#Nicholas Ling

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

Politeuphuia, Wits Common-wealth. (another copy!)

Politeuphuia, Wits Common-wealth 345G 345G Over the last twenty years I have been lucky enough to have had and sold  all of the “Wit’s series” : Wits commonwealth, Published first in 1597, as the first in a series of which Mere’s “Palladis tamia”( I had only ten pages), 1598,was the second, “Wits theater of the little world,” by Robert Allott, 1599, the third, and “Palladis palatium, wisedom’s…

[skiesrrotting]

link click & tristamp outfit swap, not much lol

[arataki-neato]

If Dan Heng and Bailu ever call each other meimei and gege in canon I will actually succumb to the mara

[fyeahcindie]

A couple of sunny tunes for you to put a smile on your face, and get you ready to face another week... =D

First up, the young band 公館青少年 GGteens featuring guest vocal by up and coming artist JOYCE 就以斯 

GGteens are an indie pop/rock band of college friends from Gong Guan in Taipei City, led by 廖于任 Adam Liao-Voc/Ac. Gtr,  杜政廷 Nicholas Tu-Electric Gtr, 李婉鈴 Ling Lee-Bass, 盧彥恩 Lucy Lu-Keys/Backing Voc, 陳楷傑 Jay Chen-Drums.

GG Links: Spotify,  YouTube,  Instagram,  StreetVoice.

The single just came out in December. You can see the lyrics at their SV song page.

Producer: 廖于任 Adam Liao Music/Lyrics: 盧彥恩 Lucy Lu, 廖于任 Adam Liao, 詹佳穎 Jia-Ying Zhan

JOYCE Links:  YouTube,  Instagram,  Spotify,  StreetVoice,  Facebook

Let's hear a recent single from JOYCE, this came out in November. Super catchy, bilingual lyrics:

Music/Lyrics: JOYCE 就以斯 Arrangement: Rick Huang 黃瑞克 Chorus Arrangement: JOYCE 就以斯 Producer: JOYCE 就以斯, 楊峻綱 Kang

Full a/v credits and lyrics back at YT.

I highly recommend you also go hear her solo voc/ac. gtr performance of this song at Instagram HERE. Her singing & playing are perfect, and the a/v is also top-notch! (Recorded live by bbk studio)

Actually, the way I stumbled on these 2 artists above was because I heard a lovely folk tune by 廖莉筑 Li Zhu Liao this morning, produced by 廖于任 Adam from 公館青少年 GGteens. The song is called 不至於愛上, please go have a listen and read the lyrics over at StreetVoice. (currently #3 on the SV top ten.)

According to SV, she is from Taichung. Some more songs to hear at her StreetVoice page and a 2021 demo on YouTube, plus a bunch of originals and covers at her Instagram. Lovely voice! =D

[englishsub]

book rec by me

so you want to get back into reading books but have no idea where to start and disdain booktok (if you get me started on this however i will become an unskippable cutscene so that's for another day). understandable. there is so much out there and it is all so overwhelming and you don't even know what you like now that you've been a decade out of the game. again, understandable. it does not have to be scary. i will help you. below i have created some categories that can get you started.

i want to read Literature

literary fiction, with crossover from historical fiction and magical realism

PEACH BLOSSOM SPRING by melissa fu

THE VASTER WILDS by lauren groff

THE FAMILY CHAO by lan samantha chang

OUTER DARK by cormac mccarthy

SEVERANCE by ling ma

LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by ryka aoki

IDENTITTI by mithu m. sanyal

PIRANESI by susanna clarke

i want to read sci-fi/fantasy that won't break my brain

sci-fi and fantasy that is gentler on the brain cells. easier to grasp magic systems with multiple but not an overwhelming number of overlapping plotlines

EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by heather fawcett

KINGS OF THE WYLD by nicholas eames

THE JASMINE THRONE by tasha suri

THE CITY OF BRASS by s.a. chakraborty

A RIVER ENCHANTED by rebecca ross

JUNIPER AND THORN by ava reid

BLACK SUN by rebecca roanhorse

THE FINAL STRIFE by saara el-arifi

THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by andrea stewart

i want to read sci-fi/fantasy that forces me to lock the fuck in

i would not recommend picking these up as your first foray back into books after many years of not reading recreationally, but i'm not your mom.

THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by simon jimenez

JADE CITY by fonda lee

THE FIFTH SEASON by n.k. jemisin

THE RAGE OF DRAGONS by evan winter

A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by arkady martine

GIDEON THE NINTH by tamsyn muir

THE ART OF PROPHECY by wesley chu

THE GRACE OF KINGS by ken liu

horrify me!

there is far more to the horror literary canon than stephen king and dean koontz, i promise. consider looking up warnings for these.

TENDER IS THE FLESH by agustina bazterrica

THE RUINS by scott smith

CONFESSIONS by kanae minato

EPISODE THIRTEEN by craig dilouie

REPRIEVE by james han mattson

MARY by nat cassidy

DEAD SILENCE by s.a. barnes

AUDITION by ryu murakami

THE SALT GROWS HEAVY by cassandra khaw

don't care, i want romance

some of these feature crossover genres, like fantasy and horror.

VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by isabel cañas

DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS by sue lynn tan

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE by tia williams

HAPPY PLACE by emily henry

ONE DARK WINDOW by rachel gillig

i want QUEER romance

again, a mix of historical, fantasy, and contemporary crossover genres.

WE COULD BE SO GOOD by cat sebastian

IN MEMORIAM by alice winn

MOST ARDENTLY by gabe cole novoa

A STRANGE AND STUBBORN ENDURANCE by foz meadows

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT by freya marske

THE EMPEROR AND THE ENDLESS PALACE by justinian huang

SPELL BOUND by f.t. lukens

SORRY, BRO by taleen voskuni

ONE LAST STOP by casey mcquiston

DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE by ashley herring blake

i haven't felt anything since i read percy jackson/the hunger games in middle school/high school

adventure is still out there.

SCYTHE by neil shusterman

WE HUNT THE FLAME by hafsah faizal

SIX OF CROWS by leigh bardugo

GEARBREAKERS by zoe hana mikuta

i'll read anything that's not straight or white

many books in the above categories fit this, but here's even more, across a variety of genres.

LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by malinda lo

BABEL by r.f. kuang

WHEN THE RECKONING COMES by latanya mcqueen

THE UNBROKEN by c.l. clark

IF YOU'LL HAVE ME (graphic novel) by eunnie

LEGEND OF THE WHITE SNAKE by sher lee

THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by shelley parker-chan

"all ya books suck"

like any other genre or book age group, there are duds and there are standouts. ya is not special in this regard. try some of these!

DIVINE RIVALS by rebecca ross

STRIKE THE ZITHER by joan he

THE RED PALACE by june hur

A STUDY IN DROWNING by ava reid

EMPIRE OF SAND by tasha suri

LEGENDBORN by tracy deonn

i check out and read a lot of these books for free via my local library by using the libby app (you can even add your friends' library cards to gain access to libraries in places you don't live). when i'm feeling like reading via audiobook, i use libro fm!

look, no one HAS TO read diversely. no one is going to be reverse fahrenheit 451'd and locked in a room with no fanfic and only books and not let out until they work their way through the entire literary canon. but reading, and reading widely, and reading diversely, is what teaches people to form their own opinions and question the things they are told. it's why they hang up stuff like "READ READ READ!!" in grade school classrooms.

we live under systems that increasingly benefit from going unquestioned. no, of course reading ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE by robin hobb is not going to dismantle these systems tomorrow, nor probably even in our lifetimes. but doing it will help set up a world capable of doing it in the future. and until further notice, we are all part of this wretched world. might as well read a good story while we're here.

anyway, i'm reading THE WEST PASSAGE by jared pechaček and the new cmq book this week.

[starlightrosa]

The Night Before Sinsmas

Welcome, one and all, to my very special Christmas fic. Grab a blanket, come get comfortable near the fire and listen to Auntie Rosa tell you a lovely story on this lovely Christmas Eve.

*opens the book up and clears throat.*

Summary: Sinsmas Eve holds some funny things in store for a certain deer Sinner.

Word Count: 1.2k

Enjoy the rhyming fun, and have a lovely Christmas Eve filled with all the joy you can have, my sweet little stars 💖

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‘Twas the night before Sinsmas when through the abyss of Hell, one could hear faint noises of merriment coming from the Hazbin Hotel.

Charlie and Vaggie were busy hanging up the Sinsmas lights, that sparkled like pixies in the dark of the night. Angel and Husk were making eggnog with the radio warbling a chorus of blues, as the two Sinners made their batches of booze. Niffty was scrubbing the chimney free of its soot and its dust, so the fabled man himself could come in without any fuss.

But one specific Sinner was not joining in the Hellish cheer. Have you guessed it? That’s right. Our story begins with a certain grump of a deer.

Alastor sat, his red eyes watching the Sinners fuss and crowd. “This silly old celebration is just too darn loud.”

“Come on, Al! Come have some fun!” dear Charlie did implore. But Al’s response?

“I’m going to my room. This disgusts me to my core.”

With that, the deer demon ascended to his chambers, soon closing his eyes tight. And though Charlie was downcast, the surprises were far from over that night.

For when the hotel’s clock struck midnight and each resident was lying snug in their bed, none of them noticed the nightmarish creature flying in Saint Nicholas’s stead.

“Here comes Krampus!” the flying creature called. He was Hell’s version of Kris Kringle, sent to demons every Sinsmas Eve. He wasn’t a white-bearded man, like you or I might believe. Krampus was here to punish the Sinners who acted out of line, alerted by the ring of a bell each time.

“Ding-a-ling, ring-ding-a-ling!” came the trademark sound of the Sinsmas bell, designed to alert Krampus to ill-behavers all throughout Hell. And the very location of this particular bell? Coming right from the Hazbin Hotel.

As Krampus flew to the hotel and landed on the crest, he sensed from one room a lack of goodwill and jest. “Oh me, oh my. I don’t smell fear. But Krampus can smell a grumpy soul here.”

And with a speed that could rival Saint Nick, Krampus flew down the chimney lightning quick.

The horned figure was quick to ascend to the second-most floor, grinning to himself as he heard Alastor snore. Krampus entered the room to find Alastor asleep, the covers pulled up taut. The horned creature grinned: it was this one he had caught.

“Well, well, Alastor. A foolish mortal corrupted by what he strived once to gain. The path to your power littered with wails of pain. Such a horrific thing, badder than bad could possibly do. Cannot wait to finally get these hands upon you~!”

The teasing words roused Alastor, his red eyes slowly coming alive. And that was when Krampus began to squeeze each side.

Alastor bucked, being completely unprepared for such an attack. “Ah! Oh, stop it! Stop!! Who on earth’s doing that?!”

A chuckle from the Krampus as he whispered in Alastor’s ear. “You’ve been bad. So the Krampus is here. You’ve been grumpy on a day where in Hell for once, there’s happy jest. So take your punishment and don’t wake up the rest.”

Alastor tried to protest, but Krampus just ignored his half-baked demands as he began to trace his claws on Alastor’s hands.

“I should warn you now little deer. I will not be kind, nor do I intend to be a rule-following nag. But that’s what happens when you behave like a grumpy old stag.”

Alastor’s ears flattened, and he hissed out a reply. “I am NOT any of those things.”

“Little deer, it’s not clever to lie.”

Krampus’s talons dug in, Alastor’s cackles filling the room as his ribs were ruthlessly clawed. “A good place already? Perfect. Your punishment goes till I get bored.”

Tickling Alastor was a want, not a need. And that was just fine, as Krampus picked up the speed. His claws darted and zipped around Alastor’s bony cage, the Sinner laughing like a child more than half his age.

“Hahahaha! Oh, goodness! Oh, it tickles! Stop it, y-you wicked tease! Just – hahaha! – Let me go! St-Stohohohop it, plehehease!”

“Begging already, Alastor? So quick! Why, the moon hasn’t even set. Settle in, little deer. I’m not done with you yet.”

Alastor cackled, pushing at the wicked digits that were tickling with no kind of relief, his smile so wide, it showed off his yellowing teeth.

“Please, Krahahahampus! I swear I’ll stop! I’ll join in the fun!”

“Good idea.” Krampus said. “But your punishment is nowhere near done.”

When Krampus got bored of the deer’s ribs, his tactics did switch when the nightmarish monster chose to aim for Alastor’s hips.

Alastor screeched at the new touch but a hand clamped over his smile, silencing the ticklish deer for at least a little while.

“Now, now.” Krampus tutted, his own smile shining through. “Don’t wake Princess Charlie or the others. That’d be most inconsiderate of you.”

“I cahahan’t help it!” Alastor cried out. “You’re the one who’s tickling me!”

“Then I guess you should see how much worse it could be.”            

Alastor didn’t get a chance to plead or to beg, as up went his shirt and down came the Krampus’s head. And Alastor’s back arched, for the Krampus had a new source of fun. Which was blowing a raspberry on Alastor’s tum.

Alastor screamed through the Krampus’s hand, bucking every which way as the Krampus used Alastor as a new kind of play. “AAH! AHAHAHA, NOHO! Thahahat tihihickles! This is torture! You wicked old billy!”

“Who knew the Radio Demon would enjoy being tickled silly?”

The teasing remark turned Alastor’s cheeks a bright burning red, his tail thwacking like a puppy’s against the covers of his bed.

“I-I do NOT enjoy this!” the deer did deny. But Krampus just grinned.

“Your tail betrays thee. Like I said, not wise to lie.”

Then a second raspberry. Then a third, followed by a fourth and fifth. And even then, the Krampus went for a sixth.

As each laugh from Alastor was rapidly released, he became tired and his squirming soon ceased. The deer just laid there and took each tickle that the Krampus dished out as he went, the Radio Demon’s energy completely and utterly spent.

He could only giggle tiredly, no longer trying to fight or fend. So Krampus decided to finally bring Alastor’s punishment to an end.

At long last, Krampus finally took his wicked hands and mouth away, as night was changing slowly from darkness to day. Alastor was fighting to stay awake, for he was a stubborn Sinner. But in the case of slumber, the need to sleep would be crowned the winner.

Krampus settled Alastor back under the cover, and pulled the blankets up in a fashion not unlike a mother.

“Goodnight to thee, Alastor. You better behave.” Krampus warned as he finally took his leave. Alastor didn’t even hear him, the deer deep asleep with ease.

Ascending the chimney, Krampus looked at the rising pentagram sun.

“Another year over.” he said. “My work here’s done.”

As the nightmarish goat took to the skies for what remained of darkness slowly being overtaken by pinpricks of light, he had time for his call. “To all a fair night, and Merry Sinsmas to all!”

When Alastor awoke the very next morn, he looked out of his window at the bright red dawn.

Alastor recalled Krampus’s warning, and maybe the monster had altered one of Alastor’s behaviours at the very least, as he walked downstairs to join the others for the Sinsmas Day Feast.

The End!

Sweet dreams, my lovelies. Have yourself a wonderful Christmas Eve, and enjoy your holidays <3

[curlybinghe]

huuuge fan of just. completely ignoring actual canon when i make headcanons. on account of 1) it makes certain people sooo mad 2) sometimes it gets me new friends and 3) if i want vash the stampede to be a transgender man it will be so in my own personal reality because hes not real. and that's pretty neat

here are some other examples of this

wei wuxian and xie lian are best friends

nicholas d. wolfwood is mexican catholic

yugi amane aka hanako-kun is genderfluid

jin ling's favorite uncle is actually wwx

the travelers from genshin impact are both black because i am

and on the topic, aeventi is the truth

shen qingqiu and shang qinghua do in fact fuck regularly despite both being married to their respective demon husbands

meryl, milly, vash, and wolfwood are ALL married to each other

remember that in fandom you can do whatever you want forever. peace and love! <3

[fairy-writes]

Hello folks! I know I said I wouldn’t be doing an event, but I do what I want and want to stretch my writing muscles yet again! No promises that this’ll take as long as last time, but I’ll try and keep request turnaround under 10 months this time, lol

First, thank you SO SO much for getting me this far. I literally can’t do it without you guys.

Second, onto the event! We’re doing an AU event! (The banner was supposed to be like… Multiverse-type stuff… Y’know, hinting at different universes where these would be happening…)

I’ll have a list of AUs you can pick from and a list of characters! So pick one and a character from one of the fandoms listed, and I’ll write a little blurb or a one-shot based on the request! 

The event will be open for two weeks starting Friday, December 27th, 2024, and will run to Friday, January 10th, 2025!

The Rules Are: 

All requests are written as character x reader!

Everything is gender neutral reader unless specifically stated otherwise (e.g., you request a female reader) [I don’t write male readers yet]

TWO REQUESTS PER PERSON

Please send them in separately so I can keep track of everything!

Any orders that do not follow the rules will be deleted. 

All requests will be tagged under #fairyauevent

AUs to Choose From:

College AU

Myth AU (e.g., An Odyssey-themed oneshot)

Spy AU

Royal AU

Mythological Creature AU (e.g., Siren!Reader)

Fantasy AU

Soulmate AU (Specify which one, pls! There are too many for me to list)

Modern AU

Angels and Demons AU

Pirate AU

Bodyguard AU

Victorian Era AU

Arranged Marriage AU

Rock Band AU

Werewolf/Vampire AU

I Will Write for the Following People: 

Arcane: League of Legends: Viktor, Silco, Jayce Talis, Vander

Bungou Stray Dogs: Nakajima Atsushi, Nakahara Chuuya, Dazai Osamu, Kunikida Doppo, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Saigiku Jouno, Suehiro Tecchou

The Case Study of Vanitas: Vanitas, Noé Archiviste, Roland Fortis

Darker than Black: Hei, November 11

Demon Slayer: All the Hashira, Akaza, Kokushibo, Douma, Kamado Tanjiro (aged up), Agatsuma Zenitsu (aged up), Hashibira Inosuke (aged up)

Doctor Who: The Doctor (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th), Jack Harkness

Fullmetal Alchemist: Roy Mustang, Greed (not Greedling), Alex Louis Armstrong, Edward Elric (post-FMAB), Alphonse Elric (post-FMAB), Ling Yao (post-FMAB)

Grimm (NBC): Nick Burkhardt, Hank Griffin, Sean Renard, Drew Wu, Monroe

Jujutsu Kaisen: Gojo Satoru, Fushiguro Toji, Geto Suguru, Nanami Kento, Itadori Yuuji (aged up), Fushiguro Megumi (aged up)

Kaiju No. 8: Hibino Kafka, Ichikawa Reno, Hoshina Soshiro, Narumi Gen, Furuhashi Iharu

Moriarty the Patriot: William James Moriarty, Albert James Moriarty, Louis James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Fred Porlock, Sebastian Moran, James Bonde

Tokyo Ghoul: Uta, Kaneki Ken, Kirishima Touka, Kirishima Ayato (re: age), Nishio Nishiki, Tsukiyama Shuu

Trigun Stampede: Vash the Stampede, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Millions Knives

[minheelovelee]

Can I please request a &Team reactions to you beeing a Virgin. Thank you so much and I love your epex writings 😚😘🥰

for all my virgins out there. get well soon </3 and thank u so much anon! i love writing for epex, so i’m happy u love it :)))

&team reaction: you’re a virgin

warnings: nsfw. swear words.

k

- he’s not a virgin. he’s got a handful of sexual encounters by now. he obviously fucks.

- he wouldn’t mind if you were a virgin at all. he’s a little rough between the sheets, but he’ll tone it down. makes you cum at least once before actually f*cking. so much praise from him. makes sure you know what a good girl you are.

fuma

- he’s not a virgin. if he was, i would be so surprised. he has some sort of experience.

- he’s soooo caring. his foreplay game is fire. he needs to be sure you’re ready for him. something about taking someone’s virginity is so sentimental to him. expect s*x with f**lings from this boy.

nicholas

- i cant tell if he’s a virgin. he and yuma are so similar. he’s either bluffing, or actually had sex once. no one will ever know.

- he just wants to make you feel so fucking good. he’s super focused on getting u to cum. he wants to be the first and only one to. if he failed he would be so sad. he’ll get so hyper-fixated on it.

ej

- he’s probably a virgin. he would never tell you though. he wants you to have faith in him. trust that he’ll make you feel nice.

- he would be so so careful with a virgin. always looking for the slightest indication that you’re in pain. the last thing he wants to do is traumatize you. he might make u wait forever unless you clearly ask for it.

yuma

- he’s really hard to put a label on. he’s either a really horny virgin who’s bluffing about his experience, or he’s telling the truth and he’s just ridiculous.

- the fact that you’re a virgin turns him on. he wants you all to himself. he would want to take all of your firsts so he can show you what it’s all like.

jo

- he’s a virgin too. honestly, he’s relieved that you are.

- he doesn’t have confidence when it comes to intimacy. and as much as he craves it, the lack of experience between you two makes him hesitant. you’ll have to beg for it with this one.

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Overworked Blorbo Battle Round 1!

Round 1 will be split into 8 waves of 8 week long polls with each wave being posted 24 hours after the previous begins. The first wave will start on Friday the 29th of July at 3pm BST

The matchups are listed under the readmore

The matchups were all randomised although I did make minor adjustments if I thought one was much too unfair.

Wave 1:

Ada Paige (Rythm Doctor) Vs Sips (Fools Gold)

Cliopher Mdang (The Hands Of The Emperor) Vs The Manager (The Hotel Podcast)

Adam Parrish (The Raven Cycle) Vs Five Pebbles (Rain World)

Almond Cookie (Cookie Run) Vs Steven Universe (Steven Universe)

Dot Campbell (The Wilds) Vs Hera (Wolf 359)

Arthur Lester (Malevolent Podcast) Vs Gordon Michael Schwinn (A New Brain)

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena) Vs Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Commander Peepers (Wander Over Yonder) Vs Kusuo Saiki (The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K.)

Wave 2:

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) Vs Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson)

Dana Scully (The X Files) Vs Gregor Samsa (Metamorphosis)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) Vs Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Gideon The Ninth)

George Cubbins/Karim (Lockwood and Co) Vs Ling Wen (Heaven’s Official Blessing)

DC/GOV (Welcome To The Table) Vs Pandemonica (Helltaker)

David Jacobs (Newsies) Vs Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

Dean Winchester (Supernatural) Vs Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Ford Pines (Gravity Falls) Vs Charlie Magne (Hazbin Hotel)

Wave 3:

Gilgamesh Wulfenbach (Girl Genius) Vs Charlotte Dubois (Falsettos)

Jaehee Kang (Mystic Messenger) Vs Angela (Lobotomy Corporation)

Kevin Kandy (Spooky Month) Vs Robin (Smash Legends)

Kento Nanami (Jujutsu Kaisen) Vs Vera Oberlin (Monster Prom)

Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica) Vs Ratchet (Transformers)

Hunter (The Owl House) Vs Ponder Stibbons (Discworld)

Isabelle (Animal Crossing) Vs Aymeric De Borel (Final Fantasy)

Izzy Hands (Our Flag Means Death) Vs Luisa Madrigal (Encanto)

Wave 4:

Jean Gunnhildr (Genshin Impact) Vs Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man)

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) Vs William T Spears (Black Butler)

Jotaro Kujo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) Vs Adora (She Ra)

Keito Hasumi (Ensemble Stars!) Vs Doppo Kannonzaka (Hypnosis Mic)

Jeremie Belpois (Code Lyoko) Vs Chip Revvington (Toontown: Corporate Clash)

Jamil Viper (Twisted Wonderland) Vs Lisa Wilbourn (Worm)

Guillermo de la Cruz (What We Do In The Shadows) Vs Buffy Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Kim Dojka (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint) Vs Shang Qinghua (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

Wave 5:

Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter) Vs Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai/Colorful Stage)

Lucifer (Obey Me!) Vs The Elsen (Off)

Marsh (Mistborn) Vs Lisa Cuddy (House MD)

Matthew Venn (The Long Call) Vs Carol Hathaway (ER)

Larry Needlemeyer (The Amazing World Of Gumball) Vs Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)

Merlin (BBC Merlin) Vs Dick Gumshoe (Ace Attorney)

Maedhros Feanorian (The Simarillion) Vs Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Laerryn Coramar Seelie (Critical Role) Vs Lucretia (The Adventure Zone)

Wave 6:

Miles O’Brien (Star Trek) Vs Jonathan Harker (Dracula)

Miss Pauling (Team Fortress 2) Vs Susan Taxpayer (Susan Taxpayer)

MK (Lego Monkey Kid) Vs Kunikida Doppo (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Molly Blyndeff (Epithet Erased) Vs Emma Perkins (The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals)

Mrs Doyle (Father Ted) Vs Jess Jordan (Succession)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) Vs Jafar (Twisted: The Story Of A Royal Vizier)

Nishida (Yakuza) Vs Touta Matsuda (Death Note)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) Vs Alfred Pennyworth (Batman)

Wave 7:

Olruggio (Witch Hat Atelier) Vs Walter Pensive (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Parsley Botch (Smile For Me) Vs Peppino Spaghetti (Pizza Tower)

Raphael Walt (My Next Life as a Villainess) Vs Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)

Sara Chidouin (Your Turn To Die) Vs Reim Lunettes (Pandora Hearts

SecUnit (The MurderBot Diaries) Vs Lamplighter (Oneshot)

The Captain (BBC Ghosts) Vs Munkustrap (Cats)

Retsuko (Aggretsuko) Vs Burgerpants (Undertale)

Ryotaro Dojima (Persona) Vs Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Danganronpa)

Wave 8:

Steven Alen Starphase (Blood Blockade Battlefront/Kekkai Sensen) Vs Trafalgar Law (One Piece)

Shota Aizawa (My Hero Academia) Vs Loid Forger (Spy X Family)

Stanley (The Stanley Parable) Vs Rory Williams (Doctor Who)

The Cabbage Merchant (Avatar The Last Airbender) Vs Larry (Pokémon)

Mario & Luigi (Super Mario Bros) Vs Link (The Legend Of Zelda)

Peregrine Mendicant (Homestuck) Vs Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous Ladybug)

Reagan Ridley (Inside Job) Vs Will Graham (Hannibal)

Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony) Vs Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

[figureskatingfanblog]

2023/24 International Selection Pool

The International Selection Pool (ISP) includes junior- and senior-level athletes and teams who meet criteria approved by the U.S. Figure Skating International Committee. These athletes and teams are eligible to be considered for assignment to international competitions.    

List as of 8/13/2023

Men

William Annis

Lucas Broussard

Nicholas Brooks

Jason Brown

Lorenzo Elano

Goku Endo

Aleksandr Fegan

Kirk Haugeto

Jonathan Hildebrandt

Tomoki Hiwatashi

Liam Kapeikis

Lucius Kazanecki

Joseph Klein

Kai Kovar

Alexander Liu

Zachary LoPinto

Jimmy Ma

Ilia Malinin

Daniel Martynov

Samuel Mindra

Antonio Monaco

Daniil Murzin

Maxim Naumov

Nhat-Viet Nguyen

Yaroslav Paniot

Camden Pulkinen

Jacob Sanchez

Taira Shinohara

Beck Strommer

Andrew Torgashev

Michael Xie

Robert Yampolsky

Maxim Zharkov

Women

Starr Andrews

Sonia Baram

Mia Barghout

Juliana Barshay

Alena Budko

Annika Chao

Elsa Cheng

Ela Cui

Ting Cui

Sarah Everhardt

Alexa Gasparotto

Lilah Gibson

Amber Glenn

Gracie Gold

Hanna Harrell

Jill Heiner

Hannah Herrera

Sonja Hilmer

Logan Higase-Chen

Athena Huang

Jiaying Ellyse Johnson

Jessica Jurka

Mia Kalin

Ella Kim

Teryn Kim

Katie Krafchik

Josephine Lee

Michelle Lee

Soho Lee

Isabeau Levito

Elyce Lin-Gracey

Hannah Lofton

Cleo Park

Nicole Park

Maryn Pierce

Clare Seo

Katie Shen

Audrey Shin

Phoebe Stubblefield

Bradie Tennell

Lindsay Thorngren

Lindsay Wang

Wren Warne-Jacobsen

Sherry Zhang

Adele Zheng

Ava Ziegler

Pairs

Emily Chan and Spencer Howe

Olivia Flores and Luke Wang

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea

Chelsea Liu and Balazs Nagy

Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard

Maria Mokhova and Ivan Mokhov

Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez

Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia

Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer

Adele Zheng and Andy Deng

Ice Dance

Kristina Bland and Matthew Sperry

Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville

Oona Brown and Gage Brown

Helena Carhart and Volodymyr Horovyi

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko

Madison Chock and Evan Bates

Amy Cui and Kenny Ekchert

Julia Epps and Blake Gilman

Isabella Flores and Ivan Desyatov

Caroline Green and Michael Parsons

Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Olivia Ilin and Dylan Cain

Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov

Anya Lavrova and Jonathan Rogers

Angela Ling and Caleb Wein

Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov

Caroline Mullen and Brendan Mullen

Leah Neset and Artem Markelov

Eva Pate and Logan Bye

Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal

Yahli Pedersen and Jeffrey Chen

Katarina Wolfkostin and Dmitry Tsarevski

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

[every-character-ever-poll]

WEEK TWO LINEUP

Thank you all for a wonderful first week of this poll! As of posting this, I have received 457 submissions (which is a lot more than I was anticipating). Because of that, I've decided to make every week have 100 polls instead of the minimum 80 I had planned at the beginning.

Without further ado, here is our week two lineup!

Travis Matagot - Campaign Skyjacks

April Ryan - The Longest Journey

Sam Puckett - iCarly, Sam and Cat

Jade West - Victorious

Nicholas D. Wolfwood - Trigun

Vash The Stampede - Trigun

Meito Anizawa - Anime Tenchou

CATS - Zero Wing

Shin Amon - Yakuza, Judgment

Xue Yang - The Untamed

Lyman - Garfield

Marius Pontmercy - Les Misérables

Pierre Bezukhov - War and Peace

Netzach - Lobotomy Corporation, Library of Ruina

Ash Fox - Fantastic Mr. Fox

Sneeze - Fool's Gold

Max - Sam and Max

Alina Gray - Magia Record

Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia

Agent John Bishop - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

TableTurf Card: Inkbrush - Splatoon 3

TableTurf Card: Aerospray MG - Splatoon 3

Marigold/Beth Parish - The Fairy Chronicles

TableTurf Card: Annaki Splatershot Nova - Splatoon 3

Thistle - The Fairy Chronicles

Warren Stone - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Hypno-Potamus - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Himena Aika - Magia Record

Tidy - The Little Trashmaid

Bon - Five NIghts at Freddy's High School

Tamaki - Mahou ga Tsukaenakutemo

Error!Sans - loverofpiggies.tumblr.com

Idia Shroud - Twisted Wonderland

Beetlejuice - Beetlejuice the Musical

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Wild Tiger) - Tiger and Bunny

Nikol - Xenoblade 3: Future Redeemed

Noel Gruber - Ride the Cyclone

Jack Fairy - Velvet Goldmine

Nightmare Knight - Cucumber Quest

Agent Olive - Odd Squad

Derrick Berg - Lord of the Mysteries

Yukine - Noragami

Father - Noragami

Hu Geng - The Tale of Food

Li Ling - Dislyte

Wylan Van Eck - Six of Crows

Naoto Shirogane - Persona 4

P03 - Inscryption

Gabriel - Ultrakill

Airi Momoi - Project Sekai

Myles Toyne - A Song of Ice and Fire

Jon Connington - A Song of Ice and Fire

Daemon II Blackfyre - Tales of Dunk and Egg

Buckshot (Bimbo) - Simba the King Lion

Maze Myers - Ebon Ward

Marcy Wu - Amphibia

Merry Nightmare - Yumekui Merry

Heiji Hattori - Detective Conan

Hapu - Pokémon

Cure Bloom - Futari wa Precure Splash Star

Mollymauk Tealeaf - Critical Role

Willow Rosenberg - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Inigo Montoya - The Princess Bride

Cloud Strife - Final Fantasy VII

Aerith Gainsborough - Final Fantasy VII

Paruko/Harmony - Splatoon

dedf1sh - Splatoon

Arlan - Honkai: Star Rail

Ángel Valdivia - Detective Beebo

Nahyuta Sahdmadhi - Ace Attorney

Edmond - Nu:Carnival

Jupiter - We Know the Devil

Scarlet Witch - Marvel

Tobias Schneien - Ghost Eyes

Cure March - Smile Precure

Cure Diamond - Doki Doki Precure

Valerie - Pokémon

Alice Carroll - ARIA

Marika Kato - Mouretsu Pirates

Obi - Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Nano Shinonome - Nichijou

Cure Butterfly - Hirogaru Sky Precure

Ran Mouri - Detective Conan

Houtarou Oreki - Hyouka

Yui Yumekawa - Idol Time Pripara

Kozue Kaoru - Revolutionary Girl Utena

Mew Ichigo - Tokyo Mew Mew

Last Order - A Certain Magical Index

Hau - Pokémon

Cure Melody - Suite Precure

Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal

Horibe Itona - Assassination Classroom

Puppycat - Bee and Puppycat

Momiji Binboda - Binbougami Ga!

Jim Lake Jr - Trollhunters

Romelle - Voltron Legendary Defender

Mai - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Vermouth - Detective Conan

Silver - Pokémon

[lightboundhellhound]

list of characters and their powers (the characters with no powers aren’t enrolled at the school but still show up maybe probably)

Jack Arendelle (prefers the last name Frost): ice powers

Elsa Arendelle: ice powers

Anna Arendelle: no powers

Rapunzel Corona: healing hair

Eugene Fitzherbert: no powers

Merida Macdonald: bear shapeshifting

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock: dragon shapeshifting

Toothless Horrendous Haddock: dragon shapeshifting

Miguel Rivera: communication with the dead

Mei Ling: red panda shapeshifting

Hiro Hamada: technokinesis

Mirabel Madrigal: no powers

Luisa Madrigal: super strength

Isabela Madrigal: spawning flowers

Bruno Madrigal: future vision (he’s a teacher)

Helen Parr: stretchy body (also a teacher)

Megs A. Mind (idk bro): alien ig (another teacher)

Dracula Transylvania: vampire (teacher)

Mavis Transylvania: vampire

North Nicholas: unknown (he’s the president of the university)

also Bolt is the school mascot

this list is incomplete i just. idk

[the-monkey-ruler]

The Lost Empire (2001) 齐天大圣

Director: Peter McDonald

Screenwriter: David Henry Hwang

Starring: Thomas Gibson / Bai Ling / Wang Shengde / Rick Young / Caber Bady / Eddie Marsan, Randall Duke King / Guo Bute / Yu Beng Lim / Inde Ba / Li Yanhui / Henry Au / Lin Jixiu / James Faulkner / Weng Shijie / Kwong Locke / Jiang Jinrong / Liang Rongrong / Tang Hanping / Picasso Tan / Lin Bisheng / Jacqueline Chen / Terrence Beasley / Sun Jia / Gregory Teo / Ian Zong / Annette Brandt / Olga Sosnovska / Ng Yiu Han / Jeremy Chang / Stephen Leung

Genre: Romance / Fantasy

Country/Region of Manufacture: USA / Germany / Czech Republic

Language: English

Premiere: 2001-03-11 (USA)

Episodes: 2

Single episode length: 82 minutes

Also known as: 失落的帝国 / 猴王 / The Monkey King

IMDb: tt0198779

Type: Crossover

Summary:

American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng En. He is accompanied on his journey by a humanoid ape with incredible strength and magical powers, a humanoid pig-man, and his brother-in-arms, an ex-cannibal. Based on one of the greatest stories in Chinese history.

Nicholas Orton (played by Thomas Gibson) is an American businessman who has lived in China for several years. He has a chance encounter with a beautiful Chinese lady (played by Bai Ling) who says that he is the only one who can save the world from reverting five-hundred years. He is unswayed by this until many modern buildings begin disappearing before his eyes. This mystical lady (revealed later as Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion) transports him to a portal which offers entrance, through the teachings of Confucius (played by Ric Young), to the ancient Chinese underworld.

When Orton (soon to be named The Scholar From Above) reaches the other side of the portal, he finds that his studies of Confucius will come in handy for the path that lies ahead. Orton's first action is to rescue Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, from the mountain in which he has been imprisoned for centuries. Wukong travels with Orton in his quest to save the original manuscript of Journey to the West from retroactive destruction; if the story itself is erased from history, all of the people who were ever inspired by the lessons it teaches will be worse off, and history will permanently change for the poorer. They are later joined by Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) and Sha Wujing (Friar Sand) to help them on their way.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey_King_(miniseries)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k55HWVYbRE&ab_channel=%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%9F

[enkisstories]

Daniel (singing): “All - my - lit - le - duck - lings...”

Nicholas: “Unca Danyel!”

Daniel: “No, you are my uncle. Uncle Nick!”

Nicholas: “Hahahaha!”

Daniel smiled. One day Nicholas would look back at the “joke” and come to realize that it was the truth. The kid would be mind blown then!

For now it was Daniel’s turn to have his mind blown. After his distant, neglectful creators, the Stern-Kamskis, and his first owners, the demanding Phillips, he had now discovered extended relatives that actually connected to him as a person. And that was probably the best ending of all the cases he had ever worked on.

[laxmankodadala]

what is breakdown in communication?

Do you know some companies don’t realize or admit they are suffering from communication breakdowns, which causes adverse outcomes like arguments between the teams leading to blame games, delays in deliveries, employees' poor performance affecting their morale, the noxious surge of customer complaints, and so on?

The grievous problem is about the companies that don’t realize the breakdown in communication. They falsely believe they are pursuing their operations with incompetent employees, clouding the fact that effective communication can make those incompetent employees competent.

I want to remind you of Nicholas Ling's famous phrase, "Ignorance is a voluntary disaster," in case you or your company decide not to avoid communication breakdown in communication revealing your blatant ignorance.

If you want to avoid such breakdowns and boost your workplace communication. Please read the preceding content.

What is Workplace Communication?

The act or process of two or more individuals discussing or exchanging ideas, feelings, information, and experiences is generally referred to as communication. Allowing you to communicate your wants and experiences promotes relationships and builds interpersonal bonds. The ability to think, to know, and to express emotions is the basic prerequisite for life.

Although the term "workplace communication" is self-explanatory, it encompasses verbal and nonverbal exchanges of ideas and information, emails, notes, chat, audio and video calls, file exchanges through workplace collaboration tools, and other methods between teams or employees within an organisation.

What is digital communication?

Using digital gadgets, such as chat, video and audio calls, conferences like business meetings, file sharing, and more, employees can share information with one another in the office. As the digital age progressed, so did digital communication. Every company, business kind, and corporation in the modern world depends on startup tools like instant messaging applications to ensure smooth communication. It is difficult to imagine a business operating without these communication tools; if it does, they will be viewed as outdated. Because of their established communication protocols and team chat apps, a small number of businesses were able to continue operating during the pandemic.

What is Breakdown in Communication?

Communication breakdown can be generalized as poor communication, specifically, the failure to exchange information. If it occurs, the whole operations in the company will undoubtedly go haywire since every employee works on assumptions or misinterpretations going in their direction.

What are the causes of breakdowns in communication?

Breakdown in communication extends to misunderstandings or incorrect assumptions, time consumption on trivial tasks, delayed deliveries, indecisive decision-making, low productivity, and others.

As was previously established, breakdowns aren't always the result of underwhelming teamwork. There are other causes, including:

The cold war between the teammates.

The rivalry between teams.

Disagreement between teams and management.

Toxic work culture.

Team members work as individuals instead of contributing as a team.

Encouraging incompetent members and sycophants and preventing the development of competent ones in the guise of favoritism.

No feedback system, and others.

How to deal with Communication Breakdown?

A communication breakdown communication is not a butterfly effect; it is a disaster if you initiate or neglect to establish the communication standards or do not follow them.

Relations with Employees

The duties of a business extend beyond simply managing customers, providing services, and compensating staff. It must take into account letting workers keep up positive relationships with one another, which will ultimately lead to a positive work environment. If not, team members will grow resilient and put their own needs ahead of those of the group in an effort to establish themselves as individuals.

Language Barrier

Everybody interacts and exchanges information with people in a unique way, and they all have distinct forms of communicating with them. And only some employees are fluent in the language you use at work, for instance, English. Excusing their errors can help them learn from their mistakes and speak more effectively. It increases their loyalty and morale and eliminates the communication barriers between employees, establishing positive communication in your workplace.

Set up Guidelines for Communication

Conducting a survey or communicating with managers and team members on one may take a lot of time. Nevertheless, you can experience the perfect workplace if you recognise and remove the barriers. Assess your teams' communication skills, establish some guidelines that everyone can follow to have more productive discussions, and make sure you have their consent so that no one can break them—they must be valid.and implement doable strategies to control and avoid communication problems at work.

Employ Efficient Communication Tools

This is the element that is required to be given high priority. Let us assume you have a perfect team, but when you are equipped with mediocre tools, it will create a communication breakdown. Hence, it is essential to employ efficient tools that eliminate latency issues and allow you to perform multiple tasks like Troop Messenger.

Conclusion

The best course of action in the event of a breakdown in communication failure is to act quickly. Team members may nonetheless disregard the communication guidelines you established for your business. Thus, keep auditing them on a weekly or monthly basis to identify all potential reasons for the communication failure. However, keep in mind that communication will be more successful in an organisation where there is trust.