#nicola rutherford

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ELISSA BACKDRAPES (CARLOTTA EDITION)

Patricia Hurd, Chicago / Early US Tour

Kim Stengel's old US Tour costume

Kim Stengel's new US Tour costume

Aya Kawamura, Nagoya, Sapporo, Yokohama, Kyoto etc

Gail Hakala and Kim Stengel, Toronto

Ena Yoon, South Korea

Beverley Chiat, World Tour revival

Corinne Schaefer, Hamburg revival

Ekaterina Lehina, Moscow

Anette Stridh, original Stockholm

Louise Fribo, Copenhagen revival

Nicola Rutherford, West End

Hope Lavelle, World Tour revival

Rachel Anne Moore and Bete Diva, Hamburg / Sao Paulo

(original design by Maria Bjørnson)

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The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady (Les trois mousquetaires: Milady), Martin Bourboulon (2023)

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Actors in alphabetical order: part 1(A-D), part 2, part 3

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The arrangement of names may not be alphabetical

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Anne Hathaway Anya Taylor-Joy Asia Argento Astrid Berges-Frisbey Boran Kuzum Camille Rutherford

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Carla Juri César Domboy Callum Turner Cate Blanchett Charity Wakefield Charlie Rowe Chiara Mastroianni Christian Bale Christoph Waltz

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Dagmara Dominczyk Dan Stevens Ella Purnell Emily Blunt Ezra Miller Raffey Cassidy Rebecca Emilie Sattrup Rose Byrne Roxane Duran

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Frances O'Connor Gemma Arterton Hannah Taylor-Gordon Hattie Morahan Hugh Dancy Isabelle Adjani

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Izzy Meikle-Small James Norton Jane Birkin Joanne Whalley Lucy Boynton Jim Caviezel Monica Keena Nicolas Duvauchelle Sally Hawkins

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Adriana Tarábková Dakota Fanning Elle Fanning Gaia Weiss Gwyneth Paltrow Kirsten Dunst Léa Seydoux Pia Degermark Roxane Mesquida Rosamund Pike Samantha Gates Sophia Myles

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Annabelle Wallis Austin Butler Carey Mulligan Guy Pearce James Frain Katie Parker Kate Siegel Olivia Cooke Rachel Hurd-Wood Soko Sujaya Dasgupta Tom Cruise

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Adèle Exarchopoulos Anna Maxwell Martin Charles Dance Emma Williams Gillian Anderson Ian Somerhalder Imogen Poots Matthew Rhys Natalie Press Nina Dobrev Paul Wesley Tamzin Merchant

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Anna Friel Catherine Mouchet Déborah François Dominic West Frédéric Noaille Joséphine Japy Kevin Kline María Valverde Paz Vega

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Ben Whishaw Clémence Poésy Elliot Grihault Emilia Fox Joseph Morgan Lambert Wilson Michelle Dockery Phoebe Fox Sophie Okonedo Tom Hiddleston Tom Hughes Tom Sturridge

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Calista Flockhart Charlotte Gainsbourg Christina Giannelli David Strathairn Felicity Jones Fu'ad Aït Aattou Greta Scacchi Helena Bonham Carter Holliday Grainger Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Friend Sophie Marceau

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Angela Bassett Brooke Carter Cillian Murphy Danylo Kolomiiets Katie McGrath Keeley Hawes Maria Bonnevie Marta Gastini Miriam Giovanelli Olivia Hussey Oscar Isaac Peter Plaugborg

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Ben Barnes Ben Chaplin Bill Skarsgård Iben Akerlie Jakob Oftebro Jo Woodcock Lily-Rose Depp Reese Witherspoon Ruth Wilson Samantha Soule Tess Frazer Virginie Ledoyen

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Cary Elwes Colin Firth Daniel Day-Lewis Emilia Verginelli Hannah James Jonah Hauer-King Loli Bahia Lorenzo Balducci Rebecca Hall Robin Wright Rupert Everett Willa Fitzgerald

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Annes Elwy Claire Danes Eliza Scanlen Freddie Fox Hugh Jackman Kathryn Newton Louis Partridge Maya Hawke Romola Garai Samantha Mathis Trini Alvarado Winona Ryder

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Douglas Smith Eric Bana Gizem Karaca Jessica Brown Findlay Kenneth Branagh Kit Harington Millie Brady Natalie Dormer Poppy Delevingne Rachel Weisz Rosy McEwen Sam Claflin

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Aubri Ibrag Christina Hendricks Connie Jenkins-Greig Guy Remmers Henry Cavill Imogen Waterhouse Josie Totah Mia Threapleton Olivia Hallinan

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Essie Davis Fahriye Evcen Justine Waddell Natalia Sánchez Monica Bellucci Penelope Cruz Piper Perabo

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Alicia Vikander Alida Baldari Calabria Christopher Abbott Emma Stone Jasmine Blackborow Kim Rossi Stuart Lili Reinhart Louis Cunningham Margaret Qualley Marine Vacth Mark Ruffalo Mélanie Thierry Ramy Youssef Scarlett Johansson Sydney Sweeney

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Antonia Clarke Cameron Monaghan Heather Graham Isolda Dychauk Laoise Murray Madelaine Petsch Olivia Colman Sophie Turner Vanessa Redgrave

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Claire Holt Emily Mortimer Jennifer Beals Kelly Macdonald Lena Headey Perdita Weeks Ruta Gedmintas Sarah Bolger Sting

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Berrak Tuzunatac Burcu Ozberk Cansu Dere Deniz Cakir Melisa Sozen Merve Bolugur Saadet Aksoy Yasemin Allen

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Alina Kovalenko Anastasiya Ostreinova Anna Sagaydachnaya Dorota Delag Kseniya Mishina Oleksii Yarovenko Olena Lavrenyuk Taras Tsimbalyuk Veronika Shostak

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To do list:

Christopher Gorham under development (The Other Side of Heaven 2001) Harry Melling - The Pale Blue Eye 2022 Nora Arnezeder - Angélique 2013 Isabella Heathcote - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Gwen (2018) Julie Delpy - La passion Béatrice 1987,  Frankenstein 2004, Trois couleurs: Blanc 1994, The Three Musketeers 1993 Nastassja Kinski - Revolution (1985), Tess 1979 Julia Ormond - Young Catherine 1991, First Knight 1995, Legends of the Fall 1994 Laura Donnelly - Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Britannia, Outlander Morena Baccarin in Stargate Isabella Celani - A Room with a View 1985 Neve McIntosh - Gormenghast 2000 Kate Beckinsale - Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Sarah Felberbaum as Maddalena in Medici

✦Francesca Annis

Wives and Daughters 1999 — under development

Volker Bohnet — Ludwig 1973 Romy Schneider — Ludwig 1973, Sissi 1955 Helmut Berger — Ludwig 1973

✦Ethan Erickson

Dorian 2003— under development

All of these gifs were made from scratch by me for roleplaying purposes. Feel free to use them as sidebars and reaction gifs. PLEASE DON’T CLAIM THEM AS YOUR OWN.

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2024 Books Read

In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren (Jan 1)

The Long Games - Elena Armas (Jan 2)

The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston (Jan 3)

Something More - Jackie Kalilieh (Jan 3-Jan 4)

A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid (Jan 8-Jan 13)

Cockroach - Rawi Hage (Jan 17-Jan 24)

Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas De Quincey (Jan 18-Jan 24)

The Night Circus (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Jan 24-Jan 29)

Manfred - Lord Byron (Jan 29-Jan 31)

White Nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky (Jan 26-Feb 1)

Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie (Feb 1-Feb 5)

Fronteras Americanas: American Borders - Guillermo Verdecchia (Feb 8)

Total Chaos - Jean Claude Izzo (Feb 7-Feb 16)

I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib (Feb 17-Feb 21)

Once in a Promised Land - Laila Halaby (Feb 26-Mar 1)

Babi Yar - Anatoly Kuznetsov (Feb 17-Mar 2)

Northanger Abbey (reread) - Jane Austen (Feb 27-Mar 3)

Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury (Mar 10-Mar 11)

The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary (Mar 12-Mar 13)

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross (Mar 13-Mar 14)

The Breakup Tour - Emily Wibberly + Austin Siegemund-Broka (Mar 14)

Foul Heart Huntsman - Chloe Gong (Mar 15-Mar 16)

I Hope This Doesn't Find You - Ann Liang (Mar 16-Mar 17)

Less - Andrew Sean Greer (Mar 17-Mar 18)

Night of Power - Anar Ali (Mar 20)

Winter in Sokcho - Elisa Shua Dusapin (Mar 20-Mar 22)

The Last Man - Mary Shelley (Mar 19-Mar 30)

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett (Mar 30-Mar 31)

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin - Timothy Snyder (Jan 10-Apr 4)

The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson (May 5-May 8)

Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah (May 14-May 16)

Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney (May 17-May 28)

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (May 30-June 9)

Her First Palestinian - Saeed Teebi (May 30-June 10)

Funny Story - Emily Henry (June 11-June 16)

November 1942 - Peter Englund (June 16-June 26)

Alone With You in the Ether - Olivie Blake (June 23-June 27)

A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman (June 27-June 29)

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin (June 29-June 30)

The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe (June 30-July 3)

The Girls I've Been (reread) - Tess Sharpe (July 4-July 5)

The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K Dick (July 6-July 12)

Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross (July 12-July 16)

Body Grammar - Jules Ohman (July 17-July 19)

Shanghailanders - Juli Min (July 19-July 23)

They're Going to Love You - Meg Howrey (July 24-July 26)

So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan (July 26)

That's Not My Name - Megan Lally (July 26)

The Blonde Identity - Ally Carter (July 27)

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett (July 27-July 29)

The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie (July 31-Aug 2)

Beautiful World Where Are You - Sally Rooney (Aug 3-Aug 8)

Mr Salary - Sally Rooney (Aug 9)

Penance - Eliza Clark (Aug 9-Aug 10)

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (Aug 11)

Educated - Tara Westover (Aug 12-Aug 14)

The Couple at No. 9 - Claire Douglas (Aug 15-Aug 20)

A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber (Aug 17-Aug 19)

London - Edward Rutherford (Aug 20-Aug 28)

The Girls - Emma Cline (Aug 28-Aug 29)

The List - Yomi Adegoke (Aug 30)

Florida - Lauren Groff (Aug 30-Aug 31)

Less is Lost - Andrew Sean Greer (Aug 31-Sept 1)

Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (Sept 1)

Zoya - Danielle Steele (Sept 1-Sept 3)

Where Are You, Echo Blue - Hayley Krischer (Sept 4-Sept 7)

Bellies - Nicola Dinan (Sept 8-Sept 15)

A Contract With God - Will Eisner (Sept 17)

The Rachel Incident - Caroline O'Donoghue (Sept 19-Sept 21)

Richard II - William Shakespeare (Sept 15-Sept 22)

Maus I - Art Spiegelman (Sept 19-Sept 24)

This Ravenous Fate - Hayley Dennings (Sept 22-Sept 25)

The Unwomanly Face of War - Svetlana Alexievich (Sept 15-Sept 25)

Foster - Claire Keegan (Sept 26)

Anne of Windy Poplars (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (Sept 21-Sept 30)

The Pairing - Casey McQuiston (Sept 26-Oct 1)

Dept of Speculation - Jenny Offill (Oct 2)

Watchman - Alan Moore (Sept 29-Oct 4)

The Getaway List - Emma Lord (Oct 3-Oct 5)

Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson (Oct 6-Oct 8)

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (Oct 9-Oct 13)

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark (Oct 13-Oct 14)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Oct 19-Oct 22)

Bliss Montage - Ling Ma (Oct 23-Oct 26)

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (Oct 18-Oct 27)

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (Oct 24-Oct 28)

One for My Enemy - Olivie Blake (Oct 26-Oct 31)

Graveyard Shift - M.L. Rio (Nov 1-Nov 2)

Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (Oct 26-Nov 4)

Rouge - Mona Awad (Nov 2-Nov 6)

Book Lovers (reread) - Emily Henry (Nov 9-Nov 10)

Macbeth (reread) - William Shakespeare (Nov 4-Nov 13)

Monty's Men - John Buckley (Nov 4-Nov 14)

The Starless Sea (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Nov 12-Nov 18)

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The night is young, and he knows it’s only the beginning as he watches her through the thick of the crowd. Theo is certain she hasn’t spotted him just yet - despite the weight of his stare that she undoubtedly feels prickle the back of her neck, spiders legs tickling and leaving a trail of goosebumps into the thick of her hair. There’s a sheen of sweat that has the lights glistening in a scintillation of color in the curve of her collarbones, and he wonders if her friends know she’ll defect from the dancefloor for a drink soon enough. 

Fingers click away at the keypad of his phone screen, watching as photographs of her and her friends, her family, cascade through a timeline of the last six months. She’s somewhat estranged from her siblings, neither choosing the life path the rest had, nor condoning the choices they’ve made. It makes her interesting, but somewhat predictable and he’s counted on it over time. Peering through a lens that might put him within her path, even if she’s never really noticed it before. It’s the seed that matters - a familiar face, or voice, that feels normal and comforting. Like she’s heard it a million times away.

Sitting a few tables away at her favorite restaurant. Dropping off a book to the same library. Their trolleys colliding by accident in the isle of her local store.

He’s pieced it together in the same way all those artists of paintings he never understood in his studies might have. A flicker of light here, depth and texture where it’s least expected, and suddenly he realizes what it’s like to be an artist. To manipulate and alter the perception of another to get the response he wants. 

Still, it’s only the beginning, and he isn’t foolish enough to believe that he had what he wanted within arms reach just yet. There’s still too many factors, too many choices she has to make that might derail the plan he’s set with steel in his mind. Contingencies are the greatest failsafe, between Nicolas and Aurelie, he’d come to learn as much at an early age. One didn’t ever plan to lose everyone they considered to be family, and yet it happened - a preparation that Theo had been rather guilty in making for himself well before the time came. It held his heart together when it should have fallen to pieces. Would she know how to do so? Would someone else be there for her, or would she face the world from a lonely window? He knows that one day she’ll wish she’d thought about it more, planned for the day it happened. Then again, he supposes that it’s already too late for her now. Too late, as she orders another vodka soda, extra lime. Too late, as his hand reaches over the bar beside her, asking the bartender to put it on his tab. She doesn’t know it yet, but her whole life is about to change. He intends to make it so. Yvonne Rutherford is about to meet the love of her life. And Johnathan Parsons is going to regret letting him live. 

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Ages after Round 1

After 3,5 days (1 year and 9 month) the current ages of Uberhood's inhabitants are:

If you didn't notice: there is now a Masterpost with all families (might contain mild spoilers): click!

You can also read the whole round 1 in chronological order if you click here!

89: Luis Aspir 86: Carlos Contender 64: Olive Specter, Patrizio Monty 60: Dora Ottomas 59: Mortimer Goth 58: Herb Oldie 57: Isabella Monty, Consort Capp 56: Coral Oldie, Betty Goldstein, PT9 Smith 55: Denise Jacquet, Herbert Goodie, Faith Goodie, Catherine Viejo 51: Jenny Smith 50: Daniel Pleasant 49: Mary-Sue Pleasant 46: Jason Cleveland 45: Marissa Cleveland 44: Edward Contrary, Albany Capp 43: Benjamin Baldwin, Stephen Tinker 42: Vivian Cho, Morty Roth 41: Isabel Baldwin, Wanda Tinker, Opal Contrary, Marcel Jocque, Sophia Jocque, Stella Roth 38: Darren Dreamer 37: Gilbert Jacquet, Buzz Grunt 36: Checo Ramirez, Leod McGreggor 35: Florence Delarosa 34: Antonio Monty 33: Loki Beaker, Pascal Curious 32: Timothy Riley, Lisa Ramirez, John Burb, Goneril Capp, Peter Ottomas, Lola Curious, Cornwall Capp 31: Armand DeBateau, Victor Aspir, Elizabeth Aspir, Issac Bell, Hannah Bell, Brandi Broke, Rose Greenman, Jason Greenman 30: Jessica Peterson, Circe Beaker, Ajay Loner, Erin Beaker, Samantha Ottomas 29: Sanjay Ramaswami, Vidcund Curious, Bianca Monty 28: Ramir Patel, Jennifer Burb, Alexandra O'Mackey, Priya Ramaswami 27: Ana Patel, Patricia Wan, Kristen Loste, Gabe O'Mackey 26: Gabriel Green, Matthew Picaso, Andrew Martin, Nervous Subject, Cassandra Goth, Regan Capp 25: Chastity Gere, Sharon Wirth, Jessica Picaso, Kent Capp, Oberon Summerdream 24: Samantha Cordial, Kimberly Cordial, Geoff Rutherford, Malcolm Landgraab IV, Chester Gieke, Jason Larson, Jodie Larson, John Mole, Trent Traveller, Julien Cooke, Nathan Gavigan, Mary Gavigan, Cyd Roseland, Robert Kim, Cynthia Kim, Tara Kat, Cleo Shikibu, Dina Caliente, Nina Caliente, Don Lothario, Lazlo Curious, Chloe Curious, Titania Summerdream 23: Connor Weir, Natasha Una, Trisha Traveller, 22: Gunnar Roque, Jane Stacks 21: Roxie Sharpe, Jonah Powers, Guy Wrightley, Mickey Dosser, Monica Bradfort, Ashley Pitts, Brittany Upsnott, Allyn Monty 20: Mitch Indie, Max Flexor, Delilah O'Feefe, Edwin Sharpe, Marla Biggs, Phineaus Furley, Ellen Frost, Chaz Whippler, Emily Lee, Tom Freshe, Matthew Hart, DJ Verse, Sarah Love, Jessie Pilferson, Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman, Frances J. Worthington III, Aldric Davis, Almeric Davis, William Williamson, Blossom Moonbeam, Klara Vonderstein, Stella Terrano, Martin Ruben, Allegra Gorey, Joshua Ruben, Kevin Beare, Castor Nova, Tiffany Sampson, Heather Huffington, Sam Thomas, Jared Starchild, Ty Bubbler, Jimmy Phoenix, Erik Swain 19: Johnny Smith, Hailey Goodie 18: Ophelia Nigmos, Swan Goodie 17: Tank Grunt, Andrzej Goodie 16: Mercutio Monty, Tybalt Capp 15: Ripp Grunt, Romeo Monty, David Ottomas 14: Justin Cleveland, Angela Pleasant, Lilith Pleasant, Puck Summerdream, Juliette Capp 13: Rick Contrary, Violat Jocque, Dustin Broke, Hermia Capp, Sandra Roth, Jacob Martin 12: Melody Tinker, Dirk Dreamer, Jules O'Mackey, Miranda Capp, 11: Tara DeBateau, Gavin Newson, Ginger Newson 09: Sofia Baldwin, Lucy Burb, Jill Smith, Bottom Summerdream, Alexander Goth, Buck Grunt, Hal Capp, Beatrice Monty, Benedick Monty, 08: Sally Riley, Daniel Bell, Desdemonda Capp, Sharla Ottomas 07: Tessa Ramirez, Tina Traveller, Isaiah Gavigan, Gabriella Newson, Gallagher Newson, Justin Kim, Xander Roth 05: Beau Broke 04: Markus Baldwin, Etsu Cho 03: Pauline Aspir, Garett Newson, Georgia Newson, Daisy Greenman 02: Ariel Capp, Tommy Ottomas 01: Willow Patel, Ian Broke, Winona Curious, Kevin Ottomas, Nadja Ottomas 00: Frank Tinker, Wendy Bell, Felicity Gavivan, Nicolas Greenman, Octavia Greenman, Victor Roth, Felix Smith, Isolde Capp, Otis Ramaswami

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most wanted?

we'd love to see:

finn, obi-wan kenobi, qui-gon jinn, ezra bridger, sabine wren, captain rex, hunter, bo-katan kryze, din djarin, wrecker, tech, echo, crosshair, baylan skoll, boba fett, fennec shand, cassian andor, bix caleen, rose tico, lando calrissian, jyn erso, nightsister merrin, bodhi rook, chirrut imwe, garazeb 'zeb' orrelios, amilyn holdo, bail organa, breha organa, the hero of tython/jedi knight, ashara zavros, doc, theron shan, satele shan, lord scourge, lana beniko, talos drellik (star wars) sam wilson, steve rogers, thor odinson, bruce banner, carol danvers, scott lang, miles morales, jessica drew, cindy moon, mj watson, ned leeds, harry osborn, lorna dane, pietro maximoff, erik lehnsherr, charles xavier (marvel) percy de rolo, vax'ildan, grog strongjaw, scanlan shorthalt, yasha nydoorin, beauregard lionette, fjord, caduceus clay, veth brenatto, kingsley tealeaf (critical role) dame aylin, alfira, lae'zel, wyll ravengard, halsin, jaheira, minsc (baldur's gate) captain john price, kyle 'gaz' garrick (call of duty) cullen rutherford, alistair theirin, josephine montilyet, cassandra pentaghast, the inquisitor, the warden, hawke, varric tethras (dragon age) sir malcolm murray, sembene, alexander sweet/dracula, dorian gray, brona croft/lily frankenstein (penny dreadful) edward cullen, esme cullen, carlisle cullen, leah clearwater, seth clearwater (twilight)

and:

armand, nicolas de lenfant, gabrielle de lioncourt, daniel molloy, jesse reeves, merrick mayfair, mona mayfair, tarquin blackwood, julien mayfair, jojo mayfair, ciprien grieve (the vampire chronicles/lives of the mayfair witches) lucerys velaryon, jacaerys velaryon, harwin strong, laenor valeryon, baela targaryen, aemond targaryen, helaena targaryen, missandei, grey worm, jorah mormont, sansa stark, ned stark, catelyn stark, bran stark, robb stark, davos seaworth, gendry (game of thrones/house of the dragon) betty cooper, archie andrews, jughead jones, dilton doiley, sabrina spellman (archie comic/riverdale/sabrina) josie saltzman, lizzie saltzman, milton greasley, landon kirby, rebekah mikaelson, marcel gerard, stefan salvatore, bonnie bennett, enzo st john, nadia petrova, jenna sommers, davina claire, freya mikaelson (the vampire diaries universe) rose tyler, donna noble, the fifteenth doctor, martha jones, amy pond, rory williams, bill potts, yasmin khan, ryan sinclair, graham o’brien, dan lewis (doctor who)

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Going back to writing about movies, even if it is in such a form, is really important to me. They used to inspire me, give me strength and cheer me up no matter what was happenign around me. It has become increasingly difficult due to various reasons, but I’ve been trying to get back into it for a couple of months now. January was pretty solid when it comes to movies, which gives me hope to keep going. I saw a couple of truly great movies and I’m choosing to hold on to that. 1. Favourite movies: Badlands (1973); Kimi no suizô o tabetai (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas) (2018). 2. Decent movies I liked / appreciated but not loved: Ben-Hur (1959); The Mating of Millie (1948); Bullet Train (2022); The Web (1947); The Goonies (1985); Raising Arizona (1987). 3. Best wtf movie/ending: Videodrome (1983). 4. Best scenes: fight scenes on the train (Bullet Train, 2022); the police chase in Badlands (1973); the fight between the rival programmes (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004); Ol' Man River (Show Boat, 1936); robbing the store and running away from the police (Raising Arizona, 1987); reading the diary / watching the fireworks / playing truth or dare (Kimi no suizô o tabetai, 2018); speaking Spanish to the new maid (The Goonies, 1985); ‘Snap out of it!’ (Moonstruck, 1987). 5. Favourite genres: anime, comedy, musical, adventure, romance, action, thriller, film-noir, crime, mystery 6. Favourite directors: Terrence Malick (Badlands, 1973) is the best this month for me. The movie balances being absolutely terrifying but also meditative and reflective as well as can be done, in my opinion. William Wyler's Ben-Hur (1959) is a monumental achievement in filmmaking; David Leitch's Bullet Train (2022) is an energetic and refreshing take on a familiar story that seems to surprisingly be pulling no punches. Michael Gordon's The Web (1947) is exactly the type of noir I like: romantic, sharp, with well-written but not overly complex characters and a well-established rivalry between the good guy and the bad guy. Richard Donner's The Goonies (1985) brought me straight back to childhood, when the world was  a beautiful and curious place, friendships were for life, adventures were exciting (and scary as well!) and anything could happen. I miss movies like this so much! Shin'ichirô Ushijima's Kimi no suizô o tabetai (2018) shattered my heart into a million pieces (as intended) showing that you can always find beauty in the world if you're willing to look close and be brave. The Cohen brothers' Raising Arizona (1987) was just such a blast to watch! It's wacky and crazy and also surprisingly heartfelt with a strong central message. That's the biggest surprise of the month for me for sure. Nic Cage rocks in this film! Henry Levin's The Mating of Millie (1948) was pure joy! It was the first truly joyful movie experience of the year for me and even though it wasn't really all that special, it was cute, funny, well-written, well-acted and amusing. Bruno VeSota's Dementia (1955) was the last movie I watched in January and unexpectadly it scared me quite a bit. The editing, the acting and the music create a very unsettling atmosphere of the world you would in all consciousness rather avoid. It's a disturbing film if i ever saw one, no wonder it was banned for a while upon its initial release. Strong Twilight Zone vibes. 7. Favourite actors: there are soooooo many this time around, but I am determined to mention at least most of them here. Disclaimer, I may not love every film mentioned (like Anchorman, Brighton Rock or Angel Heart), but individual performances have nothing to do with it. Most actors knocked it out of the park!

Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur, 1959); Margaret Rutherford (Murder at the Gallop, 1963); Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price (The Web, 1947); Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock, 1947); Martin Sheen (Badlands, 1973); Fred MacMurray (The Gilded Lily, 1935); Paul Robeson (Show Boat, 1936); Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter (Rasing Arizona,1987); Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro (Angel Heart, 1987); Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury (The Harvey Girls, 1946);  Errol Flynn (Gentleman Jim, 1942); Adrienne Barrett (Dementia, 1955); Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes (The Mating of Millie, 1948); Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train, 2022); Matthew McCounaughey, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant (The Gentlemen, 2019); Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce (Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992); Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman (The Goonies, 1985);  Richard Widmark (Night and the City, 1950); Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy; 2004). There are also too many cameos to count in this movie, they were fantastic!

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) has the best cast I've seen in years, and they are all at the very top of their game! Charlton Heston is simply iconic, Margaret Rutherford is absolutely delightful as Miss Marple even when the script lets her down. Vincent Price has his first taste of playing a bad guy, and looking at the character actor he becomes in the future, he liked it quite a lot. Richard Attenborough's performance has a lot in common with the likes of Scarface and Little Caesar. Menacing. Martin Sheen gave a star-making performance so energized it could power up the sun! It's almost impossible to believe that The Gilded Lily is Fred MacMurray's first massive film, he looks and sounds way too confident for that, like he is an established actor. Makes perfect sense why the roles just kept pouring in for him after this movie. Nicolas Cage finally made me realise why he was considered as one of the top actors of his time. A great, slightly unhinged, but at the same time touching performance. This is what happens when you go for crazy but also know when to rein it in. I liked Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Errol Flynn's performances even though I did not like the films they were a part of. But the best has to go to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, he absolutely stole EVERY. SINGLE. MOMENT. in Bullet Train, he was glorious! The swagger, the attitude, the style, the one-liners. Old-school, masculine and cool. It is just so attractive. 8. Least favourite performances: Joey King (Bullet Train, 2022). It may be the character rather than the actress (I know she worked hard and it pains me to write about her here), but I really disliked her in the film. I don't seem to be a fan of either W.C. Fields (Million Dollar Legs, 1932) or the Marx brothers (Animal Crackers, 1930). Oh, well. Everyone elese did a terrific job. 9. The most wasted cast: nothinig in particular really. I love the pairings of Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in Private Lives (1931); Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland in The Gilded Lily (1935) as well as Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro in Angel Heart (1987), but the films... I wish the films were better. 10. The best wasted premise: Angel Heart (1987). 11. Best premise: Bullet Train (2022); The Goonies (1985); Raising Arizona (1987); Monster Squad (1987). 12. Favourite cast: The Gentlemen (2019). Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, Eddie Marsan, Tom Wu, Bugzy Malone. 13. Favourite on-screen duos: Judy Garland x John Hodiak (The Harvey Girls, 1946); Emma Roberts x Luke Bracey (Holidate, 2020); Glenn Ford x Evelyn Keyes (The Mating of Millie, 1948); Aaron Taylor-Johnson x Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train, 2022); Margaret Rutherford x Stringer Davis (Murder at the Gallop, 1963); Charlie Hunnam x Hugh Grant (The Gentlemen, 2019); anyone in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992); Martin Sheen x Sissy Spacek (Badlands, 1973);  Claudette Colbert x Fred MacMurray; Claudette Colbert x Ray Milland (The Gilded Lily, 1935); Nicolas Cage x Holly Hunter (Raising Arizona, 1987); Edmond O'Brien x William Bendix; Edmond O'Brien x Vincent Price (The Web, 1947). 14. Favourite on-screen relationships: Boku + Yamauchi Sakura (Kimi no suizô o tabetai, 2018); Michael + Rosalind Pearson (The Gentlemen, 2019); Noel Faraday + Bob Regan (The Web, 1947); Doug Andrews + Millie McGonigle (The Mating of Millie, 1948); H.I. McDunnough + Ed (Raising Arizona, 1987). 15. Favourite characters: Judah Ben-Hur (Ben-Hur, 1959); Boku, Yamauchi Sakura (Kimi no suizô o tabetai, 2018); Michael Pearson, Coach, Fletcher (The Gentlemen, 2019); Noel Faraday, Bob Regan (The Web, 1947); Doug Andrews, Millie McGonigle (The Mating of Millie, 1948); Ladybug, Tangerine, Lemon (Bullet Train, 2022); Miss Marple (Murder at the Gallop, 1963); Bob Regan, Andrew Colby (The Web, 1947); Ronny Cammareri, Loretta Castorini (Moonstruck, 1987); Ricky Roma, Shelley Levene, Dave Moss (Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992); Pinkie Brown (Brighton Rock, 1947); Mickey, Brand, Mouth (The Goonies, 1985); Kit (Badlands, 1973); Ron Burgundy (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 2004); H.I. McDunnough, Ed (Raising Arizona, 1987). 15. Favourite quote: nothing springs to mind, unfortunately... 16. Favourite fact discovered in 2023: that Nicolas Cage is actually a pretty great actor? Oh, never mind... On a serious note, Ida Lupino was married to Louis Hayward when they played aunt and nephew (huuuuuuuh?) in Ladies in Retirement in 1941. 17. The most overrated film: Animal Crackers (1930). The Marx brothers' whole body of work seems to be a constant hit or miss with me. Angel Heart (1987). It was so paaaaaaaaaaainfully predictable where the film was going that at one point I genuinely thought the film was punishing me for having a brain. 18. The most disappointing film: Angel Heart (1987). Again! Some aspects of the style really work and create this dark, dangerous atmosphere... and then the story ruins it all. 19. The biggest surprise: Raising Arizona (1987)! Superbly delightful. 20. Best cinematography: Tak Fujimoto, Stevan Larner and Brian Probyn for Badlands (1973). Also, Robert Surtees for Ben-Hur (1959) and Mayuko Koike for Kimi no suizô o tabetai (2018). 21. Best set design: Hugh Hunt for Ben-Hur (1959). Also various set designers, production designers and assistants on The Goonies (1985). 22. Best costume design: Jean Louis (The Mating of Millie, 1948); Sarah Evelyn (Bullet Train, 2022); Yvonne Wood (The Web, 1947); Rosanna Norton (Badlands, 1973); Richard Hornung (Raising Arizona, 1987). 23. Best music: Hiroko Sebu for Kimi no suizô o tabetai (2018). 24. Best prooduction choice: casting Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona (1987). 25. Worst production choice: not focusing on black characters more in Show Boat (1936). 26. Film of the month: Badlands (1973). Kimi no suizô o tabetai (2018) is a close second, shile Raising Arizona (1987) is #3.

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i have had a busy summer, and couldn't gif much. i plan on doing lots over the next few weeks. current projects

luke newton in season 2 of bridgerton

gugu mbatha-raw in belle (2013)

sam ried in belle (2013)

sarah gadon in belle (2013)

solly McLeod in tom jones (2023)

sophie Wilde in tom jones

johnthan bailey in season 1&2 in bridgerton

more under cut

patrick stewart in the x-men movies

james marsden in the x-men movies

tye sherdian in dark phoenix

nicola caughlin in

nicola caughling in season 1-3 of derry girls

eloit salt in season 1&2 fate:the winx saga

paulina chavez in 1&2 fate:the winx saga

abigail cowen in 1&2 fate:the winx saga

Hannah van der Westhuysen 1&2 fate:the winx saga

Luke Pasqualino in season 1-3 of the musketeers

Luke Pasqualino in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Jessie Mei Li in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Archie Renaux in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Freddy Carter in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Amita Suman in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Kit Young in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Daisy Head in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Sujaya Dasgupta in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Calahan Skogman in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Lewis Tan in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Jack Wolfe in season 1&2 of shadow & bone

Ceara Coveney in season 2 of wheel of time

Daniel Henney in season 1&2 of wheel of time

Josha Stradowski in seaosn 1&2 of wheel of time

Madeleine Madden in seaosn 1&2 of wheel of time

Marcus Rutherford in seaosn 1&2 of wheel of time

Zoë Robins in season 1&2 of wheel of time

Dónal Finn in season 2 of wheel of time

Barney Harris in season 2 of wheel of time

Sophie Okonedo in season 1&2 of wheel of time

Ariela Barer in one day at a time

Ariela Barer in season 1-3 of runaways

Gregg Sulkin in season 1-3 of runaways

Rhenzy Feliz in season 1-3 of runaways

Olivia Holt season 1&2 cloak & dagger and runaways

Aubrey Joseph season 1&2 cloak & dagger and runaways

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COLOUR VARIATIONS IN THE CONFIDANTE COSTUME

ROW 1: Orange/pink. The possibly rarest shade. Maybe even just one dress showing this; that worn by Jeanne Marie Nigl in Stuttgart. The other in this photoset is from Hiroshima, but as seen in the next row it might be pink.

ROW 2: Pink. Very common in the US, not so much elsewhere. Usually quite patterned dresses as well. Here's some of the less patterned and more obviously pink versions, as worn by Kitty Heaton on Broadway and an unidentified actress from the US Tour. Last photo shows a backstage photo of a newer Japanese dress.

ROW 3: Purplish gold. A more ombiguous shade, which can change the look quite a bit from backstage to stage lamps. Seen here is Mel Gowie in West End, unidentified actress from the South Korean revival, and Paige Tuddenham from either Toronto or the Canadian Tour.

ROW 4: Purple. Sometimes it's difficult to separate between purple and more patterned blue dresses, as these too tend to change colour quite a bit on stage. But here is two from West End (unidentified actresses), and one on display in Vienna.

ROW 5: Very blue. The very blue dresses seems to be a recent trend. Here's a fairly new one from the costume maker in the US, a similar US dress worn by Jennifer West in the World Tour revival, and an unidentified actress from the West End revival.

ROW 6: Sky / pale blue. The most common shade. It's what was seen in the original West End production (left), plus to examples from Hamburg, worn by Stephanie Watt and Tanja Petrasek.

ROW 7: Sky / pale blue. More of the same, as worn by an unidentified actress (Lisa Dyby Waddingham?) from early West End days, as well as Eline de Jong in Oberhausen, and Nicola Rutherford in West End.

ROW 8: Metallic green / yellow / undetermined. Some dresses are a bit hard to pinpoint, because they are made of a metallic fabric and it may act up under stage lamps. But here is a greyish/blue/gold dress from the original Stockholm production, a golden dress from the Mexican / Spanish / original Brazilian production, as well as a mint / blue one from the Copenhagen revival. Alas I don't have the name for either actresses.

(original design by Maria Bjørnson)

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Day[458]

Mia: Jack, we're hungry!

Protagonist: Jack! What's for dinner?

Nicola: We're hungry, Jack!

Jack, frying a bottle of ketchup over the stove: *screams*

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No Lost Love (La fille de son père), Erwan Le Duc (2023)

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Hey there, tags! The week just got started, and we would already love to see some apps coming. If you are looking for some new rp, check us out. Under the read more, you will be able to see a full list of all our open characters right now. Also, yes, you can send in an original muse of yours. We will welcome you all here.

CANON CHARACTERS

Brittany Pierce

Kurt Hummel

Danielle Harper

Artie Abrams

Shelby Corcoran

Kitty Wilde

Brody Weston

Unique

Shane Tisnley

Sue Sylvester

Jeff Sterling

Sebastian Smythe

Will Schuester

Matt Rutherford

Friday Romero

April Rhodes

Noah Puckerman

Jake Puckerman

Spencer Porter

Emma Pillsbury

Stephanie Pierce

Sugar Motta

Roderick Meeks

Mason McCarthy

Madison McCarthy

Santana Lopez

Bree Jordan

Holly Holliday

Grace Hitchens

Joe Hart

Rory Flanagan

Judy Fabray

Stevie Evans

Tina Cohen-Chang

Hunter Clarington

Mike Chang

LeRoy Berry

Hiram Berry

Jean Baptiste

Azimio Adams

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Avery Fabray (FC: Lily James)

Stacey Evans (FC: Lili Reinhart)

Chelsea St. James (FC: Ariana Grande)

Shannon Wilde (FC: Hunter Schafer)

Eléonore Smythe (FC: Stefania Spampinato)

Archibald Schuester (FC: Robert Pattinson)

Poppy Rutherford (FC: Ruby Barker)

Jamison Rutherford (FC: Regé-Jean Page)

Danna Rose (FC: Georgina Amorós)

Claire Rose (FC: Danielle Savre)

Thalita Rhodes (FC: Anna Camp)

Lei Readdie (FC: Shay Mitchell)

Evelyn Puckerman (FC: Kat Dennings)

Imogen Porter (FC: Nicola Coughlan)

Zara Pillsbury (FC: Madelaine Petsch)

Elenora Pillsbury (FC: Phoebe Dynevor)

Alessandra Pierce (FC: Claudia Salas)

Rafa Padilla (FC: Rafael Silva)

Adofo Motta (FC: Mena Massoud)

Maximus Meeks (FC: Jonathan Bailey)

Morena McCarthy (FC: Martina Cariddi)

Rebecca Lynn (FC: Ana de Armas)

Valentino Lopez (FC: Wilmer Valderrama)

Treyvon Jones (FC: Mason Gooding)

Talisa Jones (FC: Laura Harrier)

Levi Jones (FC: Michael B. Jordan)

Kyan Jones (FC: Jeremy Pope)

Billie Jones (FC: Alexandra Shipp)

Angelica Johnson (FC: Naomi Scott)

Jordan Jackson (FC: Zac Efron)

Cordelia Jackson (FC: Brie Larson)

Bradley Jackson (FC: Zac Efron)

Mildred Hummel (FC: Sandra Bullock)

Liam Hudson (FC: Dacre Montgomery)

Brian Hudson (FC: Nick Robinson)

Benjamin Hudson (FC: Shawn Mendes)

Gabriella Goldman (FC: Ashley Tisdale)

Abigail Goldman (FC: Ashley Tisdale)

Daniel Fabray (FC: Hunter Parrish)

Mia Evans (FC: Brianne Howey)

Victoria Crawford (FC: Claudia Jessie)

Alannah Crawford (FC: Renee Rapp)

Max Cohen-Chang (FC: Henry Golding)

Jenny Chang (FC: Gemma Chan)

Lucy Blossom (FC: Olivia Wilde)

Troy Adams (FC: John Boyega)

Caleb Adams (FC: Jacob Latimore)

Jess Abrams (FC: Brigette Lundy-Paine)

Castor Abrams (FC: Henry Cavill)

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Audition Piece || self para

The heavy sigh fell on deaf ears as the Commandant leaned against the bar. His back bearing the weight of everything that was on his mind. It had been months since Aurélie’s death. And while one day passed after the other the French loyalists could not help from analyzing the day from every angle – as if there would have been anything he could have done to undo the devastating loss to the St. Clair organization.

Théo’s callous hands wrapped around the glass of golden liquor bringing it to his lips before downing it. Before him a head was slumped over. A blood stained ragged pulled tightly across the man’s crimson stained lips. A pool of blood formed a puddle on the plastic on the ground. This wasn’t about getting information, this was about taking from them one brick at a time.

Abruptly the glass left his grasp as he sent it soaring across the room with such force that it crashed against the wall. A dry laugh left his lips as the man jolted against the wooden chair.

“Are you joking?” The frenchman asked as he pushed himself off the bar and started towards the chair. His brow furrowed in mock frustration as he forced the man to look up at him.“You’re turning into a sniveling little bitch. Just when I thought we were having a good time.”

Maybe something in him had snapped a bit – losing Aurélie had felt like losing his sister. It was like losing Nicolas all over again. All of this stemmed from one source - The Russians may have taken Aurélie’s life but it was the Rutherfords who had brought them here.

“I’m going to leave you with a little bit of wisdom,” His voice was calm as his eyes narrowed on the man sitting before him. A hand reached into his waistband before taking a step back the barrel of the silencer pressed against the man's head. “It only takes one.”

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Discovery of Astatine by Horia Hulubei

Sfetcu, Nicolae (2024), Discovery of Astatine by Horia Hulubei, Cunoașterea Științifică, 3:3, ppp,   Abstract The search for new chemical elements was a prominent scientific endeavor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This era saw the discovery of several elements such as radium, polonium, and radon by prominent scientists such as Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford. Astatine was one of the…