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hotvintagepoll · 30 days

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Maria Montez (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights)—maria montez was a dominican actress who rose to fame starring in a series of technicolor adventure movies in the 1940s hollywood, becoming popularly known as "the queen of technicolor”. her dramatic persona and elaborate bejeweled attire in these films subsequently lead to her becoming an early camp icon to underground queer filmmakers like jack smith and andy warhol. maria was fiercely determined to become a Movie Star from early on and tirelessly promoted herself (she would be killing it as an influencer today probably) - she deliberately cultivated an outré star persona in the tradition of old school screen vamps like theda bara and alla nazimova and she was always serving no matter where she was or what she was doing.

Judy Garland (Meet Me In St. Louis, A Star is Born, Summer Stock)— Judy is the GOAT when it comes to classic movie musicals. The voice of an angel who deserved so much better than she got. She can sing she can dance she can act she's a triple threat. Though she had a turbulent personal life (her treatment as a child star by the studio system makes me mad as hell like Louis b Mayer fight me ((she was made to believe that she was physically unattractive by the constant criticism of film executives who made her feel ugly and who manipulated her onscreen appearance by capping her teeth and using discs in her nose to change its shape and Mayer called her "my little hunchback" like imagine hearing that as a child and not having damage)) she always goddamn delivered on screen and in any performance she gave. She began in vaudeville performing with her sisters and was signed to MGM at 13. Starting out in supporting parts especially paired with mickey Rooney in a bunch of films (she's the best part tbh) she eventually transferred to the lead role. She is best known for her starring role in movie musicals like the iconic Wizard of Oz (somewhere over the rainbow still hits hard and is ranked the top film song of all time), meet me in St. Louis (Judy singing have your self a merry little Christmas brings tears to the eyes she is that powerful), the Harvey girls (she looks like a technicolor dream and sings a catchy af song about trains), Easter parade ( dancing and singing with Fred Astaire), for me and my gal, the pirate, and summer stock ( with pal Gene Kelly who she helped when he was starting out and he helped her when she was struggling). But she also does non- singing just as well like the clock ( her first movie where she sings no songs and is an underrated ww2 era romance), her Oscar nominated a star is born ( like the man that got away she put her whole soul in that and I have beef with the fact she lost to grace kelly ((whom I love but like still not even her best work)), and judgement at Nuremberg (a courtroom drama about the nazi war criminal trials). Outside of film she made concert appearances to record-breaking audiences, released 8 studio albums, and had her own Emmy-nominated tv series. She was the youngest (39) and first female recipient of the Cecil B DeMille award for lifetime achievement in the film industry. Girl was a lifelong democrat and was a financial and moral supporter of many causes including the civil rights movement (she was at the March on Washington and held a press conference to protest the 16th street Baptist church bombings). She was a friend of the Kennedy family and would call jfk weekly often ending the calls by singing the first few lines of somewhere over the rainbow (she thought of them as Gemini twins).She was a member of the committee for the first amendment which was formed in response to the HUAC investigations. Though she died far too young and tragically she remains an icon for her work and her life. As a girl who didn't feel like i was as pretty as everyone else I have always felt a connection to Judy and I just really love her.

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Maria:

Dominican actress dubbed the Queen of Technicolor. Starred in colourful action adventure movies and was Universal Studios “glamour girl” of the 1940s. She starred in 26 movies before her untimely death in 1951. Shot to stardom with Arabian Nights in 1942. Fought with universal over roles she was cast in and managed to negotiate better pay for herself before going freelance and starring in European movies.

Judy:

Judy's voice alone qualifies her for at least top ten hottest HOT VINTAGE MOVIE WOMEN. She was a truly incredible swing singer, with a stunning voice on top of her technique. Her short dark hair looked incredible in just about any style. Have I mentioned her swagger? I can’t do it justice with words. She had swagger. She was funny as hell, and clever too. Incredibly charming and cool. I adore her.

Her eyes, her voice have bewitched me

I mean how can you beat the one and only Judy? She's beautiful, her smile is contagious, the way she sings with her whole body. You can't help but love her.

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Beautiful woman, love her singing voice. And she can do everything between happy or silly and angry or heartbroken

#judy garland #maria montez #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2

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ausetkmt · 3 months

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Knights of Liberty - Wikipedia

Pictured here is Moses Dickson, from the frontispiece illustration of the 1879 book A Manual of the Knights of Tabor and Daughters of the Tabernacle. In 1872, the Rev. Moses Dickson founded the International Order of Twelve of Knights and Daughters of Tabor, an African-American fraternal order focused on benevolence and financial programs. Dickson was born a free man in Cincinnati in 1824, was a Union soldier during the Civil War, and afterwards became a prominent clergyman in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dickson showed an interest in progressive fraternal organizations early on – in 1846 Dickson, with others, founded a society known as the Knights of Liberty, whose objective was to overthrow slavery; the group did not get beyond the organizing stages. Dickson was also involved in Freemasonry – he was the second Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Missouri.

Dickson’s International Order of Twelve of Knights and Daughters of Tabor – or Order of Twelve, as it’s more commonly know – accepted men and women on equal terms. Men and women met together in higher level groups and in the governance of the organization, although at the local level they met separately – the men in “temples” and the women in “tabernacles” (akin to “lodges” in Freemasonry). The Order of Twelve was most prominent in the South and the lower Midwest. The major benefits to members – similar to many fraternal orders of the time – was a burial policy and weekly cash payments for the sick.

What many people today remember about the Order of Twelve is an institution founded in Mound Bayou, Misssissippi in 1942 – the Taborian Hospital. Michael Premo, a Story Corps facilitator, posted his appreciation for the impact that the Taborian Hospital had on the lives of African-Americans living in the Mississippi Delta from the 1940s-1960s. The Taborian Hospital was on the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s 10 Most Endangered List of 2000, and an update to that list indicates that the hospital still stands vacant and seeks funding for renovation. Here are some photos of the Taborian Hospital today.

Want to learn more about the Order of Twelve? Here are a few primary and secondary sources that we have here in our collection (with primary sources listed first):

Dickson, Moses. A Manual of the Knights of Tabor and Daughters of the Tabernacle, including the Ceremonies of the Order, Constitutions, Installations, Dedications, and Funerals, with Forms, and the Taborian Drill and Tactics. St. Louis, Mo. : G. I. Jones [printer], 1879. Call number: RARE HS 2259 .T3 D5 1879

—-. Ritual of Taborian Knighthood, including : the Uniform Rank. St. Louis, Mo. : A. R. Fleming & Co., printers, 1889. Call number: RARE HS 2230 .T3 D5 1889

Beito, David. From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social services, 1890-1967. Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Call number: 44 .B423 2000

Skocpol, Theda, Ariane Liazos, Marshall Ganz. What a Mighty Power We Can Be : African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006. Call number: 90 .S616 2006 (1)

(1) From The National Heritage Museum - http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2008/05/moses-dickson-a.html

SOME ADDITIONAL INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT MOSES DICKSON

Moses Dickson, prior to the Civil War was a traveling barber. Later he became an AME minister and was known as Father Dickson.

He was one of the Founders of the Lincoln Institute, now Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Misouri.

In 1879 along with others such as James Milton Turner, John Wheeler and John Turner he helped create the Committee of Twenty Five, organized to set up temporary housing for the more than 10,000 travelers who passed through St. Louis each year.

He was President of the Refugee Relief Board in St. Louis which helped to shelter and feed 16,000 former slaves who relocated to Kansas.

Moses Dickson was the first Grand Lecturer of the Most Worhipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Missouri upon its foundation in 1865. He was the second Grand Master of this Grand Lodge and the Grand Secretary in 1869.

In 1876 Companion Moses dickson was elected Deputy Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Holy Royal Arch Masons of Missouri and Jurisdiction.

Moses Dickson wrote the Ritual of Heroines of Jericho penning the “Master Mason’s Daughter,” the “True Kinsman,” and “Heroines of Jericho” degrees. It was sold and distributed by the Moses Dickson Regalia and Supply Co., Kansas City, Missouri and entered into the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. in the year 1895.

The Knights of Liberty was organized by 12 Black Men in secret in August, 1846 in St. Louis, Missouri. They were also known as the Knights of Tabor or the International Order of Twelve. Tabor is a Biblical mountain in Israel where the Israelites won a big victory over the Canaanites.

Moses Dickson was a leader of the Underground Railroad. He and 47,000 other Knights enlisted in the Union Army as soon as Linclon authorized Black men to sign up.

Disbanded by the Civil War many of the Knights of Liberty reformed after the War was over into a benevolent fraternal society named the International Order of the Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. Moses Dickson authored “International Order of Twelve 333 of Knights and Daughters of Tabor,” a book outlining the Constitution, Rules and Regulations of the Temples of the Uniform Rank of Tabor and Taborian Division.

Moses Dickson died on November 28, 1901. A truly remarkable man!

Originally published at the National Heritage Museum’s blog. The National Heritage Museum is an American history museum founded and supported by 32° Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America.

#Moses Dickson and The Knights of Liberty #Moses Dickson #Knights of Liberty #Black Revolutionaries #International Order of Twelve #Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor #International Order of Twelve 333 #Committee of Twenty Five #St Louis #missouri #freedom #Freedmen #Refugee Relief Board in St. Louis #Ritual of Heroines of Jericho #oes

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Wie man Draco Malfoy buchstäblich vom Besen schmettert

Wie man Draco Malfoy buchstäblich vom Besen schmettert https://ift.tt/p6EObnX by DieDae (TheDae) Draco fiel nicht einfach so von seinem Besen, vielen Dank auch. Tatsächlich konnte er sich nicht daran erinnern, jemals zuvor ohne massive äußere Gewalteinwirkung von seinem Besen gefallen zu sein. Tsk, wenn es darum ging, zum ersten Mal im Leben buchstäblich vom Besen geschmettert zu werden, dann war auf Granger wirklich Verlass. Words: 9580, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Deutsch Series: Part 4 of Vermasseln für Anfänger Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: POV Draco Malfoy, Quidditch Player Draco Malfoy, The Quidditch Pitch: The Changing Room, Healer Hermione Granger, Mutual Pining, Explicit Sexual Content, Flashbacks, Idiots in Love, Denial of Feelings, St Mungo's Hospital (Harry Potter), Quidditch, Quidditch Seeker Draco Malfoy, Bickering, Half Porn Half Plot, Fluff and Smut via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/UOZdwra March 27, 2024 at 10:06PM

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Pop Culture Paganism | The Dalish Pantheon | Dragon Age

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In the world of Thedas, the Dalish elves show respect for and worship five gods and four goddesses they refer to as "The Creators." The All-Father, Elgar'nan, leads this Pantheon. He is known as the god of fatherhood and vengeance. Beside him rules Mythal, the goddess of motherhood and justice. Opposite the nine Creators are the precursor gods known by the Dalish as "The Forgotten Ones."

This post focuses on the Creators; I will include basic information on their mythology and things you can leave them as offerings and elemental correspondences.

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Elgar'nan

Long ago, when time itself was young, the only things in existence were the Sun and the Land. The Sun, curious about the Land, bowed his head close to her body, and Elgar'nan was born in the place where they touched. The Sun and the Land loved Elgar'nan greatly, for he was beautiful and clever. As a gift to Elgar'nan, the Land brought forth great birds and beasts of sky and forest and all manner of wonderful green things. Elgar'nan loved his mother's gifts, praised them highly, and walked amongst them often.

- Codex Entry: Elgar'nan: God of Vengence

Elgar'nan was the first of the ancient elven Gods, born of Earth and Sun. According to Dalish myth, the Sun had grown jealous of the Earth's favor of Elgar'nan and burned its creations to ashes. Enraged, Elgar'nan fought with his father and threw him from the sky. He only later restored the Sun's place with the help of Mythal's intervention, on the condition that the Sun set every night.

Most elves invoke Elgar'nan when seeking retribution or vengeance.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: yellow, white

• Sun

• Black onyx

• bamboo, chili pepper, cinnamon, thistle, linden (flowers and leaves), nutmeg

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Mythal

It was at this moment that Mythal walked out of the sea of the Earth's tears and onto the Land. She placed her hand on Elgar'nan's brow, and at her touch, he grew calm and knew that his anger had led him astray. Humbled, Elgar'nan went to the place where the Sun was buried and spoke to him. Elgar'nan said he would release the Sun if the Sun promised to be gentle and to return to the Earth each night. The Sun, feeling remorse at what he had done, agreed.

- Codex Entry: Mythal: The Great Protector

The Dalish believe Mythal was born from the Sea after Elgar'nan threw the Sun out of the sky. She is said to have calmed and shown him that his anger had betrayed him. Thus, Mythal convinced Elgar'nan to free the Sun. On the first night of the Sun's freedom, Mythal created the moon out of the Earth around the Sun's bed to be a pale reflection of the Sun's true glory.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Purple, blue

• Dragons

• Moon

• Carnelian, kyanite

• Nettle, garlic, St. John's Wort, mugwort, chestnut

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Falon'Din

In ancient times, the People were ageless and eternal, and instead of dying would enter uthenera—the long sleep—and walk the shifting paths beyond the Veil with Falon'Din and his brother Dirthamen. Those elders would learn the secrets of dreams, and some returned to the People with newfound knowledge.

But we quickened and became mortal. Those of the People who passed walked with Falon'Din into the Beyond and never returned. If they took counsel with Dirthamen on their passage, his wisdom was lost, for it went with them into the Beyond also and never came to the People.

- Codex entry: Falon'Din: Friend of the Dead, The Guide

In Dalish mythologies, Falon'Din and Dirthamen are the eldest twin children of Mythal and Elgar'nan. Falon'Din had no fear of the dark and could walk where The People (elves) could not live.

Legends say that the twins were inseparable spirits from birth through adulthood. They were separated when Falon'Din took pity on a dying deer and carried her across the Veil, somewhere tricky for Dirthamen to follow. As Falon'Din watched the deer's spirit release from her body and prance around again, he vowed to remain behind the Veil to guide the dead to their place in the Beyond.

The elves invoke Falon'Din on their deathbeds or before quests they do not expect to return from.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: black, gray

• Owl

• Tigers Eye

• Bay leaves, elder, eucalyptus, grapefruit

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Dirthamen

Dirthamen wandered aimlessly till he came across two ravens. "You are lost, and soon you will fade," the raven named Fear said to Dirthamen. "Your brother has abandoned you. He no longer loves you," said the other, named Deceit. "I am not lost, and Falon'Din has not abandoned me," replied Dirthamen. He subdued the ravens and bade them carry him to Falon'Din.

- Codex Entry: Dirthamen: Keeper of Secrets

When Falon'Din crossed the Veil, Dirthamen lost track of him and wandered the gray spaces and roads of the Fade, searching for him. There he found the two ravens, Fear, and Deceit. When Dirthamen outwitted them, they brought him to Falon'Din, and the twins were never separated again.

According to elven lore, Dirthamen gave the gift of knowledge to The People and taught them loyalty and faith in family.

Dirthamen counseled elder elves who walked the Fade in search of the secrets of dreams. In one tale, he granted a secret to each creature of Thedas. Only the bears managed to keep their secret and are therefore honored by Dirthamen.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Dark blue, Purple, Silver

• Bears

• Ravens

• Sapphire, turquoise

• Apple, hazel, sage

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Andruil

Andruil, blood, and force, your people pray to you. Grant that your eye may not fall upon us. Spare us the moment we become Your prey.

- Elven Prayer to Andruil

Andruil's parentage is unclear; some legends say she is the daughter of Elgar'nan and Mythal, while others say she was created from the Earth. All stories agree that Sylaise is her sister.

Andruil is the creator of the Vir Tanadhal, or Way of the Three Trees.

1. Vir Assan, or Way of the Arrow: fly straight and do not waver.

2. Vir Bor'assan, or Way of the Bow: bend but never break.

3. Vir Adahlen, or Way of the Forest: receive the gifts of the hunt with mindfulness. Alternatively, together we are stronger than the one.

Andruil watched over the forests and the animals that resided in them, and she taught the people to respect them.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Red

• Hare

• Hawk

• Aquamarine

• Cypress, mistletoe, fuzzy weed, yellow evening primrose, parosela

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Sylaise

It is Sylaise who gave us fire and taught us how to use it. It is Sylaise who showed us how to heal with herbs and with magic, and how to ease the passage of infants into this world. And again, it is Sylaise who showed us how to spin the fibers of plants into thread and rope.

We owe much to Sylaise, and that is why we sing to her when we kindle the fires and when we put them out. That is why we sprinkle our aravels with Sylaise's fragrant tree-moss, and ask that she protect them and all within.

- Codex Entry: Sylaise the Hearthkeeper

In Sylaise's youth, she stayed home while her sister Andruil went out to hunt and play. She enjoyed singing and making art and gifted fire to The People. She taught them how to weave ropes and thread and how to use herbs and healing magic. Sylaise is seen as the protector of all those who stay near the hearth, especially children.

Sylaise's path is Vir Atish'an - the Way of Peace. Elves invoke her name before kindling a fire and after quenching it.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Green

• Fireplace - many shrines to Sylaise incorporated fire

• Jasper, jet, rose quartz, sardonyx

• Basil, chrysanthemum, cyclamen

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June

We dedicate all our crafts to June, for it is he who taught the People to bend the branches of trees to make our bows, and to fashion coverings of furs and ironbark. Without June, would we have the aravel, or the harnesses for our halla?

- Codex Entry: June: God of the Craft

Dalian legend describes June as either a brother to Andruil and Sylaise or Sylaise's husband; it is even said he created himself.

Before Sylaise and June came to them, the elves wandered the forest without purpose, naked and eating nuts and berries they could find, shivering through cold nights. June taught the elves to craft things they needed and used Sylaise's lessons to teach The People how to make bows, arrows, and knives for hunting.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Yellow

• Anvil

• Alexandrite, kyanite, opal

• Mandrake, tomato, walnut

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Ghilan'nan

One day, while hunting in the forest, Ghilan'nain came across a hunter she did not know. At his feet lay a hawk, shot through the heart by an arrow. Ghilan'nain was filled with rage, for the hawk and the hare are very beloved of Andruil. Ghilan'nain demanded that the hunter make an offering to Andruil in exchange for taking the life of one of her creatures. The hunter refused, and Ghilan'nain called upon the goddess to curse him so he could never again hunt and kill a living creature.

He found Ghilan'nain while she was out on a hunt with her sisters and lured her away from them with lies and false words. He told Ghilan'nain that he had learned his lesson and begged her to come with him, so she could teach him to make a proper offering to Andruil. Moved by his plea, Ghilan'nain followed the hunter, and when they were away from all of her sisters, the hunter turned on Ghilan'nain. He blinded her first, and then bound her as one would bind a kill fresh from the hunt. But because he was cursed, the hunter could not kill her. Instead, he left her for dead in the forest.

- Codex Entry: Ghilan'nan: Mother of the Halla

According to Dalish legend, Ghilan'nan was a huntress of The People who another elven hunter betrayed. After this betrayal, Anduril turned Ghilan'nan into the first of the Halla, raising her to the same rank as the Gods.

The elven people invoke Ghilan'nan when they wish to travel quickly or when their hunters have lost their way home.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: White, blue

• Halla (a white, deer-like creature with elegant antlers)

• Jet, malachite, moonstone, tin

• Basil, comfrey, feverfew, heather, maple, pennyroyal, yew

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Fen'Harel

There is precious little we know about Fen'Harel, for they say he did not care for our people. Elgar'nan and Mythal created the world as we know it, Andruil taught us the Ways of the Hunter, Sylaise and June gave us fire and crafting, but Fen'Harel kept to himself and plotted the betrayal of all the gods. And after the destruction of Arlathan, when the gods could no longer hear our prayers, it is said that Fen'Harel spent centuries in a far corner of the Earth, giggling madly and hugging himself in glee.

- Codex Entry: Fen'Harel: The Dread Wolf

Fen'Harel is the elven god of betrayal. Many names know him - The Dread Wolf, He Who Hunts Alone, Lord of Tricksters, The Great Wolf, Roamer of the Beyond, The Old Wolf, and The Bringer of Nightmares.

According to legend, he was kin to The Forgotten Ones and The Creators. He is said to be responsible for sealing away both factions of gods in their respective realms, cutting them off from the mortal world.

Due to this legend, the Dalish generally refer to Fen'Harel as an evil god. However, in the past, and still sometimes today, he is called upon for advice in various matters - for a price.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Black, white, gray

• Wolf

• Pearl, peridot, obsidian, onyx

• Angelica, anise, blue cohosh, mullein

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tsuraiwrites · 1 year

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✨weekly fic roundup✨

fic I enjoyed this past week! please leave the authors a kudos and/or comment on these excellent works.

ASoIaF

But then comes the curses of diamonds and rings - gen wip

House Lannister is the next oldest Great House after the Starks, whose founder was cousins with Bran the Builder, and originally of the First Men. What if Jaime got some of those nifty old powers?

Every time that you lose it (Sing it for the world) - gen wip

A self-insert into Jaime Lannister, except this is a normal guy who doesn't know how a printing press works and just wants to raise kittens and play with a sword

Assassin’s Creed

Memory more perfect - leonardo da vinci/desmond miles wip

In hindsight, the whole thing is a little ludicrous. Hiring a man he doesn't know, a man who doesn't know himself, off the streets with not even the chance of checking his credentials… it's foolish beyond measure. He knows little of Desmond, and what he does know is not something that should inspire confidence. Homelessness, thievery, starvation, memory loss...

Leonardo does it anyway.

Sons of No One - ezio auditores/ofc wip

Altaïr reincarnates into the year 1476.

BNHA

Fulmination - gen so far, wip

Hold on just a moment, I'm a main character? Excuse me? No wait, excuse you! I'm not having it! No sir! Uh-uh, no! I refuse! You stay away from me Green Boy! I know what trouble you bring and you can bring it to someone else!

oc-insert!bakugou katsuki

Dragon Age

Few Against the Wind - solas/ofc wip

A woman falls from the sky just when she’s needed, what could it be but the work of the Maker? Why else should she speak in tongues but for being struck dumb by His grace? She would disagree if anyone asked her. Could ask her. But by the time she has the words it’s too late, and June is heralded the Herald of Andraste. Burdened with knowledge and an entire system of faith carried on her shoulders that she holds no stock in, an earthling muddles her way through Thedas.

Forbid/Forget - gen wip

From wisdom of the world comes wisdom of the self. Mastery of the self is mastery of the world. Loss of the self is the source of suffering. Suffering is a choice, and we can refuse it. Refuse the will of others exerted upon you, and strike in mastery.

self-insert!ketojan told from outsider pov

Rebel Archivist - krem aclassi/ofc wip

Elisabeth St-Laurent arrived in Thedas 9 years ago. She tried to be smart about it, not to get involved with "heroes", but there is only so much she can do without being in the Inquisition. She wants to help, but she'd rather not get murdered by Leliana, please.

Dragon Age & Naruto

Nobody Expects The Shinobi Inquisition - gen wip

In an act of classic Uchiha Melodrama, Uchiha Shisui leaps to his death... only to be thwarted when he wakes up, chained up and in a dungeon, with a splitting pain in his left hand.

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Shakespeare in the Park - male dovahkiin/sanguine wip

He wakes up in a horse-drawn cart to see a scruffy man, with shaggy blond hair, bound and sitting in front of him. He knows exactly how this story goes. The question is, how can a theater kid from modern America convince an entire fantasy world that he belongs there?

Naruto

The Bewitching Hour - gen wip

Wherein a semi-si/oc gets reincarnated as some mythical japanese spirit instead of a badass ninja and proceeds to fuck with the plot. Features kidnapping small children, ancient mythology, and being a menace to ninja society.

Poor Timing - senju tobirama/uchiha sasuke

Sasuke’s thrown backwards in time to meet his soulmate, stuck in the past, he figures fuck it, maybe he can change the fate of his clan. But that’s only after he finishes panicking. Sort of Fix-it.

The Sandman

and in the waking world we wait and want - dream/hob gadling

“Did I hear you say,” the pale stranger asks, “that you have no intention of ever dying?”

Hob Gadling shrugs. No point in denying it.

“Yeah.”

Twilight

Before I Wake - edward cullen/ofc wip

This was NOT part of the plan. I was supposed to wake up after brain surgery and get better so I could do all the things my mom and I had been dreaming about for years. I was NOT supposed to end up in the Twilight universe inside of Bella fucking Swan's body.

#fic recs #weekly fic round up #assassins creed recs #asoiaf recs #bnha recs #naruto recs #skyrim recs #the sandman recs #twilight recs

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majestativa · 2 years

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A progressively-edited post about my muses, because why not?

Literature:

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Al-Khansae, Andrée Chedid, Anna Akhmatova, Anne Carson, Antonia Pozzi

Blaga Dimitrova, Brenda Venus

Carmen M. Pursifull, Claribel Alegría, Clarice Lispector, Constance Merritt

Dacia Maraini, Daniela Crăsnaru, Diane di Parma, Dora Maar

Edith Södergran, Eira Stenberg, Excilia Saldaña

Florbela Espanca, Frida Kahlo, Forough Farrokhzad

Georgina Herrera, Gertrud Kolmar, Gioconda Belli, Guadalupe Amor, Gwendolyn MacEwen

Halina Poświatowska, Hélène Cixous, Hilda Hilst

Ingeborg Bachmann

Jorie Graham, Joyce Mansour, Juana de Ibarbourou, June Jordan

Kerstin Söderholm

Lia Sturua, Liliana Ursu, Lillian Olson, Linda Pastan, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Lourdes Vázquez

Marina Tsvetaeva, May Ziadeh, Maya Angelou, Mina Loy

Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Nazik Al-Malaika, Nina Berberova, Nina Cassian

Olga Orozco, Olga Sedakova

Remedios Varo, Renate Druks, Rita Dove, Rosario Castellanos

Sandra Cisneros, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Sheri-D Wilson, Sheryl St. Germain, Siham Bouhlal, Simin Behbahani, Simone Weil, Stella Díaz Varín, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Sylvia Plath

Unica Zürn

Valentina Saraçini, Valzhyna Mort, Virginia Woolf, Vivian Hansen

Warsan Shire

Zakiyya Malallah

Movies’ Actors/Directors/Performers:

Agnès Varda, Anjelica Huston, Anna Magnani, Audrey Hepburn

Bettie Paige

Dalia Mostafa, Dita Von Teese

Elizabeth Taylor

Faten Hamama

Gemma Chan, Ghada Adel

Haifa Wehbe, Hanan Tork, Hande Erçel, Hema Malini

Jaime Pressly, Joanne Woodward

Kareena Kapoor, Katie Holmes, Keira Knightley, Kim Basinger

Lekaa Elkhamissi, Lucy Lawless, Lucy Liu

Madhuri Dixit, Magda al Sabbahi, Mariam Fakhr-Eddine, Marilyn Manroe, Marlene Dietrich, Megan Fox, Melike İpek Yalova, Menna Shalabi, Meryl Streep, Mia Goth, Michelle Pfeiffer

Nelly Karim, Nicole Kidman

Ola Ghanem

Penelope Cruz

Rachel Weisz, Rita Hayworth, Rooney Mara

Shadia, Sherihan

Thalia, Theda Bara, Tuba Büyüküstün

Vanessa Hudgens

Musicians:

Aaliyah, Asmahan

Chelsea Wolf, Colleen Duffy (Devil Doll)

Elsieanne Caplette (Elsiane)

FKA Twigs, Floor Jansen

Lana Del Rey (Post-Sylvia-Plath Era)

Maria Callas

Sevdaliza, Shana Halligan (Bitter:Sweet), Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Simone Simons (Epica)

Tarja Turunen, Taylor Swift (Since Reputation Era)

Warda Al-Jazairia

Characters:

Antigone, Artemis

Chandramukhi

Desdemona, Durga

Electra, Ereshkigal, Eve

Kahina, Kali

Lilith

Magdalene, Medea, Medusa, Messalina, Morticia Addams

Ophelia

Persephone

Shahmaran, Scheherazade

Xena

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US Vogue October 15, 1957 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

At left, model Mary McLaughlin wears a bright red chiffon pleated blouse belted over black velvet trousers with a ribbon. Made of silk and rayon fabric manufactured by Skinner. The slender pants, in Italian velvet.

Above, model Anne St. Marie wears a delightful pale blue blouse. entirely Theda Bara, gathered in shape and in a curved skirt of black velvet. Rayon crepe blouse. Everything by Adelaar.

À gauche, le modèle Mary McLaughlin porte un chemisier plissé en mousseline rouge vif ceinturé sur le pantalon en velours noir avec un ruban. En tissu de soie et de rayonne fabriqué par Skinner. Le pantalon slender, en velours italien.

Au dessus, le modèle Anne St. Marie porte un délicieux chemisier bleu pâle. entièrement Theda Bara, rassemblée en forme et dans une jupe incurvée de velours noir. Chemisier en crêpe de rayonne. Tout par Adelaar.

Photo Leombruno-Bodi

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#us vogue #october 1957 #fall/winter #automne/hiver #fashion 50s #mary mclaughlin #anne st.marie #leombruno bodi #adelaar #skinner #theda bara #casual look #style décontracté #8 o'clock #vingt heure

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OCPL Releases Event Schedule for March, April

Wheeling Reads Ulysses (in 4 Months) - A Moral Book Club The Ohio County Public Library will form a book group to read and discuss what has been called "the greatest book in the English language"- "Ulysses" by James Joyce. The library will obtain copies of "Ulysses" for all who register. Ulysses is a challenging (and oft-challenged) book and a tall order for even the most advanced reader, so we will divide the readings into 5 parts. Meetings will occur on Feb. 29, March 28, April 25, and May 30 - all Thursdays at 6:30 PM. Participants will then have the opportunity to discuss the book on June 11 with Patrick Hastings, English professor, author of "The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses," and curator of ulyssesguide.com, who will be at the Library for Wheeling's first-ever Bloomsday, a worldwide but Irish-centric celebration of the book and the genius of James Joyce. Ours will feature a virtual walking tour of Leopold Bloom's Dublin led by Mr. Hastings, dramatic readings, trivia, music, food, and more! Dress like it's 1904! To join the book group, message us (put "Ulysses" in the comment section), send an email to lunchwithbooksyahoo.com, or give us a call at 304-232-0244. Serious and committed inquiries only, please! Facebook Event Library Calendar March 5: Divorce in Civil War-Era Wheeling For Women’s History Month, Allison Fredette will discuss the new book she edited, Heartsick and Astonished: Divorce in Civil War-Era West Virginia, featuring 27 divorce cases from mid-nineteenth century America. More than dry legal documents, these cases provide a captivating window into marital life - and strife- during the Civil War era In Wheeling, courtrooms bore witness to men and women from various ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds who shared shockingly intimate details of their lives and relationships. In an era of uncertainty - when the country was torn in two when Wheeling became the capital of a new state, and when activists across the country began to push for women’s rights in the household and family - the divorce cases of ordinary couples reveal changing attitudes toward marriage, gender, and legal separation. Facebook Event Library Calendar March 12 at noon: Rust Belt Union Blues Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace. Unions were embedded in tight-knit communities. Today, unions play a much less significant role. In Rust Belt Union Blues, Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol provide timely insight into the relationship between the decline of unions and the shift of working-class voters away from Democrats. It makes a compelling case that Democrats are unlikely to rebuild credibility in places like western Pennsylvania unless they find new ways to weave themselves into the daily lives of workers and their families. Lainey Newman is a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School and a native of Pittsburgh. Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Facebook Event Library Calendar March 19 at noon: St. Patrick's Day Debrief by County Mayo Irish Band St. Patrick’s Day will be in the rearview mirror, but we always want one more day of celebration to ease out of the merriment! An Irish debrief, if you will. And, with only 363 days left until the next St. Pat’s, County Mayo Irish Band will be here to help with their brand of lively, engaging performances of familiar Irish tunes. County Mayo has been entertaining for 30 years at festivals (like the Pittsburgh Irish Festival), pubs, concerts, conventions, schools, parties, and family events including Irish weddings and wakes. Facebook Event Library Calendar March 26 at noon: Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher Peter Fletcher’s journey in classical guitar began at the age of seven. He became the youngest student to perform in a week-long Master Class conducted by maestro José Tomás, the teaching assistant of Andrés Segovia in Spain. Peter’s exceptional talent led to invitations for performances at esteemed cultural venues across the USA. His appearances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall drew sold-out crowds and further established his reputation as a distinguished classical guitarist. Peter’s recorded works have garnered critical acclaim. He divides his time between his vintage home in Detroit and his residence in NYC. See peterfletcher.com. Facebook Event Library Calendar April 2: Appalachian Mushrooms - a Field Guide with Walter Sturgeon From one of the region’s foremost mushroom hunters - Walter E. Sturgeon - comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi found in the Appalachian mountains from Canada to Georgia. Edibility and toxicity, habitat, ecology, and detailed diagnostic features of the disparate forms they take throughout their life cycles are all included, enabling the reader to identify species without the use of a microscope or chemicals. Appalachian Mushrooms is unparalleled in its accuracy and currency. This guide is destined to be an indispensable authority on the subject for everyone from beginning hobbyists to trained experts. Facebook Event Library Calendar April 9 at noon: Rico Cosby: The Heroic Work of a Mine Detection Dog The Marshall Legacy Institute’s Canine Ambassador, MDD Rico Cosby, has released his first book. Rico Cosby: The Heroic Work of a Mine Detection Dog, tells the story of Rico’s training and life in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Rico will be accompanied by his human, Anne Wooleyhand, Educational Programs Director at The Marshall Legacy Institute (Rico’s handler and author of the book). Facebook Event Library Calendar April 16 at noon: Appalachian Fishes with Stuart A.Welsh A nature lover’s paradise, central Appalachia supports diverse life in an extensive network of waterways and is home to a dazzling array of fish species. In Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters: Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes, Stuart Welsh focuses not only on the fishes of central Appalachia but also on the fascinating things these fishes do in their natural habitats. Facebook Event Library Calendar April 23 at noon: Benwood Mine Disaster, 100 Years One hundred years ago, on Monday, April 28, 1924, an explosion at Wheeling Steel’s Benwood coal mine took the lives of 119 men and boys, most of whom were recent immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. It remains the third most lethal coal mine disaster in West Virginia's history. We will discuss how and why this tragedy happened and pay tribute to those who died. Facebook Event Library Calendar April 30 at noon: Memories of Fostoria Glass Moundsville’s Fostoria Glass was once the #1 hand-blown glass company in the US. People wanted Fostoria settings on their Sunday and holiday dinner tables. China cabinets showed off extensive Fostoria collections. Though strong enough to survive the Great Depression, changing tastes and foreign competition led to Fostoria’s closing. The workers who created these beautiful patterns and pieces of glassware were hard-working artists. Fostoria was a ‘family’ to them. These are their memories, gathered by Gary Rider and Roseanna Dakan Keller. Facebook Event Read the full article

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