#kenneth lincoln

[nicklloydnow]

Judge Holden by Rob Wood (2021)

“The judge is clearly no ordinary mortal, but at times it is suggested that he is more of a god than a demon. Sitting half-naked in front of the fire, the judge is described as a "great pale deity" (92). Later, the judge appears as a statue of some godlike being or idol. His eyes, like a sculpture's, are "empty slots" (147). Sitting on the ground with "his hands rested palm down upon his knees," the judge seems to be engaged in deep meditation 147). Rick Wallach argues that here the judge " incarnates the attributes of an oriental deity." Specifically, "the judge's poses suggest Shiva," whose "visage, like Holden's, is always serene amid the carnage he engenders" (128-29). The men seated around the judge grow wary of this meditative state, "so like an icon was he in his sitting that they grew cautious and spoke with circumspection among themselves as if they would not waken something that had better been left sleeping" (147). The implication is that the men grow fearful in the judge's presence, because they sense something otherworldly and malevolent.

The judge is situated somewhere between the demonic and the godlike, a position that corresponds to the Gnostic view of the god of this world. As Hans Jonas explains, the Gnostics believed that demons known as archons "collectively rule over the world" and "are also creators of the world, except where this role is reserved for their leader, who then has the name of demiurge" and "is often painted with the distorted features of the Old Testament God" (43-44). The human spirit is "a portion of the divine substance from beyond which has fallen into the world; and the archons created man for the express purpose of keeping it captive there" (44). The demiurge and his archons conceal the existence of the divine source, or the alien God, in order to keep human beings imprisoned in the cosmos. Thus Gnostic theology identifies the biblical God, Yahweh, as a demon, responsible not only for the creation of the world but also for the obscuration of divine Reality. By conflating the creator God and the devil into one entity, Gnostic theology creates a new kind of deity, whose simultaneously demonic and godlike characteristics are reflected in the multifaceted enigma that is Judge Holden.

In "Gravers False and True: Blood Meridian as Gnostic Tragedy," Leo Daugherty argues that "gnostic thought is central to Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian" (159) and perceptively identifies the judge as one of the Gnostic archons, or perhaps even the demiurge himself. Daugherty writes that like the "archons, Holden also possesses all the other characteristics of Yahweh as the Gnostics saw him: he is jealous, he is vengeful, he is wrathful, he is powerful and - most centrally - he possesses, and is possessed by, a will" (163). The "Earth is the judge's" (164), writes Daugherty, and, indeed, the judge is described as seeming "much satisfied with the world, as if his counsel had been sought at its creation" (140). Christopher Douglas draws attention to McCarthy's use of "as if," arguing that it "marks the failure of traditional realist language to evoke the larger theological design behind the events of the novel and the impossibility of linguistically imagining the design that McCarthy suspects must lurk behind the amoral nothingness of the world" (13). Thus, far from dismissing the judge's participation in the creation of the world as a hypothetical fantasy, McCarthy's "as if" actually gestures toward the ineffable and unutterable reality of this vision.

Sitting in a saloon, the judge is depicted "among every kind of man, herder and bullwhacker and drover and freighter and miner and hunter and soldier and pedlar and gambler and drifter and drunkard and thief," but though he "sat by them," he remained "alone as if he were some other sort of man entire" (325). Once again, we may apply Douglas's reading to McCarthy's characteristic usage of "as if," identifying it as a linguistic marker pointing to a "larger theological design" rather than a simple exercise in hypothetical rhetoric. Although the judge seems perfectly at home in the crazed, blood-soaked world of Blood Meridian, it is continually suggested that he is somehow not of this world. This is yet another of the judge's paradoxical attributes that can be resolved in the light of Gnostic thought. Gnostic texts often refer to the world as the "inn" in order to emphasize the concept that the pneuma lives in temporary exile from its true home. The archons can be thought of as "the 'fellow-dwellers of the inn' though their relation to it is not that of guests" (Jonas 56). Hence, just as the archons inhabit the realm of the manifest world without being human, the judge walks among men while being no ordinary mortal. Furthermore, the judge's existence is not limited to the so-called Wild West of the 1850s, for he was also "among the dregs of the earth in beggary a thousand years and he was among the scapegrace scions of eastern dynasties" (325). This suggests that the judge cannot be limited by time, place, or social hierarchy; his existence stretches back to distant times, distant lands, and infiltrates all levels of human society, from beggar to king.

Most disturbingly, the judge seems to possess no beginning and no end. In a fit of ether-induced delirium, the kid experiences a revelation regarding the judge's mysterious lack of origins: "Whoever would seek out his history through what unravelling of loins and ledgerbooks must stand at last darkened and dumb at the shore of a void without terminus or origin and whatever science he might bring to bear upon the dusty primal matter blowing down out of the millennia will discover no trace of any ultimate atavistic egg by which to reckon his commencing" (310). The kid's vision reveals that the origin of the judge cannot be uncovered through genealogy, nor scientific enquiry; any attempt to do so will only lead one back to the primordial void, the chaos that precedes the existence of the cosmos in the creation myths of countless traditions. Similarly, the judge has no final destination; in the final paragraph of the novel he is dancing an eternal dance, reminiscent of Shiva's cosmic dance of destruction: "He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die" (335). Ordinary sleep is a minor prelude to the great sleep of death and the immortal judge is eternally wakeful.

Harold Bloom comments on the judge's lack of origins in How to Read and Why, but he curiously argues against a Gnostic interpretation of the passage. Despite the fact that Bloom identifies McCarthy as a Gnostic - "Faulkner is a kind of unknowing Gnostic; West, Pynchon, and McCarthy in their different ways are very knowing indeed" (237) - and is prepared to admit that "McCarthy gives Judge Holden the powers and purposes of the bad angels or demiurges [sic] that the Gnostics called archons," he inexplicably goes on to insist that McCarthy is actually telling "us not to make such an identification," because "any 'system,' including the Gnostic one, will not divide the Judge back into his origins. The ultimate atavistic egg' will not be found" (Modern Critical Views 4). I agree with Bloom's assertion up to a point, namely that the supernatural nature of the judge is such that he surpasses the limitations of the human mind and thus cannot be limited to any one system of thought. Nevertheless, certain aspects of the judge's nature may be illuminated by references to the various spiritual and philosophical traditions that have attempted to address the problem of evil. This is the line of argument adopted by Steven Frye, who argues that the judge's purported lack of origins should not discourage us from interpreting the literary figure in the context of various systems and traditions, including, but not limited to, "Judeo-Christian cosmology and typology, scientific materialism with its often purely atheist implications, the continental philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophical nihilism, and the fascinating conceptions of ancient Gnosticism." Frye argues that Judge Holden "is by no means a patchwork creation of competing philosophical configurations, but a distinctive artistic embodiment of darkness that stands apart but nevertheless draws on these various perspectives" (Understanding Cormac McCarthy 79). He adds that "it is perhaps more fruitful to consider that various notions of evil, literary or philosophical, partially illuminate rather than define his nature" (91). I would argue that although Gnosticism is not the definitive system through which one may arrive at an understanding of the judge, it is nevertheless a particularly useful one due to its preoccupation with the evil manifest in creation.

Furthermore, McCarthy subtly alludes to the judge's connection with Gnostic archons in his esoteric subheading to chapter 15, "The Ogdoad" (204). The heading refers to a scene in which the Glanton gang stumbles upon eight decapitated heads arranged in a circle. "The heads were eight in number . . . and they formed a ring all facing outwards. Glanton and the judge circled them and the judge halted and stepped down and pushed over one of the heads with his boot" (220). According to A Dictionary of Gnosticism, the ogdoad (Greek for "group of eight") is the "eighth sphere, above the seven planetary spheres" and "may be considered to be the sphere of the fixed stars, but may also be associated with the home of Sophia [the Gnostic personification of wisdom], or the demiurge, or in simpler cosmologies the home of the true God" (A. Smith 177). According to these "simpler" Gnostic cosmologies, the cosmos is ruled by seven archons, whose kingdoms are hierarchically arranged in concentric circles around the manifest world.In what is known as the "Ascent of the Soul" - a teaching common to both Hermeticism and Gnosticism - the souls of the dead must pass through the hebdomad (Greek for "group of seven"). During this process "all passions and vices are given back to the various spheres from which they were derived in the soul's original descent." Afterward, the "essential man' proceeds to the Ogdoad (Eighth) where he praises the Father with those who are there" (Pearson 279). In other words, the perfected spirit ascends to the "eighth realm," thereby returning to its divine source. By knocking over the eighth head, the judge reduces the ogdoad of the alien God to the hebdomad of the archons. If one considers the ogdoad to be the realm of the alien God, then the judge's action is symbolic of his denying transcendence to those who would seek to escape from the manifest world through spiritual development.

The very title of "the judge" carries connotations of biblical judgement, a concept that strengthens his resemblance to the demiurge and the archons. Harold Bloom writes that Judge Holden "seems to judge the entire earth" and the name Holden "suggests a holding, presumably of sway over all he encounters" (Modern Critical Views 4). The judge seems to be obsessed with bringing every animate and inanimate thing in creation under his jurisdiction. When asked why he shoots and stuffs birds, catches butterflies, presses leaves and plants between the pages of his ledger book, and sketches artifacts - often destroying the originals after their image has been recorded - the judge replies, "Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent" (198). This statement would be absurd if uttered by a mortal man, but chilling if uttered by an archon bent on keeping all things imprisoned in the fetters of manifest existence.

This reading also illuminates the judge's desire to have "the existence of each last entity . . . routed out and made to stand naked before him," so he might be "suzerain of the earth." When asked what a suzerain is, the judge replies, "He is a special kind of keeper," one who "rules even where there are other rulers," because his "authority countermands local judgements" (198). Once again, the judge's emphasis on judgment links him significantly to a Gnostic portrayal of Yahweh. Similarly, his insistence that he be the supreme ruler recalls Yahweh's commandment: "Thou shalt have none other gods before me. . . . Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God" (Deuteronomy 5:7, 9). As the Gnostics were quick to point out, Yahweh is actually unwittingly revealing the existence of another god, "For if there were no other one, of whom would he be jealous?" (qtd. in Pearson 66). Like Yahweh, the judge's insistence on being the sole ruler subtly suggests the existence of other "principalities," "powers," and "rulers of the darkness of this world" (Ephesians 6:12) with which he competes for supremacy.”

Most telling of all, however, are pronouncements the judge makes with his hands placed on the ground: "This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation" (199). Robert Jarrett explains that "dispensation . . . is a key term in evangelical Protestant theology, referring to the different covenants regulating the relations between Jehovah and man" (Cormac McCarthy 78). It is by such a "dispensation" that a "terrible covenant" (126) was formed between the mortal Glanton and the sinister, Yahweh-like Holden. Leo Daugherty also links this passage to Yahweh, arguing that "Judge Holden's power is not yet complete, since his will is not yet fulfilled in its passion for total domination" and that "this was also necessarily true of the Gnostic archons, just as it was true of the Old Testament Yahweh" (163). According to Gnostic thought, the demiurge and his archons must exercise their tyrannical rule in order to prevent the trapped fragments of the divine from returning to their source, for if all divine fragments were liberated, there would be nothing left to animate the dead matter of the cosmos. As Kurt Rudolph explains, "the powers which rule the world, the Archons . . . try to impede the [spirit's] return in order to prevent the perfecting of the world of light and thus protract the world process" (172). The archons are powerless in exerting their dominion over those who possess gnosis, or what the judge calls "pockets of autonomous life." Thus the judge knows that he will never be suzerain of the cosmos unless he can keep every living thing imprisoned in the manifest realm.” - Petra Mundik, ‘A Bloody and Barbarous God: The Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy’ (2016) [p. 35 - 40]

“Satan, avenging angel, albino monstrosity, or hyperrealist of paradise lost, the judge remains the most morbidly captivating character in Blood Meridian. He is reminder alone that the American west was at times a holocaust of Manifest Destiny and white supremacy, the devil's genocidal shibboleths.” - Kenneth Lincoln, ‘Cormac McCarthy: American Canticles’ (2010) [p. 87]

[denimbex1986]

'Along with its spellbinding portrayal of a morally complex American figure and harrowing depiction of the meticulous creation of nuclear bombs, Oppenheimer is an exhilarating cinematic showcase that audiences have not experienced in years. The new film by Christopher Nolan is being celebrated for its dense cast of movie stars and sturdy character actors. There is plenty of justified acclaim for the likes of Cillian Murphy as the titular role, Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, and even Jason Clarke as Roger Robb, but a cast this expansive and eclectic is prone to overshadow dynamic supporting performances, such as the brilliant performance by Dane DeHaan.

Dane DeHaan Is Part of a Hugely Talented Cast in 'Oppenheimer'

As news hit the public about the film's production, many were transfixed by the deep bench of its supporting cast. The extensive cast is a testament to Nolan's refraining from writing composite characters. It wasn't about who was starring in Oppenheimer, but who wasn't. Anticipation for Murphy receiving the promotion to leading status in a Nolan film and Downey finally emerging out of the post-Tony Stark shadow was paramount. He granted actors like Josh Hartnett and Alden Ehrenreich a revival after years of mainstream dormancy. Kids of the 2000s were baffled, but intrigued by the casting of Josh Peck and Devon Bostick in this austere historical biopic. On top of all this, Oppenheimer will also remind everyone why Dane DeHaan was one of the hottest assets in Hollywood not so long ago.

DeHaan, most known for his entrancing leading role in the Gore Verbinski film, A Cure for Wellness, Josh Trank's found footage superhero thriller Chronicle, and a handful of indie productions, had the makings of an off-kilter but captivating movie star. His appearances in films such as The Place Beyond the Pines, Lincoln, and Lawless equally shaped DeHaan as a reliable character actor. With his piercing blue eyes and gaze of inscrutability, the actor could undermine his boyish good looks with an internal sinister quality. A big break for DeHaan was unfortunately compromised by the unfavorable reception to Amazing Spider-Man 2, where he played Harry Osborn. The box-office bomb that was Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets in 2017 certainly didn't help matters either. His quick rise to fame in the 2010s appeared to have completely dissipated until he received the call from the master director of populist sentiments with ostentatious thematic structures, Christopher Nolan.

Who Does Dane DeHaan Play in 'Oppenheimer'?

In the new film about J. Robert Oppenheimer and his coordination of the creation of the atomic bomb under the Manhattan Project during World War II, DeHaan plays Major General Kenneth Nichols. He worked as a civil engineer on the Manhattan Project and subsequently joined the Atomic Energy Commission following the war as a military liaison. In 1953, Nichols was elevated to the general manager of the AEC, which was led by Lewis Strauss, who also spearheaded an investigation into Oppenheimer's loyalty to the United States as a result of his past ties to the Communist Party.

Like many of the roles played by recognizable faces, including Oscar-winning actors such as Casey Affleck, Gary Oldman, and Rami Malek, DeHaan doesn't have that much screen time. However, as is the case with the rest of the steep cast, it is not about what DeHaan brings to the plot but rather the presence he conveys. Captured in exquisite black-and-white photography, his reserved menace is tapped into throughout the film. From his first appearance, he is strikingly unmistakable with the glasses, slicked-back hair, and military officer uniform.

Oppenheimer is filled with countless mesmerizing shots under the eye of Nolan's cinematographer, Hoyte van Hoytema. In the same wavelength of under-the-radar magnitude, a scene involving a meeting between Oppenheimer, Strauss, and other AEC officials features a quick and subtle shot of a floral arrangement being moved aside, which reveals Nichols sitting in a seat previously blocked by the object. He is seen glaring into the soul of Oppenheimer, as the film has established to be following from the physicist's perspective. The reveal has the suddenness of a jump scare, and with this seemingly innocuous shot, Nolan shows that a minor character with nefarious intentions for our protagonist is lingering, waiting for his moment.

In the film's somewhat divisive third act, which intercuts between Oppenheimer's security hearing, a more-or-less character deconstruction covertly ordered by Strauss, and the confirmation hearing of Strauss' appointment as Secretary of Commerce by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nichols plays a subdued, yet crucial role. Strauss, who resents Oppenheimer for dismissing his concerns regarding the Soviet Union's progress in manufacturing atomic weapons, digs up the physicist's alleged ties to communism, notably surrounding his romantic relationship with Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh), to effectively deny his influence in bureaucracy.

While in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the location of the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer wants to hear the status of his government clearance and he asks Nichols, who was in charge of security parameters of the site. In choice words, he informs the soon-to-be father of the atomic bomb that he is overstepping his boundaries with this inquiry. The U.S. military-industrial complex, and by proxy, him, ultimately determines the fate of Oppenheimer and the entire project. The doctor triggers suspicion among his military superiors when a colleague of his is believed to have leaked intel to the Soviets regarding the Manhattan Project. At this moment, Nichols operates as a sobering reminder of Oppenheimer's obligation to serve under a master in the U.S. government. His virtuosic mind for quantum theory does not run the show here.

DeHaan Conveys a Quiet Menace in a Brief Amount of Screen Time

In the timeline presenting the legal face-off between Oppenheimer and Strauss, Nichols enlightens the latter on the former's questionable background. Taking place in the early 1950s, when the second Red Scare led by infamous Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy was rampant in the political climate, Nichols is dauntingly representative of the paranoia at the heart of the bureaucratic system, as he feeds Strauss with the indictable information of Oppenheimer's loose communist ties. DeHaan conveys a particular brand of government sleaze in his brief performance — a deplorable superior officer who uses power to maintain control at all costs. He precisely embodies the government's lack of integrity depicted in the film, the kind that expresses no remorse for deploying weapons of mass destruction, but aggressively upholds a moral panic over political alignment.

DeHaan's performance crystallizes an important overarching theme of the film. The collision of idealistic groundbreaking science colliding with the military-industrial complex amounts to Robert Oppenheimer being a helpless figure, contrary to Nolan's claim that he is the most important individual in the history of civilization. The power and influence that figures like Nichols possess is a rude awakening for hopeful pioneers like Oppenheimer, who is immensely conflicted with his ego and the monstrosity that he created, and Strauss, who fancies himself more as an advocate for science rather than an empty-suit bureaucrat. Both of them are expendable in the eyes of the suppressive system carried out by Nichols.

Despite his prowess and inclination towards spectacle-driven action and science fiction, Christopher Nolan allows Oppenheimer to excel as a chamber drama featuring dynamic performers talking in legal hearings. The film is the closest instance of Nolan directing an Aaron Sorkin script (many have cited The Social Network as a fitting companion piece to this film). Banding together this plethora of compelling screen presences to discuss nuclear physics and yell in suits over eyewitness testimony is an ingenious way of exploiting their respective untapped abilities. It is refreshing to see this volume of familiar and respected faces on screen, even in a limited amount of screen time such as Dane DeHaan, who brilliantly portrays a general conveying the overbearing power of the military-industrial complex, sometimes with just a glare.'

[deadpresidents]

Can you tell us more about James A Garfield and is there any media of him that you recommend? All I know is the book by Goodyear..

I always say that Garfield was one of the big "What if?" Presidents in American history had he not been assassinated. He was a fascinating character and could have been the transformational leader that propelled the United States through late-Reconstruction and the Gilded Age in ways that the other Presidents between Lincoln and McKinley were unable to do. Garfield was young (just 49 years old when he died), energetic, charismatic, absolutely brilliant, and aggressively progressive. He had ideas and the ability to implement them instead of simply being a steady hand. And, like JFK in a way, he brought his young, attractive family to the White House and that could have helped him lead the country in a different direction than his less engaging contemporaries who immediately preceded and succeeded him like Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison. Garfield also had a somewhat mystical quality to him that I also believe would have captivated many Americans in an entirely new manner than most Presidents. The fact that he was only President for 199 days -- most of which were spent fighting for his life after he was shot -- is one of the great missed opportunities of American history.

For more on Garfield, the C.W. Goodyear biography that you mentioned, President Garfield: From Radical to Unified (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO), is the most recent (published in 2023) and fresh look at his life and career. But there are several others that I'd highly recommend checking out:

•Garfield by Allan Peskin (BOOK | KINDLE), was published in 1978 and, for many years, was the best, most in-depth full-fledged biography on Garfield. It's still a must-read, in my opinion. •Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield by Kenneth D. Ackerman (BOOK | KINDLE), was published in 2003, and is an excellent look at Garfield's shocking nomination and election in 1880, brief Presidency, and tragic assassination. •Touched With Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War That Made Them by James M. Perry (BOOK | KINDLE), was also published in 2003. It's not a full biography of Garfield, but a look at the five Presidents who saw combat during the Civil War -- Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and McKinley -- and how those experiences shaped them. •Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by the always-awesome Candice Millard (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO), was published in 2011 and it is the definitive book on Garfield's assassination. It's a detailed illustration of the shooting that wounded Garfield and his brutal, two-and-a-half -month-long battle to attempt to survive his wounds -- a battle that was ultimately lost largely due to the botched medical "care" that the President received after he was shot. Candice's book reads like a novel and it's apparently the basis for the upcoming Netflix series, "Death by Lightning" featuring Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nick Offerman.

Also, PBS's American Experience released a fantastic, two-hour-long documentary on Garfield's assassination in 2016 called Murder of a President, which was also partially based on Candice Millard's book. I'm pretty biased when it comes to American Experience, which I believe is a national treasure, but Murder of a President is especially good. I don't know if you can watch it directly from the PBS American Experience website right now, but you can find the film on sites like iTunes and Amazon Prime.

[aimeedaisies]

Court Circular | 6th November 2024

Buckingham Palace

The Princess Royal, on behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, Learning and Work Institute, and President, Carers Trust, this afternoon attended the “Driving Change” Conference at City Lit College, 1-10 Keeley Street, London WC2, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

Her Royal Highness, President, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, this evening attended a Reception at Brunswick Group, 16 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2, and was received by Ms. Roxane Zand (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

The Princess Royal, Patron, Shaftesbury, later held a One Hundred and Eightieth Anniversary Dinner at St James’s Palace.

[eludin-realm]

Character Name Ideas (Male)

So I've been browsing through BehindTheName (great resource!) recently and have compiled several name lists. Here are some names, A-Z, that I like. NOTE: If you want to use any of these please verify sources, meanings etc, I just used BehindTheName to browse and find all of these. Under the cut:

A: Austin, Aiden, Adam, Alex, Angus, Anthony, Archie, Argo, Ari, Aric, Arno, Atlas, August, Aurelius, Alexei, Archer, Angelo, Adric, Acarius, Achilou, Alphard, Amelian, Archander B: Bodhi, Bastian, Baz, Beau, Beck, Buck, Basil, Benny, Bentley, Blake, Bowie, Brad, Brady, Brody, Brennan, Brent, Brett, Brycen C: Cab, Cal, Caden, Cáel, Caelan, Caleb, Cameron, Chase, Carlos, Cooper, Carter, Cas, Cash, Cassian, Castiel, Cedric, Cenric, Chance, Chandler, Chaz, Chad, Chester, Chet, Chip, Christian, Cillian, Claude, Cicero, Clint, Cody, Cory, Coy, Cole, Colt, Colton, Colin, Colorado, Colum, Conan, Conrad, Conway, Connor, Cornelius, Creed, Cyneric, Cynric, Cyrano, Cyril, Cyrus, Crestian, Ceric D: Dallas, Damien, Daniel, Darach, Dash, Dax, Dayton, Denver, Derek, Des, Desmond, Devin, Dewey, Dexter, Dietrich, Dion, Dmitri, Dominic, Dorian, Douglas, Draco, Drake, Drew, Dudley, Dustin, Dusty, Dylan, Danièu E: Eadric, Evan, Ethan, Easton, Eddie, Eddy, Einar, Eli, Eilas, Eiljah, Elliott, Elton, Emanuel, Emile, Emmett, Enzo, Erik, Evander, Everett, Ezio F: Faolán, Faron, Ferlin, Felix, Fenrir, Fergus, Finley, Finlay, Finn, Finnian, Finnegan, Flint, Flip, Flynn, Florian, Forrest, Fritz G: Gage, Gabe, Grady, Grant, Gray, Grayson, Gunnar, Gunther, Galahad H: Hale, Harley, Harper, Harvey, Harry, Huey, Hugh, Hunter, Huxley I: Ian, Ianto, Ike, Inigo, Isaac, Isaias, Ivan, Ísak J: Jack, Jacob, Jake, Jason, Jasper, Jax, Jay, Jensen, Jed, Jeremy, Jeremiah, Jesse, Jett, Jimmie, Jonas, Jonas, Jonathan, Jordan, Josh, Julien, Jovian, Jun, Justin, Joseph, Joni, K: Kaden, Kai, Kale, Kane, Kaz, Keane, Keaton, Keith, Kenji, Kenneth, Kent, Kevin, Kieran, Kip, Knox, Kris, Kristian, Kyle, Kay, Kristján, Kristófer L: Lamont, Lance, Landon, Lane, Lars, László, Laurent, Layton, Leander, Leif, Leo, Leonidas, Leopold, Levi, Lewis, Louie, Liam, Liberty, Lincoln, Linc, Linus, Lionel, Logan, Loki, Lucas, Lucian, Lucio, Lucky, Luke, Luther, Lyall, Lycus, Lykos, Lyle, Lyndon, Llewellyn, Landri, Laurian, Lionç M: Major, Manny, Manuel, Marcus, Mason, Matt, Matthew, Matthias, Maverick, Maxim, Memphis, Midas, Mikko, Miles, Mitch, Mordecai, Mordred, Morgan, Macari, Maïus, Maxenci, Micolau, Miro N: Nate, Nathan, Nathaniel, Niall, Nico, Niels, Nik, Noah, Nolan, Niilo, Nikander, Novak, O: Oakley, Octavian, Odin, Orlando, Orrick, Ǫrvar, Othello, Otis, Otto, Ovid, Owain, Owen, Øyvind, Ozzie, Ollie, Oliver, Onni P: Paisley, Palmer, Percival, Percy, Perry, Peyton, Phelan, Phineas, Phoenix, Piers, Pierce, Porter, Presley, Preston, Pacian Q: Quinn, Quincy, Quintin R: Ragnar, Raiden, Ren, Rain, Rainier, Ramos, Ramsey, Ransom, Raul, Ray, Roy, Reagan, Redd, Reese, Rhys, Rhett, Reginald, Remiel, Remy, Ridge, Ridley, Ripley, Rigby, Riggs, Riley, River, Robert, Rocky, Rokas, Roman, Ronan, Ronin, Romeo, Rory, Ross, Ruairí, Rufus, Rusty, Ryder, Ryker, Rylan, Riku, Roni S: Sammie, Sammy, Samuel, Samson, Sanford, Sawyer, Scout, Seán, Seth, Sebastian, Seymour, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Sheldon, Shiloh, Shun, Sid, Sidney, Silas, Skip, Skipper, Skyler, Slade, Spencer, Spike, Stan, Stanford, Sterling, Stevie, Stijn, Suni, Sylvan, Sylvester T: Tab, Tad, Tanner, Tate, Tennessee, Tero, Terrance, Tevin, Thatcher, Tierno, Tino, Titus, Tobias, Tony, Torin, Trace, Trent, Trenton, Trev, Trevor, Trey, Troy, Tripp, Tristan, Tucker, Turner, Tyler, Ty, Teemu U: Ulric V: Valerius, Valor, Van, Vernon, Vespasian, Vic, Victor, Vico, Vince, Vinny, Vincent W: Wade, Walker, Wallis, Wally, Walt, Wardell, Warwick, Watson, Waylon, Wayne, Wes, Wesley, Weston, Whitley, Wilder, Wiley, William, Wolfe, Wolfgang, Woody, Wulfric, Wyatt, Wynn X: Xander, Xavier Z: Zachary, Zach, Zane, Zeb, Zebediah, Zed, Zeke, Zeph, Zaccai

[valkyries-things]

LESLIE MARMON SILKO // WRITER

“She is an American writer. A woman of Laguna Pueblo descent, she is one of the key figures in the First Wave of what literary critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. Silko was a debut recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant in 1981. the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 and the Robert Kirsch Award in 2020.”

[drfirsnogayny]

Monsmon AU

General (Usual + School)

Characters:

Blue:

👽 Caerisar

👃 Harry

💦 Bob

🐟 Paul

🦈 Ubaldo

☁️ Nicolas

🦑 Tony

🪸 Caleb

🐸 Fred

🏝️ Calvin

Red:

🔥 Martin

🪑 Charles

🚬 Cyrille

🏜️ Duncan

🦙 Stewie

🦆 Duke

🧟 Timothy

🐲 Derek

🎸 Harold

😎 Henry

Green:

🍉 Madison

🌳 Tristan

🍸 Stuart

🧑‍🌾 George

🌪️ Otto

🌿 Green

💩 Dave

🍅 Mattew

🐽 Faust

👑 Leon

Yellow:

🙂 Davon

🐙 Octavian

📕 Felix

🕊️ Marshall

👺 Peter

🐏 Lincoln

🏴‍☠️ Chester

👮 Anatoliy

👔 Sawyer

💎 Jeremy

Purple:

🧅 Otis

👁️ Kenneth

🧸 Peppy

🐡 Filbert

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💀 Ogden

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Characters that you can ask with! East Coast Sparky's/Elizabeth Doloras Universe:

Garrett Altman (21) - is a quick-witted math student living in Maine with his parents Vanessa Altman (nee Pendle) and William “Bill” Altman, Garrett is the leader among his friend because he was the oldest of them all. Garrett is determined to make his father proud, Garrett is quick witted solves every equation and math thing that’s why Kenneth Kirby hired him for the Westview branch of Sparky’s after Kennteh saw him and his friends in a career day exhibit at the Lacome Stadium in North Carolina. Garrett has been pining on Pomni but there’s one person who is jealous of Pomni - his other friend Zoey Toadstool. Garrett has a stepsister from his father’s second wife Alma Altman named Giullia Marie.

Zoey Toadstool (17) -  is the black sheep of the friends of Garrett, growing up without a mother, because she never met her since she was born, Zoey was technically an orphan after her father Douglas Toadstool was arrested for driving under the influence, Zoey feeling sad for the loss of her both parents, Zoey took meds and bottling up her emotions, then became hostile towards her boss, Grenola himself, and advicing him to do the same thing as she did for herself, after Nola’s own trauma of Chuck Atwood/RJ Schmidt despite Chuck is being in jail since 2007. Zoey and Garrett remained friends even though Zoey is a bit different than his other friends. Zoey almost got herself expelled after hurting a teacher by words, but Pomni shielded her. Zoey is currently living in Heathever, Georgia alone with her hound dog named Elvie, named after Elvis. 

Pomni Taxinoff (Помні Таксинофф) (20) -  Pomni is a Ukrainian woman who lives in Menken, Maryland with her mother Marsha Taxinoff, father Olig Taxinoff and maternal grandma Alyna Zylinskiy. Pomni’s parents immigrated from Ukraine to United State to have a better life after her parents was on the run from USSR officers, she was born in 1989 right before her parents are on the run for betraying the nation’s rule, Marsha knowing wanted the safety of her daughter against USSR officers went to United States in 1990, to live a normal life, then USSR collapsed in 1991, when Pomni was two years old. Pomni is crafty and shy one in the group of new employees of the East Coast branch of Westview. And she was in love with Lincoln Miller-Chien despite Garrett having a crush on her. And Pomni according to Garrett is “most lovely woman that her touch is felt like a tulip petal on a spring day”. Pomni likes animals, especially her favorite, the sea otter and her favorite foods are borscht and ice cream. 

Albert “Al” Wartwhiz (20) -  Al was the bulky one in the group of the new Westview branch of Sparky’s, he currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts, Al was a son of a former soldier Naveen Wartwhiz and a gumbo restaurant owner Tiana Wartwhiz, Al grow up in a close-knit black family who cares about values of kindness and loyalty, when he met Garrett, Al and Garrett became close friends despite of their races being different to another. Al is the resourceful on the food sources for Sparky’s, despite being a vegetarian.

Lincoln Hal Jordan Jeremy “Lincoln”  Miller-Chien (19) -  Lincoln Miller-Chien is the “chief of tech” among Garrett’s friends, he is Hong Kongese-Canadian, the son of the single father William Thomas Fred “Willy” Miller-Chien, Lincoln grew up in Palo Alto but he moved to New Jersey with his dad for a new leaf for education and meet Garrett and his friends, Lincoln was a huge tech whiz since 8, and he was really bad at biology that he treated Al like his BFF and Lincoln also was Giulia’s favorite among her stepbrother’s group of friends. Lincoln also likes to make small computer out of his father’s old computers for reducing e-waste.

Elizabeth Doloras (27) -  a Latina-American woman who works as the new security guard at Sparky's, a well-known ice cream parlor in San Fransisco bay started in 1938 by two Japanese couple who wants to set foot on the United States, Elizabeth, commonly known as Betsy was  Nina Doloras (nee Adormidera) and Hector Doloras’ eldest daughter, Elizabeth had a cat named Alex and 2 younger siblings named: Johnny (6) and Abby (2) and had an elder brother named Zachary (37)

Elizabeth’s love interest is Claude Gauza, her childhood friend, and Elizabeth was hired by K&A Hiring LLC to investigate some mysterious disappereances of kids in New Kansas City, Missouri. But little does she know that her life will turn upside down to the all supernatural and paranormal experiences will she had to face.

Claude Gauza (31) -  an American-British man who was also a bi, is the childhood friend of Betsy, they been on together since 3, and they stick together even Claude has a crush on another girl - Grenola Robinson, Claude was always this last kid left out when he is in elementary. Claude is the son of Mrs. Eva Gauza, a proud single mother who raised Claude without even knowing his father was - Claude had always looked up to Mr. Hector Doloras as his father figure, since Claude didn’t have a biological father, Claude’s lacking of a real dad led him to meet his love interest slash best friend Elizabeth Doloras.

Thomas Hamilton (22) - is a bisexual man who likes football and Air Supply, he is claude’s first ever friend after Betsy, Thomas is Gerrit Burr’s boyfriend and Thomas is skilled writer and he wrote only 4 books before. Thomas is an orphan who was adopted by Nora and Samuel Hamilton, a realtor and a former security guard respectively. 

Gerrit “Gerry” Burr (24) -  is a gay man who was Betsy’s friend at her past work at a hospital as a janitor, he is a storage manager, he came out as gay at the age of 23 in secret. Gerrit was the son of  Kevin and Ashley Burr, the co-founders of the K&A Hiring LLC, Gerry was in the closet for most of his life until he met Thomas, the love of his life. Gerry likes to put bacon on his sundae, because he like the texture of it. He and thomas are inseparable.

Allegra Akeeni (27) -  is the former high school bully of Elizabeth Doloras, now a frenemy of Elizabeth’s. Allegra was the daughter of the Gusqlo, California mayor Aundre Akeeni and the D-list model Ashley Akeeni (nee Maison-au-Canard), Allegra once dated Claude, until second grade college, when Claude broke up with her after she spread bad rumors about Grenola, Claude’s crush back in the day. Allegra is a makeup model for the New Jersey-based brand Westmend, despite being rich - Allegra is morally grey, she is sometimes nice to Claude and also Allegra’s the reason Elizabeth is jealous to Grenola, Allegra is mostly remembered as a mean girl to Betsy’s life, calling poor Elizabeth Doloras “Lizzie” instead of Betsy, but Allegra put her past behind her and made amends with Betsy, for now - they’re frenemies. 

Janise San Juanita (early 20s) -  is a really nice Latina woman and Betsy’s co-worker at Sparky’s, Janise wanted to have a kid but her infertility prevents her from having one, so Janise was attached by one of the kids who’s keeps on coming back to Sparky’s,Samson Leith, a kid with extremely high intelligence 

Logan Adams (23) -  is one of Thomas’s friend in the queer community and also a former bully, he is bi just like Thomas, but Logan is more attracted to girls just like Claude, and one thing about Logan is that he likes to paint and his idols were Georgia O’Keefe, Frida Kahlo and Margaret Keane, Logan is also caring and kind to his grandpa, Timely Adams, who raised him when he was a baby. Logan doesn’t have a girlfriend yet. But he wants to have someone to be with forever. He tried to date Allegra Akeeni but failed, Allegra just flatout broke up with him after 4 months of seemingly loving but toxic relationship.

Reina Kate Gauza (22) - Reina is Claude’s non- binary sibling, and uses they/them pronouns, they are a smart but shy person, they like to dance, paint but they are terrible at painting, Reina is also the child of Eva Gauza, being non-binary makes Reina’s life even more challenge, since they had to face some really bad things about them, but Reina is proud to have Claude as their brother. Reina likes to dye their hair in pastel colors, since Reina really loves the show “Care Bears”. Reina is a loving and generous person. 

Daryl "Spike" Allen (28)- Daryl is the one of the persons who really likes Elizabeth as a friend, and for a good reason, he has a rocky and disastrous relationship with ever Miss Perfect, Grenola Robinson herself. Daryl was hopeful that he and Grenola would end up together but end up with a hurtful break up for Daryl and a liberating break up for Grenola herself. Daryl doesn’t know that’s the last time he’ll see her as Grenola mysteriously disappeared. And due to his presumed heartache, he came out as pansexual.  Grenola Robinson (16)/” Stephen Hassenfeld”/Stephen Robinson Kugler (47) - she is the former college rival of Elizabeth Doloras, Grenola is the daughter of Nino and Abigail Robinson, she is a bit jealous at Elizabeth for being in love with Claude Gauza - and it’s not Grenola’s fault, Claude and Elizabeth are friends since forever. While she’s the definition of perfect, she was in fact one of the worst-ranking employees of Sparky’s, making things worse, doesn’t give the things customer wants and still being jealous at Elizabeth, after being assisted to Avalon to the infamous ball pit, she and Avalon mysteriously disappeared, days after the mysterious reappearance of Stephen D. Hassenfeld make the people confused, since the real Stephen passed away in June 1989 due to pnemonia and cardiac arrest. No one knows Grenola became Stephen because of the “magical” but cursed ball pit.

Sunshine of the Bliss (SOTB) Universe:

Tulip Betrand/Cho Jae-ra/Faye Willow Cho-Hassenfeld  (18,as of 2005)  is the daughter of the former Hasbro CEO Stephen D. Hassenfeld and a former actress and Sang-Dwan’s sister, Cho Jin-li, and the adopted daughter of Tom and Gabriella Betrand, Tulip grew up in a household with free lunch - that her “parents” make in the bakery downstairs, Tulip at a young age was curious about the stars and the dwarf planet (back then before 2006 a planet) Pluto. After she take her dream job as an intern in a space camp near Toulouse, Tulip experienced some hate after some workmate notices she looked different than her parent that was her “mother” Gabriella say that she is not her and Tom’s real daughter rather a daughter of Gabriella’s close friend, Jin-li with the late Stephen D. Hassenfeld.  Tulip at a young age, was fascinated in the world of Transformers and the GI Joe without knowing her past. Geno Courgeouand (17, as of 2005) -  is an African-French timid and shy man and also Tulip’s best friend since 10, Geno is a really timid and shy but really creative and loyal person who defends Tulip from her bullies in high school and also mean workmates in space camp. Geno likes courgette as a food, and he really likes to read manga with his friend Tulip. Geno also thinks Tulip’s beautiful. Geno likes to read sci-fi novels too and Geno’s parents Sabrine Courgeouand (nee Cragrise) and Orion Courgeouand  in fact named him after Geno, a character from Mario RPG game.

Fleur Fontaine (22,as of 2005) -  is Tulip’s worst enemy and the workmate Tulip hated the most, Fleur is a pretty woman but mean to Tulip, Fleur is a daughter of one of Gabriella Bertrand’s friends, Deanna Fontaine. Grew up with a single mother, Fleur grew up to mean because she’s a daughter of a maid in Meilee au Fromage, and treating her like a spoiled princess, that is until Jae-ra (Tulip) in 1987 and Jeanette in 1992, when the maids are taking care of the two instead of her - Fleur became jealous on what Tulip had become - the favorite, that’s why she’s tailing the job of Tulip - because if she can’t fight enemy, join her, the word “join” meant for Fleur that expose her “worst enemy on earth”, Tulip Bertrand aka Half of An Asian Girl or Faker Girl to Fleur.

Mitchell Cawthon (19,as of 2005) - is Tulip's bi co-worker at the Toulouse International Space Camp, he is closeted most of his life until he met Connor,and he came out to Tulip in an after sleepover party. Mitchell used to date Fleur before Tulip came to work, but after Fleur is mocking Tulip, he calls it quits, but Mitchell is bisexual because he was attractive to both men and women. Mitchell's parents approve of his relationship with Connor. Mitchell is a big fan of the shows, Star Trek and Scrubs. 

Andrew Robeurre (30, as of 2005) - is one of Tulip's co-workers, Andrew is a tech wiz and was hired by Toulouse International Space Camp in 1998 making him the oldest employee in the batch of the “New Generation” in TISC, Andrew grew up as the only son of his parents, he only has 4 sisters, and he grew fondly of computers during his childhood. 

Connor Astruc (18,as of 2005) - is one of Tulip's co-workers, Connor has been openly gay man since 2004, but he didn't openly say he is dating Mitchell, until Tulip came as a co-worker of his. Connor grew up on a farm in Versailles, France, and likes to crack jokes and explore space, and also computers. Connor is a fan of Scrubs, Naruto and he likes to play hockey. Norinne Agrasse (28, as of 2005) - is a headstrong employee of Toulouse International Space Camp, she is the one of the two daughters of George and Zharie Agrasse, Norinne grew up in a small cottage in Toulouse, and grew up to be a beautiful and brave woman who stands up for herself and her friends, she met Andrew in a job fair in 1996 and Norinne has a crush on Andrew and she hid it as a secret until 2007, a certain Tulip Betrand let Norinne date with Andrew for real. Besides being an employee of space camp, she is also the leader of the 2000s fan club of Cho Jin-li despite knowing that Jin-li abandoned Norinne's co-worker Tulip in an orphanage as a baby years ago.

Abigail Julie Marie Zaslav (20, as of 2005) - is the twin sister of William Christopher Patrick and the biological brother of Tulip Bertrand, Abigail or Bhie is the favorite of Scott Matthew Zaslav, Abigail as a kid likes to watch anime and do voice impression, as she grew up, her dreams isn’t fulfilled as she became a board member of AlphaHelius that she hated on, but her only dream is to be a voice actress or a voice coach, after her twin stepped down as CEO, Abigail was hired by Les studios Starlight de magie et d'histoires as a voice coach for the voice actors for new dubbed movies. Beside that, Abigail had a weird talent - she could lick her elbow. She discovered that she’s Tulip’s sister from a DNA test.

William Christopher Patrick Zaslav (20, as of 2005) -  is the twin brother of Abigail Julie Marie and the biological brother of Tulip Bertrand, he and Abigail was given away by Cho Jin-li to Scott Matthew Zaslav, due to she can’t have child with Stephen Hassenfeld without getting bombarded with the paparazzi, well technically he’s not an adopted child of Scott, so does Abigail until 2000 after Joanne’s passing, Scott adopts them properly, William, like his sister Tulip had a brief CEO stint that he hated, now he is a golf player and free from the burden that he once thought his gateway to have his late biological dad’s love.

Kim Sae-chang aka Zoey Kimber Kim (16, as of 2005) -  is Tulip’s biological half-sister and the heiress of BINGO Corporation, Sae-chang was initially was the “evil stepsister” figure of Tulip when we first met her, that’s until Sae-chang met Edmond in one of the parties she is attending in the bar, that is when Sae-chang’s childhood shines - she was raised by her dad, but her mom - she just neglect her like a day old muffin or a fake Transformers toy, because of an “errand” in Rhode Island alone, “errand” meant was to visit a man she loved - and it’s not Sae-chang’s uncle Sang-Dwan or Sae-chang’s dad Seu-tim, it was someone else, Stephen Hassenfeld.  Sae-chang’s English name is Zoey Kimber, she was named after Zoey from Zoey 101 and Kimber Benton from Jem and the Holograms. 

Narcisse Betrand (37,as of 2005) -  is the oldest child and the breadwinner of the Betrands. Narcisse is the most beautiful woman and she is a college professor in Ecole de Resevoir de Chien, a school for veterinarians, Narcisse is a perfectionist, but a kind big sister to Tulip.  Narcisse likes to study the wonders of cats and dogs - in fact her mom Gabriella gave her first pet, the dalmatian named Ollie, that Narcisse really loved cats and dogs since then. 

Aster Bertrand (34,as of 2005) -  is the middle child of the Bertrands and an amateur fashion designer, Aster was used to be Tom and Gabriella’s favorite daughter until her sister Tulip came into the picture. Aster was very funny and gifted and had a very fine eye on good fashion. Aster and Tulip are like best friends and they have maintained their long-lasting friendship since Tulip came to Tom and Gabriella’s life as a baby. Aster is like the cool sister of Tulip and likes anything in fashion that she became a fashion designer and had designed Tulip’s Halloween costume since Tulip’s 7.  

Jobs: Amateur fashion designer 

Daisy and Marigold Bertrand (27,as of 2005) -  are the twin daughters and the [SPOILER] the youngest children of Tom and Gabriella Betrand, Daisy is the preppy daughter who likes to collect Barbies and bunch of tamagotchi, and Marigold is the athletic and tomboyish one, and it shows, Daisy helped her sister Aster in her fashion show and Daisy won local French tournaments on cricket contests, Daisy and Marigold at least had one hobby that make them similar on one way on another is their love of video game, the Gamecube game Luigi’s Mansion is their favorite.  Daisy likes to play hockey too, but as a hobby not a competitive one. Marigold’s  full name is Marigold Cream-Peaches Bertrand and Daisy’s Daisy Princesse Bertrand. 

Jeanette Samantha Marina Delaney (20,as of 2005) - is a fellow orphan and the first friend of Tulip, when she was Jae-ra, Jeanette likes to play  in the playground, her favorite game is “ jump on the moon aka “Atterrissage Par Saut sur la Lune”, where the person sing Frère Jacques song and count to six and jump as high as you can, she was daughter of Sandra Cerise Delaney (nee Verdi) and Zachary Terry Delaney who both died in a long battle of subdural hematoma (Sandra in 1988) and bile duct cancer (Zachary in 1990), she arrived at the Meille de Fromage when she was 7 in 1992, was adopted by Zachary’s brother, Michael Jean Delaney and Sabrina Rose Delaney in 1996, a year after Tulip was adopted by the Bertrands. Jeanette, as of 2005 is working in a local observatory near the orphanage and she had braces when she’s 17.

Amelia Caberra “Amy” Collins  (19, as of 2005) -  is also a fellow orphan of Tulip, back when she was Jae-ra, Amy was a big secret Jin-li fan, that’s why she joined the theater group in Meilee du Fromage Orphanage, Amy was a very passionate actress, she was introduced by Jae-ra (or Tulip) to the world of theater during a field trip to London in 1992, and Amy fell in love with the plays and musicals in the first place - in fact she married her co star in a play [Les Mis] and had currently had three kids. Amy is the son of Ferrett and Brittany Collins, with the former divorced Brittany and Brittany, in the safety of her own being against Ferrett’s abusive dad, Caesar Paul Collins, Brittany leaves to the orphanage and stays there from 1988 to 1996, until Brittany gets her back, and shares custody with Ferrett.

Carlos Bellanger (22, as of 2005) -  is a very energetic boy in the Meilee du Fromage, he likes to spend time to be in the library, and he is the only of three kids in the orphanage with none of the parents alive beside Jeanette and Edward, Carlos is a person who  has a passion to be a writer, in fact - Jeanette was his best friend beside Jae-ra (Tulip), Carlos grow up to be a lanky boy - and became a B-lister freelancer sci-fi author and is now currently a single father  with one daughter. Carlos’ parents died in a rainy-day truck accident in 1989, hence Carlos was sent to Meilee orphanage.

Jeremy Andy Olsen (23, as of 2005) -  is happy go lucky kid, despite one of his parents died, he is in the orphanage, because his mom couldn’t care him anymore, but promises she’s gonna come back - and she does in 1998, Jeremy is currently finding some hobbies, and currently doesn’t have a job - because he didn’t want to and was going to enjoy his inner childhood until had a job. Currently is working on a new AI chatbot since 2019 called JAVO, named after his own acronyms but he had the meaning different, related to grief therapy.  Jeremy’s dad Abe died due to cancer, and Shelley remarried to Fritz Ramirez, and Fritz adopted Jeremy as his own son. (On the contrary to popular belief Jeremy is not Mitchell Cawthon)

Ashlan Brinleigh  (16, as of 2005) -  is very smart girl who likes to explore the space and the only orphan who does have foster parents, when she grew up, growing up in the orphanage, Ashlan is very strong girl despite looking like a regular girl, and Ashlan became one of the astronauts who is working in Toulouse International Space Camp, the same space camp her follow alumni in Meilee du Fromage, Tulip Bertrand (Cho Jae-ra) worked at.

Marva Arlena (19, as of 2005)-  is a girl who was raised in a farm before her mother died in 1990 of a cardiovascular disease, Marva grew up in a simple farm in Bulgaria, and her father put her in the orphanage after her mom’s passing - the only thing that she kept from her mom after death is the pink bonnet she sewed for her since she was a baby, Marva grew up to be a beautiful woman who is working as a charity service worker for Meilee du Fromage orphanage. Currently living with her life partner and their kids in an apartment in Avignon.

Edward Deresin (19,as of 2005) -  is a boy who likes to collecting car parts, he is one of the three Meilee du Fromage Orphanage’s batch of orphans from 1987-1994 who doesn’t have both of the parents alive, Edward was born to two British couple, and the two raised him and live a normal life  until his parents death - Victoria’s in 1987 due to drowning and Ilya due complications of Parkinson’s disease to in 1988, then Edward was sent to the orphanage, he was adopted by a Dominican couple because the woman (Camilla) has a condition that she couldn’t get fertilized by her husband. They adopted Edward, Edward grew up to be a car lover, and became a car dealer in Sta. Cruz, California and met his wife there, and they got married virtually in 2020, and had one son. Edward is currently living in Sta. Cruz California  with his wife and son, now has a car seller shop of his own, his first shop opened in 2013, his first name might be an acronym of a well known avenue in the Philippines - but according to the orphanage it might be coincidence that Edward was born the same day the People Power Revolution happened. But Edward’s parents are history fanatics so it’s no coincidence.

 

Goldy Mertice (21, as of 2005) -  is the sweetest orphan in Meille du Fromage, born in 1984, she was raised by her mother and grew up on fairy tales, but after her childbirth her father Kurt died of stroke in 1990, ended up in the orphanage, Goldy never give up on her dream, then in adulthood, she became an author under the wing of Penni Germaine, and Goldy married a fellow author name Cris Shaun Collins Kelly and had 4 kids named after fairy tale princesses (well two of them are twins and both named after Sleeping Beauty) What is Persevering:

Alessandra Owens Payne (18) -  Alessandra, or better known as Sandie,is a very energetic girl who likes to make her art feel so close to her, she's also the head cheerleader of a prestigious school in California, she was bullied for how she looks or how she acts as different from "Americans" which had Sandra sank deeper to her guilt of having her "red thread of love" cut off because he was dead - but that makes her more hated by her peers at her school, because her so-called soulmate is nothing but dark effects of their bullying - a man who died way before Sandra was born, the legendary CEO of Hasbro, Stephen Hassenfeld

Sandra is now very reserved and quiet and if you approach her, play along or she might hate you for saying that her love isn't possible. Alessandra or Sandra or Sandie likes to paint and has an expertise in ballet and gymnastics. She is the daughter of Farini Payne (nee Kasakana) and Eddie Simon Payne

Cassandra Leressa McLearson (18) -  Cassandra is the bestest friend of Sandra - she’s sweet and smart, and anything of a best friend-type of person, Cassandra is the class president of Saint von Halechi School in California, but there’s one thing Cassandra or Cass didn’t know about Sandra - is that her bestie suffered in a silent grief from a man she never knew ever. Cassandra is 2007 Best in Math in Summerville Elementary in Juguete de Oscuridad Nocturna,California.

Marie Turquoise and Samuel Topaz DeBeerse (19) -  Prepare for double trouble - here comes the twins that ruins poor Alessandra’s life, Marie Turquoise is the popular girl and Samuel is the head jock of the school’s football (American Football for the international readers) team, Marie and Samuel are the twin children of Miss Allity and Evan DeBeerse, a well known but smaller businesspersons who owned DeBeerse (the e is silent), a rip-off of the famous diamond company DeBeers.  Marie is a straight up, mean, bonafide bully and fellow cheerleader in Sandra’s peers, who stirs up nothing but trouble Sandra and Cass and thinks she’s superior to them. Samuel, on the other hand, was not your typical jock, and beneath his jerky outside, Samuel is sensitive and never shows it to his sister, who treats him like a tool rather than a brother. Their middle names are actually named after gemstone  because their parents owned a rip-off DeBeers company 

Stella Schenstrucc (17) -  the only female member of the Mathlete club, Stella’s one of a kind bonafide math student who knows math, even in her sleep, Stella is a typical nerd - glasses, bookworm, and likes math, but Stella not like every other nerd is a great artist, likes to make clay sculptures of animals like ducks, dogs, and even endangered species like red panda, Philippine eagles and even the macaws. Stella is the daughter of the local philanthropist Leith Schenstrucc and the former ballerina turned teacher Claire Schenstrucc (nee Schuyler). 

Olivia M. Ritterman (18) -  Olivia Ritterman is a mysterious, elusive, and really private student, she is the leader, founder and the only member of the computer club in Saint von Halechi School, Olivia or only known as her username in the messaging app of the school as Info_retro4709, Olivia knows about everything in the school - every nooks and crannies, she knows, Olivia born as Olivia Merma Ritterman to a middle-class couple Meridith Lyndsey Ritterman and Edwyn Brent Ritterman, Olivia, during her childhood her mom called her Ollie, and growing up Olivia/Ollie never wants to play with the other kids, and wants to tinker on computer parts on her father’s garage, in college, Olivia’s anonymity sometimes is useful when sometimes needed her without knowing her true identity for some useful tactics: like when Marie cheated as class president, Olivia hacked to the school mainframe and exposed what a phony Marie was and other useful white hat hackers Robin Hood-like tactics. But Olivia on Sandra is like a predator peeling her fragile little world after Marie and Olivia/Ollie had truce to salvage Marie’s ruined reputation after the class elections in the past. 

Elliot Zachary Orensteene (19) -  Elliot is a member of the Glee Club, and know Sandra longer than Cass, Elliot was Sandra’s best friend since “diapers”, Elliot is a great singer and has a voice of an angel, Elliot was the son of DeBeerse (not a typo) employees, Venetia and Daryl Orensteene, Elliot likes to compose music and wants to go as a film composer when he grow up to an adult, for now - he’s the leader of the Glee Club’s cheering band.  Ask Symbols:

🍨- East Coast Sparky's/Elizabeth Doloras Universe 🧵 - What is Perservering 🌷- SOTB

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The Cast of The Road to El Dorado

From here

KEVIN KLINE (Tulio) has been honored for his work on the stage and the screen. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the comedy "A Fish Called Wanda." More recently, he was recognized with the IFP’s Gotham Award for "The Ice Storm," and a Golden Globe nomination for "In & Out." He had previously received Golden Globe nominations for his performances in "Dave," "Soapdish" and "Sophie’s Choice."

Kline is a two-time Tony Award winner for his work on Broadway in "The Pirates of Penzance" and Hal Prince’s production of "On the Twentieth Century." He also garnered Drama Desk Awards for both productions.

A graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama, Kline is a founding member of John Houseman’s The Acting Company, with which he made his Broadway debut in Chekov’s "The Three Sisters." His additional theatre credits include "Arms and the Man" and "Loose Ends," both at Circle in the Square; the title role in Chekov’s "Ivanov" at the Lincoln Center Theatre; the title role in the 1986 and 1990 productions of "Hamlet" at New York’s Public Theatre, the latter of which he also directed, both for the stage and again for PBS’ Great Performances series; and the New York Shakespeare Festival presentations of "Richard III," "Henry V," "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Measure For Measure."

Kline made an auspicious feature film debut in Alan Pakula’s "Sophie’s Choice," opposite Meryl Streep. He then joined the ensemble cast of "The Big Chill," which began his long association with writer/director Lawrence Kasdan. They have since collaborated on "Silverado," "I Love You to Death," "Grand Canyon" and "French Kiss." Kline’s other film credits include "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," "Wild Wild West," "Fierce Creatures," the voice of Captain Phoebus in the animated musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Looking for Richard," "Princess Caraboo," "Chaplin," "Cry Freedom" and the screen version of "The Pirates of Penzance."

KENNETH BRANAGH (Miguel) is an award-winning actor, director, writer and producer. He adapted, directed and starred in 1989’s "Henry V," which brought him dual Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Director and for which he won BAFTA and National Board of Review Awards for Best Director. He was more recently Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 1996 release "Hamlet," which he also starred in and directed. Branagh also received a SAG Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Othello," and produced, adapted, directed and starred in "Much Ado About Nothing," which earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Feature. His upcoming film credits include a musical version of Shakespeare’s "Love’s Labour’s Lost," which he adapted, directed and stars in.

In addition, Branagh directed and starred in "Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein," which he also produced, "Peter’s Friends" and "Dead Again." His other credits as an actor include "Alien Love Triangle," "Wild Wild West," Robert Altman’s "The Gingerbread Man," Woody Allen’s "Celebrity," "The Theory of Flight," "Swing Kids," "A Month in the Country" and "High Season." He also narrated the Oscar-winning documentary "Anne Frank Remembered," and, in 1993, received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short for "Swan Song." That same year, he was honored with the British Academy’s Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Branagh studied at England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and made his professional stage debut in "Another Country." Joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was seen in such plays as "Love’s Labour’s Lost," "Hamlet" and "Henry V" before leaving to form his own successful theatre company. His other stage work includes sold-out productions of "Hamlet," "King Lear" and "A Midsummer Night’s Dream."

ROSIE PEREZ (Chel) received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for her work opposite Jeff Bridges in Peter Weir’s "Fearless." She was discovered by Spike Lee, who cast her in "Do The Right Thing," and she subsequently starred in such films as Ron Shelton’s "White Men Can’t Jump," Jim Jarmusch’s "Night on Earth," Tony Bill’s "Untamed Heart," Andrew Bergman’s "It Could Happen to You," Alexandre Rockwell’s "Somebody to Love," Seth Zvi Rosenfeld’s "A Brother’s Kiss" and Nancy Savoca’s "The 24 Hour Woman," which she also co-produced. She will next be seen starring opposite John Leguizamo in Seth Zvi Rosenfeld’s "King of the Jungle."

Perez began her career as a choreographer for such artists as Bobby Brown, LL Cool J and Diana Ross. She went on to choreograph and direct the Fly Girls on Fox TV’s "In Living Color."

She made her first foray into producing with "Rosie Perez Presents Society’s Ride," which ran as three parts on HBO. She conceived and executive produced "Subway Stories," an anthology of short films by prominent and new directors, which also aired on HBO. Most recently, Perez entered into a unique deal with Artists Television Group (ATG) to develop, star in and executive produce a television comedy series.

ARMAND ASSANTE (Tzekel-Kan) has most recently been recognized for his work in a number of acclaimed network and cable projects. He won an Emmy Award and garnered Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for his portrayal of John Gotti in the HBO movie "Gotti." He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Odysseus in the miniseries "The Odyssey," and both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his work in the miniseries "Jack the Ripper." Most recently, Assante starred as the Confederate commander of the first submarine in TNT’s true-life Civil War drama "The Hunley."

On the big screen, Assante received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in Sidney Lumet’s "Q&A," and won a Special Jury Prize at the USA Film Festival for his performance in the title role of "Belizaire, The Cajun." Among his additional film credits are "Striptease," "Judge Dredd," "Trial by Jury," "The Mambo Kings," "Hoffa," "1492: Conquest for Paradise," "The Marrying Man," "I, the Jury," "Little Darlings," "Private Benjamin" and "Paradise Alley."

A native New Yorker, Assante graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his professional acting debut on the stage in "Why I Went Crazy," under the direction of Joshua Logan. His subsequent stage credits include the Broadway productions of "Boccaccio," "Comedians," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Kingdoms."

EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (The Chief) has received honors for his work in films and on television. He garnered both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and won an Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of inspirational teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver." He more recently earned acclaim for his role in Gregory Nava’s biopic "Selena," in which he starred as the Tejano singer’s father. He had previously worked with Nava in the film "My Family/Mi Familia."

On the small screen, Olmos won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the HBO drama "A Burning Season." He had earlier collected his first Golden Globe for his starring role in the series "Miami Vice." This season, Olmos appears in the recurring role of Judge Mendoza on the new series hit "The West Wing." He has also starred in such longform projects as "Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story," "The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three," "12 Angry Men," "Hollywood Confidential," "Dead Man’s Walk" and "Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills."

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Olmos first gained attention for his performance in the Broadway musical "Zoot Suit," for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He later recreated his role in the film adaptation. His film credits also include "Wolfen," "Blade Runner," and five films for director Robert M. Young: "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez," "Saving Grace," "Triumph of the Spirit," "Talent for the Game" and "Caught."

In 1992, Olmos made his feature film directorial debut with "American Me," in which he also starred. He also executive produced the award-winning documentary "Lives in Hazard," which addressed gang prevention.

[power-chords]

Read alone, the phrase ad bellum purificandum—toward the purification of war—is ambiguous. On the standard reading, it suggests that war can somehow be purified, distilled so as to rid it of impurities. But it can also be read as referring to a purification that is effected by means of war. A line from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address offers an example: "Yet, if God wills that [the war] continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said 'the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.'" A somewhat different example would be a war of ethnic cleansing.

The texts of Burke's Grammar and Rhetoric make it clear enough that his motive in that great exploration of motivation was to purify war rather than to purify by means of war. Having lived through a half century marked by massive genocides and two world wars, Burke sought to understand how the warlike impulse might be distilled into symbolic action. And if the text of the work to which ad bellum purificandum serves as epigraph were not sufficient to disambiguate the phrase, the couplet of which it forms the second member—recorded and translated nicely above—does the trick.

But why, having inscribed the unambiguous couplet over his window frame, did Burke choose to inscribe only the ambiguous second member of the couplet on the flyleaf of the Grammar of Motives? Perhaps he just didn't notice the ambiguity, as I suspect most of his readers don't. But Kenneth Burke was not most readers. Surely he would have noticed the ambiguity created by removing the first line of a couplet he himself had apparently written in the first place. So what might he have meant in creating this ambiguity?

Jim Zappen underscores the preposition ad in the epigraph, with its ironic suggestion of a hope forever unrealizable. Perhaps even deeper in that ad is the suggestion of a fork in the road before which we stand at each moment of our increasingly tenuous existence. One direction leads toward transforming our bellicose impulses into symbolic action—debate, ritual, poetry. The other leads toward holocaust. And as another great twentieth-century sage once said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

[nicklloydnow]

“The misfits ride on without farewell and encounter skin-dressed ciboleros returning with dried buffalo meat from the plains and ride on, "each passing back the way the other had come," as all travelers endlessly pursue inversions on other men's journeys. Such are the pointless peregrinations of amoral men without women, children, compassion, or reason, save hunting the skins and meat and scalps of living beasts and unlucky victims. The mindless violence begins to circle back on itself, the tale's low comic dialogue mute.” - Kenneth Lincoln, ‘Cormac McCarthy: American Canticles’ (2010) [p. 83]

[lboogie1906]

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American and Caribbean-born military pilots who fought in WWII. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Forces. The name applies to the navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks, and other support personnel.

All African American military pilots who trained in the US trained at Moton Field, the Tuskegee Army Air Field, and were educated at Tuskegee University. The group included five Haitians from the Haitian Air Force and one pilot from Trinidad. It included a Hispanic or Latino airman born in the Dominican Republic.

March 22, 1942 - The first five cadets graduate from the Tuskegee Flying School: Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Second Lieutenants Mac Ross,

Charles DeBow, L.R. Curtis, and George S. Roberts. They will become part of my the famous 99th Pursuit Squadron. List of Tuskegge Airmen.

Paul Adams (pilot)

Rutherford H. Adkins

Halbert Alexander

William Armstrong

Lee Archer

Robert Ashby

William Bartley

Howard Baugh

Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler

George L. Brown

Harold Brown

Roscoe Brown

Victor W. Butler

William Burden

William A. Campbell

Herbert Carter

Raymond Cassagnol

Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr.

Herbert V. Clark

Granville C. Coggs

Thomas T.J. Collins

Milton Crenchaw

Woodrow Crockett

Lemuel R. Custis

Floyd J. Crawthon Jr

Doodie Head

Clarence Dart

Alfonza W. Davis

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (C/O)

Charles DeBow

Wilfred DeFour

Gene Derricotte

Lawrence Dickson

Charles W. Dryden

John Ellis Edwards

Leslie Edwards Jr.

Thomas Ellis

Joseph Elsberry

Leavie Farro Jr

James Clayton Flowers

Julius Freeman

Robert Friend (pilot)

William J. Faulkner Jr.

Joseph Gomer

Alfred Gorham

Oliver Goodall

Garry Fuller

James H. Harvey

Donald A. Hawkins

Kenneth R. Hawkins

Raymond V. Haysbert

Percy Heath

Maycie Herrington

Mitchell Higginbotham

William Lee Hill

Esteban Hotesse

George Hudson Jr.

Lincoln Hudson

George J. Iles

Eugene B. Jackson

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.

Alexander Jefferson

Buford A. Johnson

Herman A. Johnson

Theodore Johnson

Celestus King III

James Johnson Kelly

James B. Knighten

Erwin B. Lawrence Jr.

Clarence D. Lester

Theodore Lumpkin Jr

John Lyle

Hiram Mann

Walter Manning

Robert L. Martin

Armour G. McDaniel

Charles McGee

Faythe A. McGinnis

John "Mule" Miles

John Mosley

Fitzroy Newsum

Norman L Northcross

Noel F. Parrish

Alix Pasquet

Wendell O. Pruitt

Louis R. Purnell Sr.

Wallace P. Reed

William E. Rice

Eugene J. Richardson, Jr.

George S. Roberts

Lawrence E. Roberts

Isaiah Edward Robinson Jr.

Willie Rogers

Mac Ross

Robert Searcy

David Showell

Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

Eugene Smith

Calvin J. Spann

Vernon Sport

Lowell Steward

Harry Stewart, Jr.

Charles "Chuck" Stone Jr.

Percy Sutton

Alva Temple

Roger Terry

Lucius Theus

Edward L. Toppins

Robert B. Tresville

Andrew D. Turner

Herbert Thorpe

Richard Thorpe

Thomas Franklin Vaughns

Virgil Richardson

William Harold Walker

Spann Watson

Luke J. Weathers, Jr.

Sherman W. White

Malvin "Mal" Whitfield

James T. Wiley

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson

Henry Wise Jr.

Kenneth Wofford

Coleman Young

Perry H. Young Jr.

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[free-for-all-fics]

Obscure Character List - Male Edition (A-M)

Obscure Characters List - Male Edition

Obscure Characters I love for some reason (A-M). (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why. UPDATED: Tumblr is being a butt about post length or something so I’m splitting up the lists.

A

Abraham Alastor/Anthony Clarke (Dark Pictures Little Hope)

Adam (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Adam (Hallmark Frankenstein 2004)

Al Capone (Night at the Museum)

Alan McMichael (Crimson Peak)

Alec Fell (Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy)

AM (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)

Amphibian Man/The Asset (Shape of Water)

André Toulon (Puppetmaster series)

Anthony Walsh (Blood Fest)

Anton Herzen (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box)

Ardeth Bay (Mummy series)

Armand (Queen of the Damned 2002)

Armando Salazar (Pirates of the Caribbean 5)

B

Barnaby (Sabrina Down Under)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns)

Baron Meinster (Brides of Dracula)

Beast/Hank McCoy (X-Men, Kelsey Grammer version)

Beast/Prince (Beauty and the Beast 2014)

Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer)

Bernard the elf (Santa Clause series)

Black Phillip (The VVitch)

Blade (Puppetmaster series)

Bughuul (Sinister 1 and 2)

C

Caliban/John Clare (Penny Dreadful)

Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

Captain James Hook (Peter Pan 2003)

Cedric Brown (Nanny McPhee)

Christian Thompson (Devil Wears Prada)

Colonel William Tavington (The Patriot)

Cornelis Sandvoort (Tulip Fever)

Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire (DC comics/Teen Titans)

D

Daniel Le Domas (Ready Or Not)

Death (Final Destination series)

Dimitri Allen (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future)

Dimitri Denatos (Mom’s Got a Date With a Vampire)

Dustfinger (Inkheart)

Dr. Alexander Sweet/Dracula (Penny Dreadful)

Dr. Gregory Butler (Happy Death Day 1 & 2)

Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)

Driller Killer (Slumber Party Massacre 2)

E

Edward Gracey (Haunted Mansion 2003) 

Edward Mordrake (Urban Legend/American Horror Story Asylum)

Edward/Eddie “Tex” Sawyer (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3)

Elemer of the Briar (Elden Ring)

Erik Carriere (Phantom of the Opera 1990)

Ethan (Pilgrim 2019)

F

Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)

Faustus Blackwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Fegan Floop (Spy Kids trilogy)

Fox Mask/Tom (You’re next)

G

George Knightley (Emma)

Ghost/Mitch (Haunt 2019)

Godskin Apostle (Elden Ring)

Godwyn the Golden (Elden Ring)

Gold Watchers (Dark Deception)

Greg (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies)

Grim Matchstick (Cuphead)

Gurranq Beast Clergyman (Elden Ring)

H

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (Broadway, Rob Evan version)

Henry Sturges (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Hugh Crain (Haunting of Hill House, the book and 1963 film. Not the Flanagan show or 1999 movie remake)

Hugo Butterly (Nancy Drew, Danger by Design)

I

Ingemar (Midsommar)

J

Jack Ferriman (Ghost Ship)

Jack Worthing/Uncle Jack (We Happy Few)

Jafar (Once Upon a Time, not the Wonderland spin-off)

Jan Valek (John Carpenter’s Vampires)

Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough/Alex (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter (Arkhamverse! Video Games)

Jester (Puppetmaster series)

John (He’s Out There)

Joseph “Joey” Mallone (Blackwell series)

Juan (The Forever Purge)

Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood (Elden Ring)

K

Kalabar (Halloweentown)

Kenneth Haight (Elden Ring)

Killer Moth/Drury Walker (Teen Titans)

King Paimon (Hereditary)

L

Lamb Mask/Craig (You’re next)

Lamplighter (The Boys)

Launder Man (Crypt TV)

Lawrence “Larry” Gordon (Saw series)

Loki (Apsulov: End of Gods)

Lucifer (Devil’s Carnival 1 & 2)

M

Magic Mirror (Snow White 1937/Shrek)

Man in the Mask (The Strangers)

Manon (The Craft)

Man-Thing (Marvel’s Werewolf By Night)

Marco Polo/Merman (Crypt TV)

Marcus Corvinus (Underworld series)

Markus Boehm (Nancy Drew, the Captive Curse)

Mephistopheles (Faust’s Albtraum)

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne)

Miquella (Elden Ring)

Mirror Man (Snow White and the Huntsman)

Mr. Crow/Aldous Vanderboom (Rusty Lake series)

Mr. Le Bail (Ready Or Not)

Mr. Slausen (Tourist Trap)

[deadpresidents]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN •Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Lincoln by David Herbert Donald (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Trilogy by Sidney Blumenthal: -A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I, 1809-1849 (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) -Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II, 1849-1856 (BOOK | KINDLE) -All the Powers of the Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vol. III, 1856-1860 (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

ANDREW JOHNSON •Andrew Johnson: A Biography by Hans L. Trefousse (BOOK) •Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy by David O. Stewart (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation by Brenda Wineapple (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •High Crimes & Misdemeanors: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Gene Smith (BOOK)

ULYSSES S. GRANT •Grant by Ron Chernow (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant by Ronald C. White (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace by H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's Heroic Last Year by Charles Bracelen Flood (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition by Ulysses S. Grant, Edited by John F. Marszalek (BOOK | KINDLE)

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES •Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President by Ari Hoogenboom (BOOK) •Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876 by Roy Morris, Jr. (BOOK | KINDLE)

JAMES GARFIELD •President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield by Kenneth D. Ackerman (BOOK | KINDLE) •Garfield by Allan Peskin (BOOK | KINDLE)

CHESTER A. ARTHUR •The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur by Thomas C. Reeves (BOOK | KINDLE) •Chester A. Arthur: The Accidental President by John M. Pafford (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Mark Twain’s influence on contemporary writing and Kenneth Rowe screenshots

https://marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryphal-twain-writing-is-easy-all-you-have-to-do-is-cross-out-the-wrong-words/

So in the 1980′s there were a lot of quotes misattributed to various people. Mark Twain was one of the targets. This kind of is emblematic of the problems with story structure tracing as well.

Kenneth Rowe, 1939 Has diagrams similar to the ones used to describe the modern 5-act. He might also be responsible for the misunderstanding of Poetics by Aristotle.

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.183007

All the “good playwrights” cited are male. Again, there is a lack of citation of where he got his ideas and some of them attributes to Aristotle are erroneous. (No one fact checked him). I found out later he stole most of his work from Joseph Esenwein who got it from Selden Lincoln Whitcomb, who celebrated a woman, George Elliot. (Making Rowe a royal AH--trying to retcon George Elliot out of the record for being a woman and Whitcomb because he celebrates women as validly good writers?).

https://thewritepractice.com/five-act-structure/ So this is what people think 5-act structure is now, but like most White straight men, also doesn’t cite his sources.

Dude, cite your sources. Or you can’t cite them because you don’t know the origin story?

Children Kidnapped for Ben Jonson plays. So Ben Jonson doesn’t have a clean slate either--he was an AH, but an interesting one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yrvYGTj8iM

[linksmiths]

nicholas     galitzine.     he/him.     cis - man.          ›          spotted     at     the     met     steps,     lincoln     “ link ”     smith,     most     likely     listening     to     kerosene!     by     yves     tumor     with     their     airpods     pro.          the     twenty - eight     year     old     gained     quite     a     reputation,     known     to     be     - stubborn     yet     + witty     to     anyone     who     knows     them.          you'll     easily     spot     them     when     you     hear     about     a     collection     of     cds,     a     pile     of     books,     printed     out     posters     of     horror     movies,     followed     by     kenneth     cole     black.          latest     nepoupdates     article     talks     about     a     twitter     scandal     rocking     mayoral     race:     leaked     rant     tweets     from     influential     figure’s     son     threaten     father’s     campaign,     but     i     guess     any     reputation     is     good     reputation.

son     of     politics     and     glamour

born     and     raised     in     the     heart     of     new     york     city

the     offspring     of     a     prominent     politician     and     a     socialite,     surrounded     by     both     power     and     elegance

personality     snapshot

a     headstrong     and     determined     individual,     lincoln     doesn't     back     down     easily

quick-witted     and     armed     with     a     sharp     tongue,     he's     a     master     of     clever     comebacks

beneath     his     tough     exterior     lies     a     kind     heart     and     a     natural     ability     to     bring     smiles     to     faces

collector's     passions

enthusiastic     collector     of     rock     cds,     building     a     treasure     trove     of     timeless     tunes

avid     reader     of     novels,     exploring     worlds     beyond     the     city's     limits     through     words

horror     movie     poster     aficionado,     adorning     his     space     with     the     spookiest     visuals

business     and     beyond

college-educated     in     business,     equipped     with     a     strategic     mind

currently     dedicating     his     talents     to     his     father's     mayoral     campaign

balancing     his     role     in     politics     with     his     personal     passions     and     aspirations

a     social     media     quandary

recently     caught     in     a     media     storm     as     his     private     twitter     account     got     leaked     to     the     press

his     candid     tweets     now     pose     a     potential     threat     to     his     father's     political     campaign

navigating     the     complexities     of     personal     expression     in     a     world     where     every     word     matters