Fridge Brilliance in Kings pt whatever
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babydracoIn the Bible, Saul's wife is named Ahinoam. She doesn't get talked about that much, especially in Christianity. But her name means My brother is pleasant. 1) Unless I'm missing some information about this definition, even in a pretty unfeminist world like ancient Israel, damn that's cold of her parents. 2) Queen Rose, the "Kings" character who corresponds to her has a slick, charming brother. HAH! I love whoever did the research for this show.
Although William was probably also created so the show could have a genuine villain that we didn't sympathize much with, because really, all the Benjamins are protagonists in their own way- Saul in the Bible was a victim as much as he was a villain, and the show needed someone for us to loathe without reservations.
Shiloh was the city Saul based his government out of in the Bible. David is the one who later moves it to Jerusalem. Shiloh is also a place where some bad stuff went down at one point in the Bible. If I recall, a large faction of people wanted to build a temple there, because of reasons, and other people didn't like that, they thought having two temples made one of them inauthentic because the Shiloh faction was allegedly making up their own rules (because duh, they couldn't keep depending on people who were miles away to run their lives). So it went badly. Shiloh is also the name of a pretty well known battle in the American Civil War...
Vesper Abaddon was played by Brian Cox, who once played Hannibal Lecter. Abaddon is a man so evil and dangerous that he has to be jailed in the country's most secure cell, cut off from all outside contact. Silas visits him sometimes, they play chess and drink wine and Abaddon gives him highly questionable yet brilliantly observant advice. He may be evil but he's the only person Silas can really talk to. OMG, did Vesper Abaddon eat people?
I put a playlist up. It starts with songs by women, and also female covers of songs originally by men, for "Queens" and then follows with the male versions. A couple of the covers are a little shaky but that's what you get with people playing guitar in their bedrooms on Youtube. I was not expecting the female led street busker version of Hinech Yafa to knock my socks off the way it did though...
On Youtube
A weird issue with my Jaqui fic-Since Dianna is, at that point in the fic, still married to Jaqui's brother- Dianna is already a Benjamin. So she's Dianna Shepherd Benjamin, but if she marries Jaqui, she'll still be. So Jaqui wanting to be Jaqui Benjamin Shepherd is really a formality, they already have the same last name.
I don't think the dress Andrew makes Jaqui wear is embarrassing enough. But I'm having a hard time finding a better choice. Jaqui is young, thin, in great shape and knows it, and not shy,what would make her go "I will only put that on under the threat of pain" without it being something a literal prostitute would wear to work?
These are what I've found so far...
http://www.polyvore.com/coral_lace_bodycon_dress/thing?id=84442852
http://www.polyvore.com/forever_21_lace-trimmed_maxi_dress/thing?id=84671491 (in pink)
http://www.polyvore.com/pink_chiffon_prom_dress_strapless/thing?id=81078247
http://www.polyvore.com/sherri_hill_21057/thing?id=83663383
Although William was probably also created so the show could have a genuine villain that we didn't sympathize much with, because really, all the Benjamins are protagonists in their own way- Saul in the Bible was a victim as much as he was a villain, and the show needed someone for us to loathe without reservations.
Shiloh was the city Saul based his government out of in the Bible. David is the one who later moves it to Jerusalem. Shiloh is also a place where some bad stuff went down at one point in the Bible. If I recall, a large faction of people wanted to build a temple there, because of reasons, and other people didn't like that, they thought having two temples made one of them inauthentic because the Shiloh faction was allegedly making up their own rules (because duh, they couldn't keep depending on people who were miles away to run their lives). So it went badly. Shiloh is also the name of a pretty well known battle in the American Civil War...
Vesper Abaddon was played by Brian Cox, who once played Hannibal Lecter. Abaddon is a man so evil and dangerous that he has to be jailed in the country's most secure cell, cut off from all outside contact. Silas visits him sometimes, they play chess and drink wine and Abaddon gives him highly questionable yet brilliantly observant advice. He may be evil but he's the only person Silas can really talk to. OMG, did Vesper Abaddon eat people?
I put a playlist up. It starts with songs by women, and also female covers of songs originally by men, for "Queens" and then follows with the male versions. A couple of the covers are a little shaky but that's what you get with people playing guitar in their bedrooms on Youtube. I was not expecting the female led street busker version of Hinech Yafa to knock my socks off the way it did though...
On Youtube
A weird issue with my Jaqui fic-Since Dianna is, at that point in the fic, still married to Jaqui's brother- Dianna is already a Benjamin. So she's Dianna Shepherd Benjamin, but if she marries Jaqui, she'll still be. So Jaqui wanting to be Jaqui Benjamin Shepherd is really a formality, they already have the same last name.
I don't think the dress Andrew makes Jaqui wear is embarrassing enough. But I'm having a hard time finding a better choice. Jaqui is young, thin, in great shape and knows it, and not shy,what would make her go "I will only put that on under the threat of pain" without it being something a literal prostitute would wear to work?
These are what I've found so far...
http://www.polyvore.com/coral_lace_bodycon_dress/thing?id=84442852
http://www.polyvore.com/forever_21_lace-trimmed_maxi_dress/thing?id=84671491 (in pink)
http://www.polyvore.com/pink_chiffon_prom_dress_strapless/thing?id=81078247
http://www.polyvore.com/sherri_hill_21057/thing?id=83663383
