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Pride and Prejudice

Classic and loose adaptions from 1940, 1967, 1980, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019

The second of Jane Austen’s novels, first published in 1813, is the most often adapted, inspiring various different takes on it. The ones pictures above are detailed below:

Pride and Prejudice (1940 Film)

This black and white film departs from the original novel in some (or should I say many?) points

Written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome; directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Starring Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet, Laurence Olivier as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Edward Ashley Cooper as George Wickham, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Bennet, Bruce Lester as Mr. Charles Bingley, Ann Rutherford as Lydia Bennet, Melville Cooper as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1967 Miniseries)

6 episodes x 24min. Black and White footage Written by Nemone Lethbridge, directed by Joan Craft

Starring Celia Bannerman as Elizabeth Bennet, Lewis Fiander as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Richard Hampton as George Wickham, Polly Adams as Jane Bennet, David Savile as Mr. Charles Bingley, Lucy Fleming as Lydia Bennet, Julian Curry as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1980 Miniseries)

5 episodes x 54 min Written by Fay Weldon, directed by Cyril Coke

Starring Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet, David Rintoul as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Peter Settelen as George Wickham, Sabina Franklyn as Jane Bennet, Osmund Bullock as Mr. Charles Bingley, Natalie Ogle as Lydia Bennet, Malcolm Rennie as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1995 Miniseries)

6 episodes x 54 min Written by Andrew Davies, directed by Simon Langton

Starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet, Colin Firth as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Adrian Lukis as George Wickham, Susannah Harker as Jane Bennet, Crispin Bonham-Carter as Mr. Charles Bingley, Julia Sawalha as Lydia Bennet, David Bamber as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (2003 Indie Film)

Loose adaption set in modern Utah, USA Written by Anne Black, Jason Faller, Katherine Swigert; directed by Andrew Black

Starring Kam Heskin as Elizabeth Bennet, Orlando Seale as Will Darcy, Henry Maguire as Jack Wickham, Lucila Sola as Jane Vasquez, Ben Gourley as Charles Bingley, Kelly Stables as Lydia Meryton, Hubbel Palmer as William Collins, among others.

Bride and Prejudice (2004 Film)

Bollywood-style Musical. Loose adaption set in modern India and England. Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha; directed by Gurinder Chadha

Starring Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi (Elizabeth), Martin Henderson as William "Will" Darcy,  Daniel Gillies as Johnny Wickham, Namrata Shirodkar as Jaya Bakshi (Jane), Naveen Andrews as Mr Balraj Uppal (Bingley), Peeya Rai Chowdhary as Lakhi Bakshi (Lydia), Nitin Ganatra as Kohli Saab (Collins), among others.

Pride and Prejudice (2005 Film)

Written by Deborah Moggach, directed by Joe Wright

Starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rupert Friend as George Wickham, Rosamund Pike as Jane Bennet, Simon Woods as Mr. Charles Bingley, Jena Malone as Lydia Bennet, Claudie Blakley as Charlotte Lucas, Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins, Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet, Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, among others.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012–13 Webseries)

160 episodes x 2-8 min, available on Youtube Loose adaption set in modern US, told in a vlog format

Created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, from Pemberley Digital

Starring Ashley Clements as Elizabeth Bennet, Daniel Vincent Gordh as William Darcy, Wes Aderhold as George Wickham, Laura Spencer as Jane Bennet, Christopher Sean as Bing Lee, Mary Kate Wiles as Lydia Bennet, Julia Cho as Charlotte Lu, Maxwell Glick as Ricky Collins, among others.

Lizzie’s videos amount to 100 episodes + 10 Q&A, but shorter series enrich the story by offering other characters’ perspectives, most notably Lydia’s (and also Georgiana’s). A playlist at Pemberley Digital’s Youtube channel features them all in order.

The series has also been adapted into a book, The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet (2014), and spawned a sequel novel, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet (2015).

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016 Film)

Loose adaption inspired by the 2009 novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, which adds zombies to Austen’s original story. The movie makes alterations from the zombie book as well.

Written and directed by Burr Steers

Starring Lily James as Elizabeth Bennet, Sam Riley as Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jack Huston as George Wickham, Bella Heathcote as Jane Bennet, Douglas Booth as Mr. Charles Bingley, Ellie Bamber as Lydia Bennet, Matt Smith as Parson William Collins, among others.

Orgulho e Paixão (Pride and Passion) (2018 Telenovela)

Brazilian telenovela in Brazilian-Portuguese

162 episodes x 30-40min (original version) Loose adaption set in 1910s São Paulo state, Brazil

Created by Marcos Bernstein, directed by Fred Mayrink

Starring Nathalia Dill as Elisabeta Benetido, Thiago Lacerda as Sr. Darcy Williamson, Pâmela Tomé as Jane Benedito, Maurício Destri as Camilo Bittencourt (Bingley), Bruna Giphao as Lídia Benedito, Bruno Gissoni as Diogo Uirapuru (Wickham/Willoughby), among others.

The story takes inspiration from all 6 of Austen’s major novels (plus Lady Susan), but mostly from Pride and Prejudice. Others stars include Chandelly Braz as Mariana Benedito (Marianne Dashwood) and Anajú Dorigon as Cecília Benedito (Catherine Morland).

Features 100 episodes in the International cut. The telenovela has been broadcast in other countries and languages (such as Spanish) but as far as I know, not in English.

Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta (2019 TV Film)

Loose adaption set in modern Atlanta, USA. All-black cast. Written by Tracy McMillan, directed by Rhonda Baraka

Starring Tiffany Hines as Elizabeth Bennet, Juan Antonio as Will Darcy, Raney Branch as Jane Bennet, Brad James as Charles Bingley, Reginae Carter as Lydia Bennet, Carl Anthony Payne as Rev. Collins, among others.

*****

Personal favorites: 2005, then 1995. But also: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Orgulho e Paixão

I also enjoyed Atlanta and, while it’s been a while since I’ve seen Bride and Prejudice, it’s got Indian musical numbers so c’mon, one gotta watch it.

Back to the closer adaptions, despite its age, 1980 is also good! 1940 is...very different, but fun in its own way.

In fact, while I find some of these versions weaker, I could find enjoyment in all of them - but maybe that’s cause I’m a sucker for P&P.

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Agenda de Setembro 2023

Até dia 2 – MEO Kalorama

Parque da Bela Vista, Lisboa

Info/Bilhetes

1 – Du Nothin

Casa da Música, Porto

22:00h . Entrada Livre

Info

1 - HUH! + Úz + DJ Doraemon

DAMAS Bar, Lisboa

23:00h . 5€

Info

1 e 2 – Inferno das Febras

Parque Laser de Casais, Lousada

Entrada e Campismo Gratuito

Cartaz

1 a 3 – Do Quarto para a Rua

Jardim Municipal do Marco de Canaveses, Marco de Canaveses

Info

Entrada Livre

1 a 3 – Festa do Avante

Quinta da Atalaia, Amora

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2 – Noite Branca de Gondomar

Vários Artistas: Richie Campbell, Ivandro, entre outros

Vários Locais, Gondomar

Entrada Livre

Info/Cartaz

2 – Colos Rock Fest

Sociedade Recreativa Colense, Colos, Odemira

Info

2 – Música na Paisagem

Vários Locais, Bragança

Programa

Entrada Livre

2 – Hip Hop Fest

Teatro Municipal de Vila Real, Vila Real

Cartaz

Entrada Livre

2 - The Mandelbrot Shakes

Barracuda Clube de Roque, Porto

23:00h . 8€ com uma cerveja

3 – Infected Rain

RCA Club, Lisboa

Bilhetes

7 - Acoustic Tribal Dance

Spacy Bar & Disco, Caldas da Rainha

7 a 10 – Jazz no Largo

Theatro Gil Vicente, Barcelos

Cartaz Completo

Entrada Livre

7 a 10 - Festival da Juventude – Salfest

Parque Urbano, Alcácer do Sal

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8 – Daguida

Casa da Música, Porto

22:00h . Entrada Livre

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8 e 9 – Rock N’ Route Fest

Vários Artistas: Baleia Baleia Baleia, Given to Flow, entre outros

Route 66, Freamunde

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8 e 9 – Afro Music – Another Banger

B.Leza Associação, Lisboa

8 e 9 – Rock dos Romanos

Largo da Igreja, Condeixa-a-Velha

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9 - !! MÖRDÖR FESTA !!

Barracuda Clube de Roque, Porto

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9 – Organika

Casa das Virtudes, Faro

22:00h

13 – Woody Allen & The New Orleans Jazz Band

Super Bock Arena, Porto

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E em Lisboa, no Campo Pequeno dia 14

14 - Claustrofonia - Marlene Ribeiro & Inês Malheiro

Promotor: Dedos Biónicos

Domus Municipalis, Bragança

21:30h

15 – Messer Chups + O Bom, O Mau e o Azevedo

Barracuda Clube de Roque, Porto

23:00h

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15 e 16 – Suave Fest

Largo da Misericórdia, Guimarães

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Entrada Livre

15 a 17 – Baldaya Vintage Fest

Vários Artistas: Wild Cat Shaker, Messer Chups, The Dixie Boys

Palácio Baldaya, Lisboa

Entrada Livre

16 – Black Panda + Death After Disease

Vortex, Lisboa

20:00h . Apenas para sócios

Formulário de sócio

16 - Cartaxo Sessions

Casa do Campino, Santarém

21:30h . Entrada Livre

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16 - All Kingdoms Fall + Oceans of Apathy + Ashes in the Ocean

Paranoid Beer and Records, Freamunde

22:00h . 7€

Info

17 – Ruttenscale + Derrame + Primal Warfare

RCA Club, Lisboa

16:00h . 16€ com 1 bebida

Info

20 – Rage

Convidados: Dark Embrace, Tri State Corner

RCA Club, Lisboa

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21 – Dead Pollys + Albert Fish

Village Underground, Lisboa

PORTAS: 22.00h . Entre 10 a 12€

21 a 24 – MUMI

Vários Locais, Valença (Viana do Castelo)

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22 – Sétima Legião

Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Bragança

21:00h

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22 – Tsunamiz

Tokyo, Lisboa

22h30 . 10€

22 – Dead Pollys

Sociedade Harmonia Eborense, Évora

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22 - Capela Mortuária

Convidados: Holocausto Canibal e Warout

Café-Concerto RUM by Mavy, Braga

22:00h . 2€

Cartaz

22 a 24 – Amplifest

Hard Club, Porto

Esgotado

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23 – VII River Stone Fest

Rio de Moinhos, Penafiel

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23 – Barbosas + Eskilograma

Casa do Salgueiros, Porto

Info

23 - Vai-te Foder e de Systemik Viølence

Vortex, Lisboa

20:00h . Apenas para sócios

Formulário de sócio

23 - Barlos

Barcelos

Mais info brevemente

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26 - Pešpäkøvå + Gonçalo Alves & João Clemente

Salão Brazil, Coimbra

21h30 . 7€

27 – The Slow Show

Promotor: Os Suspeitos, Mr November                                               

Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Porto

21:30h

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30 até 1 outubro  - Viseu Rock Fest

Largo do Orfeão, Viseu

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*OBS: Recomendamos verificar estas informações junto dos promotores ou sites oficiais

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IMAGENES Y DATOS INTERESANTES DEL 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2024

Día Mundial de los Faros, Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna, Año Internacional de los Camélidos.

San Severo, San Sixto y San Cayetano.

Tal día como hoy en el año 1996

Cerca de Biescas (Huesca, España) mueren 87 personas y 183 resultan heridas como consecuencia de una riada provocada por una tormenta que arrasó el camping Las Nieves.

1961

El cosmonauta soviético Gherman Titov orbita alrededor de la Tierra durante un día completo a bordo de la nave Vostok 2.

1960

Tras dos años como república autónoma dentro de la Comunidad Francesa, en el día de hoy Costa de Marfil se independiza de Francia al dejar que su membresía comunitaria caduque. Se establece la ciudad comercial de Abiyán como capital del nuevo Estado. Su primer presidente será Félix Houphouet-Boigny que se mantendrá en el cargo desde hoy hasta su fallecimiento el 7 de diciembre de 1993. (Hace 64 años)

1942

Cerca de 11.000 marines norteamericanos desembarcan en Guadalcanal (isla al este de Nueva Guinea), para tomar la base aérea que Japón está construyendo allí, con el propósito de aislar el continente australiano. Los americanos, a pesar del éxito en el desembarco en la isla, no logran obtener la superioridad naval de la zona lo que a la postre hará que los japoneses vuelvan a luchar por Guadalcanal dejando un terrorífico reguero de combates en la jungla que será la tumba de miles de soldados de uno y otro bando. Finalmente, los japoneses se retirarán de la isla en febrero de 1943. (Hace 82 años)

1888

En el barrio de Whitechapel, en Londres (Reino Unido), se comienza a gestar la horrible leyenda de "Jack el Destripador" al asesinar salvajemente a su primera víctima, Martha Turner, una vieja prostituta que resulta mutilada entre las dos y las tres y media de esta madrugada. El 31 de agosto aparecerá el cuerpo de Mary Ann Nicholls, conocida como "Polly", prostituta y alcohólica también. El informe del forense indicará que las heridas infligidas a la víctima han sido hechas por persona experta, con cortes de absoluta precisión y limpieza. El 7 de septiembre la policía descubrirá el cadáver de Annie Chapman, otra prostituta vieja y alcohólica que presentará el mismo tipo de mutilaciones que los cuerpos de Martha y Polly. El Destripador continuará cometiendo crímenes pero nunca será detenido ni se sabrá con certeza quien es el autor de los mismos. (Hace 136 años)

1819

Con la Batalla de Boyacá, entre los ejércitos español y criollo, culminan 77 días de campaña y se sientan las bases para la independencia de Nueva Granada y Venezuela del dominio español. (Hace 205 años)

1814

En Roma (Italia), el papa Pío VII restablece la compañía de Jesús, que en 1773 fue suprimida por el Papa Clemente XIV debido a las insistentes presiones españolas, francesas y portuguesas. (Hace 210 años)

1644

En el transcurso de la Guerra dels Segador, el rey de España Felipe IV ocupa Lérida. El monarca promete respetar los fueros de Cataluña. (Hace 380 años)

1420

Filippo Brunelleschi comienza la construcción del duomo (la cúpula) de la Basílica de Santa María del Fiore en Florencia, de 100 metros de altura interior; 114,5 metros de altura exterior; 45,5 metros de diámetro exterior y 41 metros de luz. A su finalización será consagrada el 25 de marzo de 1436. La construcción original comenzó en 1296 sobre los cimientos de la antigua iglesia de Santa Reparata tras su derrumbe. En 1412 se cambió el nombre por el de Santa María del Fiore. Es una obra maestra del arte gótico y del primer Renacimiento italiano y uno de los edificios más grandes de la cristiandad. (Hace 604 años)

936

En Aquisgrán, actual Alemania, de manos de los arzobispos de Maguncia y Colonia, es coronado rey Otón I el Grande, hijo del duque de Sajonia y rey de Alemania Enrique I, fallecido el pasado 2 de julio. Desde los primeros momentos de su mandato pondrá en marcha la consolidación de la autoridad real, para lo que exigirá a los grandes señores que cumplan con sus deberes de vasallaje. A pesar de que sus primeros años de reinado estarán marcados por rebeliones internas, consolidará a Alemania como centro del Imperio. Tras su muerte en el año 973, el imperio otónida se mantendrá estable durante varios siglos. (Hace 1088 años)

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NASA Advances Six Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase, Including a Lunar Railway System

See on Scoop.it - Design, Science and Technology

  NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has already completed the initial NIAC phase, showing their futuristic ideas – like a lunar railway system and fluid-based telescopes – may provide fresh perspectives and approaches as NASA explores the unknown in space.

  The NIAC Phase II conceptual studies will receive up to $600,000 to continue working over the next two years to address key remaining technical and budget hurdles and pave their development path forward. When Phase II is complete, these studies could advance to the final NIAC phase, earning additional funding and development consideration toward becoming a future aerospace mission.

  “These diverse, science fiction-like concepts represent a fantastic class of Phase II studies,” said John Nelson, NIAC program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Our NIAC fellows never cease to amaze and inspire, and this class definitely gives NASA a lot to think about in terms of what’s possible in the future.” 

  The six concepts chosen for 2024 NIAC Phase II awards are:

Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories would create a large optical observatory in space using fluidic shaping of ionic liquids. These in-space observatories could potentially help investigate NASA’s highest priority astrophysics targets, including Earth-like exoplanets, first-generation stars, and young galaxies. The FLUTE study is led by Edward Balaban from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars is an innovative propulsion system that relies on using fission-generated packets of plasma for thrust. This innovative system could significantly reduce travel times between Earth and any destination in the solar system.  This study is led by Brianna Clements with Howe Industries in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) could change the way NASA conducts astronomy. This mega constellation low-frequency radio telescope uses thousands of autonomous SmallSats capable of measuring the magnetic fields emitted from exoplanets and the cosmic dark ages. GO-LoW is led by Mary Knapp with MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator is investigating new in-space power sources, potentially operating at higher efficiencies than NASA legacy power generators. This technology could enable small exploration and science spacecraft in the future that are unable to carry bulky solar or nuclear power systems. This power generation concept study is from Stephen Polly at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

FLOAT: Flexible Levitation on a Track would be a lunar railway system, providing reliable, autonomous, and efficient payload transport on the Moon. This rail system could support daily operations of a sustainable lunar base as soon as the 2030s. Ethan Schaler leads FLOAT at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration distributes Quantum Dot-based sensors throughout the surface of a solar sail, enabling it to become an innovative imager. Quantum physics would allow NASA to take scientific measurements through studying how the dots absorb light. By leveraging the solar sail’s area, it allows lighter, more cost-effective spacecraft to carry imagers across the solar system. ScienceCraft is led by NASA’s Mahmooda Sultana at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

  NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate funds the NIAC program, as it is responsible for developing the agency’s new cross-cutting technologies and capabilities to achieve its current and future missions.

Read the full article at: www.nasa.gov

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Hey who do u take request for

From casualty

Linda Andrews

Lloyd Asike

Tamzin Bayle

Alice Chantry

Kirsty Clements

Jeff Collier

Scarlett Conway

Curtis Cooper

John 'Abs' Denham

Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon

Madiha 'Mads'Durrani

Polly Emmerson

Jay Faldren

Greg Fallon

Adrian 'Fletch' Fletcher

Zoe Hanna

Ethan Hardy

Jessica Harrison

Lenny Lyons

Tom Kent

Sam Nicholls

May Phelps

Kelsey Phillips

Yuki Reid

Adam Trueman

Max Walker

I think that's all of them but I may have forgotten someone

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1880s Names

A

Boys

Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery

Girls

Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora

B

Boys

Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford

Girls

Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie

C

Boys

Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis

Girls

Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia

D

Boys

Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight

Girls

Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla

E

Boys

Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra

Girls

Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia

F

Boys

Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick

Girls

Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis

G

Boys

Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory

Girls

Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn

H

Boys

Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo

Girls

Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense

I

Boys

Irving

Girls

Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora

J

Boys

Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius

Girls

Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June

K

Boys

Kenneth

Girls

Kathleen

L

Boys

Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman

Girls

Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy

M

Boys

Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer

Girls

Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona

N

Boys

Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris

Girls

Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma

O

Boys

Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen

Girls

Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie

P

Boys

Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant

Girls

Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence

Q

Boys

Quincy

R

Boys

Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross

Girls

Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth

S

Boys

Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester

Girls

Samantha, Sophronia

T

Boys

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman

Girls

Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie

U

Boys

Ulysses

Girls

Una

V

Boys

Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil

Girls

Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian

W

Boys

Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield

Girls

Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona

Z

Girls

Zella, Zora

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#FBF FLASHBACK FRIDAY – NEWS FROM YESTERYEAR

November 4, 1871 – #150YEARS AGO

Excerpt from Rockland County Journal

WOMEN’S ANECTODES OF WASHINGTON AND ANDRÉ

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A WRITER IN Lippincott’s Magazine says:

​Many years ago I made my first visit to Washington's headquarters at old Tappantown about half a mile from the “Seventy-Six House.” The ancient edifice was more than a hundred and twenty years old, and although built of stone seemed almost tottering to its fall. It had had four roofs, one on top of the other and from the first lower layer of cedar shingles, I selected powdering specimens, which pulled out easily and have them now among my revolutionary relics.

I entered with my friend, whose guest I was at the time, and who was a resident of the immediate neighborhood. We were courteously welcomed by its then occupants, two elderly ladies who were born in the house.

Nothing could be in more perfect keeping with the mansion than these two venerable women, their name was Ver Bruyck; and I was the more interested in them because I had recently become acquainted in New York with a relative of theirs of the same name, a promising young painter, who was fast increasing his reputation as a very natural artist, and a keen observer of the picturesque. One of his most admired sketches I soon saw was a most lifelike picture of this same old house.

One of the two ladies was over eighty years old, and her sister was seventy-five. They were very lively for persons so aged and were obligingly communicative.

“Did you ever see General Washington?” I inquired of the oldest old lady.

“Oh, yes ---many and many a time,” she answered, “in this very room. He often used to hold me in his lap. I remember it just as well as if it was but yesterday. He was a lovely man, General Washington was. And here,” she continued, going to, and opening a wide cupboard, “he used to keep his ‘things.’ These blue-and-white cheney cups and saucers he used to drink out of; and here's of the very bowl he used to make his wine sangaree into; and they used to pass it around from one officer to another, when they'd come to see him, and they'd help themselves. He seen a good deal of company, General Washington did.”

“Did you ever see Major André?” I asked.

“Oh, yes, more’n fifty times. He was a beautiful man. He kissed me twice. I was a little girl then. I seen him the very morning they took him in onto the top of the hill to hang him. The day before in the morning, I took him up some handsome ripe peaches. He thanked me so kind, and broke one of them open and put it to his mouth and tasted of it. But somehow or another, he didn't seem to have no appetite.”

I asked how General Washington seemed to feel on the occasion.

“Oh, he must have felt dreadful! He walked back’ards and for’ards all the morning in this very room; and I've heard Pop Blauvelt say that he never seen him feel so bad afore. He kept looking at his watch every now and then and was on oneeasy [sic] until the time had come, and Major André was hung. I seen the major myself when he was a-swinging in the air; and I seen him when he was dug up and took away. So did you Polly, too, didn't you?”

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Image: Headquarters of Gen. Washington at Tappan: The House in which Major Andre Was Tried, by Jordan and Halpin (engravers), after Ver Bryck (painter), [reproduction ca. 1830]. Image courtesy of the William Clements Library, University of Michigan.

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[ltcol-laurens]

Tysm for the list! I was wondering, would you mind doing the same for Frances? :)

Thank YOU for sending me asks. It feels like I have more of a purpose than just randomly posting when I’m actually helping people. I’ve found out quite a bit about Frances lately so hopefully I can help you.

Her name was Frances Eleanor Laurens. Eleanor comes from her paternal grandmother Eleanor Delamere Ball Laurens. There’s no one called Frances in either the Laurens or Manning families. It does mean ‘free one’ though. 

She was often called Fanny as a nickname

She was born in January 1777 to Martha Manning Laurens and John Laurens

She was born with a swollen thigh and hip which her grandfather said was due to the carelessness of the nurse who delivered her.

She lived with her mother Martha in Chelsea, London at the beginning of her life

Baptised at Saint Andrew Undershaft, London on St Mary Axe.

On the 28th January 1777 John Baker visited Martha and Frances.

On the 29th November 1780 Martha took Frances to meet her grandfather Henry Laurens in the Tower of London

27th August 1782: Her father John Laurens died leaving her orphaned age 5.

Between when Martha (her mother) died and when she was adopted by Martha Laurens (her aunt) I’m not sure who looked after her. It could’ve been her grandfather William Manning.

Around 1784, when she was 7, she lived in Bath with Martha Laurens (her aunt), her 14 year old aunt Polly (aka Mary) and her great aunt Mary.

Also around this time is when Henry Laurens began a long process to get Frances the money that John had earned from being a soldier.

11th May 1785: Laurens women arrive in Charleston

Martha (aunt) acts as Frances’s mother and educates her using Benjamin Rush’s Thoughts Upon Female Education.

1792: Henry Laurens died. Left his plantation at Long Canes in Ninety-Six District to a 15 year old Frances.

1795: 18 year old Frances marries Francis Henderson at St Clement Danes Church in London, England which is really close to Chancery Lane and Middle Temple.

According to familyseach.org Francis Henderson Jr was baptised in 1797 so he would have to have been born then but according to Greg Massey and this source ‘Reminiscences of Abbeville’ in the Abbeville Press and Banner, 19 April 1876 he was born in 1800.

Francis Henderson Jr (John Laurens’s grandson) was baptised at St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London, England

1801: Frances and Francis Sr separated. Francis Sr got custody of their son.

Francis Sr went to America, Francis Jr was sent to Scotland and believed that his mother had died. Francis Sr seemed to only really care about getting the money that was owed to Frances and their heirs of John Laurens.

The Hendersons (not Frances) kept petitioning to Congress to release the money. But Frances wasn’t there so Congress refused.

In 1832 after many unsuccessful attempts the Hendersons and Frances managed to get the money that was owed to John Laurens.

14th July 1832: John Laurens’s heirs received $7335.86.

1847: Francis Jr died

10 Jun 1853: Married James Cunnington when she was 76 at  Saint Botolph Without Aldersgate

Described as: ‘ the beautiful, accomplished and wealthy Miss Laurens, of Charleston, S.C ‘

[flowerslikemadness]

The finished All Faiths Chapel: Top floor is living space for Pastor Clements (I don’t know where bethesda had him actually living), ground floor is the chapel and a small kitchen area with a fold down table that can be closed off by a curtain. Backyard has a small garden. I headcanon that he is an avid gardener, makes soap and sometimes candles with the herbs that he grows, and is friends with his neighbor, Polly. 

[zalimaaa]

Is it too much to ask for a complete outfit breakdown 👀 you look amazing!!!!

tysm 🥺❤️

first dress is really old, from a brand called laura clement? my mum got it for me lol

second dress is from pretty little thing and the jackets from missguided

third dress is from oh polly

floral trousers, i got them from asos but they’re from a brand called jacqueline de yong, and the tops from pretty little thing

and the funeral dress is from missguided :)

[adorebabbby]

here’s my baby playlist!!!!! 💗💗

carebears countdown- coded channel

expert daddy pig- peppa pig

bing bong zoo- peppa pig

here we go looby loo- nursery rhymes ABC

baby shark- pinkfong

twinkle, twinkle- toddler songs kids

itsy bitsy spider- toddler songs kids

i am a gummy bear (english (but germans good too))- gummibär

head, shoulders, knees and toes- the kiboomers

let it go- idina menzel

the bare necessities- phil harris, bruce reitherman

circle of life- lion king

hakuna matata- lion king

hop little bunnies- toddler fun learning

miss polly had a dolly- toddler fun learning

the teddy bears picnic- juice music

if you’re happy- super simple songs

old macdonald- super simple songs

twinkle twinkle little star- super simple songs

you’re welcome- dwayne johnson

how far i’ll go- auli’l cravalho

just can’t wait to be king- lion king

shiny- jemaine clement

winnie the pooh- disney studio chorus

hush little baby- beth mclaughlin

into the unknown- idina menzel

love is an open door- kristen bell, santino fontana

mother knows best- donna murphy

you’ve got a friend in me- randy newman

when will my life begin- mandy moore

can you feel the love tonight- lion

un poco loco- anthony gonzalez, gael garcia bernal

and that’s all!!!

[luckylocit]

Dear somebody,

Paris, 2019.10.06

When are you reading this? Who are you?

I’m a lonely person in the most beautiful city of the world. The history of Paris spans centuries, though it only became this big and urban in the 20th century. Paris is a collection of villages that were frankensteined into an haussmanian marvel of paved streets and dainty, low rooftops. It’s like the baby reached its prime. Hopefully it might last a bit more—but we know that greater civilizations crumbled to dust millenia past, and I sincerely doubt our current world will be perennial (even without the mention of climate change etc.)

My history feels comparatively short and uneventful. I was born from a French man and an immigrant woman, who made the mistake of making a baby and marrying (in that order, but it was a mistake regardless of order). Their marriage was short-lived, and only recently did I gain a fuller picture of what their life together was like. I do not have memories before my 3rd or 4th year on earth, when I spent 10 months in my mother’s home country. I remember my 5th birthday, during which I cried because I lost a game of musical chairs against 2 other kids; it was in London, I remember the (literal) icing on the cake, and the star-shaped Polly Pocket pendant I was gifted. I noted fairly quickly that I cried during every one of my birthdays, and not of joy. I haven’t entirely lost hope of having one good birthday, but I’m drawing on 30 now and people don’t celebrate your birthday at this age unless you feed them.

Paris has seen almost all my years, and despite that I know it very little. Needless to say there’s probably too much to this city to get to know in a lifetime, but I’m not even there. It’s like we brushed past each other, catching only a glimpse of the color of our apparel, a whiff of our scents—and are too soon forgotten.

I might never have the time or inclination to deepen our bond. External circumstances may bring it to its knees before my own time is up. But just the other day a friend acquiesced in understanding when I said I had reduced my world, out of necessity, for survival. Curiosity and wanderlust bring their own share of desperation, as the endless possibilities and the boundless realm of the unseen taunt the spirit, and drill into the soul the sort of void that no air or light can reach. Most of all, the sensation of not belonging is suffocating. I’ve been given beauty beyond compare, too many options for a single human being, the finest foods within arm’s reach—yet always felt a stranger to it all. And worse, I grew up not knowing where to place myself. Do I belong here? or somewhere else? Do I need to search this place? another place? within me? In what way do I matter?

It is reasonable to say that we don’t matter, but also reasonable to advocate the idea that life has meaning; otherwise nobody would function, right? The mind needs its myths, right? The myth of Reason being the cure-all for human evils is completely bogus however, and I would argue it’s dangerous. It’s another half-baked idea that entirely dismisses the hugest part of human psyche: our emotions, and our irrationality. This myth is dangerous because it tells us we have control: over our choices, our surroundings, that we only need education to see farther and better and clearer. It’s shaped our politics and the way we chide each other. It’s burdened every human under this law with the responsibility of all-encompassing knowledge. “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” is a delicious example of it, though in French it better reads “No one is supposed to be ignorant of the law” (which does introduce its casually distinct bit of nuance, if I may pedantically say so, but would only develop upon explicit request). We’re expected to know, we’re expected to understand and follow. And so we’ve prescribed our entire lives under the diktat of Reason, refused to acknowledge stupidity and ignorance as the norm, painfully struggling against the human condition... and for what?

I don’t know when you are nor where, but from where I stand I’m still one of the lucky ones. Reason was used to the profit of this side mostly, rationally creating unreasonable expectations and desires to be met by rationally-engineered unreasonable pseudo-solutions, all for the sake of our irrational drive to a more comfortable life—because our brains are wired like this and we are entirely subject to our biology. (yes I would argue that morality is only relevant once considered in the framework of subjugation to biological impulses.) And this has begun to lay ruin to our planet; and we’re not stopping; because reasons; because we’re shortsighted and biologically wired like that. I won’t be the first to experience the downfall, it’s actually already begun in less clement parts of the planet. But it will come, and hence I wonder: why try to find a place in here? Why make or build anything?

I’ll close this letter with this interrogation in suspension. Here is the world, here I am. I still enjoy the taste of fresh meat and greens, photos of fine jewellery, and the old ironwork inlaid in buildings and streets. These halcyon days will end, and hopefully I get to enjoy them—though beyond the dusk there might be something for me as well. For us.

[falloutdialogue]

Introductions to Diamond City���s wonderful residents (no spoilers)

These characters are split into six categories. DC Market, Misc Citizens, Children, Dugout Inn, Mayor’s Office, and Upper Stands/Colonial Taphouse.

                                              - DC MARKET -

Takahashi

Takahashi is the protectron server and chef at Power Noodles. He’ll only ever say one thing, in Japanese; a direct reference to the "Noodle Bar" scene of the "Blade Runner" movie. He’s voiced by Shinji Mikami, a Japanese game designer who created the Resident Evil series and The Evil Within.

Solomon

Solomon is a chem dealer who runs the shop Chem-I-Care. He’ll give you a quest to get mutated ferns.

Polly

Polly is a butcher who runs the shop Choice Chops, selling all kinds of meat and a few bullets. You can find her poetry on her terminal if you sneak into her house. 

John

John is a hair stylist and barber who runs the shop Super Salon with his mother, Cathy. He’s pretty much a high-school jock.

Cathy

Cathy is a hair stylist who runs the shop Super Salon with her son, John. 

Myrna

Myrna is an anti-synth conspiracy theorist who runs the shop Diamond City Surplus with her robot assistant, Percy. If you hack into her terminal, you can find that she’s made a list of DC residents and justification for believing they’re a synth.

Percy

Percy is a Mister Handy who runs the night shift at Diamond City Surplus with his owner, Myrna. 

Doc Crocker

Doc Crocker is a facial reconstruction surgeon who runs the Mega surgery center alongside Dr. Sun.

Doctor Sun

Doctor Sun is a doctor and possible facial-reconstruction surgeon who runs the Mega surgery center alongside Doc Crocker.

Moe Cronin

Moe Cronin is a merchant who resides in the Swatters shack. He’s a "baseball" enthusiast.

Becky Fallon

Becky Fallon is a clothing merchant who runs Fallon's Basement.

Piper Wright

Piper Wright is a reporter and possible companion. She runs her own newspaper called Publick Occurrences, which she operates with her younger sister, Nat.

Arturo Rodriguez

Arturo Rodriguez is the owner of Commonwealth Weaponry. He has a daughter named Nina Rodriguez.

                                          - MISC CITIZENS - 

Abbot

Abbot is the Diamond City groundskeeper. He is one of Diamond City’s oldest citizens. He’ll give the player a quest to get him more green paint.

Sheffield

Sheffield is a homeless Nuka-Cola addict and former alcoholic. He used to be a heavy drinker, but his doctor intervened, so he turned to Nuka-Cola instead. Now, he’s addicted to the soda.

Riley

Riley is a resident of the city. His brother, Kyle, suspects that he may be a synth.

Kyle

Kyle is a resident of the city. He suspects that his brother, Riley, may be a synth.

Pastor Clements

Pastor Clements is a pastor at the All Faiths Chapel. 

Professor Scara

Professor Scara is a scientist in the Science! Center alongside Doctor Duff. 

Doctor Duff

Professor Scara is a scientist in the Science! Center alongside Professor Scara. 

Miss Edna

Miss Edna is a Miss Nanny and Mister Zwicky‘s assistant in Diamond City’s schoolhouse.

Mister Zwicky

Mister Zwicky is the teacher in charge of Diamond City's school house.

Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan is the gatekeeper for the main entrance of Diamond City.

Travis Miles

Travis Miles is the radio host for Diamond City Radio.

Ellie Perkins

Ellie Perkins is the secretary of private investigator Nick Valentine at the Valentine Detective Agency.

Nick Valentine

Nick Valentine is a potential companion and a synthetic private detective at the Valentine Detective Agency.

                                              - CHILDREN -

Nina Rodriguez

Nina Rodriguez is the daughter of Arturo Rodriguez.

Nat Wright

Natalie "Nat" Wright is the younger sister of Piper, and oftentimes is found selling the latest issues of her older sister's newspaper Publick Occurrences.

Gavin Everitts

Gavin Everitts is a child who attends the Diamond City schoolhouse.

Sheng Kawolski

Sheng Kawolski is a child who runs the water purifier.

Phil Wallace

Phil Wallace is a child who attends the Diamond City schoolhouse.

Pete Pembroke

Pete Pembroke is the son of Darcy and Paul Pembroke.

Erin Reische

Erin Reische is a child who attends the Diamond City schoolhouse.

                                           - DUGOUT INN -

Yefim Bobrov

Yefim Bobrov is the innkeeper and owner of the Dugout Inn, with his twin brother Vadim.

Vadim Bobrov

Vadim Bobrov is the bartender and owner of the Dugout Inn, with his twin brother Yefim.

Scarlett

Scarlett is a waitress who works in the Dugout Inn.

                                        - MAYOR’S OFFICE -

Geneva

Geneva is the mayor’s secretary. She’s usually in her office, and will sell the player a home in the city. Some residents believe she may be a synth.

Mayor McDonough

Mayor McDonough is the mayor of Diamond City. He hates Piper for spreading rumors of him being a synth.

             - UPPER STANDS/COLONIAL TAPHOUSE- 

Wellingham

Wellingham is an uppity Mister Handy who serves guests at the Colonial Taphouse. 

Ann Codman

Ann Codman is the co-owner of Codman farms, which supplies meat to Choice Chops.

Clarence Codman

Clarence Codman is a businessman and co-owner of Codman farms, which supplies meat to Choice Chops.

Henry Cooke

Henry Cooke is the owner and barkeeper of the Colonial Taphouse.

Eustace Hawthorne

Eustace Hawthorne is an elderly woman living in the upper stands. She is the grandmother of Hawthorne, and often shares a table with Malcom Latimer. She has about 29 house cats. 

Hawthorne

Hawthorne is a resident the upper stands, but he’s usually found  in the Dugout Inn. He’s a mercenary/explorer who explored vaults and pre-War ruins. He’s Eustace Hawthorne’s grandson.

Nelson Latimer

Nelson Latimer is an associate of the Triggermen and son of the wealthy Malcom Latimer.

Malcom Latimer

Malcom Latimer is a wealthy resident and an associate of the Triggermen. He is the father of Nelson Latimer. 

Paul Pembroke

Paul Pembroke is Darcy Pembroke’s husband and Pete’s father. Paul and Darcy are going through struggles in their marriage. 

Darcy Pembroke

Darcy Pembroke is Paul Pembroke’s wife and Pete’s mother. She regrets her marriage and is cheating on Paul with Henry Cooke.

[goreador]

VtM:WW(W) - The Introduction & Overview Pt. 2

“what the fuck are you talking about?” - start here. it’s my vampire campaign (vampaign)

taly potent my horrible wife dont you read any more of these after this

A quick recap:

Pierce Clements is the Tremere Prince.

Mona Iglesias is the Ventrue Primogen.

Everyone hates Ambrose.

The old coterie consisted of Humphrey Harvey Hampshire, Trevor Ygghain, and Val Diaz

VtM:WWW starts with a mass Embrace, as all good things tend to start with. The mass Embrace was also found by the Scourges, and quickly devolved into a Frenzying mass of horseshit because the Malkavian thought it would be a good idea to Dementate everyone.

There are only three survivors, brought by the Scourges to present to the Prince (and Sheriff). Typically Camarilla policy would be to have them executed, since they're practically shovelheare, but Mona has always been a bleeding heart and convinces Clements to give them a chance, provided she could find adoptive sires for them.

So she does! The three she find are:

Evelyn Caillat, the Representative (not Primogen) of Clan Lasombra. (she/her)

Valentin Aubermont, Primogen of Clan Malkavian. (he/him)

And Jesse Cowen, her childe and Scourge, name not bolded because he doesn't come up again. (they/he)

Evelyn does this because she wants to prove herself as someone who has powerful childer and what would be better than a shovelhead reformation project? Aubermont does this because he's piloted by spite. Jesse does this because. Actually they don't do it. They get mad and walk out since they have sire issues. Oops 😬

But that's fine! Clements makes a phone call to the only person he can think of, his sire. That won't end poorly.

These are the shovelheads:

Polly Marie, a City Gangrel who has already presented as such. (they/them)

Max Forrester, whose Clan has not yet manifested. (he/him)

And Mahdi Ochre, whose left eye has turned blue, but nothing else has shown up. (he/him)

Evelyn gleefully takes Max as her own. Aubermont takes one look at Mahdi's piercings and goes Oh Yes (malicious, spiteful). And Jesse sees Polly and leaves.

So the two sires and their not-childer leave and go their separate ways. At this point in time, I think the players believe Evelyn is Toreador and Aubermont is Ventrue. Aubermont gives his first speech about shit, and he talks about how appearances can always be deceiving, that everyone's a lying sunnovabitch, and that you shouldn't trust anyone in this city because they're all rotten. Evelyn is pampering Max rotten.

Polly, meanwhile, gets taken in by Clements's sire. He is a little boy named Edward Bishop, and while he is also a child, he is also six hundred years old and the childe of Karl Schrekt. Polly makes fun of him being a little boy and Bishop nearly beats their ass on the spot.

Evelyn gloats for a bit.

Mahdi is given an apartment that is cluttered and messy and horrible. There's a tin of yogurt in this fridge that's been expired for ten years. Mahdi's player is convinced that the yogurt is a clue, and she overanalyzes it and runs, like, a Perception/Occult check on the thing. It's just yogurt.

Polly is taken to the chantry and they are treated as Tremere, despite everything.

Night zero ends.

[blog-of-a-multitude-of-fandoms]

Casualty Characters

Below is a list of characters from Casualty I will write for, feel free to ask about other ones as I may have forgotten someone. I roughly watched season 22-30.

Linda Andrews

Lloyd Asike

Tamzin Bayle

Alice Chantry

Kirsty Clements

Jeff Collier

Scarlett Conway

Curtis Cooper

John 'Abs' Denham

Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon

Madiha 'Mads'Durrani

Polly Emmerson

Jay Faldren

Greg Fallon

Adrian 'Fletch' Fletcher

Zoe Hanna

Ethan Hardy

Jessica Harrison

Lenny Lyons

Tom Kent

Caleb Knight

Sam Nicholls

May Phelps

Kelsey Phillips

Yuki Reid

Adam Trueman

Max Walker