#estate 2020

[fuck-you-showerthoughts]

Anyway I realize that even though by all rights I haven’t actually been here very long, I think I deserve some recognition for my lifespan so far vs the lifespan of the average gimmick blog. Most of my species are goddamn fruit flies

[garadinervi]

Rosemary Mayer, February 27, 1943 / 2024

(image: Rosemary Mayer, Self Portrait, ca. 1979. © The Estate of Rosemary Mayer)

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Even since Michael's heavenly ascend, not just the music industry but, quite frankly, the entertainment industry as a whole has been left with a massive void that I don't believe will be fulfilled in the near future or ever again. That man had a star power equivalent to three Galactuses at their most powerful. You will never witness someone like that ever again, not in this lifetime nor the next one. He was and still is one of a kind.

[laromp3]

SORRY NOT SORRY - Tyler, The Creator

[hurkules]

I feel my thoughts on Dracula as I’m reading are so dumb, but I’m having so much fun with this. It’s been so long since I’ve felt such joy from reading. The last time I can think of was when I read Persuasion nearly two (??) years ago.

I am also going into this story completely blind. Since I’m experiencing everything for the first time, I will be very annoying about it and say many foolish, unfunny things.

[timoswerner]

there's a road opposite me that used to just lead to a school and a footpath, but they're building houses on the field behind it so the footpath has been turned in to a road to get to the building site and double yellow lines have been put in the existing road and thats all fine. but this morning we could see someone painting words on the road and when they left we realised it said 'private road no through' which we found funny because it doesn't make sense, my mum posted it on facebook (dont i know its embarrassing) tagging the locally councillor and he was like 'erm. who's done that'. then we've realised its not even the right font that they use on roads and it absolutely was not the council who have done and the councillors like 'well we might not ever find out who did it' ?????????

[saintvainglorious]

Fics I Enjoyed in March

7 fics total. Includes fics from the following fandoms: Black Sails

frail and fragile bars by Ajaxthegreat Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 21k | Explicit

“I think you fuck,” Silver says. By which he means, with great intent: I think you are human. I know you are human. I see you.

All Our Yesterdays by trill_gutterbug/@trillgutterbug Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 2k | Teen & Up

“It might do you good to stop wallowing in your own filth,” Flint replies. “Although just as likely you’d dissolve completely.” Silver shakes his head. “If you haven’t, I certainly won’t.” Flint opens his hand invitingly. “Come find out.” Silver regards him thoughtfully for a long moment. “We won’t fit.” Flint adjusts himself, sitting up straighter. He lifts one dripping leg onto the edge of the rim, opening a vee of space in the water. “There’s room.”

two dead boys stood up to fight by vowelinthug/@vowel-in-thug Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 6k | Teen & Up

4x09 flashback fic, made gayer because flint looks like THAT while sparring, and silver is not actually Long John Silver. which is to say, he's only human.

Spit-Roasted by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 6k | Mature | Part 1 of our feast is but beginning

Flint should walk away. Silver can figure out how to feed the men, it isn’t his problem. But roasting a pig is so easy, and when was the last time he had a hand in creating something rather than destroying it? Anyway, what else is he doing, with Billy taking the crew in hand with such annoying competency? He absolutely does not think about why he is reluctant for this interaction with Silver to end. “Go get another pig,” he says before he can reconsider. “Do exactly as I say.”

Gentille Alouette by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 11k | Explicit | Part 2 of our feast is but beginning

As the crew of the Walrus pursues the Urca gold, Silver finds himself in need of help to maintain the illusion that he is a competent cook, and turns to Flint once more.

The Salt and the Sea by x_etoile_x/@etoilesombre Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 60k | Explicit | Part 2 of Another Troy to Burn

John Silver was always able to make the best of a situation. If this particular situation had started to feel complicated, well, a vast fortune ought to prove clarifying. Whatever he might have imagined he'd seen in Flint, the reality was they had used each other. And he had been set to walk away on top. Except now he couldn't. Now he was trapped.

the whole estate of mortal man by Amiril/@runawaymarbles Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 43k | Teen & Up

Silver has a limited memory, an unlimited lifespan, and a need for human souls. He spends months trying to buy Flint's.

[ryansbedroom]

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[lifewithaview]

Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley in Bridgerton (2020) A Bee in Your Bonnet

S2E3

The Sharmas arrive at the Bridgerton's country estate, where Anthony seeks to win Kate's good opinion amid bad memories and a ruthless game of pall-mall.

[releasing-my-insanity]

Joke prediction for ACGAS 2020 season 4.

I jokingly predicted that next a Siegfried love interest would get engaged to someone else. Since that didn’t happen in season 3, it must be going to happen in season 4. And since Siegfried is apparently seeing multiple women at once, there’s only one possible path for this to take.

Every single one of the women he’s dating will get engaged to random other men all at once and arrive to tell him. All wearing increasingly more ostentatious diamonds and comparing notes on how rich their fiancés are. The queue of women waiting to show Siegfried their engagement rings and break up with him stretches from the front door all the way to his study.

Mrs. Hall is busily walking up and down the queue offering the women tea and biscuits while they wait for their turn. Everyone else pokes their heads around an exam room door, Scooby-Doo style, and giggles. Siegfried is thoroughly perplexed by the whole thing.

[goodhousepics]

[moviesandmania]

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[garadinervi]

Rosemary Mayer, Untitled, (colored ink on paper), 1974 [ChertLüdde, Berlin. © The Estate of Rosemary Mayer, New York, NY]

Exhibition: Rosemary Mayer. Ways of Attaching, Swiss Institute, New York, NY, September 9, 2021 – January 9, 2022

[masryno]

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[hellotailor]

armand’s costumes are such an interesting data point re: his nebulous sense of identity.

when analyzing any costume, there are always many factors to consider: the setting, the character’s personal taste and economic constraints, storytelling concerns like tone and genre, etc. with armand, we also need to remember that he’s 500 years old and violently disconnected from his human origins. everything he wears has an element of disguise, selected to blend into a new environment.

armand was enslaved as a child in 16th century delhi, and barely remembers his mortal life. unlike louis - who can return to new orleans after 80 years and reconnect with his past - armand has no home to return to. his whole backstory, even his name, is rife with traumatic subtext, leaving him with an obsessive need for structure and control. this adds an extra layer of meaning to costuming choices that initially seem like straightforward menswear. 

armand’s 1940s wardrobe is very put-together - primarily three-piece suits and coats that make him look wealthier and more formal than louis, who is purposefully dressing down. most of these outfits are tailored to bulk up armand's frame, leaning into the "maitre" persona. and like his business-casual dubai wardrobe, he always leaves his collar open. when i interviewed costume designer carol cutshall, she described this as a symbolic power move, signalling that he's an apex predator who doesn't need to protect his throat.

my personal interpretation is that while armand clearly likes to look good, he has a complicated relationship with attractiveness. he doesn't always want to draw attention. his color palette is shadowy (black, grey, brown, olive green), and he’s much less flashy than the other Théâtre vamps. however when he’s feeling confident and flirty, he becomes more of a power-dresser - for instance his hunting outfit with the big coat and sunglasses, or his habit of wearing kohl.

interestingly, most of armand's 1940s costumes set him apart from the coven. the Théâtre vampires dress like cabaret performers, embracing a lot of period-specific styles. by contrast armand is more timeless and neutral. in fact, due to the relatively minor changes in men's suits over the past 100 years, there's a lot of overlap between his wardrobe in the 1940s, '70s and 2020s:

the rest of the Théâtre squad share an unofficial uniform of boldly clashing monochrome patterns with pops of bright color. meanwhile armand has a very plain wardrobe, emphasizing the image of him as a businesslike authority figure surrounded by zany artistes. he only wears subtle stripes on a few occasions in the '40s, reflecting the recurring prison motif we see in lestat's trial suit and (most famously) the dubai penthouse bedroom:

if we ask the question, "what does this person like to wear?" there are easy answers for lestat, louis and claudia. we understand their tastes, and the motives behind them. but armand is more enigmatic. we can recognize through-lines in his wardrobe, but his "taste" is dominated by whatever role he's currently decided to embody, whether that's a parisian theater director or a real estate mogul in dubai.

the times when he appears to have the most fun with clothing are when he steals a pair of sunglasses from his human dinner (!) and when he's pretending to be rashid. in other words, when he's explicitly performing for an audience. "real armand" is still a mystery.

(i may write more about armand's dubai wardrobe later, but for now, you can find all of my iwtv costumes posts on this tag!)