#pie xii

[jloisse]

"Le Saint-Siege n'a jamais approuvé le projet de faire de la Palestine un foyer juif."

Cardinal Luigi Maglione , secrétaire du pape Pie XII - le 3 mars 1943

[piusppxii]

Papa Pio XII, Fatima e il “suicidio della fede”

Papa Pio XII, Fatima e il “suicidio della fede”

Il venerabile Pio XII fece un’impressionante profezia che in parte vediamo oggi realizzata ma che, nel suo contenuto più preoccupante, si apre ad un futuro che sembra non lontano da noi. Vediamo di cosa si tratta. (more…)

[dctrreids]

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[bookhousestark]

ARYA STARK APPRECIATION WEEK 2024 ↳ Day 3: Overlooked traits

Natural leader

They rode north, away from the lake, following a rutted farm road across the torn fields and into the woods and streams. Arya took the lead, kicking her stolen horse to a brisk heedless trot until the trees closed in around her. Hot Pie and Gendry followed as best they could. Wolves howled off in the distance, and she could hear Hot Pie's heavy breathing. No one spoke. From time to time Arya glanced over her shoulder, to make sure the two boys had not fallen too far behind, and to see if they were being pursued.

A Storm of Swords, Arya I

Fond of nature

"When we were crossing the Neck, I counted thirty-six flowers I never saw before, and Mycah showed me a lizard-lion."

A Game of Thrones, Sansa I

Merciful

“[…] Do you want the water?" "Aye." The man swallowed. "And the mercy. Please."

When she came back, the archer turned his face up and she poured the water into his mouth. He gulped it down as fast as she could pour, and what he couldn't gulp ran down his cheeks into the brown blood that crusted his whiskers, until pale pink tears dangled from his beard.

A Storm of Swords, Arya XII

Feminist

"The Lannisters are proud," Jon observed. "You'd think the royal sigil would be sufficient, but no. He makes his mother's House equal in honor to the king's." "The woman is important too!" Arya protested.

A Game of Thrones, Arya I

Empathetic

She thought of Mycah again and her eyes filled with tears. Her fault, her fault, her fault. If she had never asked him to play at swords with her …

A Game of Thrones, Arya II

Left-handed

Arya took her right hand off the grip and wiped her sweaty palm on her pants. She held the sword in her left hand. He seemed to approve. "The left is good. All is reversed, it will make your enemies more awkward.”

A Game of Thrones, Arya II

Learned

It hurt that the one thing Arya could do better than her sister was ride a horse. Well, that and manage a household.

A Game of Thrones, Arya I

Observant

"Learn three new things before you come back to us," the kindly man had commanded Cat, when he sent her forth into the city. She always did. Sometimes it was no more than three new words of the Braavosi tongue. Sometimes she brought back sailor's tales, of strange and wondrous happenings from the wide wet world beyond the isles of Braavos, wars and rains of toads and dragons hatching. Sometimes she learned three new japes or three new riddles, or tricks of this trade or the other. And every so often, she would learn some secret.

A Feast For Crows, Cat of The Canals

[guroseinsei]

all the stottlemeyer/monk fics i've written:

*more under the cut.

i. an old watch with no parts to fix it (2,4k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Whump, Angst, Pre-Slash, Realization of Feelings.

Summary: No one likes to start their day off on a odd number.

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ii. no miracle can bring the 'stache back (563)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Established Relationship, Slash, Kissing, Teasing, post-s07e09.

Summary: Turns out, Monk doesn't want the Captain's 'stache gone as much as he'd initially thought.

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iii. just a little wordplay (1,7k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Established Relationship, Slash, Caught in the Act, Innuendo, post-s07e10.

Summary: A twist to Mr. Monk and the Other Brother.

“And bring your handcuffs.”

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iv. a friendly word of advice (2,6k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: protective leland stottlemeyer, semi-estbalished relationship, post-s08e14, hurt/comfort.

Summary: Captain Stottlemeyer hears of a little rumor, one he doesn't like one bit.

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v. hydrogen (6,4k)

Rating: Mature

Tags: Telepathy, Angst, Pre-Slash, Hurt/Comfort, Realization of Feelings, Panic Attack.

Summary: In which Monk is a telepath and gets more than he bargained for.

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vi. Room 103 (1,3k)

Rating: Teen

Tags: Mistaken for Being In A Relationship, Pre-Slash.

Summary: A suite upgrade then, for your partner and yourself?"

Partner? Leland thinks.

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vii. an itch to scratch (3,6k)

Rating: Explicit

Tags: A/B/O dynamics, Porn with (little) Plot, Overstimulation, Praise Kink, Strength Kink.

Summary: Leland's always been a giver.

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viii. the day erased (1,5k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Light Angst, Pining, Pre-Slash, Comfort.

Summary: It's a late work day and Monk decides to keep the Captain company.

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ix. a knee jerk reaction (2,2k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Jealous Leland Stottlemeyer, Post-Season 8, No Spoilers for Season 8, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Mutual Pining, Resolved Romantic Tension.

Summary: Leland doesn't overreact. He really doesn't.

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x. 20:20 vision (3,4k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Shooting Range, Pre-Canon, Pre-Slash, Pining Leland Stottlemeyer.

Summary: They all watch, mesmerized, as all of Monk's shots hit every single moving target with perfectly centered 10's.

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xi. hello, detective. (1,9k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Pining, Living Together, Pre-Slash, Flirting, Jealous Leland Stottlemeyer, Oblvious Adrian Monk.

Summary: If you don't make the move, someone else always will.

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xii. quite the endorphin (2,4k)

Rating: Mature

Tags: Touch-Starved Leland Stottlemeyer, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Pining, Pre-Slash, Post-Divorce.

Summary: Letting off some steam is the perfect way to get a little less wound up after a not so great day.

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xiii. happy shedding season (2,7k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Catboy AU, Inspired by Fanart, Fluff, Humor, Fur Brushing, Cat Ears, Established Relationship, Obsessive Cleaning, Cat Tails.

Summary: Monk's having a tough time keeping everything pristine clean.

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xiv. how to make a chicken pot pie (1,4k)

Rating: Teen

Tags: Established Relationship, Cooking, Domestic Bliss, Living Together, Kissing.

Summary: It's chicken pot pie Tuesday. Leland gets a little distracted.

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xv. wake-up call (2,8k)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Crush at First Sight, Pre-Slash, Neighbors AU.

Summary: Who in their right mind vacuums everyday at four in the damn morning? No one, that's who.

Leland's new neighbour seems to be an exception to that.

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xvi. right angles (2,5k)

Rating: Teen

Tags: Outsider POV, Married Leland Stottlemeyer/Adrian Monk, Established Relationship, Slash.

Summary: Harry doesn't mind Mr. Monk. He's a model neighbour - he minds his business, keeps to himself and occasionally lends a helping hand. But he wishes the guy would stop arranging the lawn chairs.

Or, at least, that's what his fiancée wants. Which means he does too.

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xvii. fingertips reaching (2,7k)

Rating: Explicit

Tags: Praise Kink, Touch-Starved Leland Stottlemeyer, PWP, Service Top Leland Stottlemeyer, Overstimulation.

Summary: Adrian's reactions are what really gets Leland going.

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xviii. bitter taste (1,2k)

Rating: T

Tags: Angst, Jealousy, Possibly Unrequited Love, Pre-Slash.

Summary: Coddle envy for too long and it will begin to curdle.

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ix. in september (277w)

Rating: Gen

Tags: Domestic, Living Together, Double Drabble, Mr. Monk Is Drunk Again.

Summary: “Let's get you home.” Leland says.

“Oh, mine or yours?”

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xx. the grass may be greener (2,7k)

Rating: T

Tags: Episode Studies, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Slash.

Summary: “How're you... How're you feeling?” Adrian asks.

The pit in Leland's stomach has yet to stop gnawing hungrily inside of him, threatening escape.

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Rating: G

xxi. frozen peas (2,1k)

Tags: Protective Leland Stottlemeyer, Minor Injuries, Pre-Slash

Summary: “What the fuck happened?”

Natalie winces at the same time Adrian's cheek gives a particularly angry throb. It must look ghastly if Leland's reaction from a scale of one to ten is already ranging around nine.

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xxii. whiskey neat (1,4k)

Rating: T

Tags: Heartbreak, Self-Reflection, Drunken Confessions, Pre-Slash.

Summary: Leland drinks a glass of beer too many.

Or, T.K never said yes.

[reputationbarbie]

❝sweetest pie❞

posting on weekends, other joel fics

─⋆♡ summary: Gordon Ramsey has nothing on Joel Miller. The owner and head chef of a Michelin Star-worthy restaurant couldn't have predicted anyone would give him a bad review. But, the baker who hates his food saw a perfect opportunity to bring him down a notch.

─⋆♡ main tropes: Pre-outbreak!Joel Miller x Fem!Reader, Chef!Joel x Baker! Original Character, Chef x Baker, Grumpy x Sunshine, Joel x Black FMC

─⋆♡ series warnings: smut, fluff, angst, 18+ black!writer, language, mentions of death of parents, fighting, alcohol, physical descriptors (brief), rip sarah, characters affected by symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Faceclaims ෆ Spotify Playlist.

Tracklist:

prelude I II III IV V VI

VII - coming soon VIII IX X XI XII XIII

Singles:

The first date - between III and IV

some of my characters are clearly affected by symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. because i want y'all to be healthy and take care of yourselves while reading, here are some resources

take care of yourselves, plz. xoxo, barbie ⋆˙ᵕ˙

[mrsbsmooth]

This post will be updated as new scripts come out. Under the cut so it updates when I edit it :)

Volume I - 24/05

Episode 1 - Meet the islanders, Amelia arrives

Episode 2 (part 1) - Chat with Amelia, talk to Jamal/Lewie/Ozzy

Episode 2 (part 2) - Talk to Ryan, 'Kiss the islander who'

Episode 3 - Dates with the boys

Volume II - 31/05

Episode 4 (part 1) - Recoupling, chats around the villa

Episode 4 (part 2) - Chat on Terrace with Bella

Episode 5 (part 1) - Truth or Dare, Lewie & Ryan

Episode 5 (part 2) - Truth or Dare, Ozzy & Jamal, chat with Amelia, Lewie's poem lol

Episode 6 (part 1) - Date with Roberto

Episode 6 (part 2) - Return to the villa, dessert scene

Volume III - 07/06

Episode 7 (part 1) - Ivy tries to kiss LI, breakfast with Original

Episode 7 (part 2) - chats with the girls

Episode 8 - Chat w/ Ozzy, how well do you know your partner game

Episode 9 - Ivy gets kicked out lol lol lol bye

Volume IV - 14/06

Episode 10 (part 1) - Chats/Fallout from mistaken identity - up to Main LI (the one who was in bed with Amelia)

Episode 10 (part 2) - Chat with Love Rival (the one who discovered main LI in bed with Amelia), chat with Ozzy

Episode 11 (part 1) - Rodeo challenge (excl. Bella's turn)

Episode 11 (part 2) - Rodeo Challenge (Bella's turn), chat with Grace, fallout from challenge

Episode 12 (part 1) - Ryan/Jamal departure, recoupling ceremony

Episode 12 (part 2) - Prep for hideaway, hideaway scene *cringe*

Volume V - 21/06

Episode 13 (part 1) - Elliot and Chloe arrive

Episode 13 (part 2) - Treasure hunt, date announcement

Episode 14 (part 1) - Date with Elliot

Episode 14 (part 2) - Flirting with Chloe

Episode 15 - Fallout from the date, recoupling ceremony

Volume VI - 28/06

Episode 16 (Part 1) - Daybeds / Doing bits

Episode 16 (Part 2) - Next morning, doghouse challenge

Episode 17 - Ozzy confession, grand gestures

Episode 18 - Compatibility dumping, casa twist

Volume VII - 05/07

Episode 19 (Part 1) - Casa Day 1 up until the bed choice

Episode 19 (Part 2) - Bed choice Day 1, Breakfast date

Episode 20 (Part 1) - Guilty secrets challenge

Episode 20 (Part 2) - Chats around the villa

Episode 21 (Part 1) - Casa day 2, girls arrive, sexy charades

Episode 21 (Part 2) - Sexy charades (from our turn)

Volume VIII - 12/07

Episode 22 (Part 1) - Raunchy Races, date announcement

Episode 22 (Part 2) - Beach Date and Chatting

Episode 23 - Chats around the villa, Amelia's loser party

Episode 24 (Part 1) - Never have I Ever, Hideaway announcement

Episode 24 (Part 2) - Hideaway

Volume IX - 19/07

Episode 25 (Part 1) - Postcard

Episode 25 (Part 2) - Kissing Challenge

Episode 26 - Hamish's excuse, double dates

Episode 27 (Part 1) - Final chats (Andy)

Episode 27 (Part 2) - Final Chats (others), Stick or twist

Volume X - 26/07

Episode 28 (Part 1) - Elliot/Former LI Chats

Episode 28 (Part 2) - Ozzy and Marshall's fight

Episode 29 (Part 1) - Flo chat, investigating the villa

Episode 29 (Part 2) - Finding out what Ozzy one of the boys did

Episode 30 (Part 1) - Ozzy, Grace, LJR/R, and Chloe/Bella's Movies

Episode 30 (Part 2) - Flo, Andy/Francis, Ozzy Pt.2, Marshall, Amelia's movies.

Volume XI - 02/08

Episode 31 (Part 1) - Toby arrives, speed dating

Episode 31 (Part 2) - Marshall confession, chat with LI

Episode 32 (Part 1) - Snog Marry Pie, everyone's turn except Ozzy & extra pie scene

Episode 32 (Part 2) - S/M/P Ozzy's turn & extra pie scenes. [I am NOT formatting those. Jesus what a mess]

Episode 32 (Part 3) - Shower bits, twin chat #6784968

Episode 33 (Part 1) - Chats around the villa with everyone except Amelia's former LI

Episode 33 (Part 2) - Chat with Amelia's former LI, Toby, your LI, and the voting

Episode 33 (Part 3) - Results and Amelia's former LI's tantrum

Volume XII - 09/08

Episode 34 (Part 1) - Heart rate challenge up to halway through MCs turn (Focus on Toby)

Episode 34 (Part 2) - Heartrrate challenge from halfway through MC's turn (focus on toby), Girls' results

Episode 35 (Part 1) - MC's heart rate, boys' heart rate, chat with marshall

Episode 35 (Part 2) - Rest of Marshall chat, most of Former LI / OG

Episode 35 (Part 3) - Rest of chats around the villa. sorry these are jumpy they're messy this week

Episode 36 (Part 1) - Final recoupling

Episode 36 (Part 2) - Pool sex lol

Volume XIII - 16/08

Episode 37 (Part 1) - Baby Challenge up until just after you sneak off to the bedroom

Episode 37 (Part 2) - Baby challenge (chat with Amelia, girls day announcement)

Episode 38 (Part 1) - Girls day up until Amelia's fantasy

Episode 38 (Part 2) - Amelia/MC's fantasy, cute LI backstory, Baby challenge winner

Episode 39 (Part 1) - Double date dinner. Sigh.

Episode 39 (Part 2) - Mostly just terrace sex.

Volume XIV - 23/08

Episode 40 (Part 1) - Final Date

Episode 40 (Part 2) - Catchup & pranks with the girls

Episode 41 (Part 1) - Final chat with LI(+smut)

Episode 41 (Part 2) - Declarations of love up until LI

Episode 42 (Part 1) - Leadup / cutesy bits.

Episode 42 (Part 2) - Winner announcement, intro of Hamish, video up until Casa

Episode 42 (Part 3) - Rest of video, Hamish's proposal, Love or Money

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

​“The swan was too rich for his taste.”

Re @jaydeewis's gorgeous artwork illustrating a meal from Tyrion XII, ACOK, @daenerysoftarth wanted to know why the roast swan appeared to be unplucked.

And that's actually one of the more interesting details found in some medieval feasts! The nobles were showing off their wealth by the way they served their food-- and one of those ways was to display meats and poultry as the animals appeared in life. You see this in the classic "whole roast pig with an apple in its mouth", but it was also frequently done with fancy fowl like peacock and swan. (Birds no peasant could ever eat-- hunting swans, for example, was poaching, a criminal activity, as even wild ones belonged to the crown.)

And so GRRM has this in ASOIAF, often referring to "peacocks served in their plumage" and similar. But how was this done? Well, it was really almost taxidermy. After the bird was slaughtered, the skin was carefully removed with the feathers intact, the flesh would be roasted, and then they would put the skin back on. (Sometimes with a prop to keep the neck straight, or for the peacock tail.) Yes, putting uncooked skin on cooked meat is terrible re food safety, and, well, this is why you hear about medieval people dying from indigestion. (But what health problems didn't they have.) Still, they were so careful with the process that the display method was called "a subtlety".

Although sometimes they had a little more care re food safety, and would make the peacock or swan meat into a pie, and attach the neck/wings/tail to the pie crust. There's actually a fascinating pair of paintings from the 1600s, after the turkey was introduced to Europe (as part of the Columbian exchange, and the topic of how a New World bird ended up being called "turkey" or "india chicken" in many languages is also fascinating but not the point right now), that shows two different but almost identically presented feast tables, one with a peacock pie and the other with a turkey pie, both "served in plumage":

(both paintings by Pieter Claesz, 1627)

If you're interested in the subject, here's a few sources:

The Inn at the Crossroads, my favorite blog for ASOIAF food (and note if you like swans but don't want to eat a real bird, their cream swans are a delight. Also their recipe book is *chef's kiss*, literally.)

Foods of England

Historic Cookery

Coquinaria

Folger Shakespeare Library

And for more food, my asoiaf food tag has various artworks and metas and recipes. Enjoy!

[unluckytoleavetown]

She could stay with Hot Pie, or maybe Lord Beric would find her there.  Anguy would teach her to use a bow, and she could ride with Gendry and  be an outlaw, like Wenda the White Fawn in the songs. (Arya XII, ASOS)

Frey's chief contributions to the fight had consisted of contracting the  pox from a camp follower and getting himself captured by the White Fawn. The outlaw queen burned her sigil into his arse before ransoming him back to Sumner Crakehall. (Jaime IV, AFFC)

Interesting choice to call her an “outlaw queen”...

[longbobmckenzie]

Season 6 Volume XII Thoughts

Once again, Jamal getting salty was dumb. Stop it. It's OOC, he's not Hamish.

Who on earth wants to do a heartrate challenge FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?!?! This is one of the biggest problems with the season - they've packed so many challenges into it and so much random drama with Amelia/the LIs/Grace and Ozzy that they don't have any chill morning scenes. The morning episodes should be the ones where we get to know the other characters and have group chats, the afternoon should be challenges (other than heart rate), evenings should be recouplings and more group chats and sexy games. and going to bed with our LIs!!

How have I had more bedroom scenes with ELLIOT who I've never said BOO to than with Roberto?!

I couldn't let Elliot dance on me, sorry. I just am sick of having to turn him down

Okay, the heart rate challenge. THE WRITING WAS SO GOOD?!!! Like, this was the first few episodes all over again but make them spicy!! The characters had personality, bounced off each other, and the dances were so well written! AI doesn't do explicit stuff so they were forced to use a human writer and whaddaya know, you get one of the best episodes of the season

I will say though that I'm disappointed I couldn't dance on all the guys. The first dance was amazing, but almost everyone else danced on multiple people? And we had to use a gem scene? Which I used to dance on the same person again anyway and it wasn't even as good?

Also the dancing was spicier than the underwhelming sex scene after the recoupling, which cost 29 gems, was a little confusing, and was over in a couple lines. Make it make sense

Amelia and Toby are so fucking cringe and I cannot. Girl you just met him. You're Grace on day 1 all over again. He's not even that great

The pool scene with our LI after the challenge was very cute. Roberto talked about missing his family when he's away so much and how he wants to start one of his own 🥺

Also, the mental image of him mowing the lawn shirtless??? YES PLEASE!!

I think Roberto brought up the hot tub date on at least 3 separate occasions in this volume

It's disappointing (once again) that after almost a whole season, every chat with my LI is about the same stuff over and over again. The hot tub date. The Snog, Marry, Pie challenge. The heartrate challenge. C'mon, Fusebox. You can't really think we want this? I know you love your AI because it saves you money, but we shouldn't be able to tell. We want to learn new things about our LIs, get to actually know them, and instead every gem scene is almost a carbon copy of the last one

Happy for Ozzy girlies who finally get to couple with your man. And ripping Grace a new one was great too. I can't believe she picked him AGAIN though if MC doesn't?!?! Girl...

Roberto with a baby next week? Roberto with a baby next week. EEK!

[joseandrestabarnia]

Ivan Maksimov (mencionado en 1666, fallecido en 1688) ANUNCIACIÓN 1670 Tamaño - 87 x 71 Material - madera, yeso Técnica - temple al huevo Número de inventario - Inv.14482 Recibido del Museo Histórico del Estado. 1930

El icono representa uno de los acontecimientos importantes de la historia del Evangelio: la Anunciación. El Arcángel Gabriel anuncia a la Virgen María el nacimiento del Niño de Dios. La iconografía básica se remonta a un icono de principios del siglo XII del Monasterio Yuryev en Novgorod. Los rasgos característicos de esta versión incluyen la pose casi estática del Arcángel Gabriel bendiciendo con su mano derecha; Nuestra Señora de pie con un huso rojo e hilo en sus manos. Dado que el antiguo icono de Nóvgorod ya se encontraba en el Kremlin en el siglo XVI, una versión similar se utilizó repetidamente en los iconos pintados por los pintores de iconos reales.

El autor del icono, Ivan Maksimov, fue el alumno más cercano del mayor pintor de iconos ruso del siglo XVII, Simon Ushakov.

A pesar de la base tradicional de la imagen de la Anunciación, Maksimov enriquece la iconografía con numerosos préstamos de muestras de Europa occidental y, en particular, de grabados ampliamente utilizados en Rusia. Así, el Arcángel Gabriel, en lugar del tradicional bastón, sostiene en su mano izquierda un exuberante ramo de flores, entre las que destacan los tulipanes holandeses. Las flores han sido un motivo favorito en la iconografía navideña occidental y aparecen con frecuencia en grabados occidentales. De las muestras "importadas" también se tomaron prestados elementos arquitectónicos del complejo interior de las cámaras y un jarrón con un ramo de flores.

El icono de la Anunciación es la obra más antigua conocida de Ivan Maximov y se distingue por un alto nivel de artesanía. El icono de Maksimov, al igual que otras obras de primera clase de los maestros de la Armería, se caracteriza por soluciones estilísticas originales, una combinación de esquemas iconográficos tradicionales y numerosos préstamos de grabados de Europa occidental.

Información e imagen de la web de la Galería Tretyakov.

[olympic-paris]

Le 15 août est dédié à l'Assomption de la Vierge Marie, une croyance selon laquelle la mère de Jésus a été « assumée » au ciel, c'est-à-dire élevée corps et âme auprès de Dieu.

Cette fête trouve ses racines dans la tradition chrétienne, bien qu’elle ne soit devenue un dogme officiel de l’Église catholique qu’en 1950, sous le pontificat du pape Pie XII.

En France, l’Assomption est célébrée depuis le Moyen Âge. Cependant, ce n’est qu’en 1638 que le roi Louis XIII a consacré le royaume de France à la Vierge Marie et a instauré le 15 août comme jour de fête nationale. Cette date symbolisait la protection divine sur le royaume. Plus tard, en 1802, Napoléon Bonaparte a officiellement fait du 15 août un jour férié dans toute la France, renforçant ainsi son importance dans la tradition nationale.

[piusppxii]

Pio XII, il nazismo e gli ebrei: calunnie e verità

A 65 anni dalla scomparsa di Pio XII e dopo molti seri studi scientifici sull’enorme soccorso svolto da papa Pacelli a favore del popolo ebraico durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, c’è ancora una campagna mediatica che cavalca la leggenda nera del suo “silenzio” sui lager nazisti. Continue reading Untitled

[claudehenrion]

Anatole France, ou ''De la bêtise des hommes''...

En cette année 2024, on aurait dû fêter le centenaire de la disparition d'Anatole France, de son vrai nom Jacques Anatole François Thibault. Mais ce centenaire ne sera pas célébré par la République si injuste envers les meilleurs de ses enfants, et envers le talent (et l’œuvre) de cet immense écrivain, adulé en son temps, puis ''dézingué'' par la Gauche –dont se recommandait cet ami de Zola-- au point d'être qualifié de ''l'écrivain le plus insulté de France'' par Marianne (référence relative !)..

Nous, insensibles aux modes, au ''politiquement correct'' (qui l'est surtout scatologiquement !) et rebelles à toute pensée qui n'en est pas une, nous allons, à notre habitude, nous pencher sur les vraies valeurs et les vraies beautés. Mais comme je pense que vous avez très peu fréquenté ce grand homme (comme moi jusqu'à très récemment, quand j'ai eu la chance de ''tomber sur'' l'Ile aux Pingouins), je vous propose un moment avec cet immense talent honteusement conspué –il fut tout de même un des rares Prix Nobel de littérature français, rejoignant Bergson, Romain Rolland, Gide et Mauriac-- pour parler de lui. Puis nous plongerons dans la fange de la littérature de Gauche qui, fidèle à ses mauvaises habitudes, ne lâche jamais un ''ennemi de classe'', même longtemps après sa mort – voyez leur haine toujours renouvelée pour Napoléon ou SS Pie XII !

Pour cet homme qui se situait plutôt à Gauche –mais à cette époque, ce positionnement ne signifiait pas, beaucoup s'en faut, les remugles qu'une vision soit rouge soit rose de notre temps en décadence avancée-- publier une "Histoire contemporaine" où il décrit de manière très fine les problèmes de son temps tels qu'il les perçoit en animant le Salon de Mme de Caillavet, son égérie (dont nous reparlerons plus loin), puis "L'île des pingouins" (1908), qui est une vive critique des professionnels de la politique, est une prise de risque qui, en 2024, interdirait les médias officiels à celui qui oserait écrire : ''Tous les partis qui se trouvent exclus du gouvernement réclament la liberté parce qu'elle fortifie l'opposition et affaiblit le pouvoir. Pour cette même raison, le parti qui gouverne diminue la liberté autant qu'il peut et fait, au nom du peuple souverain, les lois les plus tyranniques. Car il n'y a point de charte ni de loi qui garantisse la liberté contre les entreprises de la souveraineté qui se dit nationale (NDLR : au point de refuser tout référendum !). Le despotisme démocratique n'a point de bornes, en théorie'' .

Son œuvre littéraire est classique et beaucoup moins progressiste que ses engagements politiques et humanistes. C'est peut-être ce qui a gêné les cuistres et les aigris des années 1920. Mais son sens de la formule est tellement aigu que c'est son scepticisme et son ironie qui rendent ses livres si intéressants pour nous... et si insupportables pour qui ne tolère aucune remise en cause de sa suprématie intellectuelle (surtout si elle ne correspond à rien de vrai !). Parmi les tout premiers, il ose décrire un monde que le fanatisme rend cruel. Par exemple : "On croit mourir pour la Patrie et on meurt pour des industriels". Ou ''Il est dans la nature humaine de penser sagement et d'agir de façon absurde''. En 2024, on a oublié le premier terme !

Il est élu à l'Académie Française en 1896 et reçoit le Prix Nobel de littérature en 1921, mais c'est en 1908 qu'il écrit ''L'île aux Pigouins'', roman historico-satyrique. Le ''script'' est étrange : par une succession de hasard trop longs à raconter, toute une.population de pingouins se retrouve transformée en hommes, d'où notre présence sur Terre : Adam et Eve étaient des pingouins, à l'origine ! Et Anatole France peut alors librement ré-écrire une histoire : la nôtre, qui serait la leur... Tout y passe : les origines, les temps anciens, le Moyen Âge, la Renaissance, les temps modernes et même l'histoire future. Reflet de l’histoire de la France, l’histoire des Pingouins n’est qu’une suite de misères, de crimes et de folies et ''ce qui est vrai pour eux l'est pour toutes les nations''... 

L’Histoire future décrit le monde contemporain et sa fuite en avant, comme un monde ''où le goût du beau s’est perdu '', où règne ''une laideur immense et régulière'' et où ''la condition humaine hésite entre constructions démesurées, destructions et régressions''.  Anatole France écrit en 1908 : ''On ne trouvait jamais les maisons assez hautes... Quinze millions d’hommes travaillaient dans la ville géante''... Et il décrit un cycle infernal qui rend improbable l’idée d’une société future meilleure, ce qui est insupportable à toute la peuplade des faux intellectuels qui ne vivent et ne s'engraissent que grâce à leur adoration pour le dieu Progrès...

Écrivain libre mais citoyen se disant engagé à gauche, Anatole France ne se prive pas d'étriller, dans l'air du temps, les partis cléricaux de l'époque, et de déconstruire les légendes dorées de la dévotion catholique traditionnelle, à un moment où la séparation de l'Eglise et de l'Etat voulue par l'anticlérical-issime Emile Combes va déchirer pour longtemps la Nation française en deux camps jusqu'ici irréconciliables (cf. les mesures vexatoires ou liberticides que pond la Gauche, chaque jour, pour nuire à toute authentique Liberté, notamment en matière d'enseignement !).

Attaqué à sa mort par les plus grandes plumes du pays, le prix Nobel de littérature 1921 cristallisera autour de son œuvre toutes les rancœurs des soi-disant modernes (Rappel : ''l'écrivain le plus insulté de France''). Ce n'est pas par hasard que nos lycéens ne savent rien de ou sur lui : cette lacune ne s'explique pas seulement par leur ignorance abyssale, mais parce qu'ils sont l'ultime maillon d'une longue chaîne d'oubli, le dernier relais de la haine. Aucun écrivain français des temps modernes n'a été l'objet d'une exécration aussi profonde et aussi unanime qu'Anatole France qui, lui-même, ''détestait haïr''. Mais c'est justement cette douceur, cette indulgence, cette tendresse même qui devinrent l'emblème d'une tiédeur dont le progressisme n'a pas voulu. Pour vomir les tièdes, la Gauche a toujours eu besoin de boucs émissaires.

J'émets l'idée que le progressisme a vu ou deviné en lui son antithèse. Or, pour se faire résolument moderne, tout ce qui est ancien doit être rejeté et haï. Cette haine est née le jour-même de sa mort. Jusque là adulé partout et par tous (Zola, Maurras, Blum et Jaurès l'ont aimé et encensé), il fit ensuite l'unanimité contre lui. Indignité ultime pour ses détracteurs, le jour même de sa mort, la soi-disant ''intelligentzia'' du jour, ''les surréamlistes'', des Breton, Aragon, Eluard, Drieu, Delteil.... ont diffusé un tract contre celui qu'ils abhorraient. Son titre ? "Un cadavre". Son parti pris ? Le scandale et l'excès : "C'est un peu de la servilité humaine qui s'en va", "Avez-vous déjà giflé un mort ?", "Refus d'inhumer"... ''le limité, le peureux,le spéculateur à la manque, le niais''... Seules de telles outrances dans l'outrage pouvaient renverser une telle idole, qui ne s'en est pas relevé.

Plus honteux encore : son successeur à l'Académie, Paul Valéry, refusa de prononcer son nom lors de son éloge funèbre, dans son discours de réception, contournant toute louange pour en faire un blâme implicite. D'ailleurs... "quand on songe au cynisme d'Anatole France, qui vit publiquement aux crochets d'une juive, (sa maîtresse en titre, Simone de Caillavet, était juive par sa mère) et dans le milieu imaginable des dames littéraires israélites, les Stern, les X et Y, etc. !" écrit-il à Gide, en janvier 1898. C'est-y pas de l'anti sémitisme, ça, Madame ?

Céline, toujours modéré en diable (!), ira encore plus loin : "Anatole, plus vicieux et salope que les autres, était pertinemment enjuivé". Et Gide l'abomine : ''France est illisible : il représente le passé, et son style "demi-coupole", sans le moindre "tremblement", me révulse''. Romain Rolland méprise ses complaisances de vieillard pendant la Grande Guerre. Anatole France devient le symbole d'une littérature faisandée, où la compréhension devient compromis. Le rejeter violemment devient un passage obligé,et le rituel propitiatoire qui placera tout ''suiviste'' du bon côté de la modernité. Mais ça, on connaît : c'est notre quotidien !

En effet, comment ne pas établir un parallèle avec la praxis en cours, qui ostracise et ''met à l'index'' n'importe qui qui professe –en ayant en général raison contre la masse hurlante des cons-- une idée qui n'est pas autorisée par, justement, les mêmes ? C'est à cause de cet alignement sur le pire des pratiques de la Gauche que je voulais vous parler de ce centenaire oublié...

H-Cl.

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¡Hola, buenos días, humanidad! ¡Feliz lunes! Hoy os dejo la foto de la Torre Inclinada de Pisa, un icónico campanario de mármol blanco situado en la ciudad italiana de Pisa y famosa en todo el mundo por su inclinación distintiva, causada por asentamientos desiguales del suelo durante su construcción en el siglo XII. A pesar de su aparente inestabilidad, la torre se ha mantenido en pie durante siglos, gracias a esfuerzos de ingeniería para estabilizarla. Su inclinación actual es de aproximadamente 3.97 grados, y es un impresionante ejemplo de arquitectura renacentista italiana. Los visitantes pueden ascender sus escaleras para disfrutar de vistas panorámicas de Pisa desde su cima, experimentando la maravilla de esta estructura icónica.

Para tener en cuenta...

Mi perspectiva cambió radicalmente cuando llegué a comprender que nadie tiene la obligación de proporcionarme nada: ni atención, ni reciprocidad, ni cariño, ni amabilidad, ni apoyo, ni siquiera consideración. Fue entonces cuando interioricé que no tengo control sobre cómo los demás eligen tratarme. Sin embargo, lo que sí puedo controlar es mi propia presencia. Ahora, decido permanecer solo en lugares donde se me valora de verdad.

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I. favourite colours: purple, black, mostly cooler shades ! teal's a pretty big one, it's what i usually dye my hair

II. favourite flavours: lychee, green apple, blue raspberry, white chocolate, banana, cookies & cream, pumpkin pie, um... i have a lot r.i.p.

III. favourite genres: dark fantasy, high fantasy, supernatural anything, and romance !

IV. favourite music: i listen to all kinds of music, but i'm very very big on metal, indie, hip hop, and trap ig. used to be just straight up indie rock and emo, but i've expanded my horizons quite a bit. if ever you wanna trade music, i'm game !

V. favourite movies: i have so many ! but i suppose the ones i like best are LOTR, Howl's Moving Castle, The Cat Returns, John Wick, The Devil's Candy, FF7:AC, Scream...etc. my favorite genre is horror though. huge horror buff.

VI. favourite series: MHA, JJK, Chainsaw Man, Inuyasha, Samurai Champloo, um... that i can think of right now, in terms of anime. games are a different story, but that list is too damn long; DMC, Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, The Witcher, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame - deadass there's too many i love to choose just one.

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VIII. last series: mmm that i watched? The Boys

IX. last movie: some documentary i can't remember the name of tbh

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XI. currently watching: my partner play Elden Ring

XII. currently working on: a very, very long wip that i'll never finish. it's at 140k+ words so far, but i think the characters got away from me a bit and i'm not sure how to reel them back in. it's very ambitious, lots of stuff going on there, lots of angst. but it's become unsatisfying to write as of late

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