#Hatty in 39!!

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Stina Blackstenius should be a mainstay in the XI

[wehaveagathering]

39 Polls until Flyers Hockey Returns: #31

From September 2nd until October 11, I’m counting down to the season opener with a daily poll asking you to predict an aspect of the Flyers’ season. Put a specific answer in the tags for a shoutout at the end of the season if you end up being right. Relevant stats will be below the poll. Polls will be open for one week, and posted at 12 noon EST every day. (If you miss the poll, you can still reblog the results and put your answer in the tags and it'll be counted after the season ends.)

September 10: 31 days until Flyers hockey!

STATS No Flyer had a hat trick in the 2023-24 season. The four listed have: Konecny: two hat tricks over the course of his NHL career. Foerster: none at the NHL level, but had two with the Barrie Colts in 2019 and 2022. Tippett: one at the NHL level. Michkov: had two hat tricks playing for the Russian U-18 team against Germany and Czechia.

Happy guessing!

Day 32 / All polls / Day 30

[alienidolism]

vocaloid / vsynth themed npts for anon !

i lost the ask so im sorry about that ...

names

sora , sonar , LUMi/lumi , melody , una , UNI/uni , lily , lapis , mayu , merli , kaiko , V/v , synth , cantor , muse , anonM , kai , negi , tako , luka , luna , moon , bunny , violet , crypt , theatric , leek , onion , stella , stelle , astro , mic , hattie , idol

pronouns

bass/basses , voca/vocaloids , sing/sings , infin/infinity , star/stars , orange/oranges , banana/bananas , octo/octos , tako/takos , 3/3s , 9/9s , 39/39s , evil/evils , world/worlds , uni/unify , web/webs , tab/tabs , click/clicks , synth/synths , wifi/wifis

titles

the vocaloid with the (signature item) , the anonymous one , (prn) who is a program , the one who sings , the one who is king/queen/royalty , the two-faced one , the moon rabbit vocaloid , the brain revolution one , the servant of evil , the child of evil , the rolling one , (prn) with a growl , (prn) who's world is (prns) , (prn) who runs the happiness and peace of mind committee , the virtual idol , the one behind the screen , (prn) who hides in your wifi

not very knowledgeable on vsynth so i just used inspiration from a bunch of voca songs i like ! hope this is okay , thank you for requesting !!

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Daily Hatty 39

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[women-of-malevolent]

All references to women in Part 39 - The Detective

John and Arthur check in with each other emotionally for a few pages

Marie isn't around to have a reaction to Hattie being saved, dw dw dw everything's fine who cares

What have you been thinking about lately? John starts. He's been thinking about Scratch, or, rather, the woman who seemed to control him. John is concerned about what they've released. Arthur says, he agrees, it's something to be mindful of. They should sit down and study the book. Arthur says, we know Scratch was indeed a Forgotten One. Yes, they reunited the fragments of an old god, but at least now they have a better idea of who that old god is. John says, she's placated for now. Arthur says, let's not poke the bear, maybe that's the last we've seen of her. Let's fucking hope so oh my god.

I'd also like to note that after what's been described to me as a gender reveal around Scratch, everyone still uses male pronouns for him

John says, whatever Scratch was, he's in the past. Time for The Order Of The Fallen Star!

There's the weird, kind of sweet scene where Noel talks to John via Arthur, thinking he's Roland Cummings. There are so many weird identity things going on in this show

Noel is gross to the waiter again, the story moves on without comment again

Marie is a landlady

There's a person or individual who has some kind of movement network. Gets [nouns] from point A to point B. Sometimes it's humans, sometimes they're willing. He's related to the Order of the Fallen Star. (he... or SHE... maybe girlboss sex trafficker)

Add Aldrich Ward to the list of people we know more about than Faroe's grandmother.

Hairy fucking eyeball @ the ~secret corrupt freemasons connected to all of new york city's power~ subplot. Oh, but surely not all Saltzmanns Freemasons are guilty... no, no! They're just people! "Greedy, dirty, some dirtier than the rest, the law can't touch them but you can!" fuucking excuse me???????

more noel

Percival from the train shows up and demands the end of the story. You can read the full story here - https://women-of-malevolent.tumblr.com/post/755362327369580544/arthurs-train-story

Charlie says Mat can't stay, because Charlie has a woman, Moll. Moll saved him. So, Mat leaves. He has nothing and he's lost in the wilderness. He takes little shelter in a snowbank and is beautifully sad. His shelter won't keep him alive, though. Very sad. But, then... Moll arrives. She followed Mat out. Where's Charlie? Moll says, Charlie didn't need her. She fixes up Mat's shelter and now it's livable.

And then she took her fur robe, wrapped it around him, and he nestled her warm body. Her coming had driven out the world. It was as though she brought with her a habitation. A haven. A home. And in this home, the man was no longer lonely. He slept in her arms, safely and… securely. 

John asks Arthur, why? Why that story? He doesn't give much insight, says he read it years ago, and a couple lines...

Let's go to Marie's

John brings up Scratch while he and Arthur are bickering about next moves

Let's say goodbye to Marie. Also her house no longer has the aura, so Scratch is gone

A scene with Marie. How's Hattie? She's doing fine. A little worse for wear but she'll be fine thanks to you. Oscar's also fine even though he lost his arm. Marie's just glad that her sister is alive, for that she's eternally grateful to Parker (Arthur). Family is important. Marie would do anything for family. Like lock family in a basement, chained to a bed. She'd do that for family. She might still be doing it to family, Arthur has no way of knowing and doesn't check. Marie wants to pay Arthur for his investigative work.

She insists on paying, even though Arthur denies a couple times. She asks, would you take something of value over money? He says, sure, because he is a fucking soul-mage??? sure. Marie gives him a locket with a portrait of her husband and son you cannot be fucking serious oh my god. Then we talk about her dead son for a while.

I wish we got to check that Hattie isn't stuck in an incest rape dungeon instead of Marie telling Arthur about her dead son. I mean I know she probably isn't being raped... but when sexual abuse of women is such a thematic through line, I wish there was less doubt? Same with Addison.

How to eliminate doubt for Hattie: do more work to show that Hattie is fine. Maybe Arthur could see her hanging out with a friend. Maybe she's in a hospital now because she's been bedbound for 30 years, she's in physical therapy. Something other than "We all definitely trust Marie, right? And Marie says it's fine. Also, Arthur reminds her of her dead son..."

How to eliminate doubt for Addison: change these lines in Part 27: "birthed of Larson's desire for power, through his daughter" ... "many children... failed attempts"

I also just don't like that in this story with, I would argue, no cool living women, this is a profoundly dismissive and stupid and MEN MEN MEN MEN MEN ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE WORTH HAVING FEELINGS ABOUT way to tie off this storyline.

Marie rambles a lot, doesn't really let Arthur respond. Talks more about her kiddo who died in The Great War. He liked the sun. Can you imagine, a boy talking about the sun? o_O

Her boy gets a name, Frederick. I can't wait for the further adventures of Frederick, in an alternate universe, where he lives and has super cool adventures. Hattie is always chained in a basement for one reason or another

Marie asks Arthur to write to her, if he has free time, and Arthur says he'd be honored to (lmao he's going to forget). They're going to hang out, Marie says she prefers Arthur's company to the date she had lined up instead.

But on their way to phone Noel, they bump into Noel, so now it's Noel time. Do you think they'll sexually harass any women together this time?

By the way, Arthur already forgot about Marie and the hangout they JUST planned 🤣

Noel is actually Charlie Dowd, he assumed the name of Noel Finley because that's his dead friend from the war. Charlie's partner was Roland Cummings. Why not bring up Sarah? Because she doesn't matter to Malevolent.

It is ABSURD that Sarah Cummings doesn't come up! ARTHUR!!!!!!!!! JOHN!!!!!!!! COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNN

I guess Arthur's lighter was Roland's <groan>

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The Bibbys in Pottersville [part 4]

continued from part 3

Other Bibbys in the area included:

Thomas Bibby, age 34, of Ireland, living with his wife Margaret, age 28, of New York, along with their daughters Effie, Ifa and an infant in 1870. [1] By 1880, Thomas (seems like the same Thomas) was listed as age 38, and his wife is claimed to be "Mary" (actually Margaret), whom is listed as age 37.

Thomas S. Bibby, age 69, of Ireland, living with his wife Mary A., age 69, of the U.S., along with their 10-year-old grandson, Tom Vanderwalker, in 1892. [2] In 1900, this Thomas, was claimed to be age 63, was living with his wife Mary A., claimed to be age 56, along with his son-in-law Frank J. Vanderwalker (age 32), daughter Laura (age 29),  and grandsons Thomas S. (age 5), Berton F. (age 4), and George L (age 2)

Robert Bibby, age 56, and Rachel Bibby, age 58, both of Ireland, headed a family, in 1860, in the area, which had four Irish-born children: Ann (age 25), Thomas (age 24), Dorothea (age 23), and Joseph (age 22), and four New York-born children: Mary (20), William (age 18), Rachell (age 17), and Robert (age 12). [3]

Thomas Bibby of Ireland, age 50, living with his wife Sarah, age 20, of New York, along with their daughters Hattie (age 18), Robert (age 17), Maggie (age 14), Eliza (age 10), Dora (age 7), John (age 6), Mary (age 3), and Phebe (less than 1 year old) in 1870. [4]

George Bibby, of Ireland, age 48, and his wife, Ann, of New York, age 35, whom had New York-born five children: Ella (age 15), Catie/Katie (age 14), Samuel E. (age 12), Will (age 9), and Albert (age 3) in 1870. There's also 73-year-old grandfather, Samuel. [5] By 1892, he much older and living with various other family members. By 1900, George Bibby, age 73, of Ireland, and his wife, Anne, of New  York, age 65, and three children: William B (age 39), Rose F (age 25), and Leroy E (age 23)

A 17-year-old Fanny Bibby, of Ireland, living in Cronkhite household in Glens Falls in 1850. [6]

There were also some others, like William J. Bibby of England, age 26, and Honora of Ireland, age 25, in New York city, with the Weeks family living with them. [7] Next post: where the Bibbys from?

© 2019-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

This post was originally published on WordPress in January 2019.

Notes

[1] "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Bibby, New York, United States; citing p. 49, family 422, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,608; "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Bibby, Chester, Warren, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 114, sheet 48C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0941; FHL microfilm 1,254,941.

[2] "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas S Bibby, 1892; citing Chester, 02, Warren, New York, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 474,181; "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas S Bibby, Chester Township (north part), Warren, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 2A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,171;

[3] "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch, Thos Bibby in entry for Robt Bibby, 1860.

[4] "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Bibby, New York, United States; citing p. 16, family 115, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,435.

[5] "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch, Samuel Bibby in household of George Bibby, New York, United States; citing p. 49, family 420, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,608; "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, George Bibby, Chester Township (north part), Warren, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,171; "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch, George Bibby, 1892; citing , Chester, , 02, Warren, New York, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 474,181.

[6] "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch, Fanny Bibby in household of George Cronkhite, Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States; citing family 383, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

[7] "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch, Honora Bibby, New York, United States; citing p. 48, family , NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,522. For more Bibbys, please see here, here, here, and here.

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39 & 55!

39. Share a snippet from a WIP

Giving him an awkward smile, she pulls her napkin on her knees and fiddles with the cutlery. Robert sighs and shakes his head, and she’s taken aback by the feelings showing up on his face. When minutes ago he seemed carefree, jovial, enthusiastic, he now looks frail, wearing the weight of the world on his shoulders. Jackson got his eyes from him, that’s not up for debate, but where she can usually read them pretty well, Robert’s are a complete enigma that betray only weariness. "I hated you for so long, you know. I didn't know you, didn't even know your name, and I knew it wasn't the Christian thing to do, but I just hated you on principle." The words coming out of her mouth surprise her. She doesn’t know what prompted her to say this, because it looks like she’s kicking a man when he’s down, but she can’t help it. After a small look of surprise, Robert chuckles humorlessly. "I can't say I blame you."

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

I really like writing Jackson. He's not an expansive guy, and it's interesting to delve into his inner thoughts and line of reasoning that are not often shown onscreen. I also like the themes usually associated with him (his legacy, abandonment issues, fatherhood), and it's fun trying to capture his voice and his dry humor.

Also, I like writing Hattie, she's precious (though I'm always afraid to overdo it, because writing from a child's POV can quickly become too cliché).

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@infcinity​ said : Was that [CLAIRE HOLT]? Oh no no, that was just [HATTIE SHAW], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [FAST AND FURIOUS: HOBBS AND SHAW]. They are [THIRTY] years old, use [SHE/HER], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long. (issa me jodie) & can i also reserve cami o'connell pls??

accepted! welcome to washington d.c. hattie shaw [claire holt]! please send in your account within 24 hours! please be sure to take a look at the checklist now that you’ve arrived! we look forward to seeing you around the city!

**cami o’connell is now reserved for jodie until 11/30 at 4:39 pm est!

[chicinsilk]

Actress, model and singer Georgia Carroll in a apron-string dinner dress, moire skirt, and long-sleeved bodice by Hattie Carnegie.

Photo Horst P. Horst for Vogue Nov 1, 1938.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️️

[simonxriley]

*gives hattie and reynolds a daughter but has no idea where in the timeline to put her birth* 🙃

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Pioneering Black Actors of Hollywood By Susan King

Clarence Muse and Rex Ingram by Susan King Thirty years ago, the legendary Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier reflected on the Black performers who paved the way for him in the Los Angeles Times: “The guys who were forerunners to me, like Canada Lee, Rex Ingram, Clarence Muse and women like Hattie McDaniel, Louise Beavers and Juanita Moore, they were terribly boxed in. They were maids and stable people and butlers, principally. But they, in some way, prepared the ground for me.”

Poitier prepared the ground for such contemporary Black actors and directors currently in competition during the 2021 awards season such as Regina King and Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods), the late Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) and Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah).

But it is imperative to remember the veterans from the 1930s-1960s who tried to break out of stereotypes and maintain dignity at a time when Hollywood wanted to “box” them in.

Clarence Muse 

Muse appeared in countless Hollywood films often uncredited. And as Donald Bogle points out in his book Hollywood Black, Muse spoke his mind to directors if he felt he was being pushed around or when his characters were stereotypes. Bogle stated, “At another time when Muse questioned the actions of his character in director King Vidor’s 1935 Old South feature SO RED THE ROSE, Vidor recalled that Muse was quite vocal in expressing his concerns. A change was made. Vidor could not recall exactly what the issue was, but he never forgot Muse’s objection.”

The 1932 pre-Code crime drama Night World screened at the 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival to a standing-room only crowd. The film stars Lew Ayres, Boris Karloff and Muse as the doorman at a club owned by Karloff. The audience was surprised that such a stereotypical role was anything but thanks to Muse’s poignant performance. Instead of being forced to be the comic relief, Muse’s Washington is a man worried about his wife’s surgery at a local hospital. Though his boss doesn’t treat him as an equal—after all it is 1932—Karloff’s Happy shows general concern toward Washington.

Muse, said Bogle, “also worked in race movies, where he realized there was still a real chance for significant roles and narratives.” One such was BROKEN STRINGS (’40), which he also co-wrote. It’s certainly not a great film, but Muse gives a solid turn as a famed Black violinist who wants his young son to follow in his footsteps. But the son wants to play swing with his violin.

Muse, who was a graduate of Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, also co-wrote the Louis Armstrong standard “Sleepy Time Down South.” In the 1920s, he worked at two Harlem theater companies, Lincoln Players and Lafayette Players, and 23 years later he became the first African American Broadway director with Run Little Chillun. He continued to act, appearing in Poitier’s directorial debut BUCK AND THE PREACHER (’72), CAR WASH (’76) and THE BLACK STALLION (’79) and was elected to the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. He died one day before his 90th birthday in 1979.

Rex Ingram 

Tall and imposing, Ingram had a great presence on the big screen and a rich melliferous voice. No wonder his best-known role was as the gigantic Genie in the bottle in Alexander Korda’s lavish production of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (’40). Born in 1895, he began his film career in movies such as Cecil B. DeMille’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (’23). Ingram also has the distinction of playing God in THE GREEN PASTURES (’36) and Lucifer Jr. both on Broadway in 1940 and in the 1943 film adaptation of the musical CABIN IN THE SKY.

Ingram also brought a real humanity to his role as the slave Jim in MGM’s disappointing THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (’39), starring a miscast Mickey Rooney, who was way too old at 19 to play the part. Ingram, though, breaks your heart when he talks to Huck about how his dream is to earn enough money to buy his freedom so he could join his wife and child living in a free state. And when he runs away, Ingram explains to Huck why he had to flee the widow Douglas: “If one of them slave traders got me, I never would get to that free state. I would never see my wife, or little Joey.”

He also is superb in Frank Borzage’s noir MOONRISE (’48) as Mose Johnson, the friend of the murderer’s son Danny (Dane Clark), who lives in a shack in the wilderness with his coonhounds. Noble and thoughtful, Mose is the film’s conscience and helps guide Danny to do the right thing after he kills a bully (Lloyd Bridges) in self-defense.

Ingram was one of the busiest Black actors at the time and at one point even served on the Board of the Screen Actors Guild. But the same year MOONRISE was released, he was arrested and pleaded guilty for transporting an underage girl from Kansas to New York. He served a prison sentence and for a long time his career was derailed. He even lost his home. Though his film career was never the same upon his release, he worked in TV and on the Broadway stage, appearing in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and died in 1969 at 73 shortly after doing a guest shot on NBC’s The Bill Cosby Show.

Ernest Anderson 

Anderson never achieved the notoriety of Muse and Ingram, but the actor gave an extraordinary performance in the Bette Davis-Olivia de Havilland melodrama IN THIS OUR LIFE (’42) directed by John Huston. Born in 1915, Anderson earned his BA at Northwestern University in drama and speech. He was recommended for his role in the movie by Davis, who saw the young man working at the commissary on the Warner Bros.’ lot.

Anderson plays Parry, the son of the Davis-de Havilland family’s maid who aspires to be a lawyer. Davis’ spoiled rotten Stanley Timberlake gets drunk, and while driving she kills someone in a hit-and-run accident. Stanley throws Parry under the bus telling authorities he was the one driving the car.

Initially, the script depicted Parry in much more stereotypical terms, but Anderson went to Huston and discussed why he wanted to play the character with dignity and intelligence. Huston agreed. And for 1942, it’s rather shocking to see a studio film look at racism as in the scene where Parry tells de Havilland’s Roy why he wants to be an attorney:

“Well, you see, it’s like this, Miss Roy: a white boy, he can take most any kind of job and improve himself. Well, like in this store! Maybe he can get to be a clerk or a manager. But a colored boy, he can’t do that. He can keep a job, or he can lose a job. But he can’t get any higher up. So, he’s got a figure out something he can do that no one can take away. And that’s why I want to be a lawyer.”

Needless to say, such monologues were cut when the movie was shown in the South. Despite strong reviews for his performance, Anderson never got another role with so much substance. But he continued working through the 1970s and died in 2011 at the age of 95.