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BT British Urban Film Festival reveals September Schedule

Urban independent cinema arrives at the BT Tower this September as festival director Addie Akinrinade announced this year’s selections and schedule for 2017, sponsored by BT.

Akinrinade confirmed that the London premiere of Free In Deed will open this year’s film festival at the BT Tower on Wednesday the 6th of September and will feature a live Q&A with actor David Harewood who stars in the lead role as a pastor with healing powers set in an American black church.

The premiere will be hosted by Metro film editor Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.

Also to be screened at the world famous venue will be the London premiere of Chapter and Verse on Friday the 8th of September. The movie centres around a reformed gang leader from Harlem, played by Daniel Beaty, and also stars Omari Hardwick and Emmy award-winning actress Loretta Devine. Both Beaty and director Jamal Joseph (a former black panther) will feature in the Q&A.

The premiere will be hosted by Paulette Harris-German.

Akinrinade also announced that the 5th annual renewal of the Live Script Readings is to take place on Thursday the 7th of September. The readings will be hosted by actor Wil Johnson.

The festival programme will also feature the London premieres of Blue Hollywood (directed by Francesco Gabriele), hair documentary Back to Natural, and Stay Woke (a documentary from B.E.T about the Black Lives Matter movement).

On Saturday 9 September, Africa features heavily in the line-up with the documentary Black Stars of Highlife and African rom-com Potato Potahto (starring O.C Ukeje & Joselyn Dumas).

The premiere will be hosted by Capital Xtra’s Abrantee Boateng.

Other festival highlights include an acting masterclass with Ashley Walters on Monday the 11th of September.

Actress Kim Vithana features on the panel of an agents masterclass with Sandra Thompson-Quartey, Shakyra Dowling and Nina Lee on Tuesday the 12th of September.

This years shorts include:

STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD – directed by Victor Richards

SEE YOU YESTERDAY – directed by Stefon Bristol

JOCELYN – directed by Rachel Wang and Mark Currie

CREAM – directed by Palesa Lebona

BLACKLAND – directed by John Sailsman

JUNIOR – directed by Pearl Gluck

STAY WOKE – directed by Laurens Grant

IN HUMANS WE TRUST – directed by Tim Kent

ADAM AND EVE – directed by Jermaine Wong

CATFORD JESUS – directed by Dan Jones and Chris Michael Fretwell

NEON – directed by Mark J Blackman

LEROY – directed by Marley Morrison

PARALLEL UNIVERSES – directed by Liran Nathan

WHEN KIDS GROW UP -directed by Shahaub Roudbari

AMBER – directed by Andi Osho

THE DEAL – directed by Johann Myers and Mark Oliver

ART OF LOVE – directed by Quason Matthews

BROKEN – directed by Daniel Alexander

REMEMBRANCE DAY – directed by Rob Woods

HUM – directed by Stefano Nurra

PADLOCK MEN – directed by Lewis T Powell

DEIRDRE – directed by Jo Southwell

WE LOVE MOSES – directed by Dionne Edwards

NEW NEIGHBORS – directed by E.G Bailey

MORNING GLORY – directed by Robert Bertrand

5 X 5 – directed by Kate Herron

THIS IS MY STORY – directed by Vicki Kisner

BLOOM – directed by Jesse Gassongo-Alexander

ARCADE GIRL – directed by Tze Hao Wong

THE DATE – directed by John Dunn

THE BT BUFF AWARDS

The nominees for the 2017 BUFF Awards were announced by actors Sam Benjamin & Kyla Frye who will be hosting the ceremony at BT Tower on Sunday the 10th of September.

Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom picked up 3 nominations along with critically acclaimed boyhood drama To Dream plus crime thrillers The Intent & Residential.

A United Kingdom received nods for best film, best actor and best actress for director Amma Asante, David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike.

To Dream picked up nods including best film, best actor and best male emerging talent for Nicole Albarelli, Ed Hayter and Freddie Thorp.

The Intent received nods including best film, best actor and best actress for co-directors Femi Oyeniran & Kalvadour Petersen, Dylan Duffus and Jade Asha.

Residential also picked up nods for best film, best actor and best actress for director KD Pascal, Aubrey Whyte and Juanita Ingram.

Noir thriller Panic picked up 2 nods including best actor and best actress for David Gyasi and Pippa Nixon respectively.

In the best short film category, Cover Me (directed by Jo Southwell) is up against Hush (directed by Alex Campbell), Signs of Silence (directed by RM Moses) and Lifeline (directed by Sam Jones).

Cover Me is also represented in the female emerging talent category picking up a nomination for lead actress Isis Davis who goes up against Maia Watkins (Soldier), Kate Lassman Long (The Backseat) and Krystine Atti (The Tinder Problem).

In the male emerging talent category, Aubrey Whyte (Residential), Freddie Thorp (To Dream), Elijah Baker (Signs of Silence) and Louis Chandler-Joseph (Questionable Prejudice) received nominations.

10 awards will be handed out on the night including 3 script awards and the BUFF honorary award which will be presented to actor Ashley Walters. Live music comes from Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Kele Le Roc.

The full list of nominations

Best Short Film

Cover Me (directed by Jo Southwell), Hush (directed by Alex Campbell), Signs of Silence (directed by RM Moses), Lifeline (directed by Sam Jones)

Blessing Anyiam-Osigwe Award for Best Actress

Pippa Nixon ('Panic'), Rosamund Pike ('A United Kingdom'), Jade Asha ('The Intent'), Juanita Ingram ('Residential')

Best Actor

Dylan Duffus ('The Intent'), David Oyelowo ('A United Kingdom'), David Gyasi ('Panic'), Ed Hayter ('To Dream')

Best Film

A United Kingdom (directed by Amma Asante), The Intent (co-directed by Femi Oyeniran & Kalvadour Petersen), To Dream (directed by Nicole Albarelli), Residential (directed by KD Pascal)

Best Live Script (winners)

'Draw' (written by Isis Davis), 'Joe Pair' (written by Adriel Leff), 'Sara White and the Seven Socialities' (written by Sinitta Monero)

Best Female Emerging Talent

Isis Davis ('Cover Me'), Maia Watkins ('Soldier'), Kate Lassman Long ('The Backseat'), Krystine Atti ('The Tinder Problem')

Best Male Emerging Talent

Elijah Baker ('Signs of Silence'), Louis Chandler-Joseph ('Questionable Prejudice'), Aubrey Whyte ('Residential'), Freddie Thorp ('To Dream')

BUFF Honorary Award: Ashley Walters

Most festival events will be charged at £15 and £20 with tickets for the BUFF Awards starting at £125. Full terms and conditions can be found at www.britishurbanfilmfestival.co.uk/tickets

#BT BUFF 2017 TICKETS

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stephaniefchase · 8 years ago

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Bajan Newscap 5/20/2017

Good Morning #realdreamchasers Here is your daily news cap for Saturday 20th May 2017. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Saturday Sun Nation Newspaper (SS).

OUTRAGE – She could have been killed! President of Barbados National Council of Parent Teacher Association (BNCPTA) Shone Gibbs said that was the chilling thought that went through his mind as he watched a video of a student being repeatedly kicked by fellow pupils. In the video, which went viral on social media, a Lester Vaughan Secondary School student is seen being chased down by an angry mob –– some of whom could be heard hurling loud expletives –– before she fell to the ground and was repeatedly kicked in the head by some of her peers. The attack was allegedly over an argument about a $15 bottle of hair spritz. President of the Lester Vaughan Secondary School Parent Teachers Association Donna Sealy expressed similar sentiments, telling Barbados TODAY she was horrified by what she saw. She said the PTA and the principal were committed to resolving the issue, adding: “I don’t think that our girls and children should be fighting, and we need to get to the root of the anger,” Sealy said. Former head of the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA) George Griffith believes he knows the where the blame lies. The social activist told Barbados TODAY it is cultivated at home, where children are introduced to violence through flogging, and bears fruit at school. “We really should not be surprised at this level of violence simply because . . . a considerable amount of our children are socialized in very hostile and aggressive environments, whether it be home or in the community. Griffith said it was time parents stopped beating children “into submission”, and he argued that Barbadians needed to decide what was necessary to create a violence-free environment in which to raise children. Earlier this month President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU) Mary Redman warned the Ronald Jones-led Ministry of Education not to allow cell phones in schools, saying these devices would only exacerbate the problem of gang activity and pose a major security threat to schools. Redman had told Barbados TODAY a troubling trend had emerged where students affiliated with gangs from various communities were using their mobile devices to call for backup whenever there was conflict with other students. She also said then there were many examples on social media of students engaging in brutal and barbaric fights, spurred on by their classmates, in a bid to garner likes. “Cell phone use is contributing to the ill-discipline because as soon as there is a fight now children whip out the cell phones and the ones who are fighting know they are being recorded and they are performing as well,” the BSTU head said at the time. (BT)

HELP POURS IN FOR BEATEN GIRL – In an outpouring of compassion, several Barbadians yesterday rushed to help the Lester Vaughn teenager who was the victim of a savage beating by her schoolmates. Some who had witnessed the stomach-churning video of Wednesday’s assault and others who read the mother’s account of the unfolding events, were moved to donate towards her medical bills. On Thursday, the viral video of the student fleeing her attackers before she was cornered and pummelled with blows to the body and head, was picked up by the NATION team. When her mother, Marcia Carrington, was contacted, she gave a painful account of her daughter’s ordeal along with the injuries and revealed to the WEEKEND NATION that she was struggling to get the money for an all-important CAT scan. She had already paid out around $500 in medical bills that included x-rays, medication and doctor’s visit. (SS)

CRISIS MEETING - The key stakeholders in education and those who work with children will be going into a huddle to come up with a plan to deal with the escalating violence among schoolchildren. The move comes after videos making the rounds show girls from the Lester Vaughan School and the Grantley Adams Memorial School unmercifully beating one of their own. There were also reports of flare-ups at other secondary schools and at least one City primary school. Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, who has oversight of the Boys’ and Girls’ Government Industrial Schools, says he is willing to help convene such a meeting because the extent of the problem needs an “overarching plan”. Brathwaite, who spoke to the SATURDAY SUN after officially reopening the Arch Hall Fire Station and Fire Academy yesterday, said there was a memorandum of understanding with the ministries of Education and Home Affairs, the Government Industrial Schools, the Probation Department and other like departments. (SS)

BSTU CALLS FOR UNITED STAND – Shocked, upset, scared at the possibilities but not surprised. That was the reaction of president of the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BSTU), Mary-Ann Redman, to the two videos showing several schoolgirls brawling and beating down one of their colleagues. She has invited the Barbados National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (BNCPTA) to meet with the union, possibly next Friday, to devise a united position on the violence in schools and make recommendations for its solution. “We need to have a group comprised of all the teachers’ unions, the two principals’ unions, the NCPTA. We need to have the Barbados Police Force. We need to have the Ministry of Education and the Child Care Board,” she said. (SS)

THUGS ROBBING STUDENTS – A number of schoolchildren are being targeted by a gang of teenaged thugs from the Gall Hill area who are robbing and in some instances beating them after school. To make matters even worse, it seems the gang is getting the inside scoop on who to rob from children within the school itself. Yesterday, a parent of a student who was robbed told the SATURDAY SUN that on Thursday evening around 2:40 p.m., her 13-year-old son was walking home from the Deighton Griffith Secondary School with a friend when the incident took place. The mother said that when her son had reached the spot of the old Montrose Supermarket on Kingsland main road he noticed two boys walking behind him. (SS)

THEIF TO SPEND 18 MONTHS IN JAIL - A 38-year-old man who admitted to a string of robbery and drug charges will spend the next 18 months in prison. Justin Wayne Jackman, of no fixed place of abode, recently pleaded guilty before Magistrate Douglas Frederick to stealing two stethoscopes worth $480, a spectrophotometer worth $450 and a flashlight belonging to Shaka Jordan on June 12, 2015. He was slapped with a nine-month jail term for that offence after police prosecutor Sergeant Martin Rock revealed that the items belonged to an Emergency Medical Technician who was attached to an ambulance service. Jordan left the items in his medical bag in the ambulance but realized it missing when he returned. Jackman will also serve a nine-month sentence which will run consecutively to any other sentence he is currently serving at HMP Dodds, for entering the home of D��orsus Barker as a trespasser and stealing a cellular phone worth $400 and a phone case worth $30 belonging to Marion Martin, as well as a purse worth $150 and $596 cash belonging to Linora Barker. These offences were committed on February 12. The magistrate heard that Jackman walked near the side of Barker’s house to a rear bedroom and placed his hand through a window. He removed some bags that were on a chair and left. He told police he used the money to gamble and buy drinks. The thief also admitted that on March 29 this year, he stole a printer worth $1,200, a computer tablet worth $225, a haversack worth $100, a multimeter worth $91, a knife worth $8 and four pens, belonging to David Grant. Jackman also admitted to entering S.P Musson as a trespasser on April 11 and stealing a jigsaw worth $150 and a bolt cutter worth $150, belonging to Frank Armstrong. Nine-month sentences were also imposed on him for each of those offences; however, they will run concurrently to the previous prison terms. For possession of cannabis and having two pieces of apparatus in his possession intended for the use of cocaine, Jackman was convicted reprimanded and discharged. (BT)

I CONFESS – He has been on remand at HMP Dodds since December last year, and today Henderson Ricardo Austin was sentenced by a Bridgetown magistrate to more time at the St Philip prison. The 24-year-old of Clapham Heights, St Michael recently pleaded guilty to burglary in the District ‘A’ Criminal Court, before Magistrate Douglas Frederick. When he appeared before the magistrate today, he was sentenced to a year in prison for his crime. Austin admitted that he entered the home of Adrian Husbands sometime between November 6 and 13, 2016, and stole two bottles of fabric softener; 12 packs of soap; six bottles of moisturizing lotion; two bottles of Lysol spray; a mop; five packs of tea bags; four packs of sugar; six bottles of seasoning; two bottles of shampoo; two bottles of conditioner; 20 boxes of toothpaste; eight packs of deodorant; two shower curtains; six towels; two packs of curtains; six packs of ketchup; a can of non-stick spray; a bottle of capsules; a box of panty shields; two tins of drinks and two air fresheners belonging to Gail Hinds, costing $1,540. The facts read by police prosecutor Sergeant Martin Rock revealed that Hinds secured the residence on November 6, leaving the items in two barrels in the laundry room. However, it was not until she made a check seven days later that she realized the property was gone and that some panes were missing from the louvre windows. The burglary was not reported to the police. However, Austin, who was in police custody, admitted to committing the offence, gave a written statement and identified the residence from which the items – which were never recovered – were taken. Austin also confessed that he entered Husbands’ house twice and told police he sold the property on Villa Road, The Ivy, to persons walking along the road. He also disclosed that he had used the money to buy drugs and food. (BT)

DON’T SPEND ALL IN U.S MALLS - A government minister wants Barbadians to stop spending the country’s hard-earned and scarce foreign exchange in the shopping malls of the United States. Speaking on Thursday night at the launch of new financial services company Carilend, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development Donville Inniss veered from his prepared text to offer the word of caution. The new company, which is based at Welches, St Thomas, takes money from investors and uses it to lend to borrowers in a state-of-the art electronic platform. In his address at the company’s official launch at Limegrove Lifestyle Centre in Holetown, St James, Inniss encouraged borrowers to use the money for “productive purposes” such as launching small businesses. (SS)

COCONUT BUY-IN - Some coconut vendors are lining up behind the suggestion that they need to improve their business habits to create a more professional look when they deal with the public. This is their consensus after suggestions by officials in the coconut industry during a Barbados coconut stakeholders forum about providing training for vendors held on Wednesday. WEEKEND NATION spoke to vendors who plied their trade along the highway between the Everton Weekes Roundabout and D’Arcy Scott Roundabout about their thoughts on the matter yesterday. Rushena Prescod, who recently got into the business, said training was a positive idea and the suggestion to have a uniform would appeal to her customers. Andy ‘Boy Blue’ Andrew, her workmate and who has been vending coconuts for over 18 years, was in agreement. He added that training would give the public a different outlook of the job. (SS)

NO PROMOTION WITHOUT TRAINING - The days of fire officers being promoted based strictly on years of service are coming to an end, according to Attorney General Adriel Braithwaite. And the island’s top legal adviser warned at Friday afternoon’s reopening of the Arch Hall Fire Station and Barbados Fire Academy that seniority would not guarantee a rise through the ranks. The Attorney General explained that modern advancements within the service were moving at a rapid rate and the role of a firefighter must evolve to keep up with the changing demands. However in order to take advantage of the innovations there must be a willingness by all officer to retool their skillset, Brathwaite stressed. Government in 2009 decided to extend the Arch Hall Fire Station to provide training facilities for recruits, as well as continuous in-service training of staff in the Fire Service Department. Work on the project commenced in 2014. (BT)

UWI TO INTRODUCE MINO IN CHINESE – The Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is to offer an academic minor in Chinese beginning in the second semester of the 2017-2018 academic year, Principal Eudine Barriteau has announced. Barriteau last night told the official opening of the Confucius Institute’s (CI) new building at Cave Hill that the non-profit public educational organization “has been working with the Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistics to develop a minor in Chinese to be taught within the Faculty of Humanities and Education”. The Cave Hill institute was approved last year as a Caribbean HSK –– Chinese Proficiency Test –– testing centre for Chinese language, meaning it would be allowed to confer students with internationally recognized certification in Chinese. (BT)

GLITCH IN CXC MATH PAPER LEAVES STUDENTS ON EDGE – An administrative glitch in the May/June Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Mathematics paper has left some students and parents on edge. However, the Barbados-based examination body said there was no need for concern, as the problem would not affect their grades. Barbados TODAY understands that students were flustered after realizing that the Mathematics papers in this year’s CXC were incorrectly stapled. One parent who complained that her son was “distraught” when he came out of the examination room, said he did not complete the paper because it was “numbered incorrectly” In an emailed response to queries from Barbados TODAY, CXC acknowledged that there have been “some issues” with the administration of some of its examinations during the May/June 2017 sitting. However, it assured “all concerned that no candidate will be disadvantaged as a result of any issue with the administration of any of the CXC examinations”. The regional institution said the procedure for reporting challenges encountered during examinations was for the supervisor of the examination centre to file a report to the local registrar, who forwards it to the examination body. The CXC said it remained committed to providing the region with examinations of the highest quality that withstand international scrutiny. There was also anxiety among some private candidates who sat the May 10 examination at the New Dimensions Ministries, where a shortage of desks caused a late start. The Ministry of Education apologized to the candidates, saying it had sought “another suitable alternative in the Springer Memorial Secondary School that would accommodate the excess candidates”. The ministry explained that “no candidate was disadvantaged in any way” and that they were given the two hours and 40 minutes to write the exam. (BT)

FREE DIVER COMES UP BIG IN HOLE – Barbados-based ALEX DAVIS grabbed five records in the recently concluded tenth Vertical Blue Free-diving Competition held at Dean’s Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas. Known as the crème de la crème of free diving, the competition attracted 15 women and 28 men, representing 19 countries. Divers endured nine days of competition, with six dives a piece. The English national, a first-time competitor, placed ninth overall in the competition, which garnered three world records and 47 national records. “One of my dives I got halfway down and turned around and came back up. I wasn’t feeling in a good mood that day. I got to 40 feet and turned around on the second to last dive,” he told the SATURDAY SUN. (SS)

HOLDER RESTED, TAYLOR RECALLED – Fast bowling seemed to have been uppermost in the minds of the West Indies selection panel, when they chose the 13-member squad for their upcoming three Twenty20 Internationals against Afghanistan next month in St Kitts. They have chosen to rest Jason Holder, sought to give the attack an edge with the recall of Jerome Taylor to international duty, and cast an eye to the future with the choice of Ronsford Beaton as the only newcomer in the squad to be led by Carlos Brathwaite. The matches are scheduled for June 2, 3 and 5 at Warner’s Park. Holder has been a regular member of the T20I squad since his debut three years ago, but Courtney Browne, the chairman of the West Indies selection panel, said the lanky Test and one-day international captain has been given a break with a view to having him recharged and ready for significant ODI contests in the next two months. (SS)

GLUE KEY IN HOCKEY FIX – When it’s not one thing it’s another. The laying of the new hockey turf has experienced yet another hiccup, albeit minor, as the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) is acquiring new adhesive to get the sand-based surface in place for the August Barbados Hockey Festival. BOA director Cammie Burke disclosed the latest progress after revealing that Barbados had already received the 240-tonne shipment of sand needed to complete the laying of the turf. “They sent the turf two years ago and that glue has expired now, so we have to purchase some fresh glue over the weekend, and that should take about ten days coming out of Scotland,” said Burke. (SS)

LOCAL, REGIONAL PRODUCTS FOR CARIFESTA - OVER 3 000 participants are expected in Barbados for CARIFESTA 13 being hosted from Thursday, August 17 to Sunday, August 27. And the National Cultural Foundation has reported widespread interest in the premier Caribbean cultural festival and appealed to Barbadians to volunteer their services to assist in making it a success. The foundation anticipates it will need the assistance of about 400 volunteers to pull off the event. Despite the small turnout at the first festival town hall meeting at the Queen’s Park Steel shed Tuesday evening, the questions were many from the interested parties eager to participate. Concerns about their particular area of engagement were raised by literary artistes, vendors, and other stakeholders as festival director Andrea Wells fielded an extensive range of questions. (SS)

REGGAE SINGER FRANKIE PAUL IS DEAD - Jamaican Reggae artiste Frankie Paul died at the University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI) last night. Paul was born in 1965. He was 52 years old. According to his sister, Trish Clarke, he died shortly after 10 p.m. He had been suffering from kidney problems and was on dialysis two days per week. Friends, including dancehall artiste/producer Wayne Lonesome were assisting him in meeting a huge hospital bill of some $1.5 million when he died. He had been admitted to the hospital since April. Paul, who had moved to the African nation, The Gambia in 1994, was a major dancehall/reggae star of the 1980s and 1990s with hits like Worries In the Dance, Pass the Ku Shung Peng, Tidal Wave, Cassanova and Sarah. Born in Jamaica in 1965, Paul, whose real name was Paul Blake, was blind from birth and spent his early life at the Salvation Army School for the Blind. While there he met American RnB singer Stevie Wonder, who was in Kingston for a show at the National Stadium in the 1970s. Wonder urged him to become a professional singer. Like Wonder, Paul also played a number of instruments including the keyboard. "He will be sadly missed by us, his friends, his colleagues in the music business, his family and thousands of fans around the world who loved his music," Lonesome told the OBSERVER ONLINE this morning. (SS)

BETTY WELCOMES THE WORLD - GRAND KADOOMENT bandleader, designer and masquerader Betty West is inviting visitors to Barbados for Crop Over. And everyone is invited to be part of her 400-strong Grand Kadooment band called Welcome To My Island. West, known for her sexy yet tastefully laid out costumes, will be concentrating solely this year on an adult band because of sponsorship limitations but there will be no cheating on the revellers’ experience on the road come Grand Kadooment Day, August 7. “This is 26 years for Betty. I love the culture, but there will be no junior band this year. I am very sad about that. I love my kiddies but because of the financial problems . . . ,” she said. West said that she did not want to give away too many details at this stage but her band will feature seven sections depicting the cultural attractions of seven countries – United States, England, Canada, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Guyana. “People were coming to Barbados for the sea and sun, but now they are coming for Crop Over to participate. Last year 40 per cent of my people [revellers] were from overseas . . . . I have a very strong theme and we are going to market it very strongly,” said West. (SS)

That’s all for today folks. There are 225 days left in the year Shalom! #thechasefiles #dailynewscaps Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram for your daily news. #bajannewscaps #newscapsbystephaniefchase

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thefvrious · 9 months ago

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Seven just stands there, staring. His mouth is agape as the angel gives him this unprecedented news. He almost can't believe he's hearing it, hadn't thought it was possible for a multitude of reasons. Then again, he's never known that much about the Bible or religion of any kind, all the gaps being filled in by Adriel who always seems to divulge something utterly unbelievable to Seven. Nothing shocks him anymore. Nothing but this.

For a moment, the human can't breathe either. He's just standing there dumbly as he lets it hit him. Their love is so pure and so strong that they've managed to create LIFE! How incredible is that? Seven feels like he'll never be able to breathe again, feels the excitement for the unknown filling him up like helium in a balloon. He's just about to float off to fantasy land, too, when Adriel bursts that balloon just as quickly as they'd filled it, Seven's expression falling, falling as Adriel continues to explain.

"Wait — I'm so confused. If it's not supposed to happen, then how come it can?" He asks dropping down beside the angel like he's just a sack of potatoes and not a human being feeling eight million things at once. The way his heart is beating concerns him, scares him, but he's more worried about his lover. "So.. what do we do?" He hates that he can't be the confident one here, can't offer consolation, but he wants Adriel to know that he's there, he'll do anything.

@thefvrious sent: you're pregnant?

Adriel knows they're in big biiiig trouble. This is the screw up of all screw ups. A nephilim?? There's no chance that God is going to let them have this. Whether it happens now or after the baby's born, Gabryel will come and smite their child, Adriel knows this for a fact. After spending centuries wondering if there was any truth to the nephilim stories, he's received confirmation from Yeshua and Azazel that yes, it was all true. It almost always ended up that the human was the carrier, not the angel. Adriel happened to be the third known angel to end up in this predicament - how lucky for them! Once again, his involvement with Seven has led to something wholly new for Adriel. New and terrifying.

They can't stop fiddling with their fingers, their nerves strangling the angel and making it hard to breathe (thank goodness he doesn't technically have to - or does he with a half human being inside him?). A fear this intense feels mortal and Adriel is positive they haven't felt this worried in their entire existence. It's actually hard to look at Seven right now, since Adri feels like they've let him down. For once he has no idea what his love is thinking or feeling.

"Yes, Seven, my dearest one. Our love is pure and through it we have produced a child. This should be joyous news, I know humans celebrate new family additions. However, what we have created will not be allowed to exist. Gabryel will come for our miracle." They swallow thickly before summoning the courage to step closer to Seven, their beautiful, perfect Seven. "There is much to discuss but I have neglected to ask how you feel about this. What is on your mind, love? Share your thoughts with me."

#seven devlin ~ thread #seven x adriel #ghostsxagain #tw: mpreg #q.

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@ghostsxagain sent -> 'shivers' for seven's reaction to adriel trailing his fingers down seven's spine.

Seven has been awaiting a visit from his angel for some time now, the interim between their last physical meeting and now drawing a fierce line that felt like a wound or a lash with each passing day. He understood that Adriel had duties, they were an ethereal being, after all, but that didn't stop him from experiencing his very real human emotions. He just tried to not project them onto the angel, tried to not think too much about everything or pine too hard or reach out to much. Instead, he just waited.

Sitting on top of the apartment building with a blunt, Seven feels right at home, his feet dangling off the ledge as he watches the bustle of life all around him. His building in particular is only 8 stories up, much shorter than a lot of the surrounding figures but giving a good view of the street below and offering quite the nasty landing should he fall.

He takes a slow hit off the blunt, his mind wandering to Adriel... the tenderness of their touch, and that's when he feels it, like fingertips ghosting down the spine. But there's no one there. At least not physically, not when Seven looks around himself for the source of the sensation. "Ah... being sneaky, I see." He says, exhaling a plume of smoke with a giddy little smile. "You don't have to show yourself. I know you're here. And that's enough." He heaves a content little exhale before taking another drag off the blunt. "Thank you."

#seven devlin ~ thread #seven x adriel #ghostsxagain

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🔥 (to Misha, Seven, Thirteen, Rory)

Misha: "There is a warmness and compassion to Indigo that is magnetic and consuming. They are difficult to ignore and have the type of aura that instantly lights a room. It is impossible to look away from them. Their compassion and energy are what I find most attractive."

Seven: "Have you seen them? There's not just one thing... like, I promise you it's impossible to narrow it down like that. Their wings? The ethereal glow? That smile. I'm weak just thinking about them... oh, oh, there's a color quality to Adriel's eyes that I've never seen anywhere else... and their compassion? There's just no one better."

Thirteen: "There's something sexy about a being that has that much power, so... I'm definitely going to say the power. I know Daddy Demon isn't nailed down to one specific look, so why pick something superficial? I'm attracted to what they can do and how they make me feel. The options are limitless."

Rory: "Well, he's quite fit isn't he? You can tell he cares about his body and takes care of it, I mean, look at that dump truck. I'm sorry, what? Oh... uh, and lovely eyes. They're so sparkly! And those humming bird eyelashes. Really, no person with two working eyes stands a chance against that one..."

#misha x indigo #seven x adriel #thirteen x azazel #rory x kairo #they're all down horrendous #but rory's the only one who truly understood the assignment #ghostsxagain

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thefvrious · 1 year ago

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@ghostsxagain

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thefvrious · 1 year ago

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@ghostsxagain

taylor zakhar perez & nicholas galitzine

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thefvrious · 8 months ago

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Seven has known for a long time that his family is extremely unique. It's only been in recent years — months, really — that he's started to think they're special, destined for something. Being saved and, subsequently, loved by the angel and all the things that have happened since have him convinced of the matter. He wants to get to the bottom if it, but those burning questions can wait for all that time he's not in the company of his love. For now, Adriel consumes every thought. Seven's desire is like a hole cracked open in his chest, like a missing tooth — the wound hollow and aching without Adriel, only feeling right and whole when they get to indulge in moments like this.

"You definitely chose the kind of form to make a man weak in his knees. Do you have any idea how beautiful you are?" He asks, breathless and moon-eyed, as he regards the corporeal form of his angel in front of him. He's being wholly honest when he says he's never been more attracted to anyone in his life. Even when he's alone — perhaps especially so — Adriel's face is burned behind Seven's eyelids. He'll happily soak up as much time with them as he can get.

When Adriel deepens the kiss, Seven melts against him just slightly, his body slack and warmer than he's been since the last time they were together. He hums a delighted and satisfied sort of sound against the other being's lips then slings an arm over their shoulders like to keep Adriel close. "I never want to take more than I need... especially not from you." He confesses, his brow furrowing before another deep laugh rumbles u from his chest. He shakes his head, waves this statement away. "No way I'm anywhere near being the best man alive. Your bias is showing." Seven looks affectionately at Adriel then, warmth reserved for the angel dancing in his brown eyes.

Seven is amused by the sight of Adriel taking a drag off the blunt, even more amused at their bizarrely human response. It makes him grin widely before accepting the blunt back between outstretched fingers. He brings it back up to his own lips just to take what feels like the longest toke ever which he holds in his lungs as he tries to process what the angel is saying. It all makes sense, really. The big bad being upstairs can't be pleased with this brewing union, it serves to reason she's blocking the, but Seven doesn't really understand how it all works — why she's allowed it to happen in the first place.

"I'm grateful for the time we do have together." He confesses on the exhale, offering Adriel a languid little half-grin even as his arm hangs lazily off their shoulders. He leans in and presses his lips to the other's cheek, letting them linger there fora moment, relishing in all the sensations he's getting from all his senses. "What do you think happens when we continue to defy Her?" He asks, wincing because he's suddenly not sure if he even wants the answer. Then there are Adriel's questions to answer, too. "You don't need to apologize to me. I knew what I was getting into with an angel like you." Seven's grinning full on now, leaning in to steal another kiss greedily. "I think Six accidentally summoned the Devil and Three found another cat. Other than that, I'm afraid there's not much for me to report. We've just been up to the same-old-same..." As if the Devil thing wasn't a huge bomb...

Seven Devlin is not like other humans, that much has been obvious to Adriel for years. Prior to them actually having a conversation and beginning a romantic relationship, Adriel got to know Seven quite well while serving as his guardian angel. The man was a risk taker, he was wild, but he was also empathetic and understanding with the people he loved. The Devlin family, for all their chaos, criminal tendencies, and differing personalities, was a family full of love. Adriel felt lucky to now be on the receiving end of such care too.

Naturally this means that Seven never asks Adriel to come to him, he just desires it. He understands, as well as he can, that his angel's obligations are far bigger than he is, than their union is. He's patient and never gives Adri a hard time. They both wish for some more convention in their relationship but for now this will have to do. It's not like they have any other choice.

The sound of Seven's laugh is like nothing else Adri has heard before. It lights them up, fills them with warmth, makes them desire holding their human close and peppering kisses all over his body. This is love, true romantic love that Adriel will carry with him for the rest of his existence, long after Seven is gone. "I have told you many times that you can ask anything of me and yet you still do not. You are a good man, Seven Devlin, perhaps the best man currently living on this planet."

It's Adriel's turn to laugh at Seven's words, the sound light and delicate. "You are always surprised by me... I admit, it is quite flattering that you like this form so much. It makes me feel good to please you, even in a small way," he says before taking the blunt with a quirked brow. The angel stares at it, unsure whether they should engage in this behaviour or not. Before they can decide, Seven's lips are on his and it snuffs out all thought. Instinctively, Adriel moves his lips to deepen the kiss a little, then shifts his body closer once it breaks. It is at this moment that he remembers the blunt in his hand so he brings it to his mouth and sucks in a gentle toke. It's not what he expected in the slightest! It's harsh and foreign to their body, causing some uncomfortable coughing as they hand it back.

"There is not much to say. Everyone I care for has been in dire need of my grace and warmth. It feels... calculated, like a move from you-know-who, perhaps to keep me from you. I have missed you terribly," they answer once the coughing subsides. "I feel you at all times and know that you have missed me too. I regret that I have not been here as often as I would like to watch you. What have I missed in my absence? How is the family?"

#seven devlin ~ thread #seven x adriel #ghostsxagain #q.

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