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María Montez publicity photos for her films and a photo with Jean-Pierre Aumont that come from Tina Aumont's personal collection and were published in 2002 Cine Zine Zone number 134 magazine.
Very special thanks to @74paris for sending me the whole magazine (that I will be publishing little by little).
#María Montez#Maria Montez#Jean Pierre Aumont#actress#actor#The Queen of Technicolor#La Reina del rEcnicolor#Tina Aumont's personal collection#Cine Zine Zone#2002 Cine Zine Zone#ali baba and the forty thieves#amore e sange#Scherezade#The thief of venice#1940s films#Silver Screen#Old Hollywood#Gold Hollywood#collaboration
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Colin: Nancy Drew, you are a girl in a million.
Nancy: That’s a routine compliment but I’ll accept it.
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*judges in Rosa*
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""Stealing from the ultra-rich is not a sin," says the infamous thief Vincenzo Pipino who stole gold, art and jewels worth millions and shared his profits with the poor.
Now retired, he confesses all" - Vice
Gaun yersel, Vincenzo!
"Or rather it was the painting who stole me" 🤣
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#venice#grand canal#vice#YouTube#video#art thief#art#art theft#vincenzo pipino#italy#robin hood#gold#canaletto#wassily kandinsky#poverty#millionaires
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assassination contracts are kinda fun
#my posts#gameblogging#liveblogging ac#they're not that fun when i have to walk to the other side of the city#or when they bug out and i get detected despite no one being around#or the game doesnt register i killed the targets and i have to do it again#but ive done all the ones in venice#currently working on the ones in florence#and theyre pretty varied#plus theres different ways of approaching each situation#i had one where i had to follow a thief to a target#but the thief kept dying on the way#so i just killed everyone on the rooftops beforehand#it sure was something#there was another one where i had to kill a guy in armor#and he was surrounded by guards on all sides everywhere#but it wasnt a restricted area and they just didn't care if i got close#he didnt care either he didnt run away the way others tend to do#so i just killed him from real close#then went for a swim to get everyone off my ass#best thing about venice is that there's water everywhere#so i can just swim away from the consequences of my actions :')#n i c e
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Ironic Parallels
For all that the political Left likes to claim that they're without bias or bigotry, just existing as a Jew in Leftist spaces will quickly demonstrate otherwise. And for maximum irony, the patterns of systemic antisemitism on the Left don't mirror right-wing antisemitism. Instead, they mirror right-wing racism. Imperfectly, for sure, but the parallels between how the Right treats Black people and how the Left treats Jews are striking.
Discussions of systemic bigotry are deflected with Whataboutisms so that the instigating issue isn't addressed. For African-Americans, it's often "What about Black-on-Black crime?" and similar by the Right-Wing, and for Jews, it's "What about Israel?"
Alternatively, a prominent political advocacy organization is attacked and defamed in order to again deflect and dismiss. "BLM is violent and engages in riots!" or the usual libels against ACORN, and "Israel is fascist!" or the usual libels against AIPAC and the ADL.
At the same time, prominent dead members have their words cherrypicked to make people feel good about themselves and their treatment of that group. Contrast how MLK's "I had a dream!" speech is used by the Right-Wing with how Anne Frank's "I believe that people are fundamentally good at heart" is used by the Left.
On that same theme, token members are held up to deflect accusations of systemic bias. African-American right-wingers prove that the Right Isn't Racist, and Jewish Antizionists prove that the Left isn't antisemitic--or, conversely, the extremist members of the individual group are cherrypicked to "prove" that the whole group is like them.
Furthermore, laws are proposed or passed to disrupt cultural practices; people of African descent face bias for having natural hair, while Jews routinely face people proposing banning circumcision, kosher slaughter, or the keeping of an eruv. But, you see, they can't be biased, because they know all about that group... based on what they saw on TV/Movies/Wikipedia, so they know that the group can handle these laws and rules just "fine".
The targeted group are treated as having an unfair advantage in the racial hierarchy. Consider the parallels between a right-winger complaining about Affirmative Action, and a Left-Winger saying that, since "Jews are White and therefore privileged, antisemitism isn't real discrimination."
But as soon as one shows up in a space outside of where they "belong", they're treated with suspicion until proven that they're acceptable... if ever. A POC in a store is treated as a potential thief, and a Jew in public is automatically acceptable to interrogate if they're a "Zionist".
Consider also how historical revisionism is rife as well. For POC, slavery and imperialism are erased from textbooks, as well as the backlash against Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project and more. Meanwhile for Jews, pretty much nothing exists in educational curriculums between the start of the Diaspora (assuming it's even mentioned) and the Holocaust, which is treated as an aberration of bigotry instead of the culmination of centuries of hate. Even the admission of the real history is treated as an unforgiveable sin. Black people were never mistreated or enslaved, but were Guest Workers. Jews never came from the Levant and are Just White People From Europe.
And that's before we even get into systemic disenfranchisement. The original "ghetto" was the Jewish ghetto of Venice, and Jews are still routinely discriminated against for hiring, just as POC are.
But at the same time, everyone knows that "Blacks always play the race card" and that "Jews always accuse people of antisemitism."
And so on and so forth.
They're not perfect parallels--and I'm not saying that they are--but they are striking parallels in behavior.
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I drafted this in April 2023, and it's been sitting in my drafts ever since, as I didn't have the courage to post it.
But given the current SURGE in Leftist Antisemitism, I somehow don't care anymore.
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nico is a ghost, nico is gay, nico is a practicing pagan, nico is autistic, nico is antigone-coded, nico is enveloped by death (ghosts, grief, memories haunting him, the life he left behind one more ghost enveloping him, he spends time in the underworld because death is all he remembers and all he really has), nico is mediterranean, nico is from the 30s, nico has depression, nico is sentimental, nico is a crier, nico both self-isolates and is isolated by other people, nico is resilient, nico has a weird relationship with food, nico gets along the best with people also left out, nico is self destructive, nico’s love is bigger than himself and that’s his fatal flaw, nico was always meant to be a tragic character, no matter what in his storyline changed, no matter if Bianca never died and they never went to the lotus hotel, nico is strawberries, nico has freckles, nico has visited several countries and probably met people in all of them, nico is humans by big thief, nico is alien by lebanon hanover, nico has suffered from internalized homophobia, nico is from venice, nico has lost all the memories of the life he originally had and was supposed to keep, nico wants to be liked, to belong, but he’s been pushed away for so long he began believing he didn’t belong, nico yearns, nico cares about the dead, nico knows all about death and it’s rituals, nico is an inmigrant, nico is dead to the government, nico wanted to be a pirate, nico grew up catholic, nico refuses to do anything than might make himself look vulnerable to other people, nico is amazing with swords, nico is currently 15, nico was homeless for years, nico was the first person to go to Tartarus and come out alive, and he did it by choice, nico is willingly to risk his life to save someone else’s, nico will spend the rest of his life mourning a girl no one remembers, who has no grave or place in the underworld, who nico will eventually forget parts of, her face, her voice, because he has no photos of, but a love than will never fade, nico belongs in another time, nico refuses to lose his humanity, nico has been burned too many times, and now doesn’t even try to fit in, nico wears all black both because he likes it but also because he’s mourning, nico doesn’t read very well in english, nico moves his hands to articulate as he’s speaking, nico has ptsd, nico has a weird relationship with touch, nico is
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w all the "sinners" theme going on in the qsmp i wanted to summarize everyones sins pre-qsmp lore
Take this as an unofficial and incomplete guide to the qsmp chars past mistakes and wrongdoings. I will also dive on their personalities, since i dont think they'd change so much from pre-lore.
ill keep working on this and adding more info !!! if smth is wrong lmk plss
the colors signify the intensity and/or quantity of known sins.
things like "demon", "cryptid" and "grim reaper" are added here not bc i personally consider them bad, but bc the fed/ the eye might see them as issues.
· qbbh: grim reaper demon. caused a catastrophe when arrived that killed many people (some theorize it was atlantis). burned a childrens hospital once. did something in venice. trickster, liar. (as egglore is semi-canon u can count it in and say hes a former cult leader but eh). Besides his children, trusts no one. Sandwitches the truth between lies to a point no one can tell when hes lying or not. Intentionally acts suspicious, pushing friends and loved ones away. Tends to pull deathly and sometimes harmful pranks on others for fun. Tends to lie abt unserious things for his own amusement. I consider bbh a fox-like spirit.
· qcellbit: cannibal, torturer, murderer. mentor in the war was a demon. liar, manipulator. name originates from his time in prision, where he used a broken cellphone to frighten the other inmates. Kept his nature while in the island, it appearing more softly in the start (the Regret arc, where he falsely betrayed everyone to get intel on the fed), and fully unleashing when he learned the truth abt his past ─ killing the fed workers and threatning qPac ─ and in Purgatory.
· qmike: thief. stole from rich ppl in order to donate to orphanages w qpac. both betrayed qcellbit (formerly cell) when they escaped from prision, leaving him for dead. Not afraid to go against authority figures. Does everything to protect his family. Doesnt trust a lot of people. Stands his ground.
· qfit: 2b2t veteran. i dont need to say more.
· qroier: was obsessive over his last bf. made a cult in his name. tried to kill him ig.
· qmouse: demon & proud. excentric, likes death and blood. enjoys chaos and suffering.
· qfoolish: afaik we dont have much info on his past. Isnt afraid to do what he believes is necessary, even when it makes him a villain. Patient and cunning. Tends to tell the truth, despite not always saying his true intentions. Two-faced.
· qforever: was a corrupt politician. bf from outside the island is a vampire. possibly not a human, although nothing is truly confirmed. If unhuman, theories and hcs span from werewolf, to fae, to elf. His mistakes arise from being too good for his own good. When he became president, he declared he didnt want to be corrupt again, or become a dictator. Always tries to be as morally right as he can, even though it may push his friends away.
· qpac: thief. stole from rich ppl in order to donate to orphanages w qpac. both betrayed qcellbit (formerly cell) when they escaped from prision, leaving him for dead. Has abandonment and self-esteem issues.
· qphil: angel of death. married to lady death herself. If Antarctic Empire is confirmed cannon, hes also a world-conquerer and war criminal.
· qmissa: grim reaper (unconfirmed lore afaik). Naive and innocent. Has major self-esteem issues.
· qtina: demon. hides her identity for unclear resons.
· qjaiden: liar, manipulator. even tho, is a kind soul. fed experiment. besides this, not much info on her past.
· qslime: we dont have any info on his past. Has a weird toxic relationship w qmarianna. Certainly not one of the purest islanders.
·qmarianna: we dont have any info on his past. Has a weird toxic relationship w qsime. Certainly not one of the purest islanders.
· qaypierre: fed experiment (afaik; i guess). he has smth going on.
· qbagi: nothing particularly bad stands out abt her past.
· qbagh: besides being a fed experiment and an islander since was a child, nothing bad stands out abt her past and/or current actions.
· qtubbo: we dont have any info on his past. Naive and impulsive young adult.
· qfelps: he is a weird one. He doesnt have any sins in his past, as he was one of the "good guys". When he was a guard at Alcatraz, cellbit attacked him him. It is unknown if he survived the attack or came back to life.
· qetoiles: we dont have any info on his past. Is a noble warrior, and values fairness over anything.
· qantoine: we dont know. no one knows. is envolved w the feds and cucurucho. a type of cryptid or smth.
#qsmp#qsmp badboyhalo#qsmp bbh#qsmp forever#qsmp purgatory#qsmp baghera#qsmp cellbit#qsmp roier#qsmp tubbo#qsmp aypierre#qsmp bagi#qsmp foolish#qsmp fitmc#qsmp etoiles#qsmp antoine#im tired of tagging#qsmp tazercraft#qsmp jaiden#qsmp tinakitten#qsmp tina#qsmp philza#qsmp missa#qsmp slimecicle#qsmp elmariana#just realized basically everyone on this island is a liar and manipulates ppl to get what they want#god how are they all awfull ppl
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Thief Lord News
i'm still away from my laptop/slightly shellshocked after meeting cornelia BUT during the interview portion she said that she'd been determined not to work on any long stories this year, but when she went to Venice, an idea ambushed her and she can't shake it off. A bit later she confirmed (predictably) that it's something related to The Thief Lord 👀
#the thief lord#info#to me at least this was news i'm excited#sie hat auch über das wilde hühner projekt gesprochen und es klingt langsam konkreter#cornelia funke#but guys honestly meeting her was so wild the fact that she knew who i was-#-or what i've done i suppose#insane#unbelievable#always meet your heroes i love her so much#i was hungover and covered in glitter but. anyway.
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My first thoughts straight after watching Dead Reckoning!
SPOILERS
I am so disappointed.
From the start, the film is a mess. The writing is pretty bad, to be honest. The humour doesn't quite click like the others but most of all, the plot is.. what?
They really shouldn't have gone with AI. God, I wish they hadn't. That opening. Meh.
Oh and here's two halves of a key. That keeps getting pickpocketed. They're really important but no one knows why. They try to explain it so many times but none of us gets it. That's how dumb it is.
Uh, so is Ethan like the head of the IMF now? Like wtf, the whole bit about the IMF is confusing and bad. The choices they apparently all had to make? Nah. That flashback? Nah.
An arms dealer hosts a party in Venice? And posts two guards outside the door? Sure. Why not.
One of the biggest letdowns is what they did with the female characters. I've always praised McQ for his writing of female characters. You'd think that having Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff and Hayley Atwell would be great. But no.
The biggest letdown is obviously the treatment of Ilsa Faust, a fan favourite. Ilsa has always been written so well. Remember how they deleted the kiss in Fallout because it made Ilsa weak at Ethan's expense?
And yet Ilsa's very short storyline in the entire film, no wait, in the first half only (?!) is that she is killed in order to hurt Ethan? And the reason why is because an AI is making Ethan choose between two women, only one can live…
Talk. About. Making. Her. Weak. At. Ethan's. Expense. And bad writing.
Also, we have Kittridge saying Ethan is always helping Ilsa out of trouble when it is *literally* the other way around. Did I mention bad writing or is it just Kittridge getting it all wrong?
They fridged the best character of the franchise? And then, in the next scene, Ethan looks sad for a moment, Benji wipes a tear and then the next moment, the team convinces this stranger, this thief, who kept running away from Ethan.. to join the team? I-. No words.
They had every chance of making Ilsa join the team. She was out of MI6. Literally, all we've seen of Ilsa with the team has been great? Fallout? She smiles and seems happy to be with them and they work so well together. But no, kill Ilsa for no reason and have this sort of damsel in distress *replace* her?
Sure. Because we can't have two women on the team. Wow.
Not to mention Pom as Paris, who is this kickass, cool baddie who turns… Good when Ethan saves her life? Okay.
Vanessa Kirby doesn't have much to do either, unfortunately.
I don't wanna get too much into it with Grace, but the forced moments between her and Ethan are so cringe. Like, he just met her and all she's done is run away from him but yeah, let's have these moments where we say each other's first names and look like we're about to cry and oh, are you okay?
To me, it doesn't even really feel like a Mission: Impossible movie. Something feels off. And with the writing.. It's like they had these three big action scenes, the desert, car chase and the train scene and they didn't know how to put them together?
I know M:I is fun action and it's always been a bit over the top but.. The train sequence. When Gabriel times that fall? And just as Grace is about to get shot Ethan crashes into the train. I-.
Sorry but.. This doesn't do it for me.
#wow#i was expecting to be disappointed when i had *that* spoiled for me a few days ago#bc fuck *that*#i am so pissed#but i didn't think the whole movie would be disappointing#gosh#mission impossible#dead reckoning#dead reckoning part one#dead reckoning spoilers#ilsa faust
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BALIOC'S READING LIST, 2023 EDITION
This list counts only published books, consumed in published-book format, that I read for the first time and finished. No rereads, nothing abandoned halfway through, no Internet detritus of any kind, etc. Also no children’s picture books.
(There were so many children's picture books.)
Hand of the Sun King, J. T. Greathouse
Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Circus of Dr. Lao, Charles G. Finney
When the Angels Left the Old Country, Sacha Lamb
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, Rachel Aviv
Elder Race, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Yamada Monogatari: Troubled Spirits, Richard Parks
Victory City, Salman Rushdie
Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America, Richard Rorty
Cage of Souls, Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Morbid Taste for Bones, Ellis Peters
One Corpse Too Many, Ellis Peters
Priest of Bones, Peter McLean
Priest of Lies, Peter McLean
Demon Summoner: Apprentice, Greg Walters
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions, Richard Cohen
Tsalmoth, Steven Brust
Priest of Gallows, Peter McLean
Priest of Crowns, Peter McLean
Waybound, Will Wight
Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata
The Tatami Galaxy, Tomihiko Morimi
These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong
Death in Venice, Thomas Mann
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life, Rory Sutherland
The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton
Storming Heaven, Miles Cameron
Against Worldbuilding, and Other Provocations: Essays on History, Narrative and Game Design, Alexis Kennedy
From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston
To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
Rats and Gargoyles, Mary Gentle
Labyrinth's Heart, M. A. Carrick
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships, Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
The Long, Long Goodbye of "The Last Bookstore," Mizuki Nomura
The Last Sun, K. D. Edwards
The Hanged Man, K. D. Edwards
The Hourglass Throne, K. D. Edwards
Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
The Thirteen Petalled Rose: A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence and Belief, Adin Steinsaltz
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee
The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius
The Star-Child, Oscar Wilde
Monk's Hood, Ellis Peters
St. Peter's Fair, Ellis Peters
The Leper of St. Giles, Ellis Peters
The Virgin in the Ice, Ellis Peters
The Nutcracker, E. T. A. Hoffman and Alexandre Dumas
The Sanctuary Sparrow, Ellis Peters
Child of God, Cormac McCarthy
The Devil's Novice, Ellis Peters
Dead Man's Ransom, Cormac McCarthy
Plausible works of improving nonfiction consumed in 2023: 10
["plausible" and "improving" are being defined very liberally here]
Balioc's Choice Award, Fiction Division: The Circus of Dr. Lao, Charles G. Finney
>>>> Honorable Mention: Rats and Gargoyles, Mary Gentle
[This seems like the correct place to point out that, for the Balioc's Choice Awards, I consider only works that were first published with the last 100 years. Otherwise it would just be "surprise, old classics are often classics for a reason."]
Balioc's Choice Award, Nonfiction Division: The Thirteen Petalled Rose: A Discourse on the Essence of Jewish Existence and Belief, Adin Steinsaltz
>>>> Honorable Mention: A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
The Roscommon Princess Award for Luminous Trembling Beauty in the Face of a Bleakly Mundane World: The Star-Child, Oscar Wilde
The Anguished Howl Award for Somehow Making Me Regret Reading a Book About a Demon Summoner in the Thirty Years' War: Demon Summoner: Apprentice, Greg Walters
The Tamsyn Muir Award for Demonstrating that Popularity Really, Really, Really is Not the Same Thing as Quality: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
The G. K. Chesterton Award for Being G. K. Chesterton, I Mean, to Whom Else Could I Compare Him, For Someone So Avowedly Stodgy He is the Ballsiest Motherfucker I Have Ever Read: The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton
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...this year was much like the last several years, only somehow even more so. Not in a good way, I fear. My current lifestyle continues not to be super-conducive to reading, and writing a weekendlong LARP kind of knocked the wind out of me, both during and after. If it weren't for a massive silly-fun historical-mystery binge in December, my numbers here would be shameful. And you will notice that a whole lot of the things on that list are very short.
Most of the contemporary fiction was pretty much what I expected it to be. There were few real standouts. Things by good authors continued to be mostly good; things by shlocky authors continued to be shlock.
I should probably drive less for my various solitary recreational jaunts, just so that I can spend more of that time with a book. I should definitely read more old stuff, because old stuff continues to be the most reliably rewarding. (The cream of the cream of the old stuff, anyway, which is...what you read.)
I continue to be Extremely In the Market for recommendations of really good, deeply-informative nonfiction.
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Recommend something to read!
I'm trying to get back into reading and don't know what to look for!
What I've read (it's a very short list I know):
Surely you're joking Mr Feynman
Howls Moving Castle
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Chameleon in a Candy Store
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (originally read it at school and liked the story so I read it again at home)
Merchant of Venice (read it at school and liked the story)
What I want to read more of:
Poetry about heartbreak, yearning, loss, love and grief
Russian romantic poetry
Possibly some Russian literature (probably something based around a love story)
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This is the masterpost for The Forgotten Years universe collaboration being written between @cbrownjc and I - being updated weekly (more or less)
We Dared Eternity and Won (4/4) - Louis stalks an unknowing Daniel Molloy leading up to the Interview, Armand sets him on a chase afterward; Louis and Armand shared PoV
Now or Neverland (4/4) - Winter of 1979, faced with the idea of being a father unexpectedly, Daniel reminisces about the early chase and falling in love with both Armand and Louis; Daniel PoV
Lost Islands of Hope (1/1) - Summer of 1977, Daniel overdoses while with human friends and finds out why it's dangerous to keep human friends when the person who loves you is a vampire; Daniel and Louis shared PoV
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1/1) - Daniel’s years long reporting on the AIDS epidemic takes a personal turn, sending him into a downward spiral as he wonders if his immortal lovers really love him in return, or are content to watch him die and move on without him one day; Daniel PoV
A Harsh and Terrible Silence (1/1) - Daniel is steadily losing his humanity in October 1985, when Louis and Armand begin to compose a plan to let him go in order to have a human life; Louis PoV
Promises, Promises (1/1) - Lestat and Louis’ reunion with the added twist of Lestat learning why Louis can’t join him because of a promise Louis made to Armand. Lestat gets it into his head to try and go find Daniel and turn him because he wants Louis back, while Louis and Armand race to stop him; Lestat POV
You May Ask Yourself, "How Did I Get Here?" (1/1) - Over the course of 2021-2022, the plan to bring Daniel to Dubai to see him one last time before he dies is hatched under the premise of redoing the 1973 interview; Louis POV
Ready to Return (1/1) - Early S2 Louis comes clean to Armand about why he's brought Daniel to Dubai and what this means for the relationship between the two of them; Louis PoV
Half-Forgotten Dreams (2/2) - Late S2 Louis attempts suicide, Lestat wakes up in a panic, Daniel has regained a few memories... enough to think there was a 'one night stand' in Pompeii between him and Armand; Daniel PoV
Why Can't You Stay 69? (1/1) - Daniel's helped Lestat out dealing with the body thief, but now he's left with consequences he never considered he'd have to face to that course of action; Daniel PoV
Where the Truth Lies (1/1) - Daniel returns home to Brooklyn, still reeling from the events of Dubai and the monumental change his life has now undergone.
Thief of the Sun (1/2) - After Daniel leaves Dubai, Armand is lost to memories from the Venice years to Memnoch, before finally choosing to go after Daniel and reuniting with him once and for all.
The Forgotten Years - A full timeline of events (0/1)
#amc iwtv#amc interview with the vampire#iwtv 2022#masterpost#the forgotten years#fanfic#ao3 fanfic#daniel x armand#louis x daniel#armand x louis#armand#daniel molloy#louis du pointe de lac#the devil's minion#merrick references#body thief references
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went looking up achievement names and potential references, non exhaustive, ofc. if anyone has any additions lemme know
A Thin, Red Line - Unchained by Van Halen(?)
Will you cross it?
You won't pull your punches for anyone standing in your way, even if that means civilians get killed.
Days of Our Lives - US soap opera
How did you even get into this situation?
You and your puppet are rivals for Ortega's affection.
I Want It All - I Want It All by Queen
And I want it now.
The Heartbreak Incident left a gaping hole inside you, and you'll fill it, if it is the last thing you do.
Scarface - 1983 film?
You messed up. Badly.
You have a huge scar across your face from Lady Argent's claws.
Damocles (parable)
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You decided to booby-trap Lady Argent's mind when you had the opportunity.
Can't Touch This (U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer)
You're in a league of your own.
You've made it through all your fights unharmed.
Retri
Anarchy in the FWT - Anarchy in the UK by The Sex Pistols
It's time for a change.
This place needs a better class of politicians. You've had enough of how this city is run.
Not the Boss of Me - Boss of Me by They Might Be Giants, Malcolm in the Middle theme song, maybe?
This time, you'll call the shots.
You can't do this alone, so why not run your own crew? Crime boss is a valid career choice.
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones album name?
You know what you want, and you know how to get it.
You're a good thief; it would be a shame not to lean into your talents.
Paint It Black - Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones
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A door has opened.
*comment 1 gate open
Red Moon Rising - Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Something is coming.
*comment 4 gates open
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - idiom
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Captain Blaze doesn't lead the Guardians for nothing. Ouch.
White Wedding - White Wedding by Billy Idol
Dressed to impress.
Who is that bandaged lady?
That's a Moray - That's Amore by Dean Martin, meme-ified
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You've been in Hollow Ground's mindscape…right?
Somebody's Watching Me - Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell
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Something strange is going on in the skies over Los Diablos.
Pound of Flesh (Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare, idiom)
Making enemies doesn't pay.
You lost an eye to Lady Argent. Some would say you deserved it.
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The Jack of Diamonds - WIP Intro
Genre: Victorian historical fiction, adventure, mystery.
POV: Third person limited, multiple character voices.
Status: Outlining.
Tag: #the jack of diamonds, #JoD
Synopsis
London, 1898. As the century draws to a close, England finds itself enthralled and terrified by a phantom thief, who enacts the most daring burglaries, and leaves a calling card at the scene of the crime; a Jack of Diamonds playing card. The police are baffled and irritated by his ability, and have been attempting to catch him for years. Inspector James Parker has been doggedly following the thief’s movements, and believes he is almost able to catch him.
As for the Jack of Diamonds? He is a young aristocrat by the name of Philip Devlin, drawn into the dark side of London by personal tragedy, and kept there by the thrill of the theft. He and his partner, John Grey, find themselves almost caught one evening, for circumstances they cannot explain after the theft of a rare diamond. The pair argue, and their partnership falls to pieces.
Shortly afterwards, strange things start happening to the both of them. Philip finds himself hunted, and not only by the police, having to flit from house to house, and eventually go abroad to escape his stalkers. John finds himself accused of vicious murders, with his personal emblem, the King of Spades, found on the breast of every victim.
This net that is beginning to ensnare the thieves does not keep itself contained to the underworld. Philip’s childhood friends, Anne and Charles Marlon, are also drawn in, and the plots thicken when a young Venetian by the name of Ezio Dellucci finds himself accompanying the renegade Philip to Venice, the City of Daggers and Mirrors.
Ongoing work, Things I will Post, etc
This is currently still in the latter end of the outlining phase, but I hope to finish with that soon. A couple of early chapters have been written, but might be changed due to plot rearranging, and I have a deal of research to do.
I shall probably post research work, chapter snippets when they happen, and any problems I am having with the mystery. I am very fond of this story, as it’s one of my more recent ideas, although based on a set of articles I wrote for a childhood newspaper.
Tagging @simonnebethel, as you were interested.
#writeblr#creative writing#historical fiction#my wips#JoD#the jack of diamonds#wip intro#writer’s musings
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For the ask game how 'bout Z & F
Z: Is there a story you’ve written that doesn’t seem to get much love?
A lot of the bonus chapters from Fierce Hero 9 are really low on how many hits they’ve gotten, same with Of Officers And Stuffed Elephants, and Linked Through The Centuries did not get a whole lot of kudos compared to my other works which I suppose I was kind of expecting because its my own Links Meet AU and not connected to LU at all.
I wrote this absolute crack fic like two months ago, 2 a.m. Shenanigans about Wars, Twi, and Sky being absolutely exhausted and getting a chance to act like idiots, and it just did not do very well compared to other things I wrote around that same time
F: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
I have a playlist I listen to when I write specifically my You’re A Part Of Me series and here are some of the songs from it :) I have specific songs in here for specific characters
^This is the one the series title is from
^^This one is just in here because I think Mask would vibe with it HEAVILY. Like not relate to it, I just think he’d listen to it and like it
And that’s the audio limit for this post 🫡
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