#William Braine

[sinnaminie]

Crafting some new Beechey Island Boys stuff…

[clove-pinks]

Today for Eighteen-Forties Friday: I purchase and review this goofy-ass Franklin Expedition graphic novel so you don't have to!

The Vanished Northwest Passage Arctic Expedition by Lisa M. Bolt Simons, with illustrations by Eugene Smith, is part of a series called DEADLY EXPEDITIONS with a polar focus; and if I was 11 years old again I would probably love them to death.

From the preview pages alone, I could see that... questionable choices were made, e.g. the portrayal of Jane Franklin as some kind of unaging vampire who is still wearing the dress from her 1816 portrait in 1845.

Franklin's officers are referenced from their daguerreotypes (more or less), and we get a nice Fitzjames and Stanley (the latter with with his authentic 1840s juvenile delinquent haircut), as well as a flashback Crozier as the world's most mature 13-year-old.

Not every officer with a daguerreotype makes an appearance, and I was very annoyed that this book doesn't have any Henry Le Vesconte. We DO, however, get the Beechey Trio of John Hartnell, John Torrington, and William Braine—who inexplicably go on a mission together and wacky hijinks ensue.

That is a cute Torrington, @entwinedmoon! Although I think @radiojamming will agree with me that the real John Hartnell was more handsome.

Oh yes—and their tragic ends. It's implied that they all catch colds and die instantly in these sequential panels which, God help me, made me laugh out loud.

Way to strip all of the pathos and tragedy from their deaths. If only they had changed into dry underwear!

There is a character who looks just like Ian Hart as Thomas Blanky in the AMC Terror TV show, and the cold weather gear worn worn by the crew also resembles the TV show costuming (which was inspired by Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration gear).

There is a brief mention of lead poisoning as a contributing factor to the expedition's demise in one panel, but it's otherwise absent—making this book like the opposite of classic kids' Franklin Expedition book Buried in Ice by Owen Beattie, John Geiger, and Shelley Tanaka, which strongly implies that the whole crew is going bonkers from lead poisoning starting in 1846.

[littleastrobleme]

I present my third and final poem about the Beechey Island gang. I have been very humbled by the kind responses to my flirtations with verse and am so very grateful. :) This poem is based largely on information about Braine's excavation and autopsy in Frozen in Time.

William Braine Meets Owen Beattie and His Team

"Old Billy Braine of the Royal Marines,

He sailed to the Pole in a silver tureen,

He was chewed by the rats as Sir John said his prayers,

And was left with no mates but the foxes and bears."

Hauling the sledges, I fell to my knees;

The lads helped me up and I shook off their hands.

A Royal Marine had no time to be weak,

So I kept on until I could no longer stand.

The harness wore wounds that my shoulders displayed

To the strangers who lifted me out of the ground

With the first gentle touch I had felt in an age

As they murmured about all the bite marks they found.

How strange for a man who had lived to be tough,

Who had toted a rifle and snickered at fear

To feel love for these doctors who gazed at my bones

As they spoke of my sickness with reverent tears.

I was never the man in the camera's eye

Not a uniformed fop trimmed in bullion and blue,

Never printed on tin for a mantelpiece frame,

But these strangers? They wanted my photograph, too.

So I thanked them, I did, as they laid me back down,

As they tidied me up so my grave goods laid right.

And I hope they'll remember this Royal Marine

And my grin from the last time I savored the light.

[maridemira]

John Torrington's family matters

(This is just a concept I thought of when I read the Torrington series post by entwinedmoon and this is based on the Torrington Update post and some information may not be accurate)

John Torrington was just smoking tobacco on the upper deck when William Braine approaches him and starts a conversation with him.

William Braine: Mate, how come you never told me about your family matters? Mr. Hartnell always told me that you are always bummed about it, so would you like to discuss it with me?

John Torrington: Sure, but yeah, it's kind of complicated

William Braine: How? I heard that your sister had the middle name of Mary, what's yours?

John Torrington: Well......in our early records we were listed as Shaw Torrington, Shaw is always are assumed middle name, so when my sister Esther had a middle name of Mary, it's unclear if Mary is truly her middle name or if it's just another first name or if Shaw Torrington was our shared last name.

William Braine: Oh ok, well I heard that your sister married this year, what is the reason and is that why you're bummed about it too?

John Torrington: Um......it's out of love and something hanky panky was going on before they married, so yeah, that......

William Braine: Oh, but I heard that you married a woman named Elizabeth Browning, is that true?

John Torrington starts to become agitated

John Torrington: NO! No!! That is a fanfiction! Stop passing that off as real!!

William Braine: Woah woah woah, chill out mate.......Just by the thought of it, yeah, it does seem concerning given our society expectations.

John Torrington: Well I would be concerned if our society norms are just getting very weird

[ribbittrobbit]

[chaoticautie]

As someone who is somewhat of a “veteran” of the online ND community, I’m disappointed in the lack of positivity and love for lesser known diverse cognitive conditions, and the opposing abundance of posts about “cures” or outdated criteria or treatments for those conditions. So, without further ado, I want to say hello to anyone with any of the disorders I’m listing, and give them the love and support that hardly anyone else in our community has… Shoutout to:

People with Down syndrome

People with Fragile X

People with William’s syndrome

People with dyslexia

People with dyspraxia

People with dyscalculia

People with dysgraphia

People with Prader-Willi syndrome

People with PANS or PANDAS

People with aphasia

People with a TBI (traumatic brain injury)

People with chronic/early onset mental illnesses

People with cerebral palsy

People with FASD or were otherwise disabled via other substances in utero

And many, many more I may have forgotten to list (but still support and love, I will add more to my list)

You are all beautiful and wonderful, and you all deserve so more love, appreciation, acceptance and support. You are just as neurodiverse as the rest of us, and your voices deserve to be heard and amplified.

I love you all ❤️

[cinnnamongrl]

just had disgusting filthy thoughts about ellie showing you off to loser!abby who’s never been with a girl before (mutuals look away i’m shy)

ellie having you spread open on the bed, vibrator held against your clit as you squirm, unable to move far with your feet tied down.

“y’hear those pretty little sounds she’s making?”. abby nodded. “‘s cause she’s gettin’ close again” it was true, you were approaching your third orgasm of the night, desperate to come yet overstimulated all at the same time. abby nodded again, face red and boxers soaked through. “look at her little pussy clenching around nothing” ellie told her “desperate to be filled, poor thing.” abby cleared her throat “are you gonna…?”

ellie shook her head. “gotta make her wait for it. makes her so fucking needy” you huffed from the other end of the bed, tears filling your eyes at your desperation “‘s too much ellie. please” abby looked to ellie, slight concern on her face but ellie just turned back to the pretty display she’d created “dumb little thing’s just being pathetic. she’s gonna come again soon”. your head felt more fucked than ever before. the combination of another orgasm approaching and your girlfriend talking to abby about you like you weren’t even there was making your mind fall deeper into a submissive fuzzy mess.

“you wanna touch?” ellie asked and abby’s eyes widened. “‘s ok. she’d like that. wouldn’t you, pretty girl? you nodded fervently “please. touch me abby” abby almost wanted to pinch herself, convinced she was having some kind of hyper-realistic wet dream. she reached out hesitantly. “so fucking wet isn’t she? i think she likes being spread out for us like this” abby managed to breathe out a small “yeah” and she brought a thick finger to your dripping hole. “jus fill her up, nice and slow” ellie told her and you moaned loud as abby followed her instructions.

“s-so tight” abby mumbled as you tried to relax, the stimulation on your clit making it almost impossible not to clench down. “always is,” ellie mused “no matter how many times i fuck her pretty little pussy.” abby groaned at the feeling of you stretched around her and ellie’s dirty words. “now move your fingers properly and make her cum”

[thepunkmuppet]

↳ BtVS 5x07 “Fool For Love”

[potato-lord-but-not]

you’re not the son I raised

[spaciebabie]

he makes me

[fireplceashes]

“What’re you so afraid of? That I’m gonna end up like Sam? I can’t get infected. I can take care of myself. How many close calls have we had?”

[sinnaminie]

Beechey Boys ornaments are going to be on Christmas trees this year ☺️

[kaladinkholins]

yall i just KEEP doing back to mizu and taigen's wrestling scene in master eiji's forge and like i know that taigen literally got a boner from it BUT THE THING IS out of all the scenes these two have together, this scene actually has the least sexual tension ?!? cuz like the boner aside, this scene is actually very soft and emotions-driven rather than pure passion or lust.

arguably, a more passionate and sexually-charged scene would be their previous brawl in the snow with the chopsticks, which is tense and angry and also the scene that mizu thinks about when madame kaji talks about being honest with one's innermost desires.

but THIS scene in the forge? warm colours. their laughter and their smiles that both equally genuine. the WAY taigen looks at mizu in that scene, staring first at her lips, her smile, then looking into her eyes. and you can see by the framing of the scene and the look on his face that he is, for the first time, seeing her eyes as something beautiful rather than off-putting or frightening.

like before this point he's already come to not only respect mizu as a person and an equal but also admires her as an incredible swordsman and as someone who is kind and honourable* for having saved his life at the expense of her revenge quest. so as of the time of them tussling in the forge, taigen has already put aside his prejudices about mizu's blue eyes and no longer finds them as any cause for disgust. but in this scene he's not just indifferent about her eyes, but attracted too it.

and i'd also like to argue that his boner is not from the physical exertion or the act of wrestling itself, but from the intimacy of a playful spar, enjoying each other's easy company after having established a deep trust with each other (taigen endured torture for mizu and helped defend her from archers in the chasm while mizu saved his life from fowler's castle)

and all this while in the safety of mizu's childhood home while both of them are still recovering from near-death, amplifying their vulnerability with each other.

like when was the last time mizu cracked a genuine smile, let alone a laugh that's more than a little wry chuckle?? and for this to happen at such a low point in her life also speaks to the comfort this little friendly spar gives her.

because like, this is after she failed her mission to kill fowler. meanwhile her sword--the embodiment of her soul--is broken, and ringo who is her closest confidant is now angry at her and barely even looks at her. it just further lends to the inherent tenderness and intimacy in this scene. and i just. AHHHH i love them your honour....

* ALSO as a side note about taigen believing mizu to be honourable: he later realises that this assumption turns out to be quite false when she reveals that she'd not only allowed akemi to be taken away against her will but also has said nothing about fowler's impending attack on edo. also i find it very interesting that out of the two revelations, taigen is less angered by mizu letting akemi being married off (he sighs angrily and marches off saying he has to go to edo to find akemi), but much more angered by mizu's refusal to save the shogun and the shogunate as a whole. this is more proof that taigen's central principles are firmly rooted in the bushido and the concept of honour that comes with that. it's why he lashes out at mizu. because he'd believed mizu to be honourable and righteous, but was proven wrong. that's not to say that taigen is in the right for calling mizu a demon, not by any means. but i just find it a very interesting part of his character and it relates to his relationship and perception of mizu

also while rewatching the episode i found this very funny they just lyin there in the cart like this 🧍🏽‍♂️🧍🏽‍♂️

[andersonlore]

eighteen+

“you’re such a good girl, baby. taking my cock like it was made for you.” ellie is forced into looking at the mirror in front of her, your strength bending her over the bathroom sink as you fuck her to submission.

every slap to her supple ass turns her brain in to mush, ellie’s pelvis slamming against the sharp granite each time you fucked into her fills her cunt with delight. strong hand pinning your girlfriend’s tattooed arm behind her back only makes her slump, cheeks pressed coldly into the countertop.

“poor sweet els. you’re being a good girl now, but you were flirting with the waitress all night. batting your gorgeous green eyes, letting her touch your arm, calling her pretty right in front of me.”

ellie knows she won’t last much longer, it’s too much. sinfully sensational in the way you’re fucking her, clit is throbbing so intensely it’s nearly painful; there’s nothing to think about but you.

just when the pit of ellie’s stomach starts to contract, your pace becomes agonizingly slow. “what? you really thought i was going to let you come so easily? bad girls don’t get to come, not after tonight.”

“what’s going to happen is you’re going to keep looking in the mirror, you’re going to watch me fall apart from fucking you and if you do come? i’m not touching you for a week. got it, brat?”

you’re waiting for a response. ellie happily gives it to you.

“yes mommy.”

[shockpinkrosary]

HELLO??? SPRINGTRAP NATION???

[nyxxtra]