If I were a security guard for a person who’s being targeted by assassins I simply wouldn’t devote my entire attention span to every single noise I hear.
Why do I care if there’s a random noise in this out-of-the-way dark corner? My post is right here.
But… but I threw a rock there. Y-you gotta check
If I hear a noise I’m gonna throw a flash grenade in that direction.
MY EYES AND EARS
“Got a neutralized assassin in gate 17.”
“Did they try distracting you by throwing a rock?”
“Yeah, they did.”
“Fucking idiot.”
4 years of community assassin college for nothing
You know what really makes this post? The fact that the assassin’s blog is deactivated. Seems OPs flashbang worked.
Dracula by Michael Pink: Originally staged in 1997, this ballet’s plot is the closest to the novel. Seward does not appear in this version, his role being merged with Van Helsing’s. Notable for eeriely beautiful and sometimes brutal choreography, the Harker and Dracula pas de deux, Renfield dancing in a straitjacket, and Quincey dancing briefly with a rifle.
Dracula by Krzysztof Pastor: This version of Dracula portrays Mina as the reincarnation of the count’s late wife, similar to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. That film’s score is also used in this ballet. Quincey does not appear in this version. Notable for Renfield’s haunting dances, one of which he somehow manages while tied to other patients, Dracula’s creepy servants, the Dracula Jonathan Tango, and an onstage blood transfusion.
Dracula: The Romantic Ballet by Ben Stevenson. This ballet is set entirely in Transylvania with a new cast of characters. Besides Dracula, the mortal leads are villagers Flora and Svetlana, and Svetlana’s suitor Frederick. Notable because this ballet wants you to know that Dracula fucks: he not only has his ever present brides, but an entire harem to go along with them. He even has locals employed in bringing maidens to his castle. Also this Dracula has seemingly human servants who are fine with it all, I guess.
Dracula by David Nixon. This ballet intends to portray Dracula as a more ambiguous, nuanced creature. As Nixon puts it, ‘All creatures need to be loved and the love that Dracula shares with Mina transcends the boundaries of good and evil.’ Quincey does not appear in this version. Notable for the creepiest Old Dracula ever seen in anything (with the fun nervous habit of biting himself when he’s trying not to bite others), a Seward and Renfield dance, and vampire brides with Christina Aguilera in “Lady Marmalade” hairstyles.
Watch it here (ignore the title and video description, they are incorrect).
Kont Dracula by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet. This is a 2013 adaptation for which I can find no information or video. If you know of a recording of this performance, please comment.
But we look back everyday- rechecking emails, making sure a friend is still behind you, checking to see if you remebered to pick up your keys. It’s second nature, a habit of care.
It was second nature for him too. He looked back, not out of weakness, but love. For what is love, if not to look back?
An Orpheus who didn’t turn around is an Orpheus who never walked down in the first place
one of my favorite things about handweaving.net (and there are many) is the ability to see a bunch of different drafts with the same tie-up…so I can warp a super long one and get several different fabrics from it. 🤩
I woke up to a tsunami of notifications on this post, did the internet forget about handweaving.net? I know it looks like a geocities site from 1997, but it is the most amazing thing if you are trying to make your own drafts… There is a tool, which is what I used for this, that will allow you to specify the number of shafts and treadles, and then go ahead and draw in any tie up you can imagine. It is a super fun toy!
They also have an amazing library.
It’s $35 annually, but most things are available in a limited format for free. for my value, it’s a superior choice to a subscription to a weaving magazine.
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