#Heathcliff Baker

[balashanna]

 Oh, no! Heathcliff Baker RIP.

Svetlana need love)) ASR make Love.

#sims 2 #ts2 sunset valley #baker #Heathcliff Baker #Svetlana Baker #AS3t2SV

[tgwolandmore]

#new character #the grand way of life #the creator is insane #Heathcliff Baker

[hopeexho]

SOME ART I MADE EEEEEE (some bps alternate designs are the first 3)

#jonah marshall #mandela catalogue #adam murray #sarah heathcliff #the mandela catalogue #tmc jonah #tmc adam #tmc mark #thorne baker #teenage disaster #dave lee #thatcher davis

[chris0xd]

Sorry for not releasing art for a long time....(;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)

#Deichi Nakamura #Chris Baker #jonah marshall #mark heathcliff #Eva Daveluy #Hakiro Takahasi #oc #the mandela catalogue

[lovelyney]

#DATING HEADCANONS, MAIN FOUR. . .

CHARACTERS. . . mark heathcliff, cesar torres, adam murray, jonah marshall

GENRE. . . headcanons

WARNINGS. . . my clear favoritism of Jonah BHAHSHS.

BAKER’s NOTE. . . these aren’t my best work ‹//3 sorry there’s not too much either, LMFAHSJDK. if i think of more, i’ll def add them! ):

#LOWERCASE INTENDED

꩜━━MARK HEATHCLIFF, VICTIM 01. . .

𖠵𝟎𝟏: Mark didn't really initiate the relationship at first, not being all that interested in what relationships had in store.

however, he quickly grew fond of you, and Cesar highly encouraged him to ask you out! and that he did...

𖠵𝟎𝟐: he isn't a very touchy person, but he doesn't reject the idea, either. if you want to cuddle, he'll happily do so, but you have to be the one to initiate it.

𖠵𝟎𝟑: you happened to be a big stress reliever for this man! whenever he feels stressed or overwhelmed, he'll plop himself on top of you and ask if you can rant about something so he can listen to you talk.

𖠵𝟎𝟒: he's always been slightly protective over you regarding getting yourself hurt. when the idea of alternates came out, god, that was multiplied by 100,000.

he would not let you go almost anywhere by yourself. (at least out in public). he'd eye anyone you'd be talking to, trying to figure out if they were an alternate.

𖠵𝟎𝟓: he's a silent lover; he shows he loves you with smaller actions rather than big ones.

𖠵𝟎𝟔: it doesn't take much to make him happy romantically. as long as you're safe and unharmed, that's all that really matters to him.

𖠵𝟎𝟕: isn't much for PDA, but he'll hold your hand everywhere to ensure that you don't wander off anywhere.

𖠵𝟎𝟖: takes really good care of you! especially when you're sick or injured. he'll stress heavily over either one ‹/3 the boy just wants you to be healthy. he doesn't mind either, one of his favorite things to do is take care of you.

𖠵𝟎𝟗: makes sure to check on you regularly to see how you're feeling, physically and mentally; this was heightened after MAD came out.

𖠵𝟏𝟎: has always felt a little awkward around you, given how much he likes you. he sometimes shyly links your pinkies, hoping you'll get the memo that he wants to hold your hand.

for some reason, he won’t directly ask you when he wants affection…

𖠵𝟏𝟏: isn't too big on pet names, but he'll occasionally call you “baby/babe” or “sweetheart.”

𖠵𝟏𝟐: steal all of his hoodies!1!1 i guarantee you he has thousands. he finds you super cute in them anyways, especially if you’re smaller than him so that you drown in them. (he won't admit that, though).

𖠵𝟏𝟑: a really good cook! he always makes sure you’re eating well and enough ‹3

𖠵𝟏𝟒: one of his favorite things to do is run his fingers through your hair or even brush it if you let him ‹//3

꩜━━CESAR TORRES, VICTIM 02. . .

𖠵𝟎𝟏: starting off with alive Cesar. he was more loud with his love! almost the complete opposite of Mark, really.

𖠵𝟎𝟐: a pretty big hopeless romantic, i'd imagine. he loved to take you out on really romantic dates. it doesn't matter if it was a big occasion or not.

𖠵𝟎𝟑: he'd boast on and on about how much he loves you to Mark ‹/3

𖠵𝟎𝟒: a big cuddle bug! he loved to be attached to your hip no matter where you went. he'd hold your hand without meaning to, LMFAO.

𖠵𝟎𝟓: would bring you home the biggest bouquet of flowers he could find and/or afford.

𖠵𝟎𝟔: each and every morning, you'd either wake up to: (A) Cesar literally on top of you or (B) you suffocated in his chest from him pulling you so close.

𖠵𝟎𝟕: Cesar liked to call you “baby,” “mariposa,” and “(my) love!”

𖠵𝟎𝟖: we all know he's a family man ‹/3 he was so excited to start a family and get married. starts crying

𖠵𝟎𝟗: loved to pick clothes out for you and choose your outfits.

𖠵𝟏𝟎: now, let's move on to alternate Cesar...

these apply to the theory/headcanon that any human who gets turned into an alternate still has their original features/personalities from their human self and has at least a silver of their dignity left. (@/hornyforgothdick headcanon.)

𖠵𝟏𝟏: he's a lot more withdrawn because he's scared he's going to hurt you accidentally.

𖠵𝟏𝟐: watches over you very intently while you sleep, making sure nothing (meaning any other alternates/intruders) gets inside your house.

𖠵𝟏𝟑: was very against the idea of affection, being incredibly not used to it (as an alternate). however, you've found out that giving him affection helps calm him down and keep his sanity intact — well... whatever's left of it anyways.

𖠵𝟏𝟒: grimaces at literally anyone else but you, given his nature of being an alternate. for that reason, you prefer he stays at home.

however, he despises the idea of you going out alone because he can't be there to protect you.

𖠵𝟏𝟓: i can't decide whether or not he'd tell Gabriel of you because he wants to make it abundantly clear that you should not, no matter the circumstances, be harmed by his or any other alternates hands or because he fears that Gabriel would purposefully try and target you.

꩜━━ADAM MURRAY, VICTIM 03. . .

𖠵𝟎𝟏: Adam is fairly similar to Mark when it comes to romance. although he more actively sought it out.

𖠵𝟎𝟐: Jonah noticed the way he kept staring at you and kept nagging him to confess because “it’s honestly sickening the way you look at them.”

Jonah was actually the one who gave you Adam’s number, LMFAO.

𖠵𝟎𝟑: he's infatuated with you and doesn't hear the end of it from Jonah and Sarah.

𖠵𝟎𝟒: you catch him staring at you with the most lovesick eyes like 24/7 and when asking why he says, “can’t a guy bask in his lover’s beauty?”

𖠵𝟎𝟓: one to hold your hand or have his on your thigh while he's driving.

𖠵𝟎𝟔: felt horrible he had to stop taking you out in public when he became wanted ‹//3

𖠵𝟎𝟕: protested against the idea of you getting involved with his work because god forbid something happen to you under his control...

you normally stayed in the car with Jonah, while he goes inside the houses. (always glaring at him to not try anything, LMFAO).

𖠵𝟎𝟖: gave you one of his hoodies that he adores seeing you in!!! it's because it's a soft reminder that you're his lover and not someone elses ‹//3

𖠵𝟎𝟗: ���baby/babe” and “princess/prince.”

𖠵𝟏𝟎: you were the first one he quite literally ran to after his and Jonah's last mission. he clung to you days afterward.

you, however, didn't know what to make of the situation. how were you supposed to know that this Adam was YOUR Adam?

𖠵𝟏𝟏: keeps you closely knitted at his side whenever you two are out together; he wouldn't know what to do if something happened to you.

𖠵𝟏𝟐: sorry y'all, there's no meeting his (actual) parents ‹//3

𖠵𝟏𝟑: the type to get angry-worried at you if you put yourself in front of harm's way. )):

𖠵𝟏𝟒: he knows he probably doesn't deserve you, which terrifies him. he's scared that you're randomly gonna get up and leave one day or that the alternates are going to target you to get to him; you are his one and only weakness.

꩜━━JONAH MARSHALL, VICTIM 04. . .

𖠵𝟎𝟎: LET'S GOOOO MY MANNNN!!! 👹👹 ‼️‼️‼️

𖠵𝟎𝟏: Jonah is 100% your number one hypeman. he's ready to cheer for you on just about anything.

𖠵𝟎𝟐: he always tried to 'subtly' flirt with you before you started dating, thinking he sounded calm and confident. nine times out of ten, he got nervous and stumbled over his words ‹/3

𖠵𝟎𝟑: would not shut up about you to Adam or Sarah.

𖠵𝟎𝟒: a touchy person! he loves to be holding onto you in one way or another. he's basically a koala.

𖠵𝟎𝟓: likes to drag you along on their ghost-hunting uhhh expeditions; Adam doesn't mind because you normally keep him out of trouble, LMFAO.

𖠵𝟎𝟔: loves whenever you run your fingers through his hair! (and he has a lots of it)!

𖠵𝟎𝟕: whenever he gets scared of like... uncertain of something, he'll always pull you protectively at his side.

𖠵𝟎𝟖: Jonah probably calls you every pet name in the book, but the most common ones are “baby/babe,” “(my) princess/prince,” and “doll.”

𖠵𝟎𝟗: whenever Adam leaves to investigate the houses, most of the time, Jonah takes that time to make out with you ‹//3

𖠵𝟏𝟎: is the person to go "shh!" whenever you're trying to sleep, and people are being too noisy.

𖠵𝟏𝟏: quite the jealous and protective boyfriend. however, he trusts Adam enough not to be around him.

𖠵𝟏𝟐: has like 10,000 Polaroid pictures of you; he keeps one on him at all times.

𖠵𝟏𝟑: kisses your palms before pressing them against his cheeks, relishing in your touch.

𖠵𝟏𝟒: flirts/compliments you juuust to see you smile or blush.

𖠵𝟏𝟓: squeals very loudly whenever he sees you wearing his clothes.

𖠵𝟏𝟔: boasts about you like he's your mom, LMFAOAOS.

𖠵𝟏𝟕: would throw himself in front of danger if it meant protecting you.

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#tmc #the mandela catalogue x y/n #the mandela catalogue #the mandela catalogue headcanons #mark heathcliff x reader #cesar torres x reader #adam murray x reader #jonah marshall x reader #tmc cesar #tmc mark #tmc adam #tmc jonah

[akitasimblr]

👑PARIS HARPER👑

HARPER LEGACY DIARIES | Heir | Generation Eight

full name: paris harper

nickname: none

life state: sim | elder | married

parentage: leonardo harper & judith ward

partners: ghita delma | keanu hale

offspring: stella harper | heathcliff harper

aspiration: beach life | master chef | mt. komorebi sightseer

main traits: goofball | foodie | child of the ocean

born in: del sol valley

lived in: del sol valley | sulani | komorebi | sulani

career: odd jobs (n/a) | cuinary career - chef career branch (pastry chef - level 7) | baker (n/a)

degree: n/a

EXPLORE MORE START READING THIS GENERATION

*passport template credits

#harperid #parisharperid

[itsjustaturt]

"“WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED?”

And in the end, that’s all this is, isn’t it? The pain, the death, the disappearances. Mark Heathcliff, Ruth Weaver, Dave Lee. Jonah Marshall. A raging flood, all-powerful, the wrath of nature. The wrath of Heaven. All-consuming, all-extinguishing. How could one hope to stop a natural disaster? What was the use of being afraid of it, in trying to survive it? Evelin, Sarah, himself, Davis— they’re all so- they’re all so severely fucked."

Or: Adam's perspective during the cut Catalyst scene.

hi folks the scrapped catalyst scene that Thorne Baker posted has made me fuckin insane. I wrote this shit in a day.

do take note of the tags before reading; this fic is tagged Mature.

hope you enjoy!

#the mandela catalogue #reki's mess #adam murray #thatcher davis #reki rites

[clouseplayssims]

Oregon Trail TS3 Sim Narrowdown

Below the cut for length.

The Bakers

"Svetlana and Heathcliff love their daughter Becky, so of course they took her in when she and her son Topher needed a place to stay. But will they be able to enjoy their retirement with a noisy toddler in the house?"

The Bunchs

"Despite Jack's staunch and formal military appearance, he is actually a fun-loving guy who loves to host neighborhood barbecues."

"Judy is a hardworking woman with three jobs: wife, mother, and scientist. She doesn't get a lot of time for herself these days, and it's taken a toll on her exercise routine and eating habits."

"Ethan Bunch is the oldest of the four Bunch children. He is extremely outgoing and independent. At school, he is one of the top students in his class as well as one of the most popular. He has a special place in his heart for his littlest sister, Darlene."

"Lisa Bunch is a charismatic girl - as long as you don't cross her the wrong way. She's had her fair share of playground fights. Will she mature with age or wind up on the wrong side of the tracks?"

"Arlo is a superduperextremehyperactive ball of youth who is just not happy unless he's involved with something that requires running after something else. He's very close to every member of his family except his little sister, who drives him up the wall."

"As the youngest of the Bunch household, Darlene will do anything to get noticed and she's already had a few broken bones to show for it. She lives to torture her big brother, Arlo, but she absolutely idolizes her bigger brother, Ethan."

The Frios/Ursines

"Jared Frio isn't sure what he wants to do with his life. He knows he's good at cooking, but he just doesn't have the drive or ambition to become a great chef. He knows he's good at charming people, but he just doesn't have the desire to do more than scratch the surface of relationships. What will it take to aim him in the right direction?"

"A loner by nature, about the only person that Connor Frio doesn't mind having around is his brother, Jared. After all, his brother leaves him alone to be his own person, never trying to push him or mold him the way his parents and classmates did. No, Jared doesn't mind that Connor often likes to just sit alone, reading a good book, so why would Connor want to spend time with anyone else?"

"Claire Ursine is a reclusive angler living by the ocean. Since she lives alone, she is hopeful that no one will notice her unexpectedly changing waistline."

"If the pregnancy is left alone, the baby will almost always be born female. Addionally, the child will have red hair and light skin, as both parents share these features."

The Keegans

"Brennan and Julie appreciate the value of good healthy living and hard work. Can they impress these values on their three children?"

The Learys

"James and Kara Leary are old hippies from the '60s and have had a more… laissez faire approach to parenting. If you asked them, they love having their children around even if most of them are grown up."

"Rain just had to get away from her parents. She Couldn't stand all that constant praise over nothing. Now she can have some peace, enjoying "Good" Music and her last few days of High School."

"Cookie recently decided she'd like a kid of her own. And, just like that, it happened!"

"Helping others and putting a smile on someone's face are Sunshine's daily pursuits."

The Vazquezes

"Tyler loves to dote on his wife despite the ribbing he gets from his coworkers about marrying a older woman."

"Heather has been dancing on clouds ever since marrying her new husband Tyler."

"Elaine would have rather stayed with her bio dad after her moms divorce. She refused to change her name and tries to have as little to do with Tyler as possible."

"If Heather is left alone with story progression enabled, the baby will likely be a girl."

#Oregon Trail TS3 Sim Narrowdown

[elysiancaim]

✧ WANTED CHARACTERS

✧ Fear and Hunger ✦ Marina ✦ Levi ✧ Fate series ✦ Ashiya Douman ✦ Astolfo ✧ Genshin Impact ✦ Jean Gunnhildr ✧ Gokurakugai ✧ Limbus Company ✦ Ishmael ✦ Yi Sang ✦ Heathcliff ✦ Charon ✧ Vanitas no Carte ✦ Noé ✦ Jeanne ✦ Misha ✧ Mo Dao Zhu Shi ✧ Twisted Wonderland ✦ Trey Clover ✧ Promise of Wizard ✦ Mithra ✧ Honkai Star Rail ✦ Gallagher ✦ Acheron ✦ Yanqing ✧ Cultist Simulator/Book of Hours ✧ Monster Prom ✦ Milo ✧ Alien Stage ✧ Mystic Messenger ✦ Jaehee ✦ MC ✧ Land of the Lustrous ✦ Antarcticite ✦ Ghost Quartz ✧ Jujutsu Kaisen ✧ Dungeon Meshi ✦ Senshi ✦ Falin ✧ Bungo Stray Dogs ✦ Pianoman ✦ Iceman ✦ Adam Frankenstein ✦ Yokomizo ✧ Final Fantasy 7 ✦ The Turks ✧ Granblue Fantasy ✧ Ultrakill ✦ Minos ✦ Sisyphus ✧ Resident Evil ✦ Karl Heisenberg ✦ Jack Baker ✦ Joe Baker

Join us in eternity. Death comes for all… But you will find peace.

𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐌 is an 18+ Discord MFRP that tells the story of your characters post their “deaths” as their souls have been whisked away by “angels”.

#mfrp #discord mfrp #multifandom rp #ff rp #jjk rp #hsr rp #genshin rp #bsd rp #fate rp

[kxbellem]

 ⏰ + her father

heathcliff bellamy was always a particular baker.

knox would often be at his bakery before her time at hogwarts and watch him at work. unlike thalia, heathcliff wasn’t much for being at the front and interacting with the customers—he had hired someone for that—and instead kept to the back and made his pastries and cakes. whenever he wasn’t feeling too particular, he’d have knox help him with one of his cakes. so of course, little knox would take the opportunity to try and eat some of the ingredients whenever he wasn’t looking. one time she stuffed a whole bowl of chocolate chips in her mouth while his back was turned.

“knox.” heathcliff said knowingly when he saw the empty bowl. knox thought she was being so subtle and clever hiding her puffed up cheeks behind her father’s winter scarf. heathcliff was obviously trying not to laugh. “do you know where the chocolate chips went?”

knox shook her head, “mmph!”

fortunately, he had an extra bag of chocolate chips left. and knox ended up with a stomach ache.

even the memory spell wouldn't take that one moment away from her

#nox.memenight #i've finally given her pops a name hehe

[quidfree]

Not og asker but

Wuthering Heights, Great Gatsby, and Stephen King (in general) pls

these are mostly just my various thoughts rather than Hot Takes since it's been a minute since i read any of them but regardless if anyone disagrees with any of these just know you are incorrect.

quidfree's literary opinions hour

wuthering heights

the best brontë novel, no contest. i am actually of that rare breed who enjoys all 3 brontë sisters but i think for all that anne is the only one with a sane view of romance agnes grey is boring and jane eyre is too one-sided of a fiasco (jane get out girl you're in danger). wuthering heights is just filled with terrible people making horrible choices and is hands down the most fun as a result.

on that note people who find it 2 grim/depressing you are in fact just weak and ripe for natural selection.

people who say wuthering heights is a romance/romantic are deranged. it's a gothic Romantic (capitalised) comedy of errors greek tragedy Novel that eludes categorisation and every protagonist in it is the worst. cathy and heathcliff are So Bad to/for each other. yes they are also iconic and very fun to read about but good god how do people find them dreamy they literally drive each other to the grave through pettiness and bad communication. emily brontë says this in the damn book. this is not twilight people (despite s meyer's delusions).

that being said cathy and heathcliff are both intensely cool literary characters largely due to what natural shape-shifters they are (and their whole Nature v Society identity crisis). i think 90% of takes about them are incorrect because they don't pay enough attention to heathcliff and cathy's penchant for self-reinvention and what it says about them. plus obv they're intensely extra so we love that for them.

cathy linton (next gen) is an icon who should have gotten to spit on linton and heathcliff's graves on the page where i could read it. i wish her and hareton the best despite the cousins thing.

lockwood does that thing walton in frankenstein does where they're both incredibly obnoxious and entertainingly wrong about everything and their narration serves as funny bookends/mise en abime to the story bc it's like wow. you have 0 judge of character you pompous idiot.

this isn't a hot take i just want to take the time and say that the tone/writing in this book is so damn good. what a mood-setter. what iconic lines. 'i am heathcliff!' drama. we love.

great gatsby

read this in middle school so my memory is foggy.

fun. chaotic. messy. basically kind of like watching a good season of like, skins or gossip girl or whatever that brand of tv melodrama is called.

i'm kind of loathe to say any given big novel is over-analysed bc i'm very into over-analysis myself and thus find it hard to judge where the limit lies but i do think gatsby is perhaps a simpler novel than it is given praise for being. though i do love a Societal Critique always (see: wuthering heights). it's good, it's fine, it's. maybe not The Definitive Novel Of All Time. i don't think any Definitive Of All Time should be about the #struggles of the rich and pretty.

jordan baker >>>>>>> rest of the cast

why does no one ever talk about the weirdly present antisemitism in this book lol

i think reading gatsby as a man of color is really good and interesting actually. not to downplay people's gay agenda when it comes to gatsby (the subtext is there to a level that nick is pretty much explicitly suspected of it in canon) but i think this is the more interesting read of it.

i love an unreliable narrator! especially when said unreliable narrator drops hints/is called out for it in text!

baz luhrmann is literally a faultless movie-maker and his aesthetic was Perfect for an adaptation. that being said romeo + juliet 1996 still beats it hands down

stephen king

good idea guy, not very good writer

i've only read..... it, back before it blew up, and i think carrie many moons ago, and maybe some random less famous stories of his? but like. as much as he's responsible for some of the most iconic horror america has produced, you can tell this man bangs out 832 books a year and that his most famous ones were done while he was high off his fucking rocker. which i do not mean in a complimentary fashion

i honestly think stephen king is lucky more talented writers have been tasked with adapting his source material and retroactively attributing good dialogue/storylines/ENDINGS to him lol. like SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is a stephen king adaptation, which is insane.

that being said he does have a lot of iconic premises/stories and he's not /bad/ at the basics of writing by a long shot. he just has a knack for over-complicating said stories with weird surplus to tie into his 'verse which makes him do that moffat thing (see bbc sherlock or doctor who or anything else moffat touches w his grubby hands) that weighs down everything good he had going on for meaningless Multiverse shenanigans. and also a very airplane literature level of nuance to his text sometimes- there's not much beyond what's on the page.

i know it was the coke but why did he make them have an orgy in it. why stephen. why did you make the child have sex with all the other children unprompted. would the blood oath not have sufficed.

that being said while it 2017 is a great coming of age film it 2019 is a hot mess and the book does everything better.

#qui repond #qui parle #literature #lore #wuthering heights #the great gatsby #stephen king #anon

[tgwolandmore]

Heartia: Hello, Hello! Ladies, Gentlemen, Non binary’s, Genderfluids, Neo’s, and Queers, It’s me Heartia 💕, I think it’s Finally time We introduce one of our Main Focuses in this little Series

Soooo

MEET THE HANDSOME HEATHCLIFF BAKER 🤍💖

(Lol)

Trekeisha: Now let me tell something to you Motherfuckers 😒, We don’t like explaining everything to you Bitches, So let me ask you this Nicely, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MAN, AND WE’LL ANSWER THEM, OK!

Heartia: *Laughs* Yea, Ask questions and We’ll answer them

(Ok that’s it, Ask Questions btw)

#and don’t mind Trekeisha’s language #she’s unfiltered #the grand way of life #Heathcliff #NEW CHARACTER #Character introduction #the creator is insane

[deathvsthemaiden]

3 4 6 11 13 17 & 23 !!! 🤠🌻

AAAAA ty Annie! 😳💌📖💕💕

3. top 5 books this year?

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson*, By Light We Knew Our Names by Anne Valente, and Bound by Evelyn DaSilva! And this is cheating but I read way less than usual this year and it’s hard to compile a top 5 because of it, so: I read the short story collections The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen and How Long ‘til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin and my faves from each respectively were I’d Love You To Want Me and The Elevator Dancer.

I’m gonna cheat again and list one manga (Spy x Family, unbelievablyyy satisfying and fun) and some of my favorite works by mutuals also. This year Eve @pinkafropuffs published plenty of fanfics in addition to Bound, but if I had to choose one recent favorite I’d say: May Flowers Bloom Wherever You Wander. Such a spectacular, magical end to a delightful series, everything fell together so so wonderfully 💞🌸 highly recommended reading her fanworks even if you’re not familiar with the fandoms!! Ari @haldimilks published Burnish, Burn, a Heathcliff centric Wuthering Heights story that I think about and revisit often<33 You also don’t necessarily have to read Wuthering Heights before reading it and the website it’s on classifies it as a 10 min read so! you have nothing to lose 👀🔥 Ilika @sheherazade wrote and it went unsaid. a Queen’s Thief one shot that blew me away! Her love for this series is contagious and she perfectly nailed the complicated feelings and sincerity between Gen and Irene imo 👑📚

*It came out this year but I only read the preview chapters, so like barely a fraction of this brick of a book, but like.... it’s the fourth book in the series and I know in my bones I’ll love it and I deliberately didn’t screen myself from 60% of spoilers because I’m so impatient and I’m so so EXCITED to finish it next year uff 🤒🤒 and hopefully do the same with the same author’s new novella, Dawnshard, also.

4. Any new authors you love?

Grady Hendrix (my kind of horror/supernatural thriller! love his ideas and he executes them very well too), Toni Morrison (I could read her prose forever. was legit sad for a bit when I reached the end of TBE)

6. anything you meant to read but never got to?

GQISJWJ so many books.... SO many it’s not even funny! I have this thing about reading a landmark number of books every year because anything else makes my brain itch uncomfortably so I was gonna read 5-10 more books than I did last year (125) and had to bite the bullet and chop it down to 75 books last month...the universe’s way of gently knocking me down a peg and reminding me the one thing I can never be is consistent 😌 (I’m kidding) anyway I complied a list of books I DEFINITELY plan to tackle come 2021 and a lot of it is compromised of books I had planned to read and/or started this year! Like The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby, Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart Davies, The Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon, Thorn by Intisar Khanani, The Professor and Vilette by Charlotte Brontë, and The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden. (So mostly a bunch of Sherlock Holmes adjacent stuff and fairytale retellings.... mecore as hell 🤭)

11. favorite not newly published book?

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin hands down but also most of Sherlock Holmes in general. Some of my top favorites of what I’ve read so far are: A Study in Scarlet, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Beryl Coronet, The Speckled Band, The Norwood Builder, A Case of Identity, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, and The Adventure of the Gloria Scott.

13. least favorite books of the year?

Mexican Gothic by Silvia-Moreno Garcia (I was SO excited for this one! it just felt unpolished in terms of plot direction and I questioned a lot of the writing choices... it’s title is basically just a concept and that’s what the book felt like and it unfortunately wasn’t satisfying), The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley (short story collection and McKinley’s works in general are hit or miss for me and this was a collection of misses 🤕 too much description and not enough plot or substance in these particular retellings that were played too straight, like no twists or changes leapt out at or hooked me), And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (I went into it knowing the original title and more about Christie in general than I wished to, but even without that... I just did not feel for any of the characters and was relieved every time one of them finally bit the dust), A Woman is no Man by Etaf Rum (don’t get me started.... I’ll just say I’m unfortunately aware of why non-Muslims ate this one up and I don’t like it. Tragedy p*rn and not even of the author’s own experiences. Reinforces too many stereotypes and is not a story about Muslims I think American/Western/whatever readers need to be exposed to rn.)

17. surprised by how good they were:

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (that end!! Very excited to see how the main characters’ lines progress in the next few books), The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (this was SUPPOSED to be a popcorn read but I got SO invested it was magical), Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (one of those meandering books that follows generation after generation, dull at times but ultimately I liked the level of detail every other character got like? The author clearly knew what she was talking about and I enjoyed the overall picture she painted of the time periods the book takes place in. The duller parts were necessary and worth it), When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (I just loved the prose of this one and how quick a read it was. None of the main characters had names either which intrigued me a ton and worked in the story’s favor)

23. fastest time it took to read a book?

Mm. The audiobook to The Yellow Wallpaper was like 45(?) min long GWHSHWH I also read Dostoyevsky’s short story A Novel in Nine Letters, which was short and snappy, and I’m also in the middle of reading An Honest Thief and Other Stories, also by him, which I probs won’t finish till next year but the first story was also easy breezy. I’ve mostly read short stories in 1-2 sittings this year, to keep me sane in between homework and freaking out, so I could go on but those stick out to me!

#asks #IF I tagged you in this and want to be removed lmk! #anything I mentioned or linked in that first answer I earnestly feel anyone reading this should check out! #im not purposefully ignoring messages or tags or anything rn I’m just took a break to answer this and have to dissapear again soon but I’ll #get back to ppl on here soon god willing

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DC OCs Masterpost

New Titans Verse:

The New Titans: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Sparrow/Primrose ‘Prim’ Davis.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Jadestar/Tessond’r.  Voiceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld. 

Name: Jadestar/Tessond’r.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Sparrow/Primrose ‘Prim’ Davis.  Voiceclaim: Christina Valenzuela. 

Name: Dark Omen/Coraline Cameron.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: Sofia Wylie. 

Name: Tidebreaker/Rickey Dalton.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Night Bolt/Esmeralda Tindol.  Voiceclaim: Seth Green. 

Name: Seaspray/Mickey Dalton. Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: Brandon Mychal Smith. 

Name: Timber/Silas Alexander. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Mark Hamill.

Name: Bloodwing/Tobias Cameron. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Josh Keaton. 

Name: Razor/Varick Joseph.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Booboo Stewart. 

Name: Firehunter/Iando’r.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: Sean Astin. 

Name: Karma/Serenity Carrier.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Green Lantern/Danielle ‘Dani’ Archer.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Hawkwing/Ketor Vael.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Kaisa/Aurora Raymond.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Jumpbug/Carlos Hernandez.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Wasp/Christian Mennings.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Hawkwing/Ketor Vael.  Side: Good.  Love Interest: Green Lantern/Danielle ‘Dani’ Archer. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Silver Hornet/Baxter Harkmen.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Seeloh.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Keres/Natalie Lewis.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Mind Bender/Hailey Baker.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Hawkmoth. Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: BA.

Name: Lazeph.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Samara.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Night Bolt/Esmeralda Tindol.  Side: Neutral.  Love Interest: Tidebreaker/Rickey Dalton. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Ember Girl/Hestia Sonnet.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Frost Boy/Aspen Sonnet.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Vine Master/Wilfred Romer. Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dark Shade/Terrence Vixen.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Falling Inside The Black: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Black Hood/Andrea Kyle.  Side: Neutral.  Love Interest: Balthazar/Eric Larson.  Voiceclaim: Selina Gomez. 

Name: Balthazar/Eric Larson. Side: Neutral. Love Interest: Black Hood/Andrea Kyle.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Storm Girl/Connie Heck.  Side: Neutral.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Trick Girl/June Driver.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Purple Obsidian/Dorothy ‘Dot’ Dixon.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Malestorm/Percy Heck.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

The New Outlaws: Summary of Series: TBA. 

Name: Cybershot/Violet Davenport.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Fantasia/Cameron Parsons. Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Rosethorn/Julia ‘Julie’ Heyde.  Side: Good. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Warped/Karl Findley.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Magnum/Jared Newton.  Side: Evil. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Darkstar. Side: Evil.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Stories in their own universes:

Heroes of Gotham Academy (Next Gen): Summary of Series: TBA. 

Name: Robin/Dalia Wayne.  Parent(s): Damien Wayne and Mia/Maps Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Martin Wayne.  Parent(s): Damien Wayne and Mia/Maps Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Purple Starling/Kale Grayson.  Parent(s): Dick Grayson and Starfire.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Oscar Mizoguchi.  Parent(s): Olive Silverlock and Kyle Mizoguchi.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Supergirl/Joy Kent. Parent(s): Jon Kent. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dark Aura/Freddy Ray. Parent(s): Pomeline Fritch and Heathcliff Ray.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Mind Girl/Willow Quinn-Isley.  Parent(s): Harley Quinn and Pamela Isley (adopted). Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Gavin Rivera.  Parent(s): Colton Rivera.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Patrick Karlo.  Parent(s): Katherine Karlo (Adopted). Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Erin Jorgenson.  Parent(s): Eric Jorgenson.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Victoria Grey.  Parent(s): Tristen Grey.  Voiceclaim: TBA.

Next Justice League: Heroes of Tomorrow (DC version of Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow): Summary of first book: Whenever the forces of evil have threatened mankind, Earth's First Line of Defense, The Justice League, were there to stop them- until they made the ultimate sacrifice in their final fight with the New God, Steppenwolf. Now the time has come for the children of the Justice League to rise as the new heroes of tomorrow and to avenge their parents' deaths. Holly (daughter of Batman and Catwoman), Damen (son of Wonder Woman), Lara (daughter of Superman), Nora (daughter of the Flash) and the arrow-slinging daughter of Green Arrow and Black Canary along with the will powered daughter of Green Lantern have to come together along with any help they get to finish Steppenwolf off as the next Justice League! Quotev Link

Summary of second book: In wake of the defeat of the New God, Steppenwolf, the world is slowly being freed from the control of Parademons, as the new Justice League are slowly working on returning the world back to normal. But, just as they think they on the route to a better world, another New God named Darkseid, arrives and plans to take over, with the new Justice League being at the top of his enemies list. Having to face a new enemy, the new Justice League, with the help of new allies, find themselves facing the ultimate test as the new Justice League. Quotev Link

Name: Holly Wayne.  Parent(s): Batman and Catwoman. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Damen.  Parent(s): Wonder Women. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Lara Kent. Parent(s): Superman and Lois Lane. Voicclaim: TBA.

Name: Nora Allen. Parent(s): Flash and Iris West. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Green Arrow II/Layla Queen.  Parent(s): Green Arrow and Black Canary. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Green Lantern/Nova Jordan. Parent(s): Green Lantern and Carol Ferris. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Young Justice: Legacy:  Summary of Series: Its the year 2036, and by then, the YJ team that had once been founded by so called sidekicks had become fledged heroes, some in the Justice League, some still solo, and some having retired already- and all in their own way have their families. When a new Lantern ring flies to Earth and attracts the attention of Cadmus and even the Light though, new Heroes must step up to the call, and continue the legacy of their parents/mentors....even it means dealing with enemies of the past, and new.... Quotev Link  NOTE: WAS WRITTEN BEFORE S3 AND THEREFORE, ANYTHING S3 IS NOT IN IT. 

*Nightingale/Phoebe Grayson- child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Aura/Justin Grayson- eldest child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Fate/George Grayson- child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Kid Flash III/Hope West- twin child of Wally and Artemis. *Impulse II/Faith West- twin child of Wally and Artemis.  *Kid Martian/Brandon Kent- eldest child of Miss Martian and Superboy.  *Supergirl/Eleanor Kent- middle child of Miss Martian and Superboy.  *Speedy II/Arya Harper- middle child of Will and Jade Harper.  *Aqualad/Horatio- adopted child of Kaldur’ahm.  *Aquagirl/Phillida- child of Kaldur’ahm.  *Hornet/Anthony Duncan- eldest child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Yellow Wasp II/Carlos Duncan- child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Kid Lantern/Ryleigh Croft- Green Lantern in training. 

*Red Hood/Lian Harper- eldest child of Will and Jade- take on canon character. *Orange Lantern/Dominic Croft- Orange Lantern currently.  *Edward Grayson- adopted child of Nightwing and Zatanna.  *Serenity Kent- youngest child of Miss Martian and Superboy. *Sawyer Harper- youngest child of Will and Jade. *Cooper West- child of Wally and Artemis.  *Luna West- youngest child of Wally and Artemis. *Harrison Duncan- child of Mal and Bumblebee.  *Genesis Duncan- youngest child of Mal and Bumblebee. 

The New Adventures of Batman Beyond: Summary: TBA.

Name: Robin AKA Anissa Holmes.  Side: Good.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Dark DC Universe:

Justice League: Twisted Morals:  Summary of Book: TBA. 

Name: Phantom Spectre/Enola Rhodes.  Summary: TBA.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Peacebringer/Ophelia.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Green Lantern/Rowan Astor.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Super X/Caleb. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Wavepool/Kadrex.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Blur/Lincoln Lauder.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Unnamed Universe Currently:

The Kids Aren’t Alright: Summary of Series: TBA.

Name: Robin I/Pandora Dallas.  Summary: TBA.  Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Name: Robin II/Ruth Rowley.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Red Robin: Summary: TBA.

Name: Red Wing/Bianca Mitchell.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Red Hood: Summary: TBA.

Name: Hit Girl/Natalia Trevino.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

Teen Titans: Next Generation: Summary: TBA.

Name: Nightstar/Mar’i Grayson. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Nightingale/Venus Grasyon.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Jake Grayson. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Shifter/Trevor Logan. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Rose Logan. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Crow/Michael Roth.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Azure/Christina Roth.  Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Dragonfly/Edwin Stone. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA.

Name: Danny Stone. Summary: TBA. Voiceclaim: TBA. 

#megan's ocs #megan's fanfiction #OCs masterpost #DC OCs

[professorfaber]

some characters i've been typing recently:

Winston Smith, 1984 - INTP [The Thinker]

Julia, 1984 - ESTP [The Doer]

Syme, 1984 - ISTJ [The Duty-Fulfiller]

Parsons, 1984 - ESFJ [The Provider]

The Witch, Into the Woods - ENTJ [The Commander]

The Baker, Into the Woods - ISTJ [The Duty-Fulfiller]

The Baker's Wife, Into the Woods - ENTP [The Visionary]

Cinderella, Into the Woods - ISFJ [The Nurturer]

Jack, Into the Woods - INFP [The Idealist]

Little Red, Into the Woods - ESTP [The Doer]

"Duck" Newton, TAZ: Amnesty - ISTJ [The Duty-Fulfiller]

Aubrey "Lady Flame" Little, TAZ: Amnesty - ESFP [The Performer]

Edmund "Ned" Chicane, TAZ: Amnesty - ESTP [The Doer]

Vincent, TAZ: Amnesty - ESTJ [The Guardian]

Heathcliff, TAZ: Amnesty - ENTP [The Visionary]

#mbti #1984 #into the woods #taz: amnesty

[blackkudos]

Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad or Rashād /ˈfɪliːʃəˈrɑːʃəd/ (born June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–92), which earned her Emmy Award nominations in 1985 and 1986. She was dubbed "The Mother" of the African-American community at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards.

In 2004, Rashad became the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, which she won for her role in the revival of A Raisin in the Sun. Her other Broadway credits include Into the Woods (1988), Jelly's Last Jam (1993), Gem of the Ocean (2004), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). She won a NAACP Image Award when she reprised her A Raisin in the Sun role in the 2008 television adaptation. She has also appeared in the films For Colored Girls (2010), Good Deeds (2012), and Creed (2015).

Early life

Rashad was born Phylicia Ayers-Allen in Houston, Texas. Her mother, Vivian Ayers, is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist, poet, playwright, scholar, and publisher. Phylicia's father, Andrew Arthur Allen, (d. 1984), was an orthodontist. Rashad's siblings are jazz-musician brother Tex (Andrew Arthur Allen, Jr., born 1945), sister Debbie Allen (born 1950), an actress, choreographer, and director, and brother Hugh Allen (a real estate banker in North Carolina). While Rashad was growing up, her family moved to Mexico, and as a result, Rashad speaks Spanish fluently.

Rashad studied at Howard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was initiated into the Alpha Chapter during her tenure at Howard University.

Theatre

Rashad first became known for her stage work with a string of Broadway credits, including Deena Jones in Dreamgirls (she was Sheryl Lee Ralph's understudy until leaving the show in 1982 after being passed over as Ralph's full-time replacement) and playing a Munchkin in The Wiz for three and a half years. In 1978, she released the album Josephine Superstar, a disco Concept album telling the life story of Josephine Baker. The album was mainly written and produced by Jacques Morali and Rashad's second husband Victor Willis, original lead singer and lyricist of the Village People. She met Willis while they were both cast in The Wiz.

Other Broadway credits include August: Osage County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gem of the Ocean, Raisin in the Sun (2004 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play/Drama Desk Award), Blue, Jelly's Last Jam, Into the Woods, and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center’s productions of Cymbeline and Bernarda Alba; Helen, The Story and Everybody's Ruby at the Public Theater; The Negro Ensemble Company productions of Puppet Play, Zooman and the Sign, Sons and Fathers of Sons, In an Upstate Motel, Weep Not For Me, and The Great Mac Daddy; Lincoln Center's production of Ed Bullins' The Duplex; and The Sirens at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In regional theatre, she performed as Euripides' Medea and in Blues for an Alabama Sky at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Other regional theatres at which she has performed are the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and the Huntington Theatre in Boston.

Rashad was the first black actress of any nationality to win the Best Actress (Play) Tony Award, which she won for her 2004 performance as Lena Younger in a revival of the play A Raisin in the Sun by playwright Lorraine Hansberry. She was nominated for the same award the following year, for Gem of the Ocean. Several Black women have won in the Best Actress (Musical) category, including the late Virginia Capers, who won in 1973 for her portrayal of Lena in the musical adaptation of Hansberry's play, entitled Raisin. Rashad also won the 2004 Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun by tying (split award) with Viola Davis for the play Intimate Apparel.

In 2007, Rashad made her directorial debut with the Seattle Repertory Theatre's production of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. More recently, in early 2014 Rashad directed a revival of Fences, also by Wilson, at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, which ran to generally positive reviews, and continued an ongoing focus on Wilson's work, including a well-received production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom that she directed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in late 2016.

In 2008, Rashad starred on Broadway as Big Mama in an all African-American production of Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by her sister Debbie Allen. She appeared alongside stage veterans James Earl Jones (Big Daddy) and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie), as well as film actor Terence Howard, who made his Broadway debut as Brick. In 2009, she appeared as Violet Weston, the drug-addicted matriarch of Tracy Lett's award-winning play August: Osage County at the Music Box Theatre.

From March 17 to May 1, 2016, Rashad played the lead role of Shelah in Tarell Alvin McCraney's play Head of Passes at The Public Theater. Her performance was positively reviewed.

Film and television

Rashad received a career boost when she joined the cast of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live to play publicist Courtney Wright in 1983. She is best known for the role of attorney Clair Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. The show, which ran from 1984 to 1992, starred Bill Cosby as obstetrician Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable, and focused on their life with their five children. In 1985, Rashad co-hosted the NBC telecast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with Pat Sajak and Bert Convy.

When Cosby returned to TV comedy in 1996 with CBS's Cosby, he called on Rashad to play Ruth Lucas, his character's wife. The pilot episode had been shot with Telma Hopkins, but Cosby then fired the executive producer and replaced Hopkins with Rashad. The sitcom ran from 1996 to 2000. That year, Cosby asked Rashad to work on his animated television series Little Bill, in which the actress voiced Bill's mother, Brenda, until the show's end in 2004. She also played a role in the pre-show of the Dinosaur ride at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park as Dr. Helen Marsh, the head of the Dino Institute.

Rashad played "Kill Moves" wealthy mother on Everybody Hates Chris on December 9, 2007. In 2007 she appeared as Winnie Guster in the Psych episode Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy. She returned to the role in 2008, in the episode Christmas Joy.

In February 2008, Rashad portrayed Lena Younger in the television film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon. Starring core members of the cast of the 2004 Broadway revival at the Royale Theatre of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play, including Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger, and Sean Combs as Walter Lee Younger. The television film adaption debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to Nielsen Media Research, the program was watched by 12.7 million viewers and ranked #9 in the ratings for the week ending March 2, 2008.

In November 2010, Rashad featured as Gilda in the ensemble cast in the Tyler Perry film For Colored Girls, based on the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange. Rashad explained in an interview with Vibe Movies & TV in 2010, that "I saw the original Broadway play. I thought it was amazing how such a story that wasn’t pretty was poetry. Usually poetry is about lofty things and this was the poetry of speech and the movement of everyday people. I found a little bit of it off-putting to tell you the truth, because it was so angry when I saw it. And I think Tyler Perry has added an element here that wasn't in the original stage production, and that is the necessity for taking responsibility for one's own self otherwise you are just living to die. That is where he wrote the line [in the film], "You gotta take some responsibility in this. Otherwise you are just living to die".

In 2012, she starred in another Tyler Perry movie Good Deeds. Also in 2012, Rashad played Clairee Belcher in the remake of Steel Magnolias (the role originated by Olympia Dukakis). This version has an all African American A-list cast, including Queen Latifah as M'Lynn, Jill Scott as Truvy, Condola Rashād as Shelby, Adepero Oduye as Annelle, and Alfre Woodard as Ouiser.

In 2016, Rashad was cast as a recurring guest star in the role of Diana DuBois in the third season of the Lee Daniels-produced Empire television series on Fox.

In 2017, Rashad portrayed Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, pastor of The City of Refuge Church in San Francisco, CA, as past of the Dustin Lance Black mini-series When We Rise. Her appearance in show highlighted the compassion of the church, the commitment of its leadership and the loving home the church provides to minister in the tough, primarily African-American community in San Francisco.

Personal life

Rashad's first marriage, in 1972, was to dentist William Lancelot Bowles, Jr. They had one son, William Lancelot Bowles III, who was born the following year. The marriage ended in 1975. Rashad then married Victor Willis (original lead singer of the Village People, whom she met during the run of The Wiz) in 1978. Their divorce was finalized in 1982.

She married former NFL wide receiver and sportscaster Ahmad Rashād on December 14, 1985. It was a third marriage for both of them and she took his last name. They were married after he proposed to her during a pregame show for a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day football game between the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions on November 28, 1985. Their daughter, Condola Phyleia Rashād, was born on December 11, 1986 in New York. The couple divorced in early 2001.

Awards and honors

2003: Honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard Black Men's Forum

2005: received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree from Brown University

2011: received an honorary doctorate degree from Spelman College for her work in the Arts

2011: named the first Denzel Washington Chair professor in Theatre at Fordham University, supported by a $2 million gift from the actor

Wikipedia

#Phylicia Rashad #06-19