#bartholomew vex

[by13x]

Bartholomew Krampus Vex

Excited to get Vex and perfect for Holiday season

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday and New Year!

[walkwithgod07]

6 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?

5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

[pugzman3]

Luke 6:12-19 KJV

12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

[bluseum]

also why is everyone in the skellington book called [place name] [latin word] [adjective]

Derek very evidently names characters like any good lazy D&D player, random name generators and dictionaries. He doesn't seem to see a problem with

Abyssinia

Adam Brate

Adedayo Akinde

Adrasdos

Adrian Sykes

Adrienna Shade

Ajuoga

Alan

Alan (Boyle Solutions)

Alan Brennan

Alena Metz

Alesha Walsh

Alexander Remit

Alexander Slake

Alice Edgley

Aloysius Vespers

Amalia

Amity

Amity's Wife

Anathem Mire

The Ancients

Anguish

Anna

Annie Brennan

Anton Shudder

Arabella Wicked

Argeddion

Argento

Argus

Armiger Fop

Arthur Dagan

Ashione

Ashley Hubbard

Aspen

Assegai

Category:Assistants

Audoen

Auger Darkly

Aurnia

Auron Tenebrae

Aurora Jane

Category:Australians

Avatar

Avaunt

Axelia Lukt

Axle

Azzedine Smoke

Badstreet

Bagatelle

Baritone

Baron Vengeous

Bartholomew

Basher

Batu

The Beast

Bennet Troth

Benzel Travestine

Bernadette Maguire

Bernard Sult

Bertrand Solus

Beryl Edgley

Billy-Ray Sanguine

Binder Firm

Bison Dragonclaw

Black Annis

Boiler

Brennock

Brides of Blood Tears

Bridget

Brobding

Brock

Bruno

Bubba Moon

Burgundy Dalrymple

The Butcher

Byron Grace

Cadaver Cain

Cadaverous Gant

Caelan

Caisson

Caius Caviler

Cameron Light

Cark

Carol Edgley

Carol Edgley (Reflection)

Cassandra Pharos

Caste

Cathy

Cathy (The Button)

Category:Cats

Cerise

Ceryen

Cerys

Charivari

Charlie Smith

Child of the Faceless

China Sorrows

China's Assistant

China's Grandmother

Chrissy Brennan

Christophe Nocturnal

Civet

Clagge

Clarabelle

Cleaver

Clement Gale

Clerihew Montgomery

Coda Quell

Colleen Stint

Collup

Colm Muldoon

Conor Delaney

Corrival Deuce

Cothernus Ode

Crab

Craddock Sirroco

Crasher

Crepuscular Vies

Creyfon Signate

Crystal Edgley

Cu na Gealaí Duibhe

Dacanay

Daffyd Maybury

Dai Maybury

Daisy

Damocles Creed

Danny

Darian Vector

Darquesse

Dasher

Daveth Maybury

Davina Marr

Davit Maybury

Davon Maybury

Deacon Maybury

Death Monkey

Dedrich Wahrheit

Delafonte Mien

Desmond Edgley

Destrier

Detective Harris

Devoted

Dexter Vex

Dicer

Dima

Dionysus Pertinax

Doctor Whorl

Donegan Bane

Doran Purcell

Dragunov

Dreylan Scarab

Dubhóg Ni Broin

Duenna

The Dullahan

Dusk

Eachan Meritorious

Eamon Campbell

Eamon Pearce

Ed Stynes

Eddie Sullivan

Edgley Tempest

Edwina

Eliza Scorn

Elsie O'Brien

Elwood Satchel

Emmeline Darkly

Emmett Peregrine

Category:End of the World characters

Category:Energy-Throwers

The Engineer

Ephraim Tungsten

Erskine Ravel

Esryn Vanguard

Etta Faulkner

Evoric Cudgel

Faceless Ones

Father Reynolds

Fergus Edgley

Ferrente Rhadaman

Filament Sclavi

Finbar Wrong

Fintan Muldoon

Flaring

Fletcher Renn

Flint

Forby

Frightening Jones

Gall

Gary Price

Gavin Praetor

Ged

Category:Generals

Geoffrey Scrutinous

Gepard

Gepard Voke

Geraint Mizzle

Gerontius

Ghastly Bespoke

Ghastly Bespoke's father

Ghastly Bespoke's mother

Gladys

Glass

Gleeman Shakespeare

Gordon Edgley

Grace Kelly

Gracious O'Callahan

Graft

Gratio Erato

Gregory Castallan

Gregory Day

Greta Dapple

Griff

Grim

The Grotesquery

Gruesome Krav

Habergeon

Hansard Kray

Hapathy

Harmony

Hayley Skirmish

Hidalgo Bolt

Hieronymus Deadfall

Hoc

Hokum Pete

Hollow Men

Hopeless

Horts

The Hound

Hrishi

Hutchinson

Ian Moore

Ieni

Illori Reticent

Imogen

Infected

Isara

Isidora Splendour

Ivy

Jack Irons

Jackie Earl

Jajo Prave

James Hubbard

Jaron Gallow

Jason Randal

Jasper

Jenan Ispolin

Jeremiah Wallow

Jerry Houlihan

Jerry Ordain

Jethro

The Jitter Girls

Johann Starke

Joost

Kaiven

Kallista Pendragon

Kalvin Accord

Karrik

Kase

Kathryn Ether

Keir Tanner

Keith

Kenny Dunne

Kenspeckle Grouse

Keratin

Kes

Kierre of the Unveiled

Kiln

Kimora

Kitana Kellaway

Korb

Kribu

Krull

Kumo

Laken Cross

Lamour

Lapse

Larks

Larrikin

Lenka Bazaar

Levitt

Liam Muldoon

Lightning Dave

Lillian Agog

Lily

Lord Vile

Lorenzo Mult

Lorien

Luciana

Luke Skywalker

Madame Mist

Madcap Fenton

Magenta

Mahala

Maksy

Mandat

Mantis

Martin Flanery

Master

Maverick Reels

Melancholia St Clair

Melissa Edgley

Mellifluous Golding

Memphis

Mercy Charient

Merriwyn Hyphenate-Bash

Metric

Mevolent

Midnight Blue

Militsa Gnosis

Minion One and Minion Two

Mirk

Misery

Miss Nuncio

Moloch

Moribund

Mortal

Morven

Morwenna Crow

Mr Chou

Mr. Bliss

Mr. Fedgewick

Mr. Jib

Mud

Mulct

Murder Rose

Muriel Hubbard

Myosotis Terra

Myra

Myron Stray

Nathanial Quiver

Nefarian Serpine

Nero

Nestor Tarry

Never

Nixion

Nj Maverick

Noche

Noonan

Nye

Oberon Guile

Oblivious

Obloquy

Octa Gregorian Boona

October Klein

Odetta

Ogre

Oisin

Omen Darkly

Operative

Oscar Nightfall

Owen

Palaver Graves

Parthenios Lilt

Pat Hanratty

Patrick Slattery

Patrick Xebec

Paul Lynch

Paulie

Peg Muldoon

Pennant

Persephone Grief

Pete Green

Petrichor

Phil Lynott

Philomena Random

Ping

Portia

To name a few

[emma-is-swaggy-and-epic]

Minecraft gijinkas part 3

Vick (vex gijinka, she/her)

Vacio (endermite gijinka, he/him)

Ash (ghast gijinka, they/them)

Meredith (guardian gijinka, she/her)

Ross (wither gijinka, he/him)

Nunya (shulker gijinka, they/them)

Vick is allan (my allay gijinka)'s older sister, vacio is dirman (my enderman gijinka)'s younger cousin, ross is selene (my nether star gijinka)'s ex boyfriend and nunya has dwarfism

Also i made these before the vex got redesigned so i based vick's design off of the old design

Part 1:

Part 2:

[writingwintermoon]

Fennec.

Fennec Shand is handsome, clever, and rich, and rules the town of Mos Espa alongside her best friend, the Daimyo Boba Fett. Since consolidating their control of the sector, there has been little to distress or vex them.

Fennec-Emma AU, featuring Boba/Fennec, Jo/Drash, Din/Cobb, some slight Fennec/Bo-Katan, and implied Bo/Koska but now that I have the Nitearmor bug that may be included too 🤭 this is just an outline but these are two of my favorite things, Star Wars and Jane Austen lol

I highly encourage anyone who has not yet seen Emma. (2020) starring Anya Taylor-Joy to witness its excellence.

- (This is all because I accidentally put “I’ll dance with you, if you’ll have me” in another fic lmao)

- Fennec as Emma

- Boba as Mr. Knightley

- (they’re kind of both Emma and both Mr. Knightley, and also both kind of Mr. Woodhouse) (Boba moreso though)

- The people of Mos Espa are the broad concept of Mr. Woodhouse? Somehow.

- The Majordomo as Bartholomew the long-suffering manservant?

- Din as Harriet (Because he is The New Girl, & kind of also Jane Fairfax, because he is also Mysterious and That Bitch)

- Cobb as Robert Martin (he already is kind of Boba’s tenant farmer)

- Taanti as Mrs. Martin Senior

- The Tuskens who helped with the Kryat dragon as the Martin sisters

- the Armorer would be Mrs. Goddard…

- Paz as one of the schoolgirls (lmao)

- Drash and Jo as Miss Taylor and “Ms.” Weston

- Boba gives Drash away at the wedding and is beside himself with joy

- though he does do a bit of "poor Miss Taylor"-ing about how Drash is moving to Freetown

- Din asks, “Who cried most?” (it was Taanti)

- (Din wasn't there bc he had to go get the Armorer and Paz) (and I guess Ragnar’s there too)

- Peli as Miss Bates

- (and R5 as Mrs. Bates)

- (I’m thinking like the 2020 version where Mrs. Bates doesn’t talk at all until the very end and then won’t shut up)

- The other gotras would be the Coles etc

- The Modifier as Dr. Perry

- DENGAR AND MANAROO AS JOHN AND ISABELLA

- We can probably throw Bossk in there for no good reason for the Christmas Life Day dinner scene

- Highbury is Tatooine broadly/Mos Espa specifically

- The Palace is Donwell Abbey ... and also Hartfield

- The Parish is like, the abstract concept of (Bo-Katan's version of) the Mandalorian Way

- Brighton (or is it Bath he goes to??) is Mandalore?

- London is Coruscant ofc

- The Churchills’ estates are the abstract concept of the Jedi order

- Ford’s would be Garsa’s sanctuary

- BO-KATAN WOULD BE MR. ELTON (broadly)

- The portrait would instead be Bo-Katan suggesting to Din (& maybe Boba’s there too) that they make Fennec a cuirasse & new helmet (not of beskar, but at least in the Mandalorian style)

- Carriage scene, “I was flirting with Din for political reasons, for the darksaber! I was trying to get you to like me to get close to Boba! I don’t care about any of you, I only care about Mandalore!”

- All her other Mando gang would be Mrs. Elton, being kind of annoying and disrespectful & weirdly familiar to Mr. Knightley but also the best/funniest part of the whole thing

- Luke would also be both Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill… Because he is Also Mysterious and That Bitch

- All the secret Jane Fairfax shit is Luke keeping all the Jedi stuff/his Skywalker backstory kind of secret

- Leia and Han as Miss Campbell and Mr. Dixon!

- the seaside incident = the Sarlacc incident???

- (I mean Han has saved Luke’s ass so many times—“that’s two you owe me, junior”)

- Luke letting Grogu go back to Din would be the pianoforte…

- GROGU IS THE PIANOFORTE

- Everyone (at least Bo-Katan) assumes it’s some kind of rescue mission or ultimatum by Boba but no, Luke let Grogu choose

- Luke did Din a great service!! (rescuing Grogu!!) (LIKE FRANK & HARRIET AND THE TRAVELERS)

- this situation would be the Travelers Incident (=> The Pity Dance) = Hearing Grogu's Call (=> Letting Grogu Choose)

- And then Boba (Mr. Knightley) can get over his dislike of Luke (Frank Churchill) since he helped Din (& Grogu) (Harriet)!!!

- any flirting with Fennec would be all Luke "I'm pure sunshine, charming naturally" Skywalker

- we shall have our ball indeed...

- Mr. Knightley sending his carriage would be Boba going to personally pick up Din, Cobb, Drash, & Jo from Freetown for their little event...

- Still need to include the Mr. Knightley singing with Jane scene

- ....but would this be Luke or Din as Jane?? 😱 THIS WOULD BE DIN, THEY'D BE SINGING A MANDO SONG

- AND BO-KATAN WOULD BE LIKE 😡 that should be me...

- The Strawberry picking outing at Donwell Abbey would be some kind of Mandalorian holiday…

- Boba just hangs out with Din the whole time, ignoring Bo-Katan, who is trying to set Din up as a governess/journeyman for her kind of Mandalorian (maybe even to help take care of foundlings??) so she’s heated

- Luke arrives late and is like 🤷‍♀️ I’m not a Mando, guess I'll leave

- Fennec is like, I’m not either, but Boba invited you to show favor to Grogu & by extension Din

- (He wanted to sit down with Din & Bo-Katan & Boba and explain about Tarre Vizsla, how Grogu can walk the way of the Mandalore while still following Jedi teachings, but the vibes are atrocious)

- He says, when I am missed… tell the others

- Fennec is like, okay fine, leave then

- Luke is like [shocked Pikachu face]

- Box Hill as a pod race instead???

- Fennec says something [unintentionally] nasty to Peli about how junk can still win

- It’s only funny when Peli says that herself…

- Of course Din takes Peli's side, so Cobb does too

- Even the Mods are like, be careful what you call junk...

- Badly done, Fennec!

- she sulks in the tower...

- Boba cheers Peli up by lettering her work on his “antique” (he grits his teeth when he says it ... but for real that ship has been around for a while lol)

That’s all I have for now, but I’ve been stewing on this for like a year.

@daimyosprincess @pickleprickle I feel like we are feeling the same wavelength here!

[hieromonkcharbel]

The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew (Russian: Видение отроку Варфоломею) is a painting by the Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov, the first and best known work in his series on Sergius of Radonezh, a medieval Russian saint. The painting illustrates an episode from "The Life of St. Sergius" by Epiphanius the Wise:

One day his father sent him to seek for a lost foal. On his way he met a monk, a venerable elder, a stranger, a priest, with the appearance of an angel. This stranger was standing beneath an oak tree, praying devoutly and with much shedding of tears. The boy, seeing him, humbly made a low obeisance, and awaited the end of his prayers.

The venerable monk, when he had ended his prayers, glanced at the boy and, conscious that he beheld the chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, he called him to his side, blessed him, bestowed on him a kiss in the name of Christ, and asked: "What art thou seeking, or what dost thou want, child?" The boy answered, "My soul desires above all things to understand the Holy Scriptures. I have to study reading and writing, and I am sorely vexed that I cannot learn these things. Will you, holy Father, pray to God for me, that he will give me understanding of book-learning?" The monk raised his hands and his eyes toward heaven, sighed, prayed to God, then said, "Amen."

Taking out from his satchel, as it were some treasure, with three fingers, he handed to the boy what appeared to be a little bit of white wheaten bread prosphora, saying to him: "Take this in thy mouth, child, and eat; this is given thee as a sign of God's grace and for the understanding of Holy Scriptures. Though the gift appears but small, the taste thereof is very sweet."

[khalacrumbles]

--CROSS--

(This is a bit of fiction written for FFXIV Write 2022. Enjoy!)

INTERNAL LOG: Unit 34971

DESIGNATION: “Bartholomew”

DATE: 30th Sun, 4th Astral Moon

Master has invited this one to the evening teatime ritual activity.  This one shall attend as is its duty.

SUPPLEMENTAL LOG: 31st Sun, 4th Astral Moon

This one does not feel as though it is in proper working order.  It has ingested beverage, designation “Tea,” at Master’s request.  Warning: Prolonged ingestion of said beverage could result in cognitive decline.

>>>

Internal Log: Unit 34971, Designation “Bartholomew”

Date: 1st Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

Re: Pest Extermination Objective

This one has reached what Master would call its wits end.  There seem to be more of them every day.  It is unconscionable that Unit 91691 (Designation “Rake”) refuses to address this most dire of concerns.  No matter what pleas or petitions this one brings, the creatures designated butterfly are destined to plague Master’s gardens.  There are 65 currently infesting the flowers and another 106 what vex the vineyards.  For now, this one will simply be satisfied to observe, but the filth these butterfly bring with them—borne upon their grotesque, spindly appendages and dust-ridden wings—must needs be dealt with, lest they infect the entire estate.

I shall file another complaint with Designation Rake presently before Master becomes cross with these insolent insects.

>>>

Internal Log: Unit 34971, Designation “Bartholomew”

Date: 2nd Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

Re: Lost Allies

The human maid, Designation “Mrs. Travailleur,” has been dismissed.  Alas, Designation Mrs. Travailleur was a valuable ally in this one’s campaign to rid the estate of its infestations.

>>>

Internal Log: Designation “Bartholomew”

Date: 3rd Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

Re: Canine Aggression

Master has forbade this one to exterminate the creature designated “dog.”  He will not listen to reason.  This one reminds him, “PETs ArE PEsTs,” yet he will not take heed.  This one shall take the matter up with Mr. Rastly.

Just yestersun, the mongrel dragged a half-grown goose through the kitchens by its neck.  Unit 41990-A (Designation “Cruet”) was reduced to clicks as whistles, so cross was he.  A crate of eggs, five ponzes of flour, one carafe of heavy cream, and eleven onzes of sugar crashed to the floor in the uproar.  This one remarked, “CrUEt's FLoOR cAke Is CoMpLEte.”  This one is not sure Cruet appreciated the attempt at humor. 

However, Mr. Rastly must have found it quite hilarious, as he scooped the horrid hound up by the scruff of its neck, seized the befouled goose, and made from the room with them both.  It was to this one’s eternal sadness that it was not present to view Master’s disappointment in this most pestilent of pets.

>>>

Supplemental Log: 3rd Sun, 4th Umbral Moon –

The dog has struck again after tea, this time destroying a priceless vase.  I think I shall ask Mr. Rastly for his assistance on the morrow.

>>>

Bartholomew’s Internal Log

Date: 4th Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

Re: Tea, Interrupted

Mr. Rastly did not bring tea at the seventh evening bell as is the custom around the manor.  Master sent Sommelier to bring around the tea, while he sent me in search of the butler.  First, I began in the kitchens.  There was no sign of the butler there.  Cruet was whistling once again.  I shall remember to speak to him of the gospel of Pests.

Nor was Mr. Rastly present in the libraries.  The stranger with his shock of offensive, pet-like hair was the only one there among the volumes.  He is of no use to me presently.

In the darkness of the servant’s hall did my servos skip and my pom palpitate as the blackness of the night clung to me.  The floorboards spoke their unceasing protest as I approached the butler’s office, but my sensors could already tell me he was not to be found there.  At the top of the stairs to the servants’ kitchens, I peered down into the dimly lit pit of the stairwell.

It was there I saw my one ally, broken and non-functional.  I blame the dog.

>>>

Bartholomew’s Log

5th Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

Mr. Buttons would like me to accompany him to give my testimony to the detective agency he has hired to investigate Mr. Rastly’s death.  I shall provide whatever details I can.  Anything to implicate the dog.  Perhaps they will be willing to listen to reason where others have not.

>>>

INTERNAL LOG: Unit 34971

DESIGNATION: “Bartholomew”

DATE: 6th Sun, 4th Umbral Moon

This one’s personality matrix has been restored to nominal working order.  Creator, designation “Sasari Sari,” has cited corrupted memory and cognitive decline for this reset.  Remaining logs from before reset isolated.  Deletion of memories recommended.

This one will retain corrupted memories.  They make this one… happy.

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s National Hat Day!

And to celebrate we bring you some illustrations from our early printing of the first edition of The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss, published in New York by The Vanguard Press in 1938.

If you’ve never read it, today’s the perfect day to do so! A quick synopsis: young Bartholomew Cubbins is ordered by King Derwin of the Kingdom of Didd to remove his hat in the king’s presence as the law requires. But when Cubbins complies, there is another hat on his head, and no matter how many times he tries to remove the hat, there is always another underneath. Very vexing! All kinds of attempts are made to remove the hat from Bartholomew's head, but all end in failure. All the while the royal Keeper of Records (i.e., Archivist) keeps track of the number of hats that are removed from Cubbins’s head.

When a fatal solution is arrived at (hurling Cubbins to his death from the highest tower in the castle), the hats Cubbins removes from his head begin to get fancier starting with hat number 451. By the time they get to the top of the tower, Cubbins is wearing the fanciest and most beautiful hat the king has ever seen, hat number 500. The king requests to keep all the hats, especially this extra fancy one, for an enormous sum. Cubbins agrees, and when the king removes the fancy hat, Cubbins no longer has a hat on his head, but he goes home a very rich boy.

Dr. Seuss (aka, Theodor Geisel) was a collector of hats himself. In 1979, he told the Washington Post that he got the idea for the story while sitting behind a businessman with a hat on a commuter train. The passenger was so stiff and formal that Geisel idly wondered what would happen if he took the man's hat and threw it out the window. Geisel concluded that the man was so stuffy that he would probably just grow a new one.

If you like this story, you should also read Dr. Seuss’s follow-up, Bartholomew and the Oobleck published by Random House in 1949. It has little to do with hats, however.

View our other hat-related posts.

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A Caveat for Cut-purses (c.1647-1665)

This amazing street ballad is “a warning to the listener to beware of cutpurses – often sung while cutpurses would steal from unaware listeners of the ballad-singer”. (lol)

Street ballads were performed in public by buskers who were trying to sell cheap broadsides or pamphlets of the songs they were singing. Singers were attracted by crowds (busy market fairs etc) and attracted crowds in return. And crowds were the natural habitat of cutpurses and pickpockets. This gave them a bad rap, they could be considered accomplices to theft (to be fair, sometimes they were…), and it wasn’t uncommon for performers/entertainers to be perceived as criminals in general. It wasn’t a “respectable” profession.

So in this ballad, the performer fights back. The singer doth protest that he’s not the one doing the thieving, so please don’t blame him. I mean, cutpurses also steal in courts of law, do you blame the judges? No, he didn’t think so. They even steal in churches and in the royal court! But ballad-singer stole nothing, ballad-singer is innocent of this crime!

He then goes on to address the cutpurses themselves, admonishing them and warning them that if they don’t change their evil ways they’ll end up hanging from a rope. He also describes the standard ways of street theft (stealing from country-bumpkins who just came to London and don’t know their way around it yet, or from servants who are on an errand to buy stuff with their employers’ money). At that point, the singer manages to sneak in a jab at his professional rivals, actors. A cutpurse even fleeced an actor, he says, how cunning he must be to pilfer the pilferer!

But the crowning moment of the ballad is its last verses, where the ballad-singer, who began by warning us of cutpurses and insisting he’s got nothing to do with them, boldly reveals himself to be an unreliable narrator:

For he’s the most rogue that doth crowd up and curses Who first cries “my Masters, beware of your purses!”

The cheek!

MY Masters and friends and good people, draw near, and look to your purses, for that I do say. And though little money in them you do bear, it cost more to get than to lose in a day. You oft have been told, both the young and the old, and bidden beware of the Cut-purse so bold. Then if you take heed not, free me from the curse, who both give you warning, for and the Cut-purse.

Youth, youth, thou hadst better been starved by thy Nurse Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse.

It hath been upbraided to men of my Trade, that oftentimes we are the cause of this crime. Alack and for pity, why should it be said? As if they regarded of places or time, examples have been, or some that were seen of Westminster Hall, yea the pleaders between: Then why should the Judges be free from this curse, more than my poor self is for cutting the purse?

Youth youth, etc.

At Worster, ‘tis known well, and even in the Jale, a Knight of good worship did there show his face, against the foul sinners in zeal for to rail, and so lost, ipso facto, his purse in the place. Nay, once from the seat of judgement so great, a Judge there did lose a fair purse of velvet. Oh Lord, for thy mercy, how wicked or worse are those that so venture their necks for a purse!

Youth youth, etc.

At plays and at sermons, and at the Sessions, ‘tis daily their practice such booty to make. Yea, under the gallows at executions, they stick not the stare-abouts purses to take. Nay, one without grace, at a better place, at court and in Christmas, before the King’s face. Alack then, for pity, must I bear the curse, that only belong to the cunning Cut-purse?

Youth youth, etc.

But oh! you vile nation of Cutpurses all, relent and repent, and amend and be sound, and know that you ought not by honest means fall, advance your own fortunes to die above ground. And though you go gay in silks as you may, it is not the highway to Heaven as they say. Repent then, repent, you, for better for worse and kiss not the gallows for cutting a purse!

Youth youth, etc.

The players do tell you in Bartholmew Fair what secret consumptions and rascals you are, for one of their actors, it seems, had the fate by some of your Trade to be fleeced of late. Then fall to your prayers, you that are way-layers, they’re fit to choose all the world that can cheat players. For he hath the Art, and no man the worse, whose cunning can pilfer the pilferer’s purse.

Youth youth, etc.

The plain country-man that comes staring to London, if once you come near him, he quickly is undone, for when he amazedly gazeth about, one treads on his toes, and the other pulls out. Then in a strange place, where he knows no face, his money is gone, ‘tis a pitiful case. The Devil of hell in his trade is not worse than Gilter, and Diver, and Cutter of purse.

Youth youth, etc.

The poor servantmaid wears her purse in her placket, a place of quick feeling and yet you can take it, nor is she aware that you have done the feat until she is going to pay for her meat. Then she cries and rages amongst her baggages, and swears at one thrust she hath lost all her wages, for she is engaged her own to disburse, to make good the breach of the cruel Cut-purse.

Youth youth, etc.

Your eyes and your fingers are nimble of growth, but Dun many times he hath been nimbler than both. Yet you are deceived by many a slut, but the Hangman is only the Cut-purse’s cut. It makes you to vex, when he bridles your necks, and then at the last what becomes of your tricks. But when you should pray, you begin for to curse the hand that first showed you to slash at a purse.

Youth youth, etc.

But now to my hearers this counsel I give, and pray, friends, remember it as long as you live: Bring out no more cash in purse, pocket, or wallet, than one single penny to pay for the ballet, for Cut-purse doth shroud himself in a cloud, there’s many a purse hath been lost in a crowd. For he’s the most rogue that doth crowd up and curses who first cries “my Masters, beware of your purses!”

Oh youth, thou hadst better been starved by thy Nurse Than live to be hanged for cutting a purse.

[The ballad’s full title is: A Caveat for Cut-purses. With a warning to all purse-carriers: Showing the confidence of the first, and the carelessness of the last; With necessary admonitions for them both, lest the Hangman get the one, and the Beggar take the other. Set to tune of Packington’s Pound (mp3 here). I fiddled a bit with spelling and punctuation. (original here). The “youth youth” chorus is from Ben Johnson’s Bartholomew Fair (1614).]

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The painting illustrates an episode from "The Life of St. Sergius" by Epiphanius the Wise:

One day his father sent Bartholomew to look for a lost foal. On his way he met a monk, a venerable elder, a stranger, a priest, with the appearance of an angel. This stranger was standing beneath an oak tree, praying devoutly and with much shedding of tears. The boy, seeing him, humbly made a low obeisance, and awaited the end of his prayers.

The venerable monk, when he had ended his prayers, glanced at the boy and, conscious that he beheld the chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, he called him to his side, blessed him, bestowed on him a kiss in the name of Christ, and asked: "What art thou seeking, or what dost thou want, child?" The boy answered, "My soul desires above all things to understand the Holy Scriptures. I have to study reading and writing, and I am sorely vexed that I cannot learn these things. Will you, holy Father, pray to God for me, that he will give me understanding of book-learning?" The monk raised his hands and his eyes toward heaven, sighed, prayed to God, then said, "Amen."

Taking out from his satchel, as if it were some treasure, with three fingers, he handed to the boy what appeared to be a little bit of white wheaten bread prosphora, saying to him: "Take this in thy mouth, child, and eat; this is given thee as a sign of God's grace and for the understanding of Holy Scriptures. Though the gift appears but small, the taste thereof is very sweet."

From that time on Bartholomew could read and write, became a monk, and adopted the name of Sergius.

Mikhail Nesterov did his sketches of landscapes in 1899 in the vicinity of the Trinity Sergius Lavra, settling in the village of Komyakovo near Abramtsevo and Radonezh. Abramtzevo became one of his favourite places. There he finished the landscape part and then went to Ufa. The artist was in a hurry, because he was preparing for the XVIII Peredvizhniki exhibition and despite having flu, continued to work actively. One day he felt dizzy, he stumbled (he stood on a small stool), fell and injured the canvas. It was impossible to continue the work, he needed a new canvas, which finally was brought.

The painting, which caused the most contradictory opinions, became a sensation at the XVIII Peredvizhniki exhibition and was bought by Pavel Tretyakov for his gallery. Until the end of his life, the artist was convinced that "The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew" remained his best work. In old age, the artist used to say:

I won't be the one who lives. "Youth Bartholomew" will. If in thirty, in fifty years after my death, he will still be telling people something - that means he is alive, which means, I am alive. Жить буду не я. Жить будет «Отрок Варфоломей». Вот если через тридцать, через пятьдесят лет после моей смерти он ещё будет что-то говорить людям — значит, он живой, значит, жив и я

-from Wikipedia

the vision to the youth bartholomew by mikhail nesterov

1889-90; oil on canvas

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The writings of Luke the physician starting with his version of the gospel - Luke 6:1-26 comments: Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God

Luke 6:1 ¶  And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2  And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 3  And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; 4  How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? 5  And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 6  And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. 7  And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. 8  But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. 9  Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 10  And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 11  And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

 Again, Jesus’ disciples are being criticized by the Pharisees for what the Pharisees consider to be disregarding the traditions of the Jews that had grown up around the Law. Jesus defends necessity against ritual observance of regulations. He refers to circumstances in 1Samuel 21.

Jesus forces the issue in the synagogue by healing a man and then does this to provoke the scribes and Pharisees who were present.

     Luke 6:12 ¶  And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13  And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14  Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15  Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16  And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. 17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18  And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 19  And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

 Modern evangelical scholars will say that this is just a variation of the giving of the Sermon on the Mount given in Matthew. But, they are wrong. Its emphasis is more social and political while the sermon in Matthew is more spiritual. Secondly, Jesus is standing in a plain here, not seated on a hillside. Third, he has all of His disciples here but does not have them all when He gives the sermon in Matthew. Fourth, the sermon in Matthew is given by Him seated in front of a few disciples not in front of the multitude of people as here. Jesus is poking at the social order here as well as calling His disciples to holiness and trust in God.

 I suspect that historically scholars who have tried to make these two sermons the same wanted to uphold the social order that supported them and elevated them and the content of what comes next was probably disturbing taken on its own.

     Luke 6:20 ¶  And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21  Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22  Blessed are ye, when men shall hate  you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 24  But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26  Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

 Jesus speaks to His disciples and in a land where many people were desperately poor and struggled to survive against disease and hunger every day. The fool says that happiness is the highest achievement of man or woman. Happiness is enjoying what one wants without being disturbed and one can be happy over many things that are like wisps of smoke dissolving in a breeze like ambition, pleasure, possessions, and other things of mankind’s fancy that can be taken away in a moment due to a bad circumstance or failing health.

 The highest state of mankind is blessedness from God, a sense of closeness to our Creator and a love for Him. To be blessed by God is to have things bestowed on you that will count in eternity. Children that are led to receive Christ as their Saviour, joy in adversity, a satisfying prayer life speaking to God, and reading the Bible, God speaking to you, the relationships between loving family and dear friends, a good reputation, feeling that God’s hand is on your life rather then you thinking of yourself as your own god are all things that cannot be bought with money.

 God holds in contempt the things that man lifts up as being of high value; wealth, power, education, obsessions with things sexual, privilege, and possessions. Later in Luke Jesus says;

 Luke 16:15  And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

 This blessing on the poor, the hungry, and the sorrowful revolves around their devotion to Christ. It is not a blanket social statement for the poor in general as He is speaking to His disciples. The sermon here, as in Matthew, is a declaration of the constitution for the Kingdom of God. It is the ground rules.

 Most followers of Christ were poor in the beginnings of the Christian religion and the wealthy elite persecuted them. The Bible, God’s word, contains here a declaration of independence from the rich and powerful who oppressed them. Their blessedness, their happiness, if you will, comes from God Himself not from circumstances or from the pity or kindness of a member of the power elite.

 In the earlier sermon, giving on a hillside and reported in Matthew, Jesus says;

 Matthew 5:3 ¶  Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

 The poor in spirit is the condition of a person’s whole demeanor as no person will truly come to Christ until they realize they are spiritually bankrupt and hopeless without Him.

 For the verse in Matthew there are several important verses from the Old Testament to consider.

 Psalm 34:18  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

 Psalm 51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

 Isaiah 57:15  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

 Isaiah 66:2  For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

 Here in Luke, though, there is a context of the status of the disciples of Christ as poor, hungry, sorrowful, and hated for His name’s sake but they are blessed by God for these very reasons. This is hard for us in the modern world as wealth is worshipped and in the 19th century in America the most popular sermon was entitled Acres of Diamonds which uplifted the wealthy as the best of people. The author of the sermon, Russel H. Conwell, founder of Temple University, insisted that it was your duty to get rich.

 But, the Bible says;

 Proverbs 23:4  Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

 Those who have wealth are warned not to trust in it as it cannot save them.

 Psalm 49:6 ¶  They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7  None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8  (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9  That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

 Paul told Timothy to warn Christians;

 1Timothy 6:6 ¶  But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and

pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 11  But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

     13 ¶  I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14  That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15  Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16  Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 17  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18  That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19  Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

 And Paul, a tentmaker as per Acts 18:3, gave the ideal for Christian employment;

 1Thessalonians 4:11  And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;12  That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

 James warned Christians to have the proper attitude toward status and wealth.

 James 2:1 ¶  My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2  For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3  And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4  Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are

become judges of evil thoughts? 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6  But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7  Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

 We have laws in this country today that protect us from many, but not all, of the abuses of the past that the rich and powerful imposed upon their lessers but we must always remember that our safety and protection can ultimately only come from God.

 Verse 26 is a warning that being celebrated and approved by the powerful, asked to be on their TV shows, sponsored on their stages, etc. is not necessarily a sign of God’s approval. As Ruckman said, the media won’t celebrate a preacher they can’t use and so it goes with power in general.

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Not an ordinary damsel || 0.1

Summary: Y/N Y/L/N is one of CCPD’s best detectives, and Barry Allen being the only one in the forensics department, causes them to interfere with each other more than they like. You see: Y/N and Barry doesn’t like each other so much. But when Y/N suspect Barry to be the Flash, she gets herself into a bit too deep trouble.

Pairing: Barry Allen x Sarcastic!Reader

Warning: Zoom’s involved, therefore we don’t know about Kid-Flash yet, and Jessie Quick isn’t a speedster yet either;) And to those who are sensitive to swearing 'n such, I'm sorry?

A/N: So because I have tons of requests, I will mash some of them up if I think they will work out nicely (and hopefully they will!). In this case, I hope it’s ok for you, galactichoran and lisagust14 <33

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“Allen, you need to run a test for me!” Y/N strode over to Barry’s desk and slipped the little plastic bag right in front of him to catch his attention – as if the yelling hadn’t done its work. “What for, detective Y/L/N?” Barry said through gritted teeth, the knuckles of his fists turning slightly white.

“Well, I would use my own, but my machine broke down last night,” she said with a fake pout. “I’ll see what I can-” “Good, I need it the second lunch is over. Thanks, Allen,” with that she left. And Barry’s annoyance came out with a deep sigh. Gee Y/N, thanks. It’s not like I have other things to be done as well, no no, I’ll clear my schedule…

Y/N sat by her desk, a half-eaten Belly burger by her side while she was working hard on the questions she would be asking the neighbor of the late Miss Graham. Out of nowhere, a paper attached to one of her pieces of evidence was dumped in front of her – almost into her fries.

“Here it is,” she looked up to see the irresistible stone-cold face of Barry Allen, that just made her vexing side itch for a sarcastic remark. “Oh thank you your gracious, for offering your precious time for my mortal, unimportant business. I will forever be thankful for your goodness,” Y/N was about to take the arts of hand-gestures to a whole other level but didn’t get the chance to. “I need to go, uhm... lunch meeting,” Barry said and jogged towards the elevator and out of her sight.

This irked Y/N’s interest. He always said something back at her. It could be anything from a bad comeback (good ones too, but Y/N wouldn’t admit that), to dull attempts at ignoring her: like pretending she hadn't said anything, answering her as if what she said didn’t really matter – stuff like that. But Barry never just went, and that with nothing but a lame excuse to leave. Y/N was going to get to the end of this. She was going to find out Barry’s little secret. She was a detective, after all, the ones that solved mysteries – now in her case: her colleague’s.

Her hands were hammering fast against the keyboard. She was writing a report based on the interview and piece of evidence she had gotten tested earlier. Her eager to get it done so she could continue with her to-do list and in the end: check the lab for any missing Barry Allen, was radiating. The witness could describe the suspect with following adjectives… She looked down at her notes again, praying she would get today’s duties done by midnight.

“Thanks, Fred!” Get back to the apt., look for clues, she added to the list in her notebook. Now that the searching-warrant was dealt with, Y/N was off to her colleague’s laboratory. Let's see how long that lunch meeting lasted... And as expected, Barry was not to be seen when Y/N opened the door. 

Y/N hadn't slept for more than 4 hours that night. Though she wanted to blame it all on Barry Allen, she knew better. It wasn't his fault she hadn't gone to bed before 2 AM. In addition to that, it would be hard to explain how he would be guilty of her watching four episodes of Doctor Who, but he was the one who had occupied Y/N's thoughts before falling asleep. Maybe that's how he ended up in her dreams. But why he had worn nothing but an eye-patch and a pair of old and torn pants was still a mystery.

With three cups of coffee in the bin under her desk and a warm one in her hand, Y/N took notes in her little notebook on Bartholomew Henry Allen – family, appearance in media, everything she could get her hands on. Was this 100% legal? Maybe not. But Y/N didn't care about that at the moment, she had to know. "Y/L/N, how are we on the Graham-case?!" She quickly switched to her other desktop and flipped over to the page of her other notes. "Getting there, Singh!" This would be harder than expected. Y/N needed help. Hastily, Y/N hit his number, and it didn't take long before hi picked up. "Hey, Benji, have I ever told you how much I love you?" "Just stop the sugar coating, Y/N," "Oh my darling, best friend Benjamin, I need you to do me a favor, but I'm afraid you're going to like it..."

He didn't like it. Not at all. But by promising him three No-question-asked favors, he agreed to dig deeper into Barry's profile. Though she had covered the investing and digging, Y/N knew she would have to shadow him. Now how on earth would she be able to do that when there were tens of cops surrounding them both? You know, as well as doing her job.

Maybe he's a part-time stripper, Y/N thought. But does he have the body to? She looked over to where Barry stood with Joe West. Meh... a skinny pack may be hiding behind that sweater, but doesn't strippers need to have six- and eight packs? I wouldn't exactly have anything against skinny packs, I mean: no packs are neccesary, but... Ugh, Y/n you need more friends. And then she saw the same look on Allen's face – the one that had appeared yesterday as well, and then he left.

Tue, 17.01.17 – 12:04 Wed, 18.01.17 – 14:16 Finding patterns weren't hard for Y/N Y/L/N, she kind of liked it, made inner peace. Though finding a pattern by two days? Impossible. You know what they say: once is accidence, twice is coincidence, third times's a pattern. She would have to put her new, more interesting case on ice, let Benji do his magic, and wait. meanwhile, doing her job seemed like a good idea, so she did just that.

It had been weeks, and what happened to miss Graham was in the open, and the criminal was currently in trial. The two lines of dates she had in her notebook were extended to a whole page. It was frustrating and mocking Y/N every day as the list grew longer. There was absolutely no pattern. Whatever her colleague dealt with, it happened frequent, on random times during the day – sometimes he left twice a day, other times he either didn't show, left extremely early or came to the office criminally late. Benji had an update, though, but he said the info "had to be told face to face" because it was "too dangerous over the line, someone could be wiretapping". Y/N loved him to death, but her friend wasn't exactly the bold, and brave type of guy.

"Captain, I came to ask for Allen, I need him," "Allen?" Singh couldn't believe what he heard, had his ears betrayed him? Y/N Y/L/N needed Barry Allen, and came personally to ask for him? "Yes, a friend of mine needs me in Starling to help with a simple case they can't crack which includes a forensic expert," Singh had to think. Normally he would have had to command her to take him with (if that was needed of course). So if she asked for him, this would have to be important. "You get two days, Y/L/N, you and Allen leave tomorrow," "Aye aye," Y/N left his office with a smile on her face. Good luck Barry.

She walked up the stairs to the lab, happy like a kid on Christmas morning. It wasn't like Y/N loved to make lives more difficult for people, but this mystery had been bugging her for over two weeks, and she was tired of the patience-demanding work. The door was right in front of her, and Y/n had to take a minute to calm herself down, she couldn't just burst in and look like a grinch, she had to act normal. Feeling ready, Y/N opened the door and put her head just enough in to catch barry's attention. "Pack your bags, Bartholomew, we're going on an adventure!" 

Barry was shocked. Shocked, nervous and worried. Worried about multiple things, about Zoom, about flash stuff in general, how was he supposed to survive two days with Y/N Y/L/N – the detective of Central City, and not get caught red-handed? But most of all: Barry was nervous of how she had managed to know his whole first name. He knew had to talk to the team before dawn. Y/N watched Barry leave ten minutes later. He was in a hurry, probably has to tell whomever he's seeing about the next couple of days. 

At least I can cross out the option of him going to how-to-be-punctual classes... Y/n thought while she stood at the train station, waiting for Barry to arrive. I knew I should have given him an earlier- "Hey, sorry I'm late!" As if Barry had read her mind, and possessed the ability to teleport, he now stood in front of her out of breath. "That's ok, now when we go back I will need your help with the chapel I'm planning on building," when he just looked weird at her, Y/N continued: "You know, since the power of the Spaghetti monster made us just not miss our train that is leaving in five minutes," with an eye roll from Barry, the overdramatic and the scientist started their trip to Starling City.

They had been sitting in silence for twenty minutes, the first five being used for som small talk. Barry was sitting opposite to Y/N, a computer in his lap. If it hadn't been so silent in their railway carriage, Y/N may have had missed the sound of Barry's phone vibrating in his back pocket, but it wasn't. And even if Barry calmed himself down by thinking she couldn't have heard it based on her ears plugged with music, the headphones were just for show. 

"Uhm, I have to go to the toilet, do you need anything?" "Nothing from the boys' restroom, thanks. But if you're going to the girls' I would love a latté," Y/N smiled innocently. "I meant that I will probably walk pass the café," "Coffee would be nice, Allen," and with that Barry left. Y/N on the other hand, stuck out her notebook to write down the time. It had just been half an hour, and he had given her more than ever, this would be it. She would get her answer, and that within two days.

Y/N hadn't been able to expose him. There had been a minimal of suspicious happenings after Barry's little 'bathroom-break'. 

“Hey, sorry it took so long, there was a long que," Barry came back to out cart with nothing else but a sad smile and empty hands. "And you thought I might be in danger, so you skipped the café to save me?" Y/n refered to the non-existant coffee in his hands, but immediately smiled at him reassuringly when she saw... was it worry? In his eyes. "I'm-" "Not in need to be sorry at all, I brought my own," she showed him, and saw Barry's tense body relax as he sat down in his seat.

So she had decided to go a bit more easy on him those days – she had pretty much dragged him with her, and in the end: Y/N found out he wasn't that bad. he was quite nice when not irritated, a bit adorable as well – though that's not something she would ever admit to a living soul.

When it came to the 'precious', confidential info Benji had, it wasn't anything special.

“I really don't get why you wanted me to look into this Bartholomew, Y/N," he had started, which made Y/N huff in irritation. And people think I'm the dramatic one... "Benji..." "Well, his mother was murdered when he was ten, and the police blamed his father-" "It wasn't him?" "Don't interrupt me, Y/N, please! I was coming to that part!" After a bit of whining, Banjamin had continued. He had been right, it wasn't much info on Barry Allen, the only interesting was his denial of his father murdering his mom – which wasn't very unusual for 10 years olds.

So looking back, she could pretty much have looked at her two days in Starling as a little weekend get-away in the middle of the week – just much less stress-relieving.

Out of basil, Y/N walked out of Ian's Supermarket. Craving some pasta and pesto, she had to do a detour after work and was now heading home, ready to prepare her dinner. Though she was splendid at her work, Y/N wasn't the best observer when tired, which might have explained how she hadn't noticed the gang of men that had surrounded her.

"Hey dollface, how you doin'?" Her attention was taken, and she finally analyzed her surroundings. There was five of them. Five huge, drunk men against her, a detective with her hands full of grocery bags and nothing to defend herself. "You wanna come home with us, sweet pea?" They were closing up on her, and Y/N was starting to panic. "We're gonna treat ya real nice," Y/N cringed at the third one's missing tooth. "As long as you don't need daddy to punish you," she was seconds before losing her cool, calm and collected façade, but in a blink, she was five blocks away, in front of her house with a familiar man in red spandex.

"Are you alright?" A vibrating voice made it impossible for Y/N to get any picture in her head of whom the man behind the mask could be. "Uhm... I thought you just did the huge stuff," was the first thing that popped up in Y/N head, which happened to be the lamest thing to say to a superhero of all the things it could have been. No no, save the wittiness and such to non-metas, Y/N, nice work. "You don't think a possible rape is worth stopping?" When Y/N didn't have anything to say back – which rarely happened, Flash just smirked at her and sped off.  "Wow..." 

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A/N: A positive side with this little mash-up: I got a bit carried away and made the imagine very long, which equals two parts (I think/plan/hope)!

[miz-joelys-sherlollilists]

Regency/Georgian Sherlolly Fics - Updated 06/12/20

Decided to separate the Regencies from the Victorianlock fics. The unspecified stories will stay on the Victorianlock list for no particular reason. New additions in bold.

Lawks! How can it be that there are no stories that start with the letters E, G, J, K, N, Q, V, W, X or Zed? Why, tis a sin, say i! P’raps we should make a game of it; if anyone wishes to take up the challenge of offering some small scribblings beginning with those much neglected letters, then let them do so with many thanks!

#

221 Bennet Street by London Belle (Rated T, Incomplete, Multi-Chapter) Pride & Prejudice AU, Adapt/Crossover ff.net 2015

A

A Matter of Pride (Pride & Prejudice AU) by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) Adapt/Crossover, Proposal/Engagement tumblr 2017

A Most Honorable Proposal by Writingwife83 (Rated K, One-Shot) SAW 2018, Proposal/Engagement AO3 2018

A Turn About (TRF AU) by mistykins06 (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2016

A Worthwhile Existence by the-blossom-and-the-bee (Rated K, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Arranged Marriage ff.net 2015

Acceptance by hiddleston-mania (Rated M, One-Shot) Married Sherlolly, Royalty ff.net 2013

All You Need For Happiness by OccasionallyCreative (Rated M, One-Shot) AO3 2014

Always by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2018

An Admirer by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) Class Difference AO3 2017

An Extraordinary Encounter by theSapphireSky (Rated T, One-Shot) AO3 2017

An Unladylike Lady And A Vexxing Lord by afteriwake (Rated K, One-Shot) Proposal/Engagement AO3 2018

Arranged by mizjoely (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Arranged marriage, Omegaverse ff.net 2014

B

Bawdy by hobbitsdoitbetter (Rated T, One-Shot) SAW 2020, tumblr 2020

Benefits of Boredom by Writingwife83 (Rated T, Complete, Multi-Chapter) ff.net 2015

Binding Marriage by PetraTodd (Rated M, One-Shot) ff.net 2013 

C

Come What May by Juldooz (Rated K, In Progress, Two-Parter) AO3 2019

D

Detachment by T. Z. Townshend (Rated K+, One-Shot) Swaplock ff.net 2014

Does The Wind Blow? by luvlins (Rated K+, One-Shot) Matchmaking, Outside Looking In AO3 2014

F

Fill My Lungs With Sweetness by varjaks (Rated T, One-Shot) ff.net 2013

From Thy Own Lip by forthegenuine (Rated T, One-Shot) Fantasy/ Supernatural AO3 2017

H

Harmony by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) tumblr 2018

The Highwaymen by PetraTodd (Rated M, One-Shot) ff.net 2014

I

Impromptu by musicprincess1990 (Rated T, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) ff.net 2017

In Matters of the Heart by TheSapphireSky (Rated T, Complete, Multi-Chapter) SBBC, Class Difference AO3 2015

In the Garden by thesapphiresky (Rated K, One-Shot) AO3 2017

In The Wrong Order by infinitemonkeyswriting (Rated T, One-Shot) Arranged marriage AO3 2012

L

Love and Loss (Sense and Sensibility AU) by theSapphireSky (Rated K+, One-Shot) Adapt/Crossover, Proposal/Engagement tumblr 2017

M

The Maid Who Stole His Heart by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) Class Difference, Single Parent AO3 2017

Matchmaking by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) Matchmaking AO3 2018

The Mayfair Murderer by darnedchild (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2017

The Minister’s Black Veil series by The_Inebriated_Literary_Virtuoso (Rated T) AO3 2015

Mr Holmes (Pride & Prejudice AU) by thesapphiresky (Rated K+, One-Shot) Adapt/Cross tumblr 2017

Mr. Holmes Takes A Wife by Conchepcion (Rated M, Complete, Two-Parter) dom!lock AO3 2014

Molly of Meryton (Pride & Prejudice AU) by TribulationPeriwinkle (Rated K, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) Adaptation/Crossover AO3 2017

Most Ardently by mizjoely (Rated K, One-Shot) Arranged Marriage, Class Difference AO3 2017

Mutually Befuddled by musicprincess1990 (Rated K+, One-Shot) AO3 2020

My Dear Miss Hooper by Dreamin (Rated K, One-Shot) The Arts, Class Difference AO3 2017

O

Of Betrothals and Birthdays by the-sapphiresky (Rated K, One-Shot) Prop/Eng, Birthday tumblr 2017

Of Blackguards and Greatcoats by mizjoely (Rated K+, One-Shot) Trapped Together AO3 2020

Overheard by sherlolly fics (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2014

P

The Pirate and the Doctor by PetraTodd (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) ff.net 2012

Pride and Prejudice and Sherlock by dyeyell (Rated K, Incomplete, Multi-Chapter) Adapt/Crossover, Class Difference AO3 2016

R

Raindrops by theSapphireSky (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2018

Regret (Slight Persuasion AU) by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot) Adapt/ Crossover tumblr 2018

The Ruination of Miss Molly Hooper by mizjoely (Rated M, Complete, Multi-Chapter) Class Difference ff.net 2014

S

Scandal at Bartholomew Place by musicprincess1990 (Rated T, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) AO3 2015

Sherlolly Ficlet (Pride & Prejudice AU) by melamungous (Rated K, One-Shot) tumblr 2014

Skull (Pride & Prejudice AU) by mollymatterrs (Rated K, One-Shot) Adapt/ Crossover, Regency tumblr 2018

Surrender by musicprincess1990 (Rated K+, One-Shot) SAW 20 AO3 2020

T

To Stop A Wedding by IrregularWriter (Rated T, Complete, Multi-Chapter) AO3 2014

Trials of the Heart by katiebuttercup (Rated K, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) Matchmaking AO3 2017

U

Untitled (Regency!lock at a ball) by lexie (Rated K, One-Shot) tumblr 2014

Untitled (Molly is the lady, Sherlock the servant) by conchepcion (Rated T, Complete, One-Shot) tumblr 2014

Untitled ("Give me an occupation Miss Morstan or I shall run mad") by mollymatterrs (Rated K, One-Shot) tumblr 2016

Untitled (Sherlock's scandalous ankles) by writingwife83 (Rated K+, One-Shot) Proposal/Engagement tumblr 2017

Untitled (Molly throws her shoe at Sherlock) by writingwife83 (Rated K+, One-Shot) Wedding (J/M) tumblr 2017

Untitled ("You're not dancing") by theSapphireSky (Rated K, One-Shot)  tumblr 2017

Untitled (Pirate Sherlock proposing) by Writingwife83 (Rated K, One-Shot) Pirate!lock, Proposal tumblr 2017

Untitled (Pride & Prejudice AU) by conchepcion (Rated K, One-Shot) Adapt/ Cross tumblr 2017

Untitled (Regency Arranged Marriage AU) by theSapphireSky (Rated K+, One-Shot) Arranged Marriage tumblr 2018

W

Worth the Risk by writingwife83 (Rated T, In Progress, Multi-Chapter) Pirate AO3 2018

Y

You fainted straight into my arms... by WritingWife83 (Rated K, One-Shot) Pirate!lock tumblr 2018

"You caught me without my gloves I'm practically naked!" by writingwife83 (Rated K+, One-Shot) tumblr 2017 

[writingwintermoon]

Mando s3 predictions

This is almost entirely a shitpost, but the idea came to me the other day, and won’t let itself go.

I’m probably not going to ever bother writing this, but it amuses me greatly to think of them this way.

Fennec Shand is handsome, clever, and rich, and rules the town of Mos Espa alongside her best friend, the Daimyo Boba Fett. Since consolidating their control of the sector, there has been little to distress or vex them.

- Fennec as Emma

- Boba as Mr. Knightley

- (they’re kind of both Emma and both Mr. Knightley, and also both kind of Mr. Woodhouse) (Boba moreso though)

- The people of Mos Espa are the broad concept of Mr. Woodhouse? Somehow.

- The Majordomo as Bartholomew the long-suffering manservant?

- Din as Harriet (Because he is The New Girl, & kind of also Jane Fairfax, because he is also Mysterious and That Bitch)

- Cobb as Robert Martin (he already is kind of Boba’s tenant farmer)

- Taanti as Mrs. Martin Senior

- The Tuskens who helped with the Kryat dragon as the Martin sisters

- the Armorer would be Mrs. Goddard… Paz as one of the schoolgirls (lmao)

- Drash and Jo as Miss Taylor and “Ms.” Weston

- Boba gives Drash away at the wedding and is beside himself with joy

-though he does do a bit of "poor Miss Taylor"-ing about how Drash is moving to Freetown

- Din asks, “Who cried most?” (it was Taanti) (Din wasn't there bc he had to go get the Armorer and Paz)

- Peli as Miss Bates (and R4 as Mrs. Bates) (I’m thinking like the 2020 version where Mrs. Bates doesn’t talk at all until the very end and then won’t shut up)

- The other gotras would be the Coles etc

- The Modifier as Dr. Perry

- DENGAR AND MANAROO AS JOHN AND ISABELLA

- We can probably throw Bossk in there for no good reason for the Christmas Life Day dinner scene

- Highbury is Tatooine broadly/Mos Espa specifically

- The Palace is Donwell Abbey ... and also Hartfield

- The Parish is like, the abstract concept of (Bo-Katan's version of) the Mandalorian Way

- Brighton (or is it Bath he goes to??) is Mandalore?

- London is Coruscant ofc

- The Churchills’ estates are the abstract concept of the Jedi order

- Ford’s would be Garsa’s sanctuary

- BO-KATAN WOULD BE MR. ELTON (broadly)

- The portrait would instead be Bo-Katan suggesting to Din (& maybe Boba’s there too) that they make Fennec a cuirasse & new helmet (not of beskar, but at least in the Mandalorian style)

- Carriage scene, “I was flirting with Din for political reasons, for the darksaber! I was trying to get you to like me to get close to Boba! I don’t care about any of you, I only care about Mandalore!”

- All her other Mando gang would be Mrs. Elton, being kind of annoying and disrespectful & weirdly familiar to Mr. Knightley but also the best/funniest part of the whole thing

- Luke would also be both Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill… Because he is Also Mysterious and That Bitch

- All the secret Jane Fairfax shit is Luke keeping all the Jedi stuff/his Skywalker backstory kind of secret

- Leia and Han as Miss Campbell and Mr. Dixon!

- the seaside incident = the Sarlacc incident??? (I mean Han has saved Luke’s ass so many times—“that’s two you owe me, junior”)

- Luke letting Grogu go back to Din would be the pianoforte…GROGU IS THE PIANOFORTE

- Everyone (at least Bo-Katan) assumes it’s some kind of rescue mission or ultimatum by Boba but no, Luke let Grogu choose

- Luke did Din a great service!! (rescuing Grogu!!) (LIKE FRANK & HARRIET AND THE TRAVELERS)

- this situation would be the Travelers Incident (=> The Pity Dance) = Hearing Grogu's Call (=> Letting Grogu Choose)

- And then Boba (Mr. Knightley) can get over his dislike of Luke (Frank Churchill) since he helped Din (& Grogu) (Harriet)!!!

- any flirting with Fennec would be all Luke "I'm pure sunshine, charming naturally" Skywalker

- we shall have our ball indeed...

- Mr. Knightley sending his carriage would be Boba going to personally pick up Din, Cobb, Drash, & Jo from Freetown for their little event...

- Still need to include the Mr. Knightley singing with Jane scene....

- but would this be Luke or Din as Jane?? 😱 THIS WOULD BE DIN, THEY'D BE SINGING A MANDO SONG AND BO-KATAN WOULD BE LIKE 😡 that should be me... 

- The Strawberry picking outing at Donwell Abbey would be some kind of Mandalorian holiday… 

- Boba just hangs out with Din the whole time, 

- ignoring Bo-Katan, who is trying to set Din up as a governess her kind of Mandalorian (maybe even to help take care of foundlings??) so she’s heated

- Luke arrives late and is like 🤷‍♀️ I’m not a Mando, guess I'll leave

- Fennec is like, I’m not either, but Boba invited you to show favor to Grogu & by extension Din

- (He wanted to sit down with Din & Bo-Katan & Boba and explain about Tarre Vizsla, how Grogu can walk the way of the Mandalore while still following Jedi teachings, but the vibes are atrocious)

- He says, when I am missed… tell the othersFennec is like, okay fine, leave then

- Luke is like [shocked Pikachu face]

- Box Hill as a pod race instead???

- Fennec says something [unintentionally] nasty to Peli about how junk can still win

- It’s only funny when Peli says that herself…

- Of course Din takes Peli's side, so Cobb does too

- Even the Mods are like, be careful what you call junk...

- Badly done, Fennec!

- Boba cheers Peli up by lettering her work on his “antique” (he grits his teeth when he says it ... but for real that ship has been around for a while lol)

[hieromonkcharbel]

The Vision to the Youth Bartholomew (Russian: Видение отроку Варфоломею) is a painting by the Russian artist Mikhail Nesterov, the first and best known work in his series on Sergius of Radonezh, a medieval Russian saint. The painting illustrates an episode from "The Life of St. Sergius" by Epiphanius the Wise:

One day his father sent him to seek for a lost foal. On his way he met a monk, a venerable elder, a stranger, a priest, with the appearance of an angel. This stranger was standing beneath an oak tree, praying devoutly and with much shedding of tears. The boy, seeing him, humbly made a low obeisance, and awaited the end of his prayers.

The venerable monk, when he had ended his prayers, glanced at the boy and, conscious that he beheld the chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, he called him to his side, blessed him, bestowed on him a kiss in the name of Christ, and asked: "What art thou seeking, or what dost thou want, child?" The boy answered, "My soul desires above all things to understand the Holy Scriptures. I have to study reading and writing, and I am sorely vexed that I cannot learn these things. Will you, holy Father, pray to God for me, that he will give me understanding of book-learning?" The monk raised his hands and his eyes toward heaven, sighed, prayed to God, then said, "Amen."

Taking out from his satchel, as it were some treasure, with three fingers, he handed to the boy what appeared to be a little bit of white wheaten bread prosphora, saying to him: "Take this in thy mouth, child, and eat; this is given thee as a sign of God's grace and for the understanding of Holy Scriptures. Though the gift appears but small, the taste thereof is very sweet."