#viktor love you are slaying that fit | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

biglisbonnews · 2 years ago

Photo

Fresh Pressed: Tony or Tony's Headline Debut This is Fresh Pressed, in which photographer Matt Weinberger takes us inside some of the rawest moments happening in NYC and beyond. Fresh Pressed is all about encountering the juicy ideas, aesthetics and people shaping culture through the lens of the city's many creative scenes.Tony or Tony's Headline Debut @ Elsewhere (2/11/23)Tony or Tony gave an absolutely electric performance at their debut headlining concert at Elsewhere, where they performed a number of unreleased songs. The band consists of Tony 1.2, Tony Z and Quick Tony. Tony 1.2 and Tony Z grew up together in Arkansas. They escaped a cult together when they were 18 and moved to NYC and started a band. They describe their music as a “combination of late style thumper rave and glissando core.” Some main influences on the band include Tiny Leg, DJ Klub Foot, The Five Discs, Chris & Cosey, Neubauten and Beethoven. Tony or Tony is making music you can dance to. Their next song, "New Toy," is coming out at the end of March. LaQuan Smith NYFW After Party @ Silver Linings (2/13/23)LaQuan Smith walks into the club. Young Paris is dancing around with a big smile on his face. A dapper-looking man introduces himself to you as “Food God." One table over is Teyana Taylor looking sharp as a tack, chilling with her crew. Diplo walks into the club with Eric Andre and Emily Ratajkowski. Eric and Emily start making out in the VIP section. You try a few times to get a good photo of them kissing but kissing is awkward so the photos look awkward, too. Also, taking photos of people kissing is an awkward thing to do. Whoops. Ice Spice walks into the club and gets established at a table next to Laquan Smith’s booth. Ice Spice gets on the table and does an impromptu performance. She slays. You peer to your left and dancing in the crowd is none other than Lil Nas X. He is super friendly and dressed like a fuzzy rainbow. This all might sound like a weird dream born out of picking celebrities' names out of a hat — but this wasn’t a dream. This was my night at the LaQuan Smith NYFW FW23 after party.Dion Lee NYFW After Party @ Boom Boom Room (2/10/23)Fashion is culture and, at the Dion Lee NYFW FW23 after party at Boom Boom Room, culture turned up. The party celebrated Dion’s newest collection, one undoubtedly worthy of praise, following an epic runway show earlier in the day. There was a surprise guest performance by Azealia Bank,s who hopped up onto the bar and sang to the room filled with an absolutely stoked crowd. Everyone had their phones out to record the performance and capture a glimpse of Azealia as she rocked the room. The fashion world was treated to a very special night and Dion Lee re-confirmed his spot as a fashionista cool-guy favorite — a shining light within the New York fashion scene.Acne Studios Loves Larry Stanton After Party @ The Hotel Chelsea (2/9/23)Sometimes fashion is bigger than what you wear. Acne Studios, in partnership with Visual AIDS, hosted an exclusive exhibition of work by Larry Stanton, followed by an after party to celebrate his memory and accomplishments. The event was a respectable ode to Larry Stanton, who died of AIDS in 1984. Despite the somber circumstances on which the event was predicated, the atmosphere of the event was cheery and optimistic, serving as a celebration of fashion, art and the community we have amongst one another. With slick fits and knits, stripes and a dash of elegant sleaze, the Acne Studios crowd pulled up looking undoubtedly stylish while carrying a creative, street-inspired edge. Cocktails and champagne were flowing and chatter echoed throughout the venue as fashion industry creatives and models intermingled within the multi-room event space at The Hotel Chelsea. R.I.P. Larry Stanton — may his memory be a blessing. Viktor & Rolf FLOWERBOMB Party @ Jeans (2/9/23)Fashionistas, iconic style, couture galore, and flowers, flowers, flowers. Viktor & Rolf’s FLOWERBOMB party celebrated Emily Ratajkowski as the face of the fragrance. EmRata showed up in style — wearing a chic outfit with her hair done up in a manner that Aphrodite herself might have been jealous of. Everyone pulled up dressed to impress, with outfits that had all the Ts crossed — attention to detail was not spared. Partygoers were treated to DJ sets by Mona Matsuoka and Bambii while dancing between the two floors of the event, with the occasional stop at one of V&R’s fragrance discovery stations. Bright, flashing, flower-filled video installations brought the whole party together to create an overall immersive FLOWERBOMB experience.The Lifionized: A "Grace" Release Party (2/4/23)NYC got treated to the often taken-for-granted luxury that is typically only seen in the suburban and rural parts of America: A classic rock and roll house show. The crowd was treated to performances by both The Life and Stella Rose and The Dead Language. Both bands ripped legendary original tracks worthy of becoming part of NYC lore. Curtis Everett Pawley of The Life hit the audience deep in the nostalgia gut, granting us a taste of throwback bliss while also carving a musical path into the future of what the genre of rock can be. Stella Rose’s vocals and stage presence are equally worthy of praise and her guitarist, Ben Arauz, is easily one of the best shredders in the scene, creating a genuinely heart-pounding experience. Related | Stella Rose Reveals Her 'Angel' SideAF94's Valentine's Dance (2/2/23)It’s not even Valentine’s day yet but with AF94, Halsey’s beauty brand, everyone is already celebrating love. This dance was straight out of a 1980s romantic comedy. Delicious small bites were passed around in excess and a table of treats, constantly refilled, gave all attendees something to feel sweet about. The evening had an absolutely wonderful guest list filled with beauty industry sweethearts and online style influencer heartthrobs. Balloons filled the ceiling and the open bar sported a generous menu of delicious concoctions. The analog photo booth was a big hit, sporting color photos printed via chemical processing, spitting out images of all the partygoers eager enough to brave the long line. The beauty crowd came through. A truly glamorous night. MegSuperstarPrincess' "F List" Party @ Studio 151 (1/31/23)Beloved downtown indie-sleaze grunge girl and major trendsetter MegSuperstarPrincess is the queen of the F List. She threw a release party for her new Film, titled F List, at Studio 151, a fun upstairs East Village venue known for its sushi nights and for having been the haunt for Rachel Rabbit White's iconic birthday party this past year. At Meg's F List party, the whole F list "celebrity" crew came through. The party was comprised of a solid crowd of people you may have heard of if you're into niche downtown club scene DJs, grifters, writers, fashionistas or the post-Dimes Square debutantes of tomorrow. https://www.papermag.com/fresh-pressed-tony-or-tony-2659362969.html

#Matt weinberger #Photography #Nightlife #Column #Nyc #Fresh pressed #Matt Weinberger #PAPER

0 notes

infinite-xerath · 3 years ago

Text

Thoughts on Sentinel and Ruined Skins

Alright, I plan to give my full thoughts on the entire event once it’s over, but for the time-being, I wanted to give my general thoughts on each skin so far. I’ll be putting this under a read-more for convenience.))

So I guess I’ll start by saying that I like the concept of the event as a whole, though I’ve got some gripes (as do many) with who was chosen to partake. I think, having played through the VN up to its current point, that they do a decent job justifying most of the characters who get Ruined/recruited. That said, it does annoy me that they didn’t even go all-in on the concept; one Sentinel and one Ruined champ per region could have been great, but then there are some regions that don’t even have one of each.

So yeah, in addition to giving my overall thoughts on each existing skin, I also wanna touch on who else I think could have been included.

Sentinel Vayne: In my opinion, the best Sentinel skin of the lot. Not only does it look good (arguably better than her original design) but Vayne is a natural fit for the Sentinels. She already devotes her life to hunting monsters and dark magic, so it absolutely makes sense that she would join up at least until the Ruination is dealt with.

Ruined Shyvana: I wasn’t so sure about this one at first, but I’ve warmed up to it now that we know how Viego’s possession works. Taking the worst aspects of someone’s personality and bringing them to the forefront? Yeah, go figure that Shyvana would give into her monstrous side and resentment for being persecuted almost every day of her life. You could argue that there were better picks, but hey, better Ruined Shyvana than yet another Lux skin, right?

Sentinel Olaf: While not my first choice, I can’t deny that it works in the long-run. The dude already has a history of fighting the undead in his endless quest to find a worthy foe capable of slaying him, and of course the Ruined King seems like a suitably worthy opponent for Olaf to go up against. That being said, I feel like we should have gotten a Ruined Champ from the Freljord as Olaf’s rival, rather than it just being Vex. I don’t mind Vex appearing when she did to have us encounter her for the first time, but she should have had a Ruined champ to help her, which leads me to...

Ruined Tryndamere: Come on, this one’s obvious. There are a few characters in the Freljord that might have fit the Ruined theme, but none more-so than Tryndamere, I think. The guy’s already got a whole thing about controlling his rage and trying to use it as a force for good in the Avarosa tribe. Imagine Viego corrupting Tryndamere and causing all of that primal fury to just explode forth. Plus, come ON Riot, Olaf vs Tryndamere. Battle of the Berserkers. Frankly, it’s absurd to me that Olaf hasn’t tried fighting Tryndamere already, given that they’re both too angry to die. He HAS to have at least heard about the Barbarian King, right?

Sentinel Riven: Honestly, this one is interesting to me. With the other Sentinels, we all kind of know/expect that they’ll return to normal once the event is over and go back to their status quo. Riven feels like an exception. As she stated herself in the event: she’s a wanted criminal in Noxus and it’s not exactly like she’d be super welcomed back in Ionia. She joins the Sentinels because she has nowhere else to go and no other cause to fight for once freed from Draven’s arena. Aside from Vayne, Riven feels like the one who’d most likely stay with the Sentinels once the event is over, even though I know that probably won’t happen. Still, I like her inclusion, all-in-all.

Ruined Draven: Honestly, not the one I would have picked. I mean, it’s just Draven. Absolutely nothing has changed from him being Ruined. Granted, I do think it’s absolutely hilarious that Draven’s worst version of himself is already just himself, an egotistical prick who craves attention, but there are way better picks in Noxus to see getting Ruined. I mean, the event teaser showed Darius getting possessed, and I think there’s a lot more to work with there. Also, am I the only one that thinks that Ruined Draven feels redundant when Soul Reaver Draven is already a thing?

Sentinel Diana: So this one I have some complicated feelings about. On one hand, it makes sense that Diana would join the fight against the undead for the sake of the Lunari. On the other, it feels like MOST of the Aspects should be getting involved with this. I mean, the VN has her say that the other Aspects ARE fighting the Undead all over Targon, but then you’d think we would wanna go and recruit them as well. Seriously, Taric? WTF are you, Protector? Also, Diana needing a Sentinel weapon is weird since we already confirmed that the Mist doesn’t like Celestial magic, but... Eh, the blade she gets is cool, I guess.

Ruined Pantheon: And here comes the controversial one... Right, so like many, I did not care for this skin. In fact, I still have reservations about it. I DO like that it is actually Ruined PANTHEON, because yeah, the Black Mist turns dead things undead. Go figure it could bring back the remnants of the war god lingering in Atreus. That’s a really cool idea, but there’s absolutely an argument to be made that it fucks with Atreus’s whole character arc and makes his seemingly indomitable will look like a joke... But hey, Viego himself said that he’d never be able to take a proper Aspect, which absolutely tracks, which kinda makes Atreus the only Targonian champion he COULD defeat and corrupt.

Sentinel Irelia: To be frank, not too much to say about this one. Irelia’s entire character motivation is defending her homeland against invaders, and... Yeah the undead definitely count as invaders. While someone like Shen probably would have been a better recruit for the Sentinels, Irelia works just fine.

Ruined Karma: And heeere’s another controversial one. Yeah, Karma is not the one I would have chosen. Honestly, just about anyone else from Ionia would have been a better fit for Ruination. Ruined Pantheon can be justified by the dead war god coming back and taking over Atreus’s body again, but Karma and her vessel Darha should have absolutely been able to resist it... And they kind of do. In the event, we actually do see Karma switching back and forth. She’s the only one we’ve seen fight back against Viego long enough to revert to her normal self, at least for a time. In fact, the implication that Darha is being corrupted while the entity of Karma itself fights back is neat. Still, I would have preferred Ruined Zed or something along those lines.

Sentinel Graves: OK, I love this skin. I don’t love the context around it. First of all, the fact that he’s the Sentinel for Piltover is dumb. Graves is from Bilgewater, and should have been the Sentinel we recruited there. I also don’t care for how Twisted Fate is completely missing and never even referenced from his story. Like, OK, Graves fled Bilgewater because it was already overcome with Harrowing. Fine. But... Did he just leave TF behind? If so, why does he have Fate’s blue card? There’s so much we’re missing here. I love that he’s joining just because he’s got a bone to pick with Viego, but Graves should have been the choice for Bilgewater. As for who should be the Piltover Sentinel? Well...

Sentinel Jayce: Think about it. Jayce is a character who’s had nothing to do in the Piltover/Zaun lore for ages. He already considers himself a hero and a defender of Piltover. Plus, imagine what a Sentinel version of his hammer would be like! Hell, Jayce’s whole conflict with Viktor revolves around their opposing beliefs around free will. Of course he’d have a word or two to say about the Ruined King, who’s running around and stripping people of their free will! On that note..

Ruined Viktor: Absolutely a perfect fit for Ruination. Under Viego’s influence, he could deem undeath as the next logical step of evolution, casting aside the limits of flesh and emotion for a spectral form where one’s thoughts were dictated by a single, “superior” consciousness. It would be a perfect contrast for Sentinel Jayce, and besides: we’ve already seen a ghostly version of this concept with Death Sworn Viktor. If Draven gets two undead skins, why not? Plus, we know that the Harrowing can effect machines thanks to Legends of Runeterra, so... Yeah. Ruined Viktor. Let’s go.

Sentinel Pyke: Another controversial one. While I like the general idea behind it, frankly, I would have just left Pyke as he is. We already have him fighting the undead in the Ruined King game, and we know Nagakabouros power can hurt the undead; there was no real need for him to pick up Sentinel gear. Much as I love the line “Wraiths, wraiths are on the list,” I would have just made Graves the Sentinel rep for Bilgewater and called it there.

Ruined Miss Fortune: This one just sucks. It absolutely sucks. The Sarah Fortune I know would have never gone to such lengths merely for power, especially when she already rules most of Bilgewater at this point. Her various short stories show her doing a pretty damn good job stamping out the warring factions challenging her rule, and even if she decided that she needed some kind of supernatural leg up on the competition, it’s not like Bilgewater is lacking in magic. Also, the design sucks, turning her back into the sex icon that they’ve spent the last 7 years moving her away from. Ruined Fortune sucks. As for who SHOULD have gotten the skin instead...

Ruined Gangplank: Now HERE’S a pirate lord desperate for power. He lost his ship, he lost his fleet, he lost his throne, he even lost an arm. Gangplank has been struggling to regain control of Bilgewater ever since Burning Tides, and while we haven’t heard much of him recently, it can be safely assumed that he’s not making much progress with how much control Sarah currently has. Gangplank is absolutely ruthless enough and immoral enough to bargain with the Ruined King for power. Plus, think about it: he’s already been “reborn” once, so to him, Ruination probably wouldn’t even be that big of a deal.

Sentinel Rengar: All things considered, I like this one. Rengar, I think, has one of the best justifications for joining the Sentinels. When Rengar’s jungle is invaded by wraiths, Rengar finds himself faced with monsters that even his skills cannot take down. Yeah, these undead are worthy prey challenging his reign as the apex predator in Kumungu, and if the Viego is their alpha, then he’s the target to go for. Now, obviously he’s still got a hunt for Kha’Zix that has yet to be resolved, but let’s be honest: we’re never going to see that rivalry conclude, and this is the most lore relevance Rengar has had in ages. I’m for this skin, though of course we do still have the issue of who in Kumungu would be a good Ruined rival for him. On that note...

Ruined Zyra: Alright, here me out. Ixtal as a region doesn’t have that many characters, let-alone good candidates for Ruination. Perhaps the best and most obvious candidate would be Qiyana, but I take issue with this for a few reasons. Firstly, accepting Ruination for the power to rule is already something we’ve done with MF/GP, and second, I don’t think the Shadow Isles aesthetic works super well with her elemental-swapping gameplay. I chose Ruined Zyra because, well, Zyra already wants to spread her plants far and wide across Runeterra, and the Mist would be a great method for carrying seeds, not to mention making her offspring harder to prune. Not the most deep, but yeah, I think Ruined Zyra would have been a cool concept to work with.

Lastly...

Unbound Thresh: A mistake. I’ve already made my opinions on Thresh’s lore abundantly clear in my rewrite for him, and this skin just destroys any hope for his character for me. This sexy E-Boy is unquestionably the worst thing to come out of the whole event, and whatever Riot is planning to do with Thresh in the future, it does NOT justify this design. Plus, the whole idea that an undead character can become “unbound” is just dumb. Like, when has it ever been implied that Thresh himself was actually bound in any way? He’s one of the few Shadow Isles entities that can freely leave the Mist, at least for a time! Yeah, this skin was a mistake, but Riot has to cash in on the simps, I suppose.

Anyways, I’ll give my thoughts on the story itself once this is all said and done, but for now, these are my takes on the individual skins. Hope you all enjoyed hearing me ramble.

#Outofpower #Ruination

2 notes · View notes

risingactioncounseling · 3 years ago

Text

Help me destroy all monsters

Which reality is the true one? I thought, as I started to read through the alternating chapters in Sam J. Miller’s Destroy All Monsters. This YA novel follows two main characters, Ash and Solomon, as they take turns narrating this story of friendship, fantasy, trauma, and truth. This novel beautifully blends together the sci-fi, fantasy genre within a tale that too many of us have experienced - that of trauma.

“We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that.”

Maybe both realities are true. I began to wonder about the two perspectives - that of high school student Ash, aiming to get to the bottom of football-hazing-hate-crimes and protect her best friend Solomon who is homeless and appears to be in poor mental health; and that of Solomon, an Othersider in a realm with dinosaurs and monsters and a wavering queen about to lose her throne, where he sacrifices everything to save the refugee princess, Ash.

“I had been plunging from dream to dream to memory to fantasy, until I couldn’t tell where one ended and the next began, or where the real world was in relation to all that.”

Perspective. Constructs. Stories. We tell ourselves stories to cope. It’s a way for us to narrate our lives and feel in control when external problems pull our foundation from beneath us. Fantasies and daydreaming, the lighter end of the spectrum of dissociation, but dissociation still. Often a more socially accepted way to detach, our creativity and daydreams cushion us from the harsh lines of reality.

And why not? As a child, I can recall sitting on the school bus, watching the fast-paced landscape slide by, and I would create elaborate, fantastical plot lines in my head. Once, I was the heroine of a catastrophic natural disaster which hit mid-Ohio unexpectedly. Another time, I was a self-sufficient homesteader starting a new life in the trees. Once upon a time, I married Justin Timberlake and lived happily ever after.

We tell stories to protect ourselves, to understand ourselves and to understand how we fit in the world. We tell stories when the tales of our true lives lack the happy endings we so desperately desire.

“Humans are so strange like that. When we don’t want to see something, we just don’t see it. Or we tell ourselves it’s something else. That’s pretty much an essential part of how we survive in this world.”

What I love about this novel is that Ash and Solomon, together, teach us that we can have both. Miller’s exemplary writing style creates a flawless flow between the oscillating realities. As a reader, as a therapist, and as a human, I am able to recognize that there exists a space in which creative fantasy forges us forward, rather than hinders us from our reality. Viktor Frankl knew this, when he discussed the space between a stimulus and a response, claiming that in this space, is the opportunity for personal growth.

At the end of this novel, the lives of Ash and Solomon overlap in such a way that we realize both of their experiences are 100% valid. We must hold this same empathy when we cross paths with another who may not, will not, share our same story.

“What if Solomon’s monsters weren’t in his head—hadn’t infected me as I followed him down the rabbit hole of his trauma? What if what I was seeing was just a different reality, no more or less valid than the one without monsters?”

As a child, adolescent, and even as my 31-year-old self writing this, I have clung to books and TV shows, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for sources of inspiration, of strength, of hope. Watching Buffy fight the ‘monster of the week’ and slay the forces of evil while wearing her heels and leather pants, I found comfort in her weekly routine. Because you could see the monsters she was fighting. That’s not the case in real life. And seeing something makes it easier to vanquish. Our real-life monsters exist, nonetheless. They look like disproportionate distribution of wealth, like racism and microaggressions, like natural disasters and man-made ones; they look like trauma.

“Children know that monsters are real. We forget, when we get older. When we decide we are grown-ups. We block out the monsters. Turn our backs on all that magic.”

The monsters stay, but we lose our ability to fight them when we lose our inner creativity, magic. This book is a reminder to grab hold of the Otherside of ourselves, to rekindle that magic in the form of personal strengths, resourcefulness, and empathy. Then, as Ash and Solomon realized when they held hands and fueled the other’s special powers, we can come together and conquer our shared - and individual, demons. No one has to fight alone.

How do we do this? By stepping out of ourselves to see what others are doing in this world. By tackling the elusive concept of ‘self-care’ and truly prioritizing our wellness. By going to therapy and putting in the work to heal from traumas we never asked for. By forgiving ourselves and recognizing that it was never our fault. By finding that magic inside of us.

“Maybe it wasn’t trauma that made Solomon see the world as full of magic and monsters. Maybe it wasn’t his sickness. Maybe that’s just who he was. Special. Gifted. Artists, writers, musicians—photographers—they all had to be able to tap into something (the other side) that wasn’t there, some other better world, and grab hold of things, and bring them back so the rest of the world can feel the magic too.”

And, if you want to read a really great book to inspire the magical Otherside in you, check out Sam J. Miller’s Destroy All Monsters.

**Quotes taken from Sam J. Miller’s Destroy All Monsters.

#destroy all monsters #self care #trauma #narrative therapy #creativity #write to heal #therapy #sam j miller

5 notes · View notes

flimflamfandom · 6 years ago

Text

cast list

Who would I want to be who if we were to, say, make a movie out of all this?

Well, let’s find out! I chose based off my experience seeing these actors, and I’m implying that they’ll be doing voice over work, not that they’ll be live action. So yeah, they don’t need to look like anyone in particular.

Rocky Rickaby: John Mulaney. He has some voice over experience, and he has the sort of comic delivery and exaggerated vocal expressions to make it work.

Calvin McMurray: Dylan Moran (if it couldn’t be me) Dylan Moran starred in British produced comedy shows like ‘Black Books’, as well as some films like 2014′s ‘Cavalry’. He’s a good fit because he just...sounds how Calvin sounds to me, if that makes sense.

Ivy Pepper: This one’s kinda up in the air? But I might go with either Dakota Fanning of Coraline fame, or Tara Strong. Dakota is more unique sounding, but I feel like Tara would slay in this role.

Mitzi May: Sandra Bullock. I mean, c’mon...she’s a shoe in! She sounds a little older, and she’s actually from the south, so the accent would be down pat! Not that you can’t learn an accent, though... (pleaselemmebecalvin)

Wick Sable: George Clooney. Suave, rich, and very...iron livered. It sounds like it was almost written for George Clooney, and I always seem to read the comic with his voice whenever I go over Wick’s lines...

Lacy Hardt: Melanie Lynskey. She was already a sassy, over it girl in ‘Over The Garden Wall’ as Beatrice, so...yeah. Not a hard choice.

Mordecai Heller: James Spader. I know, I know, but I wanna use living actors and Philip Seymour Hoffman passed in 2014. Besides, he’s James Spader! He’s done plenty of dramatic leads, and I think he could pull this one off just fine.

Viktor Vasko: Pasha Lychnikoff. You might not have heard of him? He does action movies, stuff like ‘Siberia’, and he was also in ‘Deadwood’. He has a good voice for it...not too deep, but he’s just able to be extremely intimidating despite it because of his delivery and intensity. He would fit.

Zib Zibowski: Don Cheadle. I mean...I’m not the only one who headcanons him as an african american, right? Also, Don Cheadle has a pretty wide range, from superhero movies to light hearted comedies, I think he would do really well in this role.

Dominic Drago: Matthew McConaughey. We’ve discussed this, the best accent, best delivery, just...the best for this job. End of story.

Asa Sweet: John Goodman. Not much else to say other than...he’s John Goodman. No, seriously, go look back at Asa and just try and tell me that it’s not John Goodman’s best role in an animated film since ‘Emperor’s New Groove’. Go ahead. I dare you.

Nico Savoy: Daniel Kaluuya. He’s good with accents, he’s good with sounding scary, he’s just...good for this. Did you SEE him in ‘Black Panther’? I sure did. He would be a tour de force as the cajun gator, I guarantee it.

Serafine Savoy: Naomie Harris. I’ll admit, I kinda just loved her in ‘Moonlight’, but apparently she was also Tia Dalma in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise? Either way, if she can go from cheesy pirate movies to a super intimate scene like meeting her son at a rehab center in ‘Moonlight’, she can easily do this role.

Nina McMurray: Bernadette Peters. Sure, she’s never physically aged, but with her experience, this role would be no challenge at all...unless, of course, we decided to get Harvey Fierstein to do it!

All other characters: Hell, I dunno, you choose.

#lackadaisy #dominic drago #calvin mcmurray #serafine savoy #nico savoy #rocky rickaby #ivy pepper #nina mcmurray #mitzi may #lacy hardt #wick sable #asa sweet #dorian zibowski

34 notes · View notes

ayahne · 7 years ago

Text

i can’t write, i say as i write 8 pages on Word

I discussed this simple little idea i had with @adelmortescryche from 2AM to 5AM and now it’s not a little idea. A lot of ideas thrown mostly randomly together on the same fic idea i will never write cause i write baaaad.

I call it : EdRi!!! On Para-Ice

- When Yuuri arrives at Wayne State to major in buisness and become a pro skater, he meets the four people with who he's going to share lodging.

- Ling is his age, he's a Xingian diplomat son that want to keep it low-key, and he's majoring in political science. He's a funny, eccentric kind of guy, and he makes Lan Fan mad.

- Lan Fan is « totally not » his body guard, and she's majoring in chemistry. She's a strange blend of calm and hot-temper. He likes her.

- There's also Phichit, ; he's younger, but so nice and enthusiastic ; he wants to do photography. (he's Thai and doesn't speaks much english, but everyone helps him and stick colored notes cards to everything and he learns quickly).

- And there's Edward Curtis, who is half cyborg, hot tempered, foul mouthed and full of shit and loyalty. He's younger than him, but more advanced than him in his studies. (« He's a genius », explains Lan Fan.) They got on like a house on fire.

- Strangely, even if they're so different from each other, they share the apartment fine. Lan Fan and Ed go run in the mornings, Ling cooks, Yuuri and Phichit go to the ice ring... They fit.

- Ed is a bit hyperactive, and when Lan Fan is too occupied to spar with him, he gotta finds something to do. (« No Ed, you can't punch people in the face. ») He visits Yuuri and Phichit at the ice ring, and he tries a bit of skating ; it's challenging, he likes it.

- Yuuri starts to teach him simple figures : a single-toe-loop, a sit-spin... Ed spend his time falling on his face because the automails are destabilizing him, but he's tired and happy when he masters a new move. From there, you can't stop him. Skating becomes the escape to his problems, and the guilt he feels.

- He comes to every of Yuuri's event to cheer him on ; he manage the panic attacks like it's nobody's buisness, and Yuuri starts to feel more confident. It's great time, they have fun.

- But one day, there's an accident ; the huge score board fall on Yuuri that just finished his routine. They have to amputate his arm.

- Ed has lived this before, and acts quick. He's there through everything, the hospital ride, the hospital stay, the therapy. With the others, he persuades Yuuri to get an automail (« Hey, we match now. ») He never let him wallow in his depression, and he puts him back on his skates with his therapist acceptance.

- They fight, with all the others, through Yuuri's terror of the ice, and slowly, slowly, he finds back his love for the ice ; he starts to skate again, to being confident. Ed does it all with him, he's his crutch. (« I miss two limbs. If i can do it, you can do it better. » And Yuuri does.)

(beware of the cut)

- "dude you can fucking make a quint and fly on the ice " says Yuuri "dont care still jealous" answer Ed, and they laugh and Phichit posts it on instagram

- Yuuri's like, welp, if you can do it, I should at least try and everyone screams NO because he's older than Ed. Except Ed, who's rolling his eyes being like, he could totally do it, he's older than me and just as flexible.

- They're both ULTRA flexible

- Cue Ed teaching Yuuri how to make some of his fighting moves on ice

- Cue Yuuri teaching Ed more quads

- All those EdRi comments. The first few are just fujoshi slobbering over them and their bromance, then someone who actually knows something about skating figures out what they're seeing and they sCREAM.

- And the skating fandom has a meltdown.

- Phichit posting out of context photos, like warming up when they're in weird yoga poses, and it seems a bit more intimate than it is.

- With tags like '#MySmolSonsBeFlexi' '#MustNotLetEdSeeTagsHeWillSlayMe'

- Phichit and all the others being DEADLY TIRED than his frighteningly prodigious friends not getting recognition just because they've got automail.

- Doesn't people realise that automail makes it harder ?

- “It's easier with automail ?” * Ed proceeds to detach his own arm and dump it on the stupid fuck's lap who crumble under the weight. * “Try lifting something that weight more than yourself higher than your head, and even spin with something ressembling grace when you have a brick instead of an arm”.

- Pole dancing class as part of the automail recovery therapy. Yuuri smiles, and he's like, this was totally for medical reasons.

- The ports gets cold and hurt when they're too long in the ice ring, so for when they train Phichit knitted them horrible arm socks (and leg sock for Ed). Knitting is not Phichit forte, and the mitts are ridiculous at best.

- Yuuri's favorite is a kaki monstruosity with purple polka dots, orange stripes, and some brown squiggles that are supposed to be flowers.

- Ed's are one atomic pink with red hearts on it, and a blue one with barely recognisable hamsters.

- The photos of them with it become viral.

- He decides to go back to competing, and he slays the handisport section. He wins all of the gold medals in the juniors, and then in the seniors.

- He's got a new coach ; she's pretty, kind and maternal, attentive to his anxieties and the fact that Ed is basically is contra-phobic object ; she's perfect, and exactly what he needs. Her name is Gracia Hugues.

- For his galas, he always do something with Ed (and either they do funny shit things, either they some mind-numbing show of skills mixing Ed's talents in flying martial arts and Yuuri's adaptability- anyways they're breathtaking)

- There's a fanbase dedied to their bromance, and some people do RPF with them.

- Ed browsing deviantart and diying a little bit (but save the nice, bro, safe ones on his phone.)

- Yuuri reading fanfictions, selecting the crack fics and the AUs to laugh with Ed, Phichit and Lin. (and Lan Fan. She's there, silently laughing)

- They're so much more low key about the bromance than Phichit and Yuuri that people have a lot more opinions about their bromance. And are sure it's a romance.

- Yuuri obviously finds it hilarious.

- Ed and Yuuri doing shit like this on purpose.

- One day on tv, some jackass ask if he doesn't miss his limbs, and Ed answers "thats equivalent exchange" while looking at Yuuri. The shippers goes mad, Yuuri goes awww cause he knows Ed meant it very innocently

- They only pop up in Phichit, Ling, and Yuri social medias because they dont take vids themselves or photos and even less post them

- One day, there's an hORRIBLE rant made by a dude that says that Ed and Yuuri are lucky to have found the other because who would want any of those disgusting cripples

- and they're a bit hurt but not much because they told themselves the same thing since they got their accidents

- But Phichit sees red. He takes THE photo.

- the one after the showers after practice, where you can see skin, soft scars, glinting metal, muscles and cloth making it SFW, and no comment under it like he use to.

- It broke twitter

- (Yuri totally roasted the guy that DARED insult his idol.)

- Roy Mustang is an ex-man-single prodigy. He was adored by the public. When he retired, he decided he wanted to go into Amestrian politics (ie, the Army).

- He's the one that presented his old buddy from the army, Maes, to Gracia. (people all around the world whined when they announced that it was Maes marrying Gracia and not him.)

- Roy isn't sure if he's happy for both his friends because Maes became 1000% more annoying after meeting Gracia. (That's a lie, he loves them both and is more than happy.)

- When he became a state alchemist, his fans where like “fire alchemy ??? U SURE ?”

- Yuri Plisetesky is a die-hard Yuuri Katsuki fan, and he finds it unfair that

1. no same sex couple on the ice, and it sucks because those two could do some pretty awesome shit

2. Ed doesn't compete because not enough money and he don't care much for the competition ; he's there for the fun and for Yuuri

3. he'd love to skate on the same ice as Yuuri but, eh, handi sections and mainstream ones doesn't mix. He hates the federation so much.

4. no one knows about the handi athletes apart of Yuri and Otabek (because he whines at him) and he finds it the most irritating thing in the world, it's a TRAVESTY.

- And just, one day, he goes to Yuuri's ice ring, and he watches him, film him for future reference and manage to catch on film a *quad axel*.

- And the regular skaters, they're like "wait what" when they see the video of the first quad axel in history

- "but we don't know that guy"

- and Yuri goes in a screaming rant about how they're all stupid, it's “FUCKING YUURI KATSUKI YOU HEATHENS HOW DARE YOU FORGET HIM HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST RIVAL FOR GOLD IF NOT FOR THAT ACCIDENT HE HAD TO LEAVE MAINSTREAM SKATING AND NOW YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HIM?!”

- And one day, Viktor, dense fridge that he is, find irl EdRi doing some figures in a public ice ring. He goes to Yuuri, says something like you skate nice, have you considered going pro, and ed punches him because the dunce doesn’t remember sharing the ice with Yuuri

- "I was too fucking kind i should have decked him with the metal one"

- Yuuri is nrgh between "he punched Viktor" and "am i that forgettable"

- Yuuri's also like Ed No Ed Stahp. While smiling happily because spiteful savage Yuuri. Who doesn't want Victor to get hurt, but he forgot.

- "We said no punching, Ed"

- ”Ed we talked about this.”

- ZE discussion they have all the time ; "Can i punch that dick in the dick" "No u cant"

- And he can only punch people if Yuuri is okay with it because everyone deem that if Yuuri thinks a dude deserve to be punched then he deserves it.

- If Yuuri thinks it's time to punch someone then it's time. Yuuri's everyone's moral compass. Except he isn't a good moral compass, because sometimes he's sassy and spiteful.

- Yuuri with really long hair after he stopped mainstream mens singles.

- First he was too depressed to cut it, then he realized it's easier for the automail. The hair gets stuck less in the joints and if they're long you can take them out easier.

- Phichit doing artistic© photos of tanned light hair Ed and pale dark hair Yuuri and destroying Instagram

- Al and Ed have been apart since they were 8 and 10 and they had the failed transmutation that left Al in a coma for 3 years with nearly no memories of his brother, and Ed without limbs.

- They went to different foster families ; Ed with Izumi and Sig, Al with the Rockbell. And Al doesn't remember Ed much, only what Pinako told him (he loved you more than anything, he was persuaded the accident is his fault)

- Olivia Armstrong is Ed social worker. The whole Briggs team work in social services.

- Ed refusing to search for his bro cause he's sure Al hates him, and, sure, Ed hates himself but not to the point of subjecting himself to that.

- Yuuri comforting him when he has nightmares about it, not saying a thing when Ed cries at night cause he misses Al.

- Phichit stalking the whole internet to update Ed on how Al is doing.

- Al being so admirative of E.Curtis works in "Alchemy Actual". Pinako wince in the background.

- Al finds it hard to connect E. Curtis to his brother because E. Curtis is notoriously secretive. No one knows anything about him.

- Al doesn't watch ice-skating, and isn't much a fan of phichit-chu. And no matter how many times he falls on a video of Edward C. he can't connect either of them to his brother. Pinako's starting to wonder if he's ever going to realise Ed-on-screen and Ed-the-alchemist is Ed his brother. She shighs in exasperation and wonder why he's so dense.

- May being Ling's pint sized badass little sister (one of many but his favorite even if loves giving her shit)

- May is irritating and wonderful and god he wishes he could introduce her to Al.

- May find Al by herself and is like “... most beautiful boy i've ever seen in my entire life omg”

- She posts photo of her and him on insta, and Phichit send them to Ed, he becomes crazy.

- Al being in a perpetual state of “Wait what” concerning her.

- “Beautiful girl came out of no where to talk to me and flirt with me and take pictures with me what'

- She starts talking alkahestry and suddenly he doesn't register her pretty face anymore she's clever who cares about pretty I can talk about alchemy with her !!!

- May finds him adorable

- Cue budding romance while their big brothers are having aneurisms on the side. Yuuri, Phichit and Lan Fan finds it hilarious.

- And at LEAST Ling can interact with his sister and NOW AL but ED REFUSES and he is sad and frustrated so he goes skating cause he has too much energy and "you can't punch people for the lolz Ed"

- Yuuri just sighs and pats him on the back while Ed screams at the sky and goes throwing quads all over the place.

- So frustrated he tries a quint toe loop, but "not a quad axel, i'm stupid but not dumb, only quadsuki can do that"

- Ed having super nice automail that Yuuri offered him with the skating money ("look, we match !", he says, a twinkle in his eyes, echoeing what Ed told him a few years ago.)

- Since Ed doesn't want to see the Rockbell and has a « 0 interaction » policy, Yuuri found that guy that lives in a remote part of Australia that does incredible machinery. They go once a year with the gang.

- Ed considering himself « toxic » to those he loves. Lan Fan decked him in the gut, Ling rolled his eyes so hard it had to be inscribed in a book of records, and Phichit insulted him in Thai. He tried this bullshit with Yuuri exactly once and never did it again.

- Mari straight up hit him with a pan. She reminds Ed of Izumi.("My foster mom hits me with her pan, too.")

- Following that sentence, people start to be suspicious about his foster mom, until they figure out Izumi and Ed love each other. Their love is just... violently displayed. And filled with martial art montages.

- Izumi and Sig already have a biological son when they adopt Ed. Aoi is totaly enamored with his « big brother »

- They adopted another child, a little girl named Nina. Her dad tried to kill her, and as of such she's sick. Her and Al are the reason he started studying organic alchemy in more depth.

- Envy is Ed biological punk rock but so nice older half-brother. He's androgynous and loves confusing people. ("Are you a girl or a boy ?" "no.")

- Envy avoids Al cause he feels guilty too. He felt he shoud have been there for his two lil bro, no matter how angry with their dad he was.

- When Ed and Envy gloom together, Lin/Phichit/Yuuri/Lan Fan comes to hit them and like "no we love you yes we said love shut up, up, we going petting rabbits"

- Hiroko, Izumi and Minako being BFFs and drinking together. It terrifies everyone. They comiserate about their spawns.

- Izumi's kid is in awe of Mari (as he should)

- EdxAngst + Yuuri/coming-to-terms-with-his-anxiety

- "Where did your... special style of skating came from, Mister Curtis ? *behind, a video extract where Ed is doing a double backflip on the ice, before launching into some capoara moves while Yuuri smiles and just cartwheels for the lolz*"

- Roy calling Ed “a backflipping maniac”

- Cuts to Ed doing a triple back flip and a single hand cartwheel or something right after. Just to see the expression on Roy's face.

- Roy having ten cardiac arrest a day. Riza laugh in the distance. (She laughs at his pain all the time)

- "Curtis, when your in an ice ring you spend more time in the air than on the ice, it's not natural"

- One of Phichit most liked photos is one of Yuuri and Ed twirling Elicia around

- Even if Ed isn't an official competitor, he has die hard fans, that calls themselves « Ed's Homunculi », and they're led by 5 people that nicknamed themselves with the primary sins.

- Yuuri snickers at just their mention. Ed complains all the time. (« NO FUCK LET ME GO IM NOT EVEN A PRO DONT PuT YOUR BOOBS IN MY FACE DONT EAT MY HAIR WTF. Why are you all so DISTURBING »)

- Envy founded the fanclub because he finds this deadly funny, now he’s mostly in charge of the social medias. Ed is horrified.

- Scar is married to Lust and follows her everywhere, to every competition sighing all the time.

- THE PRESIDENT OF HIS FANCLUB IS THE FUCKING FURHER OF AMESTRIS

- The idea of Amestris’s Furher being enamored enough with Ed's skating to give himself a stupid nickname kills all of his friends of laughter inside

- Aerugo is near greece

- Xing is in east asia

- Creta is near italia

- Drachma is between finland and sweden

- Amestris between germany and poland, and Ishval between poland and Austria

- Father couldn't arrange another full country array, and eventually decided to let it go.

- Envy's real name is Nichola Elric

- Lust is Veda Campos

- Wrath is King Bradley

- Pride is still Selim Bradley

- Gluttony is named Emilio Abatucci

- Scar is Luca Campos

- Izumi’s kid is named Aoi Curtis

#yoi #fma #edward elric #yuuri katsuki #headcanon #crossover fic #fic #fanfic #sort of ????#my writing #even if i'm not good at english BUT WATHEV'

120 notes · View notes

womenofcolor15 · 5 years ago

Text

2020 GOLDEN GLOBES AFTERPARTIES: LaLa, Mike & Kyra Epps, Yara, Storm & More Make High Slits, Bold Colors & Baby Bumps Look GOODT

Celebs - those invited to the actual show and those who weren't - made their way to the afterparty scene following the 2020 Golden Globe Awards. See fashion flicks from LaLa Anthony, Mike Epps and his pregnant wife Kyra, Yara Shahidi, Storm Reid and more inside…

If you were rooting for everybody black at this year’s Golden Globes, unfortunately no YBFers took home any awards. "When They See Us" was snubbed, but Beyonce, Eddie Murphy and a few other black stars nabbed nominations.

No celebratory wins for the YBF folks, but celebs did hit the afterparty scene for the turn up.

InStyle and Warner Bros. hosted its 21st annual Golden Globes afterparty and LaLa Anthony pulled up on the blue carpet to flex. The "Power" star served up thigh action and sex appeal in a black LaBourjoisie gown.

View this post on Instagram

Jessica

A post shared by ℒᎯ ℒᎯ (@lala) on Jan 6, 2020 at 9:49am PST

Over the weekend...

View this post on Instagram

VANITY FAIR/AMAZON PARTY

A post shared by ℒᎯ ℒᎯ (@lala) on Jan 5, 2020 at 11:02am PST

"The Chi" star flexed her curves in this burnt orange Monse frock for the Amazon Studios x Vanity Fair pre-Golden Globes party.

Oh baby!

Weeks after announcing they're expecting, comedian/actor Mike Epps and his new bride Kyra Robinson Epps bumped along on the carpet. She's about 8-months along now.

The newlyweds celebrated their new bundle of joy during a baby shower in Chicago last week. Congrats again to the couple!

Tiffany Haddish - who's gearing up to star in her new movie Like A Boss - kept it pretty in pink straight from the show, rocking a Galia Lahav dress, Jimmy Choo shoes and Pomellato jewels.

Tiff stays cutting up.

Mother-daughter twins! Actress Lisa Bonet and her daughter/"Big Little Lies" star Zoe Kravitz were all smiles when they hit the carpet alongside Lisa's fine hubby/Aquaman star Jason Momoa. Zoe & Jason presented together at the show.

Lisa rocked a Fendi dress, while Zoe played with patterns in this off-the-shoulder Saint Laurent gown.

"Orange Is The New Black" star Laverne Cox stole the show in this orange Michael Cinco creation. It was bold, extra and glamourous - everything Laverne served on the red carpet.

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Garcelle Beauvais hit the carpet with her new man/screenwriter Michael Elliot, one of their first together since revealing they're officially a couple.

Comedian/actor Keegan-Michael Key and his wife Elisa Key served up coupledom vibes on the carpet.

Come all the way through!

"Euphoria" star Storm Reid twirled down the carpet in a floral one-shouldered Rosie Assoulin gown.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Storm Reid (@stormreid) on Jan 6, 2020 at 8:07am PST

Gorge.

"How To Get Away With Murder" star Aja Naomi King kept it silky smooth in a rose gold Reformation dress.

Disney starlet Skai Jackson struck a pose in a strapless pink REDValentino mini dress and Stuart Weitzman heels.

"Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown changed it up and had some fun with his co-star Bobby Berk on the carpet after hitting the carpet at the show.

Model chick Jasmine Sanders looked like a goddess in this Georges Hibeika number.

She has been rumored to be dating Washington Wizards baller Kelly Oubre Jr., following her split from TV personality Terrence J. But we're hearing that may be over too, thanks to a certain new rumored celeb bae (we'll reveal that later).

A Wrinkle In Time star Gugu Mbatha Raw shined brightly in a gold Gucci gown.

Flirty & fun! "The Haves & The Have Nots" actress Tika Sumpter showed off her stems in a white Viktor and Rolf mini.

DOPE actress Kiersy Clemons showed off her curves in this peachy nude JLUXLABEL dress.

Rapper Snoop Dogg came out for the fun.

"The Real" co-host Adrienne Bailon Houghton - who revealed on her YouTube account she lost 20lbs - rocked this sculpted Water Collection dress accessorized with XIXI jewelry.

All Eyez On Me star Kat Graham posed it up on the carpet in a chocolate suede gown that featured a high neck and embroidery.

If Beale Street Could Talk actress KiKi Layne switched her style rocking this feathered wore see-through Julien Macdonald number. LOVE!

Inside, actor Evan Ross, his wife Ashlee Simpson Ross, Queen & Slim writer Lena Waithe, and Jasmine Sanders snapped it up together. Lena's BDE has us fangirling as usual.

Evan & Ashlee are still all wrapped up in love.

Family fun!

"The Vampire Diaries" star stopped for a photo-op with new mom & actress Shay Mitchell, who was wearing Nicolas Jebran.

View this post on Instagram

When She Wears Paco #JSNstyleteam

A post shared by Jason Bolden (@jasonbolden) on Jan 5, 2020 at 10:07pm PST

Trans activist Janet Mock killed it in Paco Rabanne, styled by Jason Bolden. HOT.

At another party...

"Grown-ish" star Yara Shahidi lit up The Walt Disney Company's Golden Globes afterparty at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. She killed it in a yellow, strapless Carolina Herrera with a side train paired with gold Christian Louboutin pumps.

View this post on Instagram

tonight #goldenglobes

A post shared by Yara (يارا‎) Shahidi (@yarashahidi) on Jan 5, 2020 at 10:30pm PST

Season 3 of "Grown-ish" premieres January 16th on Freeform.

"POSE" star/EMMY winner Billy Porter (who was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama category) turned heads in a white Alex Vinash 'fit. On the carpet at the Golden Globes, he rocked the look with a feathered train.

HARRIET star Cynthia Erivo (who was in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama category) changed out of her multi million dollar Thom Browne look for this more casual black-and-white number.

At another party...

Netflix made sure to host a gig for the Golden Globe post-party scene. "A Black Lady Sketch Show" Gabrielle Dennis, Like A Boss star Tiffany Haddish, "The Have & The Have Nots" actress Crystal R. Fox and Night School star Bresha Webb were in the mix, snapping flicks together during the festivities.

"Queen Sugar" star Omar Dorsey linked up with the ladies. #BlackExcellence

Superproducer Pharrell Williams, his wife Helen Lasichanh, and Ambassador Nicole Avant chopped it up during the party.

Werk! Victoria's Secret model Winnie Harlow killed it in this LaQuan Smith fringed dress.

At another gig...

"How To Get Away With Murder" star Aja Naomi King was making her rounds last night. After hitting up the InStyle/Warner Bros. party, she made her way to HBO's post-Golden Globes bash. By the way, the network nabbed four wins at the Golden Globes.

Miss J made sure to serve a lewk.

At another bash...

"The Gifted" actress Frances Turner attended the Amazon Studios Golden Globes after party, rocking a body hugging slip dress intricately hand embroidered with micro beads inspired by Moroccan tiles from THEIA. Fab!

Singer Lalah Hathaway posed it up in a printed Melissa Mercedes gown.

Rapper Trinidad James popped up on the scene.

EMMY winner Glynn Turman was also in the mix.

Elsewhere....

View this post on Instagram

CAA party.... #letsdance

A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on Jan 5, 2020 at 11:27pm PST

HUSTLERS star Jennifer Lopez (who was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture) slayed in this Zuhair Murad look with her fiance Alex Rodriguez before hitting up the CAA afterparty. She looked better at the afterparty than the actual awards show.

Photos: Getty/Startracks

[Read More ...] source http://theybf.com/2020/01/06/high-slits-bold-colors-baby-bumps-lala-mike-epps-yara-tiffany-haddish-more-party-it-up-af

1 note · View note