#madeline lynch

[roanokesims]

Lookbook: Madeline, Wilbur, & Claude Lynch, 1920s

Since it wouldn't be fair to just do one or two of the triplets, this is a three-for-one. The Lynch triplets aged up to teens in the late 1920s. While the three of them, especially Wilbur and Claude, were dressed similarly as children, they've begun to take on their own styles. Madeline is a bit of an odd duck and free spirit, Wilbur enjoys more youthful, casual clothes, and Claude is a bit more conservative and muted in his fashion.

Madeline (Hair) Everyday: Dress | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) Formal: Dress | Stockings (BG) | Shoes Athletic: Blouse | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) Sleepwear: Pajamas | Slippers (BG) Party: Dress | Stockings (BG) | Shoes | Flower Crown Swimwear: Swimsuit Hot Weather: Blouse | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) | Flower Crown Cold Weather: Coat | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) | Hat

Wilbur Everyday: Shirt | Pants | Shoes (BG) Formal: Shirt | Pants | Shoes (BG) Athletic: Sweater | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) Sleepwear: Pajamas (BG) | Slippers (BG) Party: Shirt | Pants | Shoes (BG) Swimwear: Swimsuit Hot Weather: Shirt | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) | Hat Cold Weather: Jacket | Pants | Shoes (BG) | Hat (Cottage Living)

Claude Everyday: Shirt | Pants | Shoes (BG) Formal: Top | Pants | Shoes (BG) Athletic: Shirt | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) Sleepwear: Pajamas (BG) | Slippers (BG) Party: Shirt | Pants | Shoes (BG) Swimwear: Swimsuit Hot Weather: Shirt | Knickers | Stockings (BG) | Shoes (BG) | Hat Cold Weather: Outfit | Shoes | Hat (BG)

Thanks to CC creators: @buzzardly28 @linzlu @happylifesims @waxesnostalgic @caio-cc @mlyssimblr @quiddity-jones @solistair @melonsloth @chere-indolente

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Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Patroclus/Achilles - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[djkerr]

Kurt McVeigh with Madeline Starkey and Ruth Eastman 🥰

2014 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Governors Ball | Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles | August 16, 2014

📷 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

[orlaogden]

Top reasons why I love this scene:

• Christine Baranski and Jane Lynch doing an intense dramatic scene with a touch of humor – what not to like?

• The dynamic way of how it’s filmed. (How many takes did they need?? Brilliant.)

• Diane’s look in general and the suit jacket in particular.

• The way Diane moves quickly and confidently while Madeline has to run after her.

• “Could you get security up here? This woman is harassing me.”

“Harassing? Someone like me?! A federal agent?!”

*absolutely unfazed* “This federal agent is harassing me.”

#goodcomedy

• Diane’s abrupt “I’m done with this bullshit” power stop.

• *tiny cunning smile* “You understand, I’m a seasoned lawyer. This doesn’t work on me. I’m not going to run crying to my husband, *mockingly* "How could you?" The very fact that you came to me and not Kurt’s lawyer shows how weak you think your evidence is…” and the way in which this whole speech is said 🤌🏻 #professionalism10/10 #hot

• Mchart being protective of each other is one of my favorite Mchart trope. And this is a good example of it.

• “One wife to another” #burn 🤣

• *Makes a great closing argument and walks away like the queen she is*

• THE MUSIC.

• All in all: perfect acting, directing, writing, sound design, costume design…

BONUS

Diane getting a kick out of Kurt dismantling the stated weak evidence in 5 seconds:

[djkerr]

How about your girlfriend, Amy Breslin?

TGF 01x09 Self Condemned

[slrmagazine]

Award-Winning Songwriter Madeline Merlo Releases Melodic Duet "Broken Heart Thing (feat. Dustin Lynch)"

Award-Winning Songwriter Madeline Merlo Releases Melodic Duet "Broken Heart Thing (feat. Dustin Lynch)". #madelinemerlo @madelinemerlo

Madeline Merlo, a 2x CCMA award winner and 2024 CCMA Female Artist of the Year nominee, teams up with MULTI-PLATINUM, 9x #1 hitmaker Dustin Lynch for her new release “Broken Heart Thing (feat. Dustin Lynch).” The song, the first peek into her forthcoming project ONE HOUSE DOWN (from the girl next door), explores both sides of a recent heartbreak & how they’re both still getting used to the…

[mercymornsimpathizer]

a non-exhaustive list of butch literature

a (very ad-hoc) list of butch reading and writing, (mostly) by butch authors. books I've read myself in bold; take the rest with a grain of salt. additions, addendums, and commentary welcome :)

(you can find my list of femme literature here)

general/literary fiction:

mrs s by k patrick

stone butch blues by leslie feinberg

boulder by eva baltasar

running fiercely towards a thin high sounds by judith katz

tipping the velvet by sarah waters

a crystal diary by frankie hucklenbroich

godspeed by lynn breedlove

cha-ching! by ali liebegott

the ihop papers by ali liebegott

greasepaint by hannah levene

lucy and mickey by red jordan arobateau

the bull-jean stories by sharon bridgforth

development by bryher

notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin

america is not the heart by elaine castillo

the slow fix by ivan coyote

the swashbuckler by lee lynch

old dyke tales by lee lynch

sci-fi, fantasy, and horror:

gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir

the unspoken name by ak larkwood

vermilion by molly tanzer

metal from heaven by august clarke

scapegracers by ha clarke

the unbroken by cl clarke

fire logic by laurie marks

the seep by chana porter

these burning stars by bethany jacobs

feast while you can by mikaella clements and onjuli datta

non-fiction, memoir, and autobiography:

hijab butch blues by lamya h

gender failure by ivan coyote and rae spoon

fun home by allison bechdel

butch is a noun by h bear bergman

female masculinity by jack halberstam

burning butch by rb murtz

when we were outlaws by jeanne cordova

leaving isn't the hardest thing by lauren hough

odd girls and twilight lovers by lillian faderman

another mother tongue by judy grahn

boots of leather, slippers of gold by elizabeth lapovsky and madeline davis

the persistent desire ed joan nestle

persistence: all way butch and femme ed ivan coyote and zena sharman

dagger: on butch women ed lily burana

[midnight-star-world]

#CountryMusic

CMT Crossroads Bret Michaels & Chris Janson/CMT Campfire Sessions

So today I will be bringing you the newest CMT Crossroads Bret Michaels & Chris Janson along with the newest season of CMT Campfire sessions. Here is CMT Crossroads First.

CMT Crossroads Bret Michaels & Chris Janson. This episode took place on Wednesday December 20, 2023 at 9pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) on CMT (Country Music Television). Here is what they played for us on this special.

Set list. Talk dirty to me. Fix a drink. All I need is you. Every rose has its thorns. Buy me a boat. Your mama don't dance. Good vibes. Nothin' but a good time.

Now let's talk about the highlights of this season of CMT Campfire sessions. We will cover a lot of different artists, so let's get started right now.

Chris Young - 1/12/24 at 10pm EST. Set list. Tomorrow. At the end of a bar (With Mitchell Tenpenny). We got history (Mitchell Tenpenny). Looking for you (Chris Destefano, with Chris Young). Aw naw. You. Getting you home (The black dress song). Famous friends.

Riley Green - 1/26/24 10pm EST. Set list. Different 'round here. Damn Country Music (Tim McGraw cover). I wish Grandpas never died. Half of me. Hell of a way to go. There was this girl. Ain't like I can hide it. Ain't my last rodeo.

Dustin Lynch - 2/2/24 10 pm EST. Set list. Love me or leave me alone. Honky tonk heartbreaker. Ridin' roads. Cowboys and angels. Thinking 'bout you (featuring Mackenzie Porter). Killed the cowboy. Chevrolet. Small town boy.

Love songs - 2/9/24 10pm EST. Set list. Riley Green - Good directions. Caitlyn Smith - Georgia on my mind. Dustin Lynch, MacKenzie Porter, & Madeline Edwards - Best part. Sara Evans - Crazy love. Chris Young - When you say nothing at all. Needtobreathe - Stand by me. Tenille Townes - At last. Darius Rucker - Let her cry.

Darius Rucker - 2/23/24 10pm EST. Set list. Have a good time. Don't think I don't think about it. Beers and sunshine. Fires don't start themselves. Never been over. Come back song. If I told you. Alright. Wagon wheel.

Classic Country - 3/1/24 10pm EST. Set list. Dustin Lynch - Chasing that neon rainbow. Priscilla Block - You'll think of me. Riley Green - Where corn don't grow. Brittney Spencer - Cowboy take me away. Darius Rucker - Kiss an angel good morning. Sara Evans - Why not me? Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny & Chris Destefano - Here's a quarter (Call someone who cares). Needtobreathe - Midnight rider.

And that's a wrap for both CMT Crossroads & The newest season of CMT Campfire Sessions. And on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give all these shows an overall review of 3 out of 5 stars. I only watch the artists I want to watch, and yes there would have been more episodes to talk about as well. It is always good to have a way to get more music out there. Thanks for taking the time to read this review. See ya all next time.

[djkerr]

TGF 02x09 Day 464

[roanokesims]

58 Joan & mom at home

They'd been dating for nearly a year when Joan discovered she was pregnant, despite she and Jake being careful. She told her parents first, who reassured her everything would be alright. When she told Jake, he clammed up and told her being a dad isn't his style, and made up an excuse to leave. Joan tried calling and writing him, but he never answered.

[whoworewhatjewels]

Best Jewelry At The 2023 BAFTA Awards

Best Jewelry At The 2023 BAFTA Awards

While sparkly snakes were spotted wrapped around the necks of Ellie Goulding, Lashana Lynch, and Ariana DeBose courtesy of Bulgari, the official jewelry partner at this year’s BAFTAs, there were also a ton of jewelry surprises and delights. From a pair of budget-friendly fast fashion earrings thanks to Kate Middleton and archival gems à la Anya Taylor-Joy to sizzling and sparkling multi-million…

[djkerr]

📷 tmdb.org

TGF 02x09 Day 464

[djkerr]

TGF 02x09 Day 464

Just to warn you, the clock tower across the street, when it rings, it startles the birds perched there, and they fly right into my window. So don’t be thrown.

[blairwaldcrf]

@lyinoptimist On why Louis is a better character with a richer story because of the way they brought race into the show:

[captioned: I agree with his Interview with the Vampire take, and it's not just that I care more that they're black, it's that I care more that they are black in a world where the creators know that they are black and write the story accordingly.

I remember when they cast Jacob Anderson to play Louis in this story a couple years ago and people were confused and nervous and a little bit angry as to why they cast this black man to play a character, who at least in the original story was a plantation owner that owned slaves & let them go I think eventually, but still it's like "what is this choice that you're making?" and the creators were like "no, no we know what we did".

And so now Louis like owns a brothel instead, and it's like Creole and like down in Louisiana 1920s, and you're like, "Oh, that's a pretty solid adaptational choice."

And I think ultimately the decision makes Louis look a lot more relatable, and also makes the story a lot more relatable because at least it would be harder for me to recommend this story if old Louis was the one I was telling you was in this really great show. It's like, "yeah... but he owned slaves...", you know what I mean?

It's just one of the things where it's not something I have to get into with other black fans who are really into like fantasy stuff who maybe don't want to engage in that sort of like problematic content.

Beyond Louis and Claudia being black and then Armand being like South Asian, it also gives us a really interesting look into different readings of the text now that the characters playing it are adapted in this way. This happens a lot in season one remember... like, because Lestat makes both Louis and Claudia he can no longer read their minds, but Louis and Claudia can still read each other's minds. And so in this kind of familial dynamic they've established for themselves, Louis and Claudia have this literal telepathic understanding that Lestat will just never be privy to and you can kind of read into that. It's like a metaphor for their relationship being with two black people in the household and then moving through the world and understanding the world in a way that is just different from Lestat. There's an underlying racial anxiety to Louis and Lestat's relationship that makes it, you know, more complex and like more fun to watch.

Season two there's less of it, but you have things like racialized trauma being used as the backbone for the trauma that the characters are experiencing to both highlight how horrific the things they're going through actually are.

Like Armand and his like, being sexually abused as a child in that specific way very much has the connotation of like, this happened to him because he was a vulnerable brown child and this very powerful white vampire came--presumably, i don't know who they're gonna cast but i was reading into it--came by and did this to him. And it's like, okay yeah, that complicates that dynamic a bit more.

Same thing with the execution that happens to Louis, Claudia, and Madeline at the very end of the season which is very reminiscent of, like-- Claudia even calls it a stoning but I would also argue that there's, like, elements of, like lynching to it, right?

Like, it's very horrific in a very relatable way to Black people, which I think it's drawing upon that but it's not necessarily like glorifying it in that way in order to like make the point that it wants about like, the tragedy that these characters are going through and I think it just makes the story that much richer and allows for a lot more interesting new perspectives because these characters are people of color now and that's what you can do with a good adaptation and like, these creators they understand that. ]

[ladyodium]

I Could Not Prevent It

S2x7

TW: I am going to be discussing some very heavy topics. I will ask that yall respect these topics. I will be going into Domestic Violence, Lynching, Racism, R/pe, and Gore. (SPOILERS IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ!)

So, as a Black Woman this was a hard watch. From the beginning of the lynching Louis, Claudia and Madeline were bagged and dragged off into an unknown place. Louis was being beaten on the floor while Claudia was thrown in the rat box and had people on top of it so she wouldn’t get out.

I want y’all to notice how only Madeleine is not harmed, Santiago is messing with her mind, but Claudia and Louis are being physical harmed. They all had their achilles tendons cut to the bone to prevent them from walking, they weren’t allowed to speak and if they did the coven vampires would punish them. Claudia and Louis lose their names, they are now “The accused”, Madeleine is the only one whose name is said.

The bagging, dragging, the torture, the beatings, and the mock trial all hit a little too close to home. You have two Black people and a Jewish person on stage and I can’t help but think how traumatizing this must be for Madeline. Who was dragged from her shop by an angry mob, forced on her knees and had her head shaved. Then she continued to have constant harassment on her shop and person, let’s not forget she was almost graped, and no one was going to save her. 

The film that shows in the back ground as Lestat is telling his “story” is such an important detail. “A white man who just came to New Orleans and is being Hunted by a Black male.” We the viewers know that this isn’t true. Lestat pursued Louis, Lestat wanted Louis, Lestat was obsessed with Louis. But Louis can’t convey that, he’s not allowed to speak, to defend himself. Claudia, Louis and Madeline have to sit and watch a Butch of white people laugh and mock them. They have to sit and suffer for something that was really their last option. 

Diction is very important. When Santiago is questioning Lestat he uses words like “you were forced to…you were manipulated….you were sad, and lonely….you had no choice.”

Lestat is the victim in this lynching, he was the one who was hurt, not Louis, not Claudia. He was a victim of love and passion! Of loneliness! Louis was the one who pursued him, manipulated him, made him lonely.

“I..,a vampire, was being hunted…”

“Louis was saying “come to me”…

“Speaking your own unspeakable desires…in hopes that I would come to you”

“Louis was deceptively agile with words”

“He abandoned me in our town house”

Lestat is not the victim in his relationship with Louis. Is Lestat a victim and an abuser? Yes, these two things can be true at the same time, but he was not the victim for what he did to Louis.

Claudia and Louis are described to be these two black vampires who killed their loving Maker (master). The flashback to the fight that happened really messed with me, so I’m just gonna believe that Louis, Lestat and Claudia’s versions of the fights some of them were true. The portrayal of trying to make Louis this monster who rejected Lestat and was an animal himself because he consumed animal blood is telling.

Often Black people are seen as monsters, they are the aggressors even when we are victims. I want people to understand how Louis and Claudia being Black played into their vampirism. They are immortal creatures of the night, but they are still BLACK. New Orleans was notorious for its lynching and Louis was not safe from that, no Black person was. People will say Louis was a pimp and he’s manipulating Armand and Lestat, but I feel like yall fail to understand that Louis didn’t have options. A black man in 1960 New Orleans didn’t have the options to become anything greater than what white people allowed him to be. We see that when he plays the poker game, when he helps Anderson and gets called a Nigger, and when the race riots happen and they burned down his business. 

“She called me an angel…..they burned her building because of me….”

(Context: Claudia thought Louis was God’s angel coming to save her and Louis feels guilty because she was going to die just because Louis was a black man dominating the market. )

Santiago has humiliated Claudia by making her this minstrel act. To have her sing, dance, and parade around like a fool in front of a white audience. He hates that Louis doesn’t want to join them, and that Louis is fine by himself. Louis grimacing as he watches Claudia was my face throughout that episode. He then displays her private diaries to an audience, he tells them to pass it around! Mocks her accent, makes fun at her pain and sorrows. I’m pretty sure he read what happened to her with that vampire who graped her.

She’s not a victim anymore but a prop they can laugh at and mock for their own amusement. She was right when she said “this isn’t a trial, it’s a stoning.” It’s a lynching happening in real time. Notice how Madeleine is the only one allowed the option of redemption, she’s allowed to choose her fate. She chooses death with her companion, and she had my heart for that. She really was a ride or die.

Claudia’s last act is to perform her song to the masses one more time because that’s what she was, entertainment. The way Santiago picks up her yellow dress as some kind of token really made me think of how millions of white people would have picnics and bring their children to watch the burning, lynching of black people and then they would take tokens of the kill.

To conclude, this was a hard episode and Lestat was pissing me off. Also, ARMAND IN HIS LITTLE ASS PLAYPEN?! BFFR! Shout out to the actors! They really made this episode.

[hismercytomyjustice]

!IWTV 2.07 Spoilers Below!

TW for racism, racial violence, and everything already in the episode.

These are mostly just my thoughts on Claudia and Louis and the role of age/gender/race in the trial.

The writers and actors and everyone went for the THROAT with this episode and I am HERE FOR IT.

First and foremost, this is a public lynching. Played out for an almost completely white audience. The CLOSE UPS on the mostly white audience as Claudia’s charges are read…

The farce of a trial. They didn't need to go to all this trouble to kill Claudia, Louis, and Madeline. They CHOSE to. They made it a SPECTACLE, as was often done during lynchings.

Louis referring to himself and Claudia as props instead of characters. Because the audience and the vampire "court" would have to see them as PEOPLE to consider them characters.

Lestat warping the narrative to make himself out to be the victim for a good chunk of the trial and immediately being believed and sympathized with because this poor white man has a sad.

The only defendant shown any sympathy or empathy during the trial being the sole white person, and a white woman no less. Madeleine is treated like a poor naive soul who could never have known what “horrible monsters” she was in league with. BUT SHE KNEW. She heard all about Lestat and why Claudia didn't want her to have his blood. She watched Claudia kill three people in front of her without breaking a sweat. To SAVE her.

Moreover, Madeleine is the only one they offer absolution to. Yes, she hasn’t committed any “vampire crimes,” but she’s once again given the benefit of the doubt as a white woman. She’s perceived as inherently innocent and worthy of salvation. The implication being she’s just one more person that’s been swept up in the schemes of these “villains”. While Claudia and Louis are treated as irredeemable and inherently evil. Lestat confessed to breaking the same laws they’re on trial for, but he also receives a white “get out of jail free” card.

The way Claudia, for all intents and purposes, a 14 year old Black CHILD is portrayed as a monster in addition to a “child seductress” of sorts. The implication being she bent two fully grown men to her will. WE know Claudia is technically an adult inside (and that's how she sees herself), but the projection of maturity on a non-white child to justify violence and victimization against said child is excellently and devastatingly done.

The further “justification” of Lestat’s actions because he has his maker’s/father’s temper. Yet another excuse often bandied about by abusers. Like they "can’t help themselves". Obviously the cycle of abuse is a very real thing, I don’t mean to diminish that. But seeing him actually take a moment to be like “oh, no wait, I chose to do those things, that was actually all me” was a nice touch. Doesn’t absolve him of ANYTHING he did, but at least he finally acknowledges the role he played.

Claudia, the “youngest” of the group being the only one who fights against the compulsion to defend herself. We’re told over and over again through the series she’s unstable, too emotional, etc because she was turned as a teenage girl. And yet she is the only person there with an OUNCE of maturity. AND SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE. 

She’s only that way because she became parentified while trying to save Louis from himself and from Lestat. Even now, knowing they’re all about to die in a horrific fashion, she can’t turn off the part of her that cares about Louis. That doesn’t want to see him reenter the cycle of abuse, even in his last moments. She was his protector then and now while Louis is trapped in his own head.

Louis should be the one protecting HER. She is his daughter/little sister. He is older than her. He's been a vampire longer than her. He’s the one who got her turned in the first place. Not to diminish everything he’s going through as an abuse victim among other things, but she desperately needed him and once again he couldn’t/wouldn't/didn't step up for her.

Claudia saying “Can I cry and say that I’m sorry too?” Directly calling out the weaponization of white tears. The audience is willing to sympathize with a grown white man but not with his CHILD victim. Once again a Black child (in the physical sense) being held to higher standards than a grown white man who “just couldn’t help himself.” The audience laughs at Claudia’s pain while simultaneously sympathizing with her abuser.

Despite Claudia taking Paris by storm as Baby Lulu, not a single fan of hers steps forward in her defense. Santiago even acknowledges there are fans of her show in the audience! Because she’s not their beloved Baby Lulu anymore. She’s no longer performing for the entertainment and comfort of a white audience. Because she isn’t a person to them. Great post here about how the Baby Lulu play is a minstrel performance too btw.

We’re told again and again throughout the show that Claudia was too young to be changed, too volatile and therefore doomed to go mad and perish. But she’s the sanest and strongest of the three on trial. She fights back against an entire coven trying to break her mind. She walks of her own volition even with her ruined Achilles tendons. If everything they claimed was true, we sure as hell aren’t seeing any indication of that now. Claudia has proven her mental fortitude time and time again despite misery after misery inflicted on her in her undead life.

But no one in the audience and none of the vampire “justices” will ever acknowledge this truth. Because she’s a child when it’s convenient to their narrative (playing Baby Lulu and her standing in the coven), but she’s suddenly an adult the instant she advocates for herself and is now fully accountable for her “crimes.” They refuse to admit the Claudia before them now is the one and only real Claudia.

Even at the very end, Claudia tries to protect Madeleine from the sun. She holds her. She shields her with her body. She does what NO ONE has ever done for her. What Louis SHOULD HAVE DONE FOR HER. We know the pain she suffers is agonizing. We’ve seen Louis and Madeleine’s go through it. Yet she stands there head high, holding her love, and singing the song she hated so much to the lynch mob. Because no one there is ever going to think of that song in its original context again. Instead, it’s her final act of defiance, her last chance to declare her autonomy and insist she will never be what they tried to make her.

The death scene is such a stark contrast to her first death when Louis is pleading with Lestat to save her. She was catatonic then, but here she is so devastatingly vibrant and ALIVE. And it makes it hurt so much more to see that taken from her along with her life.

Claudia is such an amazing character in this show. Bailey Bass and Delainey Hayles are such phenomenal actors. I am DEVASTATED we have reached the end of Claudia's story and this is her legacy, but at the same time I will NEVER forget this episode or their extremely nuanced performances. Do I hope they'll find a way to reincorporate Claudia into the story? Absolutely. I'd love to see more. But at the same time, if this is how she had to go, I'm glad they centered the narrative so strongly around her.