#August Niehaus

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Read Daugment by August Niehaus #SciFi #SpaceFleet #Adventure

[scifi4wifi]

You Are Challenged to Break a Spell!

Here’s the Challenge Break a spell and share it for a collection of magical short stories and the chance to hear your story read by a voiceover artist! Submit a short-short story (500 words maximum) about someone’s attempt – successful or otherwise – to break a spell, and receive a free copy of August Niehaus’s Spellbreakers short story collection (from her new series The Library Attic…

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Book Review | Kinfolk: A Mutiny of Pirates #1 by August Niehaus | Thrilling #SciFi #Adventure #FoundFamily | @IndieAuthor

Book Review | Kinfolk: A Mutiny of Pirates #1 by August Niehaus | #SciFi #Adventure #FoundFamily | @IndieAuthor While space adventures are not my typical genre, August Niehaus captivates me with each book I read from her. She possesses a genuinely unique style that resonates with the emotions within me. I adore the sense of a “found family” in her work, coupled with the exciting adventures her…

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#yep that's damn good casting! i haven't seen the og series but my god they all look alike

Oh PLEASE watch the original too! Tatiana Maslany is SO phenomenal in it and deserves way more recognition for it. This spin-off literally couldn't exist without her. It also has a sapphic relationship at the center of its story between Kira's aunts Delphine and Cosima and they have a happy ending!

Kira Manning through the years in Orphan Black & Orphan Black: Echoes

[moonbeatblues]

15. and a liar, got a tongue on fire (i ought to cut it off)

Cosima likes the more enchanting aspects of biology— the stubborn nature of cells, the propensity everything seems to carry for self-repair, the quiet, smooth consciousness of plants— life, like it says on the tin.

And maybe it’s years with your eye to the dial, maybe it’s the cold truth of politicking your way around the industry— not the kind Bismarck would like, either— but your aspirations are far less pretty.

—

With each day you resent yourself a little more, each day you let yourself sink a little lower at your desk. The growing rumples in your coat are fitting, a soothing skin to shrug on— reflecting the little twisted parts of you on the outside makes you feel less like a liar— but Cosima is too good to keep you wallowing in the mud of your own boot prints, wheedles Ali into doing your laundry, kisses warm and open when you come home, crawls you in her fierce, sleepy brand of love.

It’s intoxicating to watch her just press on the way she does— Cosima is far from foolish, but there’s something boundless and bright in her, honey-sweet.

Maybe, if things were softer, you’d have time to press adoration into her, to call her glorious in ways she can appreciate, but you’re fallibly dutiful in your work and too frazzled to pray when you feel so low and unforgivable.

—

Something fails.

Somewhere between that mythical pattern of purine and pyrimidine and its introduction to where it’s needed, there’s a gap too large for affixed phosphate to facilitate, there’s an error in translation, and you’ve grown weak, you’ve made a poor scientist of yourself.

The first of your new ones dies, without fanfare on the floor of its cage and you end up fumbling at Cosima’s door, ungodly both in hour and fashion, tears somewhere between slick-fresh and a reminder in rime down your cheeks. You don’t carry keys here— both in shame at your old misuses of her space, her freedom, and in the anticipation of being invited in— being explicitly, unmistakably accepted is less preference and more need, these days.

You’re not one for self-fulfilling noise, but you let new sounds shake loose from deep in your throat when she guides you along in the dark, big eyes dark and pooling with love and worry over the tremor stuck in your bones.

—

You’re sitting astride her on the long couch end, hands fisting endlessly in the shoulders of cardigan while she breathes down the length of your stomach.

It’s always quiet like this, slow and reverent in the way Cosima likes to tip forward to touch you, like she’s a cat come up to brush against you in the dark. Like she’s praying in the press of her nose to your belly, like she’s listening for something in the jump of your skin with each inhale.

Your hips jump at pressure within a league of your scar, curling you inward, and you have to breathe hard into Cosima’s hair to sink down again. She tips up to look at you, then, with apology so saturated in her blown pupils that you have to thumb at her cheekbones and smile to steady her.

She doesn’t like to tease, anymore— the idea of rescinding from one another is a little too much these days— but she’ll wait until she pulls sound from you to proceed. She likes you keening up against her, likes you stuttering and desperate on her tongue, but she won’t back away from you to get it. She’ll loosen you so you’re warm and unafraid to run aground, so you roll to shore with the tide.

There’s this lax, unwinding waver in your stomach, pressing up against the skin of your hips and curling your toes, and pressed flat along the sofa you feel fluid and tipping at both ends, hair a languid, unkempt fan down to the carpet.

You let Cosima divest of your skirt with slow fingers— everything feels deep, sleepy and heavy, like you’re drifting somewhere far below angrier waters, where the pull of the moon manifests as a smooth, alternating current, sifting up the sand and re-settling it around you.

She’s saying something into the hollow left of your neck, something syrupy and adoring, love loping up to shiver in your ear, and it’s too easy to remember those days of self-hospice in the loft, where you were the one forever seeking to surround Cosima, wanting her to bury herself in you in hopes of peaceful sleep, cleaning blood from the corners of her mouth with the same thick affection as with kissing her, settling down in a sort of hibernation so she could have a slow, steady heartbeat to match. Taking care.

It feels profoundly as though she’s trying to return the favor, trying to coax some lingering darkness out of you, trying to tug you into the slow, circular wash of healing. There is simultaneously so much and so little to apologize for between you that there’s a second language, a continuous and silent exchange of confession and forgiveness, a flush of granulating wounds, of digging down to find what’s still alive, of cutting new edges for the sake of bringing them together.

(You have been angry in the way of sand trapped deep in mollusk bellies, angry in a way that can’t be directed anywhere and ends rolled over into something smooth and looking entirely different; you have roared and strained, you have stained your mane and taken bloodying kicks to the underbelly, you have slept in the way a victor sleeps when they no longer recognize their spoils.

When Cosima presses you with her palms down into the material of the couch and asks with that voice of hers— let me take care of you, please— you crack open slow and right in two, you run tears into your smile and take up your favorite mantra— je t’aime, je t’aime, je t’aime.)

[themadvigilantist]

the one thing i know i’ll miss is cosima’s dancing.

(x)

[meatheadinthecraftroom]

After returning home from her second tour of duty in Afghanistan with unseen wounds, Shay makes an unexpected connection.

[shay davydov week, day 2: ships]

[arin-schreave]

Challenge Eight

here’s my trash- please accept it.

It’s a funeral (no secret there or anywhere really.)

procession

the royal family will be leading the walk behind the casket with the Selected behind them and the Grahams and other family friends are behind the Selected

Mel (she’s great- really she is fine- more like she’s wine)

Arin (sorry but this is byor (bring your own roast))

Wylan (the lad just got his hearing back the day before so he can really hear the sounds of everyone crying, including himself but he tries to hide it bc #nofear and don’t act like you don’t know he’s the best schreave boi)

Safiya (who just got the BEST wedding gift ever)

Theo (shhhhhhhh)

Ayesha? (no freaking clue where she’s at but not around)

Hugo (only person he’s falling for here is Tavi)

Chloé (chaotic and cute)

Connor (funkle)

Colette (jk- only person they should be burying is her and her attitude)

service

eulogy given by Arin (was going to write but i’m deadass too lazy)

reception

Notable Guests in Attendance (other royals too but lazy):

Italy

Princess Livia

Dante Marino

The German Federation

Queen Edith

Prince Frederick (Nathan Niehaus- you’re welcome ;) and thank Bri)

Florian (insert German last name)

Swendway

Queen Verena (#powermove)

Others

Officer Reynold Ryans & family (has a wife named Lively and three little girls- Jamie, Agnes, and Betsy)

This challenge takes place from October 5th (best day of the year) to October 10th. The funeral is on October 7th. Challenge closes August 28th/29th depending on if RPs are finished up.

nothing is required. eliminations will happen. final 2-3 here we come. home stretch.

trash. 

[ao3feed-cophine]

All the Time in the World in a Day

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ltom4e

by Mondax

AU. It’s 2005 and Cosima and Delphine just met. They spend one day together and part ways the next day. Amidst leading different lives, they manage to hold on to that special something that latched onto them that first time they met. Over 15 years, snapshots of their hopes, missed opportunities, immaturities, and bad relationships are revealed on the same day – August 6th. Can a day change your life?

Words: 2428, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Orphan Black (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Cosima Niehaus, Delphine Cormier

Relationships: Delphine Cormier/Cosima Niehaus

Additional Tags: One Day (book), AU

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ltom4e

[bored-with-a-clingy-girl]

Her name is Grace bethel niehaus , her mothers name was Lilo Delilah niehaus, she was born August/5/2019 she was the only survivor of her litter and mother died 3 days later, we were told there was a good chance she wouldn't live without consent care and that we shouldn't get attached to her, she's a year old now and she is our miracle and we couldn't imagine our lives with out her

[ao3feed-orphanblack]

All the Time in the World in a Day

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ltom4e

by Mondax

AU. It’s 2005 and Cosima and Delphine just met. They spend one day together and part ways the next day. Amidst leading different lives, they manage to hold on to that special something that latched onto them that first time they met. Over 15 years, snapshots of their hopes, missed opportunities, immaturities, and bad relationships are revealed on the same day – August 6th. Can a day change your life?

Words: 12586, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Orphan Black (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Cosima Niehaus, Delphine Cormier

Relationships: Delphine Cormier/Cosima Niehaus

Additional Tags: One Day (book), AU

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ltom4e

[scifi4wifi]

Book Review | Spellbreakers by August Niehaus

Author August Niehaus launches her new series, “The Library Attic Collection Presents” with Spellbreakers, a collection of a half-dozen stories. It reminds me of a Tardis, as it’s much bigger than you might think a 25K word book would be on the inside. I was delighted to learn that each short story was fully developed, with engaging characters supported by solid worldbuilding. And every tale is…

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BOOBOO STEWART? No, that’s actually LORCAN SCAMANDER from the NEXT GENERATION ERA. You know, the child of ROLF SCAMANDER and LUNA LOVEGOOD-SCAMANDER? Only 21 years old, this GRYFFINDOR alumni works as a MAGIZZOLOGIST and is sided with THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. HE identifies as CIS MALE and is a MUGGLEBORN who is known to be HOT-HEADED, WORKAHOLIC, and RECKLESS  but also, COURAGEOUS, OPEN-MINDED, and EMPATHETIC. — &&. ( TORI, EST,  SHE/HER/HERS, 24. ) 

Aes: reading on rainy days, tall grass blowing in a sea breeze, the smell of old books that haven’t been opened in years, colored ink, detailed lists and notes, baring your teeth to protect others, your friends holding you back from a fight, humming to yourself as you browse through the stacks at the library, sunny sunday breakfasts while your parents tease each other.

TW: Body horror, abandonment and fear of, bullying, and bigotry.

Headcanons

01. Lorcan is older than Lysander by four minutes and holds this over his sibling's head constantly. While being practically the same age, Lorcan still feels like the need to play into the whole “protective older brother” role. This protectiveness carried over into their time at Hogwarts and if anyone said a bad word about Lysander or their family, Lorcan’s wand would be at the ready. He was easy to anger in that regard, didn’t want anyone feeling like they could get away with being a bully (this carried over with his friends as well). He would stick up for anyone, regardless of house or blood status or any other factors. He’s not entirely sure where he got this trait from, certainly not his mother, but Lorcan likes to think that hearing stories about her time at Hogwarts rubbed off on him. He’s never cared about the enemies he might make or the people who would hate him just because he didn’t like anyone being looked down on.

02. He’s very much like his mother in the sense that he’s very open-minded. Not just when it comes to people, but when it comes to learning. Lorcan loved school and loved learning about different potions and spells and creatures. He loved spending time in the library figuring out why certain ingredients had a certain effect. However, Lorcan also enjoyed the study of magical creatures, just like his parents. He would follow his parents into the study of Magizoologist, including traveling to different parts of the world to study creatures. [INJURY//BODY HORROR TW] This, unfortunately, has caused Lorcan to lose his left thumb and pointer finger, along with his right middle finger. [END TW] He’s been told to be more careful, but his best work (in his opinion) has come from taking risks. 

03. Following along his great-grandfather, Lorcan is working on a book about magical creatures. It’s still in the very early stages, he’s still gathering research and working alongside his parents. So far, it’s a lot more work than Lorcan was expecting it to be. But he’s been pulling late nights working on research and analyzing data. This has led his social life to being tossed to the side. He’s trying to get better about not locking himself away, but...his work and research is very important to him.

Character Inspo

Steve Rogers (Marvel) + Alison Argent (Teen Wolf) + Jim Kirk (Star Trek) + Finn (Star Wars) + Cosima Niehaus (Orphan Black) + Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who) + The Winchester bros (Supernatural) 

[Warnings for: abandonment, bigotry, body horror]

Pre-Hogwarts

Lorcan and his sibling were born on August 29, 2008 to muggles Sophia and Umar Baker.

What he does know, is that they were just teenagers when they had him and Lysander. 

And the two teenagers tried to take care of these twins. 

Lorcan remembers the house being chaotic at times. And at five years old, he overheard his parents arguing over whether they could continue to take care of them.

And even now, he still has that small fear of people abandoning him.

So, in 2013, at five years old Lysander and himself were dropped off at an orphanage, despite both of his parents being very much alive. 

Lorcan soon found his voice, standing up for Lysander and himself when the other children would make comments about their appearances or how they acted.

(Most of this included Lorcan using the names small children call each other, but dammit Lysander was all he had.)

And then, just two years later, a couple came in and soon enough, Lorcan and Lysander took on the last name Scamander.

The house was filled...with so much more joy and happiness and love than Lorcan had seen in his entire life. 

His new parents read to them and sang them songs and told him about grand adventures that Lorcan wasn’t sure if real or made-up at the time. 

He was kissed and hugged and told “Good job!” when he was able to control his magic or created an artwork with his small hands. 

They taught him about Hogwarts and the school they would be attending soon. 

(And Lorcan did his best not to cry, to put on a strong face for Lysander.)

They told him to be brave, to be kind, to work hard. And Lorcan was ready to do all of those things.

Hogwarts

The hat took a minute to decide where exactly the elder twin would go before finally declaring “GRYFFINDOR!” and was only slightly disappointed to not be in his mother’s house.

(whether Lysander also ended up in Ravenclaw is up to that player, for now im going to write this as if they are in the same house. This can be edited!) 

Having his sibling beside him, gave him some comfort in this very different world. 

Bullying/Bigotry TW

He learned, through other students and some teachers, and even some from Luna herself, the stories of his mother and her friends during her time here. 

He learned about the bullying she and so many other students faced.

And soon, Lorcan learned about the bullying first hand. 

For being muggleborn, for how they looked, for who his parents were. 

This would be enough to drive Lorcan to be...a bit of a wild card. To stand up for the Scamanders. For the other students who got laughed at or called names. 

And to stand up for himself, of course. 

He hated the names they gave him and glances in the hallways between classes.

END TW

This would land him in trouble, getting points docked off his house more than once, but Lorcan wasn’t about to just sit back and do nothing. 

For the most part, Lorcan was a fantastic student. He loved learning about this world that he wasn’t born into, all the history and the spells and potions and, of course, the magical creatures. 

He worked very hard on his OWLs to get into multiple NEWT-level classes (Potions, Charms, Herbology, DADA and Care of Magical Creatures). 

He wasn’t a very social student, but had a few close friends (Connection wanted) that he would regularly spend time with. 

In his 5th year, 2024, he became a Prefect.

While he enjoyed being at Hogwarts and everything that came along with it, he truly loved nothing more than being around his parents. He loved listening to them talk about magical creatures and showing him what they’ve discovered and written about. 

Post-Hogwarts/Pre-Clash

After Hogwarts, Lorcan wasn’t entirely sure what he wanted to do.

He did like the idea of the “traditional” jobs that his classmates were going into.

So, he followed his parents around for a bit in their travels and joined them in studying different creatures

And he realized he loved being around magical creatures and studying them.

Has so many notebooks dedicated to notes on them 

They’re organized of course. 

With his parents discovering new creatures, Lorcan decided to try to write a book about them.

He’s still doing a lot of research (a lot) and still sometimes travels to the places where the creatures are native.

Big lover of languages too!!

Really is throwing himself into his research and working on the book.

(I’m sure his parents would tell him to take a break, but then he ends up going to sleep at like two in the morning)

When going to other places to do research about the creatures, Lorcan doesn’t really like following the safety guidelines. 

He just does his own thing, because he thinks that’s how he gets the best information.

[INJURY/BODY HORROR TW]

Because of this, Lorcan has lost a few fingers to magical creatures. He’s missing his thumb and pointer finger on his left hand and his middle finger on his right.

This makes things like writing and typing a bit more difficult.

He gets very frustrated at himself for not moving fast enough, which is why he spends so many hours dedicated to the research/writing.

[END TW]

Still very protective of his family and loved ones. 

Hearing about the 2nd Wizarding War makes him so angry and despises those who look down on others.

The Clash

The Clash was terrifying. 

Suddenly his parents were just gone. 

Leaving him and Lysander behind. 

It honestly stressed him out a lot (he’s still pretty stressed about it tbh) 

When he found out that other people came back from the past...he immediately went to find his mother and father.

Only, they weren’t his mother and father. They were so young. 

Younger than him. 

He’s trying to focus back on his work, his research and his book.

But now he finds himself reading books on time traveling to see if there’s a fix

And the death eaters are back. Which is worrying. 

Personality

Can be quick to anger when someone insults his family or people he cares about

Or even if he just sees someone bullying someone else, Lorcan has to step in.

His dedication to his work and things he cares about can cause him to be reckless

Sometimes doesn’t always think before he acts when he gets worked up or passionate about something

Even when it comes to the magical creatures, he can make bad decisions, but Lorcan has always thrown himself into whatever he’s doing or passionate about

Is very empathetic, almost too empathetic. 

He cares so much about other people that when he sees that they’re hurting, he hurts too

Is very good at making people feel valid and comforted. 

Just like his parents, he’s quite open-minded

Especially when it comes to different theories and people’s experiences

Understands he doesn’t know everything and welcomes other people talking about what they know/believe/experienced

Not so much when it comes to death eaters/blood purists/etc

[ultraheydudemestuff]

Jackson Township # 3 School (1869)

Westville Rd. (4 miles south of OH SR-320)

Eaton, OH

According to an article posted on August 29, 2020, by the Eaton, OH, Register Herald, the Preble County Historical Society presented its very first historic plaque to the Jackson Township District Three Schoolhouse on Sunday, Aug. 23. Carolyn McWhinney and her husband, Norlan, restored the school in the 1980s. Four generations of her family were there to accept the plaque in their honor. The plaque reads, “This one-room red brick schoolhouse was built in 1868 with the first term beginning in 1869. Schoolhouses served as the first interaction pioneers had with their neighbors on the frontier. They helped established friendships and a sense of community among Preble County residents. The building was restored in the 1980’s by Norlan and Carolyn McWhinney. The schoolhouse now serves as a meeting place for viewing original school furnishings and gazing through the McGuffey Readers.” Harold Niehaus, board President, hosted the event along with Directors Lisa White and Alyssa Stark. Special Speaker Cody Miller talked about the upcoming fall events. Guests were invited to tour the school and learn just a little more about the history of the school.

[themadvigilantist]

Dr. Cosima Niehaus

Orphan Black (2013-2017) (x)

[lcftwild]

temp mobile muse list:

THE 100.

SEASONS ONE  –  FOUR ONLY. ➥  aden. ➥  anya. ➥  gina martin. alt fc. ➥  lincoln. ➥  reese lemkin. alt fc.

BOY MEETS WORLD / GIRL MEETS WORLD.

CURRENTLY WATCHING BMW S1. ➥  august matthews. older fc tbd. ➥  maya hart. ➥  topanga lawrence.

GREY’S ANATOMY.

SEASONS ONE  –  NINE ONLY. ➥  alexander karev. ➥  mark sloan. ➥  meredith grey.

HAVEN.

SEASONS ONE  –  THREE PREFERRED. ➥  audrey parker.

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR.

➥  dani clayton. ➥  flora wingrave.

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.

➥  abigail dudley. ➥  nell crain. ➥  olivia crain.

LEGACIES.

➥  josie saltzman. ➥  lizzie saltzman. ➥  milton ‘mg’ greasley.

LUCIFER.

➥  charlotte richards. ➥  chloe decker. ➥  daniel espinoza. ➥  ella lopez. ➥  linda martin. ➥  mazikeen smith.

ORPHAN BLACK.

➥  beth childs. ➥  charlotte bowles. ➥  cosima niehaus. ➥  kira manning. ➥  paul dierden.

RIORDAN VERSE.

PERCY JACKSON / HEROES OF OLYMPUS COMPLIANT. ➥  annabeth chase. ➥  leo valdez. ➥  nico di angelo. ➥  rachel elizabeth dare.

STRANGER THINGS.

➥  max mayfield. ➥  will byers.

TEEN WOLF.

SEASONS ONE  –  FOUR PREFERRED. ➥  allison argent / STATS. ➥  cora hale. ➥  laura hale. *SIDEBLOG. ➥  lydia martin. ➥  malia tate. ➥  melissa mccall. ➥  noah stilinski / STATS. ➥  scott mccall. ➥  vernon boyd.

TWILIGHT SERIES.

PRIMARILY BOOK BASED / NON COMPLIANT WITH BD. ➥  jacob black. ➥  leah clearwater. ➥  isabella swan. ➥  seth clearwater.