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aimeedaisies · 3 months

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HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL CONCLUDES HER VISIT TO SRI LANKA

Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal and her spouse Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence concluded a three-day official visit to Sri Lanka on Friday, 12 January 2024. The visit marked a momentous occasion celebrating the 75th Anniversary of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom and was characterized by a series of engagements that reinforced the deep ties between the two countries.

Upon their arrival on 10th January, a vibrant ceremony with a multi-cultural performance welcomed them, with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry extending warm greetings.

Visiting at the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka, the official engagement kicked off with a welcome dinner hosted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, reflecting the warm and cordial relations shared by the two countries during which Princess Royal delivered a message from His Majesty the King to the President and the people of Sri Lanka.

Addressing a gathering at the concluding reception hosted by the British High Commissioner, The Princess Royal remarked on the warm and friendly bilateral relations between the two countries and was committed to fostering cultural, economic and social connections. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry who delivered a short speech during this reception, remarked that the visit held profound significance and is a watershed moment in the 75 years of our bilateral relations with the United Kingdom. He also drew attention to the significant transformation Sri Lanka has undergone since The Princess Royal’s last visit in 1995. The Minister thanked the UK for its steadfast support for the pursuit of development and prosperity in Sri Lanka.

In Colombo, as the patron of the Save the Children Foundation, Her Royal Highness visited its office and unveiled a plaque commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ‘Save the Children’ working in Sri Lanka, and undertook a visit to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, showcasing the commitment to social causes.

Additionally, The Princess Royal toured the ‘MAS Holdings’ facility in Katunayake, a leading apparel tech company in South Asia as identified by the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT), of which The Princess Royal is the President. During the tour she witnessed the state of the art technology and capabilities of the Sri Lankan apparel sector, reinforcing its role in Sri Lanka – UK trade relations.

The itinerary extended to Hatch Works, Colombo, an ICT innovation hub supporting start-ups, further highlighting the collaborative efforts in technological advancements and the promotion of entrepreneurial culture through facilitating access to essential infrastructure, knowledge, and capital. At the British Council, HRH was briefed on the ongoing work to build cultural and educational relationships between Sri Lanka and the UK and was privy to ‘The Arches of Awe exhibition’, featuring images of 21 arches built to welcome Queen Elizabeth II to Sri Lanka in 1954. As the President of the ‘Commonwealth War Graves Commission’ Princess Royal also visited the Commonwealth War Graves at Liverament Cemetery and laid a wreath to commemorate the dead in the aftermath of both World Wars I and II, symbolizing shared history and values.

Moving to Kandy, the royal guests were welcomed by the Central Province Governor Lalith U Gamage, and were escorted to the sacred temple of the ‘Tooth Relic’, where she paid her respects.

HRH The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy's visit to Jaffna marked a historic occasion, as the first-ever visit by members of the British Royal Family, where they were received by Northern Governor P. S. M. Charles. In Jaffna, the focus shifted to important aspects of post-conflict recovery visiting the Muhamalai Demining site and meeting communities resettled in mine–cleared areas in Muhamalai, signifying and reiterating the valuable contribution of donor partners, including the UK in creating a mine - free Sri Lanka. The Royals were also taken on a tour of the Jaffna Public Library recognized as a center for knowledge and cultural preservation, and met members of the local community.

During their visit, the Royal Guests also toured the Vajira Pillayar Kovil, and took part in a special pooja blessing conducted by the chief priest. Princes Royal visited the ‘Mission to Seafarers’ as the President of this movement and had an engaging conversation with its Colombo staff reiterating the importance of seafaring to Sri Lanka as a maritime nation.

The Princess Royal first visited Sri Lanka in 1995 and this year marked her second to the Island. Sri Lanka has received members of the Royal family on seven previous occasions since 1948, including , Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who visited the island just five months after her Coronation, and that of His Majesty the King, as the Prince of Wales on three occasions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs worked in close coordination with the British High Commission in Colombo, which played a pivotol role in the execution of the programme assisted by the Sri Lanka High Commission in London and all other local government agencies. This historic visit by HRH The Princess Royal led to a comprehensive exploration of the diverse facets of the relationship between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

Posted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombo on 13th January 2024

#princess anne #princess royal #tim laurence #timothy laurence #sri lAnneka

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bestoflupiniiipoll · 8 months

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Lupin III Poll Matchup Results!

Round 1:

Matchup 1

Seven Days Rhapsody (2006) vs Lupin III Part VI: London/Woman (2021)

Matchup 2

Is Lupin Still Burning? (2018) vs Operation Return the Treasure (2003)

Matchup 3

Voyage to Danger (1993) vs The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)

Matchup 4

Lupin III Part III: Pink Jacket Adventures (1984) vs Lupin The 3rd Live-Action Movie (2013)

Matchup 5

The Hemmingway Papers (1990) vs Episode 0 First Contact (2002)

Matchup 6

The Fuma Conspiracy (1987) vs Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)

Matchup 7

Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011) vs Tokyo Crisis/Memories of the Flame (1998)

Matchup 8

Elusiveness of the Fog (2007) vs From Serbia with Love/Bank of Liberty (1992)

Matchup 9

Swallowtail Tattoo/Stolen Lupin (2004) vs Lupin III vs Dectective Conan the TV Special (2009)

Matchup 10

The Last Job (2010) vs Green vs Red (2008)

Matchup 11

Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) vs Inspector Zenigata/Zenigata Keibu TV Series (2017)

Matchup 12

Pursuit of Harrimao’s Treasure (1995) vs Prison of the Past (2019)

Matchup 13

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Goemon’s Bloodspray (2017) vs Dead or Alive (1996)

Matchup 14

Dragon of Doom/Burn, Zantetsuken! (1994) vs Goodbye Partner (2019)

Matchup 15

Manga Series (1967) vs The Secret of the Twilight Gemini (1996)

Matchup 16

Lupin III Part II: Red Jacket Adventures (1977) vs Alcatraz Connection (2001)

Matchup 17

Lupin III Part V: Misadventures in France (2018) vs Bye Bye Lady Liberty/Goodbye Liberty Crisis! (1989)

Matchup 18

Italian Game (2016) vs Lupin Zero (2022)

Matchup 19

Lupin III Part IV: The Italian Adventure (2015) vs Missed By A Dollar/$1 Money Wars (2000)

Matchup 20

LUPIN THE IIIRD: Jigen’s Gravestone (2014) vs Napoleon's Dictionary/Steal Napoleon’s Dictionary! (1991)

Matchup 21

The Colombus Files/Da Capo of Love: Fujiko’s Unlucky Days (1999) vs Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Matchup 22

Island of Assassins/Walther P-38 (1997) vs Sweet Lost Night (2008)

Matchup 23

Lupin III vs Cat’s Eye (2023) vs Another Page: Travels of Marco Polo (2012)

Matchup 24

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) vs Lupin III vs Detective Conan The Movie (2013)

Matchup 25

The First (2019) vs Lupin Family All Stars (2012)

Matchup 26

Lupin III Part I: The Classic Adventures vs Princess of the Breeze: Hidden City in the Sky (2013)

Matchup 27

Mystery of Mamo/ Lupin vs The Clone (1978) vs Angel Tactics (2005)

Matchup 28

Pilot Film (1969) vs LUPIN THE IIIRD: Fujiko’s Lie (2019)

First batch of matchups will be posted no later than Wednesday. Get ready to place in your votes! And may the best Lupin win!

#lupin iii #lupin the third #lupin sansei #lupin the 3rd #Daisuke jigen #goemon ishikawa xiii #Fujiko mine #inspector Zenigata #polls #fandom polls #lupin #anime

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dropintomanga · 10 months

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Thinking About the “Othering” of Japanese Media

For those who keep up with Japanese video games, you may have heard comments from a prominent Japanese video game producer about how a certain term labeling a video game genre felt discriminatory in his own eyes. A recent Polygon article about that term made me think about how the Western media has “othered” Japanese pop culture media for as long as I remembered.

The producer I’m talking about is Final Fantasy XIV and XVI producer, Naoki Yoshida (known as Yoshi-P to his fans). Back in February 2023 in an interview, Yoshi-P said that the term “JRPG” (short for “Japanese RPG”) was considered discriminatory to him and his peers in the Japanese video game industry. Polygon took a look at how Japanese RPGs and JRPGs became a thing in the late ‘90s (starting with Final Fantasy VII’s North American release in 1997) and how media outlets in the West never seemed to take them too seriously. Even worse, the outlets shoved Japanese developers into a sub-category they never asked to be a part of once Japanese RPG popularity started to wane in the mid-2000s’.

After reading the article, I actually thought about manga and its perception when I first started reading comics. When I first discovered what manga was back in 1995, I learned about Ghost in the Shell from an issue of Wizard Magazine (a North American-based magazine highly dedicated to Western comics). The first thing that came to mind when I read what Wizard wrote was that it had a cybersex scene and very adult in nature. My mind was somewhat blown since I was in 7th grade at the time. Now that I think about it, almost 30 years later, I wonder if Wizard was trying to say that Japanese creators were super-perverted compared to Western creators. I still remember a non-fan a friend of mine met at Otakon one year who asked “Isn’t anime sexual?” when inquiring bout anime.

With regards to manga, for most of its history in the overall comics world, it has been othered in the U.S. due to how successful it’s been in reaching out to “non-traditional” comics-reading audiences. Statements like “Oh, it’s just a fad!” and “Manga doesn’t have dedicated buyers (i.e. adults with disposable income) like Western comics does!” were thrown to discredit manga’s popularity. Christopher Butcher (of Mangasplaining/TCAF fame) talked about this in a 2015 article on his website, which still holds some truth today. Even though manga sales have peaked around the pre-vaccine COVID time period, they are steady today. New York Comic-Con in 2022 had a substantial anime/manga presence compared to years past. Anime and manga can’t be ignored any longer.

Yet I know that some things haven’t changed in industry recognition. I will use the Eisner Awards as an example. For those who don’t know, it’s a prestigious awards ceremony that happens around San Diego Comic-Con every year and honors the best in comics. However, their recognition of manga is spotty. There has been recent criticism towards the Eisner committee for recognizing only the “hot” manga creators (i.e. the ones with best-selling manga titles on book charts). The best example I can give is Junji Ito. A lot of his works are nominated despite there being better works worthy of recognition out there. There has been some criticism in the manga circle I’m in about how Eisner judges/representatives don’t seem to take the time to explore the greater breadth of what manga has to offer in its new golden age.

Of course, when awards ceremonies like the Academy Awards don’t really seem to care much about praising Japanese pop culture media, what hope is there, right?

Which brings me to a point that the Polygon article elaborates on the West’s insistence on particular views of Japan.

“It’s clear that the mainstream only courts a specific idea of Japan as being acceptable — often reinterpretations of feudal Japan, largely spanning from the 1500s to late 1800s, when the samurai were still part of Japanese society.“

I do notice that Japan is supposed to be this “quirky” and “weird” place with wild imagination. If somehow a Japanese title has themes common in Western media/culture, but lacks the exotic style Westerners prefer, it’s sometimes heavily ignored in the mainstream eye. I don’t know. What do you guys think?

Polygon does mention that we’re living in some really good times with regards to Japanese video games being popular again. Many fans, including myself, know that too well. I enjoyed gaming again due to the variety of Japanese-developed titles that came out since 2016 (the start of the Japanese video game industry revival). I see parallels in manga and anime reception too. All of Japanese pop culture media is celebrated overseas. Fans that consume all things Japanese are living through amazing times.

That doesn’t mean that it’s going to last forever. I do know at some point, Western media will find new ways to scrutinize Japanese media and our time in the spotlight will fade again. Some degree of othering will always happen due to human nature and I know that we can use that term for positive purposes. Manga is about how “others” that are different from the norm can become celebrated by the world. Reading this post about manga reminds me that comics of any kind can cover any topic imaginable and definitely be made for “other” people to read.

#othering #Japanese pop culture #manga #anime #video games #Japanese video games

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damonjuicyscock · 2 years

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Pictures of you-Chapter 9 (90's Liam Gallagher X Reader)

Pairing: 90's Liam Gallagher X Reader

Warnings: Language (because Liam tho), Fluff, smut (oral F receiving, p in V sex), maybe a few spelling mistakes

Words: 4071 (yeah I promised I'd make it up to you)

Summary: You and Liam are now having a love relationship. This is the beginning of your love story. You get hurt, you get loved, you spent end of year celebrations in Manchester with Liam's family, and you discover more of Liam's good sides.

A/N: I AM BACK ! I've been pretty sick last week but I feel better. Thank you for all your kind messages and your patience, I send you lots of love ! Here is chapter 9, I hope you will love it !

ENJOY

(Isn't he incredibly cute ?)

November 5th 1995- London:

I woke up around 11 am, with Liam’s arm wrapped around me. Doubt invaded me, as well as great anxiety.

The previous night, he was drunk. What if when he would wake up, everything he said would be gone? What if he was mean to me again?

What if he didn’t love me?

My thoughts were cut by the phone ringing, which woke Liam up. He grumbled and opened his beautiful blue eyes. I threw my arm on my bedside table and grabbed the phone and answered.

Hello?

Hey Y/N, this is…

Hi Noely

Hey, huh… we’re waiting for soundcheck, and our kid isn’t here, he left the party without telling anyone, could ye try to call him?

I looked at Liam, asking for permission and he nodded.

No need to, he’s with me. He drank too much last night, so he just woke up. I’ll tell him to hurry.

What the fuck is he doing at yous place? Noel shouted

I looked at Liam again and he mouthed a “I called ye” after hearing his brother shout.

He called me, he entered Hyde Park illegally, he wanted to talk, I don’t know why he chose me.

Okay. Just tell him to hurry, right? We can’t go further without him.

Yup, I’ll join you.

Okay.

We’ll be there in less than an hour.

You better.

I hang up and laid beside the Mancunian that was in my bed.

Mornin’. He said, smiling

Morning! I answered

Slept tight?

Like a log. You?

Same. I slept with me arm around the bird I want.

Oh yeah?

Okay, anxiety was gone, but doubt was still here.

Yea.

His arm pushed me closer to him and his lips came to kiss mine tenderly.

So it was real then. He really liked me a lot and wanted me.

We should hurry, your brother will kill you.

We have all the time in the world. I can arrive at 2 or 3pm, it won’t change anything. I know ye hate this part of me, but they need me, they can’t do anything without me.

I hate this part of you, yes, but you’re right, they need you.

The thing being I want to cuddle the rest of the morning. They’ll have to wait.

And that’s what happened. When we arrived at 13h, Noel was furious.

We’ll arrive in less than an hour, my ass! Were ye fucking kidding me Y/N?! Noel shouted

It’s not her fault the chief, it’s mine. Liam said

Oh so you two were fucking? Hope it was worth it because we’re fucking late! Ye should have thought with yer fucking brain and not with yer pussy Y/N!

Oi, I said it was me fault Noel, don’t speak to her like that, she doesn’t deserve it!

Ye deserve better than this twat Y/N, I even preferred when ye were with Coxon!

Shut the fuck up man! Liam said, balling his fists

Leave it Liam, I’ll handle this.

But…

Please Liam, I can defend myself.

Liam nodded, threw a dark look to his brother, and went towards the other guys.

What the fuck is wrong with you Noel?!

I’m just trying to protect ye, I know me brother, he’ll hurt ye.

Are you jealous?

For what? You and Liam? Don’t be fucking ridiculous, yer nothing more than me friend, me sister, and I just see ye as it.

Then why?

Ye don’t know what he’ll do. He’s gonna fuck ye up Y/N.

How did you become such a prick Noel? Since last year I don’t recognize you!

I just grew up. And am I being a prick fer trying to keep ye from being hurt like I promised a month ago, when Liam hurted ye fer the millionth time? Ye know what? Perfect, date him, do whatever ye like, yer an adult. But don’t come crying if he hurts ye once more because I warned ye.

Noel left to go on stage for soundcheck. I didn’t know what to think. How could he be so mean towards his own brother? He wasn’t like this the year before. Maybe he started hating him since September 1994. The problem was, he was entirely right.

November 27th 1995- Manchester

“- What about Justine of Elastica, do you really fancy her then?

-Yea.

-Are you gonna go for her?

-Nah, she’s gonna go fer me.”

Liam looked at me to see my reaction.

“– So how much do you fancy her? How are you gonna get her?

-What makes the world go around d’ye know what I mean, if I get her, I get her, if I don’t, I don’t. I’ll be disappointed in the matter, d’ye know what I mean? But if I get her, I get her.”

I looked at Liam, confused and hurt.

You looked serious.

Fuck, that’s why I didn’t want ye to watch this interview. Why did ye insist Y/N? He said, rolling his eyes

I don’t know Liam, it looked so real when you said it.

Liam got on his knees on front of me and took my hands in his.

Y/N, sweetheart, I can promise ye, I didn’t mean anything I said. I was drunk but I knew what I said, and it only was to piss Damon off. These people, fucking journalists like that and paps. You know they started the “Britpop war” thing. I was just fucking telling them what they wanted to hear, me.

Promise?

Of course I promise! Did I ever lie to ye? He said, sitting beside me on the sofa

No you didn’t, even when it was to be mean. But you have to understand my insecurity.

There’s no fucking reason to be insecure anymore Y/N.

I know Liam, and I’m trying! I said, tears threatening to fall from my eyes

I know, me. Please don’t cry, I don’t like to see ye cry.

He threw his arms around me, holding me tight.

No one’s gonna hurt ye. No one. I won’t let them. He said

December 22nd 1995- Manchester:

The paparazzis were hovering outside Liam’s place in London. But him and I weren’t here, but arriving in Manchester, at his mum’s place for the end of year celebrations.

Noel was already here, with Meg, who was now his girlfriend.

Peggy welcomed us at the second the cab stopped in front of her new house.

The two brothers bought it for her, as they promised, and she wanted 4 bedrooms, so she could also welcome her sons. At the time, Paul was still living with her, but was planning on buying an apartment.

Peggy wanted her sons to decorate their bedrooms just like they wanted.

Me boy, now everyone is here. She said, approaching us to hug her son

Hi mam.

They hugged, and to my surprise, Peggy hugged me too.

Y/N, long time no see! she said smiling

Hello Peggy.

Come on ye two, it’s time fer tea, get in the living room, Noel and Meg are already waiting.

We entered the house and went into the living room, fully decorated by Peggy herself, where Noel and Meg were sat.

Hi you two! I said

Y/N, hi ! Noel answered

He hugged me and hugged his brother.

I embraced Meg, she welcomed us, and the two brothers went in the kitchen to help their mother.

You’re saving me Y/N, I feel so ill at ease… Meg said

Why’s that? I said worried

Well you know… it’s the first time I meet Peggy…

Oh Meg, don’t worry, I feel ill at ease too, but don’t worry, Peggy is a sweetheart, and so are you. I’m sure she already loves you.

Really?

Of course! How can she not!

Meg smiled, holding my hand.

The boys and their mother came back, laying out tea and biscuits for snacking on the coffee table.

So, how does the decoration of Noel’s room is working? Peggy asked

Pretty good actually! Meg answered

Are ye ready fer me Liam’s room tomorrow Y/N?

If it’s painting, always, I just hope he won’t ask me to draw him a Mr Benn on the wall! I laughed

Shut up! Liam answered, laughing as well

Seeing her son laugh was a blessing for Peggy and was making her smile.

Then we heard the door open, and Paul made its appearance.

It was the first time ever I was meeting the eldest brother. The same that accompanied us to buy paints for Liam’s bedroom.

What color do you want? I asked

I see something blue.

Of course you would say that. But what type of blue?

Sky.

Blue sky? Are you sure they have this?

It’s a fucking DIY shop, trust me, if they don’t have it, they’ll make it up fer me! Now get on that cart, yer gonna roll baby!

I got on the cart and Liam put his arms on each part around me and started running in the shop, pushing the cart.

I started laughing and screaming, having so much fun.

Liam finally found the color he wanted, the day after would be used for decoration.

December 23rd 1995:

Even if we woke at practically noon, we spent the afternoon painting Liam’s bedroom in full blue.

Then he decided to realise the fucking cliché of the battle of paint.

I ended up blue as a smurf, Liam’s body against mine, my back against the painted wall, his lips on my neck, giving me chills.

Ye know what’s missing? He asked, between kisses

No, what? I whimpered

A mirror on the ceiling.

Why?

So ye could watch me while I do things to ye.

I smiled

What type of things? I teased

Anything ye want, love.

Liam tapped my thighs, indicating me to jump, which I did.

I wrapped my legs around his pelvis, feeling his hard-on against my clothed womanhood, dry humping me.

Liam was tugging at my tee, as if asking permission to take it off.

I would have let him if someone didn’t knock at the door at the same time. He let go of my thighs quickly, both acting as if everything was normal.

Meg opened the door, asking if we wanted tea, and asking us why we were both covered in paint.

Liam and I looked at each other, as we bursted out laughing.

When I got out of the shower, I covered myself with a towel. At the same time, Liam entered the bathroom without knocking, which made me jump.

Fuck, I can’t wait to get rid of all this fucking paint.

You looked for it, you started first.

Oh yea? was it me? He said, a devilish smile on his face, approaching me

Please Li’, I spent half an hour getting rid of this fucking paint, don’t make me dirty again.

Oh, but what if I make ye wet? He said, grabbing the towel that covered me

Already am.

Really? And what’s under this towel?

You could find out. I answered with a seductive look.

Liam’s lips crushed on mine, kissing them in a harsh and passionate kiss. My tongue asked for entrance and deepened the kiss, until I broke it.

But not now. I asked, separating my body from his

The young lad grunted.

Fucking hell, you’ll kill me woman!

I hope not!

This night, we had to sleep in the living room, while Liam’s bedroom was drying. Liam hired a handyman to put the shelves in his bedroom, put up his double bed, hang the curtains… Because we were going to his aunt’s house the next day, and let’s say it didn’t go as planned.

December 24th 1995- Still in Manchester

Sexual tension and lust were at their climax. I was sweating in winter because my lovely boyfriend whispered sweet nothings to me then dirty things that aroused me. And we were at his aunt’s house, and this was pretty unfair.

So I decided to take revenge. I was clearly turning him on in public. I put my hand on his bulge, massaging it under the table, watching his reactions while talking with the others.

Before the dessert, I decided to go to the bathroom, sending a look to Liam that was clearly meaning “you better be joining me”.

I didn’t to tell him twice. Because less than 5 minutes after I heard someone open the door and I saw Liam appear.

I smiled.

What is it for? I asked

Are ye fucking serious? Are fucking asking me this? Don’t act fucking innocent.

But I am! I answered, crossing my legs together.

He looked at me doing it.

Well ye won’t be fer long. He said, before crushing his lips on mine

Soon, I was pinned against the door, Liam locking it, his lips on my neck, sucking a hickey on it.

I won’t do anything before you say it. I don’t wanna hurt ye like the other time.

Do it Liam. Do it.

Liam unbuckled his belt, opened his pants and boxers.

I jumped, wrapping my legs around his pelvis while he pushed my undies to the side and slowly entered me.

He held me tight and lowly moaned in my ear while I whimpered in his.

Fuck… I’ve been waiting fer this fer so long… He said

Me too Liam.

He took this as a signal and started thrusting inside me, banging my body against the door.

Liam put his hand on my mouth to keep me from moaning, while he was taking us to our highs.

As I was about to cum, we heard footsteps, and Liam immediately stopped to move.

Y/N, are ye done? I really need to take a piss! I heard Noel say while knocking at the door

Yeah, sorry, give me a minute Noely!

Just make sure it won’t stink when I’ll go there.

Shut the fuck up, I was just powdering my nose!

Ah birds…

Liam looked at me and kissed me. He let go of my body and dressed up, and I did the same before heading back to the table, while Liam passed us by with a cigarette between his lips and winked at me before outside. Noel got up and before leaving the table, spoke in my ear.

Aren’t ye at least a bit fucking ashamed? He whispered-shouted at me

Why? I answered the same

It’s not yer type to “powder yer nose”. Can’t ye both wait to be alone to go at it like bloody rabbits? When I mean make sure it won’t stink I meant sex, I knew he was with ye!

I blushed

It’s none of your business Noel.

- So Paul is the only one to accompany me? Peggy asked

- Yea soz mam, Meg is tired, I’m gonna look after her. Noel said

- Y/N and I still have furniture to order in me bedroom, maybe fer New Year’s Eve mam. Liam said

Peggy and Paul were going to midnight mass, and I wasn’t really a believer. The thing I didn’t know was that Liam lied. There was nothing to order in his bedroom.

On my way to the bathroom, while passing in front of Noel’s bedroom door, I heard low feminine moans. Noel was puffed up for telling me what he had told me at lunch, because it showed that he was no better.

I rolled my eyes and entered the bathroom to take a shower. If Noel and Meg were “tired”, so could we.

I entered the bedroom with only a towel wrapped my body while he was smoking a cigarette at the window. Oh, and Liam forgot to tell me, or omitted to tell that he had a fucking mirror installed at his ceiling, just as he told me the day before. Let’s play with that.

I let the towel fall at my feet, leaving me bare.

Did ye find the gift fer mam?

I did.

Ye didn’t tell me what it is.

A beautiful jacket I found in the US.

That’s pretty fucking cool!

Are you almost done? I asked

Why?

Dunno, listen next room and turn around.

Oh yeah, I know, I heard them.

Liam turned around, seeing me.

Oh fucking hell… He said, eyes opened wide

I’m just Y/N. I laughed

No, I mean… Fuck yer so hot, I’m so lucky…

He stood there, watching me.

Are you gonna move or are you just gonna stand there staring at me? I smiled

Liam stepped closer, laying his hand on one of my breasts.

I’m soz, it’s been a while… I mean…

That you really did it with love and for love?

Yea. I might look like a fucking virgin.

That’s cute. It’s… technically our first time together you know?

Yea, but we’re not virgins.

No, but we could make it special.

Liam laughed

Oh sweetheart, I always make it special, me.

I rolled my eyes

Liam…

Oh C’mon Y/N, I was just fucking joking. He said before crushing his lips on mine.

It was a passionate kiss, the same he gave me the same day during lunch, but this time, we would have all the time in the world to do what we wanted.

My back found the wall again, it’s like it was his favourite thing. I jumped, wrapping my legs around Liam’s pelvis, him kissing me passionately, and letting his hands wander a bit everywhere on my body.

Soon, I ended up laid on the bed, at my lover’s mercy.

He kissed every inch of me, every part, before ending on my breasts and kissing them, and taking one in his mouth, sucking on it. It caused me to shiver and to moan. I looked at him and I didn’t recognize the Liam I knew. I didn’t know he could be so romantic and so tender.

His lips made their way towards my belly, then my thighs and in between them, licking a stripe at my clit.

Oh God Liam… I whimpered

Let me take care of ye.

No man had ever made me feel like this. Not even Graham. He didn’t even have the time to. But Liam knew what he was doing. He perfectly knew.

He took my clit in between his lips and sucked on it. My hand went to wander in his hair, grabbing a fistful of them while enjoying the moment.

That’s when I felt two fingers at my entrance, pushing inside.

I groaned Liam’s name, him still focused on giving me pleasure.

Soon, my legs started shaking around his head and I was close to the top.

Fuck Liam I’m gonna…

He pulled his fingers out and his tongue away.

I don’t think so. He said a smirk on his face

I whined at the loss, but it was only a matter of seconds.

Liam took all his clothes off in a rush, impatient to feel me around him and straddled me. I could feel his hardness poke against my abdomen.

Huh… I ain’t got any condom…

I’m on the pill Liam.

That’s what I love to hear. Are ye sure? Ye want this? Ye ready?

I am.

I grabbed his face in my hands and kissed him, grinding against him. I could feel precum leak out of his tip.

He slowly entered me without effort, causing us both to moan in unison.

Liam let me get adjusted to his size, waiting for me to give him the greenlight.

I nodded and he started thrusting in me, his lips never leaving mine.

There I was, making love with Liam fucking Gallagher, something I would never have thought would happen one day. And geez, he was good at it.

Do ye love to feel me in ye? Huh? he groaned

Yes, oh yes Liam…

That’s my good girl.

His pace went deeper and faster as I clung to him, my nails digging in his back.

Fuck Y/N, ye feel so good around me…

I moaned in response.

Liam wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight while rolling his hips around mine. This man wasn’t having sex. At least, not with me.

My doubts were going away slowly with his kisses and arms wrapped around me while making love to me. Which doubts? The one that were telling me, Liam Gallagher only has sex and doesn’t make love.

He didn’t tell me he loved me yet, the time hadn’t come yet. But at this right moment, I didn’t need to hear it, because I knew it, he was showing it, proving it to me.

Soon, his movements became sloppy, and his moans were becoming louder, indicating me he was close to coming.

Hold me sweetheart… hold me tight… he groaned

I did what he asked, and this was overwhelming to me.

Liam…

Me too baby.

My legs started trembling again, trying to stay around Liam’s waist, as my walls convulsed around him.

Yer gonna make me cum! He groaned

I came before him, my whole body shivering while holding on to him for dear life, tears spilling from my eyes. I may have gotten a bit emotional with my orgasm washing over me and the situation I was in. Why? Because a part of me thought I didn’t deserve to be loved.

I felt Liam’s lips stutter against mine, coming in white ropes of cum, painting my walls and yelling my name.

His body collapsed on mine, his head falling in my neck, out of breath.

That’s when Noel banged his hand on the wall.

Oi won’t you two fucking shut up? we’re trying to sleep!

You liar, ye just can’t cum because ye hear me having good sex with me bird! Liam shouted

I’m gonna kill this kid. I heard him say lowly

Liam and I laughed at this.

Don’t worry Noely, don’t worry Meg, we’re done, you can keep being tired! I pursued

I heard Noel scream with annoyance, making us laugh again.

Well, seem I found someone like me… Liam said, looking at me, smiling

Oh like you? I can be worse.

No one’s worse than me.

I confirm! Noel shouted

Fuck off, try to have a hard on for yer bird and piss off! Liam answered to his brother

Oh Noel would make us regret this the day after, without a doubt.

Mind a shower? I didn’t wash yet.

Is it your way to propose a second round?

Maybe, only if you want it.

Can you go at it again?

Who do ye think I am? Of course I can!

Liam… Don’t forget that you’re still a human male. It would be normal if you felt tired, I wouldn’t be mad at you, I’m not like the groupies you previously fucked. I’m your girlfriend.

But still my groupie, right?

Yeah, but I don’t have high expectations like them. You can behave normally with me. You know it and you know I hate it. I prefer the romantic and tender Liam who had his arms wrapped around me and asking me to hold him tight.

No one has ever told me that…

Well there’s a first to everything.

This is the first time someone makes me understand that they really like me for who I am.

That’s the truth. I’m honest, always have been.

He kissed me again, getting emotional.

Thank you, Y/N.

No, thank you.

As I said, I finally found someone like me.

And so did I.

#liam gallagher smut #liam gallagher fluff #liam gallagher fanfic #liam gallagher oneshot #liam and noel #noel gallagher x reader #oasis band #oasis

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ILC Dover XM44 Experimental Protective Mask

Development beginning in the late 1980's, the XM44 Series Masks were originally intended to replace all the different gas masks in service at the time (M17A2, M40, MCU-2/P, ABC-M24, M25/M25A1, M43 Type II, etc.), but would ultimately be sidelined as an aircrew mask program (XM45).

The XM44/45 would ultimately be redesigned with ultrasonic welded plastic components between 1992-1995 and would be adopted as the Mask, Chemical-Biological, M45 in 1998.

There is also good evidence to believe Special Operations Forces had been testing the XM44 series since their introduction.

Far from complete and somewhat of a Frankenstein example, my specimen is sadly missing the nosecup valve and blanking plugs as well as being a size large while the hood is a small/medium.

If anyone is looking to trade a medium for a large facepiece or just has a medium facepiece to let go of, feel free to give me or @bureau-of-mines a shout.

#gas mask #xm44 #xm44 gas mask #experimental gas mask #ilc dover #m45 gas mask

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supernatural s11e3 the bad seed (w. brad buckner, eugenie ross-leming)

who brought the janky subaru to the mega coven? rowena looking fabulous per usual. oh, i guess she's in a ... scrapyard? keeping it classy

i think i might need to go back to being a little bit high to watch this show. downside is it messes with my ability to remember a bit more than my usual garbage memory (though it is mostly offset by making these posts). upside.. easier to let things roll off my back.

SAM Well, God kicked this thing's ass once before, right? DEAN Yeah, it'd be nice if he put down the Mai Tai and show up for work. CASTIEL I wouldn't count on it. SAM It's possible he's around. Closer than we think, you know? DEAN What makes you say that?

dean not talking about his ~bond~ with the darkness, sam not saying how he had some freaky flashbacks after praying to god. and almost dying from the zombie juice. sigh. i don't like complaining this much either!

DEAN Come on, Crowley, pick up. I've left you a dozen messages. Why isn't he answering the phone? SAM Because he's a dick, and that's not breaking news.

lol good one, sam

DEAN You know where you are? What's the date? CASTIEL Earth. Several billion years from the beginning.

there's the snarky cas i can get behind

i am 90% convinced they foley'd in a sloshing sound when he initially sat up, but the clinking chains and the groaning has me not totally sure

LOL sam pulling his hand back slowly during this explanation. also good job with the captioning an accented e netflix :p

little angel and demon worker bee bonding at the bar about the bosses being useless, how very good omens

using my boop boop 10+ year makeup fixation i'm like, I KNOW THIS.

that ultra thin compact design is unusual and screams luxury. searching the brain archives and i'm fairly certain that's a marc jacobs bronzer or contour compact. not that i ever bought or used one. but 2015 for sure was still in the thick of the fixation which included lots of beauty youtube

anyway.

CROWLEY That's God for you. Not really thought out. The whole big bang thing? More of a big bust. I mean, boom, bang, stars, evolution, Taylor Swift. I'm guessing you'd have done things differently.

again, how does this jive with other gods?

getups are reminding me of the airport scene disguises in 12 monkeys (1995) crossed with dodgson from jurassic park. i know it's all generic but brain's always trying to find connections

very nice handwritten instructions they left cas with

ooh a slightly messy desktop, zooming in with glee. *come on, untitled 1 and 2, make a comeback!* shame. but it's all on-brand. and that chonky hard drive, 1.5+TB

i know the fetishizing asian women is dean's Thing, but could we please PLEASE fucking drop it.

are we gonna odd couple our way to all work together against amara?

i thought he was familiar, it's rafe from the magicians!

the magicians s2e13 we have brought you little cakes - sergio osuna as rafe

ROWENA You wouldn't think a road trip with two such strapping lads could be this tedious. Shall we have a wee sing-song?

oh, see, sam is not telling dean so many things i've lost track. almost dying and talking to god and getting an answer-ish, deal with rowena to remove the mark paid with crowley's (unsuccessful) death, what else

SAM Look, I was gonna tell you. Obviously, nothing ever came of it, so I-I figured there was no point, you know? DEAN No point, huh? ROWENA I-I mean, I see what Dean's saying. Your wee pal Castiel wouldn't be in this pickle if you'd done what you'd promised. I would've had no reason to cast the attack dog spell if Crowley were already dead. Excellent point. DEAN It's not my point. Sam knows my point. Keyword -- secrets. ROWENA Ah, well, I'm just glad I got the conversation flowing. Family relations are a speciality of mine.

can we just get rowena to spill the beans on all their bullshit lies and be done with it?

this show will make any excuse to beat the shit out of dean and get him on his knees, bleeding

SAM Hey. You should keep applying that. DEAN Thanks, mom. You just keep the beers comin'.

like you wouldn't nag sam the same way

CASTIEL Dean, I can fix that. DEAN No, no. It's fine, Cas. Besides, I had it comin'.

doing penance, how very dean. had it comin for what now? trying to scroll through dean's latest fuckups but keeping track of his with sam and the world at large (and sam with him and the world) and castiel apparently is Too Much.

ah i didn't notice until scrolling through the trivia bits on the wiki that jackles directed this one too

#supernatural #spnwatch #spn 11x03 #hiky #spnhiky #sergio osuna #the magicians #brad buckner #eugenie ross leming #laughing at myself for making two references to jurassic park and not even realizing it

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1990s Techno Playlist

Jeez, I really haven't updated this thing in almost a year?!? That's kinda crazy. Anyway, I have a couple songs to add this week to this 90s techno playlist of mine, with one from the Netherlands' Djax-Up-Beats label and the other from Germany's Harthouse label, the latter of which was famously co-founded by dance music legend and pioneer Sven Väth.

So, the first addition here comes courtesy of a Chicago native named DJ Skull, who in 1995 put out Hard Drive, a double 12-inch that closes out with a pretty terrific tune called "Graveyard Orchestra." This is a song that really feels like one of those cruising-through-the-city-on-a-weekend-night kinda deals. Placid strings undergird both a bevy of percussive bits as well as a fun and fuzzy keyboard melody, and it also has a lovely beginning too, which sees more and more elements progressively added, until the four-on-the-floor drum eventually satisfyingly hits, and then the whole thing just proceeds to coast 😎. Currently sitting at over 18,000 plays.

And the other tune I added this week is by Belgium's Frank de Wulf, whose dope as hell, techno-funky banger, "Drums in a Grip," first appeared on a Harthouse compilation in 1995 called Dark Hearts 2. This is one that feels kinda simple in its composition, but it was clearly made for partying to and is just so irresistibly groovy and infectious. I mean, there's really no such thing as mainstream techno—at least in North America—but this is one for the main room of the club, where all the relatively normal people congregate, rather than the dark and dank basement dwellings where a lot of other techno tunes on this playlist happen to sound like the perfect fit for. But be that as it may, "Drums in a Grip" still only has a hair over 18,000 plays on Spotify 😕.

DJ Skull - "Graveyard Orchestra" Frank de Wulf - "Drums in a Grip"

And now for the YouTube version of this playlist, which comes with both of those DJ Skull and Frank de Wulf tunes, but also a bunch of other bonus tracks that can't be found on Spotify at all! I'm not gonna write about every single one of the songs that I added to it this week, but I'd be totally remiss if I didn't at least mention the hypnotic power of German trio Traveller's highly percussive 1997 track, "Motion," which originally appeared on the group's second and final release, a 12-inch on Harthouse called Two. This is a tune that really sounds like a combination of a bunch of different things, including:

a series of very tightly packed and wound stabs which form the track's overall foundation and sound like a washing machine that's running off-kilter;

another piece of percussion that's laid over that foundation and sounds like a bouncing tennis ball;

a constant rhythmic ringing that sounds like you need to pull your car over to the side of the road so you can take a look under the hood and figure out what's wrong with it.

A uniquely excellent tune, to say the least, that's currently at under 5,900 plays on YouTube across a few different uploads.

Patrick Lindsey - "That Phat Jive" Earth Nation - "Educated (Untouched Mix)" Alter Ego vs. David Holmes - "The Evil Needle" Mould Impression - "Bits & Strings" Traveller - "Motion"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So, with this update, the Spotify version of this playlist now has 33 songs that clock in at 3 hours and 50 minutes, but the YouTube one now has 72 songs that clock in at 7 hours and 55 minutes! So if you want something lengthy that's packed with much more overlooked and underappreciated techno goodies, then the YouTube one is definitely for you! 😊

And if 3h50m and 7h55m sounds like way too much techno for you, consider listening to some of these other 90s techno playlists that I've made and are broken down by year:

1996 Techno: YouTube / YouTube Music 1997 Techno: Spotify / YouTube / YouTube Music

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!

#techno #dance #dance music #electronic #electronic music #music #90s #90s music #90's #90's music #spotify playlist #spotify playlists #youtube playlist #youtube playlists #youtube music playlist #youtube music playlists

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ACADEMIC BLOG POST 7- Brim and Firestone: Politics and Art of the Rust Belt

Akron, Ohio is bleeding out. After gaining the title of the "Rubber Capital of the World" and scoring a decent set of unions in the 1950s, those in charge moved all of their labour elsewhere, with more workers who would agree to be paid less. The subsequent migration and loss of jobs left Akron a shell of its former self, adding to the list of towns in urban decline across the Eastern United States after the lifeblood of their unionised workers were gone. My grandfather used to work at Goodyear as a union steward, probably not in the image below, but right where he couldn't escape.

Figure 1, 2: Exterior and interior of the Goodyear Airdock, which is now a weapons manufacturing site

The Eastern United States is densely populated, so even when folks migrated out there was enough culture left to form a broken identity still present within the community today.

One of the animated projects I'm completing this semester focuses on another industry of the Rust Belt, coal mining, and the dangers of not respecting your workers.

These are earlier concepts, but I figured it would be valuable to show process! In designing these characters, I've gone through my physical family records to see what a miner would wear-- the suit on the boss is meant to show that he is utterly unprepared to expedition or indeed for interaction with one of his workers. I am trying to simplify my character designs for ease of animation and increased empathy.

Bibliography

Devadoss, C. (2023). ‘Examining Rust Belt narratives: Race, rural representation, and everyday experiences’. Journal of Rural Studies, 100, p.103010. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103010.

Joel, B. (1982). Allentown. [Song] Columbia: Phil Ramone.

Springsteen, B. (1995). Youngstown. [Song] Columbia.

US Navy (1932). USS Macon (ZRS-5) Under construction in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation hangar at Akron, Ohio. [Photograph] Available at: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-42000/NH-42021.html [Accessed 21 Nov. 2023].

Walley, C.J. (2015). Transmedia as experimental ethnography: The Exit Zero Project, deindustrialization, and the politics of nostalgia. American Ethnologist, 42(4), pp.624–639. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12160.

Wilson, D. and Heil, M. (2020). Decline machines and economic development: rust belt cities and Flint, Michigan. Urban Geography, pp.1–21. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1840736.

#ma animation #my art #digital #ma digitalmedia #academicblogdm

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Comfort Tag Game

tagged by my beloved @strafethesesinners to do this and i love to talk about me so 🤡🤡

Comfort movie:

hard to choose one! Nope (2022) just made the list. A Little Princess (1995), Holes (2003), ParaNorman (2012), Clue (1985), Knives Out (2019), O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000), and i know generic to say but the jackass films. i grew up with those guys cuz i was super into tony hawk games, whole personality before the age of 10.

Comfort food:

i’m a soup girlie lmao i love soups. corn chowder is my favorite but ive also been eating a lot of fried tofu lately. but comfort? fried bologna on white with spicy brown mustard or liverwurst on rye with spicy brown mustard with a fuckoff dill pickle on the side. mom always made fried bologna on cold days, and liverwurst was my deli order!! :P

Comfort clothing:

my insanely oversized washed out cowboy bebop hoodie that is longer than most of my shorts. baby i love you. also my two favorite flannels; an oversized saturated red one thats very warm that i confiscated from my father (mine now), and the nasty yellow/green washed out one that looks like vomit. goes with everything. also the sweatshorts ive spent all of this summer in. babygirl i love you.

Comfort song:

don’t do this to me. when i was 2 years old i declared this my favorite song and it’s still my favorite song. it’s also my mom’s favorite song. im sure something can be read into that. I Love My Mother. Night Moves by Bob Seger

Mr. Bojangles by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboys by Elton John Wildflowers by Tom Petty Bedroom by Hobby Club

yes they all have a similar vibe shut up.

Comfort book:

BOOK? oh i have not done much reading as of late.... there’s a book series called the candle series and the first one is “Blue Is For Nightmares” and it’s the first book series that got me heavily into reading. a distant family member got them for me when i was like.... 7 lmao. i <3 them

Comfort game:

BULLY!!!! bully: scholarship edition. bully the original. idc i love that funky lil game. night in the woods, animal crossing, stardew valley, far cry 5... (the banjo ambiance...), and yeah as strafe said, dishonored 1. there’s just... something about it. i’m all about Comfort but sometimes i need different types of comfort. and thats why The Cat Lady is also on this list <33

tagging: @adelaidedrubman, @florbelles, @ishwaris, @necro-hamster, @nuclearstorms, @aceghosts, @shallow-gravy, @stacispratt, @turbo-virgins, @civilization-illstayrighthere, @8bitpizzacoupons, @dirtyimbecile, @edenmaiden, @princehendir, @chickenparm, @dumpsterhipster

#me

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teachingmycattoread · 11 months

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Things We’ve Yelled About This Episode #3.5

Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett

Who Let The Dogs Out, Baha Men (youtube)

Guards! Guards! official synopsis

Monty Python

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Baldrick; character from Blackadder (1983-1989)

Chris Evans (imdb)

Chris Evans is a dorito - Buzzfeed explains here s

I’m not mad i’m just disappointed (tvtropes)

Himbo (urban dictionary)

Drinking your respect women juice (urban dictionary) e

Blackadder (1983-1989)

Thin Blue Line (1995-1996)

Pixar

This scene from Shrek 2 (2004)

D&D

Rose Tyler; character from Doctor Who (2004-) - referencing this post specifically

Beowulf (our episode here)

Square-cube law (wiki)

How To Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell

How To Train Your Dragon (2010)

Separating vortices (wiki)

Supersonic shockwaves (wiki)

Reynolds number (wiki)

Greebo, Tiffany Aching; Discworld characters, Terry Pratchett

“All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!

I have a duty!”, The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett

Vimes as an urban witch courtesy of this post

Headology, Discworld (wiki)

Klatchian Foreign Legion, Discworld (wiki)

Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

Jingo, Terry Pratchett

"There was a clink as Vime's badge was set down neatly on the table.

"I don't have to take this," Vimes said calmly.

"Oh, so you'd rather be a civilian, would you?"

“A watchman is a civilian, you inbred streak of piss”.

Rust's brain erased the sounds that his ears could not possibly have heard." p. 169, Jingo, Terry Pratchett

Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

Rincewind the Wizzard; Discworld character, Terry Pratchett

Swords and sorcery (wiki)

The Mended Drum/The Broken Drum, Discworld (wiki)

Raymond Chandler

"Of all the gin joints in all the world," Casablanca (1942)

Disney

Unable to find the origins of the "x o'clock and all's well" formula but the wikipedia page for "Watchman (law enforcement)" mentions that part of their job was to call out the hour. Also see this scene from Disney's Robin Hood

Robin Hood (1973)

The Horse and His Boy, C. S. Lewis

Aladdin (1992)

Alas, there does not appear to have been a Carry On Robin Hood film (Carry On Robbin'! it practically writes itself!)

Robin Hood (2006-2009)

Errol Flynn (imdb)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie (our episode here)

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie (our episode here)

Language localisation (wiki)

" "One of nature's wonders, gentlemen. Mother and children dining upon mother and children. And that is when I first learned about evil. It is built into the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior." " Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett

Lady Sybil; Discworld character, Terry Pratchett

"And Susan was bright enough to know that the phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'. But someone ought to do something, and right now the whole pool of someones consisted of her, and no one else." , p.115, Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett

Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett

Macbeth, William Shakespeare

Elon Musk Neuralink (wiki)

Mansplain, manipulate, malewife (meme)

You are like little baby, watch this (meme)

Temeraire, Naomi Novik

Star Wars

The Clone Wars (2008-2020)

Coruscant Guard (wiki)

Epistolary genre (wiki)

Kubernetes (official website)

Whine About It (youtube)

The Lion King (1994)

To Be Or Not To Be, Ryan North

Dinosaur Comics

Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus (wiki)

Our planning episode here

Cat Rating

8.75

What Else Are We Reading?

Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

Daisy Jones and the Sixth, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Daisy Jones and the Sixth (2023)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Shadow and Bone (2021 - )

Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo

Next Time On Teaching My Cat to Read

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

#tmctr #tmctr ref

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Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

Marseille, France, 1928, Gaston Castel, architect

By Roger Jones

The former headquarters of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, designed in the art deco style by Marseille architect Gaston Castel and completed in 1928, stands at the corner of the Boulevard des Dames and the Quai de la Joliette (address 61 boulevard des Dames, Marseille 13002). A 1945 addition extended the building to the south along the Quai de la Joliette.

Situated next to the Port of Marseille, the area is now a part of the massive Euroméditerranée district, which since 1995 has transformed the city north of its Vieux Port. Beginning in 2015, the landmark building was incorporated into a massive redevelopment project now known as Le Castel Héritage.

Upon its completion, the journal La Construction Moderne of 15 September 1929 (p. 622, translation mine) described the building:

Standing for several months now on the Boulevard des Dames, at the angle of the Quai de la Joliette, is the new building of the Agence de la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, conceived in a very particular manner by Gaston Castel, architect D.P.L.G and Prix de Rome. It’s a large building with white facades, blinding in the sunlight, flanked by a tower, which when I passed was awaiting its clock, and partly obscured by an exterior concrete stairway which rises to an elevated covered passage leading to the quai, with its rolling trains of merchandise, tramways, and cargo trucks.

The building also borders the quai, and faces its own hangars of the Compagnie Générale, rising between the public way and the Bassin de la Joliette….

The Compagnie Générale

Constructed in the "modern" style to serve the passengers and cargo of the Transatlantic Company, also known as the French Line, the building housed ticketing, cargo, and business offices.

Established in 1855 by the brothers Émile and Issac Péreire, the Compagnie Générale (CGT) was originally charged with transporting mails to North America. The company's first vessel, SS Washington, first sailed on 15 June 1864. The company would later gain fame in the 1910s and 1930s with its prestigious ocean liners such as SS Paris, SS Île de France, and especially SS Normandie.

CGT ocean liners were often symbolic works of art of their time, intended to represent an image of France abroad. The quality of services aboard, such as that of meals and wines, were renowned and attracted a wealthy clientele.

The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique became the Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) in 1976. The building was in use until 2012, when SNCM sold it to the Groupe Eiffage-Anf for €18 miliion.

Location of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (red), La Joliette, Marseille

Le Castel Héritage, Bd. des Dames and Quai de la Joliette (137)

Gaston Castel

The son of a masonry contractor, Gaston Castel was born on August 1, 1886. In 1907 he was the first student to pass the entrance examination for the new regional school of architecture in Marseille. From 1909 to 1913 he was a student at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris; he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in architecture in 1913.

Gaston Castel

In 1918 Castel was named Departmental Architect of the Bouches-du-Rhône, of which Marseille is the capital. He gained local fame through his rebuilding of the Marseille Opera House, which had been destroyed by fire, and his designs for local monuments. In 1924 (with a further addition in 1930) he designed his own residence/atelier in the art deco style, now known as the Maison Gaston Castel.

In the interwar period he often worked with his friend the sculptor Antoine Sartorio (1885-1988). Castel was a member of the Academy of Marseille. He was appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1926 and Commander in 1932. From 1952 he was a professor at the School of Architecture in Marseille.

Following World War II, Castel designed several notable large residential buildings adjacent to the Vieux Port, in the area that had been leveled during the war. Castel died February 9, 1971, in Marseille.

Below are the scanned pages of La Construction Moderne, a weekly review of architecture, of 15 September 1929, which featured the Compagnie Générale. View a PDF version here:

Other Views:

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, with passenger bridge and view of Quai de la Joliette, c. 1929-30

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, corner of Rue Mazenod and Bd. des Dames

An additional view of the interior of the building, the First Class office. Source: https://tourisme-marseille.com/fiche/ancien-siege-de-la-sncm-le-castel-marseille/

Detail of stair railing, fabricated by Edgar Brandt

Mural: "Ligne Atlantique"

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, general view, before redevelopment

Redevelopment

The original Castel building is now part of a large multi-use complex called Le Castel Héritage.

According to the article Le Castel Héritage, Ancien Siège de la SNCM, 1928 on the Tourisme-Marseille website:

The 4 existing facades of [the original Gaston Castel building ]have been renovated according to the methods and prescriptions of historical monuments. The parts of the project being reconstructed and raised will be clad in smooth materials ensuring the sober and lustrous appearance sought as a counterpoint to Gaston Castel's matte and mineral architecture of the historic Art Deco [block]. Part of an ambitious mixed real estate program bringing together offices, 4-star tourism residences and high-end shops, this prestigious residence offers a wide range of 112 new apartments from studios to 5-room apartments offering panoramic views of the bay of Marseille.” [English translation]

The Marseille architectural firm Poissonnier-Ferran was chosen to lead the restructuring operation. According to the website of the developer, some of the original interior spaces have been preserved. From the exterior views, however, the new construction almost overpowers the original corner building.

Sources / Links:

https://www.frenchlines.com/en/collections/photographs/

https://dossiersinventaire.maregionsud.fr/dossier/edifice-commercial-agence-portuaire-de-la-compagnie-generale-transatlantique/1e39fdcf-0dbe-41df-9fa2-6b743aa5ba85

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