#Gravespotting

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Reviews from some celebrity audience members at the opening night of the new Groundhog Day musical in London. Rupert Graves is featured at 1:13.

[mossbone]

Did you know that graves for people who died in world war I don’t have the name of a war on them? Other wars all do: WWII, Vietnam, Korea, hell even the graves of those who died in the Civil War listed them as part of the Confederate States Army⁠—may they look back on their life with nothing but regret.

But not WWI. Not even to call it “The Great War,” apparently. Sometimes the monster is too terrible for a name. Sometimes the tragedy is so ubiquitous it needs no explanation.

There’s something so...tragic, in seeing the gravestones that do not have a greater context beyond “infantry 37, died in France.” The year was 1918, of course everyone at the cemetery would see that and immediately understand. And then years passed and you never actually go back and edit a gravestone when they do come up with a name for the war 20 years later ⁠— it is, after all, literally carved in stone. But over a hundred years later and I can walk through that cemetery and only need to look at the year they died for it to click into place.

The suffering was so terrible that we do, in fact, still understand.

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[gravekeeper-anna]

Different: Three members of the opposite sex they find attractive.

My Character Must Confess in 3s

The deathly construct tilted her head toward her inquisitor, fixating with an unblinking stare. “Odd,” she’d speak with her sepulchral echo, the contour of her brow raising to question in turn, “Never quite’ve been asked who I find attractive. You...do realize I am not so much on the living side of things, don’t you? Yes? Well, let’s see...”

“Nathanos Blightcaller does wear a pretty face, and there’s something attractive about undying loyalty, I’d say. It’s just too bad he’s loyal to the Banshee Queen and abandoned the rest of us as she did, isn’t it? Lacking a will of your own does a lovely job of rotting an image.”

“There is also the curious one that I’ve seen here or there when I’m gravespotting. Very whole, blue eyes. Very good bone structure.” {@theconstructsworld } 

“I assume you aren’t so familiar with the Myotis. Equal parts danger, equal parts courtesy. Perhaps even a little batty, heh." Her chuckle rustled on into the fog of night. “Altogether charming I think. I am sure the girls with pulses can’t get enough of him.” { @duraxxor }

{ @unabashedrebel } 

[realmrpatrickj]

I finally had the chance of visiting steve jobs unmarked grave spot! Yup you heard me, his family requested a unmasked grave spot. Because his family didn't want his privacy invaded by the millions of Apple 🍎 fans trying to locate his grave spot. But thanks to this video link, this Italian blogger was able to locate this gravespot. But if your planning to locate his gravespot, I've to let you all that he speaks in Italian and not ENGLISH!! RIP steve jobs we all still miss you everyday. ------>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T6eEXrguymY<------ (at Alta Mesa Memorial Park)

[gooberfeesh]

Here is my detailed (and very fangirl heavy) recount of meeting Rupert Graves on September 16th, 2016.  

[ewoodyz]

Let's all pause for a second and take time to appreciate Rupert Graves. 

I can't believe the man is already 50! The grey hair suits him nicely :D Hell Martin Freeman looks older than him! (no offense)

[notluvulongtime]

I want to give credit where it's due. Thank you, colin, for sharing this with us.

[gravesdiggers]

Rupert and Susie went to the opening night of ABBA Voyage in London last night (May 26th, ‘22) and Susie very kindly shared this lovely photo of the two of them!

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Top: Melanie Backe-Hansen (@HouseHistorian on Twiiter):

Had a fantastic evening at @TheLondonLib last night. Celebrating the wonder of books & the library with fab entertainment & great conversations with so many incl. @claremulley @atomryan @SchulerCJ #ryancraig & @_RupertGraves Wonderful to be back at events like this again!

Bottom: clare mulley (@claremulley on Twitter):·

my new dress, in @TheLondonLib, at their fabulous summer party with #KimWilde & @SirTimRice singing (!) & @AmandaPCraig @AlexandraPring @Rick_Stroud @HouseHistorian @atomryan @mrjohnofarrell @alycett1 & the very nice @_RupertGraves talking -  what a brilliant night :)

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Rupert Graves at the London Library President’s Summer Party. [TheLondonLib on Twitter]

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Lovely picture of Rupert at the mid-week Arsenal game posted by Hasit Haria on Twitter: "a gent with hilarious kids!"

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Tom McCasey (Gurnardfeet on Twitter):

I did more support artist work yesterday involving top actor @_RupertGraves what an absolute gentleman he is, spending time chatting with us etc, then my wife met him later at her work place! #polzeath #atlanticbarpolzeath

Polzeath is in Cornwall, England but AFAIK Washington Black are shooting in Mexico now so maybe this is something else? (Fingers crossed!)

[mossbone]

Rating graves for their haunted level:

3/10 very pretty and open to the air so it doesn't look haunted at all, however you must consider that this is right by the site of a spanish colonial fort so some blood has almost surely been spilled in some particularly unhappy ways. Still, there's probably a secret cemetery under the fort where all the ghosts with scores to settle are. One extra point for the iguana on the left.

9/10 While there were many gates in this cemetery this was the only guy who was locked in all by himself. What crimes did he commit to get sentenced to jail in the afterlife? What happens if he breaks free? Also the headstone itself is too warped and faded to gather any details. Love that. <3

7.5/10 Okay! The wall is a great touch and I have to wonder if there's a reason it's all broken right in front of her. She died young and a "Mrs." Did her husband come and visit and sit on that wall in front of her so often for so long he wore it down? Did they have picnics together, here at her grave? This is a wistfully sad spot, but I didn't rate it higher because honestly it feels more at peace than haunted.

10/10 yes! YES! This cat knows the day I will die and I should have asked him.

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Rupert Graves with fellow-fan Russell Cooper at the Arsenal fan protest on 23-Apr-2021

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