Horoscope♉: 09/16/2019

Horoscope♉:
09/16/2019

You may be the party-pooper today unless you do something to remedy your serious tone, Taurus. This is a day for light, social activities and fun-loving times with friends. Don’t worry if things don’t seem rational. Sometimes it’s the unlikeliest route that ends up being the best. Don’t discount the fanciful and bizarre. Take a walk on the wild side.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Today’s Holiday: Maafa Commemoration

Today’s Holiday:
Maafa Commemoration

The Maafa Commemoration is an annual remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the experience of Middle Passage. The commemoration, held at the St. Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., centers around a dramatic presentation put on by the church’s drama ministry. “The Maafa Suite … A Healing Journey” depicts the history of African Americans, from Africa to the Jim Crow South. Other events during the week include lectures, worship services, Maafa museum tours, and special activities for senior citizens and young people. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Today’s Birthday: Maureen Connolly (1934)

Today’s Birthday:
Maureen Connolly (1934)

Known as “Little Mo,” Connolly was one of America’s greatest female tennis players. At 14, she became the youngest winner of the National Girl’s Tournament. At 16, she became the youngest player to win the US national singles championship and successfully defended the title in the two years that followed. She also won three straight Wimbledon championships starting in 1952. In 1953, she became the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year. Why did she retire at age 19? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

This Day in History: US Constitution Signed in Philadelphia (1787)

This Day in History:
US Constitution Signed in Philadelphia (1787)

The US Constitution embodies the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. It was drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and signed in 1787, and it was ratified by the required number of states the following year. It superseded the Articles of Confederation in force since 1781 and established the system of federal government that began to function in 1789. It includes seven articles and a preamble. How many amendments have since been adopted? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Quote of the Day: Miguel de Cervantes

Quote of the Day:
Miguel de Cervantes

That is the natural way of women…to scorn the one that loves them, and love the one that hates them. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Article of the Day: The Last Meal

Article of the Day:
The Last Meal

Throughout history, prisoners condemned to death have customarily been offered a special “last meal.” In premodern Europe, it was a symbolic social act where, by accepting the last meal, the condemned was believed to forgive the executioner, judge, and witnesses. Although alcohol was once used to soothe prisoners and keep them from lashing out during the execution process, alcohol is now generally barred from these meals. What are some of the last meals chosen by notable inmates over the years? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

diom of the Day: collect (one’s) wits

diom of the Day:
collect (one’s) wits

To try to calm oneself and think clearly and rationally. Watch the video…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Word of the Day: dapper

Word of the Day:
dapper

Definition: (adjective) Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.

Synonyms: jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy

Usage: He smiled pleasantly upon her, looking very dapper in evening dress and a silk hat.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch

Lucifer….

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We’ll wait and see, but chances are… (Poetic thought by GeorgeB) visit my poetry page Here

We’ll wait and see, but chances are… (Poetic thought by GeorgeB)

Detached from the dormant tree
All the dried leaves have fallen but one…a special one,

for unknown reasons…
The winds didn’t detach it,

nor did the cold rains,

the freezing breezes of December or

the early mornings’ icy crystals of frozen water…

all these barely scratched new tears

upon its dried out reddish-brown, wrinkled face…

Will it survive the winter?

Will it hang around till spring?

Will it be the exceptional leave its home, no matter what?

Will it be the last of the survivors, born on the death list,

in the country of the dead,

under the symbols of the crossed sickle-n- hammer?

We’ll wait and see, but chances are…
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Origin story – Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story

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This article is about the back-stories of fictional characters. For myths about origins of world phenomena, see Origin myth. For other uses of “origin”, see Origin (disambiguation).

The trauma of his parents’ murder serves as the origin story for the popular fictional character Batman.

In entertainment, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist, and it adds to the overall interest and complexity of a narrative, often giving reasons for their intentions.

In American comic books, it also refers to how characters gained their superpowers and/or the circumstances under which they became superheroes or supervillains.
In order to keep their characters current, comic book companies, as
well as cartoon companies, game companies, children’s show companies,
and toy companies, frequently rewrite the origins of their oldest
characters. This goes from adding details that do not contradict earlier
facts to a totally new origin which makes it seem that it is an
altogether different character.

A pourquoi story, also dubbed an “origin story”, is also used in mythology,
referring to narratives of how a world began, how creatures and plants
came into existence, and why certain things in the cosmos have certain
yet distinct qualities.

Critical explorations of the origin storyEdit

In The Superhero Reader (nominated for a 2014 Eisner Award
for Best Scholarly/Academic Work), edited by Charles Hatfield
(Professor at University of Connecticut), Jeet Heer (Toronto-based
journalist), and Dr. Kent Worcester (Professor of Political Science at Marymount Manhattan College),
the editors write in “Section One: Historical Considerations”: “Almost
all superheroes have an origin story: a bedrock account of the
transformative events that set the protagonist apart from ordinary
humanity. If not a prerequisite for the superhero genre, the origin…
is certainly a prominent and popular trope that recurs so frequently as
to offer clues to the nature of this narrative tradition. To read
stories about destroyed worlds, murdered parents, genetic mutations, and
mysterious power-giving wizards is to realize the degree to which the
superhero genre is about transformation, about identity, about
difference, and about the tension between psychological rigidity and a
flexible and fluid sense of human nature. … When surveying the
superhero genre, preliminary questions often turn to the problem of
roots.” The book has a wealth of pertinent bibliographies.^[1]

English professors Dr. Alex Romagnoli and Dr. Gian S. Pagnucci, of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, discuss in their book Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature
“the nature of superhero origin stories and how the writing of these
origin stories helps make superhero narratives a unique literary genre.”^[2]
For example, they write, “Superheroes get very complicated when it
comes to their histories, but one part of their stories remains forever
constant and important. Even more than ‘death’ stories, crossovers,
event stories, and attire changes, origin stories are the core of
superheroes’ existences. Origins not only reflect the sociohistorical
contexts in which heroes were created, but they also reflect a culture’s
understanding of what makes superheroes storytelling unique vehicles.”^[3]
Thereafter, Romagnoli and Pagnucci go on to explain why the origin
story is as important to the audience as to the generations of writers
who continue heroic tales.

Dr. Randy Duncan (comics scholar and professor of communication,
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas) and Dr. Matthew J.
Smith (Department of Communication, Wittenberg University, Springfield,
Ohio) use the origin story of Spider-Man as an example of how a character
can be created by the persistence of a writer who has definite
preferences in creating a character’s personality, even if the publisher
resists. “It is difficult to discern which is more often told:
Spider-Man’s origin or the tales told around that origin. All reveal
fascinating aspects of a teenage loner fatefully ‘bitten by a
radioactive spider’ to find himself with ‘the proportionate strength and
agility of an arachnid’.” Duncan and Smith explain how Stan Lee butted heads with publisher Martin Goodman,
who worried about an “ick factor,” but Lee prevailed. “The entire
Spider-Man concept resonates with the primary attributes of many genres
and traditions,” the authors say. “Like a heady puree of [Mary]
Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bob Kane’s Batman, and Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis,
Spider-Man’s origin invokes gothic and crime fiction motifs like the
ostracized genius, doomed loved ones, the misuse or misfiring of
science, the gritty noir city, the driven vigilante, and the fateful ‘return of the repressed’.”^[4] The authors proceed to investigate these various issues of the origin story.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Hatfield, Charles; et al. (2013). The Superhero Reader. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 3. ISBN 9781617038068.
2. ^ Romagnoli, Alex S.; Pagnucci, Gian S. (2013). “Introduction”. Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Books. p. 3. ISBN 0-810-89171-9.
3. ^ Romagnoli, Alex S.; Pagnucci, Gian S. (2013). “6. Superhero Storytelling”. Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Books. p. 109. ISBN 0-810-89171-9.
4. ^ Duncan, Randy; Smith, Matthew J. (2013). Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman. (Series: Greenwood icons). Vol. 1. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. p. 684. ISBN 9780313399237.