#nora pendleton

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portrait of a vvampyre woman going hee hee hoo hoo, 1475

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Got the official list of “Best Webtoon/Manhwa FL Early 2025”, I am not making changes, now I gotta set up brackets and get images!

1. Isabella Woodville, To Die Or To Fall In Love

2. Sazet, Dagger to the Heart

3. Olive, The Villainous Tyrant Has Returned

4. Cha Yeonbyul, My Brother’s Boyfriend Fell For Me

5. Mellie, My Husband and I cannot live in the same world

6. Anna, Cloth and dagger

7. Kim Yoojeong, The Cafe owner is an s class guide

8. Cheongha Kim/Dajin Park, High School Queen

9. Seolha, Frozen Hearts

10. Sua, A Life Changing Turn

11. Riv, The Hidden Muse

12. Daphne, Escape Me If You Can

13. Melt, Melt Bless You

14. Haesol, Yeonwoo’s Innocence

15. Luna, Moonstruck (The Lovers of Crimson Night)

16. Elizabeth, Locked up by my mad dog

17. Athena, Girlfriend Manual

18. Levi, Girlfriend Manual

19. Estrella, Fallen for the empire’s greatest villainess

20. Veronica, Lift my curse sir knight

21. I-yeong, Flower of Allure

22. Bellota, Curse of the saintess

23. Ahrin, She Will Choose Me Tonight

24. Servaine, The Merman I Trapped in my Lake

25. Beryl, Teach me desire

26. Presepae, Presepae outside the cage

27. Althea, Till crimes do us part

28. Rinette, What Death Taught Me

29. Jiho, A Kiss Before I sleep

30. Odette, Bastian

31. Giju, Ex love review

32. Ari, Find my crown

33. Cha Yeryeon, Escape from the Daytime Drama

34. Enrica, Anything but marriage, Mr Villain!

35. Soryung, Her Merry Obsession

36. Charlotte, Trapped with the male lead in a horror game

37. Paula, The Count’s Secret Maid

38. Ariana Von Grace, The Princess and the Boss

39. Raylee, Funtime Phobia

40. Tareya, Why are you sorry darling

41. Lise, My Dead lover returned as a tyrant

42. Seungji. falling

43. Yeongwon, falling

44. Yoo Sera, The Hate Trap

45. Mary Menoushire, Falling in Love With My Ex Fiancé’s Grandfather

46. Lim Mina, Lipstick Devil

47. Nora Chestnut, And Another Lovely Day

48. Friday, Friday: Too Much Drama

49. Claire, HEROIN(E)

50. Eunwoo, Hierarchy

51. Estelle, Indulgence

52. Ji-u Han, Beastly Things

53. Elke, Amongst the Tainted

54. Laura Pendleton, Miss Pendleton

55. Haena, Winter Breeze

56. Raylee, Funtime Phobia

57. Hae-in, My Bias gets on the last train

58. Kiana, the villainess makes amends

59. Ema Nakahara, Murder Girlband

60. Roselia, I Became the Duke’s Male Servant

61. Lucia, The Monster Dame Requests Maternity Leave

62. Bonnie, Accidental Assassin

63. Cherry Sinclair, Trapped At Home With the Male Leads

64. Giseong, For Your Murder

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The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)

Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, William Henry, Harold Huber, Cesar Romero, Natalie Moorhead, Edward Brophy, Edward Ellis, Cyril Thornton. Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett. Cinematography: James Wong Howe. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Robert Kern. Music: William Axt.

I have seen W.S. Van Dyke’s The Thin Man several times, and I’ve read Dashiell Hammett’s novel, but I still can’t remember whodunit. Which is, I think, because it doesn’t really matter: The mystery is secondary to the banter of Nick and Nora and the eccentricity of the characters they encounter as her world of privilege marries with his world of cops and lowlifes. Most of the best mysteries, by which I mean those of Hammett and Raymond Chandler, are about atmosphere rather than crime: Those who want to try to solve the mystery along with the detective should read other writers who are more involved with planting clues and red herrings. The Thin Man may have benefited from MGM’s lack of interest in the project, which could have been swamped with the kind of second-guessing from the front office that often stifled the studio’s films. Instead, it was treated as a routine programmer whose stars, William Powell and Myrna Loy, were second-tier and whose director, known as “One-Take Woody” Van Dyke, was known for getting things done quick and dirty – filming took only 16 days. But Powell and Loy became first-tier stars, and the movie earned four Oscar nominations (picture, actor, director, and screenplay) and was followed by five sequels. Powell has often struck me as a surprising star, with his big nose and his dubious chin, and I used to have trouble distinguishing him from Melvyn Douglas. Even now, if you asked me to say without hesitating whether it was Powell or Douglas in My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936), or Douglas or Powell in Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939), I might stumble a bit. But he had undeniable chemistry with Loy, so much so that they got re-teamed in movies outside the Thin Man series like The Great Ziegfeld (Robert Z. Leonard, 1936), Libeled Lady (Jack Conway, 1936), and others. The Thin Man also has a little more zip and zest than some of the films made after the Production Code clamped down, though Nick and Nora, like other married couples, were forced into twin beds. They still drink to an unholy excess, of course.

Al Hirschfeld's stunning THE THIN MAN cast

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Bro We Are Teens

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the woman dies so the audience cries

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Nora as the Silver Shroud and Leona as Nuka Girl. Can you tell which one isn’t happy with her costume?

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A big thank you to @gaeadene for helping towards my moving fund!

It’s a piece I did of one of her OCs, Nora Pendleton!

Traditionally drawn lineart and then coloured in Paint Tool SAI.

Nora Pendleton belongs to @gaeadene Art is mine

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You may kiss the bride~! JonaEri week 2021 Day 2: Wedding ((Art of Jonathan and Erina sharing a deep kiss is so rare nowadays so I had to give a contribution. Also drawing kisses is hard)) @jonaeriweek2021​ Bonus with the groomsman and bridesmaid:

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My favourite OC power couple! 

My gift to @gaeadene <3 I love your fics so much xx

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reworked the vampire lore in mrawdrs (now they’re called vvampyres for very serious worldbuilding reasons!) and now nora & penn get to be less ghostly fucking pale

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i’m gay, ba ba dee ba ba di

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Yes 😁

every ot3 has these very important roles:

person a, who runs headlong into crazy bullshit

person b, who acts like they’re too sensible to run headlong into crazy bullshit, but is really just as bad as person a

person c, who actually tries to avoid running headlong into crazy bullshit, but keeps getting dragged into it by the other two anyway

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As the new year approaches I reflect on the last twelve months and gather my hopes for those to come. Unlike most people I also think about The Thin Man, specially about William Powell and Myrna Loy who play Nick and Nora Charles in the memorable six-movie series released between 1934 and 1947.

When I saw that Steve of Movie Movie Blog Blog was hosting The Happy New Year Blogathon I chose to focus on Nick and Nora Charles right off the bat for several reasons, not the least of which is that there are few other people I’d rather celebrate with to close out the year. I rewatched the first two movies in the series, W. S. Van Dyke‘s The Thin Man and After the Thin Man both of which are centered around the holidays, Christmas and New Years to be specific. As I watched these movies I’ve seen many times before I began to think about why Nick and Nora are so enjoyable. Why is it that everything they touch is so entertaining? In trying to answer that I came to the realization that what they have is what everybody should have, a Charles kind of life, the kind of life where quips rule the day and love abounds and friendships glow and no one judges. And so I’ve put together the 10 things we all need in order to celebrate New Year’s like Nick and Nora Charles.

  1. The Perfect Union

I begin with the obvious ingredient, the one without which the others would be for naught. This is common sense, but not easily obtained. What you need is a debonaire, detail-oriented husband who is as comfortable in intimate settings as he is in big crowds. This man is aces at feigning surprise, doesn’t mind that his wife gets her own Christmas presents, gets up to make her breakfast and can hold his liquor. AND HOW! The wife is just as important to this union, of course, She has to be beautiful and fashionable and must crinkle her nose on demand. Although Mrs. perfect union comes from high society she doesn’t mind – or rather, is excited by – the prospect of hosting suspected murderers for dinner and doesn’t mind getting her own Christmas gifts on behalf of her husband. As one of the coppers refers to her, Nora’s “a girl with hair on her chest.” Of course, Mr. and Mrs. perfect union must be perfect together, compliment each other and have the same goals in mind. For instance, Mr. and Mrs. Charles are each adept at physical comedy, they excel at fast-talking and self-deprecating humor and good-natured jabs, which are key to keeping things spicy in the marriage, and they both look great in fancy pajamas.

  2. A Murder

Under most circumstances murder is grim and painful, but if you want to have a Nick and Nora experience during your New Year’s celebrations then…sorry…someone has to die by suspicious means. There’s just no way to get around that.

As you know, Nick Charles is a former detective who left the business upon marrying Nora. Since her father’s death Nick spends his time balancing drinking, romancing and running her businesses with the latter taking up almost no time at all. In truth, former detective Nick spends a lot of time detecting, trying to figure out who murdering low lives are as dead bodies have a way of falling at his feet. Nick’s talent and stellar reputation for crime detection ensure the police and past associates turn to him for assistance. Due to that the Charles celebration is always centered on crime in some way and there never was another couple who makes the best of the macabre happening. Not only does Nick thrive on solving the puzzles, but Nora is excited by his talent. Needless to say then, a murder is necessary as the driving force behind any and all holiday celebrations. Oh, and it helps if newspapers report the incorrect suspect or details of the crime.

From THE THIN MAN (1934)

From AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)

  3. Colorful Friends

This one’s simple. If you have no friends called Face, Fingers or Willie the Weeper, find them. There’s no way you can enjoy the festivities without a motley group. In fact, if possible find the establishment where these characters go and spend New Year’s Eve there. You can use the Lychee Club featured in After the Thin Man as a guide. Or…the investigation will lead you to the perfect place. A warning, though – the husband has to be flexible and easy-going enough to ignore remarks about his wife by these character, and the wife has to ignore the comments overall, but it will no doubt be a fun way to bring in the New Year.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles at the Lychee Club surrounded by Nick’s friends, most of which are past jailbirds

The entertainer at the Lychee Club is involved in the mystery

Nick and Nora welcome the New Year at the Lychee Club

    4. A Rich, Snooty Family

We know Nora comes from money although she hasn’t a shred of snootiness. Still, her family is as snobbish and judgmental as they get, especially her Aunt Katherine (Jessie Ralph) who can’t even stand Nick. Still, I suggest you add at least a few of these old money types to your celebration. Not only do they provide an important contrast to Nick’s seedy friends, which is sure to add interesting goings on, but also because these rich people provide lots of opportunities for enjoyable fodder between the hosts themselves.

Nick gets gets a disapproving nod from Nora’s Aunt Katherine

  5. A Brilliant Pet

It doesn’t matter if the husband or the wife or both are at the top their game where quips and looks are concerned. The situation will always be improved by an intelligent, funny pet. The Charles are uniquely lucky in that their pet is wire-haired terrier scene-stealer Asta (played by Skippy). Asta is hilarious, has perfect timing and adds oodles to the Charles’ exchanges whether they’re at home relaxing or he accompanies Nick to an investigation. Asta completes the Charles trifecta and it’s doubtful whether another trio comes close to these three in style and grace. I admit, however, that this might be the most difficult of the ten ingredients to obtain, but you will not likely have the same kind of heightened continuous fun if you don’t have your own Asta-esque pet. Consider that this pet must be an integral part of the family, he/she must hide when you expect him/her to attack an intruder, he/she must eat a piece of a clue if the opportunity arises and has he/she to be judgmental like when Nick and/or Nora are not present, Asta supplies the double take.

The Charles family

Asta eats part of the clue and hides the other piece

Asta and Nick investigate crimes together

The Charles family with the munchies

  6. Comebacks at the Ready

I know most of us don’t have writers we can count on to ensure every single word we utter is witty and spot on, but you gotta try. I think that if you are paired with the perfect match this becomes easier. Having a similar sense of humor will help as will all of the other ingredients mentioned in this list. For instance, if you find a partner who is from a completely different world then, as mentioned, that in itself is food for fodder. Here are a few examples of what you should aim for:

Nick Charles: Come on, let’s get something to eat. I’m thirsty.

  Reporter: Say listen, is he working on a case?

Nora Charles: Yes, a case of scotch. Pitch in and help him.

  Nick Charles: I’m a hero. I was shot twice in the Tribune.

Nora Charles: I read where you were shot 5 times in the tabloids.

Nick Charles: It’s not true. He didn’t come anywhere near my tabloids.

  Nora Charles: Waiter, will you serve the nuts? I mean, will you serve the guests the nuts?

  7. Shadows

Since the mood we’re aiming for is comedy with mystery overtones, you’ve got to set up your lighting so that there’s plenty of shadow to enhance the drama. Mr. Charles is often encased in shadow himself thanks to his detecting interests, but you can set up the “whodunnit” mood and ensure the colorful characters previously mentioned feel at home. For instance, shadows in stripes on a wall to mock a jail cell might do the trick. Or, you can give flashlights as party favors and not turn on lights at all. You can use The Thin Man as your guide, but know that the bar is set quite high by a master of noir lighting, James Wong Howe.

  8. Dim Policemen

Part of the fun in The Thin Man is supplied by the great Nat Pendleton who plays Lt. John Guild who’s  in charge of the murder investigation. As Guild, Pendleton is not the brightest bulb in the deck – or however that goes. Guild brings Nick into the investigation semi-officially, which highlights just how talented Mr. Charles actually is. Lt. Guild is usually days behind the now retired investigator and he even goes by the papers for facts about his own case. In the final dinner scene where all of the suspects are invited, Lt. Guild is as in the dark as the rest of the guests, which is fun in itself. All you need to do in this case is make sure than one or two of the dumber people you know surround you during these celebratory times. Dumb people tend to be happy and the fact that they automatically give the host a sense of superiority can’t hurt.

Suspect Nunheim (Harold Huber) is interrogated by Nick instead of Lt. Guild

  9. A Gathering

There’s hardly a reason for any of these ingredients to come together unless there’s a final gathering to look forward to. Mr. and Mrs. Charles always bring together the motley crew for a get-together during which Nick shows off his superiority with flare. Nora assists with perfectly timed comments and fashionable, if snooty looks of her own to add to the festivities. The surrounding must be of the highest order with just a touch of street-level guise coupled with the air of mystery.

  10. A Train

Nick and Nora take trains between destinations (and after both the Christmas and New Years celebrations) and I think everyone else should too. I get that the Thin Man stories were produced many decades ago when travel on trains was necessary and in vogue, but man, after a good old-fashioned party where your colorful friends are drunk and mingling with your snooty relatives I can think of no better way to unwind. Not to mention that the likelihood that the close quarters will make Mr. and Mrs. perfect union even more perfect is high. Then there are the close quarters, which will no doubt help in the laughs department with your intelligent pet in tow. If you’ve paid attention and have secured every single ingredient mentioned here then Mr. and Mrs. perfect union will remain fashionable, blissful, will be able to laugh about her snooty family and his colorful friends, and there will no doubt be some mystery just around the corner.

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Be sure to visit Movie Movie Blog Blog and The Happy New Year Blogathon. Then go off and enjoy life like the Charles. Here’s hoping you and yours have a happy and healthy 2018.

How to Celebrate New Year’s Like Nick and Nora Charles As the new year approaches I reflect on the last twelve months and gather my hopes for those to come.

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Watching 1939: Another Thin Man (1939)

Watching 1939: Another Thin Man (1939)

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult. 

1939 film:  Another Thin Man (1939)

Release date:  Nov. 17, 1939

Cast:  William…

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*Griffon mcelroy voice* hey come fuck this

-Before the sudden disappearance of renown General Pendleton, Colonel Preston Garvey was given standing orders to “Take care of the people” and keep the Minutemen from falling apart amid mass controversy within the militia and the settlements they protected.

-After the vague disappearance of the General, Preston temporarily took on the de facto position of undisclosed leadership while maintaining the image that the general was either “preoccupied” or “temporarily indisposed” so as to not raise further conflict and panic.

-Hired help discreetly began a mass search for Nora Pendleton, often turning up empty handed or not turning up at all.

-When the famine began, settlers turned to assistance from the minutemen to help safely distribute dwindling supplies and protect against continuously growing aggravated attacks from raiders and travelers. 

-Although not lacking for numbers, the quickly limiting food forced settlers to put pressure on the minutemen and nearby settlements for help that they could not supply, the lack of appearance from General Pendleton became more and more apparent.

-An anonymous minutemen stationed at the castle broadcasted that the General had been missing for some time, afterwards he deflected to the growing Brotherhood of Steel.

-The revelation, coupled with the onset of mass starvation lead to many settlements and individual settlers to join the brotherhood. The choice between freedom and food was not easily considered. Only a handful of settlements refused to join.

-Preston could not forfeit his morals and the good people of the commonwealth to a growing fascist state, and tried to rally the people against them, going so far as to beg Elder Maxson personally for settlements to be independent.

-In the end, the minutemen was reduced once again to only a small number of individuals, desperately trying to defend themselves and their own.

-Cannibalism was strictly forbidden, yet many settlements were forced to consume their deceased or die themselves. Preston originally cast these settlers out, refusing to allow anyone to sink to such depravity. Yet even he couldn’t deny that desperation lead people to do anything they could to survive, and the decision to treat cannibalism with desertion was more of a preventive measure for himself. 

-After the Brotherhood lost their contact with the Citadel, many people deflected. Some returned to aid the minutemen, but a lot refused to rejoin.

-Once the Prydwen was destroyed, the minutemen managed to regain around half of their numbers back, but they still could not ration food they didn’t have. 

-After receiving and surprisingly surviving massive cranial trauma as a result of a raider attack, Preston saw one the minutemen sneak a chunk of human flesh off  to consume it. Rather than punish them, Preston allowed the minutemen to eat what they could. 

-Seeing no other option, Preston brought the remaining flesh to the nearest settlement without telling them what it was. 

-Thus began the beginning of the human hunting among the minutemen. Many settlements either didn’t know or didn’t care where the mysterious meat was coming from, so long as the minutemen kept supplying it. 

-In the present time, Preston acts as the head huntsman in the “minutemen”, now a roaming pack of hunters that prey on anyone not belonging to any of the settlements in the territory they patrol in the northwestern part of the commonwealth. 

-Preston nowadays is a hollow shell of his former self. He rarely talks, not from lack of ability though. He continually shuffles through hunting zones and long abandoned settlements without complaint, and during “off times” he merely sits alone or wanders off alone somewhere.  

-His dilated eye and permeant fixed “grin” are the result of his head injury. His face is partially paralyzed. 

-His lucidity is questionable. While outward appearances and behavior would lead most to believe he no longer possess certain levels of awareness, he occasionally exhibits distressed and conflicted behavior with his actions, showing hesitation and mercy when faced with potential “food.”

-He becomes violently angry and confused when settlements refuse food. It rarely happens, but his devotion to keeping his people fed is justification enough for him to act accordingly. He threatens those who will not eat to be eaten themselves.

-Like many wastelanders nowadays, he sufferers from kuru, which causes random seizures and bouts of shaking.