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kathyprior4200 · 2 years

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Gods and Goddesses List

List of Goddesses (not counting closed cultures)

Greek: 44

Roman: 23

Norse/Celtic: 43

Egyptian: 40

Sumerian/Mesopotamian: 19

Hindu: 12

Aditi (Hindu)

Andraste (Celtic)

Aine (Irish)

Althea (Greek)

Airmid (Irish)

Aramati (Hindu)

Ama (Sumerian)

Amaunet (Egyptian)

Amaterasu (Japanese)

Ammit (Egyptian)

Anat (Canaanite)

Anut (Egyptian)

Arachne (Greek)

Ashtar (Mesopotamian)

Arianhod (Welsh)

Amphitrite (Greek)

Ananke (Greek)

Apate (Greek)

Aurora (Roman Eos)

Asherah (Hebrew)

Ashnan (Sumerian)

Astraea (Greek)

Aunket (Egyptian)

Aphrodite (Greek)

Artemis (Greek)

Asteria (Greek)

Athena (Greek)

Atlanta (Greek)

Badb (Irish)

Branwen (Welsh)

Bastet (Egyptian)

Bata (Egyptian)

Bellona (Roman)

Bharati (Hindu)

Brigid (Irish)

Blodeuwedd (Welsh)

Baubo (Greek)

Cailleach (Scottish)

Carmenta (Roman)

Cear Ibormeith (Irish)

Ceres (Roman Demeter)

Cerridwen (Irish)

Circe (Greek)

Concordia (Greek)

Coventina (English)

Damkina (Sumerian)

Damara (Celtic)

Danu (Irish)

Demeter (Greek)

Deshtri (Hindu)

Devi (Hindu)

Diana (Roman Artemis)

Dike (Greek)

Discordia (Roman Eris)

Durga (Irish)

Egeria (Roman)

Eir (Norse)

Elen (Welsh)

Epona (Irish)

Eos (Greek)

Eris (Greek)

Eirenne (Greek)

Ereshkigal (Sumerian)

Erinyes (Greek)

Fides (Roman)

Filadia (Irish)

Fortuna (Roman)

Frau Holle (Germanic)

Freyja (Norse)

Frigg (Norse)

Fulla (Norse)

Gaia (Greek)

Greek Muses (Greek)

Gefjon (Norse)

Green Tara (Buddhism)

Gula (Sumerian)

Gwendydd (Celtic)

Harmonia (Greek)

Hathor (Egyptian)

Hatmehit (Egyptian)

Hecate (Greek)

Hedetet (Egyptian)

Heket (Egyptian)

Hel (Norse)

Henwen (English)

Heqet (Egyptian)

Hera (Greek)

Hebe (Greek)

Hemera (Greek)

Hestia (Greek)

Hygeia (Greek)

Ida (Greek)

Idunn (Norse)

Iris (Greek)

Inanna (Sumerian)

Indrani (Hindu)

Isthar (Mesopotamian)

Isis (Egyptian)

Iuasaas (Egyptian)

Juno (Roman Hera)

Juventas (Roman Hebe)

Kali (Hindu)

Ki (Sumerian)

Kwan Yin (Chinese)

Kauket (Egyptian)

Lakshimi (Hindu)

Leto (Greek)

Lilith (Hebrew)

Luna (Roman Selene)

Ma’at (Egyptian)

Maeve (Irish)

Mabb (Welsh)

Macha (Irish)

Maia (Greek)

Maitri (Hindu)

Mafdet (Egyptian)

Medusa (Greek)

Mnemosyne (Greek)

Medb (Irish)

Mehet Weret (Egyptian)

Menhit (Egyptian)

Meretseger (Egyptian)

Meskhenet (Egyptian)

Metis (Greek)

Minerva (Roman Athena)

Morgen Le Fey (Welsh/Briton)

Morrigan (Irish)

Mother Mary (Christian)

Mut (Egyptian)

Nahmauit (Egyptian)

Namagiri (Hindu)

Nammu (Sumerian)

Nanna (Norse)

Nanshe (Sumerian)

Neith (Egyptian)

Nehalennia (Germanic)

Nekhbet (Egyptian)

Nemesis (Greek)

Nephthys (Egyptian)

Ninhursag (Sumerian)

Nidaba (Sumerian)

Ninlil (Sumerian)

Ningal (Sumerian)

Nisaba (Sumerian)

Ninkasi (Sumerian)

Nike (Greek)

Nott (Norse)

The Norns (Norse)

Nut (Egyptian)

Nyx (Greek)

Olwen (Celtic)

Ostara (Germanic)

Pandora (Greek)

Parvati (Hindu)

Pakhet (Egyptian)

Pax (Roman Eirene)

Persephone (Greek)

Proserpina (Roman Persephone)

Phoebe (Greek)

Phanes (Greek)

Pomona (Roman)

Pontos (Greek)

Psyche (Greek)

Pythia (Greek)

Rati (Hindu)

Rhea (Greek)

Renenet (Egyptian)

Renpet (Egyptian)

Rhiannon (Welsh)

Saraswati (Hindu)

Salacia (Roman Neptune wife)

Salus (Roman Hygeia)

Satet (Egyptian)

Sarpanit (Sumerian)

Sekhmet (Egyptian)

Selene (Roman)

Serket (Egyptian)

Selkis (Egyptian)

Seshat (Egyptian)

Shelia-na-gig (Irish)

Sif (Norse)

Sirtir (Sumerian)

Sita (Hindu)

Sigyn (Norse)

Skadi (Norse)

Skuld (Norse)

Sopdet (Egyptian)

Taweret (Egyptian)

Tayet (Egyptian)

Tefnut (Egyptian)

Tellus (Roman Gaia)

Theia (Greek)

Themis (Greek)

Tiamat (Sumerian)

Trivia (Roman Hecate)

Tyche (Roman Fortuna)

Wadjet (Egyptian)

Wosyet (Egyptian)

Unut (Egyptian)

Venus (Roman Aphrodite)

Vesta (Roman Hestia)

Victoria (Roman Nike)

Voluspa (Norse)

List of Gods (not counting closed cultures)

Greek: 21

Roman: 9

Norse/Celtic: 15

Egyptian: 20

Sumerian/Mesopotamian: 8

Hindu: 11

Achilles (Greek)

Adonis (Greek)

Anhur (Egyptian)

Apollo (Greek)

Apollo (Roman)

An (Sumerian)

Amergin (Irish)

Amon (Egyptian)

Amun Ra (Egyptian)

Asclepius (Greek)

Anubis (Egyptian)

Angus (Irish)

Ares (Greek)

Archangel Azrael (Christian)

Atlas (Greek)

Bacchus (Roman Dionysus)

Baldr (Norse)

Bes (Egyptian)

Brahma (Hindu)

Bragi (Norse)

Buddha (Buddhism)

Cernunnos (Celtic)

Chronos (Greek)

Dadga (Irish)

Diancecht (Irish)

Dionysus (Greek)

Dyaus (Hindu)

Ea (Sumerian)

Enki (Sumerian)

Enlil (Sumerian)

Eros (Greek)

Erebos (Greek)

Evander (Greek)

Echidna (Greek)

Fenrir (Norse)

Archangel Gabriel (Christian)

Ganesha (Hindu)

Geb (Egyptian)

Gilgamesh (Sumerian)

Green Man

Goibhniu (Irish)

Hades (Greek)

Hanuman (Hindu)

Helios (Greek)

Hesperides (Greek)

Hephaestus (Greek)

Hercules (Greek)

Hermes (Greek)

Horus (Egyptian)

Hu (Egyptian)

Hyperion (Greek)

Hypnos (Greek)

Indra (Hindu)

Jesus (Christian)

Jupiter (Roman Zeus)

Kama (Hindu)

Khonsu (Egyptian)

Krishna (Hindu)

Khnum (Egyptian)

Khepri (Egyptian)

Loki (Norse)

Archangel Lucifer (Christianity)

Lugh (Irish)

Mars (Roman Ares)

Archangel Metatron (Christian)

Mercury (Roman Hermes)

Min (Egyptian)

Archangel Michael (Christian)

Nabu (Sumerian)

Nanna (Sumerian)

Narcissus (Greek)

Neptune (Roman Poseidon)

Nuada (Irish)

Odin (Norse)

Oghma (Irish)

Ouranos (Greek)

Orion (Greek)

Osiris (Egyptian)

Pan (Greek)

Perseus (Greek)

Poseidon (Greek)

Pluto (Roman Hades)

Prometheus (Greek)

Ptah (Egyptian)

Ra (Egyptian)

Archangel Raphael (Christian)

Saturn (Roman Chronos)

Shamash (Mesopotamian)

Shiva (Hindu)

Set (Egyptian)

Sia (Egyptian)

Sobek (Egyptian)

Shu (Egyptian)

Thor (Norse)

Thoth (Egyptian)

Typhon (Greek)

Tvastri (Hindu)

Tyr (Norse)

Archangel Uriel (Christian)

Utu (Mesopotamian)

Varuna (Hindu)

Vishnu (Hindu)

Vulcan (Roman Hephaestus)

Zeus (Greek)

Greek total: 65

Roman total: 32

Norse/Celtic total: 58

Egyptian total: 60

Sumerian/Mesopotamian total: 27

Hindu total: 23

Goddesses: 195

Gods: 95

Total: 290

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phoebespenglerofficial · 6 months

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Hi Phoebe,

Congratulations on becoming a bona fide Buster.

Are you going to learn anything new that you are done with training and orientation? Like, any new classes that interest you? I'm into art and space science.

Hi Anon,

Thank you so much! 🙂

That is a good question. I would like to learn more about advanced mathematics and inventions.

Art is good therapy, and and space is pretty cool too.

-Phoebe

#ghostbusters #blurb #my asks

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phoebe-of-ivalice · 2 years

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♗: What has their character arc been like?

Phoebe’s journey is progressively pushing into a dark place. Its a slow transformation brought on by years of negligence and revenge seeking. She puts on a strong front, holding in a gray area for a long time while she struggles with her place in a world that doesn’t really know who she is.

The beginning shows her as a child yearning for life beyond her own village. It is taken away from her, stolen by an army of pillaging Garleans. Left homeless, her one surviving family member forced into slavery, she is forced to find her own way. She lives off the streets, stealing to stay barely alive until she is taken in by an assassin’s league disguised as a convent. This is where a majority of her youth is spent, being pushed to her physical and mental limits in training. She is honed into a weapon, to destroy and never feel. But she does feel, and that is ultimately her downfall.

I am currently reworking Phoebe’s background to try and work in a more defined arc so hopefully I will be able to put up some original content soon! Thank you @amissa-fide for your submission, I appreciate it!

#character asks #oc: phoebe venatrix #amissa fide #thank you for the asks!

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bananaofswifts · 2 years

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Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: The most beautifully reconstructed pop record of 2021

The latest arrival in Swift's ongoing series of re-recordings is nothing short of stunning

5.0 rating

By Mark Sutherland

The original ‘Red’ marked the moment that Taylor Swift moved from country music’s brightest star to bona fide pop icon. Swift’s nascent songwriting genius combined with Max Martin’s proven pop production polish to create something so irresistible the whole world swooned.

But that renders replicating its magic nine years on no small task. Since 2012, Swift has reinvented herself multiple times, most recently with the sublime lockdown indie-folk of ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’. To travel back to the musical mindset of ‘22’ and ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’ should be nigh-on impossible. After all, ‘Red’ was a masterpiece, so why risk tearing it all up?

But then Swift is only actually interested in tearing up old deals via her righteous mission to reclaim control of her master recordings, sold first to Scooter Braun, then moved on to private equity firm Shamrock Capital. And the most refreshing thing about her re-recordings programme is, that while faceless businessmen have treated these songs as mere numbers on a spreadsheet, Swift handles them with love and respect, however much she has grown since.

So the album’s emotional core remains – as ‘22’ notes – “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”, a glorious gamut of feelings and styles that remains as irresistible now as it did when it first shimmied into our lives.

And, while the occasional guitar seems a little edgier and Max Martin himself doesn’t appear to have directly worked on these versions (trusted lieutenant and original co-producer Shellback does the honours, alongside others, on those songs “for MXM Productions”), ‘Red’’s astoundingly deep original tracklist is flawlessly recreated. It may be hard to imagine Swift coming up with something as frothy as ‘Stay Stay Stay’ in 2021, but to hear her sing it with the same guileless delight as in 2012 is a joy. And ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’’s superlative delivery of the line, “Hide away and find your piece of mind/With some indie record that’s much cooler than mine”, shows Swift either knows she’s now made two alternative albums greatly superior to whatever her errant beau was listening to at the time, or she’s really been working on her sarcasm skills during lockdown.

And then there Swift’s reinterpretations of tracks that didn’t make the final ‘Red’ cut. We get her own, wonderful takes on ‘Babe’ and ‘Better Man’, songs that became huge country hits for Sugarland and Little Big Town respectively. And she collaborates with Phoebe Bridgers on brilliantly bittersweet alt-ballad ‘Nothing New’; with Chris Stapleton on classic country cuss ‘I Bet You Think About Me’; and with fellow now-superstar Ed Sheeran on the heartfelt ‘Run’, a downhome companion to the main album’s ‘Everything Has Changed’.

The album’s greatest moment, however, comes from Swift alone. ‘All Too Well’ has long been acknowledged as perhaps her greatest ever song, but the extended version here is truly astounding. Already home to the stunning couplet “You call me up again just to break me like a promise/So casually cruel in the name of being honest”, this rendition is peppered with similarly staggering lines throughout 10 minutes of quiet devastation that show the true worth of Swift as both songwriter and artists’ rights crusader.

That’s why, in the battle of rouge against the industry machine, Red wins every time. And that’s why the most beautifully constructed pop record of 2012 is now the most beautifully reconstructed pop record of 2021.

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machinesandman · 2 years

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Vocalization Headcanon Guide Bold what applies to your muse, Italicize situational ones. Crossout what does not apply ever. Feel free to add your own suggestions and carry it on.

► ACCENT

► ELOQUENCE

► TONE

loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │seductive │velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │ suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative

► HABITS

refers to self in third person│ incorporates different languages/terms/sayings │ uses gender-specific terms │ adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children│ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames │ uses terms of respect towards others | shift in body language around friends

► OTHER BITS

Long ago, when Shaska had still been known as Shelly, she had been taught to project her voice and make sure she was heard, not swept under the rug. Combine that lesson with all of her teachings and constantly around scientists, young Shelly developed quite the colorful personality and bright eyed eagerness for all things organic and robotic. Far too hopeful and willing to work for a brighter tomorrow and equality. That was all horribly broken a hundred years down the line, and the more serious side take over. But at times that vibrant original self shines through. Well educated in many ways and clever, it reflects in how she speaks and fast thinking on some subjects. But when talking more softly and gentle, its from the heart, if someone hears that from her, then she well and truly wants to help or cares about you. But if the tone is low, and not backing down, then Shaska is prepared to either verbally roast you, or physically throw down. There is no bitch pedal.

► VOICE CLAIM REFERENCE:

Shaska has had ever changing shifting voice claims over the many years. Best that can be given, is a combination of strong voice that can project it’s self and carry, confident. And can become quite musical, as she is damn good at singing in multiple ways, it is a needed talent with some Atlantian technology. The closest and best I can give at this time is ‘Lollia’ on youtube, as well as ‘Meltberry’. With just a hint of the ancient musical vocals and language from the ‘Drakengard’ series and ‘Nier’ series.

Tagged by: @bastardsunlight Tagging: @magnetiix (Magnet) @wearewilynumbers (Gemini) @m3chanical-rhythm (Aria) @diggydiggybot (Umbran) @goodoldstrength (Leo) @iiguess (Sam) @robot-airforce (Phoebe) @bleedingedgehunter @overx (Xanti) @tres-fidelis (Jayden) @thegatesofinfinitespace (Zain) @xfactxr And who ever wants to steal it from me!

#OOC #out of codes #COMMS;; Headcanon Files (Shaska)

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fanficnewbie · 4 years

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Sienna Weighs In P6

OPEN HEART: SECOND YEAR - CHAPTER SIX

(ETHAN x FEMALE MC)

MC is Dr. Francesca Houseman *This entry takes place between the visit to Leland Bloom’s house and the tests on his yacht. (This is a chapter by chapter series…)

Sienna cheers on Francesca for standing up to Ethan.

PREVIOUS CHAPTERS Chapter 1: MC tells Sienna about her Ethan convo at Donahue’s. Chapter 2: MC and Sienna discuss Ethan’s gym routine. Chapter 3: MC questions how well she really knows Ethan. Chapter 4: MC takes Elijah and Sienna to see Evelyn’s exhibit. Chapter 5: Sienna talks MC through a panic attack over Ethan. Word Count: 1889 Rated: Teen

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“To standing up for yourself!” Francesca and Sienna clinked their beer bottles and each took a healthy gulp before setting them back on the bar.

Francesca turned and surveyed the Sunday night crowd at Donahue’s, it was only slightly busy. Old school hip hop played while a few patrons danced. Most were at tables littered with various drinks and engrossed in animated conversations with their friends and/or colleagues.

She swiveled back on her barstool to Sienna who gave her a knowing smile. “It felt good didn’t it?”

Francesca grinned widely, “It felt soooo good! Almost as good as Baz & June coming to my defense on the way over to the Bloom Estate. Ethan’s been treating me like crap for weeks and it was nice to know that others noticed it too.”

Sienna nodded, “I’m not gonna say I told you so but…”

Francesca playfully pushed her, “Shut up.” She took another sip, “What did Ethan even say to you when he showed up yesterday morning?”

Sienna shrugged, “Nothing really. He looked pissed and it was obvious he was there to see you so beyond ‘hello’, there wasn’t much to say.”

Francesca toyed with her beer bottle, “It probably kills him that you know about us.”

Sienna took a sip, “Well that’s his deal not mine. You guys are both adults, I’m just tired of waiting for the man to come to his senses. It’s like watching Elijah and Phoebe all over again.”

Francesca groaned and chewed on her bottom lip before looking back up, “Hey, speaking of Elijah…”

Sienna held up her hand, “Jackie already told me and you guys should just drop it. You gave him your advice and now it’s up to him. We’re all going to deal with our interns the way we see fit and that just is not going to look the same for everybody.”

Francesca scowled, “Sothy can’t even do a basic blood draw, that’s not acceptable.”

Sienna grew sullen, “We all have our individual challenges to overcome.”

Taken aback at the sudden shift, Francesca studied her friend closely. The week before she had commended Sienna when she triumphantly shimmied into a pair of jeans from college, but now she realized that she was starting to look too thin, almost gaunt with darkening bags around her eyes. She touched her arm, “Hey, so many of these conversations are about me and my dumbass issues. But are you okay? You’ve been so tired lately and you’re still losing weight…”

Almost on cue, Sienna turned to her, her face instantly brightening, “No silly, I’m fine, I’m great. You brought me out for a celebratory drink so let’s celebrate!”

Francesca sighed and gently squeezed Sienna’s arm, “Listen, you know you can talk to me about anything without judgment right? I’m your friend and I’m here to help you through whatever. This doesn’t always have to be about me and I’m so sorry if it has been totally one-sided as of late.”

Sienna smiled, “Francesca I love our convos, and I love helping you, and I know I can come to you, and I promise, I’m fine. A-okay.” She patted Francesca’s hand reassuringly.

They sat in silence for a few moments before Sienna reached for her phone. “Hey, I haven’t checked Pictogram in like forever. Did it work? Did Dr. Ramsey like that photo you posted a few days ago? Oh my God, I can’t believe I forgot all about it.”

Francesca smiled smugly as Sienna unlocked her phone. Yes, Ethan had liked her photo. It was a stunner, one she had taken the Summer before she started at Edenbrook. Surprisingly, the whole thing had actually been Jackie’s idea…

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“So hell hath frozen over and Ethan Ramsey has a Pictogram account!”

Francesca was sitting on the floor in their living room, her back against the couch with her laptop in her lap. Sienna was above her, sitting horizontally across the couch in the same position. She peered over Francesca’s shoulder, “Oh my god, you got him to post a half-naked photo of himself?!”

Jackie walked into the living room with her tablet, “Who’s half-naked?”

Sienna and Francesca both froze for a second before Francesca answered. “Uh, Dr. Ramsey. I helped him create a Pictogram account so he could search Gwyneth’s product history. His profile photo is from when he ran a triathlon so he’s in swim shorts. He only allowed me to use it because he figured nobody would ever see it.”

Jackie sat down and leaned over Francesca to view the image, she raised her eyebrows, “Wow! Who knew he was hiding that six pack under his lab coat? Damn Francesca, I’m finally starting to see why you’re so into the guy.”

Jackie’s eyes met Francesca’s astonished gaze, she chuckled, “You really don’t think I’m that stupid do you?”

Francesca’s face reddened, “Please don’t tell me it’s that obvious?”

Jackie thought for a second, “Nah, I honestly think I may be the only one who’s caught on, besides Sienna of course. I mean, we live with you. I’m sure you’re fine at Edenbrook, I’ve never heard any rumors.”

Sienna nodded, “Francesca, you know I’d tell you if I ever heard anything. I mean some people are still jealous of your rapport with Dr. Ramsey but they all attribute it to your top intern spot and Banjeri save.”

Jackie shrugged and she typed on her tablet, “Accurate.”

Francesca visibly relaxed, “Okay well, I can live with that. Anyway, I was just telling Sienna that he has an account now and I think it’s kind of hilarious. I mean, he kept it private and I’m his only friend.”

Francesca suddenly turned to her friends, her voice earnest,”You guys cannot tell anyone about this account or picture. He’ll know immediately that it came from me. Promise you won’t tell.”

Sienna put her hand on Francesca’s shoulder, “I promise. You already know we can keep secrets hon.”

Jackie gave Francesca a mischievous smile, “Same, but only on one condition.”

Francesca paled, “Oh god, what?”

Jackie turned her screen around where she had pulled up Francesca’s Pictogram account, “You set a thirst trap.”

Sienna frowned, “What’s that?”

“No, no, no, no.” Francesca vehemently shook her head.

Jackie turned to Sienna, still smiling broadly, “It’s a sexy photo that you post to make your followers thirsty. In this case, to make one specific follower thirsty.”

“No, it’s obvious and desperate and…” the panic in Francesca’s voice started to mount.

Sienna cut her off, “I like it. Where do we find a photo?”

“Wait Sienna, what? No!” Francesca looked at them both incredulously, “How pathetic does that make me look? Less than two weeks after Ethan becomes my PG friend, I post some random, sexy photo? Come on, even he could see through that one.”

Jackie shrugged, “I’d say you’ve waited too damn long as it is!”

Francesca was at a loss for words as she stared down her two friends. She slowly realized that she had no choice if she wanted to keep Ethan’s account under dibs and sagged against the couch in defeat, “Fine. But only because I know you won’t find a photo worth posting anyway.”

Undeterred, Jackie opened a new browser window, “What photo storage account do you use and what’s the password?”

Francesca gave her the details as she stood up, “I can’t believe this is happening, I need a drink. I’ll be right back.”

Her friends didn’t even acknowledge her exit as they started scrolling through the hundreds of photos on her Google account.

Several minutes she returned to their flabbergasted faces. “What? What’s wrong?”

Jackie turned her tablet around and Francesca’s eyes went wide. “Holy shit! I forgot all about that photo.”

Jackie shook her head in awe, “I didn’t even think you had it in you.”

Sienna giggled, “That my dears, is a bona-fide thirst trap.”

Francesca sat down and marveled at the photo, “I took that in Cancun after graduating from med school. I went with a group of friends and it was the perfect day on the beach, so we decided to be silly and take photos in our favorite “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition” poses.”

Her mind started to change as she contemplated Ethan’s reaction to the photograph. “Hmmmm, I do look kinda hot huh?”

Jackie raised an eyebrow, “Kinda? No red-blooded, hetero man will be able to resist the allure, the pure sex of this picture. Dr. Ramsey among them.”

Francesca took a deep breath, “Post it.”

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Sienna scrolled through the likes and comments, “Wow, is this the most popular post on your account?”

Francesca laughed, “I believe so. Even the friend who took it wanted me to tag her for credit.”

Sienna grinned as she came across Ethan’s red heart, “There it is.”

Francesca smirked, “Yup.” she leaned in, “And let me tell you the most infuriating part. I kept checking my phone to see if he had liked the photo. Nothing for two days. So, the next night I was up really late studying. I didn’t go to sleep until just after 1am, and I checked my phone before I dozed off, nothing. I woke up like three hours later to pee and guess who had liked my photo?”

Sienna’s eyes went wide, “Wait, in the middle of the night? He was on your account in the middle of the night!”

Francesca nodded, “And, and this was after the whole Gwyneth/Board thing. So at the same time he’s giving me the cold shoulder at work, he’s lurking on my account at home.”

Sienna shook her head in disbelief, “That man is so confused.”

Francesca rolled her eyes, “Whatever. That’s why I stripped down in front of him yesterday.”

“What?!” Sienna’s mouth hung open.

Finishing the last of her beer, Francesca smiled, “I needed to kick him off his hypocritical high horse. So, after he barged into my room telling me I had three minutes to get ready on my day off, I called his bluff. I literally took off my underwear right in front of him. I mean, I turned my back to him but still, the look on his face was fucking priceless.”

Sienna turned to Francesca, put hands on her shoulders, and met her eyes, “You are officially my hero.”

Francesca smiled, “Well, that deserves another round.” She motioned to the bartender.

“Plus, I’m sure we’ll only be celebrating this victory tonight. Who knows how he’ll act towards me at work tomorrow, especially now that we’re in this absurd competition with Mass Kenmore.”

Sienna exhaled, “Yeah, you and Aurora going to be okay? I cannot take a repeat of the Landry experience.”

Francesca nodded, “I swear to you that we’ll be fine, We talked it out, made a pinky promise and everything. I’m more worried about Ethan and Tobias.”

Sienna frowned, “Aurora’s new boss?”

“Yeah, apparently he and Ethan have some bad blood,” Francesca shrugged, “I have no idea what it is about though.”

Sienna thanked the bartender as he placed fresh drinks in front of them and reached for hers, “Well that’s a good thing right? Now, he has somewhere else to direct his anger.”

Francesca thought for a moment, “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Cheers to that!”

Sienna clinked her glass, “Hun, how many times do I have to tell you…I’m always right!”

Read the Ethan Pictogram Companion Piece here: Pictogram Pitfalls & Chapter 7: Francesca confides in Sienna how she met Ethan’s mother.

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He became a bona-fide teen pop superstar as part of One Direction, then suffered unthinkable personal loss. Louis Tomlinson talks to Guy Kelly about fame, family and what comes next.

Louis Tomlinson took part in an online video recently, in which he was tasked with answering the internet’s most-searched questions about him. It was fairly tame, as you might expect of a pop quiz thrown at a pop star. ‘How do you pronounce Louis Tomlinson?’ the first read. There’s an interesting answer to that, actually, but we’ll come to it. ‘How old is Louis Tomlinson?’ was the second. He’s 28. And then came the third. ‘How is Louis Tomlinson?’

In the video, the man himself looks a little bewildered, dismissing the query as ‘random’ before moving on. But underneath, in the YouTube comments – one of the few nooks of the internet where love and goodwill still thrives – a fan repeated it. ‘“How is Louis Tomlinson,”’ they wrote, ‘the only question that matters.’ More than 7,000 people ‘liked’ it.

Given all Tomlinson’s been through in the past four years, it seems reasonable to ask. In 2016, the band he’d been in man and boy, One Direction, went on an indefinite hiatus after six years. Since being welded together by Simon Cowell on The X Factor in 2010, ‘1D’ had enjoyed perhaps the most stratospheric rise in music (five platinum albums, four world tours) since The Beatles. It hadn’t been Tomlinson’s decision to break up the band, and he wasn’t – still isn’t – particularly happy about it.

In December of that year, his beloved mother, Johannah Deakin, died a few months after being diagnosed with leukaemia. She was 43. Tomlinson pressed on with his nascent solo career, but unimaginable tragedy struck again. In March 2019, his 18-year-old half-sister, Félicité, was found unconscious at her flat in London and couldn’t be revived. An inquest later found she had died of an accidental drug overdose. Again, he buckled down, looked after his remaining siblings, and committed himself to finishing his debut album.

Settling down with Tomlinson in the corner of a west London photo studio, then, it seems as good a place as any to start: how is he?

‘I’m good, mate, I’m feeling good,’ he says, spreading his arms across a sofa. After wearing a series of high-end outfits for our photo shoot (‘I never feel super-comfortable on shoots; I’ve got one f—king pose – moody’), he’s in a black ’90s-inspired collared jumper, black trousers and black trainers.

He pushes his fringe to one side. The Doncaster accent, which softened in his 1D days, is back to pure, unfettered South Yorks. It’s all ‘in t’band’, ‘I didn’t know owt’, and swearing like a navvy. He’s honest, funny, and if his feet were planted any more firmly on the ground he’d be unable to walk.

I tell him about the YouTube comment, which seems to reflect the genuine care his fans have for him.

‘Ah, yeah I know, they’re considerate, they are. We’ve got a special, interesting bond. They’ve grown up with me – and I’ve been through some personal stuff and they’ve always been there for me.’

Tomlinson’s album, Walls, has been a long time coming. Immediately after One Direction split, he released a couple of singles – dance-y pop collaborations – which were fine, but not what he wanted to make. Halfway through writing Walls he realised, ‘If I’m chasing radio with every song I write, I’m not going to be doing this job for very long.’

So he relaxed, and the result is a mix of strong, melody-driven pop of the kind One Direction mastered, and what Tomlinson is really into, namely guitar-driven indie and Britpop. Some songs for the fans; some nodding to the future.

‘It’s a five-album plan. There’s bits where I’ve been almost selfish, and bits where I’ve been respectful to the fan base and what they love listening to,’ he says. ‘Then the next will be a step closer to the stuff I want to make. But I’ve got to earn my stripes.’

The dominant theme, I say, appears to be resilience. On the single Don’t Let It Break Your Heart, he advises, ‘Even when it hurts like hell / Oh, whatever tears you apart / Don’t let it break your heart.’ On the rousing title track (which features a writing credit for Noel Gallagher, who gave his blessing for a chorus strikingly similar to an Oasis tune), he sings, ‘These high walls that broke my soul / I watched all come falling down.’

It could be to do with grief, professional struggles, or his relationship. He nods.

‘Yeah, I write very autobiographically and had so much going on in my head, but in the struggle I’m trying to paint the message that you’re always left with a choice: to see the glass half-full or half-empty. It’s showing there’s hope.’

Some songwriters have found grief productive, others paralysing. Tomlinson was the former. One track on Walls is the previously released Two of Us, a beautiful, simple song written about his mum (‘You’ll never know how much I miss you / The day that they took you, I wish it was me instead’).

‘What’s amazing about this job is that regardless of the situation, you get something positive at the end of it. That’s obviously an emotionally heavy song for me, but fans have come up to me in floods of tears and talked about how it’s helped in their own tragedy. It’s incredible. From the dark, you can give hope.’

For the first three years of his life, Tomlinson was raised alone by Johannah, who split from his father, Troy Austin, when he was a baby. They lived above a launderette in Doncaster, where his mother worked multiple jobs, principally as a midwife, before she married Mark Tomlinson, a van salesman who became Louis’s stepfather. The three moved into a two-up, two-down, which was soon filled with half-sisters: Lottie, now 21, Félicité, then twins Daisy and Phoebe, now 16.

‘It was mad. They’re manic, young girls…’ he says. ‘Mum and Mark had a decent income but they couldn’t spread it around [a family of] seven. At times things were really good, you’d get 20 quid in a birthday card, but others were really difficult. I remember the electricity meter – you’d get five quid on the house as an emergency when you couldn’t top it up. Sometimes it’d be a gamble when it’d run out…’

Tomlinson wasn’t particularly academic – ‘though I’m not daft or owt’ – but loved school. There, he joined a band at 16 and found he was OK at singing, so he applied to audition for The X Factor. He failed, twice, but succeeded on the third try, in 2010, performing a fairly terrible (he admits it) version of Plain White T’s Hey There Delilah.

A few months later, at the ‘bootcamp’ stage, Cowell had the idea of creating a band comprised of Tomlinson and four other solo boys: Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne. They were to be called One Direction. Tomlinson, who’d been intimidated by the standard of other vocalists in the competition, ‘bit their hand off’ at the offer. ‘I was like, “This is my ticket.”’

The show came just after his second run at the first year of his A levels. He’d failed the first time, with UUE in psychology, PE and English, which his mum had ‘absolutely ripped [his] head off’ for. The second time he’d gone one better, UEE. So he lied, telling her he got a smattering of Ds, and came up with a plan.

‘I waited until after the X Factor final, when we were all sat around drinking champagne, and told her, “By the way, I bulls—tted you on those results. I failed again, but hopefully we’ll be all right now…”’ he laughs. ‘She was fine. I picked my moment well.’

One Direction came third in the final, losing to runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and winner Matt Cardle, a former painter-decorator who now performs in the West End. But it was always felt that the group would go furthest, not least because Cowell was such a supporter (all the other boys have now left his record label, Syco, but because ‘loyalty is the biggest thing’ for Tomlinson, he’s stayed).

Eighteen when the group started, Tomlinson was the oldest member (the others were 16 and 17), ‘just allowed to drink, just allowed to drive’, but suddenly everything in his life was controlled.

‘You’re ready to be reckless and stupid, but then I was in the band and couldn’t ever act like that, especially not publicly,’ he says. They went on their first headline concert tour in 2011, and soon had fans surrounding their hotels overnight, wherever in the world they went. Naturally, they embraced partying.

‘There was a good 18 months where I was going out all the time. The press love to write about that as if it’s this chaotic thing, and at times it was, but it’s also an escape. Once you have a couple of drinks down you in a club, you’re just someone in the club, part of everyone else, and not everyone is looking at you.’

Even when he was away, he kept in contact with his mum by phone – or in person, when she could join him – as much as possible. The two were impossibly close: she had access to his emails; he told her when he lost his virginity; she knew about his finances.

‘One thing I’ve learnt since losing her is that any decision, even if I knew the answer, I’d call her,’ he says. ‘I didn’t realise how reliant I’d become on her. That was the hardest thing for me, understanding that living life after meant making decisions on my own. I thought I’d always have a sounding board. There was a different level of credibility with my mum, because I idolised her.’

Styles has recently joked that One Direction were ‘grown in test tubes’ by Cowell, but Tomlinson insists that part of their appeal lay in the fact that they all had their own personalities and talents, which weren’t forced on them. Still, it took him years to know where he fitted. Styles was cool, a heart-throb. Malik was moody and mysterious. Horan was cute and Irish. Payne was whatever Payne was. But Tomlinson wasn’t sure.

‘You’ve got to be dead cocky in Doncaster to survive – it’s either that or be picked on. So I used to walk around with a chip on my shoulder. But I’d always been the funny guy, centre of attention, so I never struggled to make mates,’ he says. ‘It was weird suddenly being in a situation where one or two members are constantly in a better position. It took me a while to understand my strengths. I was the oldest and it wasn’t until the third album when I made it my mission to write the most.’

He succeeded: Tomlinson’s writing credit appears on 39 of the 96 songs One Direction recorded, four more than Payne and dozens more than the rest. But it was intense. There were times when he considered quitting the band, if only to allow him to escape the attention, but he likens that to children running away from home. ‘By the time you get halfway down the street you regret it and go back…’

‘Directioners’ were ‘fanatical’ about the boys, to a frequently absurd degree. And not every encounter was surreally funny. The year after the hiatus began, in 2017, Tomlinson and Calder were involved in a scuffle with paparazzi and fans at the airport in LA. Fists possibly flew, and Tomlinson was arrested, only for no further action to be taken. The fans now are still loyal, still ardent, but they’ve matured with him.

What kept him grounded, as the money rolled in (I have heard that each of the boys amassed a £40 million fortune from the band, and that collectively they still earn around £38,000 a week from royalties, merchandise and so on) and the fans bayed, was keeping friends from Doncaster around. When I arrived at today’s photo shoot, Tomlinson was busy doing his singular pose at one end of the room, while at the other, near the free pastries, a young redheaded bloke in a tracksuit lurked, scrolling through his phone.

He introduced himself as Oli, Tomlinson’s ‘mate from Donny’, who has spent the better part of a decade travelling the world with his pop-star friend, and seems to operate as a walking comfort blanket. They live together when Tomlinson’s in LA.

They also live together when he’s in London. I imagine there’s space for house guests wherever he is, though: it has been reported that he put his Hollywood Hills mansion on the market last year for $6.995 million, and the previous year valued another property in California at $13.999 million, after apparently renting it out for $40,000 per month.

‘I’m hoping to do a bit of work with Louis’s tour manager this year,’ Oli says, cheerfully. I later discover he’s so ever-present with Tomlinson that he even has his own fan accounts on social media.

‘I remember bringing a mate out for our first US tour. He called from his hotel with his mind blown by being able to pick up a phone and they’d just bring you food,’ Tomlinson says. ‘I go back to Donny and hear heavy s—t – struggles with jobs, money, family, health. That humbles me, and gives me a better emotional intelligence.’

He reckons ‘eight out of 10 people have an ulterior motive’ when they meet him. Luckily he can tell if someone’s a pre-fame friend. His name is pronounced ‘Loo-ee’, but he wasn’t keen on it as a child, so had mates, like Oli, pronounce it ‘Lewis’, which they still do. Unfortunately Cowell guessed at ‘Loo-ee’ on The X Factor, so that was that for the stage name.

By 2015, some members of One Direction felt an itch to break off – or just have a break – and try their own thing. Malik had gone in March, and while a full split seemed inevitable, Tomlinson was still caught off-guard.

‘I was f—king fuming at first. We were working really hard – people [namely, Payne] have said overworked, but we weren’t overworked, that’s just what happens when you’re a band that size, though I understand. I thought I’d mentally prepared myself for a break, but it hit me hard.’

He was finally feeling comfortable in the band, and hadn’t thought about a solo career.

‘About a week after, I sat there thinking, “Strike while the iron’s hot,” but I wasn’t ready. I was bitter and angry, I didn’t know why we couldn’t just carry on. But now, even though I don’t fully understand everyone’s individual reasons, I respect them.’

They’re ostensibly all still mates, despite going in radically different musical directions, though some are closer than others. Tomlinson seems to mention Horan with most affection, and the pair performed at the same event in Mexico in November, titillating 1D fans by sound-checking together with one of the band’s old songs.

If it was up to you, I ask, would the group still be going? He considers this for a moment.

‘It if was up to me, yeah. I’d maybe have said, “Let’s have a year off.” But yeah, probably. I’m sure there’s a better analogy out there but it’s a bit like [shutting down] Coca-Cola. You don’t say, “Right, let’s hang the boots up on that,” because it’s a massive thing.’

Afterwards he muddled around for a bit, including releasing those early singles – one of which he performed on The X Factor, rigid with grief, just days after his mum’s death. Then he returned to the show last year as a judge, alongside Cowell, Robbie Williams and Williams’s wife, Ayda Field.

Did he get on with Robbie? He smiles, arching an eyebrow. ‘Why do you ask?’ Well, he came out of a boy band, went solo…

‘Oh, yeah, he was all right. He’s a good man, we were just different from each other. Certain moments I thought, “F—king hell, Robbie, just sit down for five minutes, I’ve got something to say.” I love his missus though, Ayda, she’s sound.’

Tomlinson liked mentoring, and during our conversation it becomes clear he’s fuelled by responsibility. He was the oldest sibling in his house, and although Mark Tomlinson and Johannah’s second husband (after divorcing Mark in 2011, she married Dan Deakin in 2014; they had twins Ernest and Doris) are still around, he became a paternal figure after she died. He’s particularly involved in the lives of Daisy and Phoebe, to whom he’s ‘a kind of second parent’.

‘Without being too soppy, I like looking after people, it’s cool. At the moment I’m stressing trying to convince Daisy and Phoebe to go to sixth form. They’ve been to private school near Donny, and it’s proper expensive. I’m paying for it thinking they’re staying on, but now they don’t want to go. I told them education is important. I’m like, “You’re 16, you haven’t got a f—king idea what the real world is,”’ he says.

‘What’s difficult about those two is they’ve only known the 1D craziness. They’ve grown up in this elitist way, which is very different from my upbringing and Lottie’s, and the values my mum taught us.’

He gives a ‘kids, eh?’ sigh. ‘Consistency is the big thing. I’m trying to get better at being in their heads enough so they think, “I wonder if Louis thinks this is a good idea?”’

Lottie lives in Hackney, east London. When she was a teenager, Tomlinson got her a job assisting One Direction’s make-up artist, and within a few years she’d become a ridiculously popular Instagrammer (currently with 3.4 million followers, still 10 million shy of Louis). Her big brother told her Instagram’s fine, but she must ‘become a proper businesswoman’ in case the bubble bursts. In 2018 she launched Tanologist, a successful fake-tan brand.

‘I’m so proud of her. She’s just been in Australia, where she’s stocked in Melbourne’s version of Boots!’ Tomlinson says, beaming.

Félicité, known to the family as Fizz, was also a budding Instagrammer. After her death last March, a post-mortem revealed ‘toxic’ levels of anti-anxiety and pain medications, as well as cocaine, in her blood. Six months later, an inquest heard that she had visited her GP in August 2018 and ‘gave a history of recreational drug use… on a consistent basis since the death of her mother’. She had taken overdoses and been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic.

Tomlinson hesitates to say anything was ‘easier’, comparing the deaths of Félicité and his mum, as ‘both felt very individual, and hit me with a big impact… but I think dealing with the family, how I can be there for them, that was a lot easier the second time because the first time I was grieving and didn’t know what to say. As time went on I grew to understand what to say to my sisters.’

Prioritising the feelings of your sisters in the immediate aftermath is understandable, I say, but I wonder if anyone took care of you. He looks surprised.

‘No, but friends and family, my best mate… I feel their support but I get most out of doing stuff for other people. I don’t say that to sound like a good guy, it’s genuinely what gives me strength.’

Did you ever consider grief therapy?

‘Nah, a lot of people recommended it but I’m a little bit old-fashioned when it comes to therapy. I’m sure it’s incredible, but I thought I’d be all right, and I have been till now.’ One of his many tattoos consists of the words ‘It Is What It Is’ across his chest. ‘I know the things I’ve been upset about in my life are s—t, but I can’t change them, so you have to make the best of what you’ve got.’

Tomlinson gives his own big smile. Our time’s nearly up, and he’d like a cigarette. After all you’ve been through, I tell him, people would have understood if you’d called it a day. You could have lived off royalties, enjoyed a quiet life.

‘Definitely, definitely. But do you know what? It didn’t cross my mind once. I somehow have an inability to worry, and just get on with things,’ he says, shrugging. ‘It’s definitely made me stronger. I’ve gone through every emotion, and I’m just f—king excited now.’

I think we have an answer. How is Louis Tomlinson? Hopefully, he’ll be just fine.

Walls is released on 31 January

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By Guy Kelly 17 JANUARY 2020 • 8:00PM

He became a bona-fide teen pop superstar as part of One Direction, then suffered unthinkable personal loss. Louis Tomlinson talks to Guy Kelly about fame, family and what comes next.

[complete article below the cut]

Settling down with Tomlinson in the corner of a west London photo studio, then, it seems as good a place as any to start: how is he?

I tell him about the YouTube comment, which seems to reflect the genuine care his fans have for him.

It could be to do with grief, professional struggles, or his relationship – he’s happily with his girlfriend, 27-year-old fashion blogger Eleanor Calder, but they’ve been on and off over the years. He nods.

Eighteen when the group started, Tomlinson was the oldest member (the others were 16 and 17), ‘just allowed to drink, just allowed to drive’, but suddenly everything in his life was controlled.

They also live together when he’s in London, along with Calder, to whom it was recently reported that Tomlinson is engaged (his representatives denied the rumour). I imagine there’s space for house guests wherever he is, though: it has been reported that he put his Hollywood Hills mansion on the market last year for $6.995 million, and the previous year valued another property in California at $13.999 million, after apparently renting it out for $40,000 per month.

He was finally feeling comfortable in the band, and hadn’t thought about a solo career.

If it was up to you, I ask, would the group still be going? He considers this for a moment.

Did he get on with Robbie? He smiles, arching an eyebrow. ‘Why do you ask?’ Well, he came out of a boy band, went solo…

He gives a ‘kids, eh?’ sigh. ‘Consistency is the big thing. I’m trying to get better at being in their heads enough so they think, “I wonder if Louis thinks this is a good idea?”’

‘I’m so proud of her. She’s just been in Australia, where she’s stocked in Melbourne’s version of Boots!’ Tomlinson says, beaming.

Prioritising the feelings of your sisters in the immediate aftermath is understandable, I say, but I wonder if anyone took care of you. He looks surprised.

‘No, but friends and family, my best mate, my girlfriend, my son… I feel their support but I get most out of doing stuff for other people. I don’t say that to sound like a good guy, it’s genuinely what gives me strength.’

Did you ever consider grief therapy?

What he’s got is an album to launch, a world tour to prep for and, immediately, a flight to catch. He and Oli are off to see Freddie. ‘When I’m working I definitely don’t see him enough,’ Tomlinson says, ‘but he looks just like me, which is cool. I’m excited to see his big smile.’

I think we have an answer. How is Louis Tomlinson? Hopefully, he’ll be just fine.

Walls is released on 31 January

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Never ever give up

Successful People Who Failed At First

1. Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. He was defeated in every public office role he ran for. Then he became the British prime minister at the age of 62.

2. Thomas Edison’s teachers told him he was “too stupid to learn anything." Edison also famously invented 1,000 light bulbs before creating one that worked.

3.Harland David Sanders, the famous KFC "Colonel,” couldn’t sell his chicken. More than 1,000 restaurants rejected him. But then one did, and today there are KFC restaurants bearing his image all over the world.

4. R.H. Macy had a history failing businesses, including a dud Macy’s in NYC.But Macy kept up the hard work and ended up with the biggest department store in the world.

5. Steven Spielberg was rejected from his dream school, the University of Southern California, three times. He sought out an education somewhere else and dropped out to be a director.

6. Charlie Chaplin’s act was rejected by executives because they thought it was too obscure for people to understand. But then they took a chance on Chaplin, who went on to become America’s first bona fide movie star.

7. Marilyn Monroe’s first contract with Columbia Pictures expired because they told her she wasn’t pretty or talented enough to be an actress.

8. Soichiro Honda was passed over for an engineering job at Toyota and left unemployed. But then he began making motorcycles, started a business and became a billionaire.

9. Vera Wang failed to make the U.S. Olympic figure-skating team. Then she became an editor at Vogue and was passed over for the editor-in-chief position. She began designing wedding gowns at 40 and today is the premier designer in the business, with a multi-billion dollar industry.

10. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas." Several more of his businesses failed before the premiere of his movie Snow White. Today, most childhoods wouldn’t be the same without his ideas.

11. Albert Einstein didn’t speak until age four and didn’t read until age seven. His teachers labeled him "slow” and “mentally handicapped." But Einstein just had a different way of thinking. He later won the Nobel prize in physics.

12. Charles Darwin was considered an average student. He gave up on a career in medicine and was going to school to become a parson. But as Darwin studied nature, he found his calling.

13. Sir Isaac Newton was tasked with running the family farm but was a miserable failure. Newton was sent off to Cambridge University and became a physics scholar.

14. Dick Cheney flunked out of Yale twice. George W. Bush once joked: ”So now we know –if you graduate from Yale, you become president. If you drop out, you get to be vice president.“

15. The first time Jerry Seinfeld went onstage, he was booed away by the jeering crowd. Eventually, he became a famous comic with one of the most-loved sitcoms ever.

16. In Fred Astaire’s first screen test, the judges wrote: "Can’t act. Can’t sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." Astaire went on to be the most famous dancer of all time and won the hearts of American women forever.

17. After Sidney Poitier’s first audition, the casting director instructed him to just stop wasting everyone’s time and "go be a dishwasher or something." He went on to win an Academy Award and is admired by actors everywhere.

18. Oprah Winfrey was fired from her television reporting job because they told her she wasn’t fit to be on screen. But Winfrey rebounded and became the undisputed queen of television talk shows. She’s also a billionaire.

19. Lucille Ball spent many years on the B-list and her agent told her to pursue a new career. Then she got her big break on I Love Lucy.

20. After his first film, Harrison Ford underwhelmed the producer and was told he would probably never succeed. But today Ford is the third highest-grossing actor of all time.

21. Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his entire life, to a friend. He sometimes starved in order to create the 800 paintings he’d eventually do. Today, his works are priceless.

22. Dr. Seuss’ first book was rejected by 27 different publishers. He’s now the most popular children’s book author ever.

23. Henry Ford’s first auto company went out of business. He abandoned a second because of a fight and a third went downhill because of declining sales. He went on to become one of the greatest American entrepreneurs ever.

24. While developing his vacuum, Sir James Dyson went through 5,126 failed prototypes and his savings over 15 years. But the 5,127th prototype worked and now the Dyson brand is the best-selling vacuum cleaner in the United States.

25. J.K. Rowling was unemployed, divorced and raising a daughter on social security while writing the first Harry Potter novel. J.K. Rowling is now internationally renowned for her 7 book Harry Potter series and is the first person to become a billionaire from writing.

26. Stephen King was initially so frustrated with his first novel, Carrie, that he threw it in the trash. King’s wife found the manuscript in the trash and took it out. To date his 49 novels have sold 350 million copies.

27. Will Smith's life got flip turned upside down when he owed the IRS $2.8 million in taxes in 1989. In 1990, he signed with NBC and created The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

28. Lady Gaga got dropped by a major record label after only three months. As of 2013, she's sold about 125 million singles.

29. Sidney Poitier was brutally rejected by the American Negro Theater for his Bahamian accent and difficulty reading. He became a dishwasher as he practiced his accent and reading. Six months later, he was accepted by the theater and went on to be the first black man to win an Oscar.

30. Michelle Yeoh's dreams of being a ballerina were crushed by a spinal injury. She went on to play the most BADASS Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies and was nominated for a BAFTA for her role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

31. In her lifetime, Emily Dickinson published fewer than a dozen of her 1,800 poems. Allegedly agoraphobic, she was a shut-in for most of her adult life. Her complete works were published posthumously. A feminist icon, she has inspired millions of teenagers to write angsty poetry.

32. As a sophomore, Michael Jordan was rejected from his high school's varsity basketball team for lack of talent. But now, he is literally the most famous basketball player of all time.

33. Lisa Kudrow was cast as the original Roz in Frasier, but cut shortly after. Kudrow rebounded with Friends a year later, which just wouldn't have been the same without Phoebe's rendition of "Smelly Cat."

34. Ang Lee failed Taiwan's college entrance exam twice. He enrolled in a three-year art college instead, and became a director. In fact, to date, Lee has won three Academy Awards, three BAFTA awards, three Golden Globes, and more.

35. Allegedly, Bruno Mars was passed over by a music industry exec because he wasn't white. According to Bruno Mars, the executive wanted Mars' song "Nothin' On You" for a white singer. Mars performed at this year's Super Bowl. The industry exec probably feels real dumb now.

36. Winston Churchill lost his first campaign for Parliament. Nicknamed "The British Bulldog," as prime minister he helped orchestrate the Allies' victory of WWII.

37. Arianna Huffington’s second book was rejected by 36 publishers. And when she ran for governor of California in 2003, she received just 0.55 percent of the vote. It’s pretty clear now that Huffington learned from her failures. In a 2010 interview with Success magazine, she said raising campaign funds showed her “the power of the internet.”The incredible success of The Huffington Post is proof of that. Oh, and she’s now published 13 books.

38. Beethoven's musical teacher told him he didn't have any talent. Even more so, he told him he was a hopeless disaster at composing music. Beethoven decided he couldn't hear him (I'm sorry, couldn’t help myself... XD)

39. Fred Smith wrote during his time at Yale a paper about his big life-changing idea about a nightly delivery service. He got a C. Despite this, he decided to establish FedEx...

#never give up #self love #love yourself #people who inspire #amazing #random cool stuff #hand-picked

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