#Joan Archibald

[fragrantblossoms]

“Kali” aka Joan Archibald 1932-2019, Outer Space series

#Kali #Joan Archibald #artography #Joan Marie Yarusso

[tumbling-dyce]

Photo by Kali (Joan Archibald, 1932-2019)

#Kali #Joan Archibald #photography

[companion-showdown]

Family Feud Nominations, Who is the Best Doctor Who Family

If I've missed a character out of one of the families let me know (within reason, I imagine all these families are massive in the EU, so prioritise tv or significant characters)

Currently, the only rule is no families may inculde anyone who is even ambiguously The Doctor, it'll get super complicated super fast imo

Any characters, eg River, who can link up multiple different families to create a single massive family unit will be treated on a case by case basis. If it is possible to pick one of the smaller family units that they are a part of to include them in while not including them in any of the others (in a way everyone will agree at least makes sense) they will be included in that family only, otherwise they will not be included

Please bare in mind when you are nominating that I am hoping to keep the number of nominations under 64 to run this as a mini-tournament. This is not a hard rule so if nominations do exceed 64 its not a big deal, just something I'd like everyone to bare in mind

Nominees

Foreman-Campbell (Susan, David, Alex)

Chesterton-Wright (Ian, Barbara, implied to be married after they leave)

McCrimmon (Jamie, Heather, V.M.McCrimmon, various others)

Waterfield (Victoria, Edward (father))

Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate, The Brigadier, Doris (Brig's wife in Battlefield), Archibald Hamish (TUAT), Gordon (Kate's son in Downtime), Kadiatu, The Great Intelligence, Lucy Wilson)

Grant/Jones (Jo, Cliff, Santiago (Jo's grandson in Death of the Doctor))

Smith (Sarah-Jane, Lavinia (aunt), Brendan Richards, Luke, Sky, Mr Smith, K9 (they are her family and I will not be hearing otherwise), Barbara, Eddie (parents in Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith))

Leela, Andred, Veega, Rayo

Adric and Varsh (brothers)

Nyssa, Tremas, and Kassia (daughter, father, step-mother)

Jovanka (Tegan, Vanessa (aunt in Logopolis), Colin (cousin in Arc of Infinity))

Turlough (Vislor, Malkon (brother in Planet of Fire))

McShane (Ace, Audrey (mother), Kathleen (grandmother), Liam (brother))

Tyler (Rose, Jackie, Pete, Tony (baby mentioned in Journey's End), no I will not be adding the metacrisis to this list)

Another Smith (Mickey, Rita (grandmother))

Slitheen

Harkness (Jack, Grey, parents, Alice Carter (daughter), Steven Carter(grandson))

Isolas (Fear Her)

Jones (Martha, Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo, Leo has a baby as well, Adeola Oshodi)

The Family of Blood

Redfern-Smith (Joan, John (various), possible dream children and grandchildren)

Shafe Kanes (from Utopia, Kristane, Beltone)

Mott-Noble-Temple (Donna, Sylvia, Wilf, Shaun, Rose)

The Adipose

Pond-Williams (Amy, Rory, River, Brian, Anthony, Amy's aunt and parents)

Owens: (Craig, Sophie, Stormageddon Dark Lord of All)

Gillyflower (Mrs Gillyflower, Ada)

Paternoster (Jenny, Vastra, Strax)

Oswald (Clara, Ellie, Dave (parents), grandmother, and I'm going to say Danny makes the cut, Orson)

Potts (Bill, Mother, Moira (foster mother))

O'Brien-Sinclair (Graham, Ryan, Grace, Aaron (Ryan's father))

Khan (Yaz, Najia (mother), Hakim (father), Sonya (sister), Umbreen (grandmother))

Lewis (Dan, Eileen (mother), Neville (father))

Swarm and Azure

Bel, Vinder and their as yet unborn child

Sunday (Ruby, Carla, Cherry, many many foster siblings)

The TARDIS and Lolita

Little House of Cwej

The House of Lungbarrow (Grandfater Paradox, Qenceus, Inocet, various cousins, Irving Braxiatel, Maggie Matsumoto, Ulysses, Penelope GAte, Anna Joyce)

The House of Dvora (Morbius, The War King, Thessalia, Romana, various others)

Langer (Clyde, Carla (mother), Paul (father))

Jackson (Maria, Alan, Chrissie)

Chandra (Rani, Haresh, Gita)

The Wu Diaspora (Cindy Wu and her clones)

Munmeth and Mutmunna (Medicine Man)

Ada and Alice Obiefune

Who (Susan, Barbara, Louise)

Jones-Davies (Ianto, Rhiannon, Johnny, David, Mica)

Summerfield (Bernice, Issac, Claire, Jason Kane, Peter, Wolsey, Keith, Rebecca, Cousin Eliza, Benedict I-IV, Christine)

Miller (Lucie, Pat (aunt))

Schofield (Hex, Cassie, Hilda)

House of Witforge (Narvin, Lenaris, Helico, Narvin's father, Rexin)

Faction Paradox

Pollard (Charley, Louisa, Richard, Margaret, Edward Grove, The Sound Creature)

Mesh Cos, Lon Shel, Julian White Mammoth Tusk

Cooper-Williams (Gwen, Rhys, Anwen, Geraint, Mary (Gwen's parents))

Chenka (Liv, Tula, Kal, Garlon Rosh)

Sinclair (Helen, Albie, Trev Bailey)

Forrester

Proctor (Cleo, Jordan, parents)

Nominations will be open until Midday Friday (03/05, 12:00 BST (GMT/UTC +1)), I will try and give a more specific time then

#family feud: nominations

[retropopcult]

"Male Surfers" (1967) by Kali (Joan Archibald)

#art #vintage #1960s #artography #Carmel #California

[huariqueje]

Making music on a sunny afternoon   -   Robert Archibald Antonius Joan  ‘Rob’ Graafland ,ca. 1936.

Dutch,1875-1940

Oil on panel, 50 x 38 cm.

#Rob Graafland #dutch artist #interior scene #playing music #piano #woman playing piano

[scotianostra]

On February 20th 1437 King James I was murdered in Perth.

As Kings go, James I and his immediate family had arguably the worst of bad luck, he was never meant to be King, his brother, David was first born but their uncle, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany kidnapped him and he died in suspicious circumstances, apparently of starvation,Albany was cleared of all blame by a general council, which found that ‘by divine providence and not otherwise, it is discerned that he departed from this life.’

James was then about nine years old was dispatched to France by his father Robert III, en-route the young Prince was seasick and the ship was forced to land on the English coast where pirates captured it and delivered James to Henry IV of England. His father, who was of ill-health throughout his rein, died shortly afterwards.

And so James began his rein as King in captivity, albeit treated very well and afforded all the trappings a royal guest would expect, except he was guarded and unable to return to Scotland. He spent 18 years with the English Court seeing three Kings of England, by his release in 1424 Henry VI was ruler.

With that his return to Scotland did not go down well the ransom of £40,000 was raised through higher taxes and hostages from noble families were exchanged as part of the ransom added to that James was know to have accompanied Henry V to France and fought against Scots who were there as part of The Auld Alliance, despite this he was admired by some and was said to have excelled at sport and was appreciative of literature and music. Unlike his father and grandfather, he did not take mistresses but had many children by his wife, Queen Joan. The King had a strong desire to impose law and order on his subjects, but applied it selectively at times.

James exerted his authority with pre-emptive attacks on some of his nobles beginning in 1425 with his close kinsmen the Albany Stewarts resulting in the execution of Duke Murdoch and his sons. In 1428 James detained Alexander, Lord of the Isles, while attending a parliament in Inverness. Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, was arrested in 1431, followed by George, Earl of March, in 1434. The plight of the ransom hostages held in England was ignored and the repayment money was diverted into the construction of Linlithgow Palace and other grandiose schemes.

With all this the vultures were circling during the Royal Families extended Christmas holidays at Perth’s Blackfriars Friary and on the evening of February 20th James I was resting in his nightgown and furry slippers, playing chess with his wife, Queen Joan, and their friends, when the assassins arrived around midnight.

It is known that at least one of his inner circle, the chamberlain Sir Robert Stewart, was in on the plot and excused the guardsman and loosened the bolts on the abbey doors, as he got word of the mob’s approach. An account of the day, given by Queen Joan following the raid and transcribed from Latin by historian John Shirley, described the “great noise…and great clattering of harness and men armed, with great sight of torches.” Leading the pack was the “false and traitorous knight” Sir Robert Graham, who supported the Albany Stewarts over the King. James I fled for cover with his wife and friends running for the chamber doorway, where the King urged them to stay.

The King, according to the account, tried to smash windows to enable their escape but they were too strongly soldered with lead for them the break. James I was “ugly astonished” and grabbed iron tongs from the fire side before “mightily” bursting up a plank of the chamber floor and dipping down to conceal himself, James thought he could escape under tennis courts but found the way blocked, this was his own doing as he was annoyed at losing tennis balls and had the way barred. The assassins - armed with “swords, axes, glaves, bills” burst in as he was climbing from under the floorboards back into the room. Unarmed and still in his nightgown, the King fought back, holding two men by their throats and cutting his hands as he tried to grab their knives. He was eventually overpowered.

The King died in a pool of his own blood with 16 wounds in his chest and many more on other parts of his body, the account added. Sir Robert Graham, is said to have screamed after his death: “I have thus slayne and delivered yow of so crewel a tyrant, the grettest enemye that Scottes or Scotland might have.”

Some have cast doubt on the version of events as told by Queen Joan with claims she hyped the heroism of the King

James I was buried within the grounds of Perth Charterhouse, but the priory was destroyed in the reformation a century after his death and now no-one is exactly sure where his grave is.

A stone monument at the corner of Perth’s King Street and Hospital Street marks the fact he is buried somewhere in the area..

#scotland #scottish #history #murder #regicide #the stewars

[cloudberry-sims]

1600-1700 names list

I been collecting names for my decades challenged and I decided to share it. It has a bunch of different names in alphabetical order. 

Not 100% sure how accurate these names are as I’m not a historian , but I like them. 

Some names are “nicknames” or a variation of the same name, like Faye is from Faith ,Orelia is from Aurelia and Sisely from Cecilia/Cecily. 

Some names are Shakespearean , Puritan/Virtue names , American Colonial and perhaps a Arthurian here and there. 

Female names: 

Abigail

Adilene/Adeline

Adrian/Adrianne/Adriana

Afra

Agatha

Agnes

Alice

Aliena

Althea

Amanda

Amelia

Amie

Amity

Amphilis

Anastasia

Andrea

Anis

Annabell/Annabella

Anne/Anna/Annie

Anthea

Aphra

Aquila

Arabella

Artemisia

Audrey

Augusta

Aurelia

Aurinda

Aveline

Avis

Ayala

Azaria

Azoah

Barbara

Barsheba

Basilia

Beatrice/ Beatrix/Bettrys

Berenice/Bernesia/Bernessa

Bethsaby

Betty

Bianca

Blanch/Blanche

Blisse

Blythe

Bridget

Candace

Caroline

Cassandra

Catherine

Causeanger

Cecilia/Cecily/Cicely

Chantal

Charis

Charissima

Charity

Charlotte

Chloe

Christabella

Christian/Christina/Christiana

Clary

Clemencie/ Clemence/Clemency

Clorinda

Constance

Cornelia

Cressida

Cynthia

Deborah

Deodate

Desdemona

Desire

Dessorell

Diana

Dido

Dinah

Dionise/Denise

Dionyza

Divinity

Dolabella

Dolora

Dorcas

Dorothy/Dorothea

Easter

Ebotte

Edith

Edna

Edonie

Effemia

Eleanor

Elise

Elizabeth

Ellen

Ellois

Ely

Emilia

Emma

Eppie

Esther

Etheldreda

Eunice

Euphanie

Evadne

Eve/Eva

Faith

Fanny

Fanstine

Faye/Fay

Felicity/Felice

Florence

Fortune

Frances

Francisca

Fronia

Gartheride

Georgette

Georgine

Gillian

Gilot

Gonerill

Good

Grace

Grisell

Gwenhoivar

Hannah

Harriet

Haven

Helen/Helena

Henrietta

Hermione

Hester

Hezekiah

Honesty

Honor

Honoria

Hope

Humility

Ida

Idonea

Imogen

Irelee

Irene

Iris

Isabella/Isabel

Isolde

Iva

Ivette

Jacobina/Jacobine

Jane

Janikin

Jemima

Jennette/Jennet/Janet

Jeronomie

Joan

Joanna

Jocatta

Jocosa

Jonee

Joy

Joyanne

Joyce

Judith

Juliana/Julia/Juliet

Karissa

Katherine/Kathleen

Kezia/Keziah

Kitty/ Kitlyn

Kloe/Khloe

Koreen/Korinne

Laura

Lavinia

Leah

Leticia

Lettice

Love

Luce

Luciana

Lucretia

Lucy

Lydia/Lidia

Mable

Magdalen

Maggy

Magnolia

Margaret

Margery

Marian/Marion

Mariella

Marina

Martha

Mary

Matilda

Maud

Mercy

Mildred

Millicent

Milly/Millie

Mirabel

Miranda

Modesty

Monica

Muriel

Myra/Myrah

Naomi

Nazareth

Nell

Nerissa

Nola

Octavia

Odelle

Olivia

Ophelia

Orelia

Orinda

Pain

Patience

Pauline

Penelope

Perdita

Petronella

Philippa

Phillis

Phoebe

Pleasance

Primrose

Priscilla

Prudence

Rachel

Rawsone

Rebekah/Rebecca

Remember

Rhoda

Robin

Rosalind

Rosaline

Rosamond

Rosanna

Rose

Ruth

Samantha

Sarah

Saskia

Sebeliah

Selah

Selina

Silence

Silvia

Sisely

Sitha

Skyler

Sophia

Susanna

Sustillian

Sybil/Sibilla

Syntha

Tabitha

Tace

Tamar

Tamora

Temperance

Theodora

Theodorien

Theodosia

Thomasin/Thomasina/Thomasea

Timandra

Titania

Trinity

Trothe

Tryphena

Ursula

Valentine/Valentina

Valeria

Vecula

Venetia

Verely / Verily/Verity

Veronica

Viola/Violenta

Virgilia

Virginia

Virtue

Winifred

Wulfhild

Wybetha

Zelda

Zipporah

Male names: 

Aaron

Abacuck

Abraham

Adam

Adlard

Adrian

Alan

Albert

Alexander

Alveredus

Ambrose

Anchor

Andrew

Annanias

Anthony

Archibald/Archbad

Archilai

Aristoteles

Arnold

Artemas

Arthur

Asa

Ashley

Atkinson

Augustine

Augustus

Austin

Bainbridge

Baldwin

Barnabas

Barnard

Bartell

Bartholomew

Bardolph

Basil

Bellingham

Benedict

Benjamin

Bennett

Bertram

Bevil

Blaise/Blais

Bradford

Brian

Cadwallader

Cesar

Charles/Charlys

Chadrick

Christian

Christopher

Chroferus/Chroseus

Ciriacus

Clement

Clifford

Conrad

Constant

Cornelius

Cosmo

Court

Cotton

Cromwell

Cuthbert

Cutlake

Cyrano

Daniel

Dary

David/Davide

Demes

Denton

Denys/Dionise

Didimus

Digory

Don

Drugo

Dudley

Ebenezer

Ebulus

Edric

Edi

Edmund

Edward

Edwin

Egedius

Eli

Elias

Ellis

Eloy

Emanuell/Emmanuel

Emericke

Emery

Emmett

Enoch

Erasmus

Ethan

Eustace

Evan

Everard

Everard

Ezrah

Fabian

Fairfax

Faustinus

Felix

Francis

Frank

Frederick

Fleance

Fulk

Gabraell/Gabrell/Gabriel

Galileo

Gamalie

Garmayne

Garnett

Gavan/Gawen

Gentile

Geoffrey

George

Gerlick

Gerrard

Gideon/Hedeon

Gilbert

Giles

Gillam

Gobind/Govind

Goodwell

Godfrey

Gottlieb

Goughe

Gregory

Grenville/Grevill

Griffin/Griffith

Guy

Hamond

Hannibal

Hansse

Harman

Harry

Harvard

Hector

Helegor

Henry

Hercules

Herrick

Hieronimus

Hiram

Hobbes

Holland

Howell

Hugh

Humphrey

Ilia

Ingram

Isaac

James

Jarret

Jasper

Jenkin

Jeremiah

Jeremy

Jerome

Jesse

John

Jonathan

Joos

Jordan

Joseph

Joshua

Josias

Justinian

Kaherdin

Karl/Karel

Kenelm/Kenhelm

Kip

Kolby

Lambert

Lancelot

Lawrence

Leonard

Lewis

Lucas

Lynoell/Lionel

Machutus

Manasses

Mark

Marmaduke

Martin/Marton

Matthew

Maurice/Morrice

Melchior

Meredith

Michael

Miles

Morgan

Moses

Nathaniel/Nathaniell/Nathan

Newton

Nicholas

Ninion

Nivinius

Noah/Noe

Noble

Octavius

Odnell

Oliver

Osmund

Ostyn

Oswin

Oswold

Ottewell

Owen

Paschall

Patreas

Paul

Pawll

Percivell/Pesevwell

Peter

Phillip

Pierce/Piers

Phineas

Prospero

Quince

Quinton

Quivier

Ralph

Randall

Randolph

Raphael

Rees

Reginald

Renold

Reyvell

Richard

Robert

Roger

Roland

Roman

Royal

Rymon

Salamon

Sampson

Samuel

Sander

Schuyler

Sebastian

Seraphim/Seraphimus

Septimus

Seth

Shadrick

Silvester

Simon

Simond

Stephen

Taz

Ted

Tedde

Thadeus

Theodosius

Thomas

Timothy

Titus/Tito

Tobias

Trenton/Trentin

Tristram

Tunstall

Turner

Ucentius

Umfray

Uswald

Valor

Valentine

Vandyke

Vaugn

Vernon

Victor

Vincent

Walter

Warham

Watkin

Wiggett

Wilfred

Willing

William

Wine

Wombell

Wymond

Zachary

Zephaniah

#name lis #sims name list #historical names

[fritextramole]

make me feel and believe that we in paradise

part 1 of a Nate Archibald playlist - best heard in order

tracklist and quotes under the cut

Super Rich Kids ~ Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt

My silver spoon has fed me good A million one, a million cash Close my eyes and feel the crash

Lonely Bones ~ dodie

Friends sleep obliviously thick Something's making me sick

It Ain’t Me Babe ~ Joan Baez

I'm not the one you want, babe I'll only let you down You say you're lookin' for someone Who'll promise never to part Someone to close his eyes for you Someone to close his heart

Maybe She ~ Still Woozy

Yes, well I fucked up now I can heat it up but I'll never live it down

Make Out in My Car ~ Moses Sumney, Sufjan Stevens

And though I'm dying to Fall in love with you I just wanna make out in my car

Woah ~ Snoh Aalegra

Can I lay with you outside? Can I touch your lips with mine? 'Cause I need you now

Someday ~ The Strokes

Yeah, it hurts to say, but I want you to stay Sometimes, sometimes When we was young, oh man, did we have fun Always, always Promises, they break before they're made

Pressure ~ Klischee, Marina & The Kats

I already know how your story goes Don't wanna hear about my tragic flaws I can't be bothered to listen up

LoverFriend ~ rosalyn

I wanna be your lover not your friend Pretending I'm in love with somebody else

Let’s Get It On ~ Marvin Gaye

There's nothing wrong with me loving you, baby, no, no And giving yourself to me can never be wrong If the love is true, oh, baby

Rhythm Of Love ~ Plain White T’s

She begs me to come down Says, "Boy, quit foolin' around" I told her, "I love the view from up here Warm sun and wind in my ear We'll watch the world from above"

Air So Sweet ~ dodie

A night so still, I dance, I soar Oh, this is what I'm living for

Solar Power ~ Lorde

The girls are dancing in the sand And I throw my cellular device in the water Can you reach me? No, you can't

8TEEN ~ Khalid

I've never fell in love I saved those feelings for you So let's do all the stupid shit that young kids do

Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy ~ The Tams

Reach for the sky, touch your star And then you find your dream, find your dream

Upside Down ~ Paloma Faith

Watching people scurry by Rushin' to and fro Oh, this world is such a crazy place It's all about the go, go, go Sometimes life can taste so sweet When you slow it down

#gg #ggplaylists #nate archibald #gossip girl #source: senamarais

[slasheru]

(almost) everyone's FULL LEGAL UNCHRISTIAN NAME

Hex: Hexecutioner Krueger Jones-MacDuff

Juno: Juno Park / Park Jeong-hyo

Tate: Tate No Middle Name Given McGillicutty (that's his legal middle name. His dad couldn't be assed to give him one so he wrote that on the birth form, and now he's stuck this way.)

Sawyer: Sawyer Bonesoff Ferguson

Laila: Laila Marisol Velasquez

Horsemike: Michael Ichabod Crane III

Veronika: Veronika Faustus Mephistopheles

Archibald: Archibald Siegel Malone

Ashleigh: Ashleigh McKinleigh Summers

Covington: Doesn't remember his real last name, so he's been Covington Footballington for AGES

Kennedy: Kennedy Jeannette Slicerhands

Melyssa: Melyssa Joan Crawford

Jennykind: Literally just Jennykind, all one word

Cliff: Cliff of the Valley of the Shadow of Death

Stitcherella: Sallie DuPuis

#i think they do the middle name bit in both Bob's Burgers and My Name Is Earl but Tate fully had this happen to him too #slasher u #slasher u lore #tate mcgillicutty #juno park #hexecutioner #sawyer ferguson #laila velasquez #slasher queue

[blackswaneuroparedux]

How can we get a nice little war going?

- Sgt Archibald Cutter (Cary Grant) in Gunga Din (1939)

Three British soldiers stationed in India find themselves at the centre of an investigation into the sudden uprising among the indigenous Indian population. The titular character Gunga Din is a faithful servant to the British army who longs to be a soldier himself. Or at least that’s how my grandfather explained to me as we watched this film as children. I didn’t leave much of an impression on me then until it did later when I re-watched again as an adult. Only this time I was a returning British army officer just finished a tour in Afghanistan. Somehow the latter day ‘band of brothers’ tale melted my cynicism and enjoyed watching it again.

Based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, Gunga Din stars Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Cutter, MacChesney and Ballantine respectively. They are joined by Sam Jaffe as Din. Ballantine is about to retire from the military to be with his wife Emmy (Joan Fontaine) while his pals want him to take another tour. The film opens not with these three men but with the ambush of a British army caravan who take on an unassuming band of Indian travelers who kill them in their sleep. When the troop never returns the military begins to worry, a concern that is justified when communicating with one of their bases and communication is suddenly silenced.

Extricated from a massive bar brawl over a fake treasure map, the three soldiers are punished by leading an expedition to the small village where the British telegraph operator and army base was stationed. There, their group is slowly picked off by the Indian residents who led the original assault only to be done in by the expert brawling of the three. They uncover the presence of a dangerous rebellion that will settle for nothing but the utter destruction of the British army. Their plans are further enhanced when Cutter goes off with Din in search of a temple of gold where they hope to find the impetus to encourage Ballantine to re-join, leading to his capture.

Aside from the feature's ability to tell a swiftly-paced, exciting yarn about British rule in India in the 1890s, it shows Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as a trio of happy-go-lucky British army sergeants who typify the type of hard-bitten non-coms described by Kipling in his famed 'Barrack Room Ballads.'

Though the picture draws heavily on the Ballads for atmosphere and inspiration, and doesn't scruple to use Kipling himself, the brilliantly talented young war correspondent, as a minor character (it seems he dashed off the famous poem in time for the Commandant to read it over the water carrier's grave), the only historical or literary authority for it seems to have been an original story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

In this case, "original" may be taken to signify that the story is quite unlike other predecessors in the same genre, except possibly "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," "Beau Geste," "The Lost Patrol" and "Charge of the Light Brigade." The parallels - some of them doubtless unavoidable - may be charitable excused on the ground that two memories are better than one.

So the basis of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's original story from the barrack ballad, is the outbreak of the Thugs, cruel religious marauders, who revolted against English troops in India late in the 19th century, 50 years after they had been originally put down. It is the constant and brutal warfare that they wage, almost from the opening scene until the sweeping battle climax, which forms the plot structure.

What follows is a powerfully staged fight between the British and the Thug hordes near the Khyber Pass forms a hair-raising climax as Gunga Din, regimental water carrier, fulfills his ambition, even though as a dead hero.

Cary Grant gives one of my favourite performances here. He’s charming and energetic without the need to be the center of attention, which he shares equally with his co-stars. McLaglen is a dominating presence and Fairbanks Jr. stands mostly in the background. The three work quite well together, which adds a level of camaraderie important to the story.

As for Gunga Din himself, it seems rather a pity that he should receive fourth billing in his own picture. Yet for all the dash cut by the three stars, Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., it is the humble, ascetic, stooped, yet somehow sublime, figure of Sam Jaffe that one remembers. "An' for all 'is dirty 'ide, 'e was white, clear white, inside, when 'e went to tend the wounded under fire," said the poet, and the sentiment, Victorian and patronising as it may be, echoes in the heart. There is infinite humility, age-old patience and pity, in the way old Din kneels to offer water to the living and the dying. And, though bent under the weight of his perspiring water-skin, his agility in dodging bullets is marvellous to behold. As Sam Jaffe plays him, Gunga Din is a better man than any in the cast.

Much like other films of the period, Sam Jaffe’s performance as Gunga Din looks from our current perspective of ‘Indian face’ a tad ‘problematic’ (as the SJW speak goes). True, it’s festooned with tics and stereotypes that convey the character without adding much depth. Yet, in spite of that, Jaffe injects passion and vigour into the role that enables the audience to form a very deep empathetic link to his desires to succeed and become a real soldier.

#gunga din #film #movie #cinema #british india #cary grant #victor mclaglen #douglas fairbanks jr #same jaffe #british empire #northe west frontier #soldiers #british army #india #personal

[shadowonwater]

Dragon Moths (Flash Fiction)

I want to preface this by saying the prompt was to go to my local art museum and write from the perspective of someone in one of the pieces.

The piece I choose was "Lighthouse with Butterflies" by Joan Archibald. (Pictured below)

The light swept across the water from the seaside tower as me and my girlfriend sat on the rocks, having a secret rendezvous away from our parent's prying eyes.

We could feel the wind from the wing beats of the giant dragon moths. They were always my favorite creature, and by far the most awe inspiring of the mega bugs.

They were viewed as pests by the lighthouse owners for their tendency to block the light when they gathered around the tower. But they are far more than pests to me.

I know what it's like to be called a pest, my girlfriend too. Our respective families see our partners as such.

Well if I'm to be a pest then I'll be like the dragon moths, peaceful if annoying, and always attracted to the light.

#flash fiction #moths #mywriting

[galacticforces]

Agent Green

Name: Owen Archibald Thompson ID Number: 46942 Birthdate: December 11, 1978 Family: parents (), younger brother () Appearance: tall, brown hair and eyes, average build Species: typical human Gender: demiboy he/him Orientation: Demiromantic, bisexual Education: BS in Social Work, Masters in Healthcare Administration

Agent Green was born to perfectly normal, loving parents and grew up in Iowa. Then known as Owen Thompson, he played baseball, but not particularly well, got A’s and B’s in school, had normal friends and relationships, and went off to college. He and his brother, three years younger than him, had the normal periods of love and loathing, but quickly grew apart when Owen reached adulthood. He went to a fairly unremarkable college for his undergraduate degree, graduated in four and a half years, and puttered around working at a nonprofit for nearly a year before stumbling almost accidentally into the AM.

The Atypical Monitors accepted him into the Academy in DC, where he grained his graduate degree in Healthcare Administration and was trained into an agent. Upon graduation, he left his name almost entirely behind, becoming Agent Green.

Owen never left the AM. The work was important, but mostly he just liked his job. He liked the doctors and other agents he worked with, he enjoyed speaking with and helping patients, and he liked being part of the reason people were safer, healthier, and more in control. He worked primarily in patient relations, making sure patients were taken care of, directed to the appropriate resources, and given support.

Owen really tried to do good. He always wanted to be a good person. Unfortunately, the line between good and not was always a little blurry for him. Generally, he’d found it good enough to follow the rules and do what everyone around him seemed to think was okay, but the AM was largely unmonitored, which left room for a great deal of corruption. He got caught in that, and at the time, it seemed like it was for the best to not inform his then-girlfriend when he found out about her brother being held in level five. After all, Mark was dangerous, and there wasn’t a better way to take care of dangerous Atypicals. It wasn’t as though they could just put Mark on a watchlist and let it be. Not when his powers were so uniquely unpredictable. And understanding him could lead to so much good for all of their other patients. It was for the best.

Joan didn’t agree. Owen never quite recovered from losing Joan’s trust and affection, but he did do his best to be better and to establish his own set of moral codes so as to not be quite so easily influenced by others. In time, he became co-director of their location, where he died in the place he loved.

faceclaim: Grant Gustin voiceclaim: Ian McQuown

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[undergroundrockpress]

Joan Archibald “Kali” - 1969

#psychedelic art #Psychedelic Photography #Joan Archibald #kali #1969 #1960s

[killerbeesting]

Kali (Joan Archibald), Su One Eye, Palm Springs, CA, 1970

#kali #Joan Archibald #art #artist #photographer #woman artist #1970s #experimental #experimental photography

[thats-h0w-th3-light-g3ts-in]

I also really like that

Lauren Bacall‘s

son was bringing this tiny piece of

Old Hollywood

flair to the

Upper East Side

#gossip girl #you know you love me #xoxo gossip girl #lauren bacall #betty bacall #betty joan perske #jason robards #sam robards #howard archibald #the captain #old hollywood #flair

[scotianostra]

November 28th 1489 saw the birth of Margaret Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII of England.

Maybe Margaret was destined to be Queen of Scotland, she was baptised on November 30th 1489, St Andrews day.

From an early age, Margaret was part of Henry VII’s negotiations for important marriages for his children and her betrothal to James IV of Scotland was made official by a treaty in 1502 even though discussions had been underway since 1496. Part of the delay was the wait for a papal dispensation because James’ great-grandmother was Joan Beaufort, sister of John Beaufort, who was the great-grandfather of Margaret Tudor. That made James IV and Margaret Tudor fourth cousins, which was within the prohibited degree. Patrick Hepburn, the Earl of Bothwell, acted as a proxy for James IV of Scotland for his betrothal to Margaret Tudor at Richmond in January 1502 before the couple was married in person in August 1503.

The Tudor writer Richard Grafton escorted Margaret to Scotland and it’s seems he wasn’t too taken with us, he later wrote….“Then this lady was taken to the town of Edinburgh, and there the day after King James IV in the presence of all his nobility married the said princess, and feasted the English lords, and showed them jousts and other pastimes, very honourably, after the fashion of this rude country. When all things were done and finished according to their commission the earl of Surrey with all the English lords and ladies returned to their country, giving more praise to the manhood than to the good manner and nature of Scotland.”

It’s amazing we survived as a race, let alone as Scots, given the mortality rate, even in cases where the mothers well better off, as in Margaret’s case, she had a horrible time trying to provide James IV with an heir. Her first pregnancy was in 1506 and she gave birth to a son, James, in February 1507 who lived about a year. Margaret next gave birth to a daughter in July 1508 who only survived for a few hours. In 1509, Margaret’s father died and her brother was now Henry VIII, the new king of England. Early in that year Margaret became pregnant once again and gave birth to another son, this one named Arthur, in October. However, this child also died at a young age, only nine months old.

Margaret’s next child was born on April 11, 1512 at Linlithgow and named James. This child, unlike all those before him, lived to adulthood and at little over a year old he was to succeed his father as James V. The Queen became pregnant yet again shortly afterwards and gave birth to another daughter, who died a few hours later.

It was during Margaret’s final pregnancy that James IV and the Flower of Scotland, died on the battlefield at Flodden.

Margaret had thoughts of becoming regent for James V, but it was unheard of for women to rule, so needed a husband, unfortunately for her she chose a man seen by his counterparts as a fool. Her second husband was the powerful Scottish lord Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. And so it was that John Stuart, Duke of Albany (a cousin to the king, and next in line to the throne after little Alexander’s death), was invited by the Scottish lords to be Regent. Albany had been living in France with his mother’s relatives and served three French kings - Charles VIII, Louis XII and Francis I. Albany arrived in Scotland in May 1515.

By this time Margaret was pregnant, yes again!. As an English woman among Scots she felt ill at ease and fled to England, James V had by this time been seized from her by the Lords. She gave birth to a daughter, Margaret Douglas in October. Margaret fell very ill after her daughter’s birth and nearly died, her Douglas abandoned his wife about this time and returned to Scotland. Margaret stayed in England for about a year before returning to Scotland under promise of safe conduct in June 1517.

The marriage of Margaret and Angus turned out to be disastrous. While he was in Scotland and she was in England, Angus had taken a mistress and was living off of Margaret’s Scottish revenues. The next few years were terrible for Margaret, with a horrible marriage, no money, no power and very little contact with her son James.

In 1524 Margaret, in alliance with the Earl of Arran, overthrew Albany’s regency and her son was invested with his full royal authority. James V was still only 12, so Margaret was finally able to guide her son’s government, but only for a short time as her husband, Angus took control of the young King. Margaret was finally able to attain an annulment of her marriage to Angus from Pope Clement VII and by the next April she had married her third husband, Henry Stewart, who had previously been her treasurer.

Things got serious for a time when her second hubbie, arranged for the third hubbie to be arrested as no permission had been granted by the Lords for this marriage, it was all resolved by 1528, whe James V was able to rule for himself, being 16. He appointed Henry Stewart as Lord Methven and proclaimed the Douglas’s as traitors, Angus fled to England.

Margaret’s relationship with her son was relatively good, although she pushed for closer relations with England, where James preferred an alliance with France. In this, James won out and was married to Princess Madeleine, daughter of the King of France, in January 1537. Madeleine was a poorly woman and died in July she is buried at Holyrood Abbey.

After his first wife’s death, James sought another bride from France, this time taking Marie de Guise.

By this same time, Margaret’s own marriage had followed a path similar to her second one when Methven took a mistress and lived off his wife’s money.

On October 18th, 1541, Margaret Tudor died in Methven Castle in Scotland, probably from a stroke. She was buried at the Carthusian Abbey of St. John’s in Perth.

#scotland #scottish #history #royalty #the stewarts