#gene orloff

[plus-low-overthrow]

ARTWORK LP: Van McCoy and his Magical Movie Machine (Hugo & Luigi)

This LP contains three Medley's across both sides with a common call out in the intro to each, "Disco Movies...", side Two for example contains a single medley mashing up; Theme from Shaft, Doctor Zhivago and the Magnificent Seven, though perhaps not prolifically nor to my taste, the potential for looping and extending sections has kind of been orchestrated for you.

arr. Van McCoy, 1977. Other musicians include Richard Tee, Cornell Dupree, Phil Bodner, Urbie Green, Gene Orloff and vocalist Zulema with female soul trio, Faith, Hope & Charity.

Cover Art by Jim O'Connell.

[spilladabalia]

Sister Sledge ''Thinking of You''

[mitjalovse]

Haruomi Hosono reminded me that Japanese music remains one of my favourites. Sure, I have to admit I understand the lyrics through Google translate, though I don't need the latter to appreciate the intricacies of, say, Tatsuro Yamashita. Most of his works became visible on our shores only recently, but I continue to be astounded by his opus a lot. He somehow sounds both Western and Eastern. Mind you, I am aware of the weirdness of the sentence, so allow me to elucidate You see, he somehow brings the forms we are familiar with into the shapes we didn't really think of. Sure, he stays within the roads of pop music, yet what a majestic one he makes! Check the song on the link and marvel at the incredible groove.

[70s80sandbeyond]

"Dusty in Memphis" is the fifth studio album by English singer Dusty Springfield. Initial sessions were recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis, while Springfield's final vocals and the album's orchestral parts were recorded at Atlantic Records' New York City studios. The album was released in March 1969 in the United States by Atlantic Records, and Philips Records distributed the record outside the U.S. Springfield worked on the album with a team of musicians and producers that included Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd, conductor Gene Orloff, backing vocalists the Sweet Inspirations, bassist Tommy Cogbill, and guitarist Reggie Young.

"Dusty in Memphis" sold poorly upon its initial release, despite featuring one of Springfield's top-10 UK hits, "Son of a Preacher Man". It has since been generally acclaimed as her best work and one of the greatest albums of all time. Music critic Robert Christgau called it "the all-time rock-era torch record" and included it in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). In 2001, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In 2020, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In its official press release, the library stated that despite its modest sales when first released, "over time, "Dusty in Memphis" grew in stature to become widely recognized as an important album by a woman in the rock era."

[rainingmusic]

Roberta Flack - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

[homeofhousechickens]

do you happen to know of any chicken breeds that have beards and muffs but featherless feet? i can only think of like. ameraucanas i think they’re called

When you say muffs do you mean ear tufts? Only araucana and crosses made with them really have ear tufts (its a lethal gene in its homozygous form)

Russian orloffs have very plush and fluffy beards and clean legs though

[odk-2]

Chic - Good Times (1979) Bernard Edwards / Nile Rodgers from: "Risqué" LP

Disco | Soul | Funk

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Luci Martin: Vocals Alfa Anderson: Vocals Nile Rodgers: Guitar Bernard Edwards: Bass Tony Thompson: Drums

Sammy Figueroa: Percussion

Keyboards: Robert Sabino (Acoustic Piano) Raymond Jones (Fender Rhodes Electric Piano) Andy Schwartz

Gene Orloff: Concert Master

The Chic Strings: Valerie Haywood Cheryl Hong Karen Karlsrud Karen Milne

Vocals: Ullanda McCullough Michele Cobbs Fonzi Thornton

Produced by Bernard Edwards / Nile Rodgers

Recorded: @ The Power Station in Manhattan, New York City, New York USA during 1979

Released on June 4, 1979

"Good Times is a song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979)." "Ranked #229 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." "'Good Times has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history..." - Wikipedia

[theramseyloft]

Hello there! This is kind of an ask...? Umm... I remember reading a post that you made on pidge genetics a while ago? (Very clearly explained and easy to follow!)

Here's a picture of a lovely moderna (I think?) that I found on the internet... the colour on the wing is so unusual! It reminds me of one of @the-crowing-king s orloffs

Pretty birb! I've never seen this colouration on a pidge before?

Thoughts? Opinions?

Thank you! 🌺

You are correct, this is a Modena.

The pied pattern of white with colored face/head, wing shields, and tail is called Gazzi.

This individual is a blue t-pattern with a type of Bronze specific to the Modena breed, called Modena bronze.

It’s a dominant gene that replaces eumelanin (black pigment) on the center of each shield feather with Phaomelanin (red pigment).

I can;t really say anything about the way Spangle inherits in chickens.

I am not familiar with their color genetics.

[oldieschool]

The Mysterious Flying Orchestra ‎– The Mysterious Flying Orchestra (1977) 00:00 - 07:01 01.Improvisational Rondo For Saxophone And Guitar Arranged By �� Horace Ott Cello – Kermit Moore, Ronald DeVaughn Congas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Wilby Fletcher Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Jerry Friedman, Larry Coryell Electric Piano – Don Grolnick Percussion – Bob Thiele, Guilherme Franco Saxophone [Soprano] – Steve Marcus Viola – Al Brown* Violin – Doreen Callender, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malignaggi, Julien Barber, Max Ellen, Noel DaCosta, W. Sanford Allen*, Selwart Clarke Written-By – Ott* 07:01 - 14:02 02.Shadows Arranged By – Horace Ott Cello – Kermit Moore, Ronald DeVaughn Congas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Charles Collins Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Jerry Friedman Electric Piano – Lonnie Liston Smith Percussion – Guilherme Franco Saxophone [Tenor] – Bob Mintzer, Steve Marcus Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff Viola – Al Brown* Violin – Doreen Callender, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malignaggi, Julien Barber, Max Ellen, Noel DaCosta, W. Sanford Allen*, Selwart Clarke Written-By – Smith* 14:02 - 19:26 03.A Dream Deferred Arranged By – Glenn Osser Cello – Cal Fleisig, Michael Spivakovsky* Congas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Wilby Fletcher Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Jerry Friedman Electric Piano – Don Grolnick Flute – Eddie Daniels Harp – Gloria Agostini Percussion – Guilherme Franco Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff Viola – Alan Shulman, Jesse Levy Violin – Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malignaggi, Julie Held, Leo Kahn, Max Cahn, Sylvan Shulman Written-By – Thiele*, Osser* 19:26 - 24:48 04.Summer Days Acoustic Guitar – Gene Bertoncini Arranged By – Horace OttCello – Kermit Moore, Ronald DeVaughnCongas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Andy Newmark Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Richard Resnicoff Electric Piano – Pat Rebillot Flugelhorn – Burt Collins, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Victor Paz Flute – Donald Smith Percussion – Bob Thiele, Guilherme Franco Saxophone [Baritone] – Babe Clarke*Saxophone [Soprano] – Charlie MarianoSaxophone [Tenor] – Bob Mintzer, Eddie Daniels, Phil Bodner, Steve Marcus Trombone – Tony Studd Vibraphone, Percussion – George Devens Viola – Al Brown* Violin – Doreen Callender, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malignaggi, Julien Barber, Max Ellen, Noel DaCosta, W. Sanford Allen*, Selwart Clarke Written-By – Smith* 24:48 - 30:11 05.There Once Was A Man Named John Arranged By – Glenn Osser Cello – Cal Fleisig, Michael Spivakovsky* Congas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Wilby Fletcher Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Jerry Friedman Electric Piano – Don Grolnick English Horn – Phil BodnerHarp – Gloria Agostini Percussion – Guilherme Franco Saxophone [Soprano] – Charlie Mariano Viola – Alan Shulman, Jesse Levy Violin – Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malignaggi, Julie Held, Leo Kahn, Max Cahn, Sylvan Shulman Vocals – Teresa Brewer Written-By – Thiele*, Weiss* 30:11 - 36:39 06.Nice 'N Spicy Arranged By – Horace Ott Clavinet – Leon Pendarvis Congas – Lawrence Killian Drums – Charles Collins Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb Electric Guitar – Jerry Friedman Electric Piano – Don Grolnick Flute – Eddie Daniels Percussion – Guilherme Franco Saxophone [Tenor] – Bob Mintzer, Steve Marcus Trumpet – Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff Written-By – Ott*

[minnesotadruids]

Trigger Warning: Accounts of Death of Over 200 People. 

This post marks 100 years since the end of November of 1919: when my ancestors, their families, friends, and many members of their community were brutally massacred by Nestor Machno and his band of anarchists in Ukraine.

IF you idolize Nestor Machno or promote actual anarchy, then this post is evidence of your errant ideological legacy, so get the hell off my blog.

A meticulous written record was made of the death tolls on what was called Schreckenstage ("Terror-Days" in German) by my Mennonite ancestors in the Zagradovka Colony. The lists of those killed by Nestor Makhno and his bloodthirsty militia are grouped by village. In some cases, the manner in which they were slain was also documented. Some names may appear to be duplicates, but each listing is a different person. It was very common for sons to be named after their father or close relatives. The gene pool among Mennonites also tends to be smaller, and many of them had very common names.

At least three dozen missing were never found, most of which were from Münsterberg. That village had a population of about 100. Of those hundred, only one woman and one other family survived by hiding inside chimneys. The village was almost entirely burned, and many remains could not be recovered or identified. Today, the outlines of building foundations at what was once Münsterberg can still be seen in Google Earth or other mapping programs at coordinates  47°32'0.64"N  33°16'10.15"E ...now the ruins serve as gravestones to the missing. Of the more than 230 victims of the Terror-Days, below is the list of casualties they were able to identify.

The Death Tolls

November 29, 1919, Gnadenfeld:

Gerhard Schellenberg Sr – shot

Peter Wiebe Sr – shot

David Koehn – shot and burned

Abram Isaak – shot

Johann Wiebe – shot

Peter J. Koop – murdered in a Ukrainian village

Abram Warkentin – murdered in a Ukrainian village

Johann Kliewer – shot

Johann Klassen – shot

Gerhard Wiebe – chopped to pieces

Johann Doerksen – chopped to pieces

unknown non-Mennonite – chopped, shot, and burned November 29, 1919, Reinfeld:

Herman Bahnmann – slaughtered

Heinrich Epp – shot and burned

his wife Elizabeth – shot and burned

their infant daughter Liese – shot and burned

their daughter Katharina – shot and burned

Aaron Epp – chopped to pieces

Kornelius Warkentin – chopped and burned on a haystack

Heinrich Koop – chopped and shot

Peter Funk – shot

Abram Funk – shot

Johann Klassen – shot and chopped on the oven bench

Mrs. Klassen – chopped

Peter Boschmann – shot

Gerhard Boschmann – burned

Peter Bahnmann – chopped, shot, and burned

Mrs. Jakob Reimer – shot November 29, 1919, Orloff:

Heinrich Wiens (age 62) – shot

Rev. Peter Martens – shot

Wilhelm Peter Martens – chopped

Abram Walde – chopped, died slowly

Kornelius Nickel – shot

Peter Isaak – chopped and shot

Isbrand Friesen (visiting from Schoenau) shot and burned

Jakob H. Wiens – shot

Jakob Klassen – shot through the head

Nikolai Harder – chopped to pieces

Johann Lammert – chopped to pieces

Jakob Koehn of Altonau – shot

Peter Koehn of Altonau – shot

Diedrich Neufeld Sr – shot

Johann D. Neufeld – chopped and shot

Heinrich Wiebe Sr (age 73) chopped and stabbed in bed

Jakob H. Wiebe – chopped and shot

Jakob J. Wiebe Jr – shot

Jakob Adrian Sr – shot

Abram Walde (age 75) – shot

Wilhelm Fr. Martens – shot through the heart

Gerhard Wall (age 77) – shot while sitting in a chair

Johann Peters – shot and burned

Heinrich Wall – shot and burned

Peter Wiebe – chopped to pieces in bed

Mrs. Peter Wiebe – chopped to pieces in bed

Heinrich Neufeld (teacher) – shot in schoolroom

Johann Toews (teacher) – shot in schoolroom

August Penner – chopped

Heinrich D. Jager of Tiege (young student) – chopped

Wilhelm Peters – slaughtered with a saber

Liese Lammert – chopped to pieces

Jakob W. Penner (sick with typhoid fever) – chopped in bed

Johann Heinrichs – shot

Wilhelm Penner – chopped

David Block – chopped

Johann Siemens – shot

Kornelius Willms of Tiege – perished from wounds

Maria Reimer – chopped

Heinrich P. Siemens – shot and burned

Rev. Jakob T. Friesen – decapitated

Jakob Heinrich Duerksen of Neu-Halbstadt (young student) – chopped

Johann W. Martens (age 73) – hands torn apart by mushrooming bullet, died 6 days later

Peter Klassen – sword wounds to head, died slowly

Gerhard G. Bargen of Alexanderfeld (student) – chopped 21 times, suffered long before death November 29, 1919, Tiege:

Johann Giesbrecht Sr – shot

Gerhard Schroeter – chopped

Peter Buller – chopped

Rev. Wilhelm Duekmann – chopped and shot

Jakob Braun – chopped, stabbed, and shot

Franz F. Klassen (teacher) – shot

Heinrich Isaak – shot

Heinrich de Fehr of Altonau – shot

Abram P. Dyck – chopped and burned

Olga – servant of apothecary A. Gauderer – shot

Heinrich Friesen – shot

Isaak Tschetter (a miller) – shot

Isaac de Jager – shot

Johann Krause – chopped and shot

Peter Lammert – chopped and shot

Johann J. Martens – shot

Heinrich A. Fast – shot November 29, 1919, Münsterberg:

Abraham Reimer – chopped and burned

his wife, Emilie Reimer – died from a heart attack

their son Gerhard – chopped with a saber

their son Willie – chopped with a saber

their daughter Emilie – chopped with a saber

Johann Friesen – chopped and shot

Jakob Duekmann – chopped and shot

his wife, Maria Duekmann – chopped and shot

their son, Jacob – chopped and shot

their daughter Maria – chopped and shot

their son Peter – chopped and shot

Peter P. Goossen – chopped and burned

his wife, Maria Goossen – chopped and burned

Rev. Abraham Regehr – chopped and burned

his wife, Helene Regehr – chopped and burned

Johann A. Regehr – chopped and burned

his wife, Helene Regehr – chopped and burned

their infant daughter Lena (14 days old) burned alive in her cradle

Sarah A. Warkentin of Friedensfeld – chopped

Wilhelm Jakob Martens – chopped and burned

his son Jakob – chopped and burned

his son Kornelius – chopped and burned

his son Heinrich – chopped and burned

his daughter Mariechen – chopped and burned

his daughter Sarah – chopped, suffered for many days before dying

Heinrich P. Thiessen – chopped and burned

his wife, Maria Thiessen – chopped and burned

all their children, Helene – chopped and burned

Heinrich – chopped and burned

Anna – chopped and burned

Peter – chopped and burned

Aaron – chopped and burned

Maria – chopped and burned

Maria Martens nee Peters – chopped and burned

her son Willie – chopped and burned

her son Johann – chopped and burned

her daughter Anna – chopped and burned

her daughter Helene – chopped and burned

her son Jakob – chopped and burned

her daughter Mariechen – chopped and burned

Johann Wiebe – chopped and burned

his wife, Katharina Wiebe – chopped and burned

their daughter Helene – chopped and burned

Jakob A. Regehr – chopped and burned

his wife, Maria Regehr nee Toews – chopped and burned

their son Abraham – chopped and burned

their daughter Liese – chopped and burned

their daughter Lenchen – chopped and burned

their son Jakob – chopped and burned

their daughter Margaretha – chopped and burned

their daughter Tinchen – chopped and burned

Bernhard Langermann – chopped and burned

his wife, Maria nee Reimer – chopped and burned

their son Johann – chopped and burned

their son Gerhard – chopped and burned

their daughter Elisabeth – chopped and burned

their daughter Anna – chopped and burned

Daniel P. Goossen – chopped and burned

his wife, Maria – chopped and burned

Heinrich Ott – chopped and burned

his wife Anna Ott – escaped to Shestirnya, but then slain and eaten by dogs & pigs

Katharina Wolf – escaped to Shestirnya, but then slain and eaten by dogs & pigs

Heinrich Wolf – chopped in Shestirnya

Johann Wiebe – chopped and burned

Gerhard Bergen – chopped and burned

his wife, Anna – chopped and burned

Heinrich Enns – chopped and burned

Rev. Jakob J. Wiens – chopped and burned

Peter Johann Wiebe – chopped and burned

Peter Goossen Sr – chopped and burned

Katharina Klippenstein nee Goossen – chopped and burned

Helene Klippenstein – chopped and burned

Gerhard Reimer Sr – chopped and burned

his wife – chopped and burned

their daughter Katharina – chopped in the street

Gerhard Friesen (an infant) – burned alive in the cradle

Gerhard Goossen – chopped and burned

Peter P. Goossen Jr – chopped

Grandmother widow Giesbrecht – chopped and burned

Bernhard Giesbrecht – chopped and burned

his wife– chopped and burned

their son Bernhard – chopped and burned

their daughter Elisabeth – chopped and burned

their daughter Anna – chopped and burned

widow Huebert – chopped in a Ukrainian village

Abram A. Friesen – chopped in a Ukrainian village

Friedrich Wunsch – chopped in Shestirnya and eaten by dogs

David Nickel – chopped and burned

Johann Nickel – chopped and burned

Heinrich Nickel – chopped and burned

Johann D. Martens (teacher) – chopped and burned

Klaas Enns – chopped and burned

Katharina D. Friesen (infant) – killed while suckling (mother survived her wounds)

Heinrich Buegler – chopped

widow Klippenstein – died of a heart attack

Abraham Schwarz – chopped

Kornelius Klippenstein – missing without a trace December 1, 1919, Schönau:

Jakob Neufeld

Johann Pauls

Rev. Martin Hamm – chopped and shot

Jakob Unruh Sr

Mrs. Unruh

Jakob Nickel Sr

Johann Wiebe – abused and shot

Jakob Wiebe – abused and shot

Franz of Riesen

Abraham Franz

Franz Nickel

Abram Quiring – shot a few days later on the street February, 1920, Neu-Schönsee:

Jakob D. Janzen – shot in a surprise night attack August, 1922, Blumenort:

Franz Kroeker – slain on his way to town

Abram Wiebe – beaten, choked to death with reins

Johann Goertzen – beaten, choked to death with reins

his son – beaten, choked to death with reins Vanished Without A Trace: 

Peter B. Dyck – Tiege

Martin Schierling – Rosenort

Franz F. Adrian – Altonau

Peter J. Koop – Altonau

Dietrich B. Koop – Altonau

Daniel J. Janzen – Neu-Schönsee

Johann J. Doerksen – Friedensfeld

Johann J. Klassen – Blumenort

Heinrich Kasdorf – Gnadenfeld

Peter P. Isaak – Rosenort

Peter J. Friesen – Orloff

Heinrich August Penner – Orloff

David J. Penner – Schönau

Top photo caption in English: Mass grave in Orloff. Holding 58 bodies. From the book Sagradowka by Gerhard Lohrenz, 1947.

Orloff is one of the few villages in the Zagradovka Colony that still has the same name today, though the Ukrainians adjusted the spelling to "Orlove." Zagradovka is now "Zahradivka" and lies just 4.5 miles northeast of Orlove. I wonder if the Ukrainian citizens today are aware of their local history, or the events that took place there a century ago.

Each year this is a solemn time for my family. My great grandmother was 11 years old when this happened. Her grandparents and extended family are listed among the dead. About a dozen other surnames mentioned are in my family tree. By spreading awareness of this senseless barbarity I strive to both prevent this from happening again, while honoring the memory of my ancestors.

See Also: My entry last year: a journal entry of one of my relatives that tells what happened in gruesome detail. [Link here]

[vicweasley]

I was born with a HURRICANE HEART with wild rains and unchallenged rogue winds;           I am constantly fighting, fighting to keep those dear to me within its eye.

DICHEN LACHMAN? No, that’s actually VICTOIRE WEASLEY from the NEXT GEN ERA. You know, the child of FLEUR WEASLEY ( NEÉ DELACOUR ) and BILL WEASLEY? Only 27 years old, this SLYTHERIN alumni works as a DRAGONOLOGIST and is sided with THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. SHE identifies as GENDERQUEER and is a 1/8TH VEELA who is known to be MERCURIAL, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, and STUBBORN but also LOYAL, PASSIONATE, and STRATEGIC. — &&. ( JINX, PST, SHE/THEY, 24. ) Note: Victoire is adopted.

PLAYLIST • PINTEREST 

CHARACTER INSPIRATIONS: Mercutio ( Romeo and Juliet ), Kady Orloff Diaz ( The Magicians ), Bellamy Blake ( The 100 ), Kara Thrace ( Battlestar Galatica ), Sara Lance ( Legends of Tomorrow )

HEADCANON ONE:

Character Name: Victoire Apolline Delacour-Weasley

VICTOIRE: Seventeen years of hearing stories about those who died on her ‘birthday’ before her. Over a decade of not celebrating it when she realized what it meant to others. Of course, she understands that this is the burden she carries – while her cousins bear namesakes of those who had fallen before them, she is the painful reminder of the day they lost people – so they could win freedom. She is the h e l l f i r e that is left after a victory, scorching technicolor brutal memories into the minds of those who were left behind. Still, she is a Victory none the less, and her family adopted her the day of a horrible day when she was a baby. They chose her instead of the pain, they named her after the good instead of seeing the bad.   APOLLINE: The french derivative of the name Apollonia which comes from the Greek god, Apollo. Apollo, the god of the sun, prophecy, music, beauty, healing, poetry, plague and so much more. It could be said that Victoire is her own brand of beautiful – of course the Veela genes help ( or do they? ) but if there’s anything she’s gotten from this namesake it’s the love of music. She’s sure that if she wasn’t going to work with dragons when she was older it would be with music – something she practically speaks as a language. The name might sound too flowery or too soft for Victoire – but her grandmother from which she was given this name was still a Veela. She still had the siren song that was deadly to almost associated with her name. Still, just because Victoire is comparable to a constantly raging storm – she has times where parts of her mother and grandmother comes out.   DELACOUR: While she embraces the Weasley, Victoire also embraces her mother’s French heritage. If there’s anything of her mother, of this side of the family that comes out – it’s when she speaks French. She refuses to call her mother anything but maman, and will quickly switch to French around her during Weasley-Potter-Lupin gatherings at the burrow to make her feel even a little more comfortable. For Victoire, the Delacour name embodies softness and embodies femininity that she’s not always connected to. It reminds her that she’s not been alone in being discriminated against or objectified, that others understand what it’s like to be in her place to some extent. It’s then that she’s able to embrace the girl, that she’s able to feel like one and not always so at war with her body and herself. WEASLEY: If the other parts of her name didn’t already come with enough precedence – perhaps the name ‘Weasley’ was the icing on the cake. She couldn’t be prouder to be a Weasley, no matter how much fussing her grandmother does or how everyone is in everyone’s business – Victoire knows she is lucky. Vic is well aware of how privileged she is & how her infamous family of blood traitors are lucky to have the life they do. Even though she looked different from some of her family, so did so many of her other extended family members. She took comfort in the fact that Weasley-Potters were a mixed bunch, in personality, in races, in ideals, and her being different was celebrated. There may have been a thirst to know her heritage the older she got, one that would later be quenched, but her real family were the Weasley’s. They chose her, they were better than her blood family ever was, not that she could remember them.

Pronouns & Gender:   She/Her. Victoire identifies as Genderqueer.

HEADCANON TWO:

gender dysphoria tw

C h a n g i n g. From the minute Victoire was born, she was always fidgeting, always moving and her first display of magic was at 4 years old, when she tried to change her hair blue like Teddy’s. Instead, it changed her beautiful crop of dark brown into a dirty blonde. Often, she’d find herself envying Teddy’s abilities to change, feeling uncomfortable in her skin and angry that it wasn’t as easy for her. As she grew older, she came to understand  what her body was, what it would be and that she’d never be able to change herself like Teddy or change herself at all. Any change that she’d make would be permanent and she found herself not wanting that in the slightest. Not wanting to limit herself because while Victoire loved her feminine side – there was something she felt growing in her soul that was just … something else. It didn’t have a label but it became her, it was her, and it was confusing but it was who she was. Victoire did research and after a while the closest thing she could find to what she felt her gender was the term: genderqueer. Of course, after she realized this she told her parents, getting nothing but support from them. A reason they’ve let Victoire dye her hair so much and wear clothes that some parents would have heart attacks at, is so she feels like she has an option to be who she is. Even though they know that their child will be who she is with or without their permission, they figure helping her along the way in a world where there are many people who are against what her gender is & think it’s unnatural. They are Vic’s parents after all and after a war where they lost family and friends who gave their lives so their children could have freedom  – it seems trivial to ever fuss over something like gender. At twenty seven, Vic is more comfortable in herself but still struggles. She keeps it to herself instead of talking about her own dysphoria because it seems trivial compared the war going on around her, compared to so much else.

HEADCANON THREE:

About: ( SELF HARM MENTION, VIOLENCE MENTION, MISOGYNY MENTION )

Storm with skin. The performer. { Secret Strategist }. Masochistic with sadistic tendencies because she is just so filled with A N G E R ( being sexualized at a young age, her ass pinched on her first Hogsmeade trip, and so so much more that she doesn’t have a language to explain it in — only violent actions ). N o t that she’d let you know.  Warrior, no,VALKYRIE more of a DRAGON than a girl ( if she ever was a g i r l in the first place ), fiercely protective of the people she loves — and if you dare mess with her family, friends, or any of the sort, you better run for oblivion.  V I C T O R Y in her veins that she will hold onto until her dying breath.

Victoire Weasley is more than just a simple human being, she’s the true embodiment of what it means to be a storm with skin. Enigmatic even.

Victoire is quite sure of who she is, what she wants in life & what she will get, she’s quite sure of everything that she is —-

                …but in those moments she blacks out in pure rage — she’s not so sure.

She’s h o r r i f i e d. In those moments where she looks for pain like she’s a drug addict and it’s her next fix, she mortified. She can’t remember how it quite started – a punch to the wall there after a fight, a purpose slap in the face, anything that released the rage she had. Victoire didn’t dare release it on the people she loved because she’d never be able to forgive herself for that, but it grew. The feeling grew and soon she had to hurt herself. But she can remember when she knew. When she needed reminders, when she needed blood and big bruises to litter her body. It’s something she’s so ashamed of, that she hasn’t let on to anyone. A reason Victoire craves fights and sometimes throws them is because of this masochistic need to hurt herself – just letting people beat her to unconsciousness. Her anger is so great, so c o n s u m i n g, there’s the small hope if she finds a way to release it somehow – it’ll go away.

              “I will always scare; and more than anyone else — myself.”

It was in House of Serpents that she learned there is grey. There is moral grey, and it’s where she lives. With a heart so big, so W I D E, that even she doesn’t realize it’s part of the reason her anger can consume her. Feeling things for Victoire Weasley is never half arsed, it’s full arsed, and her passion, her ambition, could be the death of her. Her ambition to save the ones she loves, to protect her family. F a m i l y. A word redefined by Victoire fucking Weasley.

But when you meet her, she’ll s m i l e. She’ll laugh, she’ll charm you most likely and she’ll talk about the fact that Freddie Mercury is much more interesting than John Lennon, thank you very much. How Johnny Cash, Jeff Buckley, Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, and Aerosmith should be listened to at least once a day and how if she wanted anyone’s singing voice besides Freddie’s, it would be Hayley Williams, no doubt. She’d take off her shirt to show you the tattoos that run down her back, tell you about the ones that s n a k e down shoulders, arms, legs and how they’re ones dedicated to each and every one of her family members. For her best friends. For past people she loved. With child like w o n d e r m e n t and pure genuine glee, she’ll talk about her dragon, Mercury, and how her and Hagrid planned to try to start a campaign to get real dragons at Hogwarts — or at least they had. Never has she doubted being a Dragonologist and never has she had so much peace.

THOUGHTS ON THE TIMECLASH: Victoire thinks it’s amazing, sure she’s worried about the world as a whole, but she thinks this timeclash is kind of lit! It’s like a big party to her in a way, she’s never been more excited to learn about history than through the actual people she actually read about in the history books. If anything, she’s trying to learn from the new people around her, often sparking up random conversations with absolutely anyone she can to try to understand where they all come from. 

[zef-zef]

Bob James ‎- Valley of The Shadows from: Bob James ‎- One (CTI, 1974)

Bob James - Keyboards Gary King - Bass Jon Faddis, Thad Jones - Flugelhorn Alan Raph, Jack Gale, Paul Faulise - Bass Trombone Richie Resnicoff - Guitar Idris Muhammad - Drums (tracks: B2, B3) Steve Gadd - Drums (tracks: A1 to B1) Ralph MacDonald - Percussion Wayne Andre - Trombone Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm, Thad Jones, Victor Paz - Trumpet Dave Friedman - Vibraphone George Marge, Romeo Penque - Alto Flute, Recorder Charles Libove, David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman - Violin Alan Shulman, Anthony Sophos, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Jesse Levy, Seymour Barab - Cello

[phantombones]

VICTOIRE WEASLEY really is the spitting image of DICHEN LACHMAN, right? For someone only TWENTY-SEVEN years old, VIC has been forced to endure so much. Yeah, that 1/8TH VEELA has been scraping by at the sanctuary since MARCH 2028, working as a SOLDIER in the DIVISION OF PROTECTION. SHE identifies as GENDERQUEER and is known to be RELENTLESS and SELF DESTRUCTIVE but also LOYAL and STRATEGIC. Best of luck surviving through this. 

CHARACTER INSPO: Mercutio ( R+J, some book influence, LITERALLY the only I really need ), Kady Orloff Diaz ( The Magicians ), Sara Lance ( Legends of Tomorrow )

PINTEREST: [ x ] 

Before I get into descriptions about her, I believe her function in the Order, and now the Division of Protections. Then after the breakout. Just some quick points about the NOW. After that will be characterization and base: 

 Was a Dragolonist traveling all sorts of places, living out her dream. She would consistently come home to visit her family, the love of her life Aster, who’s relationship I’ll get into more. When everything started to happen, she moved back home, finally settling down in Aster’s place ( it became theirs ) when it was once just a temp home. She didn’t sleep as she worked as a strategist for the Order, constantly thinking of ideas and plays, often visiting her family members at all hours of the night, patrolling, making sure they were okay. 

Aster Lestrange ( unless the name is diff PLS LMK JO ) and her were first friends because they watched as she struggled to charm her hair the way she wanted ( she’s NOT the best at Charms, especially when it came to hair coloring charms ). Here was this person, who offered to do her hair, who saw her chaos and found it intriguing. Who saw her in her entirety, the dark, the angry and she fell in love with them before she even knew she had. They were her best friend ( besides her bffs Nova & Lexie and all her lovely family members ) and were together. After school, she was constantly working on taking her career off the ground, but practically had all her things at Asterion’s. Vic didn’t want to get married at first, not a for a few years, but the fact was? She loved them and she knew that they were her soulmate. Her red string. They got married and Vic truly wondered why they hadn’t done so earlier.

 When the outbreak happened, she was scared and went to her dragon reserve in Romania to make sure the dragons were protected and her work archived and protected as well. She helped pioneer the movement to Hogwarts I imagine, and on the way, Aster died saving her life. At least, she thinks they died, as they protected her from an attack, was hurt, and just left. She knew them, she knew how much they cared about her but she aches and she hurts. Victoire broke down the minute she was safe in Hogwarts, the first time she’d cried that way in years, crying for what was probably hours. There’s a hope, because if anyone could still be alive it would be Aster who was brilliant beyond compare. Even though it’s nearing a year since she’s last seen them. Victoire doesn’t move on, doesn’t dye her hair different colors anymore as Aster had done it for years, even though it’s part of her it’s her version of mourning. Her hair back to it’s blonde reminds Victoire who she’s fighting for her besides her family, it’s the only grief she allows herself because she pushes forward. She has no option but to do so. 

The anger that had been quelled and somewhat more under control for years, reared it’s ugly head with a vengeance. Victoire became a soldier because she was a dueling beast on the field, coming back from every mission covered in blood, guts, everything often using the knife collection she has on top of magic.  I imagine that she’s also very much a fighter for them and protects people on supply runs, and while she wants to join the Government sector sometimes, she thinks of how much better Aster would be at the job instead. She has ideas, and her mind is strategic, but there’s not much strategy they can do when their main focus is on survival. While Vic tries to distract herself, when she’s not bothering & checking up on her family, she’s constantly training with with her wand and an array of muggle weapons. Over the last 8+ months, she’s sharpened her combat skills, learning all she can, pushing herself to exhaustion, because she can’t lose anyone else. She refuses to lose anyone else. 

Vic’s personality is a mixed bag, something I’ve described below, but the way she is with people she loves and trusts and vastly different to people she doesn’t. She fluctuates from loud and crass, to charming and easy to get long with, to angry, aggressive, and combative. Childlike to serious, all of this at the drop of a hat. Her emotions are all over the place, she knows it, and without a war propelling her and just endless killing and surviving she doesn’t think she’ll be able to get a handle on it soon. Vic is ride or die loyal, the family member you ask to help you bury a body, the family member who’ll fight anyone at any time for you and a hell of a lot smarter than she acts.

Character Name: Victoire Apolline Delacour-Weasley

VICTOIRE: Twenty-seven years of hearing stories about those who died on her ‘birthday’ before her. Over a decade of not celebrating it when she realized what it meant to others. Of course, she understands that this is the burden she carries – while her cousins bear namesakes of those who had fallen before them, she is the painful reminder of the day they lost people – so they could win freedom. She is the h e l l f i r e that is left after a victory, scorching technicolor brutal memories into the minds of those who were left behind. Still, she is a Victory none the less, and her family adopted her May 2nd, when she was a baby. They chose her instead of the pain, they named her after the good instead of seeing the bad. Though she’s an Aries, the day is both a special day of happiness & a day of reflection. A bitter reminder.   APOLLINE: The french derivative of the name Apollonia which comes from the Greek god, Apollo. Apollo, the god of the sun, prophecy, music, beauty, healing, poetry, plague and so much more. It could be said that Victoire is her own brand of beautiful – of course the Veela genes help ( or do they? ) but if there’s anything she’s gotten from this namesake it’s the love of music. She’s sure that if she wasn’t going to work with dragons when she was older it would be with music – something she practically speaks as a language. The name might sound too flowery or too soft for Victoire – but her grandmother from which she was given this name was still a Veela. She still had the siren song that was deadly to almost associated with her name. Still, just because Victoire is comparable to a constantly raging storm – she has times where parts of her mother and grandmother comes out.   DELACOUR: While she embraces the Weasley, Victoire also embraces her mother’s French heritage. If there’s anything of her mother, of this side of the family that comes out – it’s when she speaks French. She refuses to call her mother anything but maman, and will quickly switch to French around her during Weasley-Potter-Lupin gatherings at the burrow to make her feel even a little more comfortable. For Victoire, the Delacour name embodies softness and embodies femininity that she’s not always connected to. It reminds her that she’s not been alone in being discriminated against or objectified, that others understand what it’s like to be in her place to some extent. It’s then that she’s able to embrace the girl, that she’s able to feel like one and not always so at war with her body and herself. WEASLEY: If the other parts of her name didn’t already come with enough precedence – perhaps the name ‘Weasley’ was the icing on the cake. She couldn’t be prouder to be a Weasley, no matter how much fussing her grandmother does or how everyone is in everyone’s business – Victoire knows she is lucky. Vic is well aware of how privileged she is & how her infamous family of blood traitors are lucky to have the life they do. Even though she looked different from her immediate family, so did so many of her other extended family members. She took comfort in the fact that Weasley-Potters were a mixed bunch, in personality, in races, in ideals, and her being different was celebrated. There may have been a thirst to know her heritage the older she got, one that would later be quenched, but her real family were the Weasley’s. They chose her, they were better than her blood family ever was, not that she could remember them.

Pronouns & Gender:   She/Her or Gon/Gons. Victoire identifies as Genderqueer

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C h a n g i n g. From the minute Victoire was born, she was always fidgeting, always moving and her first display of magic was at 4 years old, when she tried to change her hair blue like Teddy’s. Instead, it changed her beautiful crop of dark brown into a dirty blonde. Often, she’d find herself envying Teddy’s abilities to change, feeling uncomfortable in her skin and angry that it wasn’t as easy for her. As she grew older, she came to understand  what her body was, what it would be and that she’d never be able to change herself like Teddy or change herself at all. Any change that she’d make would be permanent and she found herself not wanting that in the slightest. Not wanting to limit herself because while Victoire loved her feminine side  – there was something she felt growing in her soul that was just … something else. She felt there was just so much else she couldn’t define. Masculine, feminine, in between, she felt  comfortable in the fluidity of it all. It didn’t have a label but it became her, it was her, and it was confusing but it was who she was. Victoire did research and after a while the closest thing she could find to what she felt her gender was the term: genderqueer. Of course, after she realized this she told her parents, getting nothing but support from them. A reason they’ve let Victoire dye her hair so much and wear clothes that some parents would have heart attacks at, is so she feels like she has an option to be who she is. Even though they know that their child will be who she is with or without their permission, they figure helping her along the way in a world where there are many people who are against what her gender is & think it’s unnatural. They are Vic’s parents after all and after a war where they lost family and friends who gave their lives so their children could have freedom  – it seems trivial to ever fuss over something like gender. At twenty seven, Vic is more comfortable in herself but still struggles. She keeps it to herself instead of talking about her own dysphoria because it seems trivial compared the apocolypse going on around her, compared to so much else.

About/past: ( SELF HARM MENTION, VIOLENCE MENTION, MISOGYNY MENTION )

Stoℜm with skin. The performer. { Secret Strategist }. Masochistic with sadistic tendencies because she is just so filled with A N G E R ( being sexualized at a young age, her ass pinched on her first Hogsmeade trip, and so so much more that she doesn’t have a language to explain it in — only violent actions ). N o t that she’d let you know.  Warrior, no, VALKYRIE more of a DRAGON than a girl ( if she ever was a g i r l in the first place ), fiercely protective of the people she loves — and if you dare mess with her family, friends, or any of the sort, you better run for oblivion.  V I C T O R Y in her veins that she will hold onto until her dying breath.

Victoire Weasley is more than just a simple human being, she’s the true embodiment of what it means to be a storm with skin. Enigmatic even.

Victoire is quite sure of who she is, what she wants in life & what she will get,she’s quite sure of everything that she is —-

                 …but in those moments she blacks out in pure rage — she’s not so sure.

She’s h o r r i f i e d. In those moments where she looks for pain like she’s a drug addict and it’s her next fix, she mortified. She can’t remember how it quite started – a punch to the wall there after a fight, a purpose slap in the face, anything that released the rage she had. Victoire didn’t dare release it on the people she loved because she’d never be able to forgive herself for that, but it grew. The feeling grew and soon she had to hurt herself. But she can remember when she knew. When she needed reminders, when she needed blood and big bruises to litter her body. It’s something she’s so ashamed of, that she hasn’t let on to anyone. A reason Victoire craves fights and sometimes throws them is because of this masochistic need to hurt herself, to take a break from the anger – just letting people beat her to unconsciousness. Her anger is so great, so c o n s u m i n g, there’s the small hope if she finds a way to release it somehow – it’ll go away.

               “I will always scare; and more than anyone else — myself.”

It was in House of Serpents that she learned there is grey. There is moral grey, and it’s where she lives. With a heart so big, so W I D E, that even she doesn’t realize it’s part of the reason her anger can consume her. Feeling things for Victoire Weasley is never half arsed, it’s full arsed, and her passion, her ambition, could be the death of her. Her ambition to save the ones she loves, to protect her family. F a m i l y. A word redefined by Victoire fucking Weasley.

But when you meet her, she’ll s m i l e. She’ll laugh, she’ll charm you if she needs to and she’ll talk about the fact that Freddie Mercury is much more interesting than John Lennon, thank you very much. How Johnny Cash, Jeff Buckley, Arctic Monkeys, HAIM, and Aerosmith should be listened to at least once a day and how if she wanted anyone’s singing voice besides Freddie’s, it would be Hayley Williams, no doubt. She’d take off her shirt to show you the tattoos that run down her back, tell you about the ones that s n a k e down shoulders, arms, legs and how they’re ones dedicated to each and every one of her family members. For her best friends. For the person she loves. With child like w o n d e r m e n t and pure genuine glee, she’ll talk about her dragon, Mercury, and how her and Hagrid had planned to try to start a campaign to get real dragons at Hogwarts — or at least they had. Never has she doubted being a Dragonologist and never has she had so much peace.

                    Then, the war broke out bringing Inferi with it. 

She had to put herself together, she had to keep herself more composed. Louis needed her. Dominique needed her. Aster needed her. They all did. 

& she is now a hurricane. Controlled chaos because despite it all, she was a Slytherin for a reason. She’s manipulative, cunning, a silver tongue used mostly for words, and she felt she needed to become some sort of matriarch. There were crushing expectations that were supposed to do just that but  were thrown out the window since day one. Now, the expectations of being Victoire Weasley must be embraced. Now, they are because her family needs her, and she finally can be what they wanted her to be. A leader of sorts. Their VICTORY. Beneath the chaos is kindness she shows to people, is the gentle touch and wise words that make you wonder — who exactly is Victoire Weasley?

Maybe she was born for battle. Valkyrie. “Fear doesn’t shut you down, it wakes you up.”

( For once, the storm that c o n s t a n t l y raged around in Victoire’s mind started to quell, a soft smile dawning on her face like a pink sunrise. The memory rushed back to her, it calmed her.

“I remember the first time I visited Uncle Charlie in Romania. And the dragons. So many fucking dragons.” Blue eyes light up, because this — this is her niche. Her favorite area to talk about, it’s what she knew — dragons.

“I remember seeing fire and just — I wrote to everyone everyday, I made Uncle Charlie take a million bloody pictures of me. Coming home, I wouldn’t shut up about them. I’d even forgotten to dye my hair that summer. Look —” She shrugs, the smile blossoming into something so genuine, so effervescent, the personification of someone who talks about what they’re passionate about, really. “ — I’ve gone there every summer since. And I’m going to let you in on a little secret, “

For a moment, Vic’s sure that she’ll open up, actually let someone in on a piece of her special world, in a crevice of her mind. But she can’t. She can’t talk about the fact that going to Uncle Charlie’s is the only place she feels calm, where she doesn’t feel a war in her brain that translates into bruised knuckles due to bar fights. How she likes the pain, that maybe she’s masochistic, deeply so. No, instead, there’s the m i s c h i e v o u s glint in her eyes as she simply says, “ — the Romanian Longhorn is much prettier than they are dangerous. “

            The same couldn’t be said for Victoire Weasley. )

A hurricane, in the middle of a chaos, who came to find that maybe she was born to fight.

[mitjalovse]

The musicians' introductions for the 80's don't tell the whole consequent story, they merely present a part of the latter with some hints we see in the hindsight. I mean, Chic began the period with Real People that became one of their most ignored releases, which happened thanks to the anti-disco backlash they were one of the victims of. Still, we must be honest the disc showed a band going through the motions, but this shouldn't diminish their accomplishments during the decade. Actually, the group transformed themselves into an incredible session music unit with Nile Rodgers reaching the status of a superstar producer. Thus, their 80's were incredible, yet only when they worked for the others, we could claim they sort of neglected their own work as the collective.

[jazzfunkdid]

Tropea ‎– Twist Of The Wrist

Marlin ‎– MARLIN 2204 – Released in 1977. Tropea ‎– Short Trip To Space. Bass Guitar – Will Lee. Drums Left – Rick Marotta. Drums Right – Steve Gadd. Guitar – Tropea. Organ – Leon Pendarvis. Piano – Don Grolnick. Vibraphone – Mike Minieri. Reeds – George Young, Lew Del Gatto, Lou Marini, Michael Brecker. Strings – Aaron Rosand, Gene Orloff, Gerald Tarack, Guy Lumia, Jesse Levy, Joe Malin, Kermit Moore, Lewis Eley, Noel Da Costa, Peter Dimitriades, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel. Trombone – Dave Taylor, Sam Burtis. Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker. Tuba – Tony Price.

[nastyfreakho]

On this day in 1981, Diana Ross' #1 hit "Upside Down" was certified Platinum for sales over one million copies by the RIAA! Diana Ross' kids played a big part in her return to the top of the charts. Her children asked her to take them to see Chic, who was appearing at California's Santa Monica auditorium. The audience's wild enthusiasm reminded Ross of the frantic response to The Jackson 5. She contacted Chic co-founders, guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. Meeting at Ross' house, the duo went through their usual procedure of talking for a couple of hours with the artist that they would be writing for. Ross told them that she didn't want to record anything that sounded like anything that she'd previously recorded. The New York-based songwriters/producers began recording at the Power Station and Electric Lady with drummer Tony Thompson, keyboardists Raymond Jones and Andy Schwartz, along with Chic background singers Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin. The string section under the direction of Gene Orloff included Cheryl Hong, Karen Miller, and Valerie Heywood. Some believe that the lyrics of the first single, the catchy, funky "Upside Down," were in reference to Ross' upcoming departure from Motown, though Rodgers and Edwards had no knowledge of that. The million-selling "Upside Down" held down the number one R&B and number one pop for four weeks in the summer of 1980. It was included on her 6x's platinum Diana album, which parked at number one R&B for eight weeks and number two pop for two weeks and yielded the number six R&B/number five pop smash "I'm Coming Out." This was Ross' biggest hit as a solo artist. Despite this huge success, there was some bad blood between Ross and Rodgers and Edwards. The sides that the duo produced on the singer were more "bass heavy" than the average Motown release. Ross and engineer Russ Terrana remixed Diana with the consent of Rodgers and Edwards, who vowed to never work with Ross again. (at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrmXLAZAVjX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hhcylmdtudcm