#william day

[randombones]

Oooooohhhh baby do u know what it’s worth ooooh heaven is a place on earth they say in heaven love comes first we’ll make heaven a place on earth we’ll make heaven a place on earth

you promise, you dork?

no take backsies

[queer-things-and-stuff]

Williams notepad is just like “Alex Danvers is fucking terrifying, I don’t feel safe around her, how is she related to Kara?” “Dreamer is 100% gen Z.” “I can’t tell if J’onn Jonzz wants to throw me off the balcony or not.” “Supergirl and Lena Luthor seem to have both understanding and tension… Sexual?????”

[uwmspeccoll]

Decorative Sunday

Today we are featuring some beautiful early chromolithographic plates from the second volume of Wyatt’s Industrial Arts showcasing wallpaper, fabric, and carpet design items from the 1851 Great Exhibition, published in 1853 by Day & Son of London. Day & Son was run at the time by William Day the younger, also known as WJ Day. His father, William Day the elder, founded the firm in 1824 and had established himself as one of the premier lithographic printers in Britain. In 1938, the firm was appointed as “lithographer to the Queen,” a designation maintained by WJ Day. The letterpress was printed by George Barclay of Castle Street, London.

WJ Day approached Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Matthew Digby Wyatt, about the project, hoping to demonstrate the utility of chromolithography to the industrial sector. The result, in the words of Wyatt, was “the most important application of Chromo-Lithography to assist the connexion which should subsist between Art and Industry.” In a postscript, Wyatt describes the 18-month publication process, focusing especially on impressive labor of the lithographers, most full-time employees of Day & Son’s. The two volumes were produced in an edition of 1,300, containing 160 plates that required an average of 7 printings per plate. In all, the entire run required 1069 stones, 17,400lbs of paper, and 1,350,500 pulls!

View past posts about Wyatt’s The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century here.

View more Decorative Sunday posts here.

-Olivia, Special Collections graduate intern.

[rabnerd28]

Supergirl has a romance problem, and I am in no way qualified to fix it, but I sure can talk about it.

[korra-the-red-lion]

Supergirl 6x9: Dream Weaver.

Hello everyone! This is a little later because I had a random mandatory class to attend this week and then had a whole day of workshops. ANYWAY, so how did I find this episode of Supergirl? Let’s find out. As always, SPOLIERS AHEAD.

A Kelly and Nia focused episode? I’m already giving this episode 5 stars based on that alone lol.

But seriously, the episode starts off with game night. Dansen is crushing whatever game they’re playing and it’s super cute. I think J’onn, who is technically a psychic, accused Alex and Kelly of being ones. It was a very cute moment for the Superfriends.

Kara not participating because Lena isn’t there is sending me through all kinds of loops of hell.

Speaking of, I didn’t mind that Brainy and Lena weren’t in this episode. I think by having the smaller numbers to work with, it allowed the focus to really stay on the two major plots running through this episode. I know some people were disappointed, but I actually like the decision.

Okay, so major plotline one is Kelly’s story. She’s working now as a social worker and the way that she instantly connected to the children was so beautiful. Also, that young girl is definitely Dansen’s future child, and I’m effing here for it. She was really funny and I’m glad that the ‘Alex wants to be a mom’ storyline hasn’t been forgotten this season (looking at you, s5).

Kelly and Kara teaming up to tackle the prison was awesome. But holy smokes, I couldn’t stop laughing when Kara used her eye lasers in front of the cop at the desk and SHE DIDN’T NOTICE? SHE DIDN’T NOTICE THE HOLE IN HER MUG. Not only that, then Kara zips behind the counter to investigate and nobody notices because that woman is apparently the only person who works the counters. I seriously couldn’t stop laughing, but it a good way.

I really liked that Kelly knew right away that there was some shady shit going down at the prison and the foster home. She ain’t a fool. Her riding the motorcycle into the night was awesome and I loved that she swiped that video feed no problem.

Okay, Nia for a bit. Nia is having recurring dreams about her mother because she very very desperately wants to see her again. Nyxly is back and is somehow in Nia’s dreamscape. This was vaguely explained but whatever, I’ll let it slide. Nyxly is trying to team up with Nia to get back into the human world, and Nia is too smart to fall for that.

Also, the dreamscape looked like a Taylor Swift music video.

Kara is working to stop the prisoners because they’re stealing stuff to build a bomb. I actually liked the whole factory part where she appeals to their humane side instead of just busting skulls. Kara’s hope speeches(TM) can be silly at times, but I liked it here. I do wish that they did some callback to s4 in someway, since the whole anti-alien thing was such a strong theme and Kara was a victim there too, but overall I thought it was a touching moment.

I forgot to mention this earlier but part of Kara’s storyline is her doing journalism again and I’m very happy. Andrea is a super crappy boss though, lol. She is the one who ruined CatCo yet she’s being such a crazy person about the ratings. Also, they moved up from 8th to 3rd this episode, so obviously they’re doing something right. But Andrea also gets bonus points for letting Nia take a mental health day. We stan a crappy boss who cares?

William being a work buddy and strictly a work buddy works here. I actually didn’t mind the team up for the most part. The only time I did was when Kara needed William to point out that the obviously shady prison warden was shady. It was one of those moments where they made Kara dumber than she is.

Kara does an interview to expose the corruption. I think overall this was a bit clunky in execution, but it was still a solid effort.

I teared up when Kelly reunited Joey and Orlando. Then I full on cried when Esme called Kelly a Guardian Angel. It was so nice. Then I teared up again when Alex gave Kelly Jimmy’s old Guardian stuff. Yay for Kelly!

Nia ends up ignoring the owl (who is obviously suppose to represent her mom) and agrees to work with Nyxly because she is so desperate to see her mom one more time. It’s really heartbreaking and I knew that it was coming. I think this storyline was the weakest one, but it still hit home. I’m curious to see where this ends up.

WHERE DID M’GANN GO?

OH, I also forgot this earlier. Alex goes out onto the balcony and encourages Kelly. It’s a really touching scene. I loved it. Then I realized it paralleled a scene that Lena and Kara had. I swear to effing God, this show.

So overall, this was a strong episode. CatCo felt relevent again. Kelly Olsen shined. Nia got to have some spotlight. Kara is realizing that both Kara and Supergirl bring something to the table. I’m excited for next week’s episode! 

[artistshadow]

Ok not gonna lie I love Supergirl, one of my favorites of the arrow verse shows but I’ve never really considered myself one of the Supergirl fandom because not gonna lie, y’all some toxic people. And I was already apart of one toxic fandom so I’m not doing it again. Y’all act the same way preschool children act. And I know that just by posting this I’m opening the door to a bunch of unnecessary hate from people who’s opinion means Jack shit to me cause I couldn’t give two shits about them or their opinion, but honestly, maybe it’s a good thing this show is coming to an end. It breaks my heart that it’s coming to an end but maybe it needs to happen for the good of everyone. Hell, I even consider myself a shipper of Supercorp but y’all are some over dramatic brats not gonna lie. God knows what you’re going to do with yourselves after the shows over. But it’s whatever I guess.

[writerperson7]

Supergirl BUT a PJO AU

I just finished a re-read of everything Rick Riordan and I had a thought:

Imagine camp-half blood where: 

1. J’onn is the activities director who does his best to maintain peace and provide wisdom.

2.  Lena is a child of Poseidon (not only cause the green eyes and black hair) She is like super smart and of course is terrified of water. She basically blames herself for her mortal mother’s drowning and the guilt/trauma makes feel like a villain in a place of heroes. Also resentful towards Poseidon. So she stays away from everyone and suppresses her gift. It seems to be working until a certain blue eyed blond barges into her life like a tidal wave.

3. Kara is a child of Athena who lost her parents to an attack from Arachne. She doesn’t really feel at home in her cabin because she is the first one ever to have powers. As one of the camp’s best heroes she is constantly throwing herself into quests and soon makes it her mission to figure out what’s up with that Luthor in Cabin 3.... and why she can’t stop staring. 

4. Alex is a child of Ares who finds themselves falling for a child of Aphrodite and doesn’t know what to make of those feelings. Then eventually keeping her mortal-adoptive sister away from Lena at the behest of her godly father.  But her attempts are half-hearted because she can see how good these two dorks are for each other.

5. Kelly  is known for her good advice, warmth, and general badassery but is struggling to assert her role as head counselor of the Aphrodite cabin against Andrea, who loves to spread rumors and meddle in other campers personal affairs.

6. Nia would be either the daughter of Hypnos, Morpheus or the camp oracle idk I couldn’t choose. But the gist of her conflict is that she is trying to navigate her powers while striking a “friendship” (note the quotations) with a shy demi-titan

7. Brainy’s story is unconventional because he is the first kid from a titan (Coeus- look it up) to be allowed. He has some insecurities with his natural appearance (green skin & white hair) so he asks the Hecate kids to place charms on him... that is until he meets Nia Nal who helps him embrace emotions, parentage, and identity. He in turn, would use his infinite wisdom to help decipher her visions.

8. Willy wonka (yknow who im talking about) = kid of Hermes

9. Lex is just an asshole jk he is a kid of Hades but no matter what he does people don’t like resent that cabin just HIM yk? (we will respect the legacy of Nico di Angelo in this house)

10. Eve would be a sea nymph who could travel without water, basically Lena’s bestfriend, because I needed a female equivalent of Grover. 

Main conflict: Lex releases a shapeshifting Monster known as Leviathan from the depths of Tartarus and all hell is literally breaking loose. The Olympians are indisposed and its up to everyone minus lex  to stop it from destroying the world. there will be betrayal, endgames, tropes, death, and overcoming trauma. The whole shebang.

Me 10 min Later:  what Have I done 

[redhatmeg]

William’s call out of Andrea was long overdo.

He said exactly the things she should have heard and, hopefully, it will make her think.