#ithaca usa

[nicoooooooon]

Twenty Six, Oil, cold wax (2023) by Helen Kim

Drawing is Helen's first love. When she started painting, her lyrical lines and marks naturally made their way onto the surface with oil and cold wax to visually narrate her life's story. Memories and emotions are expressed through colors, shapes and lines, all of which have been instrumental in developing her personal vocabulary.

Helen Kim lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

#art #abstract #helen kim #cornell university #ithaca #new york #san francisco #usa

[frenchcurious]

Scene de rue vintage à Ithaca - Etat de new York. - source Eduardo Ocanto.

#ithaca #état de new york #usa

[missing-girls-and-women]

Nicole Dawn Marranca, 27

Last seen in Ithaca, New York in 2017.

#ithaca #new york #usa #2017 #2010s

[streets-in-paradise]

Odysseus is third world coded, this is the powerlessness of those who experience colonialism

#troy 2004 #if in the subtext of analogy with modern times the writers added to the story mycenae is usa and troy is the middle east #then ithaca here is latin america #poor colonial territory in relative geographical proximity to the empire #rather overlooked #doomed to remain servile #i keep finding more layers of analysis in the film #its not so deep i know it #but it works

[hontokana]

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. - Like a Duck to Water Region: USA (Ithaca, New York) / Style: Minimalism / Year: 1976 LIKED

#Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co #USA #Ithaca #New York #Minimalism #1976 #LIKED

[googlemapsgems]

Ithaca, New York, USA (courtesy of Google Maps via GeoGuessr)      

#Ithaca #New York #Upstate New York #landscape #funny #Google Trekker #United States #USA #North America

[butchered-icarian]

where are the people of Ithaca USA who apparently has the same range of music taste as I do?

#the amazing devil #hozier #patrick page #hadestown #croissant rambles #spotify wrapped

[literarystarbucks]

SUPPORT STARBUCKS UNIONS

Upton Sinclair tries to go up to the counter, but the Starbucks is closed. Starbucks fired all their workers from this location for unionizing.

Hi everyone! It’s been a while. We here at Literary Starbucks have followed the news about Starbucks workers’ fight to unionize, and we want to use the platform we have to support them and uplift their voices. 

Starbucks workers across the nation have been unionizing their workplaces to ensure a more democratic, safe, and equitable environment for all employees. The first United States Starbucks to successfully unionize its workers was in Buffalo, NY, in December 2021. Since then, more Starbucks locations all over the country have voted to unionize!

Predictably, Starbucks is not thrilled about this, and has been actively union-busting. As linked above in the Upton Sinclair post, there are many examples of Starbucks closing locations that voted to unionize or firing pro-union workers, but Starbucks has gone even further. They have cut hours for pro-union employees, increased managerial presence in stores in order to monitor union activities, and, recently and abhorrently, claimed that Starbucks will support its workers who are seeking abortion services—but only if they aren’t part of a union.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has “accused Starbucks of more than 200 labor law violations spanning over two dozen types of unfair labor practices.” In addition to being morally despicable, Starbucks’ union-busting practices are actually illegal.

Literary Starbucks supports workers’ right to unionize and stands with the Starbucks partners who are unionized and/or fighting to unionize. We condemn Starbucks’ anti-union position. 

To read more about Starbucks employees’ efforts to unionize, please check out Starbucks Workers United. Headquartered in Buffalo, NY, SB Workers United boasts 180+ stores unionized already. Check out their FAQ for more information!

Here are ways you can support Starbucks workers’ unionization efforts across the USA:

Donate to the Pacific Northwest Starbucks Workers United (PNWSBWU) to, in their own words, “provide financial relief to Starbucks workers in the Pacific Northwest for income [they] lose as [they] take the collective actions needed to win the workplace [they] deserve.”

Donate to the employees of the College Ave Starbucks in Ithaca, NY, since Starbucks closed this unionized location!

Donate to Black Union Leaders in Memphis, TN, to support fired Black union leaders.

Sign the No Contract, No Coffee pledge to support the unionizing workers!

Shop the SB Workers United store! All proceeds directly support Starbucks employees.

SUPPORT STRIKERS! For example, a location in Buffalo went on strike yesterday! 

Attend a local “sip-in” rally at Starbucks to support unionization efforts. Here’s an example of a call for a sip-in—check out your local Starbucks stores to see if there is one coming up near you! And make sure you tip big!

Follow SB Workers United on Instagram for the latest news and updates.

Follow SB Workers United on Twitter for the latest news and updates. We pulled most of the donation links directly from that Twitter, so that’s the best place to check to see how you can best help!

Hell, follow us on Twitter as well. We’ll be retweeting stuff from @SBWorkersUnited, @VentiSolidarity, @JortstheCat, and other pro-union accounts to help raise awareness for Starbucks employees working to unionize.

The baristas were always an essential part of the Literary Starbucks mythos. Help support the real-life heroes working in Starbucks locations across the nation today!

In solidarity,

Jill, Nora, and Wilson

#nocontractnocoffee #literary starbucks #literarystarbucks #starbucks #pro union #union #unions #tobeapartner

[u-mspcoll]

Much Depends on Dinner 2024 Showcase

In Winter 2024, students enrolled in Dr. Margot Finn's ALA 264 Much Depends on Dinner worked in groups to research and write captions for food history materials in the Special Collections Research Center's Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive and in the collections of the William L. Clements Library.

These were featured on the Shapiro Library Screens in Bert's Study Lounge.

Katzen, Mollie & Mermelstein, Catherine B. (1977). The Moosewood cookbook : recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. In the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.

“The most influential vegetarian cookbook of all time” – Wall Street Journal 

The Moosewood Cookbook consists of authentic vegetarian food and dessert recipes that incorporate various cultures. Seven founders created the first Moosewood cookbook in 1972 in response to the rise of vegetarianism during the 20th century. These recipes range from the Mushroom Moussaka to the Cardamom Coffee Cake – an Indian spice incorporated into the classic German coffee cake. These simple yet healthy recipes are cooked at the Moosewood restaurant in Ithaca, New York. Make sure you visit the restaurant on your next trip!

[Culinary Menu : Travel - Ships]. 1905-1997. In the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.

This menu describes the luncheon served in the three-story first class “Grand Salon” dining room of the British R.M.S “Queen Mary” on Saturday, June 14, 1952, on their weekly trip between Cherbourg, France and New York, USA. Although the cruise ship was initially catered to the upper class before World War II, it eventually expanded to include the tourist classes as well. The menu on the ship changed daily and offered some of the fanciest dishes of the time. The “Queen Mary” is now permanently docked in Long Beach and serves as a floating museum and restaurant.

Read more!

#exhibits #libraries #archives #special collections #special collections libraries #libraries and archives #american culinary history #students #student curators #janice bluestein longone culinary archive #janice bluestein longone #jblca #culinary history #food studies #food history #food #recipes #vintage recipes #cookbooks #cooking history #cookery #cooking #recipe #cookbook

[bpod-bpod]

Bust a Move

Entering stage-left like a disco dancer with a score to settle, this tiny ‘soft robot’ makes a determined effort to cross the floor. All the more impressive as people keep sticking knives into its limbs. This quadruped robot is made from a self-healing material – an elastomer that repairs after the cuts, combined with wavy light sensors capable of detecting stress and damage then feeding the information back to a controlling computer. In this particular model, after every cut the robot adjusts its movement – it’s gait – to compensate for its injuries. Researchers believe this new generation of flexible electronics gains a form of awareness or 'damage intelligence' – they’re not only resilient to damage but can adapt to it. Similar robots may be suited to working inside or alongside the body, monitoring stresses and strains on and off the dance floor.

Written by John Ankers

Video by Hedan Bai, Young Seong Kim & Robert F. Shepherd (edited)

Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in Science Advances, December 2022

You can also follow BPoD on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

#science #biomedicine #soft robots #robotics #elastomer #flexible electronics #self-healing #light sensors

[spyskrapbook]

«Συγκρότημα τριών κατοικιών στην Εκάλη», Αθήνα, Ελλάδα / “Residential Complex In Ekali”, Athens, Greece [1999-2004] _ Αρχιτέκτων/Architect: Νίκος Κτενάς/Nikos Ktenas.

«Ο Νίκος Κτενάς [1960-2022] γεννήθηκε στον Πειραιά το 1960 και αποφάσισε να γίνει αρχιτέκτονας, κάποια χρόνια μετά, παρακολουθώντας την κατασκευή της Μαρίνας Ζέα στην καθημερινή του διαδρομή προς το σχολείο, από την οδό Φιλελλήνων μέχρι την οδό Σηραγγείου. Απόφοιτος αρχιτεκτονικής του πανεπιστημίου Cornell [Ithaca, NY, USA], σπούδασε, επίσης, στα New York University [NY, USA], Columbia University [NY, USA] και στην Cooper Union [NY, USA]. 

Ενεργό μέλος της σχολής του Ticino, μαθήτευσε, δίδαξε και συνεργάστηκε με σημαντικούς αρχιτέκτονες και εκπροσώπους του κινήματος, μεταξύ των οποίων ο Mario Botta και ο Luigi Snozzi, με τον τελευταίο να χαρακτηρίζει τον Νίκο Κτενά ως “υπόσχεση για την ευρωπαική αρχιτεκτονική”. Το 1987, ο Νίκος Κτενάς ιδρύει το προσωπικό του γραφείο στο Lugano της Ελβετίας και το 1993 στην Αθήνα, αντίστοιχα, μοιράζοντας τη ζωή και τη δράση του ανάμεσα στις δύο πόλεις.Υπέρμαχος της μοντέρνας αρχιτεκτονικής, των αρμονικών αναλογιών, των γεωμετρικών χαράξεων και του βιτρουβιανού προτάγματος Venustas – Firmitas – Utilitas (Αισθητική – Σταθερότητα – Λειτουργία), ο Νίκος Κτενάς αντιμετώπιζε την αρχιτεκτονική ως “ένα πεδίο έρευνας, με βασικότερο στοιχείο της τη διαλεκτική σχέση με τον τόπο”. Στην αρχιτεκτονική του πρώτο λόγο είχε το που και το πως τοποθετείται το κάθε κτίσμα εφόσον θεωρούσε πως “μια λανθασμένη σχέση με τον ευρύτερο χώρο ισούται μ’ ένα λανθασμένο αρχιτεκτονικό αποτέλεσμα.” 

Αναζητούσε και κατασκεύαζε, επίμονα, κάθε φορά, μια “δραματική σχέση” ανάμεσα στην αρχιτεκτονική του και τον τόπο, που θα την υποδεχόταν.Ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον παρουσιάζει ο τρόπος που χειρίζεται, σχεδιαστικά, τα αντιθετικά δίπολα, κενό-πλήρες, εξωτερικό-εσωτερικό, δημόσιο-ιδιωτικό, δημιουργώντας απρόσμενους και δυναμικούς χώρους συνύπαρξης. Μορφολογικά, η αρχιτεκτονική του Νίκου Κτενά μπορεί να χαρακτηριστεί ως μια πρισματική αρχιτεκτονική από εμφανές σκυρόδεμα, που αναιρεί την έννοια της σκελετικής δομής, αγκαλιάζοντας την απλότητα και τις καθαρές σχεδιαστικές γραμμές, ενσωματώνοντας, ταυτόχρονα, στοιχεία από μέταλλο και ξύλο. Τα υλικά, που επιλέγει, κάθε φορά, “αποδίδουν στο έργο μια “δομική αλήθεια”, καθιστώντας έτσι εμφανή την “ηθική” διάσταση της αρχιτεκτονικής».

Πηγή : Archisearch.gr _ Φωτογραφίες : Εριέττα Αττάλη.

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https://www.ktirio.gr/el/%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%82/%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7

#Νίκος Κτενάς #Nikos Ktenas #Εκάλη #Αθήνα #Ticino #Mario Botta #Luigi Snozzi #Εριέττα Αττάλη #Residential Complex #Ekali #Athens #Greece #1999 #2004

[showsandshowtunes]

you know what time it is let me hear somebody say SPOTIFY WRAPPED TIME!!!!!

first things first, i am a lorde fan before anything else and being in her top 0.005% of listeners is actually like a badge of honor for me. and green light is an EVERLASTING banger

and my favourite white people!! love love love these guys. also finding it extremely funny that 4/5 of my top five songs are by lorde 😭😭.

my big three 💕💕

queer girls and nbs in ithaca, usa PLEASE hit me up

look at me being plugged in 24/7!!! honestly thought my listening time would be less than last year's but i guess not!

also i'll never forget my roots, or rather spotify won't let me, bc for some reason i keep getting broadway as my top genre. i listened to hamilton ONCE guys

i also appreciate spotify making my fixation on sad music somewhat....sexy?? idk

well!!!!!! that's a WRAP on my wrapped (this joke never gets old i swear) thank you for indulging me!! and if you see this and want to brag abt your superior music taste, comment your top 3 songs/artists. in the meantime, i will leave you with these absolutely amazing stats

#spotify wrapped #spotify #wrapped 2023 #lorde #hozier #florence and the machine #music #this is long sorry!!!!!

[mothmiso]

USA travels (2) (3) by kurt schlosser

Via Flickr:

(1) Ithaca, NY, 2002 (2) Fargo, ND, 2002 (3) Erie, Pa., 2002     

#people #storefront #city life #small town #2000s #usa #new york state #north dakota #pennsylvania

[argaman01]

Jerusalems in the United States - New York State

I reposted a blog earlier today about how Jewish Voice for Peace had at some point had people recite "Next Year in Al-Quds" instead of "Next Year in Jerusalem" during a Passover seder. Someone then commented that they could have said "Next Year in Jerusalem New York," and in fact, there is a Jerusalem, New York, and it's not very far from me. (I live in Ithaca)

The New York Jerusalem is in Yates County, right on Keuka Lake. (In the map below, it's enclosed by the dotted red line).

From a history of the town published in 1892:

"Jerusalem is practically and substantially the mother of towns in Yates County.  The district, sometimes called township, of Jerusalem, was organized in 1789 as one of the subdivisions of Ontario County, and included with its limits all that is now Milo, Benton and Torrey, as well as its own original territory.  On the erection of Stueben County in 1796, the region or district called Bluff Point, or so much of it as lies south of the south line of township seven, was made a part of the new formation; but in 1814 an act of the Legislature annexed Bluff Point to Jerusalem, and to which it has since belonged.   

"In 1803 the town of Jerusalem was definitely erected, embracing township seven, second range, and so much of township seven, first range, as lay westward of Lake Keuka and lot No. 37.  At or about the same time the other territory that had previously formed a part of the district of Jerusalem was organized into a town and called Vernon, after Snell and finally Benton."

The Public Universal Friend

Portrait of the Public Universal Friend, from 1812, unknown painter. Source: Yates County Historical Society

A famous resident of the town (famous then, not now), was the Public Universal Friend:

"The Public Universal Friend, Jemima WILKINSON, was of course a pioneer of this town, the same as she had been in the locality and settlement on Seneca Lake.  In 1790 she first came to the Genesee country and four years later she established herself permanently in the town of Jerusalem."

The Public Universal Friend was born as Jemima Wilkinson in 1752 to a Quaker family in Rhode Island. Jemima was transformed into the Public Universal Friend after "a night of fevered dreams" on October 10, 1776.

Jemima took on a new identity after the fever. "'Reborn' in their place was the Public Universal Friend, neither male nor female. According to the Friend, Jemima’s soul had passed into heaven, and God had reanimated their body with the spirit of the Friend sent to spread the Quaker gospel. From then on, the Friend began to gather followers and travel as a preacher."

The Friend lived as nonbinary person: "The Public Universal Friend dressed in a way that blended masculinity and femininity, and this drew much attention. Their clothing included a cravat and robe like traditional ministers and clergymen wore, as well as the kind of hat typically worn by Quaker men. They also didn’t wear the traditional bonnet or head covering women were expected to wear. The Public Universal Friend’s gender presentation caused curiosity and anger, and it was a radical challenge to the status quo that the Friend was not willing to be bound by the customs of the community." 

How did the Friend come to settle in Jerusalem, New York? After their transformation, the Friend gathered a following, and they decided to create a settlement in western New York, called Jerusalem.

The Friend's house, where they lived until dying in 1819. (Photo from the National Park Service).

Sources

Yates County, New York, History of the Town of Jerusalem: https://web.archive.org/web/20050125071905/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/jerusalem/jeruhistory.htm

New York Public Library, January 13, 2023: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/16/who-was-public-universal-friend-living-outside-gender-binary-revolutionary-times

Washington Post, January 5, 2020: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/05/long-before-theythem-pronouns-genderless-prophet-drew-hundreds-followers/

National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/places/the-friend-s-home-jemima-wilkinson-house.htm

Life Story: The Public Universal Friend: https://wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/public-universal-friend/

Jerusalem and the Society of Universal Friends: http://upstatehistorical.org/items/show/75

More information about the Friend

The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and Religious Enthusiasm in Revolutionary America, by Paul B. Moyer (Cornell University Press, 2015).

"'Indescribable Being': Theological Performances of Genderlessness in the Society of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776–1819," by Scott Larson, Early American Studies 12:3 (2014) 576-600. (Special issue: Beyond the Boundaries: Critical Approaches to Sex and Gender in Early America). JSTOR link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24474871

#American Jerusalems #Jerusalem #Jemima Wilkinson #The Public Universal Friend #Quaker history #nonbinary history

[lorirwritesfanfic]

Berk Atan as Prince Hamid Osmanoğlu

Disclaimer: this character profile was created specifically to fit Prince Hamid on Meant To Be universe . I unfortunately don't own the character, I don't assume to know everything about him and I have no intention to affirm this is exactly who he is and how other people should write him. I'm merely a hardcore enthusiast of this lovely character and I do my best to keep his essence while adding a few headcanons of my own.

Name: Hamid Osmanoğlu

Nationality: Turkish

Birthdate: December 3, 1991.

Hometown: Istanbul, Türkiye

Current Residence: Ithaca, NY, USA

Occupation: Envoy of Türkiye in the United States of America, graduate student of MBA Economics and Management at Cornell University

Talents/Skills: public speaking, a knack for languages, charm, cooking, self-defense and combat skills.

Parents: Murat Osmanoğlu and Raisa Doğan-Osmanoğlu

Siblings: Nesrin Osmanoğlu-Aksoy, Malak Osmanoğlu, Sevim Osmanoğlu.

Closest relatives: Ahmet and Halime Osmanoğlu (uncle and aunt), Osman Osmanoğlu (grandfather - deceased), Kaan Aksoy (brother in-law).

Background: First born of Ambassador of Türkiye in Australia Murat Osmanoğlu and prosecutor Raisa Doğan-Osmanoğlu, Hamid is easy going, perceptive and polite, has the ability to make friends everywhere he goes and charms everyone with his sense of humor and kind heart. With an impressive wit and knack for languages, he's fluent in seven languages (Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin and Spanish) aside from his native tongue. He fell in love with International Relations when he was nine and studied Economics and Finance at Bahcesehir University (2008-2011), hoping to follow his father's footsteps and become a diplomat.

To please his mother, he studied Law in Cambridge (2012-2015), worked with her for six months and quit to spent a month traveling with his father. He returned to Cambridge to get a Msc in International Relations and Politics (2016-2018), getting his first job at UK Parliament, where he worked with Earl Vincent Foredale.

He enrolled in MBA Economics and Management at Cornell University (2018-2021) and now works as an envoy of Türkiye in the USA, taking a job as legal advisor right after that.

What's his family like?

The Osmanoğlu family (on his father side) is composed by direct descentants from the House of Osman. When the Ottoman Empire fell, his grandfather Sehzade Osman was exiled in the UK with his family, then moved to the United States, where he married and lived most of his life. Most of his relatives live in Germany, UK or USA, but they still gather every year for festivities. All Osmanoğlu members follow Muslim traditions, but living in western countries made them inclined to a modern lifestyle.

The Doğan family (on his mother side), however, is more traditional. Mostly composed by women, they live in the same neighborhood and gather around at least twice per month. Filthy rich, pragmatic and meddlesome, they often interfere on younger relatives career choices, friendships and relationships, calling family meetings and interventions whenever they see fit. Though Hamid loves his mother and aunts dearly, their intrusive habits are among the reasons why he moved out of his family's house and doesn't have plans to live permanently in Turkiye again.

Favourite childhood memory: sailing with his father, grandfather and uncle.

Nicknames: Aslan (among the men in his family), Osman (among friends at school/university because of the name on his football jersey), Hamidciğim (most women in his family call him that, but according to him, this petname sounds more endearing to him when Daphne calls)

Astrology sign: Sagittarius sun, Aquarius rising, Cancer moon

Hobbies: Driving, fishing, reading, cooking, MMORPG

Relationship status: In a relationship with Daphne Wang

Top 5 songs:

Burcu Güneş - Sen Benimsin, Ben Seninim

Emre Aydın - Hoşçakal

Paul McCartney - My Love

Coldplay - A Message

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Favourite books:

The Twenty-One Balloons by Pene du Bois

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Poems of Nâzım Hikmet (1986 edition)

Favourite movies:

Psycho (1960)

Spirited Away (2001)

Sonbahar (2008)

Favourite TV shows:

He likes most cooking TV shows, but his favourite is Masterchef Kids (he is amazed by talented children). From Netflix, his favourites are Sex Education, Aşk 101 and The Crown. But his all time favourites are period dramas (Magnificent Century, Magnificent Century: Kösem, The Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice, Kuruluş Osman, Reign, The Tudors, The Spanish Princess...), He is also into K-Drama and Chinese drama because of Daphne and his sisters, but he only watches with them.

Biggest guilty pleasure:

watching Daphne's trashy TV reality shows while eating greasy food. He's not entirely ashamed of the greasy food and says it motivates him to exercise more in the next day, but will blantantly deny liking Love Island, Love is Blind and Say Yes To The Dress.

Sweet or savoury?

Normally he says both, but when push comes to shove, he'll choose savoury.

Favourite food:

Menemen, kofte burger, ramen, baklava

Favourite drinks:

Non-alcoholic - Turkish coffee, cappucino, Turkish tea, pomegranate juice, strawberry daiquiri mocktail

Alcoholic - Irish coffee, rakı, wine

Most treasured possessions:

A Ducati Panigale V4R and A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Zeitzone watch with his initials engraved in the back.

Close Friends:

Sevim Osmanoğlu (OC), Yusuf Konevi, Ali Koveni (OC), Sanem Konevi (OC), Veronica Dantas (OC), Bartholomew Chambers.

Goals for the future:

Travel to Sub-Saharan Africa, take Daphne to travel with him more often, buying an apartment in London.

Dog lover or cat lover?

Both (don't expect him to choose)

Early bird or night owl?

Early bird (unless he's jetlagged)

How does he relax after a bad day?

When he's alone, he goes jogging or driving to clear his head then finds something to eat. When he's with Daphne, he stays home with her, preferably resting his head on her lap as they watch movies.

Personality: ENFP-A (Assertive Campaigner)

Campaigners (ENFPs) are true free spirits – outgoing, openhearted, and open-minded. With their lively, upbeat approach to life, they stand out in any crowd. But even though they can be the life of the party, Campaigners don’t just care about having a good time. These personality types run deep – as does their longing for meaningful, emotional connections with other people.

One random headcanon:

During his teenhood, he used to play MMORPG with then Prince Liam of Cordonia and Drake Walker during late nights. He's not as close to the King of Cordonia as he used be, but they're still good friends. He attended the King's coronation, the King's engagement parties to Lady Madeleine and Lady Jade, the bachelor party in Paris and wedding to Queen Jade. He was also invited to the bachelor + bachelorette party in Vegas, but politely declined because he was preparing himself for the interviews for the MBA at Cornell University.

#character profiles #choices fanfic #desire and decorum fanfic #desire & decorum modern day au #prince hamid #hamid osmanoğlu #meant to be au #lorirwritesfanfic #lorircreates

[streets-in-paradise]

may i ask, whats the final family? what would that oneshot, and the golden chains fic, be about?

Hi!!!

OMG thanks for asking :)

Well, to start Final Family is a concept - nickname luna ( @losersclubisms ) and i came up to name the group of Chucky survivors in an AU we are constantly working on. Is not a consistent fic with chapters (yet) but more of a concept we gravitate arround writing ideas in short oneshots or drabbles. To briefly summarize, is an AU where the adults from the movies take the young kids from the show under their wing. The nickname " Final Family" comes from the fact that they are all final people. Since Chucky dedicated decades to destroy countless families and they are all whats left, together they make one final family made of final people.

Most of the time we write comfort fics to give the characters a bit of the warm touch that the canon constantly deprives them of. In this one I was writing Lexy, Glen and Glenda playing with Caroline and accidentally giving Nica reminders of Alice that they later try to comfort her about.

Now about Golden Chains, that is the title of the wip for my 23 chapter (soon to be posted) in a precuel fic to the movie Troy (2004). This fic is x reader, but it also serves as my attempt to imagine many events from the epic cycle that were scrapped from the movie. I integrate characters that were deleted and things that were not presented, but making them fit into the tone of the film while also taking my own creative licenses.

Is, i believe, my most ambitious work so far. Is a reader insert fic, but also a space for experiment with all sorts of " what if this event/character would have been included? How can i imagine the film would have reimagined them? ". The title comes from a piece of dialogue that holds significance for the issue this chapter centers on.

In case you are curious, is this short line of dialogue:

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Hector had a more eloquent objection in mind. 

“ Golden chains are still chains, your highness. My people will not submit to Agamemnon, not by the blade but neither by the charm of a princess "

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Reproducing it out of context will not make much sense, so i will explain the metaphor.

The movie Troy makes a reinterpretation of the war that speaks less about mediterranean bronze age than of our modern world. The greeks are a metaphor for USA militar interventionism and my fic digs deep into that. In the film Odysseus is presented as a king from a satelite-like poor kingdom that follows the mycenaeans because they have no chance resisting their power.

In this metaphor the film already has where Agamemnon = USA, i'm imagining Ithaca in the position of a third world country and Odysseus as a smart leader that pretends to follow the colonialist commands, but actually serves his best interests. For so, since my fic is a precuel, Odysseus is trying to be a political bridge between the both big powers of the time ( mycenae and troy) and take his good advantage on both.

" Golden Chains " is a metaphor for this apparently convenient sounding colonialism, but also for latent fears for the possibilities of a future arranged marriage that are being awakened in the heirs of the trojan and mycenaean crowns.

Sorry it took me this long to reply, i'm gonna try to cut the ramble here lol

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