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[agent24zine]

PREORDERS OPEN!

💛 THE TIME IS HERE 💖

Pre-orders are now OPEN until March 8th! The Agent 24 Zine is a non-profit fan project centred around Agent 3 and Agent 8 and their relationship together!

Pre-order here: agent24zine.bigcartel.com

Check out below for bundle options!

TOGETHER FOREVER

- 1 physical copy of Agent 24 Zine (A4 with over 100 pages!)

- 1 .PDF file of Agent 24 Zine

- 2 1” Phone charms

- 1 3” double sided, different design acrylic charm

- 1 A5 sticker sheet

- 2 3” die cut stickers

- 1 5”x7” postcard print

- 1 2cm washi tape

- 1 2” acrylic magnet

- All stretch goal merchandise that gets unlocked

Stretch goal bonuses will be unlocked the more orders are placed and will be included in our Together Forever and Box of Trinkets bundles. These bundles will also include an early bird bonus for the first 50 orders!

LOVE LETTER

- 1 physical copy of Agent 24 Zine

- 1 .PDF file of Agent 24 Zine

BOX OF TRINKETS

- 2 1” phone charms

- 1 3” double sided, different design acrylic charm

- 1 A5 sticker sheet

- 2 3” die-cut stickers

- 1 5”x7” postcard print

- 1 2” acrylic magnet

- All stretch goal merchandise that gets unlocked

DIGITAL DATE

- 1 .PDF file of Agent 24 Zine

[bipocvampires]

Vampires of Color: Volume 3 Zine preorders are live!

Do you like zines? Do you like vampires? Then we have something for you this #bipocvampday weekend.

VAMPIRES OF COLOR, VOLUME II: CRIMSON KISS - An 80 page zine filled with work from 25 different creators including full color illustrations, mini comics, short stories, and novel excerpts. All works are centered around BIPOC vampires. Available as a perfect bound 6.69” x 10.24” book or digital PDF. VAMPIRES OF COLOR: AFTER DARK, VOL 1 (18+) - A digital only bonus zine with a bit more spice and blood featuring original NSFW writing and artwork from 5 talented creators.

Preorders close on 9/30 at 11:59pm PST.

All preorders before 9/23 at 11:59pm PST include a raffle ticket for the BIPOCVampDay charity raffle. All profits will be donated to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (a disease which greatly impacts the BIPOC community).

Get your copy here!

[nieded]

#RAINBOWROAD for Rainbow Railroad Charity Drive Redux Pre-Orders are open!

I am so excited to announce that I am taking preorders for copies of the entire #RAINBOWROAD trilogy starting today! Preorders will be open starting today, February 14th (happy Valentine's!) to March 13th. It will close at 11:59 MST.

Please reblog so we can spread the news!!!!

>>PRE-ORDER HERE<<

This past summer, I did a print run of the first part of the series, Sit Tight, Take Hold and printed 94 copies for charity. Many readers asked for books 2 & 3, and I had many others express interest in a 3-part bundle who missed the first run. I've spent November, December, and January prepping the next parts for print, and I'm so excited to share them with you.

So, what is included?

Option for a 3-book bundle including:

Book 1: Sit Tight Take Hold 424 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs Art by Blairamok (See cover art above)

Book 2: How do you solve a problem like Ezira?, Accept a Little Spin, and Oh, there's a long way to go 408 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs Art by DustandHalos (cover art below)

Book 3: Fools Rush In and bonus content, 0-60 in 3.5 468 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x1.06. Weight ~2lbs Art by Pyracantha (cover art below)

PDF copies of all three parts

Option for a 2-book bundle including only Parts 2 & 3 + PDF copies. This is an option for people who already own the first book.

Limited option for Part 1 discounted damaged books (15 available). This does not include PDFs. These books have cosmetic damage to the covers from shipping. Damage does no affect the print quality of the text.

Limited postcards that were extras from the first run (only 8 available)

Remaining Corvette Crowley posters, including A/B grade options, 12x18".

$20 PDFs of all stories that will include all the formatting of the print run and cover art! (Screenshots from the PDF proofs below)

Where are the proceeds going?

Rainbow Railroad is a North American-based organization that works globally to ensure safety and asylum to LGBTQIA+ individuals. This is the same charity we donated to last time, and it was a resounding success. Last time, we were able to fundraise $1,600!

Continued FAQ below:

How much does shipping cost?

For US residents, bundles will cost a flat fee of $10. They will ship via media mail through USPS.

For anyone outside of the US, shipping has been estimated through the cheapest carrier, either USPS or UPS minus $10. Unfortunately, I cannot control the cost of shipping, and I know that it is extraordinarily high. The bundles will weigh anywhere between 4-6+ lbs, which is expensive to ship.

Wait, I'm from the US. Why am I paying more for Media Mail?

While Media Mail typically would cost $4-6, the increased price is to offset international orders, whose shipping will cost anywhere from $20-60 with the discount. I hope you understand. I want to make this as accessible as I can without personally eating any costs. I am not making any profit off of this project.

When do orders ship?

Once pre-orders close on 3/13, I will order the books. There is typically a 2-4 week turn around for them to be printed and delivered to me. I then have to package and ship everything from my house. I hope to have everything shipped 1 month after pre-orders close, but I am only human.

US mail should take 2-8 days. International orders can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks, so please be patient.

If you are only ordering a damaged copy or postcards, both of which have already been printed, I will ship those out sooner.

When do I get my PDFs?

The PDFs and book proofs are the same, and they are 90% done. PDFs will be delivered via email by me once pre-orders close. I am still doing small changes and edits to make sure they are perfect!

If I order a bundle, do I also need to order PDFs if I want digital copies?

NO! PDFs are included with the bundles and only the bundles. You will not have access to them immediately, only once pre-orders close and I email them to you! Like I said, they are 90% finished, and I am stilling making small adjustments. (Kerning, I loathe you!)

What percent of proceeds are going to Rainbow Railroad?

100%! This excludes the cost of printing and shipping. For reference, the first print run cost $1,254 for the books alone, not including shipping and packaging supplies. Anything remaining goes directly to charity. I am not keeping any costs for labor or making any profit on this.

Wait, there's bonus content?

Remember when I said I was done after the trilogy? Well, @tut557 popped into the Discord server and said, 'Hey, what if they played Mario Kart...' This spiraled into a long conversation about all the different media promos they might do, and then I spent this past November writing another 50k of the #RAINBOWROAD universe for NaNoWriMo. This is also available on AO3, and I will be posting weekly while preorders are open. You can find it here.

[things-arent-what-they-seem66]

Random stuff from Guardian Angel AU.

Angst bitch.

1: Nasty rumors Susan spread about Adam got to a point that one of his neighbors spitted on his face and called him a man crack whore when she saw him outside and near her kids. She also said she’ll call the police if she saw Adam near her kids again.

That was the final step into making Adam a full hermit.

2: Every parent tells their kid to stay away from “The weird man in 1A”, some even take it to a step further with saying he could hurt them. So, Adam is seen as a creepy criminal among kids. They run away from him if they ever see Adam at the halls.

3: Lucifer isn’t the only person who brought him food in Adam’s life. A nice lady named Rosie used to put food on his doorstep once every month when she noticed he barely got out and how terrible he looked. She worked with children, so she didn’t wanted to be seen with Adam much, but she also began visiting Adam once every six months, they had tea together and Adam felt like he saw a tiny light in his endless darkness.

But this only went on for two years. Rosie died because of a heart attack four years ago. She was the last person who lived in Lucifer’s apartment.

3: Charlie saved Angel and Vaggie. Angel from his addictions and Vaggie from self harm and suicide. I guess it’s in Morningstar’s genes to fall in love with a soul they saved :>

4: Adam played a song for Lucifer when he was still on Earth, which he gladly listened. It was the first time Adam had played his guitar for a long time.

And when Lucifer was forced to leave him, he played, sometimes even sang, the same song almost every night for two years. Because he missed him and it made him think of him.

Lucifer’s heart exploded while he was watching Adam do this from Heaven. He began listening it every night to sleep as well.

—

Hehe

Dude whhhhy 😭

Yeah getting spit in the face is not only fucking gross but an understandable reason for Adam to stay away. He ended up telling Lucifer about it but wouldn't tell him who.

And that would hurt especially with how the situation with his own kids went.

Awwww Rosie and Adam being friends I'm so soft for their friendship. Shame she died. That only served to isolate Adam more. Everyone leaves why bother making friends? No one likes me anyway so that was made easy.

I WAS GOING TO SEND AN ASK ABOUT ADAM WRITING LUCIFER A SONG!!!!

Yeah, the Morningstars definitely have a type as well ;)

Ahhh sweet angst.

What if Lucifer had to look up his onlyfans page? You know, to see what he was working with and how deep Adam is in this world. He sees all the photos and videos. Spoiler he's in deep.

Adam has thousands of subscribers. And hundreds of posts. It's surprising he would do this line of work because of his past. But maybe, it was Velvette who told him "You're gorgeous, why not make a profit off your looks? Here I have a website you can use."

Adam tries it and when he sees how many people want him and shower him in praise and compliment him and tell him how wonderful he is.

Just another addiction on the pile. Only this one makes money and he hates himself afterwards.

Bonus points if someone in the building is subscribed and wanted more face to face time. Even if it doesn't go THAT far they make sexual comments at him any time they see him. (A man most likely)

And that was another thing to keep Adam in his house. The money is great but he hates that it comes from this and it's a never ending cycle.

[techmediabooks]

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And the site was taken down for a week due to BREIN's legal pressure (an association that is responsible for the protection of the rights of the Entertainment industry Netherland). Many alternatives have emerged since then via the internet. There are numerous options available. So, to save you the trouble of searching for them individually, we decided to put together a list of the Best RARBG Torrent Alternatives for your convenience.

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[separatist-apologist]

The Enemy

I would make you the enemy if I could

Summary: In order to kill his most hated enemy, Azriel has to kidnap Graysen Nolan's fiance.

Should be easy, right?

Chapter 1/5: How You Get The Girl | Read on AO3

For @elainweekofficial- I am not following the prompts (as no prompts can contain me)

Azriel Moreno was going to kill Graysen Nolan.

He’d known he would for years, the impulse tempered by his brother—and boss—Rhysand. Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. It would have been so much easier to kill him back when Nolan was nothing more than the city prosecutor. He ran afoul of criminals like Azriel all day. Any one of them would have liked to see his blood stain the pavement. 

Rhys thought Nolan might be of use to them someday. After all, he’d been all too happy to take Rhys’s cash as a campaign donation in his race for state senator. And for all his talk about being tough on crime, Nolan never seemed to mind the way his corporate buddies polluted the air and soil in the name of shareholder profits. He didn’t bind busting up unions the way Cassian busted up knees, and if layoffs happened at Christmas so top execs could take home a bigger bonus? Well, that was just business.

And when Nolan peddled his conspiracy theories in order to crush his opponents, when he resorted to fear mongering attacks that caused a local high school to be temporarily shut down, Rhys had done nothing. He played local politics when it suited him, and Nolan had risen far higher than Rhys cared to police. 

All of it might have been forgivable if Nolan hadn’t turned his attention to the city that had raised him and decided to bite the hand that fed him. He wanted to be tough on crime. He wanted to round up the gangs, the old families, the casinos, the brothels, the drugs. He struck—but it was clumsy. The police were thoroughly bought and the local politicians far too afraid of Rhysand to truly try and come for him. Nolan knew it, after weeks of leaning hard and seeing no results, he’d sent in state police.

And arrested Rhysand’s mother, sister and Azriel’s mother, and Rhysand’s. It had been humiliating, for the women, their faces splashed all over the front page of the papers. They’d made national news, though Rhys had managed, in the end, to spin it as more political ineptitude. Rhys had released five years of his taxes and gone on more than one podcast, schmoozing and lamenting his fathers legacy. As if Rhys wasn’t the master at straddling both worlds.

But Azriel’s mother was little more than a housekeeper and the aftermath of the attention had put her in the hospital. The stress had strained her heart, had left her exhausted and depressed. As if Azriel’s father hadn’t done enough damage to his mother—now a greasy politician with too straight teeth was trying to kill her. 

Azriel wanted retribution. Striding through the halls of Rhysand’s elegant, sprawling home, he found his brother lounging in a high backed leather chair, pensive look on his face. Violet eyes found his when Azriel quietly closed the door behind him.

“How is your mother?” 

Azriel’s fists clenched. “She’s been better.”

Rhys nodded, rage flitting over his face before it smoothed out. Family was important to all of them. “I could send a caretaker.”

“She’d never accept,” Azriel replied. He’d been trying to give her money for years. She was too proud, both of him and her own circumstances. His father had been in the Moreno family, one of Antonio’s inner circle. She’d been a housekeeper—and Azriel a bastard. She was proud to have escaped the worst of his father’s cruelty, for raising Azriel as a single mother despite his fathers wealth. And she was proud Azriel had taken his father’s place when the man died.

Sometimes Azriel wondered if she’d be proud if she knew it had been him who had killed him, in the end. 

Rhys nodded, sighing heavily. “Something has to be done or he’ll try again.”

“Let me kill him.”

Rhys shook his head. “Too messy. We need something a little more subtle. A warning of what could happen if he tries again.”

Rhys reached for a plain manilla folder on his elegant mahogany desk. He slid to the end, prompting Azriel to step forward. Ignoring the cases of books, the sitting area where they occasionally smoked and drank, and the opposing leather chairs he might have sat in, Azriel reached for it.

“He proposed,” Rhys said, as Azriel flipped open the folder. How Rhys had amassed so much information on Nolan’s personal life was a mystery. Azriel flipped through photo after photo of a very public proposal to a woman just as immaculate and put together as Nolan was. She was, if Azriel was honest, absurdly beautiful. Untouchable, in her designer heels and her perfectly styled, golden brown hair. 

She grinned, red lips stretched over straight teeth. Azriel thought her fawn brown eyes seemed tight, though he might have been projecting his own hatred onto whoever this woman was. She’d clearly said yes, and in the next photograph, while Graysen held her against his body, his new fiance held her hand out behind him, examining that massive diamond with an unreadable expression.

“You want me to kill his wife?”

Azriel didn’t hurt women.

Rhys scoffed. “Kidnap. Hold her up in the mountains for a week, maybe two. Long enough for Graysen to see what I might do if he comes for my family again.”

Azriel flipped shut the file, tossing it back to Rhys’s neatly organized desk. Paper and pictures slipped from inside, spread around them both.

“Ask Cass. I’m not a babysitter.”

“Her name is Elain Archeron,” Rhys said, ignoring Azriel’s protests. He recognized that name. Archeron was the name of some oil magnate—or was it shipping? Either way, Archeron was an old money name, the way Vanserra was. “She’s his middle daughter—some say his favorite daughter. I wonder how Archeron would feel knowing his soon-to-be son-in-law got his daughter roped into our bullshit. Or any of his daughters, really.”

Azriel stared flatly. “What are you playing at?”

“Cassian can’t deal with Nolan’s bride because he’s too busy with the eldest sister. She’s a big time lawyer…loves her sisters. I heard she’d do anything for them.”

Azriel looked up at the ceiling, sighing loudly. “You think kidnapping Elain will turn the family against Nolan?”

“I think Archeron has a lot more political capital than Nolan does, and pulls a lot of purse strings. Charisma doesn’t win elections—money does. Nolan needs a war chest if he’s going to win his reelection campaign, and I’m not stupid enough to imagine courting and marrying an Archeron doesn’t help him with that.”

“I don’t give a fuck about his political career—”

“You can’t kill a Senator, Az. You can kill a private citizen,” Rhys replied, holding Azriel’s gaze. “Two weeks with a dormouse. You’ve done worse.”

“He’d been tortured for longer than that. Azriel’s eyes slid to the picture on Rhys’s desk. His brother was right. This would be easy. He doubted he’d have to even tie her up after the first day or so. She’d do whatever he told her, too scared to argue or fight back. 

“Stock up that cabin if I can’t leave,” he finally grumbled. “Weapons, food, clothes. Whatever she’s gonna fucking need to an extended stay. I’m not going to fuss over a princess.”

“Can you get her?”

Azriel rolled his eyes. “The day I can’t kidnap a society girl is the day you put a bullet between my eyes.”

ELAIN: 

Elain stared at her phone with trembling hands. In front of her, Gray was talking with a group of her father’s friends, his megawatt smile on full display. He didn’t notice the way she’d gone silent, how she was no longer at this side, touching his shoulder and making all those men jealous. 

I know you don’t know me, but I thought you should know what Graysen has been doing and saying when you’re not around. I’m really sorry. I just think you deserve better. You seem really nice…and I’m sorry that I helped to hurt you. If you have any questions, you can call me or text me. I swear I didn’t know who he was.

Picture after picture of Graysen and a very beautiful, very young, very blonde woman grinned. Selfies of them kissing, of texts where he swore he missed her, that he loved her—wanted to be with her. Elain wanted to scream. She hadn’t wanted to date Graysen in the first place. Right out of college, Elain wanted to travel. She wanted to see the world, to explore and do something besides get married.

Her father had pleaded with her. Meet him once. He’s a fine young man. 

As if such a thing existed. Was she even in love with him? When she’d felt that thread of cold dread as he’d sunk to one knee and put the ring on her finger? She thought she was, even if she wasn’t ready for marriage. She’d told herself she’d get there. That this was merely the cold feet everyone spoke of. 

Elain slid her phone into her pocket. Walking to Graysen, she slid a hand up his shoulder. This was not the place for an embarrassing spectacle. She’d confront him in private, after she had a chance to think about what she wanted to say and what she wanted to do.

But Elain knew there was no way in hell she’d marry him. She wasn’t going to live her life as a cliche, the wife who endured her husband’s infidelity with a smile. Elain sure as shit wasn’t going to one day stand behind him in a Chanel skirt, eyes pinned to the floor while her husband apologized to the nation. She’d end things quietly before campaigning even began. Tell everyone they’d parted ways amicably, that she wished him no ill will, even if that was a lie. 

“Hey,” she murmured into his ear, revolted by how he turned. How he wrapped a hand around her waist and pressed a kiss to her neck.

“Isn’t she beautiful?” he said, earning appreciative chuckles from the men in the room. Elain’s skin crawled, though she plastered a pretty smile on her face. 

What else do you like, Gray? 

“I don’t feel well. I think I need to lay down,” she said, praying he didn’t override her and demand she stay. The day would drag into the night, brunch becoming dinner, becoming drinks and then smoking out on the terrace. 

People meandered about Grayson's home, peering at his expensive art he didn’t understand and his curated furniture with appreciation. It looked as if he had style, had taste.

What he had was her fathers money and a designer who had put together every single thing in his home. Elain hated the Nolan residence, of which she would one day be expected to preside over. Graysen couldn’t even select his own silverware, let alone a chair. 

“Are you sure?” he asked, though perhaps he cared less than she’d imagined. “I’ll miss you…”

She wanted to slap him. 

“I know,” she said with a believable sigh. “Maybe if I take a nap I’ll feel better.”

“Upstairs?”

In the bed you’ve probably fucked a hundred other women in?

Elain couldn’t hide the tightness in her eyes. “At home.”

That irritated him. They were surrounded by far too many people for him to truly protest. To cut her down with his words, wielded as effectively as any blade. Elain’s body tightened on instinct as adrenaline raced through her. Graysen’s brown eyes promised a fight.

Elain had never once won a fight with her fiance. He was so good at turning things around on her. At cutting her down to ribbons, making her feel small and worthless and stupid. 

“Whatever you need, darling.”

She forced herself to kiss his cheek. Nothing was wrong, nothing amiss. Two people desperately in love and nothing more. Only then was Elain allowed to slip from his grasp and make her way to the door, her heels clipping evenly over the hardwood. He’d be watching as long as could, suspicious as to why she couldn’t get in his bed, where he could keep his eyes on her. He’d been arguing with her for weeks to move into his home with him and Elain hadn’t understood back then why she kept resisting.

She’d need to move out eventually.

Now she was grateful she’d listened to her intuition. 

Elain didn’t think she took a breath until she was out in the gloomy, spring weather. Rain threatened overhead, filling the air with a warm, wet scent she’d always enjoyed. Elain exhaled roughly, turning to look at the white door of Graysen’s house. He lived in one of the old, historic neighborhoods in the city, gated from the rest as if he could somehow block everything out. 

Elain wasn’t far, to be fair, though in heels it might have been several hundred miles. She hated the tall, black stilettos he demanded she wear, just as much as she hated how he forced her to straighten out her hair, how he wanted her in muted blues and whites. Elain had never forgotten the way he’d screamed at her over a revealed collarbone, or how he thought anything showing above her knees would be cause for a scandal.

No more strappy sundresses. No cute shorts, no unmade faces where the freckles that dotted her nose were visible. No curled hair—nothing that she liked about herself. Only the doll he liked to dress up and drag from place to place to place. 

Look at beautiful Elain. Don’t you wish you could touch her, too?

Elain shook out her hands in anger as she walked, her mind racing. She needed to break things off. Somewhere public, somewhere her sisters could intervene. She could block Graysen and make a public statement about the whole thing on Instagram, forcing him to acknowledge it. To leave her alone before he looked insane. 

Elain was all but bouncing when she arrived home. Pulling open the vibrant cobalt door, painted by her own hands two years earlier, Elain visibly relaxed when her own decor came into view. Twining plants curtained the windows of her townhouse, creeping toward sunlight and glass. Rose and cream furniture was set against pink walls decorated with a mix of Elain’s personal style and her sister Feyre’s art. 

Elain ignored her growling stomach for the stairs, taking them two at a time once she’d kicked off those awful shoes. She wanted a bath, wanted soft, loose pajamas and then as much food as she could put in front of her while she binged watched television. Elain was in such a good mood that when she pushed open her bedroom door, the sight of an interloper didn't immediately ruin it. 

Graysen had sent people to watch her before. They usually waited outside, but maybe Graysen had called the minute she stepped out the door in an effort to punish her. Gripping the doorframe, Elain sized that man up. He…wasn’t the usual type. Shadows seemed to slide over the sharp, elegant planes of his face. Hazel eyes more brown than green watched her with a predator's focus while his blue black hair all but gobbled up the light. He was tall, broad and muscular, like he’d been carved from marble rather than flesh. He was beautiful—all full lips and warm, brown skin covered in black ink. Only his hands, which were deeply scared, were untouched by the tattoos covering him. His hands and his beautiful, cold face. 

“Gray sent you?” she asked with a sigh, stepping into the room. He tracked her movements without smiling, which put her at ease. If he thought to hurt her, she expected him to smile, to leer, to do anything but stand so strangely out of place among the soft, feminine space. 

“You can wait in the living room,” Elain added, annoyed by the whole thing. 

“And if I won’t?” he asked with a voice as deep and velvet as midnight. She whipped her head around to look at him. 

“Are you planning to watch me bathe?” she snapped, heart racing. His brows pulled together, and it was clear things were not going how he’d imagined. “Get out.”

Elain pulled her phone from her pocket, heart racing. She hated Graysen for this, for putting that diamond studded leash around her neck and calling it love. Or safety. Or whatever this was supposed to be. She was going to call him and demand she call his dog off.

The man standing on her braided cream rug strode toward her, knocking her phone from her hand before she could do more than open the screen. He reached into the pockets of his jeans, chest heaving beneath his short sleeved, black shirt.

He pulled out a rag.

Elain understood, then, that this man had not sent by Graysen. He reached for her, strong arms gripping her around the chest as she flailed. Elain managed to graze her teeth over his forearm, sinking her teeth viciously into his flesh until she tasted blood.

“Fuck!” he swore, dropping her before he managed to get his rag over her face. Elain scrambled, racing for the hall, her pursuer just behind. He caught her just at the top of the stairs, though the weight of his solid, heavy body sent them both tumbling viciously to the bottom.

He managed to pin her to her back, thighs tight around her waist, both wrists pinned beneath one overly large hand.

She took a deep breath to scream and he grinned, savage in his beauty. It was a strange, hysterical last thought, because he brought that rag over her face roughly, holding it to her nose even as she struggled. The harder Elain fought, the more her lungs burned, until she had to draw breath.

And then another, panting in the overwhelming chemical coated against the cloth. Her head swam, vision blurring. The last thing Elain saw, before the darkness fully took her, were two eyes, more brown than green, staring down at her without emotion.

She was going to die. 

AZRIEL:

“She fucking bit me,” Azriel snapped into the phone, sitting in his car just outside the cabin in the Illyrian Mountains. “Stop fucking laughing, Cassian.”Rhys was laughing too which only rankled him further. He had the passed out woman in his trunk, which in retrospect was unnecessary. It made him feel better, though. After all, she’d strolled right into that bedroom like it wasn’t unusual to see a stranger standing in her personal space.

What the fuck was going on with her and Nolan? 

“You have her, though?” Rhys confirmed. “Did you ah…clean up the blood?”

“Fuck you,” Azriel deadpanned. Though he had made sure to clean everything up before hoisting her over his shoulder and dumping her in his trunk. The politician’s princess had teeth. 

Had claws. 

Azriel was willing to bet she’d beg, too. 

“Two weeks, Az,” Rhys offered, his tone conciliatory. “I’ll reach out to Nolan tomorrow. Let them both stew a little.”

There was a pause, and then— “Don’t hurt her.”

Azriel tried not to be offended. “You got it.”

Once Azriel was freed of his brothers, he allowed himself one moment to close his eyes and take a deep breath of dry mountain air. Elain Archeron was just a woman. A beautiful, angry woman who would want to get home to her ugly, stupid fiance. If she were a difficult captive, he would have planned to tie her to the radiator in the basement.

She wasn’t, and Azriel anticipated he could tie her to the bed that first night, if only to scare her, and then allow her some freedom. Nothing opened from the inside without a key, including the windows. He’d lock her in the bedroom so he didn’t have to babysit her when she needed to pee and spend two weeks stuffing his face with snacks and watching television.

Better than anything else he would have done, at any rate. The thought was enough to motivate him to get out of the car, to grab his bag from the backseat, and then a drowsy Elain in the trunk.

“Bastard,” she slurred, trying so hard to keep her eyes open. 

Azriel slung her over his shoulders. “Am I so obvious, baby?” She groaned before falling limp again. She smelled like jasmine and honey and he hated that he noticed that. Azriel was grateful for the dim cabin and the scent of cedar and pine that drowned out Graysen’s wife. She didn’t stir again as he took her to the main bedroom, deciding he’d sleep on the couch just in case she tried to make a break for the door at some point. 

She didn’t fight him when he bound her arms to the headboard. He gave himself permission to look at her, dressed in an ugly, too tight, too beige dress. Still beautiful, despite it—tied to a bed, which might have been a fantasy of his had she not been so slick and perfect. 

He left her, slamming the door behind him in favor of bandaging up his forearm and seeing what Rhys had left him in the fridge. Azriel was a dogshit cook and there was no way to order anything up the perilous mountain road. Rhys had stocked actual cooking ingredients—meats and vegetables and fruits—along with ramen noodles, chips, and other things Azriel could sustain himself on without ever dirtying a pot. So long as he had a microwave, he was golden. 

Pulling open a bag of pickle chips, Azriel padded to the open living room and the leather couch just calling his name. He still remembered the first time he’d come up here as a boy, nervous on one of his fathers weekends. Rhys had been there, sprawled over that couch like a spoiled prince.

Want to play Super Smash Brothers? 

Azriel had no idea what that was back then. He knew now. Maybe, if Rhys had never introduced him to it, he wouldn’t be so viciously competitive. Azriel had hated losing and, after begging his mother for both the system and the game, knowing full well she had to work so much over time in order to provide it for him, Azriel had spent day and night practicing. 

The next time he and Rhys played, Azriel had wiped the floor with him.

They’d been friends ever since. 

Turning on the television, Azriel flipped aimlessly, looking for something that interested him. He had the sense a basketball game was coming on, and swore he meant to watch the pregame show. Instead, he found one of his mothers soaps a few channels in and though he hadn’t got caught watching just behind her worn, floral sofa in a long time, Azriel was immediately sucked in, losing himself in the familiar spanish his mother still spoke when it was just the two of them and the characters that were still up to no good nearly three decades later. 

He’d forgotten what he was supposed to be doing until he heard Elain scream. He jumped, sending chips flying in the air. 

“Jesus fucking Christ,” he grumbled, swinging his legs back to the floor. She could have woken the fucking dead with a set of lungs like that. Azriel let himself be loud, stomping toward her bedroom in hopes she’d settle the fuck down.

If anything, Elain only got louder. 

Azriel pushed the wood door open, revealing a twisting, thrashing Elain against red and black plaid bedspread. “You’re going to give yourself a rope burn if you don’t knock it off,” he said dryly, bracing his body against the frame. 

She turned to look at him, brown eyes flooded with tears. Predictable, the thought. “Let me go!” she ordered in the bossiest tone he’d ever heard. 

Azriel ran his tongue over his teeth, pretending to consider. “No, I don’t think I will.” Her eyes ran up his body, appraising him as she plotted her next words. “Are you going to kill me?”

Tears slipped down her cheeks. Azriel could practically feel his mothers disapproval as he prepared to taunt her. He needed to silence that voice in his head, needed to be cold and cruel if only to keep this woman in line. “That depends on you, princess.”

“This is because of Gray, isn’t it?” she whispered, her voice breaking when she said her fiance’s name. “He’s mad and now he’s punishing me.”

Azriel blinked. “I—what?”

Elain turned her head, as if she couldn’t stand to look at him. Azriel had a million questions, all of them swallowed as Elain began to weep mascara tears into the black cased pillow. “I’ll behave,” she managed, gulping down a breath of air. “Tell him I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what?” The word was more accusatory than he meant. She was trembling and obviously trying so hard to stop her breathless sobs.

“For leaving,” she hiccuped, her eyes smudged and swollen.

“Oh for fucks sake,” he snapped. “I—” He didn’t even know where to begin. How had he become the good guy? In his entire life, never had Azriel ever been anyone's hero, their rescuer from someone far worse. No one was worse than him. 

“I’m not going to kill you,” he said, pushing off the doorframe to stalk into the room. She cringed away from him which he found suddenly intolerable. “And Nolan didn’t send me to punish you. You’re here to punish him.”

“Punish him?” she whispered, blinking another fat tear over her make-up coated face. Azriel swore he saw a dusting of freckles just beneath, worn away from her fear and stress. Those, he thought, were pretty. 

“Your husband is a bastard,” Azriel hissed, waiting for more sobs, more protests.

Her tears were drying. “You took me away from Graysen?” she repeated, pressing her knees together as he came to the edge of the king sized bed. “To teach him a lesson?”

Azriel hesitated for the first time in years. “Yes.” There was a beat. “Oh,” Elain breathed, which answered none of Azriel’s questions. She dared to look up at him again, her brown eyes flecked with gold. “Will you untie me?”

“Why the fuck would I do that?” he demanded, crossing his arms over his chest.

“I won’t—” she sucked in a breath of air, her chest slowing as she calmed. “I won’t try and run.”

“They all say that,” he replied, though he was reaching for his back pocket and the blade he had concealed. 

“I swear,” she said, blinking big eyes up at him. “I’ll do whatever you say.”

He bit his tongue, swallowing every lewd response that rose into his throat. “If you try to escape, I’ll tie you to a pipe in the basement for the next two weeks. Naked,” he added for good measure.

Elain nodded solemnly. Azriel cut the bindings he’d tied not even a few hours before, his effort wasted. She sighed, sitting herself up to rub the bruised, welted skin. 

“Are you going to kill Graysen?” she asked him, not daring to look up at him as she asked.

“Would you like me to?” he replied, wondering if he’d honor her request if she asked. Elain shook her head back and forth, nose wrinkled with distaste.

“Is this for money, then?”

“This is a warning,” Azriel said, letting the hatred he felt seep into his voice. “Next time I won’t be so nice to his pretty little princess.”

Elain’s mouth flattened. “I’m not his princess.”

Azriel turned his back to her. “We’ll see.”

ELAIN:

Kidnapped.

Stepping out of the steam from her shower, Elain had to stamp down how giddy she felt. Kidnapped—by who, she didn’t know, and why, she didn’t truly understand. That dark haired man had said two weeks. Two weeks for Graysen to stew and Elain to work out how she was going to continue to stay gone once she returned to her normal life. 

Wiping the mirror, Elain looked at her bare face for what felt like the first time in ages. There was no looming twelve step skin care routine she needed to adhere to, no mascara to coat over her lashes so Graysen would think she was naturally like that. Who cared if the terrifying man with the knife thought she was pretty? Elain didn’t. She ran a brush through her hair and slipped on a pair of swishy pajama pants he’d obviously swiped from her bedroom, along with an oversized band t-shirt from a concert she’d attended months ago. It was stained purple from paint and utterly comfortable. 

Only when she was dressed did Elain dare to creep toward the door. She tested the handle, relieved when it turned without resistance. She could hear the sound of low voices coming from a television just down a long hall. The man was stretched over a leather couch, a remote in his hand as if he’d meant to change the channel but had gotten absorbed in the drama.

“Can I eat something?” she asked. He jumped, spraying a bag of chips in his lap all over a glass coffee table. He twisted to look at her, eyes narrowed.

“No knives.” Elain resisted the urge to roll her eyes. “You thought I was going to make you dinner?”

He scowled. “No knives, princess.”

She made her way into the kitchen, holding his gaze as she pulled a steak knife from a wooden block. “What was that?”

He shot to his feet, leveraging that large, muscular body and Elain hastily shoved the knife back.

“Okay, alright. No sense of humor, I see.”

He came to the kitchen, arms crossed over his chest. Elain pulled open the fridge, trying to pretend this was normal. He was still a stranger, still obviously dangerous. She hadn’t forgotten how he’d tackled her or how he’d pressed that rag against her face. Elain’s gaze slid to his arm, wrapped in a bandage.

Their eyes met and she smiled. “Do you have a name?”

He sighed. “Azriel.”

She almost laughed. Of course he’d have a name like that. “Is that your god given name, or something you choose for yourself?”

“Do I look like someone who has a stage name?” he deadpanned.

No. Humorless Azriel didn’t look like the sort to try and make himself seem more dangerous. Elain found a sealed tub of queso and an unopened bag of tortilla chips atop the fridge. She had to reach on tiptoes for it, dragging the bag down with her finger tips. 

“Microwave it,” he told her, as if Elain were some kind of tasteless animal. Though, to be fair, she would have preferred to cook her cheese over a stove.

Elain was going to park herself in this cabin for two weeks and mourn the death of her relationship with Graysen, and then pretend she’d never met any of them. 

“I think we should establish some ground rules,” Elain began, facing off the large man across the marble kitchen island.

He gaped. “That’s my line.”

“Yeah, I know—no escaping, no weapons. I have rules, too.”

“You’re in no position to bargain with me.”

Elain held his icy stare, waiting for him to back down. She had to fight her delight when he sighed, gesturing for her to tell him her rules.

“No touching,” she warned, holding up a finger like he was a child. Azriel rolled his eyes, but waved his hands for her next rule. 

“I can use knives in the kitchen,” she said quickly. She’d seen several good cuts of meat, along with a whole host of vegetables. Did he expect her to sit around making conversation for fourteen straight days? 

“And if I say no?”

“Am I supposed to eat chips and cheese every single day?”

He shrugged broad shoulders. “Why not? I don’t care if you enjoy yourself.”

Elain’s expression flattened. “Which brings me to my third point. At no point are you allowed to fall in love with me.”

A smile cracked his face, his amusement plain. “Does that happen often, princess?”

“You look like you’d fold with one kind word,” she shot back. That man was wound so tight she thought she could break him by telling him she thought he was lovely. Not that she intended to say so.

Azriel glared. “Falling in love has never been my problem.”

“Something we agree on,” she said cheerfully as the microwave dinged. “When this is over, I never want to see you again.”

He mumbled what she swore was “the feelings mutual, princess,” before turning back for the couch. Elain followed behind him, thinking it was the first time in who knew how long she was in shapeless clothes, eating actual cheese and chips in front of a man without commentary on her appearance or her weight. 

If she’d been with Graysen, she’d have  been in skin tight leggings or some silky little thing he could slide his hand up if he wanted to. Azriel didn’t so much as spare her a second glance when she plopped onto the opposite end of the couch, large enough he could stretch out his legs without ever coming close to touching her. Elain yanked the chunky white blanket draped over the back to her lap, not offering to share—not that he’d ever accept—before asking, “So. What are we watching?”

He cut her a suspicious glance. “Basketball.”

Before she could protest, Azriel flipped to the game, clearly hoping to be rid of her. Elain wondered what kind of operation was being run here that the best kind of torture he could manage was sports.

Though, to be fair, after ten minutes it was working. Elain drew her knees toward her chest and sighed loudly. Azriel didn’t react, though his eyes were glazed over. He was bored, too. Petty as she was, Elain could sustain herself knowing her kidnapper was bored and would rather watch a Spanish soap opera if he had the chance. 

Besides—she was pretty sure he couldn’t kill her. And though she didn’t want to test it, Elain would have bet money that Azriel also wasn’t supposed to tie her up naked. 

“What just happened?” she asked when a buzzer went off. Someone had obviously scored, but he didn’t need to know she understood any part of this.

Game on, asshole. 

Azriel offered Elain a thousand yard stare. “What do you think just happened?”

Elain made her own eyes big and round. “Is he out?”

Azriel looked like he might strangle her. “Surely you saw the ball go through the hoop?” “Is that good?”

“Does this usually work?” he asked, leaning forward ever so slightly. She caught his biceps flex as his hands curled to fists. She wondered what had caused those scars, though there were some things she didn’t dare ask.

She was merely pretending to be stupid, after all.

“Does what work?”

“Your doe-eyed, dumb girl routine? I’ll bet men eat that shit up, don’t they?”

Elain narrowed her eyes. “Only because they can’t stand the thought of not being the smartest person in the room.”

She swore he nearly smiled. “It’s good to know how you make it work with Graysen.”

Elain looked away. She didn’t want to think about Graysen. Elain rose from the couch, kicking off the blanket so she could put away her chips and cheese.

“Did I hit a nerve, princess?”

Elain spun on her heel, facing off with this much larger, far more dangerous man. “The idea that a man with a junior high education could ever touch any part of me is laughable. You think you know me with your snide princesses and that makes us equals somehow? That we’re on an even playing field simply because you have a gun hidden somewhere nearby?” He’d gone utterly still, his handsome face curiously blank. This was a mistake, she realized. He was dangerous and he had hit a nerve. But Elain couldn’t stop. She couldn’t say any of this to Graysen, who would have hurt her if she’d ever done anything but smile and play stupid—just as Azriel said. 

The mobster was right. 

And she hated him for it. 

“You are no better than him.”

Azriel’s eyes widened, anger flashing over his features. It took every ounce of will to turn her back to him, to put away her food and then storm into her bedroom. Elain slammed the door as the day began to crash around her. Graysen cheating. Azriel tackling her, dragging her out here. Trapped, always trapped.

The outside of the door latched and too late, Elain realized Azriel had locked her inside. She twisted the handle to no avail before pounding on the wood with her palms.

And when that didn’t work, Elain turned to look at that room, unable to calm her breathing.

She did her best to keep her sobs silent when she couldn’t keep them in anymore. Hiding in the bathroom, knees hugged to her chest, Elain let herself really cry for what felt like the first time in her life.  

[power-handmaiden]

You seem like a good authority on the subject, so: what would your rec(s) be for a first tingler for someone looking to get in to Dr. Chuck’s work?

I would not call myself an authority since I stopped reading for fun in general sometime in 2018-2019 and am only getting back to it now, so I missed a lot of good stuff like the beginning of lesbian, bi and trans tinglers, and the classic literature tinglers I'm really looking forward to getting into. My knowledge is firmly in the early tinglers, BUT(T), here goes:

Chuck Tingle has a patreon, that's currently the best value financially AND isn't supporting Amazon, which is a nice bonus.

The patreon unfortunately doesn't have many of the older tinglers I'm currently talking about, bundles are also decent value, there's a whole bunch on the page linked below that you can peruse to see which ones are on a subject you're interested in. The only ones I don't recommend for general readers are the "pounded by politics" series since many of them deal with very specific events that were topical at the time.

Giving specifics to a tumblr asker is a little hard because when I recommend to friends I usually take their preferences into account. Speaking only for myself, I'm very partial to meta and living object tinglers, "The Analboros" and "Handsome Sentient Food Pounds My Butt And Turns Me Gay" are the 2 anthologies that I personally love enough that I own physical copies of them. I also HIGHLY recommend you read "Anally Yours, The Unicorn Sailor" before The Analboros.

If you like genre parodies, you'll probably like the longer novels at the bottom of this page: https://www.chucktingle.com/ebook.html , also "Butt Wars: Rogue Buns" and "Gaygent Brontosaurus: The Butt Is Not Enough"

For more straightforward Romance stories, Unicorn Tinglers Volume 1 is a good place to start.

If you like the shock value of the covers and are looking for ones that make you go "what the fuck just happened there" then "Happy Birthday Frankenstein, Now Pound My Butt" (which is one of the few older ones on patreon!) and "Living Inside My Own Butt For Eight Years, Starting A Business And Turning A Profit Through Common Sense Reinvestment And Strategic Targeted Marketing" are great ones to start with.

Hope that's helpful and you have fun reading tinglers!

[quietpossum]

My simple 10-step drawing process:

1) sketch

2) ink

3) think “wow this looks cool!”

4) start coloring in marker

5) marker dies 1/4 through

6) panic and go over w/ colored pencil

7) it looks worse

8) tear out sketchbook page and try again

9) new drawing looks even worse

10) reluctantly tape old drawing back into sketchbook using fancy tape

Bonus 11) …profit?

[elmaxlys]

Vol 1 - The bonus cover strips (2/2)

(reminder that this was translated by the same person)

Also! I said it a while ago but forgot to remind it on the first post: Sugiki uses "vous" (formal you) to speak to Suzuki while Suzuki uses "tu" (informal you) to speak to Sugiki.

Also, once more, 2015 is more zoomed it, cutting out some details, such as Sugiki's mouth in the last panel or half of Fusako's head in panel 4.

Panel 1

2015: (Suzuki speaking) Profites-en pour lui demander aussi le sens de ce mot ! "B*te" qu'y a-t-il donc sous cette étoile ?

(Take the opportunity to ask her the meaning of this word as well! "D*ck" what could be under that star?)

2020: (Sugiki speaking) Il y a un autre mot qui m'intrigue. Pourriez-vous me l'expliquer ? "Paquet" Je présume qu'en contexte, il ne s'agit pas d'un colis emballé ?

(There's another word that's intriguing me. Could you explain it to me? "Package" I'm assuming that, in context, it doesn't refer to a parcel?)

So this is. Incredible. A change of speaker always change a lot of things, but as we know, Sugiki speaks very politely. I don't really know how that manifests in Japanese but I'm assuming the speaker can be easily identified in the original.

I am guessing it's actually Suzuki since he's holding his phone and showing it to Sugiki.

However, the "joke" takes a completely different turn in later panels and I have to say while the fact that Sugiki goes to ask other people (2015) makes more sense, the meaning of the rest of the page makes a lot more sense in 2020. Unless it's. A bit of slang I also have never heard of. But I'm struggling to see Fusako and Martha (that's Martha, right?) straight up lying to him.

Let's see below.

Panel 2

Suzuki is speaking with sparkles on his face

2015: Elle te le dira, va.

(She'll tell you. Go on.)

2020: Tu me demandes de t'apprendre un truc ? A moi ? Trop bien !

(You're asking me to teach you something? Me? Awesome!)

2015 is Suzuki going on with his "joke" while 2020 is reminiscent of chapter 2 when Sugiki compliments him and he goes all happy for a while and the whole "Suzuki wants to feel superior to Sugiki" thing.

Panel 3

Kanda speaking

2015: C'est pour ça que je veux que vous arrêtiez de voir Suzuki-san !! Fusako, dis-lui quelque chose, bon sang !!

(That's why I want you (either formal or plural) to see Suzuki-san!! Fusako, say something, dammit!!)

2020: Je vous ai déjà dit que Suzuki-san avait des fréquentations peu recommandables ! Ne mêlez pas Fusako à ce genre de délinquant, s'il vous plaît !

(I already told you (formal) that Suzuki-san hangs with dubious people! Don't make Fusako associate with that kind of delinquent, please!)

In one, Kanda could be speaking to both, in the other, he's clearly talking to Sugiki. 2015 Kanda is angrier than 2020 Kanda, and also way less polite! How did it go from "bon sang" to "please"? Julie Minchin, if you see this, please tell me, this is such an interesting change.

Panel 4

2015: Fusako: C'est un "u" et cela décrit un organe sexuel. Sugiki: "u"... Kanda: C'est un monde ! Suzuki-sensei ne lui apprend que de vilains mots... Hein ? Un "u" ?!

(Fusako: It's "u" and it describes a sexual organ. - Sugiki: "u"... - Kanda: What a world! Suzuki-sense only teaches him dirty words... Huh? A "u"?!)

2020: Fusako: C'est une sorte de métaphore pour parler de l'appareil génital. Sugiki: "Paquet" Kanda: Franchement, Suzuki-san a un langage beaucoup trop fleuri... Tant de familiarité...!

(Fusako: It's a metaphor to talk about genitals. - Sugiki: "Package" - Kanda: Honestly, Suzuki-san's way of talking is way too vulgar... Such rudeness...!)

So I guess it confirms that Suzuki is supposed to be the one talking in panel 1, as he indeed goes to ask Fusako.

However, 2015 Fusako straight up lies to him, saying "u" instead of "i", which Kanda notes, while 2020 Fusako properly explains it to him.

Also, 2015 Kanda goes back and forth between -san and -sensei for Suzuki, which is weird.

Panel 5:

Martha speaking

2015: Pour un homme, on dit : "T'as une grosse bute* !" C'est aussi un compliment.

(To a man, it's said: "You have a big mound*!" It can also be a compliment.)

* "bute" spelled with only one t means either a tool used by farriers or a guillotine. The one meaning "mound" is "butte" with two t.

2020: Les hommes vont souvent l'utiliser pour dire qu'ils ont "un gros paquet". En revanche, c'est argotique, et les femmes l'utilisent moins.

(Men will often use it to say they have a "big package". That being said, it's slang and women don't tend to use it.)

In 2015, Sugiki probably asks her about Fusako's explanation about the "u" to make "bute" instead of "bite". However the way she answers doesn't make any sense, unless she's making it all up as she goes just not to teach him about the word "dick"

Panel 6

Martha speaking

2015: Le premier : "ton organe sexuel me fait de l'ombre telle une jolie bute* fleurie." Et le second : "ton organe sexuel est pareil à une magnifique bute* fleurie." Vous avez compris ? Sugiki's thoughts: Une bien jolie bute*...

(The first one: "your organ gives me shade like a beautiful mound*." And the second one: "your organ is like a beautiful flowery mound*." Do you (formal) understand? - Sugiki's thoughts: A very pretty mound*...)

*again with the orthography mistake on bute/butte

2020: De façon générale... ça a un sens souvent positif pour la personne concernée... mais ça ne s'utilise plus beaucoup. Toutefois, ça reste moins vulgaire que d'autres mots... Sugiki's thoughts: "un gros paquet"...

(In general... this is often meant in a positive way for the concerned person... but it's not used much nowadays. However, it says less vulgar than some other words... - Sugiki's thoughts: "a big package"...)

Again, 2015 Martha's explanation doesn't make any sense? Unless it's actually real slang that I've never seen before?? Like, a mound could potentially be used but in French, as far as I know it is not used. I've searched around a bit (lol haha bite *is shot*) and couldn't find anything recording such a use. It is an anagram for teub, which is bite in verlan but that seems a tad farfetched.

2020 Martha gives the truth and is actually informative about paquet, about its usage and vulgarity level etc.

The sense of both these explanations come directly from the initial word asked and how it's asked but it certainly doesn't paint the same character for the various people involved: Fusako and Martha are painted as bullshitters in 2015 and in a complete opposite way in 2020.

Pretty interesting if you ask me!

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[twelvefifteencomic]

12:15 Print Copies

Bit of a long post incoming, but if you’re interested in printed volumes of 12:15, please give it a read!

I’ve gotten the proof copies of all three 12:15 volumes (volumes 2 and 3 arrived on December 15th, which seemed very fitting haha), and I’m pretty pleased with how they look! So next up is getting a fairly solid idea of how many people would be interested in getting copies, so please let me know if that includes you! I’m going to go into a bit of detail about them below, so you can sort of know what to expect:

All three volumes are 8″x10″ paperbacks.

Volume One is 200 pages, including pages 1-185 of the comic (the beginning to the point where Dee finds the cult’s message on the wall) and a few pages of extra art.

Volume Two is 175 pages, covering pages 186-349 of the comic (Bad Decisions through to 4 AM) and some more pages of extra art.

Volume Three is the shortest at 141 pages, going from page 350 to the end of the comic (Another Place, Those Nights and Joy), but also has the most pages of extra art, including the First Date bonus comic.

Here are a few pictures of interior pages:

I’m not really interested in selling 12:15 for profit (and it will ABSOLUTELY remain here to read for free), so I don’t want to make the books available through Blurb’s bookshop (the printing company I’m using), but there are other options for making it available for people to buy:

One option is making the volumes available through a link, in which case you could purchase them yourselves straight from the website and have them shipped directly to you. For me, the price of all three of them, including tax and shipping, came to about $150 CAD, but I’m not sure how much this might vary for international shipping.

Another option, which I would love to do but is probably much less realistic, would be me ordering all of the copies myself and shipping them out to you. I would figure out a price that would work to cover my costs and you would pay me, rather than the printing company. The reason I would love to do this is that it would give me the opportunity to personalize people’s copies, add little things like homemade stickers, sketches or bookmarks, and just in general make the cost of them a little more worth it.

If getting copies of these volumes is something you would like, please please let me know over the next month or so!

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The early bird special ended, but the zine is still open for preorders! The preorder shop will close after March 11, and we can’t guarantee anything will be left in stock afterwards, so get your orders in soon. Reforged is a Bucky/Tony Fanzine, and all the profits go to Doctors Without Borders. We can’t all be literal super heroes, but we can help a little. Choose from: 1) Digital Zine: Just the PDF - €12 2) Printed Zine: Printed and PDF - €35 3) Small Merch Pack: Printed, PDF, 1 big print, 1 postcard, 2 stickers, washi tape - €45 4) Big Merch Pack: Printed, PDF, small merch, 3 acrylic charms, enamel pin - €65 + Add our NSFW bonus book for 50 pages of steamy, 18+ comics, art, and fic!

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Affiliate Profitz AI Review - The First-To-Market, A.I-Powered App That Create Your Profitable ClickBank Affiliate Campaign In Less Than 60 Seconds

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First, a big thank you to everyone that’s supported Iron Circus’ Failure to Launch anthology and my contribution “The Second Extinction of the Pyrenean Ibex” by pledging, sharing & liking our posts, or just checking out the campaign! We’re halfway through the funding period, so I wanted to share some updates on tumblr.

The biggest news is that we made it to our goal and are now working on stretch goals and creator bonus payments! We’ve already gotten to our first stretch goal--upgrading the covers with a fancy effect--and are now onto the second: a PDF full of bonus comics for all backers. Can we reach them all?

Next, Failure to Launch has been quite a bit of press, including outlets running exclusive previews of some of the comics included! Want to see what this anthology’s about, really “try before you buy”? Check out these stories of failure below:

AIPT Comics: “The World Turns” by Barbara Mazzi, about apocalypses that didn’t happen.

Screenrant: “When Do We Get Our Star Trek Future?” by J. Dalton, about the hollow promises of sci-fi economics.

Boing Boing: “Lead Balloon” by Katie Tiedrich, about adding deadly chemicals to gasoline for fun and profit.

Comics Beat: “Rats” by Ryan Estrada and Aarón Cruz, about a stage magician getting into a fight with the father of the radio over the future of wireless technology (it’s wild).

Geek Vibes Nation: “Zigurats” by André Valenté, about a totally-not-a-cult in Brazil that’s trying to psychically communicate with aliens and prove the world is not flat, but convex. 

Vol. 1 Brooklyn: “Magic City, All of Fire” by Evan Dahm, about the secret history of Coney Island.

Fangirl Nation: “The Pasilalinic Sympathetic Compass” by Maddi Gonzalez and Alice Woods, about using telepathic snails to communicate long-distance (I’m serious!).

Popverse: “CGIdol” by Victor Santiago and Bolu Oriowo, about the pitfalls of trying to create a virtual pop star.

Polygon: “The First Union” by Harry ‘Hbomberguy’ Brewis and Skutch, about the true story behind the Luddities.

Wow! That’s a lot of comics! Once you’re done with these, check out the Failure to Launch BackerKit page and consider pledging before the campaign ends on March 9th.

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Ok first I’m sorry if you get my ask 2 times because honestly I don’t know if the 1 one send sooo …yeah here I go I just want to know if the bonus comic about backlash that you post on your patreon will be post eventually for everyone (public) I’m curious again if you have my ask 2 time just anwser one of them!!! Thank you

All bonus comics are considered Patreon-Exclusives, and are posted only to my Patreon as an extra goodie to thank and reward all my readers who are able to support BACKLASH with $1 a month (or more) pledges on Patreon.

Bonus materials for BACKLASH specifically - like extra comics, process breakdowns and Throwback Thursdays (and many other Patreon-Exclusive posts) - may go public in the future, but not until one or more of the following criteria are met:

1) I make a physical printed edition of BACKLASH and the material is included in the back as bonus pages.

2) BACKLASH ends.

3) I make enough income through Patreon that I can make BACKLASH full-time.

This is not intended to be a punishment for fans who can't pledge to my Patreon. I know that not everyone can financially support my work, and I appreciate all the ways that my readers find to support me whether its by sharing BACKLASH with friends, reading the updates and leaving comments, drawing fanart and writing fanfiction, and all the other incredible and creative ways you all show me you care about my story every day! I don't want anyone to feel obligated to give me money, especially if they cannot afford it. Times are tough for everyone, please do what's best for you.

However, you get a lot of content on my Patreon for very little money. Just $1 every month (even less if you pledge annually - ~$10 for a whole year!) gets you every comic page early, as well as all bonus material I manage to create between pages and my day-job.

If less than one-tenth of my followers here on Tumblr pledged $1 a month to the creation of my comic, I'd be able to surpass all my milestones and making BACKLASH would be my full-time job! I'd have more time and energy to devote to making the comic, as well as extra goodies like illustrations, merch, prints and more.

I make this comic for free, it is free to read and will always be free to read. I use my very precious free time to continue making it without any promise of profits. And I am happy to do that - I love BACKLASH, I love my work and I love telling this story.

But like. I do have to make money somehow. We do live under the thumb of late-stage capitalism and I do have to make my rent and eat every month. Until our socialist agenda is fulfilled and we get UBI in the USA, I will continue to make fun extra goodies to say thank you to those who are able to give me their precious paychecks because they believe in my art.

Thank you for understanding. I will be sure to denote and tag Patreon Exclusive posts more clearly from here on out so as to avoid any future confusion.

Thank you for your continued support, and I'll see you in the next update! 💖☄️

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YouTube Automation & SEO Mastery Review (Worth Of $4645)

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