#marman

[rystiel]

[santiagobluepigart]

Happy friday!! Since everything its burning on certain social media, i thought it would be a good idea to bring so sparkles and water over here! Haha Olly mermaid ♥

[forcedcoma]

Q: Are you using your charming voice for selfish purposes or for a joke? Or have you stopped singing?

Yan: I do not use my magic for jokes or for evil. But I often sing for Lazar when nightmares won't let him sleep.

[carlahantonart]

[cerealdigitalgallery]

Hey Dude by Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins, as part of their exhibition, “Three Dimensions”

Contemporary Calgary, Mohkinstis, Canada

January 2024

[rabbitcruiser]

Benches/Chairs (No. 65)

Toronto, ON

[sweaterkittensahoy]

RWRB Prompt: Henry introduces Alex to Lord John Marbury. Alex is NOT prepared for this.

"Alexander Gabriel Claremont-Diaz!"

Is what Alex hears before he is suddenly grabbed and spun and hugged by someone with a particularly bony ribcage and a pair of reading glasses on a chain that digs into Alex's collarbone.

"Uh--" is as far as Alex gets before he is thrust backwards with the sort of velocity of the most terrifying of Texas grandmothers (he has two; he is very intelligent on this subject) and finds himself a gangly arms' length from a man in a royal-conservative pinstriped suit, a red (no pattern) tie, and a white shirt that has a line of spatter down the front that Alex clocks as tea, not coffee because he is now very familiar with the way tea stains a white shirt due to Henry being Henry.

"Hi," Alex says. Staring at the man who also has the grip of terrifying Texas grandmothers and is smiling at him like a favored child.

Except Alex doesn't know who the fuck this guy is.

"Um," Alex says, trying to stop himself from saying exactly that. "Who the fuck are you?"

(He's gonna wake up tomorrow to Zhara leaning over his bed holding his kneecaps in one hand.)

The man throws back his head and laughs. He has a very long neck and a lot of hair that seems to like to move every which way as he moves, and when he meets Alex's eyes again, there's a downright twinkle and warmth in them that Alex recognizes immediately.

"Lord John Marbury," the man says, finally releasing Alex's shoulders to give a little bow. "At your service, Sir."

"Oh holy shit," Alex says in a rush.

Lord John Marbury grins wickedly and looks around Alex. "And where is my beloved baby cousin?"

"Punch bowl," Alex says, waving behind him, unable to look away now that he knows who he's looking at. Henry's cousin. Lord John Marbury. Who's been an Ambassador in several countries and loudly queer the whole time. And who is sporting a full beard which makes him look completely different and is NOT in any of the photos Henry's ever shown Alex.

"Lovely!" Lord John Marbury says and saunters away, slapping Alex on the back hard enough he actually stumbles a little.

Alex straightens and runs his hands down his jacket to smooth any wrinkles as he gets his bearings again. His brain short circuits when another man comes walking towards him. White-haired instead of dark-haired like he was in his younger days (Alex definitely hasn't looked up old photos for most of his fucking life), but still moving like he's about to start a fight.

"Mr. Claremont-Diaz," the man greets, holding out his hand. "Joshua Lyman. Did I just see my husband accost you?"

"Uh-huh," Alex manages, shaking Josh Lyman's hand on reflex. "I didn't know you two were on the invite list for this party."

"We weren't sure we'd make it back from Hong Kong in time," Josh says. "Which way did he--"

"HENRY!" comes a roar that works through the crowd with ease.

"COUSIN JOHN!" Henry replies, just as loudly, and this time Alex stumbles because who is THIS Henry so excited he's dropped every manner he has?

"Lead the way?" Josh Lyman asks.

"Sure," Alex says. "And call me Alex. I know these royal-types gets stuffy about titles, but I'm just a Texas kid."

Josh Lyman laughs and gives Alex a knowing look. "Right," he says, "And I've got a bridge to sell you."

Alex chuckles and leads the way through the crowd to help his fellow American collect his own Brit.

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

do you guys know any fics where one of them is a scientist? tysm!

I'm afraid I do not. I did a quick AO3 search for you and got some hits you can browse. Readers - if you have suggestions, please leave them in the replies. Thank you. ~Lynne

~~~~~

ETA:  @annatimberlakesworld submitted to klaineccfanficlibrary

For the anon who wanted to read scientist! Klaine fic: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2615248 This series has Blaine not as a full fledged scientist. But he is an apprentice kinda person. I loved this. 

I love this verse as well. Thanks for sharing! ~Lynne

The Merman and the Marine Biologist by @sarkyblueeyes

After graduation, Kurt Hummel agrees to take a gap year with Blaine Anderson, his childhood best friend and crush, working in a marine park in Australia. When things go awry during an excursion to a mysterious island, Kurt develops strange new powers at sea that he struggles to hide.

[girlactionfigure]

Video footage of Fernando Simon Marman & Louis Har with their family last night after being rescued from Gaza.

[eretzyisrael]

Breaking 🚨 23:12 , Monday 12th February, 2024

The two hostages, Louis Herr, 70 and Fernando Marman, 60, rescued this morning in the remarkable IDF special operation have told their families and special investigators that they were not given their medication during their time in Hamas captivity.

This is important as is proves that the deal made by the French government along with the United Nations to allow medication into Gaza under the pretense that it was also going to be given to the hostages, was not honored.

[healingordestroying]

In a heroic operation, 2 Israeli hostages - 70-year-old Louis Har (right) and 60-year-old Fernando Marman (left) - have been safely rescued by the IDF from Hamas terrorists, who were hiding the two hostages in the Gaza Strip for 129 days.

[matan4il]

Daily update post:

The fighting in Gaza continues, and the daily lists of soldiers killed are back. We knew they would be. Listening to their families, mourning their precious loved ones, lost forever, is a pain that's only transcended by the pain of listening to the families of those slaughtered on Oct 7. Every once in a while, I think of my darling friend and colleague, Berthe Badihi. She's a Holocaust survivor, and she gives her testimony to our visitors from time to time. Her grandson, Gil, was killed as a soldier in 2002. That's always the part of her testimony that's hardest to sit through, when she talks about how the pain wasn't over even after the Holocaust was, and she kept losing family. But then Berthe speaks about remembering the difference between how Jews died during the Holocaust, with no human dignity, and how her grandson did, and that this is a source of comfort. That he died a free man, with his dignity intact, protecting his family, his people and his country. On Oct 7, Jews were once again slaughtered in ways meant to rob us of our dignity. And that's why we're gonna keep fighting until Hamas is eliminated, no matter how much the death of our soldiers pains us.

The rocket fire into Israel continues, several people were injured today as well, and a school was hit, though thankfully it was empty at the time, so no one was hurt.

Today we salute Gal Gadot. It's been clear that for simply being an Israeli, who's willing to speak for her people, and despite expressing her wishes for the well being of people on both sides of the conflict, there's been (for years!) a campaign meant to demonize her. It's precisely because she's such a big star, that she has so much to lose. Yet, she spoke out loudly against the world's silence when it comes to the atrocities of Oct 7.

Israelis are aware of the rise in antisemitism on college campuses abroad, especially in the US, and we're following as more and more hateful and even violent incidents take place there, and as the congress will be hearing the heads of universities tomorrow. The truth remains that for years, these universities have been taking Qatari money, the government that has taken Hamas under its wing. IDK that there are any donations that these universities stand to lose, which can compete with Qatar's money, but losing their reputation, being called out on the way they've become hotbeds of antisemitism, of hatred, bigotry and violence, might force them to make a change. One can hope, right?

Speaking of money and terrorism, a new study suggests that Hamas made money off of the Oct 7 massacre (or people affiliated with it), by basically trying to bet on an Israeli economic collapse following the massive terror attack Hamas planned. I hope this crime, of making money out of advance knowledge about the imminent slaughter of innocent civilians, can be somehow prosecuted by law.

Speaking of prosecuted by law, Israel is holding a discussion today on how to put the Hamas terrorists who participated in the massacre, and were caught alive. It's not likely they'll go through a normal criminal court. Most people here assume we'll see something mroe akin to the special court which put Adolf Eichmann on trial in 1961.

This is 63 years old Clara Marman.

She was in Hamas captivity for 7.5 weeks. She's been freed during the hostage deal. She has not given any interviews, but I got to hear her daughter, who confirmed something that many speculated on. The daughter, Ma'ayan said explicitly, that the reason why her mother doesn't want to answer questions about how well she was treated by Hamas, is because she's still scared for her brother and partner, who are still held hostage in Gaza.

This is 39 years old Asaf Hamami, with his wife and their 3 kids.

Asaf was a colonel. On Oct 7, he ran straight into battle, and together with his soldiers, they saved kibbutz Nirim from a massacre and butchery, the likes of which we saw at the other kibbutzim. Asaf was considered missing, until the other day, the IDF confirmed that he was killed during that battle with Hamas, and his body was kidnapped to Gaza. The IDF was able to retrieve... enough of Asaf's body to allow for his funeral to be held, but the family understandably wants what Hamas is holding to be saved, and brought back to Israel. I'm going to emphasize again that he was a colonel. In Israel, some of the highest ranking officers still fight themselves. They don't send others to kill and die for them, they put their lives on the line to protect the civilian population. All of it. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, Bedouins, everyone. While Hamas hides in their terror tunnels, leaving the civilians to be their human shields.

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[princess-an]

Merman Bakugou - *yelling dolphin noises*

You - *holding a finger to your ear because he's so loud*

Marman Bakugou - *somehow knowing you can't understand him starts yelling in whale*

You- “just because you yell in a different way doesn't mean I'm going to understand you this is beyond a language barrier my dude you have a tail.”



[planesky]

“Ceasefire!”

Ok. Bring back the hostages.

Abraham Munder, 78.

Samer Fuad El-Talalka, 22.

Bilal Alziadna, 21.

Hamza Alziadna, 22.

Yosef Hamid Alziadna, 53.

Joshua Loitu Mollel, 21.

Sujith Nissanka, 48.

Chaim Peri, 79.

Yarden Roman Gat, 36.

Elad Katzir, 47.

Hannah Katzir, 77.

Oded Lifshitz, 83.

Amiram Cooper, 84.

Ronen Engle, 54.

Yuval Engle, 11.

Mika Engle, 18.

Carina Engle-Bert, 51.

Abigail Idan, 3.

Tamar Gutman, 27.

Channa Peri, 79.

Nadav Popplewell, 51.

Emilia Aloni, 5.

Daniel Aloni, 44.

Yuly Konio, 3.

Ema Konio, 3.

Sharon Aloni Konio, 34.

David Konio, 33.

Shlomi Ziv, 40.

Yahel Gani Shoham, 3.

Nave Shoham, 8.

Tal Shoham, 38.

Adi Shoham, 38.

Noam Avigdori, 12.

Sharon Avigdori, 52.

Shoshan Haran, 67.

Itzhk Elgarat, 68.

Alexander Dancyg, 75.

Inbar Haiman, 27.

Omer Shem Tov, 21.

Raz Ben Ami, 57.

Ilana Gritzewsky, 30.

Tsachi Idan, 51.

Elma Avraham, 84.

Or Levy, 33.

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 22.

Gadi Moshe Mosez, 79.

Adina Moshe, 72.

Tamar Metzger, 78.

Yoram Metzger, 80.

Noa Marciano, 19.

Roni Krivoi, 25.

Tal Goldstein, 9.

Gal Goldstein, 11.

Agam Goldstein, 17.

Chen Almog-Goldstein, 48.

Daniel Gilboa, 19.

Eitan Yahalomi, 12.

Ovad Yahalomi, 49.

Ella Elyakim, 8.

Dafna Elyakim, 14.

Evyatar David, 26.

Raz Katz Asher, 4.

Avis Katz Asher, 2.

Doron Katz Asher, 34.

Efrat Katz, 68.

Alon Lulu Shamirz, 26.

Maya Regev, 21.

Itay Regev, 18.

Shani Louk, 22.

Omri Miran, 46.

Alon Ohel, 22.

Hersh Golden-Polin, 23.

Maya Leimberg, 17.

Gabriella Leimberg, 59.

Fernando Marman, 60.

Clara Marman, 63.

Bar Kuperstein, 21.

Noa Sharabi, 16.

Eli Sharabi, 55.

Four Angel, 18.

Yossi Sharabi, 53.

Moran Yanai, 40.

Adrienne ‘Aviva’ Siegel, 62.

Ron Sherman, 19.

Ditza Haiman, 84.

Elia Cohen, 26.

Elkana Bohbot, 24.

Agam Berger, 19.

Ohad Ben-Ami, 55.

Nick Beiser, 19.

Yuval Brodetz, 8.

Oriya Brodetz, 4.

Ofri Brodetz, 10.

Hagar Brodetz, 40.

Naama Levy, 19.

Almog Meir Jan, 21.

Liraz Assulin, 38.

Karina Ariev, 19.

Noa Argamani, 19.

Or Avinathan, 30.

Liri Elbag, 18.

Mia Schem, 21.

Yaffa Adar, 85.

Omer Wenkert, 22.

Carmel Gat, 39.

Kfir Bibas, 9 Months.

Ariel Bibas, 4.

Shiri Bibas, 32.

Sahar Kalderon, 16.

Ofer Kalderon, 53.

Louis Har, 70.

Want peace? Want us to ceasefire?

Bring them back!

[brainbuffering]

Disability Discrimination in Anime Dubbing

Disabled Characters are becoming more and more common in manga in recent years, with releases such as “A Sign of Affection”, “Ranking of Kings”, and “Josee, and the Tiger and the Fish”, all getting Anime Adaptations! However, only one of these series features a Disabled actor in the lead role. That being Emily Fajardo in Ranking of Kings (directed by Caitlin Glass) as Bojji. Emily has (understandably) undisclosed disabilities, and has said how ecstatic and proud they were to get to play a disabled role - a sense of triumph and emotion I do not wish to take away from them. However their disabilities do not match those of the character they play. Bojji is non verbal and deaf, Emily is not. 

Yet this is a vast improvement upon the continuing apparent refusal to find disabled actors. There is a solidarity found amongst disabled people, and whilst our experiences in this world are different, we have a shared history. A shared understanding of what it is like to live in a world that rejects you. Be that the epileptic teen who can't go to the cinema with their friends, or the wheelchair-using adult unable to find a job because nobody sees their value. 

The only time I can think of where a Disabled Anime Character has been voiced by someone with a matching Disability was Lexi Marman Cowden in “A Silent Voice” as Shoko. Lexi’s performance was absolutely incredible, heartfelt, and true in every sense. Comparing her performance to that of her able bodied Japanese counterpart (Saori Hayami) you can tell that Lexi has real life experience to draw on, her emotions feel real. It's obvious that Lexi has been through what Shoko has. It's why, despite its flaws as a story, I still consider “A Silent Voice” to be one of the best ever English Dubs. They bought something new to the series that the Japanese team didn't. Stephanie Sheh and her colleagues at NYAV Post understood the need to have stories told by the people they're meant to represent - a sentiment that has bled through into their other work such as casting Trans Actress Shakina Nayfack as Hana in “Tokyo Godfathers”. 

And whilst this wonderful dedication to accurate casting in terms of gender, racial, and sexual minorities is being reflected throughout the industry – for example the Majority POC Dub of “Horimiya” and the Majority Queer Dub of “Given” – it is simply not being reflected with regards to Disabled People who are once again left out in the cold. It also feels incredibly hypocritical and hurtful to see people criticise non-accurate casting within some minorities, and completely ignore it when disabled people are involved. 

An example of this would be “Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish”. Whilst it is to be celebrated that there was a Majority POC cast in the film, director Jerry Jewell still chose to cast an able bodied actress in the titular role of Josee, a wheelchair user. Suzie Yeung’s performance very much felt like that of an Able-bodied person mimicking a disabled person. Whereas Lexi had real life experience to draw upon, Suzie was making it up as she went along. This was especially clear to me when Josee was forced to self-hoist for the first time. 

Suzie played it as a tragic moment of upset frustration and proof that Josee needed help but was too stubborn to ask. Meanwhile, my own experience as a person with Myasthenia Gravis was that the first time I collapsed and couldn't stand up on my own, being able to clamber from the floor to the sofa was a moment of personal triumph. This is an emotion I have heard other disabled people talk about. It's not proof of helplessness, it's evidence that you do have strength, power, and independence. Yes, part of this was probably just the way the film was made, but I still felt that a disabled actor with mobility issues would have understood the nuances far better, and would have made for a better film. 

At the time, I said I would only forgive Director Jerry Jewell for casting an Ablebodied Actress in a Disabled Role, if he hired a Disabled Actress for an Able-bodied role… which he did later the following year when he cast the wonderful Risa Mei (who has dwarfism) as the protagonist in “My Senpai is Annoying”. Whilst this his was not Risa’s first role at Funimation (now Crunchyroll) having played Shirley/Rum in “Shadow’s House” and Nadila in “Kakushigoto”, it was her first lead role. The anime itself didn't have the best reception, however Risa has continued to be cast in more and more roles across the Anime and Gaming World including more Popular Series like “My Dress Up Darling”, “Sing a Bit of Harmony”, and the upcoming “Sand Land” Video Game by Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama. 

I had hoped that perhaps this would lead to more disabled actors breaking through into the industry! That Lexi had proven, without a shadow of a doubt, that Deaf people could do Dubbing and do it better than Hearing People! That Risa had proved that there are thousands of talented disabled actors out there if you were just willing to look! Yet with the announcement of Lara Woodhull as Yuki in “A Sign of Affection” it is clear to me that Voice Over still has a long way to go with regards to hiring disabled people. Which is a real shame, since you would think that the success of remote recording during the ongoing pandemic would allow for more disabled (and especially immunocompromised) actors getting cast. 

Many would argue that I am perhaps being hypocritical here. If I am saying that disabled voice actors can play able-bodied roles, then why can’t able-bodied people play disabled roles? This is perhaps a fair question, but from my perspective, disabled people are fully aware of what it is like to be able-bodied. Many of us are already forced to act as if we are, or have had to experience going from being able-bodied to being disabled. So where as disabled people absolutely have the life experience needed to play non-disabled roles, able-bodied people do not. 

This isn't to say that there has never been any examples of non-disabled people playing disabled characters well! Eun-bin Park as Woo Young-Woo in the Korean Courtroom Drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” springs to mind. Her performance as the Autistic Woo was incredibly well researched and prepared for. She took great care to talk to real-life autistic people to play the role as authentically as possible. However, this is an exception, not a rule. The majority of able-bodied actors are not willing to put in the same level of time and effort that Eun-bin has.  Equally, Disabled people should still be able to speak for themselves, and not have able-bodied people control the entire narrative. 

An argument is often made that Disabled People do not have enough experience to play lead roles. However, how are actors meant to get this experience if they are not even being cast to play themselves? And surely Lexi once again stands as an example of how someone with no experience in Voice Acting or Dubbing can give award worthy performances?

It is perhaps especially sad that no Hard of Hearing actors have been cast in “A Sign of Affection”, since it would have been the perfect dub to start out on. Due to trauma related to how her voice sounds to others, Yuki has an entirely internalised monologue. This means that the actor playing her doesn't need to match any mouth flaps. This makes things much easier for those new to dubbing, as it allows them to focus on just their acting rather than the more technical side of things. 

Where as some might argue that Yuki’s internal monologue means that it would be ridiculous to cast a person with a Deaf Accent. Ignoring the obvious fact that Yuki may very well have a Deaf Accent in her internal monologue, and that it's down to Hearing People to learn to understand those accents, many d/Deaf people do not even have that accent! Not all d/Deaf folks are born without hearing, many lose it later in life and so maintain their original accents. Equally, not all d/Deaf people are completely without hearing, hence the term “Hard of Hearing”. They might still have full hearing in one ear, or have cochlear implants to improve their overall hearing before it gets to the point of complete loss. Not to mention the increasing effectiveness of regular hearing aids. Whilst naturally a person who has partial hearing is going to have a different lived experience to someone who was born without hearing like Yuki, they would still have far more in common with the character than an Able-bodied actor would. 

It would simply appear that Dub Directors like Jason Lord are simply not willing to put the effort in to find Disabled Talent. But we are out there! We’re working hard and making moves. We’re doing everything that able bodied actors are doing, backwards and with wheels. There are over 350,000 d/Deaf people living in Texas, I am certain at least one of them has a passion and talent for acting. 

So please. Let the Blind Samurai be voiced by a Visually Impaired Person. Let the Robot Armed Star Fighter be played by a person with a prosthetic. Let the sweet deaf girl who is falling in love and discovering the world for the first time through her own hard work and the support of her friends as it becomes accessible to her for the first time, be played by someone who knows exactly what that feels like. 

I do not want to have to write another post like this when the next series with a Disabled Protagonist is announced. I want to be allowed to join in with your celebrations, and not to left looking in through the window as I sit on my scooter in the cold wet rain. Once again refused entry to the party because of the elaborate staircase built by able-bodied people.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Okay but Asexual Icon Lord John Marbury

Flirts like he does because he knows he's not gonna follow up on it. He's a well-known homosexual and assumes everyone knows the ace thing too.

They do not.

When John realizes this, he makes a point to state it when someone asks him for dinner or drinks in a non-professional capacity.

Which leads to this exchange with Josh:

Josh: "So, um, Lord Marbury, want to have dinner on Friday night? Maybe a nightcap after?"

John: "I am beyond flattered, Joshua, but so you know, I am asexual."

Josh: "A sexual what?"

John: ...

Josh: ..."wait. No. I got there. I got there. Yeah, that's fine."