#jules aquila

[carewyncromwell]

💐 for Jacob and Desiree? P.S. I'll be traveling to South Korea for vacation for the 1st half of October, specifically Seoul and Busan. Wish me luck. If they need a recommendation to visit a new country, I want to suggest Korea to Jacob and Desiree. And you as well.

Ahhh, that should be a most wonderful trip!! I'm so envious! Have so much fun!! xoxo

💐- Where is this oc's favorite place to relax?

Prior to attending Hogwarts, Jacob's place to relax after school was actually more a person: namely, his baby sister, Carewyn. He would always find it easier to let go of his anger and resentment toward his life and the people around him whenever he had time to be a good big brother to his little Pippa, so going up to her nursery after school to go see and talk to her (even before she understood anything he said) was a highlight of his day. Once he started attending school, Jacob, Olivia, and Duncan used to use the Hogwarts boathouse as a "hideaway" spot, both for the three of them and individually -- in fact, after Jacob got out of the Portrait Vault, this was where the ghost of Duncan Ashe found Jacob hiding out. Post-Hogwarts, when Jacob becomes a traveling vagabond wizard, he finds it easiest to relax when he finds a place suitably isolated and high in elevation, like the top of a mountain -- every year on his birthday, wherever he is, he actually goes out of his way to find the highest and most isolated location he can so he can take some time to himself and send gold sparks up toward the sky, as a tribute to his first love, Duncan.

Prior to joining the crew of the Empyrean, Desiree honestly had little opportunity to take time for herself and relax. Her life was so overloaded with work, suitors, cleaning up her younger brother Marius's messes, and catering to her parents' selfish desires that there really was no time or place that Desiree could ever claim as her own. Even at Beauxbatons, her whole life was defined by her family's overbearing expectations. Once she left France and took to the skies, though, Desiree found her cabin on board a wonderful hideaway where she could take time to herself, solving puzzles, looking over artifacts, and of course reading. It was the first time she'd really had true privacy in her life and although it felt strange at first, it was also so, so welcoming. It actually took a while before Desiree would even let anyone else spend any time in her cabin, solely because she was so overwhelmed by how special it felt to have this little space all for herself that she was afraid of sharing it. The first person Desiree did invite into her room was -- predictably -- her first true friend and soulmate, Jules Aquila @kathrynalicemc. (They sat on her bed together while Desiree translated the runes on this super cool old shield they'd found on one of their adventures.)

Emoji Ask!

[carewyncromwell]

@kathrynalicemc Saw this gifs and immediately thought of our sweet Jules/Desiree 🥹

THE MUMMY 1999 — dir. Stephen Sommers

[ghostboyjules]

My beloved Jules you are the color of the sky post

Aquila <3 you're so correct my sleep schedule is disastrous AND I have no life outside tumblr 🥰🩵

thank you for the ask my darling love!!! 💕 💕

[room56pod]

MEET THE CAST OF ALL HAIL THE QUEEN

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Meet the cast of “Case 46325: All Hail the Queen”!

Moira-Juliet “MJ” Scott (she/her) as Jacky Stone A fun fact about me: People have told me I look like Gerard Way, and every time I tell some one that, they go “HANG ON A MINUTE” and I go “NOT AGAIN” Describe your character in 5 words:  Annoying, hot, witty, massive lesbian

Alex Abrahams (he/him) as Oliver Stone A fun fact about me: This is the second time MJ has cast me (a trans man) as the twin brother of a trans woman. It is becoming a very specific typecast that I’m 100% okay with Describe your character in 5 words:  I’ve decided he is autistic

Shawn Tumbokon-Flowers (he/him) as Flash Aegis A fun fact about me:  I’ve been learning Italian longsword Describe your character in 5 words: Where is my friggin money?!

Savina Barini (they/them) as Jules Darkmoon A fun fact about me: I once got to read my writing in front of Claudia Rankine and she called it very poignant with a good use of imagery! Still one of the highlights of my entire life years later.

Theo Wampuzyc (he/they) as Emperor Baldr A fun fact about me: I'm a professional clown for senior living communities. One of my characters is Blue Jean Eugene, a cowboy clad entirely in denim (including the hat). Describe your character in 5 words: Fruity but ultimately evil capitalist

Finley Lemma (it/they) as the Peacekeep Chief A fun fact about me: I’m going to eat bread tonight!!! Describe your character in 5 words: All podcast cops are bastards

Joseph Leyland (he/him) as the Security Chief A fun fact about me: I have never been in a physical fight, and never intend to be Describe your character in 5 words: Get out of my pub!!!

Nikko Goldstein (they/them) as the Security Guard A fun fact about me: I am currently learning to play piano! Describe your character in 5 words: A guard looking for someone.

Benjamin Cooper (he/him) as the Bartender/Bouncer A fun fact about me: I sleep generally 10-12 hours each day I’m off work Describe your character in 5 words: Exasperated, bored, not paid enough.

Chloe Peterson (they/he/she) as Jacky’s Friend A fun fact about me: I’m in a band! Describe your character in 5 words: Just some dude gettin’ drinks!

Aquila Pullen (he/xe) as a Ballgoer A fun fact about me: My family has a secret recipe for pavlova, and we make it every year for Christmas! Describe your character in 5 words: Probably on some space drugs

[sirfluffig]

Felix Felicity Witt - Character Profile

Template inspired by the one made by @thatravenpuffwitch and inspiration taken from @carewyncromwell

BASICS

Full Name: Felix Felicity Witt Nickname: The counterspelling scoundrel

Birthday: 16th August 19xx

Blood Status: Pureblood

Gender: Cisgender Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual | Biromantic

Nationality: German

Residence: Witt Manor, Berlin, Germany (formerly) | The Empyrean (current)

Languages: German, English, Latin, rudimentary French and Danish

Quirks: Has minor outbreaks of kleptomania, loves to perform Muggle stage magic tricks especially to confuse the stuck up pure bloods who are too conceited to grasp the simplicity of the trick, always wears this very elaborate raven skull amulett

PERSONALITY

MBTI: ISFP

Flexible and charming artists, always ready to explore and experience something new.

Four Temperaments: Choleric

Optimism | Leadership | Decisiveness | Motivation | Charisma | Extroversion

Strengths: Clever, witty, spontaneous, observant, improvising, charming, resourceful

Weaknesses: Slacky, stubborn, eccentric, pessimistic, disorganized, irritable

Interests: Collecting coins, puzzles and quizzes, writing poetry,stage magic, lock picking

Dislikes: The Upper Class, rules and laws, being ignored, scorpions, being wet

Stance on Magielose: Due to growing up in a heavily blood purist family, Felix was disciplined to see muggles as “creatures” and “beings unworthy of breathing the same air as wizards” and those opinions stuck with him for quite a while, he was very focused on picking on mudbloods in Hogwarts to make his parents proud. He needed that validation. Only when his dearest family turned their back on him and left him to die on the streets because they were unsatisfied with his development, he began to question the things they taught him. He began to question their views and quickly realized how wrong he behaved over all this time. How stuck up and uptight he had made himself seem. While he still is wary of muggles and muggleborns overall, he tries his best not to discriminate against them like his parents would want him to.

APPEARANCE

Faceclaim: Charlie Rowe

Height: 5’9”

Build: Nimble, lean and slender

Hair: Fluffy chestnut brown falling down his face

Eyes: Grey

Skin: Pale

What do they carry on them?: His wand, multiple lock picking sets, a raven skull necklace, a notebook, countless little purses and pouches to store things in, a deck of playing cards, a few very beautifully made rings and bracelets, two elaborately designed daggers with snake handles, a magnifying lense, little bits of string and rope

Fashion: For traveling, Felix wears a thick trench coat with bracers over a fine vest and a dress shirt, added working pants and heavy boots to give him a steady foot when going on adventures

MAGIC

Wand: Black Walnut | Unicorn Hairstrings | 11 inches long

Animagus: None.

Patronus: Hyena

Boggart: His family towering above him, looking down on him with a dead stare

Riddikulus: With the flick of the wand, his cruel and corrupt family turns into the Crew of the Empyrean dressed in the black robes that he knows from home, all of them seemingly confused

Amortentia: Fresh baked pastries, warm wood, aged paper, lavender and roses, copper

Polyjuice: A more prickly sensation that lasts on the tongue, tasting a little like liquorice

Mirror of Erised: Having settled down in a cozy home and being able to enjoy life by the fireplace on a warm stormy autumn night

EDUCATION

School: Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

Best Subject: Charms, Transfiguration, Arithmancy

Worst Subject: Herbology

Honors: None.

RELATIONSHIPS

Family: Leopold Witt (Father) | Anastasia Witt (Mother) | Lena Witt (Older Sister) | Fiona Witt (Older Sister)

Friends:

Jules Aquila / Darian Zain | @kathrynalicemc

Desiree Lestrange | @carewyncromwell

Lugh Hopper | @thatravenpuffwitch

Kathleen Alton | @magical-retales

Love Interest: To be determined

Pets: A Murtlap named Oswald

Enemies: The Witt Bloodline, Hendrik Graf, Cevin Rotwild, The Rotwild Family

FAVORITES

Colors: Black, white, golden, purple, dark blues and grays

Foods: Pretzels, donuts, fine pastries

Drink: Coca-Cola, american imported Root Beer

Magical Creatures: Fire Crabs, Porlocks,Murtlaps

Flower: Nightshade

Book: The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Season: Spring

BACKSTORY

As the youngest son of an infamous wizarding family in the northern parts of Germany, Felix never had much luck in his life. Often enough it would occur that people distrust or publicly exclude him due to the bad association they had with the Witt family.

This also made the young wizard's time at Hogwarts rather unfavorable, he was often picked on and didnt show the strength one would expect from a heir of a family like the Witts. Marked as a wimp and a charlatan, not even his family did really look him in the eyes. Everyone in his surrounding, even the teachers at Hogwarts, had given him the feeling of not-belonging, of not being good enough for the normal wizarding community.

This lack of guidance and the disdain of his birth family brought Felix down a darker path, not a cruel path, but certainly not the path a hero would take. He became a spy, a thief and a rogue overall. Using his knowledge of the upper classes of the criminal wizarding society and their vices for his advantage. His life as it is, wouldn't have a future anyways, so why not spice it up a little.

This was, till one fateful day, he was caught trying to extract some valuables from an air-ship docking in one of the few wizarding world havens. Seeing as Felix never encountered such a vehicle, he was certain that there had to be more curiosities inside. Though he was disrupted while rummaging through the crates.

Apparently the captain had returned earlier than suspected and now stood behind the thief in a rather intimidating manner and while Felix tried to talk his way out of this situation, it was obvious, even to him, that there was no escape from this one.

To Felix's surprise though, the Captain was more interested in the lock-picking and dispelling abilities of the rogue than the reasoning as to why he was in the airship in the first place. Not only that, but he didn't even seem really mad. Instead he offered Felix an alternative. Instead of having to fear a life surrounded by Dementors in Azkaban, Felix could join the crew of the “Empyrean” and make use of his nimbleness to secure ancient knowledge from hidden places.

Devoid of solutions, Felix had no other option than to accept that offer that Captain Jules Aquila had made him, so from now on, Felix will accompany the crew of the Empyrean and support them with his talent for magical dispelling and roguish charm, in hope to flee from his former life.

TRIVIA

~ Felix might be a bit of a charmer, his charisma making it easy for him to get access to places one usually wouldn’t get into, but that doesn’t change the fact that deep inside of him still is a rather insecure dork. While he gives himself as a bit of a flirt, he is absolutely unable to talk to girls he likes outright. Either he loses his voice, he gets a slight voice crack or he otherwise loses his suave behavior

~ The title “the counterspelling scoundrel” is something that was imposed on him by the upper class wizarding community. They wanted to mark him to outsiders as a rogue, a thief and a criminal. They meant to warn others of his sly manipulations and nimble fingers. The counterspelling part relates to Felix's ability to lift protective charms on doors and items with ease. While this title is indeed covered in notoriety, Felix still is somewhat proud of having achieved so much mischief, that the fine and beautiful wizards needed to distance themselves from him by avoiding to use his real name.

~ Due to his less lawful nature, Felix dabbled a lot in all kind of activities, may it be burglary, fraud or pickpocketing, but he never committed a single murder nor did he ever cast one of the three unforgivable curses. While he still is sort of a villain to the society and he does identify with being an outlaw, he still doesn’t want to let his niveau sink to the level of his family. It's not like he wouldn’t know to cast his spells, after all one of his sisters murdered the cat of the other because of some boy in school. He was taught how to use dark magic early on. He just never had the guts or the morals to flick his wand like that.

~ His favorite scheme to pull on others was and always will be muggle stage magic tricks. It fascinates and amuses him to watch pureblood wizards and dark archmages fail to grasp the simplicity of muggle magic. They are overthinking every step, trying to keep in mind every single detail and belittle Felix for his pathetic show, but once Felix turns the card or lifts the cup, the amazement and frustration is exhilarating.

~ Despite what he leads on, Felix proves to be a hopeless romantic. He spends hours of his days with his nose deep down in romance novels, dreaming the time away and imagining how it would be for him to find his soulmate and live the life that is always suggested in these books. But alas, his choices and his reputation make finding a lover quite problematic.

[carewyncromwell]

YAAAAS, oh my gosh yaaaaas 💙💛

THE MUMMY (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers

[carewyncromwell]

jasmine & chia for desiree and bat💙

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?

[Desiree has to consider this question incredibly carefully.]

Desiree: "...Truthfully...no, I cannot zhink of anyzhing zhat fits zis question. I have not watched many non-Magique moving pictures, but ze few I have zeen are pleasant enough. And as for books -- mon Dieu! Even zhose books zhat I have read a million times, I would be happy to read again. Even zhose books I have read and not enjoyed as much as ozhers, I would be willing to try again at zome later date. If I end up not liking zhem again, ah! C'est la vie. And zhere are zo many more wonderful zhings to read, in zheir place."

Bat: "Robinson Crusoe. I read it quite a few times as a young lad, largely because there weren't that many fiction books in print appropriate for boys my age back then, Muggle or otherwise...but over time, I've found both the main character and his outlook on the world and the people in it who differ from him less and less pleasant. From what I've been able to research about the author of the novel, it seems Mr. Defoe was an intellectual to a degree, indulging in political satire and championing the ideas of religious freedom at a time when people were arrested for speaking ill of the nobility and violently persecuted for their faith...but the character Defoe created sadly embodies the painfully racist, imperialistic attitude that many non-Britons came to associate with England in particular, when it was a world power."

chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?

[Desiree can't bite back a wry smile.]

Desiree: "I do not know if zis counts...but ze very time we first met, Monsieur Aquila told me to call him by his nickname alone. I refused, zince we were still but strangers, and it would not be appropriate -- zo I only called him 'Monsieur Aquila.' Even when I joined his crew, I zhought it would be best to call him 'Captain,' for zhat is what he is."

[Her long-lashed black eyes twinkle with something almost girlish, with how much amusement dances through her expression.]

Desiree: "Even now, he ztill tries to coax me to just call him by his nickname -- but I never do."

Julio Aquila is a very handsome name. Zeems a great shame, to shorten it.

@kathrynalicemc

[Have a fanged smirk.]

Bat: "Oh, my old school friends and I had plenty, back in the day. Most of them at my expense...but hey, it was all in good fun! I laughed just as much as anyone else."

Sometimes all you can do in the face of having eternal bad luck is have a good sense of humor about it...

[Memories of Barty and Cecelia swooping in to save him from the consequences of yet another lost bet flicker over Bat's mind, making a bittersweet smile twitch at the corners of his lips.]

Bat: "For a more modern example, though, I can always point to one I've got with Grim. I very often have to go up to the school in dog form -- I'm an Irish Wolfhound Animagus -- and quite a few the portraits have found me rather cute, especially when I come bearing gifts for Grim in my teeth. So several of them started calling me different things, such as 'Mutt' or 'Wolfy' -- "

[Bat's fanged grin spreads.]

Bat: " -- nicknames that Grim occasionally will also 'adopt,' when we're out in public with me as a dog. He always gets such compliments about how well trained I am."

[It's clear this amuses Bat greatly.]

@cursebreakerfarrier

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[the-tomorrow-war2021]

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A Holnap háború egy 2021-es amerikai katonai tudományos fantasztikus akciófilm, Chris McKay rendezésében, Chris Pratt főszereplésével. A képet David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, David S. Goyer, Jules Daly és Adam Kolbrenner készítette, Zach Dean írta. A mellékszereplők közül Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Kiera Armstrong és Keith Powers. Ez a mai katonák és civilek keverékét követi, akiket egy idegen hadsereg ellen harcolnak a jövőben.

Az eredetileg a Paramount Pictures által színházi megjelenésre szánt film forgalmazási jogait az Amazon szerezte meg a COVID-19 járvány miatt, és 2021. július 2-án digitálisan kiadták a Prime Video segítségével. A Holnapi háború vegyes kritikákat kapott a kritikusoktól, dicsérettel fogalmazták meg a koncepciót, az akciósorozatot és az előadásokat (különösen Pratt és Richardson esetében), de a származékos kivitelezésre irányuló kritikát. Folyamatban van a folytatás.

A holnap háborúja kimarad a főiskoláról, majd az élet a hadseregbe sodorja, ahol szanitéc lesz Irakban – ezalatt egyetlen támasza igaz szerelme, Emily. A háborúból visszatérve a poszttraumás stressz nyomása alatt élete a drogok és a bűnözés spiráljába kerül, miközben azért küzd, hogy megtalálja helyét a világban.

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felszabadított: 2021-06-30

Runtime: 140 percek

Műfaj: Akció, Sci-Fi

Csillag: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson

Rendező: David S. Goyer, Deborah Aquila, Brad Ricker, Roger Barton, Betsy Heimann

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[embersrevived]

The Apprentice Name Game 

Tagged by: @afacelesswitch (thank you so much dear!! ^^”) 

Warning: Monstrously lengthy post/explanations ahead. Please feel free to blacklist the tag “long post” if the length of such posts proves cumbersome to your dashboard, as this is the tag I will utilize for this post and other future lengthy posts. The blank question template can be found at the bottom of this post. 

• What is their name? Nadir Darvish 

• Who named them? Was it their birth name? Did they choose their own name?

Yes, Nadir Darvish is Nadir’s full birth name; no middle name(s) given. (Middle names are not really a thing in Nadir’s culture). Nadir’s parents specifically wanted their first and only child to have a name that either honored an important aspect of Parzian culture and tradition or was an homage to a renowned monarch in Parzian history, and eventually they decided on the latter. Nadir (Nader) Shah was a king from a former dynasty who was renowned for his ingenuity and acumen, both as a statesman and military general. His military campaigns and exploits during his reign were so great that he has actually been dubbed ‘the second Alexander’ by some historians. Nadir’s parents had been anticipating a male child at first, but then apparently just decided to kinda roll with it after Nadir was born.  

((And yes, I incorporated and recycled bits and pieces of real history and have drawn inspiration from actual events (interwoven with the more fictional and fantasy components) when I initially had jotted down Nadir’s and Parzia’s background/history, e.g. I headcanon that certain real historical figures such as Nader Shah and the forever famed Alexander the Great played a pivotal role in Parzian history, though there are other important political figures (e.g. the most recent king/Parzian shah, Khosrow VI, who are entirely made up). 

Just from the sheer name similarity and background, it may be quite obvious as to which former great empire Parzia is heavily based off of (and is basically the Arcana equivalent of). Though in the world of the Arcana, a direct chronological comparison to the specific real life events cannot be drawn. Given the intentional ambiguity of the Arcana verse and timeline, I have purposely sort of cherry-picked bits and pieces of history involving real classical and influential figures and events (often far-removed from one another chronologically) and combined them with fictional pieces/events I’ve made up to fill the gaps.)) 

• What does their name mean? 

Among the various city-states that Parzia borders and is neighbors with whose denizens also have this name, “Nadir/Nader” has come to mean something along the lines of “rare.” Nadir (Nader) is a name that is not solely or even purely Parzian in origin, as Parzia’s history has also been shaped by and has somewhat absorbed pieces of various other cultures over time due to intermingling, being conquered by, and also having conquered a multitude of other nation-states over time. Though as explained above, Nadir’s parents had originally selected her name as an homage to the famed former monarch “Nadir/Nader Shah” as he is often hailed as one of the most notable and ingenious monarchs in Parzian history. 

Nadir’s surname, “Darvish” (or dervish) is originally derived from the name given to a group of spiritual  and religiously devout mendicants and mystics who purposely chose to live in austerity and took vows of poverty in order to be close to God by leading lives emphasizing virtues, e.g. humility and altruism. Dervishes were prohibited for begging for their own good, rather instead begging for humility and to collect money to give to other poor people. 

Image depiction of a darvish (and general information) credited to the corresponding Wikipedia article page. 

So from this, it could be assumed that possibly some of Nadir’s early ancestors on her father’s side partook in such practices pertaining to this form of mysticism, even though currently her present day family is mostly secular and irreligious. Though as mentioned in an earlier post, Nadir’s family also acknowledges their original ethnoreligious roots. In the Arcana, this is said to be the equivalent of real life Zoroastrianism, with slight influence from other ancestral and religious beliefs that have been passed down over time (e.g. the darvish mysticism that was just discussed in the discussion of Nadir’s surname). This would be logical since Parzia is a nation-state with people of  rich and diverse historical, religious, and cultural backgrounds. 

• Why did you choose that name for your apprentice?

((There are a few reasons for this actually. The mun has a long history of utilizing the word “nadir” in both present and past usernames throughout her lengthy time on the Internet. The very first username being something like “NadirofDark” oh the cringe many years ago as an edgy teen on a now long defunct site, since “nadir” is also used to designate the lowest point of something. I actually believe it was inspired during a point in time in school when we as students were required to memorize lists of higher level vocabulary words in school (and subsequently had vocabulary quizzes/tests), e.g. differentiating between “zenith” and “nadir” ... and for some reason, even many years later, this has just sorta stuck. 

 This eventually evolved into related variants of the original username: nadir-ex-obscurum, then tenebras-autem-nadir, and most currently tenebris-auguratricis-nadir as my main blog)  Though I also have selected name in homage to the actual, real historical figure and king (Nadir/Nader Shah) who existed. So it technically was chosen for a twofold purpose, both as a cultural/historical homage in addition to me just clinging onto a piece of ancient usernames past. When selecting my apprentice’s name, I ultimately decided to just recycle this name for reasons pertaining to cultural familiarity and for sentimental reasons related to my much more ancient history with past Internet usernames.)) 

• Do they have any nicknames or favorite pet names?

Well, I sometimes joke that Asra once or twice called Nadir “Nadi”, but then realized that was already taken due to his shortened, familiar nickname for the Countess, whose name is just a single letter off from Nadir’s own name. Since then, Asra has mainly stuck with calling her by her full name, though they both did find it somewhat humorous at the time it happened.  

More recently though, @plague-doctor-jules Julian has given Nadir the nickname “Zen-zen” (a truncation of the antonym of ‘Nadir’, which is Zenith) in sort of affectionate jest that’s meant to starkly contrast with the “lowest point” generic definition that many initially assume "Nadir” to mean (before they are also informed about the historical and cultural homage reason behind it). 

I tag: @vesuvias-undertaker @sunrisenfool @fadedintheflames @bitters-enthusiast @icedcoffee-and-pumpkinbread @aria-i-adagio @demonteas @ia-bi-tia @apprentice-aquila @secndroute @magicthwink and whoever else sees this and wishes to do it 

Blank Question Template Beneath the Cut: 

1. What is their name?

2. Who named them? Was it their birth name? Did they choose their own name?

3. What does their name mean?

4. Why did you choose that name for your apprentice?

5. Do they have any nicknames or favorite pet names?

[carewyncromwell]

@kathrynalicemc Watching the new episode of Percy Jackson made me remember your precious sky captain and I'm sending this along to you as a token of my love 😘💛

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the most gorgeous image of mischief as Hermes in Percy Jackson & the Olympians 🪽✨

[anotherbotchedjump]

"Sabotage your dropchute." (Skitarii-Tribune)

The sargent was never particular short tempered even when someone decided to screw with him. Be it ork, Eldari or even Jules ‘accidentally’ striped it and hid it and spread it around the barracks but when he pulled the activation switch on his shoot did not fire he mearly laughed and flew straight into the dirt screaming “TOOK YOU DAMN LONG ENOUGH YOU FRAKKING GLOWING PSYCHOTIC BASTARD.” His last act was rippling of the golden aquila his mother had given him and chucking it into the wind. 

@skitarii-tribune

[madeforflowers]

do all of the space asks pls

Oh gosh here we go Comet- What are you currently frustrated about? + the fact that I’ve been only working part time, waiting for my kiddos hours to get approved so I can be her full time aide. The process just takes foreverBlack Hole- What are you most afraid of? + needles and being aloneGalaxy- Do you have any nicknames? What are they?+ people go off of variations of Julie (Jules, Juliebee, Juler) and then William calls me BugStar- What song(s) do you feel describes you?+ current song that comes to mind is ‘Eyes to the Sky’ by Jon Bellion (nix the religious aspect)Moon- Are you currently reading any books? If so, what book(s)?+ I’ve been reading a lot of Cathy Glass; abuse and fosteringPlanets- If you could go anywhere, where would you go? + any of the cold placesMercury- Describe your aesthetic+ I’m stuck hopping from Disney princess to the punk kid middle school me wishes she could have beenVenus- What’s your favorite tv show? + I don’t think I have one, truly. I’m currently watching Riverdale thoughEarth- If you could be anyone else for a day, who would you want to be?+ I’m happy being myselfMars- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change? + ditch the anxiety and make my feet smallerJupiter- If you had to pick one color to use for an entire week, what color would you choose?+ black Saturn- How far would you go for those you care about?+ pretty damn far. I will always do my bestUranus- What would you say is your greatest achievement? + I finally got better at cookingNeptune- Describe yourself in one sentence+ “I am that is”Pluto- If you could meet anyone, alive or dead, who would you meet? + I want to have a dance party with Jaclyn HillConstellations- If you could have one talent, what would you want it to be? (can be magical or not)+ I wish I was more artsyAsteroid- When you die, what do you want to be done with your body?+ cremated and tossed in the oceanAquarius- What’s a topic you enjoy learning about?+ psychology and anything to do with kidsAquila- Do you prefer to read books or watch movies?+ books for sureAries- What is something you enjoy doing?+ I really like embroidery! I’m not good at it, but it’s fun!Auriga- If you had to pick one villain from any media, who would you rather have to face and why?+ I want to shave Trumps head and rub all the fake tan off of himBootes- If you could have any animal, wild or not, fake or not, which would you want?+ a wolf, hands down for sureCancer- How do you want to be remembered?+ I want to be remembered as kindCanis Major- How many friends do you have? + more than one, less than one hundred Capricornus- What’s a song lyric that you relate to? + see the song answer, “I just wanna be happy”Cassiopeia- What’s your favorite quote?+ “I am that is” from Redwall. It has stuck with me since middle schoolCygnus- If you could go back to any time period for a couple days, when/where would you want to go?+ to be honest I don’t know much about history at all, so I have no clueGemini- Do you have any siblings? How many?+ I have one brother who is two years younger than meLeo- If you could change the way any movie was made, which movie would you change?+ nothing comes to mindLibra- If you could talk to your past self, what would you tell yourself?+ it will be okay, I promiseLyra- Would you rather be feared or loved?+ lovedOrion- What’s your favorite type of weather?+ cold and snowy Pegasus- What’s your favorite music genre? + pop punkPerseus- What’s your favorite movie genre?+ thrillers, not scary, just suspensePisces- Describe someone you love without saying their name.+ blueSagittarius- What do you do when you don’t feel well? What do you eat/drink? + sick, saltines and Gatoradeunhappy, carbs and sweets and wineScorpius- If you had to pick someone to betray you, who would you pick?+ a friend I guess? It sucks really really bad to lose friends, but I’ve done it before and survived Taurus- What makes you feel comfortable?+ feeling like I can be my complete self. My happy place is the oceanUrsa Major- If you had to pick any job to have, what job would you want? + what I do now, working with autistic kiddosVirgo- What do you value the most- artistic ability/creativity, musical ability, athletic ability, intellect, or work ethic?+ work ethic I think, out of all of theseNeutron- Are you more of a leader or a follower?+ is both an answer? I feel like over the years I’ve become more of a leader, but I wouldn’t describe my self as a leader 100%, you know?Supernova- How do you feel about yourself?+ really good. I am in a good place I thinkSupergiant- What’s something you like about yourself? + I can admit when I’m wrong and I will always try my bestRed Giant- Would you get into a debate/argument with someone if you heard them saying something you disagree with or know to be wrong, or would you stay silent?+ I would voice my opinion in a polite way I guessRed Dwarf- What’s your favorite smell? What smell makes you feel most comfortable? + favorite; floral and fruity smellscomfortable; tires lolProtostar- Give a random fact about yourself.+ I’ve had 12 surgeries and currently there is a large hole in my eardrum, so surgery number 13 is on its wayIF YOU ACTUALLY READ ALL THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I DID IT ON MOBILE AND IT TOOK FOREVER ❤️

[carewyncromwell]

PRECIOUS, WONDERFUL, DREAMY CAPTAIN BOY! 🥰 Gemini does SO fit Jules -- an Air sign for a heads-in-the-clouds sky-pirate captain! I absolutely love it. 💛

Julio Aquila + Star Sign

For @carewyncromwell and @oneirataxia-girl because you both asked for the same one 😂 I never pick OCs birthdays according to star sign but ngl this kinda fits him so well. It was fate ig

[ieatmovies]

THE EAGLE (2011) Fascinante, la destinée mystérieuse de la neuvième légion de Jules César dans une Ecosse brumeuse demeure une énigme historique: propice à l’imagination, la disparition de la cohorte de soldats ayant eu lieu au début du second siècle de notre ère se voit à nouveau revenir sur les écrans, après un CENTURION (2010) plus fantaisiste qui traitait de loin le sujet. Adaptation du livre de Rosemary Stutcliff, on ne va pas juger ici de la fidélité du film, mais bel et bien du long-métrage lui-même: tout d’abord, on retrouve Channing Tatum, dont le physique concorde avec l’aspect guerrier des statues romaines de l’époque, très impliqué, face et avec un Jamie Bell subtil et intrigant. THE EAGLE, c’est bel et bien l’aigle d’or, symbole de la neuvième légion, dont le père du héros faisait partie et n’est jamais revenu: jeune centurion, Marcus Aquila rêve de gloire, et de sauver l’honneur de la cohorte en récupérant leur emblème. Il va sauver un esclave, Esca, qui va lui être redevable, et ainsi le guider au nord, par-delà le mur d’Adrien: sauvage dépaysement surnommé “la fin du monde”, où survivent tribus pictes dialoguant en gaélique... Le voyage de ces deux hommes dont tout oppose, et qui inversent leurs rôles de seigneur et d’esclave, est tout bonnement fabuleux, THE EAGLE développant une belle histoire d’amitié, qui casse les barrières culturelles et natives: inattendu pour un film qui se vend comme un actioner post-300 (2006). Et bien non, guidé par la musique exceptionnelle de  Atli Orvarsson -SEASON OF THE WITCH (2010)- aux mélodies celtiques-ambiantes qui s’accordent à merveille avec les jolis panoramas traversés à cheval par les deux protagonistes, THE EAGLE a tout d’une oeuvre littéraire -gagné!- transposée à l’écran, bien narrée, avec ses icônes mis en valeur comme il faut -les plans “souvenirs” de l’enfance de Marcus, la mise en scène de l’Aigle-: de plus, les découvertes changent le film, scénaristiques, émotionnelles, impactant le récit sans concession. Un bonheur rythmique qui nous accroche, avec un héros têtu et volontaire, dont l’acolyte douteux lui est indissociable: inattendue, cette plongée historique pas si épique que ça -mais plus viscérale que prévue-: sans être aussi grand que BRAVEHEART (1995), THE EAGLE distille tout ce que l’on peut espérer d’une bonne surprise. Musique au top -un soundtrack superbe-, acteurs investis -Tatum est à fond-, réalisation propre -paysages réels-, le long-métrage généreux -2 heures- a hélas été mal reçu, sûrement par les fans du livre déçus, et autres cinéphiles pensant avoir affaire à un blockbuster guerrier: incompréhensible, au vu de son contenu maîtrisé et original, que le réalisateur Kevin MacDonald n’aie pas eu l’accueil qu’il méritait. Car le monsieur a fait l’imposant THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006), que tout le monde a aimé: un amour équivalent à celui de Kevin MacDonald pour l’Ecosse, qu’il transpose d’une belle manière à l’écran. Contagieux, forcément... THE EAGLE est définitivement un des films de la décennie, pour son immersion inédite et son propos méritant: avec des acteurs là où on ne les attend pas -Donald Sutherland-, et une pléthore de points forts techniques ou artistiques, on tient là le grand incompris de cette génération: un discret joyau du cinéma, scintillant à jamais.  ORDO AB CHAO /20

[sirfluffig]

Felix Felicity Witt - Crew Member for the Empyrean

As the youngest son of an infamous wizarding family in the northern parts of Germany, Felix never had much luck in his life. Often enough it would occur that people distrust or publicly exclude him due to the bad association they had with the Witt family.

This also made the young wizard's time at Hogwarts rather unfavorable, he was often picked on and didnt show the strength one would expect from a heir of a family like the Witts. Marked as a wimp and a charlatan, not even his family did really look him in the eyes. Everyone in his surrounding, even the teachers at Hogwarts, had given him the feeling of not-belonging, of not being good enough for the normal wizarding community.

This lack of guidance and the disdain of his birth family brought Felix down a darker path, not a cruel path, but certainly not the path a hero would take. He became a spy, a thief and a rogue overall. Using his knowledge of the upper classes of the criminal wizarding society and their vices for his advantage. His life as it is, wouldn't have a future anyways, so why not spice it up a little.

This was, till one fateful day, he was caught trying to extract some valuables from an air-ship docking in one of the few wizarding world havens. Seeing as Felix never encountered such a vehicle, he was certain that there had to be more curiosities inside. Though he was disrupted while rummaging through the crates.

Apparently the captain had returned earlier than suspected and now stood behind the thief in a rather intimidating manner and while Felix tried to talk his way out of this situation, it was obvious, even to him, that there was no escape from this one.

To Felix's surprise though, the Captain was more interested in the lock-picking and dispelling abilities of the rogue than the reasoning as to why he was in the airship in the first place. Not only that, but he didn't even seem really mad. Instead he offered Felix an alternative. Instead of having to fear a life surrounded by Dementors in Azkaban, Felix could join the crew of the “Empyrean” and make use of his nimbleness to secure ancient knowledge from hidden places.

Devoid of solutions, Felix had no other option than to accept that offer that Captain Jules Aquila had made him, so from now on, Felix will accompany the crew of the Empyrean and support them with his talent for magical dispelling and roguish charm, in hope to flee from his former life.

Yeah!! After a while of talking with @kathrynalicemc about this, I also made a forth-traveling crew member for the Empyrean, with the catch of a character that is more focused on the less heroic deeds that have to be done in the name of history, may that be picking locks, distract officials or smuggle things across borders. Though he wont be trusting at first, there is no chance he wont warm up to the rest of the crew in a heartbeat

[fondazioneterradotranto]

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La battaglia navale del Canale d’Otranto (14-15 maggio 1917)

Giovedì 11 maggio 2017. Ore 18.00.

Sala Convegni Hotel Palazzo Virgilio, Brindisi.

XI Convegno Nazionale di Studi e Ricerca Storica

La Puglia, il Salento, Brindisi e la Grande Guerra

VII sessione. La battaglia navale del Canale d’Otranto (14-15 maggio 1917)

  Le frontiere, materiali o mentali, di calce e mattoni o simboliche, sono a volte dei campi di battaglia, ma sono anche dei workshop creativi dell’arte del vivere insieme, dei terreni in cui vengono gettati e germogliano (consapevolmente o meno) i semi di forme future di umanità.

Zygmunt Bauman

Organizzazione:  Rotary Club Brindisi (ospitante); Società di Storia Patria per la Puglia (Sezione di Brindisi); Società Storica di Terra d’Otranto;  AssoArma Brindisi

  Lo sbarramento del Canale d’Otranto fu al centro, nella notte tra il 14 e il 15 maggio 1917,  della più grande battaglia navale avvenuta in Adriatico nel corso nella Grande Guerra.  Fu essa originata dal tentativo austroungarico  di forzare il blocco che impediva alla Imperial Regia Marina di uscire dall’Adriatico per accedere al Mediterraneo.

La marina dell’Intesa cercò quasi subito di chiudere l’Adriatico creando, fin dal 1915, uno sbarramento di pescherecci armati, drifters,  dotati di reti d’acciaio a strascico, per pattugliare la strettoia del canale di Otranto; lo scopo era quello d’ impedire ai sottomarini austroungarici di uscire nel Mediterraneo a caccia di bersagli. Questa barriera, di una cinquantina di imbarcazioni, era appoggiata dalla ricognizione aerea e da flottiglie di cacciatorpediniere pronte a intervenire al minimo allarme. Si trattava di un deterrente piuttosto efficace che, in pratica, paralizzò l’attività della marina austroungarica, tanto che essa tentò numerose volte di intaccarlo con incursioni a sorpresa, effettuate di notte a più riprese: 5 volte nel 1915, 9 nel 1916 e 10 nel 1917. L’operazione principale fu condotta nella notte del 14-15 maggio 1917; essa assunse il carattere di scontro navale vero e proprio e prese il nome di “battaglia del canale di Otranto”.

Al termine della battaglia navale di sicuro più importante dell’Adriatico le unità dell’Intesa colpite gravemente furono il Borea, l’Aquila, il Dartmouth, il Bristol con un bilancio di 7 morti sull’Aquila, 8 morti e 7 feriti sul Dartmouth, 11 morti e 12 feriti sul Borea mentre gli austriaci contarono 14 morti e 33 feriti sul Novara, 1 morto e 18 feriti sull’Hegoland, 3 feriti sul Saida. L’azione della squadra austroungarica ottenne un evidente successo, almeno a breve termine. Nello scenario generale, viceversa, questa bruciante sconfitta ebbe per conseguenza un fortissimo aumento dell’impegno navale degli alleati nel basso Adriatico, con lo schieramento permanente di una flotta di ben 35 cacciatorpediniere, tra cui anche unità australiane e statunitensi, 52 pescherecci e più di cento navi da guerra di vario genere, finché, nel corso del 1918, il canale venne sbarrato con una struttura permanente che chiuse la questione. In definitiva, anche questo scontro navale conferma che per quanto brillanti potessero apparire le iniziative degli imperi centrali, alla fine emergeva  la decisiva supremazia materiale dell’Intesa, che era in grado, all’occorrenza di schierare imponenti forze per fronteggiare le necessità contingenti della guerra. Cosa che, un poco alla volta, Germania ed Austria – Ungheria non potevano più fare. Il Materialschlacht imponeva le sue ferree regole anche tra le due sponde del mare Adriatico.

Nel giugno del 1918 l’Austria-Ungheria pianificò una grande offensiva sul Piave per fiaccare definitivamente le truppe italiane. Allo stesso tempo la flotta imperiale, al comando del neo-ammiraglio von Horty de Nagy-Banya, decise di supportare indirettamente tale offensiva con una grande azione navale: il forzamento del canale di Otranto. Horty, convinto del successo dell’operazione, aveva fatto approntare alcuni apparecchi cinematografici per immortalare l’affondamento delle navi italiane. Le unità austroungariche furono tuttavia avvistate dai MAS 15 e  21; il comandante Luigi Rizzo, individuata la “Santo Stefano”,  la silurò affondandola. Il MAS 21, del Guardiamarina Aonzo, lanciò sulla Teghetoff entrambi i suoi siluri, che colpirono ma non esplosero. L’azione ebbe il risultato tattico di fare rientrare il gruppo navale, senza procedere con la missione di forzamento del blocco,

Articolazione dei lavori:

Coordina e introduce i lavori

Antonio Mario Caputo, Società di Storia Patria per la Puglia

  Indirizzi di saluto

Salvatore Munafò, Presidente Rotary Club, Brindisi

Giuseppe Genghi, Presidente AssoArma, Brindisi

  Interventi

Amm. (Ris.) Stephan  Jules Buchet, Esperto di storia della marineria

Gli sbarramenti del Canale d’Otranto durante il primo conflitto mondiale

F. CLAUDIO RIZZA, Capo Sezione Archivi – Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare – Roma.

L’azione navale del 15 maggio 1917 – Lo svolgimento dei fatti

Giuseppe Maddalena Capiferro, Società di Storia Patria per la Puglia

Umberto Maddalena, Brindisi e la difesa del Canale d’Otranto

  Conclusioni

Domenico Urgesi, Società Storica di Terra d’Otranto