#Not a Nice Man
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That aged less than well.
I picked up a few common-subject books (The 1936 Abdication of Edward VIII, and what came after) from the library a couple of weeks back, and after reading several non-fictions, started on the single example of fiction.
It's "To Catch A King", a thriller by Jack "The Eagle Has Landed" Higgins, and Hoo-Boy, the opening made me roll my eyes:
The Higgins novel was first published in 1979.
The non-fiction books all came out much later.
"Much later" meant post-Charles / Diana / Camilla / Andy / Fergie / Harry / Meghan etc, and thus also meant "Much Less Deferential".
They used research material unavailable* when Higgins wrote his novel.
* That said, every single non-fiction writer commented about how many documents were Not Yet Available, or Lost, or Withheld, or Heavily Redacted, etcetera, etcetera.
Even without that excuse there's an unsavoury brown-nosing feel about the novel which seems very un-Higgins.
IMO, of course, and YMMV.
By contrast, one of the non-fiction books - this one by Andrew Lownie - was entitled "Traitor King". Make of that what you will.
Considering what came from the documents which WERE available, and wondering what might be in the ones kept out of reach - also WHY they're so out of reach - leaves me thinking there's a lot of "no smoke without fire" about the Duke of Windsor's doings before and during WW2.
And terms like "credit", "gallant", "honourable", even "gentleman" may be at best less than accurate, at worst completely false.
The show will, no doubt, go on.
Right now I'm turning attention to some novels from my TBR pile - including at long last a few "Redwall" titles - because after that other lot, fiction has a less dodgy flavour...
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Yalı Çapkını 13. Bölüm
#Yalı Çapkını 13. Bölüm#whump#yali çapkını#farhet#poor boy#evil grandfather#not a nice man#hit#struck#bleeding lip#shock#fear#angst#hurt#whump cookies
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mmm soob
#comics#these guys consider cooking to be a respectable branch of magic#as powerful as any other arcane skillset#yeah man nice divine incantation#check out this beef bourguignon tho
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Human Bill Cipher
(Based on Alex Hirsch's "canon" design)
And just to be clear, writing dissertations at me justifying why he should instead be a conventionally attractive twink will involuntarily cause me to draw him with even fewer teeth.
#And also: i know#i know the mayor of halloween town. I know guys.#twink death dilf birth#bill cipher#gravity falls#boy oh boy im anxious about posting this here please be nice to me#“the design deoesnt fit the voice” ?? idk man like. what if it did though.#you can draw him! i dont mind#no need to ask (:
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What if Pomni seeks out comfort from Kinger bc of the last episode?? Finale !!
It is DONE !!
Everyone is so fun to draw I cannot.......... /pos
#the amazing digital circus#tadc#pomni#tadc pomni#kinger#tadc kinger#caine#tadc caine#jax#tadc jax#zooble#tadc zooble#gangle#tadc gangle#ragatha#tadc ragatha#so proud of how this comic came out it looks more like a comic i would make#my old wh one is nice but it looks too desaturated and messy#I love neon colours.....#and minimal shading and halftone......#but now this is done i can finally work on an au i have ideas for#spoilers but prepare for..... tank kinger..... big kinger.........#and girl dad and daughter...... and old man yaoi.......
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You know Henry’s final speech went hard in FNAF
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#michael afton#scraptrap#william afton#henry emily#fnaf lefty#charlie emily#fnaf pizzeria simulator#patron request#THIS was suggested by one of my patrons!!#loved the idea sm I got to immediately drawing it out#this actually came out way better than I expected overall#the lighitng and shading especially looks real nice#YOU KNOWWW WILLIAM WAS MAD AF in the pizza sim ending#THAT MAN no doubt was seething to get owned that bad before his death#my one silver lining about Michael also being in the fire#is the fact he got to hear Henry’s banger speech#he must of felt so satisfied to have his father to go out in such an embarrassing way#get his ass Henry and Michael 🔥🔥
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‘Guys this is not good now they’re gonna paint the left as dangerous and violent and use this to make themselves the victims and characterize everyone else as criminals’ y’all really been white in this country. It’s insane to me
#kit speaks#lmfao#trump had Rittenhouse in mar a lago calling him a nice young man#liberals truly do my head in bro I can’t#this is going to ruin the tour#🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫
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She’s brown and a democrat, gotta get that birth certificate, that we’ll call fake news anyway. Apparently, if you can’t win in a fight, you gotta at least try to get your opponent disqualified.
Sad and weird.
#this is why we can't have nice things#lies and the lying liars who tell them#kamala harris#vote kamala#kamala 2024#vote harris#harris walz 2024#harris 2024#kamala for president#kamala is brat#Kamala is 100% American#vote for democracy#your vote matters#vote blue#Democrats care about Americans#why do republicans hate democracy?#republicans hate democracy#democrat#vote democrat#democracy#vote democrat to preserve democracy#democrats#Democrats for democracy#Democrats are the ultimate patriots#no more old white man presidents#no more trump#donald trump is weird#Donald trump is a bad choice for president#quora answers#quora.com
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GOOD OMENS SEASON 3 IS HAPPENING SO I SHALL REPOST ALL OF MY GOOD OMENS ART IN CELEBRATION!! 🥳❤️
WAHOO!!!
#i'm SO excited you don't understand#i was so terrified we weren't gonna see them again#BUT NOW ITS OFFICIAL#THEYRE COMING BACK!!#Good Omens#Good Omens fanart#Good Omens 3#man it feels nice to say good omens 3#Neil Gaiman#Aziracrow#ineffable husbands#my art#aziracrow fanart
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love how Gotham goons are like "awh, it's the nice, quippy one" when they see Nightwing and then Dick shoves his fucking escrima stick down their throats until they choke on it and almost die
#the duality of man#he is sweet and nice and quippy#and then you're gonna fucking choke on his escrima stick#and if you're really awful#he might even turn it on while it's down your throat#nightwing#dick grayson#the man you are <3#bruce wayne#batman#batfamily#dc#dc comics
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drew some book!husbands. they feel like they've taken more traits from each other than the show.
#decided book!az has hints of elton john. its the old queen energy#book!crowley is nice looking average white man who learns how to wear a suit but half the reason he's interesting is bc he's trailing aroun#an old bookseller who looks maybe 30 years his senior and giving him babygirl eyes#its the stark contrast in the looks between the “bland” (cr) and “interesting” (az) that im going for with these guys#god im trying to make them not look like butch lesbians purely from an art skill pov but i cant beat the allegations#good omens#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale
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I think Alfred is constantly dreaming about retirement but is shackled by the knowledge that he is the glue holding this barely functional family together
Alfred: sir I really don’t think
Bruce: why not. why should I not invest millions into funding a therapy corporation that Jason will ACTUALLY be able to trust
Alfred: quite honestly sir I think if it says “wayne” on it he’s 10 times less likely to go
Tim and Damian kicking the hell out of eachother rolling around on the floor: (unintelligible screaming, glass breaking, various cartoon crashing sound effects)
Alfred: (stares into batcamera like he’s in an office episode with several decades worth of exhaustion)
#free my man#Alfred goes on vacation once a blue moon and sometimes he comes back to the house literally burning down#at this point being paid isn’t the thing keeping him in employment#Damian buys him nice tea to make up for shenanigans#batman#batfam#alfred pennyworth#batfamily#bruce wayne#damian wayne#tim drake#jason todd
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There’s something terribly poetic in the inevitability of events in EPIC. The choices Odysseus is given lead to no win situations. They aren’t really choices at all.
Kill a foe’s child or witness the death of your own. Sacrifice six men or sacrifice them all. Allow your crew to starve or watch as they slaughter sacred cattle.
Sacrifice your friends, your brothers, or give up your last chance at reaching home.
In the end, the result is always the same. He destroys himself
#something something ‘what’s a title that a goddess could give if I never sleep at night?’#this man is haunted#and ever choice he makes#every path he walks down is making it worse#he’s the nice guy and people die#he’s the monster and he loses everyone#trin rambles#epic the musical#epic the thunder saga#thunder saga spoilers#idk if this makes sense#I really need to go to bed#I keep saying that
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Leo learns something about himself 🏳️⚧️
Based roughly on this old post.
Bonus:
[Leo is taking the fact that he was born biologically female simultaneously very well and also not so well but overall he’s mostly coping with the fact that it was Draxum that just essentially gave him the turtle equivalent of ‘The Talk’.]
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rise leo#trans leonardo#trans leo#rottmnt headcanons#turtle art tag#rise draxum#happy pride everyone~#if you’re wondering why there’s no backgrounds that’s because my files got messed up so just blankness in the bg sorry#but yeah!#this is forever and always my fav headcanon for Leo it makes too much sense to me#I wanted to make sure I got it done in time for pride haha#I don’t know if it’s obvious by the end but Draxum ran off because he was for once doing something nice for Leo#that being leading him somewhere else not in front of everyone so Leo can process the fact that he was born female in peace haha#(but he also just - wanted to avoid the ensuing awkward Talk as long as he could lol)#“how would Leo NOT know’’ he had an inkling but never thought much of it because he’s a teenage turtle mutant with no access to healthcare#also yeah that’s splinter’s hand at the end there I just KNOW he’d want those pics#also also - Leo here can technically be trans or even intersex in some way too#both is good#making this made me remember why I never do color#at least for comics#it just takes sooo long#but it was fun and worth it for my fave hc#this is like the first time I’ve drawn Draxum and man he’s kinda hard to draw#also their sizes are just 1 2 and 3 because Draxum had a simple system in place for sizing his subjects#(aka I was too lazy to think of anything else to put there)#also dunno if anyone noticed but look at Raph’s paper and look at his baby’s self’s photo
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How funny that she never considered that.
#one piece#boa hancock#monkey d luffy#i really disagree with how oda writes her#i think she likes him in the way a little girl crushes on the first boy to ge nice to her#simply because she thinks that's how it must work#she did not have the time nor was she safe enough as a child to feel those things#this was the first ever man other than rayleigh to not view her as an object#so she thinks she *must* love him#these have been my long-winded hancock thoughts#thank you
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was this anyone else's first thought, or
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#anglerfish#YES hiking jade let's GO#send him up the mountain to look at some funky mushrooms#love how delicately he's holding his lantern with his little pinky out#ooh la la monsieur mastermind#now what are the odds we're getting gargoyle-club malleus next#probably not good but LOOK let me DREAM#i also very much want the equestrian club. GIVE ME HORSE BOYS#actually just give me everyone i want to see everyone#man though the june schedule looking pretty light over here in jp#which always makes me think something big is coming up...#whenever they pull a training camp on us it instantly sends my brain into overthinking mode#chances are good it's more main story though!#we've been averaging every-other-month story updates for a while now and the consistency is nice#i'm still not over the eight months between the end of episode 5 and the start of episode 6...#(IT'S FINE i want them to take all the time they need! i am just impatient)#(i will happily wait but i will be rolling around on the ground the entire time)
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