#Apthorp

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#unscarce #Andrel #sandaling #Glanti #heiresshood #ohing #Apthorp #unforceful #DORE #outlets #ganoidean #unaccommodatedness #buffering #Plaisted #water-spout #Gae #Pro-judaic #fuckboys #ceps #degassers

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#cellar #Paulism #balaghaut #line-casting #serum #Hooge #univied #sallies #koreans #unstitching #anthropotomy #fair-born #unscarce #Andrel #sandaling #Glanti #heiresshood #ohing #Apthorp #unforceful

[forevercloudnine]

I love how unnecessarily pretty Bruce is when Brian Apthorp draws him. Just LOOK at how shiny his hair is.

#bruce wayne #brain apthorp #panels are from shadow of the bat annual no. 3 and batman: poison ivy (1997) #i've posted several of these before but like. seriously this design just delights me

[soleminisanction]

The comic shop I get my subscriptions from always has a nice deal on back issues for Free Comic Book Day, and my birthday's in May so I always get myself a stack of oldies as a treat.

This year my finds included The Kingdom: Son of the Bat (to go with Nightstar from last year) and I gotta say, finally getting to read Ibn al Xu'ffasch brings a lot about Damian al'Ghul into clarity.

In a lot of ways, Damian is Ibn. Morrison clearly used Mark Waid's version of the character as inspiration -- he's got the same overwhelming confidence with the incredible skills to back it up, the same tendency towards plans that are both over-the-top and ruthless but also undeniably effective, and the same dramatic mannerisms and semi-archaic, chivalrous way of speaking. Heck, he even kills somebody in part by throwing them off the dinosaur in the cave. The primary differences between them are that Damian has a stronger, more childish temper (not that Ibn doesn't have one he's just got it under better control), and that Ibn stubbornly rejects every implication that he might someday become Batman because he wants to be his own man.

But the thing is, Damian also isn't Ibn, because we get to see a flashback of Ibn as a child and he just acts like a child. A scared child who, it is implied, was taken from his mother at a young age and subjected to horrible abuse at the hands of his grandfather until he finally grew up and killed the man (and scattered his dismembered body across most of Asia).

Meanwhile Damian acts like adult Ibn even at 10, which just... makes less sense overall, even before you factor in the character assassination of Talia that went with him.

It's all very interesting.

#also brian apthorp draws ibn as ABSURDLY handsome #i really should just give in and read both Kingdom Come series one of these days #if only to find out if it's intentional that rick hunter looks exactly like Cable from the X-Men #damian wayne #ibn al xu'ffasch #dc comics #the kingdom

[splooosh]

“let her down”

Brian Apthorp - Stan Woch

#Poison Ivy #Jason Woodrue #Floronic Man #Brian Apthorp #Stan Woch #Bat Villains

[the4chambersofmystery]

Beginnings by Michelle Apthorpe

#Michelle Apthorpe #monochrome

[tetw]

10 Great Essays by Nora Ephron

On Maintenance - Maintenance is what you have to do just so you can walk out the door knowing that if you go to the market and bump into a guy who once rejected you, you won't have to hide behind a stack of canned food...

A Few Words about Breasts - I was boyish. I wanted desperately not to be that way, not to be a mixture of both things, but instead just one, a girl. As soft and as pink as a nursery. And nothing would do that for me, I felt, but breasts...

The Graduate - It was gritty and glamorous and everything I'd been longing for—to begin my life in New York as a journalist...

The D Word - The most important thing about me, for quite a long chunk of my life, was that I was divorced. Even after I was no longer divorced but remarried, this was true...

I Remember Nothing - Once I went to a store to buy a book about Alzheimer's disease and forgot the name of it...

Be the Heroine of Your Life - Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady...

My Life as an Heiress - The will that wouldn’t...

Moving On, a Love Story - To move into the Apthorp was to enter a state of giddy, rent-stabilized delirium...

My Mother’s Mink Coat - Nora Ephron never wanted a mink coat until her mother died. Then she wanted her mother’s coat. So did her sister...

The Lost Strudel - FOOD vanishes. I don't mean food as habit, food as memory, food as biography, food as metaphor, food as regret, food as love. I mean food as food. Food vanishes...

#Nora Ephron #essays #articles

[distort-opia]

A million years ago i asked you if you found the joker attractive. Now it is my Time to Ask what specific versions of batman are the most eye-candy to you.

Speak your truth!

Ah, welcome back, Anon. And thank you for the opportunity to thirst on main! I'm afraid I'll have to be very basic with my first choice though, since frankly... Dan Mora's Bruce makes me want to chew on drywall.

I mean. Look at him. But then there's Greg Capullo's Bruce:

And Enrico Marini's Bruce:

And Jorge Jimenez' Bruce:

And let's make it a top five, with the lesser known Bruce by Brian Apthorp:

Bonus this one Bruce by Miguel Mendonca, because... obvious reasons and I can't help myself:

[dreamy sigh] So many Bruces.

#look. do not @ me about Clay Mann's Bruce or Mikel Janin's Bruce #they're too. square and conventionally attractive for my tastes #and I almost included Jim Lee's Batman in this but that's the thing. I feel like Jim Lee draws a great Batman but a mediocre Bruce #asks #batman #bruce wayne #my comic panels

[triviareads]

Could you please recommend a smutty book with a good "almost caught fucking" scene?

Sure! We love a good exhibitionist (purposeful or not) moment so here are some of my favorites:

Glory and the Master of Shadows by Grace Callaway: Wei goes down on Glory in her house and they hear creaking in the hallway and it turns out the next morning it was Glory's mom (to be fair, Maggie has zero legs to stand based on what she and Ransom get up to in their own book).

The Duke Who Knew Too Much by Grace Callaway: Fabulous blowjob scene where (I mean idk how close they are to getting caught but they definitely catch other people) they hear another man through the curtain giving instructions to a woman on how to blow him and Emma enthusiastically follows these instructions on Alaric.

The Earl I Ruined by Scarlett Peckham: Another curtain blowjob scene! This time at their own engagement party and the curtain drops juuuuust as Constances is finishing Apthorp off. Icons.

One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean: Cross is soooo jealous someone kissed Pippa before him that he eats her out in the corner of his gaming hell.

Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt: Isabel is sneaking around a private residence and is nearly caught but is saved by Winter who drags her in a corner and then she proceeds to blow him with such feeling that they're both crying by the end.

Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas: In which Derek Craven is thoroughly horrified (and turned on) that the hot woman he's about to have sex with is, in fact, Sara Fielding, so he tells her to go back to where she came from but then starts fingering her anyway, and is then interrupted by an employee while they frantically try to put themselves to rights.

The Education of Ivy Leavold by Sierra Simone: Julian and Silas finger Ivy under the table in a hotel dining room and I think Silas is basically like "listen.... if the other diners have ever had an orgasm, they knew what was going on here" while they carry her out.

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas: Tom fingers Cassandra through an orgasm while yelling at her cousin to stay out of the library when he wants to check in.

Contemporary:

lmao my first instinct was to say Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez but they were caught by the paparazzi who all got excellent shots of Mateo eating Roxanne out from under her skirt in a car. But it's the thought that counts.

Heartless by Elsie Silver actually really surprised me because in a small town rancher romance, you generally don't expect him to gag the heroine with her panties and bend her over while a birthday party is taking place a few hundred feet away. What a winner.

Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey: Brent fingers Hayden in her kitchen during a dinner party and juuuuust as she climaxes a little old lady wanders in and is like "were you stealing a kiss, mister?"

The Rebel King by Kennedy Ryan: Max is fully sucking on Lennix's nipples through her sweatshirt (and then under her sweatshirt) while there's an apartment full of other people getting very turned on listening to them from the next room. So I guess technically they were caught? Or they weren't? idk but it's a fun one.

The Evolution of SIn trilogy by Giana Darling has a few nearly-caught moments, including a scene where he's fingering her in a beach in Mexico, and another where he's juuuust finished having sex with her and there's someone at the door of their hotel suite and surprise! It's her sister who's his fiancée.

#book recs #grace callaway #scarlett peckham #sarah maclean #elizabeth hoyt #lisa kleypas #sierra simone #historical romance #ask #angelina m lopez #elise silver #tessa bailey #kennedy ryan #giana darling #contemporary romance

[leibal]

Apthorp Penthouse is a minimal apartment located in New York, New York, designed by General Assembly. The Apthorp has stood as a landmark on Manhattan’s upper west side since it was built in 1906. It was used to living in townhomes and the fact that elevators were so new, people had not yet realized that the top floor was actually prime real estate – and thus the floor was devoted to laundry rooms and small staff apartments.

#minimalism #minimal #minimalist #minimal interior #interior design #leibal

[grandmaster-anne]

June 1961 Queen Elizabeth II with her daughter Princess Anne driving away after watching a game of Polo at Windsor © Frank Apthorp

#from my drafts #princess anne #anned mum #queen elizabeth ii

[romancebaratos]

O Conde que eu arruinei

Scarlett Peckham

Se você está em busca de um romance literário verdadeiramente surpreendente e de algumas quebras os moldes da era regencial, este livro é uma escolha certeira!

O conde que eu arruinei faz parte da emocionante trilogia "Charlotte Street," e agora nos leva a conhecer a fascinante história de Constance.

Constance e Julian formam um casal que inicialmente parece repleto de desentendimentos, mas à medida que a trama se desenrola, descobrimos que por trás desse aparente conflito se escondem sentimentos profundos e mal disfarçados. Sua convivência ao longo dos anos esconde segredos e paixões há muito reprimidas devido a ações e interpretações dos mocinhos que causaram leves confusões entre eles.

Desde muito jovem, Julian nutre uma paixão ardente por Constance, e ao longo da história, percebemos que ela também guarda um amor secreto pelo cavalheiro. No entanto, circunstâncias infelizes os levaram a acreditar que nutriam uma aversão mútua.

Como é característico dos romances de época, o casamento surge como uma alternativa para resolver essa situação, dando o ponta pé a uma série de revelações emocionantes e aprofundando os sentimentos entre os protagonistas. O resultado é um romance apaixonado e ardente, ambientado em um cenário leve e envolvente que cativa o leitor, deixando-o ansioso por mais.

Depois que lady Constance Stonewell sem querer arruína o futuro de Julian Haywood, o conde de Apthorp, com sua coluna de fofocas, ela faz a única coisa que resta a uma dama honrada: se oferece para casar com ele. Ou, pelo menos, para encenar um noivado às pressas e, assim, salvar a reputação do coitado. Mesmo que isso signifique passar um mês inteiro na companhia do sujeito mais sem graça da Inglaterra, um homem que condena todos os prazeres que ela mais adora. O conde de Apthorp está prestes a se tornar o homem que sempre desejou quando vê seu nome ser arrastado na lama. E assim que lady Constance, a mulher por quem ele é secretamente apaixonado, confessa que foi tudo culpa dela, não é só a vida dele que se parte em mil pedaços, mas também seu coração. Agora os dois têm um mês para limpar o nome dele e convencer a sociedade de que estão perdidamente apaixonados. Ao longo desse tempo, Constance percebe que, por trás da fachada tediosa, seu falso pretendido é muito mais interessante do que ela poderia imaginar. Só que conseguir o perdão dele e convencê-lo a levar o teatrinho para a vida real vai ser o plano mais difícil de todos os que Constance já criou. E o mais delicioso também.

#books #books & libraries #livros #dicas #romance #romancedeepoca #casamento #noivadofalso #regencia #booklovers #booklover #books and reading

[mediaevalmusereads]

The Earl I Ruined. By Scarlett Peckham. NYLA, 2018.

Rating: 3/5 stars

Genre: historical romance

Series: Secrets of Charlotte Street #2

Summary: When Lady Constance Stonewell accidentally ruins the Earl of Apthorp’s entire future with her gossip column, she does what any honorable young lady must: offer her hand in marriage. Or, at the very least, stage a whirlwind fake engagement to repair his reputation. Never mind that it means spending a month with the dullest man in England. Or the fact that he disapproves of everything she holds dear.

Julian Haywood, the Earl of Apthorp, is on the cusp of finally proving himself to be the man he’s always wanted to be when his future is destroyed in a single afternoon. When the woman he’s secretly in love confesses she’s at fault, it isn’t just his life that is shattered: it’s his heart.

But when Constance discovers her faux-intended is decidedly more than meets the eye—not to mention adept at shocking forms of wickedness—she finds herself falling for him.

***Full review below.***

CONTENT WARNINGS: public humiliation, unwanted sexual advances/attempted assault, graphic sexual content

OVERVIEW: Does this book deserve 2.5 or 3 stars? I'm honestly not sure, but I'm rating it that way because it was plotted better than the precious installment in the series. I don't think Peckham is untalented as a writer, but I do think there are things about this book that could have been handled better. Romance enthusiasts will probably enjoy themselves, but me, I wanted a little more.

WRITING: Peckham's prose is generally fine given the genre this book is. The writing is quick, clear, and flows well, and I think it does a decent job of balancing showing and telling.

I do think, however, that this book had more unintentionally funny moments than it's prequel. Maybe some of that is the result of authorial playfulness, but some of it seems earnest, and I can't pretend I didn't laugh at some things.

PLOT: The non-romance plot of this book follows Lady Constance Stonewell, the younger sister of a Duke and the son's foremost gossip and fashionable party-thrower. Constance has learned that a certain Earl - Julian Haywood - is involved with an illicit "whipping house" and shares that information with Julian's presumed sweetheart. Somehow, the news winds up getting published in the local paper, just as the Earl is trying to pass a monumental bill that will make or break his career. Feeling guilty, Constance attempts to repair the damage to Julian's reputation by proposing a fake engagement plot: their engagement will reinforce his respectability while the Earl can work on getting enough votes for his bill to pass.

Overall, I think the plot was better executed than the plot of The Duke I Tempted. There are some scenes here and there that seemed to drag, but most of them made sense and there was less "back and forth" (meaning less tedium).

I also liked that part of the plot involved scenes where our characters had to manipulate or persuade others to support their cause, showcasing the importance of the non-romance narrative. The bill didn't feel like an afterthought or something trivial, which I appreciated, and I enjoyed watching characters play to their strengths to get what they needed.

I do think, however, that aspects of the plot could have been handled better. For one, I don't think Peckham showed Constance's character growth regarding Julian's sexual tastes enough; one minute she thinks of BDSM as "perverse," the next she puts it all behind her and even enjoys it. I wanted to see more of a transformation of her attitude and a genuine reflection on why maligning such sexual tastes is wrong.

For two, I think there should have been more of a conversation around the stigma of sex work. We learn very late in the story that sex work is a huge aspect to the Earl's life, and it felt kind of sprung on us. Without spoiling anything, I will just say that I think the sex work themes could have been integrated earlier to make the book as a whole feel more like a meditation on reputation, private vs public life, etc.

CHARACTERS: Constance, our heroine, can be a bit irritating because her flaw is that she acts recklessly without thinking about who she might hurt. The way Peckham handles this is objectively quite good; Constance is portrayed as someone who acts a certain way because of her past, but she does in fact need to reform. In this sense, it almost felt like Constance was given the arc that is usually written for a male hero, and while I generally like what Peckham was doing, I was a bit frustrated that Constance's class wasn't explored as a contributing factor.

Julian, our hero, is an Earl who is on the brink of financial ruin when his reputation takes a hit. Part of his arc involves learning to trust Constance, and to some degree, I think learning to trust is a good character evolution. However, I don't think Peckham really thought about how Julian's lack of trust is not on the same level as Constance's crossing of boundaries, and when we learn more about his connection to sex work, I didn't get the sense that Peckham wanted to think about topics attached to sex work.

Supporting characters were fine. I kind of enjoyed how protective Constance's brother was and how the siblings argued with one another. It was clear that they loved each other but got on their nerves, and by the end, their reconciliation was heartwarming and satisfying.

The arc with Margaret, Gillian, and Harlan Stoke was also fine and fit thematically with themes surrounding gossip and reputation. I liked the devotion Julian showed towards his sister and the hurt that came with Constance's loss of friendship; those both felt deliberate and related to our main plot.

TL;DR: The Earl I Ruined is interesting for its focus on reputation and public vs private life, but it ultimately doesn't land on a strong "closing message." Deapite giving the heroine some compelling flaws, this book seems interested in equating hurting one's feelings with public humiliation and ruin, and the couple does get caught in some cyclical conflict here and there.

ROMANCE: To be honest, I'm not entirely sure Constance and Julian should have ended up together - at least not yet. Their relationship at the beginning of the book is one ripe for drama: he's been pining for her for years, she thinks he's boring. The two prick one another with verbal barbs and I find it delightful.

But as the story develops, Peckham doesn't really contend with Constance's flaws as much as I would have liked. She seems to put them on equal footing as Julian's inability to trust, not really acknowledging that Julian has every right to be wary of the woman. As a result, some of Julian's groveling doesn't feel warranted. He may have hurt Constance's feelings, and yes, that should be addressed. But it's not quite the same as someone publicly outing you and effectively destroying your life.

Not to mention that the two bicker a little too much for my taste. A little is ok, but there was a point somewhere in the middle of the story where I thought Constance and Julian were trapped in a cycle. To be fair, I think Peckham had reasons for this other than manufacturing drama, but it also made some of the conflict repetitive. It wasn't nearly as repetitive as the conflict in the previous book, so I'm not too hung up on it.

[yorkshireword]

But money is like time: it's meant to be spent. I painted my new walls a chalky British green, and I sat on the floor of my new and empty living room and re-read Nora Ephron's essay about the Apthorp, and I was like, NORA WAS TOTALLY RIGHT when she said, "But it's not love. It's just where I live." Except in present day New York that's true of all apartments, at least when you first move. Like anything you find on the internet, it's not exactly what was advertised, but you can make yourself fall in love with it if you really need to.

[thenorapodcast]

We didn’t discuss it in the episode but The Apthorp makes an appearance in Heartburn (as the exterior of the building Rachel’s father lives in).

Nora’s essay on her love affair with The Apthorp, Moving On, A Love Story, is a great read and can be found in I Feel Bad About My Neck and on The New Yorker website

#nora ephron #meryl streep #heartburn #new york

[nerissand]

One-on-One Coaching and Editing with Elaine Apthrop

One-on-One Coaching and Editing with Elaine Apthrop

ONE-on-ONE COACHING and EDITING with ELAINE APTHORP Elaine Apthorp is a truly remarkable teacher, writer, reader and mentor. She offers heartful coaching, developmental editing and copyediting. Working closely with the writer and the writing, her mission is to comprehend, appreciate, and nurture the project and the creative soul who is choosing to engage in it; help a comrade writer discover and…

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