seven faces is a 1929 american pre-code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by fox film corporation in the fox movietone sound-on-film system on december 1 , 1929 .

based upon the piece of short fiction " a friend of napoleon " which was published in the june 30 , 1923 , issue of the saturday evening post magazine by popular writer richard connell ( whose best known work , the most dangerous game , was filmed three years later ) , it was directed by berthold viertel and stars paul muni in his second screen appearance .

seven faces is a lost film , with no excerpts from its footage known to exist .

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the seven faces in the rock were worshipped as gods by the teblor . they appeared as seven faces carved in a rock cliff amidst a forested glade . each face represented a different teblor clan except for ' siballe . [ 1 ]
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is putin having split personalities ? it must be already hard to understand anyone with two faces , let alone with seven faces . so , nobody really knows who putin is . yet does it matter ? ( ttm1943 )
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available for the first time in paperback , seven faces of philanthropy introduces to you the seven faces approach—a powerful tool that enables development professionals to maximize their effectiveness when approaching major donors for gifts . the authors identify and profile seven types of major donors and offer you detailed strategies on how to approach them . both novice and expert fundraisers will find this framework a valuable supplement to existing strategies and techniques .
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top : carroll baker has just seen the final cut of the devil with seven faces ( 1971 ) bottom : even a cheap gorilla mask couldn’t make the movie any better .
fuller descriptions of the categories and the research from which they were derived are available in christine bruce ( 1997 ) seven faces of information literacy , auslib press , adelaide , south australia .
in 1994 , the seven faces of philanthropy : a new approach to cultivating major donors was published . at the time it was a revolutionary practical methodology to address major and planned giving that continues to prove exceedingly effective today . the following are the seven distinct wealthy charitable donor personalities :
based on the critically acclaimed novel ‘seven types of ambiguity’ by award winning author elliot perlman .
caravaggio and other characters from the seven acts of mercy introduce themselves in this series of videos .
based on any seven continuous hours ( without a meal break ) after seven hours overtime will apply . applies up to 10pm . after 10pm nighttime overtime is applicable . unless called as a continuous working night .
video trailer for our new play the seven acts of mercy by anders lustgarten , directed by erica whyman .
the convoluted plot of the devil with seven faces involves a diamond heist that goes wrong , some conniving twin sisters ( played unconvincingly by carroll baker ) and a large batch of bad guys who stumble all over themselves trying to get to carroll baker and the million dollar diamond . for some reason a lot of reviewers insist on calling the devil with seven faces a “giallo” film and as far as i can tell , it’s not . contrary to many critical opinions , i don’t believe that one mysterious corpse and a long irrelevant title with the word “devil” in it suddenly turns any italian movie into a giallo film . the devil with seven faces seems to simply be an original crime movie written by tito carpi and director osvaldo civirani without any literary basis . or to be more exact ; it’s a “ heist film ” in the same tradition as countless other european heist films i’ve seen . i love a good heist film but unfortunately the devil with seven faces is not good .
i truly wish i had more positive things to say about the devil with seven faces , but unless you happen to be a george hilton or carroll baker completist like myself , a huge fan of stelvio cipriani and nora orlandi’s scores or just curious to see some of the worst wigs imaginable , then i can’t encourage you to spend 90 minutes with this movie . if you do decide to watch the devil with seven faces i recommend doing so with a good bottle of wine by your side .
nothing like a horrible youtube gaillo to put you to sleep after a long days work . i put this on because it was only 90 minutes and i wasn ' t up to anything longer than that . this thing felt 5 hours long . the score sounded like they dropped a toddler with a xylophone into the studio and told him to
do work
. i don ' t know what seven faces has to do with anything because the murderer was just a guy in a gorrila mask . two faces , the devil has two faces .
the soundtrack for the devil with seven faces was so good that it actually managed to elevate the film at times and made me forget how completely dull it was . stelvio cipriani composed the music and nora orlandi adds lots of lush vocalisms to just about every track . their work together on the devil with seven faces is truly fantastic and i’d love to get a copy of the entire soundtrack . i’m sure i have bits and pieces of the music on one or two of the library compilations i own but the score really deserves to be heard in its entirety .
daenerys ( emilia clarke ) receives an unexpected visitor . jon ( kit harington ) faces a revolt . tyrion ( peter dinklage ) plans the conquest of westeros .
i should have said americans or english speaking countries . it does seem like these terms become problematic when they’re used a lot by english speaking critics who don’t fully grasp their meaning or intention . this is why i hesitate to use the term when writing about something like the devil with seven faces .
with just over a week to go , hbo has released the episode titles of the first three episodes of game of thrones season seven .
press reviews of the seven acts of mercy by anders lustgarten , directed by erica whyman . playing in the swan theatre , stratford upon avon .
sounds and furies collects seven singular , gorgeous tales of lingering atmospheric horror from the masterful pen of tanith lee :
where all things perish ,
midday people ,
cold fire ,
crying in the rain ,
we all fall down ,
the beautiful and damned by f . scott fitzgerald ,
and
the isle is full of noises
( novella ) . these seven faces of darkness cast a wide shadow an
eventually the seven were released by the crippled god , though initially , they could not physically leave the glade where their faces had been carved in the rock . all that had been required of the crippled god ' s dark gift was a renunciation of their vow and an oath of fealty to their new patron . [ 7 ] the seven cultivated teblor warriors to serve their agenda . the first had been pahlk , but the seven had been too confident , not realising how much of their power had been spent sundering their vow . later , they chose karsa orlong , pahlk ' s grandson . [ 8 ]
the seven faces in the rock were revealed to be seven broken logros t ' lan imass . [ 3 ] in keeping with t ' lan imass tradition for those who had dishonoured themselves through failure , they had been abandoned and interred , aware but immobile , in a dark tomb so their eternal sight would be bereft of peaceful vistas . afterwards , the t ' lan imass had carved their likenesses into the cliff - face outside . [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
before i review this movie , please allow me to go over the making of this film . a bunch of guys in the early 1970s got high one night when one of them said
hey , remember the maltese falcon ? lets make a shitty ripoff of that !
and thus , we got the devil with seven faces .
a selection of production photos from the royal shakespeare company ' s new production of the seven acts of mercy . written by anders lustgarten and directed by erica whyman .
george hilton’s character in the devil with seven faces is underwritten and he doesn’t seem to get as much screen - time as his costars . but unlike carroll baker who seems to be sleepwalking through the entire movie , and stephen boyd who comes across as rather sleazy and unappealing here ; hilton at least seems to be trying to make the most of his role . he also looks terrific in his ’70s style fashions . hilton’s wardrobe consists of lots of great looking racing jackets and expensive sunglasses . a sharp dressed man will often keep my attention in a lackluster film , especially if that man happens to be someone like george hilton . and last but not least , hilton’s multiple death scenes in the devil with seven faces are the highlights of the movie .
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where all things perish ,
midday people ,
cold fire ,
crying in the rain ,
we all fall down ,
the beautiful and damned by f . scott fitzgerald ,
and
the isle is full of noises
( novella ) . these seven faces of darkness cast a wide shadow and burrow deep within . . .
the devil has seven faces
isn ' t a giallo , but admittedly it looks and sounds more like a giallo than most genuine gialli do . now that was a weird sentence ! allow me to elaborate . the enticing title , the starring of george hilton and carroll baker and the stelvio cipriani musical score have got written
giallo
all over it . without even knowing what the plot is about , these elements are enough to convince all avid fans of italian cult cinema that we ' re dealing with a bona fide giallo here . the plot , however , is that of a crime - thriller / mystery movie . there are no heavily breathing perverts with black gloves massacring scantily dressed fashion models here . instead ,
the devil has seven faces
is an overly…
the devil with seven faces ( and , no , the title doesn ' t bear any resemblance to the plot ) is at least blessed with a lovely stelvio cipriani score . if you don ' t expect much in the way of traditional giallo thrills then there ' s some 70s charm , a few passages of effective suspense and madcap caper to enjoy , but overall it ' s a curiously hollow experience .
i had high expectations for director osvaldo civirani’s 1971 thriller the devil with seven faces ( aka il diavolo a sette facce ) when i stuck it into my dvd player . the film stars two of my favorite actors , the lovely american actress carroll baker along with the talented george hilton . stephen boyd also has a major role in the film along with the always entertaining luciano “the italian peter lorre” pigozzi , genre favorite daniele vargas and the cute lucretia love . the script for the devil with seven faces was co - written by tito carpi who also co - wrote a lot of good spaghetti westerns such as fistful of lead ( 1970 ) , any gun can play ( 1967 ) and django shoots first ( 1968 ) . and last but not least , the film features a score by two of my favorite composers ; the amazing stelvio cipriani and nora orlandi .
seven samurai was written over a period of six weeks as kurosawa , hashimoto , and co - writer hideo oguni holed up in a hotel room in atami , working so hard they didn’t even take phone calls . even before the scripting process began , though , kurosawa filled a notebook with detailed notes on each of the seven main characters , including their heights , ages , emotional dispositions , and reactions to battle . many of his initial character instincts remain in the final film : for example , kurosawa always imagined frequent collaborator takashi shimura in the role of kambei shimada , the leader of the seven .
traditionally , the systems - development life cycle consisted of five stages . that has now increased to seven phases . increasing the number of steps helped systems analysts to define clearer actions to achieve specific goals .
six of the bill ' s most memorable faces came together to share memories , along with a vintage 1990s vauxhall vectra police car used in the series , to mark the first time the show has been broadcast in order since it came off the air .
seven new actors have been added to the upcoming second season , variety reports . they are : anne winters , bryce cass , chelsea alden , allison miller , samantha logan , kelli o’hara and ben lawson . according to the outlet , none of the newcomers are series regulars , but many of them will appear in the majority of episodes in season two . how the series will make room for these new faces while juggling so many returning characters remains to be seen .
seven - year - old sam marin is taken from his school . much to the relief of his parents anna and joe , sam is found unharmed hours later and police arrest ex - schoolteacher , simon heywood .
one thing people need to realize when interpreting song lyrics is that the lyrics alone often don ' t entirely define a song ' s meaning . the actual tone of the music often mixes with the lyrics to paint a pretty solid image in your mind of what the song is about . seven faces has a very gloomy / depressive tone , suggesting ( at least to me ) the the song isn ' t quite so rosey and optimistic as
do whatever you want and you ' ll be free !
the ritual of binding was so powerful it had twisted the minds of the nearby teblor shamans to ingratiate the faces as gods . these
gods
informed the shamans in their dreams and trances that they had slain the teblor ' s old spirits and now demanded obeisance . [ 6 ]
loftin rigged the truck with a dead clutch so the 18 - wheeler could drive without anyone behind the wheel . spielberg filmed the crash with seven cameras from multiple angles to be able to use some editing tricks to stretch out the scene .
christopher booker is a scholar who wrote that every story falls into one of seven basic plot structures : overcoming the monster , rags to riches , the quest , voyage and return , comedy , tragedy , and rebirth . shmoop explores which of these structures fits this story like cinderella’s slipper .
and the walk - on and supporting artist a continuous working period of seven hours without a meal break ( ‘continuous work day’ ) . such continuous periods will normally take place between 07 . 00 hours and 19 . 00 hours , or 20 . 00 hours and 08 . 00 hours .
there may be no template for thrillers but from all the sources i’ve read about gialli films in the past 20 years , the movies are usually based on an existing texts ( crime / murder / horror novels ) or as you say , they’re thrillers . this film had no real thrills ( at least for me anyway ) . it’s simply an original crime film or as i mentioned above , a heist film . i think it has much more in common with italian poliziotteschi films than italian gialli films . clearly some see it as giallo but if i was going to use an italian term to describe the devil with seven faces i think poliziotteschi would be more appropriate .
wonderfully typical horror from tanith lee . typical for lee means an erotic undercurrent , incredible descriptions , and words being used in ways you may ' ve not thought of them being used before . a collection of seven stories , each taking place in its own little world . a delightful , haunting read .
i completely agree that “thriller italiano” is a much clearer term to use when describing movies like this . i’m really surprised that there doesn’t seem to be an italian term for “heist” movie or “caper” film since that’s really what the devil with seven faces is even with the “mystery” elements . it’s similar to other italian heist films such as giuliano montaldo’s far superior grand slam and i’ve never seen grand slam referred to to as a giallo or a poliziottesco . why is that ? curious minds need to know and i appreciate your feedback ! i only wish i could speak italian myself . my father was italian and spoke the language but unfortunately he passed away when i was really young .
more than half a century ago , akira kurosawa pushed his creative powers to new limits with a film that merged grueling shoots , an unprecedented budget , and an all - star cast to change japanese cinema forever . seven samurai , arguably the greatest film ever made in japan , combined brilliant performances , revolutionary camerawork , and a respect for period accuracy to create something audiences around the world had never seen before , and it’s still remembered as one of the great movie epics . it’s a flawless film , but making it wasn’t easy . to find out why , check out these 16 facts about how seven samurai became a masterpiece .
whilst there is growing advocacy for information literacy in higher education , comparatively little in known about how it is experienced by those who use information . the various faces of information literacy described here are drawn from the experienc e of higher educators in two australian universities . they provide a picture of information literacy that is very different from the lists of skills and attributes that are usually found in literature on the subject .
in a report provided by variety , netflix ‘s 13 reasons why is scheduled to include seven more actors to its original lineup for season 2 . since its premiere in march 2017 , the hit series , which takes from jay asher ‘s novel about the aftermath that follows the suicide of a high school girl who has just taken her own life .
once upon a time is going in a completely different direction for its seventh season , and while it ' s all very exciting , it means that a bunch of regular cast members are leaving . jennifer morrison was the first to announce her departure , followed by rebecca mader , ginnifer goodwin , josh dallas , jared gilmore , and emilie de ravin . that leaves a handful of familiar faces plus a few new ones . it ' s also not the end for the cast members who have left ; morrison is returning for one episode , and goodwin told entertainment weekly that
of course i ( and we ) will be back
for the series finale . until then , here are the people who we ' ll be seeing the most of in season seven .
if you squint a little , you can place every type of story squarely within the realm of campbell , with a few tics and tweaks here and there , but definitely patterns on the same thing . this is the book that showed booker how to put down those seven plot types . campbell was the guy who handed him the map . ( source )
like many gialli , the jet - set nature of the genre meant that they often took place outside of the motherland . here , it is the canals and cobbled streets of amsterdam that attempt to give the devil with seven faces its colour . baker plays julie – who works some undisclosed job at air india ( presumably a little product placing , although the ubiquitous j & b whiskey is nowhere to be seen ) in the dutch city . she is being plagued with unwanted attention , and after one dinner party is chased by an unseen assailant through the streets whilst wearing what looks like some kind of see - through blue bin bag . rather than killing her , as you might reasonably expect for her crimes against fashion , a flash bulb of a camera goes off sending julie slumping melodramatically to the floor .
seven samurai was unlike anything japanese cinema—let alone world cinema—had ever seen . it took period movie accuracy to new levels , and it luxuriated in its runtime of more than three - and - a - half hours . when asked to describe what kind of film he made , kurosawa had the perfect response : “a movie as rich as a buttered steak topped with grilled eel . ”
at the time seven samurai entered production , most major japanese films cost around $ 70 , 000 . because kurosawa demanded the authenticity of things like a fully constructed outdoor village location , and because of frequent production challenges , the shoot dragged on and eventually took a year to complete . as a result , the budget ballooned to nearly $ 500 , 000 —a massive sum at the time .
as the production process of seven samurai grew longer and longer , producers grew worried that kurosawa was spending too much on the film . as a result , production was closed down “at least twice . ” instead of arguing , kurosawa simply left to go fishing , believing that the studio had already invested so much money into the film that they wouldn’t simply scrap it . he was right .
since the truck itself is the movie’s main antagonist , spielberg chose to cast it like he would any other actor : an in - person audition . the filmmaker auditioned seven different styles of semi - trucks on the universal backlot , finally settling on a 1955 peterbilt 281 because he felt that the split windshield , rounded lights , and elongated hood represented the menacing features of the truck’s “face . ”
bravo mr . krastev . at my age 70 + over , i am not very easily impressed stubborn man , but reading your article ,
the seven faces of putin
, - you did it all , for my impression of you . you did it in style reasoning with truth and an illuminating spirit of confidence , writing it - mr . shakespeare would have been proud of . till this very day i felt myself an eternal student of the words of mr . shakespeare , i have been touched of ,
there is no art to find the mind ' s construction in the face
. reading your article , thanks to you i learn another lesson , ahead of my study
how ho distinguish the mind of the author by his written words
. - you won my heart . thank you . never known fear and money , luben yankov from svishtov salutes you with bending knee .
the seven deadly sins . . . i think it ' s mainly about how you can ' t possibly punish someone for being greedy or lusting or anything , because these are all emotions that we feel everyday , that are part of our lives and that it wouldn ' t be human not to expereience , so all the condemnation and such from religious leaders , priests and such , is just so groundless and stupid .
he’s known now as the genre’s greatest master , but kurosawa was more than a decade into his career as a director before he made seven samurai . it’s the most ambitious and praised of all of his samurai films , but while other directors might have built up to such a massive project , this was actually his first samurai movie . other classics , including yojimbo ( 1961 ) and sanjuro ( 1962 ) , would follow .
naples , 1606 . inside an unfinished church , a painting is emerging from the darkness . the seven acts of mercy is caravaggio’s masterpiece - and his first painting since he killed a man and fled rome . as the artist works , he is fuelled by anger , self - loathing and his driving need to create a work that speaks of compassion in a violent world . bootle , the present day . a retired dock worker teaches his grandson , as around them a community is disintegrating under the pressure of years of economic and political degradation . with all he has left , a book of great works of art , he tries to open the boy’s eyes to the tragedy and beauty of the life he faces . and the boy reciprocates in the only way he knows . playing out across a gap of 400 years , anders lustgarten’s visceral new play confronts the dangerous necessity of compassion , in a world where it is in short supply . directed by rsc deputy artistic director erica whyman for the swan theatre in 2016 .
one of the great things about european thrillers and crime films made during the ’60s and early ’70s is the fashions , hairstyles and modern design that can often make a potentially dull film much more interesting . unfortunately the devil with seven faces is sorely lacking in all these things . even when the cast was wearing something that caught my eye , the horrible photography and direction usually made the fashions almost impossible to fully see . most of the film seemed to be shot from the waist up or the waist down and it was littered with pointless close - ups that didn’t compliment anyone . thankfully carroll baker and lucretia love had lots of unnecessary wig changes that managed to keep me entertained . i’ve seen a lot of bad wigs used in films before , but carroll baker’s ill - fitting bright blue fright wig and lucretia love’s messy red ronald mcdonald wig absolutely floored me . what in the world was hair stylist iolanda conti ( aka jolanda conti ) thinking ? i do commend steven boyd for somehow keeping a straight face during the scenes where he was forced to appear opposite “the wigs . ”
production lines are going in the facility seven days a week and the company is looking to hire at least six more people to add to its current roster of thirty workers . they’d like to build up a four - week inventory , said heather gehrman , director of sales , but now they’re lucky to have one week’s worth of products ready to be shipped out . the newly - hired general manager has food production experience and was brought in , in part , to make the start - up’s current manufacturing processes more efficient .
creating marijuana - based products , the company faces other challenges . “we walk on eggshells all the time with banks , landlords , everyone , ” said gehrman , because those companies are wary of money that is not fdic insurable and an industry that used to be illegal . the company is also limited in giving away samples to potential retailers . “it’s hard for a store to know if they want to stock something if we can’t provide any enough free product for them to try , ” said gehrman . laws also prohibit employees from purchasing the products made on - site , except from an authorized retailer , so there are no employee discounts .
the seven were ultimately fully freed from the glade of the rock when karsa invoked their names in the cavern where they could recover their lost weapons . [ 10 ] they invested his sword , bairoth delum , so that it would never break . [ 11 ] they intended to make karsa orlong the eighth god of the teblor , but he refused . [ 12 ] after they retrieved their weapons , he told them that they were not gods , but t ' lan imass . they insisted that they , in fact , were gods since they were worshipped . [ 13 ]
kurosawa ultimately scrapped that story , and instead pitched the idea of a film that would cover a series of five samurai battles , based on the lives of famous japanese swordsmen . hashimoto went off to write that script , but kurosawa ultimately scrapped that idea as well , worrying that a film that was just “a series of climaxes” wouldn’t work . then , producer sôjirô motoki found , through historical research , that samurai in the “warring states” period of japanese history would often volunteer to stand guard at peasant villages overnight in exchange for food and lodging . from that , kurosawa and hashimoto developed the idea of a group of samurai hired by peasants to protect them from bandits , and seven samurai was born .
this is research that goes back a couple of decades ; however no new discoveries or studies have delivered anything to discount or challenge this one . the layout of the book is helpful : to categorize each kind of philanthropist and outline each under the same rubrics in every chapter contributes to the reader ' s ability to finish reading and having memory of more of this book ' s content than others ' . indeed , i have encountered each of these ' faces ' in my sphere of work , and there is a place for each of them . now , having a better understanding of how to identify each ' face ' , what motivates them , what the objective of their gifts / donations are , and how to remain connected with them , i can organize and align requests that i or my organization make in ways that would leverage a better result .
throughout his career , kurosawa developed a kind of stock company of actors who he frequently turned to , and several of them have key roles in seven samurai . most famously , toshirô mifune worked on 16 films with kurosawa , including stray dog ( 1949 ) , throne of blood ( 1957 ) , and yojimbo ( 1961 ) . yoshio tsuchiya , who played the villager rikichi , went on to work with kurosawa in yojimbo , sanjuro , red beard ( 1965 ) , and more . the most prolific collaborator , though , was takashi shimura , who acted in 21 of kurosawa’s 30 films as a director , including ikiru ( 1952 ) , throne of blood , the hidden fortress ( 1958 ) , and kagemusha ( 1980 ) .
i ' ll be the first to not completely agree with darkspot . while the song certainly isn ' t punishing the desire to commit the seven deadly sins ( and it ' s describing them in a very human manner ) , i don ' t think it ' s really supporting the desire either . it sounds to me like it ' s being sung / spoken from the point of view of a depressed , hurt and failed individual ( possibly a drug addict ) who ' s basically looking for serenity in things like lust and greed . basically , he ' s trying to escape from reality through them . the song isn ' t punishing him , but it certainly isn ' t suggesting that he be a role model either .
seven samurai was never supposed to be in production for as long as it was . this meant that the final battle sequence , which was originally set to be filmed in the summer months , was shot in february . shortly before the filming of the sequence began , heavy snow fell , which meant the crew had to water down the set in order to melt the snow . that , plus the scripted plan to shoot the sequence in a dramatic torrential downpour , meant that the cast was working in deep , thick mud . because it was the dead of winter , the mud would often grow frozen , leaving the cast—in their period - accurate sandals—freezing as they tried to carry out the action . kurosawa himself , who stood in the mud with his actors , apparently grew so cold that he started to lose his toenails .
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one of my favorites on ghua . . . i guess i ' m alone in that assertion
hand - ur not alone , this song is easily one of my favorites . when i figured out the lyrics it ' s how i felt once i got tired of the nice guy gets nothing bullshit . i found myself again and discovered that i love the evil in myself . i no longer gave a shit as to what others think of me or want . time to take care of number one ( me ) . to me it means stop being what everyone else wants you to be and do what makes you content and makes you yourself . once you stop the facade , you feel free and that everyone else wishes they could achieve that state of mind . i ' ve listen to slayer for 17 years and they ' ve never changed or apologized for anything . name me any other band that ' s like that . oh wait , you can ' t because there isn ' t any ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1
congrats on finding the
ultimate answer
to the
ultimate question
within the lyrics in a slayer song .
btw , are you a satanist ? just asking , because that ' s exactly what they believe in .
not to publicly display them . then a drama queen comes along and flaunts his / her petty problems looking for sympathy from others . sad , sad , sad , sad ,
i like this song but i don ' t completely agree with it , because i find it to be worse for yourself to keep everything inside that troubles you , no matter how big or small - it makes you feel like shit either way . . i also find it impossible to never complain if u keep everything in you ' ll just end up having a breakdown . . & you should be able to find comfort and support by telling at least your close friends what ' s up . . anyone that doesnt show any of the pain they feel is puting on a facade as well . . i don ' t agree with every point a band / lyricist makes just because i listen to their music and i don ' t think it ' s very smart for anyone to buy into every point every song makes just cause the music ' s good .
i think it ' s about doing your own thing , and not giving a crap about worthless religious rules , or what anyone else says , for that matter . do what ' s best for yourself , don ' t let others hold you back .
i think darkspot hit the nail on the head . i haven ' t heard slayer mention the meanings of the song , but i do agree this song is about the 7 deadly sins . this albums blows me away !
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communitarians are the most common wealthy donor personality . for them , doing good just makes sense . communitarians are part of the local environment and are often business owners . they strongly focus on how to make their community a better place to work and live .
the devout are doing god’s will . their religious convictions motivate them to financially and personally support non - profits . for them , giving is a religious act . as god has blessed them with wealth , they see it as only right that they share this blessing with others . along the same lines , giving is a moral obligation .
investors see charitable giving as good business . for them , there is a very apparent dual purpose to giving . on the one hand , they want to help charitable causes . on the other hand , they want to be very tax wise about their giving . investors are looking to support nonprofits that understand both these sets of concerns .
socialites find that they can help nonprofits and have a good time doing so . they accomplish this through social functions – ones they produce and ones in which they participate as guests . socialites look to multiply their giving by leveraging their relationships with friends and family . their social network is a major determinant of the nonprofits they support .
altruists are what people often associate with affluent donors . they give out of a sense of moral imperative . their generosity is a function of “doing the right thing . ” moreover , they tend to be modest and are most likely to give anonymously .
repayers tend to be former recipients of a nonprofit’s services , or sometimes people close to them have received those services . subsequently , they give back by supporting the same or aligned nonprofits . repayers tend to concentrate their giving on medical and educational causes . they give out of a sense of gratitude .
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donald trump’s facial expressions say a lot about him . photograph : mediapunch / rex / shutterstock
’s political success can be put down to his body language and the unusual ways he uses his face . the first thing we notice about trump’s facial expressions is the sheer variety . the second is their dramatic , often over - stated character . this was evident before and during the presidential election . while the other candidates – hillary clinton included – were struggling to appear likeable and restrained , trump was busy performing grimaces that would not have looked out of place in japanese noh theatre . but what are trump’s signature facial expressions , and what do they tell us about him ?
during the campaign , trump eclipsed clinton in the macho stakes . he did this by adopting an “alpha face” of lowered brows , narrowed eyes and a firmly set mouth . this expression is the antithesis of submissiveness . psychologists have discovered that smiling men are widely perceived as less dominant and that powerful men show reduced levels of smiling . individuals who want to demonstrate that they are not a threat are more likely to raise their eyebrows , widen their eyes and flash a smile – the precise opposite of what trump does in this effort to remind everyone that he is not the kind of guy you can push around .
most politicians , when they are angry , will allow themselves a modicum of indignation . that’s not enough for trump . when he’s incensed , he pulls out all the stops and produces a larger - than - life spectacle of fury – eyes narrowed , brows tightly knitted together , mouth open and jaw tense . it is tempting to think that trump’s outbursts come from a lack of inhibition , but their true source is more likely to be his realisation that exhibitions of anger reinforce an impression of dominance . this is certainly in line with research by psychologists , which shows that people with a strong sense of entitlement , or who see themselves as powerful and unchallenged , are more ready to engage in public displays of anger than others .
one of the ways that trump tries to look like a tough politician is by jutting out his chin . the chin - jut relies on the fact that men with bigger chins have higher levels of testosterone and , partly for this reason , are more likely to reach positions of power . in a study at west point military academy in the us , for example , it was discovered that male cadets who had larger chins were more likely to reach the rank of general in later life than their small - chinned peers . by using the chin - jut , trump is taking full advantage of this fact – tilting his head back , thrusting out his lower jaw and attempting to give the impression that he deserves to be in charge .
although trump instinctively recognises the demeaning potential of smiling , there are occasions when he is prepared to throw caution to the wind and give a full - blown smile , with his teeth on display and wrinkles around the corners of the eyes – the latter being the feature that defines a genuine as opposed to a fake display of happiness . trump tends to produce these beaming smiles when he is in a convivial setting and when he doesn’t feel the need to look like a leader , or when he is with people whose company he enjoys – as demonstrated by his post - election photograph with nigel farage .
this is the smile that trump defaults to when he is in the public eye : the mouth is closed and the teeth remain hidden . that’s because the risorius muscles , which pull the corners of the mouth sideways , are much more active in this case than the zygomatic major muscles , which pull the corners of the mouth upwards and are otherwise involved in a full - blown smile . the result of this is that the zipped smile appears more guarded – and because the mouth is stretched sideways , it makes the face look slightly wider .
there could be several reasons why trump is so attached to the zipped smile . one is that it makes him look less submissive . by avoiding a full - blown smile , he is able to appear circumspect , while keeping his options open – something he evidently likes to do .
another reason is that zipped smiles make the mouth look wider . there is evidence , both from animals and humans , that mouth width is linked to readiness to engage in physical combat , and it has also been found that men with wider mouths are more likely to attain leadership positions . trump might also be unconsciously attracted to the zipped smile because it increases the apparent width - to - height ratio of his face , which in turn makes him look more masculine and macho . psychologists have consistently shown that men with a high facial width - to - height ratio are not only seen as tougher and more attractive , they also have higher levels of testosterone and are actually more competitive . but there is always the possibility that the origins of trump’s zipped smile are cultural rather than personal . it is known , for example , that while americans favour a full - blown smile that showcases the teeth , british people have historically preferred tight - lipped versions of the smile . there is every chance therefore that trump’s zipped smile is actually a throwback to his scottish ancestors – which would of course demonstrate that his public persona is far less american than he has led us to believe .
some of trump’s zipped smiles are straightforward , but a large proportion of them are accompanied by a puckeredchin . these are what psychologists call “blended facial expressions” . the presence of this additional facial expression is quite significant because people often pull their chins in when they feel threatened – it’s a way of tensing the chin in anticipation of being symbolically punched in the face . the fact that a puckered chin features in so many of trump’s zipped smiles suggests that he frequently feels threatened . because zipped smiles are so effective at capturing people’s attention , they provide a perfect vehicle for trump to disguise his feelings of vulnerability . all this is likely to be entirely unconscious , but by unwittingly externalising his feelings in this way trump proves that he is not as tough as he would like everyone to think .
you can’t help notice the way trump protrudes and contorts his mouth . in fact , his lips appear to have an almost prehensile quality , as if they were an extra pair of hands , reaching out from his face to manipulate the world around him . there are , however , at least two explanations we might consider . one is that trump amplifies his lip movements because he is not completely convinced that people fully understand what he’s saying . studies have shown that when mothers are talking to their infants , they often protrude their lips and make exaggerated mouth movements in an attempt to make themselves better understood . is trump operating on a similar assumption ? does he feel that the capacity of his audience to understand is so limited that he needs to enlist every articulatory channel to get his message across ?
it is also conceivable that trump’s exaggerated mouth movements are simply another example of a generalised strategy that involves using “ supernormal stimuli ” to attract attention to himself . the term supernormal stimuli” was coined by the eminent zoologist , nico tinbergen , who discovered that herring gulls and stickleback fish responded with greater vigour when they were presented with exaggerated stimuli than when they were exposed to the stimuli they would normally encounter . recent research on humans suggests that , like birds and fish , we too have an innate orienting reflex to supernormal stimuli , and that we respond more powerfully to things that are larger - than - life , whether in the realm of luxury goods , food or sex . maybe trump’s mouth movements – together with his histrionic hand gestures and overstated opinions – are all unknowingly designed to capitalise on this human reaction .
so which facial expressions will trump opt for during his inauguration ? will he try to present himself as a tough guy by putting on his alpha face and jutting out his chin , or will he embrace everyone with a big smile , or possibly even a zipped smile , with or without a puckered chin ? whatever happens , trump’s face is sure to provide important clues about his attitude to the occasion and what is going through his mind . having chosen to be everyone’s face , there’s really nowhere for him to hide .
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blue fire lady is a 1977 australian film .

it was a rare children 's film from producer antony i. ginnane who was better known for his horror and sex films .

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cold blue steel and sweet fire is found on the album miles of aisles .
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blue is a good color on you , my lady . it goes well with your eyes . [ 6 ]
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the meaning and relevance of this film ' s title is that it refers to the name of a horse , a filly called
blue fire lady
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cold blue steel and sweet fire
as written by and joni mitchell . . . .
blue fire lady is sent to auction and jenny and her boyfriend barry ( mark holden ) set about raising money to buy her and bring her back to the racing track .
cold blue steal is a gun and sweet fire is death . a song about suicide . great artist !
jenny grey , a horse loving country girl , leaves her widowed father to move to the city after her father’s frustrations are manifested toward jenny and her desires to ride horses . jenny’s mother died from a horse - riding accident . jenny finds work at a country race track and becomes obsessed with a troublesome horse called blue fire lady . blue fire lady shows promise in jenny’s hands , but around everyone else she misbehaves and shows no discipline . when blue fire lady is put up for auction , it is up to jenny to either buy her or prove she can behave .
jenny grey a horse loving country girl leaves her widowed father to move to the city after her father ' s frustrations towards jenny and her desires to ride horses , after her mother had died from a horse - riding accident . jenny finds work at a country race track and becomes obsessed with a troublesome horse called
blue fire lady
.
blue fire lady
shows promise in jenny ' s hands , but around everyone else misbehaves and shows no discipline . when
blue fire lady
is put up for auction it is up to jenny to either buy her or prove her .
this movie ' s title refers to the name of a horse in the picture . though the film ' s title is spelled with three words , ' blue fire lady ' , the spelling of the horse ' s name on a plaque in its stable is actually two words , ' bluefire lady ' .
azura - lady of the lake ( 泉の歌姫 izumi no utahime lit . songstress of the spring )
jenny falls in love with a new filly , bl90 minutesue fire lady , which , despite a reputation for being difficult , is perfectly docile in her charge .
although she does not bend her signature blue fire , azula is the firebender in the opening credits for avatar : the last airbender .
i think it ' s about the bittersweet seduction of heroin addiction . cold blue steel is the needle , sweet fire the junk .
black soot of lady release
refers to ' cooking ' the heroin in a spoon over a flame ( the spoon gets sooty ) , lady release is the orgasmic pleasure of the drug taking effect .
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arcade fire released a new album cut entitled “electric blue” on thursday : a dancefloor - friendly number with a thunking beat and cascades of bright guitar .
then young lady of eighteen years , british actress catherine harrison was imported from england to australia to headline this movie .
cold blue steel is a gun . sweet fire is heroin addiction . lady release can be both death and the heroin high . down the dark ladder is death , the ultimate outcome . sweet fire leads the junkie through playgrounds and slums using the lure of lady release . the junkie uses cold blue steel in burglaries and robberies so sweet fire will bring lady release . either cold blue steel or sweet fire can take the junkie down the dark ladder by suicide , violent death or overdose . this is too often the way heroin addiction ends . further dark symbols in this song reference the squalor , sickness and desperation of the junkie ' s world . it is easy to let joni ' s lyrics and music transport you through this nightmare . further explanation would be redundant . joni is a treasure ! i love you joni . here ' s to you ! may your father time never be unkind .
yeah , this song is definitely about heroin addiction . cold blue steel ( the needles ) and sweet fire ( the please that you get from it ) .
forms of the word azul appear in several languages , including spanish , filipino , galician , and portuguese , all having the meaning of blue , which matches her trademark blue firebending .
azura draws many parallels to lady nimue in arthurian legends . both are considered key women in their respective stories , are responsible for giving the protagonists key weapons ( a dragonstone and excalibur respectively ) , and both have the epitaph of
lady of the lake .
“i saw jumpers . i saw one jumper jump out … he landed on a fire officer . there was another guy who died in the fire exit , ” he said .
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“the fire started happening on third floor , we called the fire [ brigade ] who came 20 minutes later , and then the whole thing just went up , ” the witness said .
blue flame * spoiler alert * the book , blue flame , by k . m . grant , is fascinating and surprising . it was published by quercus publishing , plc in 2008and has 241pages . blue flame is a historical fiction book about a forbidden love and a war between the cathars and catholics . each religion wanted the blue flame , said to be lit by god and could do anything , to take out the other religion . finally one day the blue flame shows itself which brings chaos throughout the land . k . m . grant created raimon , one
the picture was not to great , but that ' s just because its an old film , made in the 70s . the storyline was engaging and the acting was average . the plot is about a girl who defies her father and gets a job at a horse racing stables , where she falls in love with the new filly blue fire lady , who has a reputation for being difficult to handle , but is perfectly docile in her charge . when she critises the way the jockey rode the filly she is fired and soon learns that blue fire lady , a mad horse now , is up for aution . determined to buy her , jenny and her boyfriend desperatly try and find a way to raise the money to buy her .
sansa , though . . . i will find her , my lady , brienne swore to lady catelyn ' s restless shade . i will never stop looking . i will give up my life if need be , give up my honor , give up all my dreams , but i will find her . [ 12 ]
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of blue flame by k . m . grant .
police man a security cordon as a huge fire engulfs the grenfell tower early june 14 in west london .
house of blue fire was the one hundred and fifty - second story in big finish ' s monthly range . it was written by mark morris and featured sylvester mccoy as the seventh doctor and introduced amy pemberton as companion , sally morgan .
an enchanting princess raised in hoshido who sings in battle to help her allies . appears in fire emblem fates .
the burned facade of the tower is seen as firefighters tackle a serious fire at latimer road in west london .
aqua , her name in the japanese version , is the latin word for water . it is also a greenish - blue color .
a mysterious songstress who appeared at the theater in cyrkensia . has overwhelming singing abilities . appears in fire emblem fates .
azula demanded ursa ' s letter back from zuko , believing it to be her key to the fire nation throne .
azula was the shadowed firebender in the original series ' opening credits . her bending , however , is orange instead of her trademark blue .
not a bad read , but this story of a mysterious blue flame , it ' s protector and cathar persecution didn ' t really excite me .
michael calore : yes angela , we all got the dany entrance we were hoping for , with her riding into the pit atop her giant , flying kitty cat . but the thing i wasn ' t prepared for was the sight of the night king riding the blue - flame - spewing viserion , who sent the wall tumbling in less than two minutes . impressive ! but the mystery still stands as to whether that was destructively hot blue fire or nuclear - winter blue ice coming out of its mouth . now , did anyone expect littlefinger to get the axe this episode ?
azura came in 8th for females in the fire emblem heroes choose your legends popularity poll . she had 14 , 198 total votes .
she also said a resident devised a “homemade parachute” to lower himself out of a window as the fire raged , the sun reported .
after the album’s release , arcade fire heads out on the infinite content tour , playing dates around the u . s . and canada .
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azula is one of only three known female members of the fire nation royal family by blood , the other being izumi and her daughter . [ 34 ]
“electric blue” will appear on everything now along with other advance tracks “everything now , ” “creature comfort” and “signs of life . ” the new lp was overseen in part by longtime arcade fire collaborator markus dravs . but the band also brought in new faces to help with production , notably daft punk’s thomas bangalter and former pulp bassist steve mackey .
an enchanting princess raised in hoshido who has never lost a match of the traditional sport hanetsuki when played at the new year . appears in fire emblem fates .
azura ( happy new year ! ) is the winner of the 10th voting gauntlet ( winter festival vs . new year ' s ) in fire emblem heroes .
ah , thanks no1knows . . . this song makes sense to me now . . . i loved the music but hadn ' t really listened to the lyrics . . . and everyone knows how sometimes you can ' t understand what she ' s saying . . . i ended up thinking it was about like . . . some strange lesbian affair in grade school . . . but now i see that you ' re right . only , wrong about one thing , cold blue steel is a gun , but sweet fire would be just that . . . the gunshot , gunfire , and lady release is death .
she wrote this song for her friend james taylor after his bout with heroin addiction ( his song fire and rain is was written for a friend he met there ) . i ' m sure during the time it was written joni had a lot of friends and collaborators who were into heroin . that was the drug of the time . i love her descriptions in this song . . they are so ugly and harsh , and yet the song is so beautiful . cold blue steel is a needle and sweet fire is heroin .
princess azula was born to prince ozai and princess ursa in 85 ag and was named after her paternal grandfather , fire lord azulon . [ 11 ] azula grew up with all the riches , splendor , and privileges of royalty in the fire nation . her sharp wits and the fact that she was a firebending prodigy gained her great attention and acclaim , which quickly made her ozai ' s favorite child . [ 12 ] her father began raising her as his true heir from an early stage , taking her into his confidence and educating her in politics . azula later attended the royal fire academy for girls , where she met mai and ty lee , two daughters of fire nation noblemen . [ 13 ]
“i spoke to a lady that lives on the 21st floor . she has got six kids . she left with all six of them . when she got downstairs there was only four of them with her . she is now breaking her heart , ” resident michael paramasivan told bbc radio .
meanwhile , relatives were searching for 12 - year - old jessica urbano , who was last heard from when she called her mother from a fire escape , the evening standard reported .
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“an hour - and - a - half later i saw a kid on the 22nd floor on fire , he walked to the window , and he jumped , ” he told the paper .
this song didn ' t mean much before i used , but after using for awhile – it hit me and i understood ( completely ) . i interpreted the cold blue steel to be the needle and the sweet fire - - the fire under the spoon to cook up with . i was around 20 when i began using – that’s when i discovered pawn shops . i’d never had a need before that . money is necessary to get that sweet relief . i am somewhat amazed that joni wrote this song without actually being an addict . i guess that’s part of her innate ability to experience how others perceive things .
azula , alongside iroh and zhao , watched zuko ' s agni kai with his father . when ozai burned her brother ' s face , she smiled smugly in triumph , along with zhao . [ 15 ] when zuko was banished from the fire nation , azula officially became ozai ' s heir . for the next three years , she would continue her relentless training in firebending , strategy , and combat , until she refined herself enough to serve her father . by this time , her firebending advanced to the level where her fire was blue and she could create lightning , thus increasing her overall bending power and intensity , making her a formidable opponent .
“the fire crew , ambulance and police couldn’t do anything , they couldn’t get in , and they were just telling them to stay where they are , and we’ll come and get you , ” she said .
azula was the princess of the fire nation , daughter of fire lord ozai and ursa , younger sister of zuko , older half - sister of kiyi , paternal aunt of izumi , and great aunt of iroh . she was a key adversary of team avatar , [ 4 ] chasing avatar aang and her banished brother far across the earth kingdom accompanied by her two best friends at the time , mai and ty lee .
azura is a main playable character and the deuteragonist in fire emblem fates . she is a princess of valla and nohr , but was captured and held prisoner by hoshido , similar to the avatar ' s situation .
all the vocals on “electric blue” are sung in a dreamy , high register in the manner of seminal disco groups like the bee gees . the video follows arcade fire ’s régine chassagne as she struts through new orleans at night . the clip was filmed in the city during mardi gras season , and chassagne dances through dark streets that are covered with trash from the celebrations . as she grooves , city workers and garbage trucks flow around her , attempting to clean up the mess .
blue flame is about the catholics and the cathars , two religious groups who once lived in peace but are soon going to be torn apart by a religious crusade . in the midst of the battle two lifelong friends , raimon ( a cathar ) , and yolanda ( a catholic ) are falling in love . their romance is ill - fated - because they come from two completely different backgrounds , they must return to their separate families and proceed on the path destiny has given them . their only salvation is the blue flame , a myster
fans of grant ' s degranville trilogy will enjoy this tale of knights , a fair maiden , and the blue flame . part one of the perfect fire trilogy ; the central theme revolves around religious intolerance in an area known as occitania , where cathars and catholics live together harmoniously during the 13th century . all of that changes , however , when the inquisitor comes to town . the two young protagonists , the boy cathar - the girl catholic , are thrown a frantic fight to save their friends and loved one
when they arrive at riverrun , brienne wants to leave to take revenge with renly ' s sword on stannis for renly ' s death , but catelyn convinces brienne to enter her service instead . [ 14 ] brienne is present when lady stark speaks with the kingslayer , ser jaime lannister , in his cell , and grants catelyn her sword when it is asked for . [ 21 ]
“afterwards , i spoke to the fire officer , the same one . he had been working right through the night and he said they could only get to the 11th floor — that was as far as they got , ” he said .
if the finale of the seventh season of game of thrones says anything , it is that this show has failed its fans , and has been doing so slowly for a long time . it did not want to admit it , nor did they . but alas , it ' s happened and all that hope and emotional investment has been reduced to a series of bullet points and cartoons , an empty dragon breathing blue fire with all the cgi fury of a broken promise with too much momentum behind it to do anything else .
up north , littlefinger seemed to have duped sansa into believing that arya poses a threat to her role as lady of winterfell—the operative word being seemed , of course , as sansa pulled a grand okey - doke and sentenced lord baelish to death by arya . then , of course , we got . . . well , we got # boatsex , intercut with the confirmation that jon snow isn’t a bastard at all , but a full - blooded targaryen , and thus the true heir to the iron throne . and finally , we got a peek at zombidragon in action earlier than we’d expected , as viserion blue - flamed eastwatch into rubble and the army of the dead marched into westeros .
brienne has spent most of her life as the object of scorn , rejection and—at best—pity . when she tried to dress and act like a proper lady , she was met with mockery and disdain for her unattractive appearance and lack of feminine social graces ; when she turned to a career more suited to her talents as a warrior , she received only contempt and resentment for her gender despite her considerable skill . [ 12 ] perhaps because of this background , brienne is as awkward in personality as she is in appearance . while lady maege and dacey mormont have found respect and acceptance as female warriors [ 13 ] , brienne yearns for respect and acceptance from others , and easily gives her love and loyalty to the few people who treat her with any degree of genuine courtesy . [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
sometime after her exile , azula returned to the fire nation capital in secret . having finally accepted that she would never be fire lord , azula resorted to manipulate zuko into becoming a tyrant . gathering a group of female supporters , she took on the guise of the mythical kemurikage to intimidate ukano into attempting to overthrow zuko . when that failed , azula and her followers resorted to kidnapping children in the capital , setting the city into civil unrest . though zuko and his allies were able to rescue the children , azula and her followers escaped .
azura has two different voice actresses in japanese : her normal voice actress is lynn while her singing voice is provided by renka . this has been seen in previous fire emblem games when other characters had to sing ( like ashunera and sephiran in radiant dawn and possibly micaiah ) .
ty lee , azula , and mai disguised themselves as the kyoshi warriors , successfully infiltrated the earth king ' s circle of trust , gained control of the dai li and enacted the coup of ba sing se , thus allmost granting the fire nation complete victory in the war .
fans of grant ' s degranville trilogy will enjoy this tale of knights , a fair maiden , and the blue flame . part one of the perfect fire trilogy ; the central theme revolves around religious intolerance in an area known as occitania , where cathars and catholics live together harmoniously during the 13th century . all of that changes , however , when the inquisitor comes to town . the two young protagonists , the boy cathar - the girl catholic , are thrown a frantic fight to save their friends and loved ones . grant offers the perfect mix of action and romance to keep readers of either genre interested .
brienne ' s dented steel armor is a brilliant , deep blue cobalt . she wears a velvet doublet quartered rose - and - azure , breeches and boots and a fine - tooled swordbelt . her horse is barded with the quartered sun - and - moon heraldry of house tarth . [ 1 ] brienne wields a blunt morningstar during melees . [ 1 ]
it was a fist - pump moment , awaited ever since petyr baelish revealed his sleazy skills early on in the show , and it represented a clear rite of passage for all three of the stark children involved . the sansa audiences first met would never have been able to make the call that the lady of winterfell made here . arya had to train to become the brutal killer who so casually slashed littlefinger’s throat . and bran had to lose himself completely to make his appearance as expert witness three - eyed raven .
azula demonstrated the ability to condense her flames , enabling her fire to cut clean through various objects . when formed into fireballs , the flames had a powerful concussive effect , able to firmly pulverize stone objects . she was also able to generate powerful shields of swirling flames that could withstand the full force of four simultaneous elemental attacks ( and a boomerang ) . [ 28 ] she was even able to charge up her fire before releasing it , something she used during her fight with aang . [ 29 ] azula was also capable of fighting off and defeating multiple kyoshi warriors , using both firebending and hand - to - hand techniques . [ 30 ]
shortly after zhao ' s failed siege on the northern water tribe , azula was summoned by her father to his throne room . as she knelt before fire lord ozai , he commented that zuko was a failure and iroh was a traitor . he charged her with a mission : to find and capture her uncle and brother . [ 16 ]
“but things quickly escalated beyond measure and they couldn’t go back in and get them , ” she said . “within another 15 minutes the whole thing was up in flames and there were still people at their windows shouting , ‘help me ! ’ you could see the fire going into their houses and engulfing the last room that they were in . ”
there’s a math - problem simplicity to the wall solution . in the behind - the - scenes look that follows the episode , showrunners david benioff and d . b . weiss acknowledge that a dragon was a great option for punching a hole through the wall , and it suddenly makes the use of the dragons earlier in the season seem even more impressive and efficient . they were used to convince jaime lannister that it was impossible to fight against dany and her forces ( just one of many decisions that led to him finally breaking ranks with his sister in “the dragon and the wolf” ) ; they were used as emotional stakes for dany , leading to her decision to join jon and battle the army of the dead ; and here was a dragon again , a blue - fire sword to the wall’s gordian knot .
after azula left ba sing se , the throne of the earth king became vacant , while joo dee was appointed the de - jure ruler of ba sing se as
supreme bureaucratic administrator
and fire lord ozai became the de - facto ruler of the earth kingdom . however , earth king kuei eventually returned to his rightful position in summer 100 ag , ending the interregnum .
a romeo and juliet story of two young people on opposite sides of the religious arguments of 1242 france . they are most certainly doomed . enter sir parsifal . just parsifal , please . he holds the mysterious blue flame that may be able to save these two and the land at war . even though this book does not discuss king arthur directly , i list it as a king arthur novel as parsifal was one of arthur ' s knights .
as azula gradually lost her sanity prior to the arrival of sozin ' s comet , her firebending became unfocused and wild , which , combined with the comet ' s empowering effects , made her all the more dangerous . however it also resulted in her becoming exhausted more easily than usual . despite her state of mind , her attacks on zuko and katara during her final duel proved ferocious and destructive , and she was still able to fire lightning accurately . [ 1 ] however , her mental instability still weakened her battlefield prowess , and this ultimately resulted in her defeat at the hands of katara . she displayed the ability to breathe fire as she struggled against her chains , but this was only brought about by her madness and rage in her defeat . [ 10 ]
azula often displayed her natural talents , along with her tendency for malice and perfection , but these traits were especially clear when the princess played with her friends in the royal garden in 95 ag . when ty lee successfully performed a cartwheel after azula ' s failed attempt , she shoved her friend to the ground out of jealousy while laughing gleefully . when she saw ten - year - old mai attempting to hide her crush on her brother zuko , azula used her acting and cunning to convince her mother to make zuko play with them . during their game , she placed an apple on mai ' s head and set it on fire , forcing zuko to tackle mai into a fountain to put out the fire . she found great pleasure in embarrassing the two of them . [ 11 ]
yolanda , on the verge of womanhood , is the daughter of a count in medieval occitan . with the threat of france invading occitan and the religious persecution between the catholics and cathars , her countrymen find solace in the myth of the blue flame - - and then it makes a mysterious appearance . what a well written ya book ! lately , i ' ve been reading a lot of ya ' s with good stories but mediocre language . grant is very talented .
later in the march , brienne proves her mettle with a morningstar in a melee at bitterbridge , defeating ser loras tyrell , the knight of flowers , as well as many of her mocking suitors . she asks to join the rainbow guard as her prize , becoming brienne the blue . she sharply reminds catelyn stark of the courtesy due a king , and is later dismayed when renly denies the need for an escort for a stroll after the night ' s feast . [ 1 ]
the first book of a new trilogy . . . this follows a time in england after richard the lionheart is murdered . the blue flame is a legend that exists and the man who has been hiding it is found by a young man and woman , one of cathar blood , the other of christian and royal , respectively . there is an introduction of an inquisition in this land and the boy is pursued while the young woman is sought after by a knight from france .
during the middle ages in the ancient area of occitania ( pyrenees and southern france ) , best friends yolanda ( almost 14 yrs ) and raimon ( 16 ) are falling in love amidst the threat of invasion by french king louis and growing religious tension between catholics and cathars . the arrival of a catholic inquisitor to yolanda’s catholic father’s castle puts raimon and his cathar family in danger and pits neighbor against neighbor . the blue flame , a legendary religious relic sparked at the moment of ch
as a singer , azura ' s base stat total is lower than most other units in the game . even when not taking her sapphire lance + into account , she stands little chance green units of any sort and most blue units dispose of her easily if she is left in vulnerable range . she can only stay relatively safe in the range of red units , but for the most part , azura would rather avoid conflict as much as possible and leave combat to more capable units .
azula eventually found zuko and iroh in a village resort and attempted to capture them both , luring zuko with the false promise of being accepted home with open arms . her initial plan of louring her two dissident family members was ultimately thwarted by her own ship ' s captain , who accidentally revealed their true intentions to zuko and iroh . a skirmish ensued , in which azula was thorwn overboard , thus allowing zuko and iroh to escape . after some time searching for the avatar , azula eventually encountered him and his friends in omashu , and attempted to capture him by enlisting her childhood friends ty lee and mai , a plot which ultimaltely failed but firmly secured the city into the hands of the fire nation . azula continued to pursue the avatar , zuko , and iroh for several weeks , utilizing specialized fire nation military equipment , such as the tank train .
a true tactician , azula desired power from a young age , suggesting that her father would make a better fire lord than the heir apparent , her uncle iroh . she torched a doll that her uncle had sent her as a gift from the earth kingdom , preferring the weapon zuko had gotten over a simple doll . not long after this , her cousin lu ten was killed in battle , prompting iroh to abandon his legendary six - hundred - day siege of ba sing se , which in turn prompted azula to call him
a quitter and a loser
. she even showed some slight disrespect to her grandfather , as when she was told to call him
fire lord azulon
, she responded with ,
can ' t we just call him grandfather ? he ' s not exactly the powerful firebender he used to be
. [ 11 ]
blue flame is easily one of the best written books of this age that i have ever read . the story itself kept me entertained but would not have earned such a high rating purely by itself . description was crisp but not overpowering and things that could have been quite lame written by anyone else were attention capturing . i could not put this book down . there were so many stories within the story that i could barely keep up and figure out which one to follow ( this is a good feeling when i ' m reading
rubin : considering how much has been made of bran and the night king’s shared fashion sense , i’m at least willing to hear out the theory that bran is the night king . not that it would make sense , exactly , but if it gets us to a series showdown in which the “song of ice and fire” is embodied in a dragon battle to the death ? hell , that sounds like the best brandon—sorry , brandin’ —that the show could pull off .
brienne is unfeminine in appearance and is considered unattractive by westerosi standards . [ 1 ] she is tall , muscular , flat - chested , and ungainly , [ 1 ] with long , shoulder - length brittle straw - colored hair [ 8 ] and broad , coarse features that are covered in freckles . brienne ' s teeth are prominent and crooked . her mouth is wide , her lips are swollen , and her nose has been broken more than once . [ 1 ] she has large , beautiful blue eyes . [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
this book was refreshing for me as i have been either reading fantasy or short
cotton candy
novels lately . it ' s historical fiction , and i love how gran creates a fictional story to tell the true one . daikon and yolanda have been best friends forever , but now everything is changing . before , it didn ' t matter that he was a cathar and she was a catholic . but people are choosing sides and raiman and yolanda don ' t know what to do . maybe the blue flame will come and save them - yet again , maybe not .
the undead catelyn stark , now leading the brotherhood as
lady stoneheart
, does not believe brienne ' s explanation of her search for sansa and instead judges her to be a traitor who is serving house lannister , due to her sword with a golden lion ' s head as its pommel , and the letter signed and sealed by king tommen i baratheon stating that brienne is
about his business
. [ 32 ] brienne is given the choice of
sword or noose
— either prove her loyalty by killing jaime lannister , or hang . brienne refuses to choose and is sentenced to hang , along with her two companions , podrick and ser hyle . [ 32 ] according to a semi - canon source , when she sees podrick choking , she shouts
sword
to save him . [ 32 ] [ 33 ]
this film holds up well since it was made in the late 70’s , all except for the bell bottom blue jeans ! there is nothing graphic in any way , just a bit of innuendo when a woman mentions a big - chested woman on television . the language is fairly mild and the story is interesting . if the viewer doesn’t like horses at least a little , it might not be such a great viewing experience but most people will enjoy the story and the scenery . the acting is good and the script is solid . however , due to some mild language , we recommend the film for ages 12 and over .
so basically , i didn ' t realize that this fell into the juvenile fiction genre until after it was sitting on my shelf to be read . * fail * needless to say , due to this fact , it didn ' t particularly thrill or engage me in anyway . which is alright , because i ' m not in the juvenile age range , so that ' s kinda to be expected . anyway . the plot of blue flame centers around two young teens - - 14ish year olds - - in medieval occitan , which is located in some part of the world i couldn ' t quite gather and i don ' t t
though azula was clearly favored by ozai , she felt that her mother loved zuko much more than her , creating a rift of jealousy between her and ursa and zuko . confronted daily with this mother / son bonding , azula often attempted to gain ursa ' s attention in some way . however , these attempts usually resulted in family quarrels . around 94 ag , azula walked together with her mother and brother in the royal garden . feeling neglected and bored as ursa only talked with zuko , azula ignited a flower , prompting zuko to tell on her to ursa . ursa scolded azula for disrespecting the royal garden , but the princess just said that the flower
deserved it
, as it had not grown to her liking . in retaliation for telling on her , the fire nation princess burned zuko ' s bottom , calling him a tattletale . however , ursa promptly sent her to her room . scowling over this treatment , azula stormed off . [ 14 ] scenes like this became regular occurrences , and as a result , the fire princess developed an increasing hostile attitude toward zuko and ursa .
azula found her brother sitting with aang at the edge of a cliff . frustrated , she shot fire blasts at him and a duel broke out . while aang ran back to check up on sokka and katara , azula was grabbed by zuko and held over the cliff while she accused their mother of tipping him off to the letter ' s location , before learning that he had held it all night . zuko requested that they stop their fighting , to which azula agreed , and they both returned to camp . after the rest of the team put out the fires , the entire group continued their journey to hira ' a . [ 14 ]
blue flame is easily one of the best written books of this age that i have ever read . the story itself kept me entertained but would not have earned such a high rating purely by itself . description was crisp but not overpowering and things that could have been quite lame written by anyone else were attention capturing . i could not put this book down . there were so many stories within the story that i could barely keep up and figure out which one to follow ( this is a good feeling when i ' m reading books because it makes me feel like the book isn ' t just words on a page but alive ) . the plot was thrilling and dangerous twisted in with rich romance and sprinkled delicately with tragedy . this book is one to recommend .
azula harbored deep mental instabilities , believing her mother loved zuko more than her . [ 8 ] raised by her father in an environment without a mother - figure , azula had to be nothing less than perfect in her father ' s eyes just to earn any affection from him . after the betrayal of her two closest friends mai and ty lee , these instabilities were brought up to the surface . [ 1 ] upon the arrival of sozin ' s comet , azula was soon to be crowned fire lord ; [ 9 ] however , her defeat at the hands of her brother zuko and katara caused her to suffer a complete mental breakdown . [ 10 ]
after her agni kai with zuko and subsequent mental breakdown , azula was committed to an asylum on a nearby island , where she was continuously monitored . [ 12 ] about a year later , she was visited by her brother , who told her that he had consulted with ozai on several occasions in an attempt to learn ursa ' s whereabouts , to no avail . answering his request for help , azula said that she needed nothing in return for her assistance , as the mere knowledge of being of service to the fire lord would be enough satisfaction . she also stated that she had been wondering as well what exactly happened to their mother following her disappearance six years earlier . [ 17 ]
there are many religions in this show , some of them revealed as “real , ” the ones that take the form of shadows that have knives , prophecies that open like veins , ordained saviors so powerful that the fire cannot touch them . but if you think about the religion of the series , the one that has propelled fans to obsess for hundreds of thousands of hours about its internal consistencies and inconsistencies , here is its true article of faith : people thought there was a reason . they believed this was going somewhere that was known , to a prophecy or larger truth , to an ending that made a sort of sense , to something that made all that devotion worth it in the end .
but here at the end , where it asks that no one look beyond an individual moment of horror or glory , beyond the theatrical grandeur of a dragon breathing fire or an army marching rudderless into a great battle , its narrative scope is failing . and so viewers descend into the great nightmare of being a writer , staring down the outline of a story and having no idea how to bridge from one choice to another , when there are no answers to give . what do you do when they turn to you and ask what it all means , and why you have been doing this for so long ? you stumble and gibber and with nothing else to offer , you say : absolute goddamn nonsense .
as for looking ahead to season 8 , i ' ll go out on limb and predict two things . 1 ) there will be a cleganebowl ; and 2 ) the night king is a stark . maybe even bran ( i ' ll drink the game of theories dornish wine ) . this would set up the heartbreaking twist we ' ve come to expect from got . if the night king is a stark—specifically bran—and jon / aegon loves dany , somehow , the writers will set it up so jon / aegon , a stark / targaryen—and a figure deserving of a song of fire and ice—will have to choose between them , i imagine in an epic battle that requires he must either kill the night king or save his queen .
only… the brothers didn’t seem all that interested in bowling . the hound confronts the mountain by talking about ugly he’s become over time , then teases him with “that’s not how it ends for you , brother . you know who’s coming for you . you’ve always known . ” is this a threat of a futurebowl ? a reference to something the hound saw in the fire , thanks to the lord of light ? something else entirely ? who knows ! all i can tell you is that after another round of cleganebowl build - up , the hound said some mean things , and then simply walked away into a hole in the floor of the dragonpit . it was so anticlimactic , i couldn’t help but laugh . perhaps there will be better bowling next year .
performing arts azura is near identical to her standard variation , having only a one point decrease to her hp and defense in exchange for a one point increase to her atk and spd . as such , azura remains a powerful dueling singing unit . however , her biggest perk is her own personal weapon urðr which allows her refreshing ability to also be a 3 point buff to all stats , except for hp , to any ally she sings for . it does , however , mean that azura ' s supporting comes at its strongest after she sings . nevertheless , performing arts azura is a powerful ally and worth the effort to obtain , especially if she is paired with a blade tome user who appreciates the stat buffs even if it is delayed . azura comes with triangle adept 3 which solidifies herself as a blue unit counter . drive resistance is a serviceable support skill to assist allies in combat .
this book was refreshing for me as i have been either reading fantasy or short
cotton candy
novels lately . it ' s historical fiction , and i love how gran creates a fictional story to tell the true one . daikon and yolanda have been best friends forever , but now everything is changing . before , it didn ' t matter that he was a cathar and she was a catholic . but people are choosing sides and raiman and yolanda don ' t know what to do . maybe the blue flame will come and save them - yet again , maybe not . in this book , grant decides to uniquely use the land as the narrator . i think it adds more depth and feeling to the story so that the readers care more about the plot . history , romance , uncertainty , and adventure abound in this first novel of the perfect flame trilogy . i loved it .
months later , azula and her family ate together at the palace dining hall . the princess , dissatisfied with the conservative training techniques of her firebending teacher , happily told her father that she set his britches on fire after being lectured by him . ozai agreed that the teacher sounded like a fool for insisting on specified forms and declared that he would send him to the colonies as punishment . full of spiteful joy , azula said that it
serve [ d ] him right
and called him a
dummy
. when zuko attempted to defend the tutor , he was promptly silenced by his father , who reprimanded him for his poor firebending skills and compared him with azula and her natural talent for the bending art . ozai revealed that he nearly discarded zuko at birth , believing the prince to be a nonbender , causing azula to smile triumphantly at her shocked brother . [ 14 ]
the next day , the princess was awoken by another hallucination of ursa . she was urged by her mother to stop what she was doing , as ursa believed it was not azula ' s destiny to assume the throne . in response , azula intended to shoot her mother with lightning , but ursa only pleaded with her more urgently to find her true destiny . azula snapped out of her hallucination with katara ' s hand in her grip ; sokka prepared his boomerang to strike her , but katara managed to calm the unstable firebender down . after her outburst , azula discovered that the letter she had kept was missing and immediately assumed that zuko had taken it . her brother was not at camp , however , and azula threatened sokka and katara with fire to force them tell her where zuko had gone . after burning down a few nearby trees and bushes , she stormed off after zuko . [ 14 ]
some time later , azula abducted kiyi , but was discovered by zuko , aang , ty lee and suki . in the ensuing fight , azula revealed herself by shooting lightning . zuko redirected it at her , only for azula to redirect her lightning back at him . azula and her cohort managed to successfully get away with kiyi through a secret passage . after locking up her half - sister with the other children , zirin was starting to get very impatient with azula about keeping the children for long . however , azula calmly asked her and the other friends to be patient , as she had a plan . azula and ukano discussed how keeping the children is going nowhere and ukano revealed that he is upset that tom - tom is kept as prisoner . azula ordered ukano to gather his safe nation society to start rioting in the streets , although ukano did not understand how this will help ozai become fire lord , azula softly said that her father was never the plan .