#this with naomi and normandy....

[fullsaw]

new lot of ocs :]

story premise/explaination below:

Naomi Harlow, a journalist looking for her missing friend, stumbles upon a cult commune in the mountains of Appalachia.

She finds her friend, but something is deeply wrong...

Garland (The Old Man) is the cults leader and founder alongside The Amazing Criswell, a future-seeing tv mystic from the 50s-70s.

I've thought a LOT about them so feel free to send asks :)

[ezrisdax-archive]

fic ideas I had for things but never finished or started properly (also a lot of these I came up with with other people):

b7

fake dating au

accidentally got married au

 mutual pining whoops we're sleeping together anyway

ace attorney au

 seven as the one in shattered instead of chakotay au with maquis!b'elanna in janeways spot

future fic from naomi point of view about her gay aunts

dragon age au with warden!b'elanna and morrigan!seven

kes stays and is sick of them flirting and locks them in a closet au

 the coffee shop au I never finished which became a whole world anyway

 help desk support b'elanna dealing with ext 709 on the phone every day

hades game au

stuck on the holodeck and have to act the parts out to get out

utena au

xena au

troisha

expanding on the au I had where alternate reality tasha ended up in prime timeline instead of going to the past

xena au

roommates at starfleet au which I think I may have also done? so like...a different better one

 tasha didn’t die but ended up in some limbo form and deanna keeps seeing her as a ghost

kiradax (either dax)

reverse au with ezri as the dax host before jadzia and jadzia in season seven

mass effect au with asari!jadzia and human!kira

dragon age au with hawke!jadzia and mage!kira

au where kira stays on ds9 at the end of season six and is able to get to jadzia in time to save her but jadzia has to leave for trill for healing for a while and they write each other

chlodine

time loop au where they're looking for atlantis and whoops its got a funky artifact that has nadine looping

au where they meet much much sooner

office au where nadine is night security and chloe works late and keeps forgetting her badge and breaking in

wilenko

the au where one of them gets the beacon instead of shep

winter soldier cerberus au where they show up instead of sheps clone in ME3 or take kai lengs place in ME3

tim hortons vs starbucks au in niagra falls listen I'm canadian

stargate au

grissom academy instructor kaidan but ash on the normandy still

 pacific rim au

star wars au with clone soldier ash and jedi kaidan

vetryder

never went to andromeda au and ryders dig site needs supplies and she finds vetra

the typical au where sara isn't the pathfinder but calls dibs when she wakes up and meets vetra anyway

were dating pre andromeda but vetra thought ryder died when the hyperion didn't show up

misc star trek

seven/ezri where seven ends up on ds9 by the borg attacking the defiant and them getting seven from it look it wasn't fully fleshed out

divided we fall rewrite (ezri/lenara)

on an away mission together leading to fake dating (joann/keyla)

the kes stays on voyager, tom leaves au with kes, harry, b’elanna, and seven shenanigans (gen)

ezri and harry bffs serving on captain geordi's ship (gen)

misc

 ichiban time loop au (yakuza, gen)

au where korra doesn't fully get her memory back in season two but thinks her and asami are dating (lok, korrasami)

seong-hui keeps texting saeko and this leads to a relationship (yakuza, seong-hui/saeko)

tifa finds aerith at shinra hq where she’s been locked up for a while (ffvii, aerith/tifa)

tifa dead all along based on the latest trailer and technically a ghost but aerith drags her back to living anyway (ffvii, aerith/tifa)

rei begs susato to dress up again to get out of dating other guys (ace attorney, susahao)

franmaya star trek au with romulan/vulcan fran and trill maya (ace attorney, franmaya)

[atohii]

UNO REVERSE! Naomi speaks Japanese (being half-Japanese herself, as her father's parents were from Kyoto before immigrating to the US when he was an infant), and can read Katakana and Hiragana, but is still learning to read Kanji.

TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT TOBIAS

Tobi is actually a pretty talented hacker! usually he's just hacking the robots attacking him on the battlefield but sometimes he sees how far he can get into the Normandy's systems before EDI notices for ✨funsies.✨

(he got in trouble for it a few times as a teenager. because when you live in a warship there's not a lot of things you're allowed to hack.)

[twistedlittlenightmare]

🎧 :p

Send me a 🎧 and I will put my music on shuffle and give you a song and my favourite lyric from it

4 PLAYLIST SHUFFLES FOR YOU NAOMI

1 - Now I'm Everyone by Biffy Clyro

Until my body feels your magic touch and steals my skin before it rots My castle is a great illusion

2 - Scott Street by Phoebe Bridgers

I asked you "How is your sister? I heard she got her degree" And I said, "That makes me feel old" He said, "What does that make me?"

3 - "45" by The Gaslight Anthem Have you seen my heart, have you seen how it bleeds? And the nights are so long, baby, out here in the deep.

4 - Starting New by Normandie

I've been searching all my life to feel anything I just wanna feel whole So I'm gonna give everything away just to feel alive

[henryfitzempress]

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.

[margueritedanjou]

Fᴏʀᴇɪɢɴ ᴄᴏɴsᴏʀᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢs ᴏғ Eɴɢʟᴀɴᴅ [part I]

[godsvvept]

º   .   ♔   ⸻   the  capital  of  king’s  landing  welcomes  GWYNESSE  of  HOUSE ( s )  LANNISTER  (  by  marriage  ) &  GOODBROTHER (  by  birth ),  the  LADY  of  LANNISPORT.  the  THIRTY  year  old  CISWOMAN  is  reputed  to  be  ENTERPRISING  and  MELLIFLUOUS,  but  with  the  eyes  of  court  watching  their  every  move,  they  might  turn  out  to  be  IMPERIOUS  and  DESENSITIZED.  when  songs  are  sung,  their  verses  speak  of  THE  TIDE  VICIOUSLY  BREAKING  AGAINST  THE  SAND  AND  SPLASHING  AGAINST  THE  WALL,  A  NEVER  ENDING,  ALL  TOO  FAMILIAR  CALLING  ;    “WHAT  IF  I  TOLD  YOU  I’M  SPLIT  IN  HALF?  WHAT  IF  I  TOLD  YOU:  I’M  THE  KNIFE?”  ;  PENELOPE,  THE  QUEEN  OF  ITHACA,  PATIENTLY  TENDING  TO  THE  WEAVING  OF  A  SHROUD  AND  OF  A  FUTURE  OF  HER  OWN  DESIGN.  whispers  throughout  the  seven  kingdoms  claim  that  their  allegiance  lies  with  HOUSE  LANNISTER  OF  LANNISPORT  /  HERSELF,  where  they  conspire  to  GET  RID  OF  THE  SQUABBLES  ON  HER  SHIPYARD  AND  INSTAL  HER  HUSBAND  AS  RULING  LORD.  but  in  the  end  fealty  means  little  when  you  play  the  game  of  thrones.

full  name  :  gwynnesse  lannister,  née  goodbrother. alias  /  nickname  :  gwyn,  ness,  senne, the  gilded  siren. age  :  thirty. gender  and  pronouns  :  ciswoman  and  she / her. orientation  :  demisexual  demiromantic. occupation : lady  consort  of  lannisport  ( as  wife  of  the  lord  heir ),  secretly  acting  regent  of  lannisport. faceclaim :  naomi  battrick.

date  of  birth  :  first  month  of  the  year  of  270. parents  :  gorold  goodbrother  &  eydis  farwynd. siblings  :  eleven  sisters  (  two  older,  nine  younger ) and  three  brothers ( all  older ). significant  other :  tba  lannister,  lord  heir  of  lannisport. offspring  :  at  least  five  children.  she  does  not  always  remember  their  names. religious affiliation : the  faith  of  the  seven ( public;  converted  by  marriage ),  the  drowned  god ( by  birth ). 

inspirations : eleanor  guthrie ( black  sails ), jocelyn  castell (  jamestown ), penelope  of  ithaca ( odyssey ), cersei  lannister ( asoiaf ), ariel ( the  little  mermaid ), georgia ( ginny  &  georgia ), isabella  the  she  wolf  of  france (  history + knightfall ), livia  drusilla ( domina ), emma  of  normandy ( history + vikings  valhalla ), nurbanu  sultan (  magnificent  century +  history ), caroline  collingwood  and  marcia  roy ( succession ).

                    application  ; full  statistics ; tdlr  and  connections  below  the  cut.

trigger  warning  for : toxicity ( both  for  her  #girlboss  gaslight  gatekeep  ways  and  for  her  actually  poisoning  her  father  in  law  oop. )

as  the  third  born  daughter,  it  seems  all  that  she  could  be  has  already  been  taken  by  either  gael  (  begrudgingly,  the  childrearing  )  or  gyda  (  their  mother’s  old  chainmaille  )  —  straining  for  individuality  or  selfishness  (  one  and  the  same,  at  times,  but  who  cares  ),  young  gwyn  would  attempt  to  reach  out  for  father  instead,  an  endeavor  that  while  others  (  most  of  the  other  goodbrother  girls  )  would  fail,  she  would  succeed.  before  the  rebellion  made  him  harder,  and  even  afterwards,  she  took  prize  in  being  one  of  the  few  to  pry  a  smile  out  of  him,  and,  most  of  all,  she  enjoyed  accompanying  him  to  the  family  mines,  learning  of  the  ores  and  the  business  and  economy,  while  taking  home  whatever  shiny  little  rock  she  could.

although  she  trained  with  the  sword,  as  well  as  the  needle  (  her  mother  had,  after  all,  been  a  notorious  shieldmaiden  and  now  she  was  a  loyal  wife  who  had  given  her  lord  fifteen  children  ),  gwynesse  preferred  the  former,  if  only  because  being  a  lady  paired  up  well  with  what  she  was  truly  good  at  :  cunning.

still,  once  she  was  sixteen,  she  asked  to  take  a  part  of  a  crew  that  would  travel  to  essos.  although  she  cared  nothing  for  physical  exertion  activities,  she  greatly  enjoyed  the  trip  —  it  made  her  realize  that  the  iron  islands  were  nothing  compared  to  the  world  and,  perhaps,  she  would  rather  be  elsewhere.  somewhere  better,  greater.

the  realization  of  her  wish  was  a  double  edged  sword:  while  she  did  manage  to  go  somewhere  greater,  she  almost  died  (  or  actually  died,  and  was  brought  back  to  life  by  the  drowned  god  who  wished  to  set  her  to  greatness,  in  her  own  mind  )  when  the  ship  wrecked,  and  she  washed  around  westerland  waters.  she  was  rescued  by  the  heir  to  lannisport,  who  took  a  liking  to  her  and  took  her  to  his  home  to  be  cared  for.  there,  fearing  she  would  be  killed  or  worse  for  being  an  ironborn,  she  pretended  to  be  amnesiac  and  was  allowed  to  remain  at  the  castle  out  of  courtesy.  

during  that  time,  she  effectively  managed  to  make  the  lord  heir  fall  for  her  (  and  if  she  fell  for  him  too,  it  was,  then,  a  sweet  consequence  ).  once  she  fell  with  child,  she  arranged  so  her  brothers  would  come  retrieve  her  —  the  shot  gun  of  sorts  wedding  was  a  good  enough  deal,  for  she  did  bring  a  big  dowry,  even  if  her  father  -  in  -  law  (  and  possibly  her  husband,  though  he  was  easier  to  bend  )  was  not  very  pleased  with  having  an  ironborn  for  a  daughter.

within  two  years  after  that,  her  husband  was  called  to  lead  a  part  of  the  lannister  fleet,  and  gwynesse  remained  at  lannisport,  bregundigly  bearing  babies  and  facing  scrutiny  from  the  westerlanders  who  thought  of  her  as  too  foreign  to  be  trusted  —  a  sentiment  her  father  -  in  -  law  shared,  refusing  to  allow  her  in  and  aid  him  with  anything  of  importance,  much  to  her  distaste.  at  some  point,  she  begins  poisoning  him  with  lead  (  something  that  has  no  taste,  no  smell  and  that  slowly  can  drive  one  to  madness  and  several  other  unpleasant  physical  ailments  ),  which  leads  him  to  become  more  dependent  on  her  and,  of  course,  she  takes  advantage  of  that  to  help  him  rule  lannisport.

currently,  it’s  been  over  ten  years  since  the  poisoning  started,  and  if  anyone  points  at  her,  gwynesse  is  offended  and  can  easily  begin  tearing  up  if  necessary,  even  offering  to  take  on  his  food  and  drink  if  they  are  so  suspicious.  her  husband  defends  her,  likely  unbeknownst,  something  she  is  glad  for.  gwynesse  has  no  qualms  in  engaging  in  falsity,  and  even  takes  enjoyment  of  that,  of  this  power.

her  father  -  in  -  law  is  greatly  debilitated,  of  course,  and  she  is,  for  all  purposes,  mistress  and  ruler  of  lannisport,  a  duty  she  does  not  take  lightly  and  tries  her  best  to  always  stay  on  top,  either  that  be  to  know  who  comes  into  town,  what  goods  arrive  and  of  the  deals  happening  in  it — it  is  an  understatement  to  say  she  is  controlling,  and  likes  things  her  way.  while  some  may  frown  at  such  power  being  granted  to  an  ironborn,  most  have  come  to  terms  that  she  is  as  westerlander  as  one  can  be,  proved  by  her  loyalty  to  lannisport  and  to  the  many  children  she  has  birthed  and  raises  under  the  light  of  the  seven.  

truthfully,  she  does  not  feel  westerlander  —  but  also  she  no  longer  feels  ironborn.  this  is  not  a  sentiment  that  disturbs  her  much,  however,  for  she  is  content  with  her  position  and  very  busy  occupation,  but  she  is  growing  more  bothered  by  the  day  by  the  ironborn  growing  bolder  around  the  westerlands  coast  and  how  that  may  disturb  her  security  in  her  role.  besides  mother,  wife,  ruler,  daughter,  sister,  she  is  now  being  pushed  to  be  a  diplomat,  a  position  that  may  be  all  too  suited  to  her  silver  tongued  ways,  but  that  she  is  less  pleased  to  juggle,  as  it  may  jeopardize  all  that  she  prizes  and  worked  so  hard  to  build.

i’d  love  more  goodbrothers,  particularly  geirdis,  her  twin  sister  (  annie  has  put  the  wc  on  the  main  with  all  the  information  but  i’m  glad  to  help  out  with  more  ideas  if  needed  ).  the  goodbrothers  are  often  around  lannisport,  either  for  business  or  for  familial  affection.

the  friendship  is  not  entirely  stretched  to  the  other  ironborn,  but  it  wouldn’t  be  unlikely  some  do  come  in  lannisport  and  i  think  interactions  between  gwyn,  who  has  definitely  been  ‘corrupted’  by  the  way  of  the  westerosi  and  enjoys  dealing  with  the  gold  price  rather  than  the  iron  price,  and  her  old  countrymen.

anyone  from  the  westerlands  or  who  stops  by  lannisport  really.  this  also  includes  people  who  have  not  come  to  lannisport,  but  do  deals  within  the  city  or  with  the  lannisters  of  lannisport,  as  she  often  speaks  for  them  all

due  to  the  children  and  to  her  duties  at  the  realm  of  lannisport,  she  is  not  often  away  from  it,  but  it’s  possible  her  husband  could  have  taken  her  to  some  nearby  places,  or  even  acquaintances  from  that  travel  over  a  decade  ago,  when  she  was  just  one  out  of  many  goodbrothers

the  lannisters  of  lannisport!  please!!!  at  the  moment  i  only  have  her  husband  and  his  sister,  but  they’re  both  pretty  interesting  —  there’s  all  sort  of  things  to  explore  with  her  husband,  his  position  at  sea,  the  shift  to  proper  lordship  and  how  he  deals  with  her  ambitions  and  everything  else  in  their  relationship;  his  sister  is  rosamund  lannister,  who  is  acting  as  lady  /  doppleganger  for  myrcella  on  kings  landing.  i’ve  sent  wcs  for  the  both  of  them  but  i’m  very  game  to  discuss  or  change  anything  if  necessary!

[the-lightbulb-and-the-octopus]

The Summer Readathon is over

Which means the world gets an update on what I’ve been up to.

So, I had a list of 10 books, and a second list of 8 books as well as the promise that I would not read fanfiction this month. And guess what ? I read the two lists, I even had to make a small third one, and I still managed to read fanfiction. I’m scared to think about how much I could read if I really gave up on fanfiction. That’s too much power for one person to hold.

Here’s the list of what I read (complete with little comments because it’s fun):

Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris (3/5, but not sure I really understood what the story was trying to tell me outside of the dealing with grief part-)

Kitchen/Moonlight Shadow by Yoshimoto Banana (3,5/5, I liked Kitchen better but both stories are very emotionally and softly telling you that it’s possible to grieve in a healthy way)

Chalice by Robin McKinley (3/5, very interesting concept though I found the writing a bit heavy from time to time)

Uprooted by Naomi Novik (4/5, listen to your friends like I did and read it, it’s cool)

Shifting by Bethany Wiggins (2/5, a slow and predictable plot that suddenly rushes at the end makes ‘trust issues’ and ‘must not date outside my social class’ meet and fall in love)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (3/5, enlightening but be ready to read the accents)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (4/5, blood! death! monsters! weird magic stuff!)

The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen (4/5, appropriate for young readers, cute message, several LGBT+ characters, and the bromance between Snap and Sir Violet is the best)

Alamut by Vladimir Bartol (3/5, definitely interesting and manages to pass off the historical inaccuracies as detail because of the focus on beliefs, bonus points for the ‘how to recruit people in your sect’ tutorial)

Final Girls by Riley Sager (1/5, hated it, might make a ‘potentially bad books’ review later)

Weightless by Kandi Steiner (2/5, you see the YA books where it becomes less about the heroine and more about the mysterious love interest? yes.)

Murder in the Dark by Margaret Atwood (2/5, turns out that I’m not that interested in what the author thinks)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (3/5, sadly nothing surprised me, not even a little, but it wasn’t a bad read)

Fence (#1 & #2) by C. S. Pacat (3/5, these two issues make a total of like 60 pages so it’s still the beginning but it seems fun, and also, Bobby.)

Lies Like Poison by Chelsea Pitcher (2/5, so many LGBT+ clichés in a small town...)

Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout (1/5, not bad ideas but the plot is so stupid, maybe good for a ‘potentially bad books’ review)

The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien (3/5 interestingly enough, I think I liked the Silmarillion version better)

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe (3/5, cool despite the predictability and the fact that the author has definitely never set a foot in Normandy)

Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis (3/5, very focused on the influences of gods on humans and quite a few clichés but not unpleasant to read at all)

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho (2/5, for me too much religion kills the religion, but for the main character, too much religion leads to romance so to each their own I guess)

Snow & Rose by Emily Winfield Martin (3/5, cute tale, definitely appropriate for young readers)

Total number of read books : 22! My tbr is now under 200 books, I count that as a victory.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

hard to imagine

On Omaha Beach, Normandy, France 1947.

(Historic Photographs)

* * * * “Historical Marker”

by Naomi Shihab Nye out here in the land of wind little purple flowers where people once fought it’s hard to imagine people finding one another in this huge space and having something to fight about

[revmeg]

[madroxed]

Rules: List 10 of your favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people.  

Tagged by @tsttoain.

In no particular order:

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Parker (Leverage)

Bobbie Draper (The Expanse)

Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)

Kate Fuller (From Dusk Till Dawn)

Zari Tomaz/Tarazi (yes both) (Legends of Tomorrow)

Joana Coelho (3%)

Jackie Burkhart (That ‘70s Show)

Phryne Fisher (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries)

Stephanie Brown (DCU)

(Bonus because sticking to 10 is not okay: Veronica Speedwell, Beatrice Hyde-Clare, Yalena “Dutch” Yardeen, Bonnie Bennett, Nina Geiger, Naomi Nagata, Clarissa Mao, Chrisjen Avasarala, Emily Kaldwin, Tali’Zorah vas Normandy, Miranda Lawson, Ahsoka Tano, Leia Organa, Cassandra Cain, Kate Bishop)

Tagging: @leapyeap, @cressdarnelthorne, @myfoolisheart, @hoechlder, @berseker.

[fullsaw]

OC MASTERLIST:

All of my OCs, seperated by Project, with associated pronouns + their tag~

Babysitter Bloodbath

The one about Teenagers and the Ghosts in their lives.

Aubrey Singh: They/Any - #oc: aubrey singh

Nick Escue: He/Him - #oc: nick escue

Tem Winchester: He/Any - #oc: tem winchester

Dillion Jonson: He/They - #oc: dillion

Sally Novak: She/Her - #oc: sally novak

Kelvin Vaughan: He/Him - #oc: kelvin vaughan

Mala Mwangi: She/Her - #oc: mala mwangi

Octavious: He/Him - #oc: octavious

Scholarly Scarlet

The one about Furries and Family Trauma.

Nikoli Volk: He/Him - oc: nikoli volk

Cory Gaboury: He/Him - oc: cory gaboury

Margot Volk: She/Her - #oc: margot volk

Gotov Volk: He/Him - #oc: gotov volk

Evylin Volk: She/Her - #oc: evylin volk

Charles: He/Him - #oc: charles

Jakob: He/Him - #oc: jakob

Rajib: He/Him - #oc: rajib

Miranda: She/Her - #oc: miranda

OLISB [Our Lord in Saint Bastion]

The one about cults and flesh-people in Appalachia.

Noami Harlow: She/They - #oc: naomi harlow

Normandy: She/It - #oc: normandy

Garland: He/Him - #oc: garland

Other/Mis.

TMA

Robert "Robbie" Winslow: He/Him - #robbie winslow

Noah Quinn: He/Him - #oc: noah quinn

Sing

Andrew: He/Him - #andrew the capybara

Inside Out

Eros: He/Them/It - #oc: eros

Gravity Falls

Tereo Preo: They/He - #tereo preo

[immobiliter]

It wasn’t your fault, you know.

He’d been told the same thing by his co-workers in C-Sec when the news broke across the Citadel: Commander Shepard, MIA after a attack on the SSV Normandy in the Omega Nebula. He hadn’t been on board the ship, he hadn’t been in a position where he could have changed the outcome, they’d all said --- but to Garrus, that had been the problem. Sure enough, following Saren’s death, there had been no real need for a Turian to remain aboard a human Alliance ship, and there had been plenty of work to do rebuilding the Citadel that Garrus felt like he’d found a purpose again. But, sat in the same break room in C-Sec, solving the same petty crime only this time with added logistical difficulties, the news about Shepard had been like a taking a shot to the waist, a tragedy that he really ought to have been a part of.

He was a part of it now. But there was little chance that Shepard would or could be resurrected from the dead again. For a start, he was certain even the Illusive Man didn’t have the credits to fund the Lazarus Project a second time, and besides, any recovery mission would be tantamount to suicide a second time. The Normandy had only barely escaped the Collector Base as it was; Garrus did not have to possess Joker’s intuition to know that she would not survive another trip through the Omega 4 Relay.

Where were they all to go from here? Where was he to go from here? Naomi was right: Shepard would tell them that it wasn’t their fault. But he would also not want to see Garrus mourn what could not be changed.

We might have stopped the Collectors, but not the Reapers. They will still be coming, and we have to be ready.

They had to keep going. Otherwise they might as well have been dooming the entire galaxy

Garrus slowly turned from the console to face Naomi. Raise a glass. It was the least that Shepard was owed. The plates on either side of his mouth twitched, as if conflicted as to whether a smile was appropriate. “ It can’t be any more deadly than what we just faced. ” But if so, there was always the Turian brandy he kept stored away for emergencies. As long as the bottle had survived the trip intact. 

He followed Naomi out of the Main Battery, but his gaze lingered on the wall of Drummer’s office as they walked past the sleeper pods. She was the natural successor to command, but her own patience with the Illusive Man had been tested in recent weeks. Without Shepard to unite them, the Normandy now felt like a bleak place. “ What do you suppose happens between us and Cerberus now? The Illusive Man can’t have been happy that Shepard chose to destroy the base over stripping it for parts. ”

@imbricare  /  cont

[leblogdemarinaetjeanmarie]

SAMEDI 9 AVRIL 2022 (Billet 1 / 3)

La disparition que nous évoquions dans la Newsletter de mardi dernier est celle du photographe Patrick Demarchelier.

Nous étions allés en 2008 au Petit Palais voir une rétrospective qui lui était consacrée. L’originalité, c’était que ses photos étaient exposées au milieu des œuvres permanentes du Musée. Certaines « confrontations » ou au contraire certains « rapprochements » étaient fort intéressants.

Nous avons trouvé une petite vidéo (voir ci-dessus) que nous avons été obligés de pi…ater (mille excuses au créateur) car impossible de la télécharger telle quelle sur le Blog.

Et ci-dessous, après celles de notre album, quelques photos de l’Expo trouvées sur le Net. A l’époque nous n’avions pas de Blog et JM étaient beaucoup plus « vidéo » que « photos »… il n’avait d’ailleurs qu’un petit Olympus automatique. Ces photos donnent une petite idée de l’immense talent de l’artiste. Du moins, c’est notre point de vue.

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Décès de Patrick Demarchelier, photographe personnel de Lady Di

Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Nicole Kidman et la princesse Diana ont toutes été immortalisées par l'objectif de ce photographe. Figure incontournable du monde de la mode, avant d'être rattrapé par des accusations de harcèlement sexuel, Patrick Demarchelier, né le 21 août 1943 en banlieue parisienne, est décédé le 31 mars 2022 à l'âge de 78 ans.

Pilier de la photographie de mode, il a principalement travaillé pour deux magazines : le Harper's Bazaar et l'édition américaine de Vogue, avant de travailler pour de grandes marques de mode dont Chanel, Dior ou encore Armani. Au cours de ses quarante ans de carrière, il a fait poser les plus grands tops des années 1990 dont Naomi Campbell ou encore Cindy Crawford, tout en photographiant les icônes hollywoodiennes comme Nicole Kidman, alors enceinte, ou Madonna. Mais il aura surtout été le photographe personnel de Lady Di, la princesse de Galles.

Maître du portrait

Indissociable du monde de la mode, son nom avait été cité à plusieurs reprises dans le film « Le diable s'habille en Prada », satire de ce secteur où Meryl Streep campe un personnage inspiré d'Anna Wintour, rédactrice en chef de l'édition américaine de Vogue. Ce m��me monde avait pris ses distances avec lui dès 2018 lorsque plusieurs femmes l'ont accusé de harcèlement sexuel. Patrick Demarchelier a toujours nié les faits, mais le groupe Condé Nast (propriétaire notamment de Vogue, Glamour…) avait mis fin à leur relation de travail.

Vendredi, sur son compte Twitter, la Fédération de la haute couture et de la mode loue un « portraitiste brillant qui a fait briller la mode française et internationale dans le monde entier ». « Repose en paix Patrick Demarchelier. Merci pour tous ces bons souvenirs et ces photos magiques et intemporelles », a réagi le top Cindy Crawford sur Instagram. « La mode vient de perdre un de ses plus grands photographes… Patrick Demarchelier était le maître absolu du portrait et a su capturer, dans la plus grande simplicité, l'essence des femmes », a complété sur Twitter l'ex-top brésilien Cristina Cordula.

Né au Havre (Normandie), il commence la photographie à l'âge de 17 ans. À 20 ans, il emménage Paris pour réaliser son rêve : devenir photographe de mode. Rêve qui l'emmènera à New York en 1975, où il débutera comme assistant photographe avant de commencer à photographier pour la bible de la mode : Vogue. Une star est née. Il impose son style dans les plus grands magazines de mode : Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Elle… Un style qu'il revendique comme simple et épuré : « Les gens comme Bourdin ou Newton ramènent le sujet à eux-mêmes, moi je m'efface […]. Je préfère que ce soit le sujet qui s'exprime », confiait-il au journal Le Monde en 2008, alors que le Petit Palais lui consacrait une exposition.

À chaque fois, les femmes sont immortalisées sans rides, minces et heureuses. Mais de ces photos, les plus iconiques sont celles de la princesse Diana. La série la plus emblématique est celle publiée par le British Vogue. Sur l'une d'elles, on voit une Lady Di solaire, immortalisée en noir et blanc couronne sur la tête, assise sur le sol. C'est à la suite de cette série qu'il deviendra son portraitiste personnel, devenant ainsi le premier photographe de la famille royale britannique qui ne soit pas anglais. En 2005, il signe le célèbre calendrier culte Pirelli. Une consécration pour de nombreux photographes de mode.

(Source : « lepoint.fr »)

[imbricare]

@trickstercaptain​: 

Naomi runs into him at Guthrie-Swann’s Consortium, of course – that den of pirates on Omega, lorded over by one sister while the other is out ruling the wilderness of the Terminus Systems on her ship. And here, at the bar, is a familiar face. 

“Oye,” Naomi slides on the empty bar stool next to Jack, signals the Asari barkeeper for two glasses of TM88. The gesture she uses is two fingers flicking first horizontally then vertically before snipping them both against her thumb. The Terminus Systems may be wild, and they may be Batarian to the core, but they’re also home to a whole bunch of humanity’s colonies … the cradle of spacer speak. Maybe she feels more at home here than she should, given who she is and what she does (and dancing a needs-based tango with Cerberus right now is the least of what would worry her in the Terminus Systems). Only she left the uniform on the Normandy, and stepped out in the old dungarees instead, and like this, she feels she can be Naomi again. Not Shepard. At least for a bit.

“Spare a moment for ti alt kopeng, na?”

[fashionbooksmilano]

Dior in Bloom

Written by Alain Stella and Justine Picardie and Jérôme Hanover and Naomi A. Sachs, Photographed by Nick Knight

Flammarion, Paris 2020, 302 pages,  346 x 268 mm, ISBN  9782081513488

euro 102,00

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Celebrating Dior's floral inspirations in fashion and perfume, this unique volume features a portfolio of rose portraits by acclaimed fashion photographer Nick Knight. For Christian Dior, perfume was "a door opening into a hidden world." His first, Miss Dior, inspired by the lush gardens of his childhood home in Normandy, forged an inextricable link between his fashion and fragrance creations. Other scents were inspired by evenings in southern France, lit with fireflies and scented with jasmine. The rose bowers of his family home in Granville; his old mill country house; and the Château de la Colle Noire near Grasse--where jasmine, tuberose, and May roses reign supreme and are still cultivated--inspired Dior's most memorable creations. Flowers were also at the heart of Dior's fashion, from the women-flowers that inspired the late 1940s New Look to the swishing, blossom-like ball gowns embroidered with lavish floral motifs. They have inspired all of the designers who followed him at the House of Dior, from Yves Saint Laurent to John Galliano, and Raf Simons to Maria Grazia Chiuri. This extraordinary volume blooms with color and inspiration, and includes rose portraits by Nick Knight, previously unpublished archival documents, exquisite details of embroidery and fabrics, perfumes, fashion sketches, and sublime fashion photographs.

05/03/21

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[miceenscene]

First Line Game

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favourite authors!

Tagged by @helila

[In order of most recently updated on my Ao3 or otherwise linked.]

20. Star-Crossed: Din Djarin has been alone for a very long time.

19. I am thinking this morning about Frankie. [Triple Frontier, x ]

18. First Contact: Garrus could happily watch Shepard brush her hair all day long.

17. Son of Palaven, Daughter of Earth: “Absolutely not.”

16. Better Late: Spirits, this place was loud.

15. Dream a Little Dream of Me: Wet asphalt shimmered under the pale light of the moon.

14. Shore Leave: It was strange how quickly Shepard’s new apartment on the Citadel had become home.

13. Stars: The Normandy seemed to be holding its breath as they crossed the galaxy, every soul aboard knowing and fearing what waited for them on the other side of the relay.

12. Trust & Confidence [original, unpublished]: There were few rituals as sacred to anyone as morning coffee was to Benjamin Harper.

11. Estos [original, unpublished]: Life outside of Earth is widely believed to have been discovered by Sir Edmund Berrycloth III during the 13th year of Queen Victoria's reign. He fabricated a large metal tube in what was once the prize-winning rose garden of his Yorkshire estate, much to the dismay of his neighbors who minded the noise and eyesore much more than the potential loss of Sir Edmund.

10. Tales from Crypt [original, unpublished]: The sky didn’t seem this far from the ground back in Georgia, nor the horizon so far. Luckily, Cornelius wasn’t heading for the horizon, rather just shy of it.

9. Sure as the Sunrise [HZD, unpublished]: For once, Avad didn’t argue with his nanny about going to bed.

8. Crazy for Loving You: He should have known that a Mako would one day try to kill him, Garrus thought grimly as he dodged for his life away from the flipping vehicle.

7. Whatever Souls Are Made Of: Harvey’s earliest memory was of getting into the car after a very exciting second day of preschool, bursting with enthusiasm to tell his mother all about the book he’d looked at during recess.

6. The Gift of the Junimos: It was snowing again, Harvey noted as he gazed out his kitchen window.

5. Malfunction: Garrus made it three days sitting at Shepard’s bedside, waiting for her to wake up from her coma, before he started crawling up the walls.

4. Atomic Age [semi-original, unpublished]: Winter wasn’t a terribly harsh season in San Francisco. Then again, neither was summer or spring or fall. Days easily twirled by dressed in fog and sunshine and, without noticing till that very moment, Josephine Archer found herself all alone.

3. Hope: Garrus turned over in the bed, his arm brushing across a familiar slope and curve.

2. At Last: Kissing Naomi was Harvey’s new favorite activity.

1. All the Time in the Galaxy: It probably said more about Garrus than about anything else that this wasn’t the first time he’d woken up somewhere he’d never been before with no clue how he got there.

Subject matter aside, I don't see a ton of parallels or patterns. Which I guess is a good thing :D Picking a true favorite is difficult, but I'm very fond of Sir Edmund Berrycloth.

tagging @loversandantiheroes ; @chemicallywrit ; @keeper0fthestars ; @kelenloth ; and anyone else who wants to play