#CoLS Chapter 17

[ladyhindsight]

I’m still in sort of disbelief how Clare thought the canoodling part of the ending scene of this chapter was structured well or even well motivated. How it plays out just paints a pretty clear picture of Clare’s priorities and intentions as a story-teller.

Sometimes some things, especially ill-fitting and ill-timed almost-sex scenes just don’t need to happen, you know.

The chapter opens up with Team Good making their way to Luke’s farm upstate to summon Raziel. They get to talking about Alec’s sexuality and how the Lightwoods are taking it because of a joke Isabelle makes.

This message about Robert is rather relevant here. Because, like R points out, the narrative surrounding Robert is incohesive at best, and his characterization fluctuates wherever the writing needs to without much consistency. There's a lot of fun discussion points about Robert (and Maryse) under his tag on the blog.

Yes, Robert escaped to Idris to get away from his gay son that he loved, not to run for the position of the Inquisitor.

→ No phones in Idris, how would've Robert asked about the trip anyway?

→ Jocelyn doesn’t like Jace (for her own reasons), so she never asks about Jace (Clary complains about this in City of Fallen Angels). → Robert doesn’t care about Magnus (for his own reasons which are a bit complicated and related to the Circle), so he never asks about Magnus.

→ Like the eye color is even guaranteed? Of course this highlights the idiotic opinions of bigoted people, but at the same time, that’s the best you managed to concoct? THE EYES. Though it goes with the little paper cuts for sure.

They are almost at the farm, and we cut to Team Evil. Clary has been sleeping but wakes up when she hears The Boys talking. Jace has been somewhere but would like to see Clary now. Something is off about their exchange and we learn why once Jace goes to see Clary.

We learn that Lilith’s rune on Jace’s chest has been damaged and that he’s momentarily himself again.

The pugio was a dagger used by Roman soldiers as a sidearm. I don’t understand why Jace calls it that here when he later talks about an aegis with which Magdalena stabs him and how the aegis burned Lilith’s Mark.

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Again with the em dashes. “She staggered back and grabbed for her worktable, she threw it at me.” I can’t.

→ She staggered back and gabbed for her worktable. There was powdered adamas on it—she threw it at me.

Also “I cried out as she drove it towards my chest”? Awfully poetic retelling of the events that were basically I just kinda shouted when she tried to stab me in the chest.

This is, if I may say, a preposterous claim. He really isn’t or wasn’t. See, Alec, for one. Let’s not rewrite history.

This scene started out nice, the way Clary tries to comfort Jace. As if there could be this lovely and nice intimacy between them that doesn’t need the constant fervor.

…Aaand it’s ruined because everything has to get hot and heavy and passionate between them.

It’s funny how intentionally hilarious this whole conversation of it’s me, that is not me, it’s the other me, the not me me, this you, no the other you, the other me is. Such a mess.

Oh hey, you remembered.

Jace then finally gets to the actual point of what happened when he was away. He also finally reveals what Sebastian’s actual plans are, which, you’d think, would take precedence over wondering whether this is the time to have sex for the first time. But what do I know.

Obviously they can’t have the make-out/almost-sex scene once Jace reveals he took the cup from Magdalena and murdered her so all of the physicality needs to happen before that. What I am saying is, it didn’t need to happen at all because the timing was inappropriate considering the following revelations. Intimacy between characters isn’t always being incredibly horny, especially when just comforting one another.

So far Clary and Not-Jace have been doing this every given opportunity, and I understand that it’s somehow different with Actual-Jace, though writing-wise not at all.

So great that Jace finally got to the point. We almost lost this information because they wanted to bang. Anyway. Now that’s done with. Jace decides he needs to give the cup and himself up to the Clave before he returns to his controlled state, and that’s the end of that bullshit.

[stusbunker]

Being friends with the man you've been secretly in love with is hard enough, but he also happens to be your boss. Meet Rockstar Dean, lead singer of Phantom Traveler, an international sensation with multiple platinum albums. As their publicist it's your job to maintain the band's image. But it's been a long year, after losing a founding member to Dean's temper and having to cancel the end of the last tour, you've got your work cut out for you.

What you sell to the record label is a new Dean: rejuvenated from months out of the spotlight, a new romance that hints he's ready to settle down all while still making amazing records. Now, you just need him to agree to it.

Warnings, etc: Slow burn, jealousy, assumed unrequited feelings, mutual pining, mild drug use, smut, lots of baggage with these two, Dean/Bela, past Dean/Jo, guilt, lack of self esteem, finding yourself before you can be ready to love someone else, with more specifics per chapter.

Chapter 1: Intro

Chapter 2: Measure

Chapter 3: Rest

Chapter 4: Bravura

Chapter 5: Fermata

Chapter 6: A Due

Chapter 7: Lontano

Chapter 8: Lilt

Chapter 9: Giocoso

Chapter 10: Cuivré

Chapter 11: Eco

Chapter 12: Hook

Chapter 13: Canto

Chapter 14: Pomposo

Chapter 15: Rubato

Chapter 16: Schleppen

Chapter 17: Trill

Chapter 18: Mordent

Chapter 19: Pizzicato

Chapter 20: Arpeggio

Chapter 21: Dolce

Chapter 22: En Cédant

Chapter 23: Furia

Chapter 24: Espansivo

Chapter 25: Vivace

Chapter 26: Polyphony

Chapter 27: Molto

Chapter 28: Guerriero

Chapter 29: Obbligato

Chapter 30: Larghetto

Chapter 31: Ziehen

Chapter 32: Tronco

Chapter 33: Stornello

Chapter 34: Animato

Chapter 35: Cambiare

Chapter 36: Acciaccato

Chapter 37: Portato

Chapter 38: Patetico

Chapter 39: Lusingando

Chapter 40: Col Legno

Chapter 41: Emporte

Chapter 42: Tutti

Chapter 43: Soutenu

Chapter 44: Unisono

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[blue-silver-hammer]

TWP theory

I was going trough my highlights in my ebook copy of CoLS looking for information for another post. I didn’t find it but I came across something that intrigued me.

It’s from Chapter 17: Valediction. Part of the conversation between Jace and Clary.

“Greater Demons don’t die. Not really. Greater Demons inhabit the spaces between worlds, the great Void, the emptiness. What Simon did was shatter her power, send her in shreds back to the nothingness she came from. But she’ll slowly reform there. Be reborn. It would take centuries…”

This is similar to what happened to Belial in TLH and how someone (most likely Sammael) helped raise Lilith in Thule.

I don’t think my theory is very likely but it would be very interesting if to stop greater demons from reforming they have to get rid of the void between the realms. If realms means alternate worlds like Thule and Edom what if the realms have to be combined into one : that instead of there being this multiverse of possibilities there is now only one reality at stake. If their world falls that it- there is no other world where things could be better.

That could explain how Jem and Tessa can have an encounter with Will that’s not a dream. Thule was several years ahead as Livvy was seventeen so it’s possible that some are behind. Maybe the worlds start to bleed into each other which may also explain how Ash and Janus got back from Thule as none of Ash’s powers are related to dimensional travel.

[world-dream-polin]

Polin Week 2025: Polin as Parents

I do not have time for Polin week as m'y work schedule is full...but I do have a one-shot series of Parents Polin, so enjoy. It doesn't really count as a contribution, but it's the PERFECT time to share this

The Family Life - alexxou_stories24 - Bridgerton (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56580439/chapters/143806696

Here's all the prompt with the chapter numbers :

1: Colin tells a bedtime story - Regency Era

2: Pregnancy panic attack - Modern

3: Colin sings a lullaby to the baby - Regency Era

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9: Polin shopping fo baby clothes shopping - Modern

10: It's the birth of little Lord Featherington - Regency Era

11: It's chaos when Polin are trying to get their kids ready for afterschool activities - Modern

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13: Col teaches his daughter to braid her hair - Modern

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15: Aggie get's her first crush; Pen and Colin realised the love story is similar to them as they meddle - Modern

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17: Kids found the Queen's dog and get in trouble - Regency Era

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21: Polin's kids get lost and ask Debbling for help. - Regency Era

22: Eloise mets her nephew - Regency Era

23: Polin give the sex talk to Aggie - Modern

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25: Baby Polin is born, El is the God-Mother - Modern

26: Penelope feels the baby kicking, but Colin don't - Modern

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28: Polin's babies don't recognize shaved Colin - Modern

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32:Polin tell Aggie she will be a big sister, Aggie feel the first kick of her brother. - Modern Era

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The other chapters are married Polin but not parents yet, so not the prompt 😅

ENJOY 😘

[criolla-star]

Overwhelmed(part 18 Vinny x Garmadon)

(i suggest you go check out part 1-17 if you haven't already)

(IMPLIED SMUT IF UNCOMFORTABLE DO NOT READ)

Garmadon quietly went after Vinny and followed him to where he went and hanged with Nya. Honestly they got along with Nya the most next would be Lloyd, Zane, Wu, Kai, Col and Jay. They were all really kind the only one that has caused them problems was Misako. "Hey Nya!" Vinny said out happily, "You seem much more tame then before" She replied as she stretched out. "Yep! Got my revenge" Vinny said before sitting down next to her.

"What did you do?" She asked curiously, Vinny obviously explained unaware that Garmadon was watching, "No way, that is genuinely so funny" She laughed out, "But don't you think that's gonna mess with him more" She added, Vinny nodded, "He sorta wants to mess with me for the whole day, buuuuut I'll mess with him more" Vinny replied.

The two began talking till Garmadon came in, "Hey, Garmadon~" Vinny said in a teasing tone, Nya just waved at him. The oni let out a sigh before walking towards Vinny grabbing him and throwing him over his shoulder. "H-Hey! Put me down!" Vinny whined while Nya was laughing, "If you're going to try and tell people I fucked you might as well make that a reality..." Garmdon said out his voice was low and he began walking away with Vinny, Nya was sitting there with a nosebleed giving Vinny a thumbs up. "Have fun you two!" She shouted holding back laughter as Garmadon left.

Vinny covered his face with his hands as the larger took them to their room to well....fuck...... On the way they saw Cole and Kai, The two stared at them surprisingly before laughing they had no idea what was going on between the two. Finally Garmadon opened the door to their room and dropped Vinny on the bed before locking the door. Vinny was really embarrassed, "I-I umm Garm...?" Vinny stuttered out nervously when there was an awkward silence between the two. There was no answer instead Garmadon took off his shirt and went on top of Vinny.

(SEXXXXXUAL SCENE MIGHT GO INTO NEXT CHAPTER)

Vinny was shy he's never had sex before and c'mon if this was going where he thought it was going he was about to get completely fucked by the former oni warlord and practically the son of a god. The larger lifted Vinnys' legs over his shoulder before kissing, not knowing what to do the smaller submitted and he began getting kissed intensely. Vinny let out a small whimper as Garmadon rubbed his knee against the smallers' crotch. The smaller squirmed around a lot.

Garmadon pulled away and let out a sigh, " You okay with this..?" He asked the smaller nervously he didn't want to do this without Vinnys' consent because consent is sexy. "Y-yea.." Vinny stuttered out nervously. The larger took the smallers' jacket and shirt off. Garmadon began trailing kisses across Vinnys' body until he got to his crotch. He then gently zipped down the fly seeing a small bulge through his boxers. The larger smirked and gently kissed it earning a soft moan. To tease the smaller more he began pressing on the bulge. "G-Garm...stop t-that..." Vinny whimpered out submissively. "You're in no place to be telling me what to do~" Garmadon whispered into his ear receiving an embarrassed apology.

"You're so pretty like this~" Garmadon whispered before pulling down his lovers boxers. His semi hard cock sprung out, (I'm regretting writing this) Garmadon let out a seductive chuckle before gently placing a kiss on it, Vinny covered his mouth with his hands, sure the room was sound proof but he just did this as a reaction thing it calmed him down. The larger began gently licking his cock and felt it twitch as it continued to get hard (Really regretting) Vinny moaned and whimpered out as Garmadon took him into his mouth and began sucking him off. The larger hasn't had much sexual action with someone since well Misako and they had Lloyd so he was just improvising.

The larger continued to suck off the smaller, "A-ahh..~! C-Careful..." Vinny whimpered out he was struggling to form full sentences. Garmadon continued to repeat his actions before realising the smaller was close and lifting up, "W-What was that f-for..?" Vinny whined out, "Uh Uh uh~ Not just yet~" Garmadon replied in a low voice before beginning to take off his pants. Vinny squirmed around really nervously he had deprived himself from pleasure for a while and barely did it mainly because he was tired all the time and he was nervous what would happen if Garmadon saw. Vinny was snapped out of his thoughts when he looked at the oni who had stripped the rest of his clothing, Vinnys' face turned way more red and his eyes widened as he saw his lovers' size, "You alright there, you're staring~" Garmadon asked with a smirk on his face before getting back on Vinny. "M-me? Yea I-I'm fine!" Vinny said out shyly before while looking the other way.

The larger smirked, "You can tell me what's wrong~" Garmadon whispered into his ear earning a soft little whimper. The truth is Garmadon had no idea Vinny was a virgin and imagine losing your virginity to an oni warlord and especially that size (10inch btw) Vinny looked stared up at him embarrassingly, "W-well I've never d-done this before at a-all..." The smaller said out quietly, The larger looked a bit surprised hearing that then cupped Vinnys' cheeks, "Don't you worry, I'll take care of you~" The oni said trying to make sure his lover wasn't uncomfortable.

Garmadon thought for a minute before looking at Vinny, "I'm gonna prep you first" he told the smaller receiving a shy nod in agreement, "P-Please be g-gentle..." Vinny said out softly as Garmadon flipped him over causing Vinny to yelp out, "This might hurt..." the larger said, the smaller was about to say something before being cut off by a finger being pushed into him. Vinny hissed in pain causing Garmadon to apologise. The larger began thrusting his finger in and out of the smaller, before pushing in another finger when he thought Vinny could handle it, "A-ah~ C-careful..." Vinny whimpered out as he held onto the bed sheets tightly.

Garmadon began scissoring his finger inside Vinny earning a bit of a louder moan, the smaller was so overwhelmed by this the only thing Garmadon could think about is how overwhelmed he'll be he's actually inside. Adding another finger Vinny started to squirm around, "Stay still it's gonna hurt more like this..." Garmadon said not wanting to hurt the smaller one thing was that the onis' hands were was bigger than Vinnys' and that he had claws which is why he was being really gentle. The smaller hid his face in the bed sheet muffling his moans as Garmadon continued to stretch him out. Garmadon took it a step further by beginning to jerk off Vinny to mess with him more. Vinny was extremely overstimulated and his legs were shaking slightly, but after a while the larger was satisfied with the result and took his fingers out of the smaller there was a muffled whine which made Garmadon chuckle before he put his cock against the smallers' entrance.

Vinny still had his face slammed into the pillow, but it was pretty obvious that he was freaking out. "I'm gonna put it in and give you time to a just" Garmadon said as he grabbed the smallers' hips.

(HAJASHSHSHAHJUWUQSU IMAGINE WAITING TILL NEXT CHAPTER FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THIS, BUT HOLY SHIT THIS IT SO WEIRD WRITING IT DOWN BUUUUUT IT COULD BE WORSE HOPE YOU ENJOY)

[lesmisscraper]

Brick... with animation!

23. Marius Became a Bonapartist

"I do not wish you to have a bad opinion of me. You see, I am attached to this place. It seems to me that the mass is better from here. Why? I will tell you. It is from this place, that I have watched a poor, brave father come regularly, every two or three months, for the last ten years, since he had no other opportunity and no other way of seeing his child, because he was prevented by family arrangements. He came at the hour when he knew that his son would be brought to mass. The little one never suspected that his father was there. Perhaps he did not even know that he had a father, poor innocent! The father kept behind a pillar, so that he might not be seen. He gazed at his child and he wept. He adored that little fellow, poor man! I could see that. This spot has become sanctified in my sight, and I have contracted a habit of coming hither to listen to the mass. I prefer it to the stall to which I have a right, in my capacity of warden. I knew that unhappy gentleman a little, too. He had a father-in-law, a wealthy aunt, relatives, I don't know exactly what all, who threatened to disinherit the child if he, the father, saw him. He sacrificed himself in order that his son might be rich and happy some day. He was separated from him because of political opinions. Certainly, I approve of political opinions, but there are people who do not know where to stop. Mon Dieu! a man is not a monster because he was at Waterloo; a father is not separated from his child for such a reason as that. He was one of Bonaparte's colonels. He is dead, I believe. He lived at Vernon, where I have a brother who is a cure, and his name was something like Pontmarie or Montpercy. He had a fine sword-cut, on my honor." "Pontmercy," suggested Marius, turning pale. "Precisely, Pontmercy. Did you know him?" "Sir," said Marius, "he was my father." The old warden clasped his hands and exclaimed:-- "Ah! you are the child! Yes, that's true, he must be a man by this time. Well! poor child, you may say that you had a father who loved you dearly!" - Vol 3, book 3, chapter 5

After Marius became a law student and Gillenormand got older, they left Madame's salon on Faubourg Saint-Germain and settle down on Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire.

In 1827, when Marius was 17, his grandfather ordered him to go Vernon, to see his father. But Marius did not have any emotion about father, since Gillenormand 'brainwashed' him.

But since grandfather insisted to do that, he headed to Vernon the next day, but Georges Pontmercy was dead. He really wanted to meet his son, although his body was in bad condition, he woke up from his bed and and fell on the floor.

Everything the colonel left was dead or sold except for one thing: his letter to Marius.

That letter was like this.

For my son.--The Emperor made me a Baron on the battle-field of Waterloo. Since the Restoration disputes my right to this title which I purchased with my blood, my son shall take it and bear it. That he will be worthy of it is a matter of course.

And there was an additional line below.

At that same battle of Waterloo, a sergeant saved my life. The man's name was Thenardier. I think that he has recently been keeping a little inn, in a village in the neighborhood of Paris, at Chelles or Montfermeil. If my son meets him, he will do all the good he can to Thenardier.

Familiar name, huh?

But he did not care about that letter seriously. He went to the mass at  Saint-Sulpice church as usual, and he accidentally sat on the churchwarden's seat. Then he heard why that warden wanted to sit on there. The old churchwarden told Marius the poor father's story and Marius got startled. His father always loved him. The bad person was not his father, his grandfather. That churchwarden was Mabeuf, the friend of Col. Pontmercy.

After that mass, he went to a library to search all about Napoleon, and he found his father's names on several pages. He was a great man, not a brigand like his grandfather told about him. Soon, Marius became a Bonapartist. And one night, he even opened the window and exclaimed: "Long live the Emperor!"(What a BOOBY....) He also ordered a hundred of business card written as <Le Baron Marius Pontmercy>.

He also spent several days to find the sergeant who saved his father. And Marius found his inn... without him. His inn was bankrupted at that time, and even Thenardier's creditors could not find him.

Since Marius went out a lot, his grandfather and aunt thought he had a girlfriend(yes, a little bit later, though...), and aunt Gillenormand sent lieutenant Theodule, great-grand-nephew of M. Gillenormand(but I can't find him in this 52-episode cartoon!). At first, he saw Marius buying a flower, and going to a church. Lt. Theodule thought he had a girlfriend, and was going to meet her at a mass. But....

What Theoudule saw was not a girl, but a grave. Marius put the flower on the tombstone, and paid respects. Later, his grandfather spied on Marius' clothes.

[amelias-calamity-quintet]

For the Fanfic/Author Ask Game :D

8. What is your favorite line/section from [insert fic]? For GoS and/or MoaH! 17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing? 23. What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

Oh, thank ya, @doubtfulloser! For GoS & MoaH too, I will do my best!

8. What is your favorite line/section from [insert fic]? For GoS and/or MoaH!

Oh man. Let's start with GoS, that's all out (technically). Sections in GoS, generally the final arc is some of my favorite, but the farewell with Echo still hits me every time I look back. For similar reasons, so does the credits chapter, but the one with Echo just always makes me cry. But I think probably when Link and Zelda finally kiss. There was some reworking of the story I realize doing this, but the kiss finally happening in the end section just fits them so much better.

For MoaH? God, that's hard cause there's so much favorite in what I haven't released yet. Like there this relic tutorial section in book 4 that was so much fun. And a ton of scenes to pick from with Hamuus in book 3. The relationship between Link and Syd in book 2 and how that culminates was really meaningful.

I guess from book 1, Firestorm. That chapter finally gets the main duo on the same page and it just. Mmmmm! So good.

17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

It's honestly really hard for me to pick things I'm proud of, not because I'm not proud of my work in general, but because I have a really hard time identifying what is meaningful to others and like. Specifics that I'm proud of. And storytelling, as much as it's for me telling the story, it's also about hearing how it impacts others. That's why comments really help me, because they tell me what I'm doing well. I genuinely can't identify this very easily.

With that said, I'm proud of my ability to emulate vibes while remaining my own thing. One of the comments I got most regularly on GoS and am getting now on MoaH is that they feel like games. And that's what I wanted to write! The fact that GoS & MoaH both hit that goal while being their own, and being their own independent of each other, is a huge goal of mine. They are obviously connected, but I want them to be standalone too as works, so I'm glad we're continuing to hit that.

23. What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

Haha, oh, plot bunnies. I do try to avoid them. I learned my lesson with the five-way release cycle of 2017. Yikes! Problem is though, if I have an idea, I usually have to write it down to see if it survives. So we're going to play on the technicality of not having written a lot (by my standards) and go from there.

I'm really looking forward to getting back to my other three (RA, CoL, & DAD). Also looking forward to getting them imported over from Wattpad too so more folks can read them to tide me over on hiatusing htem until MoaH is done. I've had some ideas on GoS prestories about Link's parents. I have some notes on a modern AU of MoaH to use for a prompt challenge that would be fun (some notes in EH's Discord for that). There's some original legends thoughts about Lorule after the quintet is all done. But I think that's all that are generally "unstarted."

Thank you again for the ask!

[br1ghtestlight]

32 for the WIP game?

my tina parenthood fic..... that was an idea I started (which probably would have been a longer multi-chapter fic) where tina got pregnant in high school from some asshole guy and ended up being a single mom. the fic takes place a few years later when her kid is a toddler and jimmy jr moves back to town after finishing college and they end up kinda co-parenting her daughter together and reconnecting as friends (jimmy jr is aroace and very much not interested in a relationship)

jimmy jr moved away from seymour's bay when he was 17 w/ his brothers when his mom moved to another state so he lost contact with tina. his dad stayed behind and kept jimmy pesto's pizzeria opened so thats why he moved back to seymour's bay to work with his dad but he kinda hates it lol they end up becoming platonic life partners and by the end tina's daughter definitely sees jimmy jr as her dad

i would have loved to write this fic tbh but the problem is that it would take SO LONG to write and finish and i do have other commitments. maybe someday!!!

It was impossible not to recognize those eyes that he'd spent so many years desperately trying not to look into out of fear of the disappointment he would bring.

Their relationship had grown apart over the years even before Jimmy Junior had moved away and they certainly weren't as close as they'd been as children, but he could still remember how hard Tina had sobbed when he broke the news to her that he would be moving away and that they wouldn't be going to school together anymore. He understood how she was feeling because he was equally as heartbroken even when he didn't really have a choice. Jimmy Junior had always assumed that Tina and him would spend the rest of their lives together. They would always know each other and have that childhood proximity.

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Tina nodded. "I—I mean, I never went to college. I took a few English courses at the community college in Bog Harbour, but when Alice got older it was just too difficult to keep up with schoolwork and take care of her at the same time. I still work at my parents' restaurant, though. They're getting older and they need all the help that they can get."

"Who is Alice?" Jimmy Junior asked Tina with a questioning look. He wasn't sure if Tina had adopted a dog, or if her parents decided to have another child after Jimmy Junior moved away and he'd never heard about it. He thought they were a little too old for that, but he wasn't going to judge them. His parents might have chosen to have another child too if they hadn't gotten divorced.

Tina gestured to the toddler who was standing beside her and carefully studying the assortment of candy and chocolate in the aisle.

"Did your parents have another daughter?"

Tina actually laughed after Jimmy Junior asked this before she explained herself. "Oh my God, no. They're way too old to have another kid. Alice is my daughter! Alice, sweetheart, do you want to say hello to Jimmy Junior?"

Alice looked up at him with an unimpressed expression on her face. "Hi."

Jimmy Junior took a step back in disbelief. He'd never even considered that he and his childhood friends were at the age where it wouldn't be unreasonable to start a family and have children of their own, especially because that was not something he planned for himself. His parents' had been around his age when they first got pregnant with him. When he took a closer look at Alice, he could clearly see the resemblance between her and Tina, although he honestly thought he looked more similar to Louise. She had curly black hair and a nose that looked almost identical to Tina's. It was kind of unnerving.

"Oh," Jimmy Junior finally said after a few seconds of silence. "You have a daughter?"

Tina was clearly confused by how Jimmy Junior was reacting to the concept of her having a child, but he just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that this woman he'd known since they were children themselves had a child of her own. None of his friends from college or anybody that he'd known in Seymour's Bay had children, so Tina was his first experience with this.

"I mean, uh, that's great. I'm happy for you, Tina," Jimmy Junior started awkwardly. "Who's her father? Or, uh, mother… I don't want to assume anything."

"You don't know him," Tina said to Jimmy Junior as they walked to her car together. Jimmy Junior had chosen to walk to Patterson Farms because it was a beautiful summer day outside and he didn't have any other plans, so fortunately he didn't need to worry about unloading anything in his own car. "We started dating in high school after you moved away. His name was Nathan, but he isn't really in my life anymore. He broke up with me after I told him I was pregnant and started avoiding me, so his name isn't even on Alice's birth certificate."

"Crap. I'm really sorry, Tina," Jimmy Junior said apologetically. Tina opened up the trunk of her car—which was actually her family's car that was the same one they'd had since she was a child, he was assuming she borrowed it for this trip—and began loading groceries into it. "I had no idea. He's an asshole for doing that to you."

Tina smiled like she was completely unbothered by the fact that her daughter's father had completely abandoned them and left Tina to raise her by herself as she struggled financially. Jimmy Junior's father was far from a good parent, but he could at least be thankful that he'd never once considered abandoning his children and he even took Jimmy Junior back in after years of separation between them. He was sure he would do the same for Andy and Ollie if they asked. "Don't worry, it's okay. It wasn't all bad, either. I always have my family to help me with anything I need, and Jocelyn and Tammy were actually really cool when I told them I was pregnant. They held a baby shower for me, and Tammy offered to babysit Alice for no charge. I didn't accept her offer, obviously, because she's Tammy… but I could tell she was trying to be helpful and make an effort. They've grown up a lot since we were in middle school."

[corvidstoneage]

Pt. 0. Introduction

Shortly after the 2024 USA election results were announced I was contacted by several of my friends in the queer community with requests for advice regarding firearms ownership and concealed carry. Since many queer people seem to be looking for information on how to protect themselves I decided I would compile some documents on the subject so you won’t have to crawl through so much information written by people who hate you.

So why should you pay any attention to what I have to say? I hold several instructor ratings through the National Rifle Association, have carried a gun on my person every day for the last four years, and have taken courses in self defense (armed and unarmed), combative pistol use, trauma first aid, and low light shooting. That being said, I’m not a lawyer and I mostly do this as a hobby. This is all based on my personal experience, if I reference someone else’s experience I’ll do my best to link their work.

This will be a series of short essays with the goal of explaining some of the most common terminology you’ll run into in the firearms space and giving you a basic idea of the mindset, tactics, skill, and gear you need to effectively protect yourself and the people you care about.

Much of what I’ve learned has been from the late James Yeager of Tactical Response and as such a lot of the information here will echo his teachings, especially the focus on mindset over all else.

My own work on this project is licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0. Other’s work is attributed and used under US Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 107 for nonprofit scholarly use.

“But Corvid,” you say, “I don’t want to wait for you to write a series of essays. I want answers now.�� Fine. Let’s talk about safety.

There are either three or four rules for safe gun handling depending on who you ask. Since I’m not operating in my capacity as an NRA instructor there are four.

As written by Jeff Cooper, they are:

1.All guns are always loaded Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.

2.Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. (For those who insist that this particular gun is unloaded, see Rule 1.)

3.Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This is the Golden Rule.

4.Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you have not positively identified. [1]

Over time these rules have been modified to be safer and more effective but following them as Mr. Cooper wrote them will still prevent unfortunate accidents. Modern versions of the four rules will be discussed later in the essays in the safety section.

“Alright,” you say, “I’m not going to blow my own face off. But what do I buy?”

There is a great deal of consternation in the firearm community about the optimal carry gun, and we will discuss some of that in a later essay. If you are absolutely determined to get a gun right now this second, here’s what you should get:

1. A Glock 19 as it comes from the factory, no fancy doodads and add-on’s.

2. At least two factory Glock magazines, the third party mags break too easily (most handguns will come with two magazines anyway)

3. A solidly built, kydex holster that fully covers the trigger guard (mine is from NSR tactical but there are plenty of reputable manufacturers)

4. A sturdy belt designed to carry a gun. No, your super cool graphic canvas one from Hot Topic won’t work (Galco Gunleather is the industry standard. Just make sure it’s sturdy and specifically designed to carry a gun)

5. Enough quality hollow point ammunition to fill both magazines (9mm 115 gr. JHP. Show the dude at the counter. He knows what it means. We’ll talk about it in a later essay. Speer Gold Dot is the industry standard here)

6. Training from a reputable source (Cousin Billy who was in the army knows just enough to get you hurt, I promise. We’ll talk about training companies in, you guessed it, a later essay)

[1] https://www.gunsite.com/about-lt-col-jeff-cooper/

[sowninchrist]

Calling for the Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge and Revelation🕊️❤️🌱🗡️

Thank You to the Lord for this revelation, He’s always been so good to us to reveal to us why and for what purpose things happen and I’m super grateful to Him for every single person who He has used to teach and to reveal things that are far deeper into the Word. Everything that is done is to the Glory and Honor to the True Living God whom we ought to grow fear of the Lord, for everything He does is Holy and beautiful! May we always go out with the True Wisdom that Jesus is Lord, Savior, He is God in the flesh, He is the Only True God that would do that for us; besides Him there is no god.

Something I loved ever since I came into my walk with Christ was that I got to experience (before congregating into my church) many different christians with many different revelations of the same Word either stay-at-home christians or christians congregating in their small local churches, to this day, I still continue to meet those who stay at home and whilst many are well filled with knowledge, they’ve managed to grow differently from the Word.

This is why it’s very important to discern when a ministry is teaching a doctrine to make sure that it’s God’s doctrine and not a doctrine that they place their culture and moral beliefs into the faith that we’re meant to follow, that being said, I wouldn’t put their thoughts into the Lord’s revelations, but I say this in order for any baby in Christ to be careful when listening to someone who doesn’t agree about going to Church.

Knowing that you need a church not only to have a pastor or apostle is important as well as much as the church also helps you to grow spiritually, but how people confuse the Word of God is astonishing, I recently met someone who is very intellectual concerning the Word, they are very down to earth, but they got a completely different revelation of the Word that sometimes it’s not Godly revelation but assumptions of our own mind, this is why it’s important to discern not just yourself but everyone who preaches, I constantly have to discern if what I’m putting into these beautiful topics that the Lord calls for are not my own assumption of remembering to place it but rather to allow the Holy Spirit to take full control, everything that is done to glorify the Lord should never bring self-glorification, this is one of the things that I recently learnt was not only my own nerves but other preachers’ nerves as well to put out what they think is right when the Lord actually says, “No, I didn’t tell you to place this here.”, so it’s extremely important to have a church that will guide you to Jesus and not to your own imagined-Jesus.

We’re going to go to the foundation of Wisdom, I was reading into Proverbs and once Proverbs chapter 3 came, something from the epistles of Paul just rushed through my memory,

Prov 3:19 NASB, “The Lord founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.”

Prov 3:20 NASB, “By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.”

One of the most important basic knowledge everyone needs to know is that Jesus is the foundation of all creation even throughout the OT, and not too long ago there were studies found that there’s a component in the human body that makes us, all put together, or in a Biblical Word, all put together,

Col 1:17 ESV, “And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

For any nonbeliever or curious reader, the Wisdom we mention is Jesus,

1 Cor 1:22-24 NLT, “—It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom.

— So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

— But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the Wisdom of God.”

Christ, being the Messiah, the Chosen One.

The heavens were created by Knowledge,

Matthew 11:25 ESV, “At that time Jesus declared, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;”

Jesus isn’t speaking about the Godly wise and Godly understanding, He’s referring to people who are full of worldly wisdom and worldly understanding, the type that the flesh goes based on human instincts.

Jesus spoke Godly Knowledge, if anyone has ever heard that beautiful saying, “You brought a piece of Heaven to Earth” read Col 1:15-20.

In 1 Cor 12:8-10, we’re told by Paul what the Lord gives us gifts us through His Holy Spirit, and something I always get asked by friends who haven’t received the Lord out of an act of faith but with curiosity , “how do I get the gifts, I read the Bible but I don’t understand it completely.”

Matthew 3:16 ERV, “So Jesus was baptized. As soon as he came up out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw God's Spirit coming down on Him like a dove.”

Once fully accepting the Lord and actually asking for His Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding you receive the Revelation through the Holy Spirit! This is honestly so beautiful because it’s like the Gift is tied beautifully with a bow because you see just how much God loves you with these revelations that He gifts you! Something that I’m astonished about is how God decides to use us, whilst we sin in different mindsets (unintentional or giving into the flesh), He still uses us; that’s just mind-blowing.

The Lord founded the earth by Wisdom, in Genesis, the Lord made us up of dust (Gen 2:7), the human knowledge seeks to make sense of everything but Godly knowledge acknowledges that through the Godly Wisdom we obtain the Godly Understanding as well as the Revelation from the Holy Spirit, and this is the basic Truth, we need the Holy Spirit to receive God’s Wisdom, to receive God’s Understanding, God’s Knowledge, God’s Wisdom and God’s Revelation.

One of the verses that I absolutely love to this day is,

Eph 1:13 ERV, “It is the same with you. You heard the true message, the Good News about the way God saves you. When you heard that Good News, you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put His special mark on you by giving you the Holy Spirit that He promised.”

How beautiful is that? Now going back to Proverbs 3:20 there is one thing that amazed me whilst digging into this beautiful Word,

Proverbs 3:20 ESV, “by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.”

^ “and the clouds drop down the dew.” - I love this because I went through the Strong dictionary and found out that dew (H2919 - Tal) actually means; A city that is covered over and made into a mound. as well as, Spot: To be covered with spots. as well as, dew, night mist.

You’re wondering why is this relevant to asking God for His Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, and Revelation?

I love this because in Malachi 3:10 GW it says, “Bring one-tenth of your income into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the LORD of Armies. “See if I won’t open the windows of heaven for you and flood you with blessings.”

^ “See if I won’t open the windows of heaven for you and flood you with blessings.”

The beginning of chapter 3 of Proverbs is called “Blessed is the One Who Finds Wisdom”, being obedient towards the Lord and having fear of the Lord for He is great and Holy, no one can match up to who He is! The dew is the blessings, the favor, the prosperity in Christ, it’s the layer that covers a whole land and if you wish to obtain the Knowledge and Wisdom and Understanding as well as the Revelation in order to receive the dew? You start by receiving God’s Wisdom and fully accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

But how do you start to receive God’s Wisdom?

Same Verse, Different Translations:

Proverbs 9:10-12 KJV, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.”

Proverbs 9:10-12 ERV, “Wisdom begins with fear and respect for the LORD. Knowledge of the Holy One leads to understanding. — Wisdom will help you live longer; she will add years to your life. —  If you become wise, it will be for your own good. If you are rude and show no respect, you are the one who will suffer.”

Proverbs 9:10-12 NLT, “Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
    Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment. — Wisdom will multiply your days
    and add years to your life. — If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
    If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.”

It all starts by hearing the Truth and receiving Him into your hearts ❤️

Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, He redeemed us and reconciled us with Jehovah, God our Father, whom placed His Holy Spirit within us who is God in Spirit ❤️

BONUS VERSE:

I loved all of the Proverbs that mentions Wisdom being your foundation to the beginning of the Fear of the Lord, but this one just always took a special place in my heart for a specific reason,

Proverbs 1:20-26 ERV,

“20 - Listen! Wisdom is shouting in the streets. She is crying out in the marketplace.”

“21  - She is calling out where the noisy crowd gathers:

“22  - “Fools, how long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge?

“23 -  I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you all my knowledge, but you didn't listen to my advice and teaching.

“24  - “I tried to help, but you refused to listen. I offered my hand, but you turned away from me.

“25 -  You ignored my advice and refused to be corrected.

“26  - So I will laugh at your troubles and make fun of you when what you fear happens.”

REVELATION:

You need the Fear of the Lord in order to receive the gifts of Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and Revelation but in order to have Fear of the Lord, you need to be submitted to Him. This is why we know not to lean on our own understanding, because when we acknowledge the Lord before everything, He reveals to us every mystery that He knows to those who have matured in His Holy Presence. God is inviting you to sit down, lay down, prostate before Him and just speak to Him, everything that is in your heart, every curious thing you have, He is waiting to reveal to you His mysteries because He loves you and wants that relationship with you. It’s important to be in a church where they proclaim liberation, the coming of the Lord, the love between one another and actually working to bring unity between the congregation. If the head of the church spews out division you know the sheep by the head and if the head of church speaks unity and love of Christ you know the sheep by the head; the head of my Church is Jesus Christ, let Him be your Church (spiritually) and congregate to one (physically) who helps you grow properly!

if you don’t understand what by spiritually means, there’s a topic called the Church Jesus talked about, just a little digging in the blog and you’ll find it, blessings ❤️

[ladyhindsight]

Of rewritten family relationships, my pure hatred for Alec's storyline, and wandering parabatai runes.

Jace slowly wakes up in the Institute infirmary with Alec and Isabelle by his side. This scene is Clare’s attempt to alleviate responsibility on Jace’s part. This is also a point of realization as to how Clare talks about how Jace and Clary didn’t really have a relationship in this book because Jace was not himself, but Jace hasn’t had a relationship with Alec nor Isabelle since City of Glass. And even then on Alec’s part it was shit.

Not once have Jace and Alec been like this. This could’ve been a point of growing back together after growing apart first if that apart point was ever realized by the narrative.

Jace’s apology comes off as performative and ostensible because 1. What is he even apologizing for 2. Isabelle gives him absolution for all of it anyway 3. He will never be held accountable for any bad decisions that lead to bad shit and circumstances.

Jace shouldn’t apologize for what he was put through, of course. Some responsibility should’ve been recognized far before this, however.

Fuck off. Clare wrote Will and Jem and only then found some sense in Jace and Alec. It is similarly rewriting history as with the whole idea of Jace being gentle with things he loved.

PLACEMENT OF THE PARABATAI RUNES. It is interesting to note that during the introduction to the concept of parabatai it was never told there were runes placed upon the pair. There is barely a mention of them in TMI, and without this one uncertain scene in the epilogue of CoLS, it is never told where Jace has it. (“We never got to finish our conversation, before,” Jace said. “I just wanted to say that you don’t always have to be all right. I asked you to be my parabatai because I needed you, but you’re allowed to need me, too. This”—he indicated his own parabatai rune—) → in CoHF

→ “He raised his sleeve, showing Jocelyn the parabatai rune on his inner forearm.” Alec in City of Fallen Angels, Chapter 6 “No Weapon in This World”

→ “Alec said nothing, but his grip on Jace’s hand tightened. “You don’t need to swear,” he said, and with his free hand touched the parabatai rune near his collarbone. “I know. I can feel it. I don’t feel like I’m missing a part of me anymore.” City of Lost Souls, here in the epilogue

Whose collarbone, though? It’s difficult to infer, because the use of pronouns indicates himself, not Jace. I’ll then go even a step further, because in City of Heavenly Fire Alec’s rune also keeps wandering:

→ “It is good, but what I felt”—Alec put his hand unconsciously over his upper arm, near his parabatai rune—“that isn’t good. Jace isn’t dead,” Chapter 8 “Strength in What Remains”

→ “Alec pushed aside his jacket, shoved down the collar of his shirt, and craned to see the mark on his shoulder. Simon recognized the outlines of the parabatai rune. Alec pressed his fingers to it; they came away smudged with something dark that looked like a smear of ash.” Chapter 8 “Strength in What Remains”

These two parts above are actually like two pages apart and the same scene too….

→ “Alec said, “Isabelle. Come on.” He was holding the shoulder marked by his parabatai rune stiffly.” Chapter 8 “Strength in What Remains”

→ “Alec staggered to his feet, his face dead white except where it was smeared black with soot. He spun, turning his back to Isabelle, shrugging down his gear jacket. “My parabatai rune—can you see it?” Isabelle felt her stomach drop; she thought for a moment she might faint. She grabbed at Alec’s collar, pulled it down, and exhaled a hard breath of relief. “It’s still there.”” Chapter 17 “Burnt Offerings”

How come Alec was able to crane his neck to see the rune before but not in this instance? Shit writing, that’s what.

Anyway, onward we go.

They should’ve actually fought.

Again, fuck off, but also, yay.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN EVEN ALEC??? His brother, bestie, parabatai is lying on the ground seemingly dead and ugh, I guess even Alec made his way theereee

Reminds me of this, but in this case we actually know WHY EVEN ALEC.

Five books and the culmination of character growth is, let’s let Clary do just whatever she wants because she is Clary and everything she does is right. That’s actually more development for Isabelle since she berated Clary for the same thing in City of Glass.

There’s been couple instances where Clary’s character is being praised by others, this just being one of them.

→ Wasn’t City of Glass exactly where Clary’s “personal life” was “considered”?

Sure, but also the literal translation of the name Michael. You know, the Archangel. Also yay, Simon.

→ How do these few moments become minutes, even, when Alec made his way immediately to Magnus

→ I might be tired and not reading this right, but to me this sounds like Alec thinks he deserved to have died (before Magnus) for even a second thinking about what Camille offered. What, dude. No.

Was there some point in the whole of this relationship where Magnus’ behavior somehow promoted intimate trust required to be in a relationship? And now he is somehow surprised that Alec didn’t fully trust or believe him? That Magnus’ secrecy did nothing to show Alec he is necessary and required, not a passing part in Magnus’ life?

→ Yes, do please underline more the fact how young Alec is compared to you. And this makes Magnus look better? This whole book on Alec’s part has been two old-as-fuck adults screwing over a teenager and playing him in their own ways.

→ There must be a way to explain. Well, how about you just say all that? Though Alec not being good with words is consistent with his inner monologue.

And here we have it. How the hell did this relationship have any future? It’s all there, and Magnus is not written taking any responsibility for it (CoHF is the best book out of all six solely for the fact that Alec actually says what needs to be said in it). Alec’s insecurity is of his own to mend and build up, but sheesh.

Apples and oranges, but isn’t it a bit ironic how Alec was the one pressured to come out of closet and tell his family about Magnus only weeks after dating, how the story pretended it was Alec’s choice and not everyone treating him as lesser and talking shit about him for not doing it. Alec is held responsible for this mistake. Where is everyone else’s responsibility for what they did to Alec and how they treated him?

→ But he didn’t try anything? Alec did nothing and took no steps towards that. What he did was meet up with Camille in order to learn things about Magnus Magnus himself was not willing to tell. Camille offered and Alec refused (after even considering it).

→ I find this punishment of thought ridiculous. One can entertain ideas and thoughts and conclude that they could never do this or that. ?? We do this constantly when we ponder ethics or hypothetical situations. Thoughts, feelings, and actions are not the same. Also, why Alec had to think about it? Because the offer was so outrageous he had to take time to realize what the hell? Because he was in with the idea of actually doing it and not thinking about the consequences? Because this type of stuff thrown at his face takes time to chew down? It matters.

→ And why do you think that is? Alec not trusting Magnus while having nothing to trust is somehow all Alec’s fault.

Alec is wrong and does wrong, but this I’m not going to just swallow and take as offered.

But they did talk about how they did like each other?

Isabelle has said it?

Fuck off, Jem. His name is Jace, how many times it needs to be said and by how many people?

→ The Herondales have kept names in the family— what?

→ Clary, Clarissa. Could we hold onto some consistency here?

→ This conversation piece because we needed a TID reference.

You both should be yelled at.

These are some truly profound thoughts.

They aren’t, but I am also so sick of you both being Special, so fuck off.

→ If Alec is half of his soul and Clary is a part of that other half, then how much soul does Jace have for himself? Math question.

→ Great how we’ve somehow arrived to the point where Jace actually seems to care about his family, but also at the same time he is on his own without Clary?

→ He learns quickly.

→ I understand that Jem is obsessed with Tessa and Will’s descendants, but they are their own people whose actions and personality and being has nothing to do with them. Was Jem as obsessed with every Herondale son on the way to Jace?

The book then finally ends with an edgy comeback note from Sebastian. Woowee.

[dfroza]

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 10th of june 2025 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Book of Matthew, Chapter 1 • The Book of Job, Chapter 29]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 10 and Psalm 10 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 83 for the 83rd day of Astronomical Spring, and Psalm 11 for day 161 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 2nd revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

Faith in the Unseen Good...

From our Torah portion this week (i.e., Beha'alotekha) we read: "At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the LORD they set out" (Num. 9:23). This teaches us that God's Name is to be heeded every step of the way.

Whenever we journey someplace, near or far, say, "With God's help (i.e., be’ezrat ha’shem: בעזרת השם) I am going to this place, and I will stay for so long, if it pleases God (i.e., im yirtzei ha’shem: אם ירצה השם)." As James reminds us, "You do not know what tomorrow will bring. For what is your life? You are a mere mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes (James 4:14-15). Likewise Tehillim affirms: "Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow" (Psalm 144:4).

We share exile with the LORD in this age, as strangers and sojourners with Him; indeed, our lives are “hidden with Him,” waiting to be revealed (Col. 3:1-4; Psalm 17:15). "The present form (τὸ σχῆμα) of this world is passing away" (1 Cor. 7:31), and the heart of faith looks for a city whose designer and builder is God Himself (Heb. 11:10). "So we do not lose heart, though our outer self is wasting away... For the things that are seen are turning to dust, but the things that are unseen shall endure forever" (2 Cor. 4:16-18).

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

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Proverbs 3:6 Hebrew reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/prov3-6-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/prov3-6-lesson.pdf

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from Israel365

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

[anglosaxonpersonalnames]

Colman

Colman is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of col (coal) and man (man).

Variants:

Coleman [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 70].

Colemannus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 70].

Colemanus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 70].

Colman [Robert Ferguson 1883 Surnames as a Science, page 47].

Colaman [Herbert Grueber 1893 A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series 2: 244 & 302]

Col(e)man [Keith Briggs B2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 85].

Colemann [Keith Briggs B2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 85].

Note:

Forms ending with -us are Latinizations.

Prototheme:

Col = Coal [Joseph Bosworth 1838 A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, 1st edition, page 80].

Deuterotheme:

Man or mon = Man [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 132].

Usage:

A man called Coleman (Colman) held land in Surrey during the reign of King Eadweard III (the Confessor): “Aluuinꝰ ⁊ Lefelm ⁊ Coleman tenuer̃ de rege . E . ᵱ . ɪɪɪ . man͛. ⁊ potuer ire quo uoluer̃” (“Alwin, Leofhelm and Colman held it from King Edward as three manors; they could go where they would”) [John Morris 1975 Domesday Book 3 (Surrey): chapter 19, paragraph 17].

[cygnaut]

Courts of Love - (Last update, abandoned)

Chapter 17

The Courts of Love (70243 words) by cygnaut Chapters: 17/? Fandom: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac Characters: Louis de Pointe du Lac, Lestat de Lioncourt, Marius de Romanus, Gabrielle de Lioncourt, Sevraine (Vampire Chronicles), Gregory Duff Collingsworth, Armand (Vampire Chronicles), Amel (Vampire Chronicles) Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Miscommunication, Late Canon Nonsense, Vampire Politics, Royalty, Marriage of Convenience, but not really, Possession, Angst, Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued Series: Part 1 of CoL Series

Chapter Summary:

I am marking this work as abandoned and this will be the last chapter posted. It is somewhat rougher than previous chapters as I haven't done a full, thorough edit on it. I'm very sorry I couldn't finished this story, but I've accepted that my VC muse has abandoned me and it's not going to be completed. I have posted my rough draft future chapters and notes here so readers can see the unfinished content if they're interested. Thank you sincerely to everyone who read this story and especially to everyone who commented. I received so many long, detailed, amazing comments and it was truly a gift to write and receive such thoughtful feedback. I've felt too guilty about not updating to respond to comments for the past few years, and I apologize for not responding to all of you. VC fandom is a wonderful community and I love you all.

Courts of Love - Unfinished Chapters and Notes (39158 words) by cygnaut Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Additional Tags: Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued Series: Part 2 of CoL Series Summary:

These are rough drafts and unedited future chapters of the abandoned work, Courts of Love, as well as some future plotting notes and others snippets.

[utterlyinevitable]

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31. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Pairing: Colin Bridgerton x Penelope Featherington   Format: textfic   Chapter Rating: T+

Summary: he's baaaaaack

23rd June 13:45

Hey

Hi

You free for a chat

Can’t sorry I’m at work

Right yeah ok

What’s going on, Col

16:18

I don’t think this is for me

???

This job

Colin, you’re so good a this

I’m struggling for work, Pen

You have before and things turned around.

There’s only so much mindless click bait I can handle. And if people only come to my page for shirtless pics am I any better than a cheap onlyfans model or a stripper?

Exotic dancing is hard work

Be serious please

I thought you were writing pieces to beef that up? Things you wanted to write?

Yeah on my personals. I can’t really do that on ads and sponsorships, it’s not on brand

So don’t take the contracts that mean you can’t do what you like. It’s not like you need the money.

Right

That’s not what I meant. Just that you have the trust and your family to fall back on. You can figure things out.

I’m nearing 30, Pen. I need a purpose. I should have my life figured out by now

You have time. No one’s putting an age on success but you.

And my family

They love you

They don’t respect me

They support and love you and don’t understand your wanderlust.

17:32

Have you let anyone else read your works

Eloise. She told me it was boring fodder.

You know she wouldn’t tell you if she liked it. Have you let Violet?

She’d tell me she loved it no matter what.

Franny is probably your most least judgmental sibling. Send her some of your articles see what she says.

18:18

I’m coming home. It’ll be for a while.

-

"What’s with the face?" Sophie questions, watching Penelope's lips pinch together as she flips her phone facedown on the table with an air of resignation.

"What face?"

"Like you’ve just had gone off milk in your tea. What’s happened?"

She sighs; it's heavy and uncertain and all she can do when her mind is muddled with what ifs. "It’s Colin."

Sophie, ever the patron saint of patience, waits for more.

"He’s coming home for a while," Penelope says, thumbs fiddling with the paper napkin under her utensils. This was supposed to be girls night, no woes or Bridgerton-adjacent drama allowed.

Sophie waits for more not seeing the problem Penelope is clearly attempting to present.

She doesn’t elaborate.

"Surely that’s a good thing?" Sophie's blonde brows pinch together. "You get to spend more time together. Be an actual couple for once."

"We’re not-"

"You are. Whether you want to believe it or not." Penelope hasn't looked up from the table since she checked her phone. It's a very stark contrast to how she used to be - smiley and giggly and just light - every time she received a message from him. Penelope's in denial and it is so detrimental to everything she's built. It's clear as day to anyone that's gotten a glimpse of Colin and Pen together that they love one another. If only Penelope would let her guard down...

"He calls you home!" Sophie practically shouts, hands out stretched towards her friend. "Every time he’s in the country it’s to see you."

"His family is a lot," Penelope mumbles.

"If it was too much he wouldn’t come back as often and you know it. Friends don’t act like you do."

Penelope is silent.

"Do you want to be more?" Sophie is leaning across the table, voice a low and caring whisper. "Officially."

"It’s complicated."

"It’s not. That boy is in the palm of your hand. All you need to do is tell him what you want."

The icy look Penelope shoots her stills Sophie in her seat. "When are you going to reach out to Benedict? Put that man out of his misery."

Sophie rolls her eyes at the apparent deflection. It’s not the same and they both know it.

"Babes…"

"It’s better like this."

"In that case," Sophie sits back, reaches for her wine glass. "We best prepare your heart for what’s to come."

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27th July 16:05

📍Colin shared his live location

He bounds up the steps light-footed and carefree, his bags hanging off his shoulder weightless with every metre climbed. He sees through the banister barrier on the landing, warm white light shining through her open door. Colin moves quicker, he can feel peace crawling through himself with evert stride. And like a sinner heading towards the light of salvation, at the top of the landing, he sees her in the doorway.

"Honey, I'm home!" he calls, feels the grand smile settle into his features.

"Hey, soldier."

She reaches out to grab the duffle in his hand with nary another word.

His next words come out soft and like a sigh of relief; "I've missed you."

Her sweet little simper sends fireworks through Colin's chest. Pen steps back before he could lean down to steal a kiss. There's time for that later, when he's not standing in her corridor and smelling of six hours of travel.

He shuts the door behind him, goes to drop his bags and close the insurmountable distance between them but she's gone. Padding down the hallway with his duffle still in hand. Colin has no choice but to follow.

"I've set up the spare room," she says, dropping his duffle at the foot of the single bed. "Thinking that we'd like our own space if you'll be here a while."

There's a subtext there Colin's not fond of, can't work out but surely does not like. A small surge of panic shoot through him.

"Yeah, yeah sure. Good thinking, Pen."

"It's a small flat," she says.

Colin nods, not sure what's happening - what's happened in the last few weeks he's been gone? There's tension wafting that hasn't reared it's head since they first reconnected over two years ago. He thought... Well it doesn't matter what he bloody well thought.

"I'm gonna grab a shower," he says, pointing over his shoulder in the direction of the bathroom behind him.

"Okay." She shuffles passed him, letting him grab whatever he needs. "Pasta alright for dinner?"

He shoots her a smirk.

"Right, forgot who I was asking," she giggles. It's light and familiar, and just enough it dissipate most of his reservations.

When he's finished he finds Pen in the kitchen, still dressed in her navy blue day dress, chopping an onion. He pads over and snakes his arms around to pull her into a long-overdue hug.

"Colin!" she chides, gently placing the knife onto the chopping board between.

He tugs her closer, her back flush to his chest, and folds himself over to nuzzle the top of her head. "I missed you."

"So you've said." Penelope pats his forearm three times.

He pouts and reluctantly lets go.

"Yea, yeah I've missed you too." She rolls her eyes, steps away from him. "Now put yourself to good use."

His brow raises disastrously.

"And finish the veg!"

Colin chortles and steps into her place. Out the corner of his eye he watches Penelope flit about the shoebox kitchen, boiling the kettle and setting pans on the hob.

"How've you been?"

"Yeah, good." Still not looking his way. "Busy."

"Tell me more," he says faux seductively.

"Works been great, I really enjoy it. My colleagues and I go out at least once a week. Which has been so good mentally, you know. Otherwise I'd be a lonely couch potato. Pip's wedding is next week, so been dodging my mother as best I can for as long as possible."

"When are you heading down?"

"Next Sunday." She says. "It's in Hampstead if you want to visit your mother..."

Colin's brows pull together, and something akin to hope blooms in his chest. "Won't your mother lose her head if she sees me?"

"No, I meant..." oh. "If you want to visit your family while I'm out for the week I wouldn't mind."

Oh.

"Don't trust me home alone?" he tries to play the hurt from misinterpretation off. "I'm a big boy, you know." His words land more sarcastically and not as playful as he hoped they would.

"Fine. Do what you want."

It's another blunder. Colin's been mucking everything up since he got here, and he doesn't even know why.

"I'll think about it," he says. "I'm not ready to deal with all the questions just yet."

She nodded along, not really committing or taking stock in what he's saying.

"Actually, I could really use the downtime to write."

"I think that's a fantastic idea." He watches a small smile grace her lips, as she stirs the sauce. "And just know I will be very, very envious of you."

Colin can't help but smile back. "I still want a play-by-play of everything that goes down."

She rolls her eyes and leaves him to set the table.

After dinner they curled up on the couch and began watching New Girl in succession once more, munching on the biscuits and sweets Colin picked up from his last destination.

Halfway through the second episode he received an email from a client he really couldn't ignore. Pops his laptop on his lap and tries to be present whilst also wrapping up loose ends.

"I'm gonna head to bed," she says as the credits roll.

He's hunched over, fingers tapping as fast as possible. "It's almost done, sorry."

Penelope briefly pats his shoulder as she rounds the sofa. "You finish, it's fine."

He hears her shuffling behind him, hears her rustling to place snacks back in cupboards, hears the tink of the mugs hitting the sink basin. Then, he hears her bedroom door close behind her and Colin knows something has irrevocably changed between them. And he needs to do whatever it takes to get them back on track.

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ABOVE THE FRAY In corporate prayer at Prayer Mountain in the Ozarks, the pray-ers here and those who join us by live streaming, make it a point tobe cognizant of our position in prayer. No matter what we are praying about, we call to mind, and often speak from our lips, that we are praying from our God-given position at the Father’s right hand.

Once, some years back, the Spirit of the Lord warned me that some trouble was coming. He didn’t tell me what it was. But He said to me, "I want you to live above the fray."

I recognized the trouble when it came. But I had my instructions.

I had the peace of God from my view above the fray.

In the mid 1980s, I noticed a 69pattern in severe satanic attacks against my family. So I went to Brother Hagin. He told me, based on Isaiah 54:17, "As long as you are in this world, you can't keep weapons from being formed against you, but you can keep them from prospering."

So, I did just that. I used my authority and stopped them.

Sitting in one's seat every morning, is a way to do this. With authority and the shield of faith, we can "quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one" (Ephesians 6:16).

Always remember, when youare considering Ephesians 6 and its statement about wrestling, and the prayer armor, that Chapter 6 is a part of the same Epistle that begins with the amazing revelation of our being seated with and in Christ at the right hand of the Father. Consistently see yourself seated there.

Col. 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Col. 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Col. 3:3 For ye are dead,and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Col. 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

I love this wonderful instruction from Colossians.

Consider that while we are seeking those things which are above, it specifically emphasizes "where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God," and remember that you are seated there in Him.🌺BILLYE BRIM