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loudrats · 11 months ago

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Loud Rats Book Club 2023

This year the rats became literate!

We suggested a number of books each month and then voted on one to read (somehow Fish managed to read all 12 of them… wild!). The ones in red are the winners, but there are some other really good books in there.

Hopefully you can find your next favourite read below! :)

January

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

The Butchering Art by Lindsay Fitzharris

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Pirates and Prejudice by Kara Louise

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

February

Adua by Igiaba Scego

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

March

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Humans by Matt Haig

Cane by Jean Toomer

Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (#1 Broken Earth Trilogy)

Young Mungo by Douglas Stewart

April

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrel

Dubliners by James Joyce

The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

May

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

June

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill

Swimming in the dark by Tomasz Jędrowski

Girls like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 17 by Jeff Kinney

Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

July

Kid Youtuber 9: Everything is Fine by Marcus Emerson, Noah Child

Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella

Hit Parade Of Tears by Izumi Suzuki

When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book by Naja Marie Aidt

Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Mapping the Interior by Stephan Graham Jones

August

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Small Game by Blair Braverman

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

September

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

October

Linghun by Ai Jiang

Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moira Fowley-Doyle

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

Catch the Rabbit by Lana Bastašić

Kindred by Octavia Butler

November

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Life For Sale by Yukio Mishima

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Liberation Day by George Saunders

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

December

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

#loud rats #book club #to be clear the ones who won weren’t the BEST choice we just love democracy here

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alternate-kiza · 1 year ago

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Just because someone might care, here are my HC notes:

Nicknames

Penguin- Winter

Apoo- Ghost

Kid- Alex(Real name)

Hawkins- Baz

Luffy- Lulu (Occasionally)

Drake is Drake or That thing

Kiza and Alen have two kids: Alemer(3) and Laika(4)

Kay and Guin’s sons name is Santory. Their daughters name is Guentil. She is a robot, cyborg.

Shachi Ravedell

Orca Ravedell

Dain Ravedell

Penguin Rouge

Guin Rouge

Killer Zedelic

Mason Zedelic

Vault raised Raid, Apoo, Mylu

Apoo raised Kid with Penguin since he was 3

There is a curse where a Scratchmen has to take care of a Eustass and vice versa. The earliest y anyone knows of was with Eustass Avolta and Scratchmen Mia. Avolta raised Mia after Mia’s father left her. Mia’s father knew the repercussions of not doing so. Avolta was 10 when she started taking care of Mia. She died in childbirth with Vault at age 21.

Angel and Mia were lovers. Angel got taken back to her home town and forced to marry a man. Mia was enslaved by a disgusting man. She has been able to escape three times, but was always brought back.

Angel was lucky to have a husband that was also forced into the marriage, so they were able to come to an agreement.

Mia wasn’t so lucky; one of the ways she found to take revenge was to remove his genes from her kids. First one(Raid) ended up being related to Vault(the one she was replacing the genes for). The second one(Apoo) came out perfect and wasn’t related to either Vault or that disgusting man. The third(Mylu) was going to be Mia’s replica, and besides the red hair and purple eyes, she was.

Because it was Mia’s second escape, Apoo was hunted by his real father from the moment he was born. Luckily he was too busy to notice that Mia did it again. This ended up being very helpful to Apoo because he made so many strong allies.

There was an incident that occurred because of Penguin; twice. This even was when Apoo first met Penguin. 23 years ago, Penguin escaped the facility and was now on the run. This has happened before when Penguin was 3. Apoo first seen Penguin after killing a fleet admiral. That day he swore to himself that he will become strong. So Apoo spent three years training with the yanko and Roger. It was also the reason he was captured.

Mia age: 57/ birthday: 8-19

Vault: 46/ 4-23

Angel: 56/ 10-2

Raid: 33/ 6-4

Mylu: 28/ 2-15

Zonne: 32/ 1-7

Mörderin: 55/ 7-26

Collec: 26/ 9-13

Raid married Hawkins’ blue haired older sister, Zonne.

Heat has an older brother ; Calor. He has short blue hair that goes left, and golden yellow eyes.

Wire doesn’t have any biological siblings but he has a pack that he considers family. The pack has 16 members with 12 being adults and 4 being children.

Raid, Apoo, and Mylu have one younger sister that is almost exactly like their mother they have contact with; her name is Collec.

Angel is a lesbian

Mia is bisexual

Mylu is Aroace

Kiza: March 4

Dally: April 9

Alen: May 12

Kay: January 2

Vanessa: July 26

Dino: February 7

Guin: June 18

Lone: December 31

Orca: October 1

Dain: October 1

Mason: August 13

Record: September 24

Useless: November 19

Kiza doesn’t care about labels

Dally is in a polyamorous relationship with Vanessa and Dain.

Alen also doesn’t care about labels

Kay is pansexual

Vanessa is aromantic but has a physical relationship with Dally. Does it with Dain when Dally is unavailable.

Dino doesn’t care what they are, if Dino likes it doesn’t matter.

Lone, Aroace

Guin is a straight ally. Would be bisexual if Vanessa didn’t traumatize her.

Orca is Gay

Dain has a romantic relationship with Dally. Doesn’t like intercourse, but will participate in it with women only.

Mason is bisexual

Record is a straight ally. Tried it with Dain but didn’t like it.

Useless isn’t straight but does prefer girls over guys.

The Demon Pirates ship name is Vaixell Embru.

Penguin found Kid first. They met up with Apoo later in the week. Because of the bond Kid ended up mixed with their dna. Now Kid isn’t recognized for having biological parents because some of the dna he got overridden his biological parents. As a result people just say Apoo and Penguin are his parents.

Useless knows papier-mâché and origami.

Alen’s cover name is Rozil. He likes to become a female. Has participated in drag shows.

Who’s child is who’s:

Sap trio: Kiza, Kay, Lone, and Useless

Killjoy trio: Alen, Vanessa, Guin, and Mason

Traitor trio: Dally, Dino, and Record

Party trio: Orca and Dain

Duo’s

Zoro and Law: Season

Drake and Zoro: Salt

Apoo and Kid: Tact

Drake and Wire: Chase

Drake and Luffy: Unicycle

Hawkins and Luffy: Lights

Apoo and Penguin: Creation

Penguin and Kid: Winter

Heat and Wire: Round bout’s

Kid and Luffy: Affection

Hawkins and Drake: Chaos

Apoo and Drake: Spy

Apoo and Hawkins: Opposite

Apoo and Law: Trip

Kid and Wire: Word

Penguin and Hawkins: Steal

Killer and Shachi: Scare

Luffy and Shachi: Dissolve

Kid and Zoro: Alcohol

Penguin and Killer: Cheesy

Drake and Law: Mirror

Heat and Zoro: Test Play

Drake and Heat: Game

Law and Luffy: Question

Zoro and Luffy: Lost

Penguin and Zoro: Potion

Kid and Law: Reality Check

Shachi and Wire: Fluff

Heat and Shachi: Fly

Penguin and Shachi: One Way

Hawkins and Killer: Crazy Blonds

Killer and Heat: Burn

Killer and Zoro: Sword Play

Hawkins and Shachi: Dress Up

Kid and Drake: Tutu

Penguin and Law: Ice

Kid and Killer: Rock

Zoro and Wire: Tease

Penguin and Luffy: True

Apoo and Wire: Capture

Luffy and Heat: Kind

Killer and Drake: Riot

Penguin and Heat: Sponge

Shachi and Law: Write

Killer and Wire: Target

Killer and Luffy: Dance

Penguin and Drake: Swing

Shachi and Drake: Mark

Penguin and Wire: Sight

Hawkins and Heat: Kitten

Apoo and Killer: Whereabouts

Kid and Heat: Document

Apoo and Luffy: Faye

Kiza and Dally: Fight

Alen and Kay: Stand By

Orca and Dain: Twins

Vanessa and Orca: Discover

Kiza and Alen: Lovely

Vanessa and Dino: Feared

Dally and Vanessa: Tainted

Dain and Record: Sweethearts

Lone and Mason: Rights

Kay and Guin: Mechanic

Mason and Useless: Background

Dally and Dino: Run

Orca and Mason: Jester

Trios

Apoo, Kid, and Penguin: Dart

Apoo, Hawkins, and Drake: Traitor

Penguin, Killer, Zoro: Killjoy

Kid, Luffy, Law: Sap

Shachi, Heat, and Wire: Party

Kid, Law, and Zoro: Theoretical

Penguin, Shachi, and Law: Heart

Apoo, Law, and Heat: Adults

Apoo, Drake, and Wire: Run

Penguin, Apoo, Luffy: Confident

Kid, Law, and Zoro: Watermelon

Drake, Zoro, and Heat: Quest

Kid, Drake, and Law: Game Glitches

Groups

Hawkins, Killer, Luffy, and Shachi: Destructive crew

Drake, Law, Zoro, Wire, and Heat: Outcasts

Apoo, Penguin, Kid, Luffy, and Zoro, Live Cast

Apoo, Penguin, Kid, and Drake: Game setters

Hawkins, Killer, Drake, and Wire: Insanes’

Apoo, Heat, Law, and Zoro: Calm Ones

Penguin, Kid, Luffy, and Shachi: Childish Games

Penguin, Hawkins, Luffy, and Shachi: Mothers Night

Fusion related:

Shachi, Luffy fusion uses flaming yo-yos

Penguin, Hawkins is called the Stealer and they have a scarf in their braided hair that has little penguins on the end.

Dart trio have a coat that has falling snow.

Raid and Zonne have a son named Parslee and a daughter named Azcielo and their youngest son Rofujo

Dino got together with Page One. They have a daughter with purple hair and red eyes. She got the time ability with hers being a Divided watch. Her younger brother has blond hair and purple eyes. People like to say he’s a new Drake.

Daughters name is Rellovis and the sons name is Pàgin.

Angel and Zonne: Blue hair and red eyes/ father is blond

Raid, Vault, and Mylu: Red hair and purple eyes

Mia and Collec: Black hair and brown eyes

Apoo’s real father: Dark yellow green hair and yellow eyes

Mia, Raid, and Collec have the same face structure as Apoo

Mörderin: Ginger hair and crystal green eyes with the face of Killer.

Regain memories:

Penguin: Never lost them

- Was born in the facility so there was nothing to build on.

Apoo: Two days

- Erased and replaced his entire memory.

- Got rid of the ones before the facility, so there was nothing to build on.

Kid: Memory Exposure

- Spending time with the ones that remember.

- Since there wasn’t much to build on the erased and replaced memories are fragile.

Luffy: Ace’s Death

- Ace’s death reminded Luffy of Hawkins’ death.

Law: Past Dream

- He has appearing fragments of memory.

- Most of the time they happen when he sleeps, and for the the first year thought they were nothing but dreams.

- He got a fragment when he met with the others that weren’t on the crew.

Killer: Instigator

- If Killer finds evidence of his memories being fake, he will hold an investigation.

- Is the instigator for Hawkins getting his memory back.

Hawkins: Investigation

- Will only remember throughout an investigation.

- Hawkins will not notice it on his own, someone has to point it out to him.

- This will lead to him gradually getting memories back.

- Will be with Killer throughout the process, and has to happen during the alliance.

Wire: Click

- It just happens

- His presence/memory is constantly present, and often makes itself known.

Shachi: Realization

- Cannot be one of the firsts, and if Shachi is, then everyone fallows.

- Only comes when he realizes that he knows nothing about Penguin

- Can only happen after two years

- Otherwise Shachi will just write it off

Children left:

Useless: Immediately

- Before Kid lost his memories, he took Useless to Dragon.

- Has met Robin, but no one knows who he is.

Kay: One year

- Stayed for one more year, but left because he wanted to work on his machines.

- Has become well known, and even got a bounty with no picture.

- Will have shown up on Wano briefly, but is on Egghead where his daughter is.

Dino: Three years

- Only left because it got too much, and went straight to Penguin to get fixed.

- Got turned into a doll and couldn’t move, so she stayed with the beast pirates.

- Gets to Wano before Penguin arrives

Mason: Two years

- Is out walking in a snowstorm when Killer or one of the Kid pirates find him.

- Would have stayed, but he needed to start working on getting Kid and Killer back.

Record: Two years or Three years

- Depending on weather or not Mason is with the Kid Pirates depends on when she gets out.

- If Mason isn’t with the Kid pirates then she gets out in two years

- If Mason is with the Kid pirates then she will get out in three years.

Kiza: Last

- Kiza will be the last to go, despite everyone’s protest

Alen: Three years

- Will be on punk hazard if he does leave in three years.

- He won’t be alone, the children will be with him (Laika and Alemer)

- The straw hats that don’t know will think Robin is his mother. (Luffy, Franky, Brook, and Jinbe are the ones that know)

- When Alen explains what his other dad is like those straw hats are skeptical to think it’s Sanji

Vanessa: Copy cat

- Mostly shows up when there is a copycat

- Usually it’s when she’s being copied.

These aren’t all the notes, I’ve got an entire other post for anything that happened in/during the facility. I’m also not done with the notes in general so some stuff is going to be incomplete.