#littlefield house

[theknitpotato]

The Littlefield House is a historic home in Austin, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The home was built in 1893 for Civil War veteran George Littlefield, who was a successful businessman in the bank and cattle trades and a major benefactor to UT. It was designed using the popular Victorian style at a cost of $50,000.

Photo by @historicstones

[mastergir]

Save Marmalady from Collapsing Roof

My girlfriend Pochi's cat, Marmalady, is currently in a relative's house in Florida.

The problem is that its roof is actively collapsing.

Since she's in danger and about to have nowhere to go, I'm trying to arrange for emergency transport to get her back to us.

This is very much time-sensitive, so any assistance is greatly appreciated.

The GFM goal is assuming the worst case scenario for transportation costs so once we hit that, we'll leave immediately.

[dandylion240]

Clare confronts the seer while Adam sleeps. What will happen when Adam finds out what happened to his son? Will the Sandman be able to send him home? The next chapter of The Van Winkle Legacy is available on my WP Blog if you want to read it now otherwise it'll be added to my queue and posted later.

Clare Littlefield was made by @dstarstories

[nabilla3]

Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. He creates work that explores colonialism, post colonialism and globalisation. He is known for his use of Dutch wax cloth. Similar to how Said (1978) investigated oriental fabrics, Shonibare found that the fabric was not actually african but rather they originate from “Indonesia, from whence it travelled to Holland then onto Manchester and only then finally reached Africa.”(Guha 1994) The revelation that they were not genuine patterns did not stop Shonibare from using them. Instead, it gave his work another dimension: it demonstrates transindividuality and the separation of identity from fixed nation states. 

He is also known for his patterned headless sculptures that were inspired by nineteenth century british dresses from the Victoria and Albert Museum. His playful style deconstructs and reconstructs history by mixing different elements from juxtaposing cultures. He calls this collection of work “ethnocised aristocracy” (Bloomberg Originals, 2015). By removing the heads of the figures, he creates a sense of anonymity. Without a face, the viewer cannot assume their race or ethnicity. Like many of the other artists, the hybridity expressed also shows fragmentation and an “erosion of boundaries”(Nederveen, 2009)

I think it is quite charming how he separates his political stand point in order to create fun and lightheatred art, that is accessible by any individual. He wants to convey multiplicity as he says “I’m more interested in this idea of a hybrid” (Jagoe, 2017) as opposed to the interpretation from writers that the work is about “cultural appropriation” (Young, 2018) 

In my work, I would like to think about embedding the symbolism in the pattern and the significance of the patterns that I am using. For example, in my second lino I have used a tiger print. The connotations of the tiger and the origins of the iconography can be different to different individuals however the complexity of the symbols give my work more depth, like how Shonibare used textiles that have a long convoluted history.

Bloomberg Originals, 2015, Portraying the Sordid Shadow of Colonial History: Yinka Shonibare Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rAIMV0k4M&ab_channel=BloombergOriginals

Guha, T,  1994 Yinka Shonibare ‘Double Dutch’, Third Text, 8:27, 87-90, DOI: 10.1080/09528829408576491

Jagoe, R. (2017, January 13). Colonialism And Cultural Hybridity: An Interview With Yinka Shonibare, MBE.

Nederveen Pieterse, J. (2009). Hybridity, so what? The anti-hybridity backlash and the riddels of recognition. In J. Nederveen Pieterse, Globalization and Culture (pp. 95-121). United States of America: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Said, E, 1978, Orientalism, New York: Random House

Shonibare, Y, 1994, Double Dutch

Shonibare, Y, 2004 Scramble for Africa

Young, A. (2018). Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard). Available at: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/global-contemporary-apah/21st-century-apah/a/yinka-shonibare-the-swing-after-fragonard

[gregkauffmanstarkeybooks]

"Everyone has a bucket list, don’t they?

Ned Littlefield has one, and it’s almost completed. He’s a well-known author. He’s just gotten his doctorate in Literature. He’s traveled to every continent on Earth at least once. He’s met world-famous actors and singers and been to their private homes. He’s done everything he’s set out to do in his life…

…except one thing. The final thing.

Ned is hopelessly in love with his best friend Andy Stevens, an older, sophisticated, worldly man who just happens to live in the house next door. They see each other all the time, with Ned silently mooning over Andy, wishing above all things that Andy felt the same way.

Ned sets his sights on finishing off his bucket list, which means he must tell Andy exactly how he feels and, hopefully, finally get the other man into bed. It’s a purely selfish thing Ned wants, but is it selfish to want someone he loves to love him back?

NOTE: ADULT SITUATIONS AND NUDITY. READER DISCRETION."

This book is available on Amazon in paperback and ebook formats.

[walkingtoursofaustin]

Explore Austin's eerie past on a ghostly night walk, delving into haunted sites like The Driskill Hotel, Oakwood Cemetery, The Littlefield House, and Shoal Creek. Encounter restless spirits, mysterious apparitions, and chilling legends that shroud these historic locations. From tragic tales to spine-tingling encounters, uncover the dark histories and supernatural secrets lurking in the heart of Austin.

[ampersketch-art]

Reblogging again with an addition. He's got a GoFundMe so that he can help get his girlfriend's cat out of a house with a collapsing roof. UPDATE: goal has been met!

MasterGir's youtube got hacked and is now acting as a shill for Tesla. I only figured it was his youtube account because the hacker deleted his videos but not his community notes.

[stuartelden]

Felix Anderl (ed.), Epistemologies of Land - Rowman & Littlefield, January 2024

Felix Anderl (ed.), Epistemologies of Land – Rowman & Littlefield, January 2024 Land is at the centre of crucial public debates ranging from climate adaptation to housing and development, to agriculture and indigenous peoples’ rights. These debates frequently become stuck, though, because the meaning of land in different contexts is poorly understood. Bringing together specialists of…

[dertaglichedan]

Thousands Of Migrants Set To Hit The Streets As New York To Start Evicting From Overwhelmed Shelters

Nicole Littlefield | Daily Caller News Foundation

September 22, 2023

New York City could start to evict single adult migrants from shelters on Saturday in an effort to dissuade new migrants from coming to the sanctuary city, according to Politico.

New York is struggling to provide care for the 60,000 migrants currently in shelters and Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams have been in a disagreement on how to respond to the crisis. With shelters pushed past their limits, the city will stop sheltering single adults after 60 days and thousands will start being evicted as soon as this weekend, Politico reported Friday.

New York has seen the arrival of more than 110,000 migrants since spring 2022 and has spent more than $2 billion on the crisis, according to Politico. In early September 2023, Adams said the migrant crisis “will destroy” the city, and he previously announced a state of emergency in October 2022 due to the massive influx.

A policy by Adams hopes to limit the number of asylum-seekers by restricting the time period migrants are allowed to stay in shelters. The shelters will stop housing single adults after 60 days, but the administration might further reduce the time period to 30 days, according to Politico.

“If you’re going to leave your country, go somewhere else,” Hochul said during an interview with CNN on Thursday. “We have to let the word out that when you come to New York, you’re not going to have more hotel rooms. We don’t have capacity, so we have to also message properly.”

Protesters shouted over New York representatives last week over New York City’s response to the migrant crisis and 10 protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct on Tuesday for obstructing a bus carrying migrants to Staten Island.

Adams’ office and Hochul’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

[brooklynlivingtips]

In Gowanus, Brooklyn, how to purchase a brand-new home

Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood is located in New York City, USA. It is situated in the northwest region of Brooklyn and is surrounded by Red Hook to the south, Boerum Hill to the north, Park Slope to the east, and Carroll Gardens to the west.

The Gowanus Canal, which passes through the area, is the source of the neighborhood's name. The canal was initially constructed in the 19th century as a means of transit for commodities, but sewage and industrial waste over time caused it to become filthy. The canal and its surroundings have been cleaned up in recent years.

The neighborhood of Gowanus has a history of being a working-class and industrial area with a mixture of residential and commercial buildings. But in recent years, the neighborhood has undergone gentrification, with new construction, sophisticated eateries and bars, and expensive stores.

The Gowanus Canal, which is being cleaned up as part of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund project, and a number of art galleries and studios, including the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, the Gowanus Souvenir Shop, and the Gowanus Studio Space, are some of the notable attractions in Gowanus. The Bell House concert venue, the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, and the Brooklyn Boulders climbing gym are a few more well-liked locations.

Activities in Brooklyn's Gowanus

There are many activities to do in Gowanus, Brooklyn, including:

Go to the Gowanus Canal: Explore the canal's history and current cleanup initiatives by taking a stroll along it.

Visit the galleries: Gowanus is home to a bustling art community with numerous galleries displaying the creations of regional artists.

Play shuffleboard at Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club: Have a friendly game of shuffleboard at this well-liked location that also features a bar and food trucks.

Go rock climbing at Brooklyn Boulders. This enormous indoor climbing facility has a wide range of climbing routes for climbers of all experience levels, as well as fitness programs and a yoga studio.

See a live event at the Bell House. This well-known music venue features everything from indie rock to comedy acts.

Kayak on the canal: The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club offers free canal paddling, allowing you to see the waterway from a different angle.

Check out the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which features exhibitions like taxidermy and medical specimens and explores the relationship between art and death.

Treat yourself to a dinner at a neighborhood restaurant. Gowanus is home to a burgeoning culinary scene, including numerous well-liked establishments including Four & Twenty Blackbirds bakery, Littleneck Seafood, and Fletcher's Barbecue.

Participate in a dance party at Littlefield: This adaptable location organizes a range of events, such as dance parties, comedy shows, and movie screenings.

Ride a bike through the neighborhood: Hire a bike from a nearby shop and cruise through Gowanus on two wheels.

Reside in Gowanus, Brooklyn

Depending on your interests and needs, living in Gowanus, Brooklyn, might offer a combination of benefits and drawbacks. The following are some potential benefits of residing in Gowanus:

Convenient location: Gowanus is situated in the center of Brooklyn, making it simple to go to Manhattan and other neighborhoods by public transportation.

A thriving art scene: Gowanus is an excellent spot for artists and art enthusiasts because it is home to numerous art galleries and studios.

Variety of entertainment options: Gowanus offers a wide range of exciting and unusual things to do, from music venues to climbing gyms to shuffleboard clubs.

Gorgeous parks: Despite its industrial past, Gowanus contains a number of green areas, including the Brooklyn Greenway and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. Rj sell my house fast can help to sell my house fast cash Brooklyn.

Nonetheless, there may be certain disadvantages to residing in Gowanus, such as:

Pollution: The Gowanus Canal is still being cleaned up, and the region has a history of industrial pollution, which may have an effect on the quality of the air and water.

Minimal green space: Gowanus has some parks, but as it is predominantly an industrial district, it might not have as much green space as other places.

Congestion and noise: With a lot of industrial activity and frequent traffic, Gowanus may be a noisy and crowded neighborhood.

Gentrification: Gowanus has experienced major gentrification recently, similar to many other New York City areas. This can result in increased housing costs and a changing neighborhood.

Overall, if you value convenience, art, and entertainment, Gowanus may be a terrific place to call home. However, if you're looking for a calmer, more residential neighborhood, you might want to look elsewhere.

[heretoinspire]

The iconic Garcia House by John Laurent in the Hollywood Hills. Via @dirtdotcom 📸: Roger Davies Agent: Weston Littlefield, @aaronkirman , Dalton Gomez (en Hollywood Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzoZDZKIaU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lecameleontv]

Virtual Games (2019) avec l’acteur Tyler Christopher, qui a remporté 3 prix au Festival du Film de Fayetteville et dans 5 autres Festivals. Autre Titre : Max Winslow

Programme-TV

Site Internet officiel - Page Facebook - Compte Instagram

Date sortie DVD : 9 octobre 2020

Réalisation : Sean Olson, avec qui il avait déjà travaillé sur le film F.R.E.D.I. (2018) et Ta famille m’appartient (2017)

Distribution : - John Littlefield, avec qui il avait déjà travaillé sur le film Ta famille m’appartient (2017); - Christopher Michael, avec qui il avait déjà travaillé sur le film F.R.E.D.I. (2018) et vu dans l’Ep. 1.04 de la série Le Caméléon; ...

Captures du film

Autre actualité 2019 :  Des Jours et des Vies

source : imdb et soapoperanews.net

Alias Ethan dans Le Caméléon.

[1900scartoons]

Charge of the Speakership Brigade

November 17, 1902

Riding hobby-horses; several candidates for Speaker of the House charge, including Littlefield, Babcock, and Dalzell. Meanwhile, cannon bursts declaring Minnesota for Cannon, Wisconsin for Cannon, etc. burst around them. 

The caption reads “Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered.”

Congressman Joe Cannon was winning the speakership against the other potential candidates. The caption is from the Charge of the Light Brigade.

See Also: Joe Cannon

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/4900/rec/306

[elfwreck]

Free ebook: We Organize to Change Everything - Fighting for Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice

Here's the table of contents:

Introduction by Jessie Kindig

Part I. It’s Time to Fight

  1T he Fight Is On Why We’re Going Backwards on Abortion Rights—and How We Can Rebuild a Fighting Feminist Movement - by Jenny Brown

  2 Pañuelos Verdes, Acompañamiento, Solidaridad The Global South Has Much to Teach the North in This Moment - by Naomi Braine

  3 Women Themselves Are the Solution Las Libres Has Been Helping Women Access Abortion and Human Rights in Mexico—and Now the United States—for Over Two Decades - by Verónica Cruz Sanchez, interviewed by Elizabeth Navarro; translated by Elizabeth Navarro

  4 The Attacks on Native People’s Reproductive Autonomy Amicus Brief Filed in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court Case

Shared on behalf of Cecilia Fire Thunder (Oglala Lakota), the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, the Native American Community Board, and Team: Counsel of Record Lael Echo-Hawk; Legal Team Lauren van Schilifgaarde and Sarah Deer; Epidemiology Team Abigail Echo-Hawk and Kaeli Flannery; and Research Assistant Elise Higgins

  5 Clinic Defense Is Advocating for Our Patients Defending the Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi - by Derenda Hancock and Kim Gibson; interviewed by Anne Rumberger

  6 They Were Wrong to Bet on Our Silence Shout Your Abortion’s Rapid Response to the Dobbs Decision - by Amelia Bonow

  7 What We Need Now Is More of What We Did The Militant Multiracial Grassroots Campaign That Won Abortion by Popular Referendum in Washington State—in 1969 - by Barbara Winslow

Part II. Reproductive Justice Is Justice for All   8 Empty Choices Women of Color and the History of Reproductive Justice - by Marian Jones

  9 Sovereignty Lost Not Only Has Native People’s Right to Parent Our Children Been Stolen from Us, but So Has Our Right to Abortion—Even with Roe v. Wade in Effect - by Jen Deerinwater

10 Aborto Libre, Seguro y Accesible In Puerto Rico, a History of Colonization Led to an Atrocious Lack of Reproductive Freedom - by Raquel Reichard

11 Labor Crisis in the Clinics When You’re Not Focused on the Workers, Who Is Going to Provide the Care? - by Crystal and Luna, in conversation with Amy Littlefield

12 White Supremacy and the Antiabortion Movement Abortion Bans and Regressive Gender Roles Increase the Number of White Babies Born While Criminalizing Women of Color - by Erin Matson and Shireen Rose Shakouri

13 Your Body Is Not Your Own What If We Understand the Criminalization of Abortion as Part of Creating a Larger Criminalized Class? - by Cheryl Rivera

14 Abortion Behind Bars The Carceral State Already Removes Bodily Autonomy and Any Illusion of Reproductive Choice - by Victoria Law

15 Pregnant and Prosecuted In a Post-Roe World, the Rights of the Fetus Would Supersede Those of the Person Carrying It—but for Many Pregnant People, This Is Already True - by Marie Solis

16 One Struggle, One Fight Abortion and Transgender Healthcare Are Under Attack by the Same Forces Using the Same Playbook - by Dr. Mary K. Bowman

17 Pregnancy and Abortion Only by Measuring How Much We Enjoy This Right Can We Measure the Social Wealth We Enjoy - by Movimento di Lotta Femminile di Padova; translated by Arlen Austen

Part III. Get Yourself Some Pills

18 Maybe Abortion Isn’t as Complicated as We’ve Been Led to Believe The Underground Network of Midwives, Herbalists, Nurses, and Activists Providing Home Abortions Across America - by Lizzie Presser

19 How to Give Yourself an Abortion Get Yourself Some Pills - by Arielle Swernoff illustrated by Mattie Lubchansky

20 Self-Managed Abortion Services It’s Safe, Effective, and Done All over the World - by Naomi Braine

Resource Guide and Directory Fight Back, Get an Abortion, Find Legal Resources, Fund Care, Tell Your Story - by the Editors

[nickjunesource]

Full article below.

Max Minghella is sitting in his backyard in the LA sunshine, his t-shirt an homage to the French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve, his adopted shepherd mix, Rhye, excited by the approach of a package courier.

“You okay, sweetheart?” he asks — the dog, not me — tenderly.

Minghella, who at 35 has dozens of screen credits to his name, is best known as The Handmaid’s Tale’s cunning chauffeur Nick Blaine, a character who it’s difficult to imagine saying sweetheart. In airless Gilead, of course, a cautious hand graze with Elisabeth Moss’ June can pass for a big romantic gesture. In a Season 1 episode featuring child separation and hospital infant abduction, Nick’s major contribution is to trade stolen glances with a sex slave while “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” pumps discordantly along. I ask Minghella about playing the series’ closest approximation to a dreamy male lead against the show’s dark narrative of female subjugation.

“I know this is not the answer you want to hear,” Minghella says with none of Nick’s hesitation. “But I like that stuff, right? In the pilot, I think Nick only had a handful of lines. It wasn't clear that this is what the character would turn into. And it's quite fortunate for me personally, because I'm not a massively sort of intellectual person in my real life. I love Fifty Shades of Grey. That's like my Star Wars. It suits me to play a character like him.”

Minghella surmises that this enduring romanticism is an outcome of nurture. His father, the late British director Anthony Minghella, made grand romantic dramas like Cold Mountain and The English Patient. And there was the young, cinema-mad Max sitting on the living room sofa, absorbing everything. “It’s taken me a long time to understand this,” he says of his prolonged childhood exposure to love stories. “My dad made The English Patient when I was 10. So it was two years of watching the dailies to that movie and then watching 50 cuts of it. And then [The Talented Mr.] Ripley he made when I was 13, and it was the same thing.” These were an adolescent Max Minghella’s alternative to reruns. “I think they did shape my perspective on the world in a lot of ways, specifically The English Patient. That was a complicated love story, and I wonder sometimes how much it's affected my psychology.”

Some sons rebel; others resemble. Minghella’s co-star O-T Fagbenle, who plays June’s other lover from before the time of Gilead, got his first job acting in Anthony Minghella’s romantic crime film Breaking and Entering. “Anthony is one the kindest, most beautiful men that I've ever had the privilege of working with before,” Fagbenle says. “And Max has his gorgeous, sensitive, open-minded soul.”

Though Minghella spent his childhood on the set of The Talented Mr. Ripley, playing an uncredited Confederate soldier role in Cold Mountain, and tooling around with a Super-8 camera Matt Damon gave him, he insists his upbringing was normal. He grew up in South Hill Park overlooking Hampstead Heath in London with his father and mother, the choreographer Carolyn Choa. (Minghella also has a half-sister, Hannah Minghella, who is now a film executive.) Yes, technically, it was London, but that’s not how it seemed. “I feel like I grew up in a very small town. Every school I went to was in Hampstead. I was born in Hampstead,” Minghella says of the small map dot of his life before university. “When I went to New York, I felt I was going to the big city.”

Despite his illustrious surname, movie-watching was far from restricted to the classics. “Beverly Hills Cop is definitely the movie I remember having an unhealthy obsession with. I think I saw it when I was 5 for the first time, and I'd watch it just two or three times a day for years. I'm just obsessed with it.”

Plenty of actors can trace their love of movies back to a love of stories, but for Minghella the relationship seems to flow in reverse. When he left for Columbia University, Minghella opted to study history for its connection, through storytelling, to film. It was during the summers between his years of college that he started taking acting more seriously. Before his graduation, he’d already appeared in Syriana, starring Damon and George Clooney. Soon, he’d make a splash as Divya Narendra in The Social Network in 2010 and be cast in Clooney’s Ides of March. As all young actors eventually must, Minghella moved to Los Angeles.

It’s been over a decade since he last lived on the Heath, but, perhaps unusually for a person who’s chosen his profession, Minghella is adamantly not a “shapeshifter,” in his words. Home for Christmas this year, he started sifting through old journals stored at his mother’s house, “just like scraps of writing from when I was extremely young up through my teenage years,” before coming to America. “It was hilarious to me,” Minghella says of staring at his childhood reflection. “My review of a movie at 7 years old is pretty much what my review of a movie at 35 will be. My taste hasn't changed much. And when I sort of love something, I do tend to continue to love it.”

Which brings us back to his enduring love of romance, born of his bloodline, which is all over Minghella’s own 2018 directorial debut. Teen Spirit is a hazily lit film about a teenage girl from the Isle of Wight — the remote British island where Max’s father Anthony was born — who enters a local X-Factor-style singing competition. (It stars Minghella’s rumored girlfriend of several years, Elle Fanning.) The story is small, but its crescendos are epic.

Minghella calls the movie — an ode to the power of the pop anthem — “embarrassingly Max.” Max loves a good music-driven movie trailer — he’s watched the one for Top Gun: Maverick “many” times. And Max loves the rhythmic beats of sports movies like Friday Night Lights. Max loves movies with excesses of female energy, like Spring Breakers. He likens Teen Spirit to an experiment, his answer to the question, “Can I take all these things that I love and find a structure that can hold them?” The result is a touching “hodgepodge” of Minghella’s fascinations, inspired by the songs from another thing he loves: Robyn’s 2010 album Body Talk (itself a dance-pop meditation on love).

Minghella hasn’t directed any films since, but he sees now how making movies fits his personality — organized, impatient — more organically than starring in them does. Directing also helped him to appreciate that acting is “much harder than I was giving it credit for,” which, in turn, has made him like it more. Besides The Handmaid’s Tale currently airing on Hulu, Minghella appears in Spiral, the ninth installment in the Saw horror franchise and, from where I’m sitting, at least, a departure.

“I do like horror movies, but the thing that was really kind of magical is that I was feeling so nostalgic, right? We talked about Beverly Hills Cop earlier. I was just missing a certain kind of movie,” Minghella explains of his new role as Chris Rock’s detective partner. He was yearning for simple story-telling, like in the buddy cop movies of his youth, especially 48 Hours. It almost goes without saying that a buddy cop movie is another kind of love story. “And then I read the script and it was very much in that vein.” He clarifies: “I mean, it's also extremely Saw. It's very much a horror movie.”

His renewed excitement for acting translated onto The Handmaid’s Tale set, too. Veteran Hollywood producer Warren Littlefield describes casting Minghella in the role of Nick as an effortless choice: “Sometimes you agonize over things. [Casting Minghella] was instantly clear to me, and everyone agreed.” Now in its fourth season, the tone of the Hulu hit is graver than ever. Gilead is more desperate to maintain its rule, and so more audacious in its violence. Perhaps it’s fitting that the show’s romantic gestures finally match that scale.

In one particularly soaring moment, Elisabeth Moss’ June and Minghella’s Nick meet at the center of a bridge and crush into a long kiss. It’s been two seasons since they held their newborn daughter together, and it’s hard to see how this isn’t their last goodbye. Littlefield, like Minghella, is here for the romance among the rubble. “It's spectacular when they come together. In the middle of all of the trauma is this epic love story,” he says. “Max is just magnificent in the role.”

For Minghella, the satisfaction is more personal. He works with good people, he likes his scenes, and he thinks Nick is a complex character. Minghella read The Handmaid’s Tale for the first time in college in 2005. Like all the things Minghella has ever liked, he still likes it. He’s as proud of this most recent season as he is the show’s first. And he watched Nick and June race recklessly back to each other across the expanse of the screen exactly how you might expect. “I watched it like a fan girl.”

[marjansmarwani]

Three fics tag game

I was tagged by @stardustviolet​ a while ago to name my most popular fic and two “hidden gems” that haven’t circulated as much.

Most popular (by kudos): 

A Puzzle I Love to Solve

When TK gets an invitation to a friend’s wedding back in New York, he’s torn. He does miss his hometown and there are people he’d like to see, but there are some he’d like to never have to see again. He knows at least one of them will be at this wedding. But he feels stronger with Carlos by his side; confident in this thing that they have.

Carlos is thrilled for a chance to see the Big Apple, but is more excited to learn more about his boyfriend; to see where TK came from, and the place and people that made him who he is. TK worries that some of the things from his past will change Carlos’s mind about them, but Carlos is in for the long game – he wants to know every inch of TK; even the not so nice ones.

This was a surprise, I really thought it was going to be either my amnesia fic or Dr. Reyes/Paramedic Strand. I’m not mad about it though, I love this fic and had a lot of fun writing it (pre-season 2, which is just insane to think about). 

Two “Hidden Gems” 

I have written 126 fics for Lone Star alone so this was difficult, but I settled on these two: 

in the hope of open hands

Vignettes of Nancy and Marjan through season two as their friendship grows stronger and turns into something more.

My Nancy/Marjan fic I love and was proud of that got me some truly nasty hate, and I hate that I stopped talking about it after that. It’s a good fic and I worked hard on it, so it had to make this list. 

Who you gonna call?

A charity event brings together the two most notorious internet ghost hunting teams: Marjan and TK of the borderline irreverent Spirit Squad and Paul and Carlos of the historically accurate Paranormal Investigators. Their task: investigate Austin’s notoriously haunted Littlefield House. The twist: they have to swap partners for the night to do so. It should be entertaining; if nothing else.

Or, The Ghost Hunting AU literally no one asked for.

I was really tempted to pick any of my other Marjan fics because I deeply love them all or one of my Owen fics (season 3 Owen really got into my head but I love the fics that came out of it (especially this one) so I’m not mad about it), but in the end I decided to go for something more fun -- my very first AU. It’s fun and flirty and I did a weird amount of research for it. 

no pressure tagging @reyesstrand @morganaspendragonss @moviegeek03 @kiras-sunshine @welcometololaland @iboatedhere @terramous @detectivecarlosreyes @doublel27 @reyescarlos @bellakitse