#PW Grace

[predoom]

pw such a lover

[twinkskeletons]

high quality carpal tunnel vid 🚨🚨🚨

[jasvvy]

[fursonagenerator]

always a pleasure to be with you, Boss!

[peoplewatchingbyneshatriumphs]

[cwarscars]

Headcanon / Analysis Post -

you guys aren't ready for the sheer amount of weird hyper-focus I have experienced while playing this game. side-note; i actually recommend powerwash simulator, it's legit nice to just bum out to - but, i digress! let's talk about heid ! i'm going to seperate this into three posts because i dont want one post to be HUGE with images & text.

firstly, his whole /THING/ with hojo !

in all of the screenshots below, heidegger is shit-talking hojo in one way or another. first-up - he challenges him to set one of his experiments against the guard scorpion / sentinel and even offers himself up as a test subject if he loses. this man is so confident, it makes me sick. the other thing that stands out to me is how he says 'to prove just how wrong he is' - this man. smh. heid straight up has zero doubts in anything he ever does.

in the second screenshot, heid refers to hojo as a 'smug hack' - man DOES NOT like hojo. he also mentions how hojo turns his creations into 'macabre monstrosities', which obviously shows us that although heid doesn't really care morally re hojo's experiments, he is disturbed by them.

the final thing is how heid takes a loss & his subsequent dig of hojo again - he takes the loss as 'ah well, oops, i'll get hojo back!'. he refers to him as a 'long-haired lunatic' (we'll come to see, heid has beef with dudes who don't cut their hair).

what do i take from all of this? heid's got a real beef with hojo. i would argue it's a two-way back and forth and that the pair of them are equally as antagonistic to each other. i don't think that this is a jokey, teasing each other sort of friendship. i think that they seriously dislike each other. i also find it very endearing that heid calls someone else smug. 🥺

[saintvainglorious]

My First Fanbind! A Black Sails Fic Anthology Series

It took me a year (and a lot of anxious research) before I worked up the courage to bookbind fanfiction, and after months of on-again-off-again work, my first fanbind is finally done!

I knew that if I was going to bookbind fic, I had to bind something from the Black Sails fandom, aka the fandom and show that have had the biggest impact on my life. Y'all, I almost went into academia to study slavery in the 17th-18th century Caribbean because of this show - when folks say this show rewires your brain chemistry, they are NOT kidding. THEE show of all time. Happy 10th anniversary to Black Sails! This fandom is small but mighty. May we continue to get our hearts and souls blasted to smithereens by this show for many years to come.

Ao3 abounds with magnificent Black Sails oneshots, so I decided to put together an anthology of my favorite Silverflint fics under 20k, which I split into two volumes. Included are works by @justlikeeddie, @vowel-in-thug, @balloonstand, @annevbonny, @francisthegreat, @nysscientia, and more! Thank you, thank you all, you brilliant wonderful people, for gracing the Internet with such amazing writing. When I read the fics in these anthologies I want to fling myself into the sun.

More on the design and binding process below the cut!

Vol. 1 Page Count: 270 (12 fics) Vol. 2 Page Count: 248 (11 fics) Body Font: Sabon Next LT (10.5 pt) Title Font: Goudy Old Style Other Fonts: IM Fell English, pirates pw

The typeset (which I did in Word) took a while, mainly because I'd never done it before. Manually adjusting the hyphenation line-by-line was especially tedious. After making these books, I abandoned Word in favor of InDesign, in large part because InDesign gives you way finer control over your justification and hyphenation settings.

Regarding my actual design choices, I'm happy with how the ocean motif on the title page turned out (it's not the same pattern as my endpapers, but they're complimentary) and I'm very fond of my divider dingbats, which are little swords! Goudy Old Style was a fun title font to use, since it's the font that Black Sails uses as its logo. The stories in Vol. 1 are divided into parts based on what Silver WAS at that point in the show (cook, quartermaster, or king), and Vol. 2 is split up into comedies, histories (AUs set in the canon universe) and tragedies - befitting Black Sails' Shakespearean ~vibes~.

I stuck to a flatback binding, as I wasn't feeling quite ambitious enough to try rounding and/or backing. I've learned that I ~Anakin Skywalker voice~ hate sanding, enjoy folding/sewing, and don't LIKE edge trimming but enjoy the results enough to make it worth it.

The real adventure was decorating the cover, which remained bare for months. After agonizing over Illustrator and experimenting unsuccessfully with HTV and lokta paper embossing, I ultimately turned to using stencil vinyl to paint on the designs. There was a bit of seepage under some of the stencils, but I was able to scrape off the excess with my Cricut weeding tool without damaging the coated surface of the bookcloth (probably Arrestox Blue Ribbon from Hollander's). Even though it was very time-consuming, I'm so happy with the end result of the stenciled paint job and I intend to stick with stencils for my foreseeable future binds.

Are there things I would change? Sure. It was humid out when I printed, so the pages have got a wave. There’s an extra two pages in Vol 2. that I have no idea how I missed, and I got a line of glue in the middle of one of my Vol. 2 endpapers. I’m pretty sure I didn’t case in quite right, since my endpapers pull away from the case at the spine. I think the inner margins are a bit too big, and despite going line-by-line there’s still some wacky justification spacing in the typeset. But man, am I proud of these books! It is so satisfying to learn a new skill - MANY new skills, if we’re being honest - and to make something both beautiful and practical. If I’m still binding in two years or so, I can see myself redoing the typeset in InDesign, cutting out the existing text block, and reusing the cases. I’m also already planning for Vol. 3, which will be Silverflint Modern AUs.

Thanks for reading!

[teamwindsorroyals]

Interesting analysis from both speakers. Could the bottom line be that if the King's cancer is incurable, does he want PH back in the BRF before he passes away? (Unpleasant topic but there you have it.) Despite all that has been said and printed, PH is his son. If PH says he is willing to meet the terms that would be expected (no half in), does KC have sny grounds to say "no"? I suspect not. (This is not taking into account the state of the W-M of SB marriage.)

But one more thing. Is this "PH and MM are doing their own thing now" schtick an effort to pull MM''s obligations to the Firm off the table? PH is on his own and available to do BRF work full time. This would be a graceful exit from his failed TV efforts. (Apparently, his old friends and UK polo pals say his polo documentary is cringe.) Meanwhile, since MM is doing her own thing, don't expect her to be Princess Catherine one step down. She won't be available. Except when she feels like it. Then she'll show up on the balcony etc.

Is this the plan? Will KC argue that this plan is better because they won't have to deal with MM's alleged rough handling of staff while functioning as a full time royal? And with Princess Anne getting older and the Wales children still young, they are spread too thin and could use 1.3 more people. I also wonder how long it will be before PC is fully up and running at her usual rate. Cancer recovery is a complex situation and needs time.

But I can't see PW and PC wanting any part of this plan.

I smell a complicated mess.

What do you think?

[petefromarma]

i think as online music fans, we need to accept that the most leftist bands that are actually firebombing walmarts probably arent going to get that big or accept a deal with major music label because of their beliefs. like i dont think we should be shocked that the big 'alternative' bands arent the most woke people in the world. i can think of quite a few leftist bands that were/are popular with fans but nowhere near mainstream popular because of active choices they made that caused them to be less profitable/marketable, like never making merch, having set prices on shows, not signing to a major label, not doing big tours etc.

yes exactly like this is the thing, anyone who's dedicated to anti-fascism to the degree that some of these fans imagine that pw and gerard way are is probably not going to be involved with major labels and the mainstream music industry 😭 lol like i wouldn't even consider a lot of these ppl all that radical anyway but i remember when the subject of laura jane grace not fucking with fob came up again and you could tell people were trying so hard to be normal about it and failing spectacularly

[sigelfire]

Hi! I can't believe out of all the time we've known each other (which admittedly isn't that long) I never asked you what your favorite Rush songs/albums were. So here I go: what are they? 😄

OMG! Haven't you? It's a veeeery tough question, bc I love most of Rush discography. Well, to start with one album, let's say the very first album I've ever listened of Rush: Grace Under Pressure. I had it recorded from a friend on a tape and it was the only album I've had and listened to for years! I know it by heart and love every song, it's weakest point being Red Lenses for me, and my current favourite is Afterimage. Then I acquired Hold Your Fire when it came out, and Power Windows (yes, the altered order) and still love PW to pieces. Love old school Rush, which I discovered later. a Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres are awesome!!! My very favourite is Permanent Waves nevertheless. Songs Xanadu, The Trees, Circumstances , Cygnus x-1... Jacob Ladder, with it's amazing guitar solo!!! Had a trip to outer space with no need of any substance (just allowed myself to get carried away by the music) with La Villa Strangiato.

Love Signals and Counterparts, and Clockwork Angels.

And despite it's not my favourite album at all, Roll the bones has two of my favourite songs ever: Dreamline and Bravado (my life motto, my anthem abd a guitar solo that never fails to make me tear up)

[shinydixon]

Pw gonna release a video and add captions meaning she's gonna change what was said at the panel. Even though we can look up the videos ourselves.

I'd worry more of the bullshit she already posts:

Why grace doesn't call out this behavior as well lol

[ninjasmart]

How do Hughs sisters see O? It was so odd that in front the culhurch the two families didnt minhle at all It seemed as if they met for the first time.

They don't see each other for the first time. But I also don't see it as strange. The wedding went through despite the "it shouldn't have". The two familes, the guessts - they were all there as if out of obligation. If they weren't it will look bad. Marrying into the G family is not a ticket to high society. Not only the G family was scarfing the O family in the church. PW did not mingle - with them too in what was shown online.

What comes to mind is - oil and water don't mix. Now - the cards don't show dislike from G family to O family or O. Maybe some reservedness. I'd also not attribute the whole fiasco to the people involved too much. The entire wedding was with the feeling of: wrong place, wrong bride. And that wind that wanted to shew away the bride.

There has been a ritual to make sure that the wedding goes through. That's way everyone seemed like enchanted and made to be there even though they would rather cross that date from the calendar and make it non-existent.

It may seem stupid but I am also hearing: whoever sacrificed these chichkens it will not work out the way they wanted. Someone's messing with the spellcasters that focus on the G family. And they do it because of the Sun card. That card has many meanings. Here it is - child of the light, of the ray of the light. That person that messes up the spells cast towards the Gs is making sure that the ray of light child does not fall from grace.

[kiss-my-freckle]

Interesting things Julie and Ian said about season 2:

So, will Caroline survive the season?

"Caroline could die in any episode – she is doomed. She is absolutely, fundamentally doomed by definition of her own personality and her lot in life. Her mom’s in the council and is the sheriff. She's also a neurotic, jealous busybody who is always putting her foot in her mouth and Damon isn’t going to put up with her – so she’s doomed. The question is, how much fun can we have getting her out of those doomed situations and for how long. Because we really, really believe that this character has a long shelf life."

Plec describes the season two theme as "revenge."

PW: Does Damon come around on his desire to kill her?

Ian: He wants her dead. That’s what makes sense to him – but Caroline starts to prove herself to Damon. The reality is, there are some major problems with a couple of the elements coming to town and Damon & Stefan are going to need all the help they can get. They’ll be forced to put some of their differences aside to protect what they love.

PW: What about Jeremy — I feel like a very intriguing relationship is being formed there that’s more mentor than enemy.

Ian: There is an interesting dynamic that develops between the two of them. If Damon knew that Jeremy had that ring on, then what a brutal, horrible act of flexing your muscle to hurt someone you love. If he didn’t know, what a petulant child-ish thing to do. The reality is that once Damon sobers up he’ll realize that Jeremy is a very important person to him because he’s Elena’s brother. And what he must do to protect her, he will also have to do to protect him.

PW: Being a character driven show, the love triangle is something fans spend a lot of time thinking about. What’s your take on Elena and Damon?

Ian: I think she’d be crazy – Damon is so dangerous, does all the wrong things, acts from a selfish place. But, and I know this is going to sound contradictory, but the only time you ever see Damon acting remotely human is around Elena. Remember when you saw him in her room stroking her cheek while she slept?

PW: Of course.

Ian: There was a flash of humanity in that. But you also have to wonder if he was only remembering Katherine. It’s all these conflicting issues and emotions and thoughts. But what we know is that he’s a very volatile man. He doesn’t think things through properly because he’s so blinded by love – and now sadness and rage. I think it would be a long road for him and Elena. I can’t imagine how he’s going to get back in her good graces. Short of ripping her necklace off and compelling her to forget, I don’t know how you get over that. The only truly redeeming quality, I think, Damon has is that he will do anything to protect her.

PW: But then there was that great line about hate being the beginning of every great love story.

Ian: If you look back at season one, when Elena was around Damon, she smiled. She had fun. Despite the fact that sometimes she’d rather knee him in the crotch or run away, or stake his ass, Elena brings out the good in Damon and in many ways Damon brings out the good in Elena. I think sometimes the people who do that to you, you often have the most complicated relationships with.

I love Damon and Caroline in season 2 for a lot of reasons. I'd have to disagree with the theme of revenge. There's little revenge in season 2. I'd also have to disagree with Jeremy's death. Whether Damon knew Jeremy was wearing the ring or not doesn't change the fact that he killed him impulsively. Impulsive acts being exactly what they are - without forethought. "I wasn't thinking. I didn't think!" Every bit what being impulsive means. Damon's impulsivity is emotion-driven. He doesn't think first. He feels, he snaps, then he thinks. That's why Elena makes him reconsider taking the cure. He feels, he acts, he thinks. She wants him to think before he takes it.

[ireleasethisintotheuniverse]

I am someone who matters

This is going to be my exercise in morning papers, getting my thoughts out. I intend to post once a day (with grace and care to myself). I want to both keep this as a record to refer to when talking to my therapist, and also to see how far I've come once I get there. Here is where I stand today, 12/7/2023:

I am currently very unhappily employed at PW, having felt that I have been taken advantage of.

I have come to terms with the fact that I have an alcohol problem.

I am aware I also have an issue with weed.

I am studying to join an ultrasound tech program.

I have tried journaling in the past, but cannot commit to paper. I hate writing with my hands, and my handwriting is shit. I hope this works better. I want to be able to connect with me, to feel grounded and like I belong. I want to create and foster relationships that fulfill me. I want to let my creative juices flow and get back into making things that serve ME. I want to know myself again.

I have ideas for books/comics/screenplays that are legit and need to be written. Maybe this will help me?

[bylightofdawn]

I'm so mentally boomed from work. I chased this fraudster across like 6 accounts, found multiple fake ID's they are sending in, multiple closed accts using different IMEI and different addresses across like 4 states. I legit was starting to feel like Charlie from Always Sunny meme.

This was me when I finally had to drag myself out of the rabbit holes I'd gone down. And this was IN BETWEEN taking constant calls. So I'd find another correlated fraud thing and get a call and have to stop what I was doing and then pick it up again afterward.

And I love it, I love getting to play detective and piece together all this stuff together. I love my job, I just hate how underpaid and overworked I am. If the idea of going back to college didn't exhaust me I'd actually consider trying to go into a field tangential to this because I'm good at what I do, I'm methodical, detail-oriented and I catch stuff a lot of other reps overlook. I say that knowing I prolly sound arrogant as fuck but I have the case work to back that shit up. I think part of that is because I spent ten years as a printer and it kind of trained my eye to pick apart things critically, yanno? Lord the tales I could tell but cannot tell because of NDA's.

Anyway I am mentally drained, suffice it to say. I feel bad I haven't really written anything today, so I'm going to force myself to try and write just a little bit, but my heart isn't in it if I'm being honest. It's still raining sporadically and all I want to do is curl up under the covers and sleep.

I have been thinking a lot and I think I am going to pause on writing Seeds and work on something else. I have like a 15 chapter buffer so it's not like I HAVE to finish it this week or this month.

So I think I'm going to work on that post Cody defecting Bad Batch fic idea I had cause it's going to be atmospheric and moody and I feel like that will spark some joy.

I also need to just give myself some grace here too, I'm burned out. even if I can't write another word on Seeds for the next six months and I run out of buffer chapters it's not like you're getting fucking paid for this, El. It's not the end of the world. People wait months for chapters or even years. It's just a major fear of mine that I won't finish it and I've done all this work and gotten so close to the end.

But realistically, it's not going to happen. I know I will inevitably bully myself into finishing it. I don't need some self-entitled shithead commenter to be all "Where's the next chapter, bro?"

There is literally nothing they can say that I won't have prolly told myself already because I am forever my own worst critic. And this year is about my trying to NOT be my biggest critic or if not that at least give myself some grace and to not beat myself up constantly for my perceived failings and letting it spiral from you failed as a fanfiction writer to you failed as an person because that's not a healthy headspace to be in and I refuse to keep putting myself through that hell.

And lord lemme tell you what a day to day battle that shit is. Because no one can catastrophize like I can. I legit failed to type my PW in twice at work today and my brain immediately went to "Did I get fired and they haven't told me yet and all my credentials are invalidated?" despite having JUST SIGNED INTO MY VPN SO OBVIOUSLY NOT. But that's where my brain immediately went. So yeah, that's a work in progress. I'm trying though.

Okay I'm going to put on the Halo ODST soundtrack in the background because I think it's gonna be some fire background music for this fic and I'm going to start cracking on with it.

[shinydixon]

And now pw and other vanquinns see this as a “soft launch” of joe and graces relationship 🙄