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࣪𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         tom glynn-carney,  29,  demi man,  he/they.    announcing  the  arrival  of  MARTYN  of  house  STARK,  the  LORD  of  WINTERFELL.  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  COURAGEOUS  and  STUBBORN  in  disposition,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  archery and poetry.  if we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them,  it  might  tell  stories  of the muffled sounds of laughter behind closed doors, the feeling of being watched, talking too loud and too fast, frost bitten autumn leaves, hurried steps on marble floors.  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie.  are  they  right  to  whisper?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  HOUSE STARK.

basic information.

official  name:  martyn stark.  noble  title:  lord of winterfell.  date  of  birth: august 18th  age:  29.  birthplace:  winterfell, westeros.  home:  winterfell, westeros.  nationality:  westerosi.  gender:  demi man.  pronouns:  he/they.  orientation:  pansexual panromantic.  monikers:  the winter sun.  languages:  common.  accent:  northern.

physical information.

faceclaim:  tom glynn-carney.  ethnicity:  the first men.  hair:  brown.  eyes:  brown.  height:  five foot seven inches.  build:  lean with a hint of definition in his biceps.  scent:  sandalwood, cherry and vanilla.  dominant  hand:  right.  allergies:  pollen. neurological conditions: hand tremors as a result of the lake incident.  scars:  one over their right eyebrow after a childhood accident, a couple over their arms and legs from when they broke some bones falling off their horse.  distinguishing  features:  glint of mischief in their eyes, constantly searching for an opportunity to annoy someone, a distinct smirk on their face whenever they’re getting yelled at.  clothing  style:  the usual northern aesthetic with softer shades of blue and grey, though Martyn does prefer to venture outside of the box sometimes, wearing more elaborate embroidery, with long tunics that go just under their knees and almost serving as a skirt, belts fastened around their waist for a more feminine silhouette.

personality.

positive traits: bold, observant, intelligent

negative traits: selfish, stubborn, manipulative

label:   the jester.   mbti:   estp.   enneagram:   the enthusiast.   element:   fire.   star   sign:   leo.   temperament:   sanguine.   moral alignment:   chaotic good.   character   inspirations:   roman roy (succession), dandelion (witcher), oberyn martell (got) deadly   sin:   lust.   heavenly   virtue:   prudence.   godly   parent(s):   apollo, loki. developmental disabilities: ADHD.

drives.

hobbies:  poetry, singing, drawing.  religion:  the old gods.  alliance:  house stark, the north.  personal goals:  tbd.  would they choose family or power?  family.

familial ties.

parent one:  ruling lord jon stark, deceased. parent two:  dowager  lady  leona  stark  neé  karstark. spouse:  n/a.  sibling one:  ruling lord theon stark. sibling two: liege lysen stark, deceased.  sibling three: lady arya stark.  sister-in-law: ruling lady shirei stark neé manderly. niece: lyanna stark, four. nephew: benjen stark, two

direwolf.

name: dusk. fur color: copper with some grey and white. eye color: amber

Much like his owner, Dusk is never in his expected place, running off as soon as he loses interest in any situation whatsoever. Martyn had never expected him to be anything different, their bond only strengthening each time they find their way back to each other again. Many a times has Dusk helped the young lord play pranks on others, and even though Martyn knows well that a direwolf is the farthest from a toy, they both seem to find amusement in their games together. He is loyal, intelligent, and though he might not be the strongest out of the other direwolves, he finds a way around any obstacle without any help needed.

history.

trigger warning: cold water/ice exposure, hypothermia, parental death 

As second son to the ruling lord of Winterfell, Martyn had been brought up just like any other member of the noble house of Stark, if not with less focus on duty and accomplishments. And what else was a lordling to do other than relish in the lack of responsibilities and enjoy their complete influence? They acted out, played tricks on staff, ran away, no amount of activities could calm their mind. One cold morning, at no more than ten years of age Martyn had sneaked out, finding the crisp air after a snowstorm filling his lungs soothing, the silence grounding. Their memories of the next moments are still obscure after almost two decades, only filled in by their family and guards once they woke up in their bed. (TW starts here:) They didn't realize they were standing in the middle of a frozen lake, covered by snow. They could still feel the sensation of their stomach dropping as the ground shattered beneath them. They'd never felt that cold before in their life. They're not sure they will ever feel the true warmth of their childhood again. (TW ends here.)

Coming into their adult age, they had found solace in drawing and painting, getting into trouble for having chalk or dry paint on their hands at dinners, and disappearing for hours on end to spend time sketching the architecture of the castle, or the woods.

Much to their advisors' exasperation, it turned out that Martyn was far too good at charming guests, especially when they came to the North for diplomatic reasons and thus, the lordling had been tasked to attend every dinner to lighten the mood and soften whatever blow the ruling lord had prepared. It wasn't much of an assignment, however it had just enough responsibility for Martyn to not feel so left out of things, and to not feel the crushing weight of duty at the same time.

The death of their father came suddenly and without any warning, and in the ascension of his brother Martyn helped as much as he could, trying to keep himself busy in order to not be left alone with his own thoughts as the mere idea of that made him feel like he would crumble from grief. He still hadn't processed his father's death yet, even after a year. He doesn't talk about him, only when he's drunk on wine enough to forget about the conversation the next day.

The death of their sibling Lysen broke something in him that he didn't even know he had--

tba.

headcanons.

They are known to seduce as many people into their bed as they can. They had been the reason for the departure of many a staff and guard, not because of a souring relationship, but mostly because they were found out.

Voice of an angel, can play the lute quite well.

They're not the best at close combat. That said, their fighting style focuses on agility rather than strength, with double short swords and daggers. Their proficiency would be in archery. Their talents in warfare lie more in strategy.

Their body temperature is very cold, they gotta be warmed up by hugs i fear...

Speaking of, after the accident they were bedbound for a couple of weeks, and their direwolf Dusk, known for running away a lot, has instead stayed by his bedside the whole time, curling up around him and giving him some of his warmth.

They are terrified of open water and swimming. They always ask for their baths to be scorching hot, and they need help from staff to do something as minuscule as washing their hair. They don't talk about this, or the accident in the lake, but there definitely are rumors going around about it.

The only things that don't make them instantly petrified as soon as they touch water are the hot springs in the godswood of winterfell which, whenever he's home, he visits frequently.

The idea of an independent north intrigues him very much. Above all, family is everything to him. And he does think that a free north would be best for his family. However he strives for a clean break from the south, with the least bit of bloodshed. Some might call him naive for the idea, but he thinks it might be possible, with the right compromise.

Has been to the Wall before when his father threatened to send him to join the Night's Watch so that he'll learn how to behave properly. Has been beyond the Wall as well, but only for about an hour or so.

They have a sweet tooth. Always seen munching on cakes and tarts and whatnot.

His swords are named: Frostfang and Ember

tba.

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New members of Balenciaga's cast:

Gemma Whelan as Prudence Glynn, journalist for The Times

Belén Cuesta as Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, later queen of Belgium, great-grandaughter of Micaela Elío y Magallón, Balenciaga's patron

Adam Quintero as Ramón Esparza, Balenciaga's partner and collaborator

Thomas Coumans as Wladzio d'Attainnville, Balenciaga's business associate and partner

Josean Bengoetxea as Nicolás Bizkarron, businessman from Donostia

Cecilia Solaguren as Virgilia Mendizabal, Nicolás' wife

Elvira Cuadrupani as Bettina Ballard, correspondent for Vogue magazine in Paris

Patrice Thibaud as designer Christian Dior

Eva Blay as designer Elsa Schiaparelli

Anne-Victoire Olivier as actress Audrey Hepburn

Isabelle Brès as designer Jeanne Lanvin

Steve Howard as Benjamin Grindley

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Looking for the perfect old fashioned name for your dog? If so you’ve come to the right place; this list is full of classic & vintage inspired names. Here’s 500 old fashioned dog names.

500 Old Fashioned Dog Names

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I came up with a few of my favorite classic dog names, but it was nowhere close to 500. The majority of credit belongs to the following sites and their great name lists:

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Baby Center

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Bark Post

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Miscommunication at its Finest

by Should_probably_be_sleeping (Glynne) Tim stared at the stump where his right arm used to be. Okay. He could figure this out. Words: 5776, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics), Red Robin (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Tim Drake, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Cassie Sandsmark, Cissie King-Jones, Anita Fite, Greta Hayes, Bart Allen, Cassandra Cain, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Jason Todd, Prudence Wood Relationships: Bart Allen & Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake & Anita Fite, Bart Allen & Tim Drake & Greta Hayes & Cissie King-Jones & Kon El | Conner Kent & Cassie Sandsmark Additional Tags: Not Canon Compliant, I tried to write crack, It was not crack, god I’m so sleep deprived, Comic: Young Justice (1998-2003), the whole gangs here, except slobo, sorry - Freeform, Chaotic Tim Drake, amputee Tim Drake, BAMF Alfred Pennyworth, Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth, Cassandra Cain and Tim Drake are Siblings, Sign Language, Nonverbal Cassandra Cain, platonic poly yj my beloved, Angst, Fluff, Crack, Why did I do this again, no beta we die like the bats never seem to, i feel like I should be dead to say the least, I tried to write accents, im pretty sure i failed, The summary is so bad, I’m sorry via https://ift.tt/YrvFegP

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@asongofstarkandtargaryen I saw a new article and a bunch of pics from the filming.

I translated the article:

Two huge hoists cut through the streets surrounding the Bank of Spain in Donosti, a stately building closed and waiting to change its use in the Gipuzkoan city where the Balenciaga art team (provisional title) has rebuilt the Madrid house of Cristobal Balenciaga ( Getaria, 1895-Jávea, 1972), his first offices in the capital and the Parisian workshops in which the designer developed his work when he left Spain for the French capital in 1937. That is the moment in which this ambitious production starts of Disney +, the first developed entirely in Spain, with which the company intends to establish itself as a creator on the unstable board of streaming operators. The story will reach the last days of the genius and will cover four different decades of the 20th century.

The history of Balenciaga began like this. One day, Lourdes Iglesias decided to show a sketch of what would later become the script to Xabier Berzosa, who agreed to become the project's executive producer. Berzosa, who had worked on the films Loreak, Handia or La trinchera infinita, proposed that the directors of the three, José Mari Goenaza, Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño, take the lead in the story and collaborate with Iglesias in the final development of the film. fiction –this is a biopic, yes, but not a typical one– . And they accepted. The only thing missing was to sell the idea to a distributor, and Disney + was the one that bet on them after a few meetings by Zoom. The trio, who have won 12 Goya awards throughout their career, dared to make the leap to the series. “It's something new in many ways because you have a lot more material to shoot, in different times and with a very large team. Change the dimension of the project”, confesses Garaño.

"Being such a little-known character, everyone has their own version and their Balenciaga, there is no unanimity," explains Iglesias. The truth is that the designer gave only two interviews in his entire life, there are hardly any photographs, there is only a thirty-second video recording in which he appears from behind and the entire production documentation process has been done through books and the story of those who came to know him. “We have informed ourselves a lot, we have read everything, we have surrounded ourselves with those who know the most about the subject and in no case have we been left over. We approach the story with a lot of respect”, adds the screenwriter. The responsibility is tremendous for a team that has decided to portray a character played by Alberto San Juan, who is accompanied in the cast, in which no key person in the designer's life is missing, by names such as Belén Cuesta (Fabiola de Mora y Aragón), José Bengoetxea (Nicolás Bizkarrondo), Adam Quintero (Ramón Esparza), Thomas Coumans (Wladzio D´Attainville), Gemma Whelan (Prudence Glynn) or Cecilia Solaguren (Virgilia Mendizabal).

"It was an irrefutable proposal, possibly the role of the greatest dimension that I have been given in my work in the audiovisual field," acknowledges Alberto San Juan in an office from the first Balenciaga offices created for the occasion. The actor walks the sets dressed as Cristobal Balenciaga would have done, with an outfit sewn from scratch by the series' costume designer, Bina Daigeler. "Cristóbal Balenciaga is a person about whom not much is known, but he is a very interesting guy not only for his value as a creator and as a technician in his trade, but also as a human being." The series will delve into aspects of the couturier's professional life, but also into other aspects of his personal life. Balenciaga married a woman, but lived what in today's eyes can be understood as two affective relationships with men, with the businessman Ramón Esparza and first with Wladzio D'Attainville, a Frenchman of Russian origin who was always considered the great love of the creator and whose death, in 1948, is said to have never been recovered. "The series deals with the contradiction, the conflict created from the prohibition of experiencing desire freely, when it does not coincide with the norm at that time in that society," explains San Juan. “He was a guy who wanted to live on the fringes of politics, no public acceptance in a political sense is known to him, ever, and in a very confusing period such as the Civil War in Spain, the Second World War or the invasion Nazi of France He lived in the contradiction of not wanting to get involved when the story involves you”, he adds. For Jose Mari Goenaga, that attitude towards life has a clear explanation: “We have always imagined his head to be tormented. For the fact of having to have control of everything, but also for living within a family that functioned as a protective helmet so that nothing escaped him. Cristobal Balenciaga existed at a time when expressing himself freely was completely penalized and clashed head-on with his strong religious convictions. “We have not stopped talking about homosexuality. Between us, with Alberto and it's something we didn't know how to give a clear focus to. We have chosen not to hide it, but he is a person who does not talk about this in the series, ”admits the director.

Beyond the twists and turns of the designer's life, Balenciaga will also show the work of someone who is still considered one of the best designers in history today. The costume work has had the aforementioned Daigeler as designer and Pepo Ruiz Dorado as costume designer. “Balenciaga is doing two projects at the same time. You have the normal shooting, which means making costumes for a lot of people, the actors, and there is also the aspect of having to produce all the shows and collections that appear in the scripts”, explains the designer. All the mythical designs that endure in the collective imagination will be in the series, from the tonneau silhouette dresses to the fisherman-inspired coats that the designer saw in his childhood. To do this, the team has had access to the archives held by the firm in Paris, to those of the Galliera museum in the French city and has had the advice of Miren Arzalluz, director of the Paris Fashion Museum and former head of collections of the Balenciaga Museum in Getaria. Even with that clearly invaluable help, it hasn't been easy. "We are facing a problem of fabric suppliers, because what is there now is not the same as it was before," admits the designer.

“Finding heavy wool is very difficult and many fabric suppliers are in London, and since Brexit it is super to work with them. Due to the pandemic there are not the same quantities, there are many that are out of stock, and then there is the issue of gazar [a textile created by Balenciaga in collaboration with the Swiss company Abraham], there is only one supplier and it is not exactly the same as the original ”, deepens. Although Bina Daigeler does not like to talk about numbers, about 200 replica dresses and the outfits of hundreds of participants in the series have come out of her head, assembled from original garments from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Those are In addition, the decades of the couturier's life in which the make-up director, Karmele Soler, has had to work to achieve a realistic Cristobal. “Making it go through all those ages is really complex, but we have tried not to have too much artifice. A subtle aging has been achieved, finding Balenciaga, but there comes a time when you have to abandon it and focus on Alberto”, explains the make-up artist just before checking that everything is ready for the parade that illustrates these lines.

The look at Cristobal Balenciaga that this series will offer has the approval of the renewed Balenciaga, from whom Berzosa acknowledges that they have only received facilities. The firm headed by Demna Gvasalia pays homage to the designer in its collections and has allowed access to the archives, but also to shoot outside the boutique that the brand has recently recovered and which served as the setting for the return to Haute Couture of the house after 53 years last fall. The interior, yes, has been faithfully reconstructed – the elevator covered in red velvet, the sofas or the clock that hangs in Paris are also there – in the Zinealdea studios in Oiartzun, on the outskirts of Donosti, thanks to the work of the director of art Mikel Serrano. "We have built a world that in some cases no one is going to be able to refute because there is no documentation either, but obviously trying not to turn it into a fantasy, to make it implausible," he says between shots.

For Disney +, the series represents a turning point in its strategy within Spain. They arrive later than other operators to their own production, so the project had to be up to the task. Sofía Fábregas, the company's vice president of original production, defines it as follows: “We were looking for something very big that would speak for itself about the commitment to original production that we are going to make. The idea was to combine local authorship with the international budget and that is the differential that we believe we can contribute”. Now all we have to do is wait for the final result, but don't be fooled. Balenciaga has taken years to start, it has taken its time with the shooting and promises to work as hard or more in its post-production, so it will not hit the screens until 2023.