#avery weiss

[lasudio]

StrangeSpot, Round Thirty Three: Weiss

Avery has done nearly everything she's wanted to do in life, except defeat the Grim Reaper. She decides tonight is the night.

Avery: "Oh no, my wife is dead! Better play rock paper scissors with death. I sure hope I win."

Jim Dandy, on the hill: "Oho, what's going on down there?"

Jim Dandy inserts himself into the scene, both out of morbid curiosity and to prevent Street from being too traumatised, and the Grim Reaper complains about lack of space to do his thing. Luck is on Avery's side and Astrid comes back from the dead and this is the most interesting night Jim's ever had. But was it worth it, Avery? I feel like Astrid might be a bit salty that she was used for want fulfilment...

[howlingday]

And here is part two of my RWBY art. I can't say I'm too proud, because the bottom two look so goofy. But I guess goofy is what I should be going for, right?

Panel 1: The Rusted Knight, wearing his helmet, greets Team RWBY.

Panel 2: Weiss Schnee, unfazed by meeting the Rusted Knight.

Panel 3: The Rusted Knight removes his helmet, revealing he is Jaune Arc.

Panel 4: Weiss Schnee reacts in a similar fashion to Jaune as the Tex Avery Wolf.

[artisticlegshake]

RADIX GLENDALE RESULTS 2023

TEEN SOLOS: 1st Caleb Abea - LARKIN OTE!

1st Maliah Howard - MLDA OTE!

1st Sloane Dawson - EVOKE OTE!

2nd Lexi Goodwin - EVOKE OTE!

2nd Gage Davis - DANCE DELUXE OTE!

2nd Arden Lujan - CLUB OTE!

3rd Coltrane Vodicka - EVOKE OTE!

3rd Payton Stowe - CLUB OTE!

4th Avery Land - MLDA OTE!

4th Presleigh Kreiensieck - MLDA OTE!

4th Isabella Pham - SGSDANCE OTE!

5th Zachary Gibson - CANDANCE OTE!

5th Alyvia Chen - PREMIER BALLET OTE!

5th Avery Lee - DANCEPLEX OTE!

5th Emmerson Gestring - EVOKE OTE!

5th Amariah Gooden - THE COLLECTIVE PHX OTE!

5th Allie Scrimpshire - CANDANCE OTE!

5th Lyla Bovich - AMD OTE!

5th Kanon Greer - CLUB OTE!

5th Kasey Blackman - THE COLLECTIVE PHX OTE!

5th Claire Wirick - DANCE CONNECTION SCOTTSDALE OTE!

5th Asyah Lewis - AURORA MONROE OTE!

5th Kortlynn Rosenbaugh - CLUB OTE!

5th Garrett Leo - ELEKTRO OTE!

5th Soleil Partes - AMD OTE!

5th Rylee Roper - AMD OTE!

5th Tiana Luna - THE COLLECTIVE PHX OTE!

6th Capro Doolin - CANDANCE

6th Kenzie Cole - AMD

6th Cooper Macaladad - THE BASE

6th Devon Stutz - MLDA

6th Eliana Weiss - ELEKTRO

7th Jinger Richey - SUMMER’S DANCEWORKS

7th Berkley Felstead - IMPACT

7th Amelia Bonham - IMPACT

7th Tyler Pesca - ELEKTRO

7th Ryleigh Hutta - AMD

7th Emery Anderson - MLDA

7th Mia Elizabeth Africa - THE BASE

8th Alyssa Elser - MLDA

8th Logan Marumoto-Kaleimamahu - 24-7

8th Vahnabelle Sor - PREMIER BALLET

8th Carlin Ciocchetti - PREMIER BALLET

8th Ellah Perry - SUMMER’S DANCEWORKKS

8th Lily Douglas - PREMIER BALLET

9th Makayla Blake - THE BASE

9th Dempsey Foxson - THE COMPANY

9th Racquelle Arallano - DANCE CONNECTION SCOTTSDALE

9th Kennie Shen - MATHER

9th Sofia Martinez - THE BASE

9th Sophya Lopez-Prieto - MATHER

9th Kandyce Martinez - THE COLLECTIVE PHX

9th Addy Griffin - ELEKTRO

9th Adeline Purtzer - EVOKE

9th nevada Roberts - IMPACT

10th Kennedy Boyd - THE COLLECTIVE PHX

10th Alexa Zakaras - DANCE STUDIO C

10th Ryleigh Pruett - LA DANCE AZ

10th Logan Adams - DANCE DELUXE

10th Faith Kramb - CANDANCE

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

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… crashed the app the first time I tried to paste the list Oof… this is entirely unhinged so enjoy! (I tried to avoid ones we’ve talked about before but I’m sure some slipped in and also I’m sure that I missed some 😭)

Send me a 🔁 and I’ll list one or more crossovers between our ocs that I’d be interested in talking about

Gillien

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

Lorena Falcone

Seraphini Zambini

Adhara Black

Ara Black

Carina Goldberg

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Bridget

Augusta Beauchamp

Dorothea Bridgerton

Eliza Huntington

Emmeline Bridgerton

Georgina Pemberton

Harriet Warwick

Faith

Betty Fabray

Christina Hummel

Faye Anderson

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

May Taylor & June Harris

Mona

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Savannah Evans

Elliot

Betty Fabray

Dolly Corcoran

Jaci Jones

Johanna Berry

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Brax

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Eleanor

Betty Fabray

Charlotte Smythe (… no I don’t know anything about her I just love Hizzie)

Joy Schuester

Kendall Pierce

Marilyn Pillsbury

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Aro

Betty Fabray

Jaci Jones

Kendall Pierce

Lilibeth Anderson

Sadie Berry

Savannah Evans

Andrew

Abbie Hudson

Betty Fabray

Cece & Colton Cartwright

Dolly Corcoran

Joy Schuester

Roxie Flores

May Taylor & June Harris

Cordelia

Blake Castellan ( & Jasper Gabriel )

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elaine & Felicity Castellan

Liz Castellan

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Viola Di Angelo

Mercy

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Lili Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Sophie Dugray

Evie

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Sienna Elliot

Daisy

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford & Charles Gilmore

Brady Mariano

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore (ft the Willow Squad)

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

Preston Gilmore

Sam Gleason

Imogen

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brady Mariano

Emmeline Forbes

Jacqueline Grant

Regina

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Elle Hearst

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Nellie McCrae

Preston Gilmore

Sienna Elliot

Lydia

Lexi Danes

Jocelyn Gilmore

Preston Gilmore

Gwen Merlyn

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Richie

Allie St James

Annabel Gilmore

Antoinette Kensington

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford (& Charles Gilmore & Kaito Lauder but also Blythe x Richie)

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller

Cosette Gerard

Dani Gilmore Danes

Eleanor Doose

Elle Hearst

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Hyacinth Nelson (???)

Ilsa Gilmore-Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Jocelyn Gilmore

Lili Gilmore

Lucas Gilmore

Lorrie Gilmore-Danes

Marley Tinsdale

McKenna Hayden

Natalie Lister (ft the whole willow gang)

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Preston Gilmore & Lexi Danes

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

Sara Topaz (??)

Sienna Elliot

Viviana Lozano

The Band

[ Carlotta Hayden once she’s renamed ]

Grace

Allie St James

Brady Mariano

Eleanor Doose

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

Ilsa Gilmore Danes

Jacqueline Grant

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore & Natalie Lister (ft the entire Willow Squad)

Paige Huntzberger

Sage Hall

Sam Gleason

The Band

Callum

Kirsty & the dance squad

Willow & the squad

Sam Gleason

Holland Bass

Sage Hall

Millie

Avery Stiles

Blythe Langford

Brielle Livingston & Austin Geller & Brooks Livingston

Chelsea Geller

Dani Gilmore-Danes

Nellie McCrae

Paige Huntzberger

Sienna Elliot

Fraya

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Cassandra

Angelina Winters

Dani Merlyn

Diana Queen

Kelsey Doyle

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Lillian & Max

Annika Webster

Dani Merlyn

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Nia West

Parker Allen & Noah Altman

Kendra

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Melody Weiss

Penelope Grace

Josie Spencer

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Beth

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Genesis

Isla George

Jude Winchester

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Genesis

Calleigh Sheridan

Odelia Kowroski

Aria

Chiara Potts

Chryseis

Finley Rider

Harmony Of Atlantis

Lani Of Atlantis

Mae

Mia

Blossom

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Violet Kingsleigh

Winnie Pan

Ariana Pendragon

Elsine Pendragon

Allyria Pendragon

Lynette Starfall

Princess Aelia

Clara Gale

Andrea Hagreeves

Andromeda Hargreeves

Audrey Hargreeves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Gemma Hargreeves

Helena Hargreeves

June McLaughlin

Lorelai Hargreeves

Max Carmichael

Sierra Nearing

Sunny Talbot

Tiffany Katz

Tori Hargreeves

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreeves

Fortune

Beatrice

Finley Rider

Harley Hook

Princess Isabelle

Rosabelle Legume

Castor

Ara Black

Adhara Black

Carina Goldberg

Danica Lestrange

Lyarra Vance

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

The Healer

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Matilda Fairbanks

Abbey Baker

Carys Harkness-Jones

Cassiopeia Harkness

Celeste Nichols

Ceridwen Lewis

Estella Tyler

Mina Ambrosia / The Scribe

Rose Harkness

Rusalia / The Oracle

Theia Wolfe

Beatrix Shellstrop

Bridget Atkins

Tatum Shellstrop

Amber Cain

[secretsofbloodrpg]

Las reservas de Tumblr serán válidas por una semana desde la apertura del foro ☝🏼. Pasada esa fecha, serán liberadas.

FEMENINOS

Abigail Cowen — missmyowndream

Alicia Vikander — Sectumsempra

Anna Lisa Tcvetkova — Mandarina

Ana de Armas — Dottie

Anouchka Gauthier — Cucu

Camille Pideoux — Pendulum

Carmella Rose — VV

Ellie Bamber — kittie

Ester Expósito — VV

Florence Pugh — karma

Ivanna Varvarchuk — Dobby

Jang Wonyoung — Raven

Jessica Chastain — Strawberry

Lucy Boynton — F.

Mara Lafontan — Lumiere

Natalie Dormer — Banana

Samara Weaving— Banana

Phoebe Tonkin — Strawberry

Sadie Sink — karma

Taylor Lashae — Nightwing

Vika Bronova — Dottie

MASCULINOS

Aaron Taylor-Johnson — Lan.

Bill Skarsgard— Sacrifice

Burak Özçivit — Arys

Chris Evans — Sacrifice

Chris Wood — Summoner

Christopher Bang — KJ

Cody Christian — Summoner

Danny Griffin — L12

Darwin Gray — Aglaope

Diego Barrueco — Aglaope

Henry Cavill — Pendulum

Jake Gyllenhaal — F.

Lee Min Ho — Raven

Logan Lerman — Tutú

Manu Rios — Pollock

Matthew Daddario — Ginger

Matthew Nozka — L12

Robert Pattinson — Nightwing

Timotheé Chalamet — Lumiere

Tom Hardy — Ginger

APELLIDOS CANON

Avery — karma

Bergmann — Aglaope

Bötticher — Dottie

Büttner — Mandarina

Hauser — Sectumsempra

Kohl — kittie

Löffler — Sacrifice

Nowak — Bombastic

Rowle — Strawberry

Seitz — Dobby

Voigt — cucu

Weiss — Arys

[abcnewspr]

ABC NEWS ANNOUNCES BROOKE BROWER AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ‘THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS’ AND KENDALL HEATH AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF POLITICS

ABC News President Kim Godwin sent the following note to the News division announcing Brooke Brower as executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and Kendall Heath as executive producer of politics. 

Credit: ABC/Danny Weiss 

Credit: ABC/Danny Weiss 

Good morning, ABC News -  

I am pleased to share that Brooke Brower has been named the executive producer of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” and Kendall Heath has been promoted to executive producer of politics. Brooke will lead all aspects of “This Week” reporting into me, and Kendall will work closely with our programs and platforms on creative and compelling political storytelling and series, reporting into Stacia Deshishku and working very closely with political director Rick Klein. 

Brooke Brower has more than two decades of experience as a journalist and newsroom leader. Most recently, Brooke led a team of digital writers and editors as the managing editor for CNN Politics, working hand in hand with correspondents and showrunners covering Washington, campaigns and elections. 

Prior to joining CNN in 2016, he spent more than a decade at MSNBC, where he was the executive producer of two shows, “The Daily Rundown” and “MTP Daily,” the latter of which he launched as a brand extension of NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” Brooke also began his career covering politics as a member of the ABC News political unit.   

Kendall Heath is an Emmy® Award-winning producer with nearly 20 years of experience covering breaking news and politics. She first joined ABC News as a segment producer for “Good Morning America,” then moved over to “This Week” as the editorial producer booking guests for the show. Kendall was later promoted to senior producer while contributing to network political specials and election programming, covering every election since 2004.  

Kendall has served as the interim executive producer of “This Week” since December 2022, following the tragic and sudden loss of our colleague and friend, Dax Tejera. I want to thank her for leading the team through an incredibly difficult time and stepping in to continue producing the best Sunday political affairs program for our viewers every week.  

As the 2024 election season gets underway, I look forward to Brooke and Kendall working closely with the talented teams at “This Week” and all our great reporters and producers in the Washington bureau, led by Jonathan Greenberger, and the political unit under the leadership of Rick Klein and Averi Harper, to bring straightforward political journalism to our viewers at a time when it’s needed more than ever. 

Please join me in welcoming Brooke and congratulating both Brooke and Kendall on their new roles.  

#oneabcnews 

Kim 

-- ABC --

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller Paradise [s2ep15]

[lasudio]

StrangeSpot, Round Thirty Two: Weiss

Street is a toddler, and a plantsim. Look at that face! The Weiss features, especially the ears! I'm absolutely delighted.

[femboycloudstrife]

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[ravenhold-academy]

Valentine’s Day Chapter for the “Cinnamon Rolls” (Michelle, Avery, Riley, and Onez)! Baking brownies and giving gifts all while being absolutely adorable! Up for the $3 tier for patrons! Won’t be available for free until Valentine’s Day 2023

[brokehorrorfan]

All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror will be releaed on December 7 via Severin Films. The Blu-ray box set features Kier-La Janisse's new documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (also available separately) plus 19 folk horror movies.

The films include: Avery Crounse's Eyes of Fire (1983), Djordje Kadijevic's Leptirica (1973), Otakar Vávra's Witchhammer (1970), Konstantin Ershov and Georgiy Kropachyov's Viy (1967), Kåre Bergstrøm's Lake of the Dead (1958), Viðar Víkingsson's Tilbury (1987), Mario Andreacchio's The Dreaming (1988), James Bogle's Kadaicha (1988), Ann Turner's Celia (1989), Ian Coughlan's Alison's Birthday (1981),  Marek Piestrak's Wilczyca (1983), Janusz Majewski's Lokis (1970), Ryszard Bugajski's Clearcut (1991), Brunello Rondi's Il Demonio (1963), Mariano Baino's Dark Waters (1993), Ben Wheatley's A Field in England (2012), Chris Newby's Anchoress (1993), Alan Clarke's Penda's Fen (1974), and James MacTaggart's Robin Redbreast (1970).

Also included are various short films, a CD of the Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched soundtrack composed by Jim Williams (A Field in England, Possessor), a CD with Arthur Machen's "The White People" short story read by actress Linda Hayden, and a 126-page book with writings by film scholars, authors, and historians.

All films have been restored in high definition from the best available vault elements. The lengthy list of special features are listed below.

Disc 1:

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched special features:

Introduction by writer-director Kier-La Janisse

Interview with animator Ashley Thorpe

Outtakes - What is Folk Horror?, Harvest Hymns, Terra Assombrada

Folk Poetry recited by actors Ian Ogilvy Linda Hayden set to Super 8 footage

Trailer

Disc 2:

Eyes of Fire special features:

Audio commentary with author Colin Dickey

Interview with director Avery Crounse by historian Stephen Thrower

Crying Blue Sky - Alternate longer cut restored in 2K from the director’s personal 35mm answer print

Short Films:

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow (Sam Weiss, 1972)

Transformations (Barbara Hirschfeld, 1972)

Backwoods (Ryan Mackfall, 2018) 

Disc 3:

Leptirica special features:

Interview with director Djordje Kadijevic

Štićenik - 1973 short film directed by Djordje Kadijevic

Interview with Štićenik actor Milan Mihailovic

Devičanska Svirka - 1973 short film directed by Djordje Kadijevic

Iterview with Devičanska Svirka actor Goran Sultanovic

Disc 4:

Witchhammer special features:

Audio commentary by Czech film historian Irena Kovarova

The Womb of Woman Is the Gateway to Hell - Appreciation by historians Kat Ellinger and Michael Brooke

The Projection Booth Podcast on Witchhammer

Viy special features:

From the Woods to the Cosmos - John Leman Riley on the history of Soviet fantasy and sci-fi films

Trailer

Silent Short Films:

Satan Exultant (1917)

The Queen of Spades (1916)

The Portrait (1915)

Disc 5:

Lake of the Dead special features:

Audio commentary by historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons

Tilbury special features:

Audio commentary by director Viðar Víkingsson and screenwriter Þórarinn Eldjárn

With Enough Tilbury Butter, Anything Is Good — Interview With Karl Ágúst Úlfsson

Interview with actor Kristján Franklin Magnúss

White Spot in the Back of the Head - 1979 student film directed by Viðar Víkingsson

Interview with director Viðar Víkingsson about White Spot in the Back of the Head

Disc 6:

The Dreaming special features:

Audio commentary with director Mario Andreacchio

Trailer

Kadaicha special features:

Audio commentary with director James Bogle

Audio interview with actress Zoe Carides

Audio interview with composer Peter Westheimer

Behind the scenes footage

Trailer

Disc 7:

Celia special features:

Interview with director Ann Turner

Interview with editor Ken Sallows 

The Rabbit in Australia - 1979 short film

Alison’s Birthday special features:

Interviews with producer David Hannay and actors Joanne Samuel and Belinda Giblin

The Devil Down Under - Video essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Disc 8:

Wilczyca special features:

Interview with director Marek Piestrak

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach special features:

Interview with director Janusz Majewski

Disc 9:

Clearcut special features:

Introduction by director Ryszard Bugajski

Audio commentary by scholar Shaawano Chad Uran

Short Films:

The Ballad of Crowfoot (Willie Dunn, 1968) with audio commentary

You Are On Indian Land (Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell, 1969)

Consume (Mike Peterson, 2017)

Disc 10:

Il Demonio special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger

The Kid From A Kibbutz - Video essay by film historian Tim Lucas

Interview with Brunello Rondi biographer Alberto Pezzotta

Dark Waters special features:

Audio commentary by writer/director Mariano Baino

Deep Into the Dark Waters - Making-of feautrette with cast and crew

Disc 11:

A Field in England special features:

Audio commentary by director Ben Wheatley, producer Andy Starke, and sound editor Martin Pavey

Letterboxd Magic Hour - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched filmmaker Kier-La Janisse interviews director Ben Wheatley

The Music of A Field in England - Featurette with composer Jim Williams and director Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley in conversation with film historian Pete Tombs

Camera tests

Trailer

Anchoress special features:

Lockdown 1329 - Video essay by director Chris Newby

A Short Trip To Shere - Director Chris Newby documentars the location of the real Christine Carpenter’s anchoress cell 

Disc 12:

Penda’s Fen special features:

Audio commentary by James Machin and Matthew Hale, editors of Of Mud & Flame: The Penda’s Fen Sourcebook

The Landscape of Feelings: The Road to Penda’s Fen - Interviews with writer David Rudkin, producer David Rose, and more

Robin Redbreast special features:

Audio commentary by William Fowler and Vic Pratt, authorsof The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film & Television

Interview with writer John Bowen

Short Films:

The Pledge (Digby Rumsey, 1982)

The Sermon (Dean Puckett, 2018)

Also included:

CD: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched soundtrack composed by Jim Williams

CD: Arthur Machen's "The White People" short story read by actress Linda Hayden with music by Timothy Fife and Missionary Work

126-page book curated by Kier-La Janisse and designed by Luke Insect with new writing by Andy Paciorek, Stephen Volk, Mitch Horowitz, Dawn Keetley, Sarah Chavez, Stephen R. Bissette, and Dejan Ognjanović, plus archival pieces and a breakdown of all the films in the set

[broadway-gleek]

“Breaking Down the Riffs w/ Natalie Weiss feat. Avery Wilson”

The end gave me my WHOLE LIFE

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

- we are not weak, we are the stuff of legends (x)

Ft. Victoria Blofis, Helena Jackson, Atalanta Jackson, Ashley Wilson, Avery Thomas, Summer Sol, and Melody Weiss

Forever Tag List: @themildestofwriters​ @gottaenjoythelittlethingzz​ @dancerdramatic14​ @seaweedhufflepuffocs​ @iceandwaterfairytail​ @agb-random @foxesandmagic - want to be added to the forever/fandom/character tag lists for fics or all content?  shoot me an ask!

[bodyalive]

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..Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal. A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said.“ We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

[Ira Byock, in his book The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life (Avery, 2012)] [Thanks to David Adam Weiss]

Alive On All Channels

[aic-african]

Female Figure with Bowl, Yoruba, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

This figure was made for a shrine dedicated to one of the Yoruba orisa (deities)—possibly Shango, who is associated with the power of thunderstorms, warriors, and kings. The woman’s expression of concentration, her crisp features and incised details, and the energetic pose of the child are characteristic of the acclaimed sculptor Abogunde of Ede. The figure is at once an offering, a container for offerings, and the representation of a devotee presenting an offering. Gift of the Alsdorf Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Antonow; Samuel P. Avery Fund; gift of Herbert Baker and Gwendolyn Miller, the Britt Family Collection, and Gaston T. de Havenon; Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Hokin, Robert Stolper, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Weiss; through prior gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wielgus Size: 62.2 × 19 × 31.7 cm (24 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, beads, and traces of pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109470/