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disneydancepants · 2 years

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More Disney Names, Villain Edition!

Oof, I think promised this a year ago. 😔

Well, it's finally here! At least? I'm sorry...

Just me though. Me are worm, worthless worm.

Let's goooo! Format will be a little different this time, though.

1.) Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

The Evil Queen, mother of Evie, (second) fairest of them all... She actually has a canon name. If you remember my Disney Princess post, I revealed this for Snow White. While not in the movie, Evil Queen has long been known as Queen Grimhilde in various media. This is even confirmed in Sofia the First (I think season 4?). She is also occasionally called Evil Queen Ingrid, although this is less-canon. I like combining the two into: Queen Ingrid Grimhilde. It fits her.

Confirmed Canon, Outside Film.

2.) Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)

The Wicked Step-Mother, mother of Anastasia and Drizella... We don't actually hear her name in the film, but her daughters get announced at the ball using the surname Tremaine. We don't ever learn her first name. In the live action version, it is apparently Madonna Tremaine. There is a Nancy Tremaine in Enchanted as a nod to her, although she was neither wicked (outside of Elphaba, anyway) nor ultimately a stepmother in the end. I made up the name Lady Hellene Tremaine for her, mostly because I like how it sounds. Every other name at the ball is French, so the French form of Helen suits. It's got a nice "Hell" in there for her evilness, although that has nothing to do with the etymology of the name...

Half-Confirmed Canon in the movie, Half-Invented by me.

4.) Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Everybody knows his name. In the book, he's Jas. Hook. I don't know why it was so hard to write two more letters, but Captain James Hook of the Jolly Roger is his full name.

Confirmed Canon in the Film and original story.

3.) Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

The Mistress of All Evil, who unleashed All the Powers of Hell! The Evilest Villain! The Evil Fairy who can transform into a friggin DRAGON! We only really know her by one name, like Cher. Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files says her full name is Maleficent Fae/Maleficent Fairy or something like that. But that's lame. I'm not calling my Sims that.

Instead, I came up with two. I like the sound better of Maleficent Infernalis, which means "hellish". But from an etymological stand-point, Maleficent Gehennalis of the Forbidden Mountain work better (unlike Infernalis, Gehennalis also translates to "From Hell"). Ugh... Maleficent Infernalis just sounds better though...

Not Canon. I made it up.

5.) Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Yeah, so... They straight up say it the whole movie. Bonus though: Horace and Jasper are the Badun Brothers. I never knew they were even related when I was growing up, but that's canon. Cruella De Vil.

Canon in Film.

6.) The Horned King (The Black Cauldron)

Man, this dude... This dude... He has no other name in the movie. In the books, you have to know his true name to be able to defeat him. So you know what the author does? A character yells something indistinguishable when he beats the Horned King. When asked about it later, he gives the cop-out of "Oh, I can't say it again! It's too horrible!"

Fuck off. Nobody has time for that garbage. But anyway, he's call Re Cornelius in Italian or something because the translation for "Horned King" is slang for "The Cuckold King", allegedly. So he's King Cornelius over there. Interestingly, that sounds like the name of an old horned god he may have been modeled after: Cernunnos. So I'm calling this dude Cernunnos of Annuvin.

Sorta Invented, sorta pieced together from canon sources. It's iffy.

7.) Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Nothing canon is given for our Mer-Octo-Not-A-Mom. In original drafts, she was supposed to be the banished sister of King Triton, but that was thrown out. The sequel makes that extra non-canon by giving her an avenging sister. So... What's her name? What's her name?

I was originally going to go with Ursula Cecaelia. A Cecaelia is the mythological name for a half-human, half-octopus being. But then I discovered that Ursula was heavily modelled after drag icon Divine. To the point that she might have voiced Ursula if she hadn't died before production. So in honor of Ursula's inspiration, I dub her Ursula Divinia.

Made it up based on pre-production sources. Not Canon.

8.) Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Noooo oooone... Makes this easy as Gaston! Except maybe Cruella De Vil. But Gaston has a canon name, and it's Gaston LeGume. Because the dude is a total goomer. It's supposed to be a pun off legume/a peanut. Probably because he's book-dumb. Aww, opposites attract! At least from Gaston's direction.

If only they had given us LeFou's full name too!

Confirmed Canon by production crew, but not in the film itself.

9.) Jafar (Aladdin)

So, bouncing off the research I tried to do for Aladdin and Jasmine... This guy was much harder. We know nothing about his parents, his family, his origins... Not even really in deleted material. So I went with a title surname. Jafar al-Wazir or literally Jafar the Vizier. He has a dubiously canon sister named Nasira who tries to avenge him in a video game, but she's not given any more name info either. So...

Not Canon, but built from the little canon material I could scrounge.

10.) Governor Ratcliffe (Pocahontas)

Okay, so... I'm gonna be honest: I can't remember if this is given in the movie or if it's the historical guy's name. But he's Governor John Ratcliffe. Lots of Johns back then, huh? IMO, the real life Ratcliffe doesn't sound like a bad person. I feel like they slapped the name Ratcliffe onto 90% of the real John Smith's character. Fun fact: Ratcliffe and his man-servant Percy are both voiced by David Ogden Stiers, of M*A*S*H fame. He also did the voices of Cogsworth and Idiot Scientist Jumba.

Confirmed Canon.

11.) Judge Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

This guy might be the most evil Disney Villain. And... This movie isn't very PC, huh? I get it's based on an old book, but we're not supposed to say "hunchback" or "gypsy" anymore. At least they were the good guys though, right?

Anyway... His name is Judge Claude Frollo. Sorry Maleficent, but this guy is the real actual worst.

Confirmed super canon.

12.) Hades (Hercules)

Yes indeed. This guy had nothing canon beyond "Hades, God of the Underworld" in the movie. So I had to look to his mythological counterpart (who, unlike Disney's version, isn't the Christian Devil. But had to twist Zeus into the good guy somehow!) Could have gone with Pluto or all kinds of things, but I liked his Greek epithet Hades Erebios. Besides also being called Hades, the Underworld was also called Erebos (from what I remember. My note-taking should have been better.) So Hades Erebios loosely should mean "Hades of the Underworld". I didn't like Hades Olympios because... The movie completely excludes Hades from the Gods of Olympus. He doesn't even get to glow like they all do!

Not Confirmed Canon, but based on mythology.

13.) Shan Yu (Mulan)

Maybe I should have gone with his name from the live-action version. "Shan Yu" is derived from... I think it was the Hun word for "leader"? But it's based on a historical title, and thus... Not really a proper name.

But the movie treats it like one. They also named the cricket Cri-Kee, so this was probably a nerdy inside joke. I can get on board with that. So it's just Shan Yu. The glorious Tiger-Man.

Confirmed Canon, right in the movie.

14.) Clayton (Tarzan)

I remember reading that in the book(s), Clayton is something like Tarzan's cousin. And he doesn't want Tarzan to return to Great Britain because he's the rightful heir to the fortune Clayton inherited. Disney didn't include any of that thought.

I don't remember if this is in the movie or just the books, but google tells me his full name is Mr. William Cecil Clayton.

Canon confirmed, somewhere.

15.) Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

This one actually threw me off my groove. Kronk is the only character I could find any info on an actual full name. And since his is a Villains post and not a Minions/Henchmen... I have no idea for Yzma or Kuzco.

I'm blanking here. Couldn't find anything.

16.) Commander Rourke (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Should I have spoiler tagged this? I'm lame and don't even know *how* to do a spoiler tag on tumblr. But this movie is old enough, right?

Anyway, full name is Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke.

Confirmed Canon in the Film.

17.) Mor'du (Brave)

Uuuugh, the stupid chronological Disney Villain list I was following didn't include Brave. Of course. So now I have to redo all my numbers. Thanks, list!

This list's villain from the Other Studio is not given any name for his human form. Mor'du is only the name of his bear form, coming from Gaelic to mean "Black Giant" essentially. The Legend of Mor'du bears some slight resemblances to the historical account of Eirik Bloodaxe/Yryc Bloodaxe though, with him allegedly killing his half-brothers to gain political power. Eirik Bloodaxe was a Norwegian Viking King, but he was exiled and ruled Northumbria (Scotland) briefly before his death.

I like the comparisons, and maybe in Pixar Eirik made a deal with a witch to regain Norway? Yeah? Maybe? For that reason, I like something like Yryc Bloodaxe or Yryc Mor'du as his name.

Not Canon. At all.

18.) Doctor Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)

The Shadow Man! He's Got Friends On the Other Side! I was losing some steam here, but I'm back now with one of my favorite villains!

No official first name is given for Doc F, BUT! BUT! Dr. Facilier was inspired by real life voodoo priest Francois Duvalier, who also modeled his look after Baron Samedi. Plus, I love that alliteration of Dr. Francois Facilier! It just sounds right

Not Canon, but based on a character inspiration.

19.) Mother Gothel (Tangled)

Mother might know best when she's gaslighting a princess, but we don't know her first name. So I tried to make something up that fits her character and sounds a bit off from other characters (since she's an ancient de-aging witch). I ended up picking Narcissa Gothel. Half-spoilers for the TV show, but it also fits the Greek-named theme with her biological daughter. The Narcissist thing might be too on-the-nose, but... It does accurately fit her.

100% made up, Not Canon.

20.) Prince Hans (Frozen)

Sorry-Not-Sorry if this spoils Frozen, but... Who is reading this post and hasn't seen Frozen at this point?! And I still vividly remember saying "I don't trust this guy..." out loud after he got introduced the first time I saw it. True story.

Okay, but anyway: he's been revealed to be Prince Hans Westergaard of the Southern Isles. In my headcanon, he's also the returning Villain of Frozen 3. No redemption for you!

Confirmed very Canon outside the movie.

21.) Namaari (Raya and the Lost Dragon)

Last on my list... I don't even remember if I did Namaari alongside Raya in the previous list. I've stayed up way too late writing this. So if I did, here it is again. If I didn't... Here it is once.

Like Raya, the best we get is "Namaari of Fang". I'm sorry tired that I'm spacing... Crap, Namaari is from Fang, right? Not Talon?

Whichever it is, I google-translated the correct one. I think into Indonesian? It was back when I did the post with Raya. And then I added what Wikipedia told me was a South-Eastern Asian surname ending. The result was Princess Namaari Sitaring.

Not Canon, but I tried my best to accurately reflect her Clan name with a Kumandran flair.

Obviously this wasn't a complete list. I mostly focused on humanoid Villains who corresponded to my previous lists. Hope you enjoyed!

#Disney Villains #Disney names #real names of disney #rotten to the core #evil queen #maleficent #jafar #hades #Cruella #where have all the villains gone

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valhallanrose · 3 years

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Matilda Bonetti

Artwork done by @/hirodraga

Bio format by @/arcanecadenza

Meaning of name:

Matilda, Latin origin, variant of Mathilde. Means “mighty in battle”.

Bonetti, Italian origin, surname. Means “hatmaker”.

Family: Marcello Bonetti (father), Delmore Bonetti (father), Adrasteia Bonetti (sister), Salvatore Bonetti (brother), Clemente Bonetti (sibling)

Matilda, like the rest of the four Bonetti children, was adopted as an infant into the family and raised at the family home in Mavarra, the capital of the Venterran region of Lulia. Marcello had been raised there, as had his father, and his father before him, and every Bonetti beforehand until they had settled in Mavarra - so it had been a no-brainer, once he and Delmore had wed, that they would raise their own family there.

However, though Marcello had been born into wealth and luxury, Delmore had not. The pair came to an agreement early on that while their children would want for nothing, they would not be allowed to become spoiled in the sense of being unappreciative and greedy based on their privileged position. Each received a full education and were allowed to pursue their interests, with Marcello maintaining the family business - the Bonettis had built their fortune as shipbuilders - and Delmore, who had just finished a law degree when they had married, continued to practice in Venterre.

Each of the children will tell you first of their upbringing and how well they were loved, and none are oblivious to the wealth that will be their inheritance, but their parents had laid down conditions before they would be allowed to receive that inheritance. The Bonetti children had to find their own way, to make something of themselves, rather than sit back and wait for a free ride through life.

They did get their wish - Adrasteia followed in Delmore’s footsteps, studying and eventually settling into a family law practice not too far from home in Venterre. Salvatore became an architect, working primarily on the quickly growing neighborhoods of Mavarra and coastal Lulia, while Clemente went to Prakra after completing an education program to teach science in some of their public schools and institutions.

Matilda found her way, eventually, but it took some trial and error.

One of many hobbies she pursued as a child was dance, beginning with ballet at the age of eight after the family had attended several holiday performances together. Ballet turned into a variety of styles and complexities that made her an accomplished dancer by the time she would turn eighteen and finish her schooling. She’d tell you it was one of her first loves, but when figuring out her next steps, she chose to set it aside.

Her other first love had been the stars.

She remembered being six years old standing on a stepstool to peer into Clemente’s telescope, marveling at the constellations as her ten year old sibling dragged out the star maps and told her where every one sat in the sky.

Star maps had been her favorite thing to draw, copying them out of Clemente’s books until she understood exactly what she was seeing and was able to draw them on her own. Any book she laid hands on related back to them - the mythology tied to the constellations, the science of how they came into being, so on and so forth - if it wasn’t dance, it was the heavens.

When she turned eighteen, she enrolled for a year to work towards an education in astronomy, but found herself...bored. She still loved the stars, but the way it was taught felt like they were trying to drain the passion out of it. She didn’t want to keep falling out of love, so she dropped it after her first year - much to the bewilderment of her family - and returned full force into dance, joining a troupe at nineteen and taking up a role in a performance of the Nutcracker as one of the sugar plum fairies. Soon after, she officially landed the role of Odette in Swan Lake, landing her full prima ballerina status and launching her career as a full-time dancer, and she loved every second of it.

While surprised, her fathers still supported her, teasing her about those early days where she’d stuff herself in tutus and spin so fast she’d make herself sick trying to figure out how a pirouette worked.

She continued with the company for a good five years before she found herself forced to take a break - worsening stress fractures in her feet would have ended her career completely had she not done so. But, still so in love with dance and the beauty of it, she decided to stay with the troupe and lend a hand mending and creating costumes, finding a sort of meditative calm in piecing them all together even if she couldn’t wear them herself.

She chose to partially retire from dancing two years later when she settled in Vesuvia, opening a clothing shop - the Silk and Scissors - with all the knowledge she’d gained from her time helping the seamstresses in her troupe. She focused primarily on costumes, but she quickly learned that the Masquerade in particular had a special market to be considered. She had plenty of time to experiment, and about a year ago, she perfected her animated fabric technique that catapulted her business into the eye of Vesuvia’s eccentric.

While she still dances on occasion with the Vesuvian Community Theater, you’re more likely to find her hidden away in her shop nowadays - just be careful if you go in, she will stuff you into one of her creations if she needs a model with your body type.

Favorite meal: Tiramisu

Favorite drink: Apple cider

Favorite flower: Pansies

Birthday: July 19th

Age: 27

Zodiac: Cancer Sun, Leo Moon, Pisces Rising

MBTI type: ESTP

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. - Helen Keller

Patron Arcana:

Major - The Chariot

Upright: The Chariot is in complete control of its own destiny. It hurtles towards victory, unhindered by adversity. Work hard and stay focused. Your drive will be rewarded; the road will lead you right.

Reverse: The Chariot careens out of control, losing its way as it becomes stranded on the road. Sometimes you must learn to release the reins in order to move forward.

Minor - Queen of Wands

Upright: The Queen of Wands is confident in social and professional settings, drawing others into her orbit. Trust in your own vision and drive. You have all the skills to make your dreams reality.

Reversed: The Queen of Wands is stubborn and quick-tempered, easily losing her temper when things don't go her way. Do not let your fire burn those around you with its intensity. Try to take other people's perspectives into account.

Gender: Trans Female

Orientation: Bisexual

Languages spoken: Venterrean and Vesuvian fluently, casual conversational in Hjallen, Prakran, Firentian, and Nopali

Magical specialties: Illusions, primarily, with some skill in alchemy. Her claim to fame in fashion has been the creation of fabrics imbued with her illusionary magic, allowing for a unique style that she knows few have come close to replicating. A lot of it relies on the weaver’s loom she has in the back room of her shop, since the creation of her animated fabric relies on the magic being woven in during the creation process.

Familiar: Ciro, a partial leucistic peacock. He mostly keeps an eye on things around the shop, but he’s a drama queen, and behaves as if it’s the end of the world if he’s not given attention. It’s customary in Matilda’s shop that you give him a little affection before you go, or he’ll pout and avoid you the next time you come for a fitting.

#matilda bonetti #baby i'm so sorry i neglected you for so long that's my bad

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misdre · 5 years

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Aoki Takao website translations post #2

the second part, aoki’s notes about characters from the first season. he really doesn’t say all that much though. i skipped all the beasts that only had pictures of them (which was almost all of them), that’s why there are a few random beasts between the human characters in the text.

Anime 2001 [season 1]: Page 1

In summer 2000, there was a meeting for discussing a TV anime (starting from January 2001). The CoroCoro serialization was in the middle of the Japanese tournament. All four holy beasts had made an appearance at that point, but the planned world tournament arc was made into the main storyline of the anime.

Originally I planned that nobody but the main four had holy beasts, but because of the anime and the variety of real Beyblade toys increasing, it became so that rival bladers also had holy beasts.

I had very little time to create all the characters for the anime that would run for a year and had never done that before, so it was a real struggle. But looking back now, it was really stimulating and I consider it a valuable personal experience that I’m thankful for.

“The Russian team”

In the original manga, and of course in the anime as well, the greatest rival needed to be very charismatic and therefore Yuriy was created.

“Yuriy Ivanov”

He’s the leader of “Borg”. The team has an army-like composition. His holy beast is a wolf.

For the CoroCoro serialization I drew him to display his strength as a cruel and cold character, but for RISING I also portrayed him with more human-like weaknesses and kindness that I didn’t get to draw earlier. By the way, for some reason his surname is spelled as “ivaanofu” everywhere except the original manga and I have no idea why it was changed. [he spells it “ivanoofu” himself in katakana. it really is pronounced ivaanofu in the anime too] The anime’s production method is very different from the manga, so perhaps it’s fine having several names.

December 22 2018 postscript: I later noticed that RISING volume 1 also misspells it as “ivaanofu”. The correct spelling is “ivanoofu”. [damn he’s really committed to how it should be spelled]

“Wolborg”

I pictured a land of extreme cold and gave it wings and ornaments of ice.

“Boris”

The subleader. He admires Yuriy. His holy beast is a falcon. I was thinking of the feathers of a bird while designing his hair and the collar of his clothes.

“Ivan”

A sarcastic sniper. He’s often picking fights, but he’s loyal to Yuriy. His holy beast is a snake.

“Sergei”

A soldier-like character with great respect for rules. He’s a muscular guy with a soft heart. His holy beast is a whale.

“Volkov”

He’s the founder of Borg, the private military school. He uses his connections from military times to send out illegal soldiers. Beyblade is part of his program of training young boys into soldiers.

When I look back now, it’s like the team composition of Borg (the way the characters are isolated) became the model for the rest of the teams as well.

“The Chinese team”

The team of the Chinese fang clan (named Byakko clan in the anime) from Rei’s home town. The holy beasts and characters both were modeled after wild animals. In the village of the fang clan, sage Tao teaches scholarship, martial arts and bey battling to children from the near-by cities and communities who have been separated from their parents.

“Rai”

Rei’s childhood friend and eternal rival. The team leader. He’s like a reliable older brother. His holy beast is a black lion, so I also designed him with the image of a lion in mind. His name is the “rai” of “raion” [lion in katakana in Japanese].

“Mao”

Rai’s younger sister. A tomboy. Her name comes from the Chinese word for cat. Her holy beast is a lynx.

“Kiki”

A cheerful rascal. His holy beast is a monkey. His name comes from the sound that monkeys make.

“Galman”

I referenced a Chinese opera version of Sun Wukong for the ornaments.

“Gaou”

A gentle muscleman. His name comes from a bear’s roar. His holy beast is a bear.

Anime 2001 [season 1]: Page 2

”The American Team”

The theme of the team is sports. I chose animals that live in North America as their holy beasts.

“Michael”

The team leader. He’s a baseball player. He’s a sportsman-like nice guy. I had several ideas for very elaborate gimmicks that he could shoot his beyblade with. The above sketch is an old one, so I ended up using a different one in the manga. His holy beast is the national bird of the US, the bald eagle.

“Eddy”

A basketball player. His holy beast is a scorpion.

“Steve”

An American football player. His holy beast is a bull.

“Bison”

Instead of an American bison, I used a bullfighting bull as the model.

“Emily”

Her position in the American team is similar to that of Kyouju’s. Her sport is tennis. Her holy beast is an alligator.

“Judy”

She’s American. She married the Japanese Mizuhara Tarou and had her eldest son Max with him. [that sounds like max has brothers but it prob just means ‘first child’ here] She was invited to a project team in NASA after the evaluation of a thesis she wrote while enrolled in MIT. [massachusetts institute of technology…. damn] She left her husband and Max in Japan and took up the new post away from home. She was inaugurated as the coach of a blader team formatted on a science camp organized by NASA. The rest is the same as the setting back then. She’s now living in Japan with her family after the birth of her eldest daughter Charlotte. [IS THERE GOING TO BE MORE???]

“The European team”

A selection team representing several European countries. They were named after F1 racing drivers who were active at the time. (Germany) Ralf Schumacher, (UK) Johnny Herbert, (France) Olivier Panis, (Italy) Giancarlo Fisichella. *Their outwards appearances, personalities etc. are not based on them, only their names. Their surnames were influenced by well-known movie actors and directors from each country. I wanted each character to represent the special characteristics of his country. Their holy beasts are creatures from European folklore.

“Ralf Jürgens”

A German. He’s a stubborn person who honors tradition. I designed his outfit after bike wear. His holy beast is a griffon.

“Johnny McGregor”

An Englishman. He’s very strong-willed and has confidence in himself. I had rock style fashion in mind when making him. His holy beast is a salamander.

“Olivier Pohringer” [spelling of his surname is not up for debate FYI]

A Frenchman. He loves trendy things. I gave him a unique fashion sense. His holy beast is a unicorn.

“Giancarlo Tornatore”

A cheerful Italian. His holy beast is an amphisbaena.

#he really got nothin to say about the characters huh #im wheezing #beyblade

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xxadiamondbulletxx · 4 years

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Hi, could I get help naming a character from someone's whose Greek or speaks Greek? I want to give the character a surname that indicates where his family's from, similar to da (blank) in Italian. Is this a thing in Greek? If so, how is it formatted? (place is Ithaca) If not, where is a good place to look for accurate surnames? Thanks

#greek #greek names #writing

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op8englishblog-blog · 5 years

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MAESTOSO Unit and Member Introduction ♪

Then, the fourth unit, MAESTOSO !

A famous quartet that have rich reverberation and made up of absolute skillful people. The unit consists of 4 members who play violin, electric violin, viola, and cello.

! Fun Fact ! Maestoso is an Italian musical term and is used to direct performers to play a certain passage of music in a stately, dignified and majestic fashion (sometimes march-like) or, it is used to describe music as such. (Wikipedia)

This description matches MAESTOSO unit well~

♪ Members:

(Note: We applied English format name for all the characters and the voice actors, so the format is nickname then the surname~)

Kanato Yuduki (CV: Ryohei Kimura)

[The Leader of Maestoso]

“There's no need to worry, because everyone are good boys."

A perfect person who is kind, genius, and handsome. Everything about him is flawless.

Age : 25 years old

Birthday : January, 29th

Zodiac Sign : Aquarius

Height : 183 cm

Weight : 64.7 kg

Blood Type : O

Unit : Maestoso

Musical Instrument : Violin (1st Vn)

Hobby : Takes care a cat at home and dorm

Like(s) : Egg dish

Dislike(s) : Food that tasted rough

He has a gentle manner and thoughtful about his friends.

He is impeccable and talented, but he never be haughty about his own talent.

On the other hand, it's hard for him to understand other people because he is perfect, and he tends to keep distance.

He gets along well with his younger twin, Soma Yuduki, who has worked hard from a young age and understands him well.

He has a little brother, Ritsu Yuduki, who has a far age gap with him, so he unconsciously spoils Ritsu.

Soma Yuduki (CV: Yuki Ono)

“Let my sound makes you intoxicated."

A super genius oresama, confidence written on his face.

Age : 25 years old

Birthday : January, 29th

Zodiac Sign : Aquarius

Height : 183 cm

Weight : 64.9 kg

Blood Type : B

Unit : Maestoso

Musical Instrument : Electric Violin (2nd Vn)

Hobby : search for things he likes such as food and sound

Like(s) : Fairly greasy meat

Dislike(s) : Food that tasted rough

Same as his twin brother, Kanato Yuduki, he also has genius talent in music.

Unlike his older brother, he realized his talent, and he brags about how is he always right on everything because of that. However, he recognized his own fault and will say about it frankly.

Because his attitude is haughty, he doesn't pick the correct words when speaking, so he makes a fuss easily from his surroundings.

He gets along well with his twin brother and his younger brother, Ritsu Yuduki.

Aruto Tsurumaki (CV: Kento Hama)

“If you do according to my calculation, there is no failure."

An intellectual glasses guy who is strict and hard to others and himself.

Age : 21 years old

Birthday : September, 9th

Zodiac Sign : Virgo

Height : 176 cm

Weight : 57.3 kg

Blood Type : A

Unit : Maestoso

Musical Instrument : Viola

Hobby : Writing learning

Like(s) : Chirashizushi (Sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the top)

Dislike(s) : None

He has too serious personality.

Always calculate anything ahead, arrange a plan, and do things according to that plan.

Usually he is calm, but if the things didn’t go well according to his plan, he will be panicked. And then, he can’t demonstrate well like his usual capability.

In the “Maestoso”, he is the only one who isn’t a member of Yuduki’s family, so that’s why he is devoting himself to work hard everyday in order to fill the gap with that three siblings.

Ritsu Yuduki (CV: Shun Horie)

“......Your works, is that all?”

The youngest genius in Yuduki’s siblings. A boy who is quite and calm.

Age : 14 years old

Birthday : August, 15th

Zodiac Sign : Leo

Height : 150 cm

Weight : 39.6 kg

Blood Type : B

Unit : Maestoso

Musical Instrument : Cello

Hobby : Takes care a cat at home and dorm

Like(s) : Pudding, Kanato’s cooking

Dislike(s) : Something tasted rough

He has cute appearance. But on the contrary, he has strong will and hate to lose.

His talent in music is equal to his older brothers, Kanato Yuduki and Soma Yuduki.

He hates being treated like a child, but his personality to pushing himself at his best made people around him see that as a cute thing, and they didn't treat him as the person he is.

He thinks favorably of Aruto who treating him equally.

That’s all from MAESTOSO unit~! ♪

source: Op8 ♪ Official Website

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Quantic Reboot Characters

Characters either new or heavily altered to save them from canon. The main last name follows the first name. A (+ LastName) following means it’s the mother’s maiden name, a (* LastName) means it’s the father’s surname but for some reason the kid didn’t take it. For the hyphened LastName–LastName format it’s in Father–Mother order unless the parents are a same-sex couple like Morgan’s moms. Nicknames are in italics following a bolded tilde ~, though not all nicknames listed are used by everyone / some are used just for teasing. Monikers assigned with only malicious intent via bullies are not listed as nicknames.

All of Mari’s current classmates (included Lie-la) are still present, but they’re not part of the main squad anymore because they’ve isolated her.

(( Going for 12 boys and 12 girls in the main group of quanticharacters in Mari’s grade because I like groups of 12 ... I mean how can you not love groups of 12? They’re divisible by so many numbers! You can have groups of 2, 3, 4, or 6 with nobody left alone during projects!!! ))

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The Boys:

Félix Diamant (* Agreste) ~ Fé, Feli, Felibear, Diamond [!!!!! !!! !!! !!! ! ! !!! !!! !!! !!!!!]

Allan Mercury (+ Bennett) ~ Mercury, Lana, Lani-loo [!! ?]

Claude Castille-Acosta ~ Clod [!! !!]

Gavroche Verret (+ Bouchard) ~ Gav, Gaveroo [!! ?]

???

Possible Additions: Wayhem NoLastName but with real background, Marc Anciel but fleshed out instead of never being seen again, Prince Ali NoLastName if he’s sent for international education, Sparrow if he left ‘Murrica and thus Knightowl for some reason.. maybe if he was actually Fé and got the curse?, Jean Duparc with a personality cuz he didn’t even talk in the show, the young and annoying XY could be either in Mari’s or Luka’s grade since main group doesn’t have to be totally likable & he could get a redemption arc (his dad’s the one that really sucks), Adam NoLastName from the comics, Adrien Agreste with a redemption arc, Nino Lahiffe with a redemption arc, Lé Chiên Kim with a redemption arc, Nathaniel Kurtzberg with a redemption arc..... because everyone in Mari’s class needs either redemption or death, just random made-up OCs

oops now there are almost twice as many girls as there are guys... Random not-OCs that could be added include the main cast of 6teen c:

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The Girls:

Allegra Fausett (+ Sabat) ~ Als, ‘Legra [!! !! ! !!]

Jacquelin Courbet (+ Voclain) ~ Jackie, Jack, Jacks, Jack-o [!! !! !!]

Quincy Proulx (+ Jolicoeur) ~ Quinn, Queeny, Quinse, Proulx

Noëlle Vassie (+ Duval) ~ n/a

Morgan Bellefeuille-Cadieux ~ Puck!!, Mo, Momo

Laurel Tourelle (+ Guerin) ~ n/a

Carolyn Ledoux (+ Durand) ~ Carol, Melody

Rosalie Jones (+ Thayer) ~ Rose

Liliane Jones (+ Thayer) ~ Lily

? ... well, definitely adding Marinette Dupain-Cheng ~ Mari, ‘Nette, Nettles, Starlight, Marinara [!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!]

???

Possible Additions: Kagami Tsurugi with proper writing, Chloé Bourgeois post-redemption, Alix Kubdel post-redemption, Alya Cesaire post-redemption, Juleka Couffaine with a fix-it because blueberry boy wont stand for such nonsense against Mari, that one fandom concept Amber Bourgeois (Ambre?) that’s usually Chloé’s twin but can be rewritten as sth else, Brigitte NoLastName Ondine NoLastName as more than Kim’s love interest, Mireille Caquet but not just Theo’s special friend, Aurore Bauréal with the same personality as in Leave for Medeleiev, The rest of Mendeleiev’s class which shows pale with purple-black hair, short purple spiky, short blond spiky, dark skin with long purple hair, and long blonde hair girls in the class picture that have not been named, Purple-black Hair and spiky blonde from the previous class pic, just random made-up OCs

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Extra:

Maybe introduce a character or change last name to have the upcoming Dany Boon as their father /// Piper as either a last name or another girl in reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin that held the Fox miraculous... or maybe just Hamelin as a last name?? /// Another possible parent is Simon Grimault, whom we know is famous in the Quanticverse /// Put Théo Barbot in as an older brother to someone or just older student in maybe like Luka’s grade so he’s not so creepy (maybe the art studio was his parents’ cuz all the kids here are rich af) /// Jalil Kubdel could also be in Luka’s grade /// Vincent Aza could be brought down to Luka’s age like Théo or even be in Mari’s grade as part of the main group assuming he was held back /// Speaking of... Adri’s photographer, who is also named Vincent, could be a dad though the last name is still up in the air /// Alec Cataldi could be a dad or brother or something to someone of an Italian background /// Bob Roth might be XYs dad but if not he could be someone else’s /// Clara Nightingale could possibly be young enough to be in Luka’s grade

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Parents:

Gabriel Agreste -

Camille Diamant -

Father Diamant

Mother

Maternal Grandfather

Maternal Grandmother

Emilie Loiseau -

Father Loiseau

#ref: ml classmate names

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acsversace-news · 5 years

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The second season of true-crime anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The Assassination of Gianni Versace, "follows the real manhunt of serial killer Andrew Cunanan after he murdered five people, including the titular Italian fashion designer. While the season is not a documentary, and is formatted and dramatized in regular biographical television fashion, the real Versace family spoke out against the series.

In early January of 2018, less than two weeks before premiering on television, the family broke their silence by stating, "The Versace family has neither authorized nor had any involvement whatsoever in the forthcoming TV series about the death of Mr. Gianni Versace." In the same statement, they concluded, "Since Versace did not authorize the book on which it is partly based nor has it taken part in the writing of the screenplay, [The Assassination of Gianni Versace] should only be considered a work of fiction."

A few days after releasing their first statement, they proceeded to release a follow-up, in which they seemed to fixate particularly on the season's source material, Maureen Orth's Vulgar Favors. "Of all the possible portrayals of [Gianni Versace]'s life and legacy, it is sad and reprehensible that the producers have chosen to present the distorted and bogus version created by Maureen Orth."

Executive producer Ryan Murphy (Glee, American Horror Story) responded to the family's statements in defense of the series's sophomore entry, saying that Orth's biographical novel is "not a work of fiction" because it has been "discussed and dissected and vetted for close to 20 years." The FX network also sided with Orth, calling her work a "carefully reported and extensively-sourced work of investigative journalism by an award-winning journalist with impeccable credentials."

Regarding the inaccuracies that the Versace family avouched to be present in the depiction, Murphy responded, "It's a work of non-fiction obviously with docudrama elements. We're not making a documentary."

Before the windup of the tension between American Crime Story and the Versace family, Antonio D'Amico, Gianni Versace's longtime partner before his death, expressed his objections toward the season as well. "The picture of Ricky Martin holding the body [of Gianni] in his arms is ridiculous," D'Amico said in an interview with The Observer. "Maybe it's the director's poetic license, but that is not how I reacted."

My Thoughts

Depicting events, especially those which involve the deaths of people, is a slippery slope all on its own. Finding the most reliable sources to give an explicit depiction of true events can be hazardous, and can easily take a wrong turn if not executed properly.

The familiar Versace surname in The Assassination of Gianni Versace's title was bound to draw the attention of the real-life Versace family members. Quite frankly, I am not opposed to their initial wariness about the season, especially if they allegedly did not have any authorization whatsoever in its production; relying solely on the information provided by a nonfictional report. But is Orth's Vulgar Favors as unreliable as the family made it out to be?

Let us consider the writer first: Maureen Orth is an author, journalist, and a special correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine. She began writing for the magazine in 1988, and has been a Special Correspondent since 1993. Orth's most famous works in her journalism career include reports on Woody Allen and Michael Jackson's child molestation cases, and interviews with political figures such as Russian president Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Orth received a National Magazine Award for her group coverage of the arts in 1973, and then her article on Michael and Arianna Huffington in 1994. It was not until 1990, however, that she would go on to write her bestselling true-crime novel, Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U. S. History.

From this information, one can draw that Orth has indeed established herself as a renowned journalist and reporter. Some of her pieces have garnered negative attention and controversy, such as the ones revolving around Michael Jackson in which she insults his appearance repeatedly. In spite of this, Orth has nearly spotless credentials––but the reception of her novel on the manhunt for Cunanan back in 1997 is what truly determines whether or not she was a valid source for the series to use in its second season.

Orth's 1999 novel has encompassed an overwhelming amount of praise. In a review for New York Times, Frank Bruni wrote, "[Orth] seems to recognize this intrinsic drawback, and she uses the book's prologue to invest her narrative with a significance beyond the outrageous and occasionally poignant details she has assembled." Furthermore, as Murphy claims, her writings about the manhunt have been appraised for almost twenty years, and the rest of the crew chose her reports with precision.

A person outside of the Versace or Cunanan family is not going to seize every last detail in the case, but with Orth's background and career thus far, we can presume that she only reported the details that she perceived as facts––and it is the closest we may ever get to a scrupulous telling.

The Versace family's statements are valid, and I agree that they should have been consulted before production began. It is important to be sensitive to those who have relations to the victims, particularly familial, and not conjure unwanted memories without their accord. In the season's defense, on the contrary, it never claimed to precisely align with the true events, nor did it claim to have documentary-style reality in it; simply, it is an illustration of a real serial killer who took the lives of five innocent people and, no matter how embellished the inside details are, it is the outline that the public is familiar with. They branched out from the framework and created a story that stems from both evaluated information and their imaginations, portraying it in a sympathetic and respectful manner toward the victims.

#acs versace #geeks #article #maureen orth #vulgar favors #review #february 2019

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For some reason, I was very confused at the ñ in your previous ask about your neat writing, and then I remembered you are from Argentina. It's a predominantly Spanish speaking country, right? Do you fluently speak it then? That's so interesting! I also read that a lot of Italian is spoken there.

yep! spanish is the main language, yup born and raised with spanish so i speak it fluently hehe. Not as much italian tbh, we do however have avery italian accent in our spanish and speak a lot with our hands too, hell i even have an italian surname lmao and that is another thing; italian is mainly spoken by those that are from italian families, my dad knew how to speak italian fluently, i can’t reply or read but i understand a bit if i hear it.

Argentina is a wonderful place to visit, the geography and places to go are amazing, u got desert, snowy mountains with forests, jungle, swamp, huge rivers and mountains in general, jungle with huge waterfalls, huge rock formations and places with high UFO activity. It’s the bestest weirdest place u gonna find.

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💷 (Ken) Don't mind me, I'm just introducing myself. 🚬

The day I posted is 09/08/2018. August 9th, NOT September 8th! It's called 'the DD/MM/YYYY format'!

Hello, this is Kenneth. I'm not sure how many of you can see this, considering I checked that this blog had fewer than 10 followers. Wow, what a small audience. Oh, yes, and it seems my poor cousin hasn't been getting a lot of attention. I told him several times to leave his comfort zone, but he just seems to stay in one spot. I wonder how he has those weird-looking friends; the Italian with noodles for a surname, a one-eyed has-been (Wait a minute...so am I! But I have two eyes, just to make things clear.) child, and some dog who talks a whole lot about God.

Speaking of which, I'm the cousin Yvan mentioned in that introduction post. I still stand my ground about Tumblr being full of morons, which so happens to be the majority. He didn't listen! I used to have a personal blog; trust me, I would know! I got so fed up with what the cool kids call 'discourse' these days, I deleted it. I didn't give a %$*÷ about whether people liked me or my old blog then, and I certainly don't now. (Wait, why was I censored here? So stupid! Where's the 'off' button?) So why am I back? I was dragged here, that's why.

Not just by Yvan, but also by Barry when he heard 'how much fun it'll be!' Sure, if you eat too much cotton candy, then proceed to run around a building 10 times. Seems thrilling, but not all it's cracked up to be. I don't see how those two can be so optimistic; they've had rough lives growing up, everything just didn't seem to go their way. For example, Yvan's house burned down to ashes, while Barry's parents were too strict to let him go outside beyond school hours. It's true, he really did go to school. Enough of that.

- K.C.

P.S. Yes, I do smoke. Don't bother me about it. Yvan keeps hiding my cigarettes, and it's stressing me out.

#kenneth #muse post #unfriendly #08/09/2018 #kids these days #yvan mentioned #ollie mentioned #doug mentioned #smoking mention #censored profanity #mg&f #toon #rude much?#💷🚬✂🔪

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New Post has been published on https://www.stl.news/protesters-gather-near-trumps-florida-home-bow-their-heads/70947/

Protesters gather near Trump's Florida home, bow their heads

NEW YORK/January 20, 2018(AP)(STL.News)— In Palm Beach, Florida, home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, several hundred people gathered carrying anti-Trump signs as they prepared to march as part of Saturday’s planned protests.

Across the globe, people hit the streets on the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration, marching against his policies and in support of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment.

In Palm Beach, a group of women wearing red cloaks and white hats like the characters in the book and TV show “The Handmaid’s Tale” marched in formation, their heads bowed.

Elsewhere around the U.S., people congregated in Chicago; Houston; Richmond, Virginia; and Rhode Island. In Los Angeles, organizers predicted thousands of people, including state officials and celebrities, would march to City Hall.

A protest in New York was among more than 200 such actions planned for the weekend around the world. By mid-morning, people gathered in Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Raleigh, North Carolina. In Philadelphia, many marchers wore pink cat-ear hats as a show of solidarity, while others carried signs stating opposition to Trump and his policies.

In Chicago, thousands of people gathered in Grant Park. Fawzia Mirza drew cheers from the crowd as she kicked off the event with a reference to the partial government shutdown, which began hours earlier.

“When the government shuts down, women still march,” she said.

She said the event was about channeling women’s energy and “putting that power in the polls.”

Earlier Saturday, dozens of activists gathered in Rome to denounce violence against women and express support for the #MeToo movement. They were joined by Italian actress and director Asia Argento, who made headlines after alleging in 2017 she had been sexually assaulted by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in the 1990s.

The 2017 rally in Washington, D.C., and hundreds of similar marches created solidarity for those denouncing Trump’s views on abortion, immigration, LGBT rights and more. Millions of people around the world marched during last year’s rallies, and many on Saturday thought about all that’s happened in the past year.

“I’d be lying if I said that I’m not dispirited and discouraged over having to march yet again to register our opposition to this disastrous first year of the Trump presidency,” said Peggy Taylor, a New York tour guide.

She said that last year she felt “a kind of euphoria” walking through the city with hundreds of thousands of participants.

This year, “the hard reality of what lies ahead of us has sunk in,” she said. “I know that we have a long slog ahead of us to undo the damage that this man has inflicted.”

The Republican president on Friday delivered new support to the anti-abortion movement he once opposed, speaking by video to thousands of activists at the annual March for Life.

In New York, scheduled speakers included Ashley Bennett, a Democrat who was elected Atlantic County, New Jersey, freeholder last November. Bennett defeated Republican incumbent John Carman, who had mocked the 2017 women’s march in Washington with a Facebook post asking whether the women would be home in time to cook dinner.

Among the goals of this year’s march are getting more Democrats to run for public office and bolstering voter registration.

In Rome, Argento addressed the criticism she received once she spoke up about her abuse.

“Women are scared to speak and because I was vilified by everything I said, I was called a prostitute for being raped,” she said at the rally. “I wonder how women who received such violence would find the courage to come out as I did, when they saw what happened to me, so I am here to assess the necessity of women to speak out and change things.”

Argento, who’s 42, was strongly criticized by many Italian media and Italian women for not speaking out earlier and was hounded on Twitter with accusations that she sought trouble.

Weinstein has apologized for causing “a lot of pain” with “the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past,” but he has denied “any allegations of non-consensual sex.”

Last year’s march in Washington sparked debate over inclusion, with some transgender minority women complaining that the event seemed designed for white women born female. Some anti-abortion activists said the event did not welcome them.

The organizers for the Sunday rally are striving for greater inclusion this year, with Latina and transgender female speakers, said Carmen Perez, another co-chair of the 2017 Washington march. Women in the U.S. illegally, sex workers and those formerly incarcerated are welcome, she said.

Linda Sarsour, one of the four organizers of last year’s Washington march, said Las Vegas was slotted for a major rally because it’s a strategic swing state that gave Democrat Hillary Clinton a narrow win in the presidential election and will have one of the most competitive Senate races in 2018.

The rallies also laid the groundwork for the recent movement that brought a reckoning for powerful men accused of sexual misconduct, Sarsour said.

“I think when women see visible women’s leadership, bold and fierce, going up against a very racist, sexist, misogynist administration, it gives you a different level of courage that you may not have felt you had,” she said.

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Lush reported from St. Petersburg, Florida.

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This story has been corrected to show the surname is Mirza, not Miza.

By Associated Press, published on STL.NEWS by St. Louis Media, LLC (TM)

#bow #heads #protesters #Trump's Florida home

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Writing Prompt 5

For the second genealogy based prompt, I was to think about the significance of how I was named. Names can be based upon customs, symbolism, and even different cultures, and each one has it’s own unique meaning for each person.

What’s in a name?

A name is usually a word that is used to identify a person. Most are formatted with a first and last name, and some with one in the middle. Names can be relatively simple, or long and complicating. Sometimes I wonder what goes into making a name, and how my own came to be.

My name was given to me by my mother. My mom really liked my aunt’s name, which is Catherine. Using that, she discovered that Caitlin was the Irish version of the name Cateline, which comes from Catherine. In addition, the name Caitlin also means “pure,” or “clean’” (She Knows n.d.). It’s rather unique, as my mother told me her side of the family doesn’t have any known Irish lineage, but English, Italian, and French roots instead. My middle name, Rose, was taken from my grandfather’s aunt of the same name. When used as a middle name, Rose can mean “fame,” or “kind, sort, type” (Behind the Name n.d.) From its Norman origins. Apparently, the Normans were a group of Vikings that settled within northern France (Behind the Name n.d.). My last name, Van Voorhis, is Dutch in origin. This is due to my dad’s side of the family having a bit of Dutch heritage. Sadly, I was not able to find any hidden meanings on my surname, but I hope to make some of my own discoveries soon.

My family is both Christian and Catholic. When a child is to be born, it’ custom that the baby will have a name that is named after, or in reference to, a holy saint. Given that my name came from the name Catherine, I was named after the St. Catherine of Alexandria. She was a catholic saint that also went by the nickname, “the Great Martyr,” (Online n.d.). She was an intelligent and brave young woman who was put to death for her belief in God. Even though she was tortured and executed, she never lost her faith. To be named in reference to such an amazing person, it’s truly inspiring.

In short, my name has quite a few meanings, and a variety of origins. Most of these origins coincide with the lineage of my mother’s side of the family, as well as my father’s. Not only was I named in a unique way, I was named after a famous Catholic Saint in custom to Christian/Catholic tradition. This writing prompt was very interesting to research, and I found out facts about my name that I had never known before! It really got me thinking about how much time and careful thinking goes into giving someone a name. With factors of significance and naming traditions, it really counts to give a person a perfectly fitting name.

Sources Used:

St. Catherine of Alexandria. Accessed October 3, 2017. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=341.

Caitlin name meaning. Accessed October 3, 2017. http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/caitlin.

Given Name ROSE. Accessed October 3, 2017. http://www.behindthename.com/name/rose

#uwrtwritingprompts

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The Woman Who Invented Robert Capa http://ift.tt/2wg8XwU

Gerta Pohorylle was born in 1910 in Stuttgart, from a middle-class Jewish Galician family. She attended a Swiss boarding school, where she learned English and French and grew up receiving a secular education. In spite of her bourgeois origins, she became part of socialist and labor movements while still very young.

At the age of 19, she and her family moved to Leipzig, just before the affirmation of the German Nazi party. Gerta immediately showed her dislike and opposition to the regime, joining leftist groups and taking an active part in anti-Nazi propaganda activities.

In 1933, she was arrested and detained with the charge of handing out flyers. Gerta was released after 17 days and decided — or perhaps her family decided for her — to leave the Nazi Germany. She went to Italy for a short period and eventually moved to Paris.

The Legend of Robert Capa

Life was not easy in Paris. Gerta lived with some friends and held several jobs, including waitress, au pair girl, and model. In those days, Paris was the center of a vibrant artistic, literary and political life, and many of the young intellectuals who visited the cafes in the center of the town were immigrants. Gerta’s proximity to the left-wing movements helped solidify her anti-fascist views, despite the influence of Nazi Germany beginning to feel heavy all over Europe.

In September 1935, Gerta was attending a shoot with one of her friends when she met a young Hungarian photographer. His name was Endre Friedmann, but he referred to himself as André. Like herself, André was a Jewish refugee fleeing the growing Nazi threat in Berlin.

André and Gerta soon fell in love. They started living together, and André taught Gerta everything he knew about photography. With his help, she got a factotum job in the Anglo agency Alliance. It was there that Gerta learned about photographic and print processes, and she began to become interested in photojournalism, eventually working as picture editor for the same agency.

In 1936, Gerta received her first photojournalist credential, but André was struggling to find clients for his photo work. They were both determined to find their place in the photojournalism industry. In order to overcome the increasing political intolerance prevailing in Europe and get access to the lucrative American market, they decided to get rid of their Jewish surnames and started to sell their pictures using the fictional name “Robert Capa.”

The deal was simple: Gerda would sell the pictures by Capa, an American, rich, famous and elusive photographer, temporarily living in Europe, who only communicated through his assistant, André.

Using this pseudonym, Gerta and André covered the events surrounding the coming to power of the France’s Popular Front in 1930. Their secret was soon revealed and, still working together, André kept for himself the artist name Robert Capa, while Gerta adopted the professional name Gerda Taro.

A photo of Gerda Taro and Robert Capa in Paris by photographer Fred Stein. The photo is from the International Center of Photography and The Robert Capa and Cornell Capa Archive, Promised Gift of Cornell and Edith Capa

Spain

In 1936, the Spanish Civil War broke out, and Gerta and André decided to move there to closely follow the events. Gerta soon became very emotionally involved in the Spanish Civil War, empathizing with the suffering Spanish people and cementing her hate toward the fascist ideology of the rebellion, openly supported by the German regime.

They made several trips to Spain, documenting the Republican soldiers’ departure to the front and the refugees moving from Malaga to Almeira. Next, they covered the war events in Aragon and Córdoba.

Although Gerta mostly used Rollei cameras and André preferred Leica, they often exchanged their gear — making the pictures indistinguishable based on camera format — and sold the images under the brand “Capa-Taro.”

Gerta soon began working more independently. She became publicly connected to a circle of anti-fascist European intellectuals and begun to publish her work, under the “Photo Taro” label, for magazines such as Life, Regards, and Illustrated London News.

In July 1937, while reporting on the Valencia bombing, she shot the pictures which are her most celebrated: the images depict the inside of the morgue where dead bodies from the recent attack lay, as well as the crowd outside filled with desperate people looking for news of their friends and relatives.

A few days later, André went to Paris, France, to discuss business with some photography agencies while Gerta moved to Brunete, Spain, where the Franco’s troops were preparing to retake the small town from the Republican forces. The battle turned against the Republicans, and Gerta was trapped in the trenches, where she kept taking photographs until she ran out of film. She then joined the Republican army retreat headed toward Madrid, traveling on board a car full of injured soldiers. On the way, the convoy was attacked by German planes supporting Franco’s troops.

In the midst of the attack, a tank lost control and ended up against the car Gerta was in. The photographer fell to the ground and was hit by the tank. Gerta was taken to the hospital, but it was immediately clear that her wounds were too serious. After a brief surgical procedure, the doctor asked to give her all the necessary morphine to relieve the pain in her last hours. The next morning, Gerta passed away at the age of 26.

A funeral was held a few days after in Paris and was attended by thousands of people. News of Gerda Taro’s death spread all over the world and caused a great response, particularly in France where the public opinion was particularly sympathetic toward the anti-fascist figure. And because of her dedicated reporting of the Republican effort during the Spanish Civil War, she was declared an anti-fascist martyr. She was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on August 1st, 1937, the day that would have been her 27th birthday.

The Mexican Suitcase

After Taro’s death, Capa kept shooting pictures of the Spanish Civil War. Another photographer, David “Chim” Seymour, who met Capa and Taro in Paris, was working in Spain, documenting the exodus of the Republican Spanish refugees heading Mexico. They both sent negatives to Paris, where Imre “Csiki” Weisse, Robert Capa’s assistant, cataloged and kept them in special cardboard boxes.

In October 1939, while German troops were moving to Paris, Capa was forced to flee to New York, leaving all his gear and negatives in his lab in Paris. From that point, Capa’s negatives of the Spanish Civil War were missing, and so was much of the memory of Gerda Taro.

In 1975, in a letter to Robert Capa’s brother Cornell, Imre Weisse remembered the Spanish War negatives. He wrote:

In 1939, while German forces were approaching Paris, I put all Bob’s negatives in a bag, then took my bicycle heading to Bordeaux, hoping to find a boat to Mexico and put the negatives on it. On my way to Bordeaux, I met a Chilean who promised me to take in custody the bag and deliver it to the Chilean embassy.

The bag with the negatives eventually made its way into General Francisco Aguilar González’s hands. At the time, González the was a Mexican ambassador to the Vichy government in France. González then brought back it to Mexico with him when he returned.

Cornell made countless attempts to trace the negatives but with no luck. The negatives finally reappeared in 1995 when Mexican film producer Benjamin Traver inherited them from an aunt who was a close friend of General González’s. Traaver contacted New York’s Queens College professor Jerald R. Green to ask advice on how to preserve the negatives and eventually make them available to the public. Green was also a close friend of Cornell Capa and informed him about the letter.

In 2003, during the preparation of an exhibition dedicated to Capa and Taro, museum curator Brian Wallis contacted Traver asking to return the negatives. Traver refused. He knew the negatives belonged to Capa and believed the Capa Foundation should take possession of them. But he also knew they represented one of the most important documentations of the Spanish Civil War.

It was only in 2007 that an independent curator and director living in Mexico City, Trisha Ziff, convinced Traver to pass the boxes to the Capa’s International Center of Photography in New York, which had more resources to make them available to the world.

The rediscovery of the Mexican suitcase shed a new light not only on the events of the Spanish Civil War but also on the personal life and work of Gerda Taro. She was not just Robert Capa’s partner: on some occasions, she actually was Robert Capa. She was a figure who was partially forgotten about over almost 70 years. Taro’s family lost their lives during the holocaust and Capa met his death in 1954, so there was no one else to testify to her bravery in shooting pictures in extremely dangerous situations, as well as her capacity to empathize with the suffering Spanish people.

Some of the pictures originally attributed to Robert Capa were later discovered be Taro’s. The images in the Mexican suitcase showed her innovative way of working close to the soldiers in the trenches rather than in the offices where strategic decisions were made. But they also showed how her work, with the same relevance of the work of her more celebrated lover and colleague, had made a huge contribution to the definition of the role of the modern war photographer and photojournalist.

About the author: Manuel Sechi is an Italian photographer living and working in London. His work is mainly focused on documenting the urban environment and its regularly published on his website. Manuel is also an active contributor for The Black Frame magazine. You can follow it on Facebook and Twitter. This article was also published here.

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