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"The devil exists. God exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges upon which one we elect to follow." 👻

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Hi Guys,

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Hi friends, my name is Amber and I’m 20 years old. I’ve been roleplaying for 11 ish years and before we get started I am literate and enjoy writing lots and adding tons of detail. But you don’t have to do the same, just give me something to work with.

Now, I’ve finally just watched the conjuring movies and I am desperate to write about it with someone. I double up and will write anyone for you if you can do the same for me. I use discord or here.. maybe even instagram?? Could give it a shot. Whatever your preference is I can easily adjust to it.

Keep in mind there will be heavy religious themes plus demonic, possession, supernatural- all the conjuring type of stuff ect ect. But yeah if you’re interested please feel free to like this post and I’ll get back to you, or you can message me here or even message me on my discord which is @ stars_fading001

Thank you!(:

[blackspell]

The Conjuring

“Come vi chiamano? Demonologi, Cacciatori di fantasmi o schizzati! Ma noi preferiamo… Ed E Lorraine Warren” “Ehi!…Giochiamo a battimani”

[sourcherryandsprinkles]

oooh I have an idea for a modern!jace fic. I am a sucker for academic rivals to lovers so something like that. maybe reader finds out that jace is struggling (I thought a foreign language class since he struggled with valerian) or the teacher makes reader tutor Jace. I hope that made sense!

thank you xoxo

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You despised above everything anyone who was from a sports team. They were loud, entitled, arrogant, and made college all about them. You had a special hatred for that one guy from the football team who was banging at your dorm door at 11pm on a Thursday, thinking he was at his ex-girlfriend's dorm. 

But when Mr. Perron had asked you to tutor the center player of the hockey team in exchange for extra credits, you couldn’t refuse. 

You thought it would be easy and that he would take your tutoring seriously — his place in the hockey team was on the line —, but Jacaerys Velaryon was a pain in your ass. He had difficulty concentrating after twenty minutes and kept arguing over the spelling of words. 

‘’You can’t pronounce it like that,’’ you said for the third time since you sat at a table in the tutoring center. 

‘’Why not? It’s written that way,’’ Jace argued back, pointing to the word in the textbook.

‘’Because that’s not how you pronounce ‘croissant‘! I don’t make the rules.’’ You held back an exhausted sigh, your patience wearing thin. ‘’If you go to Paris and say it like that, they’re gonna laugh at you.’’ 

‘’They’re gonna be too distracted by my charming smile to hear my wrong pronunciation.’’ He flashed his signature smile at you, the one that made most people swoon, but you shook your head, refusing to engage in anything other than what you were there for.

‘’Unfortunately for you, your charm will not work on Mr. Perron,’’ you said, making his smile disappear. ‘’And it definitely won’t work on the exam.’’

Forty-five minutes later, Jace still couldn’t seem to get the translations right. You felt like he wasn’t even trying, but he actually was. French was just not sticking. 

‘’Look, I’m here to help you, but if you want to waste my time—’’

Panic set inside Jace. ‘’No. I really need your help,’’ he insisted, his eyes wide with desperation. ‘’I swear I’m trying. If I don’t pass, I’m gonna get kicked off the team. There’s five games left, and we are so close to the play-offs. Please, don’t let me fail.’’ He looked at you intently, almost like a puppy dog begging for a treat.  

You stayed at the tutoring center for another hour. There was a slight improvement, but Jace would need a lot more hours of tutoring to pass his exam. 

So, that’s what you did. Everyday at 7pm, he would meet you at the tutoring center and bring snacks from the campus café, claiming studying on an empty stomach was proven less effective by studies. You hated how he made crumbs on the table and how casually flirty he was, but his charming smile was growing on you and making you less indifferent by the day, much to your annoyance. 

You quickly shook those growing feelings out of your heart, refusing to fall for a hockey player. He already had a ton of girls at his feet. The chances he would reciprocate those growing feelings were too slim to even consider.

‘’Thanks for helping me. It means a lot to me,’’ Jace said on your last tutoring session. ‘’I’ve improved a lot this week, and I would not have been able to get this far without you.’’

During your time together, you got to know him a little and no longer saw him as just an entitled college athlete. He was sweet and thoughtful, and a true mama’s boy. You tried so hard to cover your fondness when he answered his mother’s call during a session. He even had a cute picture of his family as his lockscreen. 

You gathered your stuff, putting everything into your backpack. ‘’Can I ask you something? Why did you take French if you struggle with foreign language?’’ 

Jace groaned, embarrassment filling his body. ‘’Because it seemed easy…and girls like it when a guy speaks French,’’ he admitted, his cheeks pink as he covered his face with his hand. 

‘’Watch them all fall for you when you pronounce ‘croissant’ correctly.’’ 

A small laugh left his lips, amused by your teasing. 

The sound of his laugh made your heart flutter, but you played it off by facing the other way.  He couldn’t know that his charm was getting to you.

‘’There’s one week left until your exam. You gotta keep studying if you want to pass,’’ you said to him. ‘’No relenting.’’

You slung your bag over your shoulder and walked to the door, preparing to exit, but Jace called your name.

‘’What do I get if I pass?’’ 

His voice made you slowly turn around to look at him. ‘’You get to stay on the hockey team?’’ 

Jace pulled back on his Wolves hoodie, making you daydream about wearing it and smelling his woody cologne and something that was just him. ‘’No. What else do I get? I need something to motivate me.’’ 

A smirk curled at the corner of your lips, the words leaving your mouth before you could stop them. ‘’If you get above 80%, I’ll suck your cock.’’

To you, it was a joke — just a joke —, but Jace never studied this hard before. He spent all his free time with his nose in his french textbook, and even brought it to the gym so he could study while running on the treadmill. His teammate made fun of him, but he didn’t care. The reward would be worth it.

On the day of the exam, he asked Mr. Perron if he could grade his exam immediately, needing to know if he could play tomorrow night. Jace waited impatiently as the man checked everything, nerves bubbling in his stomach. When Mr. Perron handed him his exam, he walked out and started looking for you.

He found you sitting in the quad, reading by yourself. He ran over to you, and shoved his exam in front of your face. At the top right corner was a bright red 81%. 

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Sacrifice

Pairing: Lorraine Warren x Fem reader

Description: You put yourself in danger and end up hurt to save Lorraine and Ed

You knew something wasn't right as you looked around for April while Drew stayed in Brad's cop car with Christine as brad, Ed, Roger, and Lorraine kept Carolyn in the basement originally waiting for Father Gordon to arrive and do the exorcism but things grew dire leading to ed having to jump in and do the exorcism instead. "April! April where are you!?" you ran around everywhere looking for april knowing that if she was near carolyn at this point that Bathsheba would force carolyn to kill april as she had already done herself and possessed another woman to do before which only drove you to find april even more as you yelled and frantically ran back downstairs searching the kitchen as you heard small cries, you listened realizing it was from the floor leading to you opening the floor open with a crowbar where you found april underneath the floor as you reached for her tearing the floor open more before picking her up right as caroyln came making april scream as you immediately lifted April out and fell in the hole to prevent bathsheba from getting to her as everyone else tried to stop her. You yelled as you grabbed onto carolyn and held onto her tightly as she tried to climb through the hole where drew ran in and grabbed april as ed yelled out to you but you weren't letting go determined to protect april at all costs as caroyln finally yanked you up as rammed you into the ground before ed jumped in and lorraine as well which made your heart sink as you heard lorraine scream before you saw red running and ramming carolyn in the wall and pinning her there as lorraine called out to carolyn everyone telling her to fight as ed finished the exorcism and banished bathsheba leading to you almost collapsing, you teared up seeing the Perron family all together holding onto each other before you were taken to the hospital where you got stitches on the back of your head and found out that you had a concussion. You fell asleep after answering the basic questions the nurse asked you to be sure that your concussion was severe enough for you to be monitored more than a few hours or a day at the most which luckily you would only need to be monitored for the next four hours, you woke up an hour later only to see lorraine beside you learning that ed had went back to his house where he put the music box from the house in the room where things from every case was collected which you truly thought was not the best thing to do but somehow nothing had happened zoning into your thoughts until you heard lorraine speak softly and her words made your heart shatter and your eyes widen as she looked at you with an emotional and fearful expression which made you feel guilty for what you had done, "You're not a sacrifice...you're someone I care about deeply and if I lose you I don't know what I would do..." you opened your mouth to speak but your voice cracked and tears formed in your eyes out of guilt knowing you had caused her along with drew and ed worry even if you weren't trying to and had reasons for your actions. You looked down at your lap not knowing anything to say in this moment before lorraine held you in her arms relieved that you were okay that calmed the immense fear and worry that ran through her when she had seen you get thrown to the ground and collapse after the exorcism leading to ed having to carefully drag then carry you out of the house to the ambulance even with you being awake you definitely weren't in the real time and world during that moment with how dazed you were and your eyes almost glazed over, "I'm sorry..." lorraine immediately shook her head shushing you softly as she held you until you were back asleep again after repeating yourself from the questions the nurse asked before.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ten Montreal-area parents are suing a high school teacher and a school board after their children’s classroom art assignments were allegedly posted for sale online.

The lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court seeks $155,000 per family, plus punitive damages and an apology from Westwood Junior High School art teacher Mario Perron and the Lester B. Pearson school board.

A filing dated March 15 says Perron had assigned his students at the St-Lazare, Que., school to produce a “creepy portrait” of themselves or a classmate inspired by the style of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. [...]

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29/06/2023 - the Montreal Canadiens select Jacob Fowler 69th overall | y // 1/09/2023 - Inside the Canadiens Draft Meetings, 2023

Jacob Fowler — an introduction, a collection of media

I’ll give you three shooters, and you can tell me if they’re righty, lefty, passer, or shooter. Perfect. Okay. Harvey, Chicago? He’s a passer. He’s a lefty. Lefty. (pause) Perron? Perron’s a shooter and he’s a righty. He’s got a really good shot. Fine? Fine’s a righty. Didn’t see too much of him this year. I’d say he’s a — he’s probably more of a passer, yeah. So you know your stuff. I do. You could probably go up and down the whole USHL and I could name… righty, lefty… Okay, now, how did you… When did you start studying it like that? I don’t think it was ever a ‘study’ as much as just — not even a photo memory — just; you play against those guys and if you want to stop those guys, you’re going to figure out real quick if he’s a righty or a lefty if you want to stop the puck. I mean you can’t… You can’t play your short side wrong if it’s a righty on his one side or a lefty on the other side, so… I think if you don’t know what hands they are, or if they’re a shooter or a passer, you’re not going to be very successful.

[Fowler at the scouting combine, speaking to a Canadiens psychologist] But I’m more interested in the guy who’s really inside, right? Yeah. Tell me about him. Tell me what makes him friggin’ tick. I’ve been, y’know, doubted and… Yeah! Here we go! I’ve had to prove people wrong my entire career. Of course you have, yeah! I sat in my living room in a shirt and tie with my whole family and watched, y’know, five or six hours of the entire OHL [Ontario Hockey League] Draft, the entire USHL [United States Hockey League] Draft and — to never see your name pop up on that screen is… It’s a pretty crappy feeling. To know that you played in the National Championship, you played in the national tournament twice; you’ve won just about every youth championship you could win in North America… To never be talked to, or to never see your name pop up is — it’s terrible. I don’t read too much into the different awards, but… To win the award of Goalie of the Year in this league that I was undrafted [in] — nobody wanted me. There were 16 teams and not a single one of them wanted me. I had to go out and prove that, every single night, that you messed with the wrong guy and Youngstown was just fortunate enough that I ended up in their corner. That feeling sticks with me every day, and… The last thing I want is any organisation to look back and wish they would’ve taken a chance on me because all I’ve done is prove people wrong.

Where do I even begin with Jacob Fowler? Scouts and pundits and fans have taken note — the Canadiens have had a distinct vision with their past few drafts under the Kent Hughes regime: culture and character. Jacob Fowler is yet another piece. In what I figure is typical Montreal media fashion, he's being hailed as the next goalie-of-the-future, as Carey Price come again. Big hair, big expectations, and a big fucking chip on his shoulder — that's Jacob Fowler. Also Jacob Fowler: a goalie who has always performed, always been at the bleeding edge of every leader board, a goalie who makes every net his.

The stats are the least notable thing about Fowler. Plenty of young goalies have put up good stats. It's not about his sv%, for me. It's about all the rest of it. It's the candidness with which he tells his story. It's the intensity of his complexes — borne from years of being overlooked.

Jacob Fowler rattles off skaters and their tendencies and thinks of it as a given that you should know these things by rote if you want to make saves. Jacob Fowler knows how good he is, he remembers every single instance where he'd been ignored when it came time to pick, and he's seemingly simmered this anger for just as long as he's understood it. That's what makes me care.

There's love of the game, and there's this. He's a fascinating case study: undeniably elite, yet somehow passed over again and again; confident and on the verge of cocky; calm, but only in the way the surface of a rip current hides it's pull. He's picking a fight with everyone who doubted him each time he gets in net. He's looking at the yawning chasm of where Carey Price used to be and he's going to jump. Against the searing lights of playing in Montreal? He says, "I don't think I could write the script any better. I want to be a Montreal Canadien, and I want to win a Stanley Cup for them. As a competitor, I don't want it to be easy. I think — I want the bright lights, I want the big stage, and y'know I said earlier pressure is a privilege."

It might all be bluster. It might be a media-trained, canned response. I was convinced.

x | y // x | y

[Exchange between the Canadiens' scouting team] Martin Lapointe: So, Billy, you're saying you would put Fowler ahead of [redacted]? Bobby Ryan: Yes, 100%. Fowler shows up every time and wins. It's, it's like almost — it's crazy. No one's saying Fowler was 'good' growing up. He was the best growing up. He's (redacted goalie) not better than Fowler. Like if we're playing a game right now and I said, "Alright, I'm gonna — you pick your team, we all got..." Vincent Riendeau: We're talking about the NHL today? They're not facing the NHL today. These guys will face them at 24, 25. BR: I know, but what I'm saying... He's ready — he already mastered... He's mastered his position. The other guys haven't. They have the tools. They haven't figured out in their head how to fuckin' win games. This kid does it. He's been doing it since he was like 10 years old. And he wants to do it. [...] We're all working towards the same goal. We're trying to win a Stanley Cup and... I'd want the kid who wins the most. Never been not the top goalie, ever. Ever. Look at the numbers. He's never not been the top goalie in the entire league. Not like — not the starter. He's never not been the highest save percentage in every league he's ever been in. VR: I can't deny it... I can't — but... BR: I just think we're going to regret not taking this kid.

I'm cheering for Jacob Fowler not because I think it's a sure-fire bet — he might never make it, and more promising prospects have fizzled out before — I'm cheering for him because I'm unbelievably excited to see him try.

[swissboyhisch]

All-Star Love

Pairing: Matthew Tkachuck x Lemiuex!Reader

Summary: The NHL All Star weekend is always fun. But bring in a romance... Then that's when it becomes interesting.

Word Count: 1742

Warnings: None I think. Please tell me if I'm wrong.

A/N: This comes from a fanific I've written myself. I adjusted it for this but I loved this idea/scene.

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All-Star weekend 2020. This year it was being held in St. Louis. You had arrived on the Pittsburgh plane with Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang and Tristan Jarry since you were currently working with the team. Despite being Lemiuex’s child, you had earned yourself a position as an assistant coach at such a young age. You grew up playing the game. Now you were also the captain of the Canadian Women’s team. 

The last few years, you had attended the games alongside Sidney, who was an older brother after he lived with you and your family after he was drafted in 2005. It was a staple weekend in the season schedule. You had the chance to see all the friends and players you were close with and get to have some fun. Often you could even find yourself doing media stuff. 

This year the NHL had introduced the Elite Women’s 3 on 3. You were the youngest on the Canadian team by 5 years. They also have allowed the women on the teams to compete in the skills competitions. You had been placed into the Shooting Stars event. This meant that you were competing against your boyfriend, Matt, and his brother, Brady. Others in the skills competition include Mitch Marner, Patrick Kane, Tyler Seguin, David Perron, Hillary Knight, Danid Pastrnak and Ryan O’Reilly. 

Right now you were dressed in a pair of jeans and your team jersey. Standing in line waiting to be called to the stage where you’d be shooting from. With Mitch, Matt and Brady in front of you, the four of you were chatting and laughing. Each of you were excited to shoot off the platform. 

“Now your Gatorade Shooting Stars… from your St. Louis Blues, number 57, David Perron!”

The arena came to life, all cheering on one of the home team players. Perron, with his son in his arms, made his way up the stairs from ice levels. Handing out beanies and high fiving the fans as he went up to the platform.

“From the Toronto Maple Leafs, number 16, Mitch Marner.” 

Mitch followed Perron up the steps. Handing out hats as he went. Matt stepped forward to the bottom of the stars, looking up at all the fans. He had a hand on your lower back. Brady had let your stand next to your boyfriend whilst you three waited.

“From the Calgary Flames, number 19, Matthew Tkachuk.” Matt follows Mitch up. “From the Ottawa Senators, number 7, Brady Tkachuk.”

“The Canadian Women’s All Star, number 11, (Y/N) Lemieux.”

As you walked up the many stairs, you handed out rolled up t-shirts to fans. It was weird to have this many cameras in your face though. If you were honest, the walk up to the platform looked a lot shorter from the bottom. Especially the amount of stairs you had to climb. You reached the platform and waited for the rest of the players to join herself,Matt, Brady, Mitch and Perron. When everyone had gotten there, it went straight into the competition. First to shoot was Perron. He scored a total of 14 points. Mitch was next on the platform. He scored an awesome 22 points.

“Our next shooter, Matthew Tkachuk,” Nick started. “Your brother Brady is following you so we thought, hey, why not get one more Tkachuk up here. Why not bring up your Dad. Give it up St. Louis, for all-star Kieth Tkachuk!”

Yourself and Brady grin, tapping your sticks as you watched Keith join Matt on the platform, an arm around his shoulder with a wide smile on his face. Nick motioned for Brady to join them as well. You decided to give him a light shove as a joke.

“You should be up here as well,” Brady commented as he joined his brother and father.

You laughed at Brady’s comment. Sending a wink to Matt as well who had the biggest smile on his face.

Keith turned to face you, giving you a joking look, “I think we’re missing someone up here.”

“I ain’t no Tkachuck,” You reply. “Enjoy the moment, big guy.”

Matt stepped forward from where he was standing, holding his hand out for you. “Well, maybe we should change that, hey?”

“What?”

Keith, Brady and Nick stepped back from the platform and Matt grabbed your hand, pulling you to the centre of the platform they were standing on. Your hands flew to your mouth as you watched Matt slowly kneel to one knee and open a ring box. In the box sat the most perfect engagement ring you had ever seen.

“No way,” you breathed, looking at Matt who had the biggest smile on his face.

“You’ve been my best friend since we met all those years ago right here in this very arena. When little (Y/N) bumped into me as she ran to get away from her dad. You’ve been considered part of this family since then but I think I need to make it official, make sure you don’t stand out too much with that last name. Will you do me the greatest honour of changing your last name from Lemieux to Tkachuk?”

You nodded, too shocked to answer in words. The arena roared to life when Matt stood up and kissed you. He pulled the ring out of the box as you dropped your gloves. You cried as Matt slid the ring on your finger. Once he had sealed the deal, you lunged at him, wrapping your arms around his shoulders excitedly.

The players around them and on the bench, as well as the whole arena, were screaming and cheering. Mitch and Brady made sure they were heard over everyone else. 

“I can’t believe you,” You laughed as you pulled away from Matt. Brady was the first to hug you congratulations. He had the biggest grin as well. The smile gave him away. “You knew!”

“Of course I did,” Brady chuckles, “I helped choose the ring.”

Brady was interrupted when Keith pulled you into a hug. “I think you should just keep your last name, it’s more recognisable.”

“Tkachuk is better, that's for sure.”

Nick soon joined the happy group. You were tucked into Matt’s side like usual. Nick held his hand out to Matt who shook it happily before handing Matt a new jersey. It was a grey All-Star Canadian jersey like you were wearing. You grabbed it from Matt, checking the back which now had Tkachuk on it.

“Oh my god,” You grinned, pulling off your current jersey for the new one.

“Hey, have a look at the photo up on the board you guys.” There was a photo of Keith kneeling by the bench in front of a young Brady, Matt and yourself. You had attended the weekend with her father and hung out with the boys. One of the rare times you got to see the Tkachuk brothers as a kid. “How exciting is it to be on this platform being here, history in the making, with your sons and soon to be in-law?”

“I’m so proud of these guys,” Keith stated, smiling at you three. “They’ve earned being here. Matt and Brady grew up here, watched me play here. I mean, Matt met (Y/N) just outside the home change rooms in this arena.” At that, there was a picture of Matt, Brady and Taryn, the youngest Tkachuk, standing with Keith now on the screen.  “I love these guys. I know they love the Blues deep down.”

“Oh, we’re excited to have you here. 18000 people wanna know, how many pucks can Tkachuk chuck, chuck? So why don’t you have a go at this.” Keith took Matt’s stick from him as the three young adults stepped back. “Come on, Keith Tkachuk everybody!”

Keith shot the puck, nearly getting it in the 10 pointer net. “Not a lot of love for that arch there Tkachuk,” You chirped as he turned to give Matt his stick back.

He hugged the three of you before Matt stepped up to the platform. But only after a kiss from you. Keith’s arm wrapped around your shoulder as they watched Matt drop his gloves.

“How characteristic…” You giggles, stopping when he pulls off his Calgary jersey to reveal an old St. Louis Cardinals jersey.

“Who’d he fight?” Keith laughed. “He won’t touch you.”

“He’ll fight me,” Brady mumbled from beside you.

The three of you chuckled as you watched Matt take his first shot. As he took his next few shots, you listened to Brady and Keith chirp your boyfriend, well now Fiance. Matt ended up with 24, getting a 10 on his last one.

“Look at you go,” You smiled, pecking Matt when he switched spots with Brady. 

Brady stepped up to the plate. Matt pulled from under his dad’s arm into his. Having you stand in front of him with his arms around you. When Brady took his first shot, Matt laughed at the fact his brother didn’t do anything special as a tribute to their hometown. 

“Next up we have the last of the three musketeers.”

You stepped onto the platform, with a good luck kiss from Matthew. You had 7 shots to hit the targets laid out on the ice below. With the first shot you hit a 5. After your 6 other shots, you came to a total of 24 as well. Tie with Matthew. After everyone else had taken their shot, it was only Matthew and yourself that had the highest score. No-one had outshot you two. 

“Since you both scored an amazing 24 points, we go to a sudden death shootout. One shot. Highest score wins.”

Matt shot first, missing the arch but a hair. You shot next. The puck went flying over the arch. Actually hitting Jarry who was chilling at the end of the end with some of the other goalies. 

“Injure your goalie, why don’t ya?” Matt chirps as he steps up once again. 

Round two. Matt shoots and hits the 5 points. Only way for you to beat that was to score the same or hit the arch for 10 points. You took a moment before finally shooting the puck. It went straight into the arch. You grin, cheering as you turn to where Matt was standing.

“Better luck next time Tkachuk!”

He smiled, coming up to congratulate you. He pressed a kiss to your lips. “Next time, you’ll be a Tkachuk as well.”

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Surviving The Conjuring

Terrifying Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Fic-Tober Masterlist

Summary: Dalton accompanies you to the first week of the Terrifying Tuesday horror movie marathon for the tenth anniversary showing of The Conjuring. When you notice something about Ed Warren, you eliminate Dalton's anxiety and create a new game.

Warnings: spoilers for and dialogue from The Conjuring (2013) and Scream (1996), takes place after The Red Door (2023), brief mentions of anxiety, fluff, I think it could be read as platonic or romantic. 1.0k+ words.

A/N: That title is the best I could do? I watched The Conjuring for the first time last night so if the order of events I mention isn't accurate, I apologize. I hope you enjoy the Patrick Wilson horror movie inception! :)

Your phone begins to ring, and you tear your attention away from Dalton to check it. He’s been in your dorm most of the day, and you lost track of time.

“I have to go,” you say as you stand. “I’ll see you tomorrow?”

“Where are you going?” Dalton asks, eyes following you as you navigate your dorm. “Big plans without me?”

You laugh before promising, “You don’t want to go to these big plans. I’m going to see the tenth anniversary showing of The Conjuring.”

“I can go with you,” he says before adding, “so you don’t have to go alone.”

“It’s fine, Dalton. I invited Chris but she’s busy.”

Dalton looks up at you, his unintentional puppy-dog eyes getting the best of you.

“I just don’t want you to be miserable the whole time. That’s the only reason I didn’t invite you before.”

“I’ll be fine. Besides, I can hold your hand if I get scared,” Dalton responds, grabbing your hand in his.

You look between his face and your joined hands before sighing. “Fine. On one condition. If you get scared or don’t like it, any reason at all, and want to leave you have to tell me. Immediately. Deal?”

Dalton shakes your hand and agrees to your terms before walking out with you. When you arrive at the park and find a quiet area to sit where you can see the screen, Dalton pulls you as close as possible and asks you questions about the movie before it starts. 

“Remember what I said. If you want to leave, tell me. It’s not a problem, Dalton, I want you to be comfortable and have a good time,” you remind him as the screen is illuminated.

The movie begins, and you give it most of your attention, a part of your brain dedicated to Dalton and his wellbeing. You can feel him beside you, and at the first sign of discomfort or anxiety, you plan to get him out and do something else.

As the movie plays and the scenes switch between Ed and Lorraine Warren and the Perron family, you feel a strange sense of recognition whenever Ed appears or speaks.

“It’s something inhuman,” Ed Warren speaks, referring to Annabelle.

Dalton pulls your hand into his lap and begins tracing shapes on your palm. Glancing over, he looks relaxed, so you let him continue his ministrations. Not that you’d ever complain about being so close to Dalton.

“What is an inhuman spirit?”

“It’s something demonic…” Dalton tenses beside you. “It was used as a conduit. It moves around to give the impression of possession. Demonic spirits don’t possess things. They possess people. It wanted to get inside of you.” Dalton jerks slightly, and as Ed re-enters the center frame, you finally realize why he looks so familiar.

Eager to share your revelation and hoping to get Dalton’s mind off the idea of demonic spirits, you lean over and whisper, “Ed looks just like your dad.”

Dalton’s head snaps up to the screen, your hand still in his, as he says, “No, he doesn’t.” He watches the screen for a minute with furrowed brows before conceding, “He does. That’s kind of creepy.”

You laugh lightly, then ask, “Do you think your dad could survive a horror movie?”

“I mean… he kind of has.”

“I mean a real horror movie; scripted jump scares and all. Like this one. I think he would, survive, I mean. He would just be skeptical the whole time, wouldn’t believe what he was seeing.”

“He would absolutely be a skeptic.” Dalton continues to watch, no longer seeming anxious. When Ed hugs his daughter, Dalton says, “He certainly wouldn’t do that.”

You laugh loudly before covering it up with a cough, pressing your face against Dalton’s shoulder. Inching closer to Dalton, he wraps an arm around your shoulders and pulls you into his side. The new proximity makes it easier to whisper as you discuss whether or not Josh could survive. Dalton remains on the fence, while you are confident he would.

Dalton has been silent for several scenes, enraptured with the story on the screen. When Ed jumps out of the way of the falling wardrobe, however, Dalton breaks his silence to say one word: “Dead.”

You laugh again and then argue that if Renai had yelled his name like Lorraine had, he would have had enough reaction time to get out of the way.

“You have way too much faith in my dad,” Dalton whispers into your hair.

“Maybe you don’t have enough.”

He chuckles before turning his head to watch again. Later, after Ed is nearly shot, he whispers, “Dead, for sure.”

“What are you talking about?” you ask, smiling at Dalton’s insistence that Josh could not survive the horror movie. “Brad saved him! You think Foster wouldn’t save your dad?”

“I think Foster would film it, honestly. Or not know anything was happening.”

“You have issues,” you tease, shaking your head at Dalton.

As the movie ends and the lights in the park flicker on, you look at Dalton, eyebrows raised as you wait for his final judgment.

“What do you want to hear?” Dalton asks with a sigh, pulling you to your feet.

“The truth. Could Josh Lambert, the great father of Dalton, survive The Conjuring?”

Dalton runs his hand through his hair, shaking his head while smiling. “Yes. You were right.”

You raise your hands to cheer, but Dalton cuts you off. “However, he would not believe it. He’d say,” he pauses and changes his voice to imitate his dad, “Those people are just crazy, Dalton.”

“That was a really good impression,” you point out as he leads you toward the exit. “So, what other horror movies could he survive?”

“Scream, maybe? I don’t know.”

“No, he’d be the Casey Becker,” you argue. “Or Stu Macher.”

Dalton laughs and tips his head back. “I’m telling him you said that.”

“Don’t you dare! Seriously, what horror movie could he without a doubt survive?”

“What’s playing next week?” Dalton asks as you pass the sign for Terrifying Tuesdays.

“Oh,” you laugh before stating, with absolute confidence, “Your dad would be dead in the first fifteen minutes.”

Dalton smiles as he trails behind you, wondering how you made a horror movie date so much fun. He looks forward to the next movie, something he never expected to think.

“We’ll see.”

“Does that mean you’re coming with me?”

“Are you kidding? Judging whether or not my dad could survive a horror movie is something I will never pass up.”

[acheronist]

can you make sparknotes for the Red Wings players they are all the same person to me (sorry)

dw my darling i got you 🫡 here's the regular 23 man roster we've been skating this szn

forwards (+ this is going to be the number they wear on their jerseys, not their age)

jt compher (37) - won a cup whilst he was on the colorado avalanche (red wings long time beloathed nemesis rivals team), attended umich hockey with larkin and copp. deadpan dry asf tenderhearted weirdo. very good at hockey i like him

andrew copp (18) - 🎶get up and g-get down, 911 is a joke in your town🎶, local michigander boy playing for his hometown team, attended umich with compher and larkin, kind of fuck ugly but he's gritty and has a lot of love in his heart so we like him

alex debrincat (93) - another local michigander boy playing for his hometown team, really good at hockey, we rescued him from the ottawa senators (red wings short term/very recent beloathed nemesis rival team) and he likes it here more, haha lol lmao even. good at hockey!! kind of a sniper. also kind of fighty which is hilarious because he's about 9 inches shorter than the average nhl player. new dad and really loves it, brings his family to games all of the time. and he was our all star games representative this year !

robby fabbri (14) - how are you going to be a short italian-canadian kind of bisexual professional hockey player who mixes metals and has a standing eyebrow appointment. please pick a struggle. won the stanley cup w/ st louis and then got abandoned for being 'injury prone' and was sent to detroit in a 1 for 1 trade (the most humiliating of all nhl player trades imo). he and larkin and rasmussen are the only men left standing from the red wing's historic worst-ever season in 2019 where every game they looked like they were going to kill themselves.

christian fischer (36) - new bestie alert! huge locker room guy. okay at hockey (more of a playmaker than a goalscorer) but he's so fucking sillygoofy and funny i love to see this guy on my team. spent most of his career in arizona iirc, and basically he and gostisbehere came from the coyotes directly to the red wings as a buy one get one free deal.

patrick kane (88) - narcissict. arrogant. flop. old man who can't score anymore. history of assault and violent misdemeanors he never was punished for because he was the nhl's boytoy a decade ago. i hope he contracts sepsis from an unforeseen complication with his hip surgery and takes a long walk off of the rencen's roof and lands in the detroit river where he is frozen and then chopped up by an industrial ship's propeller. fuck this guy.

klim kostin (24) - beloved enforcer. used to skate for the edmonton oilers. his entire game is based around slotting in on the third/fourth line when necessary and whenever someone gets hurt he comes out swinging to establish the fact that the red wings are not to be fucked with. he doesn't start fights but he does finish them. notoriously big hearted and silly with his teammates. coincidentally wearing the same number as the red wings most famous enforcer from the 1980s, bob probert. my guard dog boy i love u

dylan larkin (71) - michigan native, umich grad, was the previous captain's rookie, the beating heart and soul of the team, carrying the weight of a century year old hockey team's legacy and all the ghosts that come along with that, never been to playoffs and hasn't won the cup yet. literally the miserable boyking of metro detroit. he's had to suffer a lot for absolutely no reason, but still manages to come and be our best and most important player every single night.

david perron (57) - he's old by nhl standards i.e. he's in his late thirties and has been playing for like a decade, so he knows his way around an nhl rink. french canadian enough that he's got an accent. big heart and soul guy, which i really wasn't expecting tbh! he's always standing up for teammates and has gotten in a few noteworthy fights (dylan got hurt so badly this szn that dp went rage-blind and ended up getting suspended for six games after fighting the opponents who hurt dylan)

michael rasmussen (27) - big fuck off scary intimidating canadian hockey lad. kind of awkward and bizarre. also kind of a doll if i can b honest. he's very shy and quiet in interviews but always has an insane serial killer look in his eyes whenever he's on the ice. was drafted high and then i suspect he had a lot of mental struggles about not being the player he was advertised/told to be? but the last few years he's stepped away from that role he thought he should be and started being himself and playing in a way that was obviously more comfortable, and he's taken huge huge productive strides and improved a lot. moose ily

lucas raymond (23) - our youngest babiest player!! he was our highest draft pick in a looooooooong time, and immediately went from prospect training camp -> regular nhl player, which is fucking crazy. he's exceptionally good at hockey, and has a reputation for coming in clutch with goals we need to win games. besties with moritz seider + jake walman + joe veleno.

daniel sprong (17) - i had no idea what to think of this guy at first but now i can't believe he's only been here for one season. it feels like he's been a wing for ages. he's one of our sniper goalscorers, except he shoots the puck with a lil too much sauce + with a feral desperation of a man afraid he was never going to score a goal again, every single time, which i love. also he stalks twitter and runs a team GC to forward memes that the fandom makes to the guys

joe veleno (90) - if bambi was a closeted italian canadian hockey player. wears an evil eye bracelet and also a crucifix? very meek and easy to bully, tbh, not our most productive goalscorer but also somehow he's very crucial to the emotional well being of the younger half of the roster? hes sillygoofy and a sweetheart and does his best every night which is all we can ask tbh. besties with lucas raymond + moritz seider + jake walman.

defensemen

ben chiarot (8) - resident manwhore dilf fashionista who knows he's sexy and loves to be a bitch on the ice. loves to be annoying and distracting @ the opponents during plays so the red wings can have space to move.

shayne gostisbehere (41) - escaped florida man turned into an nhler, sleeper agent defensive weapon that people tend to forget about. always busting his ass up and down the blue line. always looks sopping wet and really sad though? loves to shoot the puck and sometimes it even makes it to the net!

justin holl (3) - i'm hesistant to describe him as "good at hockey" but the boys seem to love him + he's silly enough to engage in the locker room antics + i've noticed him dealing out more hits lately which is always good.

olli maatta (2) - very very very steady in the most boring way possible. does his job and not an ounce more than necessary LOL but it's fine because he's good at what he does? a classic defensive defenseman.

jeff petry (46) - not… good? at hockey? but he is also a michigan native playing for the hometown team, and he's a veteran nhler, and he's a gritty sort of guy, so i like having him. he grew up in detroit proper, as well, because his dad played on the detroit tigers baseball team, so there's a lot of michigan sports lore going on in that household. also his kids are silly + love to come to games

moritz seider (53) - my sweet perfect darling defenseman prodigy. won the calder trophy because he was the most special and talented rookie in his first year in the nhl. breaking team records for defensemen at an alarming rate. was dylan's rookie, and is also frequently mentored by red wings defense legends. he's not a rookie anymore but you can still see how much responsibility he's shouldering and how much he takes after dylan's role modeled behavior/team legacy standards. good at handling tough responsibility vs staying silly anyways. hes my shining star and i luv him. generally he's paired up with jake walman on defense and they're a little bit married because of it. besties with lucas raymond + jake walman + joe veleno.

jake walman (96) - another guy who st louis abandoned and then ended up on the red wings and said "i want to spend my entire life and career in this city" . extremely silly. known for hitting the griddy whenever he scores important goals. big on video games + making tiktoks. tremendous locker room vibes guy, and very emotional and serious about proving his place on detroit's blue line. generally he's paired up with moritz seider on defense and they're a little bit married because of it. besties with moritz seider + lucas raymond + joe veleno.

goalies

ville husso (35) - looks like a haunted little porcelain doll. always sopping wet for some reason. very softspoken and european. mid-good level goalie, kind of needs to prove himself a bit now that alex lyon's gone completely off the shits and taken over starter goalie privileges, but i feel like there's no sense of animosity or competition between them? ville just strikes me as genuinely someone who's delighted and proud of his tandem partners for their successes, even if it comes at his expense / losing some of his chances to get ahead

james reimer (47) - idc about this man lol. he's either a very good goalie or an atrociously horrible goalie and you dont know what it'll be until the games already happening. passively homophobic christian behavior as well which i do not like to see. but he's also a veteran nhl player so in the beginning of the szn he was getting more opportunity than alex or ville.

alex lyon (34) - spent his entire career in the minor league/being traded between franchises where there wasn't really a space or need for him. got on the radar after keeping the florida panthers in their playoff race before losing, and then FL traded him to us. we've had goaltending agonies for years and then he's rolled up to detroit with something to fucking PROVE because he thought his hockey career was about to be over so he's skating every night like its do or die. after reimer and husso both were injured tho he finally got his chance to shine and oh baby he's been shining. unbelievably good at goaltending. big heart, very genuine, very funny, basically a male model as well, been to therapy and actually got something out of it, i would go to war for this man if he needed me to

[ghostickori]

The Perron Family Estate, AKA "The Conjuring House"; Burrillville, Rhode Island

[servants-hall]

Julian Fellowes's period drama Belgravia is an adaptation of his novel of the same name. The plot, which follows the trajectory of a family secret from a party in Belgium on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1825 to England's Belgravia neighborhood in the 1840s, is a self-contained story, but in March 2023, MGM+ announced there will be a sequel series to Belgravia, aptly titled Belgravia: The Next Chapter. It will be set in the same world, but in a different time.

"I’m so proud of everything this dedicated team accomplished with the original Belgravia series. I cannot wait for the world to return to Belgravia for this new iteration, expertly crafted by Helen Edmundson," Julian Fellowes, Executive Producer, said in a statement. "Old and new fans alike will be swept off their feet with an emotionally engaging story, memorable characters, and brilliant production and costume design."

Here's what we know about season two:

The second season will be Belgravia: The Next Chapter.

Hannah Onslow as Emily Dunn; Sophie Thompson as Mrs. Dunn; Harriet Slater as Clara Trenchard [MARK MAINZ/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

The show will pick up in 1871, three decades after the events of season one. Per Deadline, "the series tells the love story of Frederick Trenchard, who has grown up as the third Lord Trenchard, and his new love interest, Clara Dunn, who is a newcomer to London society. Unaware that his birth was the product of an affair between his mother Susan and the scoundrel John Bellasis, a troubled childhood has left Frederick deeply insecure, which challenges his courtship of and marriage to Clara."

There's an entirely new cast:

Hannah Onslow as Emily Dunn; Harriet Slater as Clara Trenchard; Sophie Thompson as Mrs. Dunn; Sophie Winkleman as Duchess of Rochester [ROBERT VIGLASKY/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Harriet Slater as Clara Trenchard. [COLIN HUTTON/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Harriet Slater will star as Clara Trenchard (née Dunn), "a young, smart, and striking woman, and a fresh face amongst the society of Belgravia, Clara is thrilled by her marriage to the enigmatic Frederick … but as she comes to learn more of her husband and the trauma he carries, Clara finds her marriage will not be as smooth as she first thought and is something she must fight for."

Benjamin Wainwright as Frederick Trenchard; Harriet Slater as Clara Trenchard. [ROBERT VIGLASKY/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Ben Wainwright will play Frederic Trenchard, "the young and handsome third Lord Trenchard, Frederick takes after his grandfather with a ferocious work ethic, having built a large business empire. Immediately smitten with Clara, he marries her after a whirlwind romance, but brings with him traumas from his past that threatens his newfound happiness."

The rest of the cast is as follows:

Edward Bluemel as Dr. Stephen Ellerby [COLIN HUTTON/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Hannah Onslow as Emily Dunn; Toby Regbo as Reverend James Trenchard [COLIN HUTTON/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Liam Garrigan as Fletcher; Elaine Cassidy as Davison [MARK MAINZ/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

Edward Bluemel will play Dr. Stephen Ellerby, a young idealistic doctor captivated by Clara

Claude Perron will play French businesswoman the Marquise D’Étagnac

Toby Regbo will play Rev. James Trenchard, Frederick’s estranged brother

Elaine Cassidy will play Clara's lady's maid Davison

Hannah Onslow will play Clara’s older sister, Emily Dunn

Sophie Thompson will play Clara and Emily's mother, Mrs. Dunn.

Benjamin Wainwright as Frederick Trenchard; Sophie Winkleman as Duchess of Rochester. COLIN HUTTON/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+

Plus, the show will feature Sophie Winkleman as the Duchess of Rochester, described as "the queen of Belgravia" who sits atop the social hierarchy. Winkleman, also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, is a member of the British royal family. In August 2023, Winkleman opened up to the Daily Mail about the allure of Regency-era romances. "Just the way you compose yourself, the way you speak the words, we are in such a casual era," she explained, "To go back to some kind of formality, you realise how oddly sexy it is, because everything's so out there in this current century. There's actually no intrigue at all, so going back to then, when everything had to be so covered up for the sake of propriety, everything ripples under the surface. It is quite a sensual experience."

Alice Eve as Susan Trenchard. [COLIN HUTTON/CARNIVAL FILM & TELEVISION LIMITED/MGM+]

There's two returning cast members from the original Belgravia: Alice Eve as Susan Trenchard and Richard Goulding as Oliver Trenchard.

Belgravia was intended to be a limited series.

“For me, this is a completed story, although whenever I say this to any of the actors, they disagree with me violently, so I’m not sure we know the definitive answer to that, really,” Julian Fellowes initially said at a preview for Belgravia. “We’ll have to see. If anyone wants any more…”

“We definitely made this as a limited series because it’s really enjoyable at times to have a clear beginning, middle and end,” Gareth Neame, who also worked on Belgravia, said, per The Wrap. “And it’s obviously been adapted from a novel that has a clear ending. So that’s where we are right now. But obviously one never knows. If we find it does really well and we find another way to bring the title back in the future then I guess we would consider that. But right now it’s very clearly a limited series.

Belgravia season two premieres January 14, 2024.

Harriet Slater as Clara Trenchard; Benjamin Wainwright as Frederick Trenchard. MARK MAINZ

There will be eight episodes in the season. Watch a first trailer:

[mysticmonkiebusiness]

ISSUE 69 BLOCKS MAGAZINE PAGE 32 + 33

[ID 1: A magazine page, on the left is text and on the right is two pictures. The first is digitally painted concept art of the Demon Bull King, behind him are flames, flags, and silhouetted bull clones. Under it is a photo of designer, Chris Perron showing Simon Lucas a work-in-progress LEGO build of DBK. Below the text is a picture of six LEGO designers sitting at a table with several Monkie Kid s] 

[ID 2: A splash page of the set 80010 Demon Bull King. The Bull King is brick-built out of LEGO. He has two black cannons mounted on his shoulders, and a flame-thrower replaces his left arm. His chest is flaming and his legs are robotic. He wields a large axe. A minifigure of Princess Iron Fan sits atop his right shoulder, she wields a fan. ] 

Transcript:

Researching Monkie Kid

Simon and his core crew of LEGO designers flew to Shanghai, where the LEGO Group has an international hub office. 'I really relied on my colleagues in China to tell me everything they think of when they think of their home and their culture. That was a great brainstorm, because you realize how much culture there is; how much creativity. Also, the mix of old and new is fascinating - China's an amazing place that embraces newness like nowhere else."

The design team sat down with their China-based colleagues to get that feel for where they should go next, which led to a number of different potential sparks. 'At the beginning we explored multiple ideas - we had nine directions that we tested with children. We filtered that into three really strong themes,' Simon explains, but keeps the two ideas that didn't make it this time around under wraps. 'They actually tested really well, so there is huge potential there.

In August 2018, the testing was conducted with children and families across China, with the team visiting Chongqing, Xi-an, Beijing, Manjing and Nanjing as well as Shanghai. There was something special about how children responded to LEGO Monkie Kid. 'It blew me away, just how iconic and recognizable the characters from Journey to the West and the Monkey King were. I can only compare it to how when testing in America children recognize the Avengers, they know all the backstories. In China, when they saw this line-up of concept art that Xiaodong made of these characters we recreated, they were like, "That's Pigsy, that's Sandy, that's Sun Wukong.

'While it is a 500-year-old novel, Journey to the West has been brought to life in many different ways over those years and it is still so relevant. I learnt that everyone has their own connection to the story, whether their parents read it to them, or they studied it at school, or they watched a cartoon version of it that was made in 1968. But I realized that everyone I met had a universal love for the 1980s TV series that they made in China.

"CAN YOU MAKE A FANTASY PLAY THEME FOR CHINA THAT IS ROOTED IN CHINESE CULTURE? THAT WAS THE BRIEF - A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER"

Thanks to still being repeated on television during the summer holidays today, different generations all have a fondness for the show. To pay homage to that we have been allowed to use a couple of the sound effects in our animated TV series,' Simon explains. "You hear it, and I think you are only going to know it if you are familiar with that, but it sounds fantastic."

Testing with children; ensuring that Chinese designers worked on the theme; visiting the country to brainstorm - more consideration for local sensibilities has been taken than ever before. 'Authenticity has been our goal. We do take a risk here in reinterpreting a classic that is so dear and is part of the Chinese culture.'

[kemetic-dreams]

Is it true that Persians are Aryans, and that Iran means land of the Aryans?

Two thousand five hundred years before the term ‘Aryan’ became popular among nationalists across Europe and Asia, the Persian king Darius I (522–486 BC)The Great introduced himself in the rock inscription of Naqsh-i Rustam as follows:I (am) Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries possessing all kinds of people, king of this great earth far and wide, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid, a Persian, the son of a Persian, an Aryan, of Aryan lineage. The term ‘Aryan’, as used by Darius, was a self-designation that described belonging to a people, and conveyed an ethnical connotation. ‘Aryan’ and related expressions like ‘Arya’ also appeared in other ancient Persian inscriptions and texts, most importantly in the Zoroastrian Avesta . In the eighteenth century, when European explorers developed a rising interest in Iran and ancient Persia, they soon found out that the Aryan is the self defination of Iranian since 2500 years ago until today In 1768, before the inscription of Naqsh-i Rustam was decoded, the French Orientalist Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron concluded from the writings of Herodotus and Diodor that ‘Aryan’ was the ancient name for the ancient ‘peoples of Iran’.Once introduced by Perron, the expression spread rapidly among European scholars. In Germany, for instance, the term ‘Aryan’ appeared for the first time in Johann Friedrich Kleuker’s translation of Perron’s article from French into German in 1777.

What is the Aryan race?

Aryans: name of the ancestors of the Persian elite of the Achaemenid Empire. (Not to be confused with Arians.)

The word "Aryans" has in the past been used by philologists, historians, and archaeologists to describe the speakers of the Indo-Iranian languages, one of the main branches of the Indo-European family. The scholars choose this word not without good reason, because the expression is in fact used by several ancient nations that refered to themselves as Aryans, like the early Persians (Arya-) and Indians (árya-).

The original nation must have lived in Central Asia in the fourth millennium BCE, and moved to the south at the end of the third or the beginning of the second millennium. In what is now Uzbekistan, they appear to have separated into two groups, one of them invading the Punjab and the other Iran. Perhaps, the division was caused by a religious dispute, because the words for "demon" and "deity" are linguistically related but theologically opposite (Indian: asura and deva; Persian: daiva and ahura).

As said, the expression is used in many ancient Iranian sources. For instance, when king Darius I the Great (522-486 BCE) ordered new, Persian alphabet to be developed, he called it an "Aryan script". The Sasanians created the political concept of Iran (Eranšahr) as a unity of Aryan nations; Eran and Aneran were often contrasted, the former referring to the Sasanian Empire, the latter to, e.g., the Roman Empire or the tribal areas in the northeast

[cantsayidont]

THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN (1984): Frequently interesting, never really satisfying 14-part Granada TV series, adapted by Ken Taylor from four novels by Paul Scott, about the final years of British rule of India (from about 1942 to 1947), set in a fictional province called Mayapore.

The first episode, which is two hours, adapts the title novel, about a young white Englishwoman named Daphne Manners (Susan Wooldridge) whose relationship with an Indian man called Hari Kumar (Art Malik), recently returned to India after attending an English public school, has disastrous consequences for them both, with Hari persecuted and eventually imprisoned at the behest of particularly racist and sadistic local police superintendent Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith), a lower-middle-class functionary whose hatred and envy make him determined to put Hari in his place. This is by far the most cohesive portion of the story (although it's not very pleasant and needs CWs for rape and police brutality), and the only one whose main characters are particularly sympathetic, but it ends with Daphne dead, Hari in prison, their daughter Pavarti in the custody of Daphne's great aunt, and Merrick ascendant.

The remaining episodes shift focus to the upper-class Layton family, whose elder daughter Sarah (Geraldine James) joins the WACs after her father (Frederick Treves) a British Army colonel, becomes a German POW. The central figure, though only occasionally the POV, remains the monstrous Merrick, who parlays his avocation for torture into a high-ranking military intelligence role and eventually tries to ingratiate himself with the Laytons, particularly after he loses an arm and is badly burned in a failed attempt to rescue Sarah's brother-in-law following a roadside attack. In the last few episodes, the POV shifts to Guy Perron (Charles Dance, in a rare non-villainous role), another public schoolboy and a former classmate of Hari Kumar's, who becomes Merrick's reluctant aide and has a fleeting romance with Sarah before returning to witness independence as an academic observer.

There is much of interest throughout, but in discarding the novels' epistolary format and placing events in chronological order, the dramatization leaves the story feeling lumpy and occasionally threadbare: Important characters simply disappear and are later casually mentioned to have died, and important plot threads only occasionally have dramatic resolution within the narrative. More vexingly, after the first episode, the story's interest in presenting Indian characters as anything other than minor background figures (often depicted in a demeaning light) basically evaporates; even Hari Kumar is mentioned more than he's seen, serving more as a symbolic figure rather than a character, and the official subtitles never bother to translate dialogue in Urdu, even when spoken by the white leads. The story's ideological foundation is similarly uneasy, particularly as to class — Merrick is a thoroughly vile figure, but while Sarah and Guy both detest him, their contempt for him is based not in his racist brutality, but in his not being of their class and resenting it, and the finale then attributes his sadism to being a closeted gay man. The story's final episodes also strongly suggest that British rule has provided an important civilizing and stabilizing influence that will promptly collapse with independence.

Although the actual plot can't be accused of being especially nostalgic, it's hard not to see THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN as a colonialist apologia, and it's one of those stories that insists on framing other countries and cultures as something that happens to the white protagonists rather than having any independent existence, politically or otherwise. CONTAINS LESBIANS? There is an extremely depressing subplot about an elderly gay missionary named Barbara Batchelor (Peggy Ashcroft), the companion of Sarah's aunt Mabel, whom the family hastens to shut out after Mabel's death. VERDICT: Superbly acted but dramatically uneven and frequently unpleasant, and its politics leave a bad taste.