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luna-jaden-shadow · 3 years

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Masterlist

Requests and asks are open for any of these fandoms.

This is the general list of what I do and don't write

[feel free to suggest one that's not on the list and I'll let you know if I can]

Prompts lists :

Chrismas/Festive Prompts

[More will be added]

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Key :

[S] Smut

[HC] Headcanons

[AL] Alphabet

[Type of reader] I'll do this if the reader is not a gender-neutral/"normal" civilian reader

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Marvel Masterlist

Markiplier & Ego Masterlist

My Hero Academia Masterlist

The Walking Dead

Negan Smith Ambushed Defensive [S] [Fem!Reader] Moving On Pleading Innocent Under My Protection [Teen!Fem!Reader] Dandelion Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Freezing Storm

Daryl Dixon Hunter Down Panicked Love Reality Saved You First [Teen!Fem!Reader] Fitting In [Teen!Fem!Reader] My Way Or The Highway

Rick Grimes Unbelievable Yandere!Rick Grimes would include Hopelessly In Love

Glenn Rhee Jumped [Teen!Fem!Reader]

Aaron Trust Issues Friend On The Other Side

Supernatural

Dean Winchester Fall For You [Angel!Reader] Creep

Sam Winchester Paper Crown [Male!Reader]

Castiel Sleeping Grace

Gabriel I've Got You

DC Comics

Joker My Drug [Crazy!Reader]

Red Hood I Don't Know You Serious

Harley Quinn Harley Quinn being jealous would include

Gotham

Jerome Valeska Jerome Valeska being jealous would include

Harvey Bullock Harvey Bullock being jealous would include Flirty Mood

Barbara Kean My Queen [Fem!Reader] One In A Million Always

Jonathan Crane Not Next [OC - Nova] Breath In, Breath Out [Villain!Reader]

Jim Gordon Run Away [Teen!Reader]

Edward Nygma Unhealthy Obsession

Oswald Cobblepot I Think I Broke Something

Criminal Minds

JJ Meant To Be

Spencer Reid My Life For Yours

Resident Evil

Karl Heisenberg Karl With Lycan!S/O Electric Love [Fem!Reader]

Attack On Titan

Mikasa Ackerman Sleepy Cuddles

Lucifer

Lucifer Sinnerman

Law And Order SVU

Amanda Rollins Gamble Your Heart Away

Dominick Carisi Buried In Work

The 100

Clarke Griffin I Promise You

Lexa Fight For You

John Murphy Bi Pride

Greys Anatomy

Meredith Grey Fluff Alphabet

Mark Sloan Date Me

Lexie Grey Friends With Benefits [Shepherd!Reader] School Girl Crush [Fem!Shepherd!Reader]

Derek Shepherd His Eyes A Little Bit Of Luck [Sloan!Reader]

Izzie Stevens Scream To The Heavens [Sloan!Reader] Love Bug

Arizona Robbins Love To [Field!Reader]

Lucy Fields Stand By You

Alex Karev They Look So Pretty When They Bleed

Jackson Avery Being With Jackson Avery Would Include...

Soul Eater

Soul Evans Drunk Words Sober Intent

Seven Deadly Sins

Ban For The Greater Good

Dead To Me

Judy Hale Cuddling With Judy

Halo

Team Osiris Cuddling With The Team

Olympia Vale Vale Making You Feel Better Perfect Week

Cortana Lazy Day [Human!Cortana]

Orange Is The New Black

Lorna Morello Love Doctors

Maritza Ramos Apple Pie Life Found Me

American Horror Story

James March Go Bite In The Night [S] [Vamp!Reader]

Mary Eunice Saying I Love You First

Nora Montgomery Jealousy Got The Best Of Me

Kit Walker So Strong

Misty Day My Light House

Celebrities

Jeffery Dean Morgan Missing You [S] Who Do You Belong To? [S]

Lauren Cohan Set Sex [S]

Jensen Ackles Could Just Eat You Up [S] [Male!Reader]

Until Dawn

Chris Heartley Session 3

Samantha Giddings Santa's List

Red Dead Redemption

Dutch Van Der Linde Don't Underestimate A Man In Love

Victorious

Jade West Movie Night Run Along Confidence Good Looking Mess Do I Make You Nervous?

Disney

Elsa Under The Mistletoe Secret Santa

#celebrities #marvel #markiplier #youtube #greys anatomy #criminal minds #the walking dead #supernatural #the 100 #dc #ahs #fandoms #masterlist #x reader #ships #markiplier egos #video games #resident evil 8 #my hero academia

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tawneybel · 2 years

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Male Werewolf Characters

Note: And werecanines in general. Be free to suggest more! They’re one of my fave popular monsters.

David Kessler from An American Werewolf in London

Ted Harrison from Bad Moon

Woodsman from The Brothers Grimm

Daniel Osborn from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Huntsman from The Company of Wolves

Young Groom from The Company of Wolves

host from Doctor Who (“Tooth and Claw”)

Beast from Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

Krisztian Ajandok from Grimm (jackal)

Al from Grimm (coyote)

Anubis prisoner from Grimm (jackal)

Jed Baim from Grimm (coyote)

Boyd Baribeau from Grimm (dog)

Bart from Grimm

Doyle Baske from Grimm

Richard Berna from Grimm (jackal)

Sam Bertram from Grimm (fox)

Ray Bolton from Grimm (hellhound)

Freddy Calvert from Grimm (fox)

Lance Calvin from Grimm

Casey Darwell from Grimm

Felix Dietrich from Grimm

Nigel Edmund from Grimm (fox)

Father Eickholt from Grimm

Ian Flynn from Grimm (jackal)

Food Cart Santa from Grimm (jackal)

Sig Ganz from Grimm (jackal)

Otto Gruenwaldt from Grimm (jackal)

Ian Harmon from Grimm (fox)

Karl Herman from Grimm (jackal)

Takeshi Himura from Grimm (dog)

Richard Hooke from Grimm (jackal)

Diego Hoyos from Grimm (coyote)

Harold Johnson from Grimm (jackal)

Jarold Kampfer from Grimm (coyote)

Akira Kimura from Grimm (jackal)

Laszlo Kurlan from Grimm (coyote)

Hap Lasser from Grimm

Sam Leoni from Grimm

Lieutenant Marshall from Grimm (jackal)

Gabriel Martell from Grimm

Monroe from Grimm

Scott Mudgett from Grimm (dog)

Richard Mulpus from Grimm (coyote)

Postman from Grimm

Cole Pritchard from Grimm

Emilio Quintana from Grimm (dog)

Max Robbins from Grimm

Charlie Riken from Grimm

Jonah Riken from Grimm

Hans Roth from Grimm (jackal)

Ryan Showalter from Grimm (fox)

Stancroft from Grimm (dog)

Weston Steward from Grimm (dog)

Oscar Vasicek from Grimm (jackal)

Hayden Walker from Grimm (coyote)

Kyle Walker from Grimm (coyote)

Todd Walker from Grimm (coyote)

Edgar Waltz from Grimm (dog)

Woden from Grimm

Adrian Zayne from Grimm (jackal)

Fenrir Greyback from Harry Potter

Remus Lupin from Harry Potter

Caleb from R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (“Nightmare Inn”)

Jillian’s dad from R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (“Nightmare Inn”)

Vernon Boyd from Teen Wolf

Deucalion from Teen Wolf

Garrett Douglas from Teen Wolf

Ennis from Teen Wolf

Derek Hale from Teen Wolf

Peter Hale from Teen Wolf

Kincaid from Teen Wolf

Scott McCall from Teen Wolf

Demarco Montana from Teen Wolf

Jordan Parrish from Teen Wolf (hellhound)

Theo Raeken from Teen Wolf (half-coyote)

Aiden Steiner from Teen Wolf

Ethan Steiner from Teen Wolf

Brett Talbot from Teen Wolf

Sebastien Valet from Teen Wolf

Jackson Whittemore from Teen Wolf

Taha Aki from the Twilight Saga

Quil Ateara from the Twilight Saga

Jacob Black from the Twilight Saga

Embry Call from the Twilight Saga

Jared Cameron from the Twilight Saga

Paul Lahote from the Twilight Saga

Sam Uley from the Twilight Saga

Velkan Valerious from Van Helsing

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book-o-scams · 3 years

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Al Kang Poses and Model Sheets

Check out Al Kang's Ed, Edd n Eddy portfolio!

Al Kang worked on the show during seasons 3-4 and had roles on the storyboard and prop teams apparently. (IMDb says he was credited as Al Choi at the time, but it also says he worked on season 1 episodes, which doesn't line up with the timeline he mentioned.. anyway.)

These poses are not for specified episodes and may have been studies during his early days on the job?

A lineup of everyone annoyed... by a fish I suppose?

Eddy wielding Edd's broccoli poses from season 3's 'My Fair Ed'.

Poses on this page mostly seem to be studies from season 3's 'Dueling Eds' and season 1. The Marvel Comics Eddy must be from season 4's 'Robbin' Ed'.

...So that superhero episode (the only parody-style episode I can think of) is specifically Marvel comics-inspired? But the Eds are DC Comics characters!

Early concept art for 'Robbin' Ed', apparently before Melonhead was the decided-upon persona for Jonny:

Professor Scam is a Doctor at this point in development.

Can I just say... these Super Jonny designs are badass and I would love for Jonny to switch to one of these personas after The Gourd... Plank already had two superhero identities in season four, Super Plank and Splinter the Wonderwood...

This last page seems to mostly be more random study poses, but I think the "Sam Raimi Truck-In" Eddy is an early concept of Eddy's pose for the zoom-in when Melonhead kicks his face in 'Robbin Ed'. never would've guessed it was inspired by Sam Raimi, but it is similar to the truck-in at the end of Evil Dead.

That Knight Eddy may have also been another Prof Scam concept-- perhaps Eddy was almost a Black Knight figure first?

#robbin ed #my fair ed #dueling eds #concept art #model sheets #lineup #ed edd n eddy #al kang

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ugly-anastasia · 3 years

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Visiting Hours | Tonnie

Sometime after waking up to the sight of a mysterious cowboy and fairytale princess, Annie must have fallen back asleep. She woke up again with a sour taste in her mouth, hooked up to some beeping machines in Swynlake General. Her face hurt. Annie reached to touch her cheek, which had a big bandage strapped across it.

Slowly, memories sharpened into focus. Drinking the ginger ale and passing out on a chaise. Waking up in a makeshift hospital bed in Town Hall, mooning over Tom in a cowboy outfit... mooning over Tom in a cowboy outfit. God, that was embarrassing.

She remembered now, reaching into the past few hours, that she had woken up a few hours ago and spoken to the doctor. It was fuzzy. But she remembered Dr. Robbins telling her that she had been poisoned, but the antidote had worked. That, because magic had been involved, they didn’t really know if there would be long-term effects on the baby, but right now everything seemed normal and they had even been able to hear a heartbeat. They would keep Annie for a little longer just to monitor her.

She remembered Jaxson and Harlynne barreling into her arms, and Drizella telling them to let their mum rest. Annie had passed again out not long after that.

“Excuse me!” Annie said, trying to sit up but struggling. God, she was so tired. She couldn’t remember the last time she had been this tired. She looked around-- where was everyone? She called for the nurse, who explained that the Tremaines had stepped out for lunch but there was a man here to see her in the waiting room.

Annie sighed. “Yeah, send him in,” she said. Despite her embarrassment about the way she was pretty sure she had acted toward Tom in that strange addled dream state, she had to admit it was considerate of him to come see her.

[fit check!!!]

@prince--thomas

#tom #visiting hours

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nancylou444 · 2 years

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Sadio Mane (Liverpool Football) PP

Sadness (Inside Out) PP

Saiko Yonebayashi (Tokyo Ghoul:re) FP

Sailor Chibi Moon PP

Sailor Moon PP

Saitama (One Punch Man) FP

Sally (Nightmare before Christmas) PP

Sam Malone (Cheers) FP

Sam Winchester (Supernatural) FP PP D FKC

Sasuke (Naruto) PP

Scarlet Witch PP

Scratchy (Simpsons) PP

Selina Kyle (The Batman) PP

Sersi (Eternals) casual FP PP

Severus Snape (Harry Potter) PP

Sgt. Slaughter FP

Shang Chi (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) PP

Shank (Ralph Breaks the Internet) FP

Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) FP

She-Ra (Masters of the Universe) PP

Shopkeeper/Stephen King (It :Chapter Two) FP

Slinky Dog (Toy Story) PP

Snoopy PP

Snowball (Rick and Morty) PP

Sombra (Overwatch) PP

Sora (Kingdom Hearts) PP

Sorrento (Ready Player One) FP

Sparkle Specialist (Fortnite) PP

SpiderGwen PP unmasked PP

Spiderman PP black suit PP Zombie Hunter (What If) PP

Spock ST Beyond FP w/cat FP

Spongebob Squarepants rainbow PP

Sprite (Eternals) PP

Squirtle (Pokemon) FP

Stay Puft (Ghostbusters) PP Afterlife FP

Stellina (Tokidoki) PP

Steve (Stranger Things) Baskin Robbins FP

Stewie (Family Guy) FP

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) Elvis PP w/ducks FP aloha PP w/drink PP

Stone Cold Steve Austin FP

Stretch Armstrong PP

Sulley (Monsters Inc) PP w/Boo FP

Superman Clark Kent/Superman FP Clark Kent/Superman PP PP

Sylvie (Loki) FP

Tahani Al-Jamil (Good Place) FP

Tardis (Doctor Who) PP

Target Lady FP

Thaddeus Valentine (Mortal Engines) FP

Thor PP Thor Ragnarok PP Love and Thunder PP

Thumper (Bambi) FP

Tina Belcher (Bob’s Burgers) PP

Tinkerbell PP

Tiny Tina (Borderlands) FP

TnTina (Fortnite) PP

Tony the Tiger PP

Tony Tony Chopper FP PP

Toucan Sam PP

Tower Recon Specialist (Fortnite) PP

Tre Cool (Good Day) FP

Trix Rabbit PP

Tubbs (Miami Vice) FP FV

Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) PP

Uhura (Star Trek) Mirror Mirror FP

Undertaker FP

Ursula (Little Mermaid) PP

Valkyrie (Thor Love and Thunder) PP

Valor (Fortnite) PP

Vanellope (Ralph Breaks the Internet) PP

Vault Boy (Fallout) PP

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) PP

Vers (Captain Marvel) PP

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool Football) PP

Wall E PP

Weapon Hex (Infinity Warps) FP

White Rose (Mr. Robot) FP

Winnie the Pooh FP PP holiday FP bedtime FP Make a Wish FP

Wolverine PP

Wonder Woman PP w/lasso PP Twist of Fate PP classic w/cape FP classic w/cape PP

Wong (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness) PP

Woody (Toy Story) PP

Wreck It Ralph (Ralph Breaks the Internet) PP

Wyatt Earp (Tombstone) FP

Xena FP

Yelena (Hawkeye) FP chase FP

Yoda (Star Wars) PP

Yungblud FP

Zero (Nightmare before Christmas) FP PP

Zoe Washburne (Firefly) FP

Zoey (Fortnite) PP

Zorn (Son of Zorn) PP

#my funkopop collection #funko pop #s-z

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lesbicanarias · 3 years

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Callie y Arizona: la pareja lésbica de Anatomía de Grey

Callie y Arizona son una de las parejas lésbicas más queridas de la televisión. Su relación en Anatomía de Grey rompió muchos de los moldes en los que hasta entonces habían encajado a los romances entre dos mujeres, además de ser dos de los personajes que más han durado en nuestras pantallas. ¿No las llegaste a conocer? ¡No te preocupes! Te contamos todo sobre la patinadora y su Calliope.

¿Quién es Calliope Iphegenia Torres?

Les presento a Calliope Iphegenia Torres

Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) llegó como avalancha a la segunda temporada de Anatomía de Grey. Y no les voy a mentir, desde la primera vez que la vi me enamoré de ella. En ese momento, nos presentaron a Callie como una residente de Ortopedia que se enamora de George O’Malley, incluso se llegan a casar, pero su relación no prospera. Así que Callie mueve ficha y hacia Mark Sloan mejor conocido McSteamy por guaperas. Los dos se vuelven los mejores amigos del mundo y son inseparables, pero su relación es meramente de echar un kiki de vez en cuando para darle alegría al cuerpo.

Hasta ese momento, todos pensábamos que Callie era heterosexual y aún así la amábamos. Es lo que crear un personaje tan guay. Pero en la cuarta temporada de la serie, Erica Hahn, una nueva cirujana cardiotorácica llega al hospital y las dos terminan haciendo migas. Poco a poco su amistad se va desarrollando hasta que un día, por hacerle una broma a Sloan se besan. El problema es que a las dos les gusta más de lo que pensaban. Así que gracias a eso Callie Torres descubrió que era bisexual y Callie y Erica empezaron a salir.

Saber más: Callica: la historia de amor entre Callie y Erica en Anatomía de Grey

Por desgracia para Callie, las cosas con Erica no funcionaron y la rubia la terminó dejando colgada. En aquellos tiempos creíamos que la historia de Callie con las mujeres había terminado porque era lo que solía pasar hasta entonces. Pero Shonda nos sorprendió cuando enseguida apareció Sadie. Su relación no llegó a nada, pero nos hicieron reír con alguna de sus interacciones y entonces llegó Arizona.

¿Quién es Arizona Robbins?

Les presento a Arizona Robbins aka «La Patinadora»

Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) mejor conocida en el mundo del hampa como La patinadora, apareció por primera vez en Anatomía de Grey como cirujana pediátrica en la quinta temporada de la serie.

La rubia es hija del Coronel Daniel Robbins y este dato es muy importante porque toda su familia está relacionada con el ejercito y ella lleva consigo esos valores a donde quiera que va. De hecho, se llama Arizona porque su abuelo sirvió en Pearl Harvor en un buque de guerra llamado «USS Arizona. Sus padres le pusieron ese nombre porque su abuelo murió en esa batalla después de salvar a 19 de sus hombres. Su hermano Timothy también sirvió y murió en el ejército, en la guerra de Irak.

La pediatra termina quedándose en el hospital porque la contratan como Jefa de Cirugía Pediátrica. Todo el mundo conoce a Arizona porque es terriblemente risueña y positiva. Demasiado para el gusto de algunos de los doctores del Seattle Grace. Es famosa en el hospital porque lleva Heelys (Tennis con ruedas para patinar) y le encanta ir patinando de un lado a otro del hospital. Además en lugar de llevar el clásico cubre pelo de color azul de los doctores, Arizona lleva uno con flores o caricaturas para animar a los niños. ¡Es la alegría de la fiesta!

La historia de amor entre Callie y Arizona en la quinta temporada de Anatomía de Grey

Callie y Arizona se conocieron en el baño del bar de Joe. Arizona entra y se topa a Callie llorando. Así que se presenta a sí misma y le dice a la morena que sabe cosas de ella porque la gente habla mucho. Callie, que está recuperándose del abandono de Erika piensa que son cosas malas. Pero Arizona le dice que no, que la gente habla muy bien de ella, que se preocupan y la quieren.

Arizona Robbins: Y cuando dejes de estar triste. Cuando estés bien, habrá una línea de personas esperando por ti. Callie Torres: ¿Me das algún nombre?

El primer beso de Callie y Arizona

Arizona hace algo mejor, que es besarla directamente y así empiezan a salir juntas. Las dos están en etapas diferentes porque mientras Arizona lleva mucho tiempo aceptándose como lesbiana y viviendo abiertamente, Callie está empezando a explorar su sexualidad pero su relación funciona muy bien.

Después de un inicio un poco confuso, las dos comienzan a tener citas y a salir. En un principio todo va genial pero todo cambia cuando el papá de Callie se aparece por el hospital para ver con quién está saliendo su hija. Los padres de Callie no aceptan que es lesbiana y cuando ella no acepta dejar a Arizona dejan de hablarle y de apoyarla económicamente.

Y te lo contaríamos todo con detalle pero para eso están nuestros resúmenes de episodio que son más largos que los capítulos así que ¡te vas a cansar de leer!.

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de episodio 5×14

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de episodio 5×15

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de Episodio 5×16: An Honest Mistake

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de episodio 5×17 «I Will Follow You Into the Dark»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de episodio 5×19

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey mini resumen de episodio 5×20 «Sweet Surrender»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de Episodio 5×21 «No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance)»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Mini Resumen de Episodio 5×22 «What A Difference A Day Makes»

Callie y Arizona en la sexta temporada de Anatomía de Grey

La sexta temporada de Anatomía de Grey comienza con Callie y Arizona en plena luna de miel respecto a su relación pero batallando profesionalmente. Bueno, la que batalla es Callie que ahora trabaja en otro hospital, pero es interina y le han ofrecido un trabajo en la otra punta del país.

En un principio Arizona se traba totalmente, pero cuando Callie le dice que es su novia, cambia totalmente de opinión y le dice que tiene quedarse. Este es el momento en el que las dos formalizan su relación. Con esfuerzo Callie consigue que la vuelvan a contratar en el Seattle Grace y entonces empieza otra lucha.

El padre de Callie regresa al hospital armado con un sacerdote. Callie y el discuten de manera horrible porque él sigue sin aceptar que esté saliendo con una mujer. La cosa se hubiera ido a pique sin Arizona, que viendo lo que sufre Callie se lanza a hablar con su padre. Le dice que ama a su hija y es un «buen hombre en la tormenta», que está ahí para protegerla y que Callie no lo necesita pero lo quiere y lo hace cambiar de opinión.

En esta temporada también descubrimos que a Arizona no le gustan las fiestas sorpresas y en el episodio 6×12 Callie y Arizona se dicen «te amo» por primera vez. Pero en esta temporada, las chicas descubren también que tienen diferencias. En especial una que es casi que irreconciliable. Arizona no quiere tener hijos y Callie sí.

¿Te imaginas dos personas que se aman muchísimo pero al mismo tiempo saben que no pueden estar juntas? Pues en la sexta temporada nos tocó vivir precisamente eso y ¡sufrimos mucho!

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Resumen de Episodio 6×01-6×02 «Good Mourning, Goobye»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Resumen de Episodio 6×03 «I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watchin’ Me»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Resumen de Episodio 6×04 «Tainted Obligation»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×08 «Invest in Love»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×12 «I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey mini resumen de episodio 6×13

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey Resumen de Episodio 6×14 «Valentines Day Massacre»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×15 «The Time Warp»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey mini resumen de episodio 6×16

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×17 «Push»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×18 «Suicide is Painless»

Saber más: Anatomía de Grey resumen de episodio 6×19 «Sympathy for the Parents» Callie y Arizona

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 6×20 Anatomía de Grey

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 6×21 Anatomía de Grey

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 6×22 Anatomía de Grey

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodios 6×23 y 6×24

Callie y Arizona en la séptima temporada de Anatomía de Grey

La séptima temporada de Antomía de Grey empieza por todo lo alto para Callie y Arizona porque deciden mudarse juntas en el primer episodio. Pero la felicidad no es eterna señoras. Nos duró unos cuantos episodios apenas, pero luego Arizona consiguió una beca super importante en África. Y aunque de primera mano Callie parecía querer irse con ella, la estaba resintiendo por tener que dejar todo atrás por ella. Así que en el 7×07 pudimos ver la segunda gran ruptura de las chicas, cuando Arizona dejó en el Aeropuerto a Callie y se fue a África sola.

Callie se queda totalmente destruida y es entonces cuando sucede el Afrikagate. O lo que es lo mismo, Callie se acuesta con Mark para intentar olvidar a Arizona. La apuesta la sale mal porque no le funciona y ella en ese instante no lo sabía, pero su acción iba a tener consecuencias.

Arizona decide regresar meses después porque extraña mucho a Callie que en lugar de recibirla con las puertas abiertas la manda a freír espárragos una y otra vez. La rubia persiste, pero en medio de todo eso, Callie descubre que está embarazada así que en su mente no hay retorno. En medio de una discusión se lo grita a Arizona, pero la rubia decide que, a pesar de sus sentimientos encontrados quiere quedarse con Callie. Así que las dos tiran para adelante con Mark de padre involucrado.

La vida sigue su curso y las cosas no dejan de complicarse. Arizona no está contenta con la idea de estar involucrada con Mark por el resto de sus días. Y a medida que se acerca el momento de que nazca el bebé los problemas crecen. Pero en medio de todo eso Arizona le pide matrimonio a Callie y las dos tienen un accidente. Sí, así es Anatomía de Grey. Te da una de cal y otra de arena.

Callie y el bebé están a punto de perder la vida, pero después de un musical y mucho sufrimiento, se salvan las dos y conocemos a la pequeña Sophia Robbin Sloan.

Además las chicas dan otro paso más en su vida cuando deciden casarse y tienen una boda preciosa, a pesar de que la madre de Callie decide no asistir.

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×01

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×02 Anatomía de Grey

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×03

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×04

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×05

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×06

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×07

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×08

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×09

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×10

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×11

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×12

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×13

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×14

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×15 y 7×16

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×17

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×18

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×19

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×20

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×21

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 7×22

Callie y Arizona en la octava temporada de Anatomía de Grey

Saber más: Callie y Arizona resumen de episodio 8×01-8×02

En construcción…

Algunos vídeos de Callie y Arizona que te recomendamos ver

El mundo lésbico nunca falla cuando se trata de recopilar las escenas de nuestras parejas lésbicas favoritas con música de fondo de esa que te marca para siempre. Aquí tienes algunos vídeos de Callie y Arizona que nos encantan para que recuerdes con nosotras esos momentos en los que lloraste y reíste con ellas.

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CalZona y la teoría de A Thousand Years

En lesbicanarias tenemos una teoría a la que llamamos: «la teoría lésbica de A Thousand Years«. Y básicamente consiste en que, si existe una pareja lésbica, existe un fan video con la canción. Aún no nos falla. Y la importancia de la pareja lésbica de Callie y Arizona la podemos entender al instante si hacemos una búsqueda en YouTube que diga «Callie y Arizona A Thousand Years» porque no te sale uno ¡te salen un montón! Les hemos escogido tres para probarlo.

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rottenczar · 3 years

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on God/religion

God is on the loose - (Mohja Kahf) God is all around us and his death was the life of the world - God is dead, long live the world (Mainlander) God is typing... God-shaped hole become as Gods queering the divine - An exaltation to the faith the eye of providence - the ever watching eye

on evil/the Devil

all right, I’ll go to hell then - Embrace damnation (Twain) evil is always possible - (Anne Rice) speak of the Devil

on love

cultivated love the sea that floods is love - (Elizabeth Smart) heart of stone ...you burn me... - (Sappho) the banks of familiar rivers - (A misread of Milosz) a horrible hunger - (Bela Lugosi)

on time

wormhole - time folds in on itself greener looking time - (dodie)

on death

no grave can hold my body down - I’ll crawl home to her (Hozier) dust to dust - earth to earth, ashes to ashes death was singing in the shower - (Tom Robbins)

on woman/girlhood

Babylon the Great - Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth (Bible)

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the parting glass - So it falls that I should rise, and you should not It’s called: Freefall - (Rainbow Kitten Surprise)

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growth is inevitable - it is the only way Identity is a vector - (Lee Lozano) αρχω - I rule

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deep deep down in the rivers bed - (Marinetti) I have loved the stars too fondly - do you love the color of the sky? - pretty skylines the flaming banner of the North - (Albert Laighton) aurora borealis a blanket made of stars - (The Chicks) the blue marble - earth selene - moon sol - sun swimming in chicken soup - (Kurt Vonnegut) ocean an ocean and then some - (Dan Egan) GREAT LAKES GANG

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aellynera · 3 years

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I was tagged by @millllenniawrites (ty lovely!)

nickname: Ali, Al, Moobie

zodiac: Aquarius

height: 5′6″

hogwarts house: would probably be Ravenclaw

last thing i googled: 6 on the Square (to buy a virtual concert ticket)

song(s) stuck in my head: Dragonfly by Ellis Paul,

number of followers: 394 (wait whut.)

hours of sleep: 6..ish?

lucky number: 10

dream job: editor/script doctor

currently wearing: sweatpants, a gray tank, a fluorescent orange hoodie that says “Pennsylvania” in big black script (my home state, socks that look like black cats (they have ears!), my glasses

favourite author: um. I read A LOT and you would think this would be easy to answer but nope. Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, Neal Stephenson, Dianna Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Jasper Fforde, Toni Morrison, currently Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson because I’m obsessed with the Dune prequels...

favourite instrument: Acoustic guitar (slowly teaching myself!)

aesthetic: Nerdy academic in an old folk club

favourite song: There is no actual answer for this.

favourite animal noise: my cat when she’s purring at me and not biting my ankles.

random: I used to live across the street from Joan Jett’s aunt.

no pressure tags: whoever wants to, but i’m gonna no-pressure tag @rosemarysbaby13 @anetteaneta @autumnleaves1991-blog @spider-starry @sergeantkane @itspdameronthings because i can. 💜

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seelaa26 · 4 years

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2. If I Killed Someone For You

“¿Would you love me more if I killed someone for you? ¿Would you hold my hands? They’re the same ones that I used when I killed someone for you”

It had been a few days since I started working and since my first case. It had been a very quiet week. Week I took the opportunity to meet the rest of the team, because we don’t work independently; Captain Jim Brass, homicide detective and the person we turn to when we need anything legally. Our key lab tech Greg Sanders is first-rate, he’s always smiling and making jokes. Doctor Al Robbins, Chief Coroner, is our secret weapon, not only he is sharp he’s also not disturbed by the actions and habits of humanity.

According to statistics, Tuesday and Wednesday are the days of least criminal activity, so that would explain why half the team had the night off. Since that night only Grissom and I would be there, he promised me that he would introduce me more to his specialty, forensic entomology. I left my bag in my locker when I received a message from Grissom saying he was waiting for me outside, we had a 420. I started studying the codes used by CSIs and police officers and I knew what a 420 was; homicide. Grissom drove in silence until we reached the crime scene. Police had already cordoned off the area, but there were a lot of people around, including journalists. Sergeant Ray O’Riley was waiting for us, he was the one who called Grissom.

-Press is going to be all over this one –he warned us- Four dead; mother, father and two teenage boys. Sisters were luckier. Teen girl heard a noise and hid in the closet. Alerted the neighbors. The younger sister, Brenda, is over there.

-¿What’s the matter with your guys? –Grissom asked him when he saw a couple of officers leaving the house to vomit.

-They’ve been inside.

-I want the paramedics that ran this house back here immediately and call dispatch, you tell all my entire graveyard shift that I want them here ASAP; all of them, no exceptions –Grissom ordered the Sergeant- I’m going to do a preliminary walkthrough and you are going to take my notes, Laura.

We put on gloves and entered the house. The lights were off so we were going with the flashlight and being careful where we stepped. Just entering the house, something started to move in my stomach. I had the feeling that the murders had been brutal.

-The air smells like copper; lots of blood. Breathe through your mouth –Grissom indicated as we climbed the stairs and then we found the first body- Male Caucasian, approximately 40 years old, lying in a pool of blood. No drag marks and body does not appear to have been moved. Multiple stab wounds to the back and neck.. looks like a single edge blade. Head faces west, the feet pointing east.

-Grissom, ¿can you take your own notes? –I asked as I was dizzy and retching- I need a minute.

-I got it –Sara appeared from nowhere and took the notebook I was writing on- Go get some fresh air.

I left the house without touching anything focused on not throwing out until getting a barf bag. Luckily, when I breathed fresh air and leaned on the SUV to have a fixed place, I was starting to feel better again. After a few minutes, the other team members began to arrive but Nick was the first to do it. He parked right next to me and when he got out of the car, he saw me.

-Hey, ¿what are you doing out here? –I looked at him and then he knew- ¡Oh! ¿That bad, huh?

-I thought it would never happen to me.. react like this.

-We all think it won’t happen to us and then it does, so don’t give it too much credit and wait to see a decomposing corpse.

-¡Wow! ¿Aren’t you the life of the party? –I said ironically and we both smiled.

Once the whole team was together, Grissom told us how we were going to work and what each one was going to do.

-First rule for the crime scene; do not do any interviews. Second rule; don’t talk to the sheriff either. Killer was here not two hours ago, he left part of himself behind.

-Edmond Locard’s exchange principle –I muttered, according to what Grissom said. In forensic science, Locard’s principle holds that the perpetrator of a crime will leave something behind and take something with them.

-Exactly –Grissom nodded- Catherine, Sara, I need you inside, mapping and blood samples. Nick, Warrick, the perimeter. I wanna know how he got here, how he got in, how he got out and how he left.

-I’ll take the back, ¿Warrick you got the front? –Nick asked.

-You got it.

-Laura, I need you to transport the little girl to Sunrise Hospital for a psych evaluation. Once you’ve done it, come back here.

I nodded and headed to the police car where the little girl was sitting bundled up in a police jacket. She showed no emotion, instead she kept staring at the house. I bent down in front of her and looked at her with a slight smile.

-¡Hi! My name is Laura, ¿is your name Brenda? –suddenly, she looked at me but she didn’t say anything- ¿Do you want to go for a ride with me?

***

After taking Brenda to the hospital and leaving her with the woman from Family Services and the Doctor, I went back to the crime scene, just like Grissom told me. When I arrived, I found him trying to escape the press.

-Grissom, I’m back –I approached him- The doctor will page me when he’s done with the evaluation. ¿Where do you want me meanwhile?

-¿Do you think you can take the interior of the house? –he asked due to my reaction before.

-Yes, I do.

-Grissom –a man in a suit approached us, and then he saw me- ¿Who’s this?

-This is Laura –he kindly stated- She’s the new CSI.

-¿Do you think it’s okay to put a rookie on a high-profile case?

-I know what I’m doing, Sheriff.

-Mayor just called.. ¿so what do you’ve got? –Grissom denied with his head- Just give me something I can run with, I have to talk to the press.

-As soon as I have something, you’ll have something.

In the most elegant way, Grissom excused us and we entered the house again. For a couple of hours, I helped Catherine and Sara collect blood samples from every blood splatter and record each one on the crime scene map. The map was going to help us clarify the situation of how the crime was committed.

-¿What’s your take? –I asked them.

-Whoever did it, killed the mother first, in her sleep quick–Sara began to explain.

-Explains why the blood is confined in the bed and the floor under it.

-Husband woke up, ran to protect his kids –Sara continued- The killer stabbed him and then finished him off down the hall.

-Gave his life for the little girl –I concluded, since he died near Brenda’s door.

My phone rang indicating that I had received a message from the hospital. They had finished the psychological evaluation, so I had to go. I said goodbye to the girls and I went down the stairs. David, the forensic assistant, was walking out the door carrying the body of a family member. Before exiting the house, Nick lifted the sheet that covered the body and covered it again pissed off.

-This kid should be out playing football –he exhaled and then hit the door.

-This is getting under your skin, huh –he just looked at me with a frown so I decided to try to make him laugh to calm him- Don’t give it too much credit and wait to see how it swells.

-¿That’s what I get for helping you before? –he smiled at me knowing that I returned his joke.

-Put some ice on it before the swelling starts –I answered with a smile.

***

Connie, the Family Services person assigned to the case, and I were waiting when the doctor left the office and came to see us with Brenda. We both got up as soon as we saw them arrive.

-Brenda’s fine but I’d like her to have a consult –he looked at his wrist watch- I’ve paged the psychiatric resident, he should be here within the hour.

-Thanks –Connie said placing her hand on Brenda’s back- I’ll take it from here.

-¿What’s the head exam for? –I asked.

-I said we’ll take it from here –she insisted- It’s already going to be tense.

-Look, if there’s any forensic evidence found during this exam, I need to be there –suddenly, Brenda pulled away from Connie and hugged me around the waist- It’s okay Brenda, I’m not leaving you.

***

After a couple of hours in the hospital with Brenda, I got a message from Warrick saying that we were all going to meet in the break room to review the case. When I arrived at the Crime Lab everyone was muttering about a suspect.

-Hey, I heard you have a suspect –I entered the room and went straight to the fridge to get my sandwich, then I sat down.

-We have about four and with the tire prints alone –Warrick answered.

-Let’s talk about what else we have –Grissom put on his glasses- Tina Collins’ pajama top from the murder scene without a drop of blood on it.

-¿How do you explain that? –I asked- If my whole family was murdered, I’d run to them to check to see if they are still alive.

-We are about to go ask her –Catherine answered- Nick, ¿what did you find out about the stuff that you collected at the back of the house?

-¿The bidi? –he bit his sandwich and continued explaining- DNA still processing but Tina said nobody in the family smoked.

-So a non-family member was out there –Sara summarized.

-¿Bidi? ¿Bidi? –Grissom repeated- I thought you found a cigarette and a match behind the house.

-It’s just like a cigarette –he answered trying not to laugh- Kids smoke them they think there’s less carbon monoxide.

-¿What did you find out about the psychic exam on the little girl? –Catherine asked me.

-The shrink says the kid is in a catatonic state from the trauma. I could’ve told you that, but she did respond at the name “Buffalo”. She freaked out.

-¿Where is she? –Grissom asked.

-I left her in the car, the windows are cracked –I answered with a straight face and everyone looked at me with their mouths open- Give me a little credit, she’s at the hospital.

When they realized I was teasing them, they breathed a sigh of relief and then laughed about it. Warrick, Nick and Sara went to question the other three suspects, who shared the scooter, the getaway vehicle. Catherine, Grissom and I went to talk with the teenage daughter, Tina.

-I don’t know why I didn’t get blood on my pajamas, I just didn’t.

-But your statement says that you bent down and hugged your mother, who was bleeding profusely –Catherine stated- Then you ran out, tripping over your father’s body in the upstairs hallway.

-But there was no blood on you –Grissom looked at her.

-I saw my family dead, I was scared.. I ran to the neighbors. That is the truth.

-The evidence is telling us a different story.

-Guys, Nick matched the matches found in the back of the house with the matches from a suspect –Jim Brass entered the room- Kid’s name is Jesse Overton, he time shares the scooter, he admits to having sex with your girl and he’s asking for a lawyer. I want to get a warrant and search his house.

-I want to see my sister –Tina said nervously- You don’t understand, I need to speak with her.

-She won’t speak, the doctor says it’s from trauma. –I said, unable to contain myself anymore- ¿What happened, Tina? ¿Did she catch your boyfriend killing your family?

***

Apparently, Brass found the getaway vehicle dismantled by pieces tossed in the trash at the main suspect’s house, and that wasn’t the only thing, he also found bloodstained jeans. Genius criminal. We got to do a polygraph test even though we already knew it was him, but we wanted to know the truth. This time, the whole team was behind the observation glass and a professional asked the questions, but we wrote them down.

-¿Did Tina Collins approached you at school and asked you to kill her family?

-Yes.

-¿Did you kill her family?

-Yes.

-¿Did Tina let you in the front door the night of the killings?

-Yes.

-¿Did she already have a knife for you?

-No, she let me choose.

-¿Did you use that knife to kill Barbara Collins, Mr. Collins and both sons?

-Yes.

-¿Did Tina Collins tell you she wanted them dead so you could see each other?

-Yes.

After the last question, we all left the room and sat on the benches outside. Brass was in charge of talking to the professional about the test. It didn’t take long for him to come out with the result sheet.

-Well, the sick bastard was on the open up except your last question –he explained- Operator says his respiratory reactions were inconsistent. He’s lying.

-We got them both –Nick said- I don’t much care why they did it.

-I’m with you there –Warrick agreed.

-I care –Grissom mumbled- I don’t like holes. ¿What are they hiding?

***

After Grissom reviewed all the evidence again, he found something that was the reason for me to return to the hospital. He found a silver necklace with an engraved buffalo on it. I followed my boss’s orders, so I took the ultraviolet camera and went to Brenda Collins’ room.

-This is a very special camera because it can see deep into your skin, can see things nobody can see –I explained to her- ¿How about if I take a picture of me first, okay?

I raised my arm and photographed it for her to see that it didn’t hurt. She nodded and smiled slightly, so with her permission, I untied the knot of the medical gown she was wearing and lowered to her shoulders.

-¿Are you ready?

She nodded again with a paralyzing look, and then I took the picture. The most important thing was to reveal the photograph and discover if our theory was correct and if it was, it was a tragedy. Sadly, the photo reveal confirmed it.

***

Despite having both of them, we had to talk to the teenage sister, Tina Collins, one last time to tell her that we knew what happened and why they did it. Grissom and Brass entered the interrogation room and showed Tina her sister’s picture. She put her hand on her mouth and closed her eyes.

-We have forensic evidence that your father sexually abused your sister –Grissom said- We also know that he was in her room the night of the murders.

-¿How can you tell?

-Blood drops –he answered- They fall a certain way depending on the motion of the victim. Something horrible happened in that house, ¿didn’t it Tina?.. Long before the night of the murders.

-That was the last night he was gonna touch her –she said in an angry tone.

-¿But why your mother and why your brothers?

-Because they should have protected me –she changed her tone from anger to sadness- My father.. I was young, I learned to deal but when he went for my daughter..

Dead silence. Desolation and pain filled our silence as we exchanged looks.

-¿Brenda is..? –Grissom couldn’t finish his question- ¿And who is..?

-¿The father? –she finished for him- I was 13 and nobody noticed that my clothes were getting bigger. ¿Nice, huh? Brenda may hate me for what I did but I protected her.

***

After Tina went back to jail and Brenda was taken to Family Services, it was when I allowed myself to collect my things and finish the day. When I got to the locker room, I saw Grissom gathering his things and Nick sitting on the bench with an ice pack on his hand.

-It will be back in normal in 24 hours –Grissom said to him.

-Normal would be nice.

-¿What is normal? –I tossed without thinking, but that question made Grissom stop- Normality is a question of our point of view, our interpretation of reality and it’s also a way to ignore our problems. For that girl, normality was being abused. For me, it became normal to see my uncle drink half a bottle of whisky each day, but in reality, he was becoming an alcoholic.

-You are right–Grissom nodded- Normal is an illusion; what is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.

#csi #csilasvegas #csi las vegas #gil grissom #sara sidle #catherine willows #warrick brown #nick stokes #jim brass #fanfic #to read #csi fic #imagine

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wisdomrays · 4 years

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TAFAKKUR: Part 85

Music Therapy

In 1944 Edgar Cayce, who healed thousands of people while in a trance state, said "Music is the medicine of the future."

Currently, some religious scholars in the Islamic world denounce music. This paper analyzes the Islamic perspective on music and singing, and concludes that using music as a therapeutic agent in medicine is not forbidden.

Documented evidence shows the power of music can be tapped to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit. Published papers and journal articles offer dramatic accounts of how doctors, musicians, and healthcare professionals use music to deal with everything from anxiety to cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pain, dyslexia, and even mental illness. During childbirth, music can relieve expectant mothers' anxiety and help release endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, and thereby dramatically decrease the need for anesthesia.

Exposure to sound, music, and other acoustical vibrations can have a lifelong effect on health, learning, and behavior, for such exposure stimulates learning and memory and strengthens one's listening abilities. Music has been used as a treatment or cure from migraines to substance abuse.

One thousand years ago, Muslim physicians were in the forefront of medicine and used innovations and therapeutic techniques that are now considered modern. They treated mental illnesses by confining patients in asylums with twenty-first-century techniques of music therapy. In Fez, Morocco, an asylum for the mentally ill was built early in the eighth century, and asylums for the insane were built in Baghdad (705), Cairo (800), and Damascus and Aleppo (1270). In addition to baths and drugs, the mentally ill received kind and benevolent treatment, and were exposed to highly developed music-based therapy and occupational therapy. Special choirs and live bands were brought daily to present singing, musical, and comical performances to patients.

Malik al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qalawun built the al-Mansuri hospital in Cairo (1284). Its most outstanding characteristic was that, just like today's advanced hospitals, provisions were made to entertain patients with light music. Professional storytellers were appointed to narrate stories and jokes (radio, TV, and computers perform these functions today). People who called the faithful to prayer would sing religious songs in their melodious voices before the morning call to prayer; so that afflicted patients might forget their suffering. This hospital still renders such services today.

Medical benefits

Music therapy has been lost for more than 1,000 years in the Muslim world and in the West. In the last three decades or so, the West has shown tremendous interest in using music therapy to treat several diseases and ailments. No one knows exactly how music heals, but it looks like our brains are wired to respond to it.

Dr. Clive Robbins, a co-founder of the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University in New York City, says: "There is something intrinsically musical about the brain's neurological structure and the muscular function of the human organism. At a nonverbal level, music activates our minds, integrates our attention, and seems to help regulate some body functions." He has treated a child afflicted with cerebral palsy with music therapy in order to teach the child how to balance his body, coordinate his limbs' movement, and communicate. It has made him motivated and intent.

The right song seems to work in more than one way-distracting us from pain, boosting one's mood, reviving old memories, and even prompting the body to match its rhythms. Music has long been appreciated for its calming effects, but new research shows it also may have the power to restore and keep us healthy. Soothing sounds, from Tibetan chants to Beethoven symphonies, are being given scientific credit for preventing colds, easing labor pains, and even boosting anti-aging hormones. One study found that surgery patients who listened to comforting music recovered more quickly and felt less pain than those who did not. The International Journal of Arts Medicine reports that infants in intensive care units go home three days earlier, eat better, and gain more weight if the staff talks and sings to them.

Clinical studies and anecdotal evidence from music therapists suggest that the sound of music is soothing and comfortable. For example, music is credited with lowering cortisol, a stress hormone, as much as 25 percent; boosting endorphins, the body's natural opiates or feel-good drugs; reducing pain after surgery and reducing the need for sedatives and pain relievers; making patients recover from surgery faster and with less pain; possibly preventing colds; raising blood levels of Immunoglobin A (immune system fighter) to a whopping 14.1 percent; and easing labor without drugs. It also seems to help premature infants in intensive care; stimulate the brain's neural connections and promote children's spatial ability and memory; lower blood pressure as much as 5 points, reduce heart rate, improve cardiac output, and relax muscle tension; and manage non-pharmacological pain and discomfort.

But these are not all of its benefits, for research shows that music also improves the mood and mobility of people with Parkinson's, decreases nausea during chemotherapy, helps patients participate in medical treatment, decreases length of hospital stay, relieves anxiety and reduces stress, eases depression, enhances concentration and creativity, brings positive changes in mood and emotional states, increases awareness of self and environment, gives a sense of control over life through successful experiences, provides an outlet for expressing feelings, improves memory recall and thereby contributes to reminiscence and satisfaction with life. In addition, music therapy may allow for emotional intimacy with families and caregivers, relaxation for the entire family, and meaningful time spent together in a positive, creative way.

Exciting new research suggests that our brains respond to music almost as if it were medicine. Music may regulate some body functions, synchronize motor skills, stimulate mind and even make us smarter. According to Suzanne Hanser, D. Ed., a lecturer at Harvard Medical School's Department of Social Medicine: "There is no set prescription or a particular piece of music that will make everyone feel better or more relax. What counts is musical taste, kinds of memories, feelings and associations a piece of music brings to mind. Some people relax to classical music, others like the Moody Blues. The key is to individualize your musical selections."

Depression

Research conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine provides some interesting results. For one group of 20 people aged between 61 and 86, moods rose and depression fell when they listened to familiar music they selected, on their own or with the help of a music therapist, while practicing various stress-reduction techniques. A control group who missed out on the music and the exercises saw no improvement during the 8-week study period. It helps to perform gentle exercises, depending on one's fitness level, while the music plays. Movements should be light and flowing. Breathe to the music, and gently come to rest when the music ends.

Insomnia

A study from the University of Louisville School of Nursing Research indicates that 24 out of 25 people with sleeping problems nod off more quickly, sleep longer, or get back to sleep more easily after listening to classical and New Age music. The music must be quiet and melodic, have a slow beat and few, if any, rhythmic accents. To be effective, one should skip the after-dinner coffee or tea and avoid telephone calls and TV after 9 p.m. Softer and quieter music should be played as bedtime approaches. Listen to the music in bed with a tape recorder or a CD player equipped with a silent on/off switch. One should lie quietly and take even, deep breaths.

Stress

Many studies have found that soothing melodies can ease anxiety and quiet both blood pressure and heart rate even under very stressful conditions. Everyday stress also responds to music. Select music that grabs your attention and, at the same time, relax your body so that all of your worries slip away. Slow music, like a love song sung by an accomplished singer or a calm instrumental piece may be perfect. If a slow tune gives your mind time to fret or obsess, switch to something livelier. Sit or lie down in a comfortable position and where you will not be disturbed. After a few minutes, perform a relaxation exercise.

Pain

One Yale University School of Medicine study found that people who listened to their favorite music while awake during a surgical procedure needed smaller amounts of sedatives and pain medication than those who did not. Music therapists and researchers say that physical discomfort from post-operative pain to chronic aches can be eased with flowing melodies and distracting rhythms. Dr. Alicia A. Clair, a board-certified music therapist and professor and director of music therapy at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, says that music can bring transitory relief from short-term and long-term pain and discomfort, such as arthritis and osteoporosis. Gentle and soothing stress-reducing music, which can relax and distract the mind, is helpful. Martha Burke, a board-certified music therapist in Durham, North Carolina, says: "Gently flowing music or music with a slow, steady pulse can help promote relaxation, which can then alter a patient's perception of pain. Soothing music can lower the heart rate and breathing rate, leading to further relaxation, and reduces tension that comes with the pain. We know music is so incredibly complex--it has tempo, rhythm, melody, and harmony. And so it stimulates the brain in many ways at once."

Brain damage

Samuel Wong, a Harvard-trained physician based in New York City, plays musical instruments to help patients with brain damage (from strokes) and Alzheimer's reconnect to the world. He is also music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Honolulu Symphony. "When brain damage (from stroke, Alzheimer's, etc.) leaves a devastated mental landscape, music 'builds a bridge' that allows patients to reconnect with the outside world. The study of medicine has informed my performance of music, and my learning of music has deepened my role in healing," he says. In 1996, researchers at Colorado State University tried giving 10 stroke victims 30 minutes of rhythmic stimulation each day for three weeks. Compared with untreated patients, they showed significant improvements in their ability to walk steadily. People with Parkinson's enjoyed similar benefits. Stroke victims and patients with Parkinson's walked more steadily and with better balance and speed if they practiced while hearing a balanced metrical beat or a piece of music with a powerful, even beat. A musical beat from any genre seemed to provide a rhythmic cue, which has a powerful, organizing effect on the brain's motor skills ;it helps harmonize movement almost at once, according to researchers. Scottish researchers have found that a daily dose of music significantly brightens the moods of institutionalized stroke victims. When daily music therapy was administered for 12 weeks, the patients were less depressed and anxious, and more stable and sociable than other patients in the same building. Music therapy also has proved useful in managing Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases.

Sounds of healing

Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD, director of medical oncology and integrative medicine at New York's Strang Cancer Prevention Center (affiliated with the Cornell Medical Center), says: "More doctors are seeing a connection between harmonious sound and health. If we are around very harmonious people and harmonious vibrations and harmonious sounds, we begin to feel better. I have never found anything more powerful than sound and voice and music to begin to heal and transform every aspect of people's lives. It can really change people's lives.” "We know that music is capable of enhancing the body's immune function, lowering heart rate, lowering stress-related hormones like cortisol that raise our blood pressure and depress our immune systems. It also trims complications after heart attack, calms anxiety, slows breathing and increases production of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers. Eighty percent of the stimuli that reach our brains come through our ears." "Even before birth, music makes a difference. Hearing is the first sense to develop, when the fetus is only 18 weeks old (Qur'an 32:9). We know that the unborn child hears for literally half the pregnancy and is affected profoundly by what it hears. Studies show that music by Mozart and Vivaldi actually can bring down fetal heart rate, calm brain waves, and reduce the baby's kicking. Rock music, on the other hand, appeared to drive fetuses to distraction, greatly increasing kicking." "Our bodies are 70 percent water, and thus excellent conductors for sound and vibration. We do not hear just with our ears, but literally feel vibration's sound with every cell in our body. Disharmony and noise, whether from traffic, the boss yelling at us about a deadline, or a jackhammer on the street can make us stressed, depressed, and pessimistic--all of which depress our immune systems. That is why disharmony can eventually lead to disease." "Our own voices are very underutilized healing tools. Singing is a great way to tap music's healing power. If you are self-conscious, try chanting. Anyone can do it, and you can't do it wrong. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg as far as the incredible power of sound to affect every cell and every organ system in our bodies."(10) The Qur'an says: He fashioned him in due proportion and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding). Little thanks do you give! (32:9, 16:78, 67:23). Dr. Keith Moore, professor and chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto's School of Medicine, writes in his most popular textbook on human embryology that the human embryo first gets the ears (hearing), then the eyes (sight), and next the brain (feeling and understanding or mental faculties) in that order, as mentioned in the above Qur'anic verses. On the other hand, very loud music with sounds louder than 90 decibels cause stress and ear damage. Pierce J. Howard, Ph.D., director of the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies in Charlotte, NC, says: "Very loud music creates an altered state of consciousness akin to an alcoholic or drug-induced stupor that can become addictive."

The Mozart effect

Don Campbell, a composer, music researcher and teacher, healer and the author of The Mozart Effect, learned that he had a potentially fatal blood clot in an artery just below his brain. He shrunk the blood clot from more than 1.5-inch length to one-eighth of an inch by humming quietly for three to four minutes at a time, up to seven times a day. He did this for three weeks before he went back for a second brain scan. In The Mozart Effect, he writes: "You know music can affect your mood: it can make you feel happy, enchanted, inspired, wistful, excited, empowered, comforted, and heroic. Particular sounds, tones and rhythms can strengthen the mind, unlock the creative spirit, and miraculously, even heal the body. Exposure to sound, music, and other forms of vibration, beginning in-utero, can have a life long effect on health, learning and behavior." In conclusion, one should listen to a piece of music that one finds inspirational and uplifting. Dr. Ahmed al-Kadi of Florida's Akbar Clinic conducted research on the healing power of listening to Qur'anic recitations. There is an urgent need for conducting more research on music therapy by Muslim physicians in the West and in the Muslim world.

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I’m apparently just using Hero Forge as a Picrew now. Here are some of my favorite NPCs from Fallout New Orleans.

In Order:

1. Al: community organizer for the Wasteland Revolt

2. Jefferson Beauregarde: ghoul from the Beauregarde family

3. Cary: leader of the Robbin’ Hood gang

4. Jessie: mechanic, doctor(?), and dispensary manager for the Wasteland Revolt

5. Dr. Bookard, MD, PhD, OBE, DDS, CPA: licensed super mutant doctor. Also an accredited medical school. Also a medical school accreditation board. It’s turtles all the way down.

#character: bookard #fallout new orleans #powered by the nuclear apocalypse #fallout

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Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". His studio and performance career spanned over 40 years.

Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being "large" and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. He was known for humorously inserting musical quotes into his solos, with sources as diverse as popular tunes like "Happy Birthday" to the operas of Wagner. This is not unusual in common-practice jazz improvisation, but Gordon did it frequently enough to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored hard bop and modal playing during the 1960s.

Gordon was known for his genial and humorous stage presence. He was an advocate of playing to communicate with the audience. One of his idiosyncratic rituals was to recite lyrics from each ballad before playing it.

A photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon taking a smoke break at the Royal Roost in 1948 is one of the iconic images in jazz photography. Cigarettes were a recurring theme on covers of Gordon's albums.

Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Bertrand Tavernier film Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986), and he won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the soundtrack album The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note Records, 1986). He also had a cameo role in the 1990 film Awakenings. In 2019, Gordon's album Go (Blue Note, 1962) was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Life and career

Early life

Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Dr. Frank Gordon, was one of the first African American doctors in Los Angeles who arrived in 1918 after graduating from Howard Medical School in Washington, D.C. Among his patients were Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. Dexter's mother, Gwendolyn Baker, was the daughter of Captain Edward Baker, one of the five African American Medal of Honor recipients in the Spanish–American War. Gordon played clarinet from the age of 13, before switching to saxophone (initially alto, then tenor) at 15. While still at school, he played in bands with such contemporaries as Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette.

Between December 1940 and 1943, Gordon was a member of Lionel Hampton's band, playing in a saxophone section alongside Illinois Jacquet and Marshal Royal. During 1944 he was featured in the Fletcher Henderson band, followed by the Louis Armstrong band, before joining Billy Eckstine. The 1942–44 musicians' strike curtailed the recording of the Hampton, Henderson, and Armstrong bands; however, they were recorded on V-Discs produced by the Army for broadcast and distribution among overseas troops. In 1943 he was featured, alongside Harry "Sweets" Edison, in recordings under Nat Cole for a small label not affected by the strike.

Bebop era recordings

By late 1944, Gordon was resident in New York, a regular at bebop jam sessions, and a featured soloist in the Billy Eckstine big band (If That's The Way You Feel, I Want To Talk About You, Blowin' the Blues Away, Opus X, I'll Wait And Pray, The Real Thing Happened To Me, Lonesome Lover Blues, I Love the Rhythm in a Riff). During early 1945 he was featured on recordings by Dizzy Gillespie (Blue 'n' Boogie, Groovin' High) and Sir Charles Thompson (Takin' Off, If I Had You, 20th Century Blues, The Street Beat). In late 1945 he was recording under his own name for the Savoy label. His Savoy recordings during 1945-46 included Blow Mr. Dexter, Dexter's Deck, Dexter's Minor Mad, Long Tall Dexter, Dexter Rides Again, I Can't Escape From You, and Dexter Digs In. He returned to Los Angeles in late 1946 and in 1947 was leading sessions for Ross Russell's Dial label (Mischievous Lady, Lullaby in Rhythm, The Chase, Iridescence, It's the Talk of the Town, Bikini, A Ghost of a Chance, Sweet and Lovely). After his return to Los Angeles, he became known for his saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray, which were a popular concert attraction documented in recordings made between 1947 and 1952 (The Hunt, Move, The Chase, The Steeplechase). The Hunt gained literary fame from its mention in Jack Kerouac's On The Road, which also contains descriptions of wild tenormen jamming in Los Angeles. Cherokee, Byas a Drink, and Disorder at the Border are other live recordings of the Gray/Gordon duo from the same concert as The Hunt. In December 1947, Gordon recorded again with the Savoy label (Settin' the Pace, So Easy, Dexter's Riff, Dextrose, Dexter's Mood, Index, Dextivity, Wee Dot, Lion Roars). Through the mid-to-late 1940s he continued to work as a sideman on sessions led by Russell Jacquet, Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Ralph Burns, Jimmy Rushing, Helen Humes, Gerry Mulligan, Wynonie Harris, Leo Parker, and Tadd Dameron.

The 1950s

During the 1950s, Gordon's recorded output and live appearances declined as heroin addiction and legal troubles took their toll. Gordon made a concert appearance with Wardell Gray in February 1952 (The Chase, The Steeplechase, Take the A Train, Robbins Nest, Stardust) and appeared as a sideman in a session led by Gray in June 1952 (The Rubiyat, Jungle Jungle Jump, Citizen's Bop, My Kinda Love). After an incarceration at Chino Prison during 1953-55, he recorded the albums Daddy Plays the Horn and Dexter Blows Hot and Cool in 1955 and played as a sideman on the Stan Levey album, This Time the Drum's on Me. The latter part of the decade saw him in and out of prison until his final release from Folsom Prison in 1959. He was one of the initial sax players for the Onzy Matthews big band in 1959, along with Curtis Amy. Gordon continued to champion Matthews' band after he left Los Angeles for New York, but left for Europe before getting a chance to record with that band. He recorded The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon in 1960. His recordings from the mid-1950s onward document a meander into a smooth West Coast style that lacked the impact of his bebop era recordings or his subsequent Blue Note recordings.

The decade saw Gordon's first entry into the world of drama. He appeared as a member (uncredited) of Art Hazzard's band in the 1950 film Young Man with a Horn. He appeared in an uncredited and overdubbed role as a member of a prison band in the movie Unchained, filmed inside Chino. Gordon was a saxophonist performing Freddie Redd's music for the Los Angeles production of Jack Gelber's play The Connection in 1960, replacing Jackie McLean. He contributed two compositions, Ernie's Tune and I Want More to the score and later recorded them for his album Dexter Calling.

New York renaissance

Gordon signed to Blue Note Records in 1961. He initially commuted from Los Angeles to New York to record, but took up residence when he regained the cabaret card that allowed him to perform where alcohol was served. The Jazz Gallery hosted his first New York performance in twelve years. The Blue Note association was to produce a steady flow of albums for several years, some of which gained iconic status. His New York renaissance was marked by Doin' Allright, Dexter Calling..., Go!, and A Swingin' Affair. The first two were recorded over three days in May 1961 with Freddie Hubbard, Horace Parlan, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, George Tucker, Al Harewood, and Philly Joe Jones. The last two were recorded in August 1962, with a rhythm section that featured Blue Note regulars Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins. Of the two Go! was an expressed favorite. The albums showed his assimilation of the hard bop and modal styles that had developed during his years on the west coast, and the influence of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, whom he had influenced before. The stay in New York turned out to be short lived, as Gordon got offers for engagements in England, then Europe, that resulted in a fourteen-year stay. Soon after recording A Swingin' Affair, he was gone.

Years in Europe

Over the next 14 years in Europe, living mainly in Paris and Copenhagen, Gordon played regularly with fellow expatriates or visiting players, such as Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Drew, Horace Parlan and Billy Higgins. Blue Note's German-born Francis Wolff supervised Gordon's later sessions for the label on his visits to Europe. The pairing of Gordon with Drew turned out to be one of the classic matchups between a horn player and a pianist, much like Miles Davis with Red Garland or John Coltrane with McCoy Tyner.

From this period come Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, Gettin' Around, and Clubhouse. Our Man in Paris was a Blue Note session recorded in Paris in 1963 with backup consisting of pianist Powell, drummer Kenny Clarke, and French bassist Pierre Michelot. One Flight Up, recorded in Paris in 1964 with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Kenny Drew, drummer Art Taylor, and Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, features an extended solo by Gordon on the track "Tanya".

Gordon also visited the US occasionally for further recording dates. Gettin' Around was recorded for Blue Note during a visit in May 1965, as was the album Clubhouse which remained unreleased until 1979.

Gordon found Europe in the 1960s a much easier place to live, saying that he experienced less racism and greater respect for jazz musicians. He also stated that on his visits to the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he found the political and social strife disturbing. While in Copenhagen, Gordon and Drew's trio appeared onscreen in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film Pornografi (1971), for which they composed and performed the score.

He switched from Blue Note to Prestige Records (1965–73) but stayed very much in the hard-bop idiom, making classic bop albums like The Tower of Power! and More Power! (1969) with James Moody, Barry Harris, Buster Williams, and Albert "Tootie" Heath; The Panther! (1970) with Tommy Flanagan, Larry Ridley, and Alan Dawson; The Jumpin' Blues(1970) with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, and Roy Brooks; The Chase! (1970) with Gene Ammons, Jodie Christian, John Young, Cleveland Eaton, Rufus Reid, Wilbur Campbell, Steve McCall, and Vi Redd; and Tangerine (1972) with Thad Jones, Freddie Hubbard, and Hank Jones. Some of the Prestige albums were recorded during visits back to North America while he was still living in Europe; others were made in Europe, including live sets from the Montreux Jazz Festival.

In addition to the recordings Gordon did under his major label contracts, live recordings by European labels and live video from his European period are available. The Danish label SteepleChase released live dates from his mid-1960s tenure at the Montmartre Jazzhus. The video was released under the Jazz Icons series.

Less well known than the Blue Note albums, but of similar quality, are the albums he recorded during the 1970s for SteepleChase (Something Different, Bouncin' With Dex, Biting the Apple, The Apartment, Stable Mable, The Shadow of Your Smile and others). They again feature American sidemen, but also such Europeans as Spanish pianist Tete Montoliu and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

Homecoming

Gordon finally returned to the United States for good in 1976. He appeared with Woody Shaw, Ronnie Mathews, Stafford James, and Louis Hayes, for a gig at the Village Vanguard in New York that was dubbed his "homecoming." It was recorded and released by Columbia Records under that title. He noted: "There was so much love and elation; sometimes it was a little eerie at the Vanguard. After the last set they'd turn on the lights and nobody would move." In addition to the Homecoming album, a series of live albums was released by Blue Note from his stands at Keystone Corner in San Francisco during 1978 and 1979. They featured Gordon, George Cables, Rufus Reid, and Eddie Gladden. He recorded the studio albums Sophisticated Giant with an eleven piece big band in 1977 and Manhattan Symphonie with the Live at Keystone Corner crew in 1978. The sensation of Gordon's return, renewed promotion of the classic jazz catalogs of the Savoy and Blue Note record labels, and the continued efforts of Art Blakey through 1970s and early 1980s, have been credited with reviving interest in swinging, melodic, acoustically-based classic jazz sounds after the Fusion jazz era that saw an emphasis on electronic sounds and contemporary pop influences.

Musician Emeritus

In 1978 and 1980, Gordon was the DownBeat Musician of the Year and in 1980 he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame. The US Government honored him with a Congressional Commendation, a Dexter Gordon Day in Washington DC, and a National Endowment for the Arts award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1986, he was named a member and officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France.

During the 1980s, Gordon was weakened by emphysema. He remained a popular attraction at concerts and festivals, although his live appearances and recording dates would soon become infrequent.

Gordon's most memorable works from the decade were not in music but in film. He starred in the 1986 movie Round Midnight as "Dale Turner", an expatriate jazz musician in Paris during the late 1950s based loosely on Lester Young and Bud Powell. That portrayal earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition, he had a non-speaking role in the 1990 film Awakenings, which was posthumously released. Before that last film was released he made a guest appearance on the Michael Mann series Crime Story.

Soundtrack performances from Round Midnight were released as the albums Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight, featuring original music by Herbie Hancock as well as playing by Gordon. The latter was the last recording released under Gordon's name. He was a sideman on Tony Bennett's 1987 album, Berlin.

Death and postmortem

Gordon died of kidney failure and cancer of the larynx in Philadelphia, on April 25, 1990, at the age of 67.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Dexter Gordon among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Family

Gordon's maternal grandfather was Captain Edward L. Baker, who received the Medal of Honor during the Spanish–American War, while serving with the 10th Cavalry Regiment (also known as the Buffalo Soldiers).

Gordon's father, Dr. Frank Gordon, M.D., was one of the first prominent African-American physicians and a graduate of Howard University.

Dexter Gordon had a total of six children, from the oldest to the youngest: Robin Gordon (Los Angeles), California, James Canales (Los Angeles), Deidre (Dee Dee) Gordon (Los Angeles), Mikael Gordon-Solfors (Stockholm), Morten Gordon (Copenhagen) and Benjamin Dexter Gordon (Copenhagen), and seven grandchildren, Raina Moore Trider (Brooklyn), Jared Johnson (Los Angeles), and Matthew Johnson (Los Angeles), Maya Canales (San Francisco) and Jared Canales (San Francisco), Dexter Gordon Bogs (Copenhagen), Dexter Minou Flipper Gordon-Marberger (Stockholm).

When he lived in Denmark, Gordon became friends with the family of the future Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, and subsequently became Lars's godfather.

Gordon was also survived by his widow Maxine Gordon and her son Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III.

Instruments and mouthpieces

The earliest photographs of Gordon as a player show him with a Conn 30M "Connqueror" and an Otto Link mouthpiece. In a 1962 interview with the British journalist Les Tomkins, he did not refer to the specific model of mouthpiece but stated that it was made for him personally. He stated that it was stolen around 1952. The famous smoke break photo from 1948 shows him with a Conn 10M and a Dukoff mouthpiece, which he played until 1965. In the Tomkins interview he referred to his mouthpiece as a medium-chambered piece with a #5* (.080" under the Dukoff system) tip opening. He bought a Selmer Mark VI from Ben Webster after his 10M went missing in transit. In a Down Beat magazine interview from 1977, he referred to his current mouthpiece as an Otto Link with a #8 (.110" under the Otto Link system) tip opening.

#02/27 #04/25

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Recently saw a huge long thread of “which character are you like”, and then Matt Mercer posted the link and his full results.

I was guessing some of the scores (”slovenly or stylish” or “disarming vs creepy”? What kind of scale are those?) but it’s probably not entirely wrong.

I don’t know the top ones, but Data, Simon Tam, C-3PO and Ross Gellar probably isn’t far out, and I’m happy to see Giles in the top 25!

Everyone over 75% (which starts with Hermione)

Bernard Lowe (Westworld): 90%

Lane Pryce (Mad Men): 90%

Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place): 90%

Filius Flitwick (Harry Potter): 89%

Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation): 89%

Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory): 88%

Simon Tam (Firefly + Serenity): 88%

Dr. Chan Kaifang (Space Force): 88%

Brian Johnson (The Breakfast Club): 88%

C-3PO (Star Wars): 87%

Dr. Marcus Brody (Raiders of the Lost Ark): 87%

Ross Geller (Friends): 86%

Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons): 86%

Felix Gaeta (Battlestar Galactica): 86%

Evan (Superbad): 86%

Peter (The Room): 86%

Thufir Hawat (Dune): 86%

Artie Abrams (Glee): 86%

Dr. Adrian Mallory (Space Force): 86%

Al Robbins (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 86%

Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor): 86%

Tom Hagen (The Godfather): 86%

Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory): 85%

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory): 85%

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): 85%

Timothy McGee (NCIS): 85%

Count Alexei Karenin (Anna Karenina): 85%

David Rosen (Scandal): 85%

David Phillips (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 85%

Pope (Outer Banks): 85%

Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine): 84%

Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby): 84%

Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine): 84%

Jared Dunn (Silicon Valley): 83%

Ash (Alien): 83%

Jack Crawford (The Silence of the Lambs): 83%

Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82%

Abed Nadir (Community): 82%

Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock): 82%

Donald Mallard (NCIS): 82%

Jimmy Palmer (NCIS): 82%

Ray Ploshansky (Girls): 82%

Linus Caldwell (Ocean's 11): 82%

Severus Snape (Harry Potter): 81%

Dexter Morgan (Dexter): 81%

John Munch (Law & Order: SVU): 81%

Jasper Hale (Twilight): 81%

Michael Bluth (Arrested Development): 81%

Kimball Cho (The Mentalist): 81%

Dr. Aaron Glassman (The Good Doctor): 81%

Dr. Jennifer Melfi (The Sopranos): 81%

Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 80%

Charlie Carson (Downton Abbey): 80%

Miranda Hobbes (Sex and the City): 80%

Norman Wilson (The Wire): 80%

Peter Gregory (Silicon Valley): 80%

Amy Santiago (Brooklyn Nine-Nine): 80%

Marty Byrde (Ozark): 80%

Geordi La Forge (Star Trek: The Next Generation): 80%

Dr. Eric Foreman (House, M.D.): 80%

Oliver Hampton (How To Get Away With Murder): 80%

Ellen Parsons (Damages): 80%

Preston Burke (Grey's Anatomy): 79%

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons): 79%

The Narrator (Fight Club): 79%

Billy Keikeya (Battlestar Galactica): 79%

Dana Scully (The X-Files): 79%

Walter Skinner (The X-Files): 79%

Henry Rearden (Atlas Shrugged): 79%

Johnny Rose (Schitt's Creek): 79%

Kenny Stowton (Killing Eve): 79%

Q (Tommorrow Never Dies): 79%

Brandon Stark (Game of Thrones): 78%

Cedric Daniels (The Wire): 78%

Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight): 78%

Ray Arnold (Jurassic Park): 78%

Richard Hendricks (Silicon Valley): 78%

Donald Cragen (Law & Order: SVU): 78%

Randall Pearson (This Is Us): 78%

Jimmy Price (Hannibal): 78%

Caitlin Snow (The Flash): 78%

Capt. Oliver Queenan (The Departed): 78%

Varys (Game of Thrones): 77%

Principal Skinner (The Simpsons): 77%

Elsie Hughes (Westworld): 77%

Arthur (Inception): 77%

Dwight Schrute (The Office): 76%

Leo McGarry (The West Wing): 76%

Toby Ziegler (The West Wing): 76%

Jin-Soo Kwon (LOST): 76%

Dr. Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 76%

Richard Webber (Grey's Anatomy): 76%

Lucius Fox (The Dark Knight): 76%

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): 76%

Betsy Heron (Mean Girls): 76%

Robert Fischer (Inception): 76%

Alan Harper (Two and Half Men): 76%

Jonah Byrde (Ozark): 76%

Dr. James Wilson (House, M.D.): 76%

Janet (The Good Place): 76%

Captain Jim Brass (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 76%

#Personality Tests #seems accurate #maybe

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Ladies and gentlemen!

Bibliothèque Infernale se complace en presentar, en su primera y única traducción al español:

* EL BEBÉ BORRACHÍN *

Otro bizarro y extravagante cuento corto del Maestro de lo Grotesco — TOD ROBBINS!

***

"El suceso más extraño de mi vida tuvo lugar el verano pasado", dijo mi compañero de viaje. "Solo me he atrevido a hablar de ello a mi mujer y a mi hermano. Fue algo tan extraordinario, está tan lejos de poder ser tomado en serio, que si lo diese a conocer el mundo entero me miraría por encima del hombro como a un farsante de primera”

"¿Y su mujer y su hermano le creyeron a usted?", pregunté.

"Bueno, no exactamente. Sí y no. Pensaron que yo creía estar diciendo la verdad. Mi mujer decidió que la historia era producto de haberle dado bien al alcohol de graduación. Mi hermano la atribuyó a los rigores del calor. Pero le aseguro que no se debió a nada de eso. Había bebido un par de copas de absenta, es cierto; pero estoy acostumbrado a esa bebida desde mi infancia. El sol, es verdad, pegaba con fuerza en ese momento. Pero no era nada comparado con el calor que he tenido oportunidad de experimentar en los trópicos.

"¿Y cuál es esa historia, doctor?", me atreví al fin a preguntar.

"Ah", dijo. "Se va a reír; pero se la voy a contar en cualquier caso. La risa es la recompensa que se obtiene del mundo cuando le ofrecemos algo completamente nuevo. La gente se ríe demasiado; no es como la sonrisa, que solo se refleja en los labios. Pero eche un vistazo usted a los ojos de un hombre, porque es en ellos donde encontrará el espejo de sus verdaderas emociones.

"El quince del pasado agosto me encontraba residiendo en un centro turístico de la costa no demasiado lejos de la ciudad. Era el día más caluroso del verano y la gente se había tirado de cabeza a la playa. Sentado en el mirador del hotel, con un vaso de absenta apoyado en el brazo de la silla, podía admirar la extensión azul del océano desperezándose frente a la playa como si fuera una alfombra de terciopelo extendida en un suelo del mármol más blanco. Ni un soplo de aire movía la plácida superficie; ni una arruga, ni el menor pensamiento perturbaba la gran frente plácida del mar.

“Y sobre él pendía el sol, inamovible en los cielos, semejante al ojo de buey de un barco en llamas en la neblina azul del atardecer.

"En la playa los hombres y las mujeres corrían de un lado a otro, imitando el juego de los niños con sus movimientos torpes y un poco grotescos, como ocurre siempre que los adultos tratan de disimular la huella que les ha impuesto su padre el Tiempo. Podía ver sus cabezas en el agua, hundiéndose y sobresaliendo de nuevo como pedazos de corcho, y me sorprendía de que estos pequeños globitos gozasen del don del movimiento, controlados por los cerebros que encerraban en su interior; más extraño aún: meditaba sobre cómo todas esas exclamaciones de regocijo se transformarían de inmediato en gritos de horror si, por casualidad, uno de los globitos tardase en emerger un poco más de lo acostumbrado.

“Sentado en el mirador de aquel hotel, daba pequeños tragos a mi absenta contemplando todo este panorama que discurría ante mis ojos. De pronto vi aproximarse a una joven muy bonita que empujaba un cochecito de bebé. El niño parecía dormido a todas luces, oculto bajo una mosquitera; la muchacha observaba el mar con ojos codiciosos y una arruga de malhumor en la frente.

“Actuando por un súbito impulso, le hablé: ‘Discúlpeme, pero ¿puedo ayudarla en algo? Veo que lleva con usted un traje de baño, y es un día perfecto para eso. Si lo desea puedo ocuparme del niño mientras se da un chapuzón’.

“Ella pareció dudar y dirigió de nuevo su mirada al mar. ‘Se lo agradezco mucho’, comenzó a decir, ‘pero mi madre me ha encargado cuidar de...’ —aquí dudó, y creí notar que su rostro se oscurecía —, ‘... de mi hermanito pequeño’, terminó por decir.

‘Pero yo podría cuidar de él durante un rato. No me dará problemas. Está dormido’

‘Sí, está dormido’, dijo, levantando la mosquitera y echando un vistazo a la pequeña carita sonrosada que se apoyaba en la almohada de encaje. ‘Muchísimas gracias; creo que sí que me daré un chapuzón’. La muchacha orientó la sillita hacia mí y salió corriendo en dirección a las casetas de baño de la orilla.

“Mis ojos volvieron de nuevo a los bañistas y mi mano levantó el vaso de absenta a mis labios. ¡Qué pequeñas y oscuras parecían algunas de las cabezas que sobresalían del agua! Aquí, en la bañera de la civilización, la vida es un bien preciado pese a que haya abundancia de ella, sobreabundancia me atrevería a decir. Pero yo mismo he estado en países más despoblados en donde puedo asegurar que no se la tiene en tanta consideración.

‘Le pido disculpas, señor’, dijo una voz a mi lado, con un tono que me recordó al de una llave girando en una cerradura podrida. ‘Pero tengo mucha sed y da la casualidad de que la absenta es precisamente mi bebida predilecta’.

“Me giré con sorpresa, y, estupefacto, vi que me hallaba solo. Detrás de la silla no había nadie; tampoco tras el pilar de mi derecha, y nadie agazapado bajo la sillita del niño, como había sospechado en un primer momento. Pero la voz volvió a escucharse con su extraño y cavernoso tono.

‘Levante la mosquitera que hay sobre el carrito’, dijo. ‘¡Hace un calor de mil demonios aquí dentro!’

“Casi mecánicamente hice lo que me decía y observé desde mi altura el rostro diminuto, sonrosado, arrugado de un bebé. Mientras miraba su nariz sin perfil, su boca de labios flojos y su cabeza sin pelo, unos ojos se abrieron de pronto y me miraron. Lo que sentí entonces no se lo imaginará jamás, amigo mío; no acertaría a describírselo. Solo puedo decir que fue espantoso —espantoso más allá de lo que nadie pueda imaginar. Yo había esperado la mirada asustada e inocente de la infancia que se despierta; en lugar de eso me encontré con la impúdica y maliciosa mirada llena de conocimiento de la vejez más cruel. Retrocedí con un grito de horror y me tapé los ojos.

‘Bueno’, dijo la voz otra vez, y ahora podía reconocer en ella, también, a un viejo hablándome.

‘Bueno, mi joven amigo, ¿me dará un trago de su absenta, sí o no?’

‘¿Qué eres tú?’, grité al niño tan pronto como pude hablar.

‘Joven’, dijo el bebé, examinándome con los ojos entrecerrados y muy malas pulgas. ‘En estos momentos debo ser el niño más sediento del mundo. ¿Sabe lo que me han estado dando de beber últimamente? ¡Leche! ¡Leche de un sucio biberón con la tetina azul! Todo el mundo se aprovecha de mí porque soy demasiado viejo para montar un escándalo. Y mi nieta —la muchacha que llevaba el carrito—, esa es la peor de todas. De acuerdo, el orgullo de familia y todo eso está muy bien, lo que me saca de mis casillas es que solo me quedan cuatro semanas de vida y mientras llega el fin quisiera poder sentirme vivo yo también’

‘Espere un segundo’, dije yo, bebiendo un gran trago de la absenta para calmar mis nervios. ‘Quiero saberlo todo. Desahóguese conmigo, como si yo fuera su padre’.

‘Muy bien’, gruñó. ‘Si lo hago, ¿está dispuesto a vaciar la leche de mi biberón y rellenarlo con absenta?’

‘Sí, lo haré’.

‘Vaya, pues tendré que vender el honor de mi familia por una botella de absenta’, dijo. ‘Está bien, da igual, aquí va. Mi abuelo era dueño de una gran plantación de algodón antes de la guerra. Como muchos otros caballeros sureños de su tiempo prefería los placeres del cuerpo a los placeres del espíritu. Vino en abundancia, mujeres en abundancia, tabaco en abundancia. Esa era su idea de la vida. Pero había una cosa que preocupaba mucho, mucho, a mi abuelo’

‘¿Qué era?’, pregunté.

‘La vejez’, dijo el bebé con mucha seriedad. ‘Ese era su único miedo. Y cuando por fin le llegó —cuando la gota tomó posesión de sus piernas y el tiempo desalojó todo rastro de pelo de su cabeza—, se convirtió él mismo en un objeto digno de lástima. Reclinado sobre su espalda, maldecía la vida arguyendo que todo era un gran error, que no era así como tuvo que empezar; que si los hombres nacieran viejos y crecieran más jóvenes año tras año habría algo por lo que vivir, en vez de maldecir cada uno de los días por llegar. Y la noche en que murió le vendió su alma al diablo, o eso es al menos lo que mi vieja niñera negra solía afirmar. A la mañana siguiente nací yo"

‘¿Y eso cuándo fue, mi pequeño amigo?’, pregunté.

‘El próximo diciembre hará ochenta y cinco años’, respondió el niño. ‘Por supuesto mi memoria no llega tan lejos. Mi primer recuerdo es verme frente a un espejo, con mi madre al lado desenredándome mi larga barba gris con un peine. Sí, ya tenía barba entonces; y todos aseguraban que al nacer era blanca como la nieve. Pero sobre ella mi primer recuerdo es que era gris. Una preciosa barba gris plata. Eso fue hacer mucho tiempo, ojalá ahora tuviera una’.

‘Ya entonces yo era infeliz. Nunca pude conseguir que los viejos del pueblo jugaran conmigo a la gallinita ciega y al corre-corre que te pillo, y me sentía muy solo. La gente comenzó a murmurar al verme pasear con mi aro por las calles, o al jugar a las canicas; a mi madre no le quedó otro remedio que mentir, asegurando que yo era un viejo tío suyo en su segunda infancia, aterrorizada ante la sola idea de que pudiesen adivinar la verdad. A veces los viejos me hacían señas desde el interior de las tabernas invitándome a entrar, allí me daban a beber absenta y luego me mandaban a casa, adonde yo llegaba trastabillando’.

‘Y así pasó el tiempo. Poco a poco crecí y me hice más fuerte; el gris desapareció de algunas zonas de mi barba, y los extraños me tomaban por el hermano de mi madre. Dejé de jugar a las canicas y de perseguir el aro por las calles. No, ahora eran las muchachas con las que me cruzaba lo que hacía que mi corazón latiese con más fuerza. Pero ellas no se dignaban a echarme un vistazo; o, si lo hacían, era para decir: ‘es tan viejo que podría ser nuestro padre’; y pasaban de largo. Pero hubo una que dijo: ‘¡Qué ojos tan jóvenes tiene!’. Me casé con ella, y nos asentamos con el optimista pensamiento de que nada podría turbar nuestra felicidad’.

‘Pero los años transcurrieron, y con cada uno de ellos yo me hacía más joven y mi mujer más vieja. Finalmente nos encontramos en el momento más crítico de nuestros infortunios, cada uno arrastrado a una dirección diferente. Y ninguno soportaba al otro. Nos cruzábamos sin mirarnos, ni siquiera nos tocábamos las manos. Debí sufrir entonces, cuando todo el gris de mi pelo desapareció. Estaba creciendo y comparativamente ya era un joven. Tuve niños, y pronto se fueron haciendo más viejos que yo; y ellos a su vez tuvieron hijos, los cuales también fueron ancianos a mi lado. Hasta ahora, en que todo lo que me queda es el viejo recuerdo del sabor de la absenta, la absenta a la que me invitaban aquellos ancianos cuando me llamaban desde las tabernas en los viejos días de mi borracha y senil infancia. ¡Cómo lloraba entonces cuando se negaban a jugar conmigo a las canicas!’.

‘Bueno, en fin, ahora tengo ochenta y cinco años y los gustos de un hombre de mi edad. Aunque ellos jamás me dan a beber mi absenta y confían en que yo no abra la boca, para salvaguardar el honor de la familia. Por lo visto soy un monstruo. Algo que ocultar en un cochecito de bebé, a recaudo de las miradas inquisitivas. ¡Ah! Por lo menos las muchachas me dan una perspectiva de sus cuerpos que se guardarían mucho de ofrecerme si supiesen mi verdadera edad. Todavía me quedan cuatro semanas de vida. ¿Que cómo lo sé con tanta precisión? Pues lo sé porque el médico del hotel me examinó esta mañana y dijo que tenía exactamente cuatro semanas de edad. Pero deme su absenta, señor. No se aproveche de mí porque soy viejo e indefenso’.

"¿Y le dio usted su absenta?", pregunté.

"Por supuesto", dijo mi amigo. "Le llené el biberón de la misma botella. Era tan débil y poquita cosa que tuve que acercarle la tetina a la boca. Luego subí a mi habitación permitiéndole disfrutar de su biberón en paz. Cuatro semanas más tarde leí en el periódico la noticia de su muerte. Y bien, caballero, ahora que ya conoce la historia, ¿qué opina de ella?"

"Pues que se trata, ciertamente, de una historia notable", respondí.

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*Tod Robbins: The Bibulous Baby. Publicado originalmente en The Thrill Book. 1 de julio de 1919 • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

Imagen: James Ensor: Los Baños de Ostende ~ 1890

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