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sulcrafatejackets · 2 years

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Super troopers… So I wanna talk about cops because of J Chandrasekar duh… We’re all right but I’m not gonna put up with any of that stuff from any white people ever

I will learn… I’ll learn how to shut them down. These assholes wanna kill babies they’re disgusting

No but we gotta talk about cops because this lady Catherine probably does wanna fucking get me killed or whatever hey Damien butcher

Damien bichir

Great last name LMAO

Guess what Catherine wants to do? She wants to have sex with her husband and then kill me because that would be like weeds with Nancy and what the fuck is a Mexican guys name anyway

I say why not except… Well except there’s a lot of open space there Catherine I feel like maybe another lawyer with a lot more money probably already did that and did it with more style than you and your husband Jay Chandrasekar he is very stylish lately I’m just telling my imaginative opinions

No Rebecca it wasn’t like that you have to understand we all need our space to explore our sexuality and privacy without somebody trying to call us out on being bourgeois bitch assholes I know the feeling you know Kelsey calls me a bourgeois bitch asshole all the time because I wanted European coffee and she thinks that that’s too extravagant because well actually maybe it’s because she wants it and she feels like somebody like me is denying her coffee hell no not me talk to Catherine Kelsey

No Kelsey I’m sure that Catherine only meant well to all of you white trash bitches without opportunities and money and class and education and how much more could she pour on anyone for cooties

For cooties for cooties is that right

For cootchies

OK but what if youre a vagina and penis kind of person Catherine?

If Cooter doesn’t get off of my goddamn Internet stop at Cooter

Don’t worry though guys they gotta be that sporty I already know that the celebrities are just gonna tell on them and then they tried to call some of those celebrities and those celebrities said go fuck yourself or did they I don’t know maybe they just didn’t pick up maybe they were busy y’all I bet you that was what it was they were too busy for you guys it wasn’t anything personal they only meant well

See Jeremy did get to be in there in the thing… Jeremy please help me these crazy people locally in Glasgow Kentucky keep trying to gaslight me and make me feel really sad and it gives me low self-esteem and I’m still doing this therapy stuff and they just keep racially targeting me and the doctors are bullying me Jeremy can you please help me thank you cousin I love you not in a Muslim Way, Jay shut the fuck up

#Bourgeois Oprah burgers #Catherine burgers #Mark Zuckerberg #J Chandrasekar #Super troopers!!#jeremie Cooper the state trooper

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spiritintheinkwell · 10 months

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Happy Pride! Featuring my nine favorite wlw books.

Mahit/Three Seagrass from the Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine

Catherine/Lucy from The Lady's Guide To Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Kath/Lily from Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Zanja/Karis from the Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

Jude/Síle from Landing by Emma Donoghue

Ead/Sabran from The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Emi/Ava from Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour

Thenike/Marghe from Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Red/Blue from This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Ordered by theme, not by preference.

#wlw art #wlw book fanart #teixcalaan #the lady's guide to celestial mechanics #last night at the telegraph club #elemental logic #landing emma donoghue #the priory of the orange tree #everything leads to you #ammonite nicola griffith #this is how you lose the time war #pride art #gilbert baker diversity pride flag #lesbian #bisexual #queer

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amongthestackspodcast · 6 months

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Among the Stacks is officially 1 year old today!

And what a year it's been! 4 preludes, 10 Tales, and 2 special episodes. We know it's been a bit rocky, but we thank everyone for sticking with us that far, and we really hope you stick with us as we do bigger and better next year

While we're here, we want to thank everyone that's made this possible so far.

@hangingslothcentral for producing our first ever episode and being the voice of X. Libris.

@reefsharkivist for making our ending theme.

Morgan Champine for doing our early transcripts

Maty Parzival for doing the rest of our transcripts and production assistance

@alexyquest for being our director, the writer of Tale 4 and being the voice of Luna Tom Chaney for being the voice of Blaise

@pentoll-meh for being the voice of Endo

@inkathebadger for being the voice of Claude

@swiftlymurmurs for being the voice of Mark

Melissa Bowens for being the voice of The Pilot

@monstrousproductions for being the voice of Dr Walker and script editing

@clansocreations for doing all our episode art and writing Tale 6

Neo Upod for being the voice of Emmett

Jeremiah 'Jokr' Rendr for being the voice of Aisosa

@thestoragepapers for being the voice of Balam

Jesse Syratt for being the voice of Nora and for helping write Tale 5

@kirstywoolven for being the voice of Maria

Kanin Donattelli as the voice of The Guardian

@penofsteele for writing Tales 2 and 9

@bullshotuk for being the voice of Mr Phillips Alex Nightingale for writing Tales 3 and 8

David Ault for being the voice of Lan

Nooria for being the voice of Zaida

Cameron Weldon for being the voice of the Master Fisher

Rhys Subitch for being the voice of the Street Musician Ben Meredith for being the voice of Marvin

@ratgrimes for doing all our monster noises

Oliver Graham for being the voice of Luke and The Cat

Alasdair Stuart for being the voice of Brother Dust

Mary Catherine O'Harte for being the voice of Rose

Michelle Kelly for being the voice of Pop

A J Fidalgo and Ray O'Hare for being the voices of Cultists

@jomendacium for being the voice of The Hierophant

@thecellarletters for being the voice of Dr Nocebo

@wakeofcorrosion for being the voice of Dr Erebus

@taytayheyhey for being the voice of Dr Arawn

Polybrow for production, sound editing and music going forward

@ghostwaxpod for doing the special guest artwork for our World Audio Drama Day Special

Candace McAfee for being the voice of S., and narrating The Raven for our Halloween special

@somewhereohio, Quest of Ruin, @transmissionfolklore, The Lost Power, The Strange Garden, @hellgatecity, @thenightpost, Super Suits, @howitendsstudio, The Godfrey Audio Guide, and @knaveofheartsad for letting us include their trailers at the end of our Tales

@strongbranchpro, @careandfeedingofwerewolves, @surceasepod, @ghostwaxpod, @hoteldaydream, @room56pod, @tranthologies, @jarofrebukepodcast, and Regina Prime for letting us do feed drops of their shows on out feed

Alright, I'm going to go cry over this now. This is incredible and I'm having trouble processing it all.

Thank you,

Nigel

#among the stacks #audio drama #lgbtq #podcast #storytelling #spotify #indie artist #podcast recommendation

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ifreakingloveroyals · 3 months

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17 June 2017 | Members of the Royal Family, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Harry, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (with Princess Charlotte and Prince George), and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft by the Royal Air Force, in London. The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. In 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. More than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the Sovereign's official birthday, although the Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April. (c) Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP via Getty Images

#Prince Philip #Duke of Edinburgh #Catherine #Duchess of Cambridge #Princess of Wales #Prince George #Princess Charlotte #Prince William #Duke of Cambridge #Prince of Wales #Peter Phillips #Savannah Phillips #Britain #2017 #Chris J Ratcliffe #AFP via Getty Images

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castlesrp · 2 months

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Face Claim List

Below the cut, you will find our list of face claims featured on our canon list. Enjoy this sneak peak at what is coming your way when the canon lists start being released this week!

FC List:

Abigail Cowen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Amita Suman Amy Adams Ana de Armas André De Shields Andrew Garfield Angela Bassett Anna Kendrick Anne Hathaway Anthony Anderson Anthony Mackie Anya Chalotra Anya Taylor Joy Aja Naomi King Avan Jogia Avantika Audra McDonald Austin Butler Beanie Feldstein Ben Barnes Beyoncé BD Wong Bette Midler Caleb McLaughlin Camila Mendes Catherine O'Hara Charles Melton Chiwetel Ejiofor Chloe Bennet Chloe Bailey Christina Hendricks Christina Nadin Chrissy Metz Cody Christian Constance Wu Courtney Eaton Dakota Johnson Danai Gurira Daniel Ezra Daniel Wu Danny Trejo David Harbour Deepika Padukone Denzel Washington Dev Patel Diana Silvers Diane Keaton Dianna Agron Dove Cameron Dylan O'Brien Eddie Redmayne Eiza González Emily Alyn Lind Eva Longoria Ewan McGregor Fan Bingbing Felix Mallard Florence Pugh Froy Gutierrez Gabrielle Union Gemma Chan George Takei Gillian Anderson Gina Rodriguez Gina Torres Hailee Steinfeld Halle Bailey Harrison Ford Harry Shum JR Harry Styles Henry Cavill Hero Fiennes Tiffin Hunter Schafer Hugh Jackman Idris Elba J. Cameron-Smith Jacob Artist Jacob Elordi Jameela Jamil James McAvoy Jamie Chung Jamie Lee Curtis Jasmin Savoy Brown Jason Momoa Jason Sudekis Jean Smart Jeff Goldblum Jeffrey Wright Jenna Ortega Jensen Ackles Jesse Williams Jessica Chastain JK Simmons Joe Locke John Boyega John Cho John Krasinski Jon Hamm Jonathan Bailey Jordan Connor Jordan Peele Julianne Moore Justice Smith Kate Winslet Kathryn Hahn Kathryn Newton Keanu Reeves Keith Powers Keke Palmer Kerry Washington Kit Connor [1] Kit Connor [2] KJ Apa Kristen Bell Kumail Nanjiani Lana Condor Laura Harrier Lauren Ridloff Leonardo DiCaprio Letita Wright Lili Reinhart Liv Hewson Logan Browning Logan Lerman Loretta Devine Lupita Nyong'o Mädchen Amick Madelyn Cline Madison Bailey Mahershala Ali Manny Jacinto Manny Montana Margot Robbie Mark Consuelos Mark Hamill Mario Lopez Mason Gooding Maude Apatow Megan thee Stallion Melanie Lynskey Melissa Barrera Michael Cimino Michael Evans Behling Michael Fassbender Michael Peña Michael Shannon Michelle Yeoh Morgan Freeman Naomi Scott Natalia Dyer Natasha Liu Bordizzo Nina Dobrev Noah Centineo Normani Octavia Spencer Olivia Coleman Olivia Rodrigo Oscar Isaac Paul Rudd Pedro Pascal Phoebe Deynover Phoebe Tonkin Phylicia Rashad Priyanka Chopra Rachel Weisz Rachel Zegler Rahul Kohli Reese Witherspoon Regé-Jean Page Renee Rapp [1] Renee Rapp [2] Riz Ahmed Robert Pattinson Robert Downey JR Rome Flynn Rosamund Pike Rose Byrne Rudy Pankow Ryan Gosling Ryan Guzman Ryan Reynolds Sadie Sink Sam Claflin Samantha Logan Samara Weaving Sandra Bullock Sandra Oh Sara Ramirez Sarah Jeffrey Sarah Paulson Sebastian Stan Selena Gomez Sigourney Weaver Simu Liu Shawn Mendes Skeet Ulrich Sophia Ali Sophia Bush Sophie Turner Sonam Kapoor Sophie Thatcher Sterling K. Brown Steve Martin Steven Yeun Storm Reid Sydney Sweeney [1] Sydney Sweeney [2] Taika Waititi Tati Gabrielle Taraji P. Henson Taron Egerton Taye Diggs Taylor Zakhar Perez Ted Danson Timothée Chalamet Thomas Doherty Tom Blyth Tom Ellis Tom Hardy Tom Holland Tony Goldwyn Tyler James Williams Tyler Posey Uzo Adubo Victoria Pedretti Viola Davis Whoopi Goldberg Wolfgang Novogratz Will Smith Willem Dafoe William Jackson Harper Winona Ryder Winston Duke Yasmin Finney Zayn Malik Zendaya Zoey Deutch

#jcink rp #jcink roleplay #roleplay #rp #jcink #updates #canons

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sapphicmsmarvel · 3 months

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2023 reading catalog

January

a million to one by adiba jaigirdar 💜

Iron widow by xiran jay zhao 💜

An encore of roses by st gibson 💜

Im a therapist and my patient is going to be the next school shooter by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is in love with a pedophile by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is a vegan terrorist by Dr. Harper 💜

The disturbing incident at lonesome woods boarding school by dr. harper 💜

One dark window by rachel gillig

February

The twisted dead by darcy coates

The house across the lake by riley sager

Renegades by marissa meyer 🤍

Archenemies by marissa meyer 🤍

Supernova by marissa meyer 🤍

Daisy darker by alice feeney

March

The lost apothecary by susan penner

MHA 37 by kohei horikoshi

The pronoun lowdown by nevo zisin

The queen's english by chloe o davis

MHA team up 1 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama

To make monsters out of girls by amanda lovelace

MHA team up 2 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama

JJK 0 by gege akutami

MHA team up 3 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama

Hell bent by leigh bardugo

Spice road by maiya ibrahim

The stardust thief by chelsea abdullah

The london seance society by susan penner 💜

All the dangerous things by stacy willingham

April

The fae princes by nikki st crowe

Carnage by sarah bailey

Final offer by lauren asher.

Glitch by briana michaels

Never lie by frieda mcfadden

The locked door by frieda mcfadden

The inheritance by cassie cole

Emily wildes encyclopedia of faeries by heather fawcett

The stolen heir by holly black

May

Chaos by sarah bailey

Corrode by sarah bailey

Cataclysm by sarah bailey

Howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones

Fourth wing by rebecca yarros

Cursed crowns by catherine doyle + katherine webber

Girls of fate and fury by natasha ngan 💜

We free the stars by hafsah faizal

A war of two queens by jennifer l armentrout

The crown of gilded bones by jennifer l armentrout 🤍

Malice by heather walter 💜

Misrule by heather walter 💜

June

MHA vol 38 by kohei horikoshi

Sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley

jjk vol 21 by gege akutami

jjk vol 22 by gege akutami

lore olympus vol 4 by rachel smythe

the fiancee farce by alexandria bellefleur 💜

the only survivors by megan miranda

what lies in the woods by kate alice marshall

the last word by taylor adams

you’re invited by amanda jayatissa

ward d by freida mcfadden

once returned by darcy coates

double pucked by lauren blakely

mated to the monster by sarah spade

July

the thicket by noelle w ihli

the good lie by ar torre

a naughty lesson by mika lane

love creekwood by becky albertalli 💜

the heartstopper yearbook by alice oseman 💜

demon in the wood by leigh bardugo and dani pendergast

the young elites by marie lu

nick and charlie by alice oseman 💜

a haunted road atlas by christine schiefer and em schulz

the rose society by marie lu

the midnight star by marie lu

a wicked education by mika lane

a sinful classroom by mika lane

the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag 💜

August

how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix

the foxglove king by hannah whitten

seven faceless saints by mk lobb 💜

divine rivals by rebecca ross

sing me to sleep by gabi burton

silver in the bone by alexandra bracken

foxglove by adalyn grace

assistant to the villain by hannah nicole maehrer

September

a broken blade by melissa blair

bonesmith by nicki pau preto

the angelmaker by alex north

the family across the street by nicole trope

October

the sun and the star by rick riordan and mark oshiro 💜

lore olympus vol 5 by rachel smythe

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan

fangs by sarah anderson

throne of the fallen by kerri maniscalco

kingdom of the wicked by kerri maniscalco 🤍

kingdom of the cursed by kerri mansicalco 🤍

kingdom of the feared by kerri maniscalco 🤍

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon 💜

catwoman soulstealer by louise simonson, samantha dodge and sarah j maas

starling house by alix e harrow

November

savage hate by amanda richardson

a curse for true love by stephanie garber

forged by blood by ehigbor okosun

if i have to be haunted by miranda sun

heart trick by kristen granata

the legacy by elle kennedy

odd man rush by kristen granata 💜

that one night by emily rath

pucking around by emily rath 💜

pucking ever after vol 1 by emily rath 💜

iron flame by rebecca yarros

my hero academia team up missions vol 4 by yoko akiyama and koehi horikoshi

December

spin the bottle by stephanie alves

as good as dead by holly jackson

the lightning thief by rick riordan 🤍

the sea of monsters by rick riordan 🤍

i am not your final girl by claire c holland

the titans curse by rick riordan 🤍

the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan 🤍

#reading #booktok #books #bookblogging

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homomenhommes · 7 months

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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more

1551 – The last French king of the Valois dynasty, Henry III (d.1589) was widely accused of sodomitical relations with his "minions," but such charges probably say more about the viciousness of the political and religious controversies of sixteenth-century France than they do about Henry III.

Christened Alexandre-Édouard soon after his birth on September 19, 1551, he took the name Henry only in 1564. He was the fourth son of Henry II (1519-1559, reigned 1547-1559) and Catherine de Medici (1519-1589). Henry was successively Duke of Angoulême (1551-1560), Duke of Orléans (1560-1566), and Duke of Anjou (1566-1574), before being elected King of Poland in May, 1573. He spent only six months in Poland before the death of his brother Charles IX (1550-1574, reigned 1560-1574) on May 30, 1574 made him King of France.

Henry had the misfortune to reign over a France plunged since 1562 into religious warfare between its Protestant minority and an intolerant Catholic majority. The struggle between the competing religions threatened the prestige, stability, and authority of the French monarchy. Henry III was a hard-working administrator and proponent of a centralized monarchical state at a time when France's great nobles still claimed considerable local authority.

Henry III faced considerable opposition, and scurrilous pamphlets denounced him for tyranny, heresy, and sexual depravity. Many of Henry's contemporaries expressed disgust with his personal conduct, especially his love of jewelry, his occasional transvestism (in the context of masked court balls) , and particularly his marked affection for his so-called "minions," a loyal band of youthful courtiers rumored to be his lovers. Many historians interpret Henry's alleged effeminacy and homosexuality as symptomatic of monarchical decadence. But the only evidence for Henry's homosexuality is court gossip and attacks by the king's critics, at first his Protestant enemies, then the fanatical Catholic League, which demanded that Henry take a harder line against Protestantism, as well as nobles from France's great houses, who resented the influence of favorites from lesser families.

Sodomy was never the only accusation levelled against the king. As David Teasley has shown, contemporary propaganda "associated [the king's reputed sodomy] with a host of other sins: irreligion, atheism, sorcery, treason, rape, tyranny, monstrous animalistic behaviour, and the killing of children."

The charges of sodomy should probably be seen as no more than an indication that many people viewed the king's political and religious policies to be subversive of the natural order. Jacques Clément, a Dominican monk convinced that he was doing God's work, assassinated Henry III on August 1, 1589. His Protestant cousin, Henry of Navarre, succeeded him as Henry IV (1553-1610, reigned 1589-1610), but managed to impose his rule only after a long civil war and conversion to Catholicism.

For a long time after his death, Henry was assumed to have been homosexual or at least bisexual. The scholar Louis Crompton provides substantial contemporary evidence of Henry III's homosexuality, and the associated problems at court and politics. Despite this, it is still disputed.

For example, some modern historians, such as P. Erlanger, J. F. Solnon, Nicolas Le Roux, and J. Boucher found evidence to support the idea that Henry was not homosexual (though still perhaps bisexual), as he had many famous mistresses. They found that there were no men named with whom he could have had sex, and that he was well-known at the time for his taste in beautiful women. They concluded that his supposed homosexuality was based on his dislike of war and hunting being interpreted as effeminate, an image cultivated by political opponents (both Protestants and Catholics) to turn the opinion of the French people against him.

Most recently, Gary Ferguson has offered a detailed assessment of Henri III and his court, in the context of a discussion of the question of homosexuality in the French Renaissance.

In 1570, discussions commenced to arrange for Henry to court Elizabeth I of England. Elizabeth, almost 37, was in need of a husband in order to produce an heir. However, nothing came of these discussions. Elizabeth is viewed by historians as having intended only to arouse the concern of Spain, rather than to have seriously contemplated marriage. The chance of marriage was further blighted by their differing religious views - Henry was at least formally a Catholic while Elizabeth was a Protestant - and his opinion of Elizabeth. Henry tactlessly referred to Elizabeth as a putain publique (a "public whore") and made stinging remarks about their difference in age. Upon hearing (inaccurately) that she limped because of a varicose vein, he called her an "old creature with a sore leg"

1934 – The "fifth Beatle," manager Brian Epstein (d.1967), also managed numerous other groups like Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and solo artists like Cilla Black. The Beatles recorded a demo in Decca's studios — paid for by Epstein — which he later persuaded George Martin to listen to. Epstein was then offered a contract (after Martin had auditioned the group) by EMI's small Parlophone label, even though they had previously been rejected by almost every other British record company.

Perhaps few individuals were less likely to create the public image and oversee the career of the world's most famous rock group than Brian Epstein. Born into a family of affluent Liverpool Jewish furniture merchants, Epstein seemed destined for a career in their business. He was attracted, however, to such 'unmanly' pursuits as fashion design and the stage, which, along with his closeted homosexuality, put him at odds with his family's aspirations.

Epstein left school at sixteen to work at one of his family's stores until he was called up for military service in 1952. While Epstein was in the Army, he had a tailor make an officer's uniform for him that he wore when cruising the bars of London, but was arrested one night (for impersonating an officer) at the Army and Navy Club in Piccadilly by the Military Police. Epstein managed to avoid a court martial by agreeing to see an army psychiatrist, who uncovered Epstein's sexuality. He was discharged from the army after 10 months on the medical grounds of being "emotionally and mentally unfit", although Epstein later stated that his first homosexual experience was after he returned to Liverpool. Epstein then spent a year studying acting at teh Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but dropped out shortly after his arrest for "persistent importuning" outside a men's public toilet in Swiss Cottage, London.

He returned to his family's business, where he became the manager of the store's record department. It was in this capacity that, in October 1961, he first heard of the Beatles, a Liverpool band whose fans were seeking their recordings. Epstein was unable to locate these records and, intrigued by the mystery, ventured into the Cavern Club, where he encountered John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and then-drummer Pete Best.

Within two months, although he had no entertainment or managerial background, Epstein had signed the group to a contract. Over the next year, he transformed the group's image from that of leather-clad ruffians to 'Mods' attired in fashionable suits with longish hairstyles, creating, in effect, an androgynous look for his protégés. Epstein also successfully negotiated the Beatles' first recording contract with EMI Parlophone, replaced Best with Ringo Starr.

Though Epstein was homosexual, it was not publicly known until a long time after his death, although it was an open secret among his friends and business associates. By 1964, when the Beatles and his other acts took America by storm, Epstein seemed to personify worldly success. He was, however, living in an almost constant state of anxiety lest his homosexuality - and his attraction to rough and often abusive young men - become public knowledge, as male homosexual acts were still illegal in Britain and any scandal might negatively affect the Beatles' career.

It has often been suggested that Epstein's devotion to the Beatles was based on an unrequited love for John Lennon. Speculation about a possible affair between them has existed since the two holidayed together in Spain in 1963.

Epstein with the Beatles

Paul McCartney said that he and the other Beatles knew that Epstein was a homosexual, but they did not care, because Epstein greatly encouraged them when record companies turned them down, and used to take them to late-night drinking clubs they had previously never had access to. Although John Lennon often made sarcastic comments about Epstein's homosexuality to friends and to Epstein personally, nobody outside their closed circle was allowed to comment on it. Ian Sharp — one of Lennon's art school friends — once made a sarcastic remark about Epstein but was sent a letter by Epstein's office within forty-eight hours that demanded a complete apology. Sharp apologized but was then completely ostracized, and was told by McCartney in a letter to have no contact at all with any of them in the future.

There were rumors of a brief sexual encounter between Lennon and Epstein when they both went on a four-day holiday together to Barcelona, Spain in April 1963. Lennon always denied this, telling Playboy in 1980: "It was never consummated, but we had a pretty intense relationship." Lennon's first wife Cynthia also maintains that Lennon's relationship with Epstein was platonic. A fictionalized account of the Spanish holiday was portrayed in the film 1991 The Hours and Times. Lennon's friend and confidant, Peter Shotton, claimed in his book, The Beatles, Lennon and Me, that under provocation from Epstein, Lennon did partly give in: "I let him toss me off, and that was it." Biographer Hunter Davies also recalled Lennon telling him he had consented to an encounter "to see what it was like." Writer Albert Goldman expanded on both claims in his The Lives of John Lennon, alleging a longtime affair between the two men.

Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose at his home in London in August 1967. The Beatles' early success has been attributed to Epstein's management and sense of style. Paul McCartney said of Epstein: "If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian."

1967 – Riyad Vinci Wadia (d.2003) was an Indian independent filmmaker from Bombay, known for his film, BomGay (1996) which is regarded as one of the very first gay themed movies from India. Born into the filmmaking Wadia family, he inherited the production company Wadia Movietone which is known for the Fearless Nadia movies which are one of their kind in the superwoman genre when the other movies of their time usually portrayed women in submissive roles. Wadia is also known for his documentary on Nadia, Fearless: The Hunterwali Story.

Riyad did his schooling in Bombay and later went to Australia for a course in filmmaking. Riyad was openly gay and so was his brother Roy Wadia, who was working for the World Health Organization.

The short film, BomGay, with shooting locations such as the gay cruising spots of Victoria Terminus urinals and the Bombay local tracks along which people defecate, was described as "part Bollywood, part Genet". The film explored the underground gay subculture of Bombay and marked the entry of queer themes into Indian Cinema. The film had a limited release in India, thanks to its explicit content. It got screened in a number of international film festivals and finds mention in the research works on the history of queer themes in Indian Cinema as the first queer themed film from India

Riyad tested positive for HIV in 1995. Though he was quite capable of affording the then expensive HIV medication, he refused to be on any kind of dosage. He left India shortly after the production of BomGay, supporting himself with petty jobs in New York and writing an article or two for The New Indian Express. Things got difficult post 9/11, with not many jobs available, forcing him to get back to Bombay. Riyad died of stomach tuberculosis on November 30, 2003, in Bombay. He was then in the process of generating funds for his first full length film (unfinished), Naked Rain, based on R. Raj Rao's novel, Boyfriend.

1970 – In Sydney, Australia, John Ware and Christabel Poll, founders of the newly formed Campaign Against Moral Persecution, Inc. (CAMP, Inc.) become the first gay man and the first lesbian, respectively, to come out publicly in the country’s history when an interview featuring them is published in the newspaper The Australian.

2003 – In Belize, same-sex sexual activity is banned with a 10-year jail sentence if caught.

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drawnecromancy · 10 months

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Ten Books tag

Tagged by @logarithmicpanda

List ten books that have stayed with you in some way, don't take but a few minutes, and don't think too hard - they don't have to be the "right" or "great" works, just the ones that have touched you.

(Am I physically capable of remembering that many books ? We'll see !)

Les chevaliers d'Émeraude tome 1 : le feu dans le ciel (it's the one I've reread the most...) by Anne Robillard

The Chronicles of Narnia (specifically the lion, the witch and the wardrobe, but I have all of them in a big book and that's what I'm thinking of mostly) by C.S. Lewis

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Le Quatrième Mur by Sorj Chalandon

La Quête d'Ewilan by Pierre Bottero (I wouldn't be able to name only one of the trilogy though)

Les Colombes du Roi-Soleil tome 5 : le rêve d'Isabeau

La soudaine apparition de Hope Arden by Claire North (I am currently INCAPABLE of finding the original English title, so fuck it. I'm not spending a half hour searching it on my phone haha)

The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Tagging : @isabellebissonrouthier, @the-stray-storyteller, @the-lightbulb-and-the-octopus if you feel like it ! No worries if not :)

#tag games #books #having a shit memory is hard because it's hard to remember what i liked... or what i did not like #it was. actually a struggle to do haha #'dont take but a few minutes' if i did that I'd have One book

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amazingdudesblog · 5 months

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Ruby Gillman: The Call of the Leviathan (Sequel Fanfic Idea)

Summary: After getting precognitive nightmares about the Leviathan, a giant mighty mythical sea snake feared by all, Ruby Gillman soon learns that she has made the grave mistake of indirectly releasing the beast from its ancient magical bonds. The task to undo this mistake is not an easy one by a long shot, and the key to it working is an alliance so shocking and unorthodox that it may just be insane enough to work. If this mission does not go according to plan, it may lead to the destruction of everything Ruby holds dear in her life. No pressure, right?

Possible Casting

Chelsea’s grandfather - Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Kurt Russell, Bryan Cranston, Michael Douglas, Dennis Quaid, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Stephen Lang, Clancy Brown, J. K. Simmons, John Goodman, Chris Sarandon, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins

Chelsea’s crush - Ayo Edebiri, Keke Palmer, Zendaya, Halle Bailey, Riele Downs, Letitia Wright, Kiersey Clemons

Nerissa - Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara, Margot Robbie, Kristen Bell, Helen Mirren, Donna Murphy, Maya Rudolph, Sandra Bullock, Allison Janney, Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Karen Gillan, Brie Larson, Cameron Diaz, Kristen Schaal, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon

Soothsayer Eel - Wanda Sykes, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Artemis Pebdani, Bette Midler, Julie Kavner, Angela Bassett, Sandra Dickinson, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara, Leslie Uggams, Kristen Schaal, Jennifer Saunders, Awkwafina

The Leviathan - Peter Cullen, Tony Todd, Keith David, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ron Perlman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Christopher Lee, Greg Baldwin, Mark Hammil, Ken Page, Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jeremey Irons, Giancarlo Esposito

#ruby gillman teenage kraken #ruby gillman #dreamworks #au fanfiction #sequel fic

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glitter-troublewind · 2 years

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indiesole · 6 months

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THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN HISTORY/COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THIS WORLD! (@INDIES)

i.e. THE 236 GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN WORLD HISTORY! (@INDIES)

Rajesh Khanna

Lionel Messi

Leonardo Da Vinci

Muhammad Ali

Joan of Arc

William Shakespeare

Vincent Van Gogh

Online Indie

J. K. Rowling

David Lean

Nadia Comaneci

Diego Maradona

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Meena Kumari

Julius Caesar

Harrison Ford

Ludwig Van Beethoven

William W. Cargill

Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche

Samuel Curtis Johnson

Sam Walton

John D. Rockefeller

Andrew Carnegie

Roy Thomson

Tim Berners-Lee

Marie Curie

James J. Hill

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Roman Polanski

Samuel Slater

J. P. Morgan

Cary Grant

Dmitri Mendeleev

John Harvard

Alain Delon

Ramakrishna Paramhansa (Official God)

The Lumiere Brothers, Auguste & Louis

Carl Friedrich Benz

Michelangelo

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Ramana Maharishi

Mark Twain

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri

Bruce Lee

Bhagwan Krishna (Official God)

Charlemagne

Rene Descartes

John F. Kennedy

Bhagwan Ganesha (Official God)

Walt Disney

Albert Einstein

Nikola Tesla

Alfred Hitchcock

Pythagoras

William Randolph Hearst

Cosimo de’ Medici

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alec Guinness

Nostradamus

Christopher Plummer

Archimedes

Jackie Chan

Guru Dutt

Amma Karunamayi/ Mata Parvati (Official God)

Peter Sellers

Gerard Depardieu

Joseph Safra

Robert Morris

Sean Connery

Petr Kellner

Aristotle Onassis

Usain Bolt

Jack Welch

Alfredo di Stefano

Elizabeth Taylor

Michael Jordan

Paul Muni

Steven Spielberg

Louis Pasteur

Ingrid Bergman

Norma Shearer

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Ayn Rand

Jesus Christ (Official God)

Luciano Pavarotti

Alain Resnais

Frank Sinatra

Allah (Official God)

Richard Nixon

Charlie Chaplin

Thomas Alva Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

Wright Brothers

Arjun (of Bhagwan Krishna’s Gita)

Jim Simons

George Lucas

Swami Sri Lahiri Mahasaya

Carl Lewis

Brett Favre

Helen Keller

Bernard Mannes Baruch

Buddha (Official God)

Hugh Grant

K. L. Saigal

Roger Federer

Rash Behari Bose

Tiger Woods

William Blake

Jesse Owens

Claude Miller

Bernardo Bertolucci

Subhash Chandra Bose

Satyajit Ray

Hippocrates

Chiang Kai-Shek

John Logie Baird

Geeta Dutt

Raphael (painter)

Bhagwan Shiva (Official God)

Radha (Ancient Krishna devotee)

George Orwell

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Catherine Deneuve

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Bill Gates

Bhagwan Ram (Official God)

Michael Phelps

Michael Faraday

Audrey Hepburn

Dalai Lama

Grace Kelly

Mikhail Gorbachev

Vladimir Putin

Galileo Galilei

Gary Cooper

Roger Moore

John Huston

Blaise Pascal

Humphrey Bogart

Rudyard Kipling

Samuel Morse

Wayne Gretzky

Yogi Berra

Barry Levinson

Patrice Chereau (director)

Jerry Lewis

Louis Daguerre

James Watt

Henri Rousseau

Nikita Krushchev

Jack Dorsey

Dev Anand

Elia Kazan

Alexander Fleming

David Selznick

Frank Marshall

Viswanathan Anand

Major Dhyan Chand

Swami Vivekananda

Felix Rohatyn

Sam Spiegel

Anand Bakshi

Victor Hugo

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Official God)

Steve Jobs

Srinivasa Ramanujam

Lord Hanuman

Stanley Kubrick

Giotto

Voltaire

Diego Velazquez

Ernest Hemingway

Francis Ford Coppola

Michael Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Mario Lemieux

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James Stewart

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Raj Kapoor

Titian aka Tiziano Vecelli

El Greco

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Jim Carrey

Mohammad Rafi

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Pele

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Milos Forman

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Henry Fonda

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George Clooney

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Aung San Suu Kyi

Benjamin Netanyahu

Frank Capra

Michael Schumacher

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Paramhansa Yogananda

Tom Hanks

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Hans Holbein

Shammi Kapoor

Gerardus Mercator

Edith Piaf

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2023 Draw My Reads

Here is a full list of all the books I read in 2023 and links to the art I’ve made for them.

Just a few quick notes. I didn’t make art for everything I read. I also fell off the wagon a bit toward the end and went through an art block. Not sure if I’ll continue this project into 2024 but I might do some variation. We’ll see.

Also, I read some absolutely filthy (and ridiculous) stuff sometimes. So be warned.

*Sequels will have an asterisk. First book in series will be in parenthesis.

January

1. Alpha Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)

2. Feral Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)

3. Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia and Isaac Goodhart

4. The Ballad of Never After* by Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart)

5. Wicked Beauty* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)

6. Vicious by V.E. Schwab

7. Hell Bent* by Leigh Bardugo (Ninth House)

Total (so far): 7

February

1. How Y’all Doing by Leslie Jordan

2. Vengeful* by V.E. Schwab (Vicious)

3. A Court of Mist and Fury* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)

4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Total (so far): 11

March

1. Kingdom of Flesh and Fire* by Jennifer L. Armentrout (From Blood and Ash)

2. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

4. Scarlet* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

5. Cress* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

Total (so far): 16

April

1. Winter* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

2. A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne

3. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

4. Lauren’s Barbarian* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

Total (so far): 20

May

1. Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

2. The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither

3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

4. Fable by Adrienne Young

5. Bea Wolf by Weinersmith

6. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Total (so far): 26

June

1. A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene

2. Veronica’s Dragon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

3. Willa’s Beast* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

4. Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

5. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

6. A Court of Silver Flames* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)

7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Total (so far): 33

July

1. Zodiac Academy: Beyond the Veil* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)

2. The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

3. The Traitor Queen* by Danielle L. Jensen (The Bridge Kingdom)

4. The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young

5. Sheets by Brenna Thummler

6. Cackle by Rachel Harrison

7. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

8. The Borderlands Princess by Ophelia Wells Langley

9. Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes

10. Vow of the Shadow King* by Sylvia Mercedes (Bride of the Shadow King)

11. Angie’s Gladiator* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

12. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

13. Gail’s Family* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

14. Hanna’s Hero* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

15. Devi’s Distraction* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

16. Destination Alien Bride by Dee J. Holmes

Total (so far): 49

August

1. Destination Alien Mate* by Dee J. Holmes (Destination Alien Bride)

2. Gilded by Marissa Meyer

3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

4. Cursed* by Marissa Meyer (Gilded)

5. Nadine’s Champion* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

6. Callie’s Catastrophe* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

7. Ice Planet Honeymoon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

8. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell

9. I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie

Total (so far): 58

September

1. Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

2. Radiant Sin* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)

3. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

4. The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner

5. Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano

6. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Aehako and Kira* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

7. A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne* (A Soul to Keep)

8. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Rukh and Harlow by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)

9. The Barbarian Before Christmas by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)

10. Penny’s Protector by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

11. Mari’s Mistake by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

12. Raven’s Return by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

Total (so far): 70

October

1. Bridget’s Bane by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

2. Steph’s Outcast by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

3. Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

4. Daisy’s Decision by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

5. Flor’s Fiasco by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

6. R’jaal’s Resonance by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

7. Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfheart

8. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

9. A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber* (Once Upon a Broken Heart)

Total (so far): 79

November

1. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

2. Namesake by Adrienne Young* (Fable)

3. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham

4. Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians Spinoff series)

5. Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

6. Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson* (Sorcery of Thorns)

7. Destination Alien Treasure by Dee J Holmes* (Destination Alien Bride)

8. Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham* (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)

9. When She’s Ready by Ruby Dixon

10. When She’s Married by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

11. When She Purrs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

12. When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

Total (so far): 91

December

1. The Dreaming Forest by LB Black

2. Gold by Raven Kennedy* (Gild)

3. Chained to Krampus by KL Wyatt

4. Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell* (Series of standalones)

Total Reads For 2023: 95

My goal was to read 90 books and I beat that by 5. I think I’m going to set my reading goal to just 80 this year. Just to give myself a little more freedom. I did read a lot of really short books just to get my number up and I’d rather just focus on reading whatever I want.

Shortest book read: Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz by Ruby Dixon

Longest book read: Winter by Marissa Meyer

Current read started in 2023 but will finish in 2024: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

#drawing my reads #drawing my reads masterlist #drawing my reads 2023 #giving this a full update at the start of a new year #i don't want to give up on this project completely in 2024 #but i might change how i do things #i'm thinking of picking a scene from the books i read and drawing that #but i want to give myself a little more freedom #last year i drew book characters even when i wasn't super into the book #and i don't want people coming to my page expecting more fanart of that book #only to be disappointed when i choose not to continue the series #so that being said #i'm reading ten thousand doors of january right now #i haven't found a scene i particularly want to draw just yet #and i'm currently working on a non book related art piece #so hopefully i can get that one done today while i'm off work

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June 12th 1429 saw an army led by Joan of Arc defeat the English at the Battle of Jargeau.

I’ve posted about Joan of Arc and indeed the 100 year war before, the Scots were heavily involved with both the Maid of Orléans and the long conflict between France and England.

Joan had helped lift the Siege of Orléans the previous month, where Scots are known to have been present, Jargeau was a small town on the southern bank of the Loire river in central France, about ten miles east of Orléans, this was Joan’s first offensive action during her short life.

While I can find no evidence that there were Scots at the battle, I would be surprised that there would have been none, they would however have been ordinary foot soldiers , certainly there were no Knights.

So what’s the point of the post? Well just another wee connection with Scotland had with Jeanne d’Arc, as she is known in her native France, the banner she carried into battle was painted by a Scot called Hamish Power or Hauves Poulvoir, as the French knew him. Joan asked Hamish to paint her the standard and pennon, to her designs, Power has been described as a displaced Scot, living in Tours.

The standard was 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. The image was a field of golden lilies with an image of “the King of Heaven seated upon a rainbow, and holding in one hand the world in the form of a globe, the other being raised in a gesture of benediction. Before Him, to right and to left, were the kneeling figures of Michael and Gabriel, each presenting to Him a fleur-de-lys. Joan’s motto "Jhesus-Maria was written in letters of gold on this rough material. ” on the reverse was “ an escutcheon: a field of azure charged with a silver dove holding in its beak a streamer with the words "De par le Roy di Ciel.” The standard was the “fluttering sign” to which her army could rally when dispersed in confusion of battle.

The Pennon depicted the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary receiving from the Archangel Gabriel a double lily, which was the twofold symbol of France and of chastity. It was carried by one of her squires to mark her position in the field.

Joan spoke about the banners at her trial, testifying that it had been created by the command of God and that she was given instructions about the design by Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret who told her to take it and bear it boldly. When Joan and the dauphin rode to the Reims Cathedral for the coronation on July 17th, 1429, she rode with a Scots Guard of 60 men.

She later stated that she preferred to carry her banner into battle so that she would not have to kill anyone. “I loved my banner forty times better than my sword. And when I went against my enemy, I carried my banner myself, lest I kill any. I have never killed anyone.”

Joan carried her banner at the coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral of Reims and was later questioned at her trial about having it there to which she responded: “It had borne the burden; it was quite right that it receive the honour.” You can find more about the remarkable lady that Joan of Arc was at this great site below, it takes you to part of her testimony when she was found guilty of witchcraft and heresy by pro-English bishop Pierre Cauchon, who sentenced her to be burnt at the stake.

She died on 30th May 1431 aged just 19. http://www.stjoan-center.com/j-cc/

#Scotland #scottish #Joan of Arc #france #french #100 year war #english #history

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