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Christmas gift ideas for Dracula Daily readers/ Re: Dracula listeners
The book itself
For obvious reasons.
Re: Dracula merch
Ditto.
European railway atlas
For when you want to recreate the Crew of Light's epic journeys across Europe.
Reproduction of Bradshaw's Handbook
To look 100% like an authentic living Transylvanian nobleman who is definitely not pretending to be his own servants.
Kukri paper knife
For opening envelopes Jonathan Harker style.
Whitby wall calendar
To imagine yourself on holiday in the style of a Victorian schoolteacher.
Romanian cookbook
To get that recipe for Mina.
And of course prints and similar things of all of the amazing fanart that people have made!
#dracula daily#re: dracula#these aren't affiliate links or anything i just thought this would be fun
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Alternative titles for Light Bringer:
Darrow O'Lykos and, yet again, the audacity of this Pixie Bitch.
The Misadventures of the Wayward Chin.
The Reaper of Mars and his himbo collection.
You can take the boy out of the pyramid, but you cannot stop him from becoming a fucking tyrant.
Martian Cookbook: The Reaper Reveals How To Best Kill Annoying Enemies (may contain honey, berserkers and new butchering techniques).
All Quiet on the Martian Front: Virginia Augustus has a Crown.
Hell hath no fury like Victra Julii-Barca.
The Odyssey where they gave Darrow a self-help book, because therapy would have made him overpowered.
Reading for filth: 10 ways you can send your annoying allies into a downward spiral by just telling them the truth in a mean way.
The Archimedes Beginer's Guide: the braincell supply is always scarce.
Don't Drink and Tell Secrets.
How much character growth can a 7 feet tall man even handle?
Lysander au Lune: from bitch to puppet to genocidal maniac.
How to deal with Depression and Hypocrisy by Sevro Barca, Goblin of Mars.
Diomedes au Raa and the Very Bad, Not Good, Fucking Stupid Days.
Atlas au Raa: Fall Skin Collection.
En Vogue: If he cannot be the narrative's favourite, he'll be the most hated.
Darrow O'Lykos: Augustan Traditions Must Live On.
The Spy That Booped My Nose.
Local Lesbian Saves Obsidian Princess.
Reaper Caused Blood on Dancefloor. Again.
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Okay but why do all of the best fanfic ideas pop up when you’re trying to sleep.
Me: Nearly snoozin
My Brain: okay but what if we made a fic following Herrah after Embrace the void as she tries to run a crumbling deepnest, figure out what exactly happened, and try(and fail) to connect with the person her daughter has become.
Me: no, big eepy time!
My Brain: (starts creating scenes and dialogue), also what if it was the first in a trilogy, with the second being Monomon working on preserving the records and remains of the kingdoms and helping Quirrel through his depression, and the third following Lurien and Hollow as they work together to rebuild Hallownest, and then Hollow ends up making Lurien king(mfer was already basically running the city) and he has a whole breakdown over taking the Pale kings places(he’s so freaking gay + hero worship) and then Herrah beats his ass and helps him through his trauma. Also let’s have hollow change their name to Atlas halfway through the fic because they don’t want the association to their old title but they do feel their burden is worth remembering. Also…
Me: please… enough…
My brain: well if you don’t like that how about this!! Ghost, but their adventures before Hallownest and how they helped liberate an ant kingdom from an imposter queen who killed the real queen and supplanted her, but also that’s not what it really is about because it’s actually about ghost becoming a world class chef and then their adventures to other kingdoms and building their cookbook. Also maybe we see them after canon too, like a book 2 type thing as they and hollow stop at a few other kingdoms on the way to pharloom to rescue Hornet.
Me: Fuck it, this is gonna be a tumblr post(fumbles around and knocks over lamp while looking for phone).
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01.2021
The illustration and spot arts I made for the fan AtLA Cookbook-Zine Everything In Balance! My assigned recipe had been matcha shortbread cookies, in the category of Earth Kingdom treats.
There is a cute fic by @squidpro-quo that pairs with this, Tough & Smoky that you should really check out!
Our inspiration for this was Toph visiting Zuko after everything because she still hadn't had her turn going on a life changing adventure with him, but he's got kingdom running obligations so the best she can do is kidnap him from his paperwork to go make a disaster of the kitchen (and as two aristocrats with one working eye between them, the fact they only somewhat burned the cookies is a miracle).
Bonus process sketches!!
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I just really hope that the new ATLA movie will be interesting, bright and exciting, that it will pay tribute to all the characters, but especially to Katara. And there will be kataang in it: wonderful, respectful, supportive relationships. And a huge number of pro-Katara, pro-Aang and pro-kataang new fans will come to the fandom. I hope that the time will come when a respectful and competent and deeper gaze of the canon and canonical characters will dominate the fandom, and the toxic z/tara will remain in the minority (I have nothing against zutara as a ship but I am against lying about characters and hatred, and, unfortunately, I saw most of this in the z/tara fandom). Let the era of peace and kindness finally come for the fandom, as Zuko would say.
one can only hope for that, anon! after that leaked image of adult gaang came out, i saw antis do a complete 180 about their perceptions on kataang. so who knows? however, considering that it's been 15 years, i don't think perceptions on here - or in other places - are really going to change much from people who vehemently despise kataang. i think every interaction and scene between katara and aang, no matter how positive it is, will be spun to be made as if it's negative. i mean, we literally saw their reactions to a COOKBOOK that stated that aang liked to cook for katara. "wow, i can't believe you need a cookbook to confirm that aang does the bare minimum," or, my personal favourite, "katara has to literally baby aang by controlling how much sugar he eats!"
that being said, i'm not interested in changing the minds of people who genuinely believe kataang to be an abusive relationship. what i do want instead is for the adult gaang movie to provide a fandom environment in which kataang shippers are not afraid to admit that they ship kataang. for a whole week after the leaked image was released, there was a kataang renaissance that occurred on twitter, with viral kataang tweets and people coming out and admitting that they enjoyed kataang. much like the kataang renaissance that occurred after the legend of korra first aired (with canon confirmation that katara and aang had three children before bryke ripped that perfect family perception to shreds), i want that same thing to happen following the adult gaang movie, except in a much larger scale, with much more fandom content.
at the end of the day, though, what i really want is for katara to be done justice by this movie; for her to receive the recognition that she deserves after 15 long years of absolutely null. i do believe that she will receive justice in the form of good writing and canon recognition - the signs are all there - but at the same time, i am a little cautious just because it is bryke behind the wheels. those two, in their efforts to explore what they believe to be nuance, tend to leave out a whole bunch of details. simply put, they're not the best writers, and even worse, they've been horrible at receiving criticism in the past. so i hope those are attributes of theirs that have changed over the years, as they've matured and gained more industry experience. i think it has, just based on the things that i've heard from the two, and the fact that they're now part of a gigantic hollywood megacorporation and streaming service that is dependent on the success of avatar studios. speaking of which, you have no idea just how much paramount is riding on avatar studios to become a commercial success. the fate and future of avatar studios are absolutely reliant on this adult gaang movie becoming a huge commercial hit.
... which is my other area of concern. just what are bryke willing to do to ensure that the movie will be a huge hit? what plot points will they introduce? what will they do with the characters? i don't think that they're going to pander to fandom demands (have certain ships become romantic) because they said that they're not going to do that. at the same time, however, what exactly are they going to do? katara and aang aren't the most popular characters in the series, their romantic relationship is an area of contention and controversy among the fanbase; from a business standpoint, how exactly will avatar studios handle this? i don't want any cheap, convoluted, soap-opera. i also don't want a marvel movie in the form of avatar. i want fulfilling character arcs and dynamics and plot points that stay true to the themes of avatar the last airbender. as we've seen with the kyoshi novels, we know that the spirit of avatar can be replicated if the right creative voices are in the writing room, holding the pen.
i suppose that's something that bryke will have to deal with and figure out. no use losing sleep over things we know nothing about. just based on the things that i've seen and read, the contextual clues over the years, the new content from avatar studios, i think we can expect the best, especially as kataang shippers. however, i do approach this whole scenario with some (read: a lot of) caution.
but i absolutely agree with you here (and what you said about zutara shippers):
And a huge number of pro-Katara, pro-Aang and pro-kataang new fans will come to the fandom. I hope that the time will come when a respectful and competent and deeper gaze of the canon and canonical characters will dominate the fandom.
i long for a future in which katara fandom analysis isn't essentially, "she's horribly mistreated by the gaang as their resident Mother. that is, until zuko the liberator comes save her. this is why she would be a perfect firelady." if nothing else, please let the outcome of the movie allow for nuanced perspectives of katara's character.
#kataang#but tbh i've kind of reached that fandom threshold where i'm like idrgaf what you say this is MY interpretation in which i have every right#to hold#sometimes i think about the adult gaang movie and kind of worry but then shrug my shoulders and go 'eh that's a bryke problem'#i just hope they don't sellout their artistic integrity for business god i hate when creators do#like say what you will about lok but that was all their stupid decisions that were subjected to fierce budget cuts#like i respect them in that sense that they will make the Worst Writing Decision Possible (losing the past lives) with their full chest#anyway long story short i think bryke has a lot of potential so long as they're not writing shit#i wholeheartedly believe in u kenneth lin
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Concept: Straw Hat Records, 800 years in the future
Jinbe - auto-biography, written in his own hand following his retirement, as one of the greatest primary sources for the events leading up to the Fishman Surfacing, as well as the War of the Best and the crowning of the Second Pirate King
Brook - his collected musical works (as Dial Tone recordings) and composer's notes; he didn't write it, but someone does up a documentary of his life after he achieves rockstar status
Franky - his blueprints; his daily logs and notes become an engineer's map to early construction methods worldwide
Robin - her magnum opus, Void No More; her memoirs of Ohara before, during, and after its destruction; her "Straw Hat Adventures", taken up since no one other than Nami was making daily logs for the crew
Chopper - his patient records (as primary historical sources); his own magnum opus, a field medicine/pharmacy text book; a textbook on Devil Fruits and their interaction with anatomy, with special focus on Zoans
Sanji - the Baratie cookbook, with a publication place listed as The All Blue; subtitled "How To Cook For A Literal Army".
Usopp - two: (1) The Anarchist's Cookbook and (2) "Dear Kaya: The True Adventures of the Mighty Warrior of the Sea" (written in epistolary format, every heading written as Dear Kaya)
Nami - the world's first and, right up to the invention of a GPS-equivalent, most accurate global atlas; her navigator's logbook, the only record following the foundation of the Straw Hat Pirates (as Robin took over the otherwise non-existent 'captains log' after Skypeia).
Zoro - poetry. Yes, really. When the crew did their reunion tour around East Blue, someone got their hands on a bunch of his old poetry from when the dojo was teaching the kids to write. Zoro didn't think twice about it but the others liked it, and Brook asked to save some of it for lyrics and they got preserved.
Luffy - his autograph, treasured and preserved by the Barto Club; one single copy of Sabo's Revolution Born that Robin read out loud to him, and whenever he made a comment, she wrote it into a corner as marginalia--he also added some truly awful sketches that people in 1000 years mistake as early abstract art
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The "Soup is a Nazi Meal" article is just...we did it we finally got to actually "Hitler ate sugar". Parody has become reality.
I was too giddy about making a solid quip to remember to actually look it up, really hope I didn't get a poes done to me. Neglecting my title of 'guy that's really annoying because he keeps fact checking things'
We're about to find out together.
We've got a real article with headline, Atlas Obscura so could go several different ways from here.
TL:DR; it's not soup and stew are nazi foods, therefore you are a nazi if you eat these things.
Actually kinda wholesome if you remove the whole nazi thing from the equation. Also fascinating so I'm including the full text.
On October 1, 1933, Germans sat down to an unusually frugal Sunday lunch. For decades, even centuries, the norm had been a roast dinner, usually characterized by a great, bronzed hunk of animal, flanked by potatoes. This was the crowning glory of the week—a meal to be savored and celebrated. But that day, nine months after the Nazis first came to power, Germans ate simple, inexpensive food. Some ate Irish stew; others steaming pots of pea soup, made with Speck and dried beans. Another common dish was macaroni Milanese, a stodgy predecessor to mac and cheese flecked with a confetti of rosy ham. All these dishes had three important things in common: They were inexpensive; they were made in a single pot; and they had been officially sanctioned by the Nazis.
This was the Eintopfsonntag campaign—a Nazi push to make German families eat one-pot meals. Eventually, it would endure well into the Second World War and popularize these stews, soups, and pilafs in Germany for generations to come.
The impetus was an annual charity drive, the Winterhilfswerk, run by the Nazis to feed and clothe veterans and the poor throughout the winter. Wealthier Germans were expected to pitch in as much as they could, but actually getting people to cough up cash had proven challenging. So, in October 1933, the Nazis developed a new campaign centered around these one-pot meals.
On the first Sunday of every month, they decreed, every German family should replace their traditional roast with a thriftier one-pot meal—an Eintopf, from the German ein Topf, or “one pot”—and set aside the savings for the charity drive. On those Sunday afternoons, collectors around the country knocked on doors to recuperate the money. Even families who didn’t want to cook were expected to join in: Restaurants were legally obligated to offer appropriately inexpensive Eintopf meals at a reduced rate on the designated Sundays.
At least initially, Eintopfsonntagen were quite popular. People seem to have enjoyed the challenge of finding meals that fit the bill, and the campaign raised hundreds of thousands of Reichsmarks for charity.
Its popularity was aided by extensive government efforts. As gatekeepers to the German kitchen, housewives and mothers were especially targeted. In time, a whole genre of cookbooks for these kinds of recipes appeared, bolstered by suggestions in magazines and newspapers for one-pot meals. Sauerkraut with lard and broad beans was a classic example—traditional, inexpensive German food that used scraps of meat to canny effect. The government even released children’s books about Eintopf and promotional photos of Adolf Hitler sitting down to a steaming pot of stew. The message was clear: Everyone is doing this, and participation is a national obligation.
In fact, while Hitler officially supported the campaign, he probably did not participate privately. By 1937, he was known internationally as a vegetarian, and had likely been eating a mostly plant-based diet for some time. While Eintopf meals were occasionally meatless, they often featured some bacon or beef. On top of that, Hitler vacillated between preferring a raw diet—he blamed cooked foods for cancer—or extravagant vegetarian meals, occasionally set off with spoonfuls of caviar. Eintopf recipes, on the other hand, were plain, stodgy, and always served hot.
But charity and thrift do not fully explain the Nazis’ zeal for one-pot meals. There was an equally important allegorical element: A single pot meal was democratic and accessible, blurring class lines and undermining bourgeois eating culture. All across the country, Nazi propaganda materials theorized, people of the same race would eat the same diet at the same time: common sacrifice for a common purpose. More than that, writes Alice Weinreb in Modern Hungers: Food and Power in Twentieth-Century Germany, “Cooking in ‘one pot’ (ein Topf) was supposed to symbolize the Nazi creation of ‘one people’ (ein Volk), the crafting of a delicious casserole by combining diverse ingredients analogous to the uniting of the various native German peoples into a single and self-sustaining whole.” (Of course, this so-called diversity—Prussian, Bavarian, Saxon—was as limited and homogenous as many of the suggested dishes.)
To take part in Eintopfsonntag, Germans had to experience deprivation for the good of the collective—a common, unifying Nazi theme. In a 1935 speech, Hitler castigated those who did not take part or give as much as they could to the Wintershilfswerk: “You have never known hunger yourself or you would know what a burden hunger is,” he said. “Whoever does not participate is a characterless parasite of the German people.” Those who greedily refused a day’s abstinence were said to be “stealing” from the collective. As one regional report put it, “Just as faithful Christians unite in the holy sacrament of the Last Supper in service of their lord and master, so too does the National Socialist Germany celebrate this sacrificial meal as a solemn vow to the unshakeable people’s community.”
What went into the country’s pots was equally symbolic. Eintopf recipes favored indigenous ingredients—root vegetables, dried fruit, German pork—and Nazi nutritionists claimed that the best way to nourish the Aryan body was through a racially appropriate diet. In practice, this meant German-grown potatoes and produce. One officially sanctioned cookbook was entitled: “Housewives, Now You Must Use What the Field Gives You! Healthy, Nourishing Meals from Native Soil.”
The aesthetic of Eintopfsonntag similarly drew from a kind of manufactured nationalist nostalgia. Outside of certain northern regions, Eintopf meals had not been popular before the campaign, and the word was unheard of before 1930. Yet publicity campaigns included sentimental images of one-pot meals, eaten in the trenches of the First World War, and rosy-cheeked peasant families tucking into bowls of stew. In the simplicity of an Eintopf meal, Nazis presented a romantic, bourgeois view of some radical, agrarian future.
Over time, however, people grew disillusioned with the campaign. The rich wanted their lavish roasts back, and the poor resented the loss of income. In the underground press, countercultural cartoons criticized the Eintopf obligation. “Which Eintopf dish is the most widespread in Germany?” asked one. The answer: Gedämpfte Zungen. Zungen means “tongues,” and Gedämpfte means both “steamed” and “silenced.” Eventually, amid the chaos of the Second World War, the campaign petered out.
In the end, however, Eintopfsonntagen proved more consequential than the Nazis likely anticipated. More than 80 years later, Eintopf dishes remain popular in modern Germany, and the word is still commonly used—though with scarcely a thought to its strange, racially charged origins.
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Funniest thing I can come up with this is how it actually mirrors a lot of left wing policies and ideas, I wouldn't use them in any kind of attack on things but looking through there and seeing how I can connect "Meatless Mondays" to nazi germany tickles me.
Got the buy and produce local bits there, for the better of the collective talk, some other stuff in there too.
Gonna be able to point some stuff at the right wing too, traditional values and all that jazz.
almost like pigeonholing people and ideologies is a bad idea
and now I want chunky soup
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the perfect cake
behind the scenes drabble for @depictedmorada ft. Tyler Atlas & Victoria Atlas
It was the evening before a very important day, a day that made him nervous and it was rare for Tyler Atlas to be nervous. Usually, he had a sense of pride and some may even say cockiness when it came to certain things, but not her. A certain girl named Madeleine Perez always made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, a chill down his spine when he was near her or even thought about her.
He wanted this creation to be perfect, he wanted her to like him more and earn her praise. Taking out the cookbooks that he had acquired over the months and years from the time he traveled to explore different countries to learn their culture and their dishes. He leaned over his marble countertop staring at the possible choices he could come up with. Would it take all night? Probably, did he care? Not at all. Tyler wanted her to know that she was important and that he was willing to go the extra lengths for her special day.
Sighing somewhat and snapping his fingers to make little flames appear and disappear he looked up from his reading. A thought struck him, maybe he needed to dig deeper. Following his gut feeling, he went to a different folder, A folder filled with recipes that his mother passed onto him. One thing about his mother, Michelle Atlas was that she loved food from all over, and during her travels when she toured, she had no problem going to hole-in-wall locations and getting to know the owners. Flipping through the different recipes he made a slight hum sound as he thought. "I have no idea what I should go with, what do you think Axel?" Tyler asked as he looked over to his German Sheppard that curled up on his couch. The animal looked up and tilted its head to the side before going back to sleep. "Yeah yeah, didn't need your help anyway." He chuckled softly before reading more food content.
After some time had passed, he came around one that might work. Granted some things were in Spanish but he was able to make out some English translations based off what he knew and whatever notes the original Chef made. Thankfully, he only had to order a couple of items from the list and he could get cooking.
Once all the items arrived, he began setting up his station, throwing on his music to set his vibe; Tyler began doing what he did best. There was a smile on his face as he put all the necessary items in their appropriate bowls, separating dry items from the liquids, and making as little mess as possible. Sometimes it was achievable, other times not so much, this time? There was a fair amount of ingredients on his clothing as he mixed everything together and even danced around the kitchen a bit to the music he was playing while he was in his element.
Cooking, baking, overall being in the kitchen was his happy place. He took Made with love to a literal sense when it came to his craft and he hoped it showed in work. Tyler was hoping that Maddy would at least like his homemade tres leches cake. The only hiccup that he came across was having it sit for three to five days, and frankly, Tyler didn't have that time. Once the base of the cake was in a pan and placed in the oven, he made a quick call to Victoria needing her witchy assistance.
As soon as the middle-aged Atlas' arrived, he was met with teasing and taunting about how he was letting his feelings show and that he never called for help when it came to cooking, let alone baking. After he endured her playful banter he gestured to the cake that was done baking. He promised he'd give her a piece since he had a feeling that Maddy wouldn't have a whole dessert for herself, but Tyler thought she could save enough to have some left over so she could indulge here and there if she was craving something sweet.
Taking the pan out of the oven, no gloves were required since he naturally absorbed the heat due to his abilities; he grabbed the other bowl to place the whipped icing on the base. Sprinkling the cinnamon on top with some added flare, he slid it over to Victoria so she could cut the cooling time down in half. From three to five days to twenty-four hours, he was ready to get it all set up for his precious Maddy. "I really hope she likes this cake." Tyler muttered softly, feeling a hand on his shoulder, he looked towards his blonde adoptive sister, greeted with a smile, she parted her own lips to speak. "She won't just like it, she'll love it."
#depictedmorada#❀ | ❝ tyler & maddy ❞ every time that you call me; you know that i'll take care of you
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Some positive things, widespread and personal, from 2023
Hello all here's my annual good things roundup, and as always I'll be missing a good lot of stuff that happened bc I'm pulling from the top of my head and also I'm running late.
In no particular order:
Some great indie animation stuff this year, with Hazbin Hotel news and episodes of Helluva Boss continuing and then the Lackadaisy pilot and fundraising campaign success!
Got the end of The Owl House early in 2023, and while it was not the ending we all would have hoped for, it was an incredible ending all the same and absolutely so well made.
Avatar: The Last Airbender has a new official TTRPG game, several of the OG cast did a playthrough of it, AND the trailer for the live action TV series doesn't look half bad! Also, Toph's VA has been reacting to the series. Overall it's been a great year for ATLA fans.
CLAMP announced that the continuation of the CCS Clear Card anime is on its way, and the Clear Card manga finished this year! The kids are okay!
Game movie wins! Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, along with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, were both great adaptations and fun movies where previously adapted movies of the same properties were so awful they make Artemis Fowl look barely passable!
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse was super freaking incredible cinema and stupendous animation and score. And the animators got a break from having to cram the Beyond the Spiderverse movie in a year jfc.
The WGA and SAGAFTRA strikes I wouldn't consider positives on their own; however, the overwhelming solidarity across the lines and from us the fans and everyone in the same working boat helped the WGA and SAGAFTRA strikers stick it to the studio execs being literal cartoonish villains and get the things they were asking for after a brutally long strike period where the studio execs absolutely wanted them all to lose their homes and suffer. Power to the workers! WGA and SAGAFTRA strong!
BARBIE. No notes. 100000/10. You go girl.
But also the meme of Barbenheimer, absolutely genius.
GOOD OMENS SEASON 2!!!! HOOO BOY Neil Gaiman really shook us to the core with these ineffable celestial lads
The Marvels was a lot of fun! Kamala Khan and adult Monica Rambeau finally got to the big screen and they were so good altogether with Carol Danvers! Sadly didn't get great box office, but the movie itself being good makes up for that in my eyes!
Wonka was also a lot better than expected! Very fun and wholesome and heartwarming! Not bad Timothee Chalamet, not bad.
Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina season 2 was incredible, and a Mighty Nein animated series was also announced to be in the works! Plus, we got a Mighty Nein live show in London! And Candela Obscura premiered this year as well! And the Exquisite Exandria cookbook dropped in August and it's been so amazing.
Dimension 20 has been popping off this year as well, and several of its cast started Worlds Beyond Number, which is on a whole other level of inspirational and awesome.
On some personal notes, I got to spend time with good friends this past year (and getting one into TLOVM and Critical Role too, which has been fun)
And in that vein, I got into a bonafide Dungeons and Dragons campaign this summer, based from a oneshot I played in April by putting myself out there and trying something new. And man, this campaign has been one of the best things in 2023 let alone maybe my whole life. I'm so grateful to be a part of it and to keep going.
And this past summer, I got to go to a convention and meet several of my favorite actors including the cast of Smallville, Charlie Cox, Dante Basco, and Jason Liebrecht! It was so much fun.
I spent my birthday with my whole immediate family and went to Disney Hollywood Studios and had such a blast!
And I started more actively sending my writing out to litmags! While nothing has been accepted yet, I am ever more determined to be published!
There is much more good that happened in 2023 but for now, this is a good sample to end the year and beckon the new one forth with the same and even more positive vibes.
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The Oldest Treasures From 12 Great Libraries
The oldest reading room at the Bodleian Library, in Oxford. David Iliff/CC-BY-SA 3.0.
When you start to think about the oldest books that a library might hold, there are any number of rabbit holes you can fall down. What’s the oldest book in any particular city? What’s the oldest book in the world? Well, what do you mean by “book”? The oldest written text? The oldest manuscript? The oldest printed material? The oldest bound book?
Librarians take these kinds of questions very seriously, so when Atlas Obscura contacted some of our favorite libraries to ask about the oldest books in their collections, we were treated to a wealth of information about the treasures they hold.
The New York Public Library, for instance, has not only cuneiform tablets and ninth-century gospels, but also a Gutenberg Bible and a copy of The Bay Psalm Book, one of the oldest books printed in America. In addition to its own cuneiform tablets and Gutenberg Bible, the Library of Congress holds one of the oldest examples of printing in the world, passages from a Buddhist sutra, printed in A.D. 770, as well as a medieval manuscript from 1150, delightfully titled Exposicio Mistica Super Exod.
New York Academy of Medicine
Apicius, De re culinaria
Created: A.D. 830, Germany
Synopsis: The earliest surviving cookbook in the West, this Latin manuscript contains recipes that date all the way back to the fourth century B.C. These were recipes meant for average Roman households, although they included non-native spices that would have had to travel far to reach the Mediterranean. Some of the highlights, according to the library, are “roast lamb with coriander, deep-fried honey fritters, and cucumber with mint dressing.”
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Constantinus Africanus, Viaticum
Created: No later than 1244, Italy
Synopsis: In the 10th century A.D., Ibn al-Jazzar, an Muslim physician, wrote a book titled Provisions for the Traveler and the Nourishment of the Settled, a compendium of the medical knowledge of the day, which focused on the interaction of humours and elements in the human body. A few decades later, Constantinus traveled from North Africa to a monastery in southern Italy, where he adapted and translated Ibn al-Jazzar’s work into Latin.
Bodleian Library
Ash-Preserved Papyrus
Created: Before A.D. 79, Herculaneum, Italy
Synopsis: When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in the first century A.D., it covered the town of Herculaneum in ash, gas, and other volcanic material that preserved organic matter for hundreds of years. These carbonized papyrus scrolls came from the town’s library. Archaeologists have struggled to find a way to read the damaged scrolls, so there’s little known about their contents—though progress is being made with advanced imaging techniques.
Provenance: These scrolls were discovered in Herculaneum in 1750s. In 1810, George, Prince of Wales, received 18 of them and presented four to the library in Oxford as a gift.
St. Catherine’s Monastery
Codex Sinaiticus
Created: A.D. 330–60, possibly Rome, Italy
Synopsis: A handwritten version of a Greek Bible, the codex is one of the oldest copies known today, and the oldest surviving version of the complete New Testament.
Chicago Botanic Garden
Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum
Created: 1483, Treviso, Italy
Synopsis: Back in the third century B.C., Theophrastus, one of the first botanists of the Western world, set out to catalogue the the plants of ancient Greece and created the first known classifications of plants in his part of the world. He covered a range of trees, shurbs, dwarf shrubs, and herbs and examined how they grew and were used in his own time.
American Museum of Natural History
Albertus Magnus, De animalibus
Created: 1495, Venice, Italy
Synopsis: Albertus Magnus spent his life studying and commenting on the works of Aristotle. Without his work, much less knowledge of the Greek philosopher would have made it to future generations of scholars. Albertus, who died in 1280 and was later canonized, wrote widely about the scientific and natural worlds. This volume collects his work on the animal kingdom.
Library of Congress
Cuneiform Accounting Tablets
Created: 2050 B.C., Sumeria
Synopsis: The Library of Congress’ oldest written material dates far back, beyond the founding of this nation, to more than 4,000 years ago. The collection of cuneiform tablets dates back to the reign of Gudea of Lagash, in the 2100s B.C. The tablets recorded bills of sale, receipts, ledgers, and other accounting tasks.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Magna Carta
Created: Compiled 1325, England
Synopsis: The Magna Carta was the first English statute, but it wasn’t given that name until after 1217, when it started being issued along with the Charter of Forests. To distinguish the original statutes from the forestry code, they were given the name the Great Charter, or the Magna Carta. This copy is in Anglo-Norman, translated from Latin.
Boston Athenaeum
Egyptian Artifact Album
Created: circa 1500 B.C., Thebes, Egypt
Synopsis: This book isn’t exactly the oldest book in the Athenaeum’s collection. It was bound in the 1910s and is “more an album of archaeological artifacts than a rare book in the traditional sense,” the library writes. It contains three shrine hangings describing the worship of the goddess Hathor, and a series of inscribed mummy bandages, which are some of the oldest examples of painting on cloth.
Austrian National Library
Book of the Dead
Created: 15 century B.C., Egypt
Synopsis: Sesostris was a cattle counter and writer in ancient Egypt, and he was well-off enough to own his own copy of the Book of the Dead. In contrast with its name, the book is actually a papyrus scroll, 20-foot long, that contains magical spells to help the recently deceased make their way to the afterlife.
New York Public Library
Landévennec Gospels
Created: Circa ninth century, Brittany, France
Synopsis: Like the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library’s oldest written material is a collection of cuneiform tablets. Its oldest manuscript, however, is a ninth-century copy of the Gospels, made in a French monastery, but showing Celtic influence in its imagery.
Free Library of Philadelphia
Aldhelm, De Virginitate
Created: Circa 899, England
Synopsis: The oldest written items at the Free Library of Philadelphia are a set of cuneiform tablets—a common theme—but its oldest manuscript is a prose version of De Virginitate, About Virginity. Aldhelm, the Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne, had written this treatise about early virgin martyrs, the value of purity, and its relationship to Christian virtue. This later Latin edition was written in an Anglo-Saxon script.
Provenance: R. Contan gave this book to a new owner in March, 1855. J.F. Lewis acquired it in 1914, before it went to the library.
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2023 Draw My Reads
Here is a full list of all the books I read in 2023 and links to the art I’ve made for them.
Just a few quick notes. I didn’t make art for everything I read. I also fell off the wagon a bit toward the end and went through an art block. Not sure if I’ll continue this project into 2024 but I might do some variation. We’ll see.
Also, I read some absolutely filthy (and ridiculous) stuff sometimes. So be warned.
*Sequels will have an asterisk. First book in series will be in parenthesis.
January
1. Alpha Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)
2. Feral Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)
3. Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia and Isaac Goodhart
4. The Ballad of Never After* by Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
5. Wicked Beauty* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)
6. Vicious by V.E. Schwab
7. Hell Bent* by Leigh Bardugo (Ninth House)
Total (so far): 7
February
1. How Y’all Doing by Leslie Jordan
2. Vengeful* by V.E. Schwab (Vicious)
3. A Court of Mist and Fury* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Total (so far): 11
March
1. Kingdom of Flesh and Fire* by Jennifer L. Armentrout (From Blood and Ash)
2. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
4. Scarlet* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
5. Cress* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
Total (so far): 16
April
1. Winter* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)
2. A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne
3. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
4. Lauren’s Barbarian* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
Total (so far): 20
May
1. Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
2. The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither
3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
4. Fable by Adrienne Young
5. Bea Wolf by Weinersmith
6. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Total (so far): 26
June
1. A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene
2. Veronica’s Dragon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
3. Willa’s Beast* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)
4. Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
5. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
6. A Court of Silver Flames* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Total (so far): 33
July
1. Zodiac Academy: Beyond the Veil* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)
2. The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen
3. The Traitor Queen* by Danielle L. Jensen (The Bridge Kingdom)
4. The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young
5. Sheets by Brenna Thummler
6. Cackle by Rachel Harrison
7. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
8. The Borderlands Princess by Ophelia Wells Langley
9. Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
10. Vow of the Shadow King* by Sylvia Mercedes (Bride of the Shadow King)
11. Angie’s Gladiator* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
12. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
13. Gail’s Family* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
14. Hanna’s Hero* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
15. Devi’s Distraction* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
16. Destination Alien Bride by Dee J. Holmes
Total (so far): 49
August
1. Destination Alien Mate* by Dee J. Holmes (Destination Alien Bride)
2. Gilded by Marissa Meyer
3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
4. Cursed* by Marissa Meyer (Gilded)
5. Nadine’s Champion* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
6. Callie’s Catastrophe* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
7. Ice Planet Honeymoon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
8. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell
9. I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie
Total (so far): 58
September
1. Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen
2. Radiant Sin* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)
3. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
4. The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
5. Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano
6. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Aehako and Kira* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)
7. A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne* (A Soul to Keep)
8. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Rukh and Harlow by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)
9. The Barbarian Before Christmas by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)
10. Penny’s Protector by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
11. Mari’s Mistake by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
12. Raven’s Return by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
Total (so far): 70
October
1. Bridget’s Bane by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
2. Steph’s Outcast by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
3. Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
4. Daisy’s Decision by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
5. Flor’s Fiasco by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
6. R’jaal’s Resonance by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)
7. Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfheart
8. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
9. A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber* (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
Total (so far): 79
November
1. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
2. Namesake by Adrienne Young* (Fable)
3. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham
4. Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians Spinoff series)
5. Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle
6. Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson* (Sorcery of Thorns)
7. Destination Alien Treasure by Dee J Holmes* (Destination Alien Bride)
8. Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham* (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)
9. When She’s Ready by Ruby Dixon
10. When She’s Married by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
11. When She Purrs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
12. When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)
Total (so far): 91
December
1. The Dreaming Forest by LB Black
2. Gold by Raven Kennedy* (Gild)
3. Chained to Krampus by KL Wyatt
4. Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell* (Series of standalones)
Total Reads For 2023: 95
My goal was to read 90 books and I beat that by 5. I think I’m going to set my reading goal to just 80 this year. Just to give myself a little more freedom. I did read a lot of really short books just to get my number up and I’d rather just focus on reading whatever I want.
Shortest book read: Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz by Ruby Dixon
Longest book read: Winter by Marissa Meyer
Current read started in 2023 but will finish in 2024: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
#drawing my reads#drawing my reads masterlist#drawing my reads 2023#giving this a full update at the start of a new year#i don't want to give up on this project completely in 2024#but i might change how i do things#i'm thinking of picking a scene from the books i read and drawing that#but i want to give myself a little more freedom#last year i drew book characters even when i wasn't super into the book#and i don't want people coming to my page expecting more fanart of that book#only to be disappointed when i choose not to continue the series#so that being said#i'm reading ten thousand doors of january right now#i haven't found a scene i particularly want to draw just yet#and i'm currently working on a non book related art piece#so hopefully i can get that one done today while i'm off work
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i bought the ATLA cookbook and i love all the little blurbs from the characters that are included with each recipe omg, maybe later i'll make a post with my favorite ones, but for now, these ones from toph and iroh really made me laugh:
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The Magic of Moosewood
I was intimidated the first time I sat down to eat at Moosewood. The restaurant, founded in 1973 in Ithaca, N.Y., by a collective of like-minded friends, was one of the country’s first to champion vegetarian and pescatarian dining. I was dabbling in vegetarianism at the time, in 2001, and saw Moosewood as a sort of temple to crunchy granola, with longtime practitioners who knew so much more about food than I did.
Back then I was in college, trying to pick a major and living, with around 18 others, at Triphammer Cooperative, a house on Cornell’s campus. I was in charge of meal planning for the residents, and that job taught me a lot. It was a crash course in vegetarian and vegan nutritional guidelines — the house was strictly vegetarian and included several vegans — but I also learned how to cost individual meals, the variability in people’s cooking styles and the importance of efficiency in the kitchen.
Here’s how it worked: As a condition of living at Triphammer, you had to sign up to cook and clean. Cooking was a group activity — three or four of us tackled each meal, and then another small crew cleaned up afterward. I was responsible for choosing recipes, scaling them up to feed 20 and working with another resident to order the food in bulk from wholesale purveyors.
Fortunately, the kitchen was fairly large, with a commercial-size, two-door fridge, separate freezer, six-burner stove, double sink and industrial dishwasher. My favorite spot in that space was the cookbook cupboard, which was packed with books like “Diet for a Small Planet” by Frances Moore Lappé, “The Vegetarian Epicure” by Anna Thomas, “Vegetariana: A Rich Harvest of Wit, Lore, & Recipes” by Nava Atlas and “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone” by Deborah Madison. Most of the books were falling apart at the binding, but the most-loved cookbook, the one where the cover had fallen entirely off and the pages were full of cook’s notes and food stains? That would be the original 1977 edition of “Moosewood Cookbook” by Mollie Katzen.
Everyone in the house loved cooking from that book. Katzen, a former art student, wrote the whole thing out by hand, including little drawings, calligrams and instructive illustrations that offered step-by-step guidance for more complicated dishes, such as egg rolls, shish-kebabs and savory broccoli-and-cheese strudel. That hand-drawn touch gave the book charm and approachability. There are no full-bleed photographs of carefully styled dishes. Rather than push aspirational perfectionism, the book promoted a fun DIY attitude that, in my experience, encouraged even the most skittish cooks to dive in and get their hands dirty. (Katzen would write a few more Moosewood books before the Moosewood Collective took over and published over a dozen of their own. The original remains one of the best-selling cookbooks of all time.)
We cooked every single recipe from that book. There was vegetable chowder and split pea soup in the winter and chilled cucumber yogurt soup and gazpacho in the spring. Turkish-style stuffed zucchini, cauliflower-cheese pie, lentil-walnut burgers and mushroom moussaka — one of the dishes Moosewood Restaurant made on its opening night — graced Triphammer’s long dining table more than once.
I taught many people how to handle phyllo dough when we got to the section on savory strudels. My favorite was the one filled with broccoli and sharp cheddar cheese. The filling gets bulked up with breadcrumbs, and seasoned with lemon juice and black pepper, before it’s stuffed into buttered phyllo and rolled up like a big burrito. Baked until crisp, sliced and served with a side salad, it makes a meal that reminds me of the magic of Moosewood.
G. Daniela Galarza
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Broccoli Cheese Strudel
A simple, cheesy broccoli mixture fills this crisp strudel. The recipe, adapted from “The Moosewood Cookbook” by Mollie Katzen makes a fine appetizer. To serve it as a main course, pair it with a side salad. Feel free to make additions to the filling, such as garlic, chile flakes or chopped herbs.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 small yellow onion (3 ounces), diced
2 cups (6 ounces) broccoli, chopped
1/8 teaspoon fine salt, plus more to taste
3/4 cup (3 ounces) plain breadcrumbs
1 cup (5 ounces) grated cheddar cheese, preferably extra-sharp
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
Freshly cracked black pepper
8 ounces (13-by-18-inch) sheets phyllo dough, defrosted
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and divided
Directions
Active: 30 mins|Total: 1 hour
Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil until it shimmers. Add the onion and saute until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the broccoli and salt and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until tender but still bright green, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Stir in the breadcrumbs, cheese and lemon juice. Taste, and season with pepper and additional salt, if desired. Let cool while you prepare the phyllo.
On a large, clean surface unroll the phyllo and cover it with a damp kitchen towel so it doesn’t dry out. Working quickly, pull two sheets off the stack, lay them so the wider side is facing you, and gently brush them with melted butter.
Lay another two sheets on top, and brush them with melted butter. Repeat with the remaining 4 sheets.
Using a large spoon, scoop the broccoli mixture into a line lengthwise near the edge of the phyllo closest to you, leaving an approximately 1-inch border on each end. Fold the short sides of the phyllo in and over the filling, and then roll the filling up in the phyllo, forming a 3-by-12-inch log.
Place the log, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Brush the top and sides of the strudel with more melted butter and, using a sharp knife, cut four diagonal slits into the top of the strudel to allow steam to escape. Bake for 30 minutes, or until deep golden brown and crisp. Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before slicing and serving.
Storage: Refrigerate for up to 4 days, or freeze for 1 month.
Adapted from “The Moosewood Cookbook” by Mollie Katzen (Ten Speed, 1977).
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8 Unexpected Stories That Go Behind the Scenes in Hollywood
Each year the Academy Awards ceremony celebrates talents on the silver screen—but Atlas Obscura likes it behind the scenes, where movie magic is made from unexpected ingredients (think celery and whipped cream) and in unusual places (an abandoned Paris subway platform and one particular Los Angeles alley). Here are some of our favorite Atlas Obscura stories that reveal a different side of Tinseltown. The Forgotten ‘China Girls’ Hidden at the Beginning of Old Films by Sarah Laskow Few people ever saw the images of China girls, although for decades they were ubiquitous in movie theaters. At the beginning of a reel of film, there would be a few frames of a woman’s head. She might be dressed up; she might be scowling at the camera. She might blink or move her head. But if audiences saw her, it was only because there had been a mistake. These frames weren’t for public consumption. The China girl was there to assist the lab technicians processing the film. Why Foley Artists Use Cabbage and Celery to Create Hollywood’s Distinctive Sounds by Paula Mejia How did celery become a staple of summer blockbusters? On its own, celery sounds like, well, a vegetable. But when recorded well and mixed correctly, the fibrous stalks can sound like an elbow crunching into bone. “Part of the talent is performing it and recording it in a way that’s kind of hidden, with celery not recognizable as celery,” says Sarah Monat-Jacobs, who creates sound effects for Hollywood movies—an undertaking known in the business as Foley. For Foley artists, gourds mimic the sound of cracked skulls, ice cream cones double as hatching dinosaur eggs a là Jurassic Park, and frozen lettuce provides the soundtrack for a pivotal scene in Titanic. The Ghost Subway Station in Paris Where Films Come to Life by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank Meryl Streep as Julia Child, on her way to meet a famous cookbook writer in Julie & Julia; Audrey Tautou as Amélie Poulain, running into her future lover in Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain); Steve Buscemi as a clueless American tourist in Paris, je t’aime—they were all waiting for the same subway train. Porte des Lilas, a decommissioned Metro station in Paris has been dedicated to film, television, and commercial productions for the past several decades. Yet the famed platform, where several films a year are shot, remains something of an industry secret. How Pie-Throwing Became a Comedy Standard by Anne Ewbank, Gastro Obscura Senior Associate Editor For over a century, flinging a pie into someone’s face has been a comedy trope, thanks in part to Hollywood's Keystone Studios. At the height of the pie-throwing phenomenon, the studio had its own bakery dedicated to making the perfect big-screen splat. Directors favored single-crust custard pies (less painful, very messy) topped with a tower whipped cream. The L.A. Alley That’s a Subtle Silent-Film Landmark by Tyler Malone Thanks to film historian John Bengtson, one of Hollywood’s hardest-working locations finally got its due. The seemingly nondescript, T-shaped alley in the heart of Hollywood served as a backdrop for more than a dozen silent films. As a filming location, the alley had a lot working in its favor. Because it runs east-west, it was well-lit all day, and it was fairly quiet, Bengtson says. And in an era when studios were expanding, much of Hollywood was still orchards, open lots, or vacant fields; there weren’t many urban-looking intersections to choose from. For a period, he adds, “it was essentially the only alley in town." Now it is known as Chaplin Keaton Lloyd Alley, for the stars who did some of their best work there. How a Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood By Storm by Dan Nosowitz If you’ve ever seen a movie made before 1950, you’re familiar with the accent used by actors such as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman: a sort of high-pitched, indistinctly accented way of speaking that also pops up in recordings of politicians such as Franklin Roosevelt and writers such as Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. Is it British? Is it American? Is it just “rich”? However you classify it, it is among the weirdest ways of speaking in the history of the English language, linguists say. These Strange Rock Formations Have Been a Filmmaking Hotspot for Over a Century by Tyler Malone Located in Central California, just west of the town of Lone Pine, the Alabama Hills are one of Hollywood’s least famous but most filmed stars. Less “hills” and more giant huddled masses of stone, they are identifiable by the surprising smoothness of their rounded contours, which creates a gorgeous contrast with the sharp lines of the Sierra Nevada mountains that form their backdrop. These strange rock formations are versatile actors, having played Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Mexico, Spain, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and China—not to mention distant planets, alternate dimensions, and fantasy realms. An Explorer's Guide to Hidden Hollywood by Jessica Leigh Hester Hollywood Boulevard is world-famous—for the Oscars and the Walk of Fame, for schlocky souvenir shops and crowded tour buses. But beyond the terrazzo stars and the occasional celebrity sighting, there’s plenty left to discover. Here’s how to make Hollywood’s acquaintance, whether you’re a visitor or a local who keeps a practiced distance from these busy, saturated blocks. Look closer and you'll find a neighborhood full of nature, history, and wonder.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oscars-2023-behind-the-scenes
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Ty Lee & Mai ❀
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