#gile steele

[mehanizem]

[sebeth]

All-Star Squadron #13

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

“One Day, During The War” by Roy Thomas, Adrian Gonzales, and Mike DeCarlo.

Hawman calls the first official meeting of the All-Star Squadron to order. Present for the meeting are the Shining Knight, Johnny Quick, Liberty Belle, Hawkgirl, Robotman, Commander Steel, Firebrand, and the Atom.

Hawkman’s first order of business is to elect a chairman for the All-Star Squadron. Carter has declined the position as he is still and active member of the Army Air Force.

Hawkman notes Batman, Superman, the Spectre, and the Flash have not enlisted in the armed services. Wonder Woman is noted to not be a member of the Justice Society but she has accepted membership in the All-Star Squadron.

The Shining Knight reports that his fellow members in the Seven Soldiers of Victory (Green Arrow, Speedy, Vigilante, Crimson Avenger, Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy) have not enlisted in the arms services but stand ready to aid the All-Star Squadron as individuals or as a group.

Robotman mentions other possible candidates for membership: Mr. Terrific, Wildcat, Air Wave, TNT & Dyna-Mite, Doll Man, Mr. America, Manhunter, and Plastic Man. Plas has previously assisted the All-Stars on two occasions.

Commander Steel is amazed by the number of mystery men that have debuted since he was a prisoner of war.

The group votes – by ballot – to elect a new leader. The winner is…Liberty Belle! Johnny notes Libby is the “most widely-read lady columnist this side of Eleanor Roosevelt.”

Sir Justin announces he is taking a leave of absence as he will be returning to Brittain to serve as Winston Churchill’s personal protector. No, don’t take Justin away, he’s my favorite part of the series!

Firebrand, Johnny Quick, Liberty Belle, Hawkman, and Hawkgirl travel to California to visit Danette’s brother, Rod, who was wounded in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Rod was the original Firebrand.

Danette is having a difficult time letting go of her hatred for all Japanese due to the attack on her brother. Libby reminds Danette she lost her father to a Nazi bomb but she doesn’t hate all Germans. Libby couldn’t do that and remain sane.

Roy mentions this in several issues – the importance of not hating an entire country/ethnicity/group of people – due to the actions of a few.

The Hawks ditch the rest of the group as they travel over San Francisco. They want some alone time to make out.

Danette’s trauma from the first arc of the stories seems to be catching up to her. She’s certain nobody can protect her “just like nobody could protect my brother”.

Libby reminds Danette their true enemies are the fascist dictators, not the people under their yoke.

Back in New York, Commander Steel checks up on his old mentor, Dr. Gilbert Giles. Steel meets with his former fiancé, Gloria Giles, who informs him her father is dead. Steel almost reveals his identity to Gloria but doesn’t when he realizes she’s married to a serviceman named Brad Farley. Steel informs Gloria that Hank Heywood died on a mission in Europe.

Robotman returns to Queens, New York to check on a project Chuck Grayson, his assistant, is working on. Bob discovers Chuck and Joan Carter, Bob’s former girlfriend, unconscious. Bob destroys the malfunctioning machine that knocked the duo unconscious.

Joan is unaware of Bob’s survival in his robot shell. Bob wants it to stay that way until he is more comfortable in his new self. Bob uses a rubberized face and hands to appear as “Paul Dennis”.

“Paul” and Chuck are informed by a henchman for Sam Glottery that the lawyer is going to have Robotman declared a public menace.

The Shining Knight and Churchill return to England. Justin battles the planes that are blitzing England.

Danette, Johnny, and Libby enter the hospital where Rod is a patient. Danette reunites with Rod. Rod mentions Slugger Dunn has already returned to active duty. Danette confesses her hatred to Rod only to be scolded by her brother. He tells her she is “too smart for that kind of racist talk”. Rod reveals it was an American soldier of Japanese descent that saved Slugger and Rod’s lives – at the cost of his own.

Danette comes to her senses and begs forgiveness for being “fool-blinded by hate”. Rod tells Danette to be a force for good.

Firebrand, Johnny Quick, and Liberty Belle entertain the wounded soldiers at the hospital.

Back in Washington, Al (the Atom) meets up with Mary James, his girlfriend. Mary isn’t thrilled with Al’s enlistment and begs him to come home safe.

A simple “day in the life” issue that wrapped up the loose ends on Commander Steel’s plot and set up Robotman’s future plot. The past few arcs (Feathered Serpent, Baron Blitzkrieg, Hastor/Flying Eye) were weak, but this was a return to form. Great character moments for most of the All-Stars. Loved it.

[oracle-of-delfino-plaza]

All I need is for Giles Thee Watcher to destroy John Winchester in a cage fight. 

[mistressvera]

Samson and Delilah (1949) costume appreciation: 1/∞

costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Period dramas | costume appreciation: 6/∞

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar winners

Samson and Delilah / Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

Year: 1950

Designers: Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling

I've meant to revisit this spectacular dress ever since it first featured in Coeli's picks, and since today was Hedy Lamarr's birthday, this seems an appropriate time. Delilah wears a jaw-dropping array of costumes in this film, each one more sumptuous than the last. Just when you think they couldn't possibly top the last one, she shows up for the finale in this peacock gown!

The cape is lavishly adorned with real feathers. Legend says they were "donated" by the peacocks owned by Paramount Studios!

The costume was part of Debbie Reynolds' collection, and it has survived in remarkably good condition.

[jennycalendar]

the COLD STEEL in giles’s eyes when he grabs billy’s coach is making me feel so like… i know obviously the whole ripper thing was brought in for season two, they weren’t exactly planting seeds, but to see him there in season one has me so emotional about the masks this man wears and the concept of so much of what he’s been doing this season as a deliberate limiting of himself to the role he feels he’s supposed to play.

[strawberry-selfships]

THIS BLOG WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN F/OVEMBER !!!

Notes: - I unfortunately do have a work schedule, so sorry if the asks aren't answered with haste. - I am asexual, so no sexual related asks, please. - A few of these f/os have self insert OCs associated with them, rather than my self - This is for lighthearted fun, so please don't get pissy if they're out of character

But yes, I will be surrendering ownership of this blog to some of my f/os for the duration of November!! I might still post from time to time, but for the most part, my beloveds get free reign to post whatever they want. Feel free to ask them stuff! (Since it's technically November already, feel free to start sending asks in now, if you'd like!) Honestly, send in as many asks as you wish, I can't promise they'll all be answered (or it might not get answer if it's something uncomfortable) but they'll try their bests.

Here are the folks I'm surrendering the blog to! If I make any additions, I'll make an announcement post, as well as update the list on this here post!

Romantic f/os - - Niles Caulder - Rupert Giles - Otis Laurey - Captain Ahab (do note that I've only read the version of moby dick that I own, which is an abridged children's version, so he's a more simplified interpretation ;^__^) - The Criminologist

Familial f/os - - Cliff Steele (father)

( shoutout to @cherry-bomb-ships who created f/ovember!!! )

[coraniaid]

Anne is such a well constructed episode.  It’s not the best season opener (that’s Bargaining) and it’s not my favorite season opener (probably When She Was Bad), and if you’re feeling cynical you could argue it’s at least partly a pilot for the Angel spin-off series in disguise (since … it is?), but it’s just so well put together and full of so much foreshadowing and symbolism and references to previous episodes.  I really like it and I really liked rewatching it, almost more than I was expecting to.

The last time I watched it I remember being annoyed by the fact it didn’t focus entirely on Buffy in LA.  I thought the scenes set back in Sunnydale were a distraction from her story: I don’t care about Xander and Cordelia’s relationship and I don’t care about the Scoobies' attempt to stake one very obliging random vampire.   And yet, for some reason, this time around I felt a lot better disposed to this half of the episode.  I do still think it would have been interesting to have a whole episode away from Buffy’s friends, and that the Sunnydale plotline is a lot less intense than what’s going on in LA. But I think it’s a mistake to conclude the scenes in Sunnydale are a waste of time or don’t do something important.

The juxtaposition between a Buffyless Sunndale and a Buffy who’s stopped being Buffy felt a lot more deliberate this time around, whether that meant cutting directly to Buffy’s dream about Angel after Willow said she wished she knew where she was, or the way the big, noisy crowd at the first day of school hard cuts to Buffy sitting alone in silence in her tiny rented room, or Joyce asking Giles “and who exactly is she?” right before Lily comes back to the diner to ask Buffy for help.  And, having set up this pattern, the fact that we never once cut back to Sunnydale while Buffy and Lily are trapped in the hell dimension suddenly feels weirdly claustrophobic, and makes that final jump back to Joyce at home at the end work a lot better than it otherwise would. 

I also really really like Lily.  As Chanterelle in Lie To Me she wasn’t really given much to do, but Julia Lee is really good here as – not quite a proto-Faith, but another alternate Buffy who’s quietly hinted to have a pretty horrible backstory.  That pause after Buffy asks her “what do they call you at home?” speaks volumes, as does the way she assures Buffy she wouldn’t tell anyone about who she is or where to find her because “I know how it is when you’ve got to get lost”, or how quickly she resigns herself to believing they’re in hell later because she “always knew she belonged here”.

And, almost at the same time, she’s also a great comic foil (asking Buffy if she can “come with her” right after agreeing that they should split up, or coming back to apologize to her when she's meant to be getting away "in case we die").  I love that she gets to push Ken off the balcony mid-speech (in fact, I almost think the episode would be stronger if that really was the last we saw of Ken: I’m not sure his reappearance later just to be killed by Buffy herself really adds much).  And I love the argument about Rickie’s death (that isn’t really about Rickie) that she has with Buffy: “he didn’t do anything wrong, why would this happen to him?” versus “These things happen all the time. You can’t just close your eyes and hope they’re going to go away.”

I really like the fact that Lily (as Anne Steele) goes on to be a minor character on Angel, but I do wish we’d had some hint that Buffy really had stayed in touch with her after this episode the way she promises she will.  Once again I am imploring the Buffy writers, decades after the fact, to please let Buffy have a few more friends. 

(Oh, and, look: neither Buffy nor Lily get magically pregnant and die this episode!  The possibility doesn’t even come up!  Maybe this wasn’t a stealth Angel pilot after all...)

And I've not even touched on the wonderfully unsubtle foreshadowing of Ken’s repeated lines about kids “getting old fast here”, or the way this episode almost acts as a proto-Bargaining (with Willow very clearly taking charge of the group in Buffy’s absence, even taking on the Slayer role in the pre-credits scene), or Oz throwing his stake at a retreating vampire and then ruefully noting that “that just never works” as it bounces harmlessly wide, or just how much everyone in Sunnydale seems to miss Buffy in their own different ways, or Larry insisting this is the football team’s year if only they can “keep discipline, maintain focus and not have quite so many mysterious deaths”.  Or that last shot of Buffy back home, and how it’s deliberately framed from her mom's perspective rather than her own.

Honestly, I just think Season 3 is so good and I love it so much (I furiously remind myself, knowing that Dead Man’s Party is up next and will try its best to convince me I’m wrong…)

[mothmans-wedding-photographer]

Mothman's Buffy Rewatch: Season 2, episodes 17 and 19, "Passion" and "I Only Have Eyes for You"

DISCLAIMER: My parents didn't want to watch "Killed by Death" so I guess I'll have to watch it later myself, but out of order. Sorry guys

Passion

"You've managed to boil a complex thought into the simplest possible form."

Is this the episode where Jenny dies because she's suspiciously getting close to getting Angel's soul back

Willow wondering if she can send students to detention and make them run laps... she's already going mad with power incredible foreshadowing

"Since Angel lost his soul, he's regained his sense of whimsy"

"Don't invite him in" bestie he's already allowed in

Noooo her fishes :((

Lol get fucked Angelus

Yep Jenny's dead 😭

Lmao he smushed his face against the glass and then got hit by a cart. Incredibly funny to watch, not as much when you explain it. That is the essence of all of my posts

"He's older than you. And also clearly not very stable." Rare Joyce W

Ewewew Angelus is so gross he set up that whole sex thing I hate this

Willow's crying is so visceral it got me

Xander bragging about how he always hated Angel oh my god shut uuuuuuppp I did too but at least I can acknowledge they're essentially different people

AND GILES COMES IN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR !!!

Lmfao this brings me so much joy he's just hitting him over and over again like yes Giles get his ass

"You can't leave me. I can't do this alone." Damn ok that hurts knowing later

Willow got her wish...

I Only Have Eyes For You

Tbh i would also probably wait a while to date if my ex became an evil monster and killed my teacher

Jeez that escalated quickly what the fuck bro

"You just went OJ on your girlfriend" WHAT

"Pathetic little low-life vegan"

SHE DID THE JOKE THING 🗣🗣❗️❗️

Aww she gave him the crystal

Ew why is the teacher talking to that boy like that

Ah shit is that teacher student stuff gross

Sksjdjrs Xander gets locker-slammed by a magic arm

Giles interest when he thinks Xander said loch ness monster. He's literally me. Do you guys think Giles would talk about mothman with me

Giles after being near both recent school teacher murders:

Snake in da lunch room 🐍

"We're on a Hellmouth" does he know???? I don't remember this but sure

Drusilla is just like me fr I would also like to dig a little Burrow to sleep in

Drusilla's got the MOVES

I want Spike to kick Angelus's ass so badly

"It's snake-a-licious in here" Xander has regained some of my good will with this line

Willow gets sucked into the ground by magic quicksand

The Buffy crew gets swarm of locust'd

Ok listen Buffy I agree with you that you shouldn't have to forgive someone killing their lover in a fit of blind rage but he was a grooming victim so I don't feel that bad for the teacher tbh

I have a feeling that Buffy is going to be James in this situation

I WAS PROVEN RIGHT

Damn I wished Angel stayed dead

Why did they make this a teacher student relationship they didn't have too

The curse of watching old shows through a modern lens makes this hit emotionally a lot less

HE CAN WALK he's gonna beat Angelus's ass hell yeah

[diabolus1exmachina]

Gilbert Genie

Gilbern Sports Cars Ltd was a joint venture between Giles Smith, a Welsh butcher, and Bernard Friese, a German engineer and ex-prisoner of war.

Their first car was launched in 1959 from a shed behind his butcher’s shop, an inauspicious start but one that quickly established the firm as one of the leading sports car makers of their time.

Named after the founders (GILes and BERNard), Gilbern established itself using a canny combination of a steel chassis, a fibreglass body and mechanical components taken from volume manufacturers like Austin-Healey, MG, and Ford. Designed for final assembly at home, a weekend’s work allowed its owner to dodge the purchase tax they’d otherwise have had to pay on their new car.

The second model launched was the Genie, like the one you see here. Offered between 1966 and 1969, a total of 197 examples were built. Powered by either the Ford 2.5-litre or 3.0-litre Essex V6, a square-section spaceframe chassis provided support for a bonded fibreglass bodyshell. The result is a light and stiff framework that provided a firm base for the suspension, which came from the Austin-Healey 3000 initially (which meant the car got wire wheels) and later the MGB, to do its stuff.

Two-plus-two seating and decent luggage space made it an effective family saloon, although that engine and suspension also conspired to provide a hugely enjoyable chassis and sparkling performance. How sparkling? Well, with 136bhp at its disposal, the Genie was a genuine 120mph car.

[quitetheketch-moved]

Scaramouche (1952) costumes designed by Gile Steele

[byneddiedingo]

Robert Morley and Norma Shearer in Marie Antoinette (W.S. Van Dyke, 1938)

Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George, Henry Stephenson. Screenplay: Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda. Cinematography: William H. Daniels. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Henry Grace. Film editing: Robert Kern. Costume design: Adrian, Gile Steele. Music: Herbert Stothart.

Hollywood historical hokum, W.S. Van Dyke's Marie Antoinette was a vehicle for Norma Shearer that had been planned for her by her husband, Irving G. Thalberg, who died in 1936. MGM stuck with it because as Thalberg's heir, Shearer had control of a large chunk of stock. It also gave her a part that ran the gamut from the fresh and bubbly teenage Austrian archduchess thrilled at the arranged marriage to the future Louis XVI, to the drab, worn figure riding in a tumbril to the guillotine. Considering that it takes place in one of the most interesting periods in history, it could have been a true epic if screenwriters Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Ernest Vajda (with uncredited help from several other hands, including F. Scott Fitzgerald) hadn't been pressured to turn it into a love story between Marie and the Swedish Count Axel Fersen. But the portrayal of their affair was stifled by the Production Code's squeamishness about sex, and the long period in which Marie and Louis fail to consummate their marriage lurks unexplained in the background. MGM threw lots of money at the film: Shearer sashays around in Adrian gowns with panniers out to here, with wigs up to there, and on sets designed and decorated by Cedric Gibbons and Henry Grace that make the real Versailles look puny. The problem is that nothing like a genuine human emotion appears on the screen, and the perceived necessity of glamorizing the aristocrats turns the French Revolution on its head. The cast of thousands includes John Barrymore as Louis XV, Gladys George as Madame du Barry, and Joseph Schildkraut (made up with what looks like Jean Harlow's eyebrows and Joan Crawford's lipstick) as the foppish Duke of Orléans. The best performance in the movie comes from Morley, who took the role after the first choice, Charles Laughton, proved unavailable; Morley earned a supporting actor Oscar nomination for his film debut. With the exception of The Women (George Cukor, 1939), in which she is upstaged by her old rival Joan Crawford, this is Shearer's last film of consequence. When she turned 40 in 1942, she retired from the movies and lived in increasing seclusion until her death, 41 years later. It says something about Shearer's status in Hollywood that Greta Garbo, who retired at about the same time, and who also sought to be left alone, was the more legendary figure and was more ardently pursued by gossips and paparazzi.

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1758 Christopher Steele - Portrait of Giles Moore

(Isherwood Fine Art Ltd / British Antique Dealers' Association)

[mistressvera]

Samson and Delilah (1949) costume appreciation: 2/∞

costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Period dramas | costume appreciation: 8/∞

[miloscat]

[Review] Steel Diver: Sub Wars (3DS)

More like Sub Bores, am I right???

Some time after making Star Fox 2 for Nintendo and seeing it cancelled, core members of Argonaut Dylan Cuthbert and Giles Goddard went their separate ways. Cuthbert went on to found Q-Games and ended up making some other Star Fox games, whereas Goddard did some other Nintendo projects before starting the company Vitei. They created the tepidly-received 3DS launch title Steel Diver, a sidescrolling submarine game with gyro and strategy modes.

Three years later in 2014 their follow-up was Steel Diver: Sub Wars, Nintendo’s first free-to-play title. Gameplay had been refocused to a first person view and the central focus was on making an online multiplayer title that any 3DS owner could play, whether they had paid or not. Premium content included extra single player levels and a bunch of extra submarines. I never played the multiplayer mode but I can’t imagine it was too astounding; Nintendo’s online infrastructure has never held up well for real-time games, especially in high-ping Australia. I just played solo: to be honest, the only reason I played this right now was to scout for Star Fox vibes.

It was well publicised at the time that Peppy Hare of Star Fox makes a cameo appearance, shilling the premium content if you’re a free-play bozo in the same vein as the Streetpass rabbits and Badge Arcade bunny (the git…). This meaningless cameo doesn’t contribute much; the other “characters” are caricatured humans but the game otherwise has a quite bland military theme. The other Star Fox connection is the inclusion of Lylat Wars’ Blue Marine, which I used throughout the campaign until its low durability proved too much of a liability in the final mission.

While you could argue that piloting a sub in a 3D environment isn’t too dissimilar to taking an Arwing out in first-person on an All-Range stage, in practice Sub Wars is much closer to a simulation game. The subs move ponderously, and your encounters with enemy boats and submersibles are careful and tactical. Unlike in the first Steel Diver, your core actions are mapped to buttons but also represented on the touchscreen with a nice crusty control panel clustered around a sonar display. It does a decent job getting across the feel of piloting a weighty metal craft while outmanoeuvring fellow subs, but it’s not overly exciting.

Sadly the campaign feels like an afterthought, or maybe more of a warmup for the “real game” of online or local PvP. There’s only seven stages, although each has three difficulty levels (you’ll need to hit up multiple of these to get the required medals to unlock later stages). Not only are these short but they don’t really do much that’s interesting, mostly being shallow open sea combat arenas or corridor shooting galleries. Two stand out: the Morse code test that has you signalling words in rapid succession (this mechanic is amusingly the only way to communicate in multiplayer) which as a minigame is a nice change of pace; and the floating fortress which felt the most Star Fox-esque. The battle involves waiting for panels to open to shoot into the vulnerable reactor, while dodging torpedoes.

This fortress is basically the only fantastical element in the game. I was reminded of Jaws: Ultimate Predator, another 3DS game I played last year, with its murky sea almost devoid of interesting detail and basic “kill all the boats” objectives. As with that game I found myself wishing for it to go harder and be weirder, for level design or missions to be more complex and engaging. Alas.

Perhaps my hopes as a Star Fox fan coming into this couldn’t be met by a multiplayer-focused microtransaction-fuelled budget submarine sim. It is what it is, I just found it uninteresting. I do acknowledge the mismatch, that I wasn’t playing it the intended way, but shutdown of the online servers is imminent and many sub designs and customisable crew members are locked behind multiplayer play. Soon enough the whole game will be obsolete… but all games are worth preserving, even if I wasn’t thrilled with this one.

[abookishdreamer]

Character Intro: Aplistos (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- The Golden God by the people of Olympius

Listos by his friends

Darling by his girlfriend

Age- 44 (immortal)

Location- Skyline district, New Olympus

Personality- He's confident, arrogant, & sure of himself with an enviable drive. He has a tendency to be selfish and unapologetically blunt while also looking down on others who don't meet his high standards/expectations. He's currently in a relationship.

He has the standard abilities of a god except shapeshifting. Being the god of avarice his other powers/abilities include limited chrimatakinesis (not to the level of Hermes, his ex-girlfriend, or current girlfriend), limited chrysopeia, supernatural thievery, limited illusion generation, hoarding inducement (temporarily in others), spending inducement (temporarily in others), obsession inducement (temporarily in others), and being able to sense & manipulate the greed in others.

Aplistos' main abode is his apartment on the top floor of The Chrysaor Courts, a luxury high rise apartment building in the Skyline neighborhood of New Olympus. The interior design is sleek and modern with a touch of olympian opulence. An ostentatious Imperial Gold chandelier dripping with woven diamonds hangs from the ceiling of the main hall. There's a spa room, an in-studio movie theater, a large walk-in closet that measures almost a 1,000 sq ft with the walls being painted in 24K gold paint, and most of the flooring is white oak with Imperial Gold & platinum accents. There's also leather furniture, marble & platinum furniture pieces, a state-of-the-art kitchen with stainless steel appliances- including the most expensive refrigerator (that has a 40,000 drachma price tag), and his bedroom- which has his exclusive mattress (stitched with real silver & gold) and the Imperial Gold/black opal bedframe. Aplistos is also overseeing the construction of his mansion that's being built in the state of Olympia. It's said that the foundation is being built on top of a major goldmine. He often shuttles back and forth from his place & his girlfriend's main apartment.

He has an animal companion- a dragon named Chrysarion that's widely known as "The Golden Flame." The beautiful beast is covered in gleaming gold scales and has cream colored wing membranes. Chrysarion is Aplistos' mode of transportation when traveling great distances or when he wants to make an entrance. Aplistos loves feeding him pounds of vintage cote de boeuf, which the dragon cooks himself with his fire!

Aplistos normally gets around in his car- a cream & gold high tech seamless machinery complete with custom high end finishes inside, a champagne fridge, and Imperial Gold spinners. His personal driver- a harpy named Aello drives.

A go-to drink for him is champagne. He also likes classic martinis, whiskey sours, gin & tonics, vodka shots, jack & cokes, beer, mojitos, and manhattans. Usuals for him from The Roasted Bean is an olympian sized dark roast coffee & a large iced tea.

Aplistos starts off his mornings with a high intensity workout at the gym before going home for an appointment with his personal masseuse, a mermaid named Aquaria. He'll sometimes go to the Gold Rays tanning salon for a quick tan.

He loves the breakfast made by his personal chef, a mortal man named Giles. A typical one for Aplistos is eggs benedict along with pain au chocolat topped with warm rhubarb compote, mushroom & fatina tartines, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. He also likes when Giles makes his famous garlic & herb parmesan biscuit breakfast sandwich (that has scrambled eggs, black olives, smoked ham, and scallions).

Aplistos' list of people he cares about is a short one. It includes his younger sibling Aerin (goddess of the ethereal), his current girlfriend Orthosia (goddess of wealth), her son Chrysos (god of gold & riches), his ex-girlfriend Evimería (goddess of prosperity), and her son Caerus (god of opportunity & luck). Everyone else is met with general indififference.

He hates tattoos & ridiculous piercings.

One gift Aplistos likes is the flask his girlfriend gave to him. It's made of platinum and white gold & his covered in diamonds!

Not much is known (publicly or in the pantheon) how he came into his wealth. It's generally rumored that it started from his dealings in the black market.

Aplistos takes meticulous care and great pride in his physical appearance. His body is in peak physical shape, his hair effortlessly coiffed, his nails & facial hair neatly trimmed, his skin free of imperfections with a flawless golden glow, his teeth brilliantly white, and his clothes expertly tailored & wrinkle free.

His favorite frozen treat is vanilla vodka ice cream topped with lots of champagne whipped cream & edible gold leaves.

Evimería was Aplistos' first real serious relationship, their love growing over time. He was always grateful to her for being the first to see the good in him- that he was more than the "avaricious materialistic god." Aplistos enjoyed being a father figure towards her son. Things shifted when Aplistos started to prioritize work & gambling over his relationship. Sometimes, it'd be several weeks before Evimería saw or heard from him. The end began when Aplistos agreed to watch Caerus while Evimería went to a business meeting. Aplistos was also entertaining a small poker party so he sent Caerus to his bedroom to play video games. He was horrified later on when he opened his bedroom door. He saw one of his dresser slightly opened and Caerus laying on the floor unconscious with a ring of lotus dust around his mouth. Aplistos gathered Caerus in his arms, got on his dragon, & flew to the hospital where a doctor was able to treat the lotus dust toxicity. Evimería quickly rushed to the hospital when she got the news and was totally distraught. She slapped Aplistos a few times and ended their relationship.

A guilty pleasure for him is a slice of pepperoni hot honey pizza.

Aplistos fell hard and fast for Orthosia. He appreciates the fact that she wants them to maintain their independence even though they're a couple. He was the first to say "I love you." Aplistos also looks forward to the rare instances where she shows her vulnerability. For Orthosia's most recent birthday, Aplistos gifted her with a bra (and detachable belt) from Diamond Ave.- with 24K gold hardware, diamond straps, and it's adorned with over 6,500 precious gems including diamonds, blue topaz, purple garnet, pink morganite, & yellow citrine.

He supported Aerin during her transition. He found it interesting that she didn't opt for changing her name to a more feminine sounding one.

He loves listening to rock, hip-hop, and electronic music.

For other work/means of income Aplistos models for/endorses Platinum Alchemy (Zeus' men's fashion brand) and Shadow Specs. With his own personal endeavors, Aplistos has released a signature cologne aptly titled Emmonos. The fragrance notes include mahogany wood, coffee, roasted barley, & black vanilla. Another detail is the black opal bottle. The 8.4 oz bottle sells for 1,300 drachmas! He's also an executive producer on his girlfriend's upcoming business reality TV show titled Griffin's Den.

A favorite sweet treat of his are the glamour doughnuts from The Luxe, a high end eatery/shop. The doughnut is filled with champagne jelly, glazed with dark chocolate and passionfruit syrup, and is then dusted with edible gold & diamond dust. A price for one is nearly 2,000 drachmas.

In the pantheon Aplistos is friends with Neicus (god of debate & appeal), Apólafsi (god of enjoyment), Dolos (god of deception & treachery), Isorropía (Isorro) (god of duality, balance, & equilibrium), Apate (goddess of fraud & deception), Felis (Titaness of cats), Psionikós (god of the mind), Aisa (goddess of lot & fate), Favian (god of philosophy), Hybris (goddess of insolence, hubris, & reckless pride), Helios (Titan god of the sun), Epimetheus (Titan god of afterthought), and Priapus (god of fertility, vegetable gardens, livestock, sexuality, & masculinity). He also greatly admires Pseudologos (god of lies). Aplistos was the official mentor to Zelus (god of envy, jealousy, & zeal).

At the spa he loves getting the liquid gold facial.

Aplistos has been enjoying hanging out with Chrysos. They often frequent the Golden Grove country club to play golf.

His all time favorite meal is double grilled caviar stuffed salmon drizzled in lemon butter sauce and garlic rice.

In his free time Aplistos enjoys tanning, working out, sunbathing, football (soccer), poker, surfing, clubbing, tennis, playing pool, swimming, shopping, dining out, & golf.

"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the being in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction."