#jeremy joyce

[paulftompkins]

THURSDAY 24 AUGUST 2023 LOS ANGELES CA USA 7:30pm

DYNASTY TYPEWRITER

SUPEREGO: FORGOTTEN CLASSICS

SUPEREGO: FORGOTTEN CLASSICS is a bold interpretation of the great works of literature. So bold in fact, nobody at Superego even bothered to read them. In this live and live-streamed show our players will improvise a famous work of fiction, one with which they’re not at all familiar. They’ll be given only the book’s title, its first and last lines, and the names of its characters. The rest is up to them.

This time out, Superego reimagines James Joyce’s Ulysses!

Featuring:

James Bladon

Jeremy Carter

Matt Gourley

Mark McConville

Paul F. Tompkins

LIVE AND LIVESTREAMED!

TICKETS

[glitter-troublewind]

Characters as Sun + Moons

Aries Sun + Aries Moon = Paris Gellar ( Gilmore Girls )

Aries Sun + Taurus Moon = George Costanza ( Seinfeld)

Aries Sun + Gemini Moon = Mulan

Aries Sun + Cancer Moon = Grandpa Joe ( Derry Girls)

Aries Sun + Leo Moon = Andrew Bernard ( The Office)

Aries Sun + Virgo Moon = Dennis Reynolds ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Aries Sun + Libra Moon = Dee Reynolds ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Aries Sun + Scorpio Moon = Devi ( Never Have I Ever)

Aries Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Maury ( Big Mouth)

Aries Sun + Capricorn Moon = Mallory Archer ( Archer)

Aries Sun + Aquarius Moon = Coach ( New Girl )

Taurus Sun + Aries Moon = David Rose ( Schitt's Creek)

Taurus Sun + Taurus Moon = Sister Michael (Derry Girls)

Taurus Sun + Gemini Moon = Mr. Big ( Sex & The City)

Taurus Sun + Cancer Moon = Nick Miller (New Girl)

Taurus Sun + Leo Moon = Aurora

Taurus Sun + Libra Moon = Jerry Seinfeld ( Seinfeld)

Taurus Sun + Scorpio Moon = Ron ( Parks and Recreation)

Taurus Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Lorelei Gilmore

Taurus Sun Aquarius Moon = John Smith ( Pocahontas)

Taurus Sun + Pisces Moon = Jeremy ( The Mindy Project)

Gemini Sun + Aries Moon = Claire ( Derry Girls)

Gemini Sun + Taurus Moon = Summer ( Rick & Morty)

Gemini Sun + Gemini Moon = Jay ( Big Mouth)

Gemini Sun + Cancer Moon = Michael (The Good Place)

Gemini Sun + Leo Moon = Lois Griffin ( Family Guy)

Gemini Sun + Virgo Moon = Rachel ( Georgia Rule)

Gemini Sun + Libra Moon = Christopher Hayden ( Gilmore Girls)

Gemini Sun + Scorpio Moon = Emily Gilmore

Gemini Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Merida ( Brave)

Gemini Sun + Capricorn Moon = Ryan ( The Office)

Gemini Sun + Pisces Moon = Anisa ( Never Have I Ever)

Cancer Sun + Aries Moon = Morty ( Rick & Morty)

Cancer Sun + Taurus Moon = Charlotte York ( Sex & The City)

Cancer Sun + Gemini Moon = Charlie ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Cancer Sun + Leo Moon = Tidus ( Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

Cancer Sun Libra Moon = Snow White

Cancer Sun Scorpio Moon = Bella Swan (Twilight)

Cancer Sun Capricorn Moon = Ross Geller ( Friends)

Cancer Sun + Aquarius Moon = Anne ( Parks and Recreation)

Cancer Sun + Pisces Moon = James ( Derry Girls)

Leo Sun + Aries Moon = Mack ( It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Leo Sun + Taurus Moon = Cici ( New Girl)

Leo Sun + Gemini Moon = Aladin

Leo Sun + Cancer Moon = Tom Haverford ( Parks and Recreation)

Leo Sun + Leo Moon = Tahani ( The Good Place)

Leo Sun + Virgo Moon = Jenny Joyce ( Derry Girls)

Leo Sun + Libra Moon = Lea ( Big Mouth)

Leo Sun + Scorpio Moon = Moira Rose ( Schitt's Creek)

Leo Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Samantha Jones ( Sex & The City)

Leo Sun Capricorn Moon = Richard Gilmore

Leo Sun + Aquarius Moon = Mindy Lahiri ( The Mindy Project)

Leo Sun + Pisces Moon = Rapunzel

Virgo Sun + Aries Moon = Monica Geller

Virgo Sun + Taurus Moon = Ben Wyatt ( Parks and Recreation)

Virgo Sun + Gemini Moon = Matthew ( Big Mouth)

Virgo Sun + Cancer Moon = Chidi ( The Good Place)

Virgo Sun + Leo Moon = Michele Gerard ( Gilmore Girls)

Virgo Sun + Libra Moon = Carrie Bradshaw ( Sex & The City)

Virgo Sun + Scorpio Moon = Belle ( Beauty & The Beast)

Virgo Sun + Capricorn Moon = Johnny Rose ( Schitt's Creek)

Virgo Sun + Aquarius Moon = Brian Griffin ( Family Guy)

Libra Sun Aries Moon = Archer

Libra Sun + Taurus Moon = Cinderella

Libra Sun + Gemini Moon = Alexis Rose ( Schitt's Creek)

Libra Sun + Cancer Moon = Jess Day ( New Girl)

Libra Sun + Leo Moon = Rachel Green ( Friends)

Libra Sun + Virgo Moon = Rory Gilmore

Libra Sun + Libra Moon = Kimmy Schmidt ( Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

Libra Sun + Scorpio Moon = Jim ( The Office)

Libra Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Tamra ( The Mindy Project)

Libra Sun + Capricorn Moon = Prince Eric ( The Little Mermaid)

Libra Sun + Aquarius Moon = Kamila ( Never Have I Ever)

Libra Sun + Pisces Moon = Chris Triegger ( Parks and Recreation)

Scorpio Sun + Aries Moon = Luke Danes ( Gilmore Girls)

Scorpio Sun + Taurus Moon = Danny Castellano ( The Mindy Project)

Scorpio Sun + Gemini Moon = April Ludgate ( Parks and Recreation)

Scorpio Sun + Cancer Moon = Paxton Yoshida ( Never Have I Ever)

Scorpio Sun + Leo Moon = The Beast ( Beauty & The Beast)

Scorpio Sun + Virgo Moon = Dwight Schrute ( The Office)

Scorpio Sun + Libra Moon = Molly ( Insecure)

Scorpio Sun + Scorpio Moon = Judd ( Big Mouth)

Scorpio Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Michelle ( Derry Girls)

Scorpio Sun + Capricorn Moon = Elsa ( Frozen )

Scorpio Sun + Aquarius Moon = Mutt ( Schitt's Creek)

Sagittarius Sun + Aries Moon = Kelly ( Insecure)

Sagittarius Sun + Taurus Moon = Joey Tribiani ( Friends)

Sagittarius Sun + Gemini Moon = Logan Huntzberger (Gilmore Girls)

Sagittarius Sun + Cancer Moon = Peter ( The Mindy Project)

Sagittarius Sun + Leo Moon = Andy ( Parks and Recreation)

Sagittarius Sun + Virgo Moon = Peter Griffin ( Family Guy)

Sagittarius Sun + Libra Moon = Michael Scott ( The Office)

Sagittarius Sun + Scorpio Moon = Eleanor ( The Good Place )

Sagittarius Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Lola ( Big Mouth )

Sagittarius Sun + Capricorn Moon = Schmidt ( New Girl)

Sagittarius Sun + Aquarius Moon = Kramer ( Seinfeld)

Sagittarius Sun + Pisces Moon = Eleanor ( Never Have I Ever)

Capricorn Sun + Aries Moon = Mrs. Kim ( Gilmore Girls)

Capricorn Sun + Taurus Moon = Ben Grosse ( Never Have I Ever)

Capricorn Sun + Gemini Moon = Chandler Bing ( Friends )

Capricorn Sun + Cancer Moon = Stevie Budd ( Schitt's Creek)

Capricorn Sun + Leo Moon = Jan ( The Office)

Capricorn Sun + Virgo Moon = Mary ( Derry Girls)

Capricorn Sun + Libra Moon = Leslie Knope ( Parks and Recreation)

Capricorn Sun + Scorpio Moon = Miranda ( Sex & The City)

Capricorn Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Lana ( Archer)

Capricorn Sun + Capricorn Moon = Jessi ( Big Mouth )

Capricorn Sun + Aquarius Moon = Princess Tiana (The Frog Prince)

Aquarius Sun + Aries Moon = Beth ( Rick & Morty)

Aquarius Sun + Taurus Moon = Father Peter ( Derry Girls)

Aquarius Sun + Gemini Moon = Jasper Cullen ( Twilight)

Aquarius Sun + Cancer Moon = Pocahontas

Aquarius Sun + Leo Moon = Rolland Schitt ( Schitt's Creek)

Aquarius Sun + Virgo Moon = Issa ( Insecure)

Aquarius Sun + Libra Moon = Janet ( The Good Place)

Aquarius Sun + Scorpio Moon = Fabiola ( Never Have I Ever)

Aquarius Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Rick ( Rick & Morty )

Aquarius Sun + Capricorn Moon = Elaine ( Seinfeld)

Aquarius Sun + Aquarius Moon = Missy ( Big Mouth)

Aquarius Sun + Pisces Moon = Lane Kim ( Gilmore Girls)

Pisces Sun + Aries Moon = Morgan ( The Mindy Project)

Pisces Sun + Taurus Moon = Sookie St.James ( Gilmore Girls)

Pisces Sun + Gemini Moon = Jianyu ( The Good Place)

Pisces Sun + Virgo Moon = Ariel ( The Little Mermaid)

Pisces Sun + Libra Moon = Winston ( New Girl)

Pisces Sun + Scorpio Moon = Pam ( The Office)

Pisces Sun + Sagittarius Moon = Chris Griffin ( Family Guy)

Pisces Sun + Capricorn Moon = Patrick ( Schitt's Creek)

Pisces Sun + Aquarius Moon = Phoebe Bouffe ( Friends )

Pisces Sun + Pisces Moon = Orla ( Derry Girls)

[jesuisgourde]

A list of all the books mentioned in Peter Doherty's journals (and in some interviews/lyrics, too)

Because I just made this list in answer to someone's question on a facebook group, I thought I may as well post it here.

-The Picture of Dorian Gray/The Ballad Of Reading Gaol/Salome/The Happy Prince/The Duchess of Padua, all by Oscar Wilde -The Thief's Journal/Our Lady Of The Flowers/Miracle Of The Rose, all by Jean Genet -A Diamond Guitar by Truman Capote -Mixed Essays by Matthew Arnold -Venus In Furs by Leopold Sacher-Masoch -The Ministry Of Fear by Graham Greene -Brighton Rock by Graham Green -A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud -The Street Of Crocodiles (aka Cinnamon Shops) by Bruno Schulz -Opium: The Diary Of His Cure by Jean Cocteau -The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson -Howl by Allen Ginsberg -Women In Love by DH Lawrence -The Tempest by William Shakespeare -Trilby by George du Maurier -The Vision Of Jean Genet by Richard Coe -"Literature And The Crisis" by Isaiah Berlin -Le Cid by Pierre Corneille -The Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon -Junky by William S Burroughs -Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes -Futz by Rochelle Owens -They Shoot Horses Don't They? by Horace McCoy -"An Inquiry On Love" by La revolution surrealiste magazine -Idea by Michael Drayton -"The Nymph's Reply to The Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh -Hamlet by William Shakespeare -The Silver Shilling/The Old Church Bell/The Snail And The Rose Tree all by Hans Christian Andersen -120 Days Of Sodom by Marquis de Sade -Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke -Poetics Of Space by Gaston Bachelard -In Favor Of The Sensitive Man and Other Essays by Anais Nin -La Batarde by Violette LeDuc -Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov -Intimate Journals by Charles Baudelaire -Juno And The Paycock by Sean O'Casey -England Is Mine by Michael Bracewell -"The Prelude" by William Wordsworth -Noise: The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Atalli -"Elm" by Sylvia Plath -"I am pleased with my sight..." by Rumi -She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith -Amphitryon by John Dryden -Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellman -The Song Of The South by James Rennell Rodd -In Her Praise by Robert Graves -"For That He Looked Not Upon Her" by George Gascoigne -"Order And Disorder" by Lucy Hutchinson -Man Crazy by Joyce Carol Oates -A Pictorial History Of Sex In The Movies by Jeremy Pascall and Clyde Jeavons -Anarchy State & Utopia by Robert Nozick -"Limbo" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge -Men In Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century by George Haggerty

[arbitrary line break because tumble hates lists apparently]

-Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky -Innocent When You Dream: the Tom Waits Reader -"Identity Card" by Mahmoud Darwish -Ulysses by James Joyce -The Four Quartets poems by TS Eliot -Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare -A'Rebours/Against The Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans -Prisoner Of Love by Jean Genet -Down And Out In Paris And London by George Orwell -The Man With The Golden Arm by Nelson Algren -Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates -"Epitaph To A Dog" by Lord Byron -Cocaine Nights by JG Ballard -"Not By Bread Alone" by James Terry White -Anecdotes Of The Late Samuel Johnson by Hester Thrale -"The Owl And The Pussycat" by Edward Lear -"Chevaux de bois" by Paul Verlaine -A Strong Song Tows Us: The Life of Basil Bunting by Richard Burton -Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes -The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri -The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling -The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling -Ask The Dust by John Frante -On The Trans-Siberian Railways by Blaise Cendrars -The 39 Steps by John Buchan -The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol -The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol -The Iliad by Homer -Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad -The Volunteer by Shane O'Doherty -Twenty Love Poems and A Song Of Despair by Pablo Neruda -"May Banners" by Arthur Rimbaud -Literary Outlaw: The life and times of William S Burroughs by Ted Morgan -The Penguin Dorothy Parker -Smoke by William Faulkner -Hero And Leander by Christopher Marlowe -My Lady Nicotine by JM Barrie -All I Ever Wrote by Ronnie Barker -The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys -On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts by Thomas de Quincey -The Void Ratio by Shane Levene and Karolina Urbaniak -The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro -Dead Fingers Talk by William S Burroughs -The England's Dreaming Tapes by Jon Savage -London Underworld by Henry Mayhew

[you-know-i-get-itt]

obsessed with the idea of jeremy loving hamlet and much ado and i cannot believe i never stopped to think about what his favorite books would be (& specifically which of the classics he most love) before now and i would LOVE to hear any further thoughts you have on this to supplement my own contemplation🫡

HELL YES MY FRIEND

okay fair warning: a good deal of this will be projection, but hey.

a portrait of the artist as a young man by james joyce: guilt!!! so much guilt! and it’s also absolutely delightful to jeremy that such an overtly religion-questioning queercoded book was published in 1916 ireland. and while he doesn’t relate directly to stephen (lack of religious trauma + lack of loving family) he does relate a lot to cranly

ulysses by james joyce (which i haven’t even read yet, so this can’t be projection): he just really likes it okay. english lit majors need to love ulysses

every single thing by ursula le guin: not classics exactly, but he loves the way she challenges normal literary canon expectations, and he just generally really likes unconventional storytelling

okay projection time: the goldfinch by donna tartt. he loves the goldfinch because i love the goldfinch and also because of the culminating realisation of “the space between reality and the point at which the mind hits reality, the rainbow edge where all art exists, and all magic.” also because literature (art) was a very important part of his growth as an individual and he can see that reflected in the goldfinch

he has something against charles dickens. he doesn’t like him

complicated relationship with byron. he can talk for hours about the romantic friend group (byron, the shellys, keats, polidori) and also about the unconventional nature of byron’s poetry, but he will also never miss the opportunity to drag byron through the mud

what about you what do you think??

[wolfstarr-the-sequel]

Tf2 Headcanona

I like to think Scout's whole family has J names. Scout is 26 in 1972. So if we assume Scout's mom started having kids when she was 18 and had one child per year leading up to jeremy, she is around 51 un '72. Which means she must've been born in the early 1920s. If we go off popular names at the time I think her name is Joyce.

[cavillanche]

If anyone wants to have some fun in my ask box, I had a super stressful day and I just need to do nothing all night.

Games like:

This or That

Marry, Kiss, Kill

Make Me Choose

Or just ask questions, give your opinions. Anons are welcome!

Celebs I love:

Henry Cavill

Jeremy Renner

Nathan Fillion

Ben Barnes

Tom Hiddleston

Jensen Ackles

Zachary Levi

Adam Baldwin

Characters and Fandoms:

Marvel (Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Bucky Barnes, Grant Ward, Loki, Wanda Maximoff, Natasha Romonov)

Lord of the Rings (Aragorn)

Psych (Carlton Lassiter)

Chuck (Chuck Bartowski, John Casey)

Castle

The Blacklist (Raymond Reddington, Tom Keen)

Supernatural (Dean Winchester, Arthur Ketch)

The X-Files

FRIENDS

Haven (Duke Crocker)

Stranger Things (Steve Harrington, Jim Hopper, Dustin Henderson, Joyce Byers)

All Cavill characters I’ve seen

All Renner characters I’ve seen

All Barnes characters I’ve seen

Most Hiddleston characters I’ve seen

Musicians I love:

Skillet

Evanescence

Linkin Park

David Crowder

Flyleaf

Queen

Billy Joel

Bon Jovi

Louis Armstrong

Eva Cassidy

Matchbox Twenty

George Michael

Michael Jackson

Janet Jackson

Phil Collins

Jeremy Renner (yes, the actor)

Jim Croce

Otis Redding

Patsy Cline

So many more… I love music

[awkward-anxiety]

1x1 RP Request

Hey there! My name’s Teddy, but you can also call me Theo, Ted, or Tedster—whatever feels right! I’m 23 and looking for a long-term, detailed roleplay partner who loves angst, slow-burn romance, and deep character development just as much as I do.

I’ve been roleplaying since I was around 17, starting on Amino before moving to Discord. I took a small hiatus last year due to personal issues, but I’m back and ready to start writing again. I focus on quality over excessive length and love exploring my favorite characters in unique and compelling ways. If you enjoy in-depth storytelling, found family dynamics, and emotional intensity, we’ll probably get along great!

🐶 Bungou Stray Dogs

✨ Experienced: Dazai Osamu ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Ranpo, Fyodor, Sigma, Chuuya, Ango, Oda, Fukuzawa, Mori 💕 Ships:

Soukoku (Dazai x Chuuya)

Fyozai (Dazai x Fyodor)

Ranpoe (Ranpo x Poe)

Decay Trio (Fyodor x Chuuya x Dazai)

Mersault (Sigma x Dazai x Fyodor x Nikolai x Chuuya)

Odango (Oda x Ango)

FukuFuku (Fukuzawa x Fukuchi)

FukuMori (Fukuzawa x Mori)

🐢 Rise of the TMNT

✨ Experienced: Donnie ⭐ Intermediate: Raph, Mikey, Leo 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships: —

😈 Hazbin Hotel

✨ Experienced: Alastor ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Vox, Lucifer 💕 Ships:

RadioApple (Alastor x Lucifer)

RadioStatic (Alastor x Vox)

AppleMedia (Alastor x Lucifer x Vox)

🚲 Stranger Things

✨ Experienced: Mike Wheeler ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington, Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers 💕 Ships:

Byler (Mike x Will)

Jopper (Joyce x Jim)

Stoncy (Steve x Jonathan x Nancy)

🎈 IT

✨ Experienced: Richie Tozier ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships:

Reddie (Richie x Eddie)

Stozier (Stan x Richie)

PolyLosers (Any mix of the Losers Club)

Stenbrough (Stan x Bill)

🕵️‍♂️ Sherlock (BBC & Moriarty the Patriot)

✨ Experienced: Sherlock Holmes (BBC & Moriarty the Patriot) ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Mycroft (BBC), William Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) 💕 Ships:

Johnlock (Sherlock x John)

🛹 Sk8 the Infinity

✨ Experienced: — ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Reki Kyan, Joe, Cherry 💕 Ships:

Renga (Reki x Langa)

CherryMacha (Cherry x Joe)

🔥 Moriarty The Patriot

✨ Experienced: Sherlock Holmes ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: William Moriarty 💕 Ships:

Sherlock x William Moriarty

🦸 MCU

✨ Experienced: Peter Parker ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Tony Stark, Harley Keener, Stephen Strange 💕 Ships:

Parkner (Peter Parker x Harley Keener)

IronStrange (Tony Stark x Stephen Strange)

🐦 The Goldfinch

✨ Experienced: — ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: Boris Pavlikovsky 💕 Ships:

Boreo (Boris x Theo)

💊 Be More Chill

✨ Experienced: Jeremy Heere ⭐ Intermediate: Michael Mell 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships:

Boyf Friends (Jeremy x Michael)

🌳 Dear Evan Hansen

✨ Experienced: Evan Hansen ⭐ Intermediate: Jared Kleinman 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships:

Kleinsen (Connor x Jared)

Sincerely Three (Evan x Connor x Jared)

Treebros (Evan x Connor)

🧳 Book Of Mormon

✨ Experienced: Kevin Price ⭐ Intermediate: — 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships:

McPriceley (Kevin Price x Connor McKinley)

🌈 Falsettos

✨ Experienced: Marvin ⭐ Intermediate: Jason 🔹 Beginner: — 💕 Ships:

Whizvin (Whizzer x Marvin)

📜 Hamilton

✨ Experienced: Alexander Hamilton ⭐ Intermediate: Thomas Jefferson 🔹 Beginner: John Laurens 💕 Ships:

Jamilton (Jefferson x Hamilton)

Hamilsquad (Hamilton x Laurens x Lafayette x Mulligan)

Lams (Laurens x Hamilton)

📖 Plot Ideas & AU Preferences 📖

I love character-driven narratives, emotional arcs, and unique settings! Here are a few plot ideas I’d love to explore, but I’m always open to brainstorming something new:

🌙 Post-Storyline AUs – Could be based right after the initial plot took place or even years after it took place. 

🏠 One Stayed, One Left – One character moved away while the other stayed behind. Maybe they’ve become a parent, or they’re lonely and stuck in the past.

👥 Foster Care AU – One character is almost 18, jaded and angry after being in the system too long, while the other helps them open up. (Works best as a Platonic RP TBH)

🎓 Teachers AU – They reconnect or meet as teachers in the same school.

🌲 Summer Camp Counselors – A chance meeting at a summer camp leads to something deeper. 🎭 Artist x Theater Kid – Opposites attract in an artsy way!

🌀 Group Therapy AU – They meet while working through their personal struggles.

🔄 Body-Swap AU – Chaos, hilarity, and emotional introspection!

🎓 College AU – A fresh start, new friendships, and navigating adulthood together.

⚠️ Boundaries & Triggers ⚠️ 

I love writing angst, but I do have a few limits:

🚫 No excessive gore/violence – I can handle some, but not in large amounts or suddenly.

🚫 No gun-related topics – Guns make me extremely uncomfortable.

🚫 No hospital settings – Please avoid this theme.

🚫 No car crashes – I have a major issue with this topic.

🚫 No animal abuse – Shouldn’t have to say this, but I’ve been proven otherwise.

For dark themes, there needs to be buildup – If a character struggles with something like depression or suicidal ideation, I prefer realistic character development instead of it happening randomly.

📌 RP Style & Preferences 📌

✅ I only RP canon characters – No main OCs (I allow side character OCs, but they must be discussed first).

✅ I write in third-person – I’d prefer if my partner does the same.

✅ No script-style RP – No asterisks for actions or “hfjskdj” in dialogue.

✅ Character ages must be 17+ for romance plots and 18+ for NSFW content – No exceptions.

✅ I prefer partners 18+ but am willing to RP with younger partners as long as the RP stays appropriate.

✅ I match responses but prefer semi-lit to literate – I start off with longer responses but may shorten them as we get comfortable.

📩 Interested? Let’s Chat! 📩

If any of this sounds like your vibe, DM me here or on Discord (@awkward_anxiety)! I love OOC conversations and brainstorming, so don’t be afraid to reach out. Let’s create something amazing together!

[lboogie1906]

Alex Pascall, OBE (November 21, 1936) is a British broadcaster, journalist, musician, composer, oral historian and educator. He was one of the developers of the Notting Hill Carnival, is a political campaigner, and was part of the team behind the birth of Britain’s first national Black newspaper The Voice. Credited with having “established a Black presence in the British media”, he is most notable as having been one of the first regular Black radio voices in the UK, presenting the program Black Londoners on BBC Radio London for 14 years. Black Londoners became the first Black daily radio show in British history.

Born on the island of Grenada, he was the eldest son in a family of 10. He traveled to Britain, having represented his country as a musician in the Bee Wee Ballet Dance Troupe at the inauguration of the Federation of the West Indies. He remained in the UK for more than five decades. He involved himself with music and his group The Alex Pascall Singers, is reportedly the first known multicultural choir in London.

He provided a mouthpiece for many Black musicians, artists, and politicians who either lived in or passed through the capital. Prominent guests on the program from the worlds of politics, sport, literature, and the arts included Muhammad Ali, Alex Haley, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, C. L. R. James, Maurice Bishop, Michael Jackson, Arthur Ashe, Althea McNish, Mustapha Matura, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leon Britton MP, Angela Davis, Miriam Makeba and the Mighty Sparrow, Juliet Alexander, Syd Burke and Mike Phillips.

He presented A Different Rhythm, an eight-part BBC Radio 3 series, on the impact of the Black presence on British music and musicians.

He has researched and presented Caribbean Cocktail on BBC Radio 2, They Came Before the Windrush on BBC Radio 4, Alex Pascall’s Caribbean Folk Music, Let the Music Talk, Sophisticated Ladies, and World War Calypso.

He and his wife Joyce have lived in Crouch Hill, London, since 1959. Their daughter Deirdre is an arts educator, composer for film, professional cellist, and pianist. Their son Ayandele is a film editor. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[most-datable-datable-bracket]

Most Datable Datable Character 2: Round 1 Matchups

Part 1 links below the cut!

Qiu Lin from Our Life: Now and Forever VS Ai Mikaze from Uta no Prince-sama

Pashet from OZMAFIA!! VS Aigis from Persona 3

Flannan Mac Lugh from The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) VS Fenris from Dragon Age 2

Flint from Postknight 2 VS Theo from Titan Arum

Fall-from-Grace from Planescape: Torment VS Xiao from Potion Permit

Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4 VS Kurt from GreedFall

Triss Merigold from The Witcher 3 VS Halsin from Baldur's Gate 3

Rowan from Boyfriend Dungeon VS Yuri Leclerc from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Hook from A Villain's Twisted Heart VS Teo from The Ssum

Edelgard von Hresvelg from Fire Emblem: Three Houses VS Judy Alvarez from Cyberpunk 2077

Tae Takemi from Persona 5 VS Silas from Fire Emblem Fates

Alistair Theirin from Dragon Age: Origins VS Rachel Amber from Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Grim Reaper from A Date with Death VS QueenBee from Arcade Spirits

The Spirit from Hooked on You VS Jynx from Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers

Vetra Nyx from Mass Effect: Andromeda VS Felix Hugo Fraldarius from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Lucifer from Obey Me VS Wakuu from Coral Island

Leviathan from Obey Me VS Allen from Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning

Curtis from Pokemon Black and White 2 VS Imtura Tal Kaelen from Blades of Light and Shadow

Rhapsody from Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers VS Jakob from Fire Emblem Fates

Haley from Stardew Valley VS Cameron from Trouble Comes Twice

Victor from Mr Love: Queen's Choice VS Mary Brown from Romance Club Arcanum

Linhardt von Hevring from Fire Emblem: Three Houses VS Ryoji Mochizuki from Persona 3

Caleb Zheng from Gilded Shadows VS Beelzebub from Obey Me

Sebille Kaleran from Divinity: Original Sin 2 VS Zoe from Monster Prom

Dorian Pavus from Dragon Age: Inquisition VS Felicity from Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning

707 from Mystic Messenger VS Loki from Romance Club Path of the Valkyrie

Lucifer from Romance Club Heaven's Secret VS Joyce from //TODO: today

Stephanie from Trouble Comes Twice VS Edel from Thorn for the Villain

Mitsuru Kirijo from Persona 3 VS Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3

Gale Dekarios from Baldur's Gate 3 VS Bernadetta von Varley from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Elliot Damiani from Changeling VS Jeremy King from XOXO Droplets

Jax Argo from Later Daters VS Bella Goth from The Sims

[paulftompkins]

Thursday August 24th

Live at Dynasty Typewriter

Live-streamed TO THE WORLD

TICKETS

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH J

MASCULINE︰ jace. jack. jackie. jackson. jacob. jaden. jadyn. jaiden. jairo. jake. jalen. jamari. james. jameson. jamey. jamie. jamir. jamison. jared. jaren. jarod. jaron. jarred. jarvis. jase. jasiah. jason. jasper. javier. javyn. jax. jaxen. jaxon. jaxson. jaxton. jaxtyn. jaxxon. jay. jayce. jayceon. jaycob. jayden. jaylen. jayson. jaziel. jeb. jeff. jefferson. jeffery. jeffrey. jem. jemmy. jensen. jenson. jeorge. jepson. jerald. jeremiah. jeremy. jerold. jerry. jess. jesse. jessie. jesus. jett. jim. jimmy. jin. jo. joaquin. joe. joel. joey. john. johnathan. johnie. johnny. johnson. jojo. jon. jonah. jonas. jonathan. jonathon. jones. jordan. jordon. jorge. jose. joseph. josey. josh. joshua. josiah. joss. josue. jovi. joyce. juan. judah. jude. judson. julian. julias. julien. julio. julius. julyan. justice. justin.

FEMININE︰ jacey. jaci. jacinda. jacinth. jackalyn. jacki. jackie. jacklyn. jaclyn. jacqueline jacquelyn. jacquetta. jacqui. jada. jade. jaden. jadyn. jae. jaida. jaiden. jaime. jaimie. jaki. jakki. jamey. jami. jamie. jan. janae. jane. janeka. janel. janele. janella. janelle. janene. janessa. janet. janetta. janette. janey. janice. janie. janine. janis janna. jannah. jannette. jannine. january. jaqueline. jaquelyn. jaslene. jaslyn jasmin. jasmine. jasmyn. jaycee. jayda. jayde. jayden. jaye. jayla. jaylah. jaylee. jayleen. jaylen. jaylene. jaylin. jaylyn. jaylynn. jayma. jayme. jayna jayne. jaynie. jazlyn. jazmin. jazmine. jazmyn. jean. jeana. jeane. jeanette jeanie. jeanine. jeanna. jeanne. jeannette. jeannie. jeannine. jemima. jemma jen. jena. jenae. jenelle. jenessa. jeni. jenifer. jenn. jenna. jenni. jennica jennie. jennifer. jenny. jeri. jerilyn. jerrie. jess. jessa. jessalyn. jessamine. jessamyn. jessi. jessica. jessie. jessika. jessy. jessye. jewel. jewell. jill. jillian. jillie. jilly. jimmie jinny. jo. joan. joandra. joanie. joann. joanna. joanne. jobeth. jocelin jocelyn. jodene. jodi. jodie. jody. joella. joelle. joetta. johna. johnie. johnna johnnie. joi. joisse. jojo. joleen. jolene. jolie. joline. jonelle. jonette. joni. jonie. jonquil. jools. jordan. jordana. jordin. jordyn. jorie. jorja. josceline. joselyn josepha. josephina. josephine. josie. joslyn. joss. josslyn. journee. journey. journi. joy. joyce. joye. jream. jude. judi. judie. judith. judy. jules julia. juliana. julianna. julianne. julie. juliet. july. june. juniper justice. justina. justine. justy.

NEUTRAL︰ jabre. jac. jace. jacey. jack. jackal. jackey. jackie. jacky. jada. jade. jaden. jae. jael. jaelin. jaelyn. jai. jailyn. jaime. jak. jalani. jalen. jam. jamie. jan. jaq. jas. jasper. java. jaw. jay. jaya. jaycee. jayden. jaylen. jaylin. jaylynn. jazz. jean. jeanne. jelani. jelly. jem. jenesis. jennings. jeriah. jericho. jersey. jesiah. jesse. jessie. jet. jewel. jewell. ji. jie. jigsaw. jinx. jireh. jo. joan. jodie. jody. joey. johnnie. join. jojo. jordan. jordi. jordy. jordyn. jorryn. journey. jovi. joy. jream. jru. jrue. ju. jubilee. jude. juke. jule. jules. july. jun. june. junior. juniper. juno. jupiter. justice. justus. jyler. jynx.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, June 3rd - Monday, June 4th

Joyce: (trying to make sense of it) It's because you didn't have a strong father figure, isn't it? Buffy: It's just fate, Mom. I'm the Slayer. Accept it.

~~Becoming~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Love's Cost by Jackdaw816 (Buffy/Spike, past Spike/Drusilla, T)

Lessons In Self Love by zombiesam (Buffy/Giles, Explicit)

The Powers that Were Not by eevol76vamp (AtS ensemble, Desdemona, Whistler, Betta George, not rated, violence warning)

Five Things that Never Happened to Betta George by eevol76vamp (Torchwood crossover, Betta George, not rated, warnings for violence and death)

Snow Day by Nicholas_Oliver (Andrew/Jonathan, G)

empty rooms in an empty house by belledamn (Giles/Jenny, Giles & Buffy, not rated)

Fix Me Right by MadeInGold_AfterDark (Buffy/Maggie Walsh, Explicit, non-con warning)

Un trou noir dans le coeur by Nelja (Willow/Tara, T, in French)

Ascent by ClowniestLivEver, Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Hearts In The Fog by Spikelover4ever (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

That One Time by Maxine Eden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Like the Sands of Time by VeroNyxK84 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Memorial Day by myrabeth (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Aglow by Dusty (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Release (Pt. 1 of The Experiment series) by madeingold (Angel/Maggie Walsh, NC-17)

Followup Tests (Pt. 2 of The Experiment series) by madeingold (Angel/Maggie Walsh, NC-17)

Masters & Minions 4: Dies Irae - Chapter 1-8 (COMPLETE!) by MedeaBtVS (Angelus/Willow/Spike, Explicit with multiple warnings)

Party At Mosaic - Chapter 1-2 (COMPLETE!) by eevol76vamp (Spike, Beck, Betta George, Jeremy, not rated, graphic violence warning)

Apocalypse, Again? Chapter 1-34 (COMPLETE!) by RevelloDrive1630 (Buffy/Spike, Angel, Wesley, T)

Green Eyed Monster, Ch. 10 (COMPLETE!) by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

A Ripple In Time, Ch. 43-44 (COMPLETE!) by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Love Bites But So Do I, Ch. 8 (COMPLETE!) by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, )

[Images, Audio & Video]

Sketches: observational studies by artsying-ifer (Gunn, Drusilla, Cordelia, Wesley, Harmony, Lilah, Lindsey, Anya, Fred, Buffy, Faith, worksafe)

More of the shoulder angel/demon thing by aa-arttss (Faith, Kendra, worksafe)

Fanvid: I Want U by ladyofthelakes (Willow/Tara)

A sketch of Giles and Willow by mistyintherivers (worksafe)

Screenshots captioned with text posts by ofteaandsparrows (Buffy Summers, worksafe)

Screenshots captioned with text posts by ofteaandsparrows (Anya, Spike, worksafe)

Screenshots captioned with text posts by ofteaandsparrows (Spike, Buffy/Spike, mild nudity)

spike + textposts: 🌈 edition by spikespeaches (probably worksafe)

Drawing: A surfer's dream by JSBirsa (Spike, G, some nudity)

Manip: Pillow Talk by all choseny (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Happy Pride month to those who celebrate by sophie_4187 (Lorne, worksafe)

A BtVS wallpaper by Sammaelus (worksafe)

Podfic: ChokolatteJedi's story Remember the Name read by pieces0fstars (Dawn & Buffy, G, character death warning)

[Reviews & Recaps]

Examples of oddly-structured exposition? by Tuxedo_Mark

Finale Anya vs. Wesley by Elphaba_92

Podcast: Investigating Angel’s episode of “Forgiving” (3.17 of AtS)

[Recs & In Search Of]

mermaiidbitch seeks fanvid recs: any fan edits of Buffy and Angel ending up together?

[Community Announcements]

Seasonal Spuffy Spring 2024 Index Post

Reduced Summer of Giles 2024 will run from 17th July 2024 until 1st August at summer_of_giles

[Fandom Discussions]

How does Sunnydale do Pride parades? by aphony-cree, lunacornfan2k24

[Reasons why Angel only appears for one scene in Season 2’s Ted] by coraniaid

Rewatching “Something Blue” and remembered how fucking much I love this exchange by ravelqueen

I so so wish the Ben/Glory connection had been explored more... by reality-schmality

Once again… poor Dawn. In Conversations with Dead People... by reality-schmality

I wish the slayer before Buffy haunted the narrative the same way that... [comparisons to other shows] by hersterical

Riley lights up Season 4 (cont'd) by xxstaindrosesxx and others

Dawn, Faith and Tara looked more like sisters than Buffy and Dawn do by jdpm1991

If you had the chance to change one major plot point from Buffy, what would you choose? by Asherware

If Buffy lasted more than 7 seasons? by matt-89

Party like it's 1999. What character are you grabbing and what are you guys doing? by sushibananawater

How would you change season 3 if it was the final season? hosted by Waarm

What scene or storyline did you find sad or moving, even though it probably wasn't intended to be that upsetting? by foreseethefuture

Philosophy of Buffy help (a question about forgiveness) by threefeetoffun and others

Oz calling Angel too Pale is ironic. by MDJokerQueen

S7 Alteration(s) by johnnyorac

Adam’s Minion in Superstar by Enough-Pen644

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

I attended San Francisco's Sunnydale Prom event! by hotpinkroadbike

James Marsters to Attend Comic Con Holland 12-13 October 2024 - via jamie_marsters

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[watchingcbeams]

Compiled a bunch of reading lists/recommendations in my notes

Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees by Michael Bishop

In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

Camp Concentration by Thomas Disch

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computer by Martin Davis

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Polemics by Alain Badiou

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck

Speedboat by Renata Adler

The Dynamics of Creation by Gregory Bateson

The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Hard to Be a God by the Strugatsky Brothers

The Invincible by Stanisław Lem

At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’brien

Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Far Away and Long Ago by W.H. Hudson

The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

The Stone Leopard by Colin Forbes

The Dream Master by Roger Zelazny

The Exile Waiting by Vonda McIntyre

Valis by Philip K. Dick

Nova by Samuel Delany

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe

Martian Time Slip by Philip K. Dick

Ubik by Philip K. Dick

Lancelot by Walker Percy

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan

Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design by Frank Wilczek

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Bicycling Science (MIT Press) by David Gordon Wilson

Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini

Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients by Jeremy R. Smith

How to Be Alone: Essays by Jonathan Frazen 

On Beauty by Umberto Eco

On Ugliness by Umberto Eco

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

South Wind by Norman Douglas

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow

The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet by Rainer Zitelmann

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell

The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder

The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman (Editor)

Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics, and Society by Jim Manzi

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward Tufte

Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Childhood; Boyhood; Youth by Leo Tolstoy

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Run Rabbit by John Updike

House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré

Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam

Hail and Farewell by George Moore

The American by Henry James

Victory by Joseph Conrad

Collected Poems by Robert Lowell

Collected Poems by W.H. Auden

Guerrillas by V.S. Naipaul

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Sanctuary by William Faulkner

The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood

The Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

Victory by Joseph Conrad

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings

The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Alexander Jessup

The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett

The Red and the Black by Stendhal

The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Possession by A.S. Byatt

The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

De Facto Inclusions of Italo Calvino: The Baron in the Trees; The Nonexistent Knight; The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino

The Blue Hotel by Stephen Crane

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann

Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham

The Oxford Book of English Verse

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

The Oath by John Lescroart

Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete Poetical Works

Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

[eclips3dawn]

profile introduction

i decided that i wanted to give my page a little intro!

my name is sunny (this isn't my real name), and i'm an artist and a writer. i use she/her pronouns. i'm currently in college for illustration and creative writing. i've had tumblr for a while, but never used it often until now! i love to write fanfiction and i love drawing fanart but i don't usually post fanart.

here's a list of fandoms i'm either in or have dabbled in:

the x-files

law and order (mothership, svu, criminal intent)

fbi

criminal minds (og and beyong boarders)

ncis

rizzoli and isles

forever

russian doll

yellowjackets

abbott elementary

wanda vision

the boys

m*a*s*h

star trek

star wars

stranger things

pokerface

and more!

some celebrities or characters i like are:

isobel castille, connie rubirosa, clara segar, jo martinez - played by alana de la garza

elle greenaway, carmel, deborah ciccerone-waldrup, anita novak - played by lola glaudini

spencer reid, raymond - played by matthew grey gubler

darcy lewis, max black - played by kat dennings

cyrus lupo, jubal valentine - played by jeremy sisto

nadia vulvokov, megan, charlie cale - played by natasha lyonne

joyce byers, lydia deetz, veronica sawyer, susanna kaysen, lindsey - played by winona ryder

dana scully, dr. bedelia du maurie - played by gillian anderson

feel free to ask me questions! i'll answer almost anything!

[kwebtv]

Notorious Woman - BBC - November 3, 1974 - December 15, 1974 / PBS - November 16, 1975 - December 28, 1975

Historical Drama (7 episodes)

Running Time: 350 minutes

Stars:

Rosemary Harris as George Sand

Lewis Fiander as Casimir Dudevant

George Chakiris as Frédéric Chopin

Alan Howard as Prosper Mérimée

Jeremy Irons as Franz Liszt

Peter Woodthorpe as Honoré de Balzac

Shane Briant as Alfred de Musset

Sinéad Cusack as Marie Dorval

Leon Vitali as Jules Sandeau

Jonathan Newth as Hippolyte Chatiron

Joyce Redman as Sophie Dupin

Cathleen Nesbitt as Madame Dupin

Georgina Hale as Solange Dudevant

[orlaite]

favourite books you read in 2023? least favourite?

To the surprise of absolutely no one, my dearest, favourite book I read this year was T.E Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was the kind of book that was not only damn good but also changed me fundamentally as a person and put my personality and interests on a new trajectory with a jetpack strapped on. It's impossible to overstate the impact this book has had on me. The actual, physical edition I read is also part of my dearest 2023 memories: I was on a mission to find it when I went on a solo-trip to Berlin this summer, the first bookshop I went to gave me a postcard and wrote some suggestions for where to find it on the back (I have the postcard taped up by my bed) - I took the U-bahn straight to the first shop and they had it! I loved that shop, it had such a cool vibe and the man at the register was really nice. Bought way too many books there most of which I still haven't read. When I open that edition of Pillars it's like I'm back in Berlin in the summer heat. I've said all of this and not even talked about the inherent qualities of the book, but they're many and I loove it. WE SEVEN PILLARS POSTING IN THIS INVIOLATE HOUSE AS A MEMORY TO YOU.

Lawrence's The Mint was also another favourite, as was Jeremy Wilson's Lawrence biography and John Mack's Prince of Our Disorder.

On the topic of non-fiction, I read a very entertaining book called The Fires of Lust: Sex In The Middle Ages which I recommend. Really interesting and enlightening research and assertions. It humanizes peoples of the past and effectively makes the point that people, across time and space, are pretty much the same while pointing out the differences between medieval sexuality and our popular (mis)conceptions of it.

Back to literary fiction, I also read and very much enjoyed The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. James Joyce's The Dead was my favourite short-story, with E.M Forster's The Life to Come and D.H Lawrence's Fanny and Annie coming in at 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

I didn't read any fiction I would call bad or anything, but if I have to say least favourite it's probably Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven. Just not my type of book.

Some of the (new) books I hope to read and finish by 2024: War and Peace (cirka 200 pages in rn), Anna Karenina, Orlando, The Odyssey, A Passage to India, The full Oxford text of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Jens Bjørneboe's Bestialitetens Historie.

This got kinda long but thank you for the ask darling❤️