#David Jimenez

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David Jimenez

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Ile-St-Louis apartment of interior designer David Jimenez

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https://david-jimenez.com/infinito-book

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EURO U21 2023 and EURO U19 2023 - dates

Spain U21:

Antonio Blanco

Romania U21 - Spain U21; EURO U21 2023; group stage; 21st June 2023, 8:45 PM CET

Spain U21 - Croatia U21; EURO U21 2023; group stage; 24th June 2023; 8:45 PM CET

Spain U21 - Ukraine U21; EURO U21 2023; group stage; 27th June 2023; 8:45 PM CET

Spain U21 - Switzerland U21; EURO U21 2023; quarterfinal; 1st July 2023; 9:00 PM CET

Spain U21 - Ukraine U21; EURO U21 2023; semifinal; 5th July 2023; 9:00 PM CET

England U21 - Spain U21; EURO U21 2023; final; 8th July 2023; 9:00 PM CET

Spain U19:

Edgar Pujol

Gonzalo Garcia

Manuel Angel

Cesar Palacios

David Jimenez

Iceland U19 - Spain U19; EURO U19 2023; group stage; 4th July 2023; 9:15 PM CET

Greece U19 - Spain U19; EURO U19 2023; group stage; 7th July 2023; 6:00 PM CET

Spain U19 - Norway U19; EURO U19 2023; group stage; 10th July 2023; 9:00 PM CET

Spain U19 - Italy U19; EURO U19 2023; semifinal; 13th July 2023; 9:00 PM CET

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I just love the range of the queer couples this season so far. Lucius and Black Pete having a sweet reunion and openly communicating, Stede and Ed having a break up and finding their way back to each other story for the century, and Olu and Jim are collecting people for their polycule like they’re Pokémon

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S02E04 Fun and Games

Izzy's lowest point... But also the crew's highest point. They were at each other's throat and then they immediately came together to help Izzy. I'm not crying I'm wailing.

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Samba Calypso's Birthday BTS 05/29/2024 Video 1 + Stills

To those wondering why Roach is suddenly blind and wet during Calypso’s birthday and it never being explained (which is hilarious), here’s why: bobbing for plums in a tub full of cheap rum🌺☠️🏴‍☠️ Overacting brought to you courtesy of the Lecoq Acting School of Physical Comedy🤣 #OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #bts

Source: Samba Schutte's Instagram 05/29/2024

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STORIES TELLING: NED LOWE AND THE DEATH OF POOR REPRESENTATION IN OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

In history, Ned Lowe was one of the most sadistic and violent pirates in the early 18th century, so he’s an obvious choice for a villain for season 2, episode 6 – Calypso’s Birthday.  What is interesting is what the OFMD writers chose to do with him.

Lowe announces himself to the crew of the Revenge with great fanfare (cannon ball attack) and gets right to the point.

Ed is thoroughly unimpressed.

Cut to Ed and Stede tied up while Ned attempts to set the mood so he can monologue about why he wants to kill Ed.

Ed knows what’s coming. He is going to suffer but he still can’t be arsed to meet Ned with anything but vaguely bored dismissiveness (and Stede is happy to play along).

Up on the deck, Ned prepares the crew for his big, dramatic moment of symphonic torture.

Note that the Revenge crew is tied down, braced by vices and generally unable to protect themselves from imminent torture and possible death, but their spirits are up. They don’t seem terribly fussed.

Then Stede uses his people positive management style to happily orchestrate a worker uprising in Ned’s crew.

Ned’s crew responds instantly; severing their allegiance to Lowe and telling him off.

The crew sails away and talks profit sharing while Ned dully threatens to hunt them down.

Ned is now a prisoner of the Revenge crew and seems entirely disinterested in his own survival.

And Ned sinks to the depths, without struggling at all.

There is a lot going on in this episode: pay and labor equity direct action, gay love engagement bliss, kink humor, Stede being a hero and saving his crew by playing to his strengths, then having to decide whether to kill in cold blood and feel the consequences of that choice. Ed having one more reason to be done with piracy (while being so impressed with and fond of Stede), and then watching his man make a fraught choice and having to deal with the fallout from that. (And, damn, I haven’t even mentioned the passionate sex bit.) Anyway, back to the point.

Now for the the meta part

The Ned Lowe sequences are perfectly in keeping with OFMD’s signature blend of madcap violence, humor, and big emotional gut punches. But something about Ned Lowe just strikes me as off for this show.

Ned is seriously threatening the crews’ lives, so why don’t they take him seriously?

Why does Ned have such a boring, throwaway backstory?

Why is Ned so nonchalant about his own death; like it’s a foregone conclusion?

Why does Ned have a silver violin and silver spurs on his slip-on dress shoes?

Why is Ned sartorially monochromatic?

And then I realized who Ned reminds me of.

This guy,

Earnst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds are Forever (1971)

And this guy,

Scar in Disney's The Lion King (1994).

And this guy,

Xerxes, 300 (2006).

And it sure seems like Ned Lowe isn’t just an episodic villain. He is an archetype of the one-dimensional, stereotypical queer-coded villain that has been endemic in film and television throughout history. The OFMD writers have a lot to say about what to do with this kind of character:

Don’t respect him.

Feel free to openly mock him.

Don’t let him take your joy, even though he will hurt you.

He won’t disappear on his own. You have to throw something at him (take action) to make him go away.

Once he’s in the water, he’s content to drown. He’s not into what he’s doing any more than you are.

Oh and, just to be clear,

The LGBTQIA+ community has a very long history of turning shit media into better stories. So, hey, big media, prepare to have your crap characters wrecked (improved).

Now, back to our transformative pirate show with rich, complex queer characters and a multi-layered plot that surprises me every week and makes me feel big feelings - most of all, joy.

Final thought: I do wonder if Ned Lowe is monochromatically silver as a tribute to/poke at, Hollywood and the silver screen.

This meta was written before OFMD season 2 has fully aired. No idea what’s going to happen in the finale (and I’ve generally fled social media to avoid spoilers). I’ll be back, looking at everyone’s fascinating posts after episode 8 airs.

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Magnificent Batman Family covers for December!

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David Jimenez

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only a couple hours left, crew. 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Our Flag Means Death S2.E6 ∙ Calypso's Birthday

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December 2024 solicitations for DC Comics that feature Cass!!!

Batgirl #2 (by David Talaski):

Variant by: Jorge Jimenez:

1:25 by: Skylar Patridge:

Birds of Prey #16 by Leonardo Romero.

Variant by Serg Acuña:

Variant by Rian Gonzales.

1:25 by Travis Mercer.

Justice League Unlimited #2 variant by Fico Ossio.

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THIS IS THE REUNION SCENE!!!: THEORY

NO OKAY BUT GUYS LISTEN:

Wee John and Roach mostly just look shocked, afraid even

Black Pete is overjoyed, Stede looks heartbroken and if you zoom in on the picture you can see that Olu is happy-crying.

THEY ARE STANDING RIGHT OPPOSITE OF NO ONE ELSE BUT:

-LUCIUS WHO IS IN FACT ALIVE HENCE BLACK PETES OVERJOYED EXPRESSION

-EDWARD WHO STEDE RECOGNIZES IS ONCE AGAIN THE KRAKEN

-AND JIM WHICH LEADS TO OLUS HAPPY YET SAD REACTION

DAVID JENKINS I sEE yOu