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msc-ddv-ss · 4 months

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Character Request Sheet:

The list of all the characters I will write/take requests for:

Walt Disney Animated Movies:

Mickey Mouse and Friends:

Mickey Mouse

Donald Duck

Goofy

Minnie Mouse

Daisy Duck

Pluto

Pete

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

Snow White

The Evil Queen

The Seven Dwarfs

Pinocchio:

Pinocchio

Jiminy Cricket

Dumbo:

Dumbo

Timothy Q. Mouse

Bambi:

Bambi

Thumper

Flower

The Three Caballeros:

Panchito Pistoles

Jose Carioca

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad:

Ichabod Crane

Mr. Toad

Cinderella:

Cinderella

Prince Charming

The Fairy Godmother

Alice in Wonderland:

Alice

The Mad Hatter

The Queen of Hearts

The Cheshire Cat

Peter Pan:

Peter Pan

Captain Hook

Tinkerbell

Wendy / John / Michael

Lady and the Tramp:

Lady

Tramp (Butch)

Sleeping Beauty:

Aurora

Prince Philip

Fauna / Flora / Merryweather

Maleficent

101 Dalmations:

Pongo

Perdita

Cruella De Vil

The Sword and The Stone:

Merlin

Wart (Arthur)

Madam Mim

The Jungle Book:

Baloo

Mowgli

Bagheera

King Louie

Shere Khan

The Aristocats:

Thomas O’Malley

Duchess

Marie / Toulouse / Berlioz

Robin Hood:

Robin Hood

Maid Marian

Little John

Prince John

Winnie the Pooh:

Winnie the Pooh

Christopher Robin

Tigger

Piglet

Eeyore

Rabbit

Kanga / Roo

Owl

The Rescuers:

Bernard

Miss Bianca

The Fox and The Hound:

Tod

Copper

The Black Cauldron:

Taran

Eilonwy

Fflewddur Fflam

Gurgi

The Horned King

The Great Mouse Detective:

Basil of Baker Street

Professor Ratigan

Oliver & Company:

Oliver

Dodger

Bill Cykes

The Little Mermaid:

Ariel

Prince Eric

Ursula

King Triton

Sebastian

Flounder

Beauty and The Beast:

Belle

The Beast

Gaston

Lumiere

Cogsworth

Aladdin:

Aladdin

Jasmine

The Genie

Jafar

The Nightmare Before Christmas:

Jack Skellington

Sally

Oogie Boogie

The Lion King:

Simba

Nala

Scar

Timon / Pumba

Rafiki

A Goofy Movie:

Goofy

Max Goof

Roxanne

Pocahontas:

Pocahontas

John Smith

Governor Ratcliffe

The Hunchback of Notre Dame:

Quasimodo

Esmeralda

Captain Phoebus

Claude Frollo

Hercules:

Hercules

Megara

Hades

Phil

Mulan:

Fa Mulan

Li Shang

Mushu

Shan Yu

Tarzan:

Tarzan

Jane

Clayton

The Emperor's New Groove:

Emperor Kuzco

Pacha

Yzma

Kronk

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Milo Thatch

Princess Kida

Commander Rourke

Helga Sinclair

Lilo & Stitch:

Stitch

Lilo Pelekai

Nani Pelekai

Jumba

Pleakley

Treasure Planet: (Please Gameloft, I'm begging you...)

Jim Hawkins

John Silver

Captain Amelia

Dr. Delbert Doppler

Brother Bear:

Kenai

Koda

Home on the Range:

Maggie

Mrs. Calloway

Grace

Alameda Slim

Chicken Little:

Chicken Little

Buck Cluck

Meet the Robinsons:

Lewis

Wilbur Robinson

The Bowler Hat Guy

Bolt:

Bolt

Mittens

Rhino

The Princess and The Frog:

Tiana

Prince Naveen

Dr. Facilier

Louis

Mama Odie

Tangled:

Rapunzel

Flynn Rider / Eugene Fitzherbert

Mother Gothel

Wreck-It Ralph:

Wreck-It Ralph

Vanellope Von Schweetz

Fix It Felix

Sergeant Calhoun

King Candy / Turbo

Frozen:

Anna

Elsa

Kristoff

Olaf

Hans

Big Hero 6:

Hiro Hamada

Baymax

Gogo

Wasabi

Honey Lemon

Fred

Zootopia:

Judy Hopps

Nick Wilde

Chief Bogo

Moana:

Moana

Maui

Raya and the Last Dragon:

Raya

Sisu

Namaari

Encanto:

Mirabel Madrigal

The Madrigal Family

Strange World:

Searcher Clade

Ethan Clade

Meridian Clade

Jaeger Clade

Splat

Wish:

Asha

Valentino

King Magnifico

Live Action Movies:

Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

Hector Barbossa

Davy Jones

Enchanted:

Giselle

Robert Phillip

Prince Edward

Hocus Pocus:

Mary Sanderson

Sarah Sanderson

Winfred Sanderson

Pixar Movies:

Toy Story:

Woody

Buzz

Jessie

Bo Peep

Monsters Inc.:

James P. Sullivan

Mike Wazowski

Celia Mae

Randall Boggs

Boo

Finding Nemo:

Marlin

Nemo

Dory

Bruce

Hank

The Incredibles:

Mr Incredible

Elastigirl

Dash

Violet

Jack-Jack

Frozone

Syndrome

Edna Mode

Cars:

Lightning McQueen

Ratatouille:

Remy

Wall-E:

Wall-E

EVE

Up:

Carl Fredrickson

Russel

Dug

Kevin

Charles Muntz

Brave:

Merida

Coco:

Miguel Rivera

Hector Rivera

Mama Imelda Rivera

Ernesto De La Cruz

Onward:

Ian Lightfoot

Barley Lightfoot

Soul:

Joe Gardner

Luca:

Luca

Alberto

Giulia

Turning Red:

Meilin “Mei” Lee

Elemental:

Ember

Wade

Disney Television Animation Shows:

DuckTales:

Scrooge McDuck

Louie / Dewey / Huey Duck

Launchpad McQuack

Webby Vanderquack

Bentina Beakley

Phineas and Ferb:

Phineas Flynn

Ferb Fletcher

Candace Flynn

Perry the Platypus

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Gravity Falls:

Dipper Pines

Mabel Pines

Grunkle Stan

Soos Ramirez

Wendy Corduroy

Bill Cipher

Amphibia:

Anne Boonchuy

Sprig Plantar

Polly Plantar

Hop Pop Plantar

Sasha Waybright

Marcy Wu

Owl House:

Luz Noceda

Edalyn Clawthorne

King Clawthorne

Amity Blight

Gus Porter

Willow Park

Hunter

Hooty

(The list will be updated whenever any new films release, new characters release in Dreamlight Valley, and when I feel comfortable writing for some of the other shows)

#ddlv community #disney #disney dreamlight valley #ddlv #ddlv rift in time #disney speedstorm #disney television animation #pixar #request page

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warmaidensrevenge · 2 years

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Eddie x Plus size/ Hispanic reader

I have this idea floating around. Kind of unrequited love type thing. We shall see. ⚠️Please if you are sensitive about any of my warnings. Please please don't read this. It's very sad and hurtful. So please proceed with caution. No minors please. Most of this is coming from personal experiences. So hopefully it doesn't bother anyone too bad. Sorry in advance.⚠️

⚠️⚠️: 18+ mentions of sexual abuse of a child, child abuse, self harm, cursing, smoking, drinking, arguing, heartache, mentions of sex. Not proof read and no word count.⚠️⚠️

If you want to read my other work you can find it HERE

Inspired by Starset - My demons

Part 1

Summary: you overhear a conversation and walk into something that you could never forget. You have feelings for Eddie Munson. But he doesn't even know you exist.

(Kinda how Joe Quinn is out there in the world not knowing you love him and he doesn't even know you exist.) Yeah I was kinda down at the thought. It's kida pathetic I know. Didn't know you could fall for someone when you haven't even met. Welp I guess Im gonna hurt my feelings today.

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Life was always difficult growing up in Hawkins. Your mother was a single mom raising 5 kids. 2 sisters who were older and 2 brothers that were younger. Your mom put herself thru college and worked so much she was hardly there. Being that your sisters were older they stayed with their father mostly. All of you had different absentee fathers.

While you stood back help raising one of your brothers. For the most part you were alone. Taking care of yourself at 10 years old. Your father left before you were born. Your mother dated of course. For some reason she always picked up low life's that hit her or did drugs. One time her and her husband of like 2 months was fighting with her. When you went to the room he was on top of her choking her. You were 12 and your little brother was 4. You watched in horror as your little brother jumped on the bastards back and being flung off hitting the door across the room. You grabbed whatever you could and pull that son of bitches hair and started hitting him in the back. Screaming for him to get off of her. You didn't remember how the fight ended but you did remember the trauma that asshole left in his wake. He would do things in a sexual nature towards you. One night he went to the bathroom that was the only one in the small 2 bedroom house. He had to go thru your room to go there. You were laying in your bunk bed reading when he opened the door. You saw him in only some tight Leapard print underwear. He had a sinister grin twirling around so that you could see him. You scoffed not knowing what he was trying to do. And turned around so you didn't have to face him. He stood in the bathroom for a few minutes before leaving. You figured he was getting dressed. Not even 5 minutes later you heard your mom in a laughing fit.

One night you were asleep and you woke up to the sounds of grunting. You looked up with with your hand around his shaft. Your recoiled and he quickly got dressed and left. You didn't know what he was until you got older. The next time anything happened you wanted to go swimming And he was on the pool keeping you from going in. He said if you wanted to come in you had to do something. He had you touch his privates. And after he was finished he warned you not to tell. Or he would hurt your mom. He kept doing things like that for a few months giving you money afterwards. That's when you started to get fat. You remember when your sister made fun of how big your thighs were getting. You didn't know you were depressed. That's when your mom had another baby. His. You loved your little brother. Any time that shit stain would get close to him you would become upset. It was one day everything changed. You were in the kitchen finding something to eat when your mom and him came in and were arguing about something. When your older sister came in to try and stop them. But now things got physical. He was pulling your mom's hair. And your mom was hitting him. Your sister pushed you to the side and was kneeing him in the face. That's when your uncle came in and broke up the fight. You heard your mom arguing with your sister about it. This all seemed so normal for you. But I wasn't. The last time he had you touch him you cried and he stopped. The next day you were done. You sat in the living room at 13 years old. Your other sister was there for the weekend. And she was watching a movie. You started to cry and she asked what was up. If that your boyfriend broke up with you or something. But you didn't have one. So you told her what was going on with him. She was furious. She went to your mom to tell her. And your mom didn't even questioned you. They left for a while and your older sister sat there trying to get you to tell her everything. But you couldn't. You did say that he never touched you down there. He just wanted you to touch him. She told you about one time he made a sexual gesture towards her and your other sister a while back. But they thought it was a joke. That's why they didn't come over so much.

That's when your mom and sister came back dragging him instead. He was bruised and bloody. He was saying that you were lying. That's when you went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. Tears running down your face as you held it towards him. You begged for him to tell them the truth when one of your sisters grabbed the knife and pulled you outside. You guys walked for a while and when you return the cops had taken him. After that you never saw him again. You guys moved to a new house freed from all the bad memories. But your relationship with your mother was strained. Constant physical altercations and arguing. It got so bad that you ran away multiple times. Your mother didn't believe you when that happened. But out of the sake of her other children she had too. She has been alone ever since. So with no help to raise the kids she left that up to you. She works multiple jobs. Mostly night shifts. She hit you a lot over small things growing up. And you never cried. Which made her hit you more and more using whatever she could grab. Finally in 8th grade you started to smoke and drink. Buying weed from Eddie Munson. You never said anything more than how much you needed and a goodbye. He never noticed you. As you got older you started to have feelings for him. But he didn't even know you exist other than that you were a regular customer. In highschool you attended parties that he would be at getting shit face as much as possible. You would see him flirting with girls and taking them upstairs. He was so handsome so nice but he was a horny teenager.

It was one night you overhead him talking to Chrissy Cunningham by the front door. You leaned against the wall around the corner. He was putting on his charm. He was trying to get with her. And from the sounds of her giggles it was working. You sunk to the floor when you heard them leave together. You wished you were brave enough to tell him you liked him.

Finally getting the courage one day out in the woods where you normally bought from Eddie. He was smiling while opening his metal lunch box. And handed you a baggie with 3 rolled up joints.

" can I tell you something Munson?

" you already did" he chuckled with his big brown eyes creasing. Noticing you were uncomfortable he stopped laughing." Uhh Yeah go for it."

"I uhh I like you. A lot." You said nervously.

Eddie leaned back with wide eyes and a frown on his face." Oh umm ok... thanks. Uhhh is that all?"

You nodded and he got up.

" Uhh see you around." He said and left.

You stopped buying from him that day. But it's like he didn't even notice. You had loads of classes with him since kindergarten. But he never saw you. I mean why would he. You were this overweight unpopular weirdo. You had very little friends and a shitty home life. No one would ever be interested in you.

...

You were at a party once in your junior year on your 18th birthday. You were kinda old for a junior but you were held back twice in middle school. When you saw Eddie He was taking some random chick upstairs. You were in love with him. Or what you thought was love. It hurt everytime he smiled. Or when he would be so dramatic at school. You honestly hoped he wouldn't graduate so you could see him all the time. He was an angel in a world full of monsters.

You had to pee so bad. You stumbled around looking for the bathroom upstairs. You opened door after door looking. When you opened one and saw Eddie sitting on the bed and some chick on her knees.

" Shit I'm sorry" you said and closed the door.

Your heart stopped as the flood of a suppressed memory came to the forefront of your mind. You were in the car with one of your mom's boyfriends. You were about 4 or 5 when he offered to let you steer the car. Obviously you wanted to. You were just a child. But that's when he said you need to do something for him. You agreed not knowing what he wanted. He unbuckle his belt and pulled out his penis. You didn't know what that was then. He pushed your head down to meet your lips to the head. You remembered resisting but he was stronger than you. It was just a kiss. You thank God now that it was just a kiss. How could guys do that shit to children?

You started having a panick attack. You finally found the bathroom and locked yourself in there. You poured cold water on your face with shaking hands. You started to count. A coping mechanism you learned over the years. But the the feeling didn't go away. That when you saw it. A single blade razor. Who ever it was it was now yours for the night. You looked down to your arm pulling up your sleeve. You wanted to feel something else. Anything else. You dug the blade in your upper forearm. Pulling a 2 inch cut. The feeling of release was what you need. A steady stream of blood dropped into the sink. That was the day you started to harm yourself. Sticking to only long sleeves and leggings to cover the scars that riddled over your arms and thighs.

That following Monday Eddie caught up to you at your locker.

" Hey sorry about the other night." Eddies words made you jump. sorry..didn't mean to scare you."

He stepped closer and you moved away.

"Hey y/n. You ok?"

You didn't respond and you just walked away. Why would you talk to him. Or any guys for that matter. They were all monsters.

Eddie tried again all week to talk to you but you were no where to be found. That's when you were hospitalized for attempted suicide. Spending a week in that place was dreadful. But in all honesty you need it. You need for someone to hear you. To help you. And you got the help you need. Rounds of finding the right medicine for your chemical imbalance. Though you felt like a zombie for the next few weeks you finally started to feel better. Talking to a therapist helped but not as much as you needed.

Finally back at school 2 weeks later the word got a out about you. So everyone stared and avoided you. Everyone except Eddie.

" I don't need your sympathy Munson."

" I'm not trying to...I just wanted to see if you want to hang out or something."

" Why?"

" I don't know. I mean I missed you."

Your brows furrowed. "Umm ok?"

" Come to the Hideout. Come watch us perform."

You nodded. But you didn't go. Late that night your brothers were sleeping and your mom was at work. You were watching a movie when you heard a knock on the front door. You answered and Eddie was there.

" Hey you didn't come."

" uh yeah I had to babysit. How did you know where I live?"

" I came over once remember. On your 14th birthday. Your mom invited the whole class."

You didn't remember that. But surprised that Eddie did.

" Can I come in?"

You stood back and let him in. Closing the door. You went to sit on the couch with Eddie joining you. You two watched the rest of the movie without saying a word. It was comfortable. Eddie kept looking over to you. But you didn't notice. It was hot and you pulled up your sleeves a little revealing your scars. Eddie looked at them and was so sad to see that you had hurt yourself.

What happened that was so bad for you to do that he thought. He wanted to ask but he didn't want to make you uncomfortable. So he sat quietly watching you more than the movie.

You guys ended up spending more time together after that. Eddie played with your brothers and though he was rough around the edges your mom like him too. Giving him the nickname mijo. Eddie learned that you were Mexican and you could speak a little Spanish. He should have know that you were with all the food and miss matching dinner ware and the Spanish music that played during your birthday party. But he was so wrapped up in himself he didn't really pay attention to much that was going around him. But you never spoke Spanish neither did your family except your mom. Only when you were upset did you use your first language. He like that about you. It was different than the rest of the people in Hawkins. Sure the town was diverse but he never talked to any of them. He liked how big your family was how full your house always was and how close everyone were. He wanted a big family. Sure with issues of their own but a loving family. Yeah he had his uncle but he wished that he would get a wife and have kids so that he wouldn't be so lonely. That's why he hooked up a lot. Trying to find the right person for him. But I was always just sex. He thought maybe with Chrissy once but she was with Jason. Eddie didn't know that. If he did he would have never pursued her.

But you. You and your family were different. You guys didn't care what the rest of Hawkins thought about him. You guys treated him with respect. Like he was just another one of the family. Eddie wished he got to know you sooner.

On Christmas Eve Eddie was standing in an assembly line helping make tamales. You laughed when your mom helped him put his hair up so none would end up in the masa and made him take off his rings. He looked naked without them. He was so happy and nervous at the same time. He never had so much fun cooking before. Normally his Christmas were lonely and Christmas dinner was a microwave meal with Rudolph the red nosed reindeer playing in the background. The amount of presents under the beautiful Christmas tree in your living room was like something out of the movies.

Eddie was overwhelmed by the amount of gifts he got from your family. He never opened this many gifts in his life. The best gift came from you. You got him a cool looking mood ring. It looked totally metal. It fit perfectly on his ring finger. He felt bad that he didn't get you anything. He wanted to but he wasn't flushed with cash. But you didn't care. You didn't really care for Christmas. Eddie got up to give you a hug but you tensed up at his embrace. He noticed right away and pulled away.

...

It was New years when you were at the Munson's. Eddie's uncle wasn't home. That's when you told him about what happened when you were little. You cried and Eddie wanted to hold you but he knew that you didn't like to be touched. How could anyone hurt someone as sweet as you? That's why you were overweight. He didn't mind it but he knew you hated it.

" Is that why you cut yourself?"

You nodded and told him about that night you saw him.

Eddie started to cry when you said that. He had no idea you were hurting so bad. You were broken and he wanted to fix you. But how could he. He didn't know what to do or what to say. So he was just gonna be there. Whenever you need him he would always be there. He swore to himself that he would never hurt you.

#eddie munson #eddie munson x female original character #eddie munson x you #fanfic #eddie munson x plus size reader #eddie x reader #stranger things #eddie my beloved #eddie x y/n #eddie x plus size reader #eddie x fem!reader #eddie x you

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bisluthq · 2 years

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Anon if you get the picture do share.. Also if anyone has jack's pics with kida do share.. Maybe also Paul... We have josh and harry's pics with kids..

I actually have Jack with kids for you lol 🙈💀

I’d share Paul and Joe if they were as readily available with you 😘

#nat talks jack lowden

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yourlocalodawagirl · 2 years

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Woodpecker story.

Mii saa giiyenh aanin ninwok maanda gaazhiwebiziwat paaktigewat gwating. Mii dash gwa nidibikaaminaagwak wiigwaaming yaawat. Kaawiin ge kego waasmowin. Niizh dash gwa gwanda nineok noonch gwa pane mizhishkchigewok. Mii dash maaba Jim giignoonaat Jo'an "Aanii Joe" dinaan saa giiyenh Joe dash giinkwetwaan "Waa" dinaan "Giikendaan naa kego". "Wegnesh" Kida saa giiyenh Joe "Gwanda binenhshiinhak enchiwat, maaba dash baapaasenh, mii maaba memaanji jinaa bemaadizt" "Oonh mii naa gegeti" kida saa giiyenh maaba Joe "Enhk" kida saa giiyenh maaba Jim "Aasanaa iidik gekendaasyin" dinaan saa giiyen Joe Jiman. "Enhk ngikendaas saa gwa" kida saa giiyenh maaba Jim, Mii dash giiyenh giinibizaantek jinaa, mii dash giiyenh maaba bezhik kiwenhziinh giidebwe'aangidoong enjipshigiizhbikak. "Giikendaanaawaa naa kego, kaa gwa genii gibeyiing ndamaadizisii giishpin etaa ginii papakweshmitziiyaanh aasmimtigong gibegiizhik". giikchibashkaapiwok saa giiyenh kina Anishinaabek gaayaajik.

#Odawa #anishinaabe

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backstage-bucknell · 1 year

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Happy Spring Break

By: Katie Schadler

“Day In the Life” for a Theatre Kid

A Typical Wednesday for Bethany Fitch

By: Bethany Fitch

Theatre and Environmental Studies double major Bethany Fitch starts off her Wednesday bright and early with an 8:30 AM “Shakespeare on Film” class with Professor Jean Peterson. While taking the class to fulfill her dramatic literature requirement, Bethany has ultimately found it rewarding to consider Shakespeare from an alternative perspective. After grabbing a quick breakfast, she heads over to her “Paving Pathways” class with Dustyn. As a senior, Bethany has been able to use the insight she has obtained from class to advance toward a career in the theatre industry. Between her academic responsibilities, Bethany is an Admissions Ambassador from 12-1:30 where she works at the desk to check families in for their tours and welcome them to Bucknell.

The other significant part of Bethany’s life at Bucknell is her passion for the environment. She not only pursues Environmental Studies through her “Capstone Community Project” class required for her major but also through conducting environmental research. After her desk shift as an Admissions Ambassador, Bethany attends her weekly meeting with her mentor to work towards publishing her research this spring! Her final class of the day is Costume Design with the wonderful Carly, which she is taking for her Technical Theatre credit.

After dedicating a portion of her night to homework, dinner, and maybe working on planning the next Cap & Dagger event, she heads to rehearsal with Bryan for the upcoming production Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Once rehearsal ends, Bethany tries to keep her evenings wide open to decompress by watching TV and debriefing with her lovely roommates. When she can find time amid her busy schedule, Bethany is listening to music, partaking in game nights, or organizing Harry Potter movie marathons with her roommates. With more time, Bethany would love to spend more time skiing, hiking, or simply taking leisurely walks as a way to enjoy the beautiful outdoors.

A Day of Devices and Designs with Joe Dox

As a Computer Engineering major with a Theatre Design and Technology minor, sophomore Joe Dox is constantly merging both the rational and creative sides of his brain. Starting off his morning with two engineering courses, Joe’s classes involve learning coding skills and uncovering the inner-workings of devices.

When he is not acting as the bridge between software and hardware engineering, Joe can be found in Harvey Powers Theatre’s design lab setting up sound systems for Heath’s sound design class or dedicating ten to twelve hours a week working for the theatre department. As a Technical Assistant/Stage Electrician, Joe’s tasks can include anything from set building for the upcoming show Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde to moving equipment between Tustin to Harvey Powers to designing lights using software systems. Whether it be working with different choreographers or preparing for the ever-changing Bucknell productions, Joe’s favorite part of the job is the constant variation.

With a particular passion for sound design and live performance, Joe has always been drawn to the creative space that takes place “behind-the-scenes” of a show. Outside of class and work, Joe is hard at work completing computer engineering projects for Renewable Energy Scholars or organizing the upcoming TEDxBucknell event at the campus theater on April 1. When he can find some free time, Joe likes to blow off some steam at the climbing wall or catch up with friends over lunch in downtown Lewisburg. If he had more time, Joe would love to be an Admissions Ambassador, for he loves the opportunity of bringing prospective first-year students together on campus and sharing the versatile passions he has found at Bucknell.

Navigating the First Year with Tessa Brizhik

For first-year Linguistics and Psychology double major Tessa Brizhik, every day is different. Tessa spends the majority of her time in a range of diverse classes. In addition to taking classes for her two majors, Tessa is also taking statistics, Russian, and a theatre course called “Paving Pathways” where the class dives into the various pathways that art can take you.

With the goal of eventually using theatre to help students with speech development disabilities, Tessa has most enjoyed her Educational Psychology course where she hopes to implement some of the applied psychology techniques she has learned in a future classroom setting. Outside of her core courses, Tessa is a presidential fellow working in the Bucknell Language Department as the Student Language Counsel Director. Her responsibilities mainly involve hosting campus events to encourage language study, attending language faculty meetings, and creating a website that showcases language double-major options for prospective students. At the moment, she is organizing a photo contest for students who were previously abroad to submit photos they took while traveling.

After a day of academic work and classes, Tessa goes to theatre rehearsal where she currently plays the narrator along with five smaller parts in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. As a show with characters from various parts of the UK, Tessa has spent the rehearsals working with a dialect director and learning to speak in different accents from high and low-class British to Irish to Scottish. After her three hour practice, Tessa loves to spend time with her friends she met through the Arts Residential College, hosting hall movie nights or decompressing on the quad. As the weather gets nicer, Tessa hopes to dedicate a portion of her day to spending more time outside playing sports or venturing downtown to explore the escape room in downtown Lewisburg.

Catching Up with Clea Ramos

Doubling as a Computer Engineering major and digital artist, sophomore Clea Ramos is always interested in exploring the creative intersections between art and code. Clea begins her day in her engineering classes where she studies the fundamentals of computer architecture, coding, and programming language. Additionally, she is taking an Introductory Photography course, learning the basics of operating a camera, applying design principles, and navigating Photoshop. Overall, Clea has most enjoyed her Discrete Math course where she is exposed to a more mathematical understanding of the logistics of coding.

As both a computer engineer and digital artist particularly interested in web design, Clea loves the applicable, interdisciplinary element of engineering, requiring an amalgamation of math, science, problem-solving, and art. In between classes, Clea meets up with her friends over mealtimes, attends her dinner seminar on food waste and sustainability, and lives in the Maker-E within Dana Engineering. This is the space where she spends time with friends, works on homework, or makes herself available to students in Introduction to Electrical Computer Engineering as “Study Group Facilitator.”

Playing an active role on campus, Clea can be found attending APIDA meetings, organizing community-directed events through the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, and working on the Theatre Publicity Team as the department’s Creative Graphic Designer. Recruited for the team in her first year following the Arts First pre-orientation, Clea has enjoyed the community opportunities and departmental connections she has made as a result of getting involved early and having the chance to work with a variety of students on campus. Originally hesitant to pursue art as a major rather than a creative outlet, Clea has claimed her role on the publicity team as a space to exercise artistic liberty without feeling the limitations of a grade.

Outside of her academics, Clea enjoys attending extracurricular events, hosting weekend movie nights, and having spontaneous snack breaks with her roommates. In the future, Clea hopes to continue interweaving her passions for engineering and art, making time to learn new coding languages and platforms as well as experimenting with new art forms beyond the digital realm.

Gross Indecency Dramaturgy: When a Class Becomes a Job

By: Zoe Wilson

The students of Dr. Bryan Vandevender’s Theatre 265 class, titled “Introduction to Dramaturgy,” spent the Fall 2022 semester preparing for the upcoming production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman. The play centers around the three trials Oscar Wilde faced before being arrested for “Gross Indecency” in 1895— in other words, for soliciting homosexual sex. Thus, it was the students’ job in this class to research Victorian England, Wilde’s work, and the British legal system. Luckily, due to being awarded the Dalal Creativity and Innovation Grant for Student-Faculty Collaboration, the students are being compensated to continue their research and audience outreach efforts throughout Gross Indecency’s rehearsal process.

The last time the course was offered was in the Fall of 2019, in preparation for what would have been the Spring 2020 production of the musical Cabaret. There were eight individuals in the class that year who spent their semester researching the culture of cabaret theater in Weimar Germany, and, while two of them took on independent dramaturgy projects—Julia Tokish ‘22 for Fun Home (dir. Bryan Vandevender) and Catherine McKay ‘21 for Bliss (dir. Brooke Ecknat ‘21), the production of Cabaret never opened due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Interestingly, this year’s discussion-based course was composed of only one member of each class year: Paige Gilmartin ‘26, Nathaniel Samuels ‘25, Madison Buckley ‘24, and Zoe Wilson ‘23 (myself). The students had a range of experience levels in the Department of Theater and Dance (as performers, stage managers, ushers, etc.) going into the class, and the various majors they represented made for an electric classroom environment throughout last semester.

Some examples of student projects included the writing of a “dramatis personae” (or detailed report on a character’s real life, mostly for the benefit of actors and designers), the construction of a timeline of events occurring before and after the events of the play, and the curation of an image gallery (both for design inspiration and to be projected during the production, set to grace the Harvey Powers Theater). My favorite project was a report I wrote about two famous Oscar Wilde Lectures, “The English Renaissance of Art” and “The House Beautiful,” which was jointly about the content of the speeches and what we can glean from them regarding the way Wilde saw himself and the world around him.

I had the privilege of sitting in on many table rehearsals and presenting the information I found to the actors in a digestible way in the form of either “dramaturgy study hall time” or powerpoint presentations. Additionally, the director, Dr. Bryan Vandevender, invited me to join the weekly production meetings to answer any questions the designers may have regarding historical accuracy and dramaturgical vision. I am excited to continue this work and shift to public-facing dramaturg in the next few weeks. As a senior non-theatre major, I am grateful for the opportunity THEA 265 and Bryan have given me to immerse myself in the department and put my love of the theatre to good use. Go see Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde March 30-April 1!!!

Talking About It With Azhani Duncan-Reese

After taking the semester-long Theatre 390 course and spending weeks researching, rehearsing, and refining, Azhani Duncan-Reese ‘24 and the rest of the cast had the chance to showcase all of their hard work in the Forum Theatre production Can We Talk About It at the end of February. As a student in the fall-semester course Theatre 390 with a strong background in both theatre and scholarly research, Azhani played a role in both developing the script and bringing it to life on stage.

Inspired by Bucknell’s 2011 Climate Report and strengthened by the students’ personal experiences with injustice on campus, the cohort of theatre students decided to primarily focus their production on racial discrimination, financial inequity, and Greek Life problems. With authenticity existing at the heart of Forum Theatre, it was essential that the script was based on current and accurate facts. Before the stage scenarios were even decided upon, students had the opportunity to create and pitch individual character ideas, spending an extensive amount of time getting to know the backgrounds and motivations of the characters, for they would be essential elements in dictating the way the actors would portray their characters on stage.

After numerous revisions of the script, auditions were held, and casted students were assigned characters. Because she was heavily involved in creating the script and growing acquainted with these characters, Azhani was able to provide valuable insight for how new actors could potentially better understand their characters. With the objective of Forum Theatre allowing audience members or “spect-actors” to intervene throughout the play to help improve the various tension-filled scenarios related to social justice, it was up to those writing the script to incorporate guiding “breadcrumbs” or semi-complete bits of information that could evoke audience curiosity and inspire their reflection. However, unaware of the diverse and unpredictable spect-actor responses that could arise, Azhani and the rest of the cast were trained to frequently think on their feet.

Growing up as an audience member of Forum Theatre, Azhani found the role of a Forum Theatre actor to be vastly different but highly rewarding. While Azhani’s character in Can We Talk About It may have been disinterested in continuing the fight against racial injustice, the real-life Azhani enjoys being on the frontlines, protesting and raising awareness for herself and other people.

As a junior double majoring in Political Science and Theatre, Azhani has found Forum Theatre to be a fitting medium through which she can marry her two passions: researching/fighting against systemically unjust societal structures and using her platform on stage to evoke people’s emotions. When Azhani is not performing, she is a Posse Scholar along with a member of Delta Sigma Theata, Blueprint (a POC collective of artists and creators), and Bucknell’s Black Student Union through which she was the co-host of Bucknell’s recent Black Fashion Show.

Honoring James Howe: Graduating Senior

At the end of the semester, Bucknell stage manager, program designer, and vital member of our publicity team, James Howe, will be graduating. James was my “Arts First” Pre-Orientation mentor, meaning that I have known James since my first day of college, which is a strange but sentimental concept to consider. I knew James as the cool British mentor who created stickers. The incredibly skilled artist who, instead of showing us a portfolio of their work, stood up at our talent show and presented an entire slideshow on the weird stick figures they created.

And in just knowing their brilliantly niche, comedic and creative talents this year alone, I am equally aware of how much more of James I have missed in the last four years. My assignment was to write a tribute to James, honoring them for all they have contributed to the theatre department during their time at Bucknell. But if you don’t know James, (which at this point, I don’t know how you don’t), I thought to get a better understanding of who this person is, I would just copy and paste their replies to the questions I sent them because they are absolute gold, and it would feel incomplete to leave anything out. And so James, you wonderfully endearing human being, you will be missed:

What is your major?

“Computer engineering! (The hardware side of things)

Even though I'm infinitely more interested in the software side of things, I choose computer engineering since I wouldn't take time to learn these things on my own, so I chose this major in order to be forced to learn these topics.

It also has the benefit that I'm one of the best programmers in my major, which is a big ego boost since I Know if I was a compsci major I wouldn’t be Nearly as good relatively.

I chose STEM and engineering because I REALLY hate writing. It's obviously some vicious cycle of not liking it and not trying and then on and on, but y'know.

I'm sure by this point in reading this you could probably have guessed that writing is not my forte.” NOTE: Katie has done a LOT of cleaning up of this writing, so this comment certainly doesn’t hit as hard.

What extracurriculars were you involved in? Talk about SMing Can We Talk About It.

“I have tried to be involved in theater every year, and I think I have done at least something every semester. I usually ASM, but SMing was a really valuable experience. I probably have more to say, but it’s 3:20am as of me writing this.”

What was your experience like as an Arts First mentor?

“When I was a freshman, my Arts First Mentors were just the coolest people, like they had seemed to carve out a niche at Bucknell and just be doing so much, they were confident and funny. They reached out to me past arts first, made me feel welcome at Bucknell, and they continued to do so the whole time I knew them.

And that's a large weight on my shoulders, I wanted to live up to their legacy and do right by it. I hope I've been able to provide that to at least some subset of the freshman this year.

As a side note, it's very weird to think that I'm in a position of being a like ‘cool senior’ or even like a ‘sociable senior.’ Like the way I viewed myself in middle school, as this kind of introverted weirdo, hasn't really updated, and I just very suddenly had a shift of ‘oh, that's just not true anymore.’

Doing arts first my freshman year was genuinely one of the most influential choices I made during my 4 years here. It gave me multiple friendships which have lasted strongly since my freshman year. Mentoring is the least I could do to try and give back to that.”

What were your favorite college memories?

“It's the relationships I've made during my time here that I look back on most fondly, and still do right now. I've forged some really strong friendships that when I think about them, I get kinda teary. The moments I share in the company of good friends are definitely the ones that have stayed in my mind.

Arts First has been a peak every year. I always leave it with like, this immense love for everyone in it, and then schoolwork crushes me and I go back to baseline (Of some love for everyone in it, but more tempered).”

What do you do in your freetime?

“I typically stare at a wall and just do that for like 6 hours a day. Sometimes to mix things up, I'll stare at the opposite wall. That's usually the highlight of my week when I do that.”

What career plans do you have?

“eeeghhggghhhhhhh *tugs at collar while looking for the exit*”

Any art you want to share? Check out James’ art!!!

“My ‘portfolio’ https://to-show-i-can.tumblr.com/ . It's just random things to show people when they go "omg you make art????"

There's this https://editor.p5js.org/jah083/full/ZMUOa71CL which is a glorified tech demo for a friend making a game with gears in it, and he asked me ‘hey can you figure out the math of making a 'chunky' rotation, like how a clock takes discrete steps.’ Play around with the sliders.

A lot of what falls under my ‘art/creativity’ category are just glorified tech demos. See here https://imgur.com/a/l4FvRTs, Eidos not gif

and here actually, just more tech demo stuff. I was just seeing if I could recreate Queen Anne's Lace procedurally.

Not art related but here's a fun video of my family nearly burning down a forest https://youtu.be/qxixq7Rny2A

even more tech demo stuff

This is a 3d heatmap of where on my computer screen I click the most

Ball”

2023 Arts Merit Weekend Highlights

Two weekends ago, Bucknell invited prospective arts students and their families to visit the campus and experience the festivities of Arts Merit Weekend. The Bucknell Theatre & Dance Department had six theatre merits and fifteen dance merits. The weekend was a huge success, filled with memorable talent and engaging conversations. Students and faculty of the department look forward to hopefully seeing these merit students on campus next Fall!