#Bleeker Street

[guy60660]

Daryl McCormack | Bleeker Street | The Rose Tree | WSJ

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Derek Walcott :: h/t @bloodsigns

[popcorn-plots]

doing some research for a fic and, Central Park is a 13 minute walk from Columbia University???

And a 16 minute walk from Bleeker Street? But Central Park is so big that it would be a 36 minute bike ride from Bleeker Street to Columbia University. A 2 hour and 16 minute walk. And of course, Metro-General doesn't exist so I can't find it on google maps but huh

[chopthepieup]

[awellrespectedcavetroll]

Cave Troll Takes Manhattan, Day 4: Spent most the train ride home tinkering with the photos

[plakatierenverboten]

Action Bronson: Live in New York (2023)

[theangelcastiel]

What I wonder is if there's a Doctor Strange/Sherlock AU where Stephen and Everett are reincarnated versions of Sherlock and John 🤔

If I were able to write fanfic I would write it myself but all I manage is rp 😂 I don't have the brain capacity for writing fanfic 🥲

[yourbelgianthings]

the brennan urge to put a dragon in his main quest campaigns: kalvaxis, the dragon of bleeker street, cinnamon (idk if there's one in aso if so i haven't gotten to it)

[tfc2211]

HP Lovecraft

[rastronomicals]

9:02 PM EST November 26, 2023:

HP Lovecraft - "Country Boy & Bleeker Street" From the album Live - May 11, 1968 (1991)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

At the Fillmore West

[labwebs]

@greatrspnsibility liked for a starter for Wong!

Peter knew that today was going to be a bit rough, but he hadn't gone out as the web-slinger like he usually would if he needed to burn off some energy or clear his mind. No, given what'd happened a year ago today, he'd decided to stay in even before the rain had started. 'In' being a loose term, though, as he was in one of his usual spots- sitting just outside a small window at the very top of the Sanctum but still under cover, watching the city below. He sipped at a cup of tea, a habit he'd picked up since he'd started living here. There was comfort in its warmth even despite the rain and the distinct fall chill in the early-morning air out here. He would head out later. As himself, though. Visit May's grave. Three words that still managed to nearly physically pain him when he thought them. So much had happened in the past few years of his life...

Looking back through the open window at the sound of footsteps, the teen startled slightly when he saw how close Wong was- definitely too lost in his own thoughts to have heard his approach.. "Hey, man. Sorry I just uh..." he shook his head. "Rough day."

[musical-theatre-encyclopedia]

Watch "AJR - Growing Old On Bleecker Street [Acoustic]" on YouTube

❤💛💚💙💜😍😘😻💖💕Valentine's Day Playlist😽💝🌹😙💋💌💓💞💘😚

[joeinct]

Pay Phone on the Corner of Christopher and Bleeker Streets, NYC, Photo by Stanley Stellar, 1981

[ankh-morporkianpostalworker]

The Use of Robert Moses as a Foil in The Unsleeping City

For those of you who don’t remember 10th grade English and don’t have a degree in Literature from a state school, a foil is a character who exists to contrast another character in order to highlight the characteristics of both characters. There are many great examples of this not only in literature (Hamlet and Laertes, Tybalt and Benvolio, Adam Trask and Cathy Ames) but also in film (Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Batman and the Joker), comics (see: Batman and the Joker) and a host of other mediums. With all that said, and those examples given, I posit that Robert Moses is a foil for the Heroes of New York in Dimension 20: The Unsleeping City. 

First and most obviously, he is a reflection of Kingston Brown if Kingston Brown wasn’t a strict adherent to Uncle Ben’s axiom. Moses took every bit of power he could for his own use and, in real life, screwed over the city of New York where Brown uses everything he’s given to make the city better (in a flashback, we find out that the first thing Brown asks the Dragon of Bleeker Street after becoming the Vox Populi is how he can use his power to help other people). 

Second, he’s a version of Kugrash that never learned the importance of caring for others. Throughout season one, Kugrash acts as a protector for the homeless and dispossessed of New York, feeding and clothing and protecting them from harm, a lesson he learned after he was cursed by a powerful spellcaster. The people he protects are those who Robert Moses’s realm would destroy, the people Robert Moses cares nothing for. This service comes not purely from penance, but also from a heartfelt desire to help others to the point that he sacrifices his body to save New York. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, is his reaction to the final words of Robert Moses’s phylactery after his (Kugrash’s) sacrifice - greed is good. To quote the man himself -  “ Greed is good, for rat motherfuckers like Robert Moses, but not in our town, not in our fuckin' city!”

Third, Robert Moses is a reflection of Pete if Pete had given in to corruption and temptation and hatred and greed, which he almost does multiple times in the series, the final time being in Showdown at the Stock Exchange, the penultimate fight of season one. This final choice is offered as two options on the Wild Magic Table - embrace the darkness to match Robert Moses in power, or resist temptation and rise above, Pete choosing the later. For this rejection of evil, Pete is killed (I choose to read the game of Eenie Miney Minie Mo as being a theatrically show that Robert Moses put on just to prove how evil he is). 

Fourth, both he and Misty/Rowan feed on the power of the city for their own ends, Robert to control it and Misty to maintain her youth and beauty. The difference lies in the fact that, as Nod points out, Misty/Rowan gives back to the people more than she takes, giving them hope and joy (and using her magic to protect the people), while Robert Moses gives nothing in return. She also cares for the immaterial things in life, like beauty and art and entertainment, while he does not.

Fifth, Ricky’s self-sacrificing nature is in stark contrast to Robert Moses’s. Throughout the series, Ricky puts himself on the line to protect others, a good portion of his magic being used to protect others from harm and the rest (notably his smites) used in defense of the innocent. In the final battle of season one, against Robert Moses’s nightmarish American Dream, he uses an ability that he knows will almost certainly kill him. His words to Kingston Brown moments before the sacrifice - “You got me if you got me” - show that while he would like to come back and knows his friend will do what he can to make that happen, he also knows that there’s a chance that this is the end for him, and he does it anyway, a sacrifice Robert Moses would never accept. 

Finally, there’s Sofia. Sofia was the hardest of these to write about, but eventually I realize that the contrast comes in relation to wealth - Sof rejects her family’s ill-gotten wealth, choosing to live (temporarily) as a monk with little more than the contents of a backpack to her name, while Robert Moses craves wealth so much that his whole plan revolves around creating a new realm in New York city specifically for his own gain. It’s not a lot, but it’s something. 

There’s also the fact that the heroes all love New York while Robert Moses sees it as a tool for his own gain, but that mostly goes without saying. 

I’m about 90% sure that this is the longest post I’ve made on this site but I really enjoyed writing it. I definitely plan on making more like it, analyzing D&D series through a serious literary lens and discussing the uses of literary and narrative techniques, although these won’t be as frequent as my shorter observations. 

If you got all the way through this, thank you and you’re awesome.