#22/Mal

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 22 (Leigh Bardugo)

We often talk about how the Darkling kindly resolved Nikolai's issue about getting rid of his legitimate brother, but how about that time, when a single (1) nichevo'ya did a better job of protecting Alina, than the Blade Boy during his whole "Captain of the Guard" career?!

The shadow babies are quite obviously made of Aleksander- not only they don't harm Alina during the Siege, they eliminate a threat to her as soon as it arises. Meanwhile the man himself isn't even anywhere to be seen yet.

The King of Getting Shit Done™.

[dateinthelife]

22 June 1964

Auckland Chief Constable, Superintendent Quinn refuses to give the Beatles a police escort, saying: “We provide such escorts only for royalty and other important visitors.”

Similarly, only two officers are deployed after a show in Wellington to control 5,000 people, and Mal Evans is forced to leave the car in order to attempt to clear a path.

[rbchild]

Chapters: 22/34 Fandom: Tatort (TV 1970), Tatort Saarbrücken - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leo Hölzer/Adam Schürk Characters: Leo Hölzer, Adam Schürk, Esther Baumann, Pia Heinrich, Dr. Henny Wenzel Additional Tags: Case Fic, Angst, Post-Break Up, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Getting Back Together, Drugs, Undercover, Adam wechselt die Abteilung, Post-Episode: Der Fluch des Geldes (Tatort Saarbrücken), Fake Character Death, Pining, Mutual Pining, So viel Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Tatort Saarbrücken Summary:

Es war leicht für Leo und Adam, miteinander ins Bett zu fallen. Bis es dann irgendwann kompliziert wurde, und sie ihre Beziehung wieder beendet haben, noch bevor sie so richtig anfing. Danach ist alles nicht mehr so einfach zwischen ihnen. Als Adam zeitweise aus der Mordkommission abberufen wird, könnte das eine Chance sein, das angespannte Verhältnis zu verbessern. Aber sein Transfer ist nicht das, was er zu sein scheint. Vordergründig ist es Personalmangel, aufgrund dessen Adam im Rauschgiftdezernat aushelfen muss. In Wahrheit steht aber die Befürchtung im Raum, dass irgendwer dort die Ermittlungen behindert. Adam soll herausfinden, wer, und sticht dabei in ein Wespennest, das ihn bald in unerwartete Gefahr bringt.

Und diesmal ist Leo nicht da, um ihm den Rücken zu stärken.

 Kein Teil des Kidfic-Universums. Nach so vielen Teilen sollte man das vielleicht noch mal explizit erwähnen.

[1982brucespringsteen]

last fucking time i go to a rich ppl bar jesus christ.

[schnaf]

immerhin gibts jetzt auf einen schlag wieder wesentlich weniger fußballfans in deutschland. sehr schön ♥

[paskariu]

Wahrscheinlich ein richtiger Alman Moment, aber warum fängt man um HALB NEUN ABENDS AN EINEM WERKTAG AN ZU BOHREN

[figsandfandoms]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Stargate SG-1 Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Daniel Jackson/Vala Mal Doran Characters: Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Vala Mal Doran Additional Tags: Fluff, Flufftober 2023 Summary:

Daniel takes Vala to the annual Halloween festival. Written for flufftober 2023 using (eventually) the following prompts: 6 Corn maze 11 Sweet tooth 20 Pumpkin 22 Picking 27 Outdoor event.

[358intergalactico]

¿Qué extrañas? Si jamás te regalo flores, jamas te dijo buenos días, siempre se encargo de arruinarte fechas importantes, cómo navidad, año nuevo, tu cumpleaños.

Siempre que te engañaba se indignaba y se alejaba, nunca estuvo en los malos momentos, cuando te sentías mal eran las veces que más se alejaba.

¿Qué extrañas? :(

[evilscraps]

schoolgirls

[panvani]

Actually I'm glad there are 15 total posts about Signalis cuz it means I don't have to see other people talk about Adler

[stromuprisahat]

That gelatin deer gave its life for your entertainment

Siege and Storm- Chapter 22

Nikolai celebrates birthday, Vasily is about to laugh in his face, the Darkling's paging Alina, but she's too busy wallowing in heartache caused by Malyen's sullen face.

Once again, duty and service are treated as after-school activity.

Malyen: "Dude, I don't wanna watch my ungrateful gf on another guy's party. Can you switch a shift with me?" Tolya: "Eh, no? Because you're not refilling shelves in a store or waiting tables in a fancy restaurant. You were appointed the Captain of guards of one of the most important political figures in all of Ravka."

... kidding. I know Tolya's hardly this self-aware. He's probably just pissed his idol almost got herself killed.

Maybe he was making amends for missing his previous shift. Maybe? Y'a think, Alina?! How did YOU deal with it?! I'd have him whipped at least, but that's too era-appropriate, isn't it? Why would anyone want to hold Malyen responsible for his (in)action for once, right?!

Halfway there!

If Alina kept this attitude, at least she wouldn't blame others for their issues. Now to keep it, and realize it's Malyen that's the problem.

I love a good story of overcoming obstacles in a form of different social statuses and finding a way to be together (even for a little while) despite it.

This one ain't it.

This one's about unwillingness to do the work, dragging "the better one" down into the mud.

I vote for hurling ~something~.

Wow! Nikolai voices his objection! Is it his birthday that made him so bold?

And once again we're reminded that:

Alina - BladeBoy = SomeEffortPutIntoAppearancesAndFindingAllies

I wonder what could be done to get Alina to care about MORE...

But MU, you say... Alina doesn't enjoy any of it!

Well, I don't enjoy going to work and dealing with idiots, yet here we are...

[dateinthelife]

22 February 1965

On this date, the Beatles smoke pot on the plane all the way from London to the Bahamas, with Mal Evans smoking cigars to "drown out the smell."

[misericordieux]

Moi tous les jours sur ce blog : ouais ça gngn je suis super privilégiée.

[stoertebeker]

Boah des ist so genau des was man sich unter Burschenschaft vorstellt ich spei gleich

[enby-ernhardt]

I know Aerin says he’s “been wanting to do that for 20 years”, but I don’t read that as him being exactly 20, I read it as him being at least 20. When I say I’ve been waiting/wanting something for a really long time, I round off, because being exact is unnecessary.

Currently wondering about the ages of the party members in Blades wrt each other, because with the exception of Aerin and Tyril (with Tyril’s age being an estimate provided outside of the book), we kind of have to rely on context clues and analysis to get them.

So far what I’m able to guess, from youngest to oldest, is:

Aerin -> MC -> Mal -> Tyril -> Valax

Aerin is canonically 20 in b2 and 21 in b2

MC cannot be younger than 22 in b1 but could be a bit older (though I’ve said in the past they messed up MC’s age if they’re an elf) and then 23 or older in b2, though I would actually maybe say 23/24 in b1, but 22 minimum is canon, technically

Mal left the Reapers at age 20, so not only is he older than that, but also I figure that it must’ve been several years since that for him to have gotten good at the adventuring job and get “continent-famous” and land gigs. Maybe about 25? 26ish? He certainly doesn’t look the youngest, esp compared to someone like Aerin

Tyril is “25”, so in his 70s

Valax is canonically “centuries old”, so over 200, I suppose. I don’t have specifics

The ones I can’t place exactly are Nia and Imtura. I know it’s said that Nia is the youngest priestess, but no age is given, my best guess would be her being about on par with MC (give or take a year, plus I’m willing to bet that with the doe-eyed personality they gave her they meant for her to be one of the younger ones in the story), but there’s also the chance that she’s closer in age to Aerin, though a smooth 20 in b1 strikes me as a bit too young for her.

Then as for Imtura, I’m not sure if they ever give any markers to deduce her age from, but then again, I don’t have all of her scenes to be able to tell.

And then I guess a slight bonus, I estimate Baldur to be about 25/26, because I interpret some things to imply that his age gap with Aerin is not insignificant (as in, it’s not just one or two years).