#ship: sweetman

[daughter-of-melpomene]

Sweetheart x Hangman + if they had a kid!! -🍂

Ah, Sweetman my beloveds… thanks a bunch for this, Alvita!! <3

Name: Kendra Maria Castillo-Seresin.

Gender: Cisgender female.

General appearance: Long brown hair with lighter bits throughout, brown eyes, her mother’s bright smile, a large dark birthmark at the base of her neck.

Personality: Cheerful, outgoing, friendly, quick-witted and snarky just like her father, incredibly loyal to the people she cares about.

Special talents: She runs track and is on her school’s track and field team, and she’s incredibly fast and skilled in almost all of the events - distance running, long jump, you name it.

Who they like better: Sweetheart, though she’d never admit it - she loves her father dearly, of course, but Jake just isn’t as good at comforting and being understanding.

Who they take after more: Definitely Hangman; she’s not as cocky and doesn’t have the same penchant for goading people as him, but they’re both incredibly charming and outgoing in a way Sweetheart isn’t.

Personal headcanon: She’s named after her grandmother, Jake’s mother, who died when he was only a teenager.

Faceclaim: Paris Berelc.

send me an oc ship and i’ll tell you what their kid would be like!!

[h-ruchiyo]

Your dainty hands began to type down the last page of revision for your boss, carefully looking at the corner of the monitor as a small '20:38' was trying its best to remind you of the due; hoping you can submit your work last minute before the deadline in less than half an hour.

As if your body received another injection of adrenaline and caffeine from a sip of this god-awful coffee, cursing at anyone who gave you this before submitting your finished paper and clocking out right away; cursing at your boss inside your head before realised how free you were now since tomorrow would be your last week as their (underpaid and overworked) intern.

"Lola, Lola, hmm,"

You hummed along the way back to the apartment, holding your bag tightly in your hand as you could see how crowded it was; numerous people flocking around to hold each other close while you had decided that spending another night of reading Bloomic's latest chapter might be a best go-to.

After a refreshing shower and a can of cold drink in your hand, no one could stop you from reading your only coping mechanism to postpone the upcoming dread of existential crisis you shall face one day; well, 'or so' you thought.

As you decided to take a break and looked around for cute ships on Twitter, a post caught you surprised since it was your first time reading it ever.

"Huh? A discord server for Bloomic?"

As if you were in trance, your finger began to hover around to click the link and there you were, inside the server as Bloombot barged you around with a few questions then let you go to the wild '#general' with some unread messages related and directed to you.

"Oh, wow, what is this,"

You muttered under your breath, standing up from your position to turn your PC on and drinking down the rest of your drink; fingers hovering over the keyboard as your eyes were trained to reach each message carefully by greeting each one of them personally, thinking it'd be the best instead of being vague and whisk around nowhere.

Your eyes lit up at a comment this one account made, claiming you could call him Xyx as each one of them began to introduce themselves including the mod aka Quest; a sweetman who reminded you of warm cinnamon roll and spiced latte in the late autumn.

"'wanna call?' man, this mod is friendly for sure."

You agreed to his invitation since some members were busy with their own stuff on other channels or going idle for a moment to sort life out in real life.

Clicking on the voice channel, you tried to find your headphones for a bit before going back to connect it with your PC; not realising that your camera was on this whole time and Quest's cheeks were in fire when he got a good look of your appearance.

Sitting inside a modern chic room with few decorations, he could see a young woman wearing a flimsy sleeping dress as her hair was draped over her shoulders; looking around for something nearby her desk before going back to the call and made contact with his eyes.

"Oh, hi!"

He smiled, reaching his ears while his arm was seen resting on top of the table; giving you a view of a tattoo covering his limb before you returned the smile, giving him a slight wave before disconnecting your headphones and taking it off from your head, feeling pissed as the lack of sound it provided.

Quest began to introduce himself, looking away once in a while as he explained how the server worked and expected how everyone would act from now on, stating the Bloombot could get confusing for him sometimes to control around.

"Thank you for looking after all of us, Quest. I feel so happy that you're here with me."

A small and appreciative sentence that rolled over your tongue smoothly, almost giving Quest a small heart attack if it wasn't for his hand gripping on his desk; trying his best to calm his heart beat and dizzy head, almost getting drunk from all those praise you threw at.

"God, angel. If it's for you, I'd for sure throw everything away and run straight to you."

You listened to him carefully as your cheeks were heated up, almost gaping at his words; hoping that he'd stop striking you away with these comments before you could actually start to combust due to him.

As he looked at your face through the screen, he made a hope for once after a while. A hope to see you in real life, gazing into his eyes and threading his fingers between yours — away from his boss, coworkers and Bloombot, that always goes hard with its censorship.

"Well then, angel. I suppose I should call it a night now, you look tired. Can't have you sleeping on me, yes?"

A deep chuckle escaped from his lips, making you break the eye contact and look away to suppress your embarrassment; wondering if the call was supposed to be like this or you were overthinking over such a small nickname.

The night finally had its grasp around you and lulled you to a state Quest finding you look cutest for tonight.

Your head was resting against your arm on the desk, looking up to see him with your half-lidded eyes and pursed lips; trying to fight the spell moon had cast over you.

"Sleep well, angel. Have a good one for me, yes?"

"Hey, intern, we need you here! Come fast!"

Your black pumps stumped against the concrete floor almost hurriedly, giving you a cramp since today had been quite hectic and a worker had asked you to cover her shift for today since she had an emergency issues at home.

You went forward and back, running around the office with fresh prints every minute and placing it on everyone's cubicle; double take each of them to make sure none was left out and let out a sigh as it was finally lunch hour, a time for you to take a deep breath and give your poor calves a massage.

Sitting at the cafeteria, you watched a long line of workers and decided to take some time to sip on iced milk tea with boba and cream on the top; understanding how good it was and perfect for Lola's exhausting life, running around and facing life-changing moments on almost every chapter.

"Angel?"

You looked up and met a pair of brilliant blue eyes staring back at your eyes, not expecting to find him out of everyone to meet you at the cafeteria here. As if he was asking for permission to sit down with you with those eyes, you gave him a nod before holding out your hands to take the tray from his hand, placing it on the table as he sat down in front of you.

"Um, hi."

You flashed him a small smile, eyes' corners slightly crinkled with some sweat beads went past over it. He looked down for a minute, not returning your smile right away like last night and instead taking out a handkerchief, dabbing it over your forehead.

"Sorry, you look tired and I— I can't, y'know,"

He stuttered over his words, eliciting a warm laugh from you as you wrapped your hands around his wrist and putting it down gently before sending him another shockwave in his lane with a small 'thank you'.

Apparently, Quest had been working here for a while (preferably almost five to six years) at the marketing section as a salesman and almost rarely leaving his cubicle, enjoying most of his time inside including during lunch time due to endless works.

You could see he tried to muster it up and play it off as a small joke, but the darkening circles under his eyes and fine lines around them couldn't fool you. Quest was for sure tired and never got enough rest after he started to work here, barely hanging on the thread.

"Can you work on them home, Quest?"

"Yeah, but, I'd rather not, you know?"

"How about going to my place tonight? I'll help you out."

Quest might have started to call you 'angel' because your eyes always glowed in his eyes and whenever he listened to your voice, it felt as if, everything was worth it and he's willing to stay up late at night and finish all his works before eight so he could have you all for himself until time for him to clock out.

But, this?

It took him aback and he was basically a stranger, one that you could always walk past and forget in a week; but, why would you offer him such a suggestion? Working here was already tired enough and he would feel bad for taking up so much of your free time at home.

Alas, here both of you were, spending time with you after finishing his total workload until next week in less than eight hours; pushing each other's capabilities until it reached its limit before Quest slumped down in his seat while you were half-asleep against the bed, letting out a small giggle when you got caught red-handed staring at him.

"You look tired, angel. C'mere,"

He spread his legs open and put a hand on his right thigh before realising what he was doing, straightening his back with panic written all over his face. As you walked in his direction, you put your hand over his chest, trying to calm him down before sitting on his lap — resting your cheek against his left chest as your legs were over his right leg, smiling slightly when his hands began to massage them gently.

While it wasn't supposed to be a shock for you, having Quest to be in your real life was still a surprise. He was tall and bulky with broad shoulders, yet the way he talked and brought himself reminded you of a small raccoon after getting a food.

"Ah, yes, Quest, right there"

You moaned close to his ear, noticing your feet were feeling better than before since you took off those pumps; cursing at the company's requirements to have you wear black pumps with heels above five centimetre and below fifteen.

Quest started to feel embarrassed again just like before at the cafeteria, touching his warmed up cheek with the back of his hand before looking down to see you in the eyes; lips hovering and lightly brush each other when you could feel his breath started to get heavier.

"May I?"

He cupped your cheek, cradling you closer to his side before he pressed his lips against yours; humming at the combination of sweet taste of your drink and chapstick, placing his other hand around your waist to pull you closer and sit down on top of him, knees hitting again the seat in the process.

You wrapped your arms around his neck and then went down to his chest, using it as a leverage to deepen the kiss; humming slightly as you could feel him starting to get hard under you.

You broke the kiss and looked into his eyes, asking for silent permission before taking off his tie and shirt; after giving you a small nod, you took off your shorts and his belt, slightly fumbling before he blew out his signature laugh, giving you a small comfort and reassurance before shifting your eyes back to his face.

"Fuck, angel,"

His hands were both on your waist, tightly gripping on the soft skin as you began to grind your hips against his; sucking on a sharp breath when he began to lower you down, making a direct contact with his clad one.

"Take your panties off, sweetie. Let daddy do the rest for you, hmm?"

He brushed his thumb against your cheek, sensing a slight nervousness as you put your panties away and Quest began to do something similar; hand not leaving your side when you went back to align yourself with him, giving you some time adjusting to his size as the tip had slipped inside.

Your hands were still on his chest, depending on it as a leverage while his other hand was right behind your back; keeping you steady and close to him, making the older man feel in cloud nine when you looked at him with those eyes — begging for him to take control and let you watch how everything unfolded.

It didn't take long for him to lose control of himself, slamming your hips down even though his thick, fat head was already hitting the deepest part inside you minutes ago; not giving you any space to breathe and making your hips bouncing on his, covering his whole length with your slick before slamming it down again.

"Never knew you'd be so tight, angel. Scared?"

You whimpered, digging your nails into his shoulders while he treated you like a fleshlight; ignoring your pleas to go easy, as if he knew that if he stopped right now, you'd probably beg to go like this — all messy, sticky and drunk on his cock; boosting his confidence on rewarding you for tonight.

You might have hoped he would ignore your clit for tonight, but, it was Quest; he would never forgive himself for not paying any attention to every inch of your body, leaving one of them ignored. And thus, he began to draw a small circle around your clit, eliciting a ripped scream from your throat as you made a mess over his lower stomach and length; a white ring forming on the base as he kept thrusting his hips against yours, overstimulating you in the process.

"Angel, do you want me to cum inside?"

"Yes, don't worry about it."

He watched your eyes rolling to the back, sweaty skin slapping against each other and then spreading your ass with his hands, giving him a chance to angle himself better before a thick rope of his cum filled you up to the brim; forming a small bump on your stomach as Quest rested his hand and put some pressure on it, letting his cum oozing out your folds.

"This is one way to end the day after our first meeting this morning, eh?"

[watcherscrown]

“I basically told my students, just put the sensors back in the box. We’ll ship them back to the manufacturer and get them tested because they’re just giving us gibberish,” said Sweetman, a professor at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and lead of the institution’s seafloor ecology and biogeochemistry group. “And every single time the manufacturer came back: ‘They’re working. They’re calibrated.’"

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[wayti-blog]

"Something is pumping out large amounts of oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, at depths where a total lack of sunlight makes photosynthesis impossible.

The phenomenon was discovered in a region strewn with ancient, plum-sized formations called polymetallic nodules, which could play a part in the oxygen production by catalysing the splitting of water molecules, researchers suspect. The findings are published in Nature Geoscience1.

“We have another source of oxygen on the planet, other than photosynthesis,” says study co-author Andrew Sweetman, a sea-floor ecologist at the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban, UK — although the mechanism behind this oxygen production remains a mystery. The findings could also have implications for understanding how life began, he says, as well as for the possible impact of deep-sea mining in the region."

"As a first test of this hypothesis, the team recreated the conditions found on the sea floor in a laboratory on their ship. They monitored samples collected from the sea floor — which included polymetallic nodules — and saw that the oxygen concentration increased, at least for a while. “They start producing oxygen, up to a point. Then they stop,” says Sweetman — presumably because the energy that drives the splitting of water molecules gets depleted. This leaves the question of where that energy is coming from. If the nodules themselves were acting as batteries — producing energy from a chemical reaction — they would have become depleted long ago.

Electric potential

But the nodules could serve as catalysts, enabling the splitting of water and the formation of molecular oxygen. The researchers measured voltages across the surface of nodules, and found voltage differences of up to 0.95 volts. This is not quite the 1.5 volts needed to split a water molecule, but, in principle, higher voltages could be produced in the same way that battery voltages can be doubled by connecting two batteries in series, (...)."

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[news-wtf]

“I basically told my students, just put the sensors back in the box. We’ll ship them back to the manufacturer and get them tested because they’re just giving us gibberish,” said Sweetman, a professor at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and lead of the institution’s seafloor ecology and biogeochemistry group. “And every single time the manufacturer came back: ‘They’re working. They’re calibrated.’”

Photosynthetic organisms such as plants, plankton and algae use sunlight to produce oxygen that cycles into the ocean depths, but previous studies conducted in the deep sea have shown that oxygen is only consumed, not produced, by the organisms that live there, Sweetman said.

Now, his team’s research is challenging this long-held assumption, finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis.

“You’re cautious when you see something that goes against what should be happening,” he said.

The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, demonstrates how much is still unknown about the ocean depths and underscores what’s at stake in the push to exploit the ocean floor for rare metals and minerals. Its finding that there’s another source of oxygen on the planet other than photosynthesis also has far-reaching implications that could help unravel the origins of life.

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[zara24smit]

"Dark Oxygen": A New Discovery, An Old Problem. ALLATRA

The ocean, holding countless mysteries, has once again astonished us with its grandeur.

Deep beneath the waves, where eternal darkness reigns, scientists have discovered metallic minerals capable of producing oxygen!

This discovery, dubbed "dark oxygen," is revolutionizing our understanding of biological processes.

Amazingly, these polymetallic nodules, ranging in size from tiny particles to the size of an average potato, contain valuable metals like cobalt, nickel, copper, lithium, and manganese, used in batteries.

"It looks like we've discovered a natural 'geobattery,'" said researcher Geiger. "These geobatteries are the basis for a possible explanation of the ocean's dark oxygen production."

An international group of scientists conducting research to study the seabed and its features in the Pacific Ocean, focusing on the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, ultimately discovered polymetallic nodules producing oxygen at the bottom of the ocean.

The minerals were found at the depth of the ocean, living in absolute darkness. Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) called it "dark oxygen" and discovered the metallic minerals that release oxygen while conducting field research from a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

Oxygen is released from polymetallic nodules, which are described as natural mineral deposits that form on the ocean floor. They are a mixture of various minerals ranging in size from tiny particles to an average potato.

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[sarkos]

t had been thought that only living things such as plants and algae were capable of producing oxygen via photosynthesis – which requires sunlight. But four kilometres (2.5 miles) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, where no sunlight can reach, small mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules have been recorded making so-called dark oxygen for the first time. [...]The discovery was made in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), an abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico, where mining companies have plans to start harvesting the nodules. The lumpy nodules – often called “batteries in a rock” – are rich in metals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which are all used in batteries, smartphones, wind turbines and solar panels. To do so, they used a contraption called a benthic chamber, which snatched up a bunch of sediment. Normally, the amount of oxygen trapped in the chamber “decreases as its used up by organisms as they respire”, Sweetman said. But this time the opposite happened – the amount of oxygen increased. This was not supposed to happen in complete darkness where there is no photosynthesis. This was so shocking that the researchers initially thought their underwater sensors must have been on the blink. So they brought up some nodules to their ship to repeat the test. Once again, the amount of oxygen increased. They then noticed how the nodules were carrying a startling electric charge. On the surface of the nodules, the team “amazingly found voltages almost as high as are in an AA battery”, Sweetman said. This charge could split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called seawater electrolysis, the researchers said.

‘Dark oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about origins of life | Oceans | The Guardian

[lynx-013]

15c shop on ship street, oxford por Karen White Por Flickr: The look of this 15c building on the corner of Ship Street and Cornmarket Street (it's actually 28 Cornmarket Street) appealed to me. I found a little of its history online: In 1772 a survey of every house in the city was taken in consequence of the Mileways Act of 1771. According to H. E. Salter, 28 Cornmarket was then in the occupation of Mr Constable, and had a frontage of 4 yards, 1 ft. and 9 in. In about 1813 Joseph Andrews had an auction business here, which on his death in 1830 was taken over briefly by his son Charles Wood Andrews. In 1835 the shop was taken over by Hughes & Company. At the time of the 1841 census Henry Hatch (22), a draper, lived here with his wife Sarah and their son Henry, plus a milliner and a servant. On 20 January 1844 Henry Hatch announced in Jackson’s Oxford Journal that he was moving to this shop at 28 Cornmarket Street from his former shop at 71 High Street. By 1849 No. 28 was occupied by another draper, Sweetman Brothers at a rental of £70 per annum. Lewis Solomon had a tobacco shop here from 1862. Harvey Brother, tea & coffee dealers, were here from at least 1880 to 1914. The photographers Penrose & Palmer were here from 1925 to 1932, with Ye Olde North Gate Tea Rooms upstairs. Thomas Rayson extensively restored this shop in 1951, saving the building from destruction.. From then until the present day it has been occupied by a number of different businesses; Speedwell Cleaning, Rhodes Opticians, Mobile Phones Direct, Chequepoint, and its current occupiers Laird Hatters. Source Oxford History The building is Grade II listed"

[mariacallous]

In the global scramble for critical minerals to power the energy transition, some countries are racing to exploit a new, untouched frontier: the bottom of the ocean. 

The treasure they are eyeing is a trove of polymetallic nodules, small, potato-shaped formations that are rich in the minerals underpinning electric vehicles and solar panels: cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese. Desperate to seize these resources, countries are jockeying for mining access despite a slew of unanswered environmental, regulatory, and economic questions—fueling fears of a catastrophic gold rush in a region that the world knows little about. 

“It’s not just the environmental regulations,” said Lisa Levin, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a founder of the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative. “There’s financial agreements and regulations. There’s compliance and liability issues. There is enforcement and monitoring. I mean, it just goes on and on.”

But the clock is ticking. If the most aggressive proponents of deep-sea mining under the high seas had their way, they would be able to apply for permits starting Sunday, thanks to an obscure legal rule that the island nation of Nauru triggered in 2021 to jump-start commercial mining. To unlock the deep sea’s riches, the island has partnered with The Metals Company (TMC), a Canadian firm that has been at the forefront of deep-sea mining efforts. That decision gave the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the governing body established by the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, two years to write the rulebook for deep-sea mining in international waters—effectively setting a timer for it to chart a new industry. 

Time is almost up, and the ISA appears set to miss that deadline, potentially leaving the door open for countries to apply for mining permits even without regulations in place. What happens next is unclear: The body is meeting on Monday for further negotiations amid mounting pressure for greater caution and more time. Hundreds of scientists have urged the ISA to hit the brakes, and a slew of countries and companies have also joined their calls.

“There’s a lot of inertia once you start mining the deep sea,” said Levin. “We need to be considering carefully whether we want to go into a relatively pristine ecosystem and create damage, which is likely to be extremely long lasting, certainly beyond a human lifetime.”

The ISA’s ongoing negotiations will only shape the future of the high seas, or the international waters that lie outside of the 230-mile exclusive economic zones allotted to coastal nations where they can mine and extract resources at will. Some countries are already considering diving into their national waters; last month, Norwegian lawmakers proposed greenlighting deep-sea mining projects.

Thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, life in the deep sea is largely a mystery. Untouched and overwhelmingly unexplored, the seafloor is teeming with life and species that have yet to be discovered: scientists have uncovered more than 5,000 new species in one swath of the seabed. Even as scientists scramble to assess the potential impacts of deep-sea mining operations, there remain scientific gaps in an underwater landscape so vast and unexplored, according to a paper published by 31 scientists in 2022.

Scientists are still making discoveries that require further investigation, said Andrew Sweetman, a deep sea expert at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. “It takes time to gather the samples, it takes time to ship the samples, but it takes even longer to analyze the samples properly and interpret the data properly,” he said. “We can’t have a ticking clock just above our heads, saying you have to analyze it all by this time. That’s not how it works.”

Yet proponents are eager to open the floodgates—and soon. The company leading the charge is The Metals Company (TMC), the Canadian firm that is sponsored by Nauru and has poured $75 million into research efforts to unlock the ocean’s treasures. (Companies must be sponsored by a nation to seek mining permits). Since no commercial deep-sea mining operations have ever taken place, the economics and technology behind the potential industry remains largely speculative. But TMC projects sweeping returns once operations begin, citing the soaring demand in minerals and the quality of the resources.

TMC argues that deep-sea mining is necessary to meet the energy transition’s mineral demands at a lower environmental cost than onshore mining. But many scientists have pushed back against these arguments, warning of irreversible reverberations in an unexplored environment and pointing to the ever-evolving nature of battery technology. 

Contrasting deep-sea mining with terrestrial operations isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison, either. “The ocean is a giant, three dimensional, highly connected system,” Levin said. “When you do something in one place in the ocean, the impacts and changes are likely to travel and affect other places in a way that might not be the case on land.”

Pradeep Singh, a research associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, warned that companies may double down on their terrestrial mining operations in order to compete with the influx of deep-sea mining minerals. “They are going to compete, and they are going to cut corners to compete,” he said. “They’re going to reduce environmental standards—they’re going to make cuts on labor requirements.” 

But it’s full speed ahead at TMC, which aims to begin commercial production in late 2024 or early 2025, according to Craig Shesky, its chief financial officer. The company is committed to submitting its application only after it completes a comprehensive environmental impact assessment, he said, which he believes will take “months, not years.” But TMC also won’t rule out applying for a permit—even if regulations aren’t set up.

“It is much our preference to wait until the final mining code is in place,” he said, “but we reserve our rights to potentially move forward using the draft regulations, which already exist.”

[gordonradiotv]

Time f0r s0me self-l0ve, I think. D0n’t y0u agree?? -Zer0

hell yeah bro gordos sweetman self care moments

gonna get him to the ship and give him a warm as hell blanket and we're gonna chill allllllll night

[daughter-of-melpomene]

For the affectionate OTP ask game: Giving your partner compliments and telling them how much you care about them?

@dancingsunflowers-ocs 💙

Thanks so much for the ask!!

I think I would have to say Sweetheart and Hangman? I mean, we all know how much of a flirt Hangman is, so he would definitely be the type to lavish Sweetheart with compliments any chance he gets, and Sweetheart loves to compliment people and let them know she cares, so I feel like they would definitely do that!!

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[amarynceus]

HMS Trincomalee by Amarynceus

Commission of the HMS Trincomalee as she might have appeared when built in 1817.  She's heeling under a strong wind coming from just afore the beam, under most of her plain canvas minus a few staysails.  The royal yards and sails have been struck down on deck and the flying jib furled, though the flying jibboom is still run out. Some things to note: the different angles of the yards on the mainmast is no accident; the lead of the lee main brace cants the main yard downward, and the rest of the yards on the mainmast follow suit.  The yards on fore and mizen are trimmed to be more or less parallel to the horizon given the heel of the ship, for the sails work best and the wind strikes them most cleanly this way than when the yards are at an angle. I'm particularly proud of how this came out.  Oh, and did I mention that this is my first ship painting in full colour?  Because this is my first ship painting in full colour.   Single layer, default oil brush. Primary Sources consulted: Various plans and models of the 'Leda-class' and related frigates from the National Maritime Museum archives (collections.rmg.co.uk/collecti…) Lever, Darcy.  The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor.  London: J. Richardson, 1819 (republished Toronto: Dover Publications, 1988.) Steele, David. Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking, and Rigging (from the 1794 edition).  Largo, Fla: Edward W. Sweetman Co., 1982. Secondary Sources consulted: Harland, John. Seamanship in the Age of Sail. London: Conway, 1984. Lavery, Brian.  Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organisation 1793-1815.  London: Conway, 1989. Lees, James. The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War 1625-1860.  London: Conway, 1984. Longridge, C Nepean.  The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships. Watford, Argus Books, 1977. Marquardt, Karl Heinz.  Eighteenth-century Rigs and Rigging. London: Conway, 1992. Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2008.

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[killingdoll]

Warnings: tán nhảm và spam hình anh chú là chính, bình luận phim là phụ, spoilers là không thể tránh khỏi, xen lẫn tiếng Anh và tiếng Việt

*Một số hình ảnh là của bạn, một số phần lớn thì không

*Ghi chú nho nhỏ: Phim có anh chú đóng, có thể là vai chính, vai phụ, vai qua đường, không nhất thiết là ổng đóng vai chính.

❶ MASTER OF HORROR – JOHN CARPENTER’S CIGARETTE BURNS (2005)

Đạo diễn: John Carpenter

Diễn viên: Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, Colin Foo

Tuy đây là một series phim truyền hình nhưng mỗi tập của nó là một câu chuyện khác nhau và do một đạo diễn tên tuổi trong giới làm phim kinh dị chỉ đạo. Đây là tập phim duy nhất bạn xem (vì anh chú Norm đóng vai chính) và bạn đã có vài dòng bình luận về nó trong một entry nhật ký. Nhìn chung, mức độ kinh dị của phim không cao (ít ra là với bạn Joel), motif nhân vật và twist không quá mới lạ và bạn cho rằng phim chỉ ở mức decent chứ chưa phải hay. Tuy nhiên, ấn tượng phim để lại cho bạn là shot hình cuối – xác nhân vật chính Kirby Sweetman (Norm) sau khi t�� tử: đẹp và yên bình đến nao lòng, tựa như chỉ với cái chết thì một Kirby bị ám ảnh, giày vò bởi nỗi ân hận khi hại chết Annie mới được giải thoát và tìm được sự yên bình cho linh hồn. Cũng nhờ vào shot hình này mà bạn Joel biết mức độ morbid curiosity của mình đã tăng thêm một bậc so với hồi trước.

Điểm đáng nhớ: Một sự trùng hợp lý thú là Sean Patrick Flannery (Connor MacManus trong The Boondock Saints) cũng đóng trong series này, tuy nhiên là ở một tập của season 2. Hơn nữa, đây không phải phim truyền hình duy nhất có sự góp mặt của anh em MacManus – cả hai còn đóng trong Charmed nhưng lại là ở hai season khác nhau và không có tương tác gì cả.

❷ DEUCES WILD (2002)

Đạo diễn: Scott Kalvert

Diễn viên: Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Norman Reedus

Đây là một bộ phim đặc biệt (đối với bạn Joel) với cốt chuyện có thể được tóm tắt ngắn gọn như sau: Phim có bốn trai đẹp. Trai đẹp 1 và trai đẹp 2 có hiềm khích, dẫn đến trai đẹp 1 giết trai đẹp 2. Sau đó, trai đẹp 3 giết trai đẹp 1 để trừng phạt vì tội giết trai đẹp 2. Cuối cùng, trai đẹp 3 chết vì em của trai đẹp 1 trả thù. Hết phim. Trai đẹp 4 chỉ là nhân vật quần chúng, xuất hiện cho đẹp khung hình. Các bạn cảm thấy thế nào sau khi đọc tóm tắt? Phim nhảm quá chăng? Thật ra thì nếu xem, bạn sẽ thấy nó bớt nhảm hơn nghe bạn Joel, kẻ có xu hướng ‘nhảm hoá’ mọi thứ, kể. Xoay quanh mối xung đột giữa hai băng nhóm ở Brooklyn vào thập niên 50, với Leon (Stephen Dorff) cầm đầu băng Deuces và Marco (Norman Reedus) cầm đầu băng Vipers, Deuces Wild không phải một bộ phim thật sự xuất sắc cả về kịch bản lẫn diễn xuất của diễn viên; tuy nhiên, mượn lời từ một bài bình luận các vai diễn của anh chú, Deuces Wild là một phim “insanely watchable” và bạn Joel không hề thấy tiếc một tiếng rưỡi mình đã bỏ ra để xem. Thêm nữa, Marco là một vai diễn khá thú vị để anh chú thể hiện khả năng đóng vai bỉ ổi của mình (và con người này tiếp tục được đạo diễn ‘chọn mặt gửi vàng’ để đóng một số vai bỉ ổi khác).

Điểm đáng nhớ: Cuối cùng sau bao lâu thắc mắc vì sao fan gái lại ship Deacon x Scud như đúng rồi dù cả hai chẳng có tương tác gì trong phim (người phần 1 kẻ phần 2 thì làm sao tương tác), bạn Joel đã hiểu. Nguyên nhân chính là đây: mối yêu hận tình thù tóe lửa giữa Leon và Marco trong Deuces Wild. Tuy vậy, giải được một thắc mắc rồi thì lại mọc ra thắc mắc mới: Tại sao fan gái không ship couple phim chính mà lại đi hăng hái đẩy thuyền crack ship nhỉ?!

❸ BLADE II (2002)

Đạo diễn: Guillermo del Toro

Diễn viên: Wesley Snipe, Norman Reedus, Leonor Varela

Bạn Joel đã mấy lần nói rằng bạn sẽ không xem phim này, phần vì bạn không thích sản phẩm của Marvel (yup, nó là truyện tranh của Marvel), phần vì bạn không thích kiểu vampire trong này, phần vì bạn không thích nhân vật chính cho lắm, vân vân và vân vân. Nhưng nói tới nói lui, cuối cùng bạn vẫn xem, và không những chỉ xem phần 2 – có anh chú đóng – mà còn xem luôn phần 1, chỉ chừa lại phần 3, cũng là phần cuối. Lý do không có gì khác ngoài việc bạn ‘lỡ’ chân lên thuyền Deacon x Scud. Số là tuy bạn không xem phim nhưng rất hăng hái đọc fanfic về nhân vật của phim, và bạn đã đọc khá khá fic về couple xuyên phim này. Nói thế nào nhỉ, à, bạn đã bị các fic ship couple này thuyết phục, trong đó có một fic bạn rất thích (Vice Versa – có review ở đây); thế là cuối cùng bạn đã đi kiếm phim để xem rốt cuộc Deacon và Scud thật sự của canon giống và khác thế nào Deacon và Scud dưới góc nhìn của tác giả fanfic. Và, như đã nói, bạn xem phim cốt chỉ để so sánh và nắm fic rõ hơn nên cũng không để ý nhiều về plot hay tình tiết của hai phần, chỉ đủ để nắm được diễn biến và kết cục (và appreciate sự lầy lội của Scud do anh chú thủ vai).

Điểm đáng nhớ: Deacon và Scud đến bên nhau là tuyệt xứng, cơ bản vì hai bạn… chết giống nhau quá cơ, đều trúng kế của nhân vật chính – Blade – và… nổ banh chành (yah, chết vì chất nổ: một bạn tưởng chất nổ là serum còn một bạn tưởng bom thật là bom xịt – hai bạn đúng là ‘cặp đôi hoàn cảnh’).

❹ THE CONSPIRATOR (2010)

Đạo diễn: Robert Redford

Diễn viên: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Norman Reedus

The Conspirator là một phim không mấy vui vẻ vì nó dựa trên sự kiện có thật và bất cứ ai rành lịch sử, cụ thể là lịch sử Mỹ thời tổng thống Abraham Lincoln, thì không cần xem cũng biết trước kết cục. Phim kể về quá trình luật sư Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) cố gắng bào chữa cho Mary Surratt, một nghi phạm trong vụ ám sát tổng thống Lincoln, và đúng như lịch sử, cuối cùng Mary Surratt vẫn bị xử tử. Đây là bộ phim thuộc nhóm những phim bạn Joel chỉ xem một lần, sẽ không xem lại và cũng không recommend cho các bạn (tất nhiên trừ các bạn có hứng thú với lịch sử Mỹ).

Điểm đáng nhớ: Điểm hài hước duy nhất của toàn phim là Giáo sư X, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) là luật sư, đối chất với công tố viên William Stryker (Danny Huston) trên phiên toà trong khi Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) chán nản ngồi một góc chờ phán quyết (anh chú đóng vai một trong những người tham gia kế hoạch ám sát tổng thống).

❺ MESKADA (2010)

Đạo diễn: Josh Sternfeld

Diễn viên: Norman Reedus, Kellan Lutz, Nick Stahl

Giống như The Conspirator, Meskada cũng không phải một bộ phim bạn Joel sẽ recommend với các bạn. Nói phim dở thì không dở, nhưng nếu hỏi bạn Joel rằng phim có thu hút bạn không thì câu trả lời chắc chắn là không. Meskada mở đầu bằng một vụ án đột nhập và ăn cắp, dẫn đến cái chết của một cậu bé. Tuy nhiên, đây không phải dạng phim phá án vì danh tính thủ phạm đã được tiết lộ trong vòng mười phút đầu phim, phần còn lại là mâu thuẫn và tranh đấu giữa một bên là viên thanh tra muốn tìm ra sự thật và một bên là những người dân của thị trấn nhỏ mang tên Meskada và kết cục cuối cùng chẳng hề tươi sáng hay mang đến hy vọng. Meskada thuộc dạng phim tâm lý xã hội (tuy mác chính thức của nó là thriller), dạng phim bạn Joel thường… không xem nếu như không có diễn viên bạn yêu thích trong đó, dù chỉ là vai phụ như anh chú trong phim này.

Điểm đáng nhớ: Anh chú ở đây vào vai một người đàn ông có gia đình chật vật kiếm sống để nuôi vợ và đứa con mắc bệnh cần được phẫu thuật nhưng điều kiện kinh tế gia đình không cho phép. Bạn Joel tự hỏi rằng liệu đây có phải viễn cảnh nếu Daryl Dixon của The Walking Dead lập gia đình và đại dịch zombie không xảy ra hay không.

❻ 8MM (1999)

Đạo diễn: Joel Schumacher

Diễn viên: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Norman Reedus

Đây là một bộ phim bạn Joel đã xem từ rất lâu rồi, có lẽ là trên Cinemax hay HBO gì đó, và ấn tượng của bạn về phim không tệ. Sau khi biết anh chú có tham gia phim này, bạn quyết định xem lại và may quá, ấn tượng ban đầu về phim không thay đổi mấy. Phim nói về quá trình điều tra được tiến hành bởi một thám tử tư (Nicolas Cage) để làm rõ thân phận một cô gái vô danh – hay nói đúng hơn là nạn nhân – trong một đoạn snuff film. Ban đầu, viên thám tử chỉ đơn giản điều tra vì thù lao – như mọi case khác anh đã nhận – nhưng dần dần anh bị cuốn vào vụ án và khám phá những bí mật khủng khiếp. Diễn biến và tốc độ của mạch phim đủ để giữ chân sự hứng thú của bạn và đây là một phim bạn Joel recommend với những ai ưa thích thể loại phim mystery và thriller.

Điểm đáng nhớ: Anh chú trong đây vừa trẻ vừa xynh đúng chất cute bad boy cho dù đang mặc đồng phục tù và cầm cây lau nhà. Đáng tiếc là screentime của anh chú chỉ được khoảng 5 phút còn nhân vật thì không thể forgettable hơn.

❼ NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR (2009)

Đạo diễn: Paul Sampson

Diễn viên: Norman Reedus, David Carradine, Udo Kier

Night of the Templar có premise khá hứa hẹn: Một hiệp sỹ bị phản bội và hại chết cách đây 1000 năm bây giờ trở lại để báo thù. Tuy nhiên, đó là tất cả cái hay của phim; phần còn lại, gồm cả hơn 90 phút phim, là một mớ hỗn loạn vừa tham lam muốn làm phim slasher vừa muốn làm phim hành động, lại với tay sang cả phim hài, kết quả là fail hoàn toàn và cục bộ ở cả ba thể loại. Vai diễn của anh chú trong phim này, Henry Flesh, cũng nhảm nhí như chính bộ phim. Có lẽ diễn viên nào trong sự nghiệp của mình cũng phải bỏ túi một, hai bộ phim Mâm Xôi Vàng cũng không dám trao giải như vậy.

Điểm đáng nhớ: Phim dở đến mức điểm gì cũng đáng nhớ, nhưng đáng nhớ nhất là cái chết của anh chú. Trên màn ảnh, anh chú không chết thì thôi chứ đã chết thì phải chết thật bạo lực, thật quái đản nó mới xứng với công sức bỏ ra để đóng cảnh chết.

*Vì bộ phim quá ‘kinh dị’ nên bạn Joel thà để hình BTS (behind the scene)

[Rant] Normin’ the Movies Pt. 2 Warnings: tán nhảm và spam hình anh chú là chính, bình luận phim là phụ, spoilers là không thể tránh khỏi, xen lẫn tiếng Anh và tiếng Việt…

[daughter-of-melpomene]

61, 43, and 92 for the spotify asks!! -🍂

Thanks so much for this, Alvita beloved!! <3

So, number sixty-one on my Spotify Wrapped is "Red (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift, and honestly I think this is a really good song for Sweetheart Castillo and her Ken doll of a boyfriend Hangman! Jake, like the boyfriend in the song, can be a bit tumultuous to love sometimes and a relationship with him will never be perfect, but Sweetheart's relationship with him is also passionate and never dull like the one in the song, so I really think it's perfect for them! (Plus, she and Hangman do have a much happier ending than the one in the song.)

Number forty-three is "clementine" by Halsey, and as I've likened this song to this OC before, I'll have to say I associate it most with Cassiopeia Jinn!! Despite being both a princess and a general in the Rebellion, Cassiopeia is very often lonely and keeps people at a distance, since she believes that her titles make it a bad idea to get close to anyone. However, this doesn't stop her from longing to have friends and even someone special to love, and I think this song perfectly reflects that.

And finally, number ninety-two is "Would You Be So Kind" by dodie, and without a doubt this song makes me think of my baby Dot Watanabe! Dot is the kind of person who, when she loves, loves fiercely and wholly, and though this is sadly rarely the case, only ever wants people to love her back in the same way. Plus, given that she spends most of the movie making it very clear that she's interested in Murdock and giving not-so-subtle hints that she wants to date him, I'd say this song is pretty perfect for her.

send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 spotify wrapped playlist, and the oc/ship it reminds me of!!