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🦇 Good afternoon, my bookish bats. I hope you're bundled up with a fur baby, hot bev, and good book as you ward off this (lovely) chilly weather. No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and there are plenty coming out this month! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves this October.
✨ All These Sunken Souls (Anthology)
✨ The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosko Jackson
✨ Love in Winder Wonderland by Abiola Bellow
✨ Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya
✨ Beholder by Ryan La Sala
✨ Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai
✨ The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
✨ Flower and Thron by Rati Mehrotra
✨ The Misfit and His Dashing Devil by MN Bennet
✨ A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli
✨ Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
✨ Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle
✨ A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
✨ Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
✨ Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall
✨ Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros
✨ What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
✨ Night of the Witch by Sarah Raasch and Beth Revis
✨ The Spells We Cast by Jason June
✨ The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado
✨ All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
✨ Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause
✨ Thin Air by Kellie M. Parker
✨ If You'll Have Me by Eunnie
✨ The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk
✨ I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold
✨ Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel
✨ The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold
✨ Brooms by Jasmine Walls
✨ Kween by Vichet Chum
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Omega-Level Mutants
A mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register - or reach - an undefinable upper limit of that power's specific classification.
Example: Both Magneto and Forge are rhe most powerful mutants of their respective types [Magnetism and Technopathy, respectively], but what makes Magneto, and not Forge, an Omega level mutant is that the upper limit of Forge's measurable powers could hypothetically be surpassed (and, in fact, has by multiple humans on the planet), while the upper limit of Magneto's power cannot be surpassed in any measurable fashion.
Note: Omega level is a classification of a single mutant power. While it's quite common that mutants manifest multiple powers, only one is normally Omega level.
Example: While Jean Grey is both a telepath and a telekinetic, she is only an Omega level telepath.
Omega Level Mutants of Krakoa
Jamie Braddock - MONARCH
Bobby Drake - ICEMAN
Joshua Foley - ELIXIR
Jean Grey - MARVEL GIRL
David Haller - LEGION
Erik Lehnsherr - MAGNETO
Kevin MacTaggert - PROTEUS
Absalon Mercator - MISTER M
Ororo Munroe - STORM
Bennet du Paris - EXODUS
Quentin Quire - KID OMEGA
Franklin Richards - POWERHOUSE (fuck you, Dan Slott!)
Gabriel Summers - VULCAN
Hope Summers - HOPE
All information taken from this data page.
Note: Nathaniel Grey is technically an Omega level mutant, but we're not entirely sure what happened with him since AGE OF X-MAN so we're going to exclude him from the above list.
I put all that first so that we'd all have an understanding of what an Omega level mutant is, and why I think it's time to expand that roster. Yes, they've added quite a few when it comes to the various new mutants we've gotten from Arakko and Amenth, but I feel it's time that we recognize some of the home-grown homo superior from planet Earth as deserving of that title.
#1: Madelyne Pryor
This should be the most obvious addition to the list.
Maddie is an exact physical clone of Jean Grey. Why she has never been considered an Omega level mutant is beyond me, but we're going to start putting respect on her name, especially after all the horrible things she's been through since her creation.
Justice for Maddie!
#2. Everett Thomas - SYNCH
Synch is another fairly obvious one, especially given his power boost since his time in the Vault. He can "synchronize" with other mutants (and super-powered individuals) and use their powers, often to a greater extent and efficiency than the original being. He's even shown being able to call upon powers he's previously synched with even when the owner of those powers is nowhere near.
Example: he used Jean's telekinesis when she was on Arakko [Mars] and he was on Earth.
#3. Christopher Muse - TRIAGE
His powers are almost exactly the same as Elixir, even up to reanimating the dead. With time, I could easily see him rising to the rank of Omega level, even being able to fill in as a replacement for Josh on the Five.
Of course, that would require for writers to remember he exists and actually write for him, which I'm not going to hold my breath for any time soon.
#4. Armando Muñoz - DARWIN
Darwin's power is literally to adapt to anything.
He went up against Hela, the Norse goddess of death... and won. He won! He beat a death god by spontaneously evolving into a death god himself.
He's an Omega level mutant. Fight me.
#5. Shiro Yoshida - SUNFIRE
Sunfire I debated on adding to this, because he's powerful, sure, but is he Storm or Iceman level powerful? Originally I would have said no, but after the KING IN BLACK crossover event for S.W.O.R.D., where Fabian Cortez boosted his powers to effectively make him a living sun, I've since reconsidered.
#6. Eva Bell - TEMPUS
Tempus can time travel. She can manipulate time to the extent that she completely erased an Omega level reality warper from existence. Sure, she did it with help from Xavier, but without her, all of reality probably would have fallen apart.
With some time (ironically) and training, she should be recognized as Omega level soon.
#7. Eden Fesi - MANIFOLD
Manifold is another no-brainer for me.
Abigail Brand described his powers as "talking to space and space listening" (paraphrasing). He could potentially use his power to "ask" all light to bend around him, and it would listen. He teleported light and heat from a sun at a Knull-possessed Cable. He caught a falling Peak S.W.O.R.D station out of the sky and sent it back into orbit.
There is no "teleporter" even close to being on his level.
#8. Nezhno Abidemi - GENTLE
Gentle is one of the ones I feel I'd get the most pushback on, but let's be real here. His strength was so profound that he required vibranium tattoos to keep his strength in check. Yes, this was later revealed/retconned to have been a psychological block he unconsciously imposed on himself because of his childhood abuse, but now that it's gone, he has no known limits.
It's been theorized (but not proven) that he could go toe-to-toe with the Hulk and more than likely come out on top in the end.
#9. Irene Adler - DESTINY
Destiny - the name says it all. She sees everything! Past? Present? Future? There is no where that her Sight doesn't reach. Hell, she can even see across timeliness!
Not to mention, she operates more as a Prophet than a seer, seeing as the things she writes down in her Diaries, have all come to pass. She doesn't just see the future, she writes it.
#10. Julio Richter - RICTOR
Last but not least, my boy Rictor.
To round out our elemental masters, why wouldn't the guy who controls the Earth itself be considered an Omega level mutant. He literally controls the Earth. And sure, he's had problems in the past, but if he continues on the path that he's on, he could be one of the most powerful mutants ever.
Honorable Mentions
Lorna Dane - POLARIS
Ruth Aldine - BLINDFOLD
Heather Tucker - TEMPO
Feel free to add more.
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Mathew Baynton at the Barbican for The Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ - Press Night Drinks Reception
23rd November 2021
David M. Bennet / Getty Images & Ellie Kurttz / ‘Royal Shakespeare Company’ Website
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Is this a video about Breadtube? Is it a reaction video to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorn and her video about coming out as trans? Is it a reaction video to myself? Is there such a thing as objectivity? Is there hope for joy in the wake of postmodernism? Can YouTubers really fill the role of educators? If not, can I still join in the party of making fun of conservative nonsense from Ben Shapiro and PragerU? Please?
Watch to find out!
Then tell us because we have no idea.
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500g (4 cups) of self raising flour
100g (1/2 cup) coconut oil
100g (1/2 cup) of sugar
200ml (7/8 cup) cashew milk
Add 125gms (1 cup) dark chocolate
Bake for 15 - 20 minutes at 180°C (350°F)
Heat
250g (1 1/2 cups) frozen berries
100g sugar (1/2 cup)
on a low setting on your hob
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Rozenblit, L., & Keil, F. (2002). The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth. Cognitive science, 26(5), 521-562.
Fernbach, P. M., Rogers, T., Fox, C. R., & Sloman, S. A. (2013). Political extremism is supported by an illusion of understanding. Psychological science, 24(6), 939-946.
Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of personality and social psychology, 77(6), 1121.
Drescher, J. (2015). Out of DSM: Depathologizing homosexuality. Behavioral sciences, 5(4), 565-575.
Lindholm, C. (1997). ‘The Swat Pukhtum family as a political training ground’, in R.J. Casstillo (ed.) The Meaning of Madness. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Heine, S. J., Kitayama, S., Lehman, D. R., Takata, T., Ide, E., Leung, C., & Matsumoto, H. (2001). Divergent consequences of success and failure in japan and north america: an investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves. Journal of personality and social psychology, 81(4), 599.
Park, S. W., Tignor, S. M., Joo, M. J., & Heo, Y. H. (2016). Accuracy and bias in self-perception of performance: Narcissism matters in Korea as well. Korean Social Science Journal, 43(2), 29-43.
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Link to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorne's little public statement: • Coming Out As Trans - A Little Public...
(I'm aware that this isn't actually the coming out video but it was the one she gave express permission to play with and use for making art and spreading positive messages)
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(and highly recommend all of these YouTubers)
Tom Scott, Adam Neely, Lonerbox and Michael Stephens
T1J, Folding Ideas, Nerdwriter, Kevin Lieber
Legal Eagle, Lindsay Ellis, Jay Foreman, Rowan Ellis
David Bennet Piano, Innuendo Studios
Every Frame a Painting, Lessons from the Screenplay, Matt Gray,
Patrick Willems, We’re in Hell, Khadija Mbowe
PBS Eons, Veritasium, Hank Green Animalogic, Numberphile and… John Green
It’s Okay to Be Smart, & Today I Found Out
Langfocus, Tom Nicholas, Jake Roper (opted out)
Thought Slime, Jessica Kellgren Fozzard, Jessie Gender and
Cogito, Ordinary Things and Hbomber...man
Big Joel, Little Joel, Medium-sized Joel
Plenty of others --
(YaadPikni, Verilybitchie, Flavorlab, Paul Morrin, Renegade Cut, Zoe Bee...)
but how was I supposed to know?
Some of these people might be absolutely full of sh*t
And it’s an English-speaking young white guy list
Edutaintment isn’t bad
Nobody’s a perfect Dad
Some of them are really smart
And some of them just make Art
Some of them created a whole new art form
Like Natalie Wynn and Abigail Thorn.
And check out our special guest Matthew Tallon here: / tallonmatthew
He's the funniest person on the Internet.
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The Guardians of the Multiverse
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by MAB98
The multiverse is in danger. Heroes from multiple universes have to team up in order to save the multiverse from imminent destruction. This will be unlike anything they've ever faced before. Can they do it?
Words: 8236, Chapters: 1/23, Language: English
Series: Part 1 of The Guardians of the Multiverse
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Heroes (TV 2006), Teen Wolf (TV), Once Upon a Time (TV), Lucifer (TV), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: F/F, F/M
Characters: Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Emma Swan, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Peter Petrelli, Dean Winchester, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Sam Winchester, Chloe Decker, Evil Queen | Regina Mills, Castiel (Supernatural), Sylar | Gabriel Gray, Stiles Stilinski, Mike Wheeler, Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena, Mazikeen (Lucifer TV), Lydia Martin, Nancy Wheeler, Hiro Nakamura (Heroes TV 2006), Steve Harrington, Amenadiel (Lucifer TV), Gabriel (Supernatural), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Jonathan Byers, Claire Bennet (Heroes TV 2006), Malia Tate, Ando Masahashi, Dustin Henderson, Derek Hale, Ella Lopez, Robin Buckley, Captain Hook | Killian Jones, Eve (Lucifer TV), Will Byers, Mohinder Suresh, Lucas Sinclair, Linda Martin (Lucifer TV), Liam Dunbar, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Belle (Once Upon a Time), Noah Bennet (Heroes TV 2006), Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard, Joyce Byers, Prince Charming | David Nolan, Jim "Chief" Hopper
Relationships: Castiel & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester, Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski, Chloe Decker/Lucifer Morningstar, Scott McCall/Malia Tate, Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler, Eve/Mazikeen (Lucifer TV), Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper, Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan, Prince Charming | David Nolan/Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
Additional Tags: Crossover, Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Canon Fix-It
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/XF12NDr
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𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧
𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧«𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙭 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧»
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by Floatyflowers
Do you like classical works by Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen...etc.
Well, Imagine finding yourself inside of those stories.
Words: 3214, Chapters: 6/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare, David Copperfield - Charles Dickens, The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Hamlet - Shakespeare, Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: F/M
Characters: Romeo Montague, David Copperfield, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Horatio (Hamlet), Rudolf Rassendyll, Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights), Male! Juliet Capulet, Male! Elizabeth Bennet
Relationships: Romeo Montague/Reader, David Copperfield/Reader, Fitzwilliam Darcy/Reader, Hamlet (Hamlet)/Reader, Rudolf Rassendyll/Reader, Heathcliff/Reader
Additional Tags: Dark, Forced, Love, Love/Hate, Forced Marriage, Toxic Romance, warning
via AO3 works tagged 'AUSTEN Jane - Works' https://ift.tt/arJEGyA
July 05, 2022 at 12:35PM
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NEW Simone Ashley (with Gemma Chan & Ncuti Gatwa) via Instagram (@swarovski), at the Annabel's x Swarovski Holiday Façade Unveiling Party, at The Nightclub At Annabel's, London UK, 23rd November 2021
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Ncuti Gatwa and Simone Ashley photographed by David M. Bennet at the Annabel’s x Swarovski Holiday façade unveiling party in the nightclub
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JONATHAN BAILEY
Attending The Polo Ralph Lauren and British Vogue (July 5, 2021) | 📸: David M. Bennet
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welcome to my stimboard kin blog !!
about the mod:
hey, i'm mod raven! my pronouns are he/him, i'm 16 and i'm biromantic, asexual and transgender. i have depression, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, paranoia, add and insomnia, so i'm really sorry if i'm not always super active-
my favorite stims are crystals, dice, knives, soap cutting, pokemon cards and slime stims !!
you can find more bellow the cut~
rules:
-please be patient
-i have the right to deny any request
-read everything before requesting, please!
-do not repost/claim my stimboards as yours
-please only send one request per ask. feel free, however, to send as many individual requests as you want/need, just don't spam/send the same request over and over again!
-don't send any requests if they're closed! /gen /nm
-respect my blacklist and dni, please
-i won't do outside sources, sorry!
before you request:
-please tell me the colours/theme and which stims you would like me to include.
-if there are any things you specifically don't want to be included (for example hands, knives, etc.), please tell me so as well.
sources i'll do:
-danganronpa
-death note
-fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood
-ghost eyes
-hooky
-i'm the grim reaper
-it (2017)
-lalin's curse
-lumine (webtoon)
-my hero academia
-omori
-otherkin/therian
-pjo, hoo, toa (rick riordan's book series)
-pokémon
-she-ra
-stranger things
-studio ghibli
-the promised neverland
-tokyo ghoul
-vocaloid
-voltron: legendary defender
dni if you are/support:
-anti lgbtq+/exclusionists
-anti neopronouns
-map/nom*p (a)/pear/p*do (e)/etc
-factkin
-anti-kin
-t*rf (e)/r*dfem (a)/sw*rf (e)
-ab*se (u), inc*st (e), ped*phillia (o), etc
-r*cist (a)
-s*xist (e)
-transm*d (e)/tr*sc*m (u, u)
-super straight/super gay/etc
-trump supporter
-pro-shipper/anti-anti
-yandere
-chihiro fujisaki gender discourse (i'll be using they/them!)
-discourse in general
-kink/nsfw main blog
-cg/l, cg/lre
-any other basic dni criteria i might've missed
(i'm censoring some of the words so they don't show up in tags or something-))
whitelist:
~danganronpa: (characters) kokichi ouma, korekiyo shinguji, maki harukawa, rantaro amami, shuichi saihara, nagito komaeda, chihiro fujisaki (ships) saiouma
~death note: (characters) l lawliet, light yagami, mello, near (ships) lawlight, meronia
~fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood: (characters) edward elric, alphonse elric, ling yao, lan fan, mei chang, envy (ships) edling, almei, lan fan x winry
~ghost eyes: (characters) tobias schneien, mattias schneien, emilio murkmere, rudolph richardson, francis delacruz, dwayne londi, luther schneien, simon louis (ships) tobias x emilio, rudy x carmelo, dwayne x francis
~hooky: (characters) damien wytte, dorian wytte, dani wytte, william, monica, nico, mark, carlo (ships) damien x william, dani x nico, dorian x monica
~i'm the grim reaper: (characters) brook, scarlet, chase
~it (2017): (characters) richie tozier, eddie kaspbrak, beverly marsh, georgie denbrough (ships) reddie
~lalin's curse: (characters) david, felix, cody, (ships) david x cody
~lumine: (characters) kody, lumine, calla (ships) kody x lumine
~my hero academia: (characters) tsuyu asui, denki kaminari, eijirou kirishima, kyoka jirou, shoto todoroki, izuku midoriya, tamaki amajiki, hitoshi shinso, eraser head, hawks, tomura shigaraki, dabi, eri, kota izumi (ships) tododeku, kiribaku, erasermic, kamishin, tsuchako
~omori: (characters) sunny/omori, basil, mari, hero, kel, aubrey (ships) sunnflower (basil x sunny), picnic basket (hero x mari), baseball bat (kel x aubrey)
~pjo, hoo, toa: (characters) percy jackson, nico di angelo, will solace, hazel levesque, leo valdez, meg mccaffrey, grover underwood, thalia grace (ships) solangelo, percabeth, frazel, caleo, theyna
~pokémon: (characters) ash ketchum, gladion, lillie, drew, max, hau, allister, mallow, lana, pikachu (ships) ash x gladion
~she-ra: (characters) double trouble, catra, adora, glimmer, bow, lonnie, kyle (ships) catradora, glimbow, repkylonnie (kyle x lonnie x rogelio)
~stranger things: (characters) eleven, max mayfield, mike wheeler, will byers, dustin henderson, kali prasad, robin buckley, steve harrington (ships) byler, harringrove, elmax, mileven
~studio ghibli: haku, chihiro ogino, satsuki kusakabe, mei kusakabe
~the promised neverland: (characters) norman, ray, emma, gillian, lucas, mister/yuugo (ships) norray, yuucas, gildemma
~tokyo ghoul: (characters) ken kaneki, ayato kirishima, touka kirishima, hide nagachika, juuzou suzuya, hinami fueguchi, uta, kuki urie (ships) ayakane, touken, mutsurie, uta x yomo
aesthetics:
-adventurecore
-arcadecore
-cottagecore
-cryptidcore
-fairycore
-gremlincore (don't use the term g*bl*ncore (o, i) on my blog, please, as that term is considered ant*sem*t*c (i, i, i))
-kidcore
-lovecore
-starcore
-witchcore/witchy aesthetic
blacklist:
~danganronpa: (characters) korekiyo shinguji's sister, haiji towa, hifumi yamada, teruteru hanamura (ships) kokichi ouma x girls, nagito komaeda x girls, tenko chabashira x boys, saimatsu, oumeno
~death note: yagamane
~fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood: (characters) father (ships) edroy
~ghost eyes: lucas schneien, mr. edburt, bennet issac
~hooky: (characters) hans wytte, angela wytte, hilde wytte, will's father (ships) mark x dani
~it (2017): pennywise, oscar bowers, alvin marsh
~my hero academia: (characters) minoru mineta, endeavor, overhaul, all for one (ships) bakudeku, kacchako, kirimina, todomomo, kamijirou, izuocha, eijirou kirishima x girls, shota aizawa x women, shota aizawa x ms. joke, eri x anyone
~omori: something
~pjo, hoo, toa: (characters) octavian, nero (ships) lukabeth, perachel, perlypso, romantic meg x apollo
~stranger things: (characters) martin brenner, lonnie byers (ships) stancy, will byers x girls, robin buckley x boys
aesthetics:
-yanderecore
-traumacore
-medicalcore
-religion-based aesthetics (witchy aesthetic is okay, so are holiday-based ones like christmas or halloween {i'll only do holidays when it's close to the date they're happening, though - like,, i won't do samhain at easter, you know?}, but christcore isn't)
other: spiders, blood, corpses
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may i have a promo, please? thank you!
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feel free to ignore and/or if you don't wanna be tagged, tell me and i'll untag you !!
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November 10th 1871 saw the Journalist Henry M Stanley find the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone with the classic “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”
November 10th 1871 saw the Journalist Henry M Stanley find the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone with the classic “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”
David Livingstone arrived in Africa in 1840 with two goals: to explore the continent and to end the slave trade .Back home his writings and lectures ignited the public’s imagination regarding the “Dark Continent” and elevated Livingstone to the status of a national hero.
In 1864 Livingstone returned to Africa and mounted an expedition through the central portion of the continent with the objective of discovering the source of the Nile River. As months stretched into years, little was heard from the explorer. Rumors spread that Livingstone was being held captive or was lost or dead. Newspapers headlined the question “Where is Livingstone?” while the public clamored for information on the whereabouts of their national hero. By 1871, the ruckus had crossed to the shores of America and inspired James Gordon Bennett Jr, publisher of the New York Herald, to commission newspaper reporter Henry Stanley to find Livingstone. Incidentally Bennet’s father was a Scot, the younger Bennett is THE man where the phrase “Gordon Bennett” as an expression of incredulity, but that’s another story!
Leading an expedition of approximately 200 men, Stanley headed into the interior from the eastern shore of Africa on March 21, 1871. After nearly eight months he found Livingstone in Ujiji, a small village on the shore of Lake Tanganyika on November 10, 1871.
There is nothing better than the first had eye witness accounts of history and Stanley being an adept reporter meticulously wrote everything down, the following is his account on finding Livingstone.
“We push on rapidly. We halt at a little brook, then ascend the long slope of a naked ridge, the very last of the myriads we have crossed. We arrive at the summit, travel across, and arrive at its western rim, and Ujiji is below us, embowered in the palms, only five hundred yards from us! At this grand moment we do not think of the hundreds of miles we have marched, of the hundreds of hills that we have ascended and descended, of the many forests we have traversed, of the jungles and thickets that annoyed us, of the fervid salt plains that blistered our feet, of the hot suns that scorched us, nor the dangers and difficulties now happily surmounted. Our hearts and our feelings are with our eyes, as we peer into the palms and try to make out in which hut or house lives the white man with the gray beard we heard about on the Malagarazi.
We are now about three hundred yards from the village of Ujiji, and the crowds are dense about me. Suddenly I hear a voice on my right say, ‘Good morning, sir!’
Startled at hearing this greeting in the midst of such a crowd of black people, I turn sharply around in search of the man, and see him at my side, with the blackest of faces, but animated and joyous, - a man dressed in a long white shirt, with a turban of American sheeting around his woolly head, and I ask, 'Who the mischief are you?’
'I am Susi, the servant of Dr. Livingstone,’ said he, smiling, and showing a gleaming row of teeth.
'What! Is Dr. Livingstone here?’ 'Yes, Sir.’
'In this village?’
'Yes, Sir’
'Are you sure?’
'Sure, sure, Sir. Why, I leave him just now.’
In the meantime the head of the expedition had halted, and Selim said to me: 'I see the Doctor, Sir. Oh, what an old man! He has got a white beard.’ My heart beats fast, but I must not let my face betray my emotions, lest it shall detract from the dignity of a white man appearing under such extraordinary circumstances.
So I did that which I thought was most dignified. I pushed back the crowds, and, passing from the rear, walked down a living avenue of people until I came in front of the semicircle of Arabs, in the front of which stood the white man with the gray beard. As I advanced slowly toward him I noticed he was pale, looked wearied, had a gray beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of gray tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob, - would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, - walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?’
'Yes,’ said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly.
I replace my hat on my head and he puts on his cap, and we both grasp hands, and I then say aloud, 'I thank God, Doctor, I have been permitted to see you.’
He answered, 'I feel thankful that I am here to welcome you.’
Should you pick up on the "being an Englishman” words remember these were Stanley’s words, and he really should have known better, he himself was from Wales originally, leaving when he was just 15 to make his way to the USA.
Stanley joined Livingstone in exploring the region, finding that there was no connection between Lake Tanganyika and the Nile. On his return, he wrote a book about his experiences: How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveries in Central Africa.
More on Stanley here https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Sir-Henry-Morton-Stanley/
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M U S E S
teen wolf
allison argent
darcy mccall
liam dunbar
louise argent
lydia martin
malia tate
tracy stewart
supernatural
claire novak
dean winchester
meg masters
rowena macleod
heroes
claire bennet
molly walker
niki sanders
cassidy miller-gray
dead by daylight
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dwight fairfeild
felix richter
feng min
meg thomas
julia kostenko
sally smithson
avatar the last airbender
katara
sokka
toph
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xander harris
willow rosenburg
macgyver
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riley davis
russ taylor
chronicle
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the walking dead
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penny blake
rebecca ford
fear street
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tommy slater
samantha fraser
cindy berman
alice rodgers
arnie phillips
kimberly rodgers
eric slater
maya horton
fandomless
shane madej
R U L E S
THE MUN.
My name is RED, I am 23 years old, I’ve rped under a different name before so I have a little bit of experience on here, I AM HOWEVER, STILL A HUMAN BEING, so I may not get everything right all the time, if you have any issues that come up while rping with me just know I would like you to tell me what’s up, so I can do my best to resolve the issue, I myself don’t have issues with any theme
THE BLOG.
this is a private, selective, medium activity MULTI-FANDOM MULTIMUSE. there are so many muses on this blog, and not all of them are my primaries, obviously you don't have to write with all of them, but feel free write with as many as feel like. UNDERSTAND I HAVE OVER 40 MUSES SO GETTING ALL THE INFO PAGES MAY TAKE A WHILE but i am trying my hardest to get it all done.I ENJOY USING ICONS but if you primarily do not use icons, i'm more than happy to just leave icons out of it entirely, as some times it's much easier.
TRIGGERS.
understand that this blog will be very trigger heavy, I will tag such as “trigger : ” I will be potentially writing things such as, DEATH, SELF HARM, GORE, ABUSE, SUICIDE, RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT If this is an issue, I suggest blacklisting the term “trigger : ” as this will occur a lot.
SHIPPING.
When it comes to shipping, I am not very selective at all, I truly am a hoe for ships, whether that be soft and fluffy, tense and sexual, or hate ships, honestly I would be down for anything, I WILL NOT WRITE SMUT WITH UNDERAGE MUSES. If at any point you want to plot a ship with me you can jump right into my IM or just throw some memes or starters my way, up to you, I don’t mind at all
MEMES.
i almost always CONTINUE ASK MEMES & i highly encourage you to do the same. you’re welcome to send as many memes as you want & continue all of them. I WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE THREADS WITH ALL MY PARTNERS. i truly do love the shit out of all of you.
I WILL REPEAT MYSELF FOR EMPHASIS, SEND ME MEMES WHENEVER YOU WANT, I LOVE MEMES AND WILL FOREVER LOVE THEM TILL THE DAY I DIE
OTHER NOTES.
i almost always CONTINUE ASK MEMES & i highly encourage you to do the same. you’re welcome to send as many memes as you want & continue all of them. I WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE THREADS WITH ALL MY PARTNERS.
I AM MORE THAN OKAY WITH WRITING CROSSOVERS, for example I have no issue with my Dean Winchester interacting with a Stiles Stilinski as it would make sense for that crossover, I ALSO HAVE NO ISSUE FOLLOWING MULTIPLES BACK, as I am a multimuse, it's not a massive issue as I have other muses.
I TEND TO PREFER LONGER THREADS as it gives me more to work with but I am okay with a small paragraph. My responses should be relatively fast as I don't really do much to be honest. So if it's been a while since I've responded, JUST FLICK ME A MESSAGE as I may have forgotten.
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