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Interesting video on the genesis of storm https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uiw3p6CIF-c Her original base outfit is from the unused Black Cat, the arm straps are replaced with a cloak. Her face is from quetzal, i wonder was quetzal supposed to be mexican? A bunch of characters from a similar team to Storm's Xmen, the Outsiders , who were meant to be a similar type of team to the DC comics Legionnaires. Nightcrawler was originally an alien, interesting, they made him a mutant. Typhoon from the outsiders made the base wind powers of storm. Trio of the outsiders made the top design. the facial crown and cape. They use a jean grey form cape and extended it. The artist fought to keep her distinctive white hair and that was long term huge. One thing about Storm's Xmen is how distinctive they all are. Storm who is very unique looking. Wolverine and his three claws. Colosss and his metal ribbed skin Nightcrawler who is blue skinned and inhumanly shaped I adit, I would like to see Trio as well. Silly DC.

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN%3A-Maschinenmensch-1374401890 CONTENT Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on legendary characters in the public domain. 📽️📺 Ponder media's most ancient figures as we prompt you to provide conclusions or mysteries or new imaginative paths in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about characters inspired by these legends and win a chance for some awards 🏅🏆 The Maschinenmensch , machine human, is the tool used for chaos in the book Metropolis 1925 , from Thea von Harbou. The Maschinenmensch was created by a scientist called Rotwang at request of Joh Frederson, the master of the city called Metropolis. The original form of the MAschinenemensch is a neutral humanoid form. The master guides the scientist to give the Maschinenmensch the form while opposite intention of a woman named Maria who is a community activist and labor leader in love with the Master's son. The Maschinenmensch turned into a gynoid or a feminine robot, looks like Maria and raises havoc with the laborers and stirs all communities in the city: the cathedral followers put the monk Desertus on the cross, the City of the Dead at the bottom of Metropolis where the poor people work and congregate are guided to destroy all the machines which make the city work endangering their own children, the Club Of the Sons for the aristocracy riling all men and angering all women create total dissention at the top, the night club Yoshiwara dwellers are led by the Maschinenmensch wildly into the streets. Amidst the chaos the Maschinenmensch was ordered to make in the guise of the human female Maria, the android is burned alive. Your task is to write a tale inspired by The Maschinenenmensch from Metropolis. A legendary android monster. But what if it was made to look like Freder, not Maria? What if it betrayed its programming and acted differently? What if it was made in a quiet little village? What if it wasn't created but an injured traveler from another time? What if the laborers didn't get led by it the form of Maria and sought peace? What if the Maschinenmensch inspired the Maschinenehund, who has its own tale? From making an alternative world version, to adding unknown elements to the character, you are free to imagine this public domain character, how ever you want. Without using AI or similar machine learning tools, write a short story inspired by The Maschinenmensch now?! 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We will select three (3) winners by October 5th 2026 to receive the following rewards:: Each winner will receive 250 points and a quartz badge One of the three will receive a hype badge I can’t wait to see your Invisible Man in Where Are They Now?! @HDdeviant MY EXAMPLE: TITLE: The Book of Beginnings Chapter 1 Immediately beyond the Circumshadow of Babel live the oldest villages from the Initial of Peace. The Common Man didn't have enough water for another to reach Babel, not enough food. But, the Common Man reached the base of Babel, in a month, waterless, foodless, tired, focused; a map and a goal is all the man have, and he climb. The ancient ruins labyrinth base still has fires while creaking. Hours later, the Common Man climb pathways made from channels interlocking old shafts, taking rests on loose angled debris. Days later, starving, still, exiting the shafts to the first residential area, the Common Man use the map to find the Public Pantry; finally success, he enter the old pantry, now a garden of mushrooms, and eats or gathers only what he knows to be safe; after a day to settle, he continue the climb through various hallways original or fabricated through chaos to the base of the Great Concourse, a spiral ramp once effective as a grand hybrid roadway or railway that exists through all levels upward; from the Course going upward, he see foreign while greater and greater structures on top of each other, in ever-increasing grandeur even undeniably decayed. After a month The Common Man found the summit, a flat landscape of uneven pebbles allowing him to see the sky anywhere across; he uses the map and measures where his prize may be. Where is the technology that liberated humans fears, where is the thing made to change worlds? from Richard Murray/ @HDdeviant MY POST T Literature The Book of Beginning Chapter 1Title: The Book of Beginning Chapter 1 from IF YOU NEED FURTHER INSPIRATION CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING GALLERY The Book is free to read, it is in the public domain. https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727 https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/thea-von-harbou/metropolis/the-readers-library The 2010 Reconstruction of the film, the film was edited heavily and many elements from the book that were in the film were taken out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metropolis_(1927).webm PRIOR WHERE ARE THEY NOW's - the challenges are over, but the fun isn't. Give each a go and continue their stories with 250 words or less, whenever you want. Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2Jun 12, 2025 Where Are They Now: Salvadore - JawsJul 4, 2025 Where Are They Now: Farmer Ted - Sixteen CandlesAug 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Norma Rae - Norma RaeSep 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Ione Sykes - The GraveSep 17, 2025 WATN: Zero - A Nightmare Before ChristmasOct 8, 2025 WATN: Duckie - Pretty In PinkNov 6, 2025 WATN: The Unknown - Over The Garden WallDec 10, 2025 WATN: Charlie BrownJan 8, 2026 WATN: Danny and Sandy : GreaseFeb 2, 2026 WATN: Wall-EMar 5, 2026 Lost Episodes of Galaxy QuestApr 1, 2026 WATN: Alexander Johnson - GloryMay 1, 2026 WATN: Heroes of Dungeons 'n DragonsJun 2, 2026 WATN: The Storyteller - PosseJul 9, 2026 WATN: Frozone - The IncrediblesAug 1, 2026 WATN: The Invisible ManSep 1, 2026 #maschinenmensch #futura #parody #maria #themaschinenmensch #theavonharbou #watn #oc #wherearetheynow #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Book-of-Beginning-Chapter-1-1381009260 CONTENT Title: The Book of Beginning Chapter 1 from Richard Murray @HDdeviant Immediately beyond the Circumshadow of Babel live the oldest villages from the Initial of Peace; a Common Man from a place, walked through a section of said villages, is at the edge of the Great Shadows Domain; no sound he usher, or make, starting to walk and walking to the center of said domain; he know Babel is the oldest place , the first place; the land it's shadow live on is absent all but rocks and metal and bone. The Common Man didn't have enough water for another to reach Babel, not enough food. But, the Common Man reached the base of Babel, in a month, waterless, foodless, tired, focused; a map and a goal is all the man have, and he began the climb. The ancient ruins labyrinth base still has fires while creaking. Hours later , the Common Man climb pathways made from channels interlocking old shafts, taking rests on loose angled debris. Days later, starving, still, exiting the shafts to the first residential area, the Common Man use the map to find the Public Pantry; passing, cracked multistoried apartments whose roofs are connected to the levels ceiling, in the shadows from above, make a section of a single weaving figure as a rorschach test wherever the eyes fall, he finally reaches the storage area by measuring his steps; success, he enter the old pantry, now a garden of mushrooms, and eats or gathers only what he knows to be safe; after a day to settle, he continue the climb through various hallways original or fabricated through chaos to the base of the Great Concourse, a spiral ramp once effective as a grand hybrid roadway or railway that exists through all levels upward; from the Course going upward, he see foreign while greater and greater structures on top of each other, in ever-increasing grandeur even undeniably decayed. After a month The Common Man found the summit, a flat landscape of uneven pebbles allowing him to see the sky anywhere across; he uses the map and measures where his prize may be. Where is the technology that liberated humans fears, where is the thing made to change worlds. After a seeming eternity of random steps the Common Man step on a remnant of his prize; it is a metallic skull , withered or inhuman, and a check inside proves two artificial tissues survived in tact , the Soul Tube plus the Neurosyn2026. With the functional remains, the Common Man begin the journey downward, and the journey across, and the journey home, to make a leader for tomorrow. WATN version Immediately beyond the Circumshadow of Babel live the oldest villages from the Initial of Peace. The Common Man didn't have enough water for another to reach Babel, not enough food. But, the Common Man reached the base of Babel, in a month, waterless, foodless, tired, focused; a map and a goal is all the man have, and he climb. The ancient ruins labyrinth base still has fires while creaking. Hours later, the Common Man climb pathways made from channels interlocking old shafts, taking rests on loose angled debris. Days later, starving, still, exiting the shafts to the first residential area, the Common Man use the map to find the Public Pantry; finally success, he enter the old pantry, now a garden of mushrooms, and eats or gathers only what he knows to be safe; after a day to settle, he continue the climb through various hallways original or fabricated through chaos to the base of the Great Concourse, a spiral ramp once effective as a grand hybrid roadway or railway that exists through all levels upward; from the Course going upward, he see foreign while greater and greater structures on top of each other, in ever-increasing grandeur even undeniably decayed. After a month The Common Man found the summit, a flat landscape of uneven pebbles allowing him to see the sky anywhere across; he uses the map and measures where his prize may be. Where is the technology that liberated humans fears, where is the thing made to change worlds? For the WATN Machinenemench ? If you like my craft, I have a tip jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 CRLiterature Examples gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/97552463/crliterature-content Literature Gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry Literary OC's https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/85935477/literary NOTES: circumshadow- around shadow, shadow moving about , like a dial a tissue is a collection of cells. Metropolis 1925 ebook https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/thea-von-harbou/metropolis/the-readers-library https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727 https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1318576 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(novel) Metropolis 1927 film Youtube free video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFzHH9EL9x0 HG Wells review of the film - must read https://erkelzaar.tsudao.com/reviews/H.G.Wells_on_Metropolis%201927.htm List of information https://web.archive.org/web/20190404131313/https://www.uow.edu.au/%7Emorgan/metroa.htm List of images https://web.archive.org/web/20181212040004/http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/film/7076/metropolis Information on the film https://www.weimarcinema.org/page/metropolis-dossier #watn #maschinenmensch #metropolis #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #kobo

PRIOR ENTRY https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/796-art-comments-08142026/ NEXT ENTRY ? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1374930866/5309439953 COMMENT CONTENT Beautiful Edition I hope more hardboiled comes in @leothefox are you a star trek fan? If not, which is the most penny dreadful star trek tale? I argue deep space nine episode "A Pale Moonlight" is the most. Lagos is the capitol of nigeria, I didn't expect a referral to it. HAve you been to lagos? I bet you have been to NYC by the design @Redsterfish I enjoyed the third and penultimate stanza the most. The third I enjoyed but needed to search what a lorry is. a big moving vehicle The penultimate has nice illustration @Whelveaway beautiful sketches, did you see the colors or chose them yourself? @Chaosfive-55 tiss the season for the lunatic's dirge, my favorite stanza is the second. Love the imagery of "Feel the gelid liquescence of River Styx Falls" ohh and curious case of the cougar's daughter is a nice title I will love to see a film version, with a woman falling of the side of the desk like that Your women are so polite, apologizing for their actions and an uncommon car.. hmm why the mitsubishi? Of course your detective wants chili haha I do not think i ever saw a detective who read pulp before, nice touch. I think I read this before:but it was fun then and fun now @VinceAndrews that portal was really like that at the knaresborough? It is interesting how the gate behind this old door. Nice details fellow inker. @CapnDeek373 the house design or the environment about the house was inspired by the home of your youth? I see onyx, and I think i see bob hanging on the windowsill. I saw the "tubes" about the basement first, is that power from some creature or world going to the building or the buildings innards being absorbed? C Literature Coffee and CigaretSmoked it off Drank it down Streetfighters T Literature The Lunatic's DirgeHark to the clittering-clattering tones Of the rambunctious army of rattling bones! The Dead are a-dragging us all to our doom, Down the endless insatiable maw of the tomb!Hear the skittery-scratching of rats in the walls! Feel the gelid liquescence of River Styx Falls As the pale slimy waters wash eye-sockets clean, Giving our bones a fresh, shiny new sheen!See the skeletons dance in the light of the Moon, Where the ghastly ghouls gather to gibber and croon In the vast pit of Tartarus where mankind shall dwell, Down the dank, dismal gullet of eternal Hell!!!!!(maniacal laughter, fading into silence) C Literature Curious Case of the Cougar's Daughter I was sitting at my desk, flipping through an old issue of THRILLING DETECTIVE TALES and pretending not to listen as Liberty's prospective client, a worried-looking fellow with thinning hair and a thickening midsection, told her about his aunt's new boyfriend. "He's in his early thirties, Ms. Morgan--Aunt Bedelia is fifty-seven! I don't trust him, but my aunt is quite smitten and won't listen to my warnings! I want you to follow him." I rolled my eyes behind the magazine--it was exactly the kind of case I wouldn't touch with a ten-meter cattle prod. Same reason I don't follow people's spouses around-where's the mystery in jobs like that? But as Liberty likes to remind me, a job is a job; still, better her than me. "And what is his name, Mr. Chapman?" Liberty asked, notebook in hand; Arnold Chapman grimaced. "He calls himself Reginald Crandall--the Third, if you please! Probably a fake name...he's about six-one with slick black hair and a pencil mustache! Always COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1371551404/5309462567 COMMENT CONTENT @leothefox ok, the entry ahh citizen conrad. Nice hook with the head. Well, they try to buy their credibility but like arthur case, it falls down eventually. The truth can't be bought, and it never stays enslaved forever. Helpful big star, and messering isnt' wrong, health is as important as skills. Interesting, Mr. Flores postal history.Nice journey aside flores. Nice cameo, I know who patrov is, nice. Nice turn of Conrad, all is well. but no!! not PAtrov, i was hoping for a cheesy next appearance lovely closure your detective has a nice voice. @STARLINED-CREATIVE beautiful design, the blend of 3d figure with 2d illustration @RiEile ahh impressionist and good eye keeping the original season @yesa1971 lovely ink abstract, what inspired your design? @RighiCarlo you say mixed media for native american , I cognize paint but I don't know the other media @300ChickenNuggets what are the dimensions, I gamble, fourteen feet height by eighteen feet width. Beautiful composition. the figures playing among the water and the background has great scneic quality I Literature I Left My Head In San Francisco[DEVIATION] When the sun came, creeping and COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1373272384/5309463696 COMMENT CONTENT I don't have any art of dolly parton @Unbreakable123 did you have a photo reference for your dolly parton? lovely angle . @Tiffero i love the glasses. I only recently became aware of dolly parton, but it seems from all the posts about her, she may have been open minded and wore such glasses. @heyroger I know some but not most of david bowie's music, did bowie and parton ever create any music? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1370680418/5309465431 COMMENT CONTENT Congratulations @BitterBeanJuicer That smile you found is amazing photographers. All my inks have sketches I made. Da Vinci and Rembrandts sketches are treated in market as complete drawings. Being a sketch artists is great. Quick, idea driven. It isn't about polishing. So share more of your sketches. love the eyes of your cat. Moonbeam is cool, as someone late to the stamp world but having fun with it, nice to come across a fellow stamper my stamps, any thoughts to them https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/98865585/stamps COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1375733719/5309466718 COMMENT CONTENT Question, is nsfw content the most profitable on deviantart? For example with books, the romance is the biggest genre in terms of sales and money, more than fantasy or horror or other. if nsfw the most profitable sector in deviantart? and I don't think that is a problem. Online adult content has always been the most profitablenon physical sale. COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1376545231/5309467213 COMMENT CONTENT What determinant of popularity is the most viral from the stats provided by deviantart to users? is it views? comments? watchers? i know all say something but which is the strongest determinant. Someone else , elsewhere online said most folks lurk online. so comments quantity may not reflect interest or who is paying attention. .. and watchers can be bots. so I gamble views is the most, what say your experience? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1378458345/5309467561 COMMENT CONTENT I know this is something that must be adjusted to reach the right place and can change. When JK Rowling wanted to publish a story under a pseudonym her publisher outed her and the price of the book raised too. What are your thoughts on tip jars? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1376979128/5308594797 COMMENT CONTENT @leothefox beautiful featuring as always @WasteRat that is a great sci fi elephant. Is the image part of a story or a world. You don't say in the description, and it has a flag. maybe pirates? @SucroseFrogArtwork3 an ancestor to the elephant from wasterat thanks for finding and sharing it @aztlanwayne were you honest about august 18th I don't recall anything in the news about that. Sexy design, and I like the color. But thanks for the background, completes the work @Novadrome I admit i noticed this was abstract impresisonism quite quickly I like how for me, it seems like eye of a person peering from th eother side of a broken wall, but then also a large winged creature flying toward where the sun appears in the sky and then the simple unknown. Nice @RohelineBear priestess of circuits. has a great look. I am just finished looking at metropolis again so I feel the machine human's vibes. @MarianaKorett love the activity and sense of motion amongst the collective. Nice, and vibrant colors. what coloured pencil brand do you use? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1378147257/5309471104 COMMENT CONTENT @leothefox hope your new book gets global distribution beautiful art all @RighiCarlo where is the medieval village? @Lambda-fallout125 what flavor donuts are those ? I sense, strawberry frosted whole wheat donuts? am i right? @GerardoGomez did you have a photo to reference the angle over the district ? or did you do it from memory? @SethFitts beautiful white cat, and love its geometrically contrasting necklace @TTTimT21 is together but imcompatible mixed media? I sense ink and maybe collage pieces? always be creating COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1378483990/5309479082 COMMENT CONTENT Nice feature @vagrantscout @XoAngelBeatsoX lovely prose in your description about star trek. Wise was a proven high quality director for his successes in various genres and I think he comprehended what star trek needed so well that every single star trek movie after has highlighted the enterprise as representing this special way of life. My question is, as someone who does cosplay. What are your thoughts about the costume of the motion picture in comparison to wrath of khan and onward for the original crew? I notice you chose the wrath of khan outfits. I think the motion picture uniforms are less busy and straight forward. I can see people in the future, far future, having a much starker fashion sense than today. I think the outfits of next generation and later seem to suggest Wise was correct in his foretelling fashion. cause the next generation/deepspace nine/voyager/enterprise/discovery uniforms seem closer to the motion picture than wrath of khan. What say you? @pinkythepink an hour and a half, nice work on the badge. LEonard Nimoy I love as a fellow artist. The truth, and looking at shatner's recent documentary proves this, is that paramount never really cared or cares for star trek. Paramount wants to go another way, it is a cash cow, but at its heart star trek is not like all the other major media film brands. They can't milk it into a constant stream of terror like an alien or predator. It isn't vast as a star wars, Star trek has a controlled science fiction. It doesn't have the modern escapism or fantasy that marvel or DC can provide. Star Trek isn't now, by star trek's own accounts now is messy now isn't good, now isn't elegant, now isn't the best, now isn't the hope, the hope is later, not now by star trek's account and I think that makes some people retort from star trek. As mccoy said, today is the dark ages. People today call yesterday the dark ages but star trek calls today the dark ages, spider man is the dark ages. the avengers is the dakr ages. superman is the dark ages. Leonard nimoy comprehended paramount didn't care for star trek even with its value and he was the one who was prepared for wrath of kahn, when whispers say paramount was looking to shut star trek down after the motion picture. And then Nimoy did the whales and I paraphrase him "we had death in every single film, deckerd and haialiyah, spock, and kirk's son, we wanted a story with no deaths and the heart of star trek" and for me, I love the whales and I argue it is the best of the star trek films. Khan is still the best collective performance and a great part 2 film. But in terms o fmood, upbeat positivity, nothing beats the whales. Did anyone buy the bead dresses? they look real cool @DrMistyTang it's funny you mention Uhura isn't snark cause in parallel uhura isn't disrespected. When you look at the film Alien, ripley's love interest dallas, doesn't trust her position and gets everyone but her killed. She has to fight everyone , including the other female crew member to get her point across of to be believed. in terminator 2, sarah connor is in an insane asylum, while being 100% correct. yes if she was a man she would probably be in the same situation because of the various external interest. In star wars, leah has to constantly battle with han or luke who treat her as some fine lady or gentle female. She never treats them with the same gentleness even though she loves them both. The brilliance of Uhura is she is one of the few female characters who for the most part is never questioned by males because she is a woman. She isn't treated less or greater than. She isn't treated like a flower that can't survive, nor is she treated like an idiot r someone who doesn't warrant her post. How many other female characters in well known media can say they haven't been questioned based on them being a female by a male? Yes, I love the Vulcan Harp / Ka’athyra too . The funnest thing to me, is it is an open instrument. It doesn't have an official way . solo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVABxsfz6UU accompanied by a theramin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRfbWrI03gc not vulcan but fandom loves fandom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2dGwYcp9k @47ness I have no idea of any of those pets. A few seem familiar, but I don't recall. The only pets I recall, and I don't count tribbles as pets, those are wild animals that people abduct are: Butler from generations/spot from data/the klingon beast in search for spock/ the guy taru in discovery had a plant room. I don't recall too many pets. Only true Trek trivia lords know those folk in your beautiful art work @Jadedroseseal beautiful graphite, love the eyes, and facial epression @phomalhaut has anyone used the clothespin dolls? I hope so, they are very cute @cimmerianwillow you didn't answer one key thing, what is she drinking? is that romulan ale? love that forehead @sumeshiryuk how long did it take for oyu to make the night light? it is really cool My Star Trek 60th content HAppy 60th Birthday Star Trek below has a game with prizes Happy 60th Birthday Star Trek!2 days ago [DEVIATION] Live long and prosper because it's Star Trek Day! 60 years ago today, on September 8th 1966, the first episode of Star Trek aired in the United States of America. "The Man Trap" saw the crew of the USS Enterprise encountering a mysterious space vampire on an alien planet. Funny thing about this episode? It wasn't even the actual pilot episode of Star Trek! After a failed first pilot episode was rejected as "too brainy" for audiences, a rare second pilot episode secured the show's future; but even that pilot wasn't aired until the third episode of season 1. "The Man Trap" won out as it featured distinct sci-fi elements, a mysterious alien monster, and showcase the main trio of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. Who knew! In honor of this stellar anniversary, I have a galaxy full of fun Star Trek facts, fictions, and fantasies for you to enjoy below. Set phasers for fun! Beyond Antares is a song written for Nyota Uhura [ Nichelle Nichols] and was originally sung accompanied by the

Dear Friends, Building on the success of the Lafayette Fellowship’s launch last year and following a successful Summer Leadership Program with our inaugural cohort, I am delighted to announce that applications for the 2027–2028 Lafayette Fellowship are now open. They will remain open through December 1, 2026. This program offers a unique opportunity to join the next generation of young leaders committed to strengthening the transatlantic relationship. The Lafayette Fellowship funds one year of master's-level study in France for up to 30 outstanding American students. Open to both Francophone and non-Francophone candidates, the program partners with leading French universities and grandes écoles across STEM, the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts, with degree programs offered in French or entirely in English. In addition to their academic studies, Fellows participate in the French-American Leadership Program, which provides an immersive introduction to French and European innovation, culture, and public policy, alongside mentorship opportunities. Last summer, our inaugural Fellows traveled to Paris, Avignon, Arles, and Marseille for the opening chapter of the program. Through masterclasses with leading figures, visits to major institutions, and unique cultural experiences, they discovered France from multiple perspectives while building a strong community of their own. Their journey will continue throughout the year, with additional sessions in Strasbourg and the Paris region. You can learn more about the inaugural cohort's Summer Leadership Program here. [ https://villa-albertine.org/va/lafayette/inside-the-2026-lafayette-fellows-leadership-program/ ] As our inaugural Fellows now begin their academic year in France, we look forward to identifying our next cohort of Lafayette Fellows. Learn more about our upcoming informational webinars and additional program updates on the Lafayette Fellowship website. [ https://lafayette.villa-albertine.org/ ] If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Florence Botello at lafayettefellowship@villa-albertine.org. Warm regards, Mohamed Bouabdallah Cultural Counselor and Director of Villa Albertine Founder of the Lafayette Fellowship French Embassy in the United States

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Happy-60th-Birthday-Star-Trek-1373036771 CONTENT Live long and prosper because it's Star Trek Day! 60 years ago today, on September 8th 1966, the first episode of Star Trek aired in the United States of America. "The Man Trap" saw the crew of the USS Enterprise encountering a mysterious space vampire on an alien planet. Funny thing about this episode? It wasn't even the actual pilot episode of Star Trek! After a failed first pilot episode was rejected as "too brainy" for audiences, a rare second pilot episode secured the show's future; but even that pilot wasn't aired until the third episode of season 1. "The Man Trap" won out as it featured distinct sci-fi elements, a mysterious alien monster, and showcase the main trio of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. Who knew! In honor of this stellar anniversary, I have a galaxy full of fun Star Trek facts, fictions, and fantasies for you to enjoy below. Set phasers for fun! Beyond Antares is a song written for Nyota Uhura [ Nichelle Nichols] and was originally sung accompanied by the Vulcan lute. The piano was played by Marl Young, harp played by Catherine Gotthoffer, and guitar played by Laurindo Almeida. Nichelle Nichols performing Beyond Antares You can see the original lyrics of Beyond Antares, sung by Nichelle Nichols in the following location. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/425-nichelle-nichols-born-1932/ video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnPHs6uacbw The following graphic is my Klingon Version of the song, Beyond Antares. Beyond Antares was sung by Lieutenant Nyota Uhura aboard the enterprise two times. "The Conscience of the King" +"The Changeling" . In one performance she used the Vulcan lute for instrumental accompaniment. Click the graphic to get more information in how I composed this and what it means. The following is a better translation of Beyond Antares from a Klingon Speaker , qurgh [ http://tlhIngan.org ] KLINGON SuD chal 'ej wewtaH, tIqwIj DaqDaq, tIqwIj DaqDaq, lewbogh maS 'InSong DaqDaq, vogh, Hov HayDaq, 'antareS HayDaq... ENGLISH The sky is green And glowing, at my heart's place, at my heart's place, at the blooming moon flower's place, somewhere, beyond the stars, beyond Anteres. 60 year plea from Star Trek cast members Four Star Trek facts Star Trek is reality, scientist in our universe are making a real tractor beam! The Prime Directive, where the federation doesn't meddle in societies that are militaristically weaker or have lower quantities of knowledge was inspired by the UA-Vietnam war, Gene L. Coon , a writer on Star Trek, wrote it as a response to that war. The Original Enterprise model was a taller than you. At 14 feet, 4.2 meters , it will tower over any human . Yes, the mobile phone is a derivative of the communicator of Star Trek. Martin Cooper, a designer at Motorola, designed the first mobile phone , inspired by looking at Star Trek communicators. The communicator was designed by Wah Ming Chang. Star Trek 60th Anniversary Scrabble Now that you have listened to some music accompanies by the Vulcan Lute , read some Klingon, learned a little Star Trek trivia, here is the chance for prizes! Solve the puzzle and send a message to the group via the MESSAGE ADMIN option on the @CRLiterature home page (click the three dots underneath the cover image) with your answers by September 15th. The first to return all the correct answers will get a Diamond badge! Other select participants will receive Hype and Quartz badges on a random deviation for boldly solving these riddles. Make it so! LEFT The ship captained by Jonathan Archer Last name of genetically enhanced human who led a movement on Ceti Alpha V Full name of Bajoran who served under Captain Picard and later became a Marquis Name of first novel from Jake Sisqó Vulcan-Romulan Lieutenant who was a student of Spock DOWN The ship commanded by Hikaru Sulu Cardassian tailor on Deep Space Nine First emperor of Klingon Empire Blood brother of Worf and a Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. More Information Klingon online dictionary https://tlhingan.org/ Klingon Language Institute https://discord.com/channels/235416538927202304/ Thank you @vagrantscout for the help.

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Klingon-Beyond-Antares-1373035532 CONTENT EMBEDED It is Star Trek Day! September 8th 1966 the first episode of Star Trek Original Lyrics- [ https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Beyond_Antares] The skies are green and glowing, Where my heart is, where my heart is, Where the scented lunar flower is blooming: Somewhere, beyond the stars... Beyond Antares. There waits my love, a-sleeping, Where my heart is, where my heart is, Where the great blue crane its watch is keeping, Somewhere, beyond the stars... Beyond Antares. I'll be back, though it takes forever. Forever is just a day. Forever is just another journey. Tomorrow a stop along the way. Then let the years go fading, Where my heart is, where my heart is, Where my love eternally is waiting Somewhere, beyond the stars... Beyond Antares. The following is the key for the Klingon poem. Each couplet is two lines: first is the English, the second is the Klingon phonetics , with the translation in brackets. Emerald Sky patmor chal [ emerald sky] Where hearts tIq-mey nuqDaq [ heart(s) where ] Where moons bloom maS-mey nuqDaq [moon(s) bloom where ] Where... beyond stars Hay How-mey...nuqDaq [ beyond star(s)... where ] Beyond Antares Hay Antares [ beyond Antares] { An-ta-res is phonetically A-n-tay -ray https://tlhingan.org/grammar/piqad; https://tlhingan.org/grammar/consonants } My lover sleeps Qong-mey parmaqqay [ sleeps lover] Where hearts tIq-mey nuqDaq [ heart(s) where ] Where rain rings watch chal bIQ gho-mey bej nuqDaq [ rain rings watch where] Where... beyond stars Hay How-mey...nuqDaq [ beyond star(s)... where ] Beyond Antares Hay Antares [ beyond Antares] { An-ta-res is phonetically A-n-tay -ray https://tlhingan.org/grammar/piqad; https://tlhingan.org/grammar/consonants } I return, after forever poH veb yIn [time be next life] Forever is a sunrise poH chen jajlo' chum [time form sunrise] Forever is a story poH chen lut [time form story] Tomorrows are in forever wa'leS-mey qoD wa'Hu'-mey [ tomorrows inside yesterdays] Let years fade chaw' ragh [allow decay] Where hearts tIq-mey nuqDaq [ heart(s) where ] Where eternity wait poH loS nuqDaq [time wait where] Where... beyond stars Hay How-mey...nuqDaq [ beyond star(s)... where ] Beyond Antares Hay Antares [ beyond Antares] { An-ta-res is phonetically A-n-tay -ray https://tlhingan.org/grammar/piqad; https://tlhingan.org/grammar/consonants } Wordist nuqDaq : where? patmor : emerald chal : sky -mey : pural general tIq : heart maS : moon lew : bloom Hay: beyond How : star parmaqqay : lover Qong : sleep bIQ'a' : sea chal bIQ : rain gho : circle bej : watch poH : time veb : be next yIn : life jajlo' chum : sunrise chen : equal or take form lut : story wa'leS : tomorrow qoD : inside wa'Hu' : yesterday loS : wait chaw' : allow ragh : decay The following is a better translation of Beyond Antares from a Klingon Speaker , qurgh [ http://tlhIngan.org ] KLINGON SuD chal 'ej wewtaH, tIqwIj DaqDaq, tIqwIj DaqDaq, lewbogh maS 'InSong DaqDaq, vogh, Hov HayDaq, 'antareS HayDaq... ENGLISH The sky is green And glowing, at my heart's place, at my heart's place, at the blooming moon flower's place, somewhere, beyond the stars, beyond Anteres. Klingon online dictionary https://tlhingan.org/ Klingon Language Institute https://discord.com/channels/235416538927202304/ Tip Jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 Poetry Gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/84827787/poetry #poetry #klingon #hddeviant #richardmurray

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Star-Trek-60th-Crossword-Scrabble-Game-1373034919 CONTENT EMBEDED It is Star Trek Day! September 8th 1966 the first episode of Star Trek , "The Man Trap" , came on television in the United States of America and the series is now sixty years old. In honor of that, I made a Crossword Scrabble and converted the song, Beyond Antares, into Klingon. For the Crossword Scrabble, I placed an image that is the crossword scrabble. If you want to get rewards for getting this right, go to the following post Happy 60th Birthday Star Trek!52 mins ago [DEVIATION] Live long and prosper because it's Here is the answer key. LEFT 1. The ship captained by Jonathan Archer 2. Last name of genetically enhanced human who led a movement on Ceti Alpha V 3. Full name of Bajoran who served under Captain Picard and later became a Marquis 4. Name of first novel from Jake Sisqó 5. Vulcan-Romulan Lieutenant who was a student of Spock DOWN 1. The ship commanded by Hikaru Sulu 2. Cardassian tailor on Deep Space Nine 3. First emperor of Klingon Empire 4. Blood brother of Worf and a Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. Tip Jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 BlackGamesElite https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/93843073/blackgameselite

I want to make a personal disclaimer, Tony Todd was one of the few famous black people who was connected to me online. Even communicated a little. He Man From Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX2RuZm-Fk&pp=ygUObWFuIGZyb20gZWFydGjSBwkJGwwBhyohjO8%3D Director: Richard Schenkman Original Script: Jerome Bixby Tony Todd unremembered sci fi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BDseaEhklc LIST OF SOME STAGE APPEARANCES King Hedley 2 Othello Aida LIST OF SOME FILM APPEARANCES Platoon Bird Lean on me Night of the living dead Candyman The Crow Wishmaster Babylon 5 a return to arms Final Destination The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Man from Earth Transformer Revenge of the Fallen LEGO DC LIST OF SOME TV SHOWS APPREARED IN Star Trek Deep Space Nine Xena Murder She wrote Andromeda Batman Brave and the bold Transformers Prime Orville Wiki list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Todd

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/BlackHistory337-7-High-Fantasy-1368378709 CONTENT #BlackHistory337 is about the time outside the 28 days designated as Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the Black community during the other 337 days of the year. Let's continue learning all year long, because history doesn't stop when February ends. For this edition of #Black337 the focus is the genre commonly advertised as "High Fantasy". Fables , Fictional Slave Narratives , Comics , Detective Stories , plus High Fantasy are all fiction. Fables are fantasy as they have magical worlds/entities/objects/ or similar. Magic is defined as unsupported by what is known or science. Sometimes fictional slave narratives or comics or detective stories can be fantasy, but they don't have to be. So what is "High Fantasy" ? "High Fantasy" is fantasy with alot of details: Maps/Appendixes/Artworks. For example, no character type or story element in Tolkiens "Lord of the Rings" is absent in other fantasies. Magical Beings like elves or eagles who can talk are in all fantasy. Magical worlds like Mordor are in all fantasy. Magical cities like Osgiliath are in all fantasy. People descended from magical bloodlines like Aragorn are in all fantasy. Wizards like Saruman are in all fantasy. The variance in "Lord of the rings" are the details: maps, appendixes with bloodlines, appendixes with histories after the main contents of the book. In Global Black Fiction ,from the Song of Sundiata to High John to Anansi , fantasy elements are plentiful. But, very few works in the near past from the time of this writing, had the details that make "High Fantasy" variant from other fantasy. The Children of Blood and Bone from Tomi Adeyemi is being made into a film for 2017. https://youtu.be/LBg1OpxHMa0?si=BJYf6qvbxlAlA76L GALLERY OF INSPIRED WORK MONTHLY CONTENT The following are high fantasy from Richard Murray @HDdeviant An Example of High Fantasy content, inspired by @Kuroshi-tenshi BLACK HIGH FANTASY EXAMPLES Lore of the Wilds from Analeigh Sbrana- map and appendix https://analeighsbrana.com/image-with-title-and-description/ Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi- map https://tomiadeyemi.com/the-writer/ BLACK FANTASY EXAMPLES Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko - no map or appendix https://www.jordanifueko.com/books The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna - no map or appendix https://naminaforna.com/the-gilded-ones-1 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #1Mar 14, 2026 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #2Apr 1, 2026 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #3May 1, 2026 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #4Jun 2, 2026 #BlackHistory337 5 : FablesJul 4, 2026 #BlackHistory337 6 : Fictional Slave NarrativesAug 1, 2026 #black337 #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #blackhistory #highfantasy #fantasy

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Deviantart2026passport-1376246336 CONTENT EMBEDED TITLE: PULSE 3 The Earth is my shepherd I shall not want She offer me rest in her pastures She borders my paths with her waters She maintain my soul She allows me space to craft righteousness For the sake of all children Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of pain I will fear no unknown For she is with me Her breath and her child they comfort me She prepare a lifetime before me In the presence of all mortal things She anoint my head with caul My mind overflows Surely possibilities will follow me All the days of my life And I will dwell in the frame of the lord Forever from @HDdeviant Richard Murray What's your favorite food? I have a number of favorite foods. The rarest food I get that I like a lot are lobster fries from a place called Lighthouse in Harlem What's your favorite folklore story? High John the conqueror What traditions does your family celebrate? Juneteenth Poetry Gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/84827787/poetry Literary Gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry Tip Jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 #DAPassport26 #poetry #poem #psalm23 #pulse3 #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

URL https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/816189651471712256/april-2026-top-post-roll?source=share CONTENT April 2026 Top Post RollTHOUGHTS OF THE MONTH Each month this community grows and grows with members. I know I have yet to find the activity that can spur our collective juices, and we each have different lives that makes that a challenge. But BlackArtistofTumblr is growing. For mother's day in May, consider placing a link to your mother's day art , any time, or location, in the comments. https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/816178681946980352/mothers-day-linkoff-2026?source=share Some Members Asked Questions or Made Polls from @musashden https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/815091388202041344?source=share from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/815337286825869312/i-need-a-name-for-a-show-i-wanna-make?source=share CHALLENGES OR CONTEST The Challenge Page- have you completed all the challenges in the community? https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/812990328302944256/blackartistoftumblr-stamp-achievement-lists?source=share THE ROLL EXPLAINED I looked at the post made in the group for April 2026 [ for this ] and based on emoticons quantity + comment quantity I chose the post from each member with the most stated elements: emojis+comments. HOW ROLL WINNERS ARE SELECTED I will give a badge, my choice which one, or a commission of equal value to a random member who made this roll. The winner decides if a badge or commission. The number of members for the roll is based on the users active in the month. The index of each member is based on the listing in the post. The algorithm to get a random member is [[ Math.floor(Math.random() * NUMBEROFACTIVEMEMBERS) ] ; https://www.w3schools.com/JS/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_random_0_9 ] So for April 2026 , the NUMBEROFACTIVEMEMBERS is 12, the first one to submit is @banzaboiieatskilishi , the second is @wertys-art . The most engaged post is a tie between @wertys-art or @musashden, the most emojied is a tie between @wertys-art or @musashden , the most commented is from @rainbowmedleyarts the winner of the random gift is @noway78, they will choose a month of Tumblr Premium or a Commission of equal value. THE ROLL as we have text and video not just images I place links to the most active post based on (number of emojis+ number of comments) from @richardmurrayhumblr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/815073610944348160/elastica-selfie-above-the-city-since-you-all-love?source=share from @banzaboiieatskilishi https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813498159952281600?source=share from @wertys-art https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813012415476350976?source=share from @mcneveroli https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813088930520088576/are-you-ok-with-people-voice-acting-your-comics?source=share from @peachyblkdemonslayer https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/815370444350865408/drew-all-few-nobaras-after-seeing-this-post-on?source=share from @peachbyunnii https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813150834912296960?source=share from @noway78 https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813169091677421568?source=share from @rainbowmedleyarts https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813807162523615232/sonny?source=share from @ayeolaomolara https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813536518247514112?source=share from @jollofmunchrr https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813897680993632256?source=share from @whatifiwantthesatisfaction https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/814368450805940224?source=share from @musashden https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/814665759813959680?source=share prior month https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/813007962075496448/march-2026-top-post-roll?source=share toppostrolls enjoy the best post per month https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler?tab=recent&tagged=toppostroll Source: tumblr.com #toppostroll#blackartistoftumblr#richardmurrayhumblr#banzaboiieatskilishi#wertys-art#mcneveroli#peachyblkdemonslayer#peachbyunnii#noway78#rainbowmedleyarts#ayeolaomolara#jollofmunchrr#whatifiwantthesatisfaction#musashden