forgotten, I'm severely decaffeinated." God, this is so damn relatable. No murders today till I have had my coffee with cream and sugar. #Relatable

This is because while Dolores was not a pretty girl, she was a clever girl, a ruthless girl, and though her mother lamented her only daughter's failures - preferring instead her handsome but powerless son, the squib who was born with her own amber eyes and porcelain skin - Dolores decided her mother was just another pretty girl to be easily bypassed in the end. Ellen Cracknell was only a muggle, after all, and hardly anything was beautiful beneath the surface. Dolores, blessed with magic in her veins, ultimately found that it was her mother who was quite displeasing to her, and not the other way around. Okay, do i qualify as a heartless bitch for sympathising with her? I mean she’s still a complete bitch who i would love to see die slowly and painfull, but dang, does olivie paint her good. Making her this victim to gender discrimination and societal judgement has instantly made her appealing. And umbridge is not a pureblood? Okay, that’s kind of off.

Better to be lethal than lovely, she thought, watching her pretty mother shatter in crystalline shards across the kitchen floor, the pieces glinting in the midday sun. Shit. Oh my god that’s so cold I’m pretty sure even elsa’s bothered by her.(Get it? “The cold doesn’t bother me anyway”? Okay, I apologize, that was bad.)

Better still to be deadly than dead. Okay this is gonna be my new catchphrase. See me sport this on my original blog cause dang those are some smooth lines. Olivie you lethal dose of cyanide.

It was funny, really, that she and the Dark Lord never met. She always suspected they'd be quite good friends, or at least kindred spirits; but then, as they say, one should never meet one's idols. Hers, for example, disappointed her by ending up dead. Hahahahahahah...this is such  fuckall moment. I always assumed that they had met. But this is priceless. Honestly this is proof that umbridge was the real threat. Voldemort is the playground bully, and umbridge is the principal.(Our school’s principal was a fucking tyrant.)

A pity she hadn't seen Harry Potter coming. Seriously? He waved banners screaming,”This guy’s evil!!! this guy’s a death eater!!!!” so on and so forth. He was literally a poster-child and you didn’t eliminate him when you had the chance? I guess they always underestimate the small ones.

Dionisia made a face. "Amazing that you're willing to trust an idiotic man with a gambling addiction," she murmured, "rather than - ""Rather than the woman I've blackmailed into servitude?" Dolores prompted, tutting impatiently. "Strangely, I find I'm inclined to question your motives." She’s so snarky, I love it!!! I hate her still, cause you can never stop hating Dolores Umbridge. It’s like olivie had all this snark inside her but theo nott isn’t enough to release it though, so she’s made all her other characters equally snarky.

"But I've seen enough organized crime in my lifetime to know they will always opt to clean up the little messes until it becomes too large to ignore. I would not expect them to seek you out at this stage, as I've said before - or at any stage, really," she murmured, "unless you manage to hit them where it hurts."  So its umbridge behind all the killings? I don’t get her motive though. Just to get their attention she’s doing all this? Its kinda far-fetched don’t ya think? And where will it hurt for the infinity club? They don’t really have a home do they?

"It must be undeniable that the British Ministry is under siege."  Oh shit. Umbridge is going to strike again. They are so screwed.

"There's someone here," she eventually managed, visibly uneasy, but Dolores only shrugged. Shit, Herpo’s here. she’s really going to die isn’t she? That’s a shame. I actually was starting to like the ignotus and dionisia pairing.

For Dolores had never been a pretty girl, nor a very lucky one, but she was certainly a resilient one, and there had never been any doubt that she was a hard one to break. She had not been born ordinary, and she trusted that her future held a return to freedom, to power, to greatness, and - at long last - to the long-deserved humbling of Harry Potter. *snorts* good luck with that. Anymore humble, and harry would be as humble as he is rich.

Okay scene change. Yaaaayyy its Dramione!!!!!

Internally, he sighed.They had to -Touch. That never occurred to you when you were f***ing each others lights out.

He glanced down at her, instantly regretting it as the memory of her face (the way her eyes had fluttered shut, the way her lips had parted, the way she sounded the way she felt the way she tasted, everything everything everything and the constant echoes of oh god and yes there and holy fucking shit you feel so—) flooded through him in a rush without restraint, his entire body going rigid.  That’s hot and they are definitely going to have regret sex later. call it a gut instinct but they are. *Fanning self*

To say that the aftermath of what had happened between them had been awkward would be tragically unfunny; a laughable understatement. I couldn't put it in better words. my trash kids are really useless. Like seriously, they had sex in an f-ing corridor and then they worry about touching each other? Obviously both of them were thinking with their downstairs brains till now.

He grimaced.She obviously didn't want to touch him.If he had been waiting for a sign, that was clearly it. You idiot boy, don’t jump to conclusions. She wants to touch-oh do much more than just touch you again, you just need to glow a little slower than a bullet train at wanting to attempt their escapade again.

"Yes," she snapped. "A thoughtless mistake.""We should have known better," he said. "After all, we barely get along." escalating..."I wouldn't have done it if I weren't so tired," she told him briskly, giving him a hard, sweeping glance. "You - " she sputtered. "You're - " EsCaLaTiNg..."Yes," he drawled. "And I am thoroughly opposed to you as well."Good!" she half-shouted. "I'm glad we're on the same page. This was a mistake, I regret it completely, let's just both put it behind us and - "  The foot in the mouth syndrome raises its ugly head."Oh, you regret it, Granger?" he echoed, bristling. ‘

How Dramione foreplay:

"Do you think I've just been mooning about, longing for this to happen?"She opened her mouth, furious, and then snapped it shut."God, you're such an arse," she growled, the words slipping through her teeth. "I can't believe I ever let you near me.""Oh, is this you putting it behind you?" he prompted sarcastically. "Thank goodness, and here I was so worried you'd overthink it and be a nuisance - ""Oh, so I'm a nuisance now?" she retorted. "You're the one that's completely - "

Like this ^^^^^.

He paused, facetiously holding his hand to his ear and waiting, and then laughed. This is most definitely Antioch.

"You both look awfully flushed," he commented, smirking, and then discarded the thought, shrugging  Well they first fucked, then they fought...

"Are you alright?" he asked, reaching for her, and she nodded, stumbling forward and gripping his arm Awwwwwwww their first instinct is to reach for each other that’s so cute!!!!

Okay so where I am from its now 3 o'clock in the morning and i haven’t slept all night, so i’m just gonna just go crash now.But before I go...

Here is the noteworthy moment of the week:

“And the rest of the world clearly cares more about Dramione," she added, gagging at the utterly ridiculous diminutive on the newspaper's cover, You’ll take some time honey, but you’ll get there. Shifting from romione to dramione is kinda hard, but worth it.

Okay so that’s it and i don’t have the energy to do anything except for crash. I’ll meet you on the next sunday.

1402wisegirl over and out.

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It is the middle of December 2021, and last week, on the seventh, approximately three hundred workers at [the main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh] and at eighteen other Carnegie branches across Pittsburgh reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

I gleefully texted with a friend who had worked on the campaign, exchanging our visions of Andrew Carnegie and probably Henry Clay Frick, too, that old asshole, rolling over in their graves, since they had become two of the wealthiest people in U.S. history by busting unions so they could keep forcing people to work twelve hour shifts for as little money as they felt like paying.

Carnegie was in Scotland and had left his Homestead mill, where a union contract was set to expire, in Frick’s hands. By telegram, Carnegie cheered on Frick, praising his reputation as a vicious union buster, telling him to do whatever it would take to break the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) at Homestead.

Frick hired the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, a notorious anti-union security firm, to take the mill back by force in order to flood it with scabs and relaunch production. At 3 a.m., a horse rider sped through town, alerting people that tugboats carrying hundreds of Pinkertons were on their way up the Monongahela River. Thousands of people descended to the river’s bank and exchanged fire with the agents. The workers rolled a flaming freight train car at the barges, and then poured oil into the river and bombed it with dynamite. Nine workers were killed during the attack, but after twelve hours, the Pinkertons surrendered. The workers had succeeded in holding their occupation of the mill, but the victory did not last—Pennsylvania’s governor ordered state militia into Homestead.

The strike nearly bankrupted the union, a vulnerability that was ravenously exploited by other steel companies, first in the Pittsburgh area and then across the Midwest, which, one by one, refused to sign new contracts with the union. By 1909, just seventeen years after Homestead, the union had bled down to less than a third of its peak membership. In 1935, what was left of the beleaguered union merged with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, and in 1942, the two became the United Steelworkers, the union now organizing the Carnegie library workers in Pittsburgh.

If we are not able to curb the obscene economic disparity that is again at play—now, in this “New Gilded Age”—if we’re unable to organize the millions of desperately underpaid workers of today’s robber baron–owned corporations, we will be organizing, a century from now, the people who work at the various cultural shrines they build for themselves.

[foreverlostinliterature]

4/2 Book Deals

Happy Friday, everyone! :) I hope you’ve all had a nice week! I know it’s once again been a hot minute since I’ve managed to make a deals post, so I apologize for that again, but I’m here now with what seems to be a really great selection so I hope that can make up for my absence a little bit. :) How’s everything been going for all of you? I hope you’ve all managed to find some time to relax and get some (I’m sure) much-needed rest and decompression from everything that’s going on right now.

But enough about all that--be sure to have a look at some of the amazing books on sale today! I absolutely love all of Melissa Caruso’s books, so I highly recommend The Tethered Mage, as well as The Diviners! Both of those trilogies are finished, so there’s no waiting for new books if you’re worried about that... just saying. :) I’ve never read Night of the Mannequins, but I’ve really loved the Stephen Graham Jones books I’ve already read, so I think you can’t go wrong with him, probably! Also, I had to add Mr. Popper’s Penguins because I remember reading that in like third grade and it was so cute (or at least.. it used to be. How has it aged??)

Anyway, I hope you’re all having a wonderful week and that your weekend is even better! Happy reading! 

Today’s Deals:

The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso - https://amzn.to/39CekJC

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones - https://amzn.to/3sGZh94

The Diviners by Libba Bray - https://amzn.to/3wozQeA

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager - https://amzn.to/3mecP9C

The Lost Girls by Sarah Painter - https://amzn.to/3wlfyCT

The Fact of a Body by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich - https://amzn.to/3wnS2Fq

The Banks by Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle, & Jordie Bellaire - https://amzn.to/3fEVPYS

The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole - https://amzn.to/3cIutPG

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, trans. Michael R. Katz - https://amzn.to/3uedAlS

How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman - https://amzn.to/3dqAv6N

The Queen of Paris by Pamela Binnings Ewen - https://amzn.to/31ERmxl

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd - https://amzn.to/2PrrTEQ

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater - https://amzn.to/3wm9OsA

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk - https://amzn.to/3woxUCO

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland - https://amzn.to/3ujpPxM

Carnegie Hill by Jonathan Vatner -  https://amzn.to/3uhKcLu

Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr - https://amzn.to/3mcmvBF

A House is a Body: Stories by Shruti Swamy - https://amzn.to/3wmwdpO

NOTE:  I am categorizing these book deals posts under the tag #bookdeals, so if you don’t want to see them then just block that tag and you should be good. I am an Amazon affiliate in addition to a Book Depository affiliate and will receive a small (but very much needed!)  commission on any purchase made through these links.

[perfectdisastcr]

💗 i would like a list of all 3 million potential pairings please 🙈

my god, i would love to take the time out of my day to give that to you, and just know that we can ship literally anybody and everybody because that’s all we ever do in the first place and you know how much i love doing that with you too. my favorite writing partner everybody, bre is hands down the best partner in the whole world, and i’m lucky enough to be able to have her at all. she’s mine and i’m never going to let her go because i love her so much! she’s literally the best thing to ever happen to me and i know i wouldn’t be here through the shitty times and all without her! everybody better go follow her right now and send her all the love i swear to god, because she’s the only person on this hell site that shows me the attention that i deserve! also that list of potential pairings is below the cut, and don’t say i didn’t warn you. 👀

send 💗 if you’re open to the possibility of a romantic ship eventually happening between our muses

all these characters are up for shipping with all your characters:

alex gardiner (paul rudd) alexander hamilton (lin-manuel miranda) alex mullner (brant daughterty) alice liddell (madelyn cline) alisha khara (jameela jamil) annie abel (luna blaise/anya chalotra) antonia moreno (victoria justice) apollonia levine (anastasia karanikolaou) arthur pendragon (niall horan) ashley spinelli (ursula corbero) aspen rhodes (sofia black-d'elia) astrid porter (karlie kloss) audrey ramirez (selena gomez) august khalil (rami malek) axel turner (charlie weber/skeet ulrich) aziz hassan (riz ahmed) bailee rose (jenny boyd) bambi prince (lachlan watson) barbie roberts (kate upton) barley lightfoot (michael clifford) beatriz velasco (camila cabello/diane guerrero)  beau hester (froy gutierrez) beck collins (joe keery) bellatrix lestrange (carmela zumbado) belle dubois (margaret qualley) belle summers (candice king) berliouz bonfamille (alex fitzalan) bernard davenport (gavin leatherwood) billie groves (kiana lede/emmy raver-lampman) billy hargrove (dacre montgomery) bindi culver (meg donnelly/rachel mcadams) bo-peep ‘bo’ patterson (amanda seyfried) brady gardiner (nathaniel buzolic) brielle stewart (alexandra daddario) bronwyn pierson (madelaine petsch) buzz lightyear (paul mescal/chris pine) calliope jung (phillipa soo) camille aguilar (jeanine mason) carl fredricksen (tye sheridan) celeste quintana (rosalia/maite perroni) chandler armstrong (iwan rheon) cinderella tremaine (lily james) clementine ahn (jamie chung) cliff egan (stephen amell) colleen lowell (jodie comer) connor catrell (thomas doherty) copper slade (nick jonas) cordelia goodwin (ryan destiny/candice patton) coriander thompson (dacre montgomery/chris evans) cornelius robinson (simon baker) cruella de vil (melanie martinez) cyrus quinney (owen joyner) daisy vaughn (isabella gomez/aimee carrero) dakota atkins (amber midthunder) dale monks (keiynan lonsdale) dalton davis (harris dickinson) daniela ‘dani’ costello (becky g/eva longoria) dash parr (jaden smith) delilah diaz (camila cabello/diane guerrero) delphine washington (antonia thomas) delta montgomery (manu gavassi) denver koch (thomas elms) devon montgomery (iain de caestecker) diego hargreeves (david castaneda) dorcas meadowes (ariela barer) dory blau (julia louise-dreyfus) duke blaise (ashley graham & matthew daddario — reincarnated)  duncan traeger (zac efron) edmund whittaker (richard madden) edwin orwell (nicholas galitzine) elena flores (jenna ortega) eleonora moretti (benedetta gargari) eleven (millie bobby brown) elio montgomery (noah schnapp/brendon urie) elisabeth ‘elsa’ andersson (candice king) elliott murdoch (kj apa) eloise thompson (taylor hill/zoey deutch) elwood leith (sam claflin) emerson wheaton (beau mirchoff) emily sondheim (eve fraser) emmy silverstein (nat wolff/michiel huisman) ericka ‘ricki’ santos (danna paola) esmeralda guybertaut (priyanka chopra) everest sorenson (adam driver) ezekiel ‘zeke’ bauer (neels visser) fa mulan (awkwafina) felix dawson (lukas gage) ferris rockwell (joshua bassett) five hargreeves (aidan gallagher/rob raco/john mulaney) florence prata (barbie ferreira) flynn rider (jacob elordi/steven r mcqueen) frank castle (jon bernthal) gabrielle dupres (louriza tronco) genevieve rizzo (troian bellisario) gill moorish (harrison ford) godwin vivar (diego boneta) grainger anslow (justin hartley) grant wesley (keanu reeves) griffin price (liam hemsworth) guinevere ‘gwen’ flores (ester exposito/ana de armas) gulliver kennedy (robert sheehan) gunner mccoy (miles heizer) halston krogen (nick robinson) hamish duke (thomas elms) harper graves (sydney sweeney) harry potter (alberto rosende) harvey wolff (joaquin phoenix) hawke bradbury (brenton thwaites) helen parr (megan thee stallion/kerry washington) hendrix palmer (mark fischbach) henley howell (dylan everett/paul wesley) henrik nilsen (herman tommeraas/chris evans) hercules sabri (aubrey joseph) hermione granger (quintessa swindell) holden krogen (jack falahee) holly la stella (olivia holt) honey lemon (irene ferreiro) hudson reid (jaeden lieberher/paul mescal/james mcavoy) irving reid (matty healy) isobel evans (lily cowles) jacoba ‘cobi’ abernathy (geraldine viswanathan) jake bennett (joe jonas) jake breckenridge (landon liboiron) james potter (noah centineo) james ‘sully’ sullivan (hozier) jane porter (zoe sugg) jasmine agrabah (naomi scott) jessica jones (krysten ritter) jim hopper (david harbour) johanna ‘jo’ gardiner (carlson young) josefine olive (lili reinhart/maika monroe) joseph ‘joey’ carnegie (chris o'dowd) juliette russo (camila mendes) juno nicks (gideon adlon/linda cardellini) justin miller (michael b. jordan) keaton green (charlie plummer/austin butler/alexander skarsgard) keifer fry (nathan parsons) kennedy sutherland (florence pugh) khalid farid (mena massoud) kiernan jost (jack barakat) kiki penn (natalie alyn lind)  kim possible (karen gillan) kit dempsey (aaron taylor-johnson/michael sheen) kristoff bjorgman (ben hardy) kuzco inca (tommy martinez) lady alvarez (camila cabello/diane guerrero) lake montgomery (jace norman/casey deidrick/jeff goldblum) lazarus (sean teale/tom ellis) lennox wells (billie piper) leonardo ‘leo’ light (armie hammer) levi wesley (gerard butler) liam wheaton (lucas lynngaard tonnesen/dominic sherwood) lilac montgomery (sophia lillis/deborah ann woll) lila pitts (ritu arya) lilo pelekai (courtney eaton) lola carver (carla gugino) macy merritt (kylie jenner) madeline hawkins (rowan blanchard/kaylee bryant) madison bloomfield (gwyneth paltrow) maggie wheaton (virginia gardner) maria deluca (heather hemmens) mariana de la cruz (victoria justice/salma hayek) marianne darden (elizabeth olsen) marisol torres (alexa demie/salma hayek) marlene phan (brianne tju) matilda franks (brooke markham) matthew murdock (charlie cox) max tian (chloe bennet) mckenzie whitman (danielle rose russell) megara creon (ashley moore) melanie carter (brenna d'amico/zooey deschanel) melody burns-newman (camren bicondova) mercutio bellini (giancarlo commare) merida dunbroch (bree kish) michael ‘goob’ yagoobian (dylan o’brien/andrew scott) mickey hader (shawn mendes) miguel rivera (diego tinoco) mike wheeler (finn wolfhard) mildred ‘millie’ brantwood (stella maeve) milo martinez (itzan escamilla/tyler posey) milo thatch (jason ralph) minerva ‘minnie’ winslett (jenna coleman) mischa locklear (jenny slate) moana motunui (auli'i cravalho) molly wheaton (saoirse monica jackson/kristen bell/kristin chenoweth) monet bugg (annie murphy) mordecai ‘cai’ baird (joseph morgan) murray bauman (brett gelman) nadja (natasia demetriou) naomi phillips (hunter king) natalie fuller (krysten ritter) nate gardiner (tom holland/thomas hayes/joe keery/adam scott) nemo fisher (nick robinson) nick novak (jon bernthal) nick wilde (jake johnson) nina baxter (laura harrier) nolan van ness (louis hynes/benjamin wadsworth) nymphadora tonks (kennedy walsh) odessa barnes (inanna sarkis) osbourne russo (oliver jackson-cohen) otis richardson (finn jones) owen monroe (zachary levi) paloma katz (brittany o'grady) paxton gardiner (douglas booth) pearl turner (maia mitchell/aubrey plaza) penny proud (sarah jeffery) perdita ryan (alisha boe/zoe kravitz) perrie wheaton (ariela barer/jessica alba) peter pan (rudy pankow) peter pettigrew (alex lawther) phil mcdermot (leo howard/dylan o’brien) phineas flynn-fletcher (michael provost) piper donahue (millie bobby brown/katherine langford/felicity jones) pippa mei (amy okuda) pollux isola (camila mendes) portia sadler (hayden panettiere) prairie gallagher (lucy boynton) quaid ‘q’ wright (jake gylenhaal) quinton saunders (jamie dornan) rain montgomery (nick jonas) ramona montgomery-wallis (lana condor/ashley park) reed knightley (arthur darvill) reign fentworth (madison bailey/vanessa morgan) reno thames (joshua bassett) richie tozier (finn wolfhard/bill hader) river montgomery (jack griffo/tyler blackburn) robin buckley (maya hawke) roger holtz (ben platt) roger radcliffe (aaron tveit) romy reyes (carmela zumbado) ronald ‘mac’ mcdonald (rob mcelhenney) roosevelt banks (spence moore II) rowan burke (andy biersack) roxanne sutton (lady gaga) rush mccoy (cody fern) russell montgomery (ian harding/hugh jackman) russell montgomery II (jack dylan grazer/timothee chalamet/adam brody) sable rosales (catherine bascoy) saint fentworth (reece king) sally finklestein (marina ruy barbosa) salvador ‘sal’ mendoza (jorge blanco) samson gardiner (cole sprouse) sandy diamandis (christina hendricks) sawyer bell (penn badgley) seamus kennedy (aria shanghasemi/michael sheen) seb seif (zeeko zaki) selena hada (camila cabello/diane guerrero) severus snape (rob raco) shawn taggart (ben barnes) shay strauss (chris wood) shia zoheir (rami malek) shiloh young (devery jacobs) shiri madani (inbar lavi) simba king (john boyega) sloane shapiro (diana silvers/linda cardellini) sofia ramirez (camila cabello/camila mendes/morena baccarin/fluvia lacerda) stefani vidal (louriza tronco) stella romero (adria arjona) steve harrington (joe keery) stevie wagner (anne hathaway/jennifer garner) sutton reiser (katherine langford/kat dennings) tandy hawthorne (giorgia whigham) tanner cohen (ross lynch) tarrant ‘mad hatter’ hightopp (hale appleman) tarryn fischer (giorgia whigham/perry mattfeld) tatum barton (ben schwartz) teddy flood (james marsden) tex navarro (bad bunny) thad abraham (dylan sprouse/chris evans) the handler (kate walsh) thomas gardiner (felix mallard/paul rudd) tierney kennedy (maisie williams) timothy ‘tigger’ trigger (jeremy allen white) tinker bell (sabrina carpenter) tj lieberman (armie hammer) tommy burns (will poulter) topher larkin (alexander hogh andersen) trey turner (jonathan daviss) ursula celia (normani/lizzo) vaughn abel (max greenfield) veronica lodge (camila mendes) vidia viento (emma dumont) vivica lang (madison pettis/tessa thompson) wanda cowell (brenda song) warren wentz (robert pattinson) wendell langston (link neal) wilbur robinson (david mazouz) winnie knox (sophie turner/jessica chastain) wren green (alexander calvert) wynona winstead (sarah hyland/cristin milioti) xander talbot (g-eazy) york pemberton (heather baron-gracie) yusef barlas (zayn malik) zack abrams (alex fitzalan) ziggy (taron egerton) zoey matthews (olivia munn)

[flowersintheattic254]

November appears to rapidly becoming ‘No-homo-vember’ for D, what with KM’s tweet and RW’s a reaffirmation of D’s straightness in the midst of a recollection of an lgbt birthday party. Thank god he had M there to protect him from the naked men🤦‍♀️.

Does it change anything because these comments were made by a gay men? Someone clearly thinks it does! Maybe they want to explain away his Daisy moments.

Now we have been notified by RW of a final discussion on his sexuality, in part 2 before the month is out. Guess the awkward factor will skyrocket then and I can’t say I’m going to be viewing it enthusiastically. No fan needs this. I think most fans are comfortable where their views lie in respect of if and I would hate to see this level of uncomfortableness below again.

So much effort for such a small group of non believers who aren’t going to change.

Tbh I loved the autographed shoe story and preferred it to the Carnegie hall one.

Can we just get this month out of the way now?!

[mishinashen]

Myself and Cupid by William Orpen, 1910

For William Orpen, self-scrutiny was instinctive. He did not admire his face and form, so much as use them as primary sources for expressive gesture and emotion. His scowl, his stance, his sloping gait were so deeply inscribed in visual memory that when not featuring in painted portraits, they appear in the margins of his voluminous correspondence. It was about ‘identity’ in the sense of playing a part, about Irishness, authorship, friends, influences and daily life all laced with a wry sense of humour. Indeed, when Myself and Cupid appeared at the New English Art Club in 1911, humour, ‘prepared and deliberate’, was exactly what Daily Telegraph observed - as much to do with the juxtaposition of artist, spotted stuffs, painting gear and sculpture cast as it was to do with facial expression. Each of these observed ingredients was, in reflection, a powerful signifier, yet he was only innocently looking, as his frame-within-the-frame reminds us, in a mirror.

Orpen was fascinated by reflections and had used mirrors many times before. It had, for instance, been the subject of one of his first important and much referenced pictures ten years earlier (The Mirror, 1900, Tate, fig. 1) and since then, aside from ‘heroic’ self-portraits such as The Dead Ptarmigan 1909 (National Gallery of Ireland), it had often been frequently deployed as a compositional device. (See for instance, the still-life The Reflection, 1904, (Private Collection), the figure-piece also known as The Reflection, 1906 (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa) and The Eastern Gown, 1906 (Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport). In 1909 however, the painter began a major series of six self-portraits, five of which feature large mantelpiece mirrors. These began with two versions of Myself and Venus c.1909-10 (one in Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh and the other in Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin), that were worked alongside the present picture. They were accompanied by Leading the Life in the West c.1909-10 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and Self-Portrait (Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio) in c.1910-12, along with the closely related, second version of Myself and Cupid (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), the only painting in the series which does not include a mirror frame but does juxtapose ‘Cupid’ with the artist and a nude model. (The works entitled Myself and Cupid are as Self-Portraits nos. 22 and 23 in the Cara Copland list (1932)). All of these works, with the exception of the present canvas, are in major museums.

Coming at the start of the series, Myself and Cupid sits beside the early versions of Myself and Venus. Motifs and titles - the self, placed beside casts of ‘Venus’ and ‘Cupid’ - suggest the artist as seeker after ideal female beauty and at the same time stricken in love. ‘Cupid’, although normally shown as a little archer, in this case is represented by the putto, ‘Boy with a Dolphin’ by Andrea del Verrocchio. (The original putto was executed in 1465 for a fountain at Villa Medici and was brought to Florence by Cosimo de Medici in the mid-sixteenth century. It now resides in the Palazzo Vecchio.) Both sculptures were popular in art school cast rooms and are likely to have been chosen because they were easily recognizable. In the juxtaposition of artist and sculpture we enter the realm of allegory – ‘prepared and deliberate’, according to the Telegraph reviewer. And if the press was divided – The Times called it ‘a whimsical combination of himself and a statue’ while for the critic of Truth, an ‘unpromising subject’ had been transformed ‘into a harmonious and satisfying whole’ – there was the sense throughout of something ‘ingeniously novel’ (Western Daily Press) and ‘outstanding’ (The Scotsman). The putto also divided opinion: it was ‘overpowering’ (The Queen), ‘distracting’ (The Daily Telegraph), while in placing himself ‘before his votary’, the artist appeared to be performing an act of homage.

For Orpen, the Renaissance sculptor had created something perfect, yet faintly ridiculous at the same time. It would flutter into other compositions – notably into The Poet, 1921 (Private Collection) and as a symbol of angelic afterlife in the early version of To the Unknown British Soldier in France 1922 (Imperial War Museum - its frivolity was later considered unsuitable to the solemnity of the subject). It also appears prominently in the studio portrait by the photographer, Malcolm Arbuthnot.

Reading the painting, however, one is obliged to address the ensemble - for today’s accoutrements may be swept aside tomorrow as the painter reworks his ideas. We are taken into the reflected space by a carefully repeated litter of cloths, brushes, tubes, bottles, a flask and a saucer. Reality thus moves swiftly into reflection over a seemingly disorderly pile of painter’s materials – impedimenta that appear in all five of the ‘Mirror’ self-portraits. Behind us, in the shadows stands the painter, placing a daisy chain, a child’s garland, around the base of the cast, its pedestal draped in spotted fabric that echoes that of his black-and-white cravat. He is dressed in black. Although he would take on numerous costumes, for these first of the series, the painter resorted to the garb of Baudelaire and Manet - and adopted with alacrity by friends such as William Nicholson. (In Orpen’s magisterial A Bloomsbury Family, 1908, (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh) Nicholson wears his favourite spotted silk dressing-gown, while also often being photographed in a black velveteen jacket and white cotton ducks). Before he became a steeplechaser, or ‘man of the west’, Orpen was a ‘man in black’, addressing his audience from under impressive headgear, as in Myself and Venus and Portrait of the Artist, the two smaller pictures being worked at the same time as Myself and Cupid.

[wrenqueenisboss]

Daisy, Sundress, Honey, Farm, and Lemonade! - 🧋

Daisy - what is your favorite flower? roses (dark red) and peonies

Sundress - what is your favorite outfit/clothing item BLAZERS I think women in suits are hot, so that's what I became 😎

Honey - do you prefer tea or coffee? how do you like it prepared? I like warm tea in a white mug. I like being able to see the color of the herbal tea that I've made

Farm - what are some of your hobbies? oh boy, here's the list ig: reading/writing daydreaming listening to music/singing dancing (like, actual ballet en pointe) playing a lot of sports playing piano/composing chilling

Lemonade - give one fun fact about yourself! I was invited to play piano at Carnegie Hall

Thank you so much for all of the asks! These ask games are so much fun! ily /p

[alexandraswriting]

Books to Distract You During Quarantine

Fiction: 

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She is Sorry by Fredrik Backman 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 

Lovely War by Julia Berry 

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

The Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire 

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 

Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman 

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 

Pride and Prejudice and Other Flavors Sonali Dev

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang 

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets to the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 

Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho 

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Emma by Jane Austen (Especially if you haven’t seen the movie yet) 

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende 

The Odyssey by Homer 

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

A Moveable Fest by Ernest Hemingway 

Non-Fiction: 

Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza 

Material Girl, Mystical World by Ruth Warrington 

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu 

The Essence of Happiness by The Dalai Lama 

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie 

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz 

First We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Though Anxiety by Sarah Wilson 

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari 

Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari 

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari 

For those who cannot buy books right now for whatever reason, Scribd (not sponsored) is an app I use a lot. They offer a 30 day free trial for first time users. 

[classic-laugjhing-hollywood]

Margaret Dumont (October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films. Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother".

Dumont was born Daisy Juliette Baker in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of William and Harriet Anna (née Harvey) Baker. She spent many years of her childhood being raised by her godfather, Joel Chandler Harris at his home, Wren's Nest in Atlanta before returning to New York as a teenager.

Dumont trained as an operatic singer and actress in her teens, and began performing on stage in the U.S. and in Europe, at first under the name Daisy Dumont and later as Margaret (or Marguerite) Dumont. Her theatrical debut was in Sleeping Beauty and the Beast at the Chestnut Theater in Philadelphia, and in August 1902, two months before her 20th birthday, she appeared as a singer/comedian in a vaudeville act in Atlantic City. The dark-haired soubrette, described by a theater reviewer as a "statuesque beauty", attracted notice later that decade for her vocal and comedic talents in The Girl Behind the Counter (1908), The Belle of Brittany (1909) and The Summer Widower (1910).

In 1910, she married millionaire sugar heir and industrialist John Moller Jr. and retired from stage work, although she had a small uncredited role as an aristocrat in a 1917 film adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities. The marriage was childless.

After her husband's sudden death during the 1918 influenza pandemic, Dumont reluctantly returned to the Broadway stage, and soon gained a strong reputation in musical comedies. She never remarried. Her Broadway career included roles in the musical comedies and plays The Fan (1921), Go Easy, Mabel (1922), The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly (1923/24) and The Fourflusher (1925), and she had an uncredited role in the 1923 film Enemies of Women.

In 1925, Dumont came to the attention of theatrical producer Sam H. Harris who recommended her to the Marx Brothers and writer George S. Kaufman for the role of the wealthy dowager Mrs. Potter alongside the Marxes in their Broadway production of The Cocoanuts. In the Marxes' next Broadway show Animal Crackers, which opened in October 1928, Dumont again was cast as foil and straight woman Mrs. Rittenhouse, another rich, society dowager. She appeared with the Marxes in the screen versions of both The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930).

With the Marx Brothers, Dumont played wealthy, high-society widows whom Groucho alternately insulted and romanced for their money:

The Cocoanuts (1929) as Mrs. Potter

Animal Crackers (1930) as Mrs. Rittenhouse

Duck Soup (1933) as Mrs. Gloria Teasdale

A Night at the Opera (1935) as Mrs. Claypool

A Day at the Races (1937) as Mrs. Emily Upjohn

At the Circus (1939) as Mrs. Susanna Dukesbury

The Big Store (1941) as Martha Phelps

Her role as the hypochondriacal Mrs. Upjohn in A Day at the Races brought her a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Screen Actors Guild, and film critic Cecilia Ager suggested that a monument be erected in honor of Dumont's courage and steadfastness in the face of the Marx Brothers' antics. Groucho once said that because of their frequent movie appearances, many people believed he and Dumont were married in real life.

An exchange from Duck Soup:

Groucho: I suppose you'll think me a sentimental old fluff, but would you mind giving me a lock of your hair?

Dumont: A lock of my hair? Why, I had no idea you ...

Groucho: I'm letting you off easy. I was gonna ask for the whole wig.

Dumont also endured dialogue about her characters' (and thus her own) stoutish build, as with these lines, also from Duck Soup:

Dumont: I've sponsored your appointment because I feel you are the most able statesman in all Freedonia.

Groucho: Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You'd better beat it; I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing.

and:

Groucho: Why don't you marry me?

Dumont: Why, marry you?

Groucho: You take me, and I'll take a vacation. I'll need a vacation if we're going to get married. Married! I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. But I can't see the stove.

Or her age (in their last film pairing, The Big Store):

Dumont: You make me think of my youth.

Groucho: Really? He must be a big boy by now.

Dumont's character would often give a short, startled or confused reaction to these insults, but appeared to forget them quickly.

Decades later, in his one-man show at New York's Carnegie Hall, Groucho mentioned Dumont's name and got a burst of applause. He falsely informed the audience that she rarely understood the humor of their scenes and would ask him, "Why are they laughing, Julie?" ("Julie" being her nickname for Julius, Groucho's birth name). Dumont was so important to the success of the Marx Brothers films, she was one of the few people Groucho mentioned in his short acceptance speech for an honorary Oscar in 1974. (The others were Harpo and Chico, their mother Minnie, and Groucho's companion Erin Fleming. Zeppo and Gummo Marx, who were both alive at the time, were not mentioned, though Jack Lemmon, who introduced Groucho, mentioned all four brothers who appeared with Dumont on film.)

In most of her interviews and press profiles, Dumont preserved the myth of her on-screen character: the wealthy, regal woman who never quite understood the jokes. However, in a 1942 interview with the World Wide Features press syndicate, Dumont said, "Scriptwriters build up to a laugh, but they don't allow any pause for it. That's where I come in. I ad lib—it doesn't matter what I say—just to kill a few seconds so you can enjoy the gag. I have to sense when the big laughs will come and fill in, or the audience will drown out the next gag with its own laughter... I'm not a stooge, I'm a straight lady. There's an art to playing straight. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs from him."

For decades, film critics and historians have theorized that because Dumont never broke character or smiled at Groucho's jokes, she did not "get" the Marxes' humor. On the contrary, Dumont, a seasoned stage professional, maintained her "straight" appearance to enhance the Marxes' comedy. In 1965, shortly before Dumont's death, The Hollywood Palace featured a recreation of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" (from the Marxes' 1930 film Animal Crackers) in which Dumont can be seen laughing at Groucho's ad-libs — proving that she got the jokes.

Writing about Dumont's importance as a comic foil in 1998, film critic Andrew Sarris wrote "Groucho's confrontations with Miss Dumont seem much more the heart of the Marxian matter today than the rather loose rapport among the three brothers themselves."

Dumont's acting style, especially in her early films, reflected the classic theatrical tradition of projecting to the back row (for example, trilling the "r" for emphasis). She had a classical operatic singing voice that screenwriters eagerly used to their advantage.

Dumont appeared in 57 films, including some minor silent work beginning with A Tale of Two Cities (1917). Her first feature was the Marx Brothers' The Cocoanuts (1929), in which she played Mrs. Potter, the role she played in the stage version from which the film was adapted. She also made some television appearances, including a guest-starring role with Estelle Winwood on The Donna Reed Show in the episode "Miss Lovelace Comes to Tea" (1959).

Dumont, usually playing her dignified dowager character, appeared with other film comedians and actors, including Wheeler and Woolsey and George "Spanky" McFarland (Kentucky Kernels, 1934); Joe Penner (Here, Prince 1932, and The Life of the Party 1937); Lupe Vélez (High Flyers, 1937); W.C. Fields (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, 1941, and Tales of Manhattan 1942); Laurel and Hardy (The Dancing Masters, 1943); Red Skelton (Bathing Beauty, 1944); Danny Kaye (Up in Arms, 1944); Jack Benny (The Horn Blows at Midnight, 1945); George "Gabby" Hayes (Sunset in El Dorado, 1945); Abbott and Costello (Little Giant, 1946); and Tom Poston (Zotz!, 1962).

Turner Classic Movies’ website says of High Flyers: "The surprise... is seeing [Dumont] play a somewhat daffy matron, more Billie Burke than typical Margaret Dumont. As the lady who's into crystal gazing and dotes on her kleptomaniac bull terrier, she brings a discreetly screwball touch to the proceedings."

She also appeared on television with Martin and Lewis in The Colgate Comedy Hour (December 1951).

Dumont played dramatic parts in films including Youth on Parole (1937); Dramatic School (1938); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); Three for Bedroom C (1952); and Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)

Her last film role was that of Shirley MacLaine's mother, Mrs. Foster, in What a Way to Go! (1964).

On February 26, 1965, eight days before her death, Dumont made her final acting appearance on the television program The Hollywood Palace, where she was reunited with Groucho, the week's guest host. They performed material from Captain Spaulding's introductory scene in Animal Crackers, including the song "Hooray for Captain Spaulding". The taped show was broadcast on April 17, 1965.

Dumont married millionaire American Sugar Refining Company heir and industrialist John Moller Jr. in 1910 and retired from stage work. The marriage was childless.

Moeller died during the 1918 influenza pandemic, after which Dumont reluctantly returned to the Broadway stage. She never remarried, and died from a heart attack on March 6, 1965. She was cremated and her ashes were interred in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. She was 82, although many obituaries erroneously gave her age as 75.