#la sheik

[linkedarena]

Here are some designs for the Zeldas! They aren’t picrews this time because I feel like it’s too specific for that, so it’s descriptions of them instead. (As well as their personalities)

Sheik (Masks Zelda)

-Keeps the long yellow hair down

-Her dress is the same but the pink is replaced with blue and the Sheikah symbol is there along with the Triforce

-She can easily switch to her disguise at any time

-One eye is blue, the other red

-scars on her back

-Doubts her decisions a lot

-observant

-In a royal setting, she is polite and stoic

-In a different setting she is curious and talkative

-She is good friends with Masks and nothing more

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Blossom (Rev’s Zelda)

-hair is never kept up, it’s dirty blonde

-her eyes are blue

-her dress is pink still bit it has both the Hyruliean Triforce and the Lorulian Triforce on it. It’s short and less regal

-she wears a blue cloak over it when not in a royal setting

-she doesn’t wear a crown

-ring from Rev

-bracelet from Ravio to help with being a painting

-Regal and fair when fulfilling her duty

-stubborn and soft

-lovers with Reverie, they’re courting in secret (for now)

-kind and great with children

-highly respected in the kingdom

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Sunny/Sun (Cloud’s Zelda)

-hair styled the same is in game

-knight’s armour on, it’s pink this year

-her eyes are bluish green

-carries around supplies in a bag that she wears most of the time

-cloud and her are lovers

-she’s bright, stubborn and fierce

-an energetic person

-when she needs to be serious she’s withdrawn and quiet

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Athena (Captain’s Zelda)

-hair always up

-crown placed visibly on her head

-her dress is replaced with full on gear (pink)

-her eyes are a bright blue

-carries a dagger in her clothes, and a shield on her back

-fierce, serious, calculating

-she can be charming sometimes 

-when she’s relaxed she likes to banter

-Athena is friends with Captain now, but she longed to be with him in the past

-has a lot of regrets

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Soul (Spirit’s Zelda)

-cut her hair short

-skin is really pale but not translucent 

-her jewelery has Lokomo symbols all over it

-her dress didn’t really change, but she likes to wear a matching suit with Spirit

-Green eyes

-cheery and stubborn

-Super expressive

-a little bossy and impatient

-but she's overall really kind

-Soul is planning to confess her love for Spirit soon

-In a royal setting, she is honest and serious

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Roy/Royal (Dusk's Zelda)

-She got rid of the braids and dyed her hair a bit darker

-violet eyes

-her dress is pure purple but golden armour goes over it

-The symbol of the Twili is engraved in her crown and on her black cloak that she often wears

-glasses

-stoic and calm

-determined and hides anxiety beneath her demeanour

-her voice is deep and gentle

-she's quite intelligent but doesn't give herself enough credit for it

-she knows Dusk as an ally but she hopes to be friends with him in the near future

-mostly focuses on her royal duties

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Tetra (Chip's Zelda)

-Keeps the bun

-her clothes change into a pure dark blue sleeveless shirt with orange trousers she borrowed from Chip (no handkerchief anymore)

-she wears a pin in her hair that has the symbol of her crew on it

-scar across her left eye

-sassy

-mischevious

-a bit cocky

-soft for kids like Aryll and she's also secretly soft for Chip

-is great friends with him

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Light (Wild's Zelda)

-short, choppy hair

-green eyes with a tinge of gold

-scars over her arms and legs

-borrowed cozy Sheikah clothing from Kakariko (what they wear in game)

(she gets her clothes later after visiting Tarry Town)

-glasses

-curious

-of course she loves researching and dealing with technology

-still recovering from the Calamity

-stubborn and solemn a lot of times, especially after nightmares

-self-worth issues

-kind and helpful

-lovers with Wild

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Breeze (Shards' Zelda)

-green hair (light)

-red bow in her hair

-keeps it down

-she wears cozy sweaters as often as she can

-dress doesn't change

-kinstone earrings

-loyal

-in a royal setting she is elegant and calm

-anywhere else she is a daredevil, fierce and kind

-childhood friends with Shards

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Princess (Hero’s Zelda)

-Timid, shy and sweet

-lovers with Hero

-when there’s action she’s realistic and determined

-often relies on Aurora for help

-The pink dress but it’s shorter and thinner

-orange hair that’s short

-blue eyes

-wears a crown

-wears a grey hood when leaving the castle (rarely)

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Aurora (Also one of Hero’s Zelda’s)

-protective of Princess

-calm, gentle

-deep voice

-friends with Hero, supports his relationship with Princess

-intimidating to those who haven’t met her

-dark red hair

-long velvet red dress that has long sleeves

-silver armour covering the shoulders and waist

-sharp red eyes

-glasses

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays in the afterlife to Federico Fellini!

[shayminsh]

alpharad is the very definition of gender envy to me btw. i think hes half the reason my gender is so fluid

[passed-out-real]

Alberto Sordi Filmography Part 1

Giarabub (1942)

Le miserie del signor Travet (1945)

The White Sheik (1952)

I Vitelloni (1953)

Accadde al commissariato (1954)

An American in Rome (1954)

Un eroe dei nostri tempi (1955)

La bella di Roma (1955)

Nero's Mistress (1956)

Arrivano i dollari! (1957)

[aslibk]

' todo ' reafirma con un tono que asegura estar orgullosa de sí misma. recorrer cada centímetro del lugar fue su prioridad ni bien llegó al lugar, nostálgica por los detalles de su vida en turquia que venían a su mente. y aunque no es un desafio como tal, ser puesta a prueba le gusta. su renovada energía con una sonrisa sellada lo demuestra. ' prueba aceptada, ¿tú aceptas el reto de jugar contra mi? también solía jugar y muy bien ' algo que también quedó en su país natal. mira hacia el horizonte verde que se extiende detrás del rubio y decide que es hora de comenzar. ' ¡bienvenido a este fascinante tour por la historia arquitectónica de tacenda! soy asli, su guía turística de la fecha ' bromea, imitando el mismo entusiasmo y tono de alguien de tal profesión. por supuesto que no tiene un mísero dato de nada arquitectónico de allí.

"¿todo?" inquiere alzando las cejas, y es imposible ocultar la sorpresa en su tono. tras unos segundos, tuerce los labios y menea levemente la cabeza, "eso es impresionante," y lo dice con sinceridad, principalmente porque él no ha hecho mucho esfuerzo por recorrer más allá de sus iniciales intereses. "quizás puedas hacer la prueba conmigo. ¿qué tal si me llevas a la pista de tenis? solía jugar, quizás lo retome estando aquí..."

[door]

Hey I saw you’re a chair authority, and I have a chair-related question!

I listen to a lot of silly old music, partially for research and partially because I enjoy it. And in songs by both the Hoosier Hot Shots and duo Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, they make jokes about the obvious reputation of the Morris chair and being a Romeo (or a sheik, in the barroom vernacular of the era.) The joke is treated like “oh you know those Morris chairs, wink wink” and I’m trying to figure out the joke. All I can guess is that with that low-down deep-back posture, if you sit in a fellas lap it’s awful hard to get up. Unless there’s something I’m missing. Is there something I’m missing?

In this one it’s right in the chorus

https://youtu.be/msKKp5P5Zz8

hello i am chuffed as hell to be referred to as a "chair authority" thank u so much

to answer your question: at a guess, it's probably to do with the fact that the morris chair was a recliner! not the first (phillip webb--who designed the chair for morris & co in the 1860s--got the idea from an earlier chair he saw), but definitely the first more widely known western recliner. here's the example the V&A has:

and if you zoom in on the little metal piece at the back, you can see that it has different holes which allow the back of the chair to be lowered.

it's a recliner in the same way that a pool chaise is, rather than something with a lever, like a la-z-boy. americans are probably more familiar with the craftsman take on the morris chair, like this one:

one of my personal favourite versions of this chair is josef hoffmann's "sitzmaschine," like this one in the collection of the minneapolis institute of art:

rather than holes, the chair has little mushroom-shaped knobs on the arms for a rod at the back of the chair to rest on. hoffmann was part of the wiener werkstätte in austria, which was a decorative arts movement that emphasized utilitarian design and quality materials, but i appreciate that they managed to do it in a way that was just a little bit funky.

anyway. sit upright in a morris chair and next thing you know you're lying down in a morris chair.

[soldan56]

Spieghino per i non autoctoni: Borgo Egnazia non esiste. Non è un paese, non è comune, non è una frazione, non è nemmeno una contrada e soprattutto non è un “borgo”. È un resort a 5 stelle costruito letteralmente sul nulla nel 2007. Prima semplicemente non c’era. È una roba posticcia, la più plastica rappresentazione delle politiche turistiche regionali che hanno indotto allo stupro di centinaia di masserie storiche convertite in sale ricevimento, trasformato i centri storici in catene di B&B diffusi, venduto i trulli agli olandesi e fatto diventare l’intera Puglia un mega villaggio turistico per ricchissimi pensionati americani. Un mondo finto, il resort dove c'è il G7 e una scenografia, un imitazione di un borgo antico ma solo nei dettagli, nei materiali Luogo inventato, senza storia né memoria Cittadella inaccessibile dei ricchi che piace al turista idiota che non distingue il vero dal falso. Tutta l'Italia sta diventando un posto per camerieri ,pizzaioli suonatori di mandolino e zoccole d' alto bordo , sembra un hotel di las vegas o un villaggio, altrettanto falso, di Sharm el sheik.

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Linked Universe Instrument Guide

(All of the Instruments in the Games)

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Sky:

•Goddess's Harp (SS)

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Four:

•Ocarina of Wind (MC)

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Time:

•Fairy Ocarina (OoT)

•Ocarina of Time (OoT/MM)

•Deku Pipes of Awakening, Goron Drums of Sleep, Zora Guitar of Waves (MM)

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Twilight:

•Horse Call (TP)

•Horse Grass/Hawk Grass (TP)

•Howling (TP)

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Warriors:

•Ocarina (HW)

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Wild:

•Hand Whistle (BotW)

•Humming (BotW)

•Kass's Bandoneon (BotW) Link is only shown playing this in the art for the LoZ Concert 2018

•Korok Leaf wind on Warbler's Nest Stones (BotW) sort of

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Wind:

•The Wind Waker (WW)

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Legend:

•Ocarina, from Flute Boy (ALttP)

•Ocarina, from Dream Shrine (LA)

•Dimitri's/Moosh's/Ricky's/Strange Flute (OoS/OoA)

•Harp of Ages (OoA)

•Bell (ALBW)

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Hyrule:

•Recorder (LoZ)

•Flute (TAoL)

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Instruments played by other Links:

•Spirit Flute (ST) unless you count this as Wind

•Golden Lute (CoH)

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Instruments not played by Link in-game:

•Grim Creeper's Whistle (LA)

•Instruments of the Sirens: Full Moon Cello, Conch Horn, Sea Lily's Bell, Surf Harp, Wind Marimba, Coral Triangle, Organ of Evening Calm, & Thunder Drum (LA)

•Sheik's Harp (OoT)

•Ganondorf's Organ (OoT)

•Guru-Guru's Crank Organ (OoT/MM/OoS)

•The Indigo-go's Bass, Piano, (Guitar), & Drums (MM)

•Happy Mask Salesman's Piano (MM)

•Sea Ukulele (OoA)

•Medli's Harp & Makar's Violin (WW)

•Skull Kid's Horn (TP)

•Cello, Biwa, Timpani, Drum, Flute, and Shawm of the Lokomos (ST)

•Monster Horn (SS)

•Swordsman's School Gong (SS)

•Milk Bar Flute & Guitar (ALBW)

•Kass's Bandoneon (BotW) Link is shown playing this in the art for the LoZ Concert 2018

•Hestu's Maracas (BotW)

•Hyrule Warriors Instruments: Sheik's Harps, Medli's Rito Harps, Skull Kid's Ocarinas, Marin's Bells, Zelda's Batons

•Cadence of Hyrule Instruments: Glockenspiel, Oboe, Maracas, Bass Guitar, Bongos, & Synth (CoH)

[sorayaz]

sensación de ligereza se asienta en psique cuando escucha palabras masculinas, encontrando agradable el sentirse comprendida de algún modo. "¿verdad que sí?" bufa con gracia, porque entiende que todo juego tiene reglamento, pero algunas de las normas mencionadas en situación en curso la lograron marear un poco (por lo innecesario que le pareció, a decir verdad). "bueno, esas son importantes," se ríe brevemente, satisfecha con el trato del muchacho, por lo que decide continuar. "soy soraya— ray, para más corto," eso último lo aclara porque cuando está en países anglosajones es casi imposible que alguien pronuncie su nombre de manera correcta, y le da tic. nada personal, claro, simplemente se adelanta a los hechos. "tú vas bastante bien también, no te preocupes," guiña el ojo con complicidad, como si contrario le hubiese mostrado inquietud al respecto, aunque no fue así.

hinchó el pecho con un largo suspiro, era aliviador no ser el único. " la verdad es que yo estoy en las mismas. la terminaré cagando tarde o temprano. apenas y me acuerdo de todas las reglas. " rodó los ojos en dirección a la castaña y contuvo la risa. " ni te preocupes, me acabas de dar la mejor primera impresión que podrías haber dado. "

[latinotiktok]

Yo de muy chiquita siempre mi crush era link de zelda y en algun momento alguien comenta que link parece mujer y yo?? No, jamás. Con el tiempo me di cuenta que las vibes gender neutral/fluid me gustan mucho AJDJJSJD en retrospectiva tambien me quedaba boba viendo las gerudo PODEMOS HABLAR DE LAS GERUDO?? y la princesa zora y obvia, a zelda (recuerdan cuando se disfrazaba de sheik? Gender.....)

En fin, adivinen si soy gay

No sos gay, sos re gay, cuando buscas la definición de gay en el diccionario salís vos y al lado ese twink rubio

[twin-chains]

Thoughts on the Zelda news

HOLY SHIT

I'm surprised we're getting a new mainline game so soon. I genuinely expected a port of older existing games at best if anything. (We did get Four Swords which I'm really happy about). I was worried TOTK would ruin future Zelda games for me but the prospect of playable zelda saved it (which almost feels purposeful so good on you Nintendo)

Speaking of TOTK, thank the stars they're not trying to squeeze a third game out of the BOTW map. TOTK is amazing and a third one would just be tired out

I like that it's in the Link's Awakening remake toy style. It'd feel wrong for Nintendo to make a new realistic 3D open world type game that we have to wait 6 years for like TOTK (still waiting on the TP port tho!). However, a shift to a more cute cartoony look makes more sense without regurgitating the same toon Link designs from the Wind Waker and Four Swords trilogies. Plus LA is so charming!

I'm hyped for playable Zelda! I know there's been Wand of Gamelon (and Spirit Tracks as a command-able companion) but this is so exciting since it's a more new mainline release. This truly is Zelda's Awakening (for taking a more active protagonist role in her own franchise). And hopefully this'll open the door for more playable Zelda? (but I'm getting ahead of myself). It truly is the legend of Zelda!

This might be controversial but I think it's a good decision for Zelda to not wield a sword and shield. Cause that would defeat the purpose of having a new protagonist in my mind; if you just swap Link for Zelda but don't change anything else than what's the point? What distinguishes the hero's Courage from Wisdom? She can fight but has the wisdom to take a more magic-based combat approach with the tri-rod or wand (of Gamelon haha). Though it'd still be pretty sweet if EOW Zelda pulled out some Sheik moves or a cool shot with a bow to be honest.

I really appreciate the union between the older top-down style (hopefully more linear!) and the newer mechanics that allows for multiple creative solutions for the same puzzles. Of course, Nintendo's trying to lean towards the openness and creativity of individualizing one's gameplay experience from TOTK by incorporating the echo mechanic but it really works to give it to Zelda! I will find a way to complete the game solely with the potted plant echo or something stupid.

The triforce is back, baby! The little fairy Tri reminds me of Rosalina's star pet thing from Mario Galaxy. I can't believe the essence of the triforce incarnate is Zelda's cute travelling companion. Does this make her one of the most powerful heroes? (aside from the earliest ones where Link wields the entire triforce). Also it's probably for the sake of the echo mechanic but I'm curious why Tri seems to have 4 little triangles instead of 3? Lore implications?

Speaking of lore implications, WHERE in the timeline will this go??? I've seen a lot of people suspect it's in the downfall timeline, maybe after Link's Awakening or ALTTP because it's the same Hyrule map so I'm willing to agree for now. Even if I'm getting OOT vibes for whatever reason. Though if Ganon isn't creating the purple cracks in space, there has to be a cool new villain for Zelda to face off against that messed with the triforce in some way for Tri to become the way they are. For lack of knowledge, my silly little theory is the multiverse is collapsing and Cia comes back or something idk (I may be biased tho because the cracks are visibly inspiring the rifts in space-time I'm planning for TC).

All in all, I'm so happy!

[matttgirlies]

Matt & Me🎀

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a story heavily based on Priscilla Presley’s Book “Elvis & Me” based in the 1950’s - 1970’s.

fem! reader x singer! matt

disclaimer!! - in no way am i saying matt would ever support or do these kind of things, for the sake of the book certain unethical things do happen at times.

warnings - none

y/nn = your nickname for any confusion🩷

Chapter 16

Matt was not one for moderation. Whether it was motorcycles, slot cars, horses, amusement parks, roller skating, sex, or even eating the same dinner day after day, if he enjoyed it, he’d overindulge.

One evening I gave him a little racetrack with remote-control cars. A few weeks later he had an entire room added onto the house with a professional game track. There he played night after night until he had his fill and then he never went back to the room until much later, when the annex was converted into a trophy room filled with his gold records and awards.

As Matt’s fascination with occult and metaphysical phenomena intensified, Larry introduced him to the Self-Realization Fellowship Center on Mount Washington, where he met Daya Mata, the head of the center. She was an attractive woman who looked remarkably like Mary Lou Sturniolo, and he was captivated by her serenity and spiritual presence. She epitomized everything he was striving to be.

He made several trips to Mount Washington, high in the Hollywood Hills, for sessions with Daya Mata in the hope of attaining kriya, which is the highest form of meditation in the self-realization fellowship.

As relaxed and peaceful as he was upon leaving the center’s hushed grounds, one thing he couldn’t pass up was a good fight. We were on our way home from Mount Washington one afternoon when our limousine passed a service station where two attendants were staging a fight.

“Pull over,” Matt ordered the driver. “Someone’s in trouble.”

He jumped out of the car, Jerry and Sonny following him. Going up to one of the men, he said, “Hey, you want to give somebody trouble, give it to me.”

“Hey man,” the guy answered, scarcely able to believe this was Matt. “I don’t have any problem with you. I’m not arguing with you.”

“I’ll show you something, if you want to get into an argument,” Matt said. He shot out a karate kick, and to his surprise—and everyone else’s—he knocked a pack of cigarettes out of the guy’s pocket. Among our group, Matt wasn’t known for his precision in karate.

Long after the service station fracas, we joked about it, saying, “Man, the Lord had to be on M’s side that day. That guy doesn’t know how lucky he was.”

Of course Matt had acted as if he could do this any time he felt like it. After executing that kick he’d walked away with a cocky smile, warning the guy to stay out of trouble or there’d be more where that had come from.

When we got home, the way Matt told it you’d think he’d just wiped out half a battalion. We all supported his fantasy.

He was eagerly looking forward to one particular film, Harum Scarum, seeing it as a chance to create a genuinely interesting character. He identified his role with Rudolph Valentino’s in The Sheik. At last, he thought, a part he could sink his teeth into. He saw a physical resemblance between himself and Valentino, especially in profile.

During preproduction, he came home darkened with makeup, dressed in white harem pants and a white turban. He looked extremely handsome, much more so than Valentino, I thought. Tilting his head down, with a piercing gaze and flared nostrils, he asked rhetorically, “Frightening, isn’t it, how much I look like him? How does this get to ya?” He took me in his arms Valentino-style and dipped me over à la the famous poster of the Sheik.

Night after night he kept his makeup and the turban on all through dinner and up until bedtime.

Although he was excited about the film when he first started shooting, as each day went by, his morale plummeted. Harum Scarum’s plot was a joke, the character he played, a fool, and the songs he sang, disasters. The film turned out to be yet another disappointment, an embarrassing one at that.

Still committed to the picture but demeaned by its mediocrity, he sought escape on his motorbikes—eleven Triumphs and a Harley—a Triumph for each assistant and a Harley for the boss. Decked out in leather from head to toe and feeling as tough as a pack of Hell’s Angels on a rampage, we roared through the gates of Bel Air, revving our engines at all hours of the night.

Weekends we took trips through the Santa Monica Mountains, stopping off for beer or cola along the way. It was fast, fun, and wild. I liked it so much I wanted my own bike. Despite his concern for my safety, Matt reluctantly bought me a Honda Dream 350.

While he was at the studio I sometimes rode alone, fleeing Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, MGM, and all my worries.

During this period when he was still seeking “a higher state of consciousness,” we experimented with mind-expanding drugs. We tried marijuana a few times and neither of us especially liked it. We felt tired and groggy and we’d become ravenously hungry. After a few raids on the refrigerator—and carrying the resulting extra poundage—we decided to stay away from the stuff.

Although he abhorred street drugs he was curious enough to try LSD once. When he initiated our experiment, he made sure Sonny West was on hand at all times to supervise. The night we tried it Steven, Jerry, Larry, Matt, and I took seats around the conference table in Matt’s office upstairs at Graceland.

Matt and I took half a tab. At first, nothing happened. Then we started staring at each other and laughing—our faces were becoming distorted.

I became engrossed in Matt’s multicolored shirt. It started to grow, getting larger and larger until I thought he was going to burst. It was captivating, but I did not like the feeling. I thought: This isn’t real, be careful, you’re losing it. I tried to hang on to sanity.

We all gathered around the large aquarium outside the master bedroom, fascinated by the tropical fish. Funny—there were only two or three, but suddenly I saw an ocean of brightly colored fish. I strolled off and found myself in Matt’s huge walk-in closet, purring like a kitten.

It was early morning when Matt and I went downstairs and walked outside. Dew came down, creating rainbows in the mist, glistening on the trees and the lawn. We studied the leaves, trying to count each dewdrop. The veins in the grass became visible, breathing slowly, rhythmically. We went from tree to tree, observing nature in detail.

It was an extraordinary experience. However, realizing it was too dangerous a drug to fool around with, we never tried LSD again.

By 1966, Matt’s long search for answers to the mystery of life involved us all in the strange games he loved to devise.

In the backyard of our Bel Air home we found him staring up at “planets moving across the sky” for long periods in the darkness of the early-morning hours. He was convinced, and nearly had us convinced, that there were energy waves so powerful they caused the stars to glide through the universe. For hours we all gazed up in wonderment, questioning each other about what we were seeing, afraid to ask ourselves anything but “Could it be possible?”

His imagination peaked later on when we were all standing in the yard, looking over at the Bel Air Country Club, which was being watered by a fanlike automatic sprinkler system.

“Do you see them?” said Matt, looking intently at the course.

“See what?” I asked, ready to hear anything.

“The angels, out there.”

“Angels?” I asked, looking down at the sprinklers. I wanted to believe him, we all did and we went along with it.

As if in a trance, he continued staring at the water for a few minutes. Then he began moving toward them. “I have to go,” he said. “You stay here. They’re trying to tell me something.” He wandered off toward the golf course in pursuit of his vision. Sonny followed, insuring Matt’s safety, and the rest of us were left dumbfounded.

Other times he’d have us stare for hours at the off-white, nubby-textured ceilings, trying to make out delicately lined faces that he said he was causing to appear.

More likely it was just a game he’d made up out of boredom and depression because he was experiencing such a low point in his career. He took sleeping pills to escape, and while fighting off their effect, he created his “images”—his mystical exercises.

The happiest I ever saw him was when he developed a passion for horses. It all began when I said I wished I had my own horse. I’d loved them since childhood, and Graceland had a beautiful old stable in back, where James used to store old furniture. It was equipped with a tack room, hayloft, and several stalls.

About two weeks later, I was in my dressing room when Matt, who had been out for a few hours, returned and knocked on my door. “Sattnin, I want you to come downstairs for a minute, got something I want to show you.”

He led me down the stairway, his eyes shining. Then he guided me out the back door, his hands over my eyes. When he took them away I saw the most beautiful sight I’d ever laid eyes on—a black quarterhorse with one white stocking.

“His name must be Domino,” I said, petting the spirited four-year-old. “Whose is he?”

“He’s yours.” Matt was grinning. “I saw this kid riding him, asked if he wanted to sell. I could just picture you on him.”

“You mean he’s really mine?” I yelled, jumping up and down, throwing my arms around Matt. I wanted to ride Domino immediately and I mounted him.

“Now, wait a minute,” Matt cautioned. “Don’t go off gettin’ yourself hurt.”

He watched me with a concerned look as I rode out through the pasture and then up to the window of Grandma’s room.

“Dodger! Dodger!” I shouted. “Look what I got, my own horse! Isn’t he beautiful? Matt just bought him for me!”

“Good Lord,” Dodger cried. “Get off that thing, y/n. You’re gonna get yourself killed. I’m gonna whop that young’un for gettin’ you that. You got no business ridin’ that creature.”

“It’s okay, Dodger, I can handle him,” I called out, riding off happily.

He was wild and spirited. When I rode in the late afternoons, I was in my own world. It was a wonderful release. Often Matt would watch me from his upstairs window. I’d call out to him, “Come down and ride with me.

Matt didn’t ride very well at that time. About the only experience he’d had was in a few of his films, where he didn’t feel totally at ease. In fact, he was somewhat intimidated by large animals; nonetheless, he accepted my invitation and tried riding Domino.

He loved it, declaring, “I want a horse of my own, a golden palomino.”

Jerry Schilling found Rising Sun at a nearby stable. He was the handsomest palomino imaginable—big and powerful. He’d been trained for shows, and I’ve never seen an animal that demanded and thrived on as much attention as Rising Sun. There was no doubt that this was the horse for Matt.

He remained skeptical and had Jerry test Sun out. “Hey, it’s beautiful, man,” Matt said.

“A great-looking horse. Jerry, you get on it and ride.” Jerry had little, if any, riding experience and was horrified at the thought. Nonetheless, he gamely mounted Sun, looking as misplaced as Noël Coward on a Clydesdale.

Sun took off like a bullet with Jerry barely holding on, every bit of pride in his boots. The magnificent animal seemed to be studying Matt as much as Matt was studying him. He raced back, heading straight to where Matt was standing. “Hold ’em back,” Matt yelled. “I am, M, I am,” shouted Jerry. Matt was won over.

Now we all developed horse fever. We rode late afternoons and well into the evenings. But this wasn’t enough for Matt. As with anything he enjoyed, he wanted everyone else to join the fun. Thus began our quest for horses for the group, including their wives. We bought horses for Billy and Joe Smith, Nate Doe, Jerry and Sandy Schilling, Steven, Charlie, Red, Sonny, Richard—everyone. We bought the finest saddles, blankets, halters, bits, reins, feeding buckets. Anything that had to do with a horse, we bought.

Every afternoon we’d all mount up and ride, in full view of the two hundred or so local fans lined up along the fences. In western riding gear—chaps included—Matt would turn it into a show. He’d race down the long slope in front of Graceland and then strut back and forth before the fans, demonstrating how well he could ride. He’d have all-out races with the guys as the fans cheered them on.

They were in for even more of a spectacle when Matt bought his prize black Tennessee Walker, nicknamed Bear, which he rode attired in full show regalia. He and Bear put on a fancy high-stepping show that—if made available to paying customers—would probably have matched his Vegas take.

His other hobbies—go-carts and model cars—were only machines. This was the first hobby that involved a living creature. The horses responded to his love, and it was touching to witness his attachment to them.

It was a close time for all of us, we had something in common. However, after. Matt had delighted in lavishing horses on all of us, Graceland wasn’t quite big enough to handle the herds. We didn’t know it yet, but we were about to become ranchers.

Excerpt from: "Elvis and Me" by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley. Scribd. This material may be protected by copyright.

a/n - sweet chapter since the last few have been sad🎀

[kvizhng]

le toma un segundo y un vistazo a la mano ajena para darse cuenta de que no le había pedido ayuda a la persona adecuada. abre la boca para decir que se equivocó, pero es entonces que no puede evitar sorprenderse cuando le escucha hacer un pedido. ❝ por supuesto, aquí está mi salario. recibo una de estas por cada cliente que engatuso ❞ bromea agitando suavemente la varita. aprovecha que la dueña del stand se encuentra ocupada en la parrilla para inclinarse un poco y murmurar: ❝ la verdad es que quise hacer una buena acción y quedé atrapado ❞ se encoge de hombros y reprime un suspiro. ❝ ¿alguna vez te ha pasado? ❞

se detiene solamente porque el timbre de menor consigue llamar su atención, y mantiene semblante sereno mientras intercala mirada entre ambos. la señora luce entusiasmada porque alguien más pueda probar sus alimentos, pero aj no es la persona indicada. "claro..." la ironía está entre sus manos, en forma de tru blood, aunque supone que puede pasar desapercibida, al menos para alguien mayor. "tomaré dos," no es que arlo sea la persona más amable del planeta, pero esta vez decide proceder porque le hace gracia. "¿qué? ¿te pagan por esto?" se dirige esta vez al chico, enarcando una de sus cejas.

[the-bar-sinister]

I cast "precision tactical strike" on people my age:

Youtube Playlist link

Every Morning - Sugar Ray

The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (Theme From FRIENDS)

Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

Sugar Ray - Fly

OMC - How Bizarre (Official Music Video)

Sublime - What I Got (Clean Edited Version)

Semi-Charmed Life (2006 Remaster)

Tal Bachman - She's So High (Official Video)

Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Lyric Video)

Santana - Smooth (Stereo) ft. Rob Thomas

Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (Official Video)

Fastball- The Way (HQ)

Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos

Shakira - Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) (Official HD Video)

Summer Girls - LFO

Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy (Official HD Video)

Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (audio)

Goldfinger - Superman (Official Audio)

Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (Video)

Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun

Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My HandIncubus - Drive

Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

Blues Traveler - Hook (Official Music Video)

Weezer - Island In The Sun (Official Music Video)

Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down (Official Music Video)

Everclear - Santa Monica (Official Music Video)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Official Music Video) [HD UPGRADE]

Backstreet Boys - Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely (Official Video)

JENNIFER PAIGE 'CRUSH' - Original Version (Official Video) HQ

Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (Official Music Video)

Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Official Video)

Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing (Official Video)

Ace of Base - The Sign (Official Music Video)

TLC - Waterfalls (Official HD Video)

Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills

Hanson - MMMBop (Official Music Video)

Len - Steal My Sunshine

Bare Naked Ladies - One week lyrics

Katy Perry - California Gurls (Lyrics) Feat. Snoop Dogg

Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down) Lyrics

Savage Garden - I Want You

Meredith Brooks - I'm a bitch i'm a lover (with Lyrics)

Meet Virginia - Train (with lyrics)

Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy (Official Music Video)

[nwonitro]

Vale 2023

Terry Funk, Bray Wyatt, Joyce Grable, Killer Khan, Jim Breaks, Doug McLeod, Kurtis Chapman, Brett Wayne-Sawyer, Emile Dupree, Bart Sawyer, Curtis Smith, Randy Johnson, Bill Howard, Count Drummer, Pat Blake, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey, Darren Drozdov...

Mantaur Mike Halac, Iron Sheik, Tommy Siegler, Tony Peters, Exotic Adrian Street, Superstar Billy Graham, Butch Miller, Rod Bell, Peggy Lee Leather, Abe Jacobs, Rich Landrum, Ed Garea, Brian Dixon, Tim Lyle, Beverly Shade, Don Luce, Willie Paul, Bill Robinette...

JR Bundy, Jerry Jarrett, Jason Silver, Jeff Gaylord, Toro Bill, Eric Froelich, Black Warrior, Johnny Powers, Karl Von Steiger, Mike Pappas, Don West, Sean Patrick O’Brien, Jimmy The Jester, Terry Machalek Sr, Brian Bukantis, Matt Mann, Lanny Poffo...

Billy Two Rivers, Rockin' Randy Rhodes, Charlie Norris, Ed Cheslock, Dan Masters, Howard Brody, Chica Ye-Ye, La Arpia, Carlos Elizondo, La Tigresa Del Norte, Jay Briscoe, Kenny Jay, El Justiciero, Benny Galant, The Rose, Robocop, El Rostro, Indio Vitela, Millonario.

[every-character-ever-poll]

WEEK SEVEN LINEUP

Soooo. I've been gone a while. What was supposed to be Week Six became more like "Two Months" Six. My bad. I can't promise that random breaks won't happen, but I'll do my level best to not let them become longer than a week if they do (knock on wood - the last time I said "I'll try not to take anymore random breaks" i dipped for a month).

Anyways, here's a very delayed Week Seven! Thank you to everyone who stuck around while I vanished.

Darkiplier - Markiplier

The Puzzler - Generation Loss

The Extinguisher - Jerma's 2022 Holiday Awards Show Extravaganza

The Giant Rat - Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure

Candace Flynn - Phineas and Ferb

Venus aka Kanamori - Heaven's Design Team

Han Ying - Word of Honor

Michealangelo - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Carrie White - Carrie (all media)

Steve the Trooper - Chuggaconroy’s Pikmin videos

The Thunderhead - Arc of a Scythe

Haruki Nakayama - Given

A - Tomorrow Will Be Dying

Doris Frances Barbara - Blood & Syrup: A Vampire the Masquerade Podcast

Juliet Capulet - & Juliet

May - & Juliet

Castiel Supernatural - Supernatural

Derek Hale - Teen Wolf

Lúthien Tinúviel - The Silmarillion

Potamos - Wedding Peach

Jiang Cheng - The Untamed

Poe Dameron - Star Wars

Asterion - Baldur's Gate 3

Dalian - Dantalian no Shoka

Shulk - Xenoblade Chronicles

Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid

Zanza - Xenoblade Chronicles

Kuu - Haibane Renmei

Cole MacGrath - Infamous

Captain Olimar - Pikmin

Raku-chan - Nyan Neko Sugar Girls

Annie Wintersummer - Unprepared Casters

Yona - Akatsuki no Yona

Shane Schofield (Scarecrow) - Scarecrow and Jack West Junior

The Medic - Team Fortress 2

Sailor Jupiter - Sailor Moon

Orbulon - WarioWare

Mike - WarioWare

Cure Honey - Happiness Charge Precure

Crazy Barks - Drawn to Life

Ninjini - Skylanders

Cure La Mer - Tropical Rouge Precure

End (Endymion) - Beyond the End

Kansuke Yamato - Detective Conan

Mr. Crow, AKA Aldous Vanderboom - Rusty Lake/Cube Escape

Vega - Street Fighter

Izumi Miyamura - Horimiya

Aldark - Drawn to Life

M. Bison - Street Fighter

Aoi Inuyama - Yuru Camp

Klara - Pokemon

Virginia Lewis - The 10th Kingdom

Muriel - Good Omens

Nene Kusanagi - Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage/Project Sekai

Michiko Malandro - Michiko to Hatchin

Suzuki Shinya - 10 Dance

Miles Maitland - Bright Young Things

Diavolo - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

Burly, Blabberwort, and Bluebell - The 10th Kingdom

Natsume Takashi - Natsume's Book of Friends

Faust - Guilty Gear

Sugiki Shinya - 10 Dance

Cure Finale - Delicious Party Precure

Igarashi Vice - Kamen Rider Revice

Mitsumi Iwakura - Skip and Loafer

The Corinthian - The Sandman

Shizuku Hinomori - Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage/Project Sekai

Mickey Muldoon - The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Natsuki Shinomiya - Uta no Prince Sama

Sasha Braus - Attack on Titan

Virtue Courtenlock - Krillverse

Goop Lyn - veryextraincorrectfegbaquotes.tumblr.com

Jean-Francois - Bunny Maloney

Tome Kurata - Mob Psycho 100

Seras Victoria - Hellsing

Pang Pawaret - The gifted

Viren - The Dragon Prince

Brawne Lamia - Hyperion

Dai Lee - Let Dai

Haruka Kiritani - Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage/Project Sekai

Minori Hanasato - Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage/Project Sekai

Cube - Gather Ye Power

C-53 - Mission to Zyxx

Cynte - Endoparasitic

Ged/Sparrowhawk - Earthsea

Sniff - The Moomins

Soren Baltimore - Camp Here & There

Mellow - Endacopia

Eunhyung Song - Let Dai

Rufus - Deponia

Sheik - The Legend of Zelda

Lee Ping - Detentionaire

Kasane Fuchi - Kasane

Shigure Sohma - Fruits Basket

Aymeric de Borel - Final Fantasy XIV

Meta Knight - Kirby

Luka Couffaine - Miraculous Ladybug

Satō - Ajin: Demi-Human

Mudkip - Pokemon

Death of the Endless - The Sandman