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Hmm for the ask game how about 1, 2, and 20? And also I see Alexander the Great mentioned in your bio. Can I ask why? :)
Apologies, missed this one earlier! Thank you for the ask!
book you’ve reread the most times?
Probably either The Black Company, by Glen Cook or Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee. I've also ready Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle at least a few times. As a kid, I probably reread The Boxcar Children the most.
2. top 5 books of all time?
I couldn't decide even sort of, so this turned into a selection of favs that I think are rather different from each other.
The Phantom Tollbooth; Norton Juster: Disillusioned kid finds a toy tollbooth setup has appeared in his room, builds it, drives his toy car through...and winds up in The Lands Beyond! It is extremely weird in a very matter of fact sort of way that I adore in books to this day. I was particularly amused by the wordplay and such even as a kid.
Machineries of Empire; Yoon Ha Lee: Okay that's a trilogy and a short story book all together, so I suppose I will say Ninefox Gambit is my favourite of them all, but there's so many key points in the other books too, so! The consciousness of an undead general is installed into the head of a soldier chosen to defend against a rebellion opposed to the dystopian space empire she lives in. It is far far more complex than that little description makes it seem. One of the books where my mind latched on at high speed and very intensely to a particular character (Jedao).
Deathless; Cathrynne Valente: A retelling of The Death of Koschei the Deathless, but set during and after the Russian Revolution. It follows the life of Marya Morevna, Koschei's chosen bride. Another one that is complicated to try to explain, because there is an immense amount going on. I suspect it might be easier to follow if you know at least a bit about the relevant faerie tales and Soviet Union history, but I've heard that even people without that backgound enjoyed it.
The Etched City; K.J. Bishop: Beautiful and utterly bizarre. I'm not sure how to describe the plot. It starts out with two...hmm, friends? war buddies? who are ex-soldiers and on the search for a new home after being on the losing side of a civil war. They resettle in a city with very peculiar stuff going on. Steampunkish in a way. Wikipedia informs me it's considered part of the 'New Weird' genre, so I should look into that and see what else is on that list.
The Lord of the Rings; J.R.R. Tolkien: I really loved LotR when I read it as a child, but then I also got into the History of Middle Earth collection and it's fascinating how much work went into all of it, how much the story (and that of the Silmarilion) changed as they were shaped. And then there's also hilarious things like the proto-versions of the 4 hobbits having a debate about eating dinner on the second floor of a house and throwing the (wooden) plates out into the front yard and never cutting the grasss so you can't see them.... This is all so you needn't bother carrying the dirty dishes DOWN the stairs mind you.
20. what are things you look for in a book?
I tend to be put off by overly simplistic use of language. Not always, but there have been cases where something was really bothering me about a book here or there and I figured out that's what was up.
Characters that interest me. This doesn't mean they have to be 'nice' or 'good' characters, but someone needs to interest me somehow. I've found it a struggle more than once to stay engaged with a book where I get to the point of just not caring what happens to anyone in it. Again, not a hard rule, but one that has recurred more than once.
Vivid descriptions that paint a strong picture in my mind are a delight, but yet again, not a dealbreaker. (One of my favourite authors actually sucks at this*L* I think we were 7 or more books into a series before the narrator of the first 3 books was ever actually described at all?)
Strong worldbuilding, moral complexities, a sense of epicness - all further interests. And I have to admit, I have a soft spot for eccentric military geniuses.
Alexander the Great
Bonus round! Alexander has been one of my historical interests for a long time and I have two shelves of books about him and related topics (e.g., the Successors to his empire, a book about his mother, one about his grandmother, etc.) I'd almost forgotten I put something in profile notes. I think I did so when I was trying to come up with some stuff to mention as interests, like fandoms and such.
In the spirit of the book ask theme, I will recommend A Very Short Introduction to Alexander the Great by Hugh Bowden as, indeed, a good short intro. It's solid and detailed in spite of its brevity, but it also included some information that some older books about Alexander have ignored in my experience, so I found it an enjoyable read even beyond my original objective (which was to find out if it was actually a good intro book to suggest to people who asked).
Thank you!
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I love the bickering sibling dynamic that MAWS is giving Clark and Kara.
It feels unique to this version of the characters, but I also love it when any Superman adaptation can have that rare character who brings out his petty and agitated side.
#animation#my adventures with superman#machine who would be empire#Superman#supergirl#kara zor el#clark kent#maws
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god i love pathetic men
#just girly things#can’t lie#lana del rey#mitski#hozier#bible#florence and the machine#roman empire#girlblogging#hell is a teenage girl#i’m just a girl#girly stuff#im mentally ill#if you couldn't tell#slashers#slashers x reader#this is my weakness#hp boys x reader#rodrick heffley x reader#daryl dixon x reader#glenn rhee x reader#got x reader#twd x reader#the walking dead x reader#slytherin boys x reader#patrick bateman x reader#tom riddle x reader#pathetic men#pedro pascal x reader#tlou x reader
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i think a lot about hot sauce and jeannemary. two young girls so ready to kill and to die. a comparison made all the worse when you recall that hot sauce lost all her family to the cohort, that she can specifically recall fourth style necromancy (using corpses as bombs). a fourteen and thirteen year old that could easily have been on opposite sides of the same front line.
#the locked tomb#the loss of childhood! senseless violence!#opposite ends of the propaganda machine#eskildit posts tlt#all of nona the ninth#how am i supposed to tag hot sauce#jeannemary chatur#ok to rb#edit: okay im actually gonna use these tags to ramble a lil#in many ways i feel alecto the ninth is gonna be the hardest book to actually pull off#first for the obvious reason that its an ending and endings are always hard#but second because nona the ninth was by far the most political book of the series#books 1 and 2 following harrow and gideon mean we're following characters on the outskirts of the empire#gideon is individually oppressed by the ninth and even harrow is considered a black sheep outsider of the nine houses#but they are still WITHIN the houses gideon has dreams of the cohort harrow has dreams of of revitalizing her house#nona was our actual introduction to the real consequences of the empire that characters like judith like jeannemary like corona herself#have their livelihoods and status entirely built on the imperial violence we see first hand on new rho#anyway i say all of this to say it means coming back to these characters might be kinda tricky!#the cost of the empire is no longer abstract its extremely palpable!#how does one return to our core cast we've know for multiple books now that we understand that#idk. interested to see where we go!
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Idk. The concept of Viktor having to drag Jinx out cuz she was blasting music and he couldn’t focus on the glorious evolution was funny to me.
I’ll probably never finish it cuz I’m bad with poses so���enjoy until I’ll find a way to do it? I guess? 🤷♀️
#fanart#procreate#arcane#sketch#league of legends#viktor arcane#arcane fanart#jinx arcane#jinx league of legends#machine herald#NOT A SHIP JUST SIBLINGS STUFF#jinx being annoying af to Viktor is my Roman empire#kokiyoh art
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pixlriffs calls his copper ager his "child"... but what if it was an actual child?
" david and dadriffs "
edit: i got. my first ever cc notice on twt. i henceforth pledge my allegiance to pixlriffs he is all-generous and kind
part 2 where david meets grian
(story hc: In the Golden Age of the Ancient Capital, its scholars would seek eternal youth, experimenting on orphans for the “greater good”. But when they created a child who aged the world at the touch, they were quick to discard it, not knowing they threw away the very thing they were looking for. Centuries later, an archeologist finds the infant in ruin, his most precious discovery yet...)
#david's clothes were inspired by the white and yellow wool guidelines#his leg prosthetics were inspired by the redstone flying machines#and he has a wooden shovel because of the wooden shovel counters#empires smp#empires smp s2#empires smp fanart#pixlriffs#pixlriffs fanart#david copperfield#human au#character design#clothes study#headcanon#empires#empires pixlriffs#empires season 2#empires fanart#esmp#empires david#david the copper child
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The Ink Remonth day 6: instrument
I have been wanting to make something related to this song so for damn long, it feels freeing to finally finish one project.
They all died, so sad :(
Old version:
#bendy and the ink machine#batim#bendy and the dark revival#batdr#sammy lawrence#oc#buddy lewek#buddy boris#boris the wolf#batim oc#bond drew#batdr oc#batim au#batdr au#crooked empire au#au#video#the ink remonth
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CAESAR AUGUSTUS AND MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS
this is about the spolia opima that crassus was robbed of lmao. like, yeah okay octavian could've asked him not to claim it, but nevertheless. a kind of theft happened there.
Fact and Fiction: Crassus, Augustus, and the Spolia Opima, Catherine McPherson
#this is one from the vaults I started a few months ago and finally finished. it’s always the furniture details that put things on hold lmao#the former co consuls are fightinggggg (?)#rome is built on top of other people. this is about both the imperialism-slavery machine and the way that all these guys would#politically devour their own generation to sit on a throne. etc. anyway. octavian specifically sits on a throne of other people’s#accomplishments. that’s a specific kind of debt to carry around your neck. or theft depending on who is doing what#this was theft. anything involving Agrippa was a gift so there’s an obligation to succeed which is it’s own kind of currency so to speak#sugghrhfh. every crassus always has to be like this. in my heart i always root for whoever decides to go up against rome#and then i'm stuck with the guy who should've got a spolia opima like. congrats on your win. i guess. i think. RIP.#ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT. while im talking about this crassus. domina fucking sucks. what an absolute clusterfuck of a show#anyway. if anyone ever does augustan age politics again. octavia would be a great character if you want to invent shit#but also more importantly octavian should seduce crassus for this. thank you.#octavian#marcus licinius crassus.....christ how do i write down that he's the grandson of my crassus. i'll figure it out later#roman empire tag#drawing tag
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Japanese Endorsement of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
The Godzilla Double Feature in 109 Screen X locations in Japan started last night where they were showing Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla X Kong back to back with an intermission, which was a genius move that I need to happen here in the States immediately.
But anyways, the reviews from the Japanese viewers who are seeing GxK for the first time are some of the best I've ever seen (excuse the machine translations):
I don't know about you, but someone telling me "it was a silly movie made by an idiot and it was very good" is a ringing endorsement and would get my butt into a seat faster than anything else. 🤣🤣🤣
#godzilla x kong: the new empire#godzilla minus one#gxk: the new empire#godzilla minus 1#godzilla#king kong#toho#toho kaiju#legendary pictures#legendary kaiju#legendary monsterverse#godzilla double feature#japanese reviews#machine translation
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remember when jack was clinging onto the tardis at the end of s3 ? sutekh must have been so confused 😭😭
#tbh id be confused if an omnisexual being who cant die just hitchhiked on tbe time machine im hitchhiking on#dw#doctor who#jack harkness#sutkh#empire of death
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I'm still here 👆
Or here;
But especially here 👆
#michael sheen#david tennant#i cant#welsh seduction machine#ineffable husbands#soft scottish hipster gigolo#my roman empire
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2001 Atlantis Bubble Gum Gumball Machine
#png#transparent#kidcore#nostalgia#nostalgiacore#toycore#toywave#toys#gumball machine#atlantis the lost empire#Disney#yellow#candy#Gumball#toy#Y2K#2000s
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Oh. Oh she’s down BAD.
#machine who would be empire#my adventures with superman#maws#kara zor el#jimmy olsen#kara x jimmy#flamepunch#flame punch
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*patiently waiting for the apocalypse*
#girlblogging#zombies#apocalypse#i’m just a girl#hozier#florence and the machine#lana del rey#mitski#gothic#the smiths#zombie apocolypse au#tlou x reader#i love zombies#tlou hbo#joel miller x reader#rick grimes x reader#daryl dixon x reader#the walking dead#glenn rhee x reader#zombie movies#roman empire#feminine rage
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Earth sign being bewitched by water
Water sign being bewitched by earth
#them#and their duality#my roman empire#hozier#florence + the machine#florence and the machine#body of water#fatm#florence welch#unearth
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The Winner of The Most Favorite Star Wars Rebels Short || The Machine in The Ghost
Taglist : @photogirl894 , @leosardonyx18 , @commander-tech , @aintinacage , @trapezequeen , @cassie-fanfics , @zaya-mo , @genericficerblog , @laughingphoenixleader , @kanerallels , @ambulance-mom , @fulltimecatwitch , @hakari-kin
#star wars#star wars rebels#star wars rebels shorts#the machine in the ghost#kanan jarrus#hera syndulla#chopper#kanera#c1 10p#sw rebels#sw rebels poll results#ghost crew#star wars gifs#c1-10p#locitapurplepink#the empire#imperial pilots
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