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alexa-santi-author · 8 months
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Since we’re visiting family in Chicagoland anyway, I took a side trip to Love’s Sweet Arrow bookstore in Tinley Park and found one of my Holy Grail books: Irresistible Forces, a fantasy and science fiction romance anthology that features stories by Jo Beverley, Lois McMaster Bujold, Mary Jo Putney, and Jennifer Roberson. All in the same book! I’m WAY too excited to have finally found it.
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savantefolle · 1 year
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My reading pile update into the new year
My reading pile update into the new year
A reading pile update for my fans. I am not always writing, and those days of the new year, I am currently reading five very disparate novels. Two SF Canadian authors first: Den Waldron’s Axis of Andes for the historical context of south America before WWII, and The Nightingale’s Tooth by Sally McBride, a fantasy novel set in an historical uchrony. Progressing through Joyce Carol Oates, A Book of…
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weirdesplinder · 2 years
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Lista delle migliori mamme nei romance storici
In occasione della Festa della mamma ho pensato di fare una lista di romance storici con protagoniste o coprotagoniste o personaggi secondari che siano delle brave mamme e spicchino nella trama. Ma scervellandomi per cercare dei titoli mi sono accorta che non ci sono molte madri famose nei romance....questa è la verità, se un persoanggio è madre, spesso è secondario al aftto che sia vedova o altro, e quasi sempre sono vedove o single rovinate da una gravidanza fuori dal matrimonio. Ma il rapporto madre e figli non è centralissimo alla trama purtroppo, o forse sono io che non ho letto nella mia vita romance con delle mamme, o meglio dove il ruolo di mamma fosse centrale.
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- Amare un libertino di  Julia Quinn
Serie Bridgerton
Link: https://amzn.to/3pr0m2u
Trama: Quando Michael Stirling, il più audace libertino di Londra, incontra Francesca Bridgerton è amore a prima vista. Un amore non ricambiato: Francesca sta per sposare suo cugino John.E anche se un evento improvviso libera Francesca da qualunque vincolo, Michael non osa confessarle il proprio amore e per dimenticarla parte per l’India. Ma al suo rientro, inaspettatamente, Francesca gli chiede consiglio per trovare un buon marito: potrà Michael sopportare di gettarla tra le braccia di un altro?
La mia opinione: la prima madre che mi viene in mente nel mondo dei romance storici è naturalmente Violet, la mamma della famiglia Bridgeton che ama i suoi figli e li consiglia in ogni libro della serie. Un fulgido esempio di maternità con molte sfaccettature, poichè non è per niente una figura intrusiva nella loro vita, eppure è stata fondamentale e lo è ancora. E per me il libro dove da il meglio di sè è quello di Francesca, poichè si confrontano su cosa voglia dire vedovanza per ognuna di loro, e se Violet ha deciso di non risposarsi, sua figlia farà invece una scelta diversa. Inoltre in questo libro anche il concetto di maternità è importante, poichè Francesca vorrebbe essere madre, ma faticherà a diventarlo.
-Lord perfect di Loretta Chase
Serie: The Carsington Brothers
Link: https://www.amazon.it/Lord-Perfect-Carsington-Family-English-ebook/dp/B000P2A45Y
Trama: Alla ricerca della turbolenta figlia dodicenne, Bathsheba Wingate, appartenente a una famiglia disprezzata dai benpensanti, si trova a trascorrere alcuni giorni con lord Benedict Carsington, erede di un titolo antico e prestigioso. Sulle tracce della bambina, Bathsheba e Benedict vengono sorpresi da una travolgente attrazione. Fra tante, forse troppe avversità, riusciranno a coronare il loro sogno d’amore?
La mia opinione: qui la madre è la protagonista femminile del romanzo, Bathsheba che farebbe qualsiasi cosa per la figlia. Certo, il fulcro del libro poi si sposta sul rapporto tra i protagonisti, ma il fatto che lei sia una madre è centrale, così come è anche centrale il personaggio di sua figlia, e quindi il loro rapporto. E poi è un gran bel libro a prescindere.
-Un angelo a Natale (Christmas Angel), di  Jo Beverley
Serie: Company of Rogues
Link: https://www.amazon.it/Christmas-Angel-Company-Rogues-Book-ebook/dp/B07D45G8LD
Trama:  Leander Knollis, conte di Charrington, è tornato da poco in Inghilterra e sente che è arrivato il momento di mettere su famiglia. Convinto di non essere in grado di amare, non vuole però condannare la prescelta a una vita infelice. Così, sebbene tutte le ragazze in età da marito sembrino desiderarlo, Leander sceglie Judith Rossiter, una vedova con due bambini, che ancora piange il defunto consorte. Una donna che di sicuro non potrà farsi coinvolgere sentimentalmente… 
La mia opinione: questo romanzo non è niente di straordinario, esistono molte trame simili, ma è dolce e scritto bene e ti riscalda. I tema della famiglia è fondamentale. La protagonista ha due bambini, e insieme sono una famiglia dolcissima, che accoglierà e conquisterà il protagonista a poco a poco come in una favola di natale.Quindi va da sè che lei è una buona madre.
   -Duchessa per caso (Any Duchess Will Do)  di Tessa Dare
Serie: Spindle Cove
Link: https://www.amazon.it/Duchessa-Romanzi-Classic-Serie-Spindle-ebook/dp/B01HSSFP0G
Trama: La vita dissoluta di Griffin York, ottavo duca di Halford, è ormai una macchia indelebile nell'albero genealogico della sua famiglia. Condotto con l'inganno dalla madre nel Sussex, Griff scopre che la duchessa vuole trovare a ogni costo una donna di buona famiglia disposta a sposarlo. Fingendo di assecondarla, Griff sceglie Pauline Simms, cameriera di taverna e figlia di un agricoltore: il massimo della provocazione. Sotto i panni di un'indomabile contadina si cela però un animo nobile. Il sogno di Pauline, infatti, è nientemeno che aprire una libreria. Determinata e sveglia, la ragazza getterà luci e ombre sul cuore di Griff, sprofondandolo nel gorgo della passione…
La mia opinione: la madre del protagonista maschile, la duchessa madre è fantastica ed è il motore del romanzo. Suoi sono i momenti comici, ma anche alcuni momenti seri. Sì a volte esaspera Griffin, ma lo ama veramente veramente tanto e vuole solo il suo bene. E sa come ottenerlo in modo molto intelligente.
- Il ballo delle tentazioni (A Scot to the Heart) di Caroline Linden
Serie: Desperately Seeking Duke
Link: https://www.amazon.it/ballo-delle-tentazioni-Alla-ricerca-ebook/dp/B099FH15S2
Trama: Scozia, 1787 Il capitano Andrew St. James proviene da una famiglia nobile, ma il suo ramo non ha mai avuto né ricchezza né posizione sociale. Niente perciò lo sconvolge di più che apprendere di essere l'erede del suo lontano cugino, il Duca di Carlyle. Niente invece sconvolge di più la vedova Ilsa Ramsay che scoprire che il bel soldato con cui ha ballato nel corso di una serata spensierata è il fratello della sua migliore amica ed erede di un duca. Ilsa brama un po' di avventura e capisce subito che quell'uomo non fa per lei, per quanto la tenti. Ma un bacio e un altro ancora dicono il contrario. Anche Drew sa che la vivace, ribelle Ilsa non può diventare un'irreprensibile duchessa, eppure, quando lei si trova coinvolta in un clamoroso scandalo, Drew non esita a correre in suo aiuto.
La mia opinione:  La madre qui è quella del protagonista maschile ed è un personaggio secondario, ma comunque molto piacevole ed ha diverse sfaccettature che la fanno comunque risaltare Ha un buon rapporto col figlio, bei dialoghi significativi e anche se è preoccupata dalle voci che girano sul conto di Ilsa, non la giudica a priopri.
-Un imprevisto d’amore (The Accidental Wedding) di Anne Gracie
Serie: Devil Riders
Link: https://www.amazon.it/imprevisto-damore-Romanzi-Classic-Riders-ebook/dp/B097Z542YD
Trama:  Quando Nash Renfrew si risveglia nel letto della splendida Maddy Woodford, crede di sognare. Ben presto scopre di aver avuto un incidente a cavallo e di aver perso la memoria. Lei è povera e si occupa dei suoi cinque fratelli orfani; lui invece è un diplomatico, abituato alla compagnia di zar e granduchi. Quando riacquista la memoria, continua a fingere di avere un'amnesia perché non ha alcun desiderio di abbandonare le amorevoli cure di Maddy. Ma l'ultima notte trascorsa insieme si rivela fatale: la passione tra i due divampa irrefrenabile e a quel punto solo un matrimonio riparatore può evitare uno scandalo. Ma basterà a tenerli uniti nonostante provengano da mondi così diversi?
La mia opinione: ok, in realtà la protagonista non è una madre, è la sorella, ma si occupa dei fratelli come fosse la loro madre, e il suo ruolo materno è centrale alla trama, e i bambini hanno anche loro un loro ruolo nel romanzo.
-The promise of Jenny Jones (inedito in italiano) di Maggie Osborne
Trama: Jenny non ricorda un momento della sua vita in cui sia stata in pace. Ogni attimo della sua esistenza è stato una lotta continua per la sopravvivenza, una lotta che sta infine per perdere poichè sta per vedere eseguita la sua condanna a morte. La salvezza però avviene miracolosamente grazie ad una donna che è disposta a prendere il suo posto e morire in sua vece pur di salvare la sua bambina. Malata e disperata la la donna non ha comunque futuro e morire davanti ad un plotone le risparmierà una lenta agonia, sarà felice di salvare Jenny se lei prometterà di salvare sua figlia conduncendola in salvo fino in California dai suoi parenti. Jenny acetta e anche se all'inizio il rapporto con la bambina di sei anni non sarà facile, lei è una donna piena di risorse forte e veloce quanto un uomo e altrettanto abile anche con la pistola, capacità che le saranno molto utili dal m omento che i cugini della bambina le inseguono poichè la vogliono morta. Un aiuto le giungerà inaspettato da un cowboy incontrato per caso, Ty Sanders, e anche se i due non lo sanno entrambi hanno la stessa missione.
La mia opinione: Qui la madre modello è la nobildonna che sacrifica la sua stessa vita e prende il posto di Jenny davanti al plotone di escuzione pur di salvare sua figlia. E Jenny non dimenticherà mai un tale coraggio e manterrà la promessa fattale pur davanti a tutte le difficoltà.
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Il sogno di Belle, di Mary Balogh
Trama: Jack Frazer è uno scapolo impenitente e quando la duchessa d Portland lo invita nella sua villa di campagna lui sa che quello è un benevolo trucco per fargli mettere la testa a posto e farlo fidanzare con l'aristocratica Juliana. Jack accetta, divertito, ma lo aspetta una vera sorpresa: tra gli ospiti vi è anche la celebre attrice Isabelle de Vacheron, la splendida donna che un tempo Jack ha amanto alla follia... 
La mia opinione: i figli di Belle sono essenziali alla trama del libro
L’ultimo valzer, di Mary Balogh
Trama: Lady Christina non ha mai realmente amato il defunto marito, eppure ha accettato il suo modo di pensare, rigido e puritano. Almeno fino a quando il passato ritorna nella persona di Gerard Percy. Un tempo le aveva offerto il proprio cuore e lei lo aveva rifiutato nel nome di ipocrite convenzioni, nella ricerca, imposta più che davvero sentita, di un futuro di agi. Ma ora Gerard non è solo l’uomo più ricco della zona, è anche il partito più affascinante. Sarà in grado Christina di non commettere il medesimo errore per la seconda volta?
La mia opinione: anche qui la figlia della protagonista e il suo rapporto con la madre è abbastanza importante alla trama
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ophelia-poe · 1 year
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Regulus black, Remus lupin, Abed Nadir, Annie Edison, Luna Lovegood, Chandler Bing, Number 5, Rosalie Hale, Beverley Marsh, Richie Tozier, Jo March, Amy March, Amy Dunne, Nick Miller, Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington, Klaus Hargreeves, Will Grahm, Just like me frfr
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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in March 2024 🌈
🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!
[ Release dates may have changed. ]
❤️ Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions - Penny Guisinger 🧡 Tempting Olivia - Clare Ashton 💛 Monilinia - Free Mints 💚 Guillaume - Aurora Dimitre 💙 The Marble Queen - Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari 💜 The Baker & the Bard - Fern Haught ❤️ Rainbow! - Sunny & Gloom 🧡 The Safe Zone - Amy Marsden 💛 The Weavers of Alamaxa - Hadeer Elsbai 💙 The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall 💜 A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind 🌈 Cirque du Slay - Rob Osler ❤️ Wizard’s Debt - Niranjan 🧡 One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain 💛 Nothing Special - Katie Cook 💚 I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle 💙 The Tower - Flora Carr 💜 Be the Sea - Clara Ward ❤️ What Grows in the Dark - Jaq Evans 🧡 Heirs of Bone and Sea - Kay Adams 💛 The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste 💙 Thunder Song - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 💜 Mona of the Manor - Armistead Maupin 🌈 Like Happiness - Ursula Villarreal-Moura
❤️ Ellipses - Vanessa Lawrence 🧡 Saint, Sorrow, Sinner - Freydís Moon 💛 Blood & Brujas - Mikayla D. Hornedo 💚 Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera 💙 Really Cute People - Markus Harwood-Jones 💜 How You Were Born - Kate Cayley ❤️ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name 🧡 Icarus - K. Ancrum 💛 The Emperor and the Endless Palace - Justinian Huang 💙 How Not to Date an Angel - Lana Kole 💜 Enemy Colours - R.M. Olson 🌈 Broken Parts Included - Alyson Root
❤️ Who's Afraid of Gender? - Judith Butler 🧡 The Duke’s Cowboy - Andrew Grey 💛 The Secret Something - Emily Wright 💚 Colstead & Andie - Olivia Janae 💙 Play It Again, Ma’am - Sienna Waters 💜 Love Is…? - K.J. Wrights ❤️ Welcome to Forever - Nathan Tavares 🧡 Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari 💛 The Phoenix Bride - Natasha Siegel 💙 These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere 💜 Truly Home - J.J. Hale 🌈 Monster Mixer - Robin Jo Margaret
❤️ The House of Hidden Meanings - RuPaul 🧡 Promised to the Queen - Barbara Winkes 💛 A Conclave of Crimson - Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee 💚 A Hunt of Blood and Iron - Cara Nox 💙 The Fealty of Monsters - Ladz 💜 Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ❤️ Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson 🧡 Dancing Toward Stardust - Julia Underwood 💛 Heir to Dreams & Darkness - Ben Alderson 💙 Comet Cruise - Niska Morrow 💜 Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis 🌈 Blackout - Carlos E. Rivera
❤️ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey 🧡 Blessed Water - Margot Douaihy 💛 These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart - Izzy Wasserstein 💚 Kiss of Seduction - Rawnie Sabor 💙 Sunbringer - Hannah Kaner 💜 Evacuation to Love - C.A. Popovich ❤️ Sin - Brooke Matthews 🧡 Falls from Grace - Ruby Landers 💛 Lean in to Love - Catherine Lane 💙 A Small Apocalypse - Laura Chow Reeve 💜 Cascade Failure - L.M. Sagas 🌈 The Mars House - Natasha Pulley
❤️ All This Time - Sage Donnell 🧡 The Romance Lovers Book Club - MA Binfield 💛 View from the Top - Morgan Adams 💚 Number Call - Nagisa Furuya 💙 Crossing Bridges - Chelsey Lynford 💜 The Boyfriend Subscription - Steven Salvatore ❤️ Love the World or Get Killed Trying - Alvina Chamberland 🧡 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💛 The Prince & His Stolen Groom - J.E. Ridge 💙 Chrysalis and Requiem - Quinton Li 💜 Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 🌈 A Botanical Daughter - Noah Medlock
❤️ Wednesday Nights - by Donna Jay 🧡 The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo 💛 Song of the Huntress - Lucy Holland 💚 Rainbow Black - Maggie Thrash 💙 Spirits & Sunflowers - A.D. Armistead & Austin Daniel 💜 Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis ❤️ Far From Camelot - Rylee Hale 🧡 This Way to Change - Jezz Chung 💛 Mexican Bird - Luis Lopez-Maldonado 💙 Android Affection: Unveiling - Beau Van Dalen 💜 Welcome to the Damned - Astraea Long 🌈 She Came for Blood - Darva Green
❤️ Cover Story - Rachel Lacey 🧡 The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 💛 The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales 💚 In Walked Trouble - Dana Hawkins 💙 Never Leave, Never Lie - Thea Verdone 💜 Guardian: Zhen Hun - Priest ❤️ All the World Beside - Garrard Conley 🧡 Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles - Jessica Kingsley Publishers 💛 The Feast Makers - H.A. Clarke 💙 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💜 All the Painted Stars - Emma Denny 🌈 A Hard Sell - Jennifer Moffatt
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boiyjoey · 9 months
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Hi my name is jo or joe/Joey but I am new to writing to if you like have any requests I can write that will be so amazing ‼️ I mostly write malex reader stuff and g/n x reader stuff but I am also somewhat up for fem! X reader also here are the fandoms I write for
IT richie tozier(male reader only)
Eddie kaspbrak
Ben hanscom
Bill Denbrough
Stan uris
Beverley marsh
Mike hanlon
Henry bowers
Patrick hockstetter(only male/gn readers)
Reggie(belch) Huggins
Victor criss
Greta bowie
Fnaf
William Afton(only male/gn readers)
Michael Afton(any game)
C.C afton(no nsfw)
Elizabeth afton(no nsfw🤬)
Henry Emily
Charlie Emily(no nsfw)
Sammy Emily(no nsfw)
Cassidy(no nsfw)
Gabriel(no nsfw)
Jeramy(no nsfw)
Susie(no nsfw)
Fritz(no nsfw)
Michael brooks(no nsfw🙁)
Vanny
Mrs.afton
Fnaf 4 chica bully
Fnaf 4 bonnie bully
Fnaf 4 Freddy Bully
Ianowt(I am not okay with this)
Sydney Novak(only fem! Readers)
Stanley barber
Dina Bryant
Tbp(the black phone)
Robin Arellano
Finney blake
Vance hopper
Griffin stagg(no nsfw)
Billy shawalter
Max shaw(mostly gn/m! Reader)
The grabber/Albert shaw(only male reader)
Gwen blake(no Nsfw)
Donna
Buzz
Matty
Matt
Lovely bones
Susie salmon(no damn nsfw)
Jack salmon
Abigail salmon
Lindsey salmon(no nsfw)
Ray Singh(no nsfw)
IT 2
Adult Richie tozier(only male readers)
Adult Eddie kaspbrak
Adult bill Denbrough
Adult mike hanlon
Adult Ben hanscom
Adult Stan Uris
Adult Beverly marsh
Adult Henry bowers
That’s all rly 😔 pls give requests I wanna write( I ain’t that good tho but still)
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thestalwartheart · 7 months
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Top 10 Female Characters
Rules: name your favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag people.
Thank you, @cicerfics and @dude-watchin-with-the-brontes for the tag!
In no particular order (because I had enough trouble choosing ten women from ten fandoms - I cannot imagine even starting to rank them!!!):
Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre. (Does Jane Eyre have a fandom? Idk but she's one of my all time ride-or-die characters).
Jo March from Little Women.
Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.
Phryne Fisher from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager. (Idk if Star Trek is one fandom so I might take the opportunity here to say UHURA MY BELOVED YOU WOULD ALSO BE ON THIS LIST IF NOT FOR THE ONE FANDOM RULE!!! ALSO UNA AND CHAPEL AND BEVERLEY CRUSHER AND JADZIA OMG THERE ARE TOO MANY!!!)
Peggy Olsen from Mad Men (though, fuck, oh my god, Betty Draper and Joan Harris like COME ON).
Death from The Sandman.
Judi Dench's M from James Bond.
Éowyn from LOTR. ("I AM NO MAN!" NO YOU ARE NOT, BABE!!!!! TELL THEM!!!)
Mabel Mora from Only Murders in the Building. Or is it Shiv Roy from Succession? Who knows? Only my mood (constantly changing and wildly unpredictable) will tell.
Hardest list of my life because women are my favourite guy etc etc. Shout out to Vesper Lynd who did not make this list but who I think about too much to be healthy. Also Eve Polastri from Killing Eve, you have no idea how close you were!!! And Dana Scully and Olivia Benson and Donna Noble and Rose Tyler and Martha Jones omg I am about to fall on the floor with indecision. Quick, I'm gonna tag some people before I redo this list again.
Tagging @foxsoulcourt @themerc @@mr-iskender @mobius-m-mobius @aprettyspy @bishybarnaby @samanthahirr and anyone else who wants to play along. I love talking female characters PLEASE talk to me about them.
Apologies for a) my mania and b) any double tags. Okay, love you, byeee 💜
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glassprism · 1 year
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Although I feel like you've seen every Phantom, Christine, and Raoul, can I just ask if there are actors and actresses you haven't seen a bootleg of but want to?
Oh, so many, there are lots of cast members who weren't recorded, or fully recorded, and who I would love to see or hear. A short list (and I do mean this is short, because I basically eliminated anybody who had a full bootleg of them, whether audio or video, solely for the sake of my sanity):
Phantoms: Andre Schwartz, Juan Pablo Skrt, Nicholas Nkuna, Kalle Sepp, Hugo Laporte, Nikolai Dogramadzhiev, Vladimir Grudkov, Momchil Stepanov, Joel Zerpe, Daniel Koek
Christines: Maria Kesselman, Raissa Katona, Tua Aberg, Johanne Brochmann, Lori Broderick, Gay Willis, June Crowley, Tamra Haydn, Amy Jo Arrington, Beverley Worboys, Annalene Beechey, Susanne Elmark, Agnete Munk Rasmussen, Lana English, Amy Hudson Holder, Mona Botha, Magdalene Minnaar, Mercedesz Csampai, Tereza Marshall, Mirjana Matić, Anne-Marine Suire, Micaela Sjöstedt, Hanna Ulvan, Mira Ormala, Charlotte Brænna, Vesela Delcheva, Raquel Paulin, Cassandra Lemoine, Sara Ollinen
Raouls: Brennan Holder, Tobias Ahlsell, Jonathan Böiers
And probably many, many more.
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missaudreystiara · 2 years
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Carson and Beverley for bingo?
Carson:
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Not sure what it is about her but I think I like almost all of the other main characters a little bit more than Carson 🙈 she’s still awesome though because they all are!!
Free space: can empathise with the late queer awakening ✌️
Beverley (this is the sergeant right??):
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I think I’ve not been into the show for long enough maybe to have really strong opinions about the more minor characters 🙈 but
Free space: love that she’s a low key bad ass! (See generally looking out for the girls, getting Jo out of prison without being published in the paper, giving Jess back her trouser fine money 🥲)
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mermaidsirennikita · 2 years
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Oooo please liveblog I need to get into medievals
Definitely will! I'm going to start with Elizabeth Lowell's medieval trilogy. It sounds super fun and Sarah MacLean mentioned one of the books on the Fated Mates episode on groveling, soooo
I've also got a Jo Beverley set for it, plus a Bertrice Small book in which the heroine is a half-sister of Elizabeth of York (so like... borderline medieval, but it counts). I also have at least one Julie Garwood I need to add in.
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Titulos nobilarios
¿Se han parado a pensar alguna vez en la cantidad ingente de muchachos con ‘titulos’ que campean por las novelas de época? Que si el marqués de Haversham, que si el marqués de Havisham, que si el duque de Wrothston, que si el conde de Wexford, que si el honorable Julius Riverstone… Al final, resulta sumamente complicado diferenciarlos, determinar quién está por encima de quién, por qué y cómo diferenciar un título de un apellido. Es más, ¿sabías que Lady Newhaven no es la misma persona que Lady Jessica Newhaven? Apuesto a que no.
Por ello, he redactado esta guía sobre los títulos nobiliarios británicos. Bajo el corte encontrarás explicaciones sobre el funcionamiento de los títulos nobiliarios en Gran Bretaña y su tratamiento en público. Serán válidas desde la Edad Media hasta la Eduardiana, pero se centrarán sobre todo en el Periodo Regencia y la era Victoriana(s.XIX).
La siguiente información procede de mis propios conocimientos sobre la época, así como de la traducción que he efectuado de un artículo escrito por Jo Beverley, autora especializada en el romance histórico situado en Inglaterra. También he comparado mi propia traducción con la de la web Escribe Romántica.
Por último, esta guía me ha supuesto bastante esfuerzo, así que, POR FAVOR, no me robes el mérito haciendo copia-pega en cualquier otra parte. Si consideras que este post es de utilidad para otros y deseas compartirlo o vas a utilizarlo, rebloguéalo o haz click en el botón ‘me gusta’. Gracias.
¿Qué es un título nobiliario?
Un título nobiliario es varias cosas. Primero, es un privilegio legal concedido por el soberano o soberana británica. Por tanto, se trata de un documento jurídico en el que se otorgan una serie de derechos y obligaciones. Los derechos tenían que ver con la liberación o no de ciertos impuestos, el uso de tierras de la Corona y, antiguamente, con la ostentación de poderes políticos. La obligación legal es el deber de lealtad a la Corona.
Por otro lado, el título nobiliario es un título distintivo que otorga dignidad (realce, excelencia honorífica o de autoridad). Al conceder un título nobiliario, el monarca está distinguiendo a algunos de sus ciudadanos por encima de otros (por alguna labor o mérito de ellos mismos o de sus antepasados). De este modo, también se les entrega la obligación moral de servir como modelo y estandarte de los valores sociales. Así, un título conlleva ciertas obligaciones protocolarias y sociales.
Por último, cabe aclarar que la mayoría de los nobles no poseían grandes cantidades de dinero líquido, por lo que, desde tiempos de Jane Austen, muchos tuvieron que emparentarse con la alta burguesía. Además, los latifundios no les pertenecían legalmente, sino que les habían sido cedidos por la Corona al disponer del título. No podían venderlos ni separar las tierras que los componían, aunque sí podían comprar terrenos aledaños que, llegado al caso, podrían venderse o dejarse en herencia a otro hijo.
Primogenitura:
Los títulos nobiliarios tienen carácter hereditario y funcionan de acuerdo a la primogenitura, es decir, que recaen en el primogénito o hijo mayor varón. Si un noble no tiene ningún hijo, el título y las posesiones afiliadas al título irán a parar al siguiente heredero varón, generalmente, en este orden: su hermano → su sobrino → su primo o su tío.
Si no hay un heredero directo, pocos títulos pueden pasar a una mujer, en cuyo caso volverá a la línea masculina cuando la dama tenga un hijo. Otros títulos pueden pasar de forma automática a una heredera (cuando no hay un heredero varón). Posteriormente, el primer varón de la línea podrá reclamar el título mediante una petición a la Corona.
Heredaje y legitimidad:
El hijo mayor se llama el heredero aparente, ya que es, si no sucedieran imprevistos, el heredero. Si no hubiera hijo mayor, el siguiente en la línea sería el presunto heredero, pero no se le llamaría públicamente ‘heredero’ hasta la muerte del antecesor. Además, si un noble muere dejando mujer pero ningún hijo, debe darse algún tiempo para estar seguros de que la viuda no está embarazada antes de que el presunto heredero asuma la herencia correspondiente.
Un heredero debe ser legítimo en el nacimiento para heredar un título y sus posesiones. La legitimidad se da cuando el hijo nace dentro de un matrimonio. El matrimonio puede darse en cualquier momento del embarazo, incluso, mientras la madre esté dando a luz. De este modo, el hijo se consideraría legítimo y, por tanto, heredero aparente.
Un noble puede legitimar hijos fuera de matrimonio y/o casarse con la madre después del nacimiento, pero este niño —aunque legítimo—, no podrá ser su heredero al título (al menos, legalmente hablando).
Título y apellido:
Los apellidos no se usan como su título a no ser que el título coincida con el apellido. No obstante, el título se hereda, lo más común es que haya cambiado de rama familiar, siendo así el título distinto al apellido. Es decir, que John Seymour puede ser el Conde de Arlington.
Además, su patrón nominativo será ‘Conde de Arlington’ o ‘Lord Arlington’, y no ‘Lord Seymour’ ni ‘Lord John’, por mucho que lo veamos en las películas y novelas de época.
Puede ser que como autor o autora te guste la variedad, y a la hora de narrar no quieras resultar repetitivo/a, pero debes saber que en aquella época, por regla general, nadie tenía esas formas de tratamiento.
Títulos nobiliarios:
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Fig. 1 Esquema de los títulos nobiliarios
Para describir coronas, sed cuidadosos porque su forma también varía dependiendo del título. Los siguientes nombramientos estarán ordenados de mayor a menor importancia.
Duque y duquesa: (corona)
Los duques y duquesas son el rango más alto después de la realeza. Su señorío se denomina ‘ducado’. Ellos serán tratados como el duque y la duquesa de ‘título’. Por ejemplo: Duque y Duquesa de Lansbury.
Su presentación en los salones será 'su excelencia el Duque de título’, aunque sus más allegados pueden llamarlos Duque y Duquesa. Ejemplo: «Duque, el clima de crispación en Londres es inaceptable» o puede dirigirse al duque por el título. «Hace buen tiempo para cazar, ¿verdad, Lansbury?».
Nota: Esta forma de hablar, más coloquial y cercana, era más propia de hombres que de mujeres. La amistad femenina en la época victoriana no se creía del todo posible.
El apellido del duque no se usará. El de la duquesa tampoco, pues al casarse lo habría perdido directamente. Ejemplo: Si Mary Cash se casa con el Duque de Blackstone, cuyo nombre es James Cavendish, pasará a ser Duquesa de Blackstone y firmará las cartas como Mary Cavendish; no como Mary Blackstone, ni mucho menos como Mary Cash.
El hijo mayor del duque es su heredero y obtendrá el título de cortesía.
Nota: Los títulos llamados ‘por cortesía’ son, más que títulos, una forma de ubicación. Son tratamientos usados por eso, ‘por cortesía’ a su parentesco, pero, a la práctica, no ostentan un título nobiliario.
Si un duque tiene más de un título, su hijo mayor puede usar uno de los títulos menores de su padre ‘por cortesía’. Ejemplo: el Duque de Norfolk es también Marqués de Arundel y Conde de Maltravers. Su primogénito será tratado como Marqués de Arundel. A su vez, si éste tiene un hijo mayor durante la vida de su padre (el Duque de Norfolk), el nieto tratado como Conde de Maltravers. Los títulos de cortesía no se dan pasada la cuarta generación.
Aunque es habitual que el título de cortesía de un ducado sea el de marqués, pues es el segundo en la fila de nobleza (mirar Fig. 1), podría ser mucho menor. Ejemplo: el Duque de Surrey y Vizconde de Tweeddale. Su heredero se haría llamar Vizconde de Tweeddale sin menosprecio a la grandeza de la familia (en los títulos de cortesía se valora mucho más la antigüedad que la fila del título).
Otros descendientes no pueden usar los títulos subsidiarios. Sólo el heredero aparente (y el heredero aparente del heredero aparente y así sucesivamente). Al resto de hijos de un duque se les da el siguiente título de cortesía: Lord + nombre + apellido. Ejemplo: Lord Richard Somerset, hijo del Duque de Surrey pero nunca Lord Somerset o Lord Surrey.
También a todas las hijas del duque se les da el título de cortesía ‘Lady + nombre + apellido’. Ejemplo: Lady Hayden Lee, hija del Duque de Surrey. No será Lady Lee ni Lady Surrey.
Ambos tratamientos, Lord y Lady, se mantienen hasta la muerte. Si Lady Hayden Lee se casa con un plebeyo, conservará el título. Si Lady Hayden se casa con el Señor Sticklethwait, se convierte en Lady Hayden Sticklethwait. Si se casa con un noble, ella adopta su título (si Lady Hayden se casa con el conde de Herrick, se convierte en condesa de Herrick). Pero si se casa con un hombre con título de cortesía, podrá utilizar el título de cortesía o mantenerse como Lady Hayden Lee hasta que su marido herede. Ejemplo: Si Lady Hayden Lee contrae matrimonio con Lord Lewis 
Marqués y marquesa: (corona)
Es considerado un título 'nuevo’ a principios del siglo XIX, procedente de Francia. Es el título más minoritario. Su señorío se denomina ‘marquesado’. Ellos serán el marqués y la marquesa de ‘título’. Por ejemplo: Marqués de Longhaven y Marquesa de Longhaven. Los familiares de los marqueses pueden llamarlos simplemente 'Longhaven’ o ‘marqués’ y ‘marquesa’.
Su tratamiento será ‘Lord + título’ y ‘Lady + título’. Ejemplo: ‘Lord Longhaven’ y ‘Lady Longhaven’. Así, se diferencian del título de cortesía que se les da a los hijos e hijas no herederos de un duque (como hemos visto antes) o de un marqués, como veremos a continuación. Recapitulando: Lady Longhaven no será la misma persona que Lady Catherine Longhaven, solo coincide porque Catherine se apellida igual que el título de la marquesa.
La marquesa firmará con su nombre + título, al contrario que las duquesas, que firman con el apellido de su marido. Ejemplo: Diana Longhaven.
El heredero de un marqués toma el título más próximo como su título de cortesía. Todos los otros hijos tienen el título de ‘Lord + nombre + apellido’ y todas las hijas tienen el título de ‘Lady + nombre + apellido’, como sucede con los hijos no herederos e hijas de los duques.
Conde y condesa: (corona)
Su señorío se denomina ‘condado’. Casi siempre será conde de algo pero, a diferencia del duque o del marqués, podría no serlo. Se refieren a él como ‘el Conde de Saxonhurst’ o 'Lord Saxonhurst’. Puede ser ‘Saxonhurst’ para sus familiares.
En el caso en el que un conde no use el ‘de’ (Ejemplo: el Conde Spencer), es porque el apellido de la familia es el mismo que el título (siguiendo el ejemplo anterior, el nombre podría ser Daniel Spencer) pero esto es bastante inusual y creo que se debe evitar en ficción.
La forma femenina será la Condesa de Saxonhurst o Lady Saxonhurst. Si es cónyuge firmará con ‘nombre + título’, como las marquesas. Ejemplo: Minerva Saxonhurst. 
El heredero del conde tomará el título más próximo como su título de cortesía y el hijo del heredero, el siguiente. El resto de hijos del conde serán presentados como ’el honorable + nombre + apellido’. Ejemplo: Peter, el hijo pequeño de Hunt Sydwell, Conde de Knightsdale, será presentado formalmente al entrar a un baile como 'el honorable Peter Sydwell’. Sin embargo, ‘honorable’ no se usaría en una conversación casual.
A diferencia de con las hijas de un duque o marqués, a todas las hijas de un conde se les da el título de cortesía: ‘Lady + nombre + apellido’.
Vizconde y vizcondesa: (corona)
Sus señoríos se denominan ‘vizcondados’. No utilizan el 'de’. Ejemplo: el Vizconde Middlethorpe. Generalmente es conocido como ‘Lord Middlethorpe’ o, simplemente, ‘Middlethorpe’. Su esposa será conocida como ‘Lady Middlethorpe’ y firmará como ‘Serena Middlethorpe’.
Su heredero no tiene un título de cortesía y todos los niños (y niñas) son conocidos como los honorables. Ejemplo: Susan Litchfield, hija de Seger Litchfield, el Vizconde Raine, será apelada como ‘la honorable Susan Litchfield’.
Barón y baronesa: (corona)
Su señorío se denomina ‘baronía’. No utilizan el ‘de’. Ejemplo: el Barón Whitam. Sin embargo, en Gran Bretaña este término sólo se utilizaba en los documentos más formales o cuando la distinción así lo requiera (a menudo, en países extranjeros). Normalmente barón y baronesa son llamados ‘Lord + título’ y ‘Lady + título’. Ejemplo: Henry Gore, el Barón Whitam, será llamado siempre Lord Whitam y sólo en documentos constará como Barón Whitam. Ella será Lady Whitam y firmará como Elizabeth Gore, Baronesa Whitam.
Su heredero no tiene título de cortesía y todos los niños (y niñas) son conocidos como los honorables.
Baronet y baronetesa: (insignia)
La dignidad de baronet no tiene ninguna equivalencia fuera de territorio británico. Si bien es un título nobiliario, los baroneteses no tienen categoría para ser miembro de la Cámara de los Lores (al contrario que los anteriores). Su señorío se denomina ‘baroneto’. 
Un baronet es llamado ‘Sir + nombre + apellido’. Ejemplo: Sir Richard Drayton. Su esposa se llamará ‘Lady + apellido’. Ejemplo: Lady Drayton y noLady Mary Drayton a menos que ella sea la hija de un duque, marqués o conde. La baronetesa firmará simplemente con nombre y apellido. Ejemplo: María Drayton.
Sus hijos no tienen ninguna distinción especial. El título, sin embargo, es hereditario.
Caballero: (insignias)
Un caballero no forma parte de la nobleza y NO es un título hereditario. Sin embargo, he creído conveniente incluirlo en la lista porque se utiliza también la fórmula de llamamiento ‘Sir + nombre + apellido’ (el sistema es el mismo que en el baronet). Ejemplo: Sir Matthew O’Connell. Su esposa es Lady O’Connell.
Sus hijos no tienen ninguna distinción especial y no heredarán el título.
Los títulos fuera de la nobleza no llevan aparejada tierra alguna. Son cargos con honor y puede que hayan sido regalados junto a alguna casa, pero no tendrán cargas sobre la tierra. Es decir, la familia de un caballero tiene unas tierras que puede vender o separar.
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Smiffina Episodes: Witness Part 5 - Protection (5/8)
Sun Hill are out to arrest Tito Morientes and Dwayne Fox for Carly's murder. Jack leads the team to arrest Dwayne and search his home whilst Sam leads the team doing the same to Tito. Jack reminds everyone there's a chance they might be armed so to let CO19 go in first. They're doing it at the same time to take them by surprise. (Maybe shouting instructions in the carpark of the building that you're about to raid isn't the best way to 'take people by surprise'? and then John loudly telling Jack that Alesha's agreed to give a statement a meter and half from Dwayne's mum? Seriously?) Unfortunately Dwayne isn't at the Fox's house. Tito is home and Smithy cuffs him. The man mistaken for Dwayne is a lodger. He and Mrs Fox agree to attend the station for questioning. Dwayne's wallet is in the house so it doesn't appear that he's gone far but it does seem as though he's on the run.
Alesha is in a soft interview room with Jo. They promise they'll protect her and won't add her name to a statement but given her evidence includes what she saw and heard in the flat, its obvious who it came from. She asks for her dad and Jo tells her he's on the way.
Grace wants to interview Dwayne as she's a new face to him whereas Tito already knows her and her interview style. Jack refuses and wants her in with Sam to interview Tito with her skills from SO10. Tito's solicitor says they won't be ready to interview until 11am at the earliest as he's entitled to 8 hours sleep, breakfast and then a consultation with her. Considering it's gone midnight it's almost the entire initial 12 hours allowed it's not good news. "You should have thought about that before you dragged him out of bed."
Jo reads Alesha's statement back once Oscar, her dad, arrives. She said the boys came back to change after 10pm and were holding guns. Tito was acting weird and Dwayne kept repeating "someone went down, someone went down." Dwayne was mad at Tito. Tito told Dwayne to get rid of the gun. Dwayne said no but Tito said he'd shoot him too if he didn't. She was crying and upset and Tito said she had to be his alibi if anyone asked and he kept shouting at her. She's assigned a plain closed police officer to take her home with her dad. As she leaves she hears Tito banging on the door and shouting to be released but Jo reassures her he can't hurt her now.
Jack updates Smithy on the nights happenings and tells him he didn't want to tell him before as he didn't want it to affect how he dealt with Leanne. Leanne knows something has happened because Smithy already had 3 messages on his mobile when he turned it on.
Forensics have confirmed Dwayne's shoes are the ones that made the footprint at the side of the canal and they're now checking Tito's mobile records. Tito is claiming he still only handled the gun when it was pointed at him during Carly's funeral as self defence. Neither Tito or Dwayne have previous with firearms and they fired from a moving car so they are still working to the theory that Carly was an accident and they were aiming for Marlon.
Dwayne's mother, Beverley, insists her son is innocent and didn't kill Carly as he was home with Brooke. She tells Max she was at home too. She insists he's a good boy and doesn't lie. Smithy is called to the front office where Leanne is waiting for him. He admits Dwayne hasn't been found yet. Max lets Beverley out of the front interview room and Leanne shouts across at her that Beverley's son took her daughter from her and that she won't get to see Brooke again.
Tito's solicitor appears to be stalling to waste the time they have left after Heaton gives permission to extend the initial holding time by 12 hours. Grace and Sam enter the interview room and do the basics and then ask if anything has changed in his statement. He says he stands by it. Sam asks the same questions that cover the information in the statement and Tito insists it's still all the same so why ask? She asks how well he knows Dwayne Fox. Tito shrugs and says he barely knows him. "And yet he knew you at the funeral? He wasn't pleased to see you" Sam replies. Tito says he was a few years above him at school and they barely know each other. He asks again why they're asking him and Sam explains they need his version to put to the court so they can disprove it. They already know he was with Dwayne the night of the murder. They say they've got a witness but they don't need to divulge everything at that stage. "I want to talk to my client."
Uniform are searching for Dwayne but there's no sign and no willing witnesses or helpers so far. Smithy hears Dwayne has tried to empty his bank account. Jack tells him to get all the CCTV. He's broke and scared and has nowhere left to run. Emma and Nate attend Dwayne's work and speak to the landlord. He hasn't spoken to him since the night before and he's off until Friday. He does say that Dwayne speaks about Carly as though she were still his girlfriend.
Tito returns to interview, he's not so cocky now but no comments all questions. This is at the advice of his solicitor because she hasn't seen the statement and the evidence that has been put forward so far does not prove Tito was there or that he had a gun in the first place. He shuts down and doesn't answer questions. Sam riles him slightly by bringing up the attack on him at the party being in front of his girlfriend and how humiliating that must be. "He might have dissed me then, but I made a fool out of him." "How, by shooting his girlfriend?" "... if you need a break, we can stop." His solicitor says, stopping that line of questions. Sam mocks him then for not being a real gangster who doesn't know how to use guns as he missed his target. It works everytime until his solicitor steps in.
The CPS say the physical evidence won't stand up in court, it'll be a he say/she say at this point if it ever gets that far. Currently they don't have enough to charge Tito with murder and have only 12 hours before they have to apply to the court for an extension.
Smithy receives a panicked call from Leanne to tell him Brooke has been taken from her nursery. Further checks say that Dwayne rang and spoke to the manager and told her he was tied up at work and a friend was going to collect Brooke. He then gave the friend the password to collect her. CCTV shows the man collecting Brooke to be Dwayne's manager, Mark. He says he helped because Dwayne told him the police were helping social services take Brooke away.
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Max attends Beverley's house to talk to her about Dwayne. Although Dwayne is Brooke's dad, it's Leanne who is her guardian and who has custody. "He's my son!" "Carly was Leanne's daughter. Hasn't she suffered enough?" Max's reasoning works and Beverley confesses Dwayne wasn't home that night when she returned. He left Brooke home alone and told his mother he'd been to get Brooke some formula, but he wasn't carrying anything and there was plenty in the house. She can't tell him where they are now though.
Mark - Dwayne's boss - attends the station and tells Nate Dwayne has been in touch asking for a sub. He stalled him whilst he contacted them and Dwayne will call back in 15 minutes. Smithy suggests to meet at Mark's flat and Jo agrees. However, Dwayne suggests another place, the childrens area in Sherbourne Park. They agree to meet with Nate in the park Jo and Smithy in their cars observing. Mark gives the game away with a gesture to Nate. Dwayne realises and tries to run away, leaving Brooke behind but Smithy rugby tackles him (the editing isn't too great at this point and Alex clearly slips and falls and they cut out half way and have him leap again as shown below.) and cuffs him.
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Brooke is returned to Leanne and Dwayne is brought in to the station.He wants to know who he has made the statement against him. He claims he has nothing to do with any gun, wouldn't shoot Carly as she's his daughters mother and that he ran because people he didn't know were chasing him. He insists he was at his mums with Brooke that night Carly died from 8.40pm until the morning. He tells them to ask his mum if they don't believe him. Grace tells him they did and she said he wasn't at home when she got back from work after 10pm. She helpfully adds 'you were at the shops?' and he nods but changes his mind when she asks which shop he went to. "Mum doesn't know I've started smoking... I nipped out for a cigarette.
Tito is tired and his solicitor keeps pushing for more breaks but they're keeping them to the legal minimum.Sam updates Tito that Dwayne has been arrested. They've also traced Tito having made a call to Dwayne that night. His solicitor insists that anyone could have made that call - perhaps Alesha did it.
Dwayne says he doesn't have Tito's number and the last time he saw or spoke to him was the funeral. Grace shows him a picture of the canal area that the gun was found and asks if he knows it. He says he doesn't. She shows him a picture of his shoes and asks if he recognises them. He admits they look like his trainers. Grace tells them they are his - and that they're limited edition. She goes on to confirm that the tread matches the footprint at the canal side where the 9mm gun was dumped. Dwayne looks at the picture again and suggests he could have gone there with Brooke to feed the ducks. As he's returned to the cells he can hear Tito kicking off.
Jo goes to Jack after having checked the whereabouts of Alesha's phone on the night of Carly's murder. She was lying when she said she was at Tito's. Her phone puts her at the scene. Sam and Jo arrest her for perverting the course of justice. Jo stresses she thought she understood the importance of telling the truth to get justice for Carly. Oscar loses his temper, telling her he brought her up to tell the truth. Sam tells her she has to tell them everything from the start.
Alesha now says she was walking home when a dark blue car with tinted windows pulled up alongside her. She couldn't see inside so kept walking until Tito called her name from the back seat. She got in beside him. Dwayne was there too and there was also a white youth approx 20 years old who was driving. Tito asked if she'd seen Carly and if she was still with Marlon by the skateboard park. She said yes and the car turned and drove back towards the park. She kept asking what they were doing and no one would answer her. Then Tito started telling Dwayne he was going to get Marlon. She asked to go home and they ignored her. Soon after they they started shooting out the windows and she was screaming and telling them to stop. She didn't want to see what was happening but she did see both Dwayne and Tito firing out the windows. She had no idea Carly had been hit.
Sun Hill need to protect Alesha and her dad at least until they find the unknown man. Also if they disclose a second statement to the defence they'll know that she lied the first time and lead the jury to not trust her evidence. Sam points out that they'll walk without Alesha's evidence as she is holding the entire case together so they have to go ahead, even with Jo pointing out that she will be torn apart by the defence counsel. Jack tells them to go over the statement again and make sure she clearly stresses why she withheld evidence the first time. They then ask her to look through pictures on the computer to see if she recognises the other boy. They explain that when she's done that they will be allowed to return home, but that there'll be a police officer with them at all times to keep them safe until they make an arrest.
Smithy is at Leanne's when he gets a call to update him about what has happened. Both Dwayne and Tito are being charged with Carly's murder. He then tells her that Alesha was in the car when Carly was shot. Leanne is shocked, not least because she spoke to her after and they cried together. She marches round to confront her with Smithy trying to stop her. However, Alesha approaches Leanne first and tells her how absolutely sorry she is and that she should have told her. Leanne's eyes fill with tears and she nods. Alesha squeezes her a very tiny smile and turns to head back to her dad and Nate as a car appears out of nowhere and knocks her down. Smithy runs after it to try stop it, pulling on the door as it slows to take a corner but it gets away (There's 4 adults and Alesha stood there, not one of them heard or saw it? It wasn't heard onscreen until it hit her and then you could hear normal engine noise as it sped away! They'd definitely have been able to hear it even if not see it approaching until it was too late 🤦🏻‍♀️)
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kaikkitahtipelipaita · 6 months
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Beverleyä haastateltiin ja hän puhui alkuperäisestä valinnastaan
Beverley täyttää tänä vuonna 35 vuotta. Tämän ikäiset pelaajat ovat uransa laskussa. Heidän on vaikea saada tunnustusta vahvoista joukkueista tässä iässä. Mutta hän voittaa silti monien fanien suosion ja käyttää NBA Pelipaidat taistellakseen. Mutta Beverley sai viime kaudella kutsun kahdelta joukkueelta, joista toinen on nykyinen Chicago Bulls ja toinen Golden State Warriors.
Beverley valitsi lopulta Chicago Bullsin molempien joukkueiden tarjousten jälkeen. Golden State Warriorsin kokoonpanosta tai maineesta riippumatta he ovat vahvempia kuin Chicago Bulls. Miksi Beverley valitsi lopulta Chicago Bullsin? Myös Beverley itse vastasi. Golden State Warriors toivoo, että hän voi odottaa ja nähdä joukkueen pelaajien vammat. Tällä alalla tai millä tahansa alalla, jos sinulla on mahdollisuus odottaa sinua, en usko, että on ketään normaalia ihmistä. Odottaa tilaisuutta, joka ei ole vielä täysin kypsä.
Odottaminen oli äkillinen muutos, ja se oli todellakin paras lopputulos Beverleylle tuolloin. Nyt kun Beverleyllä on Philadelphia 76ers pelipaita, nämä kaksi joukkuetta voivat olla vain kilpailijoita tällä kaudella. Odotamme innolla päivää, jolloin he kilpailevat.
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queenofnosleeps · 6 months
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God I fucking hate Jo Beverley. She apparently obsessed with making women fuck rapists and wife beaters, and then pretending those men are wonderful, swoon-worthy romantic heroes. Disgusting.
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