#threads. / benjamin & christian

[strawberette]

@darkenedroad / closed starter / christian reeves setting: undisclosed location

Benjamin felt like he'd be waiting in this spot for hours now. Usually, Christian wasn't this late, but he wasn't getting nervous yet. Benjamin knew better than to doubt him... And there he was, turning around the corner, box in hand for only a moment before he set it on the ground. Huh. Weird.

That was when he saw Christian's face a lot more clearly. Angry. He was really angry. Okay. The smile that was on Benjamin's own face started to falter. "Hey Christian, you alright?" He really couldn't think of anything that would make him the target of Christian's wrath.

[ao3feed-narlie]

will you have me? will you love me?

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Mkqwm9S by 5887777844466 “Thinking back now, Charlie didn't want to make assumptions, but he hoped he was part of the reason Nick switched courses. If not for him (which seemed unlikely since they'd just met), but because the course was more interesting than what he was previously taking, an overall favour that saved Nick from a boring start to his week and awarded Charlie a friendship. A very important one, at that. Now, with an entire term, several failed study sessions traded for video games, walks at the park between their flats, tipsy talks in Charlie's bedroom after nights out, an endless thread of texts between them, and a friendship the likes of which he'd never experienced, Charlie couldn't imagine a world where Nick wasn't with him twice a week — typically more, almost daily.” - Or, a multi-chapter, split-POV story about Nick and Charlie finding each other at the University of Leeds, forging a friendship, falling in love, and figuring things out. Story inspired by the song Betty by Taylor Swift, with chapters based off lyrics while following a linear plot. Words: 11196, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Elle Argent, Tao Xu, Tara Jones, Darcy Olsson, Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper), Sahar Zahid, Imogen Heaney, James McEwan, Christian McBride (Heartstopper), Otis Smith | Omar, Sai Verma, Benjamin "Ben" Hope, Harry Greene Relationships: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring, Elle Argent/Tao Xu, Tara Jones/Darcy Olsson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Aged-Up Character(s), Not Beta Read, Angst with a Happy Ending, Smitten Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Protective Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Bisexual Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Gay Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper) has an Eating Disorder, Drinking, Alcohol, Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, They play video games a lot, and text every chapter, and party frequently, honestly they're annoyingly oblivious but we love them for it anyway, charlie is the driver, nick is the passenger princess read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Mkqwm9S

[azspot]

If the prophets of ancient Israel such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Malachi and Amos were alive today, Benjamin Netanyahu would accuse them of anti-Semitism for daring to describe his government as a travesty of what the Mosaic covenant was all about. A common thread running throughout the Jewish Bible—Christianity’s Old Testament—was to criticize kings, the wealthy and corrupt courts for violating the Mosaic commandments to create a fair and equitable society protecting the poor from the economic oppression of debt bondage, and loss of their land. If the prophets were summoned to give judgment today, it is Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party and the steeply unequal economy of Israel that would be condemned as violating the most basic laws of Biblical Judaism.

Were the Biblical Prophets Anti-Semitic?

[dustedmagazine]

Morton Feldman — Violin and String Quartet (Another Timbre)

Composed in 1985, just two years before he died of cancer in 1987, Morton Feldman’s Violin and String Quartet embodies his interests in patterns, such as the intricate, slightly asymmetrical threading of Asian rugs. Similarly, Violin and String Quartet contains off-kilter, slowly evolving harmonies, post-tonal in terms of trajectory; they are  self-contained entities that inhabit a place in which instability and repetition conjoin.

Quintets with violins are somewhat unusual. In a standard classical piece by Mozart or Schubert, one is more likely to find two violas or cellos. The group of players here — Mira Benjamin, Chihiro Ono, and Amalia Young, violins, Bridget Carey, viola, and Anton Lukoszevieze, cello — play together as if this is the most ubiquitous of instrumentations. Their level of attention to tiny details in the score, as well as their unflagging energy, make this an important document of Feldman’s late music.

The designation of one of the violins separately is significant. Sometimes the first violin will be required to play a solo role, tearing off from tutti ostinato passages to play altissimo high notes and polyrhythms —often five against four — that delineate it from the rest of the group. At others, its upper register sustained notes meld with the string quartet.

Like most of Feldman’s late music, Violin and String Quartet is quite long, well over two hours, and prevailingly slow and soft. The piece begins with verticals that are morphed by small glissandos into rubbery totems. These are contrasted by moments of glassine verticals, played with straight tone. For a stretch two-thirds of the way in, the first violin’s harmonics are set against blocks of enigmatic chords.

Without a linear narrative or break in the action, a piece of such long duration is difficult to summarize. Perhaps that is part of the point. Attention to small details and their variations is rewarded, just as a meditative stance can be a way to contemplate Feldman’s music. In a pre-concert talk about a different piece, Feldman was quoted as saying,”It’s a short three hours!” Approached with an open mind and ears, Violin and String Quartet can feel the same way.

Christian Carey

[jarredlharris]

Live-threading my thoughts while listening to the Thereafter podcast episode where Benjamin Fay discusses the corruption and weaponization of terms like "DEI"

The following is a transcript of the live-thread I did while listening to Thereafter podcast episode 106.

I've had a very busy (and productive) day. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get to the new episode of @thereafterpodcast. But I'm free and it's roughly lunchtime, so time to listen and live-thread my thoughts. Let do this!

Oh, Benjamin "Benji" Fay is joining them for the whole episode. Cool! Benji isn't on Threads, but you can go check him out on Instagram. @thereafterpodcast

https://www.instagram.com/heytherebenji/

Wait, someone over on Insta has a terrible take on "church hurt?" Must be a day ending in Y. @thereafterpodcast

I hope @thepursuinglife, @cortlandcoffey, and Benji touch on how trivializing the phrase "church hurt" comes across. I mean, for a lot of people, that hurt would be more accurate called "abuse" and/or "trauma." @thereafterpodcast

.@cortlandcoffey is kind of saying that, but isn't specifically calling out the language. @thereafterpodcast

Benji: "Anyone who thinks deconstruction is easy has never actually experienced deconstruction." Preach! @thereafterpodcast

Benji is giving an excellent explanation of the difference between reconciliation and suppression and how the two are sometimes conflated. @thereafterpodcast

Okay, there's something delightful about hearing Benji saying something "gives him the ick." @thereafterpodcast

Listening to this discussion of framing and language suddenly makes me want to see an analysis of how the talk about deconstruction by certain evangelicals would line up with @amanda_montell's discussion of thought terminating phrases and other elements of Cultish (the language of cults). @thereafterpodcast

. @cortlandcoffey: "Nothing is more uncomfortable than deconverting." I'm not sure that's 100% objectively true, but it's sure up there. Preach! @thereafterpodcast

I appreciate that @thepursuinglife is pointing out that some of the trauma comes from the theology itself. @thereafterpodcast

.@thepursuinglife is now tackling the recent Twitter discourse over the whole concept of "The Bible clearly says..." @thereafterpodcast

Benji: "So many thoughts." Hey, I have time! @thereafterpodcast

Benji is pointing out that the idea that there is a single, knowable, and objective interpretation of the Bible is rooted in colonial thought and it's a powerful point. @thereafterpodcast

.@cortlandcoffey is commenting on how people tend to claim that their modern interpretations of the Bible and their theology was shared by early Christians and it's so good. @thereafterpodcast

.@thepursuinglife: "Adam and Eve were reading the ESV..." Wait, not the KJV???? Heretics! No wonder they ate the fruit! @thereafterpodcast

I think Benji is ultimately touching on the fact that a lot of Christian preaching and apologetics (especially on social media) is more about demonstrating one's piety/membership in the "in-group" than anything else. At least that's my take. But I may be biased toward that opinion and am reading it into what others say. @thereafterpodcast

.@thepursuinglife is talking about how people defend their interpretation by saying the Holy Spirit told them what the Bible means while still insisting that doesn't make it an interpretation. Kind of reminds me of the argument that if morality is determined by the dictates of God, that actually makes it subjective. @thereafterpodcast

They're now shifting into the main topic, which is about the Right's tendency to demonize certain words, like "DEI," "woke," and "CRT." @thereafterpodcast

Benji is doing a great job explaining what these terms actually mean and how conservatives demonize this word once they start showing positive impacts (they don't like). @thereafterpodcast

Benji is also doing a great job of underlying how the demonization of these terms is clearly done in an attempt to maintain privilege and power. @thereafterpodcast

Benji: "There's a tendency among bigoted white people to blame Black people for the byproduct of things they created." 🔥 @thereafterpodcast

Benji on people calling to see Obama's and Harris's "papers:" "I'd be everything I own that if Melania decided to run, nobody would check for her papers." Boom! @thereafterpodcast

.@cortlandcoffey: "I don't see how people don't connect the dots...." My personal, ungenerous opinion: They do. They just choose to ignore or deny it. (What can I say? Cortland is nicer than me.) @thereafterpodcast

.@cortlandcoffey is calling out people who condemn Hip Hop for "being all about crime" while loving movies like "The Godfather" and "Scarface." I mean, he's not wrong. @thereafterpodcast

Benji is talking about the history of country music and some of the racist influences there. Interesting and horrifying. @thereafterpodcast

Benji is now talking about how much of Gen Z slang is appropriated AAVE that has been around for years. @thereafterpodcast

. @cortlandcoffey is discussing how white (mostly cis) gay men are pretty adept at oppressing others (particular Black trans women) and I'm here for it. We gotta clean our own house here, fellow gays. @thereafterpodcast

.@thepursuinglife uttered the phrase "this fucking election" and I feel that in the depths of my soul. @thereafterpodcast

.@cortlandcoffey, @thepursuinglife, and Benji are talking abut how old Biden is and how drastically the country has changed over those years. @thereafterpodcast

The political discussion that @cortlandcoffey, @thepursuinglife, and Benji are having is wonderful and needed. I don't have much comment because I'm still trying to work through some things there myself. @thereafterpodcast

Wait, did Benji just diss "School House Rock?" 🤣 (Not exactly.) @thereafterpodcast

This is your reminder that Trump has actually advocated for nullifying the Constitution over on Truth Social. @thereafterpodcast

Benji is talking about the importance of pushing for progress is, since it's not just going to happen. I'm having flashbacks (though in a pleasant way) to @theandrehenry's book. @thereafterpodcast

And just like that, @cortlandcoffey also mentioned @theandrehenry's book too! 🤣 @thereafterpodcast

Benji is pointing out that we need to expand our understanding of violence beyond physical violence. @thereafterpodcast

.@thepursuinglife is asking Benji about what helps him continue to have hope. @thereafterpodcast

Benji's answer to that question is incredible. What is it, you ask? Guess you'll have to listen to find out. 😝 @thereafterpodcast

Benji: "People are seeing each other as human again." YES! May that trend continue and grow. @thereafterpodcast

Another great episode! @thereafterpodcast

[lanuitlennuie]

Hannah cherche la tombe de Walter et ne la trouve pas. Elle ne trouve rien que le cimetière qu'elle décrit comme l'endroit le plus beau qu'elle ait vu de sa vie, comme si oubliant un instant sa quête, elle s'était laissée absorber par le paysage, déambulant entre les tombes, la main sur les pierres, la mer en contrebas. Elle écrit à Gershom, leur ami commun, elle lui écrit que le nom de W B n'est inscrit nulle part, pas même sur cette niche pour la concession de laquelle Gurland, dernière compagnon de route de W, a pourtant payé pour une durée de cinq ans. L'ours est décédé il y a seulement quelque mois, le cerveau noyé de morphine, pourquoi n'y serait-il pas? Michael Taussig des années plus tard cherche lui aussi en déambulant à inscrire le nom du cher homme quelque part dans ce petit cimetière de Portbou, ça n'est pas fou. Gershom Sholem lui voudrait laisser ça en suspens, on n'y voit rien sinon que cette tombe est douteuse, de fossoyeur à faussaire il ne manque que quelques lettres mais Taussig est têtu.

«But what then to make of Arendt not being able to locate his niche a few months after his death? Scholem makes sure to tell us this as it serves as a dramatic prelude to his 1975 allegation of a fake grave. “His name was not written anywhere,”she said. But there is one detail that might be helpful here and that has everything to do with naming: upon his death Walter Benjamin entered the official records (supplied by the recently established Walter Benjamin Museum in Port Bou) not as a Jew but as a Roman Catholic with the name of Benjamin Walter. Doctor Benjamin Walter, to be precise. Hence he was buried in the cemetery reserved for Catholics and far from being nameless, he became a fake just like his grave, a fake Christian and a body with a fake name. You see this name in the receipt made out to the dead man, the difunto Benjamin Walter, by the Hotel de Francia, for the four-day stay that includes five sodas with lemon, four telephone calls, dressing of the corpse, plus disinfection of his room and the washing and whitening of the mattress. You see it in the receipt made out by the physician for seventy-five pesetas for his injections and taking the blood pressure of the traveler, el viajero, Benjamin Walter. You see it in the death certificate — number 25 — made out on September 27, 1940, for Benjamin Walter, forty-eight years old, of Berlin (Germany—as noted). You see it in the receipt tendered by the carpenter to the judge in Port Bou for making a cloth-lined coffin for the dead man, el difunto, Señor Benjamin Walter, a receipt that includes eight pesetas for the work of a bricklayer closing a niche in the cemetery for Benjamin Walter. And you can see it in the receipt made out by the priest dated October 1, 1940, for ninety-six pesetas, six of which were for a mass for the dead man and seventy-five for “five years’ rent of a niche in the Catholic cemetery of this town in which the cadaver of B. Walter lies buried.” “Even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins,” wrote Benjamin shortly before his death. This was of a piece with his philosophy of history as something in which every detail of a life counted, nothing was to be forgotten, the present had an ironclad obligation to the past, and running as a slender thread through all of this was the ever-so-faint possibility of redemption. “Even the dead.”» Michael Taussig, Walter Benjamin’s Grave. A profane Illumination.

[ljf613]

we've entered volume 3, which means it's finally time to talk about JOSEF.

to be clear, "the wandering jew" is actually a figure from christian tradition, one i'd never even heard of before AMB, so i am not at all qualified to theorize in that direction. right now, i will only be discussing the significance of the name "josef". (someone who knows more about this topic, feel free to add to this thread!)

"josef" comes from the biblical name יוֹסֵף (read as "yosef") which means something like "he will add" or "G-d increases".

yosef was the eleventh son of yaakov (jacob), and the first child born to his beloved second wife rachel. rachel was barren for many years, so yosef's birth was seen as an extremely fortunate omen. he was yaakov's favorite child-- especially after rachel died giving birth to her second son, binyamin (benjamin)-- and his older brothers were concerned that this favoritism was going to yosef's head and making him think he deserved to be the sole inheritor of yaakov's legacy. (there was precendent for this-- their uncle eisav (esau), himself the favorite child of his father yitzchak (isaac), had spent years hunting yaakov and trying to kill him.) when yosef claimed to have had prophetic dreams indicating that his brothers would all bow down before him, they felt their fears were justified, and sold him into slavery to get him as far away from them as possible.

yosef ended up in egypt, where he was falsely accused of assaulting his master's wife and was thrown into prison. after a long highly providential series of events, he was not only freed, but wound becoming the grand vizier of egypt (second in power only to the pharoh himself), and guided the nation through what should have been a devastating famine. when the famine reached his family's land, his brothers came down to egypt in search of food to buy. not realizing that this powerful lord was their own brother, they came to bow before him, fulfilling his dreams of so many years before. after a complex series of tests that culminated with the brothers refusing to sell binyamin into slavery even to save their own lives, yosef forgave them completely and invited the whole family to come settle in egypt, where they would no longer be at risk of starvation. (unfortunately, once the brothers were all dead, their descendants all ended up becoming eqyptian slaves, but that's a story for another time.)

this is an extremely interesting name for a character like "josef cartaphilus". on a literal sense, a name with a meaning of "he will increase" is such a cool choice for a character who has not only had his lifespan increased well beyond the norm, but also increases suffering wherever he goes AND practices increasingly more disturbing experiments. but also? a naive and optimistic boy condemned and cast out for crimes he doesn't understand and/or is innocent of? eventually becoming so powerful that others bow before him? offering hopes and cures that end up causing more harm than the inital injury? DOES THAT SOUND LIKE ANYONE WE KNOW???

alright, part two of my analysis on biblical names (and/or names with jewish roots) in The Ancient Magus’ Bride. (see here for the first thread, which covers all of volume 1.)

the only biblical name to come up in volume 2 is ISABEL.

"isabel" is the spanish form of the name "elizabeth", which is derived from the hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (read as "elisheva"), generally rendered as "elisheba". it translates to something like "G-d is my oath".

elisheva was the wife of aharon (aaron) the high priest, and the sister of nachshon ben aminadav (nahshon son of amminadab). we don't know much about elisheva herself, but we can extrapolate based on what we know about her husband and brother. her husband aharon, aside from being the first high priest and ancestor of all the priests who came after him, was known as a man who "loved peace and pursued peace"-- he was always trying to resolve conflicts between other people, particularly feuding spouses. meanwhile, her brother nachshon was the leader of the tribe of yehuda (judah), and, according to tradition, had so much faith in G-d that he walked directly into the red sea before it split.

this is a great name for the character of "isabel"-- the fact that everything we know about her is from the viewpoint of her so-called "brother", and the fact that said "brother" is unfailingly loyal and a fierce protector ties well to both nachshon and aharon. the direct translation also fits well, as oaths and vows and bindings are exactly what kept ulysse by her side even after she was gone. i think this might be my favorite biblical name choice yet!

[crybabytecrs]

M U S E S

FEMALES / without fandom

・❥・VALERIE | [19-25] | madelyn cline ・❥・HAILEE | [19-26] | emily alyn lind ・❥・BROOKLYN | [19-25] | maia reficco ・❥・EMORY | [21-26] | sydney sweeney ・❥・DELILAH | [20-25] | kathryn newton ・❥・VICTORIA | [20-25] | abigail cowen ・❥・VIOLET | [18-25] | lily rose depp ・❥・OPHELIA | [20-26] | kristine froseth ・❥・AURORA | [19-26] | dove cameron ・❥・AYLEEN | [19-26] | jenna ortega ・❥・CASSIDY | [19-24] | hailee steinfeld ・❥・NOVA | [19-24] | grace van dien ・❥・JORDYN | [19-25] | natalia dyer ・❥・BLAIR | [20-27] | alexa demie ・❥・MADDIE | [18-24] | katie douglas

MALES / without fandom

・❥・LOGAN | [20-26] | benjamin wadsworth ・❥・MILES | [21-29] | drew starkey ・❥・AIDEN | [20-26] | jacob elordi ・❥・ELIJAH | [21-26] | rudy pankow ・❥・NOLAN | [20-25] | ross lynch ・❥・VINCE | [20-25] | gavin casalegno ・❥・FYNN | [21-27] | timothée chalamet ・❥・NIC | [20-26] | chase stokes ・❥・JUSTIN | [21-28] | thomas doherty ・❥・TONY | [34-42] | chris evans ・❥・MILO | [19-24] | joe kerry ・❥・JESSE | [21-30] | dylan o'brien ・❥・AARON | [22-29] | tyler posey ・❥・CHASE | [20-27] | cody christian ・❥・BENJI | [19-26] | christopher briney

FEMALES / with fandom

・❥・IVORY | [19-25] | ¡final girl | tatum's &' dewey’s sister | madelyn cline | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・MAE | [19-26] | could be a ¡final girl | stu macher’s sister | willa fitzgerald | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・ALYSSA | [19-25] | randy’s sister | natalia dyer | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・ELLIE | [18-25] | maia reficco | — scream muse! — ・❥・CASSIDY | [18-24] | john b's sister | hailee steinfeld | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・BAILEE | [19-25] | topper's sister | ester exposito | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・EVERLY | [20-26] | ¡hunter | crystal reed | — supernatural muse! — ・❥・SOFIA | [19-26] | ¡demon | young¡ megan fox | — supernatural muse! —

MALES / with fandom

・❥・MICAH | [21-26] | stu machers brother | ¡ghostface | amadeus serafini | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・JORDAN | [19-28] | ¡helps ghostface | jacob elordi | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・CAZ | [19-26] | sidney’s brother | ¡ghostface | alex fitzalan | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・CARDAN | [21-26] | tatum’s &' dewey's brother | rudy pankow | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・KIERAN | [19-25] | sarah's, rafe’s and wheezie’s brother | ¡blonde andrew garfield | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・ATLAS | [20-25] | jj's brother | gavin casalegno | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・ATTICUS | [21-27] | ¡hunter | charles melton | — supernatural muse! —

— my fandom muses are usually just for rp’s on discord, means i probably wont use them in threads on tumblr. but still, if you’re feeling like doing a canon x oc just ask!!

FEMALES / canon

・❥・SARAH CAMERON | outer banks ・❥・KIARA CARRERA | outer banks ・❥・TATUM RILEY | scream (1996) ・❥・SIDNEY PRESCOTT | scream (1996) ・❥・CLAIRE REDFIELD | resident evil ・❥・ADA WONG | resident evil

・❥・CASSIE HOWARD | euphoria ・❥・LYDIA MARTIN | teen wolf ・❥・ALLISON ARGENT | teen wolf ・❥・MAX MAYFIELD | stranger things ・❥・NANCY WHEELER | stranger things ・❥・VIOLET HARMON | ahs ・❥・ALLIE PRESSMAN | the society ・❥・ELLE TOMKINS | the society ・❥・HANNA MARIN | pretty little liars ・❥・AVA JALALI | pretty little liars: the perfectionists ・❥・NOA OLIVAR | pretty little liars: original sin ・❥・CAROLINE FORBES | the vampire diaries ・❥・KATHERINE PIERCE | the vampire diaries

MALES / canon

・❥・STU MACHER | scream (1996) ・❥・RANDY MEEKS | scream (1996) ・❥・JJ MAYBANK | outer banks ・❥・JOHN BOOKER ROUTLEDGE | outer banks ・❥・TOPPER THORNTON | outer banks ・❥・MIKE WHEELER | stranger things ・❥・STEVE HARRINGTON | stranger things ・❥・LUCAS SINCLAIR | stranger things ・❥・EDDIE MUNSON | stranger things ・❥・STILES STILINSKI | teen wolf ・❥・SCOTT MCCALL | teen wolf ・❥・LIAM DUNBAR | teen wolf ・❥・PETER PARKER | mcu / tom or andrew ・❥・STEFAN SALVATORE | the vampire diaries ・❥・EIJAH MIKAELSON | the vampire diaries ・❥・HARRY BINGHAM | the society

[crybabyteqrs]

M U S E S

FEMALES / without fandom

・❥・VALERIE | [19-25] | madelyn cline ・❥・HAILEE | [19-26] | sydney sweeney ・❥・BROOKLYN | [19-25] | maia reficco ・❥・EMERY | [21-26] | madelaine petsch ・❥・DELILAH | [20-25] | kathryn newton ・❥・VICTORIA | [20-25] | abigail cowen ・❥・VIOLET | [18-25] | lily rose depp ・❥・OPHELIA | [20-26] | kristine froseth ・❥・AURORA | [19-26] | dove cameron ・❥・VIVIENNE | [19-26] | kaylee bryant ・❥・CASSIDY | [19-24] | hailee steinfeld ・❥・JESSICA | [19-24] | josephine langford ・❥・JORDYN | [19-25] | natalia dyer ・❥・BLAIR | [20-27] | alexa demie ・❥・MADDIE | [18-24] | katie douglas

MALES / without fandom

・❥・LOGAN | [20-26] | benjamin wadsworth ・❥・MILES | [21-29] | drew starkey ・❥・AIDEN | [20-26] | jacob elordi ・❥・ELIJAH | [21-26] | rudy pankow ・❥・NOLAN | [20-25] | ross lynch ・❥・VINCE | [20-25] | gavin casalegno ・❥・FYNN | [21-27] | timothée chalamet ・❥・NIC | [20-26] | chase stokes ・❥・JUSTIN | [21-28] | thomas doherty ・❥・TONY | [34-42] | chris evans ・❥・MILO | [19-24] | joe kerry ・❥・JESSE | [21-30] | dylan o'brien ・❥・AARON | [22-29] | tyler posey ・❥・CHASE | [20-27] | cody christian ・❥・BENJI | [19-26] | christopher briney

FEMALES / with fandom

・❥・IVORY | [19-25] | ¡final girl | tatum's &' dewey’s sister | madelyn cline | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・MAE | [19-26] | could be a ¡final girl | stu macher’s sister | willa fitzgerald | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・ALYSSA | [19-25] | randy’s sister | natalia dyer | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・ELLIE | [18-25] | maia reficco | — scream muse! — ・❥・CASSIDY | [18-24] | john b's sister | hailee steinfeld | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・BAILEE | [19-25] | topper's sister | ester exposito | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・EVERLY | [20-26] | ¡hunter | crystal reed | — supernatural muse! — ・❥・SOFIA | [19-26] | ¡demon | young¡ megan fox | — supernatural muse! —

MALES / with fandom

・❥・MICAH | [21-26] | stu machers brother | ¡ghostface | amadeus serafini | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・JORDAN | [19-28] | ¡helps ghostface | jacob elordi | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・CAZ | [19-26] | sidney’s brother | ¡ghostface | alex fitzalan | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・CARDAN | [21-26] | tatum’s &' dewey's brother | rudy pankow | — scream (1996) muse! — ・❥・KIERAN | [19-25] | sarah's, rafe’s and wheezie’s brother | ¡blonde andrew garfield | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・ATLAS | [20-25] | jj's brother | gavin casalegno | — outer banks muse! — ・❥・ATTICUS | [21-27] | ¡hunter | charles melton | — supernatural muse! —

— my fandom muses are usually just for rp’s on discord, means i probably wont use them in threads on tumblr. but still, if you’re feeling like doing a canon x oc just ask!!

FEMALES / canon

・❥・SARAH CAMERON | outer banks ・❥・KIARA CARRERA | outer banks ・❥・TATUM RILEY | scream (1996) ・❥・SIDNEY PRESCOTT | scream (1996) ・❥・CLAIRE REDFIELD | resident evil ・❥・ADA WONG | resident evil ・❥・LYDIA MARTIN | teen wolf ・❥・ALLISON ARGENT | teen wolf ・❥・MAX MAYFIELD | stranger things ・❥・NANCY WHEELER | stranger things ・❥・VIOLET HARMON | ahs ・❥・ALLIE PRESSMAN | the society ・❥・ELLE TOMKINS | the society ・❥・HANNA MARIN | pretty little liars ・❥・AVA JALALI | pretty little liars: the perfectionists ・❥・NOA OLIVAR | pretty little liars: original sin ・❥・CAROLINE FORBES | the vampire diaries ・❥・KATHERINE PIERCE | the vampire diaries

MALES / canon

・❥・STU MACHER | scream (1996) ・❥・RANDY MEEKS | scream (1996) ・❥・JJ MAYBANK | outer banks ・❥・JOHN BOOKER ROUTLEDGE | outer banks ・❥・TOPPER THORNTON | outer banks ・❥・MIKE WHEELER | stranger things ・❥・STEVE HARRINGTON | stranger things ・❥・LUCAS SINCLAIR | stranger things ・❥・EDDIE MUNSON | stranger things ・❥・STILES STILINSKI | teen wolf ・❥・SCOTT MCCALL | teen wolf ・❥・LIAM DUNBAR | teen wolf ・❥・PETER PARKER | mcu / tom or andrew ・❥・STEFAN SALVATORE | the vampire diaries ・❥・EIJAH MIKAELSON | the vampire diaries ・❥・HARRY BINGHAM | the society

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Blurb Weekend: 16-18 October

Happy Requesting! xx

* = Smut

Çağlar Söyüncü 1. Hands 2. Bite * 3. Tease * 4. Own Little Bubble 5. His Hoodie 6. Shower

James Maddison  1. Cheating 2. Jealous 3. Pool *

Christian Pulisic 1. Mutual Feelings * 2. Holiday Smut * 3. Something Smutty * 4. Back Together

Ruben Loftus-Cheek  1. Insecure 2. PDA 3. Official 4. Girls’ Day 5. Shopping Together 6. Charming

Kepa Arrizabalaga  1. Friendly Competition 2. Tired Shower 3. Threading His Brows 4. Christmas Decorating  5. Late Night Drive 6. Pinned * 7. Tired Evening 8. Strength * 9. Aftercare  10. Meeting his Family

Mason Mount  1. Afraid 2. the 1

Kai Havertz  1. Caught Kissing 2. “Just Best Friends” Sleepover 3. Airport PDA And Cuddles 4. Stealing His Clothes 5. FIFA Tease 6. Up Your Shirt 7. Massage * 8. Choking and Hair Pulling * 9. Exposed *

Ben Chilwell  1. First Time * 2. Getting Back Together 3. Drifting Apart

Joe Gomez  1. Thigh Riding * 2. Medal Fuck * 3. Candle Wax and Ice * 4. Adventurous New Positions *

Trent Alexander-Arnold  1. Flirting With The Physio 2. Tight * 3. Dinner Tease * 4. Behave *

Tyrone Mings   1. Marry You 2. Surprise * 3. BJ *

Jack Grealish  1. Broody 2. Close 3. Argument

John McGinn  1. Cute

Eric Dier  1. Walk 2. Unexpected Proposal 3. Cock Punishment * 4. A New Side *

Dele Alli  1. Waiting * 2. Spanking w/ Harry * 3. Maldives Tease * 4. Comfort 5. First Time Spending The Night 6. FIFA Thigh Riding * 7. Crying During Sex * 8. Sexy * 9. Only For Him

Harry Winks  1. Louder * 2. His Posh Bird 3. Left For Dele * 4. Nervous * 5. Lingerie Show 6. Soft Sex * 7. Unlimited Cuddles 8. Good Girl * 9. Spanking Kink *

Jesse Lingard 1. Intimate Friendship 2. Pierced 3. Lazy Day 4. Doggy Style *

Scott McTominay 1. Edging * Sub!Scott 2. Subspace * Sub!Scott  3. Pegging * Sub!Scott

Marcus Rashford  1. Sir * 2. Neighbourly Encounters 3. New Puppy 4. Attitude * 5. Stress Relief * 6. Heels * 7. In The Mood *

Dean Henderson 1. Saving A Cat 2. Too Nice

Sander Berge  1. Starting A Family? 2. Keeper 3. Learning Norwegian 4. Cute First Time *

Dominic Calvert-Lewin  1. Missing Reservation * 2. Praise Kink * 3. Under The Stars 4. Heated Argument 5. Thigh Riding * 6. Play Fighting *

Héctor Bellerín 1. Birthday Date Night 2. Edging Overstimulation * 3. Praise Kink *

Kylian Mbappé 1. Own Little World 2. Babysitting 3. Nipple Play Pt2 * 4. Payback * 5. Plus One 6. Pussy Spanking * 7. Dirty Words *

Serge Gnabry  1. Lazy Morning Sex * 2. Date Night * 3. Good Boy*

Leon Goretzka  1. Dominant * 2. Medal Choking * 3. Away * 4. Submissive Denial *

Benjamin Pavard  1. Holiday Sex * 2. Chérie *   3. Riding Him *

Roman Bürki  1. Thigh Riding * 2. Brat * 3. First Spanking * 4. Filthy *

Paulo Dybala 1. Cute But Kinky * 2. Hard Time * 3. Couch Cuddles 4. Relaxing Day

Antoine Griezmann 1. Remote-control Panties * 2. Ice Play * 3. Outdoor Sex * 4. Submissive *

Neymar Punishing Kylian’s Girl *

Cengiz Ünder 1. Joining In * 2. Worship *

Robin Koch 1.Honeymoon Sex *

Virgil Van Dijk 1. Gentle Giant * 2. First Fight 3. Anal Punishment *

Reiss Nelson 1. Cockwarming *

Matty Cash 1. Making Out

Julian Brandt 1. Upset

Timo Werner 1.  Frustrations *

Threesomes 1. Paulo/Fede * 2. Goretzka/Pavard * 3. Mason/Ben * 4. Ben/Werner * 5. Tyrone/Gomez * 6. Jack/Tyrone * 7. Brandt/Havertz * 8. Gomez/VVD * 9. Kepa/Kai *

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NUVO Dance Convention, Dallas, TX: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

NUbie Solo

1st: Ariella Scott-’My Boyfriend’s Back’

1st: Sylvie Win Szyndlar-’Rainbow Connection’

2nd: Sebastian Mancini-’Guerriero

3rd: Avery Olson-’Monster’

4th: Reis Terhune-’Saxx’

5th: Arianna Claxton-’Ride’

6th: Mackenzie Glover-’Suddenly’

7th: Avery Redus-’Lost Boy’

8th: Ella Benjamin-’In Love With A Monster’

Mini Solo

1st: Ellary Day Szyndlar-’Snow’

2nd: Naiya Abalos-’Forces’

2nd: Tiara Sherman-’The Things That Remain’

3rd: Roxie Onellion-’Mellow Yellow’

3rd: Alexis Alvarez-’Wide Eyes’

4th: Camilla Sonnier-’Ave Maria’

4th: Ainsley Epton-’Dangerous’

5th: Anna Holley-’Reminisce’

5th: Addison Price-’We Will Not Give In’

6th: Braylynn Grizzaffi-’Path5′

6th: Kazuma Brailsford-’Mugen’

7th: Esprit Frank-’Grains’

8th: Winter Eberts-’Dreamlike’

8th: Karyna Majeroni-’Pistolette’

9th: Maddie Pedder-’Vibrations’

10th: Delila Hewitt-’Shop Around’

Junior Solo

1st: Kennedy Kahler-’Inanna’

1st: Laci Stoico-’Mibiso’

2nd: Kayla Jinks-’First Ember’

2nd: Lucy Cavender-’Formed From Static’

2nd: Graham Johnson-’New Shoes’

3rd: Lilly Allen-’Femme Fatale’

3rd: Campbell Castner-’Hallelujah’

3rd: Jade Bontron-’Harlequinade’

3rd: Amaya Llewellyn-’Must’

4th: Kylie Kaminsky-’Beneath the Surface’

4th: Ava Mogote-’Somewhere Over the Rainbow’

4th: Sydney Kelly-’You Are the Reason’

5th: Julia Chavez-’Going Under’

5th: Ryleigh Jane Touchstone-’This Is Real’

6th: Anya Inger-’Quiet Thoughts’

7th: Adelyn Kolanz-’Transform’

7th: Alita Kneeland-’Transparent’

8th: Anabel Alexander-’It’s Okay ‘Till It’s Not’

8th: Colby Rich-’The Letting Go’

8th: Campbell Clark-’The Scarlett Effect’

9th: Nily Samara-’Dot 2 Dot’

9th: Brielle Ring-’I Remember Her’

9th: Finley Aldridge-’Jealous’

9th: Nyah Jackson-’Slow Meadows’

10th: Kylenn Pallohusky-’Get There’

10th: Kenlie Winsett-’Patterns of the Tides’

10th: Clare Loftus-’Restless Night’

10th: Makaia Roux-’Runaway’

Teen Solo

1st: Isabella Jarvis-’Allow The Light’

1st: Sarah Kate Kurzius-’Charmed’

1st: Avery Hall-’Lie To My Heart’

2nd: Hudson Pletcher-’Ascension’

2nd: Addison Middleton-’Dark Dissonance’

2nd: Savanna Kristich-’I Copy’

2nd: Avery Watson-’Locked’

3rd: Gianna Mojonnier-’One Note Samba’

3rd: Sabine Nehls-’Shout’

4th: Mini Preston-’Granular Breath’

4th: Macy Orvis-’Look At Me’

4th: Trinity Kelly-’Sorrow’

5th: Sydney Orr-’So Far’

5th: Ella Williams-’The Garden’

5th: Sydney Ishaug-’Unseen’

6th: Lydia Werschay-’A Deal With Chaos’

6th: Dru Neal-’Bring Back The Path’

6th: Drew Rosen-’Deconstruct Composition’

6th: Isabel Reese-’Inside’

6th: Kali Knewitz-’My Accomplice’

6th: Dasha Vishnyakova-’Partita’

6th: Lauren Rahimizadeh-’Settle For More’

7th: Ava Lynn-’Catch 22′

7th: Ava Miller-’Tarnished’

7th: Cambry Bethke-’Winging It’

8th: Kathryn Martinez-’Another Brick In The Wall’

8th: Natalie Bowen-’Distance Between’

8th: Beth Anne McGowans-’The Water Rises’

8th: Sophia Bishop-’Unravelings’

8th: Isaiah Bowens-’You Know What’

9th: Mikaella Lopez-’Mind In Flight’

9th: Brielle McCoy-’My Brightest Diamond’

9th: Gianna Garwacki-’Penance’

9th: Braylon Browner-’Run From Me’

10th: Aiden Skelte-’Baiao Destemperado’

10th: Katelyn Neasham-’How They Run’

10th: Kalen Latin-’Made of Silk’

Senior Solo

1st: Christian Burse-’Atlas’

2nd: Kamryn Funk-’5,6,7,8′

2nd: Charlotte Foldes-’Shock To Us All’

3rd: Raegan Davidson-’After That’

3rd: Peyton Winsett-’Distortion’

3rd: Lainey Myers-’You Are the Reason’

4th: Sophia Seymour-’Broken’

4th: Makenna Wallace-’Hope Is A Dangerous Thing’

4th: Taelynn Ritchie-’If You Could Do It Again’

5th: Raegan Stafford-’Beneath the Light’

5th: Gracie Lee-’Love of My Life’

5th: Emma Sucato-’Memories’

6th: Kylie Sicillan-’Time & I’

6th: Haley Beck-’Upside’

7th: Chloe Lopina-’In Love In Vain’

7th: Kennedy Barry-’The Distance Between’

8th: Makaila Teagle-’He Needs Me’

8th: Brooke Jensen-’Sunder’

9th: Riley Canterbury-’Figures’

9th: Haley Bogdon-’Giuseppe’

10th: Emmalynn Mackaron-’Georgia On My Mind’

10th: Gracie Zytysnki-’Letters of a Traveler’

10th: Emma Johnson-’To Be’

10th: Caroline Pierce-’What Remains’

Open Solo

1st: Summer Martin-’Insomnia’

NUbie Duo/Trio

1st: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’Tomorrow’

2nd: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Insomnia’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center-’Angel by the Wings’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio-’Stronger’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’Pour the Milk’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Beyond Belief Dance Company-’Painted Black’

2nd: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’Inception’

3rd: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’This Is Me, Sincerely’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Next Step Dance-’Georgia’

2nd: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’After The Fall’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Kitri’s Friends’

2nd: Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts-’What Goes Around’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Daina & Acteon’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Tea for Two’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’As The Petals Fell’

NUbie Group

1st: Next Step Dance-’Milly Rock’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Gypsy’

Mini Group

1st: Next Step Dance-’Knock On Wood’

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Strings’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Ain’t Your Mama’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Charlie’s Angels’

Junior Group

1st: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Threads That Blind’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Marquises’

Teen Group

1st: Next Step Dance-’A Women Left Lonely’

2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

3rd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Put A Spell On You’

Senior Group

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’A Human, A Light’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Manic’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Completely Gone’

NUbie Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Boy From New York City’

Mini Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Sweet Dreams’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Spring’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’The Chain’

Junior Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Vogue’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’On Your Radio’

2nd:Next Step Dance-’Opening’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’I’ll Be There’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Salute’

Teen Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Where Is My Body’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Tarentella’

3rd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Invocation of Lust’

Senior Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Devour’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Next Step Dance-’Runaway Baby’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Footloose’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Don’t Stop Me’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Respect’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Distortion’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’#FreeBritney’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’It’s All So Incredibly Loud’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Sexy Crazy’

Mini Production

1st: Dance Industry Performing Arts Center-’Cool Rider’

Junior Production

1st: Next Step Dance-’Let It Cook’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Flatline’

3rd: Next Step Dance-’Everlasting Love’

Teen Production

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Goodnight’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Overture in A’

Senior Production

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Crunk’

High Score by Performance Division:

NUbie Tap

Next Step Dance-’Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’

NUbie Hip-Hop

Next Step Dance-’Milly Rock’

NUbie Jazz

Next Step Dance-’Boy From New York City’

NUbie Lyrical

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Gypsy’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Next Step Dance-’Sweet Dreams’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’We’ve Got Aways To Go’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’Wings’

Mini Ballroom

1st: Next Step Dance-’Runaway Baby’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Ain’t Your Mama’

Mini Tap

1st: Next Step Dance-’Charlie’s Angels’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Weird Science’

Mini Jazz

1st: Next Step Dance-’Knock On Wood’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Boy Meets Girl’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’#Hashtag’

Mini Contemporary

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Strings’

1st: Next Step Dance-’The Chain’

Mini Ballet

1st: Next Step Dance-’Spring’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’The Ladies of the Wild West’

Mini Specialty

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’The Stepford Wives’

Mini Musical Theatre

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Footloose’

Junior Musical Theatre

Paragon Dance-’The Internet Is Down, A Musical’

Junior Jazz

1st: Next Step Dance-’Vogue’

2nd: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

3rd:  Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’On Your Radio’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Threads That Blind’

2nd: Paragon Dance-’My Life Is A Song’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’Don’t Give Up On Me’

Junior Tap

1st: Next Step Dance-’I’ll Be There’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Sunny Side of the Street’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’Shine’

Junior Ballet

1st: Next Step Dance-’Opening’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Salute’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’In Time’

Junior Specialty

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Marquises’

Junior Lyrical

Next Step Dance-’Free As A Bird’

Junior Ballroom

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Don’t Stop Me’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Respect’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Next Step Dance-’Let It Cook’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Flatline’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Goodnight’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’A Women Left Lonely’

3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Teen Jazz

1st: Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Put A Spell On You’

1st: Next Step Dance-’Technologic’

2nd: The Dance Movement-’Cola’

3rd: The Dance Movement-’Thule’

Teen Ballet

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Overture in A’

2nd: Next Step Dance-’Tarentella’

3rd: Downtown Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’An American In Paris’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: Next Step Dance-’#FreeBritney’

2nd: The Dance Movement-’Wow’

3rd: Contemporary Ballet Dallas-’Speed It Up: The Beginning’

Teen Tap

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

2nd: The Dance Movement-’I Feel Good’

Teen Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Distortion’

Teen Musical Theatre

Next Step Dance-’All That Jazz’

Senior Ballet

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Completely Gone’

2nd: Next Step Dances-’Fratres’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’A Human, A Light’

2nd: Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Hotel California’

3rd:  Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Devour’

Senior Tap

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Manic’

Senior Lyrical

Dance Industry Performing Arts Center-’Yesterday’

Senior Ballroom

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Sexy Crazy’

Senior Jazz

Dance Industry Performing Arts Center-’Like A Boy’

Senior Hip-Hop

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Crunk’

Best NU Groups:

NUbie

Next Step Dance-’Milly Rock’

Mini

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Strings’

Next Step Dance-’Sweet Dreams’

Junior

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’Flatline’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Dance With You’

Next Step Dance-’Vogue’

Teen

The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’

Kim Massay Dance Productions-’Put A Spell On You’

Next Step Dance-’A Women Left Lonely’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’American Pie’

Senior

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’A Human, A Light’

Next Step Dances-’Fratres’

Studio Pick:

The Dance Movement-’Gemini’

Prodigy Dance and Performing Arts Centre-’A Human, A Light’

Next Step Dance-’A Women Left Lonely’

[d-criss-news]

Members of the Film & TV Music community, made up of composers, songwriters, music editors, music supervisors, studio executives and more, are contributing their talents to SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES: A CELEBRATION FOR THE FILM & TV MUSIC COMMUNITY, an online benefit event for MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund. This specially produced program debuts June 25th, 2020, at noon pacific on YouTube, and will honor the talented people whose scores and songs transport, inspire, uplift and entertain us by creating the "soundtrack of our lives." The fun, delightful and heartfelt hour-long special will feature leading and iconic singers, composers, songwriters, actors, celebrity guests and others while celebrating glorious Film & TV Music moments with heart and humor. Donations to MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund will be encouraged throughout the show.

"Thousands of music professionals and creators are struggling during this pandemic and remain in desperate need of assistance," says Debbie Carroll, Vice President Health and Human Services MusiCares®. "The continued support from the music community during these turbulent times has been heartwarming and inspiring. The power of music unites us all and gives us hope for better days ahead."

Over 75 film and television composers and songwriters, "From A to Z, Abels to Zimmer," will appear in this program. Collectively, this prestigious group has been nominated for 273 Grammys (with 87 wins), 216 Emmys (with 51 wins) and 136 Oscars (with 34 wins).

Confirmed performers and special guests include Sting, Catherine O'Hara, Ming-Na Wen, Patti LuPone, William Shatner, Elisabeth Moss, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Marla Gibbs, Jane Levy, Mandy Moore, Richard Kind, Alex Newell, Zachary Levi, Paul Reubens, Kiernan Shipka, Harvey Fierstein, Ginnifer Goodwin, Anika Noni Rose, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Danson, Auli'i Cravalho, Darren Criss, Drew Carey, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Reba McEntire, Bob Saget, Ken Page, Lucy Lawless, Mary Steenburgen, Dave Coulier, Kevin Smith, Peter Gallagher, Naomi Scott, Annie Potts, Clive Davis, Jodi Benson, Harvey Mason Jr., Susan Egan, Paige O'Hara, John Stamos, Andra Day and Rita Wilson.

Composers and songwriters participating include Michael Abels, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Angelo Badalamenti, Glen Ballard, Lesley Barber, Nathan Barr, Tyler Bates, Jeff Beal, Marco Beltrami, Alan Bergman, Terence Blanchard, Jongnic Bontemps, Kathryn Bostic, Kris Bowers, Jon Brion, Nicholas Britell, Bruce Broughton, BT, Carter Burwell, Sean Callery, Joshuah Brian Campbell, Lisa Coleman, John Debney, Tan Dun, Fil Eisler, Danny Elfman, Charles Fox, Germaine Franco, Harry Gregson-Williams, Hildur Gudnadóttir, Alex Heffes, Joe Hisaishi, James Newton Howard, Justin Hurwitz, Ashley Irwin, Mark Isham, Steve Jablonsky, Amanda Jones, Laura Karpman, Christopher Lennertz, Joe LoDuca, Robert Lopez, Mark Mancina, Gabriel Mann, Clint Mansell, Dennis McCarthy, Bear McCreary, Alan Menken, Bruce Miller, John Murphy, Starr Parodi, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Daniel Pemberton, Michael Penn, Heitor Pereira, Rachel Portman, Mike Post, A. R. Rahman, Tim Rice, Lolita Ritmanis, Dan Romer, Anna Rose, Jeff Russo, Arturo Sandoval, Lalo Schifrin, Marc Shaiman, Teddy Shapiro, Richard M. Sherman, David Shire, Rob Simonsen, Mark Snow, Tamar-kali, Dara Taylor, Pinar Toprak, Brian Tyler, Nick Urata, Benjamin Wallfisch, Diane Warren, Mervyn Warren, Paul Williams, Austin Wintory, Alan Zachary, Geoff Zanelli, Marcelo Zarvos, David Zippel and Hans Zimmer.

Some highlights of the special include:

Members of the Film & TV Music community deliver heartfelt messages of hope, solidarity & encouragement.

"Musicians!" - a humorous musical tribute to the Film & TV Music community featuring Zachary Levi, Patti LuPone, Alex Newell, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Peter Gallagher and Harvey Fierstein.

Tony Award winner and Disney Legend Anika Noni Rose highlights the history of African American composers, songwriters and artists who have contributed to the Film & TV Music industry through the years.

Performers Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Reubens and Ken Pagereunite to perform a song from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Eight-time Academy Award winning composer Alan Menken performs his timeless song, "A Whole New World," alongside his daughter Anna Rose, introduced by Aladdin (2019) stars Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott.

Stars from beloved animated features step out from behind the microphone to lend their voices to inspirational messages, featuring Irene Bedard, Jodi Benson, Auli'i Cravalho, Holly Hunter, Mandy Moore, Susan Egan, Ginnifer Goodwin, Linda Larkin, Paige O'Hara, Annie Potts, Anika Noni Rose and Ming-Na Wen.

John Stamos hosts "Name That TV Tune!" with celebrity panelists including Elisabeth Moss, Drew Carey, Ray Romano, Eve Plumb, Reba McEntire, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Marla Gibbs, Lucy Lawless and Kevin Smith competing to identify famous TV themes.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist actor Jane Levy invites us into the dreamworld of her Extraordinary Soundtrack Playlist.

Various performers, including members of the original cast of La La Land, sing a parody version of "Another Day of Sun."

William Shatner explores how different scores can give the same film a different meaning as an exasperated director, played by Richard Kind, leads a composer in multiple directions for a short film starring Kiernan Shipkaand Christian Coppola.

Songwriter Paul Williams performs his classic song "The Rainbow Connection," from The Muppet Movie, joined by various special guests from the Film & TV Music community.

Tony- and Emmy-winner and seven-time Oscar® nominee Marc Shaimanperforms an original song tribute to end title sequences.

MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund was created by MusiCares® to provide support to the music community during the pandemic crisis. The music industry has been essentially shut down with the cancellation of music performances, events, festivals, conferences and the many other live events that are the cornerstone of the shared music experience. Since the fund's establishment in March, over 14,000 clients have been served, with many more still needing help.

Show co-creator Peter Rotter says: "When the pandemic tragically hit our world and began to shut down our film music community, I felt that something needed to be done to help those who were in need of support and care. Through MusiCares® we have found the charitable vehicle that can come alongside our hurting musical family.

"Music has always played a role in history; reflecting both the subtle and monumental moments of our lives through its unique DNA. Music connects each of us, acting as a common thread of unification, opening the hearts of all people.

"Regardless of the color of one's skin, status or station in life, music powerfully breaks through boundaries as its message permeates deep within us; healing our human frailties and condition at our cores. Music is transformative and personal. It powerfully underscores our lives."

"Music has always helped transport, uplift and inspire us through wars, economic hardships, health crises and societal upheavals," says show co-creator, Richard Kraft. "When COVID-19 hit, it threatened the lives and livelihood of much of our Film & TV Music community. So, we decided to create an online special that both celebrates the soundtrack of our lives and benefits, via MusiCares®, the artists who create it."

Starting June 25th at noon pacific, watch the video on Youtube via Rolling Stone, Variety & GRAMMY's channels, as well as on www.soundtracklives.com. Donate at soundtracklives.com now!

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Apartment House on Another Timbre: Three Perspectives

If you survey the website of Apartment House, you won’t find an “about” page or any exposition of the ensemble’s history or philosophy. While such reticence is rare these days amongst artistic endeavors of any stripe, the very lack of information tells you something about Apartment House’s raison d’être. It’s all about the work, and the ensemble’s role is to make performances that are about the music, and not Apartment House’s take on the music. This renunciation of ego makes sense when you consider that the ensemble’s name derives from a John Cage composition; one of Cage’s intentions was to envision music that was open to the world and wasn’t about assertions of selfhood. Cellist Anton Lukoszevieze founded the ensemble in 1995, but its recording career didn’t get into gear until 2013.

Since then, the group has released 22 single or double CDs covering work by contemporary composers ranging from Cornelius Cardew to Christian Wolff to Linda Catlin Smith to Ryoko Akama. With a rotating membership, performances range from solos and duos to chamber ensembles. Thirteen were issued by the Another Timbre label, including three titles at once in late 2020, each presenting the music of a single composer — Martin Arnold (b. 1958), Antoine Beuger (b. 1955) and Maya Verlaak (1990). The act of releasing these albums simultaneously affords a chance to consider how Apartment House engages with the different intentions and requirements asserted by each composer. Dusted writers Marc Medwin, Michael Rosenstein and Bill Meyer cover the three recent releases.

Maya Verlaak / Apartment House— All English Music is Greensleeves (Another Timbre)

All English Music is Greensleeves by Maya Verlaak

Múm was an Icelandic group with singers channeling the wisely innocent voices of children while a lush landscape, rife with music boxes and other liquid-crystal sonorities, multihued the adjacent soundspaces. There is something similarly open about this music, something so unpredictably predictable, so comforting, so quietly inclusive! Belgian composer Maya Verlaak delves to the depths of experience’s networks while observing from just far enough to escape the iron grip and rationalizations of memory. This is music in which even the harshest sounds melt into a winning simplicity, a world of sound and sense in symbiosis.

It would be too easy to point toward modality to explain such a beautifully optimistic vision. After all, “All British Music is Greensleeves” tears that increasingly irrelevant construct to shreds in a hurry as two layers of sound, one prerecorded, spin bits of the tune down the dimly lit corridors conjoining memory and reflection. Chord, cluster and motive blur boundaries, even as space ensures a tidy trail of readily identifiable components needling consciousness reluctantly toward recognition. It’s a world with which Ives or Mahler might have made contact, had chamber music been more in their sights, such are the buds and blooms of poly-event amidst distantly lit string writing that refuses to answer Ives’ perennial question. The unfurling harmonies, formed of motives in quasi-counterpoint, are inextricably linked with their kaleidoscopic timbres. Recurrence is both evident and backgrounded but none so blatant as the delicious silences, almost periodic, separating the streamlined multivalences. Fortunately, as with many Apartment House recordings, vibrato is nearly absent.

The “Formation” pieces place a similarly subversive emphasis on relationship so subliminal that a simple listen won’t unlock the door or open the blinds. Any hats doffed toward conventional chord or set are quickly displaced by the gentle but insistent winds of change emanating from a vocal imperative or an intoned repetition. Mark Knoop and Sarah Saviet are in something near dialogue with overlapping technologies guided by a compositional voice whose questions also seek a malleable answer. The openness at the heart of Verlaak’s work stems from the various paths through subversion, re-subversion and integration integral to the majority of these pieces. What, in the case of “Song and Dance,” do performers do when confronted only with the analysis, or justification, for a musical score rather than with the score itself? What happens when the justification becomes the score? How is it possible, practical or desirable to confront musical parameters neither heard nor witnessed? The wonderful thing about such conceptions is that they really form the metanarrative of all artistic endeavor. No art, no matter how explicit, relinquishes all of its secrets, just as no single pitch or sonority, even those as pure as Apartment House offers with staggering consistency, is the actual embodiment of that sound. Composers and performers deal in approximations, and it is to Verlaak’s credit that the processes have been rendered at least partially transparent with such beautifully cooperative forces to give them form and voice.

Marc Medwin

Martin Arnold / Apartment House—Stain Ballads (Another Timbre)

'Stain Ballads' by Martin Arnold

This is the second release on Another Timbre by Canadian composer Martin Arnold, the first being The Spit Veleta a 2017 program of violin and piano solos and duos by Apartment House members Philp Thomas and Mira Benjamin. This time out, Arnold provides the group with a program consisting of a solo, a duo, a quartet, and piece for sextet. Across the four pieces, the composer balances a sense of lyricism with a fascination with the abstracted concept of “formlessness.” In his interview on the Another Timbre site, he puts it this way when asked about the title of the CD. “Stains are… radically specific – always stain-shaped. They might remind one of something – like when one looks at the inkblots of a Rorschach test (though significantly, they don't have Rorschach's added symmetry) – but they don't present a form, a coherent outline, a generic structure that can be abstracted and distilled; with a stain, form and content are the same thing. My work continues to aspire to that condition.” Each of the four pieces here delve in to the way that melodies and themes can be opened up to ride the edges of lyricism and abstraction.

The program opens with “Lutra” for solo cello and humming performed by Anton Lukoszevieze. The piece starts out with arco themes colored with hummed and bowed diaphanous overtones. Hovering at the upper registers of the instrument, threads are introduced, slowly progressing, punctuated occasionally by softly plucked notes. Staying within the same set of registers as well as harmonic and timbral areas, Lukoszevieze lets the notes resonate and serenely decay. In the last section the piece moves to percussively plucked notes with poised slow resolve, fading to hushed resonance in the final moment. “Stain Ballad” follows, orchestrated for cello, piano, viola, two violins, reed organ, and percussion. Arnold voices the various layers in a slow flux, moving in and out of synch with each other. The ensemble does a sterling job of maintaining an overall balance so that no one particular instrument is ever the sole focus. Instead, the various parts wend along as various subsections of the ensemble coalesce and then dissipate in to the mercurial overall flow of the piece. The striated parts adeptly take advantage of the timbral synergies and contrasts of the instruments as one moment, string arco melds with reed organ while in other sections, the percussive attack of Philip Thomas’ piano, the woody retort of Simon Limbrick’s percussion and pizzicato strings shift and shudder across each other.

The pairing of Lukoszevieze’s cello and Mira Benjamin’s violin on “Trousers” dives in to specific techniques like the utilization of multiple mutes, bowing with the wood of the bow, hushed microtones and a sliding sense of harmonics. Arnold talks about it, noting that “the sound of “Trousers” is certainly at odds with a “good” Classical sound: I shut down projection, fullness of tone, resonance, the consistency, stability and predictability of the sound being produced.” Over the course of the 22 minute piece, fragments of melody, muted textures and quavering string overtones play off of each other with measured consideration. Themes play out, get subsumed into the progression of the piece and then resurface. The recording closes out with “Slip,” a quartet for cello, violin, bass clarinet, and piano. The piece takes its name from the Irish slip jig, a jig that is in 9/8 as opposed to the usual 6/8 and a slowed pace accentuates the odd time signature. For the first quarter of the piece, cello, violin and bass clarinet move in woozy unison, lithely navigating the precarious phrasing. Pianist Mark Knoop’s entry, a quarter way in, introduces spare chords that serve to unsettle the phrasing even further, though the quartet never wavers in their assuredly ambling momentum. As the piece proceeds, the four parts veer off from each other, with lines dropping in and out. High-pitched violin arco sounds against crystalline piano chords making way for pizzicato cello and piano. The final section featuring Heather Roche’s dusky bass clarinet playing brings the piece to a transfixing conclusion. On Stain Ballads, Arnold continues to expand on his strategies toward opening up and abstracting melody, balancing compositional form with a sense of “formlessness.” With the members of Apartment House, he has found worthy collaborators.

Michael Rosenstein

Antoine Beuger / Apartment House—Jankélévitch Sextets (Another Timbre)

'jankélévitch sextets' by Antoine Beuger

In 1992, Antoine Beuger cofounded Editions Wandelweiser, the publishing arm of a community of like-minded, post-John Cageian composers. Along the way he has taken on the roles of artistic and managing director. Since Wandelweiser is a collective, his stewardship of the label and publishing arms makes him influential, but not an authoritarian figure. Quite the contrary. On Another Timbre website, there is an interview with Beuger that raises a provocative point about the authority of the score. He compares the current position of a classical composer to a perspective prescribed by Christian theology. The composer hands down rarefied instructions, which he (Beuger emphasizes the masculinity of this approach) best understands, and leaves to others the work of realizing his often very difficult and inscrutable instructions.

With Jankélévitch Sextets, Beuger takes a different approach. It is the fourth in a series of pieces that he wrote for specified numbers of musicians. Each composition deals with relationships implied by that number, and each does so employing mainly quiet, sustained tones. Additionally, each acknowledges a cultural figure; in this case, the Franco-Russian philosopher, Vladimir Jankélévitch. Beuger cites his appreciation for two of Jankélévitch’s ideas. First, music has no itinerary; it flows unpredictably. Second, sounds appear by disappearing. The latter point makes sense if you consider how you notice phenomena only after they stop. One suspects that if Jankélévitch was a fan of mid-20th century American music, he’d have had a lot of time for William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water (Till The Well Runs Dry).”

Beuger’s piece consists of repeated statements of a close bundle of long tones, each followed by a brief silence, with instruments insinuating themselves or dropping out during each pass. While the name is plural, the music is presented as a single, 64:20 long track, which asks the listener to accompany the ensemble through its entirety. The instrumentation consists of accordion, bassoon, bass clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass, which affords many opportunities for similar-sounding pitches to ease shift between close harmony and beating difference tones. This is not music that tugs at your sleeve; neither ingratiating nor imposing, it’s there if you wish to approach it, cycling through changes that reveal sounds by removing them. The music locates the essence of six-ness not in some contrapuntal exchange that draws attention to all the voices, but in the way that a group can persevere over time by allowing its members opportunities for respite. Apartment House’s treatment of this material captures its subtle balance. It takes discipline to blend sounds so patiently, and even more to do so in a way that don’t ask you to admire their restraint.

Bill Meyer

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[TASK 200: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA]

In celebration of June being Caribbean American Heritage Month, there’s a masterlist below compiled of over 170+ Antiguan and/or Barbudan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Anna Maria Horsford (1948) Afro-Antiguan, Limba, Dominican - actress. 

Patsy Moore (1964) Afro-Antiguan / Unspecified - singer and poet.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967) Afro-Antiguan / Afro-Saint Lucian - actress. 

Drena De Niro (1967) Antiguan, African, Creole / Unknown - actress and producer. 

Rozonda Thomas (1971) African-American, 1/16th Bengali Indian, 1/16th Afro-Antiguan, possibly Unspecified Native American - actress, dancer and singer. 

June Ambrose (1972) Afro-Antiguan - tv personality and stylist.

Fay Wolf (1978) Afro-Antiguan / Ashkenazi Jewish - actress, singer and pianist. 

Claudette Peters (1979) Afro-Antiguan - singer.

Javine Hylton (1981) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan, White - singer.  

Gemma Hunt (1982) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - presenter. 

Masaba Gupta (1988) Indian / Antiguan - fashion designer.

London Hughes (1989) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - comedian and presenter. 

Xiea Hull (1993) Afro-Antiguan - model.

Aaron Philip (2001) Afro-Antiguan - model. - Has Cerebral Palsy - Trans!

Au/Ra / Jamie Lou Stenzel (2002) Antiguan / German - singer-songwriter.

Donalia Jones (?) Afro-Antiguan - actress.

Nicoya Henry (?) Afro-Antiguan - model.

Mara (?) Afro-Antiguan - instagrammer (mara_mac).

Tamzin (?) Afro-Antiguan, Nigerian, British - singer (instagram: tamzinmusic).

Catherine Melenciano (?) Afro-Antiguan - instagrammer (cathiimedialuna).

Melisa N. Charles (?) Afro-Barbudan - model.

Desiree Heslop / Princess (?) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - singer.

F - Athletes:

Ruperta Charles (1962) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter. 

Jocelyn Joseph (1964) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Laverne Bryan (1965) Antiguan or Barbudan - middle-distance runner.

Heidi Lehrer (1966) Antiguan [White] - canoer.

Monica Stevens (1967) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Heather Samuel (1970) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Charmaine Gilgeous (1971) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Barbara Selkridge (1971) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Charmaine Thomas (1974) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Dine Potter (1975) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Kevinia Francis (1978) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Sonia Williams (1979) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Amy Harris-Willock (1987) Afro-Antiguan - long jumper and Miss Caribbean UK. 

Priscilla Frederick (1989) Afro-Antiguan / African-American - high jumper.

Christal Clashing (1989) Afro-Antiguan / Costa Rican - swimmer.

Samantha Edwards (1990) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter. 

Amelia Green (1991) Antiguan - footballer.

Tamiko Butler (1991) Antiguan - cyclist.

Afia Charles (1992) Afro-Antiguan / Unknown - sprinter. 

Karin O'Reilly Clashing (1992) Afro-Antiguan / Costa Rican - swimmer.

Satara Murray (1993) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan, Afro-Jamaican, Afro-Guyanese, English - footballer.

Desirèe Henry (1995) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Guyanese - sprinter. 

Sabrina Frederick (1996) Afro- Antiguan, Jamaican - footballer.

Kaila Charles (1998) Afro-Antiguan / Trinidadian - basketball player.

Samantha Roberts (2000) Afro-Antiguan - swimmer.

Sher-Rhonda Greenaway (?) Afro-Antigua - IFBB Elite Pro Athlete and Miss Antigua overall Bodyfitness Champion 2017.

M:

King Short Shirt / Sir MacLean Emanuel (1942) Afro-Antiguan - singer. 

Romeo Challenger (1950) Afro-Antiguan - musician. 

Kool DJ Red Alert / Frederick Crute (1956) Afro-Antiguan - disc jockey.

Jazzie B / Trevor Beresford Romeo (1963) Afro-Antiguan - DJ and music producer.

Shashi Balooja (1968) Antiguan - actor and filmmaker.

Andrew Keoghan (1980) Antiguan - singer-songwriter. 

Tian Winter (1985) Afro-Antiguan - singer-songwriter.

Ricardo Drue (1985) Afro-Antiguan - singer-songwriter.

JB Gill / Jonathan Benjamin Gill (1986) Afro-Antiguan - singer. 

Killian Lyrik (1991) Algonquian, Antiguan, Jamaican, Dutch, German - singer, model and writer.

Lucien Laviscount (1992) Afro-Antiguan / English - actor and singer. 

Kirk Knight (1996) Afro-Antiguan / Grenadian - rapper.

Quan The Supreme (1997) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - tiktoker (quanthesupreme).

KneeCaps (1998) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - youtuber.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (1999) Afro-Antiguan / Sierra Leonean - cellist. 

Clifton Joseph (?) Afro-Antiguan - dub poet.

Shirville Jarvis (?) Afro-Antiguan - actor and model.

M - Athletes:

Maurice Hope (1951) Afro-Antiguan - boxer.

Andy Roberts (1951) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Viv Richards (1952) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Cuthbert Jacobs (1952) Antiguan, Barbudan - sprinter.

Maxwell Peters (1955) Antiguan, Barbudan - triple jumper.

Everton Cornelius (1955) Antiguan, Barbudan - sprinter.

Leon Richardson (1957) Antiguan - cyclist.

Elisha Hughes (1959) Antiguan - cyclist.

Alfred Browne (1959) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - sprinter.

Eldine Baptiste (1960) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Brian Lyn (1961) Antiguan - cyclist.

Richie Richardson (1962) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer.

Oral Selkridge (1962) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - sprinter.

Curtly Ambrose (1963) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Lester Benjamin (1963) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - long jumper.

Howard Lindsay (1963) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan, Afro-Jamaican - middle-distance runner.

Jacob Lehrer (1964) Antiguan [White] - canoer.

Ira Fabian (1964) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Dale Jones (1964) Antiguan - middle-distance runner.

Winston Benjamin (1964) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Pieter Lehrer (1965) Antiguan [White] - canoer and footballer.

Rolston Williams (1965) Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Daryl Joseph (1966) Antiguan, Barbudan - boxer.

James Browne (1966) Antiguan, Barbudan - long jumper.

Mitchell Browne (1966) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - sprinter.

Neil Lloyd (1966) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Kenny Benjamin (1967) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Ridley Jacobs (1967) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Anthony Henry (1967) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Robert Marsh (1968) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Reuben Appleton (1968) Afro-Antiguan - middle-distance runner.

Derrick Edwards (1968) Afro-Antiguan - footballer.

Robert Peters (1970) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Kenmore Hughes (1970) Antiguan or Barbudan - sprinter.

Hamish Anthony (1971) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Michael Terry (1973) Afro-Antiguan, Afro-Barbudan - middle-distance runner.

N'Kosie Barnes (1974) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Adam Sanford (1975) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - cricketer.

Marc Joseph (1976) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Ben Challenger (1978) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - high jumper. 

Emile Heskey (1978) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Speedy Claxton (1978) Afro-Antiguan - basketball player.

Kieron Dyer (1978) Afro-Antiguan / English - footballer. 

Rory Gonsalves (1979) Antiguan - cyclist.

Shannon Falcone (1981) Antiguan [White] - sailor.

Robbie Joseph (1982) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Joel Anthony (1982) Afro-Antiguan / Unknown - basketball player. 

Mikele Leigertwood (1982) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Justin Cochrane (1982) Afro-Antiguan / Saint Lucian - footballer. 

Gavin Tonge (1983) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Brendan Christian (1983) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Julius Hodge (1983) Afro-Antiguan - basketball player.

Kurt Looby (1984) Afro-Antiguan - basketball player.

Damien Farrell (1984) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Peter Byers (1984) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Ronayne Marsh-Brown (1984) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

James Grayman (1985) Afro-Antiguan - high jumper.

Ayata Joseph (1985) Afro-Antiguan - triple jumper.

Colin Kazim-Richards (1986) Afro-Antiguan / Turkish Cypriot - footballer. 

Dexter Blackstock (1986) 1/4th Afro-Antiguan, Unknown - footballer. 

Colin Kazim-Richards (1986) Afro-Antiguan / Turkish - footballer. 

Daniel Bailey (1986) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

James Walker (1987) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Moses Ashikodi (1987) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Luke Blakely (1988) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Myles Weston (1988) Afro-Antiguan - footballer.  

Marvin McCoy (1988) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Malique Williams (1988) Afro-Antiguan - swimmer.

Orlando Peters (1988) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer.

Justin Athanaze (1988) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - cricketer. 

Keiran Murtagh (1988) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Jyme Bridges (1989) Afro-Antiguan - cyclist.

Devon Thomas (1989) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Josh Parker (1990) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Kemba Walker (1990) Afro-Antiguan / Antiguan [Antiguan, Crucian] - basketball player.

Kiernan Hughes-Mason (1991) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Jamol Pilgrim (1991) Afro-Antiguan - paralympic sprinter.

Nathaniel Jarvis (1991) Afro- Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Hayden Walsh Jr. (1992) Crucian [Afro-Antiguan / Unknown] - cricketer. 

Keanu Marsh-Brown (1992) Guyanese, Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Quinton Griffith (1992) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Kareem Valentine (1992) Afro-Antiguan - swimmer.

Zaine Francis-Angol (1993) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Rahkeem Cornwall (1993) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Norvel Pelle (1993) Afro-Antiguan - basketball player. 

Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (1993) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Rhys Browne (1995) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Mahlon Romeo (1995) Afro-Antiguan / Unknown - footballer. 

Cejhae Greene (1995) Afro-Antiguan - sprinter.

Ché Adams (1996) Afro-Antiguan / Unspecified - footballer. 

Blaize Punter (1996) Afro-Antiguan / Unspecified - footballer. 

Connor Peters (1996) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Alzarri Joseph (1996) Afro-Antiguan - cricketer. 

Courtney Wildin (1996) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

AJ George (1996) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Vashami Allen (1997) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Luther Wildin (1997) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (1998) Afro-Antiguan / Unspecified White - basketball player.

DJ Buffonge (1998) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Daniel Bowry (1998) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Noah Mascoll-Gomes (1999) Afro-Antiguan - swimmer.

Stefano Mitchell (1999) Antiguan - swimmer.

Zayn Hakeem (1999) Afro-Antiguan - footballer. 

Thomasi Gilgeous-Alexander (2000) Afro-Antiguan / Unspecified White - basketball player.

TJ Bramble (2001) Afro-Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer. 

Patrick Spencer (?) Antiguan - cyclist.

Rowan Benjamin (?) Antiguan or Barbudan - footballer.

Problematic:

Conrad Mainwaring (1951) Afro-Antiguan - hurdler. - Sexual assault allegations.

Mohammed George (1982) Afro-Antiguan / Afro-Jamaican - actor. - Assault allegations.

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In her survey of Right-wing literature in the US since the 1960s, Carol Mason identifies two concurrent threads that occasionally intersect. First, a mainstream that includes political nonfiction by the likes of Buckley and Milton Friedman at one end, and Fox News celebrities at the other; ‘serious’ literature published by the Agrarian ‘Fugitive Poets’ in the Sewanee, Southern and Kenyon reviews; popular fiction from Robert Heinlein to Tim LaHaye; as well as a massive, often evangelical, industry of self-help. The second thread is an underground of self-published and small-circulation texts distributed through mailing lists, organisations such as the John Birch Society and the Ku Klux Klan, and other alternative networks catering to contents and readerships too incendiary for the average bookstore. The standard editions of this thread are Ted Kaczynski’s Technological Slavery (2010), James Mason’s Siege (issued serially between 1980 and 1986 by the National Socialist Liberation Front, an offshoot of George Lincoln Rockwell’s American Nazi Party), and William Luther Pierce’s novel The Turner Diaries (1978), which has inspired multiple acts of terror (the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing most famous among them).

White, male and straight writers are in the majority in Carol Mason’s study, but there are exceptions, including Dinesh D’Souza, Taylor Caldwell and Andrew Sullivan. Robin, too, cites Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Disraeli, Allan Bloom and Sarah Palin, to write: ‘From the beginning, conservatism has appealed to and relied upon outsiders.’ The frontier archetypes of Republican discourse – the antiestablishment maverick, the lone-wolf vigilante, the rebel, the patriot and the self-made man – draw most explicitly from the bootstraps myth of the rugged individual at the heart of American exceptionalism, which conservative authors exploit wholesale. Mason argues that the boom in anti-liberal publishing in the mid-20th century was a direct reaction to the rise of ‘[t]he modernist antihero prone to exploring existential dilemmas’. The pro-life thriller Gideon’s Torch (1995) by Charles Colson, formerly Special Counsel to Richard Nixon, is representative of this literature in that its depiction of ‘Christian white men in a persecuted light demanded,’ as Mason writes, ‘a deft appropriation of oppressed peoples’ actual histories and a revisionism that ranged from outright Holocaust denial to comparisons that likened antiabortionists to abolitionists.’

The victim mentality proudly expressed in the idea that the European, Christian patriarchy is under siege is fundamental to reactionary thought. Referring to the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s theory of pity, Robin writes:

Conservatives have asked us not to obey them, but to feel sorry for them – or to obey them because we feel sorry for them … Identifying as victims, they become the ultimate moderns, adept competitors in a political marketplace where rights and their divestiture are prized commodities.

This underdog pantomime is of course disingenuous, favouring a restoration rather than a redistribution of power, and starkly at odds with the heroes of modern conservatism: Nietzsche’s Übermensch, the ideal embodiment of the will to power; Rand’s John Galt and Howard Roark, models of libertarian independence, acting coldly in their own self-interest. This tension, between egoism and fear, pride and disgust, is the signature theme of the Right-wing romance, which privileges aesthetics in theory while eschewing them in practice, adopting a quasi-philosophical mode that is, at its best, as compelling as competent pulp. Conservative authors don’t persuade so much as they reinforce and, if their works are entertaining, the question remains: to whom? >>

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plotty things: still in the mood to keep short threads, but in the meanwhile I had to get these out of my brain :-)

whether they’re indie or krp is written above each blurb. none are gender-specific unless it is specifically noted! click.

    krp or indie Okay but a superhero / villain encounter for Benjamin??? I only got to write like 2 things ever concerning his background and he needs more. General mutants would be welcome too-- they don’t necessarily have to be a solid presence with a costume and alias.

    krp  Chiseul running into her old group mates. They threw her under the bus when her scandal happened and faksdfsl I just need that super awkward, unexpected run-in where no one knows what the fuck to say. The other muse can be apologetic or not. Either one.

    indie  Luciana needs a (female) crush, y’all. And threads in general. :`(

     indie Tay also needs connections !! Other muses in the film / tv industry would be lovely. Preferably friends and buddies to hang out with but they’re pretty obvious when they don’t like someone, so maybe we could do something with that too ~~

       krp or indie Something angsty or really nice for Jaesun. Your muse making one of the specific noises he cannot stand and snapping at them (WAY out of character for him), or some kind of best friend. They smoke cigarettes at 2am outside convenience stores and talk about life and stuff and go out when it rains bc it’s relaxing.

       indie or krp Additionally “you’re the 1,000,000th person to point out my accent haha thanks for noticing just like literally everyone else ever”

       krp or indie Christian at an awful family reunion-type thing. He and your muse realize that wow the older ones are kind of shitty and still very close-minded, yikes. They either make up fake “acceptable” lives and laugh about it in secret, or try to push a few buttons.

     krp + or, he gets pretty low-risk jobs but maybe this one is different?? Some chaos. Unexpected difficulties with a hint of violence or smth- Or maybe more than a hint. Everyone wants darker / less fluffy plots so I’m inviting you cowards to pLOT this with me. He fcking hates his job and needs a drastic reason to quit.

     indie Uhhh yeah so for Lynette, can I have a rivalry where both parties act snarky and can’t stand each other in public but then angrily make out behind the scenes and no one else knows??? Big bonus points if it’s another girl but not required :-)

       indie or krp Noah being an asshole like “lol you thought we were a thing? I’m only in South Korea for like three months so I dunno where you got that idea from. I needed to pass the time.” Or for the indies, just generally “nah you’re not special” and oof- maybe he’s lying??

    indie or krp (but he’s taking a break from tattoo’ing in korea)  The “tattoo shop person + flower shop person” cliche... reversed. Liam as the guy who’s always smiling but with a fondness for leather jackets, and maybe a spitfire but they wear flower crowns and when they walk around people are just like ???? Or the flower shop person could also be a softie I am 100% for all that too ugh

       krp Liam! Being! An! English! Teacher! Co-workers. Maybe generally working at the same school? Or someone he gets super close to bc they were there when he was first stressing about settling in Korea, and now they’re really close and kind of... really physically affectionate?? Could be a platonic thing or it slowly goes romantic (but that 100% depends on chemistry)