#dottie jones

[daisyssousa]

Anya: VINDICATION!

[thena0315]

Returning from WandaVision

The Home Foundation + WestView Residents

[mcufan1066]

Mephisto Confirmed

[dalekofchaos]

My alternate Marvel What If ideas

Thought of some ideas for Marvel What If, of episodes I wish we could've gotten

What if Thor, Loki and Hela grew up together

What if Pietro lived

What if Ultron never malfunctioned

What if Hulk took over completely

What if Captain America was found

What if The Punisher helped Daredevil and Elektra kill the Hand(AS WAS FUCKING ADVERTISED YOU LYING FUCKS)

What if The Eternals intervened

What if…Okoye took the heart-shaped herb?

What if…Maria Rambeau was Captain Marvel?

What if…Natasha Romanoff survived Vormir?

What if Thor, Hulk and The Defenders/Punisher were in Civil War and The Defenders appeared in Endgame

What if Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. actually mattered to the MCU aka appearing in AOU, Civil War, Infinity War and appearing in the final battle in Endgame

What If Doctor Strange Had Been a Disciple of Dormammu?

What If Spider-Man Had Stopped the Burglar Who Killed His Uncle?

What if Aunt May and Uncle Ben both died and Peter was taken in by JJ Jameson?

What if Mary Jane-Watson was bit by the radioactive spider and became Spider-Woman?

What if the Avengers formed in WWII(Captain America, Howard as Iron Man, Peggy Carter, Dottie Underwood as Black Widow Odin and T'Chaka as Black Panther)

[charles-edgar-cheeserton-iii]

If I could hug each of you as a thank you for your kind donations...well, I probably wouldn’t because, as we all know, I’m not much of a hugger. 

-Rebecca Welton, S01E04

[dyingroses]

Ted Lasso memes (pt. 2)

[martini-garnish]

I'm going to force you guys to look at my silly little hellaverse oc lineup sheet (threat) PLEASE ask me about them I will kiss you on the mouth (also threat)

[bughead-in-the-comics]

Counselor Jughead suddenly misses Betty while he deals with a trio of energetic campers in Bug Juice, Chilling Adventures Presents... Camp Pickens (2023).

[wutbju]

Continued....

The party is usually held on the 23rd--or as near Christmas eve as possible. Each room in the house features a different activity--television, table games, Christmas music on the stereo, a piano for carols. A buffet table with snacks is the location of a popular continuing activity, of course. The party lasts from 7:00 until midnight. and at some time during the evening, everybody gathers around the piano for carols and devotions. (This gives the Harrises an opportunity to point out to the students that they needn't feel sorry for themselves; God's Son wasn't at home for Christmas either.)

The Harrises have pleasant memories of past years. They remember many foreign students and their first taste of an American Christmas. They especially remember the year that snow started falling just before carolers rang the doorbell. The foreign guests of the evening had heard of such picture-perfect Christmas scenes, but could hardly believe that they were experiencing one themselves.

On one Christmas-party evening many years ago when the Harris twins were small, they were fascinated by a young oriental student who appeared at the door. "I am Peter. I am made in Japan." He attended the parties for several years while he was a student. Last summer when David and Debbie Harris, grown up, were in Nova Scotia on a missionary trip , they were entertained by Peter, now a missionary there. He reminded them of the Christmases he had spent with them on campus.

[earth-6677]

May We All Be in Heaven Before the Devil Knows We're Dead

The raid on Roxxon with lots of surprises for friend and foes alike.

[auxiliarydetective]

OC Masterlist - Movies!

As per usual, everyone is listed with their age at their introduction into the "present" storyline.

Fandoms featured:

The A-Team (movie)

Ghostbusters

Indiana jones

K-12: The Film

Lord of the Rings

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Night at the Museum

Star Wars (Original Trilogy)

THE A-TEAM (2010)

Looking for the TV Show? Here it is!

-> (Movie!)Kit

"E anche se ho solo vent'anni dovrò correre." - Måneskin, in: VENT'ANNI

Full name: Sergeant Anne Karma "Kit" Kelley

Birthday: August 1st, 1989 (21 years old)

Identity: gay/bisexual (strong preference for men), trans man

Faceclaim: Kristen Stewart

Tag: x | Fic: -

Kit ran away from his parents when he was young and joined the circus, but his father tracked him down, so he had to flee further - and ended up in the military, signing up for Ranger School. His rebellious nature and acrobatic prowess quickly gained him a reputation, and prompted Colonel "Hannibal" Smith to track him down, adding him to his crack commando unit, the A-Team. However when the war comes to an end, the team is arrested for a crime they didn't commit. But if the world thinks that something as trivial as some prison bars can stop the A-Team, then they're horribly mistaken.

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984-?)

-> Charlie

"Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas - everybody's looking for something." - Eurythmics, in: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Full name: Charlie Drake, alias Chandrah the Vanguard, Guide of the Departed, Precursor of Gozer

Birthday: unknown (5000+ Earth years old) (assigned October 31st)

Identity: demonic (~ omnisexual, polyamorous, demiboy)

Faceclaim: Anthony Turpel (female: Juno Temple)

Tag: x | Fic: x

Chandrah has been summoned in the middle of a parking lot, far away from any altars or temples, and with no way to return to its dimension. With nothing else to do, it explores the human realm a bit, happening upon a group of parapsychologists and their odd devices. From then on, it decides to spend its time on Earth studying these odd scientists under the disguise of a human yet psychically gifted young man called Charlie Drake, waiting how long it'll take them to figure out what he really is. But as the scientists start finding real ghosts and form a company based on fighting and catching them, he forgets about how he even got there, until the mention of a Gatekeeper and Keymaster forces him back into the gravity of the situation.

INDIANA JONES (1981-2023)

-> Dotty

Full name: Dorothy Opal Hall

Birthday: February 2nd (29 years old)

Identity: probably bisexual

Faceclaim: Holliday Grainger

Tag: x | Fic: -

Close to graduation and needing to go on one more field trip to get her degree, Dorothy Opal Hall is constantly asking her professor if he can arrange something for her. When he finally agrees to take her with him on one of his travels, things go very sour very fast and Dotty realizes that her professor isn't all that she made him out to be. On top of that, graduation may be one of her least important worries now that her life is quite literally on the line.

K-12: THE FILM (2019)

-> Honey

"Cryin' inside, 'cause nothing I say ever comes out right. We're on the same side, but if I'm honest with you, you just run and hide." - Melanie Martinez, in: Fire Drill

Full name: "Honey" Penelope

Birthday: February 15th (? years old)

Identity: lesbian, demigirl

Faceclaim: Isolda Dychauk

Tag: x | Fic: -

The mute daughter of K-12 teacher Miss Penelope, nicknamed "Honey" after her golden necklace, is an empath and incredibly shy. But she's a fantastic dancer and, above all, a very kind soul.

LORD OF THE RINGS (2001-2003)

-> Lindewen

Full name: Lindewen / Linda Seasong

Birthday: March 10th (age unknown)

Identity: unknown

Faceclaim: Nadia Parkes

Tag: x | Fic: -

Lindewen is a figure of legends among the people of Middle Earth, each race seeming to have its own version of her in their collective mind. She's known as a kind soul, a sacred musician, a fearless adventurer, the most recent of her tales telling of her sacrifice to save the Lonely Mountain, putting herself into eternal sleep. But since then, Lindewen, also known as the True Halfling, has disappeared. That is until Gandalf finds her hiding out in a halfling village, living as a storyteller and musician. Tired of immortality and heroism, she refuses to accompany him and his fellowship on their quest, but she also cannot let herself have them leave without treating them to a good meal first. In the course of a single evening, her conviction seems to change, and Lindewen is out on a final adventure.

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (2003)

-> Varsha

"Quietly, you are saving me, please don't fade away into the darkness of night - I don’t need no light to see you shine." - VoicePlay/JVKE, in: Golden Hour

Full name: Varsha Devi

Birthday: unknown (? years old) (assigned July 16th)

Identity: nagi? (~pansexual, cis female)

Faceclaim: Banita Sandhu

Tag: x | Fic: x

When the members of the League are introduced to Varsha Devi, they already expect that there might be more to the Nautilus's mysterious beauty of a navigator. Maybe that she actually does speak English but has a secret reason not to. Maybe that her identity is false. But when they do find out the truth, it's unlike anything they even considered.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006-?)

-> Bára

"Lass uns Wege, lass uns Zeichen finden dort im Heidekraut, Lieder von den Wölfen lernen und vom Wind im Espenlaub." - Faun, in: Nacht des Nordens

Full name: Bára Heiðradóttir

Birthday: ~9th century (died 16 years old) (assigned January 21st)

Identity: bisexual, cis-female

Faceclaim: Frida Gustavsson

Tag: x | Fic: x

Bára is unlike the other wax figures at the museum, and nobody can fully understand why. Along with a soul bringing her to life, she seems to have gained her model's affinity for magic as well. With a new nightguard starting his job, chaos descends upon the museum and now, more than ever, Bára finds herself drawn to the mysterious pharaoh locked in his tomb.

STAR WARS (Original Trilogy) (1977-1983)

-> Lani

"Everybody in the world knows I'm a little twisted." - MISSIO, in: Twisted

Full name: Lan "Lani" Skywalker

Birthday: unknown day, 19 BBY (19 years old) (assigned May 4th)

Identity: asexual, aromantic, butch/tomboy?

Faceclaim: Amrita Acharia

Tag: x | Fic: x

Lani is the middle child out of the Skywalker triplets, and has struggled with anger issues and the force since she was a little child. Raised under the care of her father's former padawan Ahsoka Tano, she was the only one to get a proper jedi training until her reunion with her brother and an aged Obi-Wan Kenobi on the desert planet Tatooine. But as always with the Skywalkers, things don't go as planned at all.

[charles-edgar-cheeserton-iii]

Rebecca “Not Much of a Hugger” Welton

[izzyspussy]

Rating Ted Lasso Characters Based On If They'd Respect My Pronouns (Correctly)

Roy "We Stayed At GAY Til 3AM And Then We Had Crepes With Some Drag Queens" Kent: 11/10 no fucking shit. He would defend me from misgendering also, even if we weren't friends. He's the very embodiment of that guy who fought the trans guy and then fought the authority figure who scolded him for hitting a girl.

Nate "Genius (Code for Autistic)" Shelley: 11/10 are you kidding. If only quarantine had happened in his universe he'd have pronouns too. Also his girlfriend obviously already does.

Jamie "Prettyboy" Tartt: 11/10 duh. No, he doesn't know off the top of his head what part of speech a pronoun is, but only because nothing in the universe could matter less. And much like Roy, if he saw someone else being contrarian for the purposes of being a prick for absolutely no earthly reason, he would be eager to do something about it.

Keeley "Just The Tip" Jones: 11/10 did you see her. Never have I personally received more solidarity than from (butches and) full tilt Barbie Girl femmes like Keeley. She may be cis and she wears "women's" clothes, but she's still doing drag every day. She gets it.

Colin "Right by This Pink Triangle?" Hughes: 11/10 obviously. He would be so good at not making a big deal out of doing it correctly himself or correcting others, because he knows what it's like to just want to live your authentic life without being a spectacle.

Coach "You Should See Him In Drag" Beard: 11/10 which you should've guessed. Look at him. Look at him with your heart. You know he has pronouns you've never even heard of that he takes out for special occasions.

Ted "We Don't Not Care" Lasso: 11/10 why is this even a question. Practically the entirety of Ted's goals in life are to be respectful and kind and help others do the same. Sometimes that's hard and he fucks it up, but this is easy. C'mon.

Sam "Social Justice Warrior" Obisanya: 11/10 like. Obviously. I have nothing else to say, like. Obviously. Obviously.

Bumber-"Impending Class War"-catch: 11/10. If anything, given the opportunity, he would encourage me to have more pronouns.

Dani "Joy" Rojas: 11/10. These are getting very simple now, and require less and less explanation. He promotes joy. What else do you want.

Rebecca "Ask Your Daughter What It Means" Welton: 11/10. She's a cutthroat and a genuine feminist. She doesn't care if a bunch of freaks are scared of strangers' genitals, and she's certainly not going to let something so petty get in her own way.

Jan "I've Run Out of Fun Epithets For Everyone And He Wouldn't Mind This Unfun One That's Blunt About That Fact" Maas: 11/10 of course. There's no logical, moral, or social reason not to, and there is a wealth of evidence supporting gender affirming behavior.

Isaac McAdoo: 11/10. And he would (unnecessarily) instruct all the other lads to do it too. He might struggle with it at first if we had known each other previous to my transition, but not out of malice or negligence, and once he got on track he'd stay there for life.

Leslie Higgins: 11/10. He's a jazz musician with ten thousand gen Z children. He knows at least as many trans people already as any natural member of the queer community.

The Rest of The Lads: 11/10. We all know this to be true. Next.

Georgie Tartt: 11/10. Have you seen her son. She's prepared for this.

Sharon Fieldstone: 11/10. Have you seen her do her job. She's good at it.

Dottie Lasso: 9/10. Her heart's in the right place and that matters! She is inescapably Midwestern in both the good ways and the bad ways, though.

Jake: 8/10. Have you seen him do his job. He's bad at it.

Rupert Mannion: 6/10. He's a trans inclusive misogynist lmao. He also will treat correct pronoun usage as a privilege if he gets butthurt enough.

James Tartt: 3/10. He'd respect a trans man who performed masculinity to his standards, but he is definitely afraid of girlymen and women who are better than him (most women).

[phryneluvbot]

so, I basically live tweeted my (third) watch of crypt on twitter (it's the same name as in here, if anyone interested), so let me just drop everything I passed by this entire evening:

goofy opening, but where is my dancing silhouette and the 1920's godly music?

detective inspector jack robinson would like to know your location

tip: ALWAYS keep your sight on that woman, ALWAYS

I just love how phryne changed from a golden dress to a red outfit (I love it btw) that quickly, also one of her 8 languages is arabic!? MY GIRL!!

PRISON BREAK OUT FOR AN INNOCENT GIRL WHO WANTS TO SHARE THE TRUTH OF HER VILLAGE?! PHRYNE, YOU ARE AN AMAZING WOMAN

PLEASE GET INSIDE THE TRAIN PHRYNE, PLEASE GET-

oh...

oh...

oh no... she did actually... oh my god no

OMG DOTTIE IS PREGNANT AND VULNERABLE, MUST PROTECT AT ALL COSTS (and hugh too)

(also, the only scene where we saw a part of the wardlow crew - where's mr butler, mac - HER BEST FRIEND, AND JANE, HER DAUGHTER!? COULDN'T WE SEE THEIR REACTIONS!?)

so, he never went after her... makes it even more heartbreaking

he even still saved the photos, his face showing the tears being retracted... I want to hug you so badly jack

"You meant so much more to Phryne"

OK, THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE PAINFUL, I-

on the floor, crying and sobing

oh, aunt prudence is here (but not phryne's parents, on their daughter's funeral - I might get that most likely they have trauma from Janey and couldn't mark their presence in another funeral for their last daughter, but it would have been nice to be present and meet her boyfriend - aka jack - who is noticeably suffering a lot)

SO, YOU WERE ACTUALLY ALIVE THE LAST 6 WEEKS!? COULD HAVE JUST SENT A LETTER TO SOMEONE, GIRL-

I get it that she didn't knew she was presumed dead, that would have worried everyone she knew and loved, so it was a perfect time to apologize and show the empathic phryne we love

instead it was a "oh" and some awkard smilling

Phryne, I love you, a lot... But you can do better, and especially that you saw the man that loves you the most broken

"I came here for one thing, to farewell you. Farewell" I could hear the pain on his voice, poor Jack...

Well, this scene was iconic

"Jack, are you awake?"

well, he said he wasn't

proceeds to appear on the church moments later

and the man was murdered

and they can't leave england (my condolences)

oh, this is ending badly

"And I am sorry if I am not dead"

phryne, don't say the word "death" to that man again, he thought you died twice in the space of a few months (idk, this movie doesn't even say how after it is from the show). I understand that you might be hurt that he never came after you, I really do, but please, the poor man is still processing that he almost lost you.

also, both (still) don't know what personal space means

(kinky)

oh, so that thing is cursed and... oh, this movie is like if indiana jones was an australian detective, good to know

from the creators of "singing in the rain", we present you "almost kissing in the rain"

oh, you're going to break in his house, so you while use your old stealth black outfit like in melbourne, righ-

why. did you. chose to use. a jumper. with. your. initials. (I still love it, and the entire ouftit, I'd like one of those too please designers)

ooooh, he brought her a gift (and tuxedo jack, meow)

please, both of, learn what personal space is

oooh, they're dancing again... cute

arguing

more arguing

Palestinian man finds out that the people of the country that occupied his country are all douchebags

HE DIED, HE GOT SHOT AT THE HEART, WHY!?

Sharim, I am so sorry...

oh, those guys again... great

well, now they're going to Palestine and find the crypt of tears (OMG IT'S THE NAME OF THE MOVIE)

"I just hope she doesn't fly like she drives"

"I HEARD THAT!"

they are so married

oh, it's a mercenary... well, we're getting of quickly then

bombastic side eye

woman, why are you so hot?

Jack, she just wanted to take the gun, don't worry...

and now they have no guidance, great-

Phryne, we both know how it ends

steps on quicksand

"JaCK, I NEED YOUR HELP!"

Jack continues to not give a fuck after their arguing

"IT'S QUICKSAND"

Jack proceeds to run into her

"I'm not losing you like this, not after all the stupid ways I've nearly lost you."

"WHAT STUPID WAYS?"

Phryne, we both know which stupid ways

not saying a thing, just admiring

ok, they found one of the points of the map, they just need to connect all and boom: entrance found

damn, nice crypt

lesson of the day: don't ever trust "british" man

and it wasn't an accident, YOU MURDERED A VILLAGE AND DOOMED THAT GIRL'S LIFE, THAT IS NOT CALLED AN ACCIDENT

and of course the butler was part of this, and jonathon's father!? Ok...

he thinks he's cursed, blames everything on himself, and wants to die there so he can be free and find forgiveness from the people of the village... I hope you have found forgiveness jonathon, and that your father is going to suffer forever

goodbye sharim, we're all hoping you can motivate many other young girls and women with your spirit

Yeah, trying to shoot a giant spider is a very Phryne thing

Yay, Jack "killed it"

"It's my only fear, Jack. Apart from spending a long flight with Aunt Prudence"

omg, it's going to happen...

"You're afraid if you fall in love with me, I'll turn you into a policeman's wife and... try to stop you from saving the world." Jack, you are so wrong (except on the marriage part, she would only accept one in her own terms)

"And I don't need to marry. I just need your heart, as god knows you've already got mine"

"Jack, I've already gave you my heart a long time ago."

OMG, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN

"For a detective you don't notice much"

IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED, IT ACTUALLY-

dies in excessive fangirling

THEY FUCKED, THEY FUCKED, THEY ACTUALLY FUCKED!! THE PHRACK SEX IS REAL!!

and it ends with a teaser for a sequel... that atp I think we won't get (hope I am wrong)

well, that was fun, now it's the spin off left (that got cancelled after season 2 of finished-)

[emitheesimmer]

Thread: BHMCAS Challenge

Days 15-27

Day 15 // Black Sitcom - Living Single: (l to r) Kyle Barker, Maxine Shaw "Attorney at Law," Khadijah James, Regine Hunter, Synclaire James-Jones, and Overton Wakefield Jones

Day 16 // 90s: Shawn Stockman (forgot to write down his info smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ but he was inspired by Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men)

Day 17 // Coquette: Renni Ridley / Perfectly Pristine / Good, Neat, Proper

Day 18 // Royalty: Grand Duchess Miliani / Successful Lineage / Proper, Loyal, Family-oriented

Day 19 // City Girl: Kelsie Ruffin / City Native / Materialistic, Non-committal, Out-going

Day 20 // Old Hollywood: Dottie Bryant / Master Actress / Overachiever, Romantic, Ambitious

Day 21 // Mystical: Amina Giles (Spellcaster) / Spellcraft & Sorcery / Creative, Hot-headed, Perfectionist

Day 22 // Black Icon: Sade Adu / Musical Genius / Creative, Music Lover, Art Lover

Day 23 // Church Fashion: Deborah Riggs / Neighborhood Confidante / Generous, Proper, Cheerful

Day 24 // Model/Runway: Sloane Samuels / World Celebrity / Self-assured, Ambitious, Insider

Day 25 // Carnival: Sonya StJohn / The Curator / Dance Machine, Child of the Islands, Party Animal

Day 26 // Black Occult: Nathaneal Owens (Vampire) / Master Chef / Foodie, Hot-headed, Non-committal

Day 27 // Old Money/Vintage: Harper Humphries and Mochi / Fabulously Wealthy / Old Money, Snob, Kleptomaniac

[scotianostra]

July 18th 1792 saw the death of John Paul Jones in Paris.

I covered the life of "The Father of the US Navy" in my post on his birth date a little over a fortnight ago so wont cover old ground, instead will go through his final days and his death, which many deemed to be mysterious, in Paris France.

As far as we know, John Paul Jones was in good health until 1770, when a severe fever sent him to bed for 16 days and left him ‘much reduced’. Nothing more is known of the character of this illness or its treatment. He was 23, serving in the West Indies and recovered. Except for two other unnamed illnesses and recurrent psychological highs and lows bordering on manic-depressive disorder, he seems to have been well for the next seven years.

In 1780, after many months at sea, he complained his eyes were so sore that he was almost blind, and for a time was so incapacitated that he gave up visiting friends on shore. His behaviour then was ‘Qweeg-like, suspicious and slightly dotty’, and though only 33, he felt like an old man. Three years later, during further service in the West Indies, a severe attack of ‘tropical fever’ caused him to travel to a Moravian sanatorium in Bethlehem, Palestine, for hydrotherapy, after which he recovered.

At the age of 41, Jones became ill during an overland trip in an open carriage from Hamburg to Copenhagen. From Copenhagen, he travelled to St. Petersburg through ice floes in a small open boat to take command of a Russian fleet, arriving exhausted, sick and depressed. The illness lingered on for months. Although its specific characteristics are unknown, it is believed to have involved the lungs; afterwards, he had a persistent hacking cough and ‘Grey visage

Shortly before his 45th birthday, Jones’ health declined rapidly. The nature of his final illness is described vividly in a letter written by a close friend, Col. Samuel Blackden, to Jones’ sister shortly after the naval hero’s death. In it, Blackden says of Jones:

" But for two months past he began to lose his appetite, grew yellow, and showed symptoms of jaundice. For this he took medical treatment and for a short time seemed to grow better. A few days before his death his legs began to swell, which proceeded upward to his body, so that for two days before his decease he could not button his waistcoat and had great difficulty in breathing ... [He] put off the making of his will until the afternoon of July 18, when he was prevailed upon to send for a notary and made his will. M. Beaupoil and myself witnessed it and left him sitting in a chair in his parlor. A few minutes after we retired he walked into his chamber and laid himself upon his face on the bedside, with his feet on the floor. The Queen’s physician, who was attending him, came soon after, and on entering the apartment found him in that position, and on trying to lift him up found that he had expired. His disorder had terminated in dropsy of the heart. His body was put into a leaden coffin [and submerged in alcohol] on the 20th, that, in case the United States, which he had so essentially served and with so much honor, should claim his remains they might be more easily removed "

One hundred and thirteen years later (in 1905), the remains of John Paul Jones were recovered and autopsied. According to L. Capitan and Victor Cornil, who performed the autopsy:

"The only organs which were injured were the kidneys As far as can be judged, by examination of the badly preserved viscera(which included the heart, aorta, liver, gallbladder and spleen but not the brain), we believe that the case in point is interstitial nephritis, with fibrous degeneracy of the glomeruli of Malpighi, which quite agrees with the symptoms observed during life. "

The autopsy goes on in some detail, I wont bore you with it but at the end of the day, the kidney failure/disease killed him, but there is no explanation of how it came about.

Jone's liver was normal, he wasn't the cliched stereotypical Scot, he abstained from spirits, his tipple was wine and it is said he drunk no more than three glasses,so alcohol was ruled out, as was lead poisoning, which would have come from the wine of the era. Cardiac arrhythmia or some other complication of uremia has been the conclusions. The first is a group of conditions that cause the heart to beat irregular, too slowly, or too quickly, the second occurs when your kidneys become damaged. The toxins, or bodily waste, that your kidneys normally send out in your urine end up in your bloodstream instead.

With regard to the question of the true ‘father’ of the United States Navy, no one person emerged as singularly worthy of the title in the aftermath of the American Revolution. Following the war, Jones left America embittered by a lack of recognition and served briefly as an officer in Catherine the Great’s imperial fleet before fleeing Russia over an apparently trumped up rape charge. Hopeful of securing another naval commission, he travelled to Paris where he died in 1792, lonely and forgotten. Because the American minister, Gouverneur Morris, refused to claim his body, a French official paid to have the corpse packed in straw and alcohol and sealed in a lead coffin for possible future transport to the United States.

If it wasn't for the foresight of this unknown French official the fate of John Paul Jones would have been unknown.