#Siobhan Small Saga

[robindaydream]

Pyromancers

[thetruemxpink]

BAM FLASHBANG

Few months old as well. I couldn't get past the clean sketch and then I forgor about 'em but now i remember so here they are now shared to the internet

You have been t ricked there are no textless versions

[mister-saturn-draws-things]

Play Small Saga by @sketchylogic It's cute and good and I love these gay rodents. Thankyou. Here's my lil tribute after beating it.

[trisshawkeye]

"Science!" "Exactly."

[streamofconsciousofatree]

Oh wow their pronouns just casually changed after the time skip.

[stearleart]

Small Saga - Leo 09/12/23

Digital depiction of Blade master Leo from the recent Indie game, Small Saga.

[neitherabaron]

Streaming some more Small Saga tonight at 7pm GMT.

Will Siobhan be able to defuse Aquila’s scheme? Will Gwen take another crack at the white god? Will Verm up his dating game? Will I be able to do a Welsh accent?

Last week’s episode:

[bugfragged]

I managed to find the platformer cartridge for Siobhan's Gamedude, but I got my ass handed to me despite the lack of actual enemies. This doesn't bode well for my future LPs for Tales of Kenzera: Zau and Virtua Unlimited Project.

GOD OF THE WHITE HALL - Let's Play 「 Small Saga 」 - 6

[cowyote-whore]

Small Saga is PEAKKKKKKKK!!!!!!

Left off tonight right before the big climactic events but it's an amazing gameeee I love Verm and Siobhan and Bruce and Gwen and all the lovely supporting cast!!!!!

[khorren]

Norn are my favourite. I dont think I can fit them all in one response, oh wait, I can just mash up some images into one. Okay. *empties out her pockets*

2 Different versions of the same character living in 2 completely non connected versions of Tyria. Left Aoife is a revenant and mostly does stuff alone. Right Aoife is a Guardian and the guild leader of 98% of my cast of characters.

Aoife's younger sisters (by blood), Roisin and Siobhan. Roisin is just a totally normal nothing to worry about Priory scholar. Artifacts and ruins, yay! Totally normal. And Siobhan is with the Vigil and likes big smashy.

Non-blood related sisters to Aoife. Aisling, Raven Shaman necromancer, and Soiarse, who had a bad time trying to learn about Dragon so she could be closer with her dad.

Fia is Aoife's elder half sister. She appeared on the scene when her mother left her with her dad. Fia left home when Aoife was a small kid, and went and had her own kid, Isla, and Isla too was left with her father. Fia's loosely tied to the Vigil, and is mostly found in the Far North Shiverpeaks. Isla was recruited by the Whispers and is a silent assassin.

Saga was a wolf shaman from a small norn village called Proud. When Svanir raided the place she just bailed and ended up being exiled from the village, her village name revoked. Astrid came along some time later and helped rebuild the village and in return she was given a Proud name in thanks. They've yet to meet up and there's going to be draaaa-maaaaa.

No relationship to each other, other than being guildies. Aesa is from South Eastern parts of Cantha and move to Kaineng to work for Xunlai Jade. Harper is just a wandering norn who wants to help out the guild, but is kinda crap at combat, but keeps the team healed up.

Another two unrelated kiddos. Kristin wasn't cut out for mountain life and moved deep into the Maguuma Jungle. She's friends with all the froggos, and she helped Aoife and crew navigate the jungle during HoT. Orathali is the scrawniest tiniest norn you'll ever meet, she blends in with the humans real well. She lives and works in Lion's Arch in a clinic, and aided the gang during the Battle for Lion's Arch. She's not in combat much, and is actually the guild's public representative and merchandise manager. If anyone's going to be making money off the guild and the commander, it's going to be the guild.

And finally, from the land of other Tyrias. Caoimhe, a Rev from a Tyria that got destroyed by Kralk. She ends up in main Tyria at the start of the personal story. Oops. Cariad, just my main on my EU account. She has no real story, she's just The Commander and doing the best she can :)

ALL RIGHT NOW

fellow Norn enjoyers, I want to see your favourites! Gimme a pic (and tell me about them a little if you so desire)! Show them off! Or if you can't pick a favourite, gimme all of them!

(seriously though, I love Norn characters so much, please don't be shy, flood my dash)

[khorren]

-Let's have some norn family tree time!

Top: Bjarke Ulvar, Brigette Maelstrom - The parents of the Ulvstrom norn (all my girls <3)

Bottom: Torsten of the Frozen Lake - Isla's Father. Blair of the Frozen Lake - Fia's mother.

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Blair and Bjarke met, brief fling, and their coupling resulted in Fia. Bjarke was not aware of this. Shortly after he met Brigette, fell madly in love, partnerned with her, and settled down.

Bjarke and Brigette had just given birth to their first son when Blair appeared on their doorstep with Fia about 2 years old and was like "Hi. This is yours. Byeeeee" and frolicked off back into the wildnerness.

Over the next 14 years, Bjarke and Brigette had 6 more kids of their own, and adopted Aisling. Aisling's mother died when she was very young, and her father turned to dragon. The 4 boys are pretty much un-developed. The oldest is still alive. The 2nd died during Icebrood Saga. The third is called Niall and that's all I know about him. And the 4th turned to follow Jormag in Icebrood Saga.

When Fia was about 17 she left the homestead. Aoife was about 6 when this happened, Siobhan 4, and Roisin 2. And Aoife was really the only one who had any memories of her half-sister, and was gutted she left. Fia partly left to find adventure, but also to look for her birth mother. She was very content with her half-family, but she just had to go looking for her mother. She did find her! In a village on a small island on a big perma-frozen lake. Blair had settled down at this point as a Bear Shaman in this village, partly due to injury.

Everyone who took up residence at this frozen village was allowed to use the title "of the Frozen Lake" and many took this title on in lieu of a surname or family name. It was a clan name of sorts, and those with it took pride in the title.

Also at this village was a young lad called Torsten. Torsten was a pretty small norn dude, looking a bit more like a human. But 100% norn. He was born and bred in Lion's Arch. Had spent most of his life in Lion's Arch and didn't have much knowledge about typical norn things. He could fight well enough with a sword and shield, but had no connection to the spirits of the wild, and to be honest, there wasn't really much else going on in that brain of his.

Fia and Torsten got on pretty well, and tada. Small child appears. Isla. Fia stayed around long enough to recover and nurse the babe but just like her mother, she took off pretty soon after. Torsten was fully committed to raise the child, he just knew he would need the help of the village to do so. He had zero idea how to raise a child, but was fully onboard to do so. Isla's granmother, Blair helped as much as she could, feelings of guilt had finally settled in for abandoning Fia so young, so she was the doting grandmother, and the rest of the village helped in the raising of Isla to typical norn standard. She was trained well as a hunter, forager, fighter, craftsman, cook. She was told about her extended family when she was old enough and was given the right to use the surname of Ulvstrom if she wanted to, also the title of Isla of Frozen Lake, but she was content with just being Isla. Fia would occasionally return to the village. But the visits were short, and the time between them long.

[entamewitchlulu]

so i did a reading challenge this year and i wanna talk about what i read

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i did Popsugar 2019 and wanna talk about what i read:  Book Reccs and Anti-Reccs 

1.) Becoming a Movie in 2019: Umbrella Academy (vol 1) by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba

4/5. A fascinating take on superpowers, dysfunctional families, and the apocalypse. Can get pretty gory, confusing here and there and you have to pay close attention to panels for lore, but overall an entertaining romp.

2.) Makes you Feel Nostalgic: Circles in the Stream by Rachel Roberts

4/5. Middle grade novel about the magic of music, belief, and of course, friendship. Definitely written for kids, and has some unfortunately clumsy Native rep, but overall an absolute joy to dive into once again.

3.) Written by a Musician: Umbrella Academy (vol 2) by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba

4/5. Ramps up the confusion to ridiculous degrees with some absolutely bonkers, unexplained arcs, but still fun to watch this dysfunctional family do its dysfunctional thing.

4.) You Think Should be Turned into a movie: All That Glitters by Rachel Roberts

4/5. Continuation of Circles in the Stream, but with more unicorns, more rainbows, and more fae, which makes it automatically even better than the first.

5.) With At Least 1 Mil. Ratings on Goodreads: 1984 by George Orwell   

1/5. I understand why it's important and all but wasn't prepared for some of the more graphic scenes and the overall hopelessness of the message.  Would not recommend or read again.

6.) W/ a Plant in the title or cover: The secret of Dreadwillow carse by Brian farrey

5/5. A fantasy world where everyone is always happy, save for one girl and the princess, who set out to solve the mystery of their kingdom. Poignant and great for kids and adults.

7.) Reread of a favorite: Cry of the Wolf by Rachel Roberts

4/5. Yet another installment in the Avalon: Web of Magic series, which clearly I am obsessed with.  Please just read them.

8.) About a Hobby: Welcome to the Writer's Life by Paulette Perhach

5/5. A welcome kick in the pants, chock full of great advice told without condescension, and full of hope and inspiration for writers both new and old.

9.) Meant to read in 2018: The Poet x by Elizabeth Acevedo  

4/5. Absolutely beautiful coming of age novel told in verse.  Do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobook version.

10.) w/ "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title: Black Sugar by Miguel Bonnefoy

2/5. I think maybe I just don't understand this genre.  Or maybe the translation was weird. I was confused.  

11.) w/ An Item of Clothing or Accessory on the cover: Our dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani

4/5. It had a lot more slurs/homophobia than I was prepared for, but otherwise is a very touching, relatable collection of queer characters living in a heteronormative world.

12.) Inspired by Mythology or Folklore: Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly

3/5. A girl goes on an impossible quest to save her brother from a child-eating witch. Really wanted to like it more because I loved the first one, Monstrous, but it dragged a little.

13.) Published Posthumously: The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones

3/5. I adore Diana Wynne Jones, but this one was missing some of the magic of her other books. Not sure if it was because it had to be finished by someone else, or if I just grew out of her stories.

14.) Set in Space: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

4/5. Powerfully written story of a girl straddling tradition and innovation, who wields power through mathematical magic, surviving on a spaceship alone with a dangerous alien occupation after everyone else has been killed.

15.) By 2 Female Authors: Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

2/5. Ostensibly a story about a revenge pact in a small island town, but leaves far too many dangling threads to attempt alluring you to the sequel.

16.) W/ A Title containing "salty," "bitter," "Sweet," or "Spicy": The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith  

3/5. It's okay but I literally just never know what anyone means at any time. Are they being reticent on purpose or do i just not understand communication

17.) Set in scandinavia: Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura

2/5. Technically and historically accurate and well made, but the story itself is not my cup of tea.  Very gory.

18.) Takes Place in a Single Day: Long WAy Down by Jason Reynolds

4/5. A boy goes to avenge his murdered brother, but ghostly passengers join him on the elevator ride down. Stunning and powerful character-driven analysis.

19.) Debut Novel: Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

4/5. Charming and then surprisingly heart-breaking comic about Nimona, a shapeshifter who wants to become a villain's minion. Really love the villain/hero dynamic going on in the background, along with the dysfunctional found family.

20.) Published in 2019: The Book of Pride by Mason Funk  

4/5. A collection of interviews with the movers, shakers, and pioneers of the queer and LGBTQ+ community.  An absolutely essential work for community members and allies alike.

21.) Featuring an extinct/imaginary creature: Phoebe and her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

4/5. Incredibly charming, Calvin and Hobbes-esque collection of comics featuring the adventures of Phoebe and her unicorn best friend.

22.) Recced by a celebrity you admire: The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen

2/5. Recced by my fave author Brandon Sanderson. An unfortunately disappointing anthology proving that any story can be made uninteresting by telling the wrong section of it.

23.) With "Love" in the Title: Book Love by Debbie Tung

4/5. One of those relatable webcomics, only this one I felt super hard almost the entire time.  Books are awesome and libraries rule.

24.) Featuring an amateur detective: Nancy Drew: Palace of Wisdom by Kelly Thompson

4/5. REALLY love this modern take on Nancy Drew, coming back home to her roots to solve a brand new mystery. Diverse cast and lovely artwork, though definitely more adult.

25.) About a family: Amulet by Kabu Kibuishi

4/5. Excellent, top tier graphic novel about a sister and brother who have to go rescue their mother with a mysterious magic stone. LOVE that the mom gets to be involved in the adventure for once.

26.) by an author from asia, Africa, or s. America: Girls' Last tour by Tsukumizu

4/5. Somehow both light-hearted and melancholy. Two girls travel about an empty, post-apocalyptic world, and muse about life and their next meal.

27.) w/ a Zodiac or astrology term in title: Drawing down the moon by margot adler

3/5. A good starting place for anyone interested in the Neo Pagan movement, but didn't really give me what I was personally looking for.

28.) you see someone reading in a tv show or movie: The Promised NEverland by Kaiu Shirai

4/5. I don't watch TV or movies where people read books so i think reading an adaptation of a TV series after watching the series counts. Anyway it was good but beware racist caricatures

29.) A retelling of a classic: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Rey Terciero

5/5. We can stop the Little Women reboots and retellings now, this is the only one we need. In fact, we can toss out the original too, this is the only one necessary.

30.) w/ a question in the title: So I'm a spider, so what? by Asahiro Kakashi

4/5. Cute art despite the subject matter, and a surprisingly enthralling take on the isekai genre. Love the doubling down on the video game skills.

31.) Set in a college or university campus: Moonstruck (vol 2) by Grace Ellis

2/5. An incredibly cute, beautiful, and fascinating world of modern magic and creatures, but unfortunately falls apart at the plot and pacing.

32.) About someone with a superpower: Moonstruck (vol 1) by Grace Ellis

4/5. Though nearly as messy plot-wise as its sequel, the first volume is overwhelmingly charming in a way that overpowers the more confusing plot elements.

33.) told from multiple povs: The Long way to a Small, Angry Planet by becky Chambers

4/5. Told almost in a serial format, like watching a miniseries, a group of found-family spaceship crew members make the long journey to their biggest job ever.

34.) Includes a wedding: We Set the dark on fire by Tehlor kay mejia

4/5. Timely and poignant, a girl tumbles into both love and resistance after becoming one of two wives to one of the most powerful men in the country.

35.) by an author w/ alliterative name: The only harmless great Thing by brooke bolander

3/5. Much deeper than I can currently comprehend.  Beautifully written, but difficult to parse.

36.) A ghost story: Her body and other parties by Carmen Maria Machado

4/5.  It counts because one of the stories in it has ghosts. A sometimes difficult collection of surrealist, feminist, queer short stories.

37.) W/ a 2 word title: Good omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

4/5. Charming, touching, and comical, probably the best take on the apocalypse to date. Also excellent ruminations on religion and purpose.

38.) based on a true story: The faithful Spy by John Hendrix

4/5. Brilliantly crafted graphic biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and his assistance in fighting back against Nazi Germany.

39.) Revolving around a puzzle or game: the Crossover by Kwame alexander

4/5. The verse didn't always hit right with me, but the story is a sweet, melancholy one about family, loss, and moving on.

40.) previous popsugar prompt (animal in title): The last unicorn by peter s. Beagle

5/5. Absolutely one of my all-time favorite books, it manages to perfectly combine anachronism and comedy with lyricism, melancholy, and ethereal beauty.

41.) Cli-fi: Tokyo Mew Mew by Mia ikumi and Reiko Yoshida

4/5. Shut up it counts

42.) Choose-your-own-adventure: My Lady's choosing by Kitty curran

3/5. Cute in concept, a bit underwhelming in execution. Honestly, just play an otome.

43.) "Own Voices": Home by Nnedi Okorafor

3/5. The storytelling style was definitely not my style; while the first book was slow, too, it felt more purposeful. I found my attention wandering during this installment.

44.) During the season it's set in: Pumpkinheads by rainbow rowell

3/5. Cute art, but precious little substance.  The concept simply wasn't for me in the first place.

45.) LITRPG: My next life as a villainess: All routes lead to doom! by Hidaka nami

5/5. An absolute insta-fave! Charming art, endearing characters, an incredible premise, and so much sweet wholesome fluff it'll give you cavities.

46.) No chapters: The field guide to dumb birds of north america by matt kracht

3/5. It started out super strong, but the joke started to wear thin at a little past the halfway point.

47.) 2 books with the same title: Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roger

4/5. A brave and enduring personal story of growing up in and eventually leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. Really called to me to act with grace and kindness even more in the future.

48.) 2 books with the same title: unfollow by rob williams and michael dowling

1/5. How many times do you think we can make Battle Royale again before someone notices

49.) That has inspired a common phrase or idiom: THe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

4/5. Definitely good and deserves it's praise as something that pretty much revolutionized and created an entire demographic of literature.

50.) Set in an abbey, cloister, Monastery, convent, or vicarage: Murder at the vicarage by agatha christie

3/5. I just cannot. physically keep up with all of these characters or find the energy to read between the lines.

ok that's all i got, what did y'all read and like this year?  (oh god it’s gonna be 2020)

[problematicya]

The 2017 College Grad Who Got Attacked by a Horde of YA Authors Had No Idea What She Was Getting Into

She spent the weekend deleting her social media accounts because of all the harassment.

For the past 10 years, Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, has assigned all of its first-year students the same book to read. The Common Read program, funded by local donors, then invites the author or a related speaker to discuss the book on campus. A recent short feature story in the Aberdeen News marking the program’s 10th anniversary quoted a 2017 graduate on why she decided to volunteer for the selection committee during her junior year: to prevent a book by YA author Sarah Dessen from being chosen for the program. “She’s fine for teen girls,” English graduate Brooke Nelson said. “But definitely not up to the level of Common Read. So I became involved simply so I could stop them from ever choosing Sarah Dessen.”

The quote was punchy, even intemperate. But the backlash it inspired online was exponentially more so. The saga that ensued would be worthy of a dystopian YA novel if it weren’t for the fact that 100 percent of the characters are technically adults.

Dessen is an extremely popular YA author who has written more than a dozen novels. Her teen romance The Rest of the Story debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times’ YA bestseller list this summer, soon after Netflix announced that it had optioned three other novels for adaptation. The fracas this week began when Dessen herself somehow found the South Dakota story and mournfully tweeted a screenshot to her 268,000 followers. “Authors are real people,” she wrote. “I’m having a really hard time right now and this is just mean and cruel. I hope it made you feel good.” [Update, Nov. 15, 2019, at 4:02 p.m.: Sarah Dessen posted an apology for her initial tweet on Friday afternoon. “I want to apologize to the person who was quoted,” she wrote, adding that hearing from people who don’t like her work is “part of the job.” “With a platform and a following, I have a responsibility to be aware of what I put out there,” she wrote. “I am truly sorry. Moving forward, I’ll do better.”]

Dessen scratched out Nelson’s name in her screenshot, but the story was easy to find, and Dessen’s many influential fans and followers quickly piled on their sympathy—and rage. Roxane Gay tweeted that Dessen now has a “nemesis” and suggested that Nelson had an “inflated idea” of her own “taste level.” (Gay has since apologized for these tweets.) In a since-deleted tweet, YA author Siobhan Vivian replied, “Fuck that fucking bitch.” (“I love you,” Dessen replied.) Fellow YA writer Dhonielle Clayton chimed in: “Can I add a few more choice words for Siobhan’s brilliance … fuck that RAGGEDY ASS fucking bitch.” Vivian replied with the clapping, cigarette, and nail-painting emoji. (Dessen, Vivian, and Clayton have since deleted their tweets. A request for comment sent through a website associated with Dessen did not receive a reply. Clayton did not reply to a request for comment, but Vivian expressed regret by email: “I tweeted something I should have DMed. I was hurt because my friend was hurt and now I’ve hurt someone else. I’m truly sorry for my part.”)

Author Jennifer Weiner, who has made a career of defending so-called chick lit from misogynist criticism, elaborated. “When we tell teenage girls that their stories matter less—or not at all—there are real-world consequences,” she tweeted. She added the hashtag #MeToo and linked to a Vox story about why it took so long for the teenage victims of gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar to be heard. Incredibly, the implication seemed to be that there was a connection between sexual assault and the literary taste of one committee member of a small college’s common reading program.

Nelson, for her part, emailed me on Thursday night: “In 2017, I was a college junior who joined a committee because I wanted to have a voice in what text was selected for a college reading program. I was only one vote on a large committee of college students, faculty, staff, and community members.” After spending the week deactivating her social media accounts in response to harassment, she had agonized over whether to make any statement at all. She was worried the episode could “torpedo” her career—she’s in graduate school—and she was too skittish to talk to a journalist by phone after her last experience doing so.

continue reading at Slate

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1. Breaking Bad

(2008–2013)

49 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

9,5  9

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.

Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt

Votes: 1.139.188

2. Sherlock

(2010– )

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

9,2  10

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves

Votes: 672.954

3. Avatar: Son Hava Bükücü

(2003–2008)

23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

9,2  Rate

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Zach Tyler, Mae Whitman, Jack De Sena

Votes: 179.269

4. Kara Ayna

(2011– )

60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

8,9  10

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech world where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

Stars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Beatrice Robertson-Jones

Votes: 269.348

5. Tuhaf Seyler

(2016– )

51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

8,9  Rate

When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.

Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour

Votes: 538.354

6. House of Cards

(2013–2018)

51 min | Drama

8,9  9

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.

Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright, Kate Mara

Votes: 416.835

7. The Haunting of Hill House

(2018– )

50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

8,8  Rate

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

Stars: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 84.587

8. Peaky Blinders

(2013– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

8,8  Rate

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Stars: Helen McCrory, Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle

Votes: 164.225

9. Narcos

(2015–2017)

49 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

8,8  7

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann

Votes: 273.239

10. Daredevil

(2015–2018)

54 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8,7  Rate

A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.

Stars: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson

Votes: 314.323

11. Dexter

(2006–2013)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,7  Rate

By day, mild-mannered Dexter is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But at night, he is a serial killer who only targets other murderers.

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar

Votes: 582.566

12. Vikingler

(2013– )

44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

8,6  Rate

Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.

Stars: Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Travis Fimmel

Votes: 313.556

13. Suits

(2011– )

44 min | Comedy, Drama

8,6  Rate

On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.

Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty

Votes: 314.575

14. La casa de papel

(2017– )

15+ | 70 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

8,6  Rate

A group of very peculiar robbers assault the Factory of Moneda and Timbre to carry out the most perfect robbery in the history of Spain and take home 2.4 billion euros.

Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Itziar Ituño, Álvaro Morte, Alba Flores

Votes: 104.577

15. The Punisher

(2017– )

53 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

8,6  Rate

After the murder of his family, Marine veteran Frank Castle becomes the vigilante known as "The Punisher," with only one goal in mind: to avenge them.

Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ben Barnes

Votes: 118.094

16. Mindhunter

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8,6  Rate

Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.

Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross

Votes: 104.505

17. Dark

(2017– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,6  Rate

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

Stars: Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn, Jördis Triebel, Louis Hofmann

Votes: 87.320

18. Line of Duty

(2012– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,6  Rate

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation.

Stars: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson

Votes: 14.922

19. Luther

(2010–2019)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8,5  Rate

DCI John Luther is a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.

Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown

Votes: 95.648

20. Happy Valley

(2014– )

58 min | Crime, Drama

8,5  Rate

Catherine Cawood is the sergeant on duty when flustered and nervous accountant Kevin Weatherill comes into her West Yorkshire station to report a crime.

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Nisqually, The Poldark Prairie Saga, part 2 -- chapter 8 update and snippet

I’ve been busily researching the Sisters of Providence in order to prepare to write the second half of this chapter, because Helen and Richard will have two weeks to spend with them. The photo above is St. Joseph Hospital, established in June 1858 (three months before the Poldark party arrive in Vancouver). It was the first permanent hospital in the Northwest Territories. Today, it is part of PeaceHealth’s organization. You’ll learn much more about them soon. 

Before then, however, comes the parting of the Poldark-Carnes and MacGowans. A little snippet for you...

The sun neared its apex in the sky. Ross knew they’d have to push the animals hard to make it to the camp outside of Union Ridge, despite the fact that it was only fifteen miles away, half the distance they’d been able to cover on the prairies. He’d done what he could to take his time breaking down the camp, and had been on the receiving end of several glowers from Graves, each more dour than the last. But each was worth seeing the sight that lay just beyond the other side of their wagon: his wife Demelza spending the last few hours with her dearest friend before a half-month separation in a new land. The two women had been tucked away at the back of the MacGowan wagon, sharing last minute conversations and cooing over baby Addie, who seemed to grow like a weed. There were moments when he would see them from the corner of his eye, Demelza’s ginger head close to the baby’s, and he could easily picture her with a child of their own.

If there were one positive thing about their leave-taking, it was that he and his wife found themselves more closely bonded than ever before. They’d come together last night in the realization that they would soon be truly on their own, in wilderness without the company of those they’d grown to love so deeply; the four of them working to carve out their new home, with the hopes of a fifth to join them in the spring.

If someone were to have approached him a year ago and told him he would be a happily married man on the verge of starting a family he would have laughed himself hoarse. But here he was, married to a woman who made him laugh, cry, rage, and love. He likened the journey to a crucible of sorts, with all of the challenges they’d encountered along the way heating them to their core to make them stronger. They would need that strength as they made the final push towards their new home.

GC’s laugh from near the MacGowan’s wagon nudged Ross back to the present and he looked to see the boy had clambered up to join the ladies, peering at her while he lightly stroked her curly red hair with one finger. He tightened the last ropes securing the barrel of corn meal onto the wagon and walked over to join them. “She’s awfully small, isn’t she, my lad?”

GC looked up to beam at his uncle. “I thought Mr and Mrs Sheehan’s little girl, Si...Si…”

“Siobhan,” Demelza finished for him.

The boy grinned. “I thought she was the smallest person I would ever see. Addie’s not small, she’s wee, like Richard says,” he marveled. “But for someone so small she sure can make a lot of noise!”

“She surprised me, too, GC,” Helen chuckled. Ross was glad to see her up and about. “Would you like to hold her?”

GC’s raised wide, apprehensive eyes, first to Helen and then to Ross and Demelza.  Ross’s eyes flashed over Helen. “Are you sure that’s wise?”

“We’ll make sure nothing happens to her,” Demelza said, reassuringly. What occurred next was something he hoped to remember for the rest of his life: Demelza drawing him down to sit in her lap before Helen gently lowered the sleeping lass into the boy’s waiting arms. GC’s mouth formed a perfect “o” of surprise and awe as the little girl opened her eyes and stared up at this new face. Ross touched the back of the lad’s head before he looked at his wife.

Tears sparkled on her lashes. No words were needed.