#the sons of ipswich

[sihtryggr]

I was re-watching The Covenant after like a bajillion years and can they re-make it as a tv show? I have so many questions that need to be answered ???

[ciaossu-imagines]

For the friends with benefits prompt from the event, I used number 17 for some of the boys from The Covenant! I had fun thinking this one out and hope you lovelies will enjoy the headcanons 😊

17) Our muses aren’t romantically involved but wind up having sex out of convenience

CALEB

Caleb is actually the least likely, out of all the Sons, to fall into a friends with benefits situation. He knows he’s good-looking, he’s used to being the subject of really shallow crushes. It’s been happening since he was around eleven, honestly, people crushing on him because of his looks, his wealth, his reputation. He knows that if all he wanted was casual sex and shallow relationships, they’ve always been at his disposal.

At one point, he was happy with it being at his disposal. He really was. At one point, Caleb was kind of a dick. He was a pre-teen Lothario, making out with whoever caught his fancy, moving on just as quick and leaving behind broken hearts.

He found out quickly though that it was a lot less fun than he figured it would be. He was also going through a lot around that time, especially with his father, and that period of being a complete dick was thankfully short-lived.

That’s not to say that Caleb can’t be turned by a pretty head. It’s not to say that he won’t casually date. But it’s just that – he casually dates. He has relationships, even if he doesn’t mean for them to be serious, long-term relationships and more just fun, for-now romances. (He likes romance but he has some pretty solid standards for long-term dating partners, what can I say).

It’s really rare for him to be okay with doing the whole friends with benefits thing. He’d have to be kind of in a rough spot, mentally and emotionally, again for him to be falling back into that.

If he is, he expects a friends with benefits to really be a distraction. He wants nothing but sex, fun, silly conversations, and nothing at all serious or heavy. He almost doesn’t want to see the other person as a full person, with their own emotions and things they’re going through, in a way. He just wants fun – if heavy things come up or the person starts to show they’re not just a ‘good-time gal’ type of deal, Caleb would bail.

He’d honestly, deep down in his stomach, feel horrible about the way he was treating them even while he was doing it and he’d regret being so awful to them once he was emotionally and mentally back into a better position and he’d probably apologize if he ever saw them again.

While he might have moments and situations where he can be a dick, overall, Caleb does like to try to be a good man.

POGUE

Though we first get introduced to a Pogue that is in a serious relationship, I don’t think that is, or has always been, the case. It’s not that he’s not happy being in a relationship. While it wasn’t something he purposefully set out to get into (him and Kate started as something casual that just developed into more), Pogue is someone who enjoys the safety, security, and connection of a full relationship.

However, as I said, it wasn’t something he was looking for. Pogue had a long stretch of time where he really wasn’t looking for anything serious as far as relationships went. He enjoyed playing the field and did so from the time he started getting interested in dating. There’s a thrill, an excitement, to the beginning of things, that rush of endorphins and happiness in the early stages of getting to know someone, of first making out with them, of the initial hookups. And to a thrill-seeker like Pogue, that feeling was a little addictive.

Because of that, he was someone who really played the field. He had a reputation as a bad boy already, but he also gained a reputation as both a ‘ladies man’ to use an antiquated term, and a heartbreaker. That reputation actually added an additional layer of attractiveness to him for quite a few people, who were convinced that they could ‘fix’ him, reform his playboy ways.

During that stage of his life, Pogue really had no qualms about friends with benefits relationships. He wasn’t prone to developing feelings for his friends with benefits and could be a little callous about shutting down and icing out those fwb’s of his who developed feelings for him beyond just enjoying the sex and occasional companionship.

Pogue can definitely catch feelings in that situation, but it’s very rare. It’s a once in a blue moon type of deal.

However, because he really turns on the charm and brings a lot of excitement to those friends with benefits type relationships, his friends are prone to falling for him. He’s aware of this and he warns them ahead of time not to fall in love with him, lets them know he’s not looking for anything serious. He does at least try to communicate clearly what he’s after. He’s not a total dick about it.

I do think that, after breakups happen in his life, as someone who doesn’t handle heavy emotions like that well, Pogue will turn to friends with benefits relationships, one-night-stands, and casual sex to try to make himself feel better. He’s a believer in the saying of ‘to get over an ex, get under someone else’. It doesn’t really help, not in the long term, but it makes him feel good in that moment, which is all that really matters to him.

REID

Reid likes to think he’s the type of guy who could not only have and maintain a friends with benefits relationship with someone but could have multiple relationships of that type going at any one time. He wants to give off that aura and vibe of being a playboy; he wants people to look at him and assume that people are clamoring to fuck him, that he has zero issues pulling in casual sex at any point.

That’s not quite the reality though. I think that, when it comes to Reid, there really is a disconnect, a severe one on occasion, between the persona he shows to the world around him and who he actually is inside, how he feels and thinks at any given moment. He’s someone who does try to keep that outside persona, who does want to be seen as ‘cool’ or ‘tough’ by other people and because of this, acts in ways that don’t always align with his own morals, thoughts, or emotions.

To tell the truth, Reid’s actually someone who would really want a relationship more than just a casual fuck. He sees other guys his age getting into these solid, seemingly really happy relationship and he gets jealous. He’s got a romantic soul and he would love a relationship and not just a sexual one. The idea of having someone to take out on dates, to create happy memories with, to be able to talk to and support each other through everything? That appeals to Reid just as much as the guaranteed sex does.

However, he just hasn’t gotten lucky that way. He hasn’t met that person who he connects with properly yet, though not for lack of flirting and trying. While he still wants that, he’s not against the idea of taking friends with benefits along the way until he meets that person. Part of it is definitely to keep up that outside persona, to seem like the big man on campus, but another, more internal part of him, does always hold a glimmer of hope that maybe the friends with benefits situation will lead somewhere deeper and more solid.

It is because he does go into those things  with that little spark of hope, combined with the fact that Reid has problems having no strings attached sex, without developing some emotions towards the other person, that Reid has a bad tendency of catching feelings for his friend with benefits. He falls head over heels, quicker and harder, every time they’re together and he starts to get a little more possessive over his friend with benefits.

In his mind, he is in a relationship with them when he starts developing those feelings and he doesn’t really stop to consider that his fuck buddy doesn’t necessarily share those same feelings. Things don’t typically turn out pleasantly for anyone involved in the end, to be honest. Both sides walk away a little battered emotionally.

[realllllmew]

Best Of The Premier League - Match Week 8

[nightingale2004]

Why do I feel like they're low-key the marauders in another universe if they weren't total @$$holes bullies but still jerks in their own way

I only watch the covenant for the plot:

The plot in question:

[ukrfeminism]

One morning in 2007, Frances Harper was taking a bath and listening to the local news on BBC Radio Suffolk when one story caught her attention. A young woman, Louise, was being interviewed about her life as a sex worker in Ipswich. “I couldn’t see how this interview was helping her situation at all,” says Harper, who was 60 at the time. “I got out of the bath and made some notes. I realised she needed a documentary to tell her story properly and I thought perhaps I could try to make it.”

Harper had never owned a video camera and had no idea how to shoot a film. She had spent the past four decades working in secretarial jobs, as well as raising her son and supporting her husband in his construction business. “I was busy but something was always missing,” she says. “Something I could do for myself.”

Armed with a sudden sense of purpose and without a current job to keep her occupied, Harper rushed out to buy a basic camera, read the manual and began looking up ways to contact Louise. The police wouldn’t share her details, but after finding the name of her solicitor in the local paper, she left a letter with the firm to be passed on. “Soon after, Louise phoned me and we decided to meet in a cafe in Ipswich,” Harper says. “I told her I’d like to make a documentary to share her story and help her. She agreed, and that was my entry into an entirely new world.”

Following Louise most days for weeks, Harper documented her life on the streets, her drug addiction and sex work, all while learning how to shoot and interview. “She told me that no one had motivated her or really cared about her life,” she says. “She was interested in art and history, so we went to galleries together and I even took her to an afternoon tea – all things she’d never done before. We spent a lot of time together because I had the time to spare.”

The more Harper got to know Louise, the more concerned she became about her life and especially her living situation. “She was basically sleeping in an electrical cupboard on the streets of Ipswich,” she says. “I started booking her into bed and breakfasts to keep her off the streets. It really showed me how lucky I had been. It’s changed my thinking ever since.”

Once she had enough footage, Harper put together a taster of the film and contacted the local BBC News office in Norwich. The idea of an older Ipswich resident befriending a young sex worker and producing a film was so unusual that Harper was invited to a meeting and commissioned to shoot a half-hour special for BBC East, which aired in February 2008. “I couldn’t believe that Louise’s story would be out there,” she says. “I hadn’t told too many people about it so my friends were shocked when it came out. Once it did, I also managed to battle with the council to finally get Louise a proper flat.”

Sixteen years later, Harper, 76, is fully immersed in film-making. After her experience with Louise, she became interested in the world of drug addiction and produced a film for Sky, which was narrated by Davina McCall and followed two mothers coping with the impact of their sons’ drug abuse. She has also completed a commercial film for the seaside town of Southwold and a charity short for an emergency response service. She is now working on a series about women in horticulture as well as a film about the life of female fighter pilots.

“I just can’t stop,” she says. “It really feels like I’ve found my calling. I get ideas all the time, although I can’t make all of them because I fund my own projects and it’s hard to come by funding for older people.”

But age does have some advantages. “I think people are more inclined to be polite around me because I’m older,” she says. “I’ve also gained newfound confidence through this work. I didn’t know whether I’d achieve anything but I just kept going. I weaved around the obstacles in my way.”

As well as changing her life, Harper has recently learned how her films have had a profound impact on other people too. “Louise contacted me last year and we just carried on talking as if no time had passed,” she says. “She told me: ‘You were the only person who believed in me.’ It made that decision to pick up the camera completely worth it.”

You can watch Harper’s films via the link below:

[thenightshadowqueen]

The best character from each longform

(in my biased opinion)

This is (obviously) a long one, so if you do want to read it, more below.

(Also I left out the Patreon plays. I might do a separate post for them later; we’ll see.)

Jimmy (Tom, Toby’s Secret Pocket)

Look, Jimmy is the best. He’s adorable. He’s the representation we as the autistic community needed. He has happy flappy stimmy hands. He can’t walk through doors. We love him. (STOPINTHENAMEOFTHELAW!!!!!)

André Beetroot (AJ, Burglary and Bobsledding)

André Beetroot (André Beetroot) was iconic the first time around, but his return as the first recurring SFTH character obviously had to be memorialised.

The boy witch (Sam, Moist and Magical)

I was tempted by the witchfinder general, but the boy witch won out with “Henry Cavill with a wasting disease” and his thick accent. Also the cheeky little look he gives his grandma (Luke) when he flips her off wins him a lot of points.

Hugh’s mum (Tom, Marigolds Bluebells and Hugh)

She’s, like, a fair bit unhinged, but she has good intentions. She’s got amazing quotes, too; “why couldn’t you have just stayed in my womb forever” and “if you love something, lock it up” are both deeply concerning, but I love them.

The wife (Tom, Murders in Space)

This one is kind of an obvious choice. I mean, her quotes are glorious, and honestly “have you ever heard of feminism, James?” gets her top spot automatically.

Mario the sheep (Sam, the Lighthouse)

Was this even a question? I love Mario intending to be a one-scene character and then being forced to star in the whole play. I love the human bits. I love “🐑fuck you🐑”. I love the sheep (aka Sam) having a fucking breakdown at the end. 10/10 all around.

Titch (Luke, the Unrelenting Aubergine)

Listen, I was very tempted by Old Lady Margery (and by Derek), but in the end, canon queer guy with commitment issues and insane amounts of blindness around his own feelings won out. What can I say, I have a type in fictional characters.

Troll Son (Luke, Wine Under the Bridge)

Everything about this character is perfect. Screaming as hello? Colourful troll as a metaphor for being queer? Correcting a geography fact? It’s got it all. It’s perfect. I love Troll Son and his wine bar in Ipswich.

Juliet (AJ, Caesar and Juliet)

Is anyone surprised? She’s a murderous girlboss. “[My mother] said you have to be careful about men; they can be corrupted with power. But what she didn’t know is that so can woman.” They can, and I’m here for it. She’s bathing in blood and her skin is glowing. I love insane women.

Watson (Sam, the Mystery of the Midnight Circus)

Watson, driven mad with grief over his divorce and his one-sided love for Sherlock, becomes a murderous clown. Am I supposed to not love this? Is there even another choice in this play? And his breakdown at the end was gorgeous.

Priscilla (AJ, Pricilla’s Final Petal)

I was very tempted by both of her mums, and also a bit by the groundsman, but ultimately, Priscilla won out. She’s the title character. She’s confused, but she’s got the spirit, and she’s working through her trauma with a buttercup and a piano lesson. Good for her.

Marty (Sam, the Evil Make-a-Wish Kid)

I considered the seven-year-old detective, but in the end, Marty won. He’s evil. He’s a make-a-wish kid. What more can I say? He’s got an iconic smirk. He burns down all the petting zoos on the entire planet (and his mum). He dies at the end. He’s brilliant.

Derek (Tom, Susan’s Holiday)

There were a lot of great options in this one, but “I like looking at the back of another man’s head” was too good to pass up. Also, I adore the whole monologue he has while he’s waiting to be buzzed in.

The gasoline salesman (Luke, Beetroots and Murder)

Okay, I know he’s only in, like, a quarter of a scene. I know that. And I can’t tell you why I love him so much but I do. He’s just. I just love him. I can’t explain it. There are so many great characters in this play, but the way he says “could be, could be” has captivated me. If you understand the way my brain works, please contact me, because I don’t.

Peter Steven (Tom, the Milkman)

I love so many characters in this play. I love Gareth, and I love the Texan bartender, and I love David the milkman. But Peter Steven is the sweetest, most traumatised little boy and I want to protect him. I will adopt him and I will never make him walk on his knees again. I will throw away the PS5 and I will let him dig up the back garden as many times as he wants.

Johnny and Janae (Luke and Tom, the Neighbour’s Under the Bed)

I know they’re two separate characters, okay, but they’re a set. I want to keep them together. And I just can’t choose, okay? They’re two autistic children whose neurodivergence presents in opposite ways, and their parents don’t know what to do with them, and oh look, I’m back to wanting to adopt traumatised children.

Captain Egbert (Luke, the Leftenmost Window)

Shoutout to the mum, but Egbert won this one. He’s, like, kind of an idiot. I’m here for it, though. He’s got the iconic “diluileayilybilyeilysilym” speech. He wants to go to the ~astral plane~ but he’s waiting for his birthday. He lets his wife dip him into a kiss even though it’s 1940. I love him.

The king (Sam, the Prime Minister’s First Day)

Listen, I love several characters from this one, but I’m going with this one. He’s unapologetically a dick. He wears impenetrable armour made from diamonds stolen from Indian subculture. He’s impossible to beat. He’s brilliant. (Also did anyone else kind of find Sam hot as the king or is that just me?)

Franz Haberburg (Sam, the Excited Chinchilla)

Obviously fuck Nazis (god I hope that’s obvious). That being said, some of SFTH’s best characters are Nazis, and this is one of them. He’s glorious. I have never seen such a brilliant rendition of a Nazi chinchilla.

The Italian detective (Tom, the Ingredients)

He can’t pronounce paella. Do I need another reason?

Chip (Sam/AJ, the Cardboard Stegosaurus)

Oh look, another traumatised child! I want it. (No, but seriously, I love Chip and his English/French seizures.) Also he’s one of the few characters who switches actors mid-play, and I love that.

Persephone (Tom, Wild Wet and Worrisome)

She’s amazing. “HEY!” is a gorgeous siren call and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. She deserved a happy ending and I’m still sad we didn’t get one. I like to think she swam to the shore and found Geoff again, and they lived happily ever after on a boat at sea, singing and not having to kill anyone.

Full Set O’Hands and his love/bother (Luke and Tom, No! I Always Loved that Caravan)

I know, I know, another set of characters, but you really can’t separate these two. They’re insane. I adore them. They’re just… Honestly, these two are comedy gold. Good for them because they are fucking timeless.

Andrew (Luke, All Eyes on Nigel)

Listen, Andrew is a naive little thing, and he must be protected at all costs. He goes through so much shit in this one, and I just want to wrap him up in a blanket and send him to rehab.

Magnus O. Puss (Tom, BUS)

Okay, this was a VERY close one between them and Arthur B. D., but Magnus is a genderqueer icon and we love them for it. Also, I feel like this is some of the most unhinged Tom content we have and I live for that.

Jeremiah (Luke, Inside the Mysterious Cube)

I was so torn because I love Bubba, too, but I’m trying to avoid putting sets of characters where possible, and Jeremiah just edged past Bubba because his death scene was gorgeous. (That is a mildly concerning reason to have a favourite, I will admit.)

Lord Lafayette (Tom, the Midnight Mystery)

You may be noticing a pattern; I adore Tom’s insane characters. We just don’t get to see that often enough. I love his very sexual flirting with Lady Lafayette (Sam). I love him making fun of the detective’s (Luke’s) shirt. I love “what does any self-respecting rich man do when he has a little boy in tights” followed by “captured—and only captured” as a save. I love him.

Dangerfield (AJ/Tom/AJ again, Once Upon a Time I Killed Mum)

I love the confusion when Tom briefly takes over as Dangerfield; it’s not often we get to see AJ understanding something that Sam doesn’t (I say this with all the love in the world). Dangerfield is so fascinating to me. He’s a “cleaner” for a crime lord, but he has mixed feelings about the things he does. I want to know how he got into it in the first place. How did he come into this life? I want to know.

Barry’s wife (AJ, the Hare who Wore a Sweater)

I don’t remember her having a name, but I could be wrong about that. She’s so sweet; she just wants to knit sweaters for the hares in peace. And then Jimmy the hare gets shot, and she and her husband go on a revenge plot. I’m here for it. I love her.

The king/tank commander (AJ, the Oopsie Daisy Bulge)

He’s obsessed with tanks. He used to have gay sex with his fellow tank commanders, but only as a joke. He sailed all the way around, through the other landlocked counties, into the east of France, and they never saw it coming. He drove tanks into the ocean. He’s so stupid he’s almost smart. I love him.

The landowner/farmer (Luke, Too Big to Be a Jockey)

He farms peasants (Luke, you genius). He’s such a dick, with his classist remarks about Johnny Jones, but somehow I love him anyway. His interview process is looking at a photo of someone and then hiring them, and he’s honestly wonderful. I love him.

Larry (Tom, Long Johns—Strike!)

Literally the only thing he does on screen is die. That’s it. That’s his whole purpose. And he does it beautifully.

Wizard Asceroth (Sam, the Dark Moons of Slough)

ASCEROOOOTTTHHHH!!! (I don’t have another reason. I don’t need another reason.)

The French waiter (Luke, Lost in Your Eyes)

I don’t know. I really don’t. But something about this character has stuck with me since the first time I watched it. Gorgeous accent. He kisses Amanda (Sam) for no reason at all. He gets stabbed by a gun. I love him.

The Lady of a Thousand Don Juans (Luke, the Meringue Haberdashery)

She tricked her husband for years. She murdered her own child. She has been a curse on all the Don Juans in this town. She’s one of the only villains who win at the end of a longform, and that’s very impressive. I love her.

Xavier (Tom, Oh my God is This a Joke?)

(Please refer to my previous statement about Nazi characters.) Okay, look. He’s a horrible person. But we as a fandom choose to disregard that because Tom looks amazing in a leather jacket and scarf. I am not above this. I am, in fact, a part of this. Tom looks amazing in a leather jacket and scarf. “I will die as I have lived…. Shirtless!” has to be one of the most iconic lines of all time. There was never any competition.

[itsmyfriendisaac]

The Covenant: the Sons of Ipswich, five teenaged descendants of colonial witches, experiment with their growing magical abilities at Spenser Academy. Steven Strait stars as Caleb Danvers, the eldest & most handsome warlock of the supernatural friend group!

[practicedvmm13fullofpotatoes]

All of sfth's improvized plays described by someone with bad/selective memory (but remembers 90% of the sentences they make up) pt. 6

26) Priscilla's Final Petal

British/German setting because ??????. Buttercups are magical and a lactose intolerant groundskeeper/assassin is too!! Both music teachers end up fucking dying because the titular character gets possessed by her dead mother after all the petals fall off of her buttercup. Also, this play is really fucked up if you think about it (so are other plays but hthhahhdhs)

27) The Mystery of the Midnight Circus

The oddest one-sided future!au Johnlock fanfic I've ever read. Literally all of this happened because Sherlock loves Watson as family while he loves Sherlock as a.. [lover] (Other assistant Philip!! Shut up!!) and also mind Moriarty fuck chess??? Huh??? I mean, sure, there was murder but it's all in the name of love (Watson does end up dying at the end, though)

28) Caesar and Juliet

"Be careful! Powerful men will always prioritize power over their loved one!" Ten years later "Haha, little did mother know, women can be like that as well" shoutout to Juliet Caesar for proving to me that women with bloodlust will always be the best kind of women

29) Wine Under the Bridge

Troll Son was exiled for thinking there is more to life than goats, Troll Father doesn't accept anything other than the troll norms. Despite their differences, they end up having a happy ending because of their shared love for Troll Mother and they open a wine bar in Ipswich :D (Also, Troll Father just singing Stuck in the middle with you)

30) The Unrelenting Aubergine

A plot including feuding brothers, magic, innuendos, and a gay romance all in one!! Everyone ends up happy in the end!! Yay!! :D

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Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York (l. c. 1473-1530 CE) served as Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from around 1513 CE to 1529 CE. Wolsey rose to become the most powerful man in England after the king, he created the Chancery court, worked with some success at England's foreign policy, and famously built Hampton Court Palace near London. Unable to secure from the Pope the annulment of Henry's first marriage to Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), Wolsey fell out of favour with his friend and monarch. Accused of treason, the cardinal was already seriously ill when he died on his way to imprisonment and trial in November 1530 CE.

Early Life & Rise in the Church

Thomas Wolsey was born c. 1473 CE in Ipswich, the son of a butcher. He studied at university and became the chaplain to Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509 CE), gaining invaluable experience of Tudor politics from his sponsor, the councillor Bishop Richard Fox (1448-1528 CE). However, it was under Henry VIII that Wolsey's career really took off. Indeed, after being appointed the royal almoner (giver of alms) in 1509 CE and benefitting from the new king surrounding himself with his own advisors rather than his father's, Wolsey enjoyed a meteoric rise to power from 1514 CE. He became the bishop of Lincoln in March 1514 CE and just a few months later, in September, he was appointed archbishop of York and so became the second most powerful church official in England.

Eager to be the top man in England but realising the current Archbishop of Canterbury was secure in his position, Wolsey bypassed him by directly approaching the Pope. In 1515 CE Wolsey became a cardinal and so he now outranked even the archbishop; he was truly a 'prince of the Church.' In 1518 CE Wolsey went one step higher and became a papal legate (legatus a latere), that is a representative of the Pope himself and entitled to make decisions on his behalf. Usually, legates were given their authority for a limited time only and for a specific purpose such as an international conference. In 1524 CE, Cardinal Wolsey was given legate powers for life. Thomas could now really believe that one day, he might even be in a position to grab the very top job of Pope.

Even before these momentous ecclesiastical progressions, and much more importantly for history, Wolsey had become Lord Chancellor around 1513 CE (or perhaps 1515 CE, historians do not agree on the date). In this position, he was, in effect, Henry VIII's sole minister, the very apex of the pyramid of political power in England. Thanks to his administrative skills and good friendship with the king, Wolsey became a giant political spider with a web of subordinates that stretched into every part of the kingdom.

As the historian S. Brigden summarises, Wolsey developed a very special working relationship with his mercurial monarch:

The Council was still consulted, but only after Wolsey and the king, in a kind of partnership, had determined policy. Wolsey would first 'move' Henry towards some idea; the King 'dreamed of it more and more'; and only then would the council be informed. Wolsey's influence seemed supreme, and his household, in its magnificence, looked a rival to the royal court. So completely did he see himself as alter rex, it was alleged, that he would say: 'The King and I would ye should do thus: the King and I do give you our hearty thanks.' His pride and splendour were legendary: crosses, pillars and poleaxes, hated symbols of his authority, were carried before him; earls and lords served him. (106)

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♡ Hobbies for the Sons of Ipswich ♡ because I think they need some hobbies beyond warlock shit/being hot, you know?

Music and wood carving. There's always music playing with Caleb around, mostly rock. His grandfather liked to wood carve, said that it taught him patience and attention to detail, and he taught Caleb too. It helps with being a warlock, woods can be used to make talismans and things, but he mostly does it for himself...and for you, carving a little charm and hanging it from a charm bracelet for you.

Writing and mechanics. Pogue loves to write and hopes to one day be published. For now, he's mostly scribbling in notebooks (always with a dark blue pen, it's a tradition) and he always has a notebook and pen with him, just in case an idea hits him. Of course he loves working on his bikes and on cars too, music blasting in the garage and his tools everywhere as he gets to work, it's so relaxing and simple compared to everything else in his life.

Music and running. He's always listening to music, much like Caleb, but he dabbles in it too. Plays guitar and piano and writes his own songs (which no one has ever heard/read before), records them all on cassette tapes because he's old school like that. And running helps him clear his head, especially when he starts to lose his temper and get lost in it. That's actually how you meet, Reid blasting music as he runs, stumbling upon a pretty girl and her broken down car in the middle of nowhere.

Art and reading. Ty is a crazy talented artist, mostly in ink and charcoal sketches. But he also dabbles in painting (acrylic and watercolor) and a little in sculpting too. He has a habit of drawing/painting on everything, doodles covering his homework but no one minds. And he's always got a book with him, mostly historical fiction, sci-fi, horror, classics, and (secretly) romance. Pogue actually likes to read too as they're always sharing books.

[codumofr]

Ce poste parlera de d'une locomotive à vapeur. Mais avant tout. Une locomotive à vapeur, c'est quoi ? Type de locomotive aussi vue comme un engin-moteur conçu pour les chemins de fer et se mouvant grâce à une machine à vapeur, ce type de moteur est donc thermique. Couramment utilisé, de la naissance du chemin de fer jusqu'aux années 50, elle reste néanmoins très localement utilisé dans certains pays au XXIe siècle dans le cadre du tourisme ou de l'industrie minière. Il existe aussi des pays avec une forte capacité en ressource naturelle de charbon ou de tourbe permettant une utilisation encore récente de la locomotive à vapeur comme l'Afrique du Sud, la Chine ou l'Inde. Ce type de locomotive fut inventé au début du XIX siècle au Royaume-Uni avec le commencement des chemins de fer comme on les connaît aujourd'hui que la première locomotive à vapeur naquît des mains de Richard Trevithick en 1804. Première traction à vapeur qui sera inaugurée le 23 août 1812 sur le Middleton Railways dans le Yorkshire, elle sera une révolution technologique qui aujourd'hui, est si commune qu'on ne peut s'en passer. Cette locomotive était une simple pour rails à crémaillère (comme une remontée mécanique où des trains circulent sur une ligne de voie ferrée dotée en son centre d'un rail supplémentaire denté.) et remorquant des wagonnets de charbon. Construites par Matthew Murray et John Blenkinsop, mais ça seront les locomotives conçues par George Stephenson qui permettront d'inaugurer le chemin de fer de Stockton et Darlington qui seront les premières lignes ouvertes au transport de passagers. Les innovations dans le domaine s'enchaîneront comme en 1827 où l'ingénieur français Marc Seguin mettra au point la première chaudière tubulaire permettant de quasiment décupler la puissance et la vitesse des machines. Ça ne sera qu'après la Seconde Guerre mondiale que la traction à vapeur déclinera pour achever son déclin dans la plupart des pays à la fin des années 1970. Remplacé par les locomotives Diesels ou par les locomotives Électriques, elles ne seront construite que très rarement à des buts d'essai d'innovation et en tentant d'y mettre de nouvelles technologies sans succès comme en France où la dernière locomotive à vapeur sera construite en 1953.

La Locomotive 2857 de classe B17 de la LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) à Gorton Tank. Cette locomotive est construite en 73 exemplaires de 1928 à 1937 tandis que son design est pensé par l'ingénieur ferroviaire Nigel Gresley. Elle sera en service de sa construction en 1928 jusqu'en 1960 au plus tard. Cette locomotives remplacera la GER (Great Eastern Railway) de classe B12. Ses dernières, n'étant plus assez puissante pour tracter des wagons de passager express sur la ligne reliant Londre à Cambride et sur la ligne reliant Ipswich à Norwich, il sera donc nécessaire d'obtenir une locomotive plus puissante. Cette locomotive viendra après de nombreux échecs de fabrication essayer par la Doncaster Works, n'arrivant pas à satisfère les prérequis de Nigel Gresley. 10 locomotives seront construites par la North British Locomotive Company de novembre à décembre 1928. Cinq autre commandes de cinquante-deux locomotives sera pris par la Darlington Works après décembre 1928 qui sera livré entre 1930 et 1936. Une dernière commande sera délivré à Robert Stephenson and Company en Février 1936 pour une livraison de Janvier à Juillet 1937, montant ainsi le nombre de B17 construite à soixante-treize locomotives au total.

[ciaossu-imagines]

THE COVENANT MASTERLIST

Caleb assorted headcanons

Aaron's preferred body type

Chase's posture and demeanor

[norabrice1701]

The Duke & The Witch

Series Main List - Complete

Charles Brandon x Fem!OC, A The Tudors Slight AU fic

Summary: Today should mark two years of wedded bliss. Instead, Charles Brandon only has the memory of his beloved Catherine dying in childbirth and the haunting peace of his stillborn son’s face for company. But the foremost swordsmith in his duchy has promised his newest commission would be ready today, so Charles does his best to summon a sociable mood. 

The last thing he expects to hear in the town of Ipswich is another fantastical tale about the witch in the woods.

Warnings: Explicit 18+ NSFW smut (including unprotected sexual intercourse); explicit language; torture (whipping); period-typical attitudes towards everything (women, religion, witchcraft, etc.); father-daughter sexual relationship (one-sided); involuntary body mutilation (wrists & ankles); fantastical squinty science/alchemy; non-graphic torture (pleasure as pain)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8 - Pt. I

Chapter 8 - Pt. II

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Epilogue

Series Word Count: 49k+

A/N: Well, hopefully better late than never with this one - but I've always had a soft spot for Charles Brandon ❤ Hope y'all enjoy, and all my heartfelt thanks to @sunangelflowers for her willingness to beta this tale!

[queenmarytudor]

Mary I's Fight For The Throne

24th July - Mary sets off on a royal progress

On the 24th July, after Mary "arranged with her chaplains that they should give thanks and pour forth prayers to Almighty God, the first and sole author of this victory" 1, the new queen of England leaves her castle of Framlingham for Ipswich.

Upon entering the city she is gifted "eleven pounds sterling in gold; with her unmatched kindness she accepted this sum with much gratitude. As soon as her Highness had entered the town, some pretty little boys presented her with a golden heart inscribed 'the heart of the people'." 2 There, Mary is reunited with her household servant Francis Englefield, imprisoned since February.

Various people flock to see Mary, offering fealty and begging pardon, including Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Richmond and widow of Mary's half brother Henry Fitzroy. Mary refuses to see her "because of a letter she had rashly sent to the [Privy] Council, which mentioned the queen with little honour and scant respect." 3

After Ipswich Mary moves on to Colchester, lodging in the house of her mother's former lady, Muriel Christmas. Here in Colchester, she writes to Peter Carew and other esquires thanking them for their proclamations:

Trusty and right wellbeloved, we greet you well and your letter addressed hither perceive your diligence, your faithfulness and true hearts ready to serve and to have defended us against our traitors and rebels, who now God be thanked are under feet, and the chief thereof as the Duke of Northumberland and others admitted to ward in our Tower of London and other prisons. Wherefore as ye have well deserved we give you and all our good subjects in your company our right thanks, minding to consider the same to your comfort, requiring and praying you all this trouble now being overlaid, to desire our said subjects in God’s peace and ours to repair home to their dwelling places and there to remain till we shall need their further services, with continual prayer to God for his grace to preserve us and the coming wealth to his glory. Given under our signet at our town of Colchester, the first year of our reign 4

After leaving Colchester she returns to her palace at Beaulieu. Around 2am, Mary's cousin and Jane Grey's mother Frances, Duchess of Suffolk, arrives "to tell her that her husband had been the victim of an attempt to poison him, and that the Duke of Northumberland had done it. She then prayed for her husband's release from the Tower, where he had been imprisoned two days previously." 5 Mary is merciful and allows the Duke of Suffolk's sentence to be commuted to house arrest.

On the 28th, Mary finally meets with the Imperial ambassadors after sending "a special messenger to beg us to make haste and press on to our destination this same day." 6 After their arrival, between 10pm and midnight, she tells them the haste has been prompted by letters found on Henry Dudley "who was on his way back from France with letters from the King for the Lady Jane of Suffolk, whom he styled Queen of England." 7

Mary carries on her progress to London, meeting up with her sister Elizabeth at Wanstead. Elizabeth had wrote to her older sister "to congratulate her on her accession, and to beg her to let her know in what dress she desires to see her when she goes to salute her: whether her garb shall be mourning or not." 8

Now, the sisters reunite in the wake of their brothers death, and Mary welcomes her sister "with great warmth, even to kissing all her ladies." 9

Meanwhile...

On the 25th, at 3pm, the Duke of Northumberland arrives at the Tower. He, his sons and co-conspirators including Sir John Gates, Sir Thomas Palmer and Francis Hastings, earl of Huntingdon, are brought by the Earl of Arundel along "streets full of people, which cursed him and called him traitor without measure." 10

The Duchess of Northumberland is let out of prison and sets out to meet Mary, but "the Queen ordered her to return to London, and refused to give her audience." 11

After raising a rebellion to help Mary, on the 28th July Edward Hastings is sworn on to her Privy Council. A day after, his co-leader Sir Edmund Peckham is also sworn on. 12

Sources:

1.Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

2. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

3. Vita Mariae Angliae Reginae of Robert Wingfield

4. Report on the records of the city of Exeter

5. Spanish State Papers, 2nd August 1553

6. Spanish State Papers, 29th July 1553

7. Spanish State Papers, 29th July 1553

8. Spanish State Papers, 22nd July 1553

9. Spanish State Papers, 6th August 1553

10. Wriothesley's Chronicle

11. Spanish State Papers, 29th July 1553

12. Acts of the Privy Council, Vol. 4 Appendix

[art-portraits]

Portrait of Heneage Lloyd and his Sister, Lucy

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727 - 1788)

Date: c.1750

Style: Rococo

Genre: Portrait

Medium: Oil, Canvas

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), Cambridge, UK

The children are probably the son and daughter of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintlesham Hall near Ipswich, a prominent lawyer and local politician. Heneage (1742-76) would grow up to become a captain in the Coldstream Guards. He is here shown arm-in-arm with his elder sister Lucy, who was born 1740.

[dhampiravidi]

the covenant (2006) - caleb danvers

big thanks to @astral-athame, who helped me tremendously with this guy's portrayal via her lovely OC Cassia Keller!

Full Name: Caleb William Danvers

Age: 35 as of Jan. 2023 (born Sept. 9, 1988)

Gender/Sex: cis-male

Sexuality: Bisexual

Ethnicity: White (English & Irish descent on his father's side, English on his mother's)

Appearance (FC: Steven Strait)

Caleb is a young man who stands at 6'2" (1.88 m). His light skin doesn't tan or burn easily. He maintains a toned frame. He inherited his mother's straight black hair & bright smile, in addition to his father's warm brown eyes. His clothing aesthetic is simple in his younger years, with him often throwing coats over a t-shirt & jeans. As he gets older, his profession requires him to dress formally, so his casual style is affected; he begins wearing flannels & long-sleeved shirts under sweaters & nice coats, as he feels encouraged to do so. He also goes from wearing contacts to glasses (he's farsighted) & he allows himself to grow some neatly-trimmed scruff.

Personality (tw: mental illness)

Caleb is a stereotypical Virgo, more or less: modest, hardworking, observant, intelligent, reliable, worrying & perfectionistic. People are drawn to his incredibly kind nature. He's a true friend who isn't afraid to stand up for others, even if he hardly knows the person who needs his help. Caleb puts 100% into everything he does, which means that he's a badass at what he loves, but it also means that (in his case) he struggles with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. He's taken medication for it since he was a teen. Part of his anxiety definitely has to do with his family & friends, who he constantly tries to keep safe & happy. Caleb's worst trait is probably his stubborn streak; though it helps him persevere, he has trouble admitting when he's wrong & if he's suspicious of someone, he won't accept them into her inner circle. Though some in town aren't aware that he's bisexual, he's never actually been closeted. He just doesn't put it out there unless asked about it. Caleb might have one-night stands if he's lonely, but he prefers steady relationships (monogamous or polygamous). He only drinks alcohol if he's in an extreme depression & avoids it otherwise, due to his mother's condition.

History

Caleb was born to Evelyn & William (the III) Danvers, who had a decently sized fortune as a result of their family's past helping found their town of Ipswich. He was soon joined by his three friends Pogue, Reid & Tyler, who were also children of the founding families; all were dubbed the Sons of Ipswich. They did everything together, including inherit their share of the Power, the magical abilities that the oldest son of each founding family gets upon turning 13. By this time, Caleb had discovered his love for swimming, his crush on his best friend (Pogue) & his academic ability. Unfortunately, he was also old enough to notice both his father's declining health & his mother's resulting alcoholism. He tried to take care of his parents while maintaining a vibrant social life & making a path to Harvard Law. Caleb managed, but before he turned 18 his father would be moved to the groundskeeper's home, as the man required 24-hr care. Only a year after, he'd meet Sarah Wenham & Chase Collins. While dating Sarah, he was surprised to learn that Chase not only had a crush on him, but that Chase also wielded the Power & was out to steal it from Caleb & his friends after killing them. After a duel, Caleb ended up with his father's Power (as the older man sacrificed himself). Chase was nowhere to be found. Caleb would end up with nightmares & serious PTSD stemming from that event. However, he successfully got into Harvard & became a prosecutor years later, all while still friends with the boys from his childhood.

Powers/Abilities

Telekinesis - he uses it to lift objects or enhance his strength

Pyrokinesis - this is his elemental specialty; the others manipulate Water (Pogue), Air (Reid), Earth (Tyler) & Psyche (Chase)

Teleportation - it's more difficult over greater distances

Sensing - he can sense when the Sons use the Power

Skills/Hobbies

swimming - his high school team went to regionals

cooking - he learned from the former maid, to take care of his mom when she would check out or be unconscious for a while

reading - he enjoys older mysteries & adventure novels

playing with his dog - he has a Golden Retriever, Shasta

languages - he knows English, Spanish & some Latin

playing guitar - he learned as a teenager