#Cameron Lauder

[lrr-tweets]

[magicmalcolm]

Title Cards for "Play To Your Outs || Friday Nights S9E08"

Card art by @jolynegarcia

[dimestoretajic]

when the aristocrats player sacs their commander

[vergi1ius]

There needs to be a word for when a person says or sings a word in like the exact perfect way. Like the delivery just sticks with you forever afterward because it reached some platonic ideal of how the word needed to be said/sung in that moment.

I've run into this like three times -- and twice in the past couple weeks, and I just need to talk about this weird phenomenon.

[wifelinkmtg]

HEY WHAT'S UP

So, funny story, I was watching a guy stream a Warhammer 40K game, and by "stream a Warhammer 40K game" I mean he had the game open to the character-select screen while talking about fascist aesthetics and Warhammer for an hour and a half, and all the while this growing certainty gnawed at my hindbrain like, oh man I'm going to have to issue a substantial correction, and I really didn't want to have to talk about fascist aesthetics yet again, but here we are. Okay.

The problem is that I've argued in the past for a mostly transsexual reading of Phyrexia by arguing against the more common reading of them as a fascist faction, saying the Phyrexian aesthetic is incompatible with the idealized heroic figures of fascist iconography, and that's basically true if we're talking about German Nazism specifically. Unfortunately, there's a bunch of other fascisms out there, and the guy whose stream I was watching (Cameron Lauder of LRR, if you wanna know) was quoting from Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto and I was like oh, no this is eminently compatible with Phyrexia. He wants to fuck a train for being a fast, powerful, violent machine; this man might as well summer in the Hunter Maze.

And in retrospect, since different valid readings of a text can simultaneously exist, the only reason I felt I had to argue against the fascist reading is that I didn't want to be tarred and feathered for a philia for fictional Phyrexian fascists, you know? Not that it worked - I still got angry notes. So, okay, the fascist reading is also correct. This leaves Transformation, Horror, Eros, Phyrexia mostly intact - good! - but the ditch essay pretty thoroughly eviscerated, since the whole point of it was trying to shore up precisely that part of the first essay's argument, and I'm not sure what's left is worth much. "The Ditch" is like a power drill: a useful shortcut if you know what you're doing, and capable of doing a fair bit of damage if you don't. Ah, well.

I SEEM TO RECALL THIS PLACE USED TO BE FOR REVIEWING PICTURES OF HOT WOMEN ON CARDSTOCK?

Yes, well. We'll get back there, but I got covid, so: happy new year, and good luck.

[elsiebrayisgay]

I saw your post about Ahamkara; what's your favorite Ahamkara lore (if you don't mind me asking)?

formal request to go on at length about a special interest let's gooooo (it is always okay)

i am going to choose to answer this in two parts, first my favorite ahamkara story and then my favorite ahamkara tidbit.

i mentioned tallulah fairwind in the post because she's the guardian i always think of first for having been killed by ahamkara. if you are not aware, tallulah was the founding (kinda) hunter vanguard, alongside saint and osiris. she had to be kind of cajoled into it by the speaker at the time, and this is the origin of the vanguard dare. when the speaker told her that it would certainly be very difficult to wrangle all the hunters and fit meetings into her busy schedule of missions, she had to prove him wrong.

i had previously thought for some reason that her death happened during the great hunt, but in rechecking sources to write this, i didn't actually find a specific time when her death took place. i had thought that the events leading up to her death were part of the great hunt, but perhaps her death was a catalyst.

in any case, at some point, she was playing cards with some guy and her friend, caliban-8, was dealing. during the game, the two guardians realized that this rando was in fact a wish-dragon, and the stakes got significantly more dire. eventually, back against a wall, tallulah bet her life against the dragon, and caliban dealt her a losing hand. this was another moment where the tradition of the vanguard dare was perpetuated: in the moments before her death, tallulah gave caliban her weapon and as he pleaded with her not to leave him her post, she said, "a dare's a dare, man." it is implied at this point that she was literally just eaten in a single bite by this dragon. i really enjoy this story because i think it characterizes some old hunters very well and i think the archetypal hunter bravado and joviality plays EXTREMELY well when they're stuck in tragedy partially of their own making but from which they cannot escape. if i remember correctly caliban also had a silly poker visor on because the card game was conjured up by wish-magic. i just love the touches that ahamkara put on things that show that they know how humans operate but at the same time display flagrant disregard for human feeling or sensibility.

my favorite ahamkara factoid is that the keep of voices is built from all of those huge amethyst geodes because amethyst, for whatever reason, will always reflect an ahamkara's true reflection (as a dragon) rather than whatever shape they have taken by magic. the keep of voices was built this way specifically to keep riven in so that anyone approaching could see her for what she was. i think the implication here is also that amethyst is extremely distasteful to ahamkara for this reason, i can imagine an ahamkara seeing their reflection and hissing and looking away.

i'm really interested in this because to my knowledge, the entirety of the dreaming city, terraforming and all, was created by riven through wish magic. i wonder whether queen mara had to wish for all of the amethyst, too, and what it was like for riven to grant that wish, if she did. i also just love reciting this fact when i'm teaching LW and bringing folks up to kalli & the wish wall.

(as a disclaimer, at least 50% of what i know about ahamkara, if not more, was learned watching cameron lauder on talking simulator and all i did to write this post was check a couple of sources on the wiki to ensure i wasn't entirely wrong.)

[scotianostra]

On 29th February 1904 the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opened.

Designed by Bertie Crewe for Thomas Barrasford, the Pavilion Theatre opened at the corner of Renfield Street and Renfrew Street, Glasgow on the 29 February, 1904. It was regarded as luxurious for its time with its decor being described by the owners as “pure Louis XV”. An electrically operated sliding roof ensured good ventilation.

Performances in the early days were mainly variety, melodrama and pantomime. Many of the leading music hall artistes of the period appeared at the Pavilion, including Marie Lloyd, Little Tich, Harry Lauder, Florrie Forde, Will Fyffe, Sarah Bernhardt and a then unknown Charlie Chaplin.

Since the 1930s, the Pavilion began to host pantomimes with top name stars of the Scottish variety scene, such as Harry Gordon and Dave Willis. In more recent times it has produced plays, such as ‘The Sash’ and ‘The Steamie’.

The Pavilion Theatre is now the only privately run theatre in Scotland and one of a few unsubsidised independent theatres left in Britain.

“Defying all the odds, Glasgow’s Pavilion regularly purveys variety to this day. All the more remarkable as it is completely unsubsidised and receives no funding from the Scottish Arts Council and kindred bodies whose thoughts and cash are directed at higher cultural activities. It remains the last stronghold of a long music hall tradition in Europe’s City of Culture owing everything to a dedicated staff and patrons and nothing to the public purse.

With its imposing terra cotta facade, the Pavilion Theatre of Varieties was designed by Bertie Crewe in the grand manner for Thomas Barrasford. The domed ceiling was surmounted by an electrically controlled sliding roof for ventilation. Fine Rococo plasterwork on the circle, balcony and box fronts; decoration executed in pure Louis XV; handsome mahogany woodwork and the marble mosaic floor all lent the 1800 seat theatre an aura of splendour.

No less amusing than the dentist advertising in the Pavilion programme “painless extractions with nitrous oxide for 4/- (20p) or cocaine for 1/- (5p)”, were the press observations on the “fashionable company” which attended the Pavilion’s first house on 29th February,1904. We learn that “among the elite there was quite a preponderance of ladies and gentlemen of quality in evening dress”. Alas, class consciousness and respectability were all in Edwardian Britain!

The ‘forties and ‘fifties saw pantomime runs of sixteen weeks, the happy and hilarious summer seasons were emulated during the 1960s and early 1970s by Lex McLean. Another regular crowd puller to Renfield Street was Jack Milroy.

Lulu from Dennistoun (real name Marie Lawrie) broke box office records in 1975, Billy Connolly, Hector Nicol Andy Cameron portrayed their own distinctive brands of humour while Scottish songstresses Lena Zavaroni, , Sheena Easton, Lena Martell and Barbara Dickson also scored heavily with Pavilion audiences.

It was anything but plain sailing for the Pavilion and there was gloomy speculation of closure after incurring heavy financial losses in 1981. Spared the fate which befell the Queens, Metropole, Empire, Alhambra and Empress Theatres, the 80 years old Pavilion was rescued by James Glasgow and transformed into a modest profit maker. Smash-hit shows with Sydney Devine; spells from hypnotist Robert Halpern; pantomime with Denny Willis, and one night gigs from the foremost modern television entertainers have kept the cash tills registering.

The Pavilion also played a major role in the annual Mayfest – Glasgow’s International Festival of popular theatre, music, the arts and community programmes.

Little altered and virtually unspoilt since its inception, the seating capacity of 1449 is made up of 677 stalls, 341 circle, 413 balcony and 18 box seats. While the stiff shirts in chauffeur-driven cabs have given way to coach parties from the rural areas of Strathclyde and beyond, a policy of providing the best in live entertainment has been pursued consistently. The portents look good for the vibrant Pavilion Theatre of Varieties.”

The Pavillion is, in my view a survivor, even over the past few years tragedy has struck the area with a series of fires.

[lokalokas]

JACKAL 

JACKAL foi uma obscura banda canadense formada em Toronto no fim dos anos 60. Seus fundadores foram os irmãos Chris e James Kellesis. A banda contava com um vocalista de origem escocesa chamado Charlie Shannon radicado no Canadá desde 1962. Em 1971, o Jackal gravou seu único e raro álbum chamado “Awake”, mas que só foi lançado em 1973. O disco traz uma mistura de rock pesado e rock progressivo com passagens pop rock, blues e psicodélicas. O destaque fica por conta do órgão. Não existem informações sobre a banda após o lançamento do álbum. Membros: Charlie Shannon – vocais | Chris Kellesis - teclados | Dave Bernard – guitarra | Steven Hayward – baixo | James Kellesis – bateria | Cameron Lauder – bateria.

Bandas de rock relíquias

[manyfandomocs]

➰ + Theodore?

Here's my big ass list because Theodore can get along with most people some of these are just vibes some have thoughts behind it idk let me know if you want me to go into some

Adalia Kim

Allie St. James

Antoinette Kensington

Ashley Nardini

Avery Stiles

Brady Mariano

Cameron Danes

Catie Gleason

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Chelsea Geller

Cosette Gerard

Daniella Gilmore-Danes

Eleanor Doose

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jane Forester

Kaylee Hayden

Kirsty Gilmore

Lia Belleville

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Marley Tinsdale

Sage Hall

Sienna Elliot

Sophie Dugray

Willow Dell (and the whole squad pls)

Also not entirely sure if the vibes are necessarily "get along" but?? Charles Gilmore/Blythe Langford/Kaito Lauder pls

Send me ➰ + one of my ocs and I’ll tell you which of your ocs I think they’d get along with

[lrr-tweets]

[magicmalcolm]

Title Cards for "In A Vivid Grove || Friday Nights S9E04"

Card art by @jolynegarcia

[sims-bunny]

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1.Cameron Lauder

2.Benji Rothschild

3.Morgan Dumas

4.Avery Dumas

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Some sims I’ve been creating lately

[wintercookielife]

[bakageta]

X

[dimestoretajic]

when you've been losing all night and decide to bust out the cEDH deck

[desertbusoutofcontext]

"It's a giant eye - it's polite to look into the eye!"