#— anastasia. / isms. —

[domokunrainbowkinz]

babe wake up its time for more manhwa posting!!!!!

titles mentioned:

painter of the night (18+)

bend over backwards (18+)

miscreants and mayhem (18+)

fly me to the moon

why Ophelia couldn't leave

taming the tiger (18+)

walk on water (18+)

codename: anastasia (18+)

the ghost's nocturne (18+)

steel under silk (18+)

dreadful night (18+)

toxin (18+)

smyrna and capri (18+)

roses and champagne (18+)

painter of the night (18+) - listen so many ppl talk abt this one and have hyped it up so much, but unfortunately I didn't really like it 😔 I do like their relationship at the end and they are very loving but the journey....bruh 💀 I just think it could've been so much more interestingly written, and I think most of my problems stem from me just straight up not liking nakyum as a character. the art is very pretty though. I would skip if you're not a fan of passive/weak MC'S who are treated like shit by the ML in the beginning but get stockholmed into developing feelings somehow (I rly don't know how else to explain it IDK MAN). warning for non-con/dub-con between the 2 leads.

bend over backwards (18+) - very cute!!!! it does start out kinda toxic and in like a transactional/coercive FWB situationship, but it doesn't last super duper long and they do end up being very cute and loving. I have this bookmarked as my comfort read 😌

miscreants and mayhem (18+) - HEAR ME OUT THIS ONE SLAPPED OK. I originally was gonna skip this one bc the main pairing is uh about a guy and his step-son 🧍‍♀️. extremely questionable rship and he does get called "dad" when theyre fucking but my 4th wall must be made of titanium bc I was able to look past that due to the way the story was written. it deals a lot with the mc's guilt about failing his family and not being able to raise his step-son, and he blames himself for why his step-son turned out the way he did. a wild ride with the most HWOOOO spicy scenes that i would definitely give a try if you're able to like look past the inherent weirdness of the rship.

fly me to the moon - God this one started out so promising but as soon as the main pairing was established the MC's personality went poof 😭 WHAT HAPPENED TO MY NO-NONSENSE SARCASTIC CHAIN-SMOKING MOMMY....THEY TURNED HER INTO A TYPICAL DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 😭😭 this also was giving "I can't believe it's not omegaverse!!" bc they were talking about like pheromones and scenting and imprinting, it had me going "is this straight omegaverse.....??" I think I knew it was time to drop this when I started caring more about the unhinged insane 2nd ML that everyone hates more than the main couple bc at least he elicits an interesting rxn from the MC rather than the boring ass vanilla insta-love vibes of the main pairing. maybe I just have weird taste 😭

why Ophelia couldn't leave - once again started off promising but started going downhill once the main pairing was established 😔 I think it's bc I was expecting more of a battle of wits or mutual manipulation story, but there wasn't a whole lot of that. i thought the ML's personality was quite flat, bc although i am biased towards obsessive characters, the way he was written just didn't click with me since he has no depth besides "I love ophelia". I did think the slow reveal of the truth behind the parents' death was interesting, they do feed you some info bit by bit, and Ophelia's unreliable narration also helped with the mystery. honestly I was a little mad when I finished this one bc I lowkey felt like I wasted my time 😭

taming the tiger (18+) - by the same author as "miscreants and mayhem", this one was A Ride. this pairing is the definition of matching each others' freak and it also had the best spicy scenes out of all the ones i've read so far like they made me go aWOOGAAAAA!!!!! it can get quite sad near the end but i personally LOVED the way it ended with the side stories....the soulmate-ism of it all.......i would highly recommend this one if you're looking for like something that will make you Feel Things.

walk on water (18+) - by the same author as "under the green light", this one was the most grounded and realistic bl manhwa i've read. at times it gave off almost indie movie vibes with the way the dialogue was written. it deals with discussions surrounding the ethics of like the gay porn industry and the stigma that is attached to sex workers in that industry. would definitely give this one a read!!

codename: anastasia (18+) - the only reason i'm continuing this is bc i think it's finally getting to the good shit after an entire season of me wanting to grab the MC by the shoulders and yelling "HELLO????? YOUR PARTNER IS SUS AS FUCK WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!" for a spy he is kind of stupidt 😭despite that though i did like the banter between the 2 leads, and i'm really curious to see how they will interact in the new season now that uhhhh Shit Happened. anyways huge warning for non-con between the 2 leads like. it was fucked up man.

the ghost's nocturne (18+) - i love supernatural stories, especially ones that deal with folk horror and curses and ghosts, so obvs i liked this one. the art style for this one is SO GOOD, each panel is coloured so beautifully and rendered so well shit had me staring at each panel going "HOW?????" the rship between the nok and jaeshin was pretty iffy in the beginning but it improves pretty quickly once jaeshin explains wtf is going on and they come to an agreement. anyways i'm enjoying this one so far and i am also in love with jaeshin, unfortunately i am not immune to sexy half-ghost man 😔. warning for non-con/dub-con between the 2 leads in the beginning.

steel under silk (18+) - listen when i heard this one was a joseon-dynasty enemies-to-lovers revenge story my ass was clicking into it IMMEDIATELY. i do admit the beginning is a little rough since our MC was acting mainly on impulse and doesn't really have a long-term game plan, but he smartens up and starts to actively scheme around the 20-episode mark. it's so nice seeing both yeonjo and heeryang's perspectives and their thought processes, they each know the other person is scheming and they're constantly thinking of ways to out-scheme the other person to get the upper hand (yeonjo's goal is to gain the governor's trust so he can create an opportunity to assassinate him, while heeryang suspects yeonjo wants to kill him so he constantly blocks opportunities/creates obstacles to make sure he never gets a chance). i am really really curious to see what direction the story takes, especially with the recent chapters that have come out. it's really hard for me to read enemies-to-lovers stories and not compare it to captive prince, which i still consider to be the creme-de-la-creme of enemies to lovers, but so far this one is very promising. warning for dub-con between the 2 leads, and non-con between the MC and another character.

dreadful night (18+) - really unique premise, basically our MC is stuck in a slasher horror game, and he needs to clear all of the endings in order to escape. i'm really enjoying this one bc it's clear the author is a horror-enjoyer with the way they're so knowledgeable about tropes and death flags and like the mechanics of horror games, that has a horror enjoyer myself it made me go "ohohohoho....." they should make more transmigration stories where they transmigrate into a horror game, enough with the fantasy/otome games!!! give me stories where people transmigrate into silent hill or something!!! the ML seems to be an NPC who's sentient and aware of the game, but he also seems a little obsessed with our MC (in a yandere way) so i'm curious to see what his deal is.

toxin (18+) - i usually give something like 20 episodes before i decide if it's for me but like 6 episodes in i went "brother eughhhh". it's an enemies to lovers story but the ML gave me the biggest ick. idk if i just dropped it too early but it's giving colonizer romance (like the ML literally hunted the MC's people for sport and doesn't see them as individuals, he views them as livestock and lower beings). i do get it's enemies to lovers, but this particular brand doesn't appeal to me.

smyrna and capri (18+) - once again by the same author as "miscreants and mayhem" and "taming the tiger", i got curious about their other works since i really enjoyed what i've read from them so far, so i decided to open my heart and try reading an omegaverse story. i think i can conclude that i really don't like omegaverse bc i liked everything about this story except for the pregnancy and pheromone shit 😭i would recommend this if you're a fan of omegaverse, the rship between the 2 leads is very sweet and the alpha is also very very green flag (he is so cute...i lov him...)

roses and champagne (18+) - man this one started off interesting but then went off the rails at the end and made me go "HUH????? okay i guess!!!!" also the MC is a lawyer but he can also be kinda dumb which frustrated me. i did like their relationship in the beginning, but once again Something happens near the end that made me go "oh you Crazy crazy" and i felt like they kinda speedran the ending. there are side-stories, but i honestly lost interest so i stopped following. this is going to sound deranged but this story gave off mad victuuri mafia au vibes. warning for non-con between the 2 leads near the end (where it goes off the rails LOL)

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[iviarellereads]

Harrow the Ninth, Bonus Content, Pronunciation Guide

(Curious what I'm doing here? Read this post! For detail on The Locked Tomb coverage and the index, read this one! Like what you see? Send me a Ko-Fi.)

Similar to the one in GtN, titled "Naming Systems", but for this book's new characters.

John Gaius GUY-us NOTE: He's just some guy, you know? NOTE II: Gaius was not the name John was born with. He picked it for himself circa Y100 of his reign.(1)

Augustine - AWG-us-tin, not awg-us-TEEN.

Alfred Quinque - KWIN-kway.

Augustine and Alfred share an arithmonym. The implications of this were present at the time, but not as developed as they were later on.

Cassiopeia - Cass-ee-oh-PAY-ah. Nothing like her namesake in Greek mythology, "as she was honestly just a universally beloved and clever human being who made beautiful meals with the occasional finger error."(2)

Cristabel - CRIS-ta-bell, not "crees".

Pyrrha Dve - PIRRA DVAY (one syllable). Pyrrha has many connotations, but Muir's favourite is the disguise Achilles took in that name.(3)

Nigella Shodash - NYE-jella SHOW-dash.

Valancy Trinit - VAL-an-see TRIN-it. Derived from "valens", the same root as "valiant", an incredible cavalier name. Valancy and Cyrus both supported each other's belief that they were the most attractive people ever born.

Titania Tetra - Ti-TAHN-iya TET-ra.(4)

Loveday Heptane - LOVE-day HEP-tane.

Anastasia - An-ass-TAYS-iya, rather than an-ass-TAHS-iya.

Samael Novenary - SAM-ay-el No-VEEN-ary

Mithraeum - Mith-RAY-em. From temples of Mithras,(5) of course.

Noniad - NO-nee-add.

Enneameter - enny-AM-eter.

NOTE: The metre of Ortus's epic, The Noniad (Matthias hight Nonius his Deeds and Accomplishments), is dactylic enneameter.(6) This is the traditional metre for serious Ninth House poetry (as opposed to light lyric Ninth House poetry, which is written in enneasyllables(7) and doesn't exist). As befits a Ninth House metre, enneameter is long, ponderous, clunky, and sucks. Ortus sticks grimly to some of its most archaic rules.

Apopneumatism - apo-NEW--mat-ism

Admiral Sarpedon - Admiral (as in the rank) Sar-PEE-don.(8)

Abella Trine - A-BELL-uh TRYNE (like "mine")

Epirhoic - EPPY-ro-ic (the end of which rhymes with "heroic"). Here Muir notes "Rhoic, from the Greek "rhoe," stream or flow; epi-, "on top of," so it's on top of the stream."(9)

Mesorhoic - MEE-so-ro-ic. "Meso" meaning middle.

Bathyrhoic - BATH-ee-ro-ic, with a short "a" which Muir says is in "psychopath". "Bathy" means "deep".

Barathron - ba-RA-thron. Greek for "a pit". "Criminals were classically thrown into one in ancient Athens."

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(1) So, what name WAS he born with, and where did "Gaius" come from? (2) How much do we believe this? How much of this should we question? Is Muir revealing truths, or red herrings? (3) Given that she's now a woman in a man's body, in a sort of way, that's a rather interesting choice to refer to in this, imo! (4) I suppose I'd have written out a "not tye-TAY-nya" to supplement this, but it's entirely possible Muir's never encountered that one in the wild. (5) Mithras is a complicated but popular god to reference in fiction. And it's true, real-life mithraea survive to modern day and can be visited. We don't actually know much about the Mithraists because they didn't write their religion down, but there's a lot of guesses of varying skeptical-eyebrow-raising quality available to research if you want to see how deep the parallels might go! Or someone's probably made a post about it somewhere on Tumblr, if you dare risk spoilers. (6) Recall that I explained enneameter before! I completely forgot that this was here! So, "enneameter" meant "poetry with nine feet/groupings". Dactylic means poetry in which each foot consists of one long/stressed syllable followed by two short ones, named for the resemblance to human finger bones. No, that's not just a Ninth House conceit, it's our-world. (7) Literally just nine syllables per line. (8) This certainly gives new light to the John/Sarpedon shippers and Muir's restraint in not saying "PEED-on" is admirable itself. (9) Once again I forgot this was in the guide back here, as it wasn't in the glossary part when I checked that. Still, I found it pretty difficult to track down the etymology, though part of that comes down to search engines getting actively worse over the last couple of years. (I have receipts. It's not just your imagination, if you noticed it too, but this isn't the place to rant about that.)

[eflen-n-reegee]

(Heads-up, there are some mentions of “-ism”s in this post.)

So, I was watching The King and I ‘cause I really like it, and I was thinking about creating some agere content with some of the characters; but I’m not sure it’s a good idea for a few reasons.

The movie is very - VERY - loosely based on real people, and a lot of people have issues with how much they messed up these actual historical people. The movie’s also a bit racist against Siamese/Thai people (came out in the 50s, so product of its time) and sexist against women (may be period accurate, but still). Additionally I know next to nothing about 19th century Siam, so writing anything with any amount of detail would mean a gamble of Google accuracy. All good reasons to not write anything.

On the other hand, people write fanfics for Disney’s Pocahontas and 20 Century Fox’s Anastasia, and those films are also extremely inaccurate. You can love a piece of art while acknowledging how many problems it has; I and many others can know the movie has racist and sexist elements and still find good in it. And I do love this movie; and I think writing some headcanons I have and posting them would make me happy. Good reasons to write them.

I guess I wanna ask what you guys think. If you have opinions on this and want to share them, I’ll listen. If you feel like there’s a big reason I shouldn’t write anything, I’ll listen. (And maybe in a few days I won’t wanna write anything anyway and this rambling post will be moot, haha.) 🙂

[kyujosha]

xxii. ;; ic ﹚ anastasia "anya" romanova !

✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   call for transmissions. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   call for interactions. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   call for narratives. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   call for dynamics. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   entering a reality. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   reality in progress. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   mirror image. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   fashion sense. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   musings and isms. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   transmission received. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   dynamic desires ﹚ romantic. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   dynamic desires ﹚ familial. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   dynamic desires ﹚ platonic. ✦   ┊   「   anya r.   」   dynamic desires ﹚ antagonistic.

[worldoficecream]

Who we are

My name is Giorgi Khomasuridze and I am a 19 year old. I come from a small country called Georgia(not to be confused with the state in the USA). I am student at ISM university at Frankfurt. My hobbies are reading, taking walks and spending time with friends. My favorite ice-cream is vanilla mixed with caramel and walnuts. Email: giorgi.khomasuridze.2021@student.ism.de

My name is Moritz Eckardt I am a student from Germany and I love Ice Cream. One of my favorite activities is to be in the swimming pool in the summer or when I am on vacation. My favorite ice cream is strawberry ice cream. I like to eat it out of the waffle because it tastes best that way. My favorite ice cream is strawberry ice cream with Oreo ice cream.

I am Florian Bohlmann I am 22 Years old. I am from Dortmund in Germany. Im a student studying finance and Management. I Love eating Ice Cream on a sunny day on the beach. My favourite flavour is Vanilla Ice Cream but im open for new minded Recipts as the lovely Oreo recipt.

I am anastasia and 25 years old. I study finance at ISM in Munich. Ice-cream plays a major role in my life it has helped me learn 3 languages in 2 years. I am very excited about the new recipe. I don't really like Oreo ice cream, but this one surprised me in a very positive way

[archive-multimuse]

Why can I hear Petal, Gabby, Anastasia & Amber singing this ?

[elysianruins]

I literally just started the Fade portion of the Broken Circle quest, but? Anastasia doesn’t take too well to having to kill Duncan, even if he’s not real. He looks real, sounds real, and seeing him bleed and fall when her daggers pierce his armor... it’s like something was just ripped out of her. And if it were not for her concern for her companions, she would have stopped to just... lose it. To cry as she registers what she did, to feel like her heart, heavy as stone, just dropped into her stomach. But instead, she’s immediately trying to seek out those who were with her, hoping that they were able to break free from whatever illusions were placed before them. 

[bidefecht-arch]

anastasia: *has messy hair with leaves in and probably a twig* anastasia: i am an adult anastasia: *also has scuffed knees* anastasia: and a princess

[theseqceens]

tag dump ( cinderella );

[brckensocietyarchive]

( ♡ which unpopular archetype are you? ♡ )

the loyal: it’s a good thing you’re so patient. you know what it’s like to feel the full weight of doubt bearing down in you. for years, it tried to squeeze the life from your lungs. but nothing’s going to make you bow. you kept the candle’s flame alive. you whispered the names at nightfall. the vigil still lives inside of you. one day, the waiting will have been worth it. all your love is going to come home to you. you’re more important than you know. you’re still the one true believer. / / personality: calm, level-headed, stubborn / / counterpart: the accomplice

the ghost: you left them behind, but a part of you comes back at night. you’re in their dreams and just outside their doorway. you’ll haunt them forever. the people you love. the people you hate. everyone who’s ever been afraid of you. they’ll remember your face, your hands, your eyes in the dark. you’re the reason they don’t sleep easy. there was no epilogue when you died, but the whole story is drenched with your requiem. you live on forever in their memories. you’ll always be missed, ghost. / personality: memorable, shy, spooky / / counterpart: the higher power

[femme-florale]

Some miscellaneous thoughts/questions before Nona comes out, partially in some sort of linear order and partially just to get it all written out

How does Pyrrha still have lyctoral abilities if Gideon’s soul is dead? If the essence of a lyctor is that someone else’s soul is there and acts as a “battery,” I think Gideon’s soul must still be intact and connected to his body

Harrow is the 87th Nona of her house. What Does It Mean

She “ought to have been the 311th Reverend Mother,” so being the Nona is different from being the leader of the Ninth House. What could occur only every 3-4 generations that is significant enough to give it a name?

I almost fully subscribe to the Nona = Alecto Harrowbod theory, which leads me to believe that the Body simply cannot be Alecto. If Alecto=Nona and Nona acts like THAT… that’s not the same entity that’s been haunting Harrow

The Body = Anastasia??? I think the Body in the locked tomb is Anastasia mostly because I believe the “saltwater creature” under Canaan House to be Alecto, and, well, SOMEBODY has to be in the locked tomb

This description of the Body from HTN is so peculiar and I have no idea what to make of it: “God’s victory and death was a girl. Maybe a woman. At the time Harrowhark had not known how to tell, and the gender was only a self-interested guess.”

A couple paragraphs down, the book reads, “Harrow, who loved something that had not been alive for ten thousand years.” Not someone. Something. Perhaps the Earth? Alecto = Earths RB? This would collapse the whole Body = Anastasia theory but it could make sense

Something something lip divot. Harrow and the Body have just a little too much in common, and then at the end of HTN she just goes and jumps in the coffin in her little tomb bubble. The dots are there I’m just not smart enough to connect them

TIME. In ch 2 of HTN, John says, “I mastered Death, Harrowhark; I wish I’d done the smarter thing and mastered Time.” This is somehow connected to whatever is on the other side of the River, I just know it. I want to know why Death and Time are capitalized

And then again in ch 14, when talking about Cytherea’s betrayal, John says, “I could have gotten through to her, given time… Time — it’s always time —”

ch 35 of HTN there’s this blurb from teacher that’s reminiscent of what John said before re: time and mastery

Another Teacher-ism from ch 35: “You worship a monster in a box and play at being the masters of its tomb.” Is the Body just biding its time? Teacher certainly seems to think that it’s quite powerful even locked away

This bit from ch 18 of GTN when Teacher is making everyone come upstairs after the Fifth House was killed. WHAT are the monsters. What makes them so dangerous. If he’s been living in fear of them for centuries, it’s got to be something other than Cytherea and her bone constructs creeping around dramatically offing people

I’ll probably have a million more thoughts to tack onto this later but yeah. Much To Think About

[flamespun]

tag drop: anastasia.

[ghostsxagain]

Updated tags for Anastasia

[zukadiary]

Takarazuka news roundup 7.21.20

Additional Grand Theater/Tokyo Theater performances have been scheduled. The are:

Tsukigumi’s Welcome to Takarazuka/Pigalle: 9/25-11/1 at the Takarazuka Grand Theater

Soragumi’s Anastasia: 11/7-12/14 at the Takarazuka Grand Theater

Hanagumi’s Haikarasan ga Tooru: 10/10-11/15 at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater

Tsukigumi’s Welcome to Takarazuka/Pigalle: 11/21-1/3 at the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater

Ayanagi Shou will be getting a dinner show entitled Sho-W! on 10/19 and 10/20 at the Takarazuka Hotel, 11/1 and 11/2 at the Daiichi Hotel Tokyo. Joining her will be Aya Ouka, Yume Maoto, Kotohana Riri, and Neiro Yui.

As of 7/18, Todoroki Yuu has stepped down from the Board of Directors and has moved into a Special Advisor position. Excluded from the official announcement but reported on Yahoo News, director Koike Shuuichirou has done the same. 

Several upcoming Takarazuka performances will be streamed live (for a fee) on Rakuten TV, UNEXT, or both. You can view the streams here: tca-pictures.net/vod/live2020

A few OGs are also participating in paid live streaming performances. Toho’s SHOW-ISM shows (tohostage.com/showism9) feauring Miya Rurika, Yumesaki Nene, and Ayabuki Mao are streaming this week. Nanami Hiroki is holding a live streaming concert for her album Kingdom via the platform SPWN (spwn.jp)