#S&S Chapter 11

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 17

Yeah. Kolya thinks he'll bore him to abdication... fool.

Vasily isn't even showing off, he's merely reminding everyone who's the Heir.

Divide et impera, anyone?

I highly doubt that's how you run a country. Ruling isn't about doing everything yourself.

a.) You wouldn't have time to go through every single project.

b.) A single person hardly has the qualification to understand everything (unless they have unlimited time to learn and corresponding memory).

Nikolai's either ignorant, or exaggerating to get rid of Vasily. He doesn't fool only him though. Alina fails to see through the lie, and accepts this childishly simple idea of leading a country, while failing to apply even an ounce of it to her own "rule".

So Nikolai's aware of Aleksander's merits?

Because if ministers aren't enough to run Ravka at least on Alexander III/Pyotr's level, someone else must have been doing the work, and the only other option is the Apparat, whose lack of qualification for anything military-related, perhaps even economy-related, I don't have to point out, do I?!

Nikolai's either overestimating the Darkling's influence AND ignoring his work to align with weak, politically unskilled girl, or aware of the real position of Second Army and their general, but gleefully ignoring it the way he doesn't address his beloved First Army's hatred.

Either he's a power-hungry cunt, or intentionally blind fool.

I'm sorry, but half of Vasily's wrongdoings sound like rather reasonable points of view to consider. Unless Alina provides an example of him speaking long about nothing at all, I'm not inclined to take her word on it.

... there’s no easy way to govern a country, but this is more than enough to remain hereditary ruler.

I also have to wonder how well does Nikolai know the brother he haven't seen in almost seven years. (S&S Ch11)

Nikolai talks as if he ran political campaign in well-educated, uncorrupted, democratic country, but absolutism isn't a matter of elections and even that wouldn't grant relevance of competency.

[stromuprisahat]

stromuprisahat:

Even of we look at it through era-appropriate lens- there's no GOOD memory. Sure, slap your kid a little- this is 19th-esque century- but screaming and punishments shouldn't be the ONLY thing they remember! How much more interesting could Alina's relationship with AK be, if she remembered switch AND warm hugs. It could be more complex, nuanced- loving "mother", still subjected to age-appropriate mentality and values! But no, we got Anne Cunt, Baghra 2.0...

Hello! I loved your post about Baghra and how she is a glorified egoist and super toxic!!!

I would like to know your opinion about Ana Kuya, the terrible woman who screwed and oppressed Alina when she was still a child!!!

⚠️TW!: Domestic violence and abuse!⚠️

Thanks, anon!

Apparently that's a similarity that they share, the Darkling and Alina. They both had shitty, abusive mothers. And in Ana Kuya's case it's pretty much the same. She was physically abusive and Alina and Mal remember her fondly. And that's the problem. Instead of having the characters admit that she was a horrible mother figure, we have them look back on her punishments as something...worth to be remembered fondly??

Let's dive in her most fucked-up moments.

Talking shit about the children she's assigned to look after. Alina and Mal both heard her but she's still an icon in their eyes! 😍

No 'cause imagine comparing your mother figure to some blood-thirsty creatures with sharp claws and teeth that live and thrive in darkness.

Uhh...

Excerpt No. 1, in which the protagonists talk about Ana Kuya's physically abusive behaviour.

A LETTER?!

Girl, if I were you I would say adiós and never look back. What letter are you talking about?? 😭

Ana Kuya being responsible of Alina's shame for wanting to get it on with a man. This woman and her morals are imprinted in her mind.

Imagine having to spend your last day with your love and choosing to talk about her. And the memory is again toxic 🥹

Other couples: "Let's talk about our happy memories"

Malina: "Let's talk about how our mother abused us"

They have literally zero good memories from her. Only shouting and beatings.

Now that's a woman to admire!!

Do you hear that Alina?? You must kiss their shoes otherwise you would be like that poor girl on the road! 😠

Excerpt No. 2, in which the protagonists talk about Ana Kuya's physically abusive behaviour.

Excerpt No. 3, in which the protagonists talk about Ana Kuya's physically abusive behaviour.

Excerpt No. 4, in which the protagonists talk about Ana Kuya's physically abusive behaviour.

If a child refuses to eat a food, beat it!

Aha! So she does acknowledge it, huh? But what does it matter? We forgive her in this house😍❤️

(also can we talk about how they wanted one of their friends to meet her? Like guys whyy??😭)

Thank the heavens actually.

In my opinion, children need mostly love and understanding. But they also need discipline, yes. But NOT through physical violence. NOT through constant screaming. This is wrong but it's very possible that in Ravka it's accepted and forgiven? Because I also remember reading somewhere that when Nikolai was a child and misbehaved, they were punishing his best friend physically (I haven't read the duology so please correct me if I'm wrong). So even the royal family found it normal.

But having the characters look back to it as something that was okay? And they adored her?

I'm sorry but I didn't shed one tear when she died. Botkin's death affected me more than hers ever did.

Alina when she died: "Oh my God!"

Me when she died: "Oh thank God!"

[tianhai03]

been wanting to draw luis for a while now

(no context re4r spoilers under the cut)

i just really wanted to draw this if im being honest.

[landscaping-your-mind]

today has been a day of procrastinating tma stuff and actually doing irl stuff (my washing! which is always like a four hour ordeal, but finally my favourite hoodis are clean) So, yeah didn't even get done writing things, much less the tma relisten. But I made a promise in the tags of an earlier post that I'd ramble about jontim here, so... I just... I'm sad about them.

Firstly, did you know that MAG 50 - Foundations is the last time we hear Tim and Jon have a good moment together on tape? Barring of course MAG 161. And here it's cracked foundations. Do you know that in MAG 11, Jon says he trusts Tim most of all, for it not to be a joke? Do you know that in MAG 159 Jon's mind immediately jumps to Tim and Sasha when asked where his friends are? They feel like they were friends, really close friends, that just... fell apart. Do you know how it feels to lose your rock. To lose someone you always thought was going to be forever for you? Do you know how it feels to be betrayed, to have someone you thought was your best friend turn on you and hurt you? Do you know how it feels to stand in document storage, and look at each other, and see the person you trusted, and see how it all fell apart, and see fear and mistrust, and see a want to repair things, but it's already too late?

Do you know how it feels to look at the person who represents everything that's wrong about this place, and know that they're the only one you're ever going to trust to be real?

"I'm still me, Tim. I'm still me." "You know what? You're actually right." "What?" "You're the only one."

@a-mag-a-day

[darwinquark]

THOSE KIND OF FRIENDS, chapter 11

"His eyes skimmed off the road for what must've been the tenth time since they'd left the diner, chancing over the head-to-toe black get-up she'd opted for. His mouth struggled to fight off a slant. She had black combat boots on. A black knit cap. Black fingerless gloves. A black fanny pack.

It was like she'd googled 'criminal'."

[luvleonidas]

why must they do this to me

[jabberwockprince]

the only thing that's keeping me from unleashing all 90 nonsensical thought trains in my brain about re1999 lore is the fact that im ruled by this very strict mindset of "if youre gonna do something, do it properly/thoroughly/organized or don't do it at all" which means i get to filter all this nonsense for my writing blog so its neat and cohesive

but it also means that until those posts are finished, im just gonna be seething and violently vibrating bc the information is just in my brain waiting to be released into the wild

[bebebisous33]

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[romaritimeharbor]

really want to work on hydrangeas ch. 2 rn oughh

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 11 (Leigh Bardugo)

Good.

“A lack of gratitude is unbecoming in a servant. You should wear the jewels my husband gives you.”

The Tailor

They both deserve much worse.

“You ungrateful whore,” sneered the King. ... “She is a servant, Nikolai. I didn’t have to force her.”

Ruin and Rising- Chapter 7

[cafeinnewdelsta]

Hey, so I may have bought a third copy of Octopath Traveler 2

Should I do a Temehika run or do I do a Castti solo run? 🤔

[lostloveletters]

I have more of chapter 11 written than chapter 10 right now🫠

[pochapal]

hey. uh. somehow the 1-11 writeup has ended up just as long as the 1-10 writeup. lmao.

[fore-seer]

chapter 7 is probably one of the worst possible maps to try to train gaius on because the wyvern riders hit like trucks and there are a bazillion other enemies with overlapping ranges and he can’t reliably dodge yet OR survive more than one hit, but do i try it every time anyways? yes

[mlynar-nearl]

was bitching about this earlier in private but arknights community so dumb thinking texas is gonna be at the end of april. she’s not. it would just be a logistical nightmare, there’s no fucking way they would EVER do that

[nostalgia-tblr]

ANYWAY, back to writing pornography.