#wainwright legacy

[simshistoria]

THE STORY BEGINS

Wainwright Farm, 1301. After the death of the Godwin patriarch, William Wainwright is now the head of the family and owner of modest lands. With his wife, Eleanor, and her sister Anabel, will he be able to raise a happy family?

[greenplumbboblover]

Life is Sunniest in Sunset Valley - Chapter 9

[lemontreesims]

More and more people are leaving the graduation hall, but Toby has one last thing he wants to do before they head home.

Toby: ...Will you marry me?

[slytherinsomniari]

My Hogwarts Legacy MC OC Quartet!

Here is my drawing of four of my Hogwarts Legacy characters using the base by dalgyu_777! My art is still not as good as I'd like and it has many problems, but I need to keep practicing. I headcanon that Eleanor is secretly jealous of how close Oleana is with Professor Sharp once she realizes her feelings for him, so when I saw this base I knew I had to draw them 😂 Also didn't realize how many of them had blue eyes, sorry! I'll try to use other colors later.

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

this flopped on reddit so i hope y'all like it more

So, hi. It's been a very long while since I've talked about my OC Vault Hunters here, and, well... things have changed. And I'm better at wording things.

Here's my... well, I wouldn't say propositions, more like full blown concepts for the entire BL4 VH team.

Basics

First thing: there's 8 classes, and not 4. The Watcher did say we'd need as many as we can get.

In my head, 6 of them are base-game, and the last two are DLC. Coincidentally, the last two are mechanically unusual classes compared to the rest of the team (and even to the rest of the Vault Hunters across games), and happen to essentially be multiple people in one playable character - to keep the gender balance, you see: the team already consisted of two dudes, two dudettes and two buddies before I realized I wanted to add more, so the last two are "multiples".

Second thing: I am a lore guy, so I know barely anything about game balance... but I do know some things about game design, and I do in fact have played these games (wow!), so I'd like to think I know what I want to see in these games... BUT I can't escape bias, and I love the way TPS skilltrees were designed, so if you don't like skilltrees encouraging you HEAVILY to use a very specific weapon type, this is probably not the post for you.

Third thing: This is going to be long, but I tried to make it as readable as possible.

Fourth thing: I will be using the BL3 multiple action skill/augment system here, since I like it a lot.

With that out of the way, let's actually get into it.

Lazarus as the Prodigy

Once an urchin scrambling for zir life in the alleyways, now adopted child and protege of the most notorious powercouple in the galaxy (Alistair Hammerlock and Wainwright Jakobs, if it wasn't obvious by zir Jakobs-style attire). Also, ze likes bugs.

Key Words: Sniper, "Soft" Melee, Non-Elemental, Bleed/Stun

Action Skill: Sheer Focus - essentially, an activated gun boosting ability similar to Fade Away, but instead of automatic criticals, it grants Laz the ability to focus shots for a duration. Focusing - or rather, charging - takes a bit of time, but when focused to the maximum, it can do insane damage. The catch is that the "Focus Bonus", even when charged to the max, will be divided by both the pellet count of the weapon and the burst-fire count if it has one, meaning you are heavily encouraged to use those good ol' semi-autos.

And let's not even talk about what happens when you use a fully automatic...

Gimmick: Swappable melee overrides. Each tree has one "starter" override, and additional ones are unlocked the further you go down the tree.

Sheer Focus has a long cooldown and pretty much just exists to boost damage - the overrides are where the real utility is, and are usually available more often. It's sort of like a secondary action skill that you don't really sacrifice a button for.

Do you want to reflect enemy fire with a single stroke of a rapier? Do you want to throw gunpowder in their face and watch them explode when you shoot them? Or maybe take out a banjo and smack them on the head? Lazarus can do all of that.

Additionally, Laz has two other somewhat unique things that aren't unique to specific skill trees:

something called Deadeye Skills, which trigger on crit (or crit-kill, if it's a Deadeye Kill Skill) and are grouped up in a manner similar to Fl4k's Hunter Skills.

great usage of bleed and stun status. Bleed is the same as it was in TPS, a non-elemental damage over time effect. Stun disables the enemy, preventing them from moving or attacking - for obvious reasons, badasses and bosses cannot be stunned and will simply take a bit more damage if they would be stunned by an attack.

Skill Trees: You're in luck here, because I actually made a full detailed skill tree for the Prodigy already. Read it here if you like walls of text.

If you don't, here's a summary:

Green Tree: Legacy - Critical hits. Loads of Deadeye Skills. Major bonuses to Sheer Focus. Not much to say here.

Red Tree: Tradition - Gun damage, heavily favoring non-elemental weapons. Get those FAT one-shots, as the slogan says.

Blue Tree: The New Path - Melee focus. Staying on the move, weaving melee strikes between gunshots, and the bleed/stun status effects I mentioned above. Maybe it's not fair, but who really cares when you can make your enemies into but a fine red mist.

Bartholomew as the Butler

An old model of Jakobs brand butlerbot, deactivated many years ago and only recently turned back on by an unknown variable. Took up vault hunting as a means of... venting his frustrations, so to speak.

Key Words: Berserker, "Hard" Melee, Support, Health Management

Gimmick: Everyone else has a skill-related gimmick, so Bartholomew's gimmick is not having one. Let me know if you can think of one for him.

Action Skills:

Gearshift - fully heals the player and reloads all weapons. Grants a movement and weapon swap speed buff for a short time afterwards

All Out Attack - a large dash with a punch at the end. Has multiple charges. Can be cast multiple times on the same enemy or chained to others.

Overclock - large damage and fire rate buff at the cost of constantly taking damage.

Skill Trees:

Green Tree: Servitude (Gearshift) - A very strange twist on a support tree. Servitude has an entire swathe of team support skills, all of which activate on (mostly) controllable actions such as reloading a gun or reviving an ally. The thing is, upon these buffs activating, Bart takes health damage.

Red Tree: Rage (All Out Attack) - Melee damage, with a focus on increasing melee speed, taking/healing/ignoring damage, not having a shield and mashing that V button into oblivion.

Blue Tree: Restraint (Overclock) - Remember Nisha's Order? This is basically that, to 11. Upon losing a percentage of health, Bartholomew will gain a Restraint stack. Stacks give a variety of buffs, and can even be spent for certain triggered abilities.

Scylla as the Siren

A member of Junpai-7's pirate royalty, disgraced from her home when she became a Phasesight siren. For many decades, she's been wandering the galaxy as a hermit wizard of sorts, and now in her old age she returns to find the Vault, in hopes of preventing some sort of war that she foresaw.

Key Words: Siren, Shock Damage, Crowd Control, Mobility~~, Discount Spellshot~~

Gimmick: Can equip two action skills at once at the cost of sacrificing her grenade slot. Unlike Zane, she has no real way to use grenades, because who needs them when you can electrocute your enemies to death with your bare hands?

Her skill trees also contain (sometimes radically different) variants of the tree's main skill just like Amara, so you can really customize your setup.

Action Skills:

Phasemancy - mind controls an enemy, making them fight for you for a reasonably long duration. Also makes them invincible, though they die instantly when the effect ends. Badasses and bosses can't be mancied, for obvious reasons.

Phasestasis - spawns a large dimensional field, slowing down everything in its radius for a medium duration and causing shock status. Can be re-cast in a different place as long as it's active, but you can't spam-move it.

Phasebolt - a simple shock damage projectile that is precise and deals high damage. Multiple charges.

Skill Trees:

Green Tree: Clairvoyance (Phasemancy) - Mind and some battlefield control, with a bit of sniping for brainy flavor - but rather than using sniping for damage, you'll be using it for utility. Tons of status effect bonuses. Stealing enemy shields and staying ahead of the battle's speed by manipulating it.

Red Tree: Storm Terror (Phasestasis) - Mobility, with a little twist. Rewards not just moving fast, but also staying airborne, jumping, sliding and whatnot. Double jump. Sprinting and shooting. Amp shots for free.

Blue Tree: Wizardry (Phasebolt) - Action skill damage spam, and rewards for doing so. The main deal of this tree is Flow stacks, gained upon using action skills. At base, they don't do much aside from bonus Shock damage - the deal is, you can spend them for other things. Electromagnetic flight, ignoring FFYL and various techniques too strong for those not versed in the arcane arts.

Samuel as the ~~Problem~~ Primordial

Before the incident, he was just a normal Tediore employee working in R&D. Now, he is a vessel of the Vault Monster Uyrru, a locust-like ancient horror. He seeks the Vault both for his "other self", and to figure out what the f/ck is going on.

Key Words: Wildcard, Radiation Damage & Status, Survivability/DR, Ammo Economy, Armor

Gimmick: In a manner similar to Moze, Sam has only one Action Skill, which at base does almost nothing aside from disabling all means of attack. But when you equip Mutations onto it, that's when it gets interesting.

Action Skills: Transform - turns Samuel into his Vault Monster-ish form. As said above, at base it only gives some damage reduction. But when considering Mutations, one can turn Samuel into a:

pestilent master of disease, spawning hordes of bugs from his body.

miniature black hole, hovering over the battlefield and emitting huge waves of radiation.

feral creature, slashing at the enemy with humongous claws.

variety of other things.

Transform does have augments too, but they are not specific to a certain Mutation.

Skill Trees: I have a full skill tree for him as well... but it's still a heavy work in progress, so I won't be sharing it here just yet. Here's the summary:

Green Tree: Resourcefulness - Ammo/grenade stuff. Unlike Moze's tree, this one actually somewhat encourages reloading. Instead of gaining ammo in your mag, Samuel simply picks up more ammo from pickups or even gains back a bit of a weapon's mag when he reloads. Sometimes you need to make most of what you get instead of summoning it out of thin air.

Red Tree: Eldritch Potential - Radiation damage and utility tree, with a bit of splash. Curiously enough it encourages Samuel to get statused, and keep rad status on enemies. Power at a price. But you do get immunity to Radiation!

Blue Tree: Perseverance - Survivability tree. Not that special, aside from the fact it tends to give DR instead of the usual health/shield capacity like most survivability trees. Tends to be more effective the closer to death you are. Also, allows you to gain armor, because it'd be funny to have a VH with three health bars.

Val as the Fanatic

Former member of the CoV, Valor was given the role of Saint of Sparks and Honor. Even after the Calypsos fell, they try to find spiritual guidance and enlightenment in the Vaults. Half blind, has taken a vow of silence and speaks through a floating drone which follows nearby and relays messages through neural uplink.

Key Words: Splash Damage, Support, Healing~~, BIG DAMAGE ALL THE TIME FOREVER~~

Gimmick: Has the option to equip two grenades at once, which synergizes extremely well with their skills, as many of them activate on grenade thrown.

Action Skills:

Battle Prayer - somewhat minor team gun stat buff, but lingers for a reasonably long time.

Dodge Roll - exactly what it sounds like, gives i-frames. Does not trigger "action skill start" effects, not that Val has any of those in their skill tree.

Deep Pockets - forsakes an Action Skill entirely for the ability to equip two grenade mods.

Skill Trees:

Green Tree: Spirit (Battle Prayer) - A variety of team-wide support skills that reward the team for actually sticking together and helping one another. Buffs Val themselves too, of course. Has a few health restoring abilities as well.

Red Tree: Faith (Dodge Roll) - Insane fire rate! Mag sizes that would make Moze weep! Melee damage! All for the low low price of your enemies' lives and all of your accuracy! Vault-Gods, take the wheel!

Blue Tree: Piety (Deep Pockets) - Splash damage, especially grenades. Mostly focused on radius and spamming rather than the splash damage itself being big. Insert Holy Hand Grenade reference here.

Alkimia as the Trooper

A mysterious, brooding woman who defected from an elite, secretive cyborg division of the Maliwan army upon being ordered to kill civillians. Is a poet-philosopher with an unusually calm demeanor for her line of work.

Key Words: Corporate Soldier, Elemental Damage, Status Effects and Interactions, Versatility, Gadgets/Utility, Mild RNG

Gimmick: May swap the element of her Action Skill, similar to Amara. Defaults to Corrosive, but can be changed to Cryo or Incendiary with enough skill point investment.

Action Skills:

Asclepios - a hovering drone shaped a bit like a snake which flies at enemies and attacks them with its elemental beam.

Reaction Globule - Alkimia throws a big ball of elemental sludge that bounces around and deals damage.

Traversal - dashes/teleports Alkimia forward like a Maliwan Flash trooper, dealing action skill damage to anything in her path. May ragdoll weaker enemies at the endpoint.

Skill Trees: I am also working on Alkimia's skill tree. Trying to figure out something really neat. Here's what I got so far.

Green Tree: Catalyst (Asclepios) - Elemental damage and status effects, with a small twist. Instead of just applying status, you want to combine status effects and react them with one another. Burn them with corrosive damage, electrolyze their skin, or abuse the laws of thermodynamics to combine Cryo and Incendiary.

Red Tree: Evolution (Reaction Globule) - General damage, with some Claptrap-esque randomness. The joke is that evolution is an organism trying to gain advantage in an unfavorable environment, and in this case the organism is the player. You better own a variety of guns. That's the price of experimental tech.

Blue Tree: Adaptability (Traversal) - Utility and some survivability (mostly elemental focused). Almost all of the passive bonuses in this tree change either with Alkimia's Action Skill Element, or with the conditions present on the battlefield.

Kat & Dawg as the Partners in Crime

A one-for-two Vault Hunter deal, Katherine and her tink wife Desmond have been sharpening their teeth (and blades) on heists big and small for ages, with Kat being the brawn and Dawg the mastermind of their operation. However, when they caught wind of the Vault, they immediately embarked on their biggest heist ever, the one that might just set them up for life.

Key Words: Pet Class, Inventory Management, Incendiary Damage, Stuns, Mild RNG

Gimmick: As said above, these two are a package deal, do not separate. While the player controls Kat, Dawg just piggybacks on top of her, occasionally commenting on combat or story beats.

The real deal is when these two enter combat. Kat may deploy Dawg with the action skill button, and the latter will stay deployed until she dies or is picked up. If she dies, she respawns back on Kat's back ready to be deployed again, somewhat similar to Fl4k's pets.

While Dawg is on the field, Kat can use her own action skill. (If Dawg dies, she can't, until Dawg is redeployed anew!) She has three, just like most others, but which one she equips also determines what kind of weapon Dawg will be wielding in combat.

Action Skills:

Trust Throw - summons Dawg back to Kat, then she immediately throws her back into the battlefield with a damage boost for a short time. Enemies hit ~~by THE TINK CANNONBALL~~ are stunned. Also heals Dawg back to full, because.... the power of love, or something.

Whirl 'Em - Kat gets out her trusty scrap-axe and spins it in a manner similar to the Brrzerker from Wonderlands, but with incendiary damage instead.

Mystery Bag - Kat takes out Dawg and her's bag of loot, and checks it for anything useful. The pool of what she can find is around 20ish different items with various small beneficial effects: free grenades that are thrown immediately, health hypos or even ancient Eridian doohickeys.

Skill Trees:

Green Tree: Battle Bond - Buffs the living daylights out of Dawg, and makes it more rewarding + easier to coordinate your movements with her. Pretend you're playing co-op in solo!

Red Tree: Destruction of Property - General damage, mostly in incendiary form. Rewards hard hitting weapons and attacks, maybe with a melee strike in there or two. A few kill skills for good measure.

Blue Tree: Larceny - Damage buffs and other benefits... dependent on picking up loot, eridium and cash. Gives a new meaning to the word "shloot". Additionally, a few "underhanded tactics" such as lowering vendor prices and increasing backpack space (to fuel a damage buff scaling off the fullness of your backpack). Think Timothy's Free Enterprise, but even weirder.

The Triad

Actually a trinity of Guardians inhabiting a nanobot swarm body, a corporate experiment at controlling these ancient constructs gone wrong. It tries its best to get along, and find itself in this strange world.

Key Words: Stances, Jack-of-All-Trades

Gimmick: In lieu of an action skill, the Triad switches between its three constituents - Supplicant (highly loyal to the Eridians, to the point of fanaticism), Seeker (neutral, but also the most sapient) and Sorcerer (Vault Monster cultist, corrupted by their influence eons ago) - in a way similar to stances in other games.

The switch itself does nothing, unless a certain skill is specced into that provides a short burst of beneficial effect when it occurs. However, a lot of the Triad's skills have different effects, elements or drawbacks depending on its current stance.

Action Skills: Spirit Switch - see above for details.

Skill Trees:

Green Tree: Supplicant - Focuses on team support, usually at the cost of damage. Can still reliably solo, however, thanks to having crowd control options.

Red Tree: Sorcerer - Focuses on pure damage, usually at the cost of survivability. Has elements of health management, as no price is too great for dark power.

Blue Tree: Seeker - Focuses on survivability and utility. Fairly scrappy, can manage ammo and identify enemy weaknesses.

Closing Words

I hope you all enjoyed this little creation of mine. I'm not... really sure what else to say here besides I love this series, and I love making things for it even more.

If you're curious what these Vault Hunters might look like, I drew all of them a while back.

Thank you for reading, and if you have any feedback regarding these concepts, or maybe your own fanmade Vault Hunters, feel free to comment.

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The lush British costume drama, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes has undergone a few changes since 2020. The setting is still the posh London enclave of the title, but it’s 1871 — 30 years later — and most of Season 1’s characters have died. The spotlight is now on Lord Frederick Trenchard (Benjamin Wainwright), grandson of the original Belgravia’s wealthy, social-climbing merchant James Trenchard.

Frederick was badly abused by his father, James’ son Oliver (the returning Richard Goulding, shown in flashbacks with Alice Eve, another returnee, as wife Susan). The reason? Frederick’s real father is the cad John Bellasis (Adam James). Never told about his illegitimate birth, the insecure, self-loathing young lord blames his inability to love on his younger brother, James (Toby Regbo, The Last Kingdom). “James was always the favorite child,” says exec producer Gareth Neame. “That completely destroyed Frederick.”

Still, Frederick believes — maybe incorrectly — that his spirited and beautiful new wife, Clara (Harriet Slater), can help him overcome his demons. But according to Neame, “They’re too strong.… Clara feels oppressed by her husband and trapped in that marriage.” And Frederick doesn’t help the situation, as he’s obsessed with his risky investments in the future of railroads and partnering with the unconventional Marquise D’Étagnac (Claude Perron), a moneyed French exile and an astute businesswoman.

Lord Trenchard is not, of course, the only one with a secret. His brother James, in reality a kindly reverend and not the monster Frederick imagines, struggles with his forbidden sexuality.

But there’s a truth-teller in this Chapter: An unexpected visitor could blow up several characters’ lives with just a few words.

[kickmag]

R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Songwriting legend Burt Bacharach died of natural causes on February 8th at age 94. Bacharach was responsible for some of the most memorable pop songs of the 20th century many co-written with Hal David. Dionne Warwick became a star in the '60s singing "Don't Make Me Over," Anyone Who Had A Heart," "Walk On By," "I Say A Little Prayer" and "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" all written by Bacharach and David. Their work continued with endless hits recorded by Dusty Springfield, Herb Alpert, Tom Jones, Christopher Cross, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond, Patti LaBelle and so many others. "The Look Of Love," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" "Promises Promises" "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" and "Only Love Can Keep Break A Heart" would all be recorded by several artists through the decades. Aretha Franklin recorded "I Say A Little Prayer" in the '60s and Luther Vandross would be one of the artists to bring his legacy to the '80s with his recording of "A House Is Not A Home." 

Warwick's career was revived in the '80s when she recorded "That's What Friends Are For" written by Bacharach and his partner Carole Bayer Sager. Bacharach started recording as a solo artist in 1965 and was most successful in that realm with his song "Trains and Boats and Planes" becoming a top hit in the UK that year. In the late '90s, he co-wrote the Grammy-winning album Painted From Memory with Elvis Costello. His 2005 solo album At This Time, had guest appearances from Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and Dr. Dre. Ron Isley collaborated with Bacharach on the Here I Am album of his compositions in Isley's style. In 2013, Bacharach's autobiography, Anyone Who Had A Heart was released. The songwriter was active through his later years performing at Glastonbury in 2015, scoring the film A Boy Called Po and working with pop artist Daniel Tashian. He was honored with induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. There are plans to release another Elvis Costello collaboration album in March 2023. The Songs of Bacharach and Costello are from the musical Taken From Life. 

[kevinjmann]

UKI - Episode 353

UKI: Episode 353 is now here on Mixcloud

This episode is featuring:

1. @kanou.music - Refaire

2. Félix Rabin - Find Me

3. Balance Of Power - Never Be Here Again

4. gavanwaldby - Make This Moment Last

5. Solo Moderna - Pongolongo

6. Malaika Wainwright - Like A Ghost

7. Attic Theory - The Legacy

8. Ari Fraser - Dance With Me

9. The Magic Es - Consequence Of You

10. George Oz - Graveyard Dance

11. X&ND - Who's Gonna Leave Who First?

12. Avalon Kane - Don't Believe Anymore

13. Cove Diamond - Heat Of The Night

14. Jeremy Serwer - Cave Slumber

15. AlabasterQueen - Do What You Want

16. Esancy - Dive

Broadcast on

Sword Radio UK - www.swordradiouk.com - Thursday 9pm

KrystalRadio Station - www.krystalradio.net - Friday 7pm

Pop Radio UK - www.popradiouk.co.uk - Monday 8pm , Tuesday 8pm and Wednesday 8pm

Bunka Radio (Columbia) - https://www.bunkaradio.com/ - Monday 1am

Charlie Mason Radio (USA) - www.charliemasonradio.com - Tuesday 10pm

YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT AND UNSIGNED MUSICIANS - PLEASE BUY THEIR MUSIC - KEEP THE SCENE ALIVE!:

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The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony Reveals Its Presenters And Performers Line-Up

(L-R) Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott will perform at the 2024 GRAMMYs, airing live Sunday, February 4, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network.

Acclaimed songwriter/producer, activist and current GRAMMY® nominee, Justin Tranter will host the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony®, live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Kicking off the ceremony, the opening number will feature a performance by J. Ivy, Larkin Poe, Pentatonix, Sheila E., and Jordin Sparks. Other artists scheduled to perform include current nominees Adam Blackstone, Brandy Clark, Kirk Franklin, Robert Glasper, Bob James, Laufey, Terrace Martin, and Gaby Moreno, as well as GRAMMY-nominated recording artist/drummer Harvey Mason Sr. Presenters for the first GRAMMY Awards® of the day include Patti Austin, Natalia Lafourcade, Carly Pearce, Molly Tuttle, Rufus Wainwright, and five-time GRAMMY winner and former Recording Academy® Board of Trustees Chair Jimmy Jam. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. and Chair of the Board of Trustees Tammy Hurt will provide opening remarks. The 66th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony will stream live on Sun, Feb. 4, at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel and on live.GRAMMY.com. City National Bank, the Official Bank of the GRAMMY Awards, is returning for its second year as the presenting sponsor of the Premiere Ceremony.

      “The Premiere Ceremony is the most incredible lead-up to Music’s Biggest Night®,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “With an amazing line-up of presenters and performers, we’ll reveal and    celebrate the winners of more than 80 Categories, spanning the diverse genres and crafts that have contributed to such a spectacular year in music.” 

    

Graphic Courtesy of the Recording Academy.

Most of the Premiere Ceremony performers, presenters and host are current 66th GRAMMY® nominees. Austin is nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album (For Ella 2 Featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band); Blackstone is nominated for Best Jazz Performance (“Vulnerable (Live)” Featuring The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté) and Best Jazz Instrumental Album (Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn); Clark is nominated for Best Musical Theater Album (Shucked), Best Country Solo Performance (“Buried”), Best Country Song (“Buried”), Best Americana Performance (“Dear Insecurity” Featuring Brandi Carlile), Best American Roots Song (“Dear Insecurity” Featuring Brandi Carlile), and Best Americana Album (Brandy Clark); Franklin is nominated for Best Gospel Performance/Song (“All Things”); Glasper is nominated for Best R&B Performance (“Back To Love” Featuring SiR & Alex Isley) and Best R&B Song (“Back To Love” Featuring SiR & Alex Isley); James is nominated for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (Jazz Hands); J. Ivy is nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album (The Light Inside); Lafourcade is nominated for Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album (De Todas Las Flores); Larkin Poe is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album (Blood Harmony); Laufey is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Bewitched); Martin is nominated for Best Progressive R&B Album (Nova with James Fauntleroy); Moreno is nominated for Best Latin Pop Album (X Mí (Vol.1)); Pearce is nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“We Don’t Fight Anymore” Featuring Chris Stapleton); Pentatonix is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Holidays Around The World); Sparks is nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (“Love Me Like I Am” with for KING & COUNTRY); Tranter is nominated for Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical; Tuttle is nominated for Best Bluegrass Album (City Of Gold with Golden Highway); Wainwright is nominated for Best Folk Album (Folkocracy).

      The 66th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony is produced by Branden Chapman, Ruby Marchand, Chantel Sausedo, and Rex Supa on behalf of the Recording Academy. Greg V. Fera is executive producer and Cheche Alara is music producer and music director.

       The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards® will broadcast live following the Premiere Ceremony on CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT. See here for the full list of nominees at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Learn more about how to watch the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Media assets for GRAMMY season and events can be found here.  

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The lush British costume drama, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes has undergone a few changes since 2020. The setting is still the posh London enclave of the title, but it’s 1871 — 30 years later — and most of Season 1’s characters have died. The spotlight is now on Lord Frederick Trenchard (Benjamin Wainwright), grandson of the original Belgravia’s wealthy, social-climbing merchant James Trenchard.

Frederick was badly abused by his father, James’ son Oliver (the returning Richard Goulding, shown in flashbacks with Alice Eve, another returnee, as wife Susan). The reason? Frederick’s real father is the cad John Bellasis (Adam James). Never told about his illegitimate birth, the insecure, self-loathing young lord blames his inability to love on his younger brother, James (Toby Regbo, The Last Kingdom). “James was always the favorite child,” says exec producer Gareth Neame. “That completely destroyed Frederick.”

Still, Frederick believes — maybe incorrectly — that his spirited and beautiful new wife, Clara (Harriet Slater), can help him overcome his demons. But according to Neame, “They’re too strong.… Clara feels oppressed by her husband and trapped in that marriage.” And Frederick doesn’t help the situation, as he’s obsessed with his risky investments in the future of railroads and partnering with the unconventional Marquise D’Étagnac (Claude Perron), a moneyed French exile and an astute businesswoman.

Lord Trenchard is not, of course, the only one with a secret. His brother James, in reality a kindly reverend and not the monster Frederick imagines, struggles with his forbidden sexuality.

But there’s a truth-teller in this Chapter: An unexpected visitor could blow up several characters’ lives with just a few words.

Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Premieres Sunday, January 14, MGM+

[simshistoria]

MEET THE FOUNDERS

Top: William Wainwright and his wife, Eleanor Wainwright (nee Godwin). Bottom: Anabel Godwin, Eleanor's youngest sister and ward. Edith Bayard (nee Godwin), Eleanor's sister, and her husband Edward.

hi! i'm isa, and i'm starting my ultimate decades challenge with the wainwright family! this will be a good mix of storytelling and gameplay, and a few anachronisms. hope you enjoy, and follow the wainwrights as they go through life in the 1300s.

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Bernie Taupin’s songwriting partnership with Elton John is one of the most successful in rock & roll history. Their 50-plus-year collaboration began in 1967, when Taupin and John both responded to a music industry advertisement seeking songwriters. In 1970, “Your Song” became their first smash, kicking off a 1970s-era run of fourteen Top Ten hits that included “Rocket Man,” “Crocodile Rock,” and “Philadelphia Freedom.” With his narrative songwriting influenced by the folk music of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, the blues of Lightnin' Hopkins, and the country music of Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins, Taupin’s introspective lyrics served as a precursor to the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Taupin’s rich words create the evocative images to which Elton John composes melodies that have resonated with millions of listeners. The Taupin-John legacy ranks among rock & roll’s most notable songwriting duos, including Lennon-McCartney, Goffin-King, Jagger-Richards, Leiber-Stoller, and Ashford-Simpson.   

  

Taupin and John continued to achieve critical and commercial success into the 1980s and 1990s with hits such as “I’m Still Standing,” “Nikita,” and “Club at the End of the Street.” As the world grieved the sudden loss of Princess Diana in late 1997, Taupin’s rewritten lyrics for “Candle in the Wind 1997” touched the hearts of millions; the emotional tribute topped the Billboard charts for 14 weeks, becoming the second highest selling single of all time.   

  

In addition to his work with Elton John, Taupin has written songs for other artists, including Alice Cooper and Brian Wilson, and earned Number One hits with songs like Starship’s “We Built This City” and Heart’s “These Dreams.” In 2006, Taupin earned a Golden Globe for “A Love That Will Never Grow Old” from the film Brokeback Mountain. Most recently, he earned an Academy Award for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from the biopic Rocketman. Taupin was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.   

  

Selected discography: 

Elton John, “Your Song,” Elton John (1970) • Elton John, “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time),” Honky Château (1972) • Elton John, “Crocodile Rock” (1972) • Elton John, “Philadelphia Freedom” (1975) • Elton John, “I’m Still Standing,” Too Low for Zero (1983) • Starship, “We Built This City,” Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985) • Heart, “These Dreams,” Heart (1986) 

Influences: Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen 

Legacies: Rufus Wainwright, Lady Gaga, Brandon Flowers, Ed Sheeran 

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HL OC: Verity Wainwright

Introducing my latest Hogwarts Legacy OC, Verity Wainwright! An easygoing dreamy girl, Verity is often in her own head and does things at her own pace, to the puzzlement of others. However, this does not mean that she is absentminded. She notices more than people would think and loves to make people happy. A gentle yet energetic girl, she cares deeply for those around her, whether they be human or otherwise. Good at potions, herbology, and care of magical creatures, she takes pleasure in doing things that involve care and creation.Her parents are unspeakables and spend a lot of time at work, with her mother working in the death chamber while her father worked in the brain room.

Verity does live with her parents but she also lives near Hogsmeade as she works part-time at Honeydukes. She is childhood friends with the girl working at Steepley and Sons, with Verity being nicknamed "the cloud" and her friend being "the rose". Honeydukes and Hogsmeade itself are places that many people enjoy—student, professor, & everyone else—so she wants to make sure that everyone has a great time and leaves happy. That is why Verity prides herself on working at Honeydukes and giving people happiness through sweets. Her blue hair paired with her calm yet sunny disposition and her cloudy nickname gives her an image of a bright sky shining down on everyone, while her childhood friend is the fragrant and beautiful garden that people can relax in, taking in the peace and comfort it brings.

I chose her design because I wanted to do something with blue hair and she is inspired by Arisugawa Otome, Luna Lovegood, Hanazono Kirara, & Hirasawa Yui.

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OC SKILLTREE INFODUMP UPDATED VERSION. THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY LONG. ALSO IF THIS GETS ENOUGH NOTES IM GOING TO POST IT TO R*DDIT TOO BECAUSE I THINK MY IDEAS ARE COOL.

Lazarus as the Prodigy

(full name: Lazarus Jakobs)

The heir to the Jakobs corporation and a thoroughly strange kid, Lazarus takes after both of zir fathers, but puts a unique spin on both of their fighting styles.

Action Skills: Only one, called Sheer Focus. It temporarily increases your FoV and zoom while also boosting your crit damage out the wazoo. Basically, it's Showdown but not shamelessly busted.

The Trees

Legacy. The sniping tree, basically, but with a specific "hunter" flavor. Boosts against badasses, bosses, overleveled enemies, and anything with a huge healthbar.

Tradition. The tree that Wainwright would be most proud of. Tons of various buffs, but almost solely to non-elemental weapons. Perhaps some kind of bonus against full-health enemies and some kind of overkill effect, so you can chain those oneshots.

The New Path. The status effect tree, non-elemental flavor. Specifically, this tree focuses on bleed (if you've ever played Athena, you'll know) and stun. Stun is a new status effect, basically a long stagger, though it doesn't work on bosses, it is a great tool against badasses and the like. This tree does have some skills which benefit ALL status effects, but they are few and far between.

Notes: I just want a playable Wainlock fankid, okay.

What would be strong on this VH? Jakobs, duh. Also weapons that are, on paper, non elemental but have some kind of hidden elemental property (like the Love Drill, Dead Chamber, Dakota, etc.) so you can abuse The New Path tree to insane levels. Also also, tanky shields, because Lazarus is kind of a glass cannon to balance zir great bossing and mobbing potential. Don't need defense if one shot is all you need, right?

Class Mod Names: Heir, Princex, Entomologist, Aristocrat, Duelist, Monster Hunter

Bartholomew as the Butler

An old, malfunctioning butlerbot with berserk tendencies who still, above all else, wishes to serve.

Action Skills: Overclock (gun damage/melee damage/fire rate buff for a period of time), All-Out Attack (a punch dash with high damage that has multiple charges and can be chained or used several times on the same enemy) and Gearshift (full heal and automatic weapon reload with a temporary bonus to weapon swap speed and movement speed that applies to the whole party). All have long cooldowns except for All-Out Attack.

The Trees

Unstoppable Rage (All-Out Attack): The melee tree. Fairly bog-standard as far as melee trees go, but this one specifically encourages taking damage and spamming that melee button (with a high-damage low cooldown override).

Servitude (Gearshift): Support tree, self-harm edition. Servitude has several buffs and bonuses that activate upon certain conditions (like you reloading, or breaking your shield, etc) that apply to you AND your entire co-op party. The catch is, upon any of these buffs activating, Bartholomew will lose some health. Which brings me to...

Restraint (Overclock): ...this tree, which is all about STACKS. A Restraint stack is gained upon losing a set percentage of health, and said stacks activate bonuses like health regeneration, reload speed, and more. You can already see the synergy here.

Notes: I liked Nisha's Law and Order mechanics, so why can't we have that back? Also a self-sacrificial support is a very interesting concept to me.

What would be strong on this VH? The Rough Rider, because damn I wish that shield was good again. Gun-wise, Moxxi weapons (ESPECIALLY at endgame) and the Kyb's Worth, since this character focuses on health so much. Also, bring your friends.

Class Mod Names: Servant, Glitch, Exploit, Protector, Barbarian, Processor

Scylla as the Siren

(full name: Scylla von Perun)

A mysterious old hermit with the seemingly prophetic power of phasesight... and an interest in Bunkers and Badasses. Scylla uses her electrifying powers to dazzle and disorient the enemy.

Action Skills: Phasemagy (a quick shock bolt with high damage), Phaseurgy (a spread of three weak shock missiles that home into enemies and deal splash damage) and Phasemancy (a debuff cast onto an enemy that causes them to take increased damage from the next thing that damages them, especially if it's a critical hit). All have short cooldowns. Scylla can, just like Zane, forgo using a grenade in order to equip 2 action skills at once - but unlike Zane, she has no way to use her grenades in other ways.

The Trees

Storm Terror (Phasemagy): The going fast tree. Rewards things like jumping and sliding around a lot with things like amp shots, shield regeneration and of course even more movement speed. Plus the obligatory "you can shoot while sprinting" skill.

Clairvoyance (Phasemancy): Mind control, baby! Basically it's the crowd control tree, but in order to even start on it you have to take a skill that gives you a chance to turn enemies to your side when you crit them. Also, a little bit of crit bonuses so you get more damage for predicting where the enemies go.

Wizardry (Phaseurgy): Have you ever wanted to play a Spellshot in a mainline Borderlands game? Wonder no further, this tree focuses on mindlessly spamming what is essentially magic all over your enemies. Also some bonuses to status effect duration (yes, the mind control from the Clairvoyance tree counts as a status).

Notes: You like spells. I like spells. We all like spells. Also, if every single siren so far has been referred to as a witch, we deserve a wizard siren too.

What would be strong on this VH? I would say Guardian 4N631 but tbh I think that gun is so busted it will not return ever. If anyone has any suggestions for any other gear that would improve such an action skill focused character I'm listening.

Class Mod Names: Spellcaster, Archmage, Diviner, Prophet, Kraken, Hermit

Samuel the Primordial

(full name: Samuel Hawking)

An unlucky former Tediore employee who strayed too close to a Vault that was being opened... and fused with the energy of a Vault Monster that was inside. Now, he seeks to hunt the Vault to find out more about the monster he has become.

Action Skills: Just like Lazarus, only has one: Transform, which normally is just a temporary but massive damage reduction. However, he can equip two augments, as well as a Mutation. Mutations are essentially more powerful augments that restrict what he can do while transformed. For example, "Aetherium Talons" locks him into melee but allows him to dash at enemies and rip them apart, "Reactive Glands" makes him spam free grenades but make him unable to use melee and guns, etc.

The Trees

Eldritch Potential: The elemental damage tree, this time in radiation flavor. There is a focus on splash damage and chaining kills, but otherwise this tree is fairly standard.

Perseverance: The survivability tree, featuring things like decreased self damage, status effect immunity, and resistance to elemental damage. This tree has the unique quirk of being more effective the closer to death you are, even in FFYL where it increases your damage.

Resourcefulness: Regenerate health. Regenerate ammo. Regenerate grenades. Regenerate shields. Regenerate everything with this simple trick: using this tree. Of course most of it is conditional (like triggering on reload, kill, or second wind) but it's quite powerful.

Notes: I wish the game addressed the canonical fact that some Vault Monsters are actual lovecraftian entities that can merge with humans (cough cough, Gythian, cough cough).

What would be strong on this VH? Anything radiation, anything splash, anything with high ammo consumption. If you thought Anarchy, congratulations, this guy isn't a former Tediore employee for nothing. Launchers like the Yellowcake or the ION CANNON would be good on him too. Also, the Front Loader, since it lowers your health, and in this case if would enable some insane survivability.

Class Mod Names: Old One, Abomination, Nucleus, Roach, Neutron, Mutant

Val the Fanatic

(full name unknown, but we do know that Val is short for Valor)

A former member of the CoV, Val believes the Vaults are the key to spiritual enlightenment. Although they are half blind (ritualistic, self inflicted) and mute (vow of silence enforced by them sewing their own vocal chords together. they speak through a drone that follows them around), they are still extremely dangerous, no small part thanks to their zeal.

Action Skills: Dodge Roll (exactly what it sounds like, gives some immunity frames) and Battle Roar (a team-wide damage buff that is small but applies to all damage sources). Both aren't strong, but have long cooldowns. To compensate, Val's third skill Deep Pockets is simply the ability to equip and use two different grenade mods at once in a similar manner to a Spellshot's Ambihextrous.

The Trees

Conscience (Dodge Roll): Survivability... technically speaking. Instead of giving more health or shields like most survivability trees, this one focuses on more esoteric means of not dying, like ignoring bullets, immunity frames, more FFYL time, or just a straight up chance to not die and instead be reduced to 1 health. After all, this is a bandit mook we are talking about, those aren't technically supposed to be damage sponges.

Faith (Battle Roar): Insane fire rate! Mag sizes that would make Moze weep! Melee damage! All for the low low price of your enemies' lives and all of your accuracy! No Seein' Red for this one, though, you better keep up that killstreak or you'll lose it all.

Piety (Deep Pockets): Insert a reference to the Holy Hand Grenade here, because it's the splash damage/grenade spam tree. Unlike Samuel, for this one, splash is the focus - especially radius. Ever wanted to throw so many Hexes the screen goes white? Steer clear and be careful, because you have no way to protect yourself.

Notes: Honestly I just want a character whose motivation for hunting Vaults is spiritual in nature. I feel like that would make for a really compelling story.

What would be strong on this VH? Most good grenades and high fire rate weapons would probably work. Hell, with a proper build, you could use the BL3 Fastball and anything automatic.

Class Mod Names: Herald, Evangelist, Zealot, Seeker, Cardinal, Pastor

Alkimia the Trooper

(real name unknown, but it seems like Alkimia is a pseudonym)

A mysterious, brooding cyborg woman who defected from the upper echelons of the Maliwan army upon witnessing the atrocities they committed. Most of her speech seems to be vaguely poetic.

Action Skills: Only one - Reaction Globule, a big ball of corrosion that explodes on contact with an enemy or the ground. However, she can equip different elements onto it (radiation, cryo, or incendiary) and mix and match various augments. Does the ball bounce? Does it stick to enemies? Does Alkimia throw three balls with lowered damage? Maybe it does some combination of these things.

The Trees

Adaptation: Passive bonuses, with a catch - at first, they will cycle through in a semi-random pattern, similarly to Claptrap's subroutines. However, unlike his subroutines, over time they will slowly adapt to the manufacturers, weapon types, and elements you are actually using.

Evolution: Cybernetic augmentations, similar to Wilhelm's blue tree, but this time they actually adapt to the enemies you fight and your current situation. A constant aura around you that deals the most effective elemental damage? Sure. A damage buff that scales the more health an enemy has? Yep. A melee override which heals health or shields, depending on which you have less of? Absolutely.

Catalyst: Status effect tree, stacking edition! Ever wanted to have a boss be corroded, AND frozen, AND on fire? Now with this tree, you can - and you'll even get more damage for it (obviously, by slapping a damage debuff on your enemies). You can even apply them with non-elemental weapons if you have the capstone!Also, if you want weapon swap speed, this tree will give you all the weapon swap speed.

Notes: Ah yes, the obligatory former corporate military character. I mean, they are in every game, so why not make one of them a weird funky cyborg?

What would be strong on this VH? Maliwan, obviously, but anything with high status chance and/or fire rate will work. Alkimia is kind of a jack of all trades with some elemental spice thrown in, though, so you can probably use almost anything.

Class Mod Names: Chemist, Maverick, Solution, Avatar, Thaumaturgist, Philosopher

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