#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-a]

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. 🥺

[your-girl-circe]

Unfortunately, όποια couple έχω λατρέψει, τα περισσότερα αν όχι όλα στο τέλος έχουν κακό end, όλες σχεδόν δολοφονουνται.

[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!

[skippyv20]

Starring working members of the Royal Family

Hi Skippy & Friends-The stalwart spirit of the British people came through today in flying colors! Rain or shine they did their jobs, making their King proud. I did see QC say something like good job to her husband as they turned and left the balcony. I am sure he was sorry it rained on his parade that took much of his time and energy to perfect. Crowds would have been much bigger with better weather.

The Wales family is beautiful. I especially loved seeing them all snap to attention the moment God Save the King began to play. I laughed thinking they trained the kids at home playing this song for Musical Chairs. Even PL stood still for the whole song. PW rode his horse very well keeping it calm right next to his father the whole time. I am sure it was not easy dealing with the deluge.

I presume there was a warm High Tea afterwards to take the chill off with delicious sandwiches, scones with jams and whipped cream. How special to see the incredible Princess of Wales gracing the world with her presence, enjoying a good day as she explained. It seems to me she and PW both are showing in recent photos a deeper understanding of how precious and fragile life really is beyond their years.  

Over and out for now from a beautiful Cape Cod. Pilgrim

Thank you dear Pilgrim!  A beautiful post🙏🏻❤️

[attorneys-against-court-violence]

In hindsight, I think one of the reasons why DD feels like such a weird follow-up to AJ is that it borrows vibes more from the PW Trilogy than AJ.

You have the parallels to significant cases from the Wright trilogy - DL-6, SL-9, and Matt Engarde's case spring to mind. It's been said that Simon has parallels to Godot and Means is a carbon-copy of Manfred's personal philosophy. The general focus on Phoenix and how he affects the world around him also make DD feel more like a PW game than an AJ one.

I've always thought Athena and Simon's plight was a darker twist on Phoenix and Edgeworth's story in the grand scheme of things; a dear friend losing himself to the corrupted legal system and fighting tooth-and-nail to see them again, to save them from that darkness. How the trauma of losing one's parent causes one of them to lose hope and accept their guilt, the only salvation being a ridiculous leap of faith that somehow lands on its feet. Dual Destinies is, at its core (and I do consider their story to be the core of this game), irrevocably seeped in PW's ideas and narrative beats. Not AJ's.

I do love this in isolation, bringing the things we know from the series prior and twisting them into something different. Hell, it could even be a fitting return for Phoenix post-disbarment to rear up a new student going down a similar - if darker - road to his own... if AJ didn't already exist with ideas-galore to follow through on. A game that has a notably different vibe to Phoenix's own adventures, one that doesn't quite carry through to DD (which feels more in-line with the tone established in PW, just taken to extremes in places (for better and worse)).

I can see why people would prefer it to follow a hypothetical AJ trilogy instead of being smack-dab in the middle of the one we have. It could have been a return to form in that way, similar to how Phoenix returns to the fray in that game (one that can be earned over the course of a trilogy instead of in-between games). It's not that it doesn't have its ties to AJ - Apollo's attitude to Phoenix makes more sense with it, as well as his descent into paranoid doubt. Defense attorneys like Means being bolstered by Phoenix's fall from grace, that it would contribute to people's growing doubt over the (frankly abysmal) legal system, is literally in the text. It's the focus on Phoenix, his return to the defense bench along with vibes more in line with PW:AA, that makes people feel like it doesn't connect at all. If it was focused on Apollo and his new whacky assistant and Phoenix filled a more Mia-esque mentor role, the two may have stuck together in people's heads better. It already has a worthy follow-up story in exploring his growing distrust of the people around him (partly thanks to Phoenix himself if you can believe it); the body is there, but the heart feels like its in the wrong spot.

To say nothing of how people feel that Athena and Simon's story is plenty on its own given room to breathe.

[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)

[sadieluvscats]

portwell was always going to be a plot device and if you still can’t see it then i’m going to assume you choose to ignore it atp. essay incoming !

while i do think portwell was set up to happen within the core four from that season 1 finale and the plane ticket, (bc yk disney !) it was very obviously just going to be doomed to fail soon after. gina definitely had some feelings for ej, which i will not deny, but she didn’t like him as much as she thought she did. she more so liked the IDEA of liking him (parallel to anna and hans right there). ej was basically her saving grace in season 2, gina was struggling over those lingering feelings for ricky and he came in just at the right time to give her that safe space and comfort away from facing those feelings again. it was buried, she hadn’t moved on. she quite literally says it in the show actually, i believe episode 10, about ej saving her from a really hard time. he was just there at the right moment. gina’s love for ricky, at the end of the day, was always going to be there and stronger because he literally understands her on a level nobody else does. note that this is something portwell lack, an understanding of eachother. not just with their circumstances, but also their needs and wants which is mostly shown when ej was trying to juggle his responsibilities within the show and college (not by choice mind you, but still resulted in poor treatment of his relationship) meanwhile gina was just trying to have a fun summer with her boyfriend. ricky was also gina’s first friend at east high, possibly even ever, which a lot of people seem to forget and that is something so crucial to their bond/connection. i also think what is so beautiful about their relationship is that they have such clear reasonings for liking eachother, whereas with pw and rini, we really didn’t get much insight onto WHY they were together. portwell felt like it came out of thin air in ep 5 after being ignored and shouldve been shown more in the earlier s2 episodes. yes we had the couch scene, but there honestly was just no reason for their relationship and it seemed like the show at times wanted us to believe they had some sort of connection when in reality they didn’t ? with rini, they were childhood friends, but we never actually really knew why nini connected with ricky on a romantic level.

i STILL see a lot of people make criticism against ricky for “making gina cry” in s2. this never made sense to me, because this was never once intentional ?? people seem to forget that gina also cried over ej, and when you compare the two situations one is clearly a lot worst. crying over a boy you have feelings for who is unavailable, vs crying over your BOYFRIEND’S treatment of you. i don’t even think ricky was made aware of how gina felt until episode 5/6. not even entirely until season 3. which is why he tried to not overstep boundaries with her because even if he has feelings, ricky knows how she felt in s2 and doesn’t want to interfere with her happiness.

and, with rini finally breaking up back in s2 and ricky accepting change and gina never truly getting over her feelings, it was pretty clear that rina was bound to happen. pw was bound to happen too, but also fail in the long run.

(most of the people who ship pw or rini are 13 but…)

[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.