#&. spartacus : ic

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Going to the P!nk concert taught me that my fandom brainrot is so bad that now I can't go to a simple concert anymore without only being able to think of that rinney/brance/biffin The Black Phone (2022) fic where Robin, Griffin, and Vance are in a famous band called The Ghost Boys and Robin brings Finney on stage to reveal him as his boyfriend and sings at him, and also Billy is a famous reporter despite not yet having graduated from bOSTON UNIVERSITY and gets the first ever interview with The Ghost Boys through the nepotism of being Finney's roommate, and Bruce is also a hot famous model who also lives with them and I'm unclear as to if he's also going to BU. Also that Finney was famous online under the pseudonym Angel as Robin's boyfriend and the only people that seemed to know who he was were The Ghost Boys, and two random famous people that lived with Finney. How no one figured Finney out before that is bEYOND ME.

But yeah all I can think of every concert now is how entertaining it would be for the celebrity to bring out a surprise boyfriend in a leather skirt and sit them on a stool and sing at them. Imagine if that's what Shawn Mendes did at his next concert or something, that is so fucking funny. Love that fic, it was endlessly entertaining.

[immortalmuses]

For @mlfns, continued from here

ㅤㅤㅤ"A mistake..." Agron says, low and fervent, his tone supplicant as if pleading his case before tribunus. The gladiator's scarred hands grasp at Nasir's sides, pulling the smaller man impossibly closer, "...a fool misstep not to be made twice."

ㅤㅤㅤDeath alone can part them now, for good or ill. Of Agron's many regrets, this outcome is not among them. He exhales slowly, tension bleeding out of every muscle that Nasir's palms touch in their journey across his body. He is the only home I will ever need, the Gladiator thinks, leaning into their closeness, this sacred intimacy that cares not for the war-torn camp around them.

ㅤㅤㅤ"I dedicate remaining life to remedy this wrong, Nasir..." Agron cups the side of the Syrian's jaw in his palm, his eyes earnest as he meets Nasir's own, "...Whatever time I have left, it is yours."

[initiumseries]

who are your favourite tv characters?

Hmm, interesting question. These are always tough because I consume so much media that I don't remember everything, despite liking those characters, so the ones that stick are usually the ones I've rewatched a million times. Anyway! I will do my best, in no particular order, nor is this an exhaustive list:

Rupert Giles

Cordelia Chase

Blair Waldorf

Robb Stark before...yeah

Wei Yingluo

Aang

Sokka

Battiatus

OG Spartacus

Asher

Sandra Kaluyokalani

Yuri and Victor

Levi Ackerman

This absolute nutjob, Yumeko Jabami (s1)

Bishop Greenleaf (tbh he could just be reading the phonebook and he'd be my favourite)

This entire OG cast tbh

Zeng Bao Qin & Shen Ciu Xi

This entire cast

These goofballs most of the time

Do Bong Soon

There's more I'm sure, but this is what came up when I wracked my brain lol.

[starsspin]

@divinehr continued from x

ㅤㅤHe feels as though he is speaking to a ghost. A conversation from a lifetime past echoes in his mind. What did they show you? My husband on his knees, bowing before a great red serpent. The life draining from his veins. What meaning do you take from it? A warning. If you go to war, you are destined for great and unfortunate things. He did not think Sura had seen all of this, nor would go back and change his choices. But now he thinks himself once again in a similar situation. A warning given. And now it was not simply his own life in the balance.

ㅤㅤ❛ You speak of things already well know. ❜ He knew well of Rome’s reach and might, more so than most, as it was due to Rome's shadow that he was even here at all. ❛ So what do you suggest? ❜ His words are not spoken with malice or venom. A question, asked in it's simplicity.

[catgrassplantdad]

tagged by @heymrspatel @gallawitchxx @kiinard @sgtmickeyslaughter @deedala

@energievie for this week's weekly tag wednesday! thanks cuties 🖤

name: jessie

age: 34

location: my living room. listening to my cat breathe loudly in her sleep lol

top sheet, yes or no? yes! i've never had a problem with them, like i don't get tangled in them or kick them down by my feet. but i also sleep like a corpse, so.

how many stuffed animals do you own? one! a platypus squishmallow

the names of your pets (and the explanations behind them): my cat has a human old lady name. because that is what she looks like to me. she actually started with a different name that sounds vaguely like it could be related to her current name, but in the first two years of her life i couldn't stop calling her this name so i decided to just stick with it full time.

favourite color: some days i prefer orange over green, some days it's the other way around.

any tattoos? yeah, i have ten.

how you transport your belongings (purse, tote, hands, pockets, etc.): a black leather backpack or just my pockets.

the last movie you watched: aliens

how long does it take you to get ready in the morning? i give myself a lot of time to get ready in the morning before work because i need to sit and have my coffee and my breakfast and sometimes write a little and just. take my time. exist. so like an hour a half. the actual process of getting showered and dressed is like 20-30 minutes.

favourite weather: either 55 and sunny or 80 and sunny. but also sometimes rain is really nice.

relationship status: i'm super married!

ice cream flavor of choice: mint chocolate chip, usually!

first fandom: ah, kind of spartacus? but really supernatural

how many books have you read this year? big ol' goose egg :( i've started a few but haven't finished any and i feel super shitty about it

first 4 words of your last notes app entry: "gift ideas for greg" lolololol

and finally, if you had to change your URL tomorrow, what would you change it to? maybe i'd go back to metalheadmickey but i really feel comfortable and at home with catgrassplantdad

tagging @howlinchickhowl @whatthebodygraspsnot @whatwouldmickeydo @gardenerian @rereadanon

@crossmydna @mmmichyyy @ardent-fox @softmick @thisdivorce

@sickness-health-all-that-shit @suzy-queued @too-schoolforcool if you feel like playing!

[thenameswinterfics]

Just an introduction post.

I just realized I haven't made an introduction post yet. How silly I am...

Well... Greetings, beautiful people!

Few things to know about me: I'm Winter, I'm 25 years old and I'm from Italy. I'm studying Graphic, Visual and Multimedia Communication at the univeristy and I'm currently in my final year. I'm an INFP, my zodiac sign is Pisces and I'm bisexual.

For a long time I was always on the silent side of fandom, in constant lurking mode. If you see a silent shadow watching over your work, that's basically me.

This is a short list of the fandom I'm in (most actively): The Last Kingdom, Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla, The Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones (with A Song of Ice and Fire content), House of the Dragon, The Witcher, Shadow and Bone, Spartacus, ATLA (the cartoon) Legend of Korra, Merlin, Dragon Age and Baldur's Gate.

In my spare time I also play a role-playing game called "Dungeons and Dragons". I'm mostly a player, although I'm thinking about planning my first campaign as a Dungeon Master. My favourite thing is writing backgrounds for my OC's, maybe I can share them with you in the future.

Just for your personal information, this is exclusively a writing blog. If you want to see my ramblings about fandoms, you can find me on my main blog here (I know, it's quite messy but... hey! That's me, a messy girl!)

A special thanks to my beloved @zaldritzosrose for the icon, banner, mini banners, personal dividers and headers and dividers for my current and future fics! 💜

FIC SECTION

I'm currently writing for Sihtric Kjartansson, a character from the Netflix and BBC show The Last Kingdom. It cannot be ruled out that in the future there may arrive fics from the other characters from the show, as well as from other characters from different fandoms.

I will cross publish my fics on AO3, you can find the links below.

Due to university and personal commitments, and the fact that I'm a terribly slow writer, I haven't planned a regular posting schedule.

If you want to be tagged in my taglist, just send me a DM or leave a comment!

English is not my first language. You may find some grammar and vocabulary mistakes. I'm sorry for this, I swear I'm practicing!

It will happen that some of my fics will contain NSFW contents. So, if you are a minor under the age of 18, please DNI.

I never, NEVER give the permission for my works to be translated (I can translate on my own in my native language whenever I feel the need to) or to be reposted in sites outside Tumblr or used in AI chatbots sites.

SIHTRIC KJARTANSSON X READER

THE BLUE BUTTERFLY || Words: 4K || Warnings: Fluff, missing scenes, mention of word "whore" || AO3 LINK

After returning from Datchet, Sihtric spends some free time with you, and a group of blue butterflies catch your attention.

VISIONS OF HELHEIM || Words: 6,1K || Warnings: Fluff, angst, missing scenes, mention of past abuse, mention on non-consensual relationship (not described in detail), mention of character death, mention of graphic violence (not described in detail). || AO3 LINK

Sihtric has never forgotten his mother, whose presence continues to haunt his dreams. And as the Battle of Dunholm draws to a close, you help Sihtric mourn her.

HEARTS OF STEEL, LOVE OF SILK || Words: 3,9K || Warnings: Fluff, domestic fluff, smut, bad smut, very very bad smut, p in v sex, fingering, oral (f receiving), breeding kink, Daddy Sihtric is a warning itself. || AO3 LINK || 18 + ; MINORS DNI

While you and your children enjoy a peaceful, domestic life in Rumcofa, Sihtric comes up with a pleasant surprise for you.

BOUND TO YOU || Words: 4,6K || Warnings: SMUT, mention of death, monsterfucking, oral (m receiving), fingering, p in v sex. || AO3 LINK || 18 + ; MINORS DNI

Since becoming the new lord of Dunholm, Sihtric has ruled alone, with no woman at his side to call "wife". Things begin to change when you begin to appear in his dreams, a human so perfect that he believes he has finally found the one, a blessing from the gods. Little does he know that behind your appearance lies a devil in disguise.

SIHTRIC KJARTANSSON X OC

Coming soon...

SIHTRIC KJARTANSSON CROSSOVERS

Coming soon...

MISCELLANEOUS

Characters

SCIAMACHY || Pairing: Cregan Stark x DragonDreamer!Reader || Words: 4,4 K || Warnings: Angst, mention of death, mention of grief, mention of character(s) death(s), mention of child loss, mention of sibling loss, major spoilers from the book "Fire and Blood" || AO3 LINK || 18 + ; MINORS DNI

As the second child of King Viserys Targaryen and Queen Aemma Arryn, your father arranged your marriage to the young Lord of Winterfell, Cregan Stark, in the guise of an arranged marriage that would strengthen the bond between your Houses. But you are haunted by visions of a bloody war shaking the Seven Kingdoms, and the seeds of your doubt are sown when your sister's claim to the throne is challenged.

AGAPE || Pairing: Osferth x Reader || Words: 2,9 K || Warnings: Fluff, mild smut, mention of religious guilt, mention of male mansturbation || AO3 LINK || 18 + ; MINORS DNI

Torn between the desire to feel you and the sacredness of his vows, Osferth gives you flowers as a token of his love and devotion, the meaning of his love hidden behind the flower's language. But a scouting expedition beyond Rumcofa's borders forces him to confront the devil who tempts him.

COLLABS

THE LIVES OF FRIENDS || w/ @foxyanon, @legitalicat and @zaldritzosrose || Social Media AU || Warnings: Language, sexually charged conversations, mentions of weed usage, occasional alcohol usage, chaotic family dynamics. || 18 + ; MINORS DNI

Rhaenerys Targaryen has perfectly crafted her life to be everything she's ever wanted, becoming a doctor of history at 26. Her husband, Sihtric, is the most supportive man for her and the pride he has cannot be overstated. Through him, she became friends with his adopted family. Lyanna Stark became a model at 18, and loves fun, her family, and Aemond Targaryen. Then you have Cregan Stark, the "eldest" Stark sibling who runs the family animal sanctuary in Winterfell and has found himself falling for Daenyra Velaryon, Rhaenerys' cousin who dreams of becoming a renowned artist who at times feels her Targaryen heritage more than her Velaryon. And then, there's Alisanne Stark, Cregan's twin, who owns and operates her own bakery and is known for being a workaholic until Aegon Targaryen comes and breaks and changes everything she knows to be true. And these are their lives.

Character used: Daenyra Velaryon (OC)

[ncisfranchise-source]

The hybrid NCIS: Sydney team is once again offering “two for the price of one” in TVLine’s exclusive peek at the returning CBS drama’s Season 2 trailer.

TVLine’s month-long #2025FirstLook series kicks off today with the NCIS: Sydney Season 2 teaser above, which features cast members Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar and Tuuli Narkle, some explodey stuff, and more.

The NCIS: Sydney team was formed in the series’ November 2023 premiere, when a seaman on a U.S. sub parked in Sydney Harbour collapsed and tumbled into the water, dead. The specific circumstances of the mysterious death led to a jurisdictional battle between arriving NCIS Special Agent Michelle Mackey (played by Legends of Tomorrow vet Swann) and AFP (Australian Federal Police) Sergeant Jim “JD” Dempsey (played by Spartacus: War of the Damned‘s Lasance).

In short order we then met cool-as-ice Mackey’s comparatively genial colleague, NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson (Fate: The Winx Saga‘s Sagar), plus JD’s team: AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper (Bad Behaviour‘s Narkle), Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose (Blue Heelers‘ William McInnes) and interim Forensic Scientist Bluebird “Blue” Gleeson (Neighbours‘ Mavournee Hazel) — all of whom are back for Season 2.

Averaging 6.6 million viewers (with Live+7 playback), NCIS: Sydney was CBS’ second most-watched program of the strikes-delayed Fall 2023 season, trailing only 60 Minutes and tying Survivor. It also emerged as the most-watched freshman show on any network that fall.

All told, NCIS: Sydney was the 2023-24 TV season’s No. 3 most-watched new drama, trailing CBS’ own Tracker (which averaged a Super Bowl-boosted 10.8 million) and Elsbeth (7.4 million).

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN SEASON 2?

In Season 2 of NCIS: Sydney, Mackey and JD’s team, having only just found their feet, will square off against a much more powerful adversary. As teased at the very end of the Season 1 finale — 10-MONTH OLD SPOILER ALERT! — the investigation into Colonel Rankin (played by Hunters‘ Lewis Fitz-Gerald) will reveal a looming destructive chaos that threatens the stability of the region.

In the Season 2 premiere, titled “Heart Starter” and airing Friday, Jan. 31 at 8/7c (leading into Fire Country and a relocated S.W.A.T.), a rogue assassin is on the run, and the NCIS/AFP team will do whatever it takes to crack the case, “even if that means waking the dead….”

[starsspin]

Ah it seems he touched a nerve. It is not that the Thracian thinks the Jedi are not capable, in fact Spartacus held a great deal of respect for them. But at their core, they were peacemakers. While he thinks Anakin is skilled as any other, on that he does not doubt him, for even Spartacus himself had already been a great warrior before being shackled to chains, the two did not did not stand upon the same ground. But in this case he did not think words were as effective as action. “Perhaps you ought to see one first, or as close as one that can be offered, before you start to make claims you may regret.”

Anakin feels a touch (more than a touch; he doesn’t appreciate the underestimation of Jedi training) of indignation at the implication. “I was the first human being to ever win a podrace, and I was nine. I’m good at surviving seemingly impossible things.” The Holonet and Obi-Wan both agree on this front (one with more frustration than the other, admittedly), though Anakin could say that he hasn’t thought about it too much. His goal is rarely survival, but it always ends up happening anyway. “I’m sure I could handle your games.” With the Force beside him, why shouldn’t he? “I mean. Ya know. Probably. I haven’t actually seen one myself….”

[remythologise]

You win as always I just started watching IWTV hope it won’t disappoint but I trust you completely after Black Sails.

Do you have the list of the things you would force people to watch if you could?

This is such a delightful ask thank you so much!! I look forward to hearing your thoughts when you finish season 2!!!

It’s definitely a harder question because I do force people to watch it based on their tastes (i.e. I have forced my Tumblr besties to watch at least three different movies released in 2011 for gay subtext as the main recommendation factor but would not do this to my work colleagues)… HOWEVER!!! Based on broad factors of what I HAVE in the past forced my friends/loved ones to watch these are the winners…

ROMANCE/ROM-COM Crash Landing on You This is the best rom com ever made.* Nothing has ever brought my mom AND dad to laughter, tears, and had them BOTH proclaim ‘5 stars’. I cannot recommend this show strongly enough to anyone who has remotely liked a single rom com, ever.**

COMEDY Galavant Niche audience of people who love fantasy and musicals includes ME motherfucker!

Honourable mention: Deadloch, Utopia (AU), Derry Girls This is really just a series of non-American comedies I would recommend to people if they hadn’t seen it. Deadloch specifically I am SHOCKED and APPALLED more people on Tumblr are not on top of and AM continually threatening my friends with a gun to watch it, or else!!

HORROR Hannibal and IWTV Both absolutely all-time must watches but only for people that would be into that sort of thing (sickos with taste) and not look at me weirdly afterwards for recommending it.

CRIME/THRILLERS The Devil Judge and Beyond Evil Crazy how these two shows came out at like, the same time, were both so similar in terms of the Wildly Gay Subtextual Leads Dynamic and so good. And they (were) both on Netflix!! Beyond Evil is definitely more refined BUT The Devil Judge is also so good and wild and such camp fun… you couldn’t go wrong with either if you enjoy having a fun gay time, particularly not if you like shows just to the left of Hannibal/IWTV.

FANTASY  Word of Honour and The Untamed These are not all-timers because they are ‘objectively well-made’ they are all timers because I shake my friends by the shoulders and yell "I had the absolute most fun gay fantasy romance time watching them and you will too!"

HISTORICAL Spartacus and Black Sails Everyone talks about Black Sails on this website but not enough people talk about how Spartacus walked so Black Sails could run. Much more extreme R-rated and/or triggering content in Spartacus though so I do understand. Nevertheless something I do end up recommending to my male friends a lot (and they love it!!).

SCI-FI  Dark REALLY tough category and I didn’t love the ending of this show but decided to pick based on what I'd recommend to the most people on balance. Don't look up spoilers!

For All Mankind Ok I haven’t even finished season 3 of this show so I can’t properly endorse it in full confidence and I’m also biased because I’m currently watching it, but. I simply love to see the BSG showrunner do what he does best: make television. About People, Politics and Situations In Space!

Honourable mention: The OA, In the Flesh and Sense8 These are my ‘wish they weren’t cancelled’*** and I don’t know if I would inflict on people while incomplete. However I just think what they were aiming for was so so unique and good that maybe they’re worth watching anyway!! (***I know Sense8 had the consolation prize movie but it was so rushed and nothing that like. To Me. It doesn't count.)

ANIME Shin Sekai Yori This is definitely the all-time anime I recommend to absolutely everyone. Ignore the middling animation and don’t look up spoilers, the end has one of the most existential ‘reframes the narrative’ plot twists of all time.

Yuri on Ice Speaking of plot twists that reframe the narrative… YOI is an obvious answer but it’s also correct!!! IT WAS BORN TO MAKE HISTORY!!!

FILMS The Handmaiden Limiting myself to ONE film to keep things a little briefer (sorry about the long post!) it was still an easy choice and literally do force my friends to watch it the second I know they haven’t seen it. No spoilers but it’s the IWTV of cinema to me.

*When Harry Met Sally Is of course also the best rom com ever made for its medium and I would be remiss not to include that here as well!

[asirensrage]

WIP Tag Game!

I was tagged by @themaradwrites for this. Thanks! I'm a little afraid lol

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Tammy Thompson Takes on the Upside Down (Stranger Things. Steve Harrington x OC)

Erudite!Eric - a study in intimacy (Divergent. Eric x oc)

Matt and Billy and OC make 3 (MCU. Matt Murdock x Billy Russo x oc)

Tammy - Alternate POVs

there’s a heaven above you (oc x the lost boys)

Halloween Challenges/Prompts (various)

the weight of all my sins Naruto ideas (various including Kakashi x oc)

Something Missing (something strange) (Gaston x oc)

Divination as a Diversion (Hermione Granger x The Darkling)

Serendipity - Wick fic (John Wick x oc)

cassia and varro (Spartacus: Varro x OC)

Reality is Fictional (who even knows. Various)

Saudade - May you be cursed to never find peace (Tokyo Revengers, OC x various)

Dig My Grave (take my hand). It's just a quirk. (My Hero Academia. Dark fic. Dabi x OC)

An Offering and The Sacrifice (Demon Slayer. Rengoku x OC)

Tokyo Revengers Oneshots

KNY Oneshots

Alpha (original work)

The question is timing (Naruto/KNY crossover. Sakura centric)

JJK - Balance (Jujutsu Kaisen. Various)

plane ideas and sleep deprivation

poetry (original work)

The Good In You (MCU. Steve Rogers x OC)

Prompts (various)

Soulmates (various)

AU Oneshot Ideas (various)

Dark Drabbles

Joyce Summers. Assassin. Conman. Thief. Mother. (BtvS. undecided)

A Slayer in Hawkins (Stranger Things/BtvS crossover. undecided)

Quest for the Ages (Divergent: Eric x OC Quest)

dreaming of falling (Divergent: Eric x oc Quest)

well well look who's at it again (SoA. Jax Teller x oc)

season 2 (SPN. sequel to Crossfire Sam x OC)

season 3 (SPN. third in Crossfire series - Sam x oc)

Ice Ice Baby (Stranger Things. Eddie x oc Emma)

favours (leverage. undecided Eliot x oc or Quinn x oc)

For the Children (Leverage. Eliot x oc)

Between Discord and Rhyme (Teen Wolf. Derek Hale x oc)

Riptide (Spencer Reid x oc)

Skywalker rewrite (Star Wars. various)

Les Tres Geckos (From Dusk til Dawn. Richie x oc)

Coffee Shop AU (original)

Fae Mafia (original)

this isn't even all of them...

tagging: @arrthurpendragon @faithfire @rey-of-luke @mabonetsamhain @chickensarentcheap @residentdormouse @renhoeku @comatosebunny09 and anyone else who wants to join in/share

[sapphickatpoet]

Eclipsed Chronicles Character Bios

Part I: The Main Four

It’s about time I introduced you lovely degenerates to the story @stellarnightstars and I are writing together! Or..well..have been writing together. This thing is fuckin’ five years old at the time I’m posting this.

The bios will be in four parts: the main four, the legionaries, the side characters, and the antagonists.

Before I go into heavy detail, there’s a plot point I must discuss. The story takes place three years after a seven-year-long war between two nations: Gardenia and Imago. Both counties were in a state of fascism: Imago due to the nobles thinking they were superior because they’re fae, and Gardenia due to its heavily militaristic government. To keep things simple, I’ll say that the war was declared because one of the six Gardenian Legionaries, Spartacus, wanted to show off Gardenia’s military might, and what better way to do it than to challenge the fae supremacist King Dante? Thousands of innocents lost their lives, and even children as young as 13 were drafted as soldiers. Only when Spartacus was imprisoned and Dante died did the Great Rift finally end. A new set of Legionaries were crowned in Gardenia, and a new king was crowned in Imago. Both sets of leaders now work tirelessly to fix the mistakes of their predecessors, and make their people’s lives happy ones.

Because I can’t draw to save my life, I’m using Picrews once again to portray the characters. The ones I’m using are made by brightgoat and crowesn.

Ekaterina Eos

Age: 24

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Bisexual

Height: 5’10”

Nicknames: Katya (by friends and family)

Voice Claim: Samantha Béart

Fashion Sense: Piratecore fused with a Russian tsar fused with a Russian mob boss

Most Proficient Magical Skill: Ice and Snowstorms

Hobbies: Fencing, acting, singing, playing various instruments, and gambling

Favorite D&D Class(es): Skald and swashbuckler

Personality: Charming and bombastic, Ekaterina is what any pirate captain would aspire to be. There’s nothing she loves more than a day at sea. She craves adventure, which naturally leads to her causing chaos. However, despite her penchant for chaos, she’s strangely maternal. She still works in the army as a captain, and it’s her job to train some of the new cadets (kinda like ROTC in America; world-building will be in a post of its own). She loves them as if they’re her own children. She will go through hell to protect those she loves, even if it entails her death. No matter how hurt she is, she will always put the needs of others above her own. Against enemies in battle, she is a brutal fighter, something she’s grown to love and despise. Due to her actions in the Great Rift, she thinks of herself as a monster who cannot ever be loved.

Phoenix Eos

(The hair color on crowesn’s Picrew is more accurate)

Age: 26

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Asexual

Height: 5’6”

Voice Claim: Lindsay Mendez

Most Proficient Magical Skill: Absorption

Fashion Sense: Dark academia mixed with Noir

Hobbies: Archery, reading, researching, and watching corny B-movies for a laugh

Favorite D&D Class(es): Investigator and warlock

Personality: Serious and cynical, Phoenix knows all the ins and outs of the world and how to bend them to her will. From a young age, she knew how terrible the world was. You can thank her abusive biological mother for that. She’s a realist, knowing both the good and bad parts of the world well, and how little good there is in the world. Escapism is a foreign concept to her, as she cannot fathom what a world where she’s truly happy would even look like. When she’s home, she’s usually the one that has to keep Ekaterina, her step-sister, from doing anything too stupid. When she’s away, she takes her job as an ambassador quite seriously. She works herself to death so that peace isn’t broken, for the peace of the world is directly tied to her inner peace. You can thank what she’s seen during the Great Rift for that, specifically when she had to have her left arm amputated.

Sebastian Sarantos

Age: 25

Pronouns: She/They/He (mtf)

Sexuality: Lesbian

Height: 6’1”

Nickname(s): Bastian (by friends and family)

Voice Claim: J. Micheal Tatum

Most Proficient Magical Skill: Spirit Communication

Fashion Sense: Vampirecore and gothic Victorian

Hobbies: Writing, composing, reading, playing instruments, ballet dancing, and opera singing

Favorite D&D Class(es): Bard and cleric

Personality: Sweet and flamboyant, Sebastian does whatever she can to make people happy. She feels everything very deeply—basically she’s an empath. The arts are her life and her soul, and she’ll spend hours talking about her poems and compositions if you let her. They’re quite melodramatic, speaking like a 19th century vampire in their everyday speech. Their role as a legionary is to be an archivist of sort; they keep records, write down history as it happens, and bonk politicians on the head with a history book when their ideas would probably lead to history repeating itself. They like to research history and magic outside of their job—it’s one of the reasons why they don’t resign and become a full time poet and musician. They’re very non- confrontational, which is weird for someone in a political position. She can debate and get her ideas across just fine, but her anxiety and fear of older authority doesn’t exactly help. No matter what she does, it’s extremely difficult for her to bring herself to physically harm another. He hates that he can’t fight. He hates that he isn’t the bold leader the world needs him to be. She hates that she cries so much. She feels like she’s weak every time she cries, and that all who know her are secretly ashamed of being associated with her.

Asher Pénthos

(The freckles on crowesn’s Picrew are the right color)

Age: 26

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Asexual

Height: 5’11”

Nickname(s): Ash (by friends)

Voice Claim: Theo Solomon

Most Proficient Magical Skill: Astronomy

Fashion Sense: Fairycore and light academia

Hobbies: Researching magic and watching old movies

Favorite D&D Class(es): Sorcerer

Personality: Humble and practical, Ash is an ideal king. He was quite sheltered throughout his childhood, and even now, he still doesn’t truly know much about everyday life. He can only really understand as much as his citizens tell him and during the few times he’s snuck out. After all, he’s usually so busy, he can’t even leave the castle unless it’s for business matters. He only really had friends in the current legionaries, and he can’t really contact them often because of how busy they all are. His understanding of true happy life often comes from media, his only form of escapism; particularly, movies. He’s a dreamer at heart; an old soul that wants nothing more to experience whimsy, joy, and pure love. However, he doesn’t really know what that is. His father was cruel and abusive, his mother was never in the right headspace to take care of a child due to her forced marriage with Ash’s father, and his brother never learned from his family’s mistakes. All Ash has is others’ experiences to go off of. Even so, he’s still kind and gentle, yet firm and tough when he needs to be.

[immortalmuses]

@starsspin sent: "once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them." sura for agron

For a long moment, Agron doesn't say anything in response, too deep in his sulk at the furthest edges of the Rebel encampment. Watching from a distance as Nasir shares words with Castus, the Gladiator's scowl threatens to become a full-throated snarl. He dare not glance away, even to reply to Sura's ill-timed advice

"... He says I have no cause for displeasure." Agron grunts, subconsciously tightening his grip on the rope he's winding, "--I know he speaks true..." And yet, there are doubts that sit sour on the Germani's tongue. Questions he has not the balls to ask. should Sura's words prove true.

[noramoya]

CONTINUATION OF THE LAST POST: “Comment on a fanfic, by fanfic3112 :

https://archiveofourown.org/comments/257329109?add_comment_reply_id=257329109

“On one of the videos it was the director of the show and they were saying that frankly they weren't sure how this would go over on China's TV. Neither the stars Xioa Zhan and Wang YiBo nor the director had any idea it would be so big. The director went after the artists that best fit the story, not the biggest or most popular, for that reason. The director just wanted to tell the story as accurately as possible but still have it pass the censorship board. No one was prepared for its level of success or the attention it has gotten both in china and abroad. That has been truly surprising. (That's exactly what yurt on ice director said about that anime as well.) They went on to say they had to remove parts of untamed to pass the censorship board but nothing that hurt the final production or took away from the story. (I love it when something just takes off and no one expects it!). Japan has been putting out yuri, yaoi and boys love somehow since at least the 70's (things like ai no kusabi that show bdsm, nonconsentual sex and some hot erotic graphic sex) and yet they have had laws against same sex marriage and weren't openly for same sex relations (even though NiChome is filled with gay clubs). In the US they have gay pride parades, gay’s week, gay clubs, in most states gay marriage are allowed and on cable channels like HBO, Netflix or sinner cgannels like crunchy roll you can find BL shows with sine hints at sex and shows with gay characters with no hints of sex on regular TV, you still even in the auS would not find much on regular TV that showed as much or more than "untamed" showed. Which I had never really thought of, ‘til they started talking about the censorship board in china. We have had open sex scenes that showed naked females and breasts and a naked males ass and them in a bed implying sex for years (like since at least the 80s) on cable channels like HBO (that had really great movies and shows on it!) and you could even buy the playboy channel that had more specific sex but was not really good shows. Yet on regular TV shows still they showed less but they have started including gay characters and gay relationships on the regular tv channels (just no specific sex scenes that showed much), shows like “shameless” and “orange is the new black” gave main characters that were gay and were super popular… On HBO however you had “Game of Throwns” and I don't know how many great historical dramas that showed nudity, had gay characters and skin showing and sex scenes and a flash of penis (which I had never seen til thus last year) and some gay characters in bed. Still to this day, for some reason, on all channels it seems ok to show breasts and a naked woman's ass in whole body but it's rare you ever see a dick. They'll show a guys ass but rarely his dick. Game of Throwns showed more of all of that than any series I had seen bad a kazillion people watched Game of Throwns and I'm sure got HBO just to see Game of Throwns and bought the DVDs just so they didn't miss an episode and yet I never heard a word about the gay relationships or the nudity of males or females. Series like “The Borgias”, “Reign”, “Spartacus” (with a really popular gay couple) kind of set the stage for the level of nudity and both gay and straight relations shown in “Game of Throwns”… Still my point being however it was on a cable channel that people purchase separately and know there is "hopefully" going to be more adult shows (although I don't know if teen and family did watch Game of Throwns (the ones that had HBO), cause Game of Throwns was in the school and public libraries and even 10 year olds could tell you everything what’s going on! This goes back to tote belief I realized parents had (when I held an anime club in middle schools, high schools and libraries) some distorted view of kids knowledge on their exposure and knowledge bad accessibility to sex and sex related viewing, topics and materials. It was an 11 year old who first told he about ai no kusabi, la blue girl and another kid in the group told me about Finder.

Every single kid from middle school to high school in every anime club I've gad has switched those three and so many girls are into yaoi and BL at that age they gave usually always seen all the big ones like a gravitation and Loveless and since so many girls love yaoi and BL from middle school on up they gave seen it all. Most of them now are more familiar with terms like pan sexual, Demi sexual, metrosexual, asexual, non binary than the adults around term. Which is funny since the adults around them often don't gave a clue of their level of knowledge. I had a parent recently telling me she was opposing the school sex ed and them handing out condones and showing birth control methods like the pill in class or discussing alternate things like oral sex in that class or discussing same sex relations. I never know what to say to parents like this because her son is someone who told me he is nonbinary, polyamorous he loves theatre and music and he is very open to gay relationships and certainly if this hasn't happened sex could in the near future. Probabably he at 12 knows everything this class would cover (cause he goes constantly on the internet and has his own Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and three 3 tube channels she has never watched). That's the odd thing, parents don't listen to kids. They just assume because they look young they don't think about things like that or know how to find it on their own or have access to actually doing it. Which is all completely not true. I won't go into my many experiences that show this is so not true. I also post info to clubs still on anime and live versions of anime coming out at theaters and have chaperoned many of the anime groups I took to anime conventions and movies so I try to keep up with what they are watching and what's new. What's funny is on one of these amine convention trips I brought back all of these cool anime posters, postcards and promos I was given lots of and the kids just grabbed what they wanted. Later I was called into the principals office and gad to meet with two sets of parents. Both outraged at the material their kids brought home. (Any parent or school personnel could sign up as chaperone for these anime convention trios but rarely did a single one of them). One parent was also on the school board by the way. The other parent was someone who occasionally sent snacks to the club but I knew was forbidding her daughter from taking art classes (even though she was an amazing artist and had multiple journals of anime drawing and was trying to start her own web comic) and forcing her daughter to take or engineering even though she gated math and wasn't that good in it so had to do tutoring and an after school program for math which she also hated and it left her no time to do sports or anything rose like gang out with friends. So I thought of all kinds of things these kids could have picked up or bought at the convention but looking through stuff I had given them as promos I couldn't imagine what these parents were so up in arms about (but all of the girls who went liked yaoi and BL and there was plenty there so who knew!) when I got yo the meeting however it was all over a postcard advertising Afro samurai (which is a really old anime they were rereleasing bad he had a cigarette in his mouth) and another postcard of a female character off gurren Logan that had a girl in shorts with her navel showing holding a gun leaping across the postcard. I was like hopefully they didn't notice the postcard of sobi kissing Ritsuka! I didn't hand those out but most of the girls and two of the boys got them. I pointed out on both cards, their kids had already seen both animes, as had most of the kids in the group. There weren't a lot of black martisl arts heros and Afro samurai reflects an earlier age and it's basically a rerelease so it's no difference than watching reruns of bonanza or Ironsides and seeing characters at that time smoking. No one was trying to promote smoking to kids.

Maybe his parent should take the time to watch Afro samurai, narrator and done of the anime his son watches and find out why he liked that particular one and talk to him about not smoking then. I invited both parents to chaperone next time or just take their kids on their own. They both said they didn't have time. I pointed out maybe they could watch at least a few episodes of the ones they found objectionable and then at least they woukd understand why their kids were drawn to these shows and characters. I pointed out on the girl with a gun in anime they rarely say how ok'd cigar actress are and even adults and elderly characters can be presented in chibi form but the character on the card is an adult female who shoots at people who are the enemy and no different that a spy show or Miami vice or any cop show on TV, there are good guys and bad guys abc they have guns, tanks, weapons of all kinds although in many cases like baruta they also often use martisl arts, throwing stars, but slosh knives and they did kill people just like on regular TV. Both parents looked like I had a third head, asking where they could have seen these shows? I pointed out they were on crunchyroll/funimatation/Cartoon Network and some anime on Saturday morning cartoons and anime, manga can be found free online on utube or other sites. I though their heads might pop off. They didn't know what manga was (although I knew the son owned the entire naruto, berserk, full metal alchemist collections. The girl had at least 50 manga, mostly BL). I explained anime/manga had same adult content as TV shows. In future I was told not to hand out nudity/smoking/weapons promos. I didn't point out showing a navel wasn't nudity and his daughters shirt that day exposed her midriff. Nor that school security carried guns. There is censorship in everything and much if it is illogical.

• Daoine : There is still a lot of hypocrisy in this world. Too many parents with the attitude of 'if my kids don't see it, they won't do it and it won't exist'. Being a Gen X woman who was went through my teens in the 80s and twenties through the 90s, I can tell you some of these parents are lying to themselves. I know the shit my generation did. Groupie sluts, doing X and going to raves, shit! Now, I look at people my age and they act like they NEVER! It's all BS. I grew up with the anime and manga you are talking about. There is nothing wrong with it, although there are anime with themes I wouldn't recommend for pre-teens or even teens. However, there is something wrong with a parent who doesn't want comprehensive sexual education taught in schools. These people are the ones who make the world dangerous.

• fanfic3112 : I agree cause whether you tell them or educate them someone else will if you don’t or they will end up doing things they aren’t educated on without the knowledge they need and they and the parents will be stuck with the convenience plus kids will have no one to talk to when they really need it. I think parents are so behind the times in what kids are exposed to and with no effort have access to and are often faced with from peers and situations they are in...now really as early as age 8-11. They still have that chibi cute look but they are put in situations that in the past kids didn’t have to deal with til they were older teens and young adults. If you don’t talk about that and at least give them some preperstion and let them know you understand that and won’t be shocked or appalled to talk about what comes up then they are stuck with the he said, she said and the “come on everyone’s doing it”

• Daoine: Access is easier than it was in my day, yes, but situations still the same. I lucked out as a kid and my mom was not shy about having any open discussion with me or my siblings. Truthfully, if the subject is demystified then it is understood even by kids.

• fanfic3112 : That's true of drinking as well. I would let my child try a sip of what I was drinking (which my child usually didn't like) and taught my child about wines and how different ones accent the flavor of food (and took my child with me to wine tastings) (just like I took my child to symphony's, plays, musicals, madrigal feast, museums, art gallery's with me from the time my child was 2-4). My child learned how to act and had a blast and loves music and art. When my child went off to do study abroad for the first semester of college in a country where the legal drinking age was 4 years younger than here, I knew my child would be fine but on the other hand most of her fellow students who went with her failed the semester cause they drank all the time and one literally had to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. I taught her how to drink sensibly and responsibly if she ever wanted to drink and didn't make it taboo but discussed it openly. Pointing out to drink water before during and after drinking, don't drink on an empty stomach, dint drink anything strong, sip your drink, how to tell the alcohol level of a drink and how that works in relation yo the number if drinks you have, your weight and other factors, to never drive and drink and how drinking can effect you with just one drink based on the alcohol level and if you've eaten it are dehydrated or tired and how it can interact with medications. To this day she's never been interested in alcohol. I think if you make anything taboo that you know they will be exposed to and don't educate your child on it and it can have horrible repercussions if they do it, then you are just asking for trouble. Because there is nothing kids sent exposed to now. I have a friend who honestly thought her parent controls she set on their computer kept her kids from looking at things she didn't want them to see and from using social media. Until my daughter showed me her daughters webcam site and Facebook, where she was posed provacatively in a teddy at 12 and had been doing this for at least a year but had the Facebook account and been chatting on line with strangers since she was 8. I think pretty much any kid 12 or older now knows how to get around parent controls, knows how to access online porn, either has social media accounts or knows how to set up one if they want to. Her son had two utube channels, Facebook, Twitter, etc including one where he did online gaming and showed this on utube but also interesting identified himself at 14 as Asexual and when asked went on in depth about why he didn't think he was gay but nor did he feel necessarily heterosexual but was Asexual (when he had barely hit puberty, so who knows what he will feel next year) but he apparently chatted with a lot of other gay, bi and asexual people on line about this and could explain each option even though his mom had opted him out of the "human body discussion component" of his PE class (like a pre sex ed) because she didn't think he was ready to know about these things. By the way all three of her kids liked anime and when I asked them they had all seen both since no kusabi and la blue girl (tentacle porn). Kids get more savy younger and younger every year but often by 15 or 16 they are much better at finding anything on line they want to and hiding it, than their parents are.

• Daoine: If I had kids I would be just as educational as my mom and you. I decided to not have kids and don't regret that decision. Also, I control my drinking, she did the same thing for me. I now have a drinking limit of three glasses if I'm drinking a mixed drink or a glass of wine, if I'm drinking wine. I do love to go to wine tastings. I'm lucky enough to live near East Texas, so I can hit up some of the local vineyards. Never mix beer with wine. I learned that the hard way. I was much like your daughter as a teen. I didn't understand the attraction to being out of control.

• fanfic3112 : Yeah with my child what was funny was when she went on this trip she was on scholarship and it was her first semester. She was so looking forward to being immersed in another culture and seeing and doing the things she had seen, read of or heard about in another country! Still she had hoped for done commraderie from her fellow students who went with her. She was the only student on scholarship and the other students were in an income bracket well above her. So for example when she wanted to scout around for the deals on money exchange they laughed at her and left her and did not return from their group transportation. When she wanted to go do the many free activities and events they didnt wanted to go with her. When she wanted to go back with another group earlier to campus and share the expense as opposed to coming back home later and paying a much higher fee for transportation, again they laughed at her and mocked her. They themselves came back much later and had to pay over five times as much to get home. She later found one of them on the floor in the hall in a pile of puke and they had to hospitalize her for alcohol poisoning. The other students had just left that girl on the floor throwing up, just as they had left my child while she was trying to change money at a location you got a much higher rate on the dollar. Only one of them didn't either fail that semester or have to go back early and drop the semester out of over 13 students. They all said they didn't care cause their parents would just pay to get them in another program (and they probably did). The one girl that got they later was on campus and (because of who her parents were and the alumni money they paid) they let the girl who left a person laying in puke to die, become an RA. She providing alcohol to freshmen and allowed them imbibe other illegal things and imbibed with them, involving a guy RA who got busted with her. She was fired and left campus. My child on the other hand really bonded with the students who were from the country she was visiting. Took advantage of two homestay host family opportunities with local families. Since then had many of her foreign student friends come to visit, been on other trios with them, stayed with her host families afterwards, correspond with them every year and they have put up her other friends who have visited. Plus (because she didn't have much money) she signed up for all of the free or low cost (like $10-20) excursions through her school and the other country's university. Since they had not signed up for these they couldn't get into any of them so she would see them try to buy other peoples Tucker's paying them much more for their ticket to how in their place or trying to Sneak into the events by bribing security. Either way she leads had the prime seats because she signed up early. These were all either excursions that were a minuscule fee but if you didn't have that special rates costs 100- 250 minimum or were scheduled only for that specific meet and greet or outing for those students as a special event. Things like meeting with the cast of Sherlock or a backstage pass to the Harry potter play send a meet and greet with the cast or a meet and greet with the famous soccer player at the match with seating in a prime VIP area.

• fanfic3112 : Not only did these students think they had so much money they didn't have to preplan but also they didn't recognize how difficult it would be to find other opportunities to meet these people or participate in other versions of these events. Because they begged her she finally helped them find tickets to one event that she knew some other students couldn't go to but they were so horrible when they were there she never helped them again. They were rude snobbish and said cultural inappropriate things.then because she hot there early she still got the prime seating position (and was really nice sync excited about being there) so she was the only one the soccer player did personal pictures with and he gave her his towel! Which they tried to buy from send literally tug away from her (along with others who wanted that towel) so she hot led out of a separate entrance with the soccer team people were being so handsy. They managed to sneak into or bribe their way into one of the other events where some of a hit TV show cast were at. My child had requested in advance to take photos thru their PR people before she even came to the country so other than their own PR staff on hand no others were allowed to take photos and they had yo leave phones and cameras at the door with security. Because she was taking photos and had been introduced to them sell when she first came in as being the only student there who could take photos they kind of hung out with her and let her get up close to them where others had to stay behind a barrier most of the time. They cast also had their own friends and done family at this event and there was catered food send drinks available and in that country everyone was of legal age and they carded everyone. My child was focused on taking photos so drinking free drinks was not a priority to her. These other students who managed to get in we're sucking those free drinks down send acting accordingly. At one point they tried yo sexy they were with her to get passed the barrier they were not allowed to cross (send they were embarrassingly drunk by that point and yelled out obscenities. One of the cast members (hot male star with his girlfriend) said "I know how it is to have drunk friends. They look looped!" And she told him they weren't her friends and figured they just crashed their way in. Which was a good thing cause later they snuck in again after being ejected and she was tight in front of another star tasking a photo and he was smiling at her being a tempory DJ, posing for the photo, and she had the one poster they have out from the event that they had all signed for her under her arm while she was shooting. These students grabbed the poster out from under her arm and tried to run away with it. Luckily the other actor she had been standing by saw them and had security grab them send toss them out again and hot the poster from them (which was now ripped but at least still in one piece). It had been the one poster on the swell at the event and it had been hard and time consuming to meander snout saying "can you sign my poster" without looking awkward but she had managed. It wouldn't have berm posdible to get another or to get people to sign it again. The worst thing was they had insignia on one of them for the college she was at so everyone started trying to find out of they were either her send she had to assure them they weren't. Even though they supposedly had so much money, the tickets she helped them get from fellow students who weren't going to be able to attend the earlier soccer mustache and they were going to pay them three times what they had paid, of course they never paid.

• fanfic3112 : My child had told these students yo make sure they hot the money upfront and because these students were so known to have lots of money they let them get away with saying "we will pay you later". Later their reason girl not paying those students was "it turned out not yo be that much fun anyway and they didn't even get to sit up from in the VIP seating (where no child was because she got one of the first tickets) and they didn't get their picture with the star athlete. (My child was the only one that got to go on the field, he took a selfir with her and gave her his cool towel around his neck). That's cause she was yelling her brains out, came dressed in his team colors and even had makeup on (kind of like war paint) in his colors! If they had gone to that much trouble maybe they would have gotten a selfie either him. Her whole trip she was focused on seeing and doing as much as possible and making the most of each opportunity so also went to every local dance native dance tutorial, student tea, enrichment opportunity both on campus send off campus and at many of these they had either gift cards, trips or tickets you could win. The ones they went to if bourse they didn't bother to sign up for such trivial things as these. So she won bus tours, overnight stays at B&Bs, train and boat cruise passes and theatre passes. She did winery and dustilkary yours (and brought me something back from each) and tours of famous places from movies like Downton Abby, Sherlock, Game of a Thrones, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings. Then when she was down to the end of her semester and almost out of all of her money she had left she got her flight extended to several days later by paying a small fee and made hostel reservations in several other locations using the things she won she hadn't used yet (rail pass, B&B stay, Bus tours, castle/historic passes) combining these with a family stay (her host family arranged with friends) splitting the fee of one stay with a person she had met on one of the bus tours had used already and by selling one of the bus tours she had duplicates of...she took off to see more of the surrounding countries on a quick whirlwind tour before she left. I was scared of this cause she had just a few pounds left after travel arrangements and no other money nor did I have more money to send her. She planned on eating dried soup packets and convenience store food and pastrys she had gathered with water and tea from bags with her. She had never stayed in hostels and these had costs only 8-10 pds (and seemed sketchy to me since hotels here are $75-$125). Then on a ferry she put 1pd in a slot machine (who does that with one of their last pds??) and won $200 pds (kids heard the coins fall and came grabbing up her pds off the floor, so there were more before she shoved them out of the way!) that was $325 in the other country! I thought she was kidding when she told me! The hostels were great and so was the trip! She ended up with money for good food and souvenirs.”

[starsspin]

@ofhumanvoice sent: ❝ a man in your place should count himself fortunate that his head is still on his shoulders. ❞

Aye he was fortunate for his life, there was no denying that. Considering the reason he had even been brought to Capua was for his own execution, he was lucky to be standing here now indeed. Though he would not consider his current standing a stroke of good fortune, he would not be here at all if not for the Romans, Glaber for convincing them to fight in a war not their own, Glaber for going back on his word, Glaber for unjustly seeking a balm for a bruised ego. Batiatus had in fact stepped in offering a solution to please both the cheering crowd and the Legatus. Had those events not come to pass, he would still hold his freedom, Sura her life, and they would still be toiling for coin. A fact he would like to point out.

It had been a hard lesson learned, to be able to hold his tongue and not speak out of turn. A lesson still not fully learned, though Batiatus was far more forgiving than his wife in such cases. Something the Thracian did not entirely see has a weakness. If anything Batiatus was at least aware of who had thrust the house he now lived under into prosperity. ❝ Yes Domina, fortunate indeed. ❞ He doesn’t look at her as he speaks, but rather past her, saying nothing further. Already she did not like him, would use any excuse to see him cast aside, he did not need to make things worse, yet he could not bring himself to form sweeter words. She could get those from Crixus if she wished to hear them.

[scatteredfangirling]

Four Continents 2023: Men’s FS

okay i made it !!

work’s been a complete bitch this week but glad I finally got to tune in for this :^)

came in the middle of group 2 -

Sihyeong Lee (KOR)

so many rippon arms...like damn

such a good fight!! i really do like this program on him

korean skating is onward and upward man...i’m so excited for this whole team

Liam Kapeikis (USA)

ah yes moulin rouge the warhorse...it has so much of a reputation that there’s so much pressure to deliver a good program for it...

had some bobbles and bad jumps...and then started getting it back together

also kinda suffers from windmill arms...

so many falls T-T my guy, your time will come

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

literally have never watched mikhail ever, so interested to see how this goes

good technical foundation as far as i can see, nice flow on his jumps

def was struggling stamina wise at the step sequence towards the end...colorado really is unforgiving with the altitude difference

Stephen Gogolev (CAN)

i feel like i saw his spartacus program at the very beginning of the season, so curious to see how it’s evolved

not the 2S... and the other 2S... :’)

ignoring the double sals...a solid showing!! it just sucks that he literally gets no points for those :|

Koshiro Shimada (JPN)

not my fave program of his (imo nobody does chaplin like javi), but oh well

he’s really zipping around the ice today - his lines are always sooo nice

the 2a jump sequence... man that was a lofty one and he still had enough momentum to do an euler and a triple sal after???

def still waiting on him to grow his performance/presence more in the next few seasons...this wasn’t technically his best or worst performance, but adding just a bit more Energy to it makes such a difference

Jaeseok Kyeong (KOR)

first time watching him - his outfit is giving me cute stylish bookworm vibes

wish he’d extend his lines all the way through his hands - they’re really pretty and then it stops at his wrist

good recovery after the fall on the opening 3A. he’s also pretty speedy

the music shift is fun !!

i’m obsessed, this whole program was so fun, and you felt the energy in the first 20s even though he completely bombed the first jump

Maxim Naumov (USA)

i’ve also never watched maxim ever so this will be new for me

the music is called “iron, shadows, loyal” is this a fantasy soundtrack cut or have i been living under a rock

rough start with several hard falls :(

what is with the men and 2_1Eu3_ sequences tonight

i like this music cut though...(feels like he’s trying to follow in jimmy’s stylistic footsteps) but tonight’s performance was stressful

what can i say, i love men who can perform and have terrible jump consistency

Conrad Orzel (CAN)

it’s been eons since i last watched conrad...

ohhh “paint it black” ??? just wish he had a more interesting all black outfit

solid perf technically, hoping he is able to give it more oomph by the time worlds rolls around (assuming he is sent to worlds)

Shun Sato (JPN)

(oh my god i swear i typed shun’s thing and then it didn’t save smh)

his jumps are so soft and precise !! so smooth

can’t wait for him to grow a bit more in the next few seasons and become a total Show Stopper

Junhwan Cha (KOR)

junhwan pls medal PLS

that opening jump on the james bond theme...man oh man

noooo he tapped the boards when he fell

the fuckin popped 2A...chaotic

this is such a great james bond music cut, but alas this was not his best showing

Boyang Jin (CHN)

i honestly feel like i haven’t seen boyang since olys...which were a full year ago...

it’s so weird to me that nathan and shoma aren’t at this comp with him...there was an era where the three of them were everywhere

this is soft and unsnoozy music, aka perfect

not his best skate, but so good to see him out here !! can’t wait to see this program when he’s in better shape and not competing a mile high

Jimmy Ma (USA)

jimmy getting 3rd in the SP was not something i was expecting...but let’s gooo

clair de lune is a very Normal choice...and then it cuts to the EDM music we expect from him (always can rely on jimmy to bring us to the club)

there were some chaos pops (1A...lol) but he seems happy with it overall !!

3rd in the sp to 11th in the fs to 7th overall...yup the chaos of the men’s event

Keegan Messing (CAN)

the world’s favorite, father of two - i’m emo over him giving jimmy a hug as they pass each other on the ice

i’ve seen this program so much this year, and it’s a packaging that would be cheesy for anyone else, but it works SO well for him

two clean 4Ts and 3As?? he’s on FIRE

that’s it, 4CC is over, give him the gold (i’m sorry kao, it literally doesn’t matter how well you do. keegan deserves first in my heart)

Kao Miura (JPN)

kao literally wasn’t on my radar until i saw him this season during the grand prix series...and MAN oh MAN when he’s on, he’s ON

when he ups his performance energy, it will be the end of me

his jumps rotate so evenly (idt that makes sense, but it makes sense to me)

really milking the chorus of this song...hell yeah !!

wow. what an event !!

[mermaidsirennikita]

There is no one in the entire world who could adapt Heated Rivalry well enough that it wouldn't piss me off is my worry. Also I don't think there's actors talented enough to portray Ilya also also also there's too much sex and like the type of sex is important enough/the sex scenes are too important to be like fade to black or off screen so it'd have to be rated like....is there a rating between actual porn and nc-17?

Well, I think you would definitely need good actors to portray Ilya and Shane, but that's not impossible. They just wouldn't be people who are A-listers (which is the case anyway).

And as for the rating--my pithy answer for "is there a rating between actual porn and NC-17?" is "European cinema", but honestly, there is a lot more that you can get away with in R-rated and NC-17 rated material than I think people are used to today. The ratings are not used to the extent that they could be, which is creating a new norm. I loved the sex scenes in RWARB and think they were right for an adaptation of that book, but they weren't R sex scenes, imo. If you look at het Nicholas Sparks movies from 10-15 years ago, it was VERY similar content. Little to no nudity (male ass if anything), gentle touches, clear thrusting but nothing super vigorous or graphic. And those movies were singularly PG-13.

The sexuality in Spartacus in Ye Olde Days of Starz, Sense8 on Netflix, the sex you'd see in movies like The Dreamers, Lust, Caution, and even more recently 365 DNI and Lady Chatterley's Lover depicts enough to show the type of sex depicted in the book(s). They have passionate sex and it's very well-written, but it's not particularly creative and or acrobatic to the point that it would be difficult to depict onscreen. It would just be a matter of willingness to depict it onscreen (so a TV show would probably be much more reasonable than a movie--which, like, good, because a limited series is almost always better for adaptations).

That said, at this point I'd almost prefer an animated series. Why not? Get good voice actors, depict sex the way you want to, in this case the ice stuff would probably look fun in that medium. I'll watch Ilya Rozanov eat ass in traditional animation.

That said (again) none of this will happen but lol I can dream!