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esteemed-excellency · 10 months

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More oc lore: violant eyes. I like to sprinkle my ocs with a bit of eye horror, and I like to speculate about the neathbow as a concept, so here's the headcanon. (CW for eye trauma)

Hiram's eyes started to absorb some violant from his studies of the correspondence, he was writing in violant ink to learn and remember the sigils faster, inadvertently creating a combination of mnemonic sigils written with a material that has the same mnemonic effect. He obsessed a little too much over it and stared at it a lot (who needs to sleep when you have a brand new language to look into!) and instead of burning his face off it got in his eyes burning them like a superimposition - the correspondence instability was balanced by the fixed nature of violant ink, just like what correspondents do on paper. He had nightmares and headaches for a month but now he remembers literally everything much more clearly, nightmares included.

After the first shock he was basically immune to correspondence burning his mind (unless some big sigil work is needed, one can't avoid scorching a bit), but not nightmares because he remembers everything extremely clearly. He still gets migraines and flashbacks every now and then. On the bright side, this is very useful to navigate confusing places like Parabola or the Royal Beth, and it comes in handy to cheat in the Great Game too.

He can use drops of violant ink as collyrium if more effect is needed, like to avoid particularly strong rites of Saint Joshua counteracting the irrigo, trying to fix a particular memory for the future, writing down strong combinations of sigils to counteract the burning correspondence effect, remembering something very distant like visions or deep parabolan business, etc. Ink as collyrium initially gives him more headaches but after some time it's just like using basic eye drops, with no collateral effect for him. The collateral effect can be felt by people around him, they suddenly remember things they were trying to forget, or they suddendly experience unwanted deja-vus.

NEON FUTURE SPOILER (Irem update): his eyes get more and more unsettling as years go by because he has to remember more and more things to keep the memory of London in place and Leasehold effect going. He keeps writing in correspondence trying to fix it in time with red science, to prevent the next cities from getting lost, still postponing the reckoning. He starts wearing filtered glasses to avoid unnerving people, not that he cares so much but he needs to be inconspicuous.

#pov: handsome townhouse party is great until you look into the host eyes and remember how embarrassing you were in middle school #hiram hargrave #oc lore #fallen london #fallen london oc #cw eye stuff #cw eye horror #cw eye trauma #eye trauma cw #eye horror cw #feel free to drop in my messages and tell me if more tags are needed!#hiram lore #backstory

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lanarchive · 11 months

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#forgot the last two were even london clubs #also it would be so funny if arsenal got the most votes like i would not mind at all cause rent free and all that #my vote isnt even spurs surprisingly #reblog and stuff if u want

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regicidal-defenestration · 4 months

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Having a Seeking alt is so funny like here is the account I created to have fun playing a game!, and that one is the character made intentionally to go through The Untold Horrors

#I remember fallen london exists around advent every year; get a bunch of free stuff and actually do things; then forget about it again by #like february #since 2019 I have achieved one (1) weeping scar #the horror are happening but very very slowly

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virtchandmoir · 1 year

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'Bringing the energy': How Scott Moir is moulding the next generation of ice dancers

Scott Moir hasn't lost his edge.

January 10, 2023

Former Olympic dance figure skater Scott Moir, one half of the gold medal team of Virtue and Moir, now coaches teams from the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Moir works with Canadian ice dancers Jacob Portz and Alyssa Robinson as they practise at the Komoka Wellness Centre west of London on Friday Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

“We're going to kick Charlie's ass,” Moir, 35, quipped during a lively training session last week at Komoka Wellness Centre. “Quote that one.”

The one-liners, verbal jabs, laughs and hockey talk is so familiar to anyone who closely followed Moir’s career with his longtime partner, Tessa Virtue of Ilderton, to Olympic gold and the top of the skating world.

Later this month, the ice dance superstar-turned-coach will be in San Jose, Calif., to support one of his promising teams – Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko – at the U.S. national championships.

In the fall, he bet Ponomarenko, a die-hard San Jose Sharks fan, the Maple Leafs would beat them. When Toronto didn’t, Moir wore one of Sharks captain Logan Couture’s jerseys on the ice, then handed it over to his student.

“He loved that,” said the head coach and managing director of the Ice Academy of Montreal’s Ontario campus.

The American ice dance team of Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko work through their routine under the gaze of coach Scott Moir at Komoka Wellness Centre on Friday Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

This week, Moir will wear out a path to the Kiss and Cry area at the Canadian figure skating championships in Oshawa. His local crew is looking to take big steps after some international success.

Londoners Lily Hensen and Nathan Lickers aim to crack the Top 5 in the senior ranks while Ridgetown’s Alyssa Robinson and Calgary’s Jake Portz have that potential, too. Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker, who relocated from B.C., hope to grab a podium spot.

Kilworth’s Jordyn Lewis and Ilderton’s Noah McMillan want to earn a junior worlds berth and former novice champs Layla Veillon and Alex Brandys, both Londoners, are taking the next step up the ladder. Lewis and Veillon are also on the Ice Ignite synchro team seeking a junior worlds spot.

Internationally, Leia Dozzi and Pietro Papetti skate for Italy and Samantha Ritter and Daniel Brykalov represent Azerbaijan.

Senior ice dancers Nathan Lickers and Lily Hensen of London work on their routines under the guidance of Olympic champion Scott Moir and his mom, Alma Moir, at Komoka Wellness Centre Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

“The project here is to create two equal schools,” Moir said. “Montreal is, by far, the most dominant in the world. At the last Olympics, they had 10 of the last 20 skaters (in ice dance). That’s a lot. It’s a big ask, but I think it’s possible now.”

Moir studied the Montreal way when he and Tessa Virtue moved there for their dominant run to the 2018 Olympic title. They worked under old friends Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, then Moir brought the spirit of camaraderie and friendly, in-house competition back home.

“The kids have to create the atmosphere they want,” he said. “They cheer each other on. Even though a lot of them will go and be on the competition ice with each other, I learned the real magic is if you have each other’s back. There’s a balance to be struck.

“We (Moir and Virtue) didn’t have the same in Canton (Mich.),” he added. “We had it early when Charlie and I were really firing in 2010. I wasn’t the most mature young man in 2014, so I didn’t use that environment to my advantage. But we doubled down on it in 2018 (alongside the French team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron) and it was to our advantage, for sure.”

Former Olympic ice dancer Scott Moir now has a thriving business coaching teams from the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Moir skates past his mom, and fellow coach, Alma Moir, at Komoka Wellness Centre on Friday Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

LENDING A HAND: Moir grew up surrounded by figure skating coaches. That family connection remains at the academy. His mother Alma, aunt Carol and cousins Sheri and Cara are part of the staff.

“It’s fun – it’s kind of hard to call him my boss now, though,” Alma joked. “He stresses a positive attitude to the coaches and an old (veteran) here sometimes, I have to do a check on how positive I am some days. It took a while for the kids to feed into it, but you could see the energy change from the summer to now.”

Moir has some non-family help, too, in Justin Trojek and soon-to-be-married Madison Hubbell and Adrian Diaz, a Spanish ice dancer. Hubbell, who finished third at the last Olympics with Zachary Donohue, called her immediate jump from athlete to full-time coach a rare transition.

“It was really after meeting Adrian and seeing his love of skating and different perspective that I started enjoying analyzing skating together,” the 31-year-old from Michigan said.

“When we trained together (in Montreal), one of my favourite things was Scott’s energy – whether it was doing back-and-forth cardio or competing on a daily basis. It can feel like a very solo sport and Scott made a point of including you and cheering you on with a compliment or kind word. He’s a big instigator in what I would consider more of a hockey mentality: rowdy, yelling and having fun.”

MOVING FORWARD: Moir, who’s married and has a two-year-old daughter, recently congratulated Virtue on her engagement to Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly. Once in a while, he admits he will press her for some inside info on his favourite team.

His skaters want to hear stories about Virtue, too.

“I looked up to Tessa so much and still do every day,” said Carreira, 22. “She came to the rink once and it was literally the best day. Getting to train with Scott Moir every day is a privilege. I grew up in Montreal and they were my heroes.”

Moir believes the much-loved on-ice connection he shared with Virtue can be taught technically, but he has no interest in churning out mere carbon copies.

“These athletes aren’t going to be able to be Tessa and Scott, because in four, eight and 12 years, Tessa and Scott aren’t going to be good enough,” he said. “They already aren’t. We wouldn’t have won the last Olympics. The sport is evolving, the skaters will and I have to, as well. It’s about making it their own. Everyone has a different look and story.”

Former Olympic dance figure skater Scott Moir coaches American skaters Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

Carreira and Ponomarenko, whose parents Marina and Sergei won 1992 Olympic ice dance gold, are developing that mature skating connection that served Virtue and Moir so well. But Moir isn’t designing similar programs for Veillon, 16, and Brandys, 17.

“You can’t coach two athletes the same way and you motivate the man and woman different,” Moir said. “That’s the fun of coaching. I don’t come here to walk down memory lane. I come here to learn, too. How can I teach this kid a counter even though I was a good counter turner? Now, I need to figure out a different way. It’s a challenge and my coaching staff challenges me. Hopefully, this momentum turns into a snowball and keeps rolling.”

The bond is already encouraging.

“Even though I’m one of the youngest, you completely forget an age gap,” Veillon said. “You get to come to the rink every day and skate with some of your closest friends. The coaches are amazing, they want the best for us and we have such a fun time.”

ONE-ON-ON WITH COACH SCOTT MOIR

Former Olympic dance figure skater Scott Moir demonstrates some footwork for one of his teams at the Komoka Wellness Centre on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)

Has your approach to the sport changed since on-ice retirement?

“I was much more performance and result-based. I wanted to win. I studied the points and what needed to be better to be on top. My experience with Tessa, as a coach, showed me if I strategize properly, it can work. I was a little riskier as an athlete, because it’s you out there. You’re the one who puts your heart and soul into it. Now, I feel I owe it to the kids. You feel responsible, but you still have to be a little dangerous. That edge is what gives us an advantage. The goal is not personal-best skates alone. It’s taking advantage of your opportunity. Go for it and take the lessons of being able to perform in front of people, because you have to really bring it on this stage.”

What’s the goal of the Ice Academy of Montreal’s Ontario campus?

“To make great people. It sounds so stupid, but we believe success is a byproduct. You’re a good person first, support your teammates, demand the best of yourself, never stop wanting to grow and be ready to learn. It’s not a trade-off. I used to think you can drink the Kool-Aid and be your best self, but I wanted to win. Patrice, Marie-France and Romain (Haguenauer) showed me it all goes hand-in-hand. We’re an elite school and we want to be on top of the world. As we develop these kids and these skills that will serve them well in life, we want to become excellent athletes able to stand on top of podiums. We don’t have a ton of great skating schools in Canada and our success doesn’t mean we can’t have great schools in Scarborough, Vancouver and Calgary. We’re the most dominant skating country with the most rinks. I hope we can get the footprint a little bigger so we can affect more athletes. Hopefully, we can compete against our Montreal teammates and push their boundaries, too.”

How can you affect the skating experience for your students beyond the technical elements?

“I had success in my career, but I got bogged down in the negatives over many years. Who knows if we would’ve beaten Marilyn (Davis) and Charlie, but I think my outlook on skating kept me from being my best self leading up to 2014 (silver medal in Sochi). I’d love for the kids to hear my wisdom and not have to go through the black period I did. At the same time, it’s their journey and they need to have their own path. I can have a direct impact on the negative parts of the sport that don’t need to exist. There are parts of the sport people may think of as ugly or the judging, but being able to be happy about yourself no matter what people think can be a positive. In this age of social media and all that s—, it’s important. Even before the scores, are you personally happy? Did you give everything you had? I’m hoping to prepare for them to deal with those issues the right way.”

How do you impact a generation of skaters who didn’t face the same challenges you did?

“They motivate very differently. It’s tricky for me. I grew up in the other one. My dad was fair and hard on me. If I deserved it, I got it and I deserved it a lot. He didn’t baby me and I thrived. I have fantastic parents. I had some coaches that were a little harder on me and when you go through the Russian schools, of course, that’s the way it is. I loved it. There were also dark parts it created that I also had to deal with later in life. I think there’s a way to expect the most out of these kids and have them expect it, but through love and support. There’s a balance. You can be critical and deliver the message the right way. This generation motivates from exciting things. You’ve got to keep it fresh and keep them rolling and feeling good. My first couple of years, I got bogged down in hammering on them, because I like being in the trenches. The kids felt it was super heavy and it didn’t work. I started being more positive and bringing the energy every day and you see them lift up with results much better. We’re trending that way and it’s natural for me, too.”

Are you able to watch old videos of you and Tessa Virtue skating without finding every little fault in it?

“My perspective of our career is probably the most jaded. You can’t really watch yourself without it. Watching it is getting better and better, actually. You forget the cues you’re supposed to be doing and I’m able to just watch Tessa much more than what I’m doing wrong, so that’s enjoyable. I watch it with a different eye now that I coach. I was very critical and it wasn’t fun to watch tape before, but it’s getting better. I think for the sake of ice dance – and I think that’s why 2018 was such a success for us – the sport evolved. We came back, dove in, pushed ourselves and were able to come away with Olympic gold again. It would be foolish for me to step in and say if I can create 10 Scott Moirs, we’re going to be successful. I don’t believe that.”

—The London Free Press

#scott #off ice #i.am ontario #coach #interview: the london free press #the photo of scott and his mom #that's rude #otherwise good stuff

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warblingandwriting · 10 months

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Eighteenth and nineteenth century Vinaigrettes. These silver and stylized boxed would have grates on the inside, like this:

underneath which a sponge, soaked in vinegar or perfume would release a its scent to the owner. They were used in the busy (and smelly) city streets, to avoid those aforementioned street smells, and most commonly made of silver. They were commonly worn on chains, and I think are a really interesting little piece of history that we don't hear about too often!

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#history #18th century #18thC stuff #art #regency #historical dress #learned about them in my 18th century London history course #and was surprised I had never heard of them before and wanted to share #if anyone has more info to add please feel free! I am but a masters student and definitely do not know everything about the period

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starfoam · 10 months

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//I am begging all of you to play Fallen London

#this is Mask of the Rose but Fallen London is free and you legit do not need the premium stuff to have a Great Time #this world makes me absolutely feral

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scholarhect · 7 months

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jenny holzer inflammatory essays <3 i stood on the stairs and read every single one (there aren’t as many as it looks. each one is on here on about two columns, i think. still a long time to stand there) and i was in the way and people had to walk around me but i was like psssh this is an art gallery if they’re gonna display art here then i’m gonna look at it here. and then afterward i went up and stood by the barrier above the stairs and actually i could read the text reasonably well. so. maybe i did not in fact have to stand in everybody’s way. but whatever

#had fun at the gallery but it was also so so exhausting & also it was a nightmare getting home & now i’ve been home for close to 3 hours but #i’m still soooo tired #but i’ve showered!!#but like i only made it through one collection exhibit & one artist exhibit. or whatever they’re called #there are like. 4 of the first one and 2 of the second one. i think #that’s not even counting all the paid exhibits. here i was thinking i’d get through the free stuff & then see if i could get tickets to some #thing else if i had time & felt like it #i spent two hours in that one section.#and like it was nice i got to see everything in there but oh my god #and there’s TWO tate museums in london. i didn’t know this until this morning!#i was thinking oh maybe i get through the tate modern today & i hit the tate britain tomorrow. a nice weekend of art #no. literally no #god i need to be travelling i haven’t left london at ALL i’m running out of time! but also i want to do this!#i’ve been thinking i’ll do a single day in oxford at least #but if i can’t do the tate modern in a day how can i do a whole city in a day…#and i want to go to SCOTLAND. when will i go to scotland!!!#but i have 6 days of vacation i still need to use at some point. so maybe that’s what i’ll do with them #i also have one day scheduled only because i’m going somewhere the night before & don’t want to work the next day #so maybe i go back to the gallery that day….#post tag

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rowanhoney · 1 year

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Hiiiiiiiii now taking recommendations for how to use my week off!

#I can’t afford anything except for a few bus journeys #so if u know anything good and free to do in London the next week #or you have Recs for solitary activities #or for books to read or anything really!!!#then lmk!!!#currently I have a hike planned #and then I will go to my abuelas for pancake day to eat lots of pancakes #and I will read and watch a movie #I have free cinema tix to see women talking #I’m gonna go to the design museum sometime this week #and dinner in North Kensington w my dad and his gf #but that’s it. that’s my plan for 10 days #the museum and seeing my dad will b the same day to reduce travel costs #pls begging for ideas #all my friends will still be working so I’ll have to do stuff alone as usual

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serialreblogger · 2 years

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Like Martin, I was not expecting Jon to take him seriously. This episode is. So good. I've been loving it so far, the little bits of plot trickling through. The names and themes showing up multiple times. The feeling that there is Something Significant about all this. Knowing that there's going to be Plot. That's my favorite part of long form stories, where the plot is just beginning to be hinted at. But this episode. The ending. /pos

YEAH

#i'm SO EXCITED to hear that ur starting tma friend #zero spoons today or i'd be writing paragraphs of my enthusiasm #suffice it to say. y ea h #they never specify exactly what ''something squelches'' meant so i choose to believe martin took a peach tin of worms across london #to dump out on jon's desk. god i love martin #<<<<<3 PLEASE feel free to keep me updated i love hearing new listeners react to the stuff i've got memorized #friends consume my hyperfixations #tma #the magnus archives #ask linden

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alexis-royce · 2 years

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all your posts about it piqued my curiosity so i looked up and started playing fallen london! any helpful tips for a newbie just starting out? :D

Ooooh, you’re in for a treat!

What I wish I knew when I first started: Fallen London is a game which you play a little at a time. Your actions per day are limited, which can be very frustrating. You haven’t picked up a game which you can binge, but a tiny living world where you will get to grow and change with everyone else. Focus on exploring places that interest you and enjoying the text. The sense of wonder and mystery is a huge part of the appeal. Don’t cheat yourself by checking the wiki if at all possible! The wiki is over here, and I’d recommend using it when you feel lost, but not as an alternative to exploring the game on your own.

In the example image above, there’s a darker circle in the top-right corner, with a little pencil on it. Clicking that will allow you to save text to your journal, which is displayed on your profile page. This allows you to keep a record of your choices, so you can reread them later! If you're out of actions but you still want to play, use your journal to think over what your character has done. Why did they make the choices that they did? Do they regret them? Who are they now? Fallen London is a Role-Playing Game, and that means that the gameplay in your head is just as important as the gameplay on the site. How does your character feel about the locations they've been? Which NPCs do they like? Who scares them? What items are they proud of? Consider writing these things down in your own private journal. Maybe try drawing your character!

Try not to fret about leveling up fast, or maximizing the amount of items you get per turn. Someday, you will be big and powerful and have max stats and best-in-slot items. But you only get to be fresh to London once. Enjoy this stage of your character's life, while they're an underdog fighting to make their way! You're laying the groundwork for an OC who will grow and flourish over the course of several years.

There is a big new event going on right now (July 29, 1899 2022), so if the site feels slow, that's why! If you can join in, then go for it by clicking a weird little option that is probably showing up wherever you go:

And lastly! My account and the fellow I drew in the comic is The Ex-Disgraced Academic. Feel free to add me as a friend! I don't, as a rule, RP. But during one of the annual events I do like to send in-character cards to people, and since I'm a Paramount Presence, I'm in a position to assist with masterclasses and such. You can also find more friends on reddit, on the discord, or here on tumblr. Anyone who's reading this, please feel free to comment or reblog with your account name if you'd like to make some more friends!

#Fallen London #I realize that I have talked more about stuff OUTSIDE the game than stuff INSIDE the game #And that is because the game has a LOT #You won't be at a loss for what to do #But personally I struggled hard with the action cap when I began #The waiting was the hardest part XD #Feel free to send additional questions #I wouldn't consider myself an FL expert #But I am endgame and I have favorite grinds and know some of the deeper lore #So if I can help I would like to!

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