Tag: Setting: Paris

Movie Review: Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. Blake Edwards)

Blog Post, Free to Read, Movie Review, Non-Fiction

Movie Recommendation, Setting: 1918-1939 | Interwar Period, Setting: 1930s, Setting: Paris, Theme: Clothing & Tailoring, Theme: Domesticity, Theme: Drag & Drag Acts, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Musicals, Theme: Uniforms & Costumes

Had the absolute pleasure of going along to the Pictureville cinema here in Bradford this weekend to watch Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. Blake Edwards) as part of their Widescreen Weekend film festival. It was on my radar for a while, but I’d never gotten around to watching it, and when some friends of mine were going…

October 1, 2025
Dancing On A Pin

Fiction, Free to Read, Genre: Slice-of-Life

Category: Gen, Character: Asmodeus / Asbat Nur-Badr, Character: Jean-Pierre Delacroix, Rating: T, Setting: 1950s, Setting: Paris, Theme: Angels, Theme: Dance & Gymnastics, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, World: Magic Beholden

A student of ballet sees an angel practicing in the studio. Short slice-of-life / fantasy bit, with a ballet student seeing one angel training another in the dance studio. Featuring Asbat Nur-Badr (Asmodeus) and Jean-Pierre Delacroix, who also appear in Powder and Feathers. 2k. Set in the 1950s. When Anita came into the studio, her bag…

April 20, 2021