#b: kit marlowe

[moonlitdark]

Ooooof

[unfortunatetheorist]

The R - Part 1:

What is the connection between Mr Remora and Duchess R [of Winnipeg]?

One of the many mysteries that Lemony Snicket has left behind for readers (and viewers, to a certain extent) is 'What does the R stand for, in "Duchess R" ?' I am going to attempt to answer this question using any resources available, under the title 'The R'. This will be over a series of unfortunate posts, in this format.

Firstly, we must look for any and all clues that can give us even the slightest hint as to what R might stand for.

For this, I have gone through every character in ASOUE and this is produced: (after the cut, but feel free to skip ahead)

Lemony Snicket

Violet Baudelaire 

Klaus Baudelaire 

Sunny Baudelaire 

Count Olaf

Bald Man with the Long Nose 

Mrs. Bass 

Beatrice Baudelaire 

Beatrice Baudelaire II 

Bertrand Baudelaire 

Bruce 

Colette  

Fernald 

Hal 

Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender 

Hugo 

Incredibly Deadly Viper 

Geraldine Julienne 

Kevin 

Kind Editor 

Man with a Beard but No Hair

Vice Principal Nero

Phil 

Arthur Poe  

Duncan Quagmire 

Isadora Quagmire  

Quigley Quagmire  

Mr. Remora 

Carmelita Spats 

Kit Snicket 

Esmé Squalor 

Jerome Squalor 

Justice Strauss 

White-Faced Women 

Woman with Hair but No Beard

Albert Poe 

Edgar Poe 

Polly Poe 

Wart-Faced Man

Alaskan Cow Lizard 

Androgynous Cobra  

Madame diLustro  

Dissonant Toad  

Green Gimlet Toad 

Inky Newt 

Irascible Python 

O. Lucafont 

Mamba du Mal 

Monty Montgomery 

Monty Montgomery's Sister

Gustav Sebald 

Stephano 

Virginian Wolfsnake

Ike Anwhistle

Josephine Anwhistle

Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin

Gina-Sue

 Larry Your-Waiter 

Captain Sham

Charles

 Foreman Firstein

 Flacutono

Georgina Orwell

 Shirley 

Sir

Elwyn 

Coach Genghis 

Ms. Tench

Ben 

Gunther

Chief of Police

Council of Elders 

Detective Dupin 

Hector

 Mr. Lesko 

Officer Luciana 

Mrs. Morrow 

Verhoogen Family 

V.F.D. Crows

Babs

Bearded Man 

Laura V. Bleediotie 

Lou 

Mattathias

 Milt

 Mr. Sirin

 Volunteers Fighting Disease

Beverly and Elliot

 Olivia Caliban 

Chabo the Wolf Baby 

Man With Pimples On His Chin 

Ringmaster 

Volunteer Feline Detectives

Infant Servant

C.M. Kornbluth 

Snow Gnats 

Snow Scouts 

V.F.D. Eagles 

White-Faced Women's Sibling 

Winnipeg Scout

Gregor Anwhistle 

Fiona 

The Great Unknown 

Captain Widdershins 

Mrs. Widdershins

Count Olaf's father 

Count Olaf's mother 

Dewey Denouement 

Ernest Denouement 

Frank Denouement

Alonso 

Ariel 

Jonah Bellamy 

Sadie Bellamy 

Rabbi Bligh 

Brewster 

Byam 

Friday Caliban 

Miranda Caliban 

Calypso 

Erewhon

Ferdinand 

Finn 

Professor Fletcher 

Gonzalo 

Ishmael 

Dr. Kurtz 

Larsen 

Ms. Marlow 

Monday

Madame Nordoff 

Omeros 

Mr. Pitcairn 

Robinson 

Sherman 

Thursday 

Weyden 

Willa

Beekeeper

Building Committee 

Emily Dickinson 

Dolores  

Esmé Squalor Fan Club 

Gerta 

Daniel Handler

Haruki

 Ivan Lachrymose 

Eleanora Poe 

Lena Pukalie 

Duchess R 

R's Mother 

R's Father 

Young Rölf 

Sally Sebald

Shoemaker 

A. Snicket 

B. Snicket 

Chas. Snicket 

D. Snicket 

E. Snicket 

F. Snicket 

G 

H 

I  

Jacob Snicket  

M 

N 

O 

Mr. Spats

Mrs. Spats 

Town Fathers 

Valorous Farms Dairy 

Baron van de Wetering

Yeah. Every single one.

Now, let's rule out everyone who does not have a name beginning with R, or is unclear: (again, feel free to skip ahead)

Bald Man with the Long Nose 

Mrs. Bass 

Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender 

Incredibly Deadly Viper 

Kind Editor 

Man with a Beard but No Hair

Mr. Remora 

White-Faced Women 

Woman with Hair but No Beard

Wart-Faced Man

Madame diLustro  

Monty Montgomery's Sister

Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin

 Foreman Firstein

Coach Genghis 

Ms. Tench

Verhoogen Family 

 Mr. Sirin

Man With Pimples On His Chin 

Infant Servant

White-Faced Women's Sibling 

Winnipeg Scout

The Great Unknown 

Captain Widdershins 

Mrs. Widdershins

Count Olaf's father 

Count Olaf's mother 

Rabbi Bligh 

Dr. Kurtz 

Ms. Marlow 

Madame Nordoff 

Mr. Pitcairn 

Robinson 

Beekeeper

Duchess R 

R's Mother 

R's Father 

Young Rölf 

Mr. Spats

Mrs. Spats 

Town Fathers 

As the title states, we'll keep some focus on Remora, but we'll eliminate all other minor characters:

Bald Man with the Long Nose 

Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender 

Incredibly Deadly Viper 

Kind Editor 

Man with a Beard but No Hair

Mr. Remora 

White-Faced Women 

Woman with Hair but No Beard

Wart-Faced Man

Madame diLustro  

Monty Montgomery's Sister

Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin

Robinson 

Duchess R 

R's Mother 

R's Father 

Young Rölf 

According to Various Fan Deductions:

TMWABBNH & TWWHBNB are Gifford & Ghede

The White-Faced Women are Zada and Zora

Lemony's Kind Editor is Moxie Mallahan

Madame diLustro is Sunny Baudelaire

This rules out the 4 of them.

Bald Man with the Long Nose 

Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender 

Incredibly Deadly Viper 

Mr. Remora 

Wart-Faced Man

Monty Montgomery's Sister

Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin

Robinson 

Duchess R 

R's Mother 

R's Father 

Young Rölf 

Logically speaking, why would there be a connection between Ink and Duchess R? Let's eliminate unlikely possibilities:

Mr. Remora  

Monty Montgomery's Sister

Bertrand Baudelaire's Cousin

Robinson 

Duchess R 

R's Mother 

R's Father 

Young Rölf 

Monty Montgomery's sister would be (_insert name here_) Montgomery. This, to me, rules her out too... and the same logic applies to Bertrand's cousin.

Mr. Remora  

Robinson 

(Duchess R) 

(R's Mother) 

(R's Father)

Young Rölf 

Obviously her family are related:

Mr. Remora  

Robinson - Islander

Young Rölf 

So, the above names are generated. I will, henceforth, analyse a link between each character and R, starting with Remora.

POINTS:

a. It's known that a few characters in the Snicket-verse have alliterating names, such as Quigley Quagmire, Beatrice Baudelaire.

b. It's also known that some characters have WEIRD connections to others, such as Quigley's 'relation' to Mr Poe.

THEORY: Given a. and b. to be true, Mr R _______ Remora, has some abstract connection to the Duchess.

This connection can only really be established if one goes by Netflix canon and assumes Nero's surname to be Feint, and combines this with ATWQ:

Duchess R is Remora's boss' ancestor's murderer's friend.

R's friend is Lemony, who murdered Hangfire, who is the ancestor of Nero, Remora's boss.

Part 2 Still to Come...

¬ Th3r3534rch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist

[drowningparty]

I enjoy when people produce successful kit marlowe rpf (read: make films/plays/series about shakespeare's life and cast marlowe in a prominent role as a friend, adversary, or love interest which. okay team extrapolating a lot there) as much as the next guy b/c I know it will make people aware of the existence of marlowe and that's a net good I want the world to know & love him as much as I do but they don't half love turning him into an antagonist or making him straight or saying he didn't write his own plays or doing other bizarre things to his legacy which. I have to ask why

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watching bill on the bbc rn and it’s like. god howick as marlowe is peak attractiveness. makes me lose my bisexual marbles. i could bring him back to life. i want to twirl the front of his hair like a telephone wire <3

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why am i the only hot one in my writing class

[the-cookie-of-doom]

My English prof is going to get slammed with such a hyperfixation-fueled monster of an essay

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﹒﹒  unisex   names   masterlist     !

back  again  with  another  masterlist  for  u  all  after  receiving  some  anon  suggestions  .  here's  250+  unisex  first  names  for  ur  next  character  ,  these  come  from  various  influence  points  but  some  of  them  really  are  just  pulled  from  thin  air  .  the  names  are  sorted  by  first  letter  but  not  alphabetically  within  each  letter  !  if  u  found  this  useful  ,  feel  free  to  like  or  reblog  to  boost  this  .

A : ashtyn , avery , adrian , anderson , abbott , aaren , aki , alix , amari , aden , arden , addison , angel , arizona , armani , ayla , austen , avani , august , ajay . 

B : bailey , beck , bellamy , blaine , blake , brooks , bryce , bodhi , beverly , boston , boyd , benz , banks .

C : cameron , camden , carter , casey , charlie , chicago , carson , courtney .

D : dakota , dallas , delaney , denver , dylan , drew , dua .

E : eden , eli , elliot , emerson , emery , erin , evan , everest , ezra .

F : fallon , finley , finn , forest , foster , finnick , frankie .

G : gem , gabe , gray , genesis , garnet , greer .

H : hale , harley , harlow , harper , haven , hayden , hayes , hunter , hero , holland , hollis , hudson , honey .

I : indy , indiana , isa .

J : jace , jack , jade , jamie , jay , joey , jordan , jude , juniper , julian , jagger , journey .

K : kali , keegan , kelan , kendal , kenzie , kieran , kit , knox , kyle , kaiden , karsyn , kourtney .

L : lake , laurence , lennon , lennox , landry , levi , logan , london , luca , lux , lyric , love , link , lincoln .

M : maddox , madison , manning , manny , marlow , marley , mason , max , morgan , montana , milo , michi , memphis , milan , mica .

N : nevada , nicky , noah , nye , nova , nash , nyjah .

O : ollie , ozzy , orion , onyx , oakley , owen , oliver , ocean , opal , otto , orlando , odelia .

P : paris , pratt , parker , pascal , pax , paxton , paxon , penn , peyton , phoenix , presley , psalm , pearl .

Q : quincy , quinn , quentin .

R : rae , ryan , reagan , reed , reece , rei , rem , riley , river , robin , rocky , rory , royal , rowan , ryder , ryker , reign , rue .

S : sean , sacha , sailor , salem , sam , sawyer , scout , shiloh , skye , skyler , sloane , sol , spencer , stevie , sutton , sydney , storm , sab , seven , saint , sage , shelby , silver .

T : tai , teagan , torrence , tyler , tristan , trevor , tove , toni , tommy , theo , terry , tatum , tanner , tate , tayler , taryn , tris .

U : uma .

V : val , vesper , vega , vaughn , vince , venus , vinny .

W : waverly , wade , whitney , winnie , willy , wylie , wren , wyatt , winter , winslow , wolfe , west , weston .

X : xio , xyla , xashary .

Y : yael , yves , yara , yensi , yale .

Z : zane , zuri , zoe , zion , zayden , zero .

[mumblingsage]

Do you have any advice on how to make your writing sound appropriately Shakespearian?

As someone who does it recreationally, sort of!

Strict accuracy to Elizabethan language is neither possible in all things nor desirable. No matter how useful it would be to have "thee" as an intimate second-person pronoun, it rarely reads well to modern audiences (happy to see exceptions, though). And contractions will often help the flow of your text -- something Billy Shakes would agree with! -- but "It's" trips your reader up less than "'Tis"

You can still capture the spirit in a few ways. One I find comes pretty naturally to me is being prolix. Use five words to paint a charming picture where a "yes" or "no" might do. (Not all the time -- variety is the spice of life, and you also don't want to bog the piece down so much it doesn't progress.)

"Variety is the spice of life" was a phrase coined by William Cowper in the 1700s, not Billy Shakes. But it sure had me a moment there.

My method is something like "grab a few lines that really attract me in whatever Shakespeare or Marlowe I've read recently, then make sure they don't stick out from the surrounding prose like gilded thumbs." So I have to elevate the rest of my prose to match theirs.

Like "prolix" isn't usually my choice of word (I'd do "verbose" or even "wordy") but it's got a flavor, right?

Read a lot & watch or listen to a lot of performances - both are helpful, as some sentences don't really come alive unless someone is saying them. Text of the complete plays is available free on the MIT site.

And this site is a free Shakespeare concordance, in which you can look up all Billy's uses of a given word. Useful to check a) if a word would be anachronistic (doesn't mean you can't use it!) or b) if it was used in a somewhat different way than modern speakers would. For instance, I've had characters' "nerves come alive with sensation" and such, reflecting modern understanding of neurons and sensations, but Shakespeare tends to use "nerves" in a way that's more like a type of muscle. I and my readers are alive, so the meaning that's more meaningful to us wins out. But if I started talking about serotonin or synapses, I've gone too far into modern neurology to be convincing.

Additionally, Will would call himself a "poet" rather than a "playwright" (after all, much of the plays are written in verse), so I will sometimes reference that in my writing about him.

Yes, this is often more research into historical accuracy than Shakespeare ever did: modern Billy Shakes would be the guy who read a fair deal to get ideas for plots, but didn't care about the geography (giving seacoast to European nations that have none, etc) and used language HE found fun, not language appropriate to the period he wrote in. William Shakespeare was the sixteenth-century David Jenkins writing OFMD, basically. But we're not trying to be the modern Shakespeare/Jenkins, we're trying to mesh with the sixteenth-century writer and his sixteenth-century works (in some ways at least).

Re: anachronisms, I once griped (gently) about a writer having Kit Marlowe's crush use the word "Masochistic". Sacher-Masoch lived and died and gave his name to my favorite perversion in the 1800s. If it wasn't a proper-name-derived term I'd probably gripe less. But I also think the author passed up an opportunity to try playing with terms for kink used in the 1500s (Marlowe himself gave the world a few references, or at least enhanced them, with Tamburlaine). Then again, the author and presumably most of her audience might not care as much about either kink or precise language as I do.

On the other hand, Dorothy Dunnet's Lymond chronicles includes a use of "catamite" that is a bare few decades too early, and while I've read enough about queerness in the sixteenth century to notice, I do not object, because the word hit the modern reader where it needed to, and anyway a few decades vs a few centuries is not the same (also proper noun vs more generic term).

The Lymond chronicles overall are delightfully prolix and intensely clever, so possibly one of my fave examples and inspirations when I want to write 1500s, though the books themselves take place several decades before Billy Shakes wrote (I think he might have been born by the time of the last books, but he's not showing up or anything).

Also, there's a handful of quotes from Shakespeare and especially Marlowe that everybody knows: this doesn't mean you can't use them, but be aware "those who love not tobacco and boys are fools" isn't fresh unless you can do a spin on it. It doesn't have to be fresh, but I've seen some authors unveil it like a shocking line we've never read before. And if we know & like Marlowe enough to read a book because he's in it, we've heard it before ;D. Unexpectedness and irony are useful when pulling in a shout-out.

Anything I've ever written in iambic is by accident, but you can pick up some sense of...something from enough reading & listening, and you can use other forms of wordplay that come more naturally to you: metaphor and alliteration are both fun for me.

[stylecouncil]

will was really like “the a plot for this episode is william shakespeare has to save the theatre from shutting down after being damaged by a fire and needs to secure funding from a wealthy patron by helping him propose to his love with a private showing of one of his plays. will someone twist their ankle right before they go on? can will do it? watch to find out. the b plot is kit marlowe actually literally trying to sell his soul to the literal devil while he is also grappling with the deep psychological ramifications of experiencing a sexuality that exists outside the realm of practiced and accepted christian norms and value systems”

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Kit Marlowe: Tis pity she’s a whore.

Me: Tis pity you’re a B***H!

[theherocomplex]

pearwaldorf replied to your post “I wasn’t sure how the sequel to A Discovery of Witches could pull off...”

I don't fucking understand how these books just keep getting even more batshit

Sample highlight from my Kindle: 

“My dreams of sitting with him by a cozy fire discussing magic and literature faded further in the harsh light of this November morning. I had been in 1590 for less than twenty-four hours, but I was already heartily sick of Christopher Marlowe.”

Kit is apparently so upset Matthew DARED to marry Diana that he went and told the village that Diana was a witch; while true, this is Not Helpful to an extreme degree (it’s 1590! WITCHES ARE NOT POPULAR).

ALSO her vampire husband’s vampire dad just said their marriage wasn’t valid because it hasn’t been consummated, and her vampire husband has confirmed he hasn’t banged her yet because vampires mate FOR LIFE and he will just love her TOO MUCH once they bang. 

Diana’s reaction: “You’re being an idiot, B A N G  M E.” 

Also also I think her semi-father-in-law is about to try and marry her, so. 

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- A -

Aaron Johnson - Leo Constantine

Aaron Tveit - Ezekiel Wymond

Abbey Lee Kershaw - S

Adam Brody - Cedric P. Powell

Adelaide Kane - Alana Windsor

Aidan Turner - Blaise Lynch

Alicia Vikander - Lily Marzia Lewis

Alona Tal - Claire Jenkins

Alycia Debnam Carey - Faith Franchot

Amber Heard - Edith Mori de Oliveira & Aureola Diana

Amy Poehler - Apple Corin

Ana de Armas - Riley Polanco

AnnaSophia Robb - Olivia Maeve

Andrew Garfield - Christen Austen

Andrew Lincoln - Desmond

Andy Samberg - Milo Dexter

Anna Christine Speckhart - Maria Sparrow

Anna Kendrick - June Lynwood

Ansel Elgort - Landon Scotty

Armie Hammer - Nikolai Fedosov

Ash Stymest - Wilford Grayson

Ashley Benson - Lexie Mallaith

Astrid Berges-Frisbey - Anthea Harrison

Aubrey Plaza - Zoya Everdene

- B -

Barbara Palvin - Annie Lancaster

Bella Heathcote - Fern Weinberg

Bill Skarsgård - Hermes Wolfhart

Boyd Holbrook - Hugo Montague

Bradley Cooper - Adonis Dard

Brett Dalton - Aldous Riordan

Brian J. Smith - Ä°.

Brit Marling - Euria Madlyn

- C -

Candice Accola - Evanora Eckhart

Carey Mulligan - Ophelia Delfino

Charlie Cox - Darcy Hemingway

Charlie Weber - Wardell Jon

Chloe Bennett - Miroslawa Waljewski

Chris Pine - Azure Welkin

Chris Pratt - Dux Stanton

Chris Wood - Atlas

Christian Bale - Mars Brant

Christian Cooke - Conor Lynton

Chyler Leigh - Cassandra Evans

Claire Holt - Karyna Gwen

Clark Gregg - Christopher Hart

Courtney Eaton - Night Haven

- D -

Daisy Ridley - Monica Myles

Dakota Johnson - Barbie Riley

Dan Stevens - Damien Delacroix

Daniel Radcliffe - Michael Genim

Daniel Sharman - Clementine Quinton

Danielle Campbell - Calista Apostolou

David Tennant - Hunter Chandra

Dianna Agron - Isis Chamberlain

Domhnall Gleeson - Jules E. Lincoln

Dominic Cooper - Quentin J. Lloyd

Dominic Sherwood - Dimitri Wolf

Douglas Booth - Vasco Delacour

Dylan O''brien - Nathaniel Hawkins

Dylan Sprayberry -Ove Stanford

- E -

Eddie Redmayne - S

Ebba Zingmark - Eloine Heaven

Eiza Gonzalez - Veronika Boleslava

Eleanor Tomlinson - Calleigh Gardenar

Elizabeth Debicki - Pippa Voughan

Elizabeth Henstridge - Gwendoline Cler

Elizabeth Olsen - Corinne Constantine

Eleanor Tomlinson - Calleigh Gardenar

Ella Purnell - Dolu

Elle Fanning - Rosie Van Laren

Ellen Page - Lydia Carrington

Elodie Yung - S

Emeraude Toubia - Elena Dimitriou

Emma Stone - Alexandra Zaleski

Emilia Clarke - Maya Davenport

Emilie De Ravin - Astrid Blanche

Emily Bett Rickards - Ocean Highmore

Emily Blunt - Lilla Arverne

Emily Browning - Ava Marlowe

Emily Deschanel - Hannah Montiel

Emily Didonato - Vera Isabel

Emmy Rossum - Vivian Gardner

Emily Rudd - Antje Griet

Erin Richards - Glory Constance

Eva Green - Verena Gray

Evan Peters - Viktor Chekov

Evangeline Lilly - Blue Marchand

Ewan McGregor - Acse Lemoine

Ezra Miller - Eugene Irwin

- F -

Felicity Jones - Macey Raphaelle

Felix Kjellberg - Silvestre César

Finn Jones - Buster

Freya Mavor - Olivia Fitzgerald

- G -

Gabriel Luna - José Espina

Gaia Weiss - Freya Kjellfrid

Gal Gadot - Cerys Ryan

Garrett Hedlund - Vitto Carlevaro

Gemma Arterton - Sabetha Belrossa

Georgina Haig - Calypso

Gigi Hadid - Mitchie Finnegan

Gina Rodriguez - Ida Castillo

Grace Phipps - Mia Kayleigh

Gustaf Skarsgård - Vincent Valente

- H -

Haley Bennett - Graciela de la Fuente

Hannah Simone - S

Harry Lloyd - Valentin Veaceslav

Hayden Christensen - Kristoff E. Petrov

Hayden Panettiere - Skyla Chavira

Hayley Atwell - Carmela di Chimici

Henry Cavill -Â Chester Norton

Hunter Parrish - Francis Rousseau

Hwang Jung Eum - Hana Godfrey

Ian De Caestecker - J.C. Murphy

Isabel Lucas - Helen Ambrosia

- J -

Jack O''Connell - Roy Whesker

Jai Courtney - Téo Teixeira

Jake Johson - Tony Thompson

James Franco - N/ash Carrington

James McAvoy - Sebastian Van Laren

Jamie Chung - Irene Weitz

Jane Levy -Â Elsie Rodgers

Jasmine Sanders -Â Liesje Lijsbeth

Jason Statham - Rafael Romero

Jay Baruchel - Cal J.W. Fox

Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Zed O''Callaghan

Jenna-Louise Coleman - Cecilia D. Chandler

Jennifer Morrison - Penny Black

Jensen Ackles - Florian W. Hoffman

Jeon Jeongguk - Jeon Jeongguk

Jeremy Renner - Dorian Dixon

Jesse Soffer - Grover Alen

Jessica De Gouw - Vera Guthrie

Ji Sung - Yong Jae Sun

JoAnna Garcia Swisher - Pacifica

Joe Gilgun - Desmond Gallagher

Johanna Braddy - Reva Keegan

John Krasinski - Jesse Wescott

Jon Kortajarena - Aaron Anderson

Josefine Frida Pettersen - Dolu

Jude Law - Andrei Pavlov

Julian Morris - Wesley Franklin

Julianne Hough - Madelyn Weaver

- K -

Karen Fukuhara - Yuki Nakashima

Karen Gillan - Emma Fray (<33)

Kate Mara - Tuesday Beckett

Kate Mckinnon - Myrna Morgenstern

Katherine McNamara - Norene Harland

Kaya Scodelario - Quinn Jenae

Keira Knightley - Mystral Roux

Kevin Zegers - Damon Wallner

Kit Harington - Joel Paxton

Kristen Bell - Vivien Rouge

Krysten Ritter - Iris Thorne

- L-

Lauren Cohan - Wonder B.

Leighton Meester - Anastacia Bouvier

Leonardo diCaprio - Jerry Arlexa

Lily Collins - Frankie Chandra

Lily James - Anaïs V. Grimaldi

Lindy Booth - Camilla Weitz

Lindsey Morgan - Zenobia

Lizzy Caplan - Ramona Fade

Logan Lerman -Â Harley Langley

Luana Perez - Elizabeth Burton

Lucy Hale -Â Sheri Payne

Lyndsy Fonseca - Daisy de la Vina

- M -

Mads Mikkelsen - Ä°

Maeve Dermody - Athena Zoega

Maia Mitchell -Â Lynda Stine

Margot Robbie - Josie Lesniewski

Maria Valverde - Valerija Roque

Marie Avgeropoulos - Ljubica Solvej

Marion Cotillard - Marika Lamora

Martin Wallström - Fabio Chepe

Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Amelie Steiner

Matt Hitt - Douglas Roswell

Matt McGorry - Corbin Renwick

Matthew Daddario - Diego Mendoza

Matthew Gray Gubler - Patrick Descoteaux

Max Irons - Marc Janko

Max Riemelt - Ziggy Hildebrand

Melanie Martinez - D

Melissa Benoist - Charlotte Evans

Melissa Fumero - Catherine Winters

Michael Fassbender - Franco Locatelli

Miguel Ángel Silvestre - Rico A. Moreno

Min Yoongi - Min Yoongi

Morena Baccarin - Tulip Talitha

- N -

Natalie Dormer - Gem Julep

Nick Blood - Isaac Wyatt

Nick Offerman - Alfred Castillo

Nico Mirallegro - Jack Daniels

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - Theos Volantis

Nina Dobrev - Emmaline Winslow

Norman Reedus - Harley Harford

Noomi Rapace - Yulia Utkin

- O/Ö -

Olesya Rulin - Ceku Balım

Olga Kurylenko - Zelda Croft

Olivia Holt -Â Rylee Cantrell

Oscar Isaac - Aldo C. Ferreiro

- Q -

- P -

Paul Rudd - Marco Polo

Paula Patton - Winter Willford

Penelope Mitchell -Â Caitlyn Weatherly

- R -

Rachel McAdams - NavoÅŸ Lancaster

Rashida Jones - Jean Cardellini

Rebel Wilson -Â Lauren Dwyer

Reeve Carney - Dylan Breckendridge

Richard Madden - Tristan Windsor

Rinko Kikuchi - S

Rosario Dawson - Eve Blanchett

Rosamund Pike - Daniela Carlevaro

Rose McIver - Skyler Freestone

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley - Leona Lane

Ruth Negga - Lara Tailler

- S -

Sabrina Carpenter - Louise Linn

Sam Claflin - Mathias Clayton

Sarah Gadon - Nina Buchvarov

Sarah Hyland - Marceline Apostolou

Sebastian Stan - Maximillian di Chimici

Seychelle Gabriel - Leila Beaumont

Scarlett Johansson - Diamontina Dixon

Shailene Woodley - Joy Cappella

Shantel Vansanten - D

Shelley Hennig - Nora Simmons

Sophia Bush - D

Sophie Cookson - Rain Gisbourne

Summer Glau - Rhea Crisanta

- T -

Taron Egerton - Caleb Lysander

Tatiana Maslany - Margo Wiggins & Felicia Makovecz

Taylor Marie Hill - Milla Alexander

Taylor Swift - Melanie Phoenix

Teresa Palmer - Dora Desjardins

Theo James - Keiro Padmore

Tom Ellis - Hector A. Whittemore

Tom Felton - Alpha Rigorous

Tom Hardy - Dito Delfino

Tom Hiddleston - Newton F. Windsor

Tom Holland - Flynn Holdsworth

Tom Mison - Armitage Cromwell

Toni Garrn - Audrey Tyler

Torrey Devitto - D

Travis Fimmel - Forrest Dickson

Tuppence Middleton - Mia Santiago

- U/Ü -

- V -

Victoria Justice - Lotus van Boven & Selo

- X -

Xavier Samuel -Â August FridtjofÂ

- W -

Will Smith - Dante di Mercurio

Willa Holland - Ethea Middlesworth

- Y -

- Z -

Zendaya - Izzy McGowan

Zoe Kazan - D

Zoë Kravitz - Thalia Hardy

Zoe Saldana - Kiara Kingsley

Zooey Deschanel - Hailey Montiel

Zoey Deutch - Myra Blackbourne

[janiedean]

"And your memory cannot keep me warm but it never leaves me cold" for the fic thing!

and your memory cannot keep me warm but it never leaves me cold (j/b, amnesia fic, s8 fixit) huh I actually do have a few fun things about this one, but let’s see...

one: all the OCs in jaime’s theater company both dead and alive were named after theater writers from either britain, wales or ireland, specifically william shakespeare, harold pinter, ben johnson, martin mcdonagh, tom stoppard, john dryden, oliver goldsmith, rebecca humphries, alice lowe and hilda vaughan - yes, I’m shit at coming up with names so I basically went for doing the pseudo-homage and gave them the westerosi version of their names. I was 100% sad that I couldn’t name one of them after kit marlowe but alas christopher isn’t a proper westerosi name.

two: the version of the third ballad I reworked (hind horn) is the one that a singer who used to come to my high school to play ballads for a project for english class every year picked to sing and I actually ended up re-using his entire damned book to decide what I was going to use in that fic. admittedly I had the hard rain idea because it was analyzed in that same book (as basically it’s a modern variation on lord randall ie a uber famous scottish ballad from the middle ages that was also featured) and I went like WAAAIT THAT WOULD WORK, and the version of lady isobel and the elf knight I eventually picked was on it too. actually, for ten minutes I tried to rework the porn ballad from the simon and garfunkel version of elfin knight that everyone knows as scarborough fair....... except that the whole parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme thing was actually in there because it was a version about how you should not lie with the elfin knight and I gave up two lines into it because it wasn’t gonna work and stuck with lady isobel. meanwhile shelter from the storm happened because I was obv. on a bob dylan kick, that came up and I went like ‘wait that’s perfect’. spoilers: one of my most famous fic from my supernatural days also heavily featured people being into that song, so I guess that at this point I should just sell myself as the person who sticks that damned song into any fanfic she feasibly can because it’s that good. XD

[tabloidtoc]

Us, March 25

Cover: Jennifer Lopez and Mr. Wrong Alex Rodriguez, Taylor Swift and Mr. Right Joe Alwyn

Page 2: Red Carpet -- Hedi Slimane for Celine -- Naomi Watts, Lady Gaga, Lupita Nyong’o, Rachel Weisz, Dakota Johnson 

Page 3: Emma Stone, Claire Foy, Lucy Boynton, Amandla Stenberg, Amy Adams 

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Pink vs. Regina King, Tiffany Haddish vs. La La Anthony, Sanaa Lathan vs. Lili Reinhart 

Page 6: Abigail Spencer vs. Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner vs. Audrina Patridge, Charlize Theron vs. Gwen Stefani 

Page 8: Victoria Beckham vs. Emmy Rossum vs. Mila Kunis vs. Olivia Palermo 

Page 10: Loose Talk -- Kit Harington on his Game of Thrones costume, Drew Barrymore on how being a mom has changed her ideas on aging, Jason Momoa on his private plane having to make an emergency landing, Brie Larson on not being invited to Samuel L. Jackson’s famous Italy trips with Magic Johnson, Machine Gun Kelly on Pete Davidson’s romance with Kate Beckinsale 

Page 13: Contents 

Page 14: Hot Pics -- Royals on Duty -- Duchess Kate Middleton and Prince William, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle royal baby watch 

Page 15: Queen Elizabeth, stylish pregnant Meghan Markle 

Page 16: America Ferrera and Judith Light, Yara Shahidi, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner 

Page 17: Michael Shannon and longtime girlfriend Kate Arrington, Olivia Wilde at SXSW 

Page 18: Triple Frontier premiere with Charlie Hunnam and Ben Affleck and Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac, Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager, Mila Kunis 

Page 20: Nick Jonas, Bono, Jennifer Garner 

Page 21: Matthew McConaughey, Ramona Singer and Tinsley Mortimer, Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski 

Page 24: Cole Sprouse, Elton John, Ashley Graham 

Page 25: Mariah Carey and her twins, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling 

Page 26: Paris Fashion Week -- Kaia Gerber, Cara Delevingne, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Stewart and Janelle Monae, Danai Gurira 

Page 27: Willow Smith, Kim Kardashian, Emma Stone and Alicia Vikander and Lea Seydoux 

Page 28: Hollywood’s leading men inspired by Draco Malfoy -- Jonah Hill, Zac Efron, Jaden Smith, Chris Messina, Ansel Elgort 

Page 29: From blond back to brown -- G-Eazy, Riz Ahmed, Pete Davidson, Charlie Puth 

Page 30: Stars channel Cher Horowitz in Clueless -- Gigi Hadid, Cardi B, Storm Reid

Page 31: Alicia Silverstone and Dove Cameron, Bebe Rexha, Mindy Kaling, Kris Jenner 

Page 32: Katy Perry in a rainbow of colors 

Page 34: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Kate Mara, Danny Trejo, Allison Janney 

Page 35: Kendall Jenner, Scout Willis, Hugh Jackman 

Page 36: Hollywood Moms -- Amber Tamblyn on daughter Marlow and playdates with Blake Lively’s daughters 

Page 37: Gabrielle Union on being a mom and pal Jessica Alba, Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder’s daughter Bodhi loves books, Whitney Port tells new moms that it gets easier 

Page 38: Love Lives -- Billy Baldwin wishes Justin and Hailey Bieber had waited a few years to get married 

Page 39: Kendall Jenner and Ben Simmons have gotten very serious and are into eacg other, Maksim Chmerkovskiy got jealous watching his wife Pete Murgatroyd in her acting debut, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley celebrate 16 years together 

Page 40: John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh celebrate first year of marriage, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are each other’s best friends, Nick Young and Keonna Green plan at least one date night a week 

Page 41: Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich try to find quality time together when they’re both working 

Page 42: Cover Story: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez engaged -- will he break her heart

Page 44: Lea Michele wed Zandy Reich, Chance the Rapper weds Kirsten Corley, Demi Lovato broke up with Henry Levy 

Page 45: Bethenny Frankel and ex Jason Hoppy still at war, VIP Scene -- Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Clarkson, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo, Isabelle Huppert, Lawrence Fishburne and girlfriend Bronwyn Anne Moylan, Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam 

Page 46: What’s in my bag -- Lorraine Toussaint 

Page 47: Remembering Luke Perry 

Page 48: Cover Story -- Taylor Swift thinks Joe Alwyn is The One 

Page 52: With her dad facing health troubles and her Vegas residency on hold Britney Spears’s world is threatening to unravel 

Page 54: Chrissy Teigen’s biggest year yet 

Page 56: The Bachelor’s Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph under pressure already 

Page 58: Style -- Constance Wu

Page 59: Lady Gaga, Lupita Nyong’o 

Page 62: Beauty 

Page 64: Robin Tunney and Marcia Clark and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on The Fix 

Page 66: Avan Jogia on Now Apocalypse, Buzzzz-o-Meter -- Selena Gomez, Whitney Port, Jessica Alba, Keira Knightley 

Page 67: Serayah on Empire 

Page 70: Fashion Police -- Kelly Rowland, Maisie Williams, Kat Graham 

Page 71: Bailee Madison, Lala Kent, Naomi Campbell 

Page 72: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- Dido

[transnames]

Hey, could you please help me out with some neutral names? Maybe something that starts with a M, F, K or B. Thanks and have a great day.

Absolutely! Here’s some neutral names that start with those letters, and you can see some more neutral names in the neutral tag!

Bailey

Bell

Billie

Bobby / Bobbie

Blair

Blue

Briar

Bryn

Ferris

Finley / Finlay

Forest

Frankie

Kai

Kameron

Kasey

Kendall

Kennedy

Kerry

Kit

Kris

Marion

Marley

Marlow / Marlowe

Martie

Matisse

Maxie

Mckinley

Merle

Merritt

Mica / Mika

Micaiah

Micha / Mischa

Milan

Miller

Montana

Morgan

Murphy

Feel free to send another ask if you need something else!

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Nine Worlds; One Valkyries Trip To London’s Inclusive Fan Convention

Conventions appeal to different fans for different reasons, whether it be comic con, a game expo, YouTube/Blogger convention or whatever the medium but one common factor in all of these conventions is the possibility to meet other like-minded fans! As well as hopefully getting the chance to meet your idols! 

There is a Con though that really thrives on fans, it is called Nine Worlds (London’s Inclusive Fan Culture Convention). A Con with a difference – the difference being it is made by fans for fans to meet other fans and just enjoy and celebrate their fandom in all it’s crazy geekiness.

It has been going since 2013 when it was first set up but I only heard about it last summer (2017) when I discovered that one talk held there was titled “It’s research! Or Why it is ok to play over 100 hours of Dragon Age when you really should be writing.” This, as a huge Dragon Age fan since discovering Inquisition, spoke to me on a level that none of my immediate friends understood or appreciated. Unfortunately I was unable to attend Nine Worlds in 2017, but the fact that there was a time and place to have such a discussion on such a unique fan-based topic inspired me to endeavor to attend in 2018. So as soon as the Early Bird Tickets became available I put my money where my heart wanted me to and I began to plan and save for a big solo adventure to London for Nine Worlds 2018.

I also made another bold and brave and foolish decision to sign up as a Content Provider for Nine Worlds 2018!

Why? – because why not? I have been a mega reader, hoarder and fan of all fiction featuring, adapting or retelling Norse Mythology for years and Nine Worlds provided me with the ideal and probably only platform where I could take the chance to share my enthusiasm and passion for the genre of Norse Fantasy. The Nine Worlds Team accepted my proposal, so, on top of saving for the hotel room on-site and booking train travel I also had to plan a lecture/talk – I was both really nervous and really excited! The months, weeks and days soon dwindled down to departure day and then I was off down to London for what I hoped would be a fun and busy weekend.

Now on to the fun bit – the various sessions and events and panel discussions! These were the ones I attended but over 50 were held each day of the convention so this is just a small sample of what fandom and genres were covered.

Session One – LARP (Live Action Role Play). Speakers; Penny Jackson, Adam Dinwoodie, Mx RA Madgwick and Haplocke Spence

As I am attending my first ever LARP event, set in the world of Dragon Age in November this was a must for me! The panel was made up of experienced and new-ish LARP players and they gave a great insight into how LARP’ing works, the various types and systems involved, clothing and equipment, rules for both play and player protection and more.

Session Two – The Only Toilet in Thedas. Speakers; Sarah Gordon, Phil Dyson, Angela Cleland

Now who couldn’t resist that title? Especially when you are a Dragon age fan. This panel discussion was the most interesting because it covered not just the world of games but also of books, TV and Film. It made me realize how much in Fantasy the practical matters of hygiene from toilets to sewers to bathing are just not address yet in Sci-Fi it’s more visible. The panel discussed whether it was a taboo or simply a matter of too much detail on a very personal and private matter – for instance do you want to know how long the hero, heroine, villain or indeed any character takes on the toilet? If they wash their hands or not? – but then again social, religious and cultural practices exist even within the bathroom and so perhaps it should be represented more?

Session Three – Know Thy Enemy. Speakers; Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jeanette Ng, Ms Anna Stephens

This was a panel debate all about the nature and representation of Villains. I found it fascinating to discuss Villains and their nature, one panel member made the very good point on how it is wrong to see the Villain as the champion of Chaos and the Hero of Order for it is in fact the other way around. In many scenarios across all mediums it is the Villain that has established some type of order whether through politics, society, culturally or religious or just geographically or financially but it is the Hero who emerges to disrupt that form of order and thus bring about chaos. This made me instantly think of Katniss in the Hunger Games, she is rebelling against the ruling society and its cultural practice of the Games and thus brings war to the capital city and thus chaos. Another issue discussed was whether the viewer/reader must be sympathetic towards Villains. The panel debated hard on this topic and in the end agreed that sympathy isn’t necessary for a Villain to be a true villain or a good villain but what is necessary is that the viewer/reader gets a sense of the Villain’s journey to their villainy – they must see where, how and why the character has become the Villain, whether for good or bad, and so enjoy the Villain’s redemption or come-uppance by the hero.

Session Four – D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) for Young People. Speaker; Elizabeth Prais

In my day job as a college Librarian I had recently learned of a lunch-time Dungeons and Dragons group being set up by a teacher after some students expressed an interest. So, I was eager to learn more tips and tricks to either host such a group in the Library or pass on to my colleague. The lady who hosted this session hailed from America and was very open about how she ran her local residential D&D group for her daughter and some local children. She gave some great recommendations and advice on timing, kit, planning, preparation and how to adjust and adapt the large and complex set of rules for a younger more impatient audience.

Session Five – Philosophy and Mass Effect. Speaker; Michael Duxbury, Emily Marlow

Now this was the first session I wasn’t entirely clued up on as I myself am still stuck half way through playing Mass Effect 2 by Bioware so a lot of the moral/ethical dilemmas they talked about I hadn’t actually experienced yet, or I couldn’t remember what I chose in the ones I was familiar with. Yet it was interesting and food for thought on how the scenarios were portrayed, and the fixed set of options provided resulted in the moral and ethics becoming such a personal dilemma for players. It wasn’t always a case of choosing the lesser of two evils but how the player and indeed the character depending on their Renegade to Hero balance would pick. Some panel members and indeed people in the audience felt that more choices would improve and increase the dilemma levels instead of just A or B. The panel also discussed how often, at least amongst themselves, they would pick based on the benefit or not long term, not the short term and play with a view of working towards achieving success or a goal.

Session Six – Beyond Marvel and DC – What comics you should be reading. Speakers; Angie Wenham, Stephen Lacey, Kate Barton, Ram V

The panel mentioned a great many titles, artists, apps and webcomics that they recommended as alternatives to Marvel/DC and then invited the audience to contribute. I recommended Nimona* by Noelle Stevenson  and I Hate Fairy Land by Skottie Young.

* Interested in Nimona? Check out our review! 

I Hate FairyLand

Nimona

Session Seven – Disney Sing-A-Long

This was the true highlight for me as an eternal child thanks to the magic of Disney. I wasn’t the only adult in the room, it was a very popular event and there were children of all ages and their parents and even a few Disney cosplayers too. We were all able to sing-a-long via screen projecting the words, or handouts or follow a link online. A whole range of songs was sung and Frozen ‘Let It Go’ proved to be a major popular one with a member of Con Staff leading a friendly stage invasion and then everyone proudly showed off all the right moves to the lyrics. I honestly was in tears with joy as some of the most powerful songs were sung by young and old alike.

The final event I will review was the FABULOUS MMORPG SHOW. Speaker; Misha Anker, Paul Flannery

Which was a blend of audience power and D&D – we basically had the Game Master who set up a story, invited some members of the audience to join him on stage and fill in character sheets but they had to be as unconventional as possible and then he would invite the audience to provide character names, objects, powers etc. to the story narrative and the players would roll a giant D20 (20-sided dice) to determine the outcome. This was a whole lot of fun and silliness and the story involved a Bee with a Human Leg, a Swarm of Wasps and a Wizard whose greatest spell was making Jam, they had to find the Cheese Board for the Duck of Doom! You had to be there to believe the story and it was amazingly resolved within the 1 hour and a half session.

Norse Fantasy, My own presentation! 

Was scheduled bright and early on a Saturday morning the night after the first big disco (alas Becky did not go dancing due to a very painful wisdom tooth spoiling things) and yet the room quickly filled up much to my delight. Despite not having the colorful presentation I spent hours on, due to not having my own laptop to plug into the screen, I was still able to explain, explore and introduce so many of my favourite authors and titles to a new audience. Some of the audience also proved to be fellow fans of many of them and a good number took photographs of my favourite title list to go away with to look at later and thanked me for the session, which was an awesome feeling. I was even complimented on my choice of t-shirt for the session – my own Valkyrie t-shirt from Redbubble. It says, “Valkyrie of Odin – Midgard Original – Since 793”. If you are interested in my presentation, I am planning on doing a written version of it for the Valkyries Blog so stay tuned!

Last but not least was the fab mini Geek Market that was on all weekend and as it was also my birthday, I indulged myself in another t-shirt from Genki Gear, some D&D themed tea, tea strainer and mug, two new bookmarks, some funky acrylic necklaces featuring a book and a fox in a bin, some super cute little clay keyrings of Flynn Rider, Thor and Pizza and of course BOOKS! Each attendee got a surprise free book in their bag, but I got two based on libraries and books, The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman and Bookworm by Christopher Nuttall – expect a review on here once I have got around to enjoying them.

Now the managing team have recently stepped down to consult with attendees and invite new members, as they are reviewing their constitution to try and make it more inclusive and representative of those who attend. Although from what I witnessed their inclusive and equality practices were out of this world compared to other cons I’ve been too. I do hope the new organizers can continue what has already been established and continue to make improvements where they feel it is needed. I for one enjoyed it all – despite my wisdom tooth being a very literal pain throughout – for I definitely would attend again.

Did you attend Nine Worlds? What did you think? What was your favourite presentation?

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A Valkyrie at Nineworlds! @london_geekfest #nineworlds Nine Worlds; One Valkyries Trip To London's Inclusive Fan Convention Conventions appeal to different fans for different reasons, whether it be comic con, a game expo, YouTube/Blogger convention or whatever the medium but one common factor in all of these conventions is the possibility to meet other like-minded fans!