#Emil Whitaker

[e-lisard]

Disappearance

Characters: Owen Dunn, Emil Whitaker, Near Hallow

Story: Second Chance At Life

CW: none

WC: 297

"Near?" Owen pokes his head into their room, sighing when it's yet another location to be ticked off the list.

"Owen? Are you okay?" Emil's voice rings out behind him, and Owen steps back, closing the door.

"I'm trying to find Near, but I can't. I've already looked everywhere he usually is." If he's being honest, it's making him anxious. Especially since mercenaries have already gone after Near once. Who's to say they won't do it a second time?

"I think I saw him go to the flowers, the Nefel field. Maybe he's still there?" Emil kindly smiles, still reading him easily.

Owen sighs in relief, clapping his friend on the shoulder. "Thank you, Emil, I owe you."

"That's quite alright." Emil waves him off and continues on his way, leaving Owen to go find the Nefel field.

It's a walk of nearly half an hour, made longer by a few wrong turns, as it has been a few years since Owen came to the field. When he finally gets there, though, relief fills his entire body.

Near is sitting between the flowers, meditating.

Owen approaches as quietly as he can, sitting down next to him. "How many flowers did you step on?" Near asks, not even opening his eyes.

"Two, I think." Owen smiles, scooting a little closer so their knees are touching. "I tried not to, though."

"I know." A soft smile appears on Near's face as he briefly opens his eyes to look at Owen. "Did you need me for something?"

"Not really." Owen closes his eyes, taking a slow and deep breath.

"Alright." Near sounds amused, and Owen can feel him slipping right back into his meditative state after.

For the first time in quite a while, Owen doesn't have any trouble meditating.

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Disappearance

Original post June 17th, 2023 (x)

“Near?” Owen pokes his head into their room, sighing when it’s yet another location to be ticked off the list.

“Owen? Are you okay?” Emil’s voice rings out behind him, and Owen steps back, closing the door.

“I’m trying to find Near, but I can’t. I’ve already looked everywhere he usually is.” If he’s being honest, it’s making him anxious. Especially since mercenaries have already gone after Near once. Who’s to say they won’t do it a second time?

“I think I saw him go to the flowers, the Nefel field. Maybe he’s still there?” Emil kindly smiles, still reading him easily.

Owen sighs in relief, clapping his friend on the shoulder. “Thank you, Emil, I owe you.”

“That’s quite alright.” Emil waves him off and continues on his way, leaving Owen to go find the Nefel field.

It’s a walk of nearly half an hour, made longer by a few wrong turns, as it has been a few years since Owen came to the field. When he finally gets there, though, relief fills his entire body.

Near is sitting between the flowers, meditating.

Owen approaches as quietly as he can, sitting down next to him. “How many flowers did you step on?” Near asks, not even opening his eyes.

“Two, I think.” Owen smiles, scooting a little closer so their knees are touching. “I tried not to, though.”

“I know.” A soft smile appears on Near’s face as he briefly opens his eyes to look at Owen. “Did you need me for something?”

“Not really.” Owen closes his eyes, taking a slow and deep breath.

“Alright.” Near sounds amused, and Owen can feel him slipping right back into his meditative state after.

For the first time in quite a while, Owen doesn’t have any trouble meditating.

[artbookdap]

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[nastyatticman]

okay I now have six slasher ocs with names not counting their mentors, who also have names, or the ocs who I didn’t really flesh out

but I’m realizing there’s some nice parallels between the first three and last three, but mostly they’re all United by their profound loneliness

Sidney & Gabby (1 & 4) look in on other families, friend groups, insulated groups from the outside, longing to join them. All they have are stolen clothes and bits and bobs from their victims - but nothing substantial. It’s miles different to wear someone’s clothes when you’re dating than to wear their clothes as their still warm body cools beside you.

Duane & Angel (2 & 5) are charismatic, charming even. But that doesn’t mean they have the connections they crave to other people. They can perform in front of a camera, a live audience of two people or two hundred, but that will never give them the intimacy they long for. They hardly feel human, watching others to be messy and make mistakes when they’d never allow themselves the room to do so.

Emil & Connor (3 & 6) serve their families and communities, but they can never join them. Emil’s children don’t know who made sure they were safe and fed when their single mother was out looking for work during the recession. Connor’s only connection to his family is his mother who hides his existence out of absolute necessity - his dad and his brothers think he’s long dead. It’s hard work, it needs to be done, but they can never meet the people they’re protecting.

[grigori77]

Guilty Pleasure #28

THE AIR I BREATHE

Dir. JIEHO LEE; Wri. JIEHO LEE & BOB DeROSA; Music. MARCELO ZARVOS; Starring. SARA MICHELLE GELLAR, BRENDAN FRASER, KEVIN BACON, FOREST WHITAKER, ANDY GARCIA, JULIE DELPY, CLARK GREGG, EMILE HIRSCH, JOHN CHO; R.T. 96 mins; 2008, USA

WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Inspired by an ancient Chinese proverb stating that all of life can be divided into four key emotional states, this tells the intertwining stories of four Los Angeles residents – “Happiness” (Whitaker) is a gentle, naïve banker whose misguided attempt to land a big break betting on a fixed horse-race lands him in serious debt to local crime boss Fingers (Garcia); “Pleasure” (Fraser) is Fingers’ key enforcer, a man with a unique ability to predict the near and imminent future, making him a true force to be reckoned with, until the day his talent fails him for the first time; “Sorrow” (Gellar) is a troubled ingénue pop star whose world is turned upside down when her manager loses her contract to Fingers due to bad debts, and he takes over her life; and finally, “Love” (Bacon) is a doctor driven to desperate extremes when the woman he’s been secretly in love with his whole life becomes gravely ill.

WHY IT’S GUILTY: There is A LOT wrong with this film – much of the time it’s a clunky mess, riddled with plot holes, badly drawn characters and glaringly inconsistent motivations and story arcs, with more than one much-needed solution being delivered through painfully obvious deus ex-machina.  As it is it’s VERY patchy in what levels of enjoyment there are – the first half of the film is significantly better than the second, with the first two story in the anthology being reasonably entertaining while the second is genuinely GOOD, but the third frequently veers from being just so-so to being frustratingly dour and dragged-out, and the fourth just DOESN’T WORK at all.  The critics certainly thought so – when it was released it was thoroughly HOSED, universally labelled as bona fide cinematic toxic waste, and audiences accordingly stayed away in droves, causing the film to tank spectacularly.

WHY IT’S A PLEASURE: Yeah … that might be a bit of a stretch. PARTS of the film are a pleasure, certainly – like I said, the first two stories work, making it JUST ABOUT worth sitting down to watch it.  Granted, this is sometimes the way it works with portmanteau cinema – some of the stories in an anthology work better than others – but I’ve rarely encountered THIS MUCH disparate quality in the same film, especially when it’s all written and directed by the same person.  The cast helps things A LOT here, of course – while some of the characters are poorly written or simply impossible to relate to, others are genuinely likeable and able to engage our sympathies, even our investment.  Sara Michelle Gellar is, as always, a joy to behold, injecting real life and pathos into her character, lending genuine touching suffering and true heartbreak to many of her scenes … it’s just a shame that spoiled, indecisive “Sorrow” is SUCH a frustrating opposite to her usual, more proactive roles in fare like Buffy (or even Southland Tales) that it makes watching her story even more of a chore to watch.  (And then there’s Kevin Bacon’s tour of duty – sure, he’s great as always, but the character is so clichéd and impulsively dim-witted, and the story so dull and irritating, that you’d almost be better off just SKIPPING this chapter if it wasn’t still annoyingly intrinsic to the overall narrative.)  Thank God then for “Happiness” and “Pleasure”, then – the ever-reliable Forest Whitaker doesn’t get a lot of story to make his presence felt, but he runs with it at full-pelt, a sweet, well-intentioned fool who, with one huge mistake, royally fucks his life up, only to find it IMMENSELY liberating; Brendan Fraser, meanwhile, is the film’s true saving grace, crafting a genuinely intriguing antihero who EASILY rises above his potential “intellectual thug” stereotype to become a truly nuanced, complex character who earns some genuine sympathy over the course of his own story (and his supporting appearances in other entries).  Andy Garcia also impresses as a truly despicable excuse for a human being, a brutal monster who provides a surprisingly solid villain for the film as a whole (and some of the few saving graces for the lesser later chapters), while Emile Hirsch (like Whitaker) is frustratingly underused in a gleefully OTT turn as a cocky young caricature who would have been simply ridiculous and irritating in lesser hands.  Altogether, then, this is a frustratingly inconsistent viewing experience, but when it works, it works WELL, so SOMETIMES it’s worth your while tuning in – it’s just a shame the stuff that DOESN’T work is so poor.  But there ARE glimmers of true, raw talent in here, revealing that director/co-writer Jieho Lee COULD deliver something genuinely great if he just lands the right material.  Well, according to the rumour mill he’s currently attached to direct the screen adaptation of the Kane & Lynch video games – maybe that’ll be the day, then?

[cezzysims]

Brantley returned the drapes he stole Isaiah arrives Roxy (Lalonde) and Jack Napier [Joker] get married & expecting! Victoria (Swain) Wolff Adult Cherie Wolff & Emil MacDuff break up Felicity MacDuff & Feisal Wadsworth dating Amy (Whitaker) Macias and Johnpaul Gardner having a baby Gabriella invites Isaiah Grayson on date, but he’s at work Minor remodel, moved pictures & stuff around, nothing too crazy Fawn Goodfellow died Gabriella birthday, Adult (Midlife crisis start) Lorenzo Whitaker & Mira Snypes dating Lynne Wolff, child Barbara (Gordon) Wayne & Homer Swain dating Holli Ivy, child Tosha Wolff, teen Elvin Ivy, Adult Chase Singh, Adult Melanie Wolff, YA

[rgf-populace]

Emile Pingat, evening cape, 1890s. C/o Whitaker Auctions.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Would Edith wear this?

(Evening cape by Emile Pingat, 1890s. Whitaker Auctions. Thanks, reverse image search!)

If she wouldn't, I would make her. God, just when you think real life was less artistic than those costumes...

But honestly, yes, I think she would. Perhaps to attend the opera or something similarly fancy.

[dancing-on-the-waves]

How Many Have You Read?

1 The Red and the Black - Stendhal 2 Penguin Island - Anatole France 3 Main Street - Sinclair Lewis 4 Babbitt - Sinclair Lewis 5 Absalom, Absalom! - Wm. Faulkner 6 As I Lay Dying - Wm. Faulkner 7 The Sound and the Fury - Wm. Faulkner 8 The Divine Comedy - Dante 9 The Aeneid - Virgil 10 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 11 We -  Yevgeny Zamyatin 12 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 13 1984 - George Orwell 14 Mother Night -  Kurt Vonnegut 15 Fearless -  Eric Blehm 16 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 17 The Idiot -  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 18 The Brothers Karamazov-  Fyodor Dostoyevsky 19 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy 20 The Bible - God 21 Dead Souls - Gogol 22 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck 23 East of Eden - John Steinbeck 24 Canterbury Tales - Chaucer 25 The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein 26 Plague Dogs - Richard Adams 27 Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 28 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 29 The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper 30 The Deerslayer - James Fenimore Cooper 31 Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham 32 Black Beauty -  Anna Sewell 33 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin 34 The City of God - Augustine 35 The Gulag Archipelago -  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 36 Don Quixote -  Miguel de Cervantes 37 Bonhoeffer -  Eric Metaxas 38 The Federalist Papers -  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay 39 Common Sense - Thomas Payne 40 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - Wm. L. Shirer 41 Macbeth - Shakespeare 42 Hamlet - Shakespeare 43 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 44 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck 45 The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells 46 The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells 47 The Time Machine - H. G. Wells 48 Lenore, or the Raven by E. A. Poe 49  The Fall of the House of Usher - E. A. Poe 50 A Descent into the Maelström - E. A. Poe 51 The Masque of the Red Death - E. A. Poe 52 Giants in the Earth -  Ole Edvart Rolvaag 53 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 54 Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson 55 Paradise Lost - John Milton 56 Faust - Goethe 57 The Red badge of Courage - Stephen Crane 58 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Stephen Crane 59 The Jungle - Upton Sinclair 60  Germinal by Emile Zola 61 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 62 The Book of the Just by Eric Silver 63 The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang 64 The Wave by Todd Strasser 65 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 66 The Republic of Plato 67 Rolling Pennies in the Dark by MacKinnon 68 Witness by Whitaker Chambers 69 Foxe Voices of the Martyrs 70 The Ugly American by Lederer and Burdick 71 In His Steps by Charles Sheldon 72 The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley 73 Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville 74 Aesop’s Fables 75 The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffeert 76 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 77 The Call of the Wild by Jack London 78  Moby Dick by Herman Melville 79 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 80 The Iliad by Homer 81 The Odyssey by Homer 82 Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 83 Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 84 You can’t Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe 85 The Red Badge of Courage  by Stephen Crane 86 The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet 87 The Diary of a Madman by Gogol 88 The Crucible by Arthur Miller 89 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad 90 The Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller by Henry James 91 Mutiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and Hall 92 War and Peace by Tolstoy 93 The Octopus by Frank Norris 94 All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque 95 Animal Farm by George Orwell 96 To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino 97 Dresden 1945: The Devil’s Tinderbox by Alexander McKee 98 The Ox Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 99 The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 100 A journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 101 The Year of the Rat - by Mladin Zarubica

[e-lisard]

A botched attempt

Characters: Near Hallow, Owen Dunn, Valentine Atwater, Emil Whitaker

Story: Second Chance At Life

Warnings: Uhh what’s happening is the result of a murder attempt

WC: 426

Near blinks as he looks around, feeling like he’s floating. Why is it so dark?

He turns his head to look beneath him, and everything around him seems to twist, even if he still can’t see anything, disorienting him.

Are his eyes still closed? But it doesn’t feel like they are…

But why would he be floating in some empty void? What had even happened? The last thing he remembers is laughing with Valentine and Owen while walking away from class.

Did something unusual happen in class?

He doesn’t think so.

Although… Someone did approach Emil, and Emil looked rather panicked at whatever he was told.

Near pointedly avoids thinking about the way it makes his chest hurt.

But why would that have anything to do with this?

A flash of pain makes him curl in on himself, punching the breath out of him for the second it’s there.

What was that?

The floating feeling disappears, and Near can’t help but twitch as his body suddenly feels like it’s imprisoning him, pressure on all sides.

It’s making it hard to breathe, and even his lack of sight seems to go hazy.

What in the world…?

~

“They have their best healers on him, Owen, he’ll be fine,” Valentine says, trying to reassure his friend despite his own lack of confidence.

“I- I know he’ll be. It’s Near. Nothing short of an apocalypse could take him down.” Owen sighs, pressing his hands against his face as he sits down. “But… He still got hurt. And you heard what they said – this is likely to affect his Magic. It could ruin his entire career, because I couldn’t protect him, despite my promises.”

“You’re only seventeen, Owen. That- that- mercenary is not someone you could’ve stopped. He was clearly very experienced in what he does. Did.” Because he had been captured now, and the Whitaker family would not treat something like this lightly. He tried to kill one of their students.

Someone knocking on the door makes them both look up, Owen grabbing his sword and Valentine flinching. They share a look before Valentine stands up and walks over, opening the door and immediately stepping back to give Owen space.

They needn’t have worried, though, as it’s only Emil on the other side.

“He’ll pull through,” is the first thing he says, collapsing against Owen. “They have him stable now. We should’ve prevented it from hurting his Magic.”

Valentine falls to his knees as the relief hits, tears welling up. Near will be fine. He’s going to be okay.

~~

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A botched attempt

Original post February 17th, 2023 (x)

Near blinks as he looks around, feeling like he’s floating. Why is it so dark?

He turns his head to look beneath him, and everything around him seems to twist, even if he still can’t see anything, disorienting him.

Are his eyes still closed? But it doesn’t feel like they are…

But why would he be floating in some empty void? What had even happened? The last thing he remembers is laughing with Valentine and Owen while walking away from class.

Did something unusual happen in class?

He doesn’t think so.

Although… Someone did approach Emil, and Emil looked rather panicked at whatever he was told.

Near pointedly avoids thinking about the way it makes his chest hurt.

But why would that have anything to do with this?

A flash of pain makes him curl in on himself, punching the breath out of him for the second it’s there.

What was that?

The floating feeling disappears, and Near can’t help but twitch as his body suddenly feels like it’s imprisoning him, pressure on all sides.

It’s making it hard to breathe, and even his lack of sight seems to go hazy.

What in the world…?

~

“They have their best healers on him, Owen, he’ll be fine,” Valentine says, trying to reassure his friend despite his own lack of confidence.

“I- I know he’ll be. It’s Near. Nothing short of an apocalypse could take him down.” Owen sighs, pressing his hands against his face as he sits down. “But… He still got hurt. And you heard what they said – this is likely to affect his Magic. It could ruin his entire career, because I couldn’t protect him, despite my promises.”

“You’re only seventeen, Owen. That- that- mercenary is not someone you could’ve stopped. He was clearly very experienced in what he does. Did.” Because he had been captured now, and the Whitaker family would not treat something like this lightly. He tried to kill one of their students.

Someone knocking on the door makes them both look up, Owen grabbing his sword and Valentine flinching. They share a look before Valentine stands up and walks over, opening the door and immediately stepping back to give Owen space.

They needn’t have worried, though, as it’s only Emil on the other side.

“He’ll pull through,” is the first thing he says, collapsing against Owen. “They have him stable now. We should’ve prevented it from hurting his Magic.”

Valentine falls to his knees as the relief hits, tears welling up. Near will be fine. He’s going to be okay.

[xiasgone]

what’s sal’s favorite movie?  well, that depends-- who’s asking?

the perfect answer for that hot film major smoking hand-rolled cigarettes at the cast party: reservoir dogs (1992, dir. quentin tarantino) the safe answer you tell that co-worker you don’t know very well: 300 (2006, dir. zack synder) seems like a safe answer until they start quizzing you like you’re applying to work at the worst books a million in the world: cape fear (1991, dir. martin scorsese) the answer that gets you an ‘oh’ response like they didn’t think this was an option over the age of seven:  who framed roger rabbit (1988, dir. robert zemeckis) i’m testing to see if we have similar childhoods: teen wolf (1985, dir. rod daniel) we definitely had similar childhoods: the goonies (1985, dir. richard donner) if you know this, i want you to know me:  sister act (1992, dir. emile ardolino) i’ve met your parents and it’s going well: waiting to exhale (1995, dir. forest whitaker) which he has never fully watched at all. you ask me what i watch when i’m sad:  hercules (1997, dir. ron clements + john musker) you ask me what i watch when i’m sad AND you’re my therapist: home alone (1990, dir. chris columbus) wait i changed my mind please don’t look i’m not ready to be vulnerable on the internet:  kong vs godzilla (2021, dir. adam wingard)

stolen from: @vihilum​  tagging: you!

[dalekofchaos]

My Bond rankings

How I rank the Bond franchise, Bond actors, Bond villains and Bond Girls

Sean Connery Era

From Russia With Love

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service(I am counting On Her Majesty's Secret service in the Connery era because I feel like it matches the tone of these movies and Connery could've easily played the Bond in that movie)

Goldfinger

Thunderball

Dr No

You Only Live Twice

Diamonds Are Forever

Never Say Never Again

Roger Moore Era

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Man With The Golden Gun

Octopussy

Live And Let Die

For Your Eyes Only

Moonraker

A View To Kill

Timothy Dalton Era

License To Kill

The Living Daylights

Pierce Brosnan Era

Goldeneye

Tomorrow Never Dies

The World Is Not Enough

Die Another Day

Daniel Craig Era

Casino Royale

Skyfall

Spectre

No Time To Die

Quantum Of Solace

Bond ranked

Sean Connery

Daniel Craig

Timothy Dalton

Pierce Brosnan

George Lazenby

Roger Moore

Bond villains

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Auric Goldfinger

Red Grant and Rosa Klebb

Alec Trevelyan

Raul Silvia

Le Chiffre

Mr White

Francisco Scaramanga

Emilio Largo

Dr No

Safin

Oddjob

Jaws

Karl Stromberg

Mr. Big and Baron Samedi

Max Zorin

Elektra King

Elliot Carver

Hugo Drax

Franz Sanchez 

Aristotle Kristatos

Emile Leopold Locque

Gustav Graves and Zao

Kamal Khan

Gen. Georgi Koskov and Brad Whitaker

Dominic Greene

Bond Girls

Tracy Bond

Vesper Lynd

Tatiana Romanova

Sylvia Trench

Xenia Onatopp

Pussy Galore

Wai Lin

Pam Bouvier

Elektra King

Madeleine Swann

Paloma

Nomi

Camille Montes

Domino Derval

May Day

Andrea Anders

Anya Amasova

Natalya Simonova

Solitaire

Miranda Frost

Holly Goodhead(how the fuck did this get past the sensors???)

Lucia Sciarra

Aki

Honey Ryder

Fiona Volpe

Lupe Lamora

Ruby Bartlett

Tilly Masterson

Jill Masterson

Mary Goodnight

Strawberry Fields

Manuela

Countess Lisl von Schlaf

Kara Milovy

Christmas Jones

Jinx Johnson

Octopussy

Stacey Sutton

Magda

Corinne Dufour

Kissy Suzuki

Nancy

Melina Havelock

Sévérine

Rosie Carver

Patricia Fearing

Miss Taro

Solange Dimitrios

Ling

Molly Warmflash

Paris Carver

Paula Caplan

Pola Ivanova

Caroline

Plenty O’Toole

Martine Blanchaud

Tiffany Case

[burlveneer-music]

Francisco Mora Catlett - Mora! I&II - Far Out Recordings reissue of two rare LPs by a onetime Arkestra member

Far Out Recordings is delighted to present Mora, and for the first time ever on vinyl Mora II. Mexican-American percussionist and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Francisco Mora Catlett originally recorded and released his debut solo LP as a private press in 1987, but the sequel he recorded over the course of the next few years with an expanded Detroit jazz brass section was shelved for decades to follow. A pan-American melting pot of hypnotic afro-cuban rhythms, frenetic batucadas and fiery sambas, Mora I & II are holy grails of latin jazz, masterminded by an unsung hero of the genre. All tunes composed and arranged by: Francisco Mora, Jr. Personnel Francisco Mora: Drums and Percussion Emile Borde: Steel Drums and Percussion Vincent Bowens: Soprano/Tenor Saxophones & Flute Ken Cox: Piano Jerome Le Duff: Berimbau and Percussion Teresa Mora: Vocal and Percussion Alberto Nacif: Quinto, Congas and Percussion Rodney Whitaker: Contrabass Additional Musicians on Mora II: Sherman Mitchell: Trombone Marcus Belgrave - Trumpet John Douglass - Trumpet and Flugel Horn Alex Harding - Baritone Sax and Bass Clarinet ‘Amazona Prelude’ String Quartet: Michele May - 1st Violin Pat Moore - 2nd Violin Nina White - Viola Tanya Bennett - Cello

[dear-indies]

hello! i was hoping that you could please give me suggestions of black male actors that could pass for 22+ (any age from 22 and older is fine), if possible both actors that have or have had light coloured hair and actors with only dark hair? thank you for your help!

Light and dark-haired:

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (1985) Afro-Barbadian.

Elliott Rosado Koya (1987) African-American / Japanese.

Laith Ashley (1989) Afro-Dominican - trans.

Elliot Likiya (1990) African-American / Japanese. 

Roshon Fegan (1991) African-American / Filipino.

Jacob Artist (1992) African-American . Polish.

Jordan Fisher (1994) English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cambodian, Tahitian, African-American, Cherokee, Sioux.

Layton Williams (1994) Afro-Jamaican / English - gay.

Vetle Emile (1994) Black Norwegian. 

Ashton Sanders (1995) African-American.

Dark-haired:

Kye Allums (1989) African-American - trans.

Dalmar Abuzeid (1990) Sudanese.

Marc John Jefferies (1990) African-American.

Jacob Anderson (1990) Afro-Caribbean, English. 

Trevante Rhodes (1990) African-American. 

Chuku Modu (1990) Nigerian, German, English, Irish.

Elliot Knight (1990) Nigerian / English.

Jordan Calloway (1990) African-American.

Denzel Whitaker (1990) African-American.

Rome Flynn (1991) African-American, Cuban. Irish.

Moses Sumney (1991) Ghanaian - aromantic. 

Damson Idris (1991) Nigerian.

Shamier Anderson (1991) Afro-Jamaican.

Jessie T. Usher (1992) African-American. 

Tyler James Williams (1992) African-American.

Mike Gray (1992)  African-American.

Devon Terrell (1992) African-American / Anglo-Indian.

Lucien Laviscount (1992) Afro-Antiguan / English.

John Boyega (1992) Yoruba Nigerian.

DeRon Horton (1992) African-American.

Daniel Ezra (1993) Black British.

Stephan James (1993) Afro-Jamaican. 

Leon Thomas III (1993) Afro-Jamaican.

Franz Drameh (1993) Gambian. 

Peyton Alex Smith (1994) African-American.

Uzoechi Osisioma “Uzo” Emenike / MNEK (1994) Nigerian - gay.

Jacques Colimon (1994) Afro-Haitian..

Kedar Williams-Stirling (1994) Afro-Jamaican.

Algee Smith (1994) African-American.

Kelvin Harrison Jr. (1994) African-American.

Kofi Siriboe (1994) Ghanaian.

Chris Lee (1994) African-American.

Justice Smith (1995) African-American / Italian, French-Canadian. 

Diggy Simmons (1995) African-American.

Shameik Moore (1995) Afro-Jamaican.

Philip Bolden (1995) African-American.

Noah Gray-Cabey (1995) African-American / European. 

RJ Cyler (1995) African-American.

Gabriel Darku (1995) Black Canadian.

Léo Daudin (1996) Black French.

Mason Gooding (1996) African-American, Afro-Barbadian / Unspecified White.

Trevor Jackson (1996) African-American.

Odiseas Georgiadis (1996) Ghanaian, Greek.

Khylin Rhambo (1996) African-American.

Chance Perdomo (1996) Afro-Dominican, Afro-Guatemalan.

Trezzo Mahoro (1996) Rwandan.

Michael Evans Behling (1996) African-American / Unspecified White.

Quincy Fouse (1997) African-American.

Rhenzy Feliz (1997) African-American.

Luka Sabbat (1997) Afro-Haitian, Irish, English, German.

Aubrey Joseph (1997) African-American.

Hey anon, I listed those below / around 30 otherwise this list would be even lengthier but please let me know if you want other suggestions within a certain age range! -C