#The Contessa

[slycooperconfessions]

"I feel like we as a fandom dont talk about Neyla and the Contessa arresting Rajan NEARLY as much as we should - the Contessa and Rajan are allies, and Neyla is "allied" with them too (but they don't know that)."

Confessed by: Anonymous

(To be fair, they both had appearances to keep up and it's in character for both of them to toss an "ally" under the bus without a thought, imo. -Mod)

[toastyeggy]

For the CooperCharacterGauntlet on twitter with this month the Contessa being the subject

I guess I'm semi revealing my latest project I've been working on. I'm making a Sly Cooper tarot deck!! The Contessa was more fun to draw and paint than I thought.

Stay tune for more to come!

[lurensa]

The Contessa for the Cooper Character Gauntlet on twitter!!

[lamarchesacasati]

1965 Vivien Leigh (52) as Contessa Sanziani in the play La Contessa. 

The Contessa of the title was actually based on a real person, the eccentric Marchesa Luisa Casati, one of the most notorious women of the 20’s, who scandalized polite society with her desire to be “a living work of art”; which once manifested itself in a dress made of illuminated lightbulbs. 

The play was financed by a film company that hoped a success on the stage would lead to a film, but sadly after a try out in Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester the play folded without ever coming to London. Perhaps audiences were not yet ready to accept Vivien in a character role that played down her looks; because whilst the Marchesa Luisa Casati had been a glamourous figure in her youth, immortalized on canvas by Boldini, the play takes place in her twilight years, when aged 71 she was broke, washed up and living in London. 

Even Vivien admitted “If I appeared in a flashback as the beauty the Marchesa Luisa Casati was supposed to have been, I think we would have had a success.” But the decision to play an older woman was a conscious one, and she saw the play as a “bridge to parts where I don’t have to be a beautiful woman. I thought it would make me acceptable as an actress that didn’t have to be cast that way anymore.”

Play: La Contessa. Role: Contessa Sanziani. Playwright: Paul Osborn from the novel by Maurice Druon. Theatre: previews in Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester. Opening Night: 6 April 1965. 

Photo: Rita Maylon collection Vivien Leigh Circle Archive THM/530 – V&A Museum.

[casadegatos]

A fun, eclectic playlist celebrating background, minor, and side characters on Succession.

If you're curious which characters are represented just ask! Not every side character is here, but an effort was made!

Enjoy!

[clive-yeah]

THE CONTESSA REDESIGN FOR FUN

[sodascribbles]

two weeks of whump: day one

(read on ao3 here!) For @promptsforyourwhumpfic's Two Weeks of Whump! Thank you :] Poker | Shock Collar | Ashes Characters: Sly Cooper, The Contessa, misc. wolf guards Content: the titular shock collar, mentioned conditioning/'training', very minorly implied whipping, swearing. Note: i assure you, it only goes downhill from here >:3c

Maybe if she didn't want to get shocked, she should have paid better attention.

He’s still learning how to properly utilize the Voltage Strike that he’d tomfuckered his way into while scuffling in Rajan’s temple. He’d panicked and had just sparked up, lightning arcing from his cane as he’d swung.

He didn’t currently have his cane, unfortunately. Hopefully he could still do it.

. . .

He’s dead. He can’t quite find it in himself to be guilty, but he’s definitely about to be dead.

Sly had meant to use the Voltage Strike alongside some kind of escape plan. Knock out some guards, turn off the power, something.

She’d startled him. He’d shocked the Contessa. He’s about to die.

An icy fury burns in her eyes as she glowers at him. Like a deer caught in headlights, he freezes, ears pinned to his skull. He has half a mind to apologize— but he doesn’t get the chance. (And he really doesn’t feel bad. For a split second, before the oh shit had settled in, he had thought it was funny.)

The Contessa smiles. Her expression remains dangerously dark, mandibles clicking as she fucking grins at him. If he hadn’t already been convinced of his imminent demise, that would have done it.

“Hold him here for a moment,” she hisses between her teeth, still smiling.

When she returns, the guards practically scatter away from him, desperate to avoid her wrath. Suddenly unhindered, Sly scrambles backward. He pins himself to the wall, claws scrabbling against the stone.

She has something, held behind her back like one might hold a surprise present, still beaming. He growls, only for it to pitch up into a frightened hiss as she continues to approach.

Unfazed by his (frankly pathetic) attempt at a warning, she gives a quick gesture. Two of the wolves lurch into action, taking him by the shoulders and wrenching his head upward.

“Get off of me—!” He thrashes, of course he does, but the struggling doesn’t do much.

She clicks something into place around his throat. It digs, turning his breaths quick and shallow. It’s not enough to choke him— that is, until she hooks a claw into it and yanks, and he’s cut off with a sharp strangled sound.

“That’s a fascinating ability you have, Cooper,” she coos, waving a ‘hand’ once more and allowing the wolves to release him, “Unfortunately for you, I’ve come prepared.” He flattens backward again, hand coming up to press at the strange—

—collar? She’d collared him?

“Go on!” The Contessa claps her hands together like an excited child. “Try your cute little party trick now.”

…Sly really, really doesn’t want to do that. But he knows better than to disobey an order like that. (The gashes still crisscrossing his back ache pointedly.) So, reluctantly, he reaches into that feeling, letting—

—White hot agony arcs through him. He lets out a choked cry, now-twitching hands coming up to desperately scrabble at the collar— at the shock collar. He’s sent spasming, writhing away from the pain— get it off, get it off, get it—!

All at once, the worst of it is over. It’s like a switch is flipped (belatedly, Sly realizes that’s probably exactly what happened), and the pain sizzles off into an ache. He slumps, eyes glassy, panting.

The Contessa stands over him, looking positively thrilled. “Well, that was a wonderous show,” she coos, crouching down enough to cup his chin and tilt his gaze to hers. He whines, ears pressing down as he tries to pull away. Her grip turns bruising, and he stills. “I think I’ll keep that on you for a while. Teach you some lessons, yes?”

Sly hisses, and almost immediately regrets it as she draws back to turn the collar on again.

“Now your training can truly start,” she smiles, though she knows he can’t hear him. “I can’t wait.”

[mistifybyart]

A few months a go i participated in a cool art thing on twitter called the "Cooper Character gaunlet" where on the 24th of each month a bunch of creators would make art work for an underrated character of the Sly cooper fandom.

And I particapated in the month where the did the Contessa! And for that event I drew my favorite scene from the contessa's cuteness in my style.

This event was hosted by a cool person on twitter named wes! Their twitter and tumblr handle is: @innawhiledubs

It was a fun thing to do and I thought I'd post my artwork here! Especially since twitter is going to hell and back, hope ya'll like it!

[evilhorse]

Nick Fury Agent of Shield #15

[texaschainsawmascara]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Letterman, ‘94

[slycooperconfessions]

"I think The Contessa was my awakening as a kid. I mean Neyla and Carmelita contributed to it as well but Contessa had me giggling and kicking my feet back then (her chapter is still my favourite of Sly 2 to this day)."

Confessed by: Anonymous

[cpericardium]

[downadura]

> be contessa

> you get superpowers that tell you that god is evil

> you dedicate your whole life to killing god

> you do horrible, unspeakable acts in your efforts to do so

> some scrawny kid shows up at the last second and kills god instead of you

> she doesn't even care

[mspaint-taylor-hebert]

What if you drew contessa

no one is called that. shh.

[bug4932]

answer the question

[y-love-gothic]