#theodore braun

[averysmolbear]

Our (not so) Little Family

I got pregnant for the first time within 6 months of us deciding we were ready to start trying for a baby. Reiner hadn’t even proposed yet before we found out that we had one on the way. Because he didn’t want me to have to worry about any kind of wedding planning while I was pregnant. Plus he wanted us to focus on the coming baby. The pregnancy was actually a lot smoother than Reiner and I expected although I did experience some morning sickness (mostly at night) and there were some cravings but Reiner made sure that I was well taken care of. He, as expected, was happily showing off the printouts of the ultrasounds both when we first found out I was pregnant and then several months later, when I was nearing my due date. We didn’t do any sort of gender reveal party or anything but we did have a baby shower. In fact, we didn’t even find out the gender of the baby until she was born. Amelia Braun was born in early June.

Four months later, Reiner surprised me with a proposal, in the middle of October. We had vaguely discussed getting married again after Amelia was born but we hadn’t really decided anything. But Reiner talked his cousin, Gabi, into watching Amelia for us for a few hours and he took me out to dinner. He actually did his best to recreate our first date and while we were walking along together, eating our ice cream cones, Reiner stopped so we could sit on a bench. It was there that he proposed, with a simple but very pretty ring. He even humored me and took a bunch of pictures although I didn’t post them to Instagram until about two weeks later, after we had told all of our family and friends first.

We started wedding planning almost immediately and since I had been thinking about my wedding day since I was a little girl, it didn’t take nearly as long as Reiner thought it would for me to decide on things. He helped every step of the way though and we got married in mid March, only 5 months after getting engaged, much to everyone’s surprise. We didn’t have plans for the next child but in May, I found out I was pregnant again and we found out it was twins. This pregnancy was a little tougher, with me ending up on bedrest for the last couple months. In late January, Mathias and Milo Braun were born.

Reiner did worry a little about having so many little ones at once but we managed alright, especially with the help of our family and friends. And everyone was so willing to help out once Reiner and I were outnumbered so quickly. While we said we were going to wait a bit before trying again, I found out I was pregnant again on Amelia’s second birthday. Thankfully it was another easy pregnancy and at this point Reiner was all for me becoming a stay at home mom. While I didn’t completely do so, I did start doing as much as I could from home. In early March, Isobelle Braun was born. Amelia was almost 3 and the twins were a year old by the time we had a new baby to take care of as well but at this point, we were pretty good at handling so many little ones at once. It did take a little extra work since we were working on potty training with Amelia while still having 3 in diapers all at the same time.

Somehow we managed a little breather before I found out I was pregnant again. Amelia was five and starting school; the twins were three and working on being potty trained; Isobella was almost 2 and also starting a bit of potty training. It was the end of February when I found out I was pregnant again and thankfully, it was yet another easy pregnancy. I realized that I was pretty lucky to have so many easy pregnancies, especially since Reiner’s mom made it clear to me that when she was pregnant with Reiner, it had been a little tough on her. In mid December, Everett Braun was born.

Almost a year after Everett’s birth, I found out I was pregnant again. Reiner and I decided that this would be our last (although Reiner said he wouldn’t be upset if we still had more!) and after a slightly rougher pregnancy, with a ton of morning sickness (more than any of the other kids), Theodore Braun was born in late August. He was born a month earlier than expected but he was still a healthy little guy.

[jiarkives]

julia’s favorites ! (i)

♡ - fluff ; ♤ - angst ; ☆ - series

harry potter / marauders

♡ new romantics - james potter

↳ @pretty-little-mind33

♡ chosen sister - fred weasley

↳ @potter-imagines

♡ please don’t touch the artwork - fred weasley

↳ @writesowhatnext

♡♤ after all this time - fred weasley

↳ @twelvegods

♤♡ sick of the silence - theodore nott

↳ @iloveinej

♡ untitled - james potter

♡ untitled - marauders

↳ @theemporium

♤ i’ve got plans, sorry (i) - james potter

♤ i’ll reschedule (ii) - james potter

↳ @livinginshambles

♤ secrecy - james potter, remus lupin

↳ @wolfmoonmusic

♡♤ what was i made for? - james potter

↳ @once-upon-an-imagine

♡♤ end up here - theodore nott

↳ @priniya

♡ untitled - sirius black

↳ @ddejavvu

☆ winter in the shade - marauders

↳ @willowbleedsonpaper

~

marvel

♡♤ only you - steve rogers

↳ @sunvmars

♤ obsession - bucky barnes

♤♡ graveyard (i) - bucky barnes

♤ sacrifice (ii) - bucky barnes

↳ @wkemeup

♤ heart of glass - bucky barnes

♤ nothing breaks like a heart - bucky barnes

↳ @buckybabesonly

♡ how could they not know? - druig

↳ @saintlike78

♡ sunshine - druig

↳ @itsapeterthing

♡ sushi and fun mugs - bucky barnes

↳ @lovelybarnes

♤ no questions asked - steve rogers

↳ @pellucid-constellations

♡ you have a girlfriend? - bucky barnes

↳ @antiquarianfics

~

jujutsu kaisen

♡ scent of a flower - geto suguru

↳ @jabamin

♡ family sleepover - choso kamo

↳ @potter-imagines

♡ no heart - gojo satoru

♡ i’m afraid that’s just the way the world works (but i think that it could work for you and me) - geto suguru

↳ @saetoru

♡ cats & compromise - fushiguro megumi

↳ @augustinewrites

♡ weight - gojo satoru

♡ to protect - gojo satoru ft. fushiguro megumi

↳ @tender-rosiey

♡ untitled - gojo satoru

↳ @goroujo

~

top gun / top gun: maverick

♡ hollywood’s angel - javy ‘coyote’ machado

↳ @averagewriter-inthedark

♡♤ untitled - bradley ‘rooster’ bradshaw

♡ a glimpse of them - bradley ‘rooster’ bradshaw ft. pete ‘maverick’ mitchell

↳ @bradshawsbaby

~

criminal minds

♡ untitled - aaron hotchner

♡♤ untitled - spencer reid

↳ @luveline

♡ untitled - aaron hotchner

↳ @ddejavvu

♡ out of the spotlight - spencer reid

↳ @sometimesiwritebadly

♤ back to me - aaron hotchner

↳ @the-bau-quinjet

♡ a well-kept secret - spencer reid

↳ @astrophileous

~

genshin impact

♤♡ “i’ve got you, i swear. nothing’s going to happen to you when i’m here.” - diluc ragnvindr

↳ @lucluvr

♤ not enough - diluc ragnvindr

♡ mortal customs - platonic!xiao, zhongli

♤♡ i promise - shikanoin heizou

♡ solace - lyney

↳ @averageallogene

♤ replaced - diluc ragnvindr

↳ @littlequackerman

♡♤ strawberries and wolves - diluc ragnvindr, platonic!razor

↳ @uselsshuman

♡ papa of the melusines - neuvilette

↳ @i23kaz

♡ mischief & melusines - neuvilette

↳ @itadorey

♡ untitled - neuvilette

↳ @auratux

♡ another woman claims to be his girlfriend? - lyney, wanderer

↳ @gfmima

~

call of duty

♡ untitled - simon ‘ghost’ riley

↳ @rileyslibrary

♡♤ whatchya got, boy? - john ‘soap’ mactavish

↳ @roosterr

♤♡ as long as i’m here - task force 141 + alejandro vargas

♡♤ no one can hurt you - task force 141 + alejandro vargas + rodolfo parra

↳ @krypticcafe

~

bridgerton

♡ reunion of sorts - anthony bridgerton

↳ @ijustwant2write

~

attack on titan

♤ all too familiar - levi ackerman

♤♡ onwards past to eternity - levi ackerman

♡ and so it begins - levi ackerman

♡ it’s a wrap! - levi ackerman

↳ @jayteacups

♤♡ i want you with me - jean kirstein

♤♡ my love for you is endless - mikasa ackerman

♤ tell me i’ve been lied to - levi ackerman

☆ cherry - reiner braun, jean kirstein

↳ @damn-stark

♕ divider — @bunnysrph

[opera-ghosts]

Bayreuther Bühnenfestspiele / Bayreuth Festival THE SINGERS IN PICTURES FROM THE EARLY DAYS IN THEIR LEISURE TIME TOGETHER.

?, ?, Walter Soomer, Ellen Gulbranson, ?, ?, ?, ?, Olga Band-Agloda, ?, Max Davison and ?; Bayreuth, 1909

Carl Braun, Margarete Matzenauer, Olga Band-Agloda and Hermann Weil; Bayreuth, August 16. 1911

Carl Braun, Theodor Scheidl, Odo Böck, Gunnar Graarud and Henriette Gottlieb; Bayreuth, 1921

Lauritz Melchior, Barbara Kemp, Erik Schmedes, ?, ?, Louise Reuss-Belce, ?, Erika Spring and Hermann Weil; Bayreuth, 1924

Dr. Carl Muck, Louise Reuss-Belce, Carl Gianicelli, Evelyn Faltis and Franz Egenieff; Bayreuth, 1927

Josef Correck, Lauritz Melchior, Carl Braun, Eva Liebenberg and Walter Eckhard; Bayreuth, 1927

Eva Liebenberg and ? ;Bayreuth, August 20. 1928

Eva Liebenberg and Nanny Larsén-Todsen; Bayreuth, 1928

[ao3feed-drastoria]

Hogwarts 1933

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hB5DNT2 by Varangian9 Crossover between Harry Potter and early to mid 20th century history. Words: 285, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Historical RPF, Political RPF - German 20th c., Political RPF - Russian 20th c., Political RPF - US 20th c., Political RPF - UK 20th-21st c. Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass, Astoria Greengrass, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Theodore Nott, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Charles de Gaulle, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Jr., Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Tracey Davis (Harry Potter), Wilhelm II von Preußen Deutscher Kaiser, Reinhard Heydrich, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Lavrentiy Beria, Vyacheslav Molotov, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Herbert Hoover, Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov | Nicholas II of Russia, Alix of Hesse | Alexandra Feodorovna, Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Woodrow Wilson Relationships: Daphne Greengrass/Harry Potter, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Slytherin Harry Potter, 20th Century read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/hB5DNT2

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

The Fae Court - Military:

The Fae Court of the Wanderer, is many things... and thanks to its not-so-insignificant interest in remaining armed and protected, situated as it is mainly within a storied citadel at the heart of a magical mountain... surrounded by hundreds of acres of magically potent fae-monster-infested woodlands, and separated into its own fragmented shard of reality in the Void between Worlds to boot, it is no surprise that the Martial Branch is what it is - a loose collection of well-focused and extremely talented - or perhaps dangerous - individuals all fitted under a flexible-yet-effective hierarchy and honed to a singular goal - protecting the Court, and not only in its many members or unique territory.

Knight(s): Eerie Somby (Head) [ @dethdvncer ], Leanna von Braun (Reserve) [ @automaton-otto ] As much paragons of might as effective leaders, as much one-man-armies as exemplars of the values of the Court (in theory at least), the Knights are the top of the rankings for the Court's military, and the Tip of the Spear when open battle becomes inevitable to protect it from those who would harm it or its many members. Currently, there is only one Active knight, and thus their leadership is not truly in question, but the differentiation between 'Head' Knight and other Knights will perhaps one day be tested. As powerful and deadly as they are to face one-on-one, any and all Knights of the Court of the Wanderer are technically those most heavily or closely sworn to the Lord of the Court itself - as in many ways they are one of the foremost faces of the Court by virtue of their position(s).

Marshal(s): 'Hiegau' of the Black Dogs [ @lookthedevilintheeye ] A more mixed and indirect, if no less important rank just under the Knights, a Marshal of the Fae Court of the Wanderer is effectively meant to fill two roles interchangeably - logistics officer and organizer during peace, and field-commander during wartime. While strong in their own right as a prerequisite, being a Marshal is less about being able to fight so much as being able to Lead and keep one's wits in any sort of struggle - be it maintaining standards and assignments for the many Rangers and Guards in the court, or leading them to battle against deadly odds and winning without major losses. There is only one Marshal position filled at the moment, and the Lord of the Court is eager to see another rise to the position - be it from within the Court's current ranks or otherwise.

Ranger(s): Yuugo [ @heroesxdemons ], Ulan 'La Brújula' of Tangway [ @sins-of-the-sea ], Finn Mertens [ @finncomet ] Rangers are by far the most mixed and flexible of the members of the Martial Branch of the Court, regardless of their skills. By nature, the rank of Ranger is not one of leadership but nonetheless is a position of merit and importance, as Rangers are effectively Operatives ideal for assignments of great difficulty or importance to more actively guard the Court... not only its members, but its interests and investments, even if by occasionally unsavory means. Rangers are not Knights, but rather Spies, Assassins, Bounty-Hunters, and Specialists of many kinds and fields - far from defenseless in a straight-up fight, but generally those who favor tactics and methods other than full-frontal combat to fulfill their objectives. Current rangers include - in no particular order of seniority - an expert in hunting and subduing even the toughest of monsters, an expert assassin and tracker with exceptional skill in stealth and reconnaissance, and an in-training powerhouse of an adventurer learning new skills to better round-out his repertoire in more than simple combat.

Guard(s): Theodore 'Teddy' Augustus Ramsel [ @bleedinghearth ], Mortem [ @cursedfortune ], Nikki Eryl Faden [ @wiildhearrted ] Guards are technically the lowest rank in the military-hierarchy of the Fae Court, but in many ways they remain the backbone of more than just the defenses of the Court and the Halls it is seated within. While in times of war they are both soldiers and the last lines of defense should the Halls be attacked, in times of peace any Guard of the Court is expected to have other duties to help them serve and protect those they have sworn to defend: One such guard happily serves as a de-facto daycare worker in his day-to-day life in the Court, another inspects and maintains the many Runic protections and Wards in and around the Halls, yet another extends her patrol-duties to the wild, monster-infested forests surrounding the Mountain and serves as a Game Warden of sorts to control and maintain the natural defenses and resources the forests offer. While not expected to be front-line soldiers except as a last resort, there is no real requirement or expectation of strength or power to the role, other than simple diligence and an understanding of what might be asked of a Guard in times of need - it is therefore one of the easiest positions to enter and maintain in the Court.

[techramonic]

who are one of your most concerning characters you relate to

johan liebert, reiner braun, and theodore finch—not in a boyish "he's so me" sigma male type of way, but in the sense that i am ill and yearn for death and show a concerning amount of signs of manic depression.

[mogai-sunflowers]

MOGAI BHM- Belated Day 21!

happy BHM! today i’m going to be talking about some famous ‘black firsts’!

Black Firsts in Science-

In 1965, David Harold Blackwell became the first Black member of the National Academy of Sciences

Robert H. Lawrence was the first Black astronaut; Mae Jemison was the first Black female astronaut, and Guion Bluford was the first Black astronaut to actually travel in space

Thomas Jennings was the first Black patent holder in the U.S, and Judy Reed was the first Black woman patent holder in the U.S

Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful heart surgery

James Smith was the first officially trained Black American doctor

Robert Freeman was the first Black American dentist

Black Firsts in Politics-

Macon Allen was the first Black American admitted to a law school, and Charlotte Ray was the first Black woman admitted to a law school.

William Henry Hastie was the first Black federal Judge, and Constance Motley was the first Black female federal Judge

Thurgood Marshall was the first Black SCOTUS Justice

Alexander Lucius Twilight was the first Black state-elected official

Pierre Landry was the first Black city mayor, and Carl Stokes was the first Black mayor of a major US city

Jonathan Wright was the first Black state supreme court justice

Hiram Revels was the first appointed Black US Senator, and Edward Brooke was the first elected Black US Senator

P.B.S Pinchback was the first appointed Black state governor

Crystal Fauset was the first Black female legislator in the US

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black female U.S representative

Carol Braun was the first Black female U.S Senator

Joseph Rainey was the first Black person to serve in the US House of Representatives

Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first African-American president of any nation (Liberia)

Black Firsts in Education-

Theodore Wright was the first Black graduate of an Ivy League School

Lucy Stanton was the first Black woman to graduate college in America

Charles Reason was the first Black college professor

Daniel Payne was the first Black college president

Dr. David Peck was the first Black person to graduate from medical school

Alexander Lucius Twilight was the first Black person to receive a degree from an American college

Mary Patterson was the first Black American woman to earn a B.A

Fanny Coplin was the first Black woman to become principal of a school

Richard Greener was the first Black Harvard graduate

Black Firsts in the Arts-

Lucy Terry was the first Black American poet and Phillis Wheatley was the first published Black American poet

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black Pulitzer Prize winner

William Brown was the first Black American novelist, and Harriett Wilson was the first Black female American novelist

Toni Morrison was the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Francis Johnson was the first published Black American musical composer

Marian Anderson was the first Black member of the Metropolitan Opera

Harry Swan was the first Black American to found a record label, Black Swan Records

Count Basie was the first Black person to win a Grammy, and Ella Fitzgerald was the first Black woman to win a Grammy

William Lane was the first nationally famous Black dancer, and Arthur Mitchell was the first Black principal dancer in a major dance company

Oscar Micheaux was the first Black film director

Hattie McDaniel was the first Black person to win an Oscar, and Juanita Hall was the first Black person to win a Tony

William Still was the first Black American to both direct a major orchestra and have their composition performed by a major orchestra

Black Firsts in Sports-

Oliver Lewis was the first Black jockey to Win Kentucky Derby

Moses Walker was the first Black professional baseball player

John Shippen Jr. was the first Black professional Golfer

Marshall “Major” Taylor was the first Black world cycling champion

George Poage was the first Black Olympic medalist at the Summer games, and John Taylor was the first Black Olympic gold medalist at the Summer games

Jackie Robinson was the first 20th century Black MLB player

Rajo Jack de Soto was the first Black professional race car driver

Willie Thrower was the first Black NFL quarterback

Willie O’Ree was the first Black NHL player

Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at the summer olympic games

tagging @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter @bfpnola @intersexfairy 

[martysmusic]

Founded in 1887, by Agatha Carlisle, the Hill Valley Hellfire Club was a High Society club of rakes, spiritualists, and occult seekers that met in the Carlisle Mansion on Riverside Drive in Hill Valley.

Agatha Carlisle

Agatha regularly performed Seances, Tarot Readings, Palm Inspections and other various forms of Spiritualism, a phenomenon that was taking America and Europe by storm in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Prominent men of business and their wives regularly attended these Hellfire Club meetings and it is rumored that President Theodore Roosevelt even attended a seance or two during his campaigning for the Presidency in 1900.

The Brown Wedding

In 1916, Agatha’s eldest daughter Katherine Carlisle married an up and coming Circuit Court Judge and German Immigrant named Erhardt Brown, who had changed his name from Von Braun at the outbreak of World War I.

Agatha Carlisle Funeral

Katherine Brown gave birth to a son named Emmett the following year, but tragedy struck the Carlisle family two years later in 1920 when Agatha passed away from a stroke.

Hindenburg Disaster

Katherine Brown continued to host Hellfire Club meetings in the Brown Mansion until her untimely death aboard the Hindenburg in 1937. This terrible disaster influenced her twenty year old son Emmett to change his college major at the California School of Technology from Engineering to Applied Physics and dedicate his life to science.

A young Emmett Brown.

It was his constant protestation to his father concerning the occult and spiritism, that led to Judge Brown formerly disbanding the Hellfire Club around the outbreak of World War II.

[jcmarchi]

WWE 2K24's Full Launch Roster Revealed

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/wwe-2k24s-full-launch-roster-revealed/

WWE 2K24's Full Launch Roster Revealed

WWE 2K24’s full roster has been revealed. This year offers a staggering line-up of Superstars hailing from Raw, Smackdown and NXT, as well as numerous Legends. 

Over 200 playable superstars will be available at launch, along with 8 managers. Check them out below. 

Raw

Akira Tozawa

Alexa Bliss

Becky Lynch

Bianca Belair

Big E

Braun Strowman

Bronson Reed

Candice LeRae

Carmella

Cedric Alexander

Chad Gable

Chelsea Green

Cody Rhodes

Damian Priest

Dexter Lumis

Dominik Mysterio

Drew McIntyre

Erik

Finn Bálor

Giovanni Vinci

Gunther

Indi Hartwell

Ivar

JD McDonagh

Jey Uso

Johnny Gargano

Kofi Kingston

Liv Morgan

Ludwig Kaiser

Maxxine Dupri

Natalya

Nikki Cross

Otis

Piper Niven

Raquel Rodriguez

Rhea Ripley

Ricochet

R-Truth

Sami Zayn

Seth “Freakin” Rollins

Shayna Baszler

Shinsuke Nakamura

Sonya Deville

Tegan Nox

The Miz

Tommaso Ciampa

Valhalla

Xavier Woods

Zoey Stark

Smackdown

AJ Styles

Alba Fyre

Angelo Dawkins

Ashante “Thee” Adonis

Asuka

Austin Theory

Bayley

Bobby Lashley

Butch

Cameron Grimes

Charlotte Flair

Cruz Del Toro

Dakota Kai

Elton Prince

Grayson Waller

Isla Dawn

Iyo Sky

Jimmy Uso

Joaquin Wilde

Karl Anderson

Karrion Kross

Katana Chance

Kayden Carter

Kevin Owens

Kit Wilson

LA Knight

Logan Paul

Luke Gallows

Michin Mia Yim

Montez Ford

MVP

Omos

Randy Orton

Rey Mysterio

Ridge Holland

Robert Roode

Roman Reigns

Santos Escobar

Scarlett

Sheamus

Shotzi

Solo Sikoa

Tamina

Xia Li

Zelina Vega

NXT

Andre Chase

Angel Garza

Apollo Crews

Axiom

Baron Corbin

Blair Davenport

Bron Breakker

Brooks Jensen

Brutus Creed

Carmelo Hayes

Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo

Cora Jade

Damon Kemp

Dijak

Drew Gulak

Duke Hudson

Fallon Henley

Gigi Dolin

Humberto

Ilja Dragunov

Ivy Nile

Jacy Jayne

Jinder Mahal

Joe Coffey

Joe Gacy

Josh Briggs

Julius Creed

Nathan Frazer

Nikkita Lyons

Noam Dar

Roxanne Perez

Sanga

Scrypts

Thea Hail

Tiffany Stratton

Tony D’Angelo

Trick Williams

Tyler Bate

Veer Mahaan

Wendy Choo

Wes Lee

Wolfgang

Legends/Alumni

Andre The Giant

Bad Bunny

Batista

Beth Phoenix

Big Boss Man

Boogeyman

Booker T

Bray Wyatt

Bret “Hitman” Hart

British Bulldog

Bruno Sammartino

Cactus Jack

Chyna

Diesel

Doink The Clown

Dude Love

Dusty Rhodes (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)

Eddie Guerrero

Eric Bischoff

Eve Torres

Faarooq

The Fiend

George “The Animal” Steele

Harley Race

Hollywood Hogan

Hulk Hogan

The Hurricane

Jake “The Snake” Roberts

JBL

Jerry “The King” Lawler

Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart

John Cena

Kane

Ken Shamrock

Kevin Nash

Kurt Angle

Lita

“Macho Man” Randy Savage

Mankind

Maryse

Mighty Molly

Molly Holly

Muhammad Ali

“Ravishing” Rick Rude

Rick Steiner

Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

Rikishi

Rob Van Dam

The Rock

Ronda Rousey

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper

Scott Hall

Scott Steiner

Shane McMahon

Shawn Michaels

Stacy Keibler

Stephanie McMahon

Stardust (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin

“Superstar” Billy Graham (Part of the Nightmare Family Pack)

Syxx

Ted DiBiase

Triple H

Trish Stratus

Tyler Breeze

Ultimate Warrior

Umaga

Uncle Howdy

The Undertaker

Vader

Wade Barrett

William Regal

X-Pac

Yokozuna

Managers

B-Fab

Bobby “The Brain” Heenan

Cathy Kelley

Mick Foley

Miss Elizabeth

Paul Bearer

Paul Heyman

Theodore Long

WWE 2K24 launches on March 8 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. You can read our in-deph hands-on preview here, watch us play a few matches in this episode of New Gameplay Today, or check out our gaming-focused interview with one of 2K24’s cover stars, Cody Rhodes. 

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 2.6

Beer Birthdays

Henry Miller (1857)

George Wiedemann Jr. (1866)

Brian Ford (1964)

John Foster (1965)

Jay Sheveck (1970)

Erin Fay Glass (1971)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Mike Batt; rock musician (1949)

Bob Marley; reggae musician, singer (1945)

Eric Partridge; lexicographer (1894)

Michael Pollan; journalist (1955)

Adam Weishaupt; German philosopher (1748)

Famous Birthdays

Rick Astley; pop singer (1966)

Nicolaus Bernoulli; Swiss mathematician (1695)

Eva Braun; model, Hitler's mistress (1912)

Robert Brooks; Hooters restaurants founder (1937)

Tom Brokaw; television journalist (1940)

Aaron Burr; politician, U.S. Vice-President (1756)

Natalie Cole; singer (1950)

Alice Eve; actor (1982)

Mike Farrell; actor (1939)

Scipione del Ferro; Italian mathematician (1465)

Anton Fokker; aviation pioneer (1890)

Gayle Hunnicutt; actor (1943)

Károly Kisfaludy; Hungarian poet (1788)

Mary Douglas Leakey; archeologist (1913)

Theodor Lessing; writer (1872)

John Henry MacKay; anarchist (1864)

Patrick MacNee; actor (1922)

Barry Miller; actor (1958)

Kathy Najimy; actor (1957)

Gigi Perreau; actor (1941)

Ronald Reagan; 40th U.S. President (1911)

Axl Rose; rock singer (1962)

Babe Ruth; New York Yankees OF (1895)

Jeb Stuart; confederate calvary commander (1833)

Rip Torn; actor (1931)

Robert Townsend; actor, comedian (1957)

Francois Truffaut; French film director (1932)

Michael Tucker; actor (1945)

Mamie Van Doren; actor (1931)

Karel Wellens; Flemish artist (1889)

Otis Williams; rock musician (1936)

[freezegirl]

👫 war kie :)

headcanon time // @ghoulsplay's warren peace

1: one year before will stronghold arrives at sky high and stumbles his way through power placement, warren peace and khione goossens do the same. khione goes first. turns the gym into a winter wonderland. and because coach boomer thinks he's got a terrific sense of humor, he picks out warren afterwards even though he swore he was going to do this alphabetically. warren easily melts the ice and snow as he turns the gym into a sauna. khione attempts to slip outside before she melts completely. but before she does so, she turns back to look at him and he looks back. one look was all it took for her heart to skip a beat. khione has been drawn to him ever since.

(to this day, she remembers how beautiful he looked, all powered up. like he was agni, the god of fire, himself.)

2: powering up beside him during homecoming was a leap of faith that surprised her. khione figured that she could allow herself to have this one thing. especially now that both of them survived royal pain's masterplan. then he takes her hand and she doesn't want him to let go, ever again. he warms her up, she cools him down. and after the night ends and she gets home, her parents' former sidekicks call her before she can call them - jawaharel has precognitive abilities and he saw a dance of icy twin flames. farzana sheds a few tears when khione tells her that she's "in love, like you and jawaharel are".

3: the only reason why khione doesn't tell warren what happened to the first boy she ever kissed is because mr medulla shows him. well, he shows everyone during a telepathic training exercise. in response, khione goes subzero and it takes warren the majority of the day to get kie to thaw out of her ice form again.

4: during their senior year, nurse spex dies. everyone is heartbroken. khione reaches out to nurse spex's grandson, valerian, in order to extend her condolences and an olive branch. instead, he takes his frustrations out on her. warren steps in and when principal powers comes to break up the fight, kie tries to explain to her that warren didn't start it. warren and kie end up in detention with valerian anyway. ever since the royal pain fiasco during their sophomore year, kie's been claustrophobic. warren is the only reason why kie doesn't freak out then and there in the detention room.

kie's parents don't show up when she walks the stage. instead, farzana and jawaharel show up and kie officially introduces warren to them.

5: the transition period between high school and college is a tough one, considering that's when will's paternal grandparents come to town. theodore stronghold - the founder of sky high and sky u - has nothing nice to say about any of his grandson's friends. especially not warren. his wife, ann-marie, chimes in with pointed remarks about kie.

several members of the sky high faculty like mr boy, coach boomer, jeannie elast and principal powers have since been offered well paying jobs and have since made the transition from sky high to sky u.

6: during warren and kie's first year at sky university, baron battle escapes the maximum security prison he was kept in, rampages through maxville and kidnaps ethan bank - resident boy genius. the group comes together and they get ethan back but he's never quite the same afterwards and he refuses to talk about his time spent with baron battle.

7: kie's parents' marriage falls apart in the wake of the revelation that zach braun is kie's half brother. (warren is the only one who's not surprised as kie has told him her suspicions before she told anyone else.) the secret comes to light after mr medulla - who accepted a job offer at sky u - fed the class a self-made truth serum for an experiment. zach's parents divorce. kie's parents pretend that they're still in love and renew their vows during the second season finale of the fabulous lives of superhero wives. kie is forced to make an appearance. and she does.

8: during warren and kie's second year at sky university, kie gets kidnapped by katherine "katie" baxter. katie's twin brother, michael, is still in lockup for aiding baron battle the year before.

the stronghold seven (or six, in this case) comb through maxville until they figure out that katie keeps kie at maxwellness, a wellness and beauty center in the richer part of town. katie has sound based powers and used to work at maxwellness as a sound healer, specializing in sound wellness.

they save kie in the nick of time. had they been any later, she would have died. it takes months for kie to get back to her former power-level, and herself, and she grapples with this more than she cares to admit but ends up talking to warren about this regardless because she trusts him.

9: during warren and kie's third and final year at sky university, josie stronghold dies. ms stronghold has always been more of a mother to kie than her own mother has ever been. and so she goes to the funeral and grieves. (she will never forget will's haunted eyes nor steve's anguished scream).

the majority of the superhero community show up for the funeral, khione's parents included. and after a quick chat with principal powers, kie goes off to find warren and the others. the stronghold seven end up sneaking into the paper lantern after hours and tell each other their favorite josie stronghold related memories.

during this year, mr medulla reveals himself to be an undercover villain with immense knowledge, telepathic and telekinetic abilities. he is working together with baron battle, who is still out there too.

after warren and kie graduate from sky university, the stronghold seven is officially formed: the team consists of the leader and namesake, will stronghold; layla williams; warren peace; magenta lewis; zach braun; ethan banks and khione goossens.

they often work together but it is not uncommon that the group splits up into smaller teams: zach, ethan and magenta work together and will, layla, warren and kie work together too.

more often than not, however, kie and warren work together as a duo.

[opera-ghosts]

August 4. 1930 - Siegfried Wagner dies. PICTURE FROM HIS FUNERAL. AND ALSO OF HIS FAMILY AND ANCESTORS.

Funeral of Siegfried Wagner. Back row: Friedrich Schorr, Carl Braun, Rudolf Bockelmann, Gunnar Graarud, Odo Böck. Front row: Alexander von Spring, Eduard Habich, Fritz Wolff, Lauritz Melchior and Theodor Scheidl; Bayreuth, August 30. 1930

Siegfried Wagner; Bayreuth, ?

Winifred Wagner; Bayreuth, ?

Richard Wagner in circle of his family and friends; Bayreuth, ?

Siegfried Wagner with Winifred Wagner and children Verena, Friedelind, Wolfgang and Wieland; Bayreuth, ?

Siegfried Wagner, Winifred Wagner, children Verena, Friedelind, Wolfgang, Wieland, conductor Karl Muck and Daniela Thode; Bayreuth, ?

Cosima Wagner; Bayreuth, ?

Richard Wagner; Bayreuth, ?

[gasthausnostalgie]

Old Vienna

Lotte Tobisch

Anno 1963

Charlotte „Lotte“ Tobisch-Labotýn (* 28. März 1926 in Wien; † 19. Oktober 2019 in Baden) war eine österreichische Managerin, Schauspielerin und Autorin. Sie galt als Grande Dame der Wiener Society und als Inbegriff der eleganten Wiener Salondame.

Große Bekanntheit erlangte sie als Organisatorin des Wiener Opernballs, den sie von 1981 bis 1996 leitete. Zuletzt war sie u. a. als Präsidentin des Vereins Künstler helfen Künstlern in Baden (Niederösterreich) tätig und trat auch gelegentlich in Fernsehsendungen auf.

FAMILIE

Lotte Tobisch-Labotýn (oder Lotte Tobisch von Labotýn) entstammt einer altösterreichischen Patrizierfamilie, deren Vorfahren sich bis 1229 nachweisen lassen. Sie wurde 1926 in Wien als Tochter des Architekten Karl Tobisch-Labotýn (1897–1977) und dessen Ehefrau Nora Anna Josefine Maria Krassl von Traissenegg (1906–2002) geboren, und zwar im Sanatorium Auersperg. Ihr Großvater Karl Anton Josef Tobisch (1860–1932) war Präsident des Landesschulrates von Böhmen und Mähren und wurde 1912 als Ritter Tobisch von Labotýn in den erblichen österreichischen Ritterstand erhoben. Als 1919 in Österreich die Aufhebung des Adels beschlossen wurde, betraf dies auch die Familie Tobisch von Labotýn.

Ihr Stiefvater war Gustav David Lederer (1878–1951); ihre Tante Margarete (1901–1991) war in zweiter Ehe mit Karl Steinhoff, Innenminister der DDR, verheiratet.

LEBEN

Sie genoss eine Ausbildung an gehobenen Schulen, wie im Schloss Marquartstein in Oberbayern oder im Wiener Gymnasium Sacre Coeur. Sie absolvierte eine Ausbildung am Franz Schubert Konservatorium. Während die Familie gegen Kriegsende nach Bayern floh, blieb Tobisch allein in Wien, wo sie den 37 Jahre älteren Erhard Buschbeck kennenlernte. Mit ihm ging sie eine Beziehung ein, die bis zu seinem Tod 1960 andauerte. 2013 sagte sie dazu: ... dass ich ausgebüchst bin mit dem Erhard Buschbeck, das war ein Skandal ohnegleichen in meiner Familie. Später lebte sie bis zu dessen Tod mit Michael Simon zusammen, 1963 bis 1967 israelischer Botschafter in Wien.

Als Schauspielerin war sie Schülerin von Raoul Aslan und gab ein frühes Debüt am Wiener Burgtheater, danach auch am Wiener Volkstheater sowie am Theater in der Josefstadt. Im Jahr 1986 erhielt Lotte Tobisch den Ehrenring des Burgtheaters, wo sie zuletzt die Rolle der Kaiserin Maria Theresia spielte. Aber auch als Filmschauspielerin war sie tätig. So spielte sie unter Georg Wilhelm Pabst die Rolle von Eva Braun im Film Der letzte Akt. Am Burgtheater war sie auch als künstlerischer Betriebsrat tätig. Der breiten Öffentlichkeit ist Lotte Tobisch vor allem als Organisatorin des Wiener Opernballs bekannt, den sie von 1981 bis 1996 leitete.

Unter Wissenschaftsminister Rudolf Scholten, der 1990 bis 1997 amtierte, wurde ihr 1996 die Berufsbezeichnung Professor verliehen. Über mehrere Jahre führte Tobisch einen Briefwechsel mit dem Philosophen und Soziologen Theodor W. Adorno, der 2003 in Buchform veröffentlicht wurde.

Am 1. Oktober 2007 wurde Tobisch im Wiener Rathaus von Kulturstadtrat Andreas Mailath-Pokorny die Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien in Gold verliehen. In den letzten Jahren engagierte sie sich verstärkt für soziale Projekte, unter anderem die Aktion Künstler helfen Künstlern und die Österreichische Alzheimer-Liga.

Bei der Nationalratswahl in Österreich 2017 unterstützte sie die Kandidatur der NEOS. Bei der Landtagswahl in Niederösterreich 2018 unterstützte sie im Wahlkampf die Volkspartei Niederösterreich, insbesondere die niederösterreichische Landeshauptfrau Johanna Mikl-Leitner.

Ab 1951 lebte sie in einer 120 m² großen Mietwohnung am Opernring Nr. 8. Sie starb am 19. Oktober 2019 im Alter von 93 Jahren im Künstlerheim in Baden bei Wien.

Ein Teilnachlass von Lotte Tobisch (14 Archivboxen) wurde im Sommer 2020 der Wienbibliothek im Rathaus übergeben.

1963, Im Abendkleid

1980, Porträtfoto der Burgschauspielerin und Ballmutter des Opernballs Lotte Tobisch

4. 2008

5. 2013

[archivyrep]

Archivists on the Issues: Popular Culture and the Presence of Archival Limits [Part 1]

Archivists on the Issues is a forum for archivists to discuss the issues we are facing today. Today’s post comes from Burkely Hermann (me), Metadata Librarian for the National Security Archive and current I&A Blog Coordinator. There will be spoilers for each of the animated series, films, and other media he will be discussing. This post is reprinted from the Issues and Advocacy blog where it was published on Dec. 6, 2022. It was also published on the Wading Through the Cultural Stacks WordPress on Jan. 16, 2023.

Lord Theodore dissuades Elianna from entering the royal archives in the first episode of Bibliophile Princess

At the end of the first episode of the currently airing fantasy romance anime, Bibliophile Princess, the protagonist, Princess Elianna Bernstein (voiced by Reina Ueda) is physically blocked and dissuaded from entering the royal archives. When combined with other events, she breaks down and cries, feeling she has lost it all. Her ban from the royal archives later turns out to be a measure to protect her from a nefarious plot. Her vast knowledge of the archives' holdings is praised for its positive effects on society. This depiction of archival limits is not unique, however. It is widespread across popular culture, across what could be called "the cultural stacks". In this post, I'll note other examples of archival limits in popular culture, connect the depictions to the SAA's Code of Ethics and Core Values, and other issues in the archival field.

Scholars, such as Sue McKemmish, Michael Piggott, Barbara Reed, Frank Upward, Jocelyn Fenton Stitt, and Sarah Tyson, define archival limits as barriers created when documents pass into hands of archival institutions from their creators. These limits inhibit attempts to use those records to tell family stories while circumscribing any efforts to reclaim archival records about enslaved people or utilize these records to fulfill other useful purposes. One of the most pertinent examples of archival limits in popular culture is the 1996 mockumentary by Cheryl Dunye, The Watermelon Woman. The film has been regarded by scholars, like Jolie Braun, as critiquing how archives and libraries control access to records, and revealing power relations that undergird research in these spaces.

In the eighty-six-minute film, the protagonist, played by (and embodying) Cheryl, is dismissed by a White male reference librarian (played by David Rakoff). He tells her to check reference books in the "Black", "film", and "women" categories to learn about a Black female actress in a 1930s film set on a plantation who is only credited as "The Watermelon Woman". Later, he begrudgingly searches his computer and finds information, directing her to records about the film's director. The latter is unsuccessful, as it doesn't have the information she is looking for. As I noted in my review of the film for The American Archivist Reviews Portal, this librarian represents collections which reinforce cultural bias through marginalizing views that are not White, heteronormative, and male. The same is the case in archives, since they are, like museums, libraries, and galleries, not neutral spaces. Rather, they are contested ones.

Later in the film, Cheryl travels to a collective feminist lesbian archive known as Center for Lesbian Information & Technology (C.L.I.T.) Archive, where she meets a White female archivist (played by Sarah Schulman). Although she finds documents and photographs of the Black female actress, who she has identified as Fae Richards, the archivist is protective of the records. She doesn't even let Cheryl, or her friend, film what she found. She also declares that all White people in the records have their faces crossed out to make the archive more "inclusive". In this way, Cheryl becomes alienated in a lesbian archive, even though she is a lesbian herself. In actual archives, guidance on what to do with "offensive items" does not always exist, even in established codes of conduct or ethics. Sometimes it is only confronted when working with patrons, donors, or others.This is undoubtedly the case in the film, with photographs of White lesbians seen as offensive by CLIT. Measures were taken to counter White values by the archive, even though the methods used run afoul of existing archival codes of ethics.

There are many examples in popular culture of archival limits beyond those in Bibliophile Princess and The Watermelon Woman. In a pivotal scene of the sci-fi comedy film, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the archival record from the Magrathean Public Archive, published by the Commercial Council of Magrethea, cuts off before revealing the name of the supercomputer that Deep Thought created to reveal this ultimate question. A message states that the information has been deleted. It is an example of an archival limit. It is never revealed why the information was deleted or who removed the information. This deletion, which implies that the original record remains untouched and is intact, rather than completely unreadable (i.e. erased), violate the stated principles within the SAA Core Values. These values state that archivists should strive to expand usage and access to collections for potential and current users of archival records, while serving the broad range of people who "seek to locate and use the information found in evidentiary records." Deleting important information reduces access to records and does a disservice to users who wish to access the records.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Continued in part 2

[jmunneytumbler]

'¡Viva Maestro!' Review: Get to Know Gustavo Dudamel!

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[kaschy]

memeshit from the stream tonight