Artist Bisa Butler has been creating decorative quilts since 2001. Here - in her New Jersey studio - she examines one of her newest works,Young, Gifted and Black, based on a portrait by Black photographer, Roy Francis. (Photos 2023 by Celeste Sloman.)
Ok guys. This has been bothering me for a while, but I’ve finally had enough.
Alfred Pennyworth would not stick the title ‘Master’ in front of any rando that wanders into the manor. So please get all the “Master Kents” and “Master Harpers” out of your fics.
Hell, proper butler etiquette dictates that Alfred should not be addressing Bruce as ‘Master Wayne’ nor “Master Bruce”. As the head of the household, Bruce should be addressed as “Sir” or “Mister Wayne”
The title ‘Master’ is reserved for young male children deemed not old enough for the title ‘Mister’ and it is exactly how Alfred would have addressed a young Bruce at the time of his parents’ death. Over the years, Alfred likely kept the same address for Bruce out of affection.
The Robins too would mostly likely get the same treatment - “Master Jason”, “Master Dick”, etc, but please, please NOT any of their friends nor any other acquaintance that happened to wander in the door. They would be addressed under the proper honorific of “Mister”.
Alfred Pennyworth did not study the art of butler etiquette for you guys to shame him like this.
Lily Feng was on a knife’s edge. Hosting the Diamond Gala wasn’t just a high honour, it was the final step in securing her husband’s political future. Whoever held the gala, tended to be a shoe-in to win the upcoming mayoral election. For years, Victor had come close, only to be pipped to the post by white mediocrity. This year was different. They had greased the right palms, said the right buzzwords and struck precisely enough fear into the hearts of their enemies. It had been a twisting, bloody road to get here and it would all be worth it. It just needed some final tweaks.
(transcript below)
(LILY): Good evening Royston. Tell me what you know.
(ROY): Things remain quiet with the boy. His sister’s still looking, but from what I can tell it’s yielded little to no result.
(LILY): Hm. And the other one? What do you know about Maxine Kyle?
(ROY): Ah, well I might have something for you on that…
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(CLEO, VIA PHONE): I really think you should tell Max about your family Rosie. Especially if you’re considering staying in the city for them.
(ROSE): I will! I just. Sometimes it seems like we’re on the same page and we’re both really enjoying each other but other times it feels like I’m just… passing time for them. I don’t want to add potential family drama to the mix if we’re not getting serious.
(CLEO): Babe…Max is just like that. And you know they’re coming out of a hard time…When I introduced the two of you, I thought it’d be cute, but maybe it was too soon? I don’t know.
[Rose hums thoughtfully]
(CLEO): I do know that you shouldn’t be ashamed of your relatives though. You didn’t choose them and you’re your own person.
(ROSE): [Sighing] You’re right. I’ll talk to them after the charity thing. Get it all out in the open.
For me, it’s definitely a tie between FMA, Critical Role and Black Butler 😅
I have all of the hardback ‘Fullmetal Editions’ of the FMA manga which were a FORTUNE to collect (#responsiblepurchases) and are amongst my prized possessions. Otherwise, I also have so much Roy Mustang… just so much
Critical Role / The Legend of Vox Machina is here after I lost my DAMN MIND and queued for 6 hours for 3 autographs and 1 photo from Travis, Tal & Liam… I’m sure y’all can imagine the con cost… 😵 (Travis contributes to the FMA money pit as well…) I also own two of the cursed Vox Machina figures (if you know you know) and I love them (Percy, Vax, my beloveds🫶🏻)
For Black Butler, Mod Hawkeye says I have a Sebastian shrine. I want to be clear that it is NOT a shrine but simply one hell of a collection 🙇🏻♂️
- Mod Mustang 🔥
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…It’s 100% a Sebastian shrine.
Anyway— for me it’s probably between Animal Crossing and Ace Attorney.
Animal Crossing has always kinda been tied to new console releases, I literally only got my own Switch because of ACNH 💀🌺🏝
As for Ace Attorney, the games themselves over the years have definitely added up. Especially if you consider the crossover game (an absolute nightmare to find at the time) and Project X Zone 2. I’m not a fighting game person like that, but Phoenix Wright, Maya and the promise of a Miles Edgeworth appearance sold it ⚖️🌻
Other than that, I have the Nendos and the Pop-up Parade figures of Miles and Phoenix (as does Mod Mustang!)
As you can imagine, I’ve been absolutely losing my mind over finally getting a localised Ace Attorney Investigations!
- Mod Hawkeye 🦅
20. All-time favorite fanfic author?
Honestly, we just go where the tags and cool summaries lead 🤩 But if you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear them!
So does it mean, you're exciting for next month new season of Black Butler? So, Sebastian/Ciel, Gojo/Yuuji and Mustang/Edward are my otps.
Do you know how hard it is to find other people that ship Roy and Ed from FMA? Like, sorry but I don't ship them with either Riza or Winry (even if I love the female cast in FMA) and in FMA fandom, mostly must have ship Mustang/Riza & Ed/Winry....And Sebastian/ Ciel is just the best.... The same I can say for GoYuu, oh boy, when I found your blog, it feels like I get a suprise present....So hard to find GoYuu fan in JJK fandom....
So thanks for your blog 🌷🌻
That's coming out NEXT MONTH?!!?!! I had no idea especially bc I haven't heard much news since last year (✷‿✷) I'm so happy we'll get to see them soon either way, I'd wait a hundred years if I had to!!!
I in fact did not know lol!! I love and ship them but aside spending two weeks in the tags and an ungodly amount of energy searching up doujins I didn't think it was a ship lacking for content. But it's understandable nonetheless and it's nice to meet another fan, writing the list made me consider going back to explore without the weight of school on my shoulders.
As for Goyuu I really wouldn't have guessed it was a kinda niche ship given the sheer amount of fics and doujins I've seen. Then I remember a decent number are written by the Asian fandom and it makes sense. I just wish the western fans were more accepting instead of stalking under any kind of post to go "erm that's his teacher 🤓☝️"
Like thanks rengokufuckboi2012 on twitter I definitely didn't know that.
(kinda unrelated but like yesterday I saw this super cool art of Gojo and Yuuji falling toward the prison realm from opposite sides and I so wanted to comment but I was also afraid of taking the artists message wrong so I just went "🔥🔥🔥")
Anyway I'm happy we have so much in common anon, your ship taste is just excellent and I hope you like my answer. Feel free to reach out once more and I'll see you around 💕