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#aew#all elite wrestling#aew dynamite#willow nightingale#skye blue#mercedes mone#aew gifs#wrestling gifs#03/27/24
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lost in the dark (Hunger AU) webweave
Created as a tribute to the absolutely incredible fic @definitelynotshouting is writing, up to the current plot beat!
// Sources under readmore //
What is a webweave? Previous art: Third Life | Void Falling | Attempt 33 | Martyn | Limited Life | Nightingale Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | singing songs to the secrets behind my eye | A Hundred Things We Had Not Dreamed Of | solving counting sheep
Pt. 1: Flutter / Valerie Hammond ◆ Sanssouci Palace + The Black Ice Cream Song edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Excerpt from The Average Fourth Grader is a Better Poet Than You (And Me Too) / Hannah Gamble via @blackberryjambaby ◆ of course i bite textpost / @valtsv ◆ Lie Down / Ellen Jenkins ◆ 27 / Daniil Kharms trans. Matvei Yankelevich ◆ Embrace my Soul / Sergio Borga ◆ Color Changing Magic Potion / DirksenCraft ◆ Fragile Bird / @cocoabats ◆ Holding Onto Black Metal / Debra Baxter ◆ Excerpt from III. The Child / Quinn Newell via @voicedwords ◆ Crawler Pot / Rose Schmits ◆ Metamorph / Gunnel Watkins ◆ Untitled eye / Henrik Aa Uldalen ◆ tumblr guide for chad twitter users (real) / @arahir ◆ the best way to solve problems tweet / @wolfpupy
Pt. 2: Reoccurring Nightmare comic / @deep-dark-fears ◆ Knotted Serpentine / Hannah Russell ◆ Garden + Blues in Dallas edit / @mountainqoats ◆ The Watching Moth / Cady Shaye Poorman ◆ NOCTURNAL Series 11 of 20 / Santiago Caruso ◆ Watching Moth / Cady Shaye Poorman ◆ Afterglow / Pei Wang ◆ Sun in an Empty Room + The Young Thousands edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences" / Kenyon Cox ◆ Hard to Swallow / Debra Baxter ◆ Molly Brodak / Molly Brodak via @kafk-a ◆ 02112022, S.T. / @ryebreadgf ◆ Woman with Red Hood / Alice Pike Barney ◆ Come On, Motherfucker, You Survived! / @selfhealingmoments ◆ Excerpt from The Blind Assassin / Margaret Atwood via @flowerytale ◆ Heirloom II / Cindy Rizza
Pt. 3: Excerpt from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / T.S. Eliot ◆ i love you. i can't tell you / @/tturing (OP altered, original contents linked) ◆ Hope is the Thing - Sunset Flight / Erica Wagner ◆ Poppies + Nova Scotia edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Untitled (open/end) / Debra Baxter ◆ Excerpt from Alive at the End of the World / Saeed Jones via @geryone ◆ Weeping (Lamentacia) / Dezider Toth via @amare-habeo ◆ NOCTURNAL Series 7 of 20 / Santiago Caruso ◆ Fridge Funerary Epitaph / @catilinas ◆ Untitled (Trail of eyes) / @julialepetit ◆ Stained Glass Hellebore, California Poppy, + Poppy / Jessica Saunders ◆ 世界の声が聞こえるとき (When the voice of the world is heard) / Tomohiro Inaba ◆ Still from Don't make me do this again gif / @cibastion ◆ Excerpt from So I Locked Myself Inside a Star for Twenty Years / Jeremy Radin ◆ Excerpt from Invisible Monsters / Chuck Palahniuk via @quotespile ◆ Potion Bottles / Edited from Panel 1 Source
#hunger au#webweave#web weave#salem tag#salem art#TJ IM SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO POST THIS!! YOUR FIC IS INCREDIBLE AND DESERVES ALL THE LOVE FOREVER
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1500s WOMEN - PART 1
The 1500s was a century of innovation when it came to hairstyles, with the introduction of both metal hair pins (1545) and wigs (1572). These pins were used to hold wires and pads in place that essentially acted as scaffolding for the shaped hairstyles popular during this period. The religious modesty of previous centuries was cast aside for the first time, with young married women now uncovering their tresses. The ideal hair was curly and fair or red, a fad influenced by British monarch Queen Elizabeth I. CC links and reference images under the cut.
You can find more of my historical content here:
1300s ✺ 1400s ✺ 1500s ✺ 1600s ✺ 1700s
1 - Queen of Curls by Teanmoon
2 - Beatrix by Sims to Maggie
3 - Mary's Braid Bun by Birksche
4 - Circle Braid by Simverses
5 - Rose Braid by Simverses
6 - Marzia by Talented Trait
7 - Princess Hair by Nightingale Songx
8 - Ethel by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs
9 - Rhaenyra by Sims to Maggie
10 - Queen of Quaff by Teanmoon
11 - Hilda by Birksche
12 - Gaia by QICC (Curse Forge)
13 - Ally Afro Puff V1 by Sheabuttyr
14 - Winifred by Simduction
15 - Betsy by Sims to Maggie
16 - Phaedra by Simple Simmer
17 - Verity by Birksche
18 - Rirrier by Carol Forest
19 - Twisted Bun by Birksche
20 - Nora by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs
21 - Gytha by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs
22 - Gentle Hair by Kiara Zurk
23 - Long Hair Braid by Birksche
24 - Isabel by Sims to Maggie
25 - Judy's Half Braids by Birksche
26 - Sunshine Braid by Kiara Zurk
27 - Wrap Around Braid by Leeleesims1
28 - Duna by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs
29 - Becca by aharris00britney
30 - Lucrezia by Tekri
With thanks to some amazing creators: @teanmoon @simstomaggie @simverses @talentedtrait @nightingalesongx @buzzardly28 @sheabuttyr @simduction @blogsimplesimmer @leeleesims1 @aharris00britney @tekri
#ts4#ts4 cc cas#the sims 4#ts4 decades challenge#sims 4 decades challenge#ts4 cc hair#ts4 historical#ts4 history challenge#sims 4 history challenge#sims 4 historical#1500s#historical cc#tudor#16th century#ultimate decades challenge#hair collection#renaissance
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Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2025 is now here…!
All main girls get at least one or two pairs, but some are more popular in this chart than others. Once again, f/f starring older female characters are double-booked to allow more pairings.
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Rules:
• Any fanart, fic, playlist, or edit is welcomed in this event. Just tag your work #mlbfemslashfebruary or @ this blog so your work can be reblogged here!
• You don’t have to follow all the key words or ships for each day, they’re just prompts to help the creative process.
• If you have another femslash pairing you want to write over a certain day’s theme, go ahead! This includes creating content for poly femslash ships.
• Please no male characters or m/m ships that are genderbended. Male characters and slash ships get much more attention in fandom spaces than female characters and femslash ships. This event is supposed to help elevate femslash content, which is much rarer in fandom (and especially lacking in Miraculous Ladybug outside of a small handful of ships.)
• This event is meant to be for romantic pairings, but you can also write platonic or queerplatonic interpretations.
• No NSFW content will be reblogged for this event, but can still be created and posted on your own time.
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Below is also a written out list of the prompts, for accessibility purposes and in case the image is too hard to see.
[Image ID: A calendar for February 2025 filled with prompts for Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2025. Each day has two prompt words and one f/f pairing, with some days instead having two f/f pairings to showcase adult women f/f. Prompt words are bulleted using hearts in the image.
Day 1
• Ambition • Start
Alya/Marinette
Day 2
• Faithful • Lily
Kagami/Juleka
Day 3
• Equation • Daisy
Chloe/Sabrina
Day 4
• Manners • Poppy
Zoe/Fei
OR Emilie/Nathalie
Day 5
• Separation • Iris
Marinette/Kagami
Day 6
• Lion • Clover
Ondine/Kagami
OR Miss Bustier/Giselle
Day 7
• Start • Lilac
Juleka/Marinette
Day 8
• Harbor • Rose
Alya/Zoe
Day 9
• Obligation • Apple
Kagami/Alya
Day 10
• Abandon • Kiwi
Chloe/Lila
Day 11
• String • Grape
Zoe/Juleka
OR Anarka/Penny
Day 12
• Impact • Blueberry
Marinette/Chloe
Day 13
• Screen • Orange
Aeon/Alya
OR Nora/Clara Nightingale
Day 14
FREE SLOT
Day 15
• Opinion • Peach
Alya/Sabrina
Day 16
• Yearn • Dragon
Kagami/Chloe
Day 17
• Urgency • Queen
Chloe/Alya
Day 18
• Respect • Tower
Zoe/Mylene
OR Miss Bustier/Ms. Mendeleiev
Day 19
• Intention • Prophecy
Marinette/Zoe
Day 20
• Finish • Quest
Rose/Mylene
OR Anarka/Claudie
Day 21
• Unity • Hero
Marinette/Socqueline
Day 22
• Legend • Witch
Alya/Lila
Day 23
• Comfortable • Dawn
Kagami/Zoe
Day 24
• Undertake • Dusk
Chloe/Alix
Day 25
• Pillow • Midnight
Zoe/Jess
OR Olympia/Barbara
Day 26
• Issue • Noon
Marinette/Lila
Day 27
• Disclose • Morning
Aurore/Mireille
OR Amelie/Nathalie
Day 28
• Sweater • Evening
Juleka/Rose
End Image ID]
#mlbfemslashfebruary#femslash february#femslash#miraculous ladybug#f/f#fandom event#wlw#prompt list#image id#event#lesbian
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✱ AFTER DAWN CARESSES ? eagle master noa.
fluff ⌇ cute time with a partner undertone ⸻ ﹙ 𝒜lt ﹒ universe ﹚ established relationships. 𝒻.ᐟreader
LATE AT MIDNIGHT ◞ 09 : 27 o ' clock. ⸻ between entwined legs and arms.
underneath the canopy of bleak branches , the bubbling murkiness of the gelid grime ringlet your perspiring brow. you steep your corporeal weight on your hip—joint , stirring in the fathomless concave of the nest made of caramel—deerskin , shrubbery and withered leaf stalks. noa , master of birds , paladin of the eagle's clan , skates his elephantine thumb across the sun—peel of your cheek. the womb of his gloved palm in carved leather kneads the peach flesh , like seared bread. he whir's , gurgling beneath the thwack of accumulated drool under your tongue, the shore of your eye elongates and squash bellow the pumpkin—cushion of his fingers. you gulp the swell of saliva, cooling the structure of your larynx.
you rasp. " your hand is the same size as my cranium . " the ape crane his mandible , abstracted. his digits clatter on the beak of your head.
" cra—nee—um , hmm. " he scratches his throat, ambivalent.
you nod once , your fingernail galloping along the meadow of ochre fur that drenched the perimeter of his denuded , salmon—skinned ear. " cranium , yes. " you extol the arid tumult at the bottom of your dehydrated mouth. " you could crush it if you wanted to. " you babble in the cadence of a lonely nightingale.
the chimpanzee denies twice , muddling his snout , barbed of your human—kind ideality. he spits a smack of lips in the opposite route , undulating a drapery of your ravelled hair.
" i won't . " his shale timber of voice excavates into a nasal splutter.
you coil your head , distinguishing the crackle of the nest's teeny twigs. " but you could. "
" i won't . "
you broom the juncture of his scruff , blanding the pulsating pitter—patter of the crown of your skull as you perceive a scintilla of his viridian—green orbs , of wheat fields and groves , sumptuous. " i believe you . "
he sprain his upper—spine , the peak of his paw toes stroking the crook contour of his left kneecap . he panted a grunt , an abysmal clamor that hike's aerially , exultant .
" you have long nails . . . you could take my eyes out , " he glabber's with a sequence of drooped blinks. " if echo wanted to. "
you negate three times , slouching your forehead on his leafy , pompous bosom. " i won't. "
his herculean arm cascade parallel to an iron belt through the shoal arch of your waist , impelling you against his thorax.
" i believe you. "
SEXY JUTSU LIKE NARUTO ©JUNKIENET ╱ 2024.
#﹙ ⭑. ﹚ ⸻ 𝓒haos .ᐟ#planet of the apes#kingdom of the planet of the apes#kotpota#planet of the apes x reader#noa planet of the apes#noa pota#pota noa#noa x reader#noa x human reader
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Would love to hear about the books u read in 2024, surprise bests, biggest disappointments?
I think I will do a multi part post over the coming weeks with reviews of all the books I read since I have about half of them written up already. For now I'll just say my two absolute favourite reads of the year were Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock and Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Two very different books but both of them permanently altered my brain chemistry.
Below are my ratings for all the books I read and as I say, I'll try to post more in depth reviews over the next few weeks. My aim this year is to try and do proper reviews of the books I read as I'm reading them instead of having to go back several months later lmao.
Oh, and because it's something I'm always looking for specific recs for, I've highlighted the books with queer rep (that I remember) in pink, and the extreme horrors/books I advise checking trigger warnings for are marked with a lil skull.
1) Gone to see the River Man by Kristopher Triana (4⭐) 💀
2) Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (4⭐)
3) The Butcher by Laura Kat Young (5⭐)
4) The Hollow Places by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)
5) Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (4.5⭐)
6) The Shuddering by Ania Ahiborn (3.5⭐)
7) Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (5⭐)
8) Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandraw Khaw (3.5⭐)
9) Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite (4⭐) 💀
10) Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry (1⭐)
11) The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)
12) Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley (4⭐)
13) The Dead of Winter curated by Cecily Grayford (3⭐)
14) Off Season by Jack Ketchum (3⭐) 💀
15) Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (3.5⭐) 💀
16) Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison (4⭐) 💀
17) The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum (5⭐) 💀
18) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (4⭐)
19) Caraval by Stephanie Garber (2⭐)
20) The Grip of It by Jac Jemc (4⭐)
21) Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims (5⭐)
22) Nod by Adrian Barnes (4⭐)
23) How to sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (5⭐)
24) Among the Living by Tim Lebbon (2⭐)
25) 19 Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica (3⭐)
26) House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson (4.5⭐)
27) Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (DNF)
28) The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Perry (DNF)
29) A House with Good Bones by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)
30) A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (5⭐)
31) Cujo by Stephen King (5⭐)
32) The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy (3.5⭐)
33) The Dinner Guest by B P Walter (4.5⭐)
34) The Cloisters by Katy Hays (1⭐)
35) Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (5⭐)
36) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐)
37) Nettle and Bone by T.Kingfisher (3.5⭐)
38) The Hatching (3.5⭐) Skitter (1⭐) and Zero Day (1⭐) by Ezekiel Boone
39) Come Closer by Sara Gran (4⭐)
40) Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (5⭐)
41) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (DNF)
42) Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (3.5⭐)
43) Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (4⭐)
44) Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (1⭐) 💀
45) Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (5⭐)
46) The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice (I didn't rate this because this was less like reading a book and more like studying for an exam)
47) The Ghost Woods by C.J Cooke (4.5⭐)
48) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (3.5⭐)
49) Too Late by Colleen Hoover (DNF)
50) Alice by Christina Henry (1⭐)
51) The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton (3.5⭐)
52) All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes (4.5⭐)
53) Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby (4⭐) 💀
54) Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin (3.5⭐) 💀
55) Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (4.5⭐)
56) My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)
57) Bloom by Delilah S Dawson (4⭐)
58) Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella (DNF)
59) Out There Screaming curated by Jordan Peele (3.5⭐)
60) The Watchers by A.M Shine (4⭐)
61) Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (4.5⭐)
62) My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham (3.5⭐)
63) Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (4.5⭐)
64) Incarcerat by Garth Marenghi (4⭐)
65) Feast While You Can by Onjuly Datta and Mikaella Clements (5⭐)
66) The Whistling by Rebecca Netley (4⭐)
67) Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (4⭐)
68) Scuttle by Barnaby Walter (DNF)
69) Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (5⭐)
70) Revival by Stephen King (4⭐)
71) Blight by Tom Carlisle (3.5⭐)
72) The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (5⭐)
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The intro to MBCC's wrestling show, Minos Championship Wrestling!
I've listed all the characters in order of appearance on the "Keep Reading" part. YouTube mirror for HD version.
(That's a lot of tags, sorry for the spam.)
Characters (in order of appearance):
00:00 - Shawn & Chief
00:02 - Du Ruo & The Great Seer (Xu)
00:05 - Shalom & Rahu
00:07 - Angell & Chief
00:11 - Adela & Chief
00:13 - Langley, Nightingale, & Shalom
00:16 - Zoya
00:22 - Coquelic, Garofano, Gekkabijin, Thistle
00:24 - Serpent
00:27 - McQueen and her forged sculpture
00:33 - Deren
00:37 - Zoya, Mantis, Rahu, Chief
00:38 - Suspect R & Chief
00:40 - Faye and Wynn
00:43 - Dudu
00:46 - Bianca
00:49 - Eirene
00:51 - Lady Pearl
00:54 - Shalom
00:56 - Vanilla, Dreya, Mantis
00:59 - Zoya & Chief
01:00 - Christina & Shalom
01:01 - Rahu
#path to nowhere#ptn#ptn chief#ptn shawn#ptn du ruo#ptn xu#ptn shalom#ptn rahu#ptn angell#ptn adela#ptn langley#ptn nightingale#ptn zoya#ptn coquelic#ptn garofano#ptn gekkabijin#ptn thistle#ptn serpent#ptn mcqueen#ptn deren#ptn mantis#ptn suspect r#ptn faye#ptn wynn#ptn dudu#ptn bianca#ptn eirene#ptn lady pearl#ptn vanilla#ptn dreya
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🕊️ The Season of Nightingales - Ch.27 🕊️
Fic Summary
The Second Coming looms large. Supreme Archangel Aziraphale vows to fix Heaven without asking the impossible from Crowley. As their effort is complicated by unexpected friends, a guileful Metatron, and a Heavenly floor full of the Blessed Dead—Aziraphale and Crowley find navigating their relationship is not mutually exclusive from saving the world from Armageddon.
Chapter 27 - The Disposable Demon
Chapter Excerpt:
It went on like this, water falling like silk as Crowley pulled each limb out to canvas and admire it; the occasional caress teasing out frisson and occasional twitches of pleasure. Crowley's eyes would glow—molten—and melt Aziraphale until he couldn’t tell where the water ended and he began. The demon studied every hair and goosebump, every doughy curve and every taut muscle. Sometimes the demon would smile. The act would send jolts through Aziraphale’s corporation, and when the shockwaves returned to Crowley, he only smiled harder.
Read Chapter 27 on AO3
Or…
🕊️ Start From the Beginning!🕊️
⚠️ CW: BODY WORSHIP!
More massive hugs to my wonderful betas, @dbacklot99 @demonsandpieohmy @addledmongoose and u/blackjeans93 from @goodomensafterdark!
@whickberstreetwriters
#good omens#good omens fanfiction#good omens fluff#body worship#good omens eric#ineffable husbands#aziracrow#good omens aziracrow#good omens fanfic#writers of after dark#writers guild presents#good omens after dark#good omens fic#good omens post season 2
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Mature Rated Fics Masterlist (33)
Part 1-Part 25 / Part 26 / Part 27 / Part 28 / Part 29 / Part 30 / Part 31 / Part 32 /
Created: March 14th, 2024
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Hometown Blues-appleblossomgirl (ao3) Summary: After fleeing her hometown in the wake of a family tragedy, Katniss returns from years on the road to face her past, her memories, and the blue-eyed boy she'd never been able to forget. I am...we are-angylinni (ao3) Summary: We have grown back together slowly, one step at a time. It’s different now, without the constant threat of our lives hanging in the balance. We laugh, we cry, we touch…we love. For all that I thought I loved her before, what we have now is so much more. I Don't Wanna Live Forever....-chele20035 (ao3) Summary: After a rough break-up, neither Katniss or Peeta expected to see one another again. One night, everything changes. After so much time apart, can they find their happily ever afters? If I Have You-annieoakley1 (ao3) Summary: Everlark, months after their divorce. In all the ways that matter-Angylinni (ao3) Summary: Katniss Everdeen doesn't do small talk and the myriad other things that college aged females do, but she can't ignore Peeta Mellark, a member of her presentation team, despite all her trying. Indestructible-HGfanonezillion (ao3) Summary: Mockingjay and Nightingale work hard to keep their city safe. But when Snow Industries introduces a new threat, can they keep the ones they love most safe? And will teaming up with Gaia and Electrode be a help or a hindrance? I Need You Now-HGfanonezillion (ao3) Summary: Gale and Prim's secret relationship hits an unexpected bump. Inevitable-annieoakley1 (ao3) Summary: This would have happened anyway. But it is always their choice, never just destiny. A series of snapshots as Peeta and Katniss find each other at certain points throughout history. First up- Katniss as an army nurse in England following the invasion of Normandy. In Sheep's Clothing-Alliswell (ao3) Summary: I never was one with time to dwell on imaginary worlds. My life always revolve around the tangible, what I could see with my eyes and grasp with my fists. But, I found myself in a bedtime horror story, blindsided, skeptical and doubtful. How I ended up where I am, is not truly a mystery, it's same ancient story of the stubborn girl, who heed not her Mother's advice, and ignored every instinct left in her... In my defense... His pull was too strong for me to resist, and in a world where I thought myself, lonely... He was something I craved. Into the Wild-Court81981 (ao3) Summary: Modern AU: "I know this place," she whispers. Katniss Everdeen escaped to New York after the death of her parents. Now, on the brink of her big break as an actress, her old classmate, Peeta Mellark, will remind her that it's always possible to go home again."
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#aew#all elite wrestling#aew rampage#skye blue#willow nightingale#anna jay#aew abadon#ring of honor#aew gifs#wrestling gifs#10/27/23
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round 2 stats
while we wait out a week of voting to see who will be advancing to round 4, here's some numerical neatness from round 2!
total votes: all together, the 27 polls of round 2 received a total of 16,454 votes. hot damn!
largest percentage of votes: we didn't see quite as many astronomical defeats as we did in round 1, with only one PC winning more than 90% of the votes in any one poll (unsurprising, the choices get tougher every round!), but there were still some pretty large disparities to be seen.
Riz Gukgak (90.8%) - still only the third most brutal beatdown in the competition so far!
Big Barry Syx (79%)
Adaine Abernant and Sofia Lee (77.2% each)
Kristen Applebees (75.3%)
Thorn Vale (72.5%)
as noted in the round 1 roundup, the slimmest margin of victory went to Rue once again. as of right now, one day into their round 3 poll, Rue is beating Riva with their largest margin yet (4%), but it's still anyone's game!
polls with the most votes: the most voted-on poll in all of round 1 was the contentious Lapin v Pinocchio, so how do we keep that energy going? twice as much Zac Oyama.
Gorgug Thistlespring v Ricky Matsui (987 votes)
Sam Nightingale v Tula (769 votes)
Hunch Curio v Kristen Applebees (746 votes)
Evan Kelmp v Fabian Seacaster (727 votes)
K.P. Hobb v Kingston Brown (721 votes)
polls with the least votes:
Maggie v Thorn Vale (440 votes)
Cody Walsh v Jet Rocks (472)
Chirp Featherfowl v Liam Wilhelmina (480 votes)
Daniel Fucks v Sofia Lee // Bob Gainglynn v Rosamund du Prix (491 votes each)
Big Barry Syx v Twyla (520 votes)
as the pool shrinks, so the disparity between the most and least voted-on polls. in round 1 there was a very tidy difference of almost exactly 300 votes between the fifth most popular and fifth least popular polls; as you can see, in this round the difference has shrunk to 201.
winning PCs with the most individual votes:
Gorgug Thistlespring (601 votes)
Riz Gukgak (591 votes)
Kristen Applebees (562 votes)
Fabian Seacaster (482 votes)
Kingston Brown (454 votes)
the Bad Kids may be having a rough time in Junior Year, but they obliterated round one. and congrats to Kingston also, I guess he's an honorary Bad Kid now.
winning PCs with the least individual votes:
Jet Rocks (249 votes)
Chirp Featherfowl (254 votes)
Antiope Jones (292 votes)
Viola (305 votes)
Rosamund du Prix (307 votes)
not play favorites but... please. please Antiope Jones pull through I believe in you.
campaign stats:
the most to least successful campaigns, by % of characters that won their round 2 polls:
Fantasy High: 100% (6/6)
A Starstruck Odyssey: 100% (5/5)
Burrow's End: 100% 4/4
Neverafter: 75% (3/4)*
A Court of Fey and Flowers: 60% (3/5)
The Unsleeping City: 42.9% (3/7)
The Seven: 25% (1/4)
Mentopolis: 25% (1/4)
A Crown of Candy: 16.7% (1/6)
Coffin Run: 0% (0/1)
Dungeons and Drag Queens: 0% (0/1)
The Ravening War: 0% (0/1)
Escape from the Bloodkeep: 0% (0/1)
Pirates of Leviathan: 0% (0/1)
Misfits & Magic: 0% (0/4)
MisMag suffered by far the most drastic drop in success, plummetting from a 100% success rate that saw all 4 PCs winning their round 1 polls to a slaughter that knocked them all out of round 2. most other campaigns also had downward surges as the odds of any one character advancing got slimmer, although Burrow's End and Starstruck each managed to see all remaining PCs push through. surprising no one, Fantasy High is the only campaign with the entire cast still intact... although that looks like to change after round 3 👀
*Neverafter: while Gerard lost his poll against Rue, he was passed on by virtue of being the most successful losing character for the sake of keeping the pool even for round 3, meaning that Neverafter passed on 100% of its remaining characters by technicality.
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1700s WOMEN - PART 1
The commencement of the 1700s saw women's hair styles stay fairly demure, but it wouldn't take long for them to become much more elaborate. The popularity for wigs in men's styles crossed over to women, and as such hair styling opened up to wider experimentation. The development of heated curling tongs - paired with wool pads and wire supports - helped achieve the voluminous dos synonymous with the era. CC links and reference images under the cut.
You can find more of my historical content here:
1300s ✺ 1400s ✺ 1500s ✺ 1600s ✺ 1700s
1 - Hedgehog Hair by Acanthus Sims
2 - Late Victorian Hair by Melancholy Maiden
3 - Rococo Hair by Kiara Zurk
4 - Simple 18th Century Updo by Historical Simslife
5 - Le Pouf by Historical Simslife
6 - Small Louis XV Hair by Acanthus Sims
7 - 1770s Queen Hairstyle by Acanthus Sims
8 - Tête de Mouton by Javi Trulove Sims
9 - Baroque Hair 3 by In Love with the Regency Era
10 - Lilac Hair by Jelly Paws | Wavy Extensions by Casss Goths
11 - Small Louis XV Hair (A) by Acanthus Sims
12 - Princess Hair by Historical Simslife
13 - Rococo Hair by ZouYou
14 - Duchess of Devonshire by Historical Simslife
15 - Rococo Hair by the Regal Sim (Curseforge)
16 - Georgina Rococo Updo by Historical Simslife
17 - 1770s Hairstyle Tall Straight by Acanthus Sims
18 - Elizabeth by Melancholy Maiden
19 - 1770s Small Hairstyle by Acanthus Sims
20 - Marie Hair by Elfdor
21 - Josephine Updo by Historical Simslife
22 - Constance by Aniraklova
23 - Like A Virgin by Javi Trulove Sims
24 - 1770s Hairstyle Curls by Acanthus Sims
25 - Georgina Rococo Updo by Historical Simslife
26 - Small Louis XV Hair (B) by Acanthus Sims
27 - Catherine by Melancholy Maiden
28 - Tall Louis XVI Hair by Acanthus Sims
29 - Libby by Nightingale Songx
30 - 1770s Hairstyle No Curls by Acanthus Sims
With thanks to some amazing creators: @acanthus-sims @elfdor @javitrulovesims @zouyousims @historicalsimslife @aniraklova @nightingalesongx @the-melancholy-maiden @inlovewithregencyera
#1700s#georgian era#rococo#ultimate decades challenge#ts4 hair#ts4#ts4 cc cas#the sims 4#ts4 decades challenge#sims 4 decades challenge#ts4 cc hair#ts4 historical#ts4 history challenge#sims 4 history challenge#sims 4 historical#historical cc#18th century#hair collection#georgian
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Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2024 is here…!
I tried to include most female characters in these ship lists, including some newer characters from Season 5.
All main girls get at least one or two pairs, but some are more popular in this chart than others. Once again, f/f starring older female characters are double-booked to allow more pairings.
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Rules:
• Any fanart, fic, playlist, or edit is welcomed in this event. Just tag your work #mlbfemslashfebruary or @ this blog so your work can be reblogged here!
• You don’t have to follow all the key words or ships for each day, they’re just prompts to help the creative process.
• If you have another femslash pairing you want to write over a certain day’s theme, go ahead! This includes creating content for poly femslash ships.
• Please no male characters or m/m ships that are genderbended. Male characters and slash ships get much more attention in fandom spaces than female characters and femslash ships. This event is supposed to help elevate femslash content, which is much rarer in fandom (and especially lacking in Miraculous Ladybug outside of a small handful of ships.)
• This event is meant to be for romantic pairings, but you can also write platonic or queerplatonic interpretations.
• No NSFW content will be reblogged for this event, but can still be created and posted on your own time.
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Below is also a written out list of the prompts, for accessibility purposes and in case the image is too hard to see.
[Image ID: A calendar for February 2024 filled with prompts for Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2024. Each day has two prompt words and one f/f pairing, with some days instead having two f/f pairings to showcase adult women f/f.
Day 1
• Warm • Lipstick
Marinette/Kagami
Day 2
• Lovely • Blush
Aurore/Ondine
Day 3
• Wicked • Mascara
Juleka/Zoe
OR Olympia/Barbara
Day 4
• Fixed • Shirt
Kagami/Zoe
OR Emilie/Nathalie
Day 5
• Equip • Sweater
Alya/Sabrina
Day 6
• Method • Jacket
Chloe/Alya
Day 7
• Succinct • Jeans
Zoe/Fei
Day 8
• Lonely • Skirt
Marinette/Chloe
Day 9
• Successful • Shorts
Ondine/Kagami
Day 10
• Hold • Dress
Juleka/Rose
OR Amelie/Nathalie
Day 11
• Mercy • Classical
Kagami/Alya
OR Miss Bustier/Gisele
Day 12
• Lucky • Jazz
Alya/Lila
Day 13
• Belong • Pop
Chloe/Sabrina
Day 14
FREE SLOT
Day 15
• Faulty • Rock
Marinette/Lila
Day 16
• Enthusiasm • Hip-hop
Aeon/Alya
Day 17
• Brave • Country
Rose/Mylene
OR Miss Bustier/Ms. Mendeleiev
Day 18
• Learned • Lightning
Kagami/Chloe
OR Anarka/Penny
Day 19
• Giddy • Fire
Alya/Zoe
Day 20
• Beautiful • Ice
Chloe/Lila
Day 21
• Trace • Earth
Zoe/Mylene
Day 22
• Quaint • Air
Marinette/Zoe
Day 23
• Indoor • Light
Aurore/Mireille
Day 24
• Atmosphere • Water
Juleka/Marinette
OR Anarka/Claudie
Day 25
• Gentle • Hear
Kagami/Juleka
OR Nora/Clara Nightingale
Day 26
• Idea • Taste
Alya/Marinette
Day 27
• Redeem • See
Chloe/Alix
Day 28
• Lament • Touch
Zoe/Jess
Day 29
• Scrape • Smell
Marinette/Socqueline
End Image ID]
#mlbfemslashfebruary#femslash february#femslash#miraculous ladybug#f/f#fandom event#wlw#prompt list#image id#event
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Arknights Summer Carnival 2024 Event PVs
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New Operators
Papyrus, 5* Welfare Chain Medic
Sure enough, you can only see more things when you leave the office...
Sand Reckoner, 5* Summoner Supporter
Treasures always lead to conflict.
Narantuya, 6* Loopshooter Sniper
Thanks for the ride, if I, Narantuya Kapteyn, died on my way to heaven, it would be a great shame for Sargon...
Never heard of me? It's fine, one day my name will be known across the lands.
Pepe, 6* Limited Earthshaker Guard
Greetings, Doctor, i come on behalf of the distinguished Pasha to discuss the cooperative project you plan to hold in the Pasha's territory
My name is Juna Pekape-Sakt Hatshepst, but my friends... friends can call me Pepe.
Operator Outfits Update
Total of 8 new outfits, 3 new additions for the new Misaligned Sightseer brand, 3 new additions for the Epoque brand, 1 new addition for the Coral Coast brand and 1 new addition for the 0011/Yun brand
Misaligned Sightseer
倾听 (Hearken) - Weedy
沉思之庭 (Courtyard of Contemplation) - Hoederer
流辉 (Radiant Flow) - Nightingale (21 OP)
Epoque
To Rest in Night Breezes - Poncirus
Vib-rant - Bryophyta
A Picnic Before a Long Trip - Eyjafjalla the Hvít Aska (24 OP)
Ah Professor, the lambs are already having a picnic over there, would you like to join me?
Coral Coast
Summer Flowers FA083 - Caper (Event Reward)
0011/Yun
Among the Clouds - Ptilopsis
Bryophyta's outfit will be up for sale during So Long, Adele Retrospect
Caper's outfit is a reward from RA2 Tales Within the Sand
Announced a rerun for La Pluma, Elysium, Surtr and Minimalist's Coral Coast outfits, up for sale at the same time as the new Misaligned Sightseer and Epoque outfits
Operator Modules Update
Sand Reckoner being part of the Summoner Supporter branch immediately gets his module
SUM-X module base effect makes the first deployment of Sand Reckoner's summoned unit not count towards the Unit Limit
Wandering Medic branch gets 1 module type
Nightingale gets her second module
RIN-Y module base effect allows Nightingale to heal up to 4 targets at a time
Kal'tsit and Phantom get Integrated Strategies specialized modules
These modules can only be used in Integrated Strategies but have no unlock mission requirements, lower material costs and take only 1 module data block per level
Kal'tsit's IS module allows her to heal 2 targets at once, Mon3tr does not count towards the Unit Limit and has increased Max HP, ATK and received healing
Phantom's IS module makes it so whenever Phantom and his clone attacks it reduces both his and his clone's redeployment time by 1s (up to a limit), the clone does not count towards the Unit Limit and deploying the clone reactivates Phantom's skill
Events and Stories
Inudi Harek, Horakhet, a Sargon side story event
So Long, Adele Retrospect, scheduled after Inudi Harek, Horakhet
Operator Archives update for Eyjafjalla the Hvít Aska, Mudrock, Sand Reckoner, Puzzle, Cement and Czerny
Record Restore update for Ideal City: Carnival in the Endless Summer
Misc Stuff
New QoL changes
Added a number of advanced tutorial stages to teach players about certain mechanics
Module Trust requirements will be changed; Lv1 Module can be unlocked at 0% Trust, Module can be upgraded to Lv2 after reaching 50% Trust and then to Lv3 after reaching 100% Trust
Players can change the skills and modules of operators they borrow from the Support function (like in IS/SSS)
Mudrock, Whisperain and Jackie added to recruitment
SSS New Season #6, Wilderness Zone Security Service - The Royal Victorian Academy of Science & Baiyunjian Pharmacy
Annihilation #27 - Icebound Valley, annihilation mission with The Rides to Lake Silberneherze enemies and mechanics
Livestream Stuff
Showcased Pepe, a 6* Earthshaker Guard that wants to cycle her skills fast and has some neat gimmicks in her kit
First Talent makes it so that she gains 1 SP for every enemy she defeats during skill duration after the skill ends (up to a limit)
Second Talent gives an ATK buff to all Guards when she is deployed
Skill 1 makes her next attack deal increased damage and can hold charges, if she falls under abnormal status like Stun/Freeze/etc while holding a skill charge she will immediately cleanse herself when an enemy walks into her range and perform an attack
Skill 2 expands her attack range, increases her ATK and ASPD and makes her attack enemies within range randomly, subsequent skill activations grants her more ASPD (up to a limit)
Skill 3 increases her ATK and attack interval, enemies hit by her attacks will get Stunned and her main target will get Stunned for even longer, after every few attacks her ATK and Splash radius will increase (up to a limit)
Showcased Narantuya, a 6* Loopshooter Sniper that specializes in being in the frontlines to maximize her damage output
First Talent allows her to Steal ATK & DEF from enemies she attacks (up to a limit, resets when retreated)
Second Talent grants her Physical & Arts Dodge and decreases enemy Physical and Arts Hit Rate within the 8 surrounding tiles
Skill 1 is stance change skill that reduces her attack range in exchange for making her disk jump to nearby enemies (up to a limit) before returning
Skill 2 makes her attacks deal a certain amount of Physical damage and inflict Slow, the disk will pierce her main target and increase in size before returning, hitting every enemy on the way back
Skill 3 allows her to throw multiple disks at once and when she retrieves her disks she deals Physical damage to a number of enemies in the 8 surrounding tiles
Showcased the event mechanic, tiles that reduce ally ASPD/increases enemy movement speed, these tiles can be cleared by attacking them rapidly (uses hit based HP), the tiles will disappear when all connected tiles have taken sufficient hits so players can choose to either deal with small chunks or intentionally connect the tiles with a deployable device to clear out a massive field at once
Announced an expansion for RA2 Tales Within the Sand with a number of new additions
You can capture certain enemies using special devices after weakening them enough, you can bring them to the base and keep them there and even deploy them in battle and have them fight alongside your operators
Added a "peaceful" difficulty setting where enemy raids will be disabled
New gamemode "Vector Breakthrough", looks to be an improved version of Interlocking Competition, you gain buffs depending on the operators you used in the side nodes
Announced the first expansion for IS5 adding a new starting squad and the fourth ending
The starter banner will be changed, it will now have Thorns, Exusiai, SilverAsh, Mountain, Blaze and Saria
New player login rewards have been changed, players can get a headhunting ticket, 10x kernel headhunting, instant 5* E2 voucher, instant 5* Max level training device, T3 material tickets and a starter banner 6* selector ticket (old players will also get these login rewards)
Revealed more info about the Dungeon Meshi collab, confirmed that Chilchuck will be a playable unit and the event mechanic will be gathering ingredients by defeating enemies and cooking them in a pot
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WELCOME TO THE BADASS TRANS SWAG BRACKET AD 2023, a tournament for canonically trans characters (that we haven't seen in many other polls) to duke it out, presented in a ridiculous and esoteric manner (convoluted as fuck bracket).
VOTING FOR THE FINALS BEGINS 2/27 AT 7 PM EST. MATCHUPS BELOW THE CUT.
ROUND 1:
TESTAMENT (they/them) from GUILTY GEAR vs. SAM NIGHTINGALE (she/her) from DIMENSION 20 (winner will go against CATALYST (she/her) from APEX LEGENDS)
ALEX FIERRO (s/he) from MAGNUS CHASE & THE GODS OF ASGARD vs. ARCEE (she/her) from TRANSFORMERS (winner will go against POISON (she/her) from STREET FIGHTER)
CREMISIUS ACLASSI (he/him) from DRAGON AGE vs. MADELINE (she/her) from CELESTE (winner will go against DORORO (he/him) from DORORO)
ORYX, THE TAKEN KING (he/him) from DESTINY vs. CAGLIOSTRO (she/her) from GRANBLUE FANTASY (winner will go against ROSEMASTER (she/her) from CUCUMBER QUEST)
ROUND 2:
ELEKTRA ABUNDANCE-EVANGELISTA (she/her) from POSE FX vs. ICHIKA SAKURAI (she/her) from HIGH SCHOOL HEROES
PRINCESS SAPPHIRE (she/her) from RIBBON NO KISHI vs. SUN WUKONG (he/him) from JOURNEY TO THE WEST (art by @antidotefortheawkward-art from this post, used with permission)
TAYLOR LEE (they/them) from THERAPY WITH DR. ALBERT KRUEGER vs. ELENDIRA THE CRIMSONNAIL (she/her) from TRIGUN
KAINÉ (she/her) from NIER REPLICANT/GESTALT vs. SYLVIA (she/her) from DRAGON QUEST XI
ROUND 3:
TESTAMENT (they/them) from GUILTY GEAR vs. ELEKTRA ABUNDANCE-EVANGELISTA (she/her) from POSE FX
ARCEE (she/her) from TRANSFORMERS vs. SUN WUKONG (he/him) from JOURNEY TO THE WEST
MADELINE (she/her) from CELESTE vs. ELENDIRA THE CRIMSONNAIL (she/her) from TRIGUN
ORYX, THE TAKEN KING (he/him) from DESTINY vs. KAINÉ (she/her) from NIER REPLICANT/GESTALT
SEMIFINALS:
ELEKTRA ABUNDANCE-EVANGELISTA (she/her) from POSE FX vs. SUN WUKONG (he/him) from JOURNEY TO THE WEST
MADELINE (she/her) from CELESTE vs. ORYX, THE TAKEN KING (he/him) from DESTINY
FINALS:
SUN WUKONG (he/him) from JOURNEY TO THE WEST vs. ORYX, THE TAKEN KING (he/him) from DESTINY
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Whispers Underground read and review
Whispers Underground
Alright this is one of @temporaryyuri favorite books!
“I’d made the mistake of telling my mum what I did for a living” pg. 9 That was a mistake
Oh so Abigail is Peter’s cousin?
“She doesn't invite us in,” pg. 11 Oh threshold magic perhaps?
“Like me Abigail had inherited her hair from the “wrong” parent” pg. 12 Glad that’s in quotations presumably Peter is talking about inheriting hair from the black parent
“but her dad was determined that his child wasn’t going to embarrass him in public” pg. 12 That’s more a you problem than your child’s problem maybe look into why your child’s natural hair “embarrasses” you
“That all stopped when Abigail turned eleven and calmly announced that she had ChildLine on speed dial and the next person who came near her with a hair extension, chemical straightener, or God forbid a hot comb was going to end up explaining their actions to Social Services.” pg. 12 Go Abigail!
“My mum, says that Abigail’s hair is a shameful scandal” pg. 12 It’s not a scandal
“Looks like wear and foxes maybe.” pg. 16 Ohh foxes!
“And you’re sure this is where it appeared?” I asked
“He appeared,” said Abigail “I keep telling you it’s a he” pg. 18 Yeah Peter respect the ghost's pronouns
“Because-“ Mackey said, and then he got hit by a ghost train.” pg. 23 Ahh
“Lesley’s only supposed to do so much magic per day.” pg. 27 Oh interesting
“Detective Inspector Thomas Nightingale is my boss, my governor, and my master-purely in the teacher-student teacher sense of the term you understand” pg. 27 Nightingale!
“visit Beverly Brooks” pg. 29 Beverly!
“Rising out of the lights was a three meter tall statue of Sherlock Holmes complete with a deerstalker and hash pipe” pg. 34 Wait really?
“The guy lying dead at the end of the platform three had once been handsome.” pg. 36 Bi Peter 9
“Like I said, probably handsome.” pg. 37 Bi Peter 10
“sat down and have what went wrong with the O.J. Simpson murder trial explained to them at great length. With PowerPoint slides.” pg. 43 Oh with PowerPoints how exciting
“Detective chief Inspector Seawoll” pg. 46 Seawoll!
“Oh bollocks,” said Seawoll. “He’s an American” pg. 49 Ha and the appropriate reaction to an American
“Sahra Guleed” pg. 54 Sahra! I like you
“I heard it gets cold in the desert,” said Carey. “You’d need a hat like that.”
Guleed and I exchanged looks, but what can you do?” pg. 56 Carey CAREY why????
“It was the sort of place gay cabinet ministers used to stash their boyfriends back when that sort of thing would have caused a scandal.” pg. 57 More than a scandal it used to be illegal
“Nine point five.”
“Nine point two,” said Guleed. He lost points for the dismount.” pg. 58 Ha
“How about a five minute head start to hide my stash?” he said finally
We surged forward as one.” pg. 59 Ha and what was the guy expecting?
“Are you in a relationship with Mr. Gallagher? asked Carley. “Civil partnerships, long-term committed … no?” pg. 60 At least they’re inclusive questioning
“He was obviously dressed these days by his life partner-probably a second younger model” pg. 72 Oh
“I barely knew four and a half spells and you couldn’t have got me to give it up,” pg. 84 Yep
“However having ethnicity challenged magician” pg. 85 Ha and I love that they keep using this term
“You’re supposed to turn up on people’s doorstep’s, terrify them with the sheer majesty of your authority” pg. 87 Peter :/
“Curious, I thought, she’d rather let us in than tell us her second name.” pg. 89 Interesting
“You always expect people in wheelchairs to look wasted” pg. 90 Nooo? Do people think that? Am I the strange one for not thinking that? Anyone can be in a wheelchair for a variety of reasons
“I’ll either find a way or make one’
“This is Special Agent Kimberly Reynolds from the FBI” pg. 105 Oh I was told I would like you
“There was coffee; he was being reasonable and I was suspicious.” pg. 110 Ha
“Do I need to stress how important it is that nether he, Agent Reynolds, or, more important, the American media get even a whiff of anything unusual.” pg. 111 It’d be bad
“I’ve got a little confession to make,” he said. “I wasn’t being entirely honest.”
“I’m shocked” pg. 117 Ha
“If you live in London just about the last thing you expect is a winter Christmas” pg. 118 Why?
“I wondered when the last time Nightingale had been here-probably not since the 1940’s” pg. 119 I would love to learn more Nightingale past
“No,” said Guleed “We completely forgot to ask her about the victims movements because we’re just that unprofessional.” pg. 129 Ha
“Nightingale had told me that there was a whole American tradition of wizardly, more than one” pg. 130 I hope we see some of the American wizardly
“Really?” he said, and I swear his face lit up. “How can I help?” pg. 132 Hmmm :|
“I did a quick scan in case Lady Ty was lurking in a corner somewhere.” pg. 138 Always a good idea
“My employer is curious to know who your master is,” said Robert “your true master”
With the emphasis on he put on the word master, I was certain he was talking about magical rather than administrative authority.” pg. 140 Still did he have to use the word master
“So are you two from China?”
“We’re from Taiwan” pg. 141 Way to assume Peter
“The Nightingale is his master.” pg. 141 Oh using “the” very important
“River Fleet” pg. 142 A River!
“He looked at the Metropolitan Police crest in amazement
“The police,” he said “Really?”
“Really” pg. 143 Why is he amazed?
“Stay down or I’ll break your fucking arms” pg. 153 Wow I didn’t expect that
“The figure reached for a gun” pg. 154 Oh no
“I pointed out that nothing had happened, which prompted Nightingale to give me one of his rare smiles.” pg. 156 What do you mean rare? I’ve commented about his smile before
“At the time I thought he seemed inordinately fond of it, though” he said as he watched me as I dodged around the atrium. “Although I must say I’m beginning to appreciate its appeal now.” pg. 156 Ha and did your professor use the personal rain cloud on you nightingale?
“It was Agent Reynolds” pg. 157 Reynolds what are you doing?
“Wait if I explain will you leave him out of this?” pg. 158 Reynolds gone rogue
“Is it because the victim is an American citizen. Do you find the murder of American citizens funny?” pg. 161 Reynolds girl chill you’re at a ten and I need you at a seven. Take a breath and maybe a nap
“I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humor, but I tried to be cruel to foreigners,” pg. 161 Ha
“The FBI is legally responsible to investigate crimes committed against Americans civilians in foreign countries.” pg. 162 No? I admittedly don’t have a lot of knowledge of the FBI but I’m pretty sure the FBI deals with domestic crimes not international crimes
“Do I have to?” he asked
“This is grown up stuff,” I said
“Don’t patronize me”
“I’ll buy you a cake”
He sat up like a small dog “Really?” pg. 163 Ha
“Just a lowly constable”
“That’s me” I said
“Sure you are,” she said” pg. 165 She knows something
“She knew something. That’s the trouble with detectives-they’re suspicious bastards.” pg. 165 Ha
“With the erroneous soft “c” sound in “principia” and “magicis“-Pliny the Elder would have been pissed. I know it annoyed Nightingale when I did it.” pg. 168 Ha
“You can’t be part of this, you’re…a common. This is the Folly; this place is strictly toffs and monsters.” pg. 169 Zack knows?!
“My dad was a fairy.” pg. 169 Really?!
“breasts bounced distractingly. Me and Zack both stared like a pair of teenagers.” pg. 171 No stop that don’t make me get the spray bottle. That’s not even grammatically correct it's Zack and I not me and Zack
“As she walked away I realized I’d forgotten how sharply her thighs were and how beautiful the dimples that formed in her buttocks when she walked.” pg. 171 No. Where’s the spray bottle?
“We both watched in rapt silence until she’d gone around the corner.
That was amazing” said Zack
“Yes she is” I said
“So,” said Zack. “Are you two fucking?”
I glared at him
“No,” I said “she’s”
“Sex on legs” pg. 172 Alright time for the spray bottle. Maybe Leslie doesn’t want to have sex or be in a relationship with either of you did y’all consider that?
“Nightingale leaned forward and whip-fast grabbed Zach’s wrist and twisted it palm up so that Zach had to half rise out of his chair to avoid breaking it.
“You’re in my house Zachary Palmer, eating at my table, and I don’t care how modern you think you are, I know you know that’s an obligation you can’t avoid.” pg. 178 So cool Nightingale
“Good God, Peter” said Nightingale. “I can’t leave the city for five minutes.” pg. 178 Ha
“I can always tell when Nightingale’s been watching rugby because he leaves the place tidier than normal.” pg. 181 Ha
“When I got there Lesley had three-count them, three-apples doing slow circuits in the air of the lab.” pg. 186 Good for Lesley
“But the gun jiggled so violently on its tripod that it produced a spray wide and random enough to satisfy the most exacting standards of the Imperial Marksmanship School.” pg. 189 Ha
“You’ll like this beer,” said Oberon. “It’s from a microbrewery in the States. The management brings it over a crate at a time.” pg. 201 Mac’s brew from the Dresden files!
“I’d done the Middle Passage in year eight at school-I knew slave names when I heard them.” pg. 202 Oh
“I considered pushing it, but I was conscious of how hard Lesley was restraining herself from slapping me upside the head and yelling “Focus” in my ear.” pg. 202 I can’t blame her
“Say something about my face,” said Lesley. “Go on, I dare you,”
Code of the police-you always back your partner in public even when they’ve obviously gone insane.” pg. 205 OK Lesley maybe take a step back and calm down
“He said he got them from Mordor,” she said
“Morden?”asked Lesley. “What, in Merton?”
“No,” I said “Mordor as in “where the shadows lie” from Lord of the Rings.” pg. 206 Nerd
“I started stripping books on either side until I found something.” pg. 212 The gasp of horror that came out of my mouth when I thought he was stripping the books themselves nearly gave myself a heart attack
“Perhaps our Russian nurse was there to do more
“It’s not good to become reliant on specialists,”
“Hear hear,” said Nightingale” pg. 213 Ha
“I’m guessing that the empty one is the first component,” I said
“Top marks, Peter” pg. 217 Ha
“Possibly,” he said. “Comparative thaumatology is a discipline still in its infancy”
This was a familiar Nightingale joke-meaning that I was only one currently interested in it.” pg. 217 Aw
“IDD,” I said. “Improvised Demonic Device.”
“It doesn’t look improvised, anyway,” said Lesley. “It looks custom built.”
“If you two are quite finished,” said Nightingale
Lesley looked outrage but kept her mouth shut.” pg. 219 Why is Lesley outraged?
“This may be somewhat unpleasant,” he said, and pressed his fingers down.
Fucking major fucking understatement” pg. 220 Bad then
“A dog sir,” said Lesley hoarsely. “Pit bull, Rottweiler, some ugly bastard thing like that.” pg. 220 Slander I say against Pit bulls and Rottweilers the poor babies get a bad rap
“Dogfight” pg. 221 How dare they >:(
“Nightingale sprang up, his face as angry as I’ve ever seen him.” pg. 221 Yep
“If marijuana was legal,” pg. 224 It’s not legal in the UK?
“Lesley was as pissed as I’ve ever seen her.” pg. 228 Why is Lesley mad?
“She was the best of your generation,” he said. “And you broke her” pg. 228 That’s not Peter’s fault
“It’s got that nasty smell that I’ve come to associate with you and that well-dressed piece of shit you work with” pg. 229 Rude
“She flopped against me and I felt her breast squashed against my chest” pg. 231 No
“I could leave the mask on” she said. “Or I could wear a paper bag.” pg. 232 Girl have some self respect
“Her hand found my erection and gave it a delighted squeeze. I yelped and dropped my keys. “Look what you made me do,” I said
“Never mind that” she said, and tried to get her hand inside my fly.” pg. 232 NO Lesley stop that >:( bad sexual harassment
“I miss being a proper copper” pg. 241 Why? Being a wizard is better
“Do you know what I like about you English?” asked the senator
“The sense of humor?” pg. 255 Ha
“If you call me a nigger you just sound like a racist American,” I said. “And limey is a joke of an insult. You don’t actually know enough about me to insult me properly.” pg. 256 OHH
“You burn down one central London tourist attraction, I thought and they never let you forget it” pg. 264 Ha
“Where does an impoverished Irishman dig up the readies, especially back then.” pg. 271 Did you really need to comment on the man’s ethnicity?
“Meaningless euphemism at one end and your full-on Unseen University at the other,” I said. “The Unseen University is a bit like Hogwarts-“
“Stephanopoulos cut me off. “I have read some Terry Pratchett,” she said.” pg. 277 Nice reference
“Kumar and I,” said Nightingale. “Not I and Kumar” pg. 281 Grammar police Nightingale
“Agent Reynolds turned to face us, her pale face caught in the bobbing circles of our helmet lights.
“Hi, Peter,” she said. “What are you doing down here?” pg. 300 What are you doing here Reynolds?
Why are we having a shootout in the sewers?
“I realized I’d been muttering the formae under my breath, number six on Nightingale’s list of my bad habits.” pg. 326 Ha and there’s a list?
“Really magic?”
“Yes”
“Fuck me!”
“Now you’re reacting?”
“Well I didn’t want to embarrass myself in front of the American,” pg. 331 Ha
“Enid, Oklahoma” pg. 339 Oklahoma!
“I felt a puff of air on my face and the rails began to sing. It was too late-a train was coming.” pg. 340 Oh no
“Our suspect started shaking and making snorting sounds noises.
“And you can stop laughing,” I told him. “This is really unprofessional.” pg. 344 Ha
“fuck me, he’s a Earthbender- before falling into the black” pg. 346 Oh no
“I was going to reach out and contact Toby the Dog with my mind.” pg. 361 What
“I’ve never been one of those people who tells everyone they’re fine and then tries to climb out of their hospital bed.” pg. 368 Why do I not believe you Peter
“I lay back in my bed, closed my eyes, and groaned theatrically until Lesley woke up.” pg. 373 Do you think Lesley bought Peter’s amazing performance?
“I bet he was fit,” she said “All these supernatural types are fit.” pg. 373 Lesley asking the important questions
“Nightingale turned up,” she said. “He was hoping to shout at you a bit to show his affection in a gruff manly and safety non gay way but you were asleep so he just sort of milled around for a while and then off he went.” pg. 375 Aw
“chasing a suspect through the hospital while wearing an open back hospital gown.” pg. 383 Peter :|
“the Met have some fairly serious views about the illegal possession” pg. 391 Yep
“Sorry, there’s three basic types, okay? There’s born, those who choose, and those that are made different.” pg. 398 Oh interesting
“As she wiped her face I realized that Zach was staring at me-eyes narrowed.” pg. 402 Interesting what’s he thinking?
“We’ve got to go down the tunnels now,” I said. “Before Kevin fucking Nolan manages to kill the lot of them.” pg. 411 What? Why? What did I miss?
“Nightingale was standing under a lamppost in a long oyster white Burberry coat that made him look like something from an old film. All he was missing was a cigarette, a hat, and a doomed love affair with a suburban housewife.” pg. 413 Why’d it have to be a housewife? It could be the husband
“Half caste” pg. 423 Rude. Could people stop being racist toward Peter?
“Half caste, I thought. I hadn’t heard that one in a while. Not since mum fell out with aunty Doris, who having grown up in Jamaica in the 1950’s regarded political correctness as something that happened to other people.” pg. 424 Half caste is a rude and racist word for biracial people
“Nightingale, but even half-shadowed I could see he didn’t like the idea of sending women into danger.” pg. 424 Get with the times Nightingale
“That’s because we’re in their ends now,” said Zack
“Ends?” asked Reynolds
“Manor” I said
“Patch” said Lesley
“Yard?” I tried when Reynolds still looked blank
“Hood,” said Zack
“Gotcha,” said Reynolds” pg. 429 Ha
“Oh shit, I thought if this isn’t the Low King of the dwarves” pg. 432 Cool
“I believe he supplied you with food contaminated with E. coli,” pg. 435 Oh no
“We buy our groceries from the Jew” pg. 436 Why the antisemitism?
“Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of the forest, I’m not a country person” pg. 438 Peter’s a city boy. I so want Peter to have to go out into the country.
“Even Nightingale’s not going to wait much longer before he comes in”
And it with as many armed officers he could muster.” pg. 443 Because he cares about you
“Ryan Carroll,” I said “you’re under arrest for the murder of James Gallagher” pg. 446 Him! I forgot about him
“Like a bad smell,” said Ryan. “Don’t you hate Americans” pg. 458 Rude and no I don’t I'm an American
“James bloody Gallagher hadn’t been better at singing in his head as well.” pg. 459 So you killed him because you were jealous
“He ran, I chased, we got lost, I hit him with the plate, it broke, he tried to walk away-I stabbed him in the back” pg. 461 Poor James and Ryan is terrible
“Nightingale presented me with a small package neatly wrapped in silver paper.” pg. 462 Aww what a nice gift
“slim Nokia modified to have a battery interrupt and preprogrammed with every relevant number I could think of” pg. 462 Aww they both got each other such nice gifts
“I invited Nightingale but he said he couldn’t leave Molly alone on Christmas Day” pg. 463 Aww
“Ethnicity Challenged Magician” pg. 467 I love that Peter keeps using this phrase
“I have a FBI file” Nightingale wasn’t going to like that.” pg. 471 Peter has one? Does Nightingale have one?
“But I’d counted on having more time to butter Nightingale up” pg. 473 Ha
“I was finishing off the graffiti” pg. 474 That’s dangerous Abigail
“I reckoned that if he got his message out he might get him closure and move on” pg. 474 Aw that’s nice
“Nightingale had been horrified by the whole idea when I broached it before coming down to make the pitch.” pg. 476 Come on Nightingale she’s going to do this again might as well supervise
“Think of it as a boxing club,” I said. “You know boys are going to smack each other in the face anyway, so you might as well channel it into something disciplined. Abigail’s going to be out there looking, so we might as well make use of it and at least this way we can keep an eye on her.” pg. 476 Great idea Peter
“If it becomes necessary I will teach Abigail the forms and wisdoms myself,” he said, and then smiled. “Perhaps she’ll prove a more diligent student than yourself, in any case.” pg. 477 Ha and I hope Nightingale teaches Abigail magic
“A talking fox” pg. 478 Cool
“Tell your friends they’re on the wrong side of the river.” pg. 478 Ominous
Final thoughts
I enjoyed the book. The bad guy caught me off guard. I'd forgotten about him. What Lesley did to Peter was terrible. I liked Abigail and I’m glad she’s going to be part of the story more. I liked the whisper people. I liked Kimberly and Sahra Guleed. Nightingale as always was wonderful. We got two Bi Peter moments bringing our total up to 10.
Onto Broken Homes
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