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ROLEPLAYING HISTORY

 The rules are simple! Post ten characters you’d like to role play as, have role played as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten characters, just write down however many you can and tag the same amount of people). Aside from that, please repost instead of reblogging!

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

kai parker chase collins ( venexicus - hiatus )

WANT TO/WOULD PLAY:

francis ( reign ) or just a oc with toby regbo’s as the fc bucky barnes

i have zero time for any of these tbh, but wishful thinking i suppose

HAVE PLAYED:

tyler lockwood  stefan salvatore matt donovan kol mikaelson jeremy gilbert matt daehler  isaac lahey peter parker ( andrew garfield ftw ) gwen stacy

WILL/WOULD PLAY AGAIN:

tbh i would bring my tyler back but, i just... it’s hard for me to bring him back i guess? because when i did rp him, there were so many people that i had storylines with and to know that i couldn’t carry those on just sucks? that and i just feel like it’s best if i let my tyler rest. ( i put him through so much. like omg. ) but, other than that... probs gwen if i could but, even still, i have zero time. 

TAGGED BY: no one!

TAGGING: everyone!!

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Don’t Call It Street Style

In a photograph by Sara Hylton, a confident woman stands in profile for a portrait. Wearing a patterned shirtdress and gleaming brass jewelry, she exudes style. What is not immediately apparent is that the picture was shot in South Sudan, a young, war-torn country where even carrying a camera in public is dangerous.

In this moment, though, the conflict is quiet; commanding the frame is Akuja de Garang’s self-possession, her unbroken spirit. What you see and what surrounds the subject are two seemingly contradictory stories, raising the question of how content and context inform each other.

Before the South Sudanese Civil War broke out, Akuja de Garang, 41, would organize fashion shows and markets. But even in wartime, she believes that style is essential. “We all have to wake up in the morning and get dressed,” she said. “Whatever is happening, life has to go on.”CreditSara Hylton for The New York Times

Over the past year, for The Look, I have assigned 21 photographers around the globe, including Andre Wagner, who navigated the streets of New York, capturing moments that celebrate race and community; Rose Marie Cromwell, who documented Latino culture in Cuba, Colombia and Panama; and An Rong Xu, who explored the hip-hop style of B-boys in South Korea.

The column features a rich perspective that examines style, identity and culture.

In the photo essay by Ms. Hylton, style tells a larger story about pride in South Sudan. Self-expression acts as a way to maintain a sense of normalcy in a place where there is constant conflict. The column will continue to uncover a diverse range of stories that are amplified, or hidden, by the way people present themselves in the world. Here are highlights from The Look in 2017.

CreditAndre D. Wagner for The New York Times

How to take on winter in New York.

CreditDaniel Arnold for The New York Times

Couples getting married in irreverent, wild, untraditional — and sometimes very traditional — ways at the New York City Clerk’s Office.

CreditJake Michaels for The New York Times

On the Mexican side of the border wall, a couple posed for their wedding photos in Tijuana.

A key style element for many men is chunky gold jewelry, including crosses and amulets.CreditRose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

In Havana, Cuba, some people go to lengths such as making their own clothes, having relatives bring pieces from abroad or scouring local vintage spots in order to shape their personal style.

CreditDevin Yalkin for The New York Times

Headscarves and robes stand alongside street wear and dapper suits in Istanbul.

CreditRose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

On Avenida Central in Panama City, you can find everything you need — even a haircut on the side of the road — for a good price.

CreditMark Hartman for The New York Times

Capturing the colorful style of Punjab, India.

Hallie Elizabeth Bevers and Dora Leanne Ivanov in front of the Bellagio on the Strip in Las Vegas.CreditRyan Shorosky for The New York Times

Exploring classic Americana in Las Vegas, Nevada.

CreditAndre D. Wagner for The New York Times

Found moments of community in Brooklyn, New York.

CreditJake Michaels for The New York Times

The vivid world of Miami street style.

Atticus Jones, 19 and Lola Daehler, 19 in Tompkins Square Park.CreditDaniel Weiss for The New York Times

Tompkins Square Park, in the East Village of Manhattan, is an ever-renewing site of youth culture.

The Paratrooper ride gets mixed reviews at the Oyster Bay Oyster Festival.CreditDaniel Arnold for The New York Times

Is fall dead? Daniel Arnold’s photographs showcase the season’s identity crisis.

The members of the Gorilla crew dance on the roof of their studio in the Guui area of Seoul, near Konkuk University.CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times

Seoul’s bumping B-boy scene shows another side of a city better known for K-pop.

Edward Herron, a stylist at 146 in Monrovia, Liberia.CreditYagazie Emezi for The New York Times

Monrovia’s “hipco” clubs showcase a stylish music scene unencumbered by the country’s past.

Ricardo Ryan, 54, has been a Smiths fan since 1985.CreditRyan Lowry for The New York Times

In Southern California, Morrissey fans showed their devotion in their element.

A couple salsa dancing at Viejoteca Pardo Llada.CreditRose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

In Cali, Colombia’s salsa capital, dancing can start as early as the afternoon, and the energy never lets up.

Reign ApiimCreditAmy Arbus for The New York Times

Diverse headwear on the streets of New York City.

“I want to express myself without any judgment,” Paulina Aguilar said of her personal style. “I know people are going to judge, regardless. So I’d rather dress however I want to dress.”CreditJohn Francis Peters for The New York Times

Youth in San Diego: skateboards, beach hangs and Chicano culture.

From left, Brenn Lorenzo, 18, and Tre-Vaughn Fullerton, 19.CreditJeffrey Henson Scales

In the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, lines of “new geeks” form early and last long for the newest limited-edition product “drops.”

Men with motorbikes wear colorful traditional clothes during Eid celebrations by the Qargha Dam. CreditLoulou d’Aki for The New York Times

A mix of tradition and trend in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Milcos, a designer and the founder of the brand Nio Far,CreditJake Michaels for The New York Times

Contemporary and traditional style in Dakar, Senegal.

CreditAndre D. Wagner for The New York Times

An ode to acts of kindness on the New York City subway.

Children try on new identities at New York Costumes.CreditDaniel Arnold for The New York Times

CreditSasha Arutyunova for The New York Times

Long gone are the days of party-issued uniforms and uninspired Soviet style in Russia.

Felicity Jaime, 18 poses for a portrait.CreditRyan Pfluger for The New York Times

The faces of New York City’s Pride parade.

CreditJake Michaels for The New York Times

At the pride parade in Tijuana, Mexico.

HarlemCreditAndre D. Wagner for The New York Times

Sunday best in Harlem and Brooklyn.

EVE LYONS

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The Chariot: Issue IV

Original Publication Date: 02 September 2017

Pioneering the Asian Age By: Aramis Giordano

The Carlsburgh Mysteries finale signaled the end of The Stagnant Age, which spanned three years (2013-2016) starting with The Eternal Fire (April 16, 2013) and ending with Inferno (November 11, 2016), and gave rise to the new era in the entertainment industry – The Asian Age - which began with Death Note (March 24, 2017). The growing interest towards the Asian culture, history, and language began in Davis Wylde’s revolutionary short-lived series Dandridge (2016) through his incorporation of various taboo storylines and diverse characters. One of the main supporting characters, Daniella Kobayashi, played by Keira Kuyama, drew public interest in the Japanese and Korean cultures through her weekly vlogs reacting to Korean popular music videos, trying out Japanese and Korean cuisines, and her vacation video blogs in Asian countries. Through Keira’s videos, her viewers, who are mostly avid fans from the Western hemisphere of both Carlsburgh Mysteries and Dandridge, celebrate various Asian cultures with her – something that is unprecedented in the White-majority entertainment industry.

This growing interest in Asian culture lead to the MC Company (now MC-Wylde) releasing the first live adaptation of Death Note, which was initially criticized for casting White actors for its major roles. The success of Death Note prompted then-MC Company to release more live adaptations of Japanese anime (the Sword Art Online series and Your Lie in April). Interest in Korean films followed with the release of Boys Over Flowers after an increase in KPOP react videos by Keira Kuyama herself.

​During the promotion tour for ALfheim Online in the summer of 2017, Keira stayed in Seoul, South Korea to immerse herself in the Korean culture, which led to a number of Korean videos further increasing the public’s growing interest on the cultural and historical videos outside the White Western media. This fast-growing interest of both Japanese and Korean cultures is the reason Davis Wylde created a new series manufacturing new celebrities, called Surveillance, which will go against The X Factor after the show faced backlash earlier in the year for its lack of diversity.

Former X Factor director, Omar Vanderkoff, steps down and is replaced by Alistair Sullivan for the upcoming ninth season after facing criticism of how he handled the diversity issue in Season 8. Omar Vanderkoff helmed the successful series since its conception in 2012, which saw the rise of Music Generation’s Aubree Jones. With his resignation as The X Factor’s director, Hollywood Studios President, Lawrence Harland, acknowledged his contribution to the entertainment industry in the last five years and promoted him as the company’s chairman (who is also responsible for the Ross Awards) after the previous chairman, Francis Daehler, resigned last week. Hollywood Studios has recently been facing a lot of backlash due to its lack of diversity in its movies. In this year’s contenders for the Ross Awards, Hollywood Studios is releasing Omelas and 1872, both studded with White casts, and the studio is facing a growing pressure to incorporate more diversity in its workplace and movies.

MC-Wylde, officially used for the first time in Your Lie in April, is aiming to release more movies within the next few years that celebrates diversity, especially catering to the Asian wave. Davis Wylde particularly incorporates celebrities from very diverse backgrounds in his films, gaining public approval after an unprecedented hiring of Asian directors for Death Note (Itsuki Nakamura), Sword Art Online (Erika Yamamoto), and Your Lie in April (Eliza Maleenon), and casting Asians of different nationalities in major roles such as Rohan Kumar (Boys Over Flowers) and Park Jungmin, Riza Yuki, and Bodhi Zhao (You Lie in April). Davis cites that he wants to “normalize diversity in the entertainment industry by acknowledging the creative contributions of non-White artists” amid criticism from his White viewers accusing him of racism towards Whites. “People of color are very underrepresented since the conception of the entertainment industry in 2009. I cannot name a movie or a show with a Latin American or Asian as its lead”. Davis further defends his stance by saying he wants to provide a platform for people of color to catch up on the achievements that White celebrities have experienced in the last eight years. This year’s contenders for the Ross Awards are very racially and culturally diverse; and frankly, this might be a very exciting era of change and progress.

Indiana Jenkins: Dead in Phuket By: Aramis Giordano Original Publication Date: 10 September 2017

Phuket, Thailand. It was supposed to be a fun weekend for the group consisting of Indiana Jenkins and her fiancé Rutherford Jackson, and the couple Emilio Rojas and Madison Leigh Stewart, which ended in Indiana’s body washing ashore Raya Island in the evening of Friday, September 9, 2017. The Thai police was notified of Indiana’s disappearance early morning Friday when her friend, Madison Leigh, found her missing in the yacht they were aboard on. The four left Los Angeles to Phuket on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, and stayed at a local hotel upon arrival. Madison Leigh claims that the couple has been arguing over Indiana’s nightclub life over the labor day weekend a few days before, but didn’t treat it as something worrisome. The four planned to board the yacht on Thursday evening, September 7, 2017, which was rented by Rutherford Jackson as a getaway. Indiana invited Madison Leigh for the trip last week without any arguments from Rutherford. “It was very last minute and Diana said that Rudy was very excited about it”, Madison Leigh claims.

As this story progresses, Vanity Chariot has interviewed both Madison Leigh as the memories are still fresh in her head. “We went drinking at a club near where the yacht was docked,” Madison Leigh starts. “We’ve had a few drinks, but Indiana maybe had a little bit more wine”. Madison Leigh describes Rutherford as “quiet” and “reserved” that night, which is completely different than his usually loud personality. “Something was odd that night and I thought it was just from their argument earlier”. It was Indiana’s idea to go drinking before they boarded the yacht, which Rutherford was against with. Before leaving the hotel room, Madison Leigh overheard them from the other room arguing over Indiana wanting to go out, and Rutherford worrying over her “throwing herself to another guy”. She heard the door slam and Indiana knocked on her door asking if she’s ready.

It was an hour after they arrived at the club when Rutherford catches up to Indiana, Madison Leigh and Emilio. Rutherford had a blank expression on his face and didn’t seem angry. It was Indiana’s fifth shot when she started dancing with Emilio, in which Madison Leigh wasn’t worried about.

Half an hour later, Rutherford walked Indiana, Madison Leigh, and Emilio to board the Serendipity. There was a small dinner set up for the four, but Indiana wanted to rest for a while. Rutherford asked Madison Leigh and Emilio to go ahead and finish the dinner and he’ll set up another one just for the two of them later in the night. He walked Indiana to the bedroom, and that was the last time Madison Leigh saw Indiana that night.

The captain of the yacht, Klahan Chankul, claimed not to hear any suspicious arguments throughout the rest of the night.

Meanwhile, Madison Leigh and Emilio had dinner and went to the game room around midnight - an hour after Rutherford walked Indiana to the bedroom. Madison Leigh wanted to check up on Indiana, but Emilio told her to not bother the couple. That was the last memory Madison Leigh had before crashing on the couch.

Around 2:30 AM, Madison was the first one to wake up, noticing Emilio absent in the game room. She found him sleeping on the deck, but neither Indiana nor Rutherford were around. Madison Leigh checked the bedroom to see Rutherford pacing back and forth sweating - he asked Madison Leigh if she had found Indiana yet and said that he fell asleep when he was supposed to be watching over her. They both go to the captain and Emilio who have not seen her. After looking through the yacht, the captain of the yacht found that the dingy has been detached. That was when Madison tried calling Indiana, but to no avail. The captain docked the yacht and asked Madison to phone the police.

A search was conducted throughout dawn and there were still no signs of Indiana. Thai police took Rutherford Jackson into custody for questioning and as a possible suspect. Emilio and Madison followed.

Rutherford was held until early afternoon where he called his parents in Los Angeles about the issue.

Later in the evening, Thai police contacted Rutherford, Emilio, and Madison that Indiana’s body had been found. Upon initial inspection, she had multiple bruises throughout her arms and legs, but no signs of bleeding. Her body is being sent back to Los Angeles upon her parents’ requests for autopsy. Thai police asks Rutherford to stay for further questioning.

The Vanity Chariot will continue reporting as the story progresses.

The Asian Saga By: Aramis Giordano Original Publication Date: 30 October 2017

The Asian Age has been conquering the entertainment industry ever since it started with Death Note on March 24 this year. Following the release of the first movie of the trilogy, MC-Wylde introduced more Japanese-based movies, the Sword Art Online series and Your Lie in April. Even after the success of these movies, Davis Wylde starts off another avalanche by announcing the Asian Saga – a proposed five to ten Korean-based movies to be released throughout the first six months of 2018. Production for four confirmed Asian Saga movies have already concluded: Erica Maleenon’s Descendants of the Sun (February 24, 2018) stars Evan Tanaka, Keira Kuyama, Park Jungmin, and Joanna Park, Jang Minho’s W and W2 (November 3, 2017 and March 9, 2018) stars Park Jungmin, Joanna Park, Nam Taemin, and Lee Jiyeon and is the first movie to ever be studded with an entire Korean cast, Anh Siyeon’s Feral (January 12, 2018) stars Lee Jiyeon, Yoon Jaehwa, and Jeong Minhyuk, and Choi Soohyun’s The Pinocchio Syndrome and The Pinocchio Syndrome 2 (March 16 and March 30, 2018) stars Nam Taemin, Song Yeonhee, and Jeong Minhyuk.

Due to the complicated plot lines and the anticipation and hype surrounding Jang Minho’s W, Davis Wylde confirmed that the original movie will be split into two parts – with the release of the first movie being moved up to November 3, just a week prior to the Grand Nomination Event on November 11. This year marks the first time Davis will be participating in the Ross Awards competition as the president of an established film studio. He cites the unprecedented movie with W to his confidence on the success of the movie and the dedication of the fans to the Asian wave. W2 remains in its March 9, 2018 slot to mark the weekly release of the Asian Saga movies.

Following the move of splitting W into two movies was another announcement of a two-parter, The Pinocchio Syndrome and The Pinocchio Syndrome 2 to be both released alongside the other Korean-based movies. With The Pinocchio Syndrome, Davis was dedicated on presenting and elaborating a storyline that would be too dense for one movie and he is optimistic that the two films would greatly contribute to the success of the Asian Saga. Together with the news of The Pinocchio Syndrome, two more Korean-based movies have been greenlit and are ready for production: I Can Hear Your Voice and While You Were Sleeping. Davis opened Surveillance: Reel 2 to fill the cast of the future Asian Saga movies with the chosen housemates, all of Asian descents. The first two evicted housemates, Jeon Jihoon and Rio Tran are confirmed to have been casted for the Asian Saga.

In response to his unconventional casting, Davis shares his fear of what is now called the Spencer-McKinley Syndrome, in which the same actor is casted for all the main roles. In some cases, the actor plays a similar role in every movie, known as typecasting, due to its success from their previous similar roles. The combination of typecasting and Spencer-McKinley Syndrome lead to audience fatigue, which was very prevalent during the Stagnant Age. Although, this has been plaguing the industry since the Golden Age, it did not come into scrutiny until the previous age, notably with Jaci Spencer and Shannon McKinley. Davis plans to have different actors playing the main roles in each of the Asian Saga movies to avoid the syndrome and hoping to prolong the current prosperous era.

During an interview about the future of the entertainment industry beyond the Asian Saga, Davis Wylde teased the remake of Carlsburgh Mysteries for its five-year anniversary in 2019 with a working title of just Carlsburgh alone; he also continued hinting that iCarly will also be released that same year to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Any further information on the two future movies are not shared until closer to the production dates.

2018 is right around the corner and MC-Wylde has already finished filming nine movies for the next year’s awards season proving to be a tough competition for Lawrence Harland’s Hollywood Studios, which has been facing backlash on its attempt to join in the Asian Age by confirming the production of Daisy Campbell’s Tokyo Ghoul, slated to be released April 14, 2018. The backlash started from the announcement of Alexander Avanda and Riella Harland playing the main characters Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima, both of whom are of Japanese descent. No comments have been made from the representative of the studio, although it is certain that the movie will be released without any changes in its cast.