#pat carlyle

[weirdlookindog]

[jada-b]

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[js589]

Chapter 4 is up! Lockwood talks to Lucy! Lucy talks to Lockwood! Penelope Fittes is slightly terrible! Barnes questions his chosen profession for the umpteenth time! AND SO MUCH MORE!

[bell-swamp-fitzjames]

Oops all the rest of crew! for the Terror (2018) playlists

Happy Silna Day 1a!!!!!!! I was already going to post two cluster playlist posts today because the final total of playlists ended up being 11 and I thought that was too much for one post. So here is Henry Collins, Billy Orren, Farr, Hornby, Pocock & Charles Best!!!

Thank you everyone who's been having fun not only with davechella but also these project of mine. I can't begin to express how much I love and loved this event, it's been so fun and joyous and I've gotten to listen to so much good music. And think about the terror no less, one of my favorite pasttimes. Thank u to all who check this playlists out in any capacity & thanks for making this event the coolest thing I will ever experience. There's gonna be one more post with the last of my Terror (2018) playlists. I really could cry thinking about how it's like. the end. not quite, quite, but close enough. Careful with the word close, of course.

Henry Collins [LINK]

Down Diver by Perfekt Square || The Cruel Angel's Thesis (Director's Edit Version) by Yoko Takahashi || Gdzie Jest Biały Węgorz (Zejscie) by Cypis || Fuck Feelings by Born Ruffians || I'm Gonna Win by Rob Cantor || Sick and Tired by Slaughterhouse || Murmuration by Suns of the Tundra || I've Got My Own Mind To Think About by Adult Video || THIS LINKED SONG by JA SEAZER || Chainsaw by Skinny Puppy || Cactus- 2007 Remaster by Pixies || The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance || Sweet Violence by C.B. Carlyle & the Desert Angels || An Animal In Your Care by Wolf Parade || I'll Kill My Friends (in an Honest Way) by Cade Crider || What a Wonderful World by Slothrust || Drink and Drugs They Can Be Fun, Until You're Coughing up a Lung by My Name Is Ian || The Room Is Filled With People Who Love You by Foresight || Too Heavy A Burden by The Tiny, Elle-Kari || Memory by SEATBELTS

Billy Orren [LINK]

Drown Me! by Junie & TheHutFriends || The Water's Fine! by Liana Flores || G-G-Ghost by Steven Universe, Kate Micucci || Ideal World by Girlpool || California by Joni Mitchell || Little Fang by Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Avery Tare || BackBreaker Taker by Yuno Miles || D.A.N.C.E by Justice || Rainbow Connection by Weezer, Hayley Williams || Cold Cold Man by Saint Motel || Corsican Mastiff Stride by The Mountain Goats || Haunted by Pinc Louds || The Bright Side by They Might Be Giants || Old Devil Moon by dodie || Mamma Mia by Austin Weber || The Wind- Remaster 2021 by Yusuf / Cat Stevens || Meow Meow Lullaby by Nada Surf || Tickle Me Pink by Johnny Flynn || Sink to the Bottom by Fountains Of Wayne

Charles Best [LINK]

Gibbons: The Silver Swan by The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips || Poor In Love by Destroyer || Old King Cole by The Mechanisms || Eli, The Barrow Boy by The Decemberists || Iceman Stole The Sun by Caleb Burhans, Alarm Will Sound || Partita for 8 Voices: No. 2 Sarabande by Caroline Shaw || Possum by Night by The Mountain Goats || The Trapper and the Furrier by Regina Spektor || In an Operetta by The Magnetic Fields || Jeff Davis County Blues by Julian Koster

Thomas Farr [LINK]

Stabbing by Christina Bowden || Shadow Stabbing by CAKE || Fall by The Terrordactyls || The Chills Peter Bjorn and John || I Hope I Become a Ghost by The Deadly Syndrome || Benjamin Alphabet by Super Whatevr || Girls on Film- 2010 Remaster by Duran Duran || Everywhere by Ex Hex || it's different for girls by of Montreal || Things I Don't Remember by Ugly Casanova

Frederick Hornby [LINK]

A Cold Freezin' Night by The Books || Working For The Knife by Mitski || Death Toll by The Casualties || Your Heart Is A Muscle The Size Of Your Fist by Pat The Bunny || Black Me Out by Against Me! || Obligatory Folk Punk Song by Panucci's Pizza || My Idea Of Fun by Wingnut Dishwashers Union || The Beers by The Front Bottoms || Condition 11:11 by Defiance, Ohio

Francis Pocock [LINK]

Accident at a Harvest Festival by Matt Berry || Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie || Hold Yr Terror Close by The Go! Team || Congratulations by MGMT || Satellite by Dan Warren || Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark) by Unknown Mortal Orchestra || Left Hand Free by alt-J || La Femme Ressort by La Femme || Your Cover's Blown by Belle and Sebastian || When I Was Done Dying by Dan Deacon

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott, born on October 19th 1954 in Edinburgh.

One of my favourite actors, as hard-drinking Detective hero of Ian Rankin's popular book he was Inspector John Rebus to me. Ken's Father was Scottish and a teacher, his mum a Sicilian, he went to the famous George Herriots school before going onto to Mountview Theatre School, where the distinguished actor Sir John Mills was president. Fellow Scot Douglas Henshall was also a student of the school. Before leaving Edinburgh Stott had been in a band called Keyhole some of the members of the group would later join the Bay City Rollers.

Ken went on to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company but the pay was poor and he subsidised his earnings by selling double glazing. His first TV role was in Secret Army for the BBC, parts in TV shows throughout his career have included, Taggart (of course) The Singing Detective, London's Burning, Your Cheatin' Heart and Silent Witness. He was insome good films too, The Debt Collector (with Billy Connolly) , Shallow Grave, (with Ewen MacGregor) and Plunkett & Macleane (with Robert Carlyle).

My favourite shows of Ken's have been the brilliant BBC Scotland series, Takin' Over the Asylum in which starred as Double Glazing salesman, but aspiring disc jockey

with David Tennant and Angus Macfadyen,The ITV series The Vice was also a cracking series where he played DI Pat Chappel and The BBC show Messiah, where again he played a cop, DCI Red Metcalfe where he learned sign language for scenes with his screen wife,and Rebus of course, when the show was resurrected in 2006, Stott was a first choice for many as D.I John Rebus, John Hannah had the role in the first incarnation, mainly due to it being made by his own production company.

On film Ken is probably best known for his role as the Dwarf, Balin in The Hobbit trilogy. He is a popular choice for voice work, as narrator for series such as Trawlermen, a documentary following North Sea trawlers, and Send in the Dogs, following the work of Police Officers and their canine partners.

One of my favourite stories about Ken Stott echoes the no nonsense approach of Rebus, on stage during Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge, he halted the play when a group of teenage schoolkids were misbehaving and disturbing the show, switching from his stage American to his native Scots accent he told the teacher responsible for the children to remove them, or the play would not go on.

The house lights were switched on and there was then a 15-minute stand-off as discussions took place with the offending youngsters.

The audience took the side of Stott and even resorted to chanting 'out, out, out' in extraordinary scenes. Eventually the three culprits and an embarrassed teacher was forced to creep away before the play resumed at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Of his recent stuff check out The Dig,, it a decent film and based on a true story of an archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

I can't see anything happening on Ken's IMDb page, but there is a third series of the Irvine Welsh show Crime in development, so I expect he will reappear in that.

[the-moral-of-the-rose]

If anybody wanted to write a crossover between L.M. Montgomery's books, here is a little help with the ages of the characters (@no-where-near-hero maybe it will be a tiny help for your fanfic):

Anne Shirley - born on 5th of March 1865

Gilbert Blythe - born in 1862 or 1863

James Matthew "Jem" Blythe - born in July 1893

Walter Cuthbert Blythe - born in 1894

Anne "Nan" and Diana "Di" Blythe - born in 1896

Shirley Blythe - born in 1888*

Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe - born in 1900*

Gerald "Jerry" Meredith - born 1894

Faith Meredith - born 1895

Una Meredith - born 1896

Thomas Carlyle "Carl" Meredith - born 1897

Jims Anderson - born in August of 1914

Emily Byrd Starr - born on 19th of May 1888

Ilse Burnley - born in 1888 (probably)

Perry Miller - born in 1887

Frederick "Teddy" Kent - 1887 or 1888

Dean Priest - born in 1865

Patricia "Pat" Gardiner - born in 1913

Rachel "Rue" Gardiner - born in 1919

Winnifred "Winnie" Gardiner - born in 1910

Sidney "Sid" Gardiner - born in 1912

Joseph"Joe" Gardiner - born in 1908

Hilary Gordon - born in 1911

Elizabeth "Bets" Wilcox - born in 1913

David Kirk - born around 1893

Jane Stuart - born in May 1918 or 1919

Valancy Stirling* - born 1883**

Barney Snaith - born 1877**

Cecilia "Cissy" - born 1886**

Olive Stirling - born 1884**

Gay Penhallow - born in 1904***

Nan Penhallow - born in 1904***

Roger Dark - born in 1890***

Donna Dark - born between 1894 and 1896***

Virginia Powell - born between 1894 and 1896***

Peter Penhallow - born between 1888 and 1890***

Margaret Penhallow - born 1872***

Brian Dark - born 1916***

Hugh Dark - born in 1887***

Joscelyn Penhallow: born between 1889-1892***

*In both Anne of Ingleside and Rainbow Valley Shirley is two years older than Rilla. But in Rilla of Ingleside, he turns eighteen few months before Rilla... it is pure chaos. Rilla was supposed to be nearly fourteen, according to the RV, in 1914, but she is nearly fifteen in RoI. So I apologize, but I had a lot of trouble here...

**The Blue Castle is the most difficult to place in time. It is set several years before it was published, and in my own opinion: before Tangled Web and Pat of Silver Bush. Why? Because of this reference: "This was before the day of bobs and was regarded as a wild, unheard-of proceeding—unless you had typhoid." (The Blue Castle). Bobs were already "in fashion" at the beginning of Pat of Silver Bush (so, in 1919, when Pat was six years old: it was said that Winnie wanted to have her hair bobbed) and in Tangled Web (which is set in 1922). Yet, the cars, motorboats and movie theaters were a rather common occurence in The Blue Castle's times. But... there might be an explanation. Valancy doesn't live on PEI, which might have been a little "behind" the rest of Canada, as far as modern technology went. It is my own personal opinion, but I think that it might be set just before the war, at the same time as the end Emily's Quest. I know that the clothes seem more "modern" in TBC, but Emily wore "a little sport suit" and dress that was described as followed "there was so little of it". Teddy and Perry both had cars, as sone of Ilse's cousins. I would say that the Blue Castle book might be set around 1912-1913. Still, the timeline is extremely elusive. Please, let me know, dear Blue Castle Book Club's members, what is your opinion? I think I have read some amazing discussion about TBC's timeline a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, everyone was certain that this novel was set post WWI (me included, until this very moment when I tried to place Pat and Tangled Web and remembered the "bob" quote). So I choose 1912 as the beginning of TBC, when Valancy was twenty-nine.

*** the ages of characters in Tangled Web:

"They were first cousins, who were born the same day and married the same day,--Donna to her own second cousin, Barry Dark, and Virginia to Edmond Powell--two weeks before they had left for Valcartier. Edmond Powell had died of pneumonia in the training camp, but Barry Dark had his crowded hour of glorious life somewhere in France." (Tangled Web).

"Virginia Powell, whose husband had been dead eight years and who was young and tolerably beautiful" (Tangled Web).

"Valcartier, Quebec was the primary training base for the First Canadian Contingent in 1914."

- from: https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/going-to-war/canada-enters-the-war/training-at-valcartier/

So, from this I assumed that Virginia's husband died in 1914 (so Tangled Web is set in 1922-23). Gay is 18 at the beginning, so she would be born in 1904. If Donna and Virginia were 18-20 when they got married, they would be 26-28 (so still "young"). at the beginning. Peter was 14 when Donna was 8, so he'd be 32-34 at the beginning of the book (same age or a bit older than Roger). Hugh was 35 at the beginning. I guess Joscelyn was a bit younger- most of LMM's heroines are at least two years younger than their love interest. I'd say she might have been 20-23 when she got married, so she'd be around 30-33 at the beginning of the book. I would say Brian is about six years old - he doesn't seem to attend school yet, but is big enough to be sent to the harbour. Margaret Penhallow was about fifty at the beginning of the book.

So sorry that this post was rather long, but it was a great fun to write (even if it took me A LOT of time). Thank you for reading. Please, let me know if you agree. Any feedback will be very welcome!

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Fourth MLM Ship Bracket Propaganda Submissions

Below you will find all of the submitted and approved ships for the Fourth MLM Ship Bracket Tournament along with the form to submit further propaganda at the bottom

This is another opportunity to submit propaganda for your favorite ships. Wether you were unable to submit propaganda for them in the initial form or you spot your favorite ship who has no propaganda submitted. Ships with a strikethrough have propaganda submitted, I will continue to update this post as propaganda is submitted. I will accept further propaganda for ships with already submitted propaganda but please prioritize those with out.

The goal is to have propaganda for all ships but I understand that may not be possible. Therefore I will be leaving the form open for a few weeks to see if we receive propaganda for at least half the ships.

Note: Please reach out to me if you spot any mistakes in character or fandom names, even if it is only formatting or spelling issues.

Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

Kyojuro Rengoku/Akaza (Demon Slayer)

Mikhail”Misha” [Heavy]/Dr. Ludwig [Medic] (Team Fortress 2)

Dave Strider/Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)

Chu Shuzhi/Guo Changcheng (Guardian, 2018)

Oliver Marks/James Farrow (If We Were Villains)

David Starsky/Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson (Starsky & Hutch)

Tinn/Gun (My School President)

Loki Odinson/Mobius M. Mobius (Loki)

Jaime Reyes/Bart Allen (DC Comics)

Levi Schmitt/Nico Kim (Grey's Anatomy)

Ren Amamiya or Akira Kurusu/Goro Akechi (Persona 5)

Wallace Price/ Hugo Freeman (Under the Whispering Door)

Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny (Looney Toons)

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan (Guardian, 2018)

Isak Valtersen/Even Bech N��sheim (SKAM)

Henry "Monty" Montague/Percy Newton (Montague Siblings)

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)

Argos/Mr. Plant (The World of Mr. Plant)

Richard St Vier/Alec Campion (Swordspoint Universe)

Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz (The Umbrella Academy)

Woody/Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

Victor Lawson/Hap (In the Lives of Puppets

Charlie/Babe (Pit Babe The Series)

Fred/Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch (Carry On)

Gaius Octavius/Jedediah Smith (Night at the Museum)

Sound/Win (My School President)

Pat/Pran (Bad Buddy)

Mike Wazowski/James "Sulley" P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.)

Nicholas “Nick” Bell/ Seth Gray (The Extraordinaries)

Evan 'Buck' Buckley/Edmundo 'Eddie' Diaz (9-1-1)

Sean/White (Not Me: The Series)

Vegas Theerapanyakun/Pete Saengtham (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Runaan/Ethari (The Dragon Prince)

Larry Daley/Ahkmenrah (Night at the Museum)

Tintin/Captain Archibald Haddock (Tintin comics)

Bai Lang/Jin Xun An (My Tooth Your Love)

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

Wario/Waluigi (Mario franchise)

Peter Parker/Miguel O'Hará (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Steve Rogers/Anthony "Tony" Stark (Marvel Comics)

Dave Miller/Jack "Old sport" Kennedy (Dayshift at Freddy's)

Boston/Nick (Only Friends)

Kinn Theerapanyakun/Porsche Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Satoru Gojo/Suguru Geto (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Craig Cuttlefish/Octavio Takowasa (Splatoon)

Tulio/Miguel (The Road to El Dorado)

Sun Wukong/Neptune Vasilias (RWBY)

Zachary Ezra Rawlins/Dorian (The Starless Sea)

Fox Mulder/Alex Krycek (The X-Files)

Thomas/Newt (The Maze Runner)

Fulgrim/Ferrus Manus (Warhammer 40k)

Kim Theerapanyakun/Porchay Kittisawasd (Kinnporsche: The Series)

Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane (The Mortal Instruments)

Tan/Bun (Manner of Death)

Qrow Branwen/Clover Ebi (RWBY)

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery (Shades of Magic)

Yashiro Isana/Kuroh Yatogami (K Project)

Jaskier/Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)

Dustfinger/Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Inkworld series)

Brandon/Sky (Winx Club)

Phineas Taylor “P. T.” Barnum/Phillip Carlyle (The Greatest Showman)

Alfred Hillinghead/Henry Ashe (Bodies TV Show)

Baal/Inanna (The Wicked + the Divine)

Timothy "Tim" Drake/Bernard Dowd (DC Comics)

Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun Stampede)

Anthony Lockwood/Quill Kipps (Lockwood and Co)

Henry Winter/Francis Abernathy (The Secret History)

Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Dainix/Falst (Aurora Comic)

Prince Rupert/Prince Amir (The Two Princes)

Finn/Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

Jean Luc Picard/Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Will Stronghold/Warren Peace (Sky High)

Heart/Li Ming (Moonlight Chicken)

Wallace Wells/Todd Ingram (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off)

Sunai/Veyadi Lut (The Archive Undying)

Linus Baker/Arthur Parnassus (The House in the Cerulean Sea)

Aaron Slaughter/Jace Boucher (House of Slaughter)

Hercule Poirot/Captain Arthur Hastings (Hercule Poirot)

Phaya/Tharn (The Sign)

Hercules/Iolaus (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)

Todd/Black (Not Me: The Series)

Julio "Rictor" Esteban Richter/Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)

Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu (Word of Honor)

Siffrin/Isabeau (In Stars and time)

Kendall Knight/Logan Mitchell (Big Time Rush TV Show)

Yuichiro Hiyakuya/Mikaela Hyakuya (Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End)

Palm/Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Khatha/Dome (Midnight Museum)

Asterix/Obelix (Asterix Comics)

Bowser/Luigi (Mario Franchise)

Lucien "Luc" O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood (London Calling)

Kazuki Kurusu/Rei Suwa (Buddy Daddies)

Benjamin “Ben” Tennyson/Kevin Ethan Levin (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Lumière/Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast)

Damian Wayne/Jon Kent (DC Comics)

Spy/Dell Conagher [Engineer] (Team Fortress 2)

Shanks/Buggy (One Piece)

Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Ecks (Six of Crows)

Harold Finch/John Reese (Person of Interest)

Ulrich Stern/Odd Della Robbia (Code Lyoko)

Vincent Freeman/Jerome Morrow (Gattaca)

Eustass Kid/Killer (One Piece)

Christopher Hitchcock/Jalil Sherman (Everworld)

Frodo Baggins/Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)

Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)

[kwebtv]

Blade: The Series - Spike - June 28, 2006 - September 13, 2006

Superhero (13 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Kirk "Sticky" Jones as Eric Brooks / Blade

Jon Kent Ethridge as young Eric Brooks

Jill Wagner as Krista Starr

Nelson Lee as Shen

Jessica Gower as Chase

Neil Jackson as Marcus van Sciver

Recurring:

Colin Lawrence as Robert Brooks (younger)

Richard Roundtree as Robert Brooks (older)

Larry Poindexter as Agent Collins

Ryan Kennedy as Cain

Randy Quaid (uncredited) as Professor Caylo

William MacDonald as Reverend Carlyle

Elias Toufexis as Officer Donny Flannigan (younger)

Peter Hall as Donny Flannigan (older)

Hiro Kanagawa as Mr. Taka

Tom Butler as Tucker Moffet

Don Thompson as (Krista Starr's) Uncle Pat

Sonja Bennett as Vanessa

Andrew McIlroy as Doctor Vonner

David Kopp as Zach Starr

Robinne Fanfair as Viola Watkins (younger)

BJ Harrison as Viola Watkins (older)

[storyofmychoices]

Cloud Watching

[Beckett Harrington x Emma Carlyle Masterlist] 

Pairing: Beckett Harrington x Emma Carlyle (F!MC) Book: The Elementalists 2 Word Count: ~1,000 Rating/Warnings: general, none Submitting to: @choicesaprilchallenge24: Clouds ; @choicesficwriterscreations FotW; @choicesbookclub TE2

Synopsis: Emma tries to teach Beckett to cloud watch.

"Despite the slight distraction-" His cheeks flushed red as his gaze drifted to her lips. He swallowed hard and continued. He took a step forward, following the path back to the dorms. "I think we can say this was quite a productive study session."

Emma's gaze softened as she watched him process the academic merit of successfully completing the cloud shape-shifting spell. And yet, she couldn't help but wonder if he was missing something more important entirely. 

"Haven't you ever just lied back on the soft grass on a sunny day and just watched the clouds drift by?" Emma held her finger up, quieting his reply before continuing, "-without magick?"

"What would the value of such an activity be?" His brows knitted together as he questioned the notion. 

"To enjoy the beauty of nature."

"I suppose we could discuss the types and classifications of clouds and how they form. Nevertheless, that's rather elementary knowledge." He adjusted his blazer. "Knowing how to manipulate them and bend the air and water vapor to your specifications and designs takes far more knowledge and control."

"You're such a nerd." She shook her head gently. "Not everything has to be about learning or gaining knowledge of information. Some things can be for fun or to relax."

"Did you not have fun shaping the clouds?" A frown fell on his features. To him, mastering a new spell was the perfect amount of fun. It was productive and efficient without any of the more frivolous aspects of fun that caused others to lose control.

"It was fun, but sometimes, just pausing to breathe and enjoy the moment without anything other than nature's own magic is something special." Her gaze shifted to the heavens, letting the sun warm her face. A soft smile spread across her features. "Do you trust me?" Her attention returned to him. 

"You need not ask for you know the answer is always." The tips of his ears turned pink despite his attempts to compose himself in her presence. 

She held her hand to him, lacing their fingers with his. "Follow me."

Emma guided him off the path and across the quad, finding a spot where the grass was just right, not too short where it would be scratchy and uncomfortable or too long where it might threaten to tickle their skin with the breeze. "Perfect." 

She sat on the soft ground, patting the surface for him to sit beside her. Despite his hesitance in getting his khaki pants grass-stained, he complied with her request. 

"Now, lay back on the grass and just look at the clouds." Emma led by example, reclining on the quad. Her eyes fluttered closed as she breathed in the fresh air and the scent of the wildflowers dancing in the breeze. 

She opened her eyes to find Beckett very much in the same seated position. Her eyes narrowed at him, insisting he follow suit. 

"But my blazer!" His eyes widened in horror.

"Take it off if you must, but you're not getting out of this, Harrington. If anyone needs to learn how to cloud-watch, it's you!"

He grumbled slightly, though his eyes betrayed the sentiment. He mirrored her pose. "Okay, now that I'm lying in the dirt, what is it that I am supposed to do?"

"Just watch the clouds."

"Watch them for what?" 

"Just watch how they move. How slowly. How swiftly. Do they dance across the sky? What can you see in them? Can you make shapes? animals?—without magick!"

Beckett propped himself up on his elbow, looking over to her with great skepticism. "Is this some sort of tuneless prank?"

"Not a prank."

"So this is something tuneless people do for enjoyment?"

"Some. Others miss the point."

"I must admit that I might be one of them."

Emma sighed before breathing in again, refusing to give up so quickly. She shimmied closer to him, resting her head against his. "See, that one there—" Lifting her arm toward the sky, she pointed toward a fluffy cloud. "—that one's a bunny." 

Beckett suppressed the urge to protest. Squinting at the cloud in question, he turned his head to the left, then to the right, trying to see what she saw. "I suppose... if you squint and tilt your head like this, it is uh—vaguely...resembling of a rabbit..." He couldn't stop his analytical mind. "But, from a scientific perspective, clouds are formed by the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. Any thought that they form particular shapes is just the human mind searching for meaning. Cloud formation is dependent on temperature, humidity, and air currents." His voice trailed away as the potential of the air magick sparked at his fingertips. "Can't you feel the atmosphere all around us? The air currents pulling in the sky, forming the clouds, shaping them into what they are and could be?"

Emma laughed softly, brushing a kiss on his head. "I love your beautiful brain, but let's focus on trying to bring out your imagination." Her hands drew out a rainbow in front of her head. She knew he wouldn't understand the tuneless reference, but she had seen the meme too many times for her to say the word without the accompanying gesture. 

His lips twitched up. "I admire your persistence." He pulled her closer.

Emma rested her head on his shoulder. "Try again." She searched the sky, pointing to the next one. "There. See. Right there, that one is a dragon."

His gaze flickered to her, watching as her face illuminated with wonder. He nodded, squinting as he followed where she gestured. He let the sun warm his face and nodded slowly. "If I squint and... turn my head...and—" 

"It's okay." She snuggled into him, giggling at the steady concentration drawing almost painstakingly across his face. "You get an A for effort, Mr Harrington." 

"OOo!" Her attention was captured again by the sky. "Now, it looks like it's breathing fire! ICE fire!"

"Ice fire?" His brow arched, amusement dancing on his lips. "I suppose that isn't entirely inaccurate. The clouds are made of ice crystals!"

"At least we can agree on something." 

The pair relaxed on the quad, letting the sun caress their skin. With each gentle breeze, the clouds above shifted and danced, creating new shapes and designs for Emma to decipher, reminding Beckett of the magic that could be found in even the simplest moments of life.

A/N: Emma loves Spongebob. Once she learns a spell to make a rainbow, she'll be doing this all day and no one will get it but her and Atlas, because she introduced Atlas to Spongebob and she binged the first few seasons without pausing to sleep!

[weirdlookindog]

Honky Tonk Girl (Hitchhike to Hell, 1941)

[indoraptorgirlwind]

2023 DRAWINGS SUMMARY

Notes:

I may have missed some. Next year i'm certainly making a special tag for all my kinds of drawings. If you know about a drawing i did that isn't there, feel free to tell me!

Links marked with red indicate that these drawings got shared on friends' blogs (@antvnger and @birdswings)

☆ are digital drawings

♤ are hand-made drawings

JANUARY

COUNT OLAF. January 25 ♤

ART CLASS BREAD DRAWINGS. January 26 ♤

FEBRUARY

WHAT IF SCOTT WAS?. February 23 ♤

APRIL

BARRY THE BARYONYX. April 5 ☆

SCOTT DOESN'T WANNA BE SNEK. April 9 ☆

MAY

ARK GENESIS 1. May 4 ☆

EATING CAR TIRES. May 7 ☆

NO CLIMBING TREES. May 10 ☆

TAPPY THE TAPEJARA. May 11 ☆

KIT'S VIBES. May 11 ☆

CAN I HAVE A RIDE?. May 11 ☆

CAN I JUMP?. May 16 ☆

GOLDEN GATE CLIMBER. May 17 ☆

MURPHY THE DIMORPHODON. May 18 ☆

SPIDER-LYSTRO. May 19 ☆

SLEEPING KIT. May 21 ☆

TANGLED KIT. May 23 ☆

KIT AND THE ASTONISHING GIANT-MAN. May 25 ☆

CHEAP GLIDER. May 28 ☆

TIGHT ROPE. May 29 ☆

SCOTT AND BABY CASSIE. May 30 ♤

PARASAUROLOPHUS. May 30 ☆

ROOF CLIMBER. May 30 ☆

CLIMBING THE JUNK YARD. May 31 ☆

JUNE

SNOOPY SCOTT AND WOODSTOCK KIT. June 1 ☆

KIT QUICK SKETCH. June 2 ♤

ABELISAURID. June 2 ☆

GASTORNIS. June 6 ☆

CORVE THE CONCAVENATOR. June 6 ♤

DIABLO THE CARNOTAURUS. June 7 ☆

CRONOS THE GIGA. June 8 ☆

KIT'S PETS. June 8 ☆

PLAYING DEAD. June 9 ☆

GROUP HUG. June 9 ☆

POKE THE KIT. June 10 ☆

KIT DISCARDED DESIGN. June 11 ♤/☆

KAPRO TIME!. June 11 ♤

SILLY KIT. June 12 ☆

CHOMP SETS FIRE. June 19 ☆

KIT AND RUBEN VS SCOTT. June 20 ☆

YEET OR BE YEETED. June 21 ☆

RUBIT AND SCOTT. June 25 ���

A SMOOTHIE. June 26 ☆

LYSTROSAURUS GOD. June 30 ☆

JULY

SCOTT LANG SKETCH. July 3 ♤

NO NESTS ON SCOTT. July 7 ☆

AUGUST

KIT'S GUIDE. August 9 ☆

PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION. August 13 ☆

SCOTT LANG HUGGING MOSASAURUS. August 16 ☆

SCOTT LANG PATTING T-REX. August 17 ☆

OH WATERMELON. August 18 ☆

SMOL QUETZAL. August 20 ☆

GHILLIE!KIT. August 21 ☆

ZOMBIE SCOTT LANG. August 22 ☆

SEPTEMBER

RUBIT BARBIE MUGSHOT. September 4 ☆

CARNOTARUS CROSSOVER. September 18 ♤

HUG PLEASE. September 20 ☆

OCTOBER

ARK GIGANOTOSAURUS. October 2 ♤

ANT-MAN PORTRAIT. October 6 ♤

KUKULKAN. October 9 ♤

VELOCIRAPTOR. October 9 ♤

QUETZAL WOMAN. October 9 ♤

CELEST QUETZAL. October 18 ♤

DINO!SCOTT LANG. October 18 ♤

CHIBI QUETZAL. October 23 ♤

ALEBRIJE. October 24 ♤

DODOREX. October 30 ♤

SCOTT'S ZOMBIE DODOS. October 31 ♤

VAMPIRE PHILLIP CARLYLE. October 31 ♤

WEREWOLF SPIDEY. October 31 ♤

ANNE AND BAT!PHILLIP. October 31 ♤

NOVEMBER

THE LITTLE ANT. November 6 ☆

KIT CORTES ICON. November 7 ♤

SCOTTY'S TRAVELS. November 8 ☆

STARMORA. November 9 ☆

THE IRON ANT. November 9 ☆

SCOTTY IN WONDERLAND. November 14 ☆

QUETZAL SKETCH. November 15 ♤

TONY STARK. November 19. ♤

WESEN AVENGERS PART 1. November 20 ♤

WESEN AVENGERS PART 2. November 21 ♤

LANGDYNE QUOTE. November 22 ☆

KIT JUMPING FROM SCOTT. November 23 ☆

BIRDSWINGS AND CHICKENRANNOSAURUS. November 27 ☆

DECEMBER

ELF KIT. December 1 ☆

WESEN AVENGERS PART 3. December 2 ♤

SPINNETOD!MIGUEL O'HARA. December 20 ☆

OOKIN STARTER. December 28 ☆

[gourgeousgothicromances]

Les Aubes Sont Nanrantes: A Saga

BOOK ONE: The Cold, Hard Cash of the Campbells

PART I: THE MATRIARCH

II: Blue is the Eye; Black is the Heart

London, England: The Royal Naval College - 1845.

SALT AIR wafted across the grounds of the Painted Hall, across Seraphina as she watched her son dash about the shore, all giggles and curly raven-black hair flopping about upon his brow.

Due to a business venture, Captain Campbell had sailed with his family back to England to oversee plans for a future Arctic expedition, one that would carve out a life in the frigid and unforgiving tundra, a place where more lives were lost than those that prospered.

The only question regarding this entirely shoddy plan was the choice of crew. Of course, the only reasonable course of action was to enlist men to serve under Sir John Franklin and Captain Francis Crozier on The Terror and The Erebus, respectively.

§               §               § §               §               § §          §   

Captain Charles Gainsborough was perhaps the only unwed high-ranking member of Her Majesty's Navy other than Captain Crozier. Still, he was not unpleasant to look at, nor to be entertained by, as to the marriage-minded mothers and daughters of London's high society, the pension that Captain Gainsborough received was simply an added advantage on top of his agreeableness.

With curly auburn hair, a sharp jaw (and equally sharp, intelligent green eyes), and a build that would have made Michaelangelo's David quake in fear, yet Captain Gainsborough's eyes remained solely focused upon the newly (but clearly unhappily) married Viscountess Carlyle.

At dinner that night in the dining hall, seated at the headmaster's table amongst a sea of cadet and petty officer-filled tables, Charles let his eyes flicker around the people sitting at the headmaster's table, taking notice immediately that Rupert Campbell, eighth Viscount Carlyle and husband to Lady Seraphina Campbell, the newly instated Viscountess Campbell.

Instead of being coarse and commenting upon Her Ladyship's choice of dress or her features, Gainsborough simply lifted his glass of claret and smiled warmly over the glass's rim at her son, a tender boy busying himself with how many candles illuminated the various candelabras around the dining room.

At Captain Gainsborough's almost fatherly attention to her young son, Seraphina felt something within her heart stirred, as though any feelings inside her were long dormant, which they had been, as being married to such a cold and strict man as Rupert Campbell was no easy feat, but she stopped herself from thinking such thoughts and turned her attention to her son, her own plate forgotten and barely touched, her fingers which held her fork stilling as she tapped Stephen's wrist gently.

“Perhaps, darling, you could tell our hosts about what you plan to do when you get older?” Seraphina asked gently, and the boy's cheeks brightened considerably, and he hid his face in his mother's skirts.

Surprisingly, the Viscountess Carlyle did not move to reprimand her son or demand that he tell the grown men sitting around him who, to a boy of four, were considerably intimidating. Instead, she simply said, without a hint of ire or reproach in her voice, “Stephen wishes to serve in Her Majesty's Navy when he comes of age.”

At her statement, the sailors and sea-battle hardened gentlemen around the table patted the table in affirmations of praise for the boy and his ambitions, yet Mister Gainsborough's eyes remained solely upon Seraphina as he took a second swig of his wine and let his eyes, a piercing shade of green, linger over her face, not missing how her own blue ones had flicked from his eyes, to his nose, to his lips, to his hands, and then, to his face again.

§               §               § §               §               § §          §  

No sleep was had between Captain Gainsborough and Seraphina that night.

Instead, tucked into a little corridor near the astronomy tower, an atrocious and dilapidated tower constructed in the late 1580s and in the process of being remodelled, the pair engaged in a tightly packed, mock-Viennese Waltz of sorts.

Seraphina's shoes, worn from sea travel and still sand-filled from that morning, lay in a small pile alongside her modesty scarf: a lump of mauve fabric and dyed-black lace. They had observed the usual courtesies, of course, as Charles considered himself a gentleman and would never have done as he was with Her Ladyship unless she asked, which she had. Charles blinked, a slight frown making his lips turn down, and a crease furrowing between his brows as he watched her shift a little on her stockinged feet and wring her hands once, twice.

In a rather ungentlemanly way, Gainsborough ran a hand over his mouth in quiet, discontent irritation so Seraphina could see, and she swallowed, her gaze flicked to his right pinky, where a golden signet bearing a small garnet stone lay, engraved with his initials in a scrawl only a painter could sign with: CAEG.

“Your ring,” she whispered. “What do the initials mean, if I might ask?”

At this, Charles stopped, his green gaze flicking from the floor where her shoes and gloves lay to her question-holding face. “The initials mean my name, Your Grace.”

She frowned a little at such a formal title coming from his lips. “Do not say that, sir. I have been called by my title for far too long in this place.” Continuing, she let her hands still. “We are friends, are we not, Mister Gainsborough?”

He baulked, green eyes impossibly widening--if such a thing were possible. The idea of being friends with such a titled and educated lady when he was little more than an illegitimate, overworked, and underpaid captain tasked with shaping up potential recruits for the expedition to the Arctic was a shocking thing. Granted, his only friend consisted of the Franklins' dog, Neptune, but he had taken a shine to Seraphina--no, that was too formal. Her Grace or Your Ladyship, or Your Grace would suit much better. Yet, he swallowed and thought back to her son, Stephen, and her tenderness to the boy and wished beyond all rationality in his mind or his heart's all-knowingness that her kindness might be extended to himself.

Dash it all, man. He thought, chastising himself. She is married and titled and will forever be richer than you can imagine. Falling in love with Viscountess Seraphina Campbell is an absolutely rubbish idea.

[fears-and-feels]

Whumpril Day 23/Day 25: "Don't you dare" and Too Weak To Stand

Fandom: The Greatest Showman

Pairing: PT Barnum and Philip Carlyle

Summary: Philip ends up sick and PT tries to help him.

Warning: Mentions of vomiting and sickness.

Philip's eyes flew open. It took him way longer than it should to recognize where he was.

"Phil." Something patted his shoulder. "Hey."

Philip blinked and looked up.

When things finally came into focus, the younger Carlyle recognized PT Barnum's face hovering over him.

Phineas gave him a tight smile that didn't reach his eyes. "You alright in there Mr. Carlyle?"

Philip squeezed his eyes shut, taking a deep breath to stem the nausea.

"Oo." The gentle hand on Philip's shoulder shifted up to brush strands of hair away from his sweaty forehead. "Not too good?"

The younger Carlyle lurched torward his knees. He brought a hand up to his mouth and swallowed hard.

The hand on his forehead disappeared only to return a few seconds later to press a bucket under his chin.

Philip squeezed the bucket close. He tried to hold everything back, he really did, but his body was determined not to.

And a few seconds later, anything he had eaten that day spewed out of his mouth and into the bucket. For almost a minute, he deposited everything in him into the bucket before he was finally able to relax, his head coming to rest on the back of the couch he was on.

Then one firm hand rubbed up and down his back.

Philip pushed the hand away.

PT shifted. "Don't want me to touch you?"

"Don't get sick," the younger mumbled out.

The older ringmaster made a correction noise in the back of his throat.

"PT."

"You're sick Phil."

"And you'll get it."

"I don't care."

Philip shook his head.

There were a few seconds of silence before the couch moved and PT's footsteps sounded. A second more and a blanket dropped around his shoulders.

Philip relaxed a little more into it.

PT tucked it around him. "Wait here. I'll be right back."

As PT made his way out of the tent, the younger Carlyle watched him go. For a brief moment, the lighting from outside lit up the inside of the office tent. Then once it closed, the tent fell back into dim darkness.

Philip had never felt so alone. Here he was hugging a bucket for dear life while he shivered like a leaf on the couch. The chill traveling throughout his entire body burrowed deep into his bones.

Meanwhile, his head was swimming, making his nausea come in waves with each spin. The younger Carlyle kept trying to take deep breaths and calm everything down. He needed to get moving. They had a rehearsal to do.

Philip set the bucket to the side so he could push himself up.

Then he toppled to the ground.

After catching his breath, Philip looked around to get his bearings. The smell of grass and dirt tickled his nose. The far away sounds of muffled laughter and voices reached his ears, pulling his attention up to the tent flap.

The younger Carlyle pushed himself up before promptly sinking back down. Everything was tilting to the side and spun around him.

Philip squeezed his eyes shut. He needed to get up. He needed to show up to rehearsal.

Pushing his wobbly limbs under him, Philip tried to get up. Yet every attempt to stand just sent him back down to the ground. So he tried to crawl and made it five inches away from the couch before falling back down into a panting mess.

A lurch in his stomach made him clamp a hand to his mouth. The bucket was still back on the couch.

With his arms and legs wobbling and head swimming, Philip desperately tried to scramble for the bucket. His ears rang and his eyes went dark.

When he finally got his vision back, he was laying on his cheek in a pool of vomit.

A blush spread across his cheeks while embarrassment heated up the rest of his body. Tears sprung up into his eyes. How was he supposed to help run a circus when he couldn't even keep himself out of his own vomit?

A sob escaped his throat. His legs jerked up. His forehead came to rest on his knees.

Philip tried to keep the following sounds escaping him quiet. He didn't want to draw any attention to how he looked right now. A shivering, sniffling mess. If his parents could see him now, they would have a heyday pointing out how undignified he looked.

"Pathetic excuse for a Carlyle."

"Shameful. Just shameful."

"Pipe down or I'll give you something to cry about."

"Look at the state of your clothes and your hair! Have you no respect for us."

"Why are you making such a big deal over nothing? Man up."

"Okay. Sorry that---."

The younger Carlyle was too far gone to stop.

Immediately, PT was beside him. "Philip, hey. What happened?"

Philip felt Barnum's strong calloused hand grip his shoulder. That didn't quiet his sobs. In fact, it just made him louder.

The older ringmaster shifted to sit behind the younger. His hand moved to rub along the back of his shoulders.

That's when Philip tried to shrug him off. Not because he didn't want the comfort, but because he didn't want the older ringmaster getting sick.

"Hey, look at me."

Philip jerked his head before burying it under his arms.

"Then listen to me. It's okay to not be okay. Getting sick doesn't make you any less worthy of help and comfort."

Though not completely gone, Philip's sobs did start to slow.

"You're not a burden Phil."

"I don't want you to get sick."

"You're still hung up on that?"

The younger Carlyle could hear the soft smile in PT's voice and it made him shoot back, "Don't you dare."

"What shouldn't I dare Mr. Carlyle?"

"Don't try to talk me out of something true."

"I never said it wasn't the truth."

"You can't get sick." Philip shifted to look up at the older ringmaster.

"I can't get sick? Or you can't get me sick?"

The younger Carlyle fell quiet. Even his sobs were dying down.

"There it is." PT shifted closer. "The real reason you're trying to push me away."

"I won't forgive myself if I do get you sick."

With a shrug, the older ringmaster replied, "If you don't, the girls will. Might as well get it out of the way now."

"Or you could get sick twice."

"That's a risk I'm willing to take."

"PT---."

Barnum made a correction noise in the back of his throat. "Don't you dare Mr. Carlyle. You're not pushing me away that easily."

With a groan, Philip buried his face back into his knees.

"Hop up." PT patted Philip's back. "I'm taking you home."

Philip didn't move.

There was a pause before the hand came back to rest. "Is that how you ended up on the ground?"

The younger Carlyle turtled into his shoulders. PT could leave him here to die now.

"Do you feel like you're going to throw up again?"

"Not at the moment."

"Very well."

The younger Carlyle shifted his head when he felt two calloused hands on him. One was near his shoulders, one was near his knees. A moment later, Philip was off the ground and in the older ringmaster's arms.

Philip gripped Barnum's shirt. "PT."

The older ringmaster adjusted his grip. "Try not to move too much."

In response, the younger Carlyle buried his face into PT's shoulder. His face heated up with embarrassment again. He looked really pathetic now.

A deep chuckle vibrated through the older ringmaster's chest. He then shifted Philip higher. "Can you help me out by holding on?"

"Hold on where?"

"Maybe by wrapping your arms around my neck or shoulders."

"That's called strangulation."

PT huffed and hefted the younger higher again. "Wrap them loosely like a hug or I will be dropping you on the ground."

Immediately, Philip wrapped his arms around the older ringmaster.

"Thank you."

The younger Carlyle glared up the older ringmaster. "I can walk."

Meanwhile, PT started walking toward the tent entrance. "Is that what you told yourself when you landed on your face?"

"I can. I'm not weak."

"Never said you were weak Phil. Just in need of a little help."

The younger ringmaster took a few deep breaths to calm his stomach. The rocking movement mixed with PT's early movements of lifting him up were making him feel nauseous again. And another thing he would never forgive himself if he covered the front of his honorary father figure's shirt in vomit.

"You sure you're okay?" PT asked, the concern leaking through his voice.

Philip pressed his forehead into the older ringmaster's shirt, eyes screwed shut. If he opened his mouth, it may not end well.

"Deep breaths in and deep breaths out," soothed the older ringmaster. "If you feel like it's coming up and out, turn your head to the left."

Philip retorted, "I was planning on turning to the right."

Another chuckle and a slight shift in PT's arms. The next thing Philip realized, he was sitting in the back of a carriage. And PT slid in next to him.

Philip desperately tried to ignore how weak he must have looked to the driver and instead put his full attention on his honorary father figure. "Don't you need to stay for rehearsal?"

"Lettie's taking over today." Barnum pulled the door shut with a snap. "Although the office will smell lovely tomorrow."

"Sorry about that."

A smirk pulled up the corner of the older ringmaster's lip just as the carriage lurched forward. "You apologize to foliage now Mr. Carlyle?"

"It deserves it after what I put it through."

"Can't help getting sick."

Guilt pooled in Philip's stomach.

"I know that look." PT shifted closer. "That's a 'I'm thinking an ingrained Carlyle thought' look."

The younger ringmaster curled into the wall of the carriage.

"You want to talk about it?"

Philip shook his head. He'd embarrassed himself enough today.

PT's calloused hand squeezed his arm. "I'm here if you change your mind."

While the younger ringmaster appreciated the sentiment, he'd never want to admit that to Barnum. If his honorary father figure heard what Philip thought of himself, he may start to agree and realize the younger Carlyle wasn't worth keeping.

He needed to keep that to himself.

A moment later, Philip felt himself get pulled into someone's side. His tried pushing himself away from PT, but the older ringmaster would have none of it.

Barnum held him close, carefully guiding his head to his shoulder. "Get some rest Phil."

Philip noted how PT's hand carefully avoided the vomit on his face and hair. However, the older ringmaster still did his best to comfort the younger.

His hand ran up and down Philip's arm.

Inside his heart, the younger ringmaster made a vow. Once he was better, he was making this up to PT by working doubly hard.

He'd show Barnum he was worth keeping.

[cleverhottubmiracle]

At its first-ever fashion show on Tuesday, cashmere line Lingua Franca didn’t send a single sweater hand-embroidered with a cheeky phrase — its best-known item — down the runway. Instead, its collection was inspired by the brand signatures of the show’s setting, New York’s Bowery Hotel.Model Pat Cleveland danced down the runway in a teddy-inspired shearling coat and hat, a nod to the teddy bears the hotel leaves on each bed, while former J. Crew creative director Jenna Lyons wore a red jacket and top hat mimicking the hotel logo. Plenty of models sported sweaters knitted with the hotel’s logo. It’s just the latest brand to not only align itself with a hotel to drive buzz but take a more creative approach in doing so. Fashion brand Frame was one of the first of this most recent series of fashion-hotel match-ups, inking a still-ongoing partnership with the Ritz Paris in 2021. Since then, sportswear brand Sporty & Rich, swimwear label Minnow, pyjama brand Petite Plume and more have rolled out their own collections with top-tier hotels, including The Carlyle on New York’s Upper East Side; Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France; and The Colony in Palm Beach, Florida. Fashion brands are so obsessed with hotel-inspired merchandise, they’re even making it for fictional properties: Fans of HBO’s hit series “The White Lotus” can buy a branded sweatshirt printed with a “The White Lotus Resort & Spa” logo at Bloomingdale’s, or a kaftan and swimsuit in a bold tropical print (in the style of those worn by Jennifer Coolidge’s character in the series) from resortwear label Camilla.Stylish takes on branded merch are a major element of these collabs — think sweatshirts and T-shirts emblazoned with an iconic property’s logo — but so are items inspired by a hotel’s aesthetic or visual cues. The idea is to give travel-obsessed consumers something they’ll want to wear long after they check out — or even if they never check in in the first place. “Branded and destination merch is nothing new,” said Mandi Meng, area director of marketing and communications for Auberge Resorts Collection, which teamed up with Markarian designer Alexandra O’Neill to oversee the holiday decor of its Mayflower Inn property in Washington, Connecticut, and Max Mara to deck the halls of its Hotel Jerome property in Aspen. “I have 500 tote bags from everywhere I’ve been. Do I actually use those? Probably not. But being able to take that concept and create things that people actually want to wear and use is really special.” The hotels brands gravitate to usually have a storied reputation and a built-in fanbase beyond their guest list, whether it’s someone who wishes The White Lotus were a real hotel chain or dreams about staying at The Carlyle but can’t yet afford the $1,000-plus nightly rate. Plus, they can provide brands with a new space to share their collections that feels naturally aligned with their offering.Minnow, for instance, partnered with Auberge Resorts Collection on an après-ski collection including base layers, knits and swimwear. The collab launched at Auberge’s Madeline property in Telluride, Colorado, with a series of activations like an ice-skating rink and s’mores by the hotel’s Alpine Swim Club. The hope, said Minnow founder Morgan Smith, is to give their customer an experience “outside of products.” “You need to be in your customer’s life with many touchpoints so you’re top of mind,” said Frame’s founder, Erik Torstensson. “Otherwise, the competition is tough.”Weaving a Shared IdentityThe best hotel partnerships create a unique product or format that merges the two distinct brand worlds.Sporty & Rich, for instance, created sweats, caps and even pyjamas for historic French luxury hotels like Le Bristol in Paris and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, as well as The Carlyle. Through partnering with the 10-year-old brand, which was founded by influencer Emily Oberg, these more old-school hotels can better appeal to younger consumers, while the brand can target its own aspirational shoppers.“Those partnerships put Le Bristol somewhere it’s not expected,” said Thomas Matteï, head of marketing, brand and e-commerce for Le Bristol. “We are 100 years old. We know our roots, so we can go a little bit further in collaborations. We are not afraid to shake the old lady a little bit.”Brands are also getting creative in how they bring a hotel to life through products. For its fourth collection with the Ritz Paris, released in December, Frame took a similar approach through a collection of wearable pieces meant to fit in at the hotel’s famed Hemingway Bar. While some were more overtly branded — think a sweater featuring the Ritz Paris logo — there were also more subtle approaches, like a pair of jeans embellished with minimalist “Ritz” hardware and embroidery. Fragrance label D.S. & Durga even formulated a custom scent for The Carlyle that is also infused in the hotel’s shower products, as well as carried in the brand’s stores nationwide.“These are absolute luxury experiences. They deserve more thought than just putting a logo on some chocolates,” said Torstensson.The Right to Play in New SpacesThese partnerships also give the fashion brands in question the ability to extend their presence into new markets. For example, by partnering with the Ritz Paris, which is well-known internationally, Frame was confident in opening a pop-up in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, giving the brand greater exposure in a burgeoning market.For Petite Plume, which has made custom pyjamas for elevated yet family-friendly properties like Eden Rock in St Barths, The Colony and San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado, they’re an opportunity to catch customers when they are in a “lounging mindset,” said the brand’s CMO, Fanny Quehe.“We’re getting to the right demographic in the right context …How many times have you slept in a really amazing hotel and said, ‘Oh my God, these sheets are amazing. I wish I could get them at home. What brand are they?’” said Quehe. For some brands, partnerships don’t include hotel-branded merch at all, but are rather a way to build alternative opportunities to engage their audiences. The Carlyle, for example, teamed up with luxury e-tailer Mytheresa to bring a pop-up version of its famed Bemelmans Bar to Aspen later this month. On site, a selection of luxury après-ski pieces curated by Mytheresa will be available for purchase. “When you’re seated at the table and you’ve got your martini, there’s this little button on the table that says ‘press for fashion,’ and along comes this bar cart … It is the most fabulous edit of luxury style,” said Jacqui Cox, head of marketing and communications for The Carlyle. It’s all a way to keep customers engaged by showing up in more and more of their favourite places. Auberge’s Meng said these sort of partnerships are “the future of marketing.” “It becomes a really cohesive story, and also it feels like an organic experience, as opposed to just something that’s sponsored or paid,” she said. Source link

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott, born on October 19th 1954 in Edinburgh.

One of my favourite actors, as hard-drinking Detective hero of Ian Rankin's popular book he was Inspector John Rebus to me. Ken's Father was Scottish and a teacher, his mum a Sicilian, he went to the famous George Herriots school before going onto to Mountview Theatre School, where the distinguished actor Sir John Mills was president. Fellow Scot Douglas Henshall was also a student of the school. Before leaving Edinburgh Stott had been in a band called Keyhole some of the members of the group would later join the Bay City Rollers.

Ken went on to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company but the pay was poor and he subsidised his earnings by selling double glazing. His first TV role was in Secret Army for the BBC, parts in TV shows throughout his career have included, Taggart (of course) The Singing Detective, London's Burning, Your Cheatin' Heart and Silent Witness. He was insome good films too, The Debt Collector (with Billy Connolly) , Shallow Grave, (with Ewen MacGregor) and Plunkett & Macleane (with Robert Carlyle).

My favourite shows of Ken's have been the brilliant BBC Scotland series, Takin' Over the Asylum in which starred as Double Glazing salesman, but aspiring disc jockey

with David Tennant and Angus Macfadyen,The ITV series The Vice was also a cracking series where he played DI Pat Chappel and The BBC show Messiah, where again he played a cop, DCI Red Metcalfe where he learned sign language for scenes with his screen wife,and Rebus of course, when the show was resurrected in 2006, Stott was a first choice for many as D.I John Rebus, John Hannah had the role in the first incarnation, mainly due to it being made by his own production company.

On film Ken is probably best known for his role as the Dwarf, Balin in The Hobbit trilogy. He is a popular choice for voice work, as narrator for series such as Trawlermen, a documentary following North Sea trawlers, and Send in the Dogs, following the work of Police Officers and their canine partners.

One of my favourite stories about Ken Stott echoes the no nonsense approach of Rebus, on stage during Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge, he halted the play when a group of teenage schoolkids were misbehaving and disturbing the show, switching from his stage American to his native Scots accent he told the teacher responsible for the children to remove them, or the play would not go on.

The house lights were switched on and there was then a 15-minute stand-off as discussions took place with the offending youngsters.

The audience took the side of Stott and even resorted to chanting 'out, out, out' in extraordinary scenes. Eventually the three culprits and an embarrassed teacher was forced to creep away before the play resumed at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Recently Ken was in the TV series Devils playing professor Wade in the show. Look out for The Dig, a decent Netflix film about an archaeologist dig in England in 1938 also starring Ralph Fiennes.

Ken reprised his role as Chief Superintendent Bob Toal in the second series of Irvine Welsh's Edinburgh set cop show Crime.

Nominated for many awards, he was lifted two Scottish Baftas and a Laurence Olivier Award.

[norajworld]

At its first-ever fashion show on Tuesday, cashmere line Lingua Franca didn’t send a single sweater hand-embroidered with a cheeky phrase — its best-known item — down the runway. Instead, its collection was inspired by the brand signatures of the show’s setting, New York’s Bowery Hotel.Model Pat Cleveland danced down the runway in a teddy-inspired shearling coat and hat, a nod to the teddy bears the hotel leaves on each bed, while former J. Crew creative director Jenna Lyons wore a red jacket and top hat mimicking the hotel logo. Plenty of models sported sweaters knitted with the hotel’s logo. It’s just the latest brand to not only align itself with a hotel to drive buzz but take a more creative approach in doing so. Fashion brand Frame was one of the first of this most recent series of fashion-hotel match-ups, inking a still-ongoing partnership with the Ritz Paris in 2021. Since then, sportswear brand Sporty & Rich, swimwear label Minnow, pyjama brand Petite Plume and more have rolled out their own collections with top-tier hotels, including The Carlyle on New York’s Upper East Side; Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France; and The Colony in Palm Beach, Florida. Fashion brands are so obsessed with hotel-inspired merchandise, they’re even making it for fictional properties: Fans of HBO’s hit series “The White Lotus” can buy a branded sweatshirt printed with a “The White Lotus Resort & Spa” logo at Bloomingdale’s, or a kaftan and swimsuit in a bold tropical print (in the style of those worn by Jennifer Coolidge’s character in the series) from resortwear label Camilla.Stylish takes on branded merch are a major element of these collabs — think sweatshirts and T-shirts emblazoned with an iconic property’s logo — but so are items inspired by a hotel’s aesthetic or visual cues. The idea is to give travel-obsessed consumers something they’ll want to wear long after they check out — or even if they never check in in the first place. “Branded and destination merch is nothing new,” said Mandi Meng, area director of marketing and communications for Auberge Resorts Collection, which teamed up with Markarian designer Alexandra O’Neill to oversee the holiday decor of its Mayflower Inn property in Washington, Connecticut, and Max Mara to deck the halls of its Hotel Jerome property in Aspen. “I have 500 tote bags from everywhere I’ve been. Do I actually use those? Probably not. But being able to take that concept and create things that people actually want to wear and use is really special.” The hotels brands gravitate to usually have a storied reputation and a built-in fanbase beyond their guest list, whether it’s someone who wishes The White Lotus were a real hotel chain or dreams about staying at The Carlyle but can’t yet afford the $1,000-plus nightly rate. Plus, they can provide brands with a new space to share their collections that feels naturally aligned with their offering.Minnow, for instance, partnered with Auberge Resorts Collection on an après-ski collection including base layers, knits and swimwear. The collab launched at Auberge’s Madeline property in Telluride, Colorado, with a series of activations like an ice-skating rink and s’mores by the hotel’s Alpine Swim Club. The hope, said Minnow founder Morgan Smith, is to give their customer an experience “outside of products.” “You need to be in your customer’s life with many touchpoints so you’re top of mind,” said Frame’s founder, Erik Torstensson. “Otherwise, the competition is tough.”Weaving a Shared IdentityThe best hotel partnerships create a unique product or format that merges the two distinct brand worlds.Sporty & Rich, for instance, created sweats, caps and even pyjamas for historic French luxury hotels like Le Bristol in Paris and Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, as well as The Carlyle. Through partnering with the 10-year-old brand, which was founded by influencer Emily Oberg, these more old-school hotels can better appeal to younger consumers, while the brand can target its own aspirational shoppers.“Those partnerships put Le Bristol somewhere it’s not expected,” said Thomas Matteï, head of marketing, brand and e-commerce for Le Bristol. “We are 100 years old. We know our roots, so we can go a little bit further in collaborations. We are not afraid to shake the old lady a little bit.”Brands are also getting creative in how they bring a hotel to life through products. For its fourth collection with the Ritz Paris, released in December, Frame took a similar approach through a collection of wearable pieces meant to fit in at the hotel’s famed Hemingway Bar. While some were more overtly branded — think a sweater featuring the Ritz Paris logo — there were also more subtle approaches, like a pair of jeans embellished with minimalist “Ritz” hardware and embroidery. Fragrance label D.S. & Durga even formulated a custom scent for The Carlyle that is also infused in the hotel’s shower products, as well as carried in the brand’s stores nationwide.“These are absolute luxury experiences. They deserve more thought than just putting a logo on some chocolates,” said Torstensson.The Right to Play in New SpacesThese partnerships also give the fashion brands in question the ability to extend their presence into new markets. For example, by partnering with the Ritz Paris, which is well-known internationally, Frame was confident in opening a pop-up in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, giving the brand greater exposure in a burgeoning market.For Petite Plume, which has made custom pyjamas for elevated yet family-friendly properties like Eden Rock in St Barths, The Colony and San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado, they’re an opportunity to catch customers when they are in a “lounging mindset,” said the brand’s CMO, Fanny Quehe.“We’re getting to the right demographic in the right context …How many times have you slept in a really amazing hotel and said, ‘Oh my God, these sheets are amazing. I wish I could get them at home. What brand are they?’” said Quehe. For some brands, partnerships don’t include hotel-branded merch at all, but are rather a way to build alternative opportunities to engage their audiences. The Carlyle, for example, teamed up with luxury e-tailer Mytheresa to bring a pop-up version of its famed Bemelmans Bar to Aspen later this month. On site, a selection of luxury après-ski pieces curated by Mytheresa will be available for purchase. “When you’re seated at the table and you’ve got your martini, there’s this little button on the table that says ‘press for fashion,’ and along comes this bar cart … It is the most fabulous edit of luxury style,” said Jacqui Cox, head of marketing and communications for The Carlyle. It’s all a way to keep customers engaged by showing up in more and more of their favourite places. Auberge’s Meng said these sort of partnerships are “the future of marketing.” “It becomes a really cohesive story, and also it feels like an organic experience, as opposed to just something that’s sponsored or paid,” she said. Source link