#kent veres

[onbrokenglass]

Hello there!

This blog is mainly for finding roleplays. I roleplay exclusively on Discord (I love making private servers) and am 21+, so minors please DNI. Style-wise I can adapt to my partner, though my favourite way to write is lit for those juicy, introspective moments. NSFW friendly, and I like all sorts of pairs from fxf, mxf, mxm, to any nb pairs. Platonic and found family are fun too!

My messages are always open for people interested in writing with me! I promise I don’t bite, even if some of my muses do.

Under the cut is a list of characters I’ll thread with (who I’d like to play is bolded, if both are bolded I can do either or), though it’s by no means exhaustive. Regardless of how old this post gets, you can message me at any time for those on this list.

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Ships (Canon)

Anakin Skywalker x Obi-Wan Kenobi

Atton Rand x Female Exile

Aviendha x Elayne Trakand

Beatrice x Battler Ushiromiya

Billy Loomis x Stu Macher

Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw x Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin

Bruce Wayne x Selina Kyle

Carmy Berzatto x Sydney Adamu

Chloe Frazer x Nadine Ross

Dale Cooper x Harry Truman

Daniel Solace x Maura Franklin

Dick Grayson x Wally West

Dracula x Mina Harker

Elend Venture x Vin

Emma Larsimon x Marianne

Enid Sinclair x Wednesday Addams

Erik Lehnsherr x Charles Xavier

Ethan Winters x Karl Heisenberg

Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy

Harry du Bois x Kim Kitsuragi

James Delaney x Lorna Bow

Joe Goldberg x Forty Quinn

Joe Goldberg x Love Quinn

John Constantine x Bruce Wayne

John Constantine x Lucifer

Jon Kent x Damian Wayne (either aged up or still young, but if they’re young absolutely no NSFW)

Jonas Kahnwald x Martha Nielsen (any iterations)

Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa

Kaz Brekker x Jesper Fahey

Kyle Hyde x Brian Bradley

Kevin x Ilonka Pawluk

Laurent of Vere x Damen of Akielos

Leon Kennedy x Ada Wong

Leon Kennedy x Chris Redfield

Marius Josipovic x Julia Bowman

Marius Josipovic x Taylor Bowman

Mat Cauthon x Elayne Trakand

Mat Cauthon x Rand al’Thor

Mat Cauthon x Tuon Paendrag

Matt Murdock x Foggy Nelson

Matt Murdock x Frank Castle

Mike Ross x Harvey Specter

Moon Knight (all/any of them) x Layla El-Faouly

Moon Knight (all/any of them) x Peter Parker (adult Peter only)

Nate Fick x Brad Colbert

Nate Jacobs x  Maddy Perez

Nathan Prescott x Max Caulfield

Percy Jackson x Nico di Angelo

Phoenix Wright x Miles Edgeworth

Rob Ryan x Cassie Maddox (book verse)

Roman Godfrey x Peter Rumancek

Ronald Speirs x Carwood Lipton

Sherlock Holmes x John Watson

Stephen Holder x Sarah Linden

Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson

Thomas Shelby x Alfie Solomons

Tomas Ortega x Marcus Keane

Tyrell Wellick x Elliot Alderson

Wade Wilson x Peter Parker (adult Peter only)

Will Graham x Hannibal Lecter

Wolfgang Bogdanow x Kala Dandekar

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Ships (OC)

Alcina Dimetrescu x OC (female)

Atticus O’Sullivan x OC (any, supernatural or mythological)

Francis York Morgan x OC (any)

Holden Ford x OC (male, serial killer and/or detective)

John Constantine x OC (any)

Jonathan Reid x OC (any)

Peter Pan x OC (male, lost boy - no NSFW, though would feature dark themes as my Peter is inspired by the book The Child Thief. Would love platonic friends or enemies for this as well.)

Vanessa Ives x OC (any)

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Platonic

Carmy Berzatto & Richie Jerimovich

Dexter Morgan & Harrison Morgan

Five Hargreeves & Any Hargreeves Siblings

Hank Anderson & Connor

Jesse Pinkman & Walter White

Joel Miller & Ellie Williams

Kratos & Atreus

Moon Knight System (any against any)

Norman Bates & Dylan Massett

Peter Pan & Hook

#〢about — 𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥.𝐨𝐫𝐠

[jasamkengur]

Ju

Aj stil vis ju

Never stoped

Ven ajm goin home

I imagine vat i vud sej tu ju

If ju vere stading in front of maj building

somtajms i imagine hau i vould i avojd ju if ju vere there

Bekaz ajm a jerk

But ven aj si det stupid sving on vic vi vere sitin

Lejt najt, vind blovin lajk a hurikejn

Ju hagin me

Aj no aj kent avoid it

Kent avoid ju,

Houp ju stil vrajtin en pejtin en densin

Aj prej tu d hevns det jur stil densin

End vrajtin

Ju vernt sac a gud pejnter

But it vas kjut hau muc ju lovd it

Houp ju stil lov it det mac

Houp ju never stoped

Houp ju got tru skul olrajt

Houp ju tink of mi somtajms

But houp ju don vori baut mi

Bat if ju du, houp ju no ajm gud

Maj gans stil go boom boom💥

End kajnd of houp ju never si dis

Houp aj never stop filin dis vej

Hag zipi

[mamafisworld]

Bayhan, Efes’te bir hazine haritası bulmuştur. Haritada gördüğü kent Malatya’ydı. Fakat Malatya’ya gitmesi için öncelikle Kaynaşlı’ya uğraması gerekiyordu. Nedeni ise çok şaşırtıcı! Hasan Mezarcı ile görüşmesi gerektiği yazıyordu haritada. Hemen apar topar Düzce Güven ile yola çıktı ve görüşmesini gerçekleştirdi. Görüşmede Hasan Mezarcı hazinenin yerini Bayhan’a söyledi. Görüşme sonrası Bayho hemen Bozbey dinlenme tesislerinden Kayısı Kent Turizm firmasından 112 TL’ye bir bilet alıp yola koyuldu. Malatya yolları tabi çetin ve uzundur. Yolculuk uzadıkça Bayho’nun iç sesi de konuşmaya başlamıştı. “O kadar bilet parası verdik. Allah vere ki hazine çıksın” diyordu. **Malatya yolunda biraz şive de edinmiş olsa gerek...

Malatya terminale vardığında bir karşılayanı olmadı ama heyecanı yeterdi. Sir Mezarcı ona Malatya Kent Meydanına git demişti. Sabahın ilk ışıkları olduğu için dolmuş yoktu mecbur taksiye binecekti. Taksiye binerken pazarlık etmek istedi ancak taksici “ taksimetre ne yazarsa o abi” dedi. Mecbur kaldı taksiye bindi ve “Kent meydanına” dedi. Taksici gaza bastı.

Kent meydanına vardık diyen taksici 25 TL tutan taksi ücretinde indirim yaparak 20 TL aldı Bayho’dan. Çok sevindi ve taksiden indi.

Meydanda sağı solu keserken acep nerededir bu hazine diye düşünürken Sir Mezarcı’nın söyledikleri aklına geldi.

Hazine Kent Meydanında tüm ihtişamıyla seni bekliyor!

Bayhan’ın aklından bu sözler geçerken tam karşısında tüm ihtişamıyla rengarenk ışıklandırılan Kayısı Heykelini görür ve dizlerinin üzerine çökerek Kazancı Bedih’ten “Nemrut’un Kızı” türküsündeki şu dizeleri söylemiştir “Ocağım söndü nasıl beladır, bırakıp gitti bu ne devrandır. Dünya gözümde kerbeladır. Allahtan bulasaaaannn”...

O günden sonra hazinenin kendi içinde olduğunu öğrenen Bayhan Hasan Mezarcı adını duymak bile istememiş, adı geçen kıraathanelerden uzaklaşmıştır.

[kreiasbetrayal]

My characters? introducing them? more likely than you think.

part one

Soft gladiator man ~ rastus (razz- tuss, goes by ras)

• Toxic masculinity? He's met him and he's trying to unmeet him

• He's trying to train himself to be open with crying

• He knows of all local creeps, literally stalks bars like bane so he can break the fuckers back

• Really good at keeping folks warm

• When he gets over his fear of hurting folks, hes a really good cuddler

• Bakes, kinda bashful about it but as soon as you make fun of someones baking he will fucking break your teeth

• Awkward around kids, likes to bake with them if they want, don't diss the kids cooking, choke that burnt ass cinnamon bun down or he's forcing it down

• Bring him home and your family loves him more than you. Might also fight them, depends on the family

• Help him, he is incredibly awkward around them but he's very well conducted.

• Bakes for them and nearly shits himself when they hug him

• Not friendly but he is polite so theres that

• Weird complex of trying to help people at any point

• He uses that to try and combat his guilt for the atrocities he commited in the arena

• Guilty and sad

• He thinks he's not worthy of love too much, he loves you so much please don't think he hates you

• please don't let him think hes unworthy of you for so long

• High key gay for delta

Sea man ~ delta

• Genuinly loves kids

• Like this man sees the most annoying kid in the world and loves them

• Deformed to fuck from not only birth but being a big daddy

• No one showed him love as a kid so he tries and shows love that he didn't get

• Still flinches at yelling and slight emotion shifts

• Loves the ocean because it's the one place he feels accepted because he's finally as ugly as most of the things in there

• Tries to find beauty in every one

• Sometimes overly cynical or overly naive

• Tries really hard to be the best he can

• But it's hard as fuck in rapture

• Really cute noises escape from him when hes doing things

• And then theres the times when his kids get threatened

• And hell hath no fury like a good man forged from it

• Tries reeeeeeaaaaaaalllly hard not to yell, mostly succeeds at this

• sweetie is friends with literally everyone and they all love him as much as he loves them

viking son ~ claymore

• Giant son

• Literally a dog

• Happy for the most part

• Always subject to change though

• Wonderful cook, 

• Ras taught him how and clay feeds him and everyone else

• Bad with a bow and arrow but hes cute so it's fine

• Please help him though

• Likes camping and he works in the really cool historical reenactment centre they have

• Literally the most intimidating person with a mace but hes a crier

• doesnt like swords to much though, loves the swing of axes and such

• Lovely son, good son

• Literally hated by his family but he found another one who loves him

• kinda stupid at times but hes honestly trying, apart of the confused as shit squad

• Ras looks to him for emotional guidence and security in himself and others

• Emotionally a genius

• Big heart and warm hands

• Very clumsy and big so he's a bull in a china shop

• Breaks alot of things on accident

• Strong and soft as fuck

• Plays the drums on his tummy

• Will laugh at any joke even if its not funny

• Validating is his middle name

Cowboy (yeehaw man) ~ kent veres

• Y’all

• “Horses are my friend” he says as he's bitten by a horse

• Scared of birds

• Ducks are evil okay, he got bitten within 20 seconds of being here

• Good aim

• Bad ass thats just bad at everything

• Misses his boyfriends

• Loves dogs

• Hilarious

• But also really sad and angry 

• Had a lot of problems as a kid with drinking to deal with his other problems

• Travels in a pack

• *Tips cowboy hat* Partner

• Says howdy in middle of a conversation and when you leave, but never as hello

• Sometimes he just asks you to deck him

• Please do it, maybe dont, sometimes he deserves it, othertimes he's depressed

• Likes meat but not animal cruelty

 “ yee, and i cannot stress this enough partner,

HAW”

• Big, angry, texan nerd

• Arthur Morgan but a meme and covers his emotions

(basically McCree but im not a coward so he's gay)

A/n: These are my folks i have in a rough concept. Remember that they are subject to change but this is not only a fun blurb to get to know them but also a refrence of how to write them!

Let me know what you think! Stay safe, warm and alive okay friends! Part two is coming shortly after! Let me know if you wanna be tagged or anything at all okay!

Im always here to talk and my heart is open and ready to love you!

#rastus #claymore #subject delta #kent veres #creative writing #for masterlist #toasted letters #toaster #toasties #i love my kids so fucking much #please love them too #if i missed anything im screaming

[treeprince]

every now and then i remember jord asking damen, someone who is supposed to be a lowly soldier sent as punishment to a foreign kingdoms court as a pet (and then not even a pet, a fucking slave), if he can read and write, and this absolute muscle beast of a man responds with "Of course."

then immediately remembers he's supposed to be in-fucking-cognito mere seconds after the fact

but jord, dear sweet, fucked-the-one-other-rich-kid-at-this-party jord, doesn't even let that news hit him, he is just so relieved that there is someone with the goddamn intelligence to handle this emergency that he lets the weirdness of damen, who can already speak another language and yet that's never brought attention to him amongst the other guards, suddenly being capable of reading and writing, slide right off his back and doesn't stop to think about how even akielos' higher infantry wouldn't be this fucking educated without being upper class like....

my god, damen mr. bean'd himself through so much of CP and PG bc nobody else used a single critical thinking skill but they definitely all believed he was fucking their Prince despite every evidence to the contrary (until he was)

#captive prince #damen #there's just something about damen when he's not in his King of Akielos costume that makes the whole universe pull a clark kent on his ass #and the only one who saw thru his shit immediately was Laurent #the one person hoarding all the brain cells in the entire kingdom of Vere apparently... #peak comedy

[5oliloquio]

C'è stato un tempo incontaminato, un tempo precedente. Esisteva la perfezione, l'assoluto adamantino. Come precipitano le cose, le cose sulla Terra. E ciò che cade, è caduto

#frasi famose #frasi film #frasi batman #frasi italiane #frasi vere #frasi sagge #frasi celebri #frasi dc #superman #frasi stupende #frasi fantastiche #frasi tumblr #bruce wayne #clark kent #aforismi #citazioni #quotes #frasi tristi

[shredsandpatches]

WIP Guessing Game: tile, gesture, elsewhere

Going with the novelthing for this one, since it's what I've been working the most on:

"Tile" doesn't appear in it at all, despite the presence of Wat Tyler! In my defense, I will point out that there is certainly debate among scholars as to the question of whether he was actually a tiler and his surname was occupational, or whether it was just inherited (as apparently-occupational surnames could be at this point in history: Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of a vintner but has a surname that suggests shoe or hose production). Some of the chronicles spell it "Tegheler." Now, it could well have been an occupational name, of course; Maidstone in Kent was a major center of tile production. In any case my version of him hasn't mentioned anything about his profession, though he has mentioned fighting in the war in France.

I'm gonna do the gesture one behind a cut and put "elsewhere" in the reblog because it's a long novel with a lot of words and apparently my characters wave their hands around a lot.

"Gesture":

Arundel quickly bows his head, the safest gesture of obeisance he can make without dropping his king.

He thinks of the automaton in the shape of a golden angel that had presented him with a crown during his procession yesterday: he feels like he has become an automaton himself, nodding to people and making benign gestures.

He gestures to the servants at the edge of the room who are busily preparing the boutehors (sweet spices, and more comfits; the Richard of days past, who had been able to think of food without dread, would have been excited about the comfits).

“And yet those men—” he gestures toward the royal party— “have everything, while the great majority of men and women—” and now he gestures toward the massed commons that surround them— “have little, or nothing.”

He and Ball exchange a glance; Ball shakes his head in a tight little gesture, and after another moment Straw nods.

He gestures toward the assembled crowd, those in front of the hospital and those surrounding them in the field.

“We found the arch-traitors, and we did justice. It wasn’t pretty, but neither are the lives of these people.” He gestures again toward the crowd.

Tresilian rests a hand on Richard’s shoulder, just for a moment, in a gesture that might be a paternal reassurance, but the slight pressure he applies might also be a stern warning: now is not the time for mercy.

Before the doors of the great hall close, he presses his fingers to his lips and then holds them toward Anne in a gesture of benediction.

She gestures toward the door, and Richard lifts his head and blinks at her—he’d been very careful not to bring it up in any way, and apparently Anne can guess what he’s thinking because she adds, “My mother warned me about it. Actually, she said people would probably want to watch, or at least be in the room.”

Anne gestures frantically at the sheets.

He shrugs, but there’s no real insouciance in the gesture, and he presses a hand to his eyes.

He gestures to Mowbray. “Tom and I,” he continues, “we only wanted de Vere out of favor! That’s all it’s ever been!”

He gestures towards the blood-soaked stones. “Get that filth off the floor,” he says.

#the novelthing #richard ii #wip word game #i like this meme because it allows me to show off bits out of context with minimal effort

[dwellordream]

“...Whatever the apparent moderation of this statement, Mary in fact let loose, in January 1555, a set of mechanisms which would prove hard to control and which would lie as a cloud of oppression over the rest of her reign. The first to be burned was a noted Protestant preacher, John Rogers, who died at Smithfield, on the northern edge of the city of London, on 4 February. Thereafter a general offensive started against those who either were already known to the authorities or else were brought to their attention, generally by neighbours and local justices of the peace. It is striking that the geographical distribution of the trials and burnings was very patchy.

The overwhelming concentration was in London, Middlesex and Essex, with other significant groupings in Kent and Sussex, and a noticeable but lesser number of cases in East Anglia, no doubt reflecting the strength of support for reformation in those areas, in contrast with other parts of the country. The centre of the activity was Bonner’s London diocese, in which over a hundred people died by burning in 1555–8, nearly a third of the total. This does not suggest a systematic national campaign, but rather a spasmodic settlement of grudges with at least a religious pretext, as was common on the Continent, too, in the period. What must never be forgotten is the sheer calculated horror of this kind of trial and execution.

While a mixture of ecclesiastical and secular persons and agencies was clearly involved in the trial of numerous English people for heresy, the balance of responsibility for what happened is still a highly controversial subject. Even before the re-enactment of the heresy laws, and despite the so-called ‘toleration’ edict of August 1553, it is clear that Mary and her inner circle did not intend reformed Christianity to continue for long in her kingdom. In particular, Stephen Gardiner and Edmund Bonner, whom she had instantly freed from the Tower and then restored to their sees, shared her concern to root out what they regarded as corrosive and evil Protestant heresy. Of the two, Gardiner, as lord chancellor as well as bishop of Winchester, took the lead initially. In the latter half of 1553, he, the Queen herself and others who, though still schismatics, thought of themselves as Catholics, took a view of the dynamics of heresy which was traditional in the Western Church. This was that most Christians would not make the ‘wrong choice’ about religion unless they were misled by a small number of evil individuals. 

In the English context, these heresiarchs were thought to be Cranmer and his strongest supporters, and so they were fairly rapidly taken out of circulation. It appears, though, that when the burnings began in February 1555 Gardiner, at least, became disillusioned. His view that if someone had to die in this way the Church had failed was entirely correct in terms of current Catholic thought, since the object of all heresy tribunals, in England as on the Continent, was in fact to save souls, wherever possible. Not all Mary’s prominent advisers understood this, though, and William Paget, for example, accused Gardiner, with whom he had fallen out over the Spanish marriage, of going soft. Yet Paget had previously opposed the restoration of the heresy laws by parliament, helping to delay this move from April–May 1553, when the relevant bill was rejected by the Lords, to December of the following year.

…As for Mary herself, it seems impossible to deny her crucial responsibility for what happened. In her 1555 directions to the bishops, she advocated the entirely traditional approach of combining instruction of the ignorant with punishment of the guilty, and Pole repeated this policy in his circular to the bishops, issued in September 1555 in preparation for the Synod which began later in that year. Not only did Mary herself intervene publicly, on more than one occasion, to ensure that the trials and burnings continued, but some of the most severe action was taken by members of her inner core of supporters in East Anglia and the south-east, such as Robert Rochester and Edward Waldegrave, as well as those who had hastily joined her cause in July 1553, for example John de Vere, earl of Oxford, and Richard, Lord Rich. Numerical comparisons with such state and ecclesiastical violence in other countries cannot divert attention from the horror of what happened in each and every case.”

- John Edwards, “Battle for England’s Soul.” in Mary I

#mary i #mary i of england #john edwards #history #tudor #renaissance

[nerdybirdboy]

So in my Arrow: Earth Prime verse, Tim is dumped at a boarding school by Bruce once he disappears from Gotham (and Alfred goes back to England). Tim is royally pissed and hurt by Bruce just abandoning him, which doesn’t get better once he’s not allowed to spend the summer on his own but has to go to small place in Kansas to spend time with a dude Bruce knows (yes, it turns out to be Superman, but Tim still feels dumped). Yeah, he isn’t happy at all.

Anyway, I just imagined that for one reason or another, Bruce comes back to the States and suddenly he’s there, in Smallville to see/fetch Tim. Tim’s heart beat so loud he could probably give Clark and Jordan a migraine. Just seeing him brings back all the anger he had managed to calm down while being with the Kents and all he wants is to hurt Bruce, even though he knows that would be wrong. So he tries to punch him, as hard as he can.

I wonder if Bruce would let Tim? Would Bruce feel guilty over his own behaviour and let Tim take out some of his anger on him due to that?

Would Clark try to stop Tim?

Would Jordan try to stop Tim?

(Would Lois or Jon try to stop him?)

How would it all go?

Would Clark be ok with Bruce fetching Tim after he unceremoniously just dumped him at a boarding school since he knows that hurt Tim a lot?

( I’m gonna tag @itrytobeagoodkid and @oftomorrow since they are the main ppl this vere includes and if any of you want to, feel free to comment your thoughts.)

#v: arrow: earth prime

[nyerus]

Hi, nyerus......Can I ask, who are your favorite couples (romantic) in any media that you like (can be from books/ anime/manga/movies/tv series) ? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks so much 🌻

Hi there!~ And no problem! I won't overthink this one and just name the first few ones that come into my head hahaha!

Hua Cheng and Xie Lian, from TGCF

Victor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki, from Yuri on Ice

Conner Kent (Kon-El) and Tim Drake, from the DCU

Tidus and Yuna, from Final Fantasy X

Damianos of Akielos (Damen) and Laurent de Vere, from Captive Prince

Ed and Winry, from FMA (ALSO... Roy and Risa from FMA)

Extreme Bonus Round for Evie and Rick from The Mummy (1999) who were instrumental in shaping my entire life and personality from when I was like 8 LMFAO

#also i have a lot of ships from KH #that was before i even knew what shipping was LOL i was a kid when those games came out #there are so many more because im a sucker for like romantic things lol #i always root for characters to confess/fall in love/etc LOL #elaine2895 #asks

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

"Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, initially released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the song topped the charts in nine countries. In 1981, it was used to open the "Stars on 45" medley. In 1986, English girl group Bananarama covered "Venus" for their third studio album, True Confessions, reaching number one in six countries. The composition has been featured in numerous films, television shows and commercials, and covered dozens of times by artists around the world. "Venus" was issued in the Netherlands in July 1969 as a single, backed with "Hot Sand", on the Pink Elephant label. The song peaked at number three on the Dutch Top 40 on 12 July 1969, and remained at that position for a total of five weeks. Later that year, "Venus" was issued in several European countries and other worldwide nations. In the United States, "Venus" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 February 1970. On 28 January 1970, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of one million copies in the United States. Worldwide, the single has sold over 7.5 million copies. "Venus" was included as a bonus track on the 1989 CD reissue of the group's second studio album, At Home, originally released in 1969. The song's lead vocals are performed by Mariska Veres. The music is from "The Banjo Song" by Tim Rose and the Big 3 with new lyrics by Robbie van Leeuwen, the band's guitarist, sitarist and background vocalist, who also produced along with record producer Jerry Ross. Van Leeuwen originally miswrote the line "...the goddess on the mountain top..." as "...the godness on the mountain top...", so Veres sang it this way on the recording of the song. This was corrected in later versions.[citation needed] The Hohner electric piano on the single was played by Cees Schrama. Van Leeuwen was inspired by "The Banjo Song", a composition by Tim Rose, for The Big 3, that set Stephen Foster's lyrics to "Oh! Susanna" to a completely new melody. Australia (Kent Music Report) 1

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 2

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 1

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 1

Canada Top Singles (RPM) 1

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 4

France (IFOP) 1

Ireland (IRMA) 10

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 3

Netherlands (Single Top 100) 2

New Zealand (Listener) 1

Norway (VG-lista) 2

South Africa (Springbok Radio) 1

Spain (AFYVE) 1

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 1

UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 8

US Billboard Hot 100 1

US Cash Box Top 100 1

US Record World 100 Top Pops 1

West Germany (Official German Charts) 2. Formed in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie Van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Shocking Blue originally had a lineup of Van Leeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the initial configuration of the band had a minor homeland hit with “Lucy Brown Is Back in Town” a year later in 1968. Things really got moving, though, when DeWilde was replaced by sultry singer Mariska Veres, whose sexy presence and solid singing brought the band a second Netherlands hit, “Send Me a Postcard,” and then a huge international smash with “Venus” in 1970 after the group had signed to Jerry Ross' Colossus Records imprint. Although Shocking Blue's albums (1968’s Shocking Blue, 1969’s At Home, 1970’s Scorpio’s Dance, 1971’s 3rd Album, 1972’s Inkpot, 1972’s Attila, 1973’s Dream on Dreamer, and 1974’s Good Times) featured progressive rock elements and inventive arrangements thanks to Van Leeuwen's writing and production skills, the band was essentially marketed as a pop singles unit, and while they scored several subsequent hits in their homeland, none of the group’s releases approached the massive saturation success of “Venus.” Veres left Shocking Blue in 1974 to pursue a solo career, and while there have been various reunions and different touring incarnations of the band over the years (including a version fronted by Veres in the '90s), its creative history ended then. Van Leeuwen later resurfaced in the folk/jazz group Galaxy-Lin, while his most famous composition, “Venus,” continued to see play on oldies stations. Veres died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 59; Van der Wal died in 2018 at age 69. A Goddess on a mountain top. Was burning like a silver flame. The summit of beauty and love. And Venus was her name. She's got it. Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire. Her weapons were. Her crystal eyes. Making every man mad. Black as the dark night she was. Got what no-one else had. WoW! She's got it. Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! She's got it. Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus. I'm your fire, at your desire

#venus #music vidéo #vidéo

[strawberry8fields]

“Ti faceva venire voglia di averla accanto a te in macchina su una strada di campagna, di stringerla, abbracciarla, baciarla, sentire l'odore dei suoi capelli, parlarle, dirle tutte quelle cose che non avevi mai detto a nessuno, tutte quelle cose che stanno oltre le battute e gli aspetti superficiali che gli altri vedono di te, cose che tu stesso non sapevi con certezza di provare o pensare finché non ti sei ritrovato a dirgliele mentre la abbracciavi al buio, nella macchina ferma, perché chissà come era giusto che lei le sapesse e in quel modo sarebbero diventate vere.”

Kent Haruf, Vincoli

#kent haruf #vincoli #citazioni letterarie #citazioni #stringere #abbracciare #abbraccio #baciare #bacio #voglia #io e te #frasi amore #frasi libri #libri #parlare #accanto #provare #sentimenti #amore #amare #emozioni #riflessioni #verità #dentro #frasi belle #quotes #insieme #noi #con te #frasi famose

[theiceandbones]

Shannon vs. Chesapeake

Think of all the things you can do in 15 minutes. You can eat a snack, take a shower, do some quick exercises, do a face mask, it’s really up to you. I think I’ll use a pasta meal prep for this purpose, as it’s something I frequently do in 15 minutes. In the grand scheme of things, it isn’t a lot of time, but this of course depends on what it is you’re doing in 15 minutes. The first of June, 1813, saw one of the bloodiest and shortest naval battles in history- it lasted just under 15 minutes. I’m going to walk you through the history of those 15 minutes- today we’ll be travelling 207 years to the past, off the coast of Boston. Mind the cannonballs. 

Now the Chesapeake so bold, sailed from Boston we’ve been told, for to take the British frigate neat and handy-o The people in the port all came out to see the sport And the bands were playing Yankee Doodle Dandy-o

The British frigate’s name, which for the purpose came to cool the Yankee courage neat and handy-o  Was the Shannon: Captain Broke All her men were hearts of oak And at fighting were allowed to be the dandy-o

HMS Shannon was a Leda-class frigate, a lady built for war with an armament consisting of 38 guns numeric and 52 guns in actuality at the time of her 1813 battle. She was built in 1806 at Frindsbury and completed at Chatham, Kent. Captain Phillip Bowes Vere Broke would command her from her launch up until her infamous battle in the War of 1812. Broke ran a tight ship, his crew was extremely disciplined and would participate in daily drill exercises which made them sharp-eyed and fast-handed. Among Shannon’s victories was the 1808 capture of the French ship Thétis (she later became HMS Brune), however this was not her most memorable capture. 

USS Chesapeake was a 38-gun frigate much like Shannon, commanded by Captain James Lawrence. She was slightly older and larger than Shannon and was just as powerful. During the War of 1812 she was quite successful, capturing several British merchant ships and ready to take more. How convenient it was for Shannon to be patrolling the Boston coast the same evening as Chesapeake. 

It’s the first of June, 1813. Shannon is running low on provisions, yet eager to take one more American ship. Our fiery Captain Broke had his eyes on Chesapeake, and sent out a message to Captain Lawrence challenging him to an exchange of broadsides. Lawrence never received this message. When Shannon and Chesapeake met at half past five in the evening, they entered into something of a standoff, ending just before six o’clock that same evening. Note: this would be a good time to start our pasta. 

As we’re boiling the water, Shannon fires the first shot into a gunport on Chesapeake. Her fire was deadly. She was carrying 32-pounder carronades which fired into her opponent’s helm and foremast, then Chesapeake was blown into Shannon; her stern colliding near Shannon’s bow and becoming trapped on her anchor. 

The fight, it scarce begun, ‘ere they flinched from their guns Which at first they started working neat and handy-o Then brave Broke, he waved his sword, crying “Now, my lads, aboard! And we’ll stop their playing Yankee Doodle Dandy-o!”

The pasta has now begun to cook. Before Shannon’s crew boarded Chesapeake, Captain Lawrence was shot and killed by a sniper. The Shannons are now boarding the American ship (whose crew had “flinched” under fire) on the order of Captain Broke. Mr. William Stevens, Shannon’s boatswain, lost his arm in his attempt. He would later die of his injuries. Aboard Chesapeake it was hand-to-hand combat between the opposing sides. While it seemed the rest were distracted, Shannon’s First Lieutenant Watts made an attempt to raise the British colours on Chesapeake, but his efforts were futile: he was shot in the head and killed. Another of Shannon’s officers, midshipman John Samwell, was shot in the leg and succumbed to his injuries later. 

They no sooner heard the word than they quickly jumped aboard And hauled down the Yankee colours, neat and handy-o Notwithstanding all their brag, now the glorious British flag At the Yankee mizzen peak was quite the dandy-o

Let’s chop some veggies now. Chesapeake’s crew outnumbered the Shannons and wanted to use this to their advantage. A few American sailors snuck up on Broke, one of whom he managed to kill before sustaining a critical head wound at the hand of another. With Shannon’s First Lieutenant dead and her captain in grave danger, command of the vessel fell to 22-year-old Second Lieutenant Provo Wallis, a Halifax native who spent his life in the Navy. He was going to bring her home. 

Here’s a health, brave Broke, to you, to your officers and crew Who aboard the Shannon frigate fought so handy-o

It’s time to start the sauce. From my understanding as a non-American, the slogan of the American Navy is “Don’t Give Up the Ship,” which, of course, are the dying words of Captain Lawrence. Chesapeake’s casualties vastly outnumbered Shannon’s, and when the American sailors realised they could stand no more chance, they surrendered their ship. 

By now, our pasta is finished and so is the battle. Now-Commander Provo Wallis sailed his ship quickly and quietly back to Halifax- she was badly injured and could not risk being seen by another American ship- with the Chesapeake in tow as the prize. They made it to Halifax Harbour on the morning of the 6th of June, a Sunday. St. Paul’s Church, which today is the oldest still-standing structure in Halifax, was filled with its congregation. Word caught on that an American ship was taken and that a Haligonian was at the victor’s helm, and within minutes the entire church was emptied as civilians rushed to the water. The sight of the captured Chesapeake arriving before Shannon incited a rupture of cheers and celebration from the huge crowd gathered at the waterfront, a celebration which has yet to be matched. 

The tale of the Shannon and the Chesapeake, the Battle of Boston Harbour, is as infamous as it is because it caused so much bloodshed in so little time. It is Halifax folklore that at the north side of Province House sits one of Shannon’s guns (note: I researched this and found the gun to be too large). Provo Wallis, the young officer from Halifax, was celebrated as a city icon and would later be promoted to Admiral of the Fleet, living to the age of 100. Boatswain Stevens and midshipman Samwell are both buried in Halifax’s Old Burying Ground, their headstone can still be seen in the foyer of St. Paul’s Church. Captain Broke later recovered from his injuries and would go on to command another vessel, a little bomb ship by the name of HMS Erebus.

#hms shannon #hms chesapeake #war of 1812 #battle of boston harbour #halifax #god i hope that read more works #it's shannon day!!!

[diceriadelluntore]

“La verità ha un indubbio vantaggio:non c’è bisogno di pensarci troppo”. La verità è che questo libro mi ha fatto così tanto ridere, pensare e trovare parole, luoghi, cose (prevalentemente che iniziano con la Z, ma ne parlerò tra poco) che va dritto in classifica dei libri più incredibili che abbia mai letto. L’autore, Tibor Fischer, già da sé ha una storia da romanzo da raccontare: figlio di due campioni ungheresi di basket, madre e padre emigrati nel 1956 dopo l’invasione sovietica dell’Ungheria, nasce a Stockport, nel Kent, studia e si laurea a Cambridge e a fine anni ‘90 del secolo scorso la rivista letteraria Granta lo mette nella lista dei migliori scrittori emergenti, dopo che il suo primo romanzo, Sotto il culo della rana (che è un proverbio ungherese che vuol dire “peggio di così non si può”) ottiene premi e riconoscimenti in tutto il mondo.

La Gang del pensiero è la storia di Eddie Coffin, professore di storia della filosofia in uno dei College di Cambridge, che per una truffa alla fondazione che finanziava un suo libro, mai scritto, sui maestri della Scuola Ionica, scappa in Francia con il bottino, ma per un incidente dove la sua macchina si incendia rimane senza un soldo. In un infimo hotel di Montpellier incontra Hubert (in modalità che lascio ai lettori scoprire): senza un soldo decidono di rapinare una banca. In maniera del tutto incredibile, la rapina va così a buon fine che la cassiera che mette i soldi nella borsa di Eddie si innamora di lui e diviene la sua amante! Inizia un rapporto simbiotico tra i due: Hubert, ex galeotto in carceri di massima sicurezza, dal corpo martoriato (senza un braccio, una gamba e con un occhio di vetro) insegna le armi e le tecniche di difesa a Eddie, il quale invece insegna a Hube i principi della zetetica (nella filosofia scettica, l'arte di ricercare continuamente la verità, che viene posta come un concetto limite, difficilmente raggiungibile) e dei grandi pensatori. Le loro rapine sono sempre incruente, e diventano ad ogni colpo l’incubo della Polizia, che non riesce mai ad acciuffarli, fin quando, allo zenith dell’ebrezza, progettano la rapina del secolo, preannunciando alla Polizia la banca in cui faranno il colpo: in gioco c’è la morte o l’immortalità.

Quello che Fisher riesce a costruire è un meccanismo parodistico che davvero mi ha entusiasmato: Coffin, sebbene calvo, grassoccio, pigro, ne ha passate di tutti i colori: è stato, suo malgrado, proprietario di un bordello in uno dei palazzi più belli di Amsterdam, è stato prigioniero dei mujaheddin nella prima guerra in Afghanistan, ha avuto a che fare con uno studente che si credeva l’Anticristo, ama le parole con la Z (nel libro ce ne sono 108, tutte vere, di luoghi, battaglie, personaggi storici, piante, animali, tipografi italiani del ‘600, orologiai svizzeri, parti anatomiche e così via), ama i vini rossi costosi e la birra Blanche de Garonne; Hubert è un dispensatore di saggezza, maestro nell’arte della lotta, e nonostante le menomazioni fisiche ha mille tecniche per atterrare i suoi avversari. È un idealista romantico, tanto che durante una fuga, incrociando lo sguardo su una rivista pornografica di una ragazza, riconosce una sua compagna di orfanotrofio (conosciuta per 30 minuti da adolescente) che rintraccia tramite detective.

La storia è raccontata tra intermezzi speculativi, pensieri assurdi, distruzioni di filosofi tedeschi, sentiti ringraziamenti alle speculazioni dei Greci, nonni che organizzavano furti ad ex SS, ex fidanzate e cassiere di banca libidinose. Non mancano raffinate cene in ristoranti Tre Stelle Michelin, ma anche scazzottate in bettole di terz’ordine. 

Un libro che regala una definita massima di vita: “il segreto per districarsi da situazioni pericolose o terribili è semplice: prima di tutto non andarsele a cercare” (pag.422).

#libri da quarantena

[misslisterkeepsajournal]

1831 Wednesday 5 October

6 1/4 10 35/..

Fahrenheit 60°. and very fine morning now at 6 3/4 - was raining 1/2 hour ago, and there seems to have been much rain in the night - breakfast at 9 3/4 - gave out things for the wash and prepared travelling bag to hold all I mean to take with me to the Isle of Wight - was just setting off to walk to Nutley abbey a few mins. [minutes] before 11 when George brought in Letter (forwarded from Highcliff and that arrived last night) from Miss Hobart Richmond park - 3 pp. [pages] agreeably and jokingly written the ends and top of the 1st. page after the receipt by Lady S- [Stuart] of my letter from Poole - had she known that our plans would be so completely overturned would not have written so lightly - as she had not the smallest claim upon me trusted to the sincerity of my offer - but I must not make so great a sacrifice - must not give up my own pursuits - she was 'thoroughly uncomfortable' -

Sat down immediately and wrote 3 pp. [pages] in answer mentioned my leaving Highcliffe on Tuesday before the letters came - had obliged to sleep at Lyndhurst last and prevented going to the Isle of W- [Wight] till 5 this afternoon - had laughed over her 3 first pp. [pages] 'Would that they had had no end - no ends to finish badly what began so well' - what could she be think mean? plans overturned - pursuits - sacrifices - nobody could

'overturn our plans but those who made them - Lady Stuart or yourself or myself - I have changed nothing - I comprehend remarkably little what pursuits you could be thinking of, for it is evident you had lost sight of the main one - Sacrifices! There are none - I only wish there were - Do I wish it out of spite? to shew with with what unhesitating promptitude, and with what unqualified pleasure they would have been made' -

She herself had mentioned the 20th. - I had said all I could in telling Lady Stuart from Swanage that from that day I should be at her disposal - I really could not calculate what might be the effect produced by arguments which it seemed to me not easy to confute - I only regretted that she (Miss H- [Hobart]) should have known me so little to think for an instant, after all I had said, that I should make any change - she did not need count upon my saying one word for Italy - Hastings would not suit me less well - never 'uncertain in deed, or wish, or thought about that which I have promised' - speaking of being back here on Saturday

'Do pray let me find a letter from you without end - I certainly do not deserve the insupportable pain of hearing that you are 'thoroughly uncomfortable' - Love to Lady Stuart - ever, my dearest Vere, with claim and without sacrifice very affectionately yours AL.' -

This letter written in an hour Left with George for the post which goes out to London at 9 p.m. and arrives in nine hours my letter to 'Miss Hobart Honourable Lady Stuarts Lodge Richmond park Surrey' -

Out at 12 40/.. the son of the master of the house (which son had been to Chili as private secretary to someone) walked with me in an hour, including 5 mins. [minutes] in crossing Itchen ferry about 1/2 mile, 3 miles to Netley abbey - very pretty walk along the water to Netley fort - a picturesque gothic tower was lately added to it by Miss Chamberlayne, aunt to the young man of the same just come into possession, and fort as it still is called is now inhabited - short distance from there to the abbey so low, and hid in wood nothing but the arch of the great west window of the nave can be seen from the water, or till one is close upon the ruin -  a large remain yet as little picturesque as such a ruin can be - far too much choked up - parties from Southampton go there to tea and dinner in the summer - nobody there to take charge of the abbey, and be paid for shewing it - so we rambled about gratis - there was a boy with a parcel of pamphlet accounts of the abbey, but I did not buy one - there was a party there per 2 horse fly, and 2 or 3 gents. [gentlemen] - 25 mins. [minutes] there -

The ruines of Netley Abbey [Image Source]

Walked rather less quickly back - fine river views and views of Southampton a large fine looking town covering a large extent - 22 to 23 thousand inhabitants - Mr. Chamberlaynes house a handsome looking one 2 stories with portico all round the ground story and a verandah on each side to the 3 of the middle windows above - 6 mins. [minutes] recrossing Itchen ferry - the water (tide) down and obliged to cross askew to avoid the face of the tide - just peeped into the handsome new bathing establishment in passing, and afterwards passed by the Cross house who died of suffering from waiting there for the ferry boat ages ago shed divided into 4 triangular parts so as to be shelter against every wind - 

Went to see the royal Victoria archery rooms and shooting ground - pretty enough - will be a meeting of the subscribers and their visitors and a ball on tuesday next - all this building and shooting ground taken from Page's Gardens which are now reduced to almost nothing in space - ordered some lettuce 3 1/2 oz. [ounce] packets at 1/6 an oz. [ounce] for Lady S- [Stuart] and saw the hot and green houses - the Egyptian lotus that, it was said, would not flower in England, flowered there this year and great number of people went to see it - a beautiful scarlet flower - the psitticina (parrot) lily (yellow with brown spots) very pretty and rather new? the nursery is 1/2 mile from the town - have all sorts of shrubs and trees there - the umbrella acacia at from 1/6 to 2/6 and 3/. a tree

The Parrot Lily [Image Source]

Then back to the Inn - not at all the place I supposed a mere Inn - coach house - the Dolphin or Star (the duchess of Kent was at the latter) the best and what I ought to have gone to - but my Crown people so civil I shall perhaps be as well there and cheaper than at the finer houses - the young man would take nothing for going with me to the abbey -

Off in the Duke of Bucclaugh Steamer at 5 10/.. and landed at Cowes at 6 3/4 - unluckily it was dark by the time we had got 1/2 way - 12 miles - tho' they call it 15 or 17 when the tide is down and they are obliged to go out of the way for deep water? beautiful river - banks so well wooded and pretily studded with gentlemens houses - too dark to see even Calshot Castle well - only about 7 or 8 passengers - 1 a gentleman staying at Cowes (a visitor) and I talked the whole way - on politics etc. he evidently for reform, but supposes the Lords will throw out the bill, or chop it up in the committee - if it is lost, would not give 2d. [pence] for the coronet of any 1 of them in 12 months - Lord Ashley above 100 a head 1 of the gents. [gentlemen] heard this morning at Salisbury - nothing known by anybody else on board - no papers London arrived at Southampton - that often happens on particular occasions when the papers are not printed in time or are all picked up in London - Could distinguish nothing but the lights at Cowes -

Landed by lantern light, and at the Fountain Inn (the marine hotel the hotel but dear) at about 6 40/.. - tea at 7 Sat musing over it till came to my room at 8 1/2 - had talked to the waiter about making the tour of the island on foot - could have an intelligent guide at 7/6 a day - his living would cost him 2/6 of it - or an horse car would be 18/. a day, and give the driver 2/. a day - a sociable i.e. 2 horse carriage 31/6 a day and driver 2/. and turnpikes to pay - could thus make the tour of the island in 3 Days - had just finished the above of today at 10 - fine day - threatening rain in the morning, but held off - some of the Yatch's here from 150 to 200 tons (Lord Yarborough's) have 50 men, and cost directly and indirectly £5,000 a year - this is ruining the whole thing - those that cannot vie with this give the thing up entirely, and the club is much on the decline - Fahrenheit 63°. now at 10 5/.. p.m. -

Margin notes L L 

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/14/0127 - SH:7/ML/E/14/0128

#anne lister #anne lister code breaker #gentleman jack #1831 #southern england tour #vere hobart #cowes #isle of wight #netley abbey

[thelioncourts]

every part of me knows i need to work on finals but i’m taking a break and doing tag games because i’m tired

thank you @sal-si-puedes for tagging me! <3

Rules: Choose 10 favourite characters/people from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 other people.  

Dick Grayson (DC Comics)

Dean Winchester (SPN)

Laurent of Vere (Captive Prince)

Loki (MCU)

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Lestat de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles)

Clark Kent (DCEU)

Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

Aurora (Disney Princesses)

Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)

let’s see, do i even know 10 people to tag? no tbh

@rainsoakedsam @arsmara @sasquatchandleatherjacket @dollyluxed @goldencuffs @zmediaoutlet @softestprettyboy 

#tag games for ts #this changes all the time because i have like two or three consistent fandoms #and then just a fuckton of small ones i run around and it depends on if i'm thinking of those if i post them