March 1st – 4th will be Nicolaus Meridius Weekend!
We’ll be showcasing: Aesthetics, Fics, Teasers, and everything Nico!!
This is your chance to ask Nico your questions!! We’ve lined up an interview … which wasn’t easy considering he’s been warned. So send in your questions!
Born in 1976, Christopher Beck is the only child of Marcus Beck, a US Marine Embassy Guard stationed at the US Embassy in Vienna Austria, and Emily Beck, a nurse. He was born in Vienna, Austria but at age six moved to the Hartford, CT when his father was reassigned.
He knew from a young age that he wanted to go to space and wanted to be a doctor. His first chance came when he was thirteen years old and was able to go to Space Camp. He was placed in a special group for advanced students. The group named themselves “Newton’s Nerds” and he met his best friend –even if communication was first by letters and phone, and then later emails– Jacob. The trip to Space Camp only made his dream of becoming a doctor in space more real.
Chris finish high school at age 16 and started college at Yale. He graduated cum laude from the Yale School of Medicine where he was the recipient of the Norma Bailey Berniker Prize (which is awarded to graduating students that best exemplify the disciplines and precepts of the Hippocratic Oath). He also has a Master’s degree in biomedical science. Once he completed Medical School, Chris joined the US Air Force and became part of the 99th Medical Group to focus on becoming a flight surgeon with hopes of joining NASA.
He was stationed at Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center on Nellis Air Force Base when he meet Captain Janet Fraiser and his life changed when she offered him a job. The job, well, he was a doctor in space, just not how he originally pictured it.
His promotion to Captain came with reassignment to Atlantis. Plus, he’s a natural gene carrier which comes in handy.
While in the Air Force he has received the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. The how and why he received those medals are still classified. Though the record does state he was injured on a mission.
Wonder Woman was a phenomenal hit in 2017 – if you haven’t seen the movie – go now and see it!
Wonder Woman has been icon for over 75 years showing up in the first comics in 1941. She has been an inspiration for many girls and woman through out the years. And it’s great to see the new incarnation just as bold and inspiring.
The history behind the character is very fascinating and there is now a movie about the creator, his wife and girlfriend … yep you read that right. I haven’t seen the movie, but from what I have heard it’s worth a viewing (it’s on my very long list to see once hits Netflix).
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William Marston – Wonder Woman creator
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
First – Thank You to those who have supported through this adventure!
Second – To Celebrate we’re giving away a Sylum Love Bookmark.
Every purchase made this weekend will receive the Sylum Love Bookmark!
So make sure to check out our Valentine Boutique, Fandom Boutique, and check out the Pins/Brooches!
The bookmark is made of Polyester and is 22.5 cm wide and 10 inches long – fits standard books. The charms are the Meridius Tree and a Family Branch.
Let’s hope for an early Spring!
(Though I really feel a sense of Deja Vu … as if I’ve done this already)
Let’s hope for an early Spring!
(Though I really feel a sense of Deja Vu … as if I’ve done this already)
This month we’ll be focusing on New Characters that were added during Advent, that work or in the Medical Profession.
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– Posts will be made through out February and March on the blog for participants can check in.
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It was brought up to my attention as next year is the 15th Anniversary, that a Sylum Con would be a fun way to celebrate.
If we have one it will be in Los Angeles, likely towards the end of summer/fall 2019. We’ll need at least 20 people interested, and by interested I mean truly plan to go – not just oh sounds like fun but can’t really make it. There will be a Con Fee to cover expenses for conference rooms, events, etc. At this early in the game we’re not sure what that will be, but it would likely start at $100.
As Cons like these are a lot of work, I’m starting this early! Please fill out the poll below to showcase if you’re truly interested.
There isn’t much information on Steve’s childhood. He’s from the United States, and was raised on a farm. He was always looking for something, and ended up volunteering to work intelligence during the Great War.
Come to find out he was a really good spy.
While trying to find out what General Ludendorff and his pet scientist Isabel Maru were conducting, he discovered they had invented a new version of Mustard Gas. He stole her notebook, and fled. During the flight away from the Ottoman Empire, he got caught in a windstorm crashing him just off a Greek Island.
He discovered he was on Themyscira, and had met an Angel.
He told them about the war to end all wars, and how if he didn’t get the notebook back, millions more would die. He hadn’t expected Diana to come with him.
Taking her back to London was strange, but he admired how she handled all the strange things, though he still wasn’t sure about the ‘Asgardian’ worlds. She was determined to find General Lundendorff and stop the war.
Steve watched as she took on shockingly Sir Patrick Morgan, but knew it was her fight. He had to stop the plane from crashing into London with enough Mustard Gas to take out the city. He handed her his father’s watch, told her he loved her … ‘I can save the Day, you can save the world.’
He regretted not having enough time with her.
As he sat in the pilot’s seat he took a few moments to hold onto his memories of Diana, before pulling the gun and aiming it at the canisters … just as he fired he startled when ice began to move across the window.
He woke up freezing.
And in the desert.
Steve stared at a boy … who looked just like him. He introduced himself as Jack Frost and he had been so excited to see someone who finally looked like him.
Heneru had sat him down to explain about Vampires, and that if he wanted to stay with his Amazon, he would need to be Turned.
Steven never doubted for a second, he wanted a life with Diana.
We had always contemplated bring in Ron Butterfield from West Wing, but at first couldn’t quite figure exactly how. Then it hit us, to actually take him back to the beginning of the Secret Service.
Okay history time. As I’ve been doing a lot of research into the Secret Service, this ended up playing directly into Ron’s history.
The Secret Service didn’t exist July 1865 after Lincoln was Assassinated, it was realized that there needed to be a group of people who were dedicating in protecting the President. Before hand there was the Pinkerton Agency that conducted investigations.
In the history of the Department, they has never been enough money, staff or resources. It’s almost been seen as ‘oh yes them we forgot about them’. The Secret Service is supposed to be non-partisan and do their job despite the politics. There are infamous stories relating back to some of the things they’ve seen and done.
So it worked for Sylum to move Ron back to the days before the Secret Service, and into the makings of what the Secret Service has become today.
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