#aav2017

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Ave Aqua Vale (2017) Ave Aqua Vale means Hail and Farewell. it comes from Cassandra Clares Shadowhunters, it is what they (Shadowhunters) say in place of the mundane "rest in peace." in our world it comes mainly from Catullus 101 by  Gaius Valerius Catullus "atque in perpetuum frater ave atque vale" which translates as "and forever brother, hail and farewell"

What a lot of people have been saying about 2017 is that it hasn't seen the departure of many 'stars and celebrities' and their right. last year I had to create a seprate section to my review to say a fitting farewell to those who would not see out the year. this year however, while smaller, it is no less disheartening.

John Hurt 1940 - 2017 most famous recently for his work in the Harry Potter franchise playing Garrick Olivander, with a career spanning nearly 60 years, SIR John Vincent Hurt CBE is/was/will always be one of Englands greatest acting talents. Stephen Furst 1976 - 2017 To me Stephen will always Vir Coto, the bumbling loveable attaché to Ambassador Londo Molari in Babylon 5. Nelsan Ellis 1977 - 2017 Nelsan is best known for playing the flamboyant short order chef Lafayette in HBO's True Blood. no fan will ever forget his face to face with a group of rednecks demanding "who ordered the burger, with aids!" Chester Bennington 1976 - 2017 I'm not sure what to say here. Chester was the leader of one of the greatest bands ever! Linkin Park. their music spanned genre/fandoms/situations. you just had to listen and there was one of their songs somewhere. personally after I did a mini AAV video after i found out it wasn't a prank, I didn't feel quiet up to listening to the band for a while, and that left me without anything to really write to...then I decided to go by a quote from Satai Delenn "we die, but what is built lingers." he's gone. but he'll never be forgotten, like all great musical artists he'll live on in his music

Chester lost a good friend of his to Suicide a few months before his own in fellow singer Chris Cornell in May. it affected him and some believe this lead to what happened in July.

Chris Cornell 1964 - 2017 both deaths were recorded as Suicide by Hanging. both  death leaves a hole in music Jonghyun - 1990- 2017 just this week as I was compiling this the world of Kpop lost Kim Jong-hyun better known mononymously as Jonghyun the leader singer of the band SHINee

one of my two best friends lost her parents this year, her father before her birthday and her mother just recently. before christmas. I never had the privilige of meeting her father. but the way she spoke about him made both myself and Heather feel we would have gotten along

The women (Ally and her two sisters). speaks volumes for the type of people her parents were. and thought I don't understand the belief system they held. I hope that wheever they have moved on to that they are happy.