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midnightcowboy1969 · 1 year ago

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My bookshelf

Hey, @beanifred <3 So, here's a big peak at my bookshelf (way too many books as I said)

Beginning with my treasures:

The "Real" Bob Steele and a man called "Brad" by Bob Nareau

The Photostory of "Battling Bob" Bob Steele by Mario DeMarco

2. The Columbo Collection

Just One More thing by Peter Falk

The Grassy Knoll by William Harrington (my enemy)

Murder by the Book by Steven Bochco

And now there's chaos:

Psycho 1 & 2 and Night-World by Robert Bolch (Norwegian edition)

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

The Body Snatcher by Jack Finney

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Trash by Dorothy Allison (lesbian but at what cost)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Buddah of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (I also have American Gods but I cannot find it)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

The Complete Short Stories: Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell

The Hunter by Richard Stark

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The System by John Burke (novelization)

Alien Nation by Alan Dean Foster (novelization)

Edge of the City by Fredrick Pohl (novelization)

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Collector by John Fowels

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Norwegian edition)

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (novelization)

Ninteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Wanderer by Sterling Hayden (the actor)

The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy & Anthony Shaffer (Novelization (?))

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Terror by Dan Simmons

Papillon 1 & 2 by Henri Charrière (Norwegian editions)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (book of all time)

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Midnight Cowboy by John L. Herlihy

Shooting Midnight Cowboy by Glenn Frankel

Cape Fear by John D. McDonald (watch the movies)

The Bretheren by John Grisham (Norwegian edition)

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorgood

Glitz by Elmore Leonard (Norwegian edition)

The Big Sleep and Other Novels by Raymond Chandler (the other novels are Farwell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye)

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Client by John Grisham (Norwegian edition)

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Legion (Exorcist 2) by William Peter Blatty

La Peste by Albert Camu (Norwegian edition)

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffery Cranor (not read)

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg

The Day of the Dolphin by Robert Merle

Local Hero by David Benedictus (novelization)

The Glass Cage by Colin Wilson

American Psycho by Brett E. Ellis

Fools Die by Mario Puzo (Norwegian edition)

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo (Norwegian edition)

Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin (Norwegian edition) + Four different Game of Thrones books in Norwegian

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

The Betsy by Harold Robbins (Norwegian edition)

Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (novelization)

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

The Auctioneer by Joan Samson

Timeline by Michael Crichton

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Dune, The Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

Hitchiker's Guide to the Galxy by Douglas Adams

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Trumpet by Jackie Kay

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman (short story collection that made me dislike short stories)

Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg (my enemy)

Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop by Lee Goldberg (I hate him)

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Wolf

Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Maurice by E. M. Forster

The Case of the Gilded Lily by Erle Stanley Gardner (Norwegian edition)

The Case of the Glamorous Ghost by Erle Stanley Gardner (Norwegian edition)

Something Happened by Joseph Heller

Marathon Man by William Goldman

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire by Derek Landy

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Norwegian edition)

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurt

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Norwegian edition)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey (bad)

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

Killing Time by Della Van Hise (Star Trek Spinoff Spirk book)

Star Trek: Department of Temportal Investigations: Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennet

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Missing by Una McCormack

Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic by Christopher L. Bennett

7. Stephen King Collection

Outsider

If it Bleeds

On Writing

Blaze

Carrie

The Stand

Hearts in Atlantis (Norwegian edition)

The Tommyknockers

Cujo

Thinner (Norwegian edition)

The Shining

Night Shift

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Norwegian edition)

Dreamcatcher

Doctor Sleep

Rose Madder

Pet Sematary

Christine

Salem's Lot

Dolores Claiborne (Norwegian edition)

The Bachman Books

The Institute

Insomnia

Misery

Finders Keepers

End of Watch

Firestarter

The Body

Needful Things (Norwegian edition)

Bag of Bones

8. Not pictured

A collection of Sherlock Holmes books

Many Hardy Boys books

Chilly Scenes of Winter by Ann Beattie

Some comic books

I believe this is approximately everything lol.

My dream is to have a small cozy rooms dedicated to the books I own. It won't happen any time soon.

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mccraecook99 · 9 months ago

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MGM-100 Years of Entertainment Tribute

After WB and Disney had their centennials last year and Columbia Pictures had it’s centennial last January this year,another legacy Hollywood powerhouse studio has finally reached it’s centennial today.

On This Day,100 years ago,Louis B. Mayer merged his company,Louis B. Mayer Pictures with Metro Pictures Corporation and Goldwyn Pictures Corporation to form the Hollywood studio powerhouse,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(AKA MGM Studio),whose logo of a roaring lion opened almost every picture the studio has produced and released to this day.

It was the studio that defined ”More Stars Than They Are In The Heavens”,that gave us beloved iconic Hollywood classics like Gone With The Wind,The Wizard of Oz, The Philadelphia Story, National Velvet,On The Town,An American In Paris,Singin‘ in The Rain,Forbidden Planet,Ben Hur,Doctor Zhivago,The Dirty Dozen,2001:A Space Odyssey,Shaft,Network,Logan’s Run,Fame,Poltergeist,Diner,A Christmas Story,WarGames,Moonstruck,Spaceballs,Willow,A Fish Called Wanda,Rain Man,Child’s Play,Stargate,GoldenEye,Legally Blonde,Barbershop and others and modern hits like the Creed and Hobbit movie trilogies,Bill and Ted Face The Music,Dog,Cyrano,Licorice Pizza,Candyman(2021),The Hustle,Bottoms,and The Beekeeper, established some of the biggest stars in the world such as Gene Kelly,Judy Garland,Spencer Tracy,Katherine Hepburn,Lana Turner,Elizabeth Taylor,Lionel and John Barrymore,Lassie the Dog,Clark Gable,and many others, introduced to the world two of the most memorable seven-time Oscar winning cartoon characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera(Tom and Jerry)and produced a series of fast-paced,off-the-wall masterpiece cartoons by screwball director,Tex Avery in the 40’s and 50’s and also,released and produced several animated features such as How The Grinch Stole Christmas(1966),The Phantom Tollbooth(1970),The Secret of NIMH(1982),Rock and Rule(1983),and All Dogs Go To Heaven(1989),it also produced TV hits like The Man from U.N.C.L.E,Wednesday,The Handmaid’s Tale,Harlem Coben’s Shelter,CHiPs,MGM Parade,Flipper,FX’s Fargo,and various modern game and reality TV shows in the 2010’s and 2020’s,acquired the rights to United Artists in 1981 and other film companies such as Orion Pictures,Nelson Entertainment,and American International Pictures,now having them become part of the Lion’s den and the studio eventually got acquired by Amazon in 2021 for $8.5 billion.

Happy 100th Anniversary to the Lion of Hollywood and the studio that gave us the best lavish movie musicals and later, the James Bond series of films,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(AKA MGM Studios). Here is a special commemorative drawing I did for MGM’s centennial anniversary featuring Leo the Lion(the studio’s roaring lion mascot)in a tuxedo.

Thanks for 100 Years of Entertainment,MGM.

#mgm studios #metro goldwyn mayer #centennial #drawings #anniversary

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wilsweb-asientour · 1 year ago

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Tag 44. 16.08.2023

Hallo Deutschland. Der Reisetag zurück nach Leipzig bedeutete eine Aufstehzeit von 05:30 Uhr für uns - leichte Arbeit. Dank meines Glücks mit koreanischen Apps konnte ich doch kein Taxi buchen, glücklicherweise stand ein Taxi in der Nähe des Hotels bereit. Zwar zahlten wir hierfür mehr (und konnten ärgerlicherweise nicht verhandeln), uns war dies jedoch mit Schlafmangel und Zeitdruck Schnuppe. Am Flughafen angekommen brauchten wir ganze ZWEI Stunden, um die Koffer abzugeben (jeweils 22,5kg und 23,0kg von erlaubten 23,0kg aufgebraucht…) und durchs Check-In zu manövrieren. Am Gate kauften wir uns ein paar Brote und stiegen dann in die A350 Maschine ein, die pünktlich abflog.

Webster schlief anfangs ein wenig, schaute dann zwei Folgen von „The Walking Dead“, spielte 2048 und schaute folgende Filme: „Australia“ über die gewalttätige Entnahme Aboriginal-Kinder im 20. Jahrhundert und „First Man“ über Neil Armstrong mit Ryan Gosling. Wilson schaute “Puss in Boots”, “The Hobbit”, “Shazam”, “Antman” und “2001 the Space Odyssey”. Am Flughafen trafen wir uns kurz mit Jowita, ein wirkliches Vergnügen, wo wir uns beim Austauschen unserer Geschichten komplett totlachten. Leipzig erreichten wir 22:10 Uhr und aßen ein spätes Abendessen mit der ganzen Familie.

An alle, vielen Dank fürs Mitlesen während unserer Asienreise. Vielen Dank für eure Kommentare und eigene Urlaubsbilder. Bis zum nächsten Mal! Wilson und Webster

Day 44. August 16, 2023

Hello Germany. The travel day back to Leipzig meant a wake-up time of 5:30 AM for us - an easy task. Thanks to my luck with Korean apps, I couldn't book a taxi, but luckily, there was a taxi ready near the hotel. Although we paid more for this (and unfortunately couldn't negotiate), we didn't mind due to sleep deprivation and time pressure. Upon arriving at the airport, it took us a whole TWO hours to check in our suitcases (each weighing 22.5kg and 23.0kg out of the allowed 23.0kg...) and navigate through the check-in process. At the gate, we bought some sandwiches and then boarded the A350 aircraft, which departed on time.

Webster initially dozed off a bit, then watched two episodes of "The Walking Dead," played 2048, and watched the following movies: "Australia" about the violent removal of Aboriginal children in the 20th century, and "First Man" about Neil Armstrong starring Ryan Gosling. Wilson watched "Puss in Boots," "The Hobbit," "Shazam," "Antman," and "2001: A Space Odyssey." At the airport, we briefly met up with Jowita, a real pleasure, where we completely burst into laughter while exchanging our stories. We reached Leipzig at 10:10 PM and had a late dinner with the whole family.

To everyone, thank you very much for reading along during our trip to Asia. Thank you for your comments and your own vacation pictures. Until next time! Wilson and Webster

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flightlessangelwings · 2 years ago

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✨About the Author!✨

Call me Jey. She/they pronouns. Over 30 club! Bisexual 💙💜💖 Latine mixed 🇧🇷 🇪🇸 & 🇮🇹 Massage therapist as my day job 💆

Sagittarius ♐️ sun, Leo ♌️ rising, Taurus ♉️ moon, Lunar rabbit 🐇

Im heavily tattooed and have several piercings so please feel free to ask me any questions about either! I do have fandom tattoos including a Mudhorn from Mando, an avengers sleeve, the hobbit and a Loki helmet that Tom Hiddleston signed!

Some other things I like besides fandom- history, museums, beaches, baking, photography, glitter, space, hello kitty

I’m married to my partner and we got married on Halloween! 👻 I have 2 cats, a big black boy named Zero (yes after Nightmares Before Xmas) and a black tortie Maddie (short for Madelina) 🐈‍⬛

Here are the babies! (Please always feel free to ask for kitty pics cause I’ll always want to talk about them lol)

And this is Ms Kitty the little Princesa of Grumpy, who passed away in Dec 2021 and I miss her very much 💔

❤️Favorites❤️

Color- pink black grey teal

Animal- cats, sloths

Flowers- roses, cherry blossoms, purple Iris, hibiscus

Games- Assassins creed odyssey, The Last of Us, Skyrim, pokemon, animal crossing

Movies- Star Wars, The Mummy, Detective Pikachu, Knives Out, Lord of the Rings, Thor Ragnarok

Shows- What we do in the Shadows, Interview with the Vampire, Lucifer, Good Omens, Our Flag Means Death, Bobs Burgers

Music- Bad Bunny, Muse, Fall Out Boy, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Queen, Selena

Actors- Pedro Pascal, Oscar Isaac, Tom Hiddleston, Andrew Garfield, Diego Luna, Tessa Thompson

Dream places to visit- Greece, Egypt, Japan, Thailand, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico

❤️Picrews❤️

I don’t upload pics of my face to tumblr but here are some of my favorite picrews to get an idea of what I look like 😊

#about me #jey talks

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robowilofficial · 4 months ago

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Finally getting around to sharing my "Ultra Hard Mode" Favorite Character Bingo Card! This includes 80 characters, and was admittedly rather difficult to fill out. But I managed it. This is the current version as of September 12, 2024.

As with the previous one, while it is subtle, I themed it after Sonic Frontiers' UI elements.

Due to the sheer amount of characters on this, they will all be listed below!

ROW 1

Gaogamon (Digimon Savers/Data Squad)

Druddigon (Pokemon)

SpongeBob SquarePants

Incineroar (Pokemon)

Dynasmon (Digimon Frontier)

Quester Gai (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)

Knight Man (Mega Man 6)

Freddy (Fenrir) (Dislyte)

Smaug (The Hobbit)

ROW 2

Metal Man (Mega Man 2)

Bulkmon (Digimon)

Champ (Uchu Sentai Kyuranger)

Momotaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Sonic the Hedgehog

Lord of Lightning/Ruined Dragon (Super Mario Odyssey)

Boss Bruce (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Doggie Kruger (Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger)

Stingmon (Digimon Adventure 02)

ROW 3

Kintaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Quester Rei (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)

Wolzard (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)

Reptillus Maximus (Toy Story That Time Forgot)

Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)

ShineGreymon (Digimon Savers/Data Squad)

Garu (Uchu Sentai Kyuranger)

Agunimon (Digimon Frontier)

Sarge Fan (Papa Louie Arcade)

ROW 4

Long (Wish Dragon)

Urataros (Kamen Rider Den-O)

ExVeemon (Digimon)

Koraidon (Pokemon)

Shou Ronpo (Uchu Sentai Kyuranger)

Zavok (Sonic Lost World)

Zen-Aku/Duke Org Rouki (Power Rangers Wild Force/Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger)

The Huntsman (American Dragon Jake Long)

Magnamon (Digimon Adventure 02)

ROW 5

Demon Lord Dragon Batzz (Future Card Buddyfight X)

Vector the Crocodile (Sonic series)

Flamedramon (Digimon Adventure 02)

Yaiba of Darkness (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)

Free Space

Black Dragon (Sonic Superstars)

Kai Ozu (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)

BlackWarGreymon (Digimon Adventure 02)

Drek'ar (Omega Strikers)

ROW 6

WarGreymon (Digimon Adventure)

Magma Dragoon (Mega Man X4)

Ryutaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)

BurningGreymon (Digimon Frontier)

Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox)

Hackmon (Digimon Adventure Tri)

Zekrom (Pokemon)

Mr. Wolf (The Bad Guys)

ROW 7

Dragonoid (Bakugan Generation 1)

Killer Croc (The Batman 2004)

Gallantmon (Digimon Tamers/Savers/Data Squad)

Eiji Takaoka/Bouken Silver (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)

Sisu (Raya and the Last Dragon)

Deneb (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Puss in Boots (Shrek 2)

Death (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)

ROW 8

Wally (Papa Louie Arcade)

Vibri (Vib-Ribbon)

Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)

Red Hood/Jason Todd (Batman Arkhamverse)

Sieg (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Godzilla (Monsterverse)

Dorbickmon (Digimon Xros Wars/Fusion)

Benedict (Animaniacs 2020)

Guilmon (Digimon Tamers)

ROW 9

Gala Chronos Nyx (Dragalia Lost)

Raidramon (Digimon Adventure 02)

Tundra Man (Mega Man 11)

Bowser (Super Mario)

Beelzemon (Digimon Tamers)

Groudon (Pokemon)

Masumi Inou/Bouken Black (GoGo Sentai Boukenger)

RizeGreymon (Digimon Savers/Data Squad)

Leatherhead (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003)

#favorite character bingo #will's evening thoughts #damn i typed a lot even with my arms being sore

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svenerd · 1 year ago

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Games zu Weihnachten - Geschenke-Ratgeber von 0 - 18 Jahren

Photo by Michelle_Raponi on Pixabay

Spiele für Kinder - Die perfekten Spiele bis 12 Jahre

Photo by ShortSword on Pixabay Passend zur anstehenden Zeit, in der Geschenke für Weihnachten gesucht werden, stellen wir euch die perfekten Gaming-Geschenke für Kinder bis 12 Jahren für Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Xbox und PC vor. In den Videos am Ende jedes Abschnittes werden alle Spiele kurz vorgestellt. Den Inhalt der jeweiligen Videos findet ihr hier, inklusive Zeitstempel in den Videos. 00:00 Intro 00:48 Mario-Spiele Super Mario Odyssey New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Super Mario Bros. Wonder 02:42 Bauen und Spaß haben Minecraft Minecraft Legends Minecraft Dungeons Super Mario Maker 2 Dragon Quest Builders 2 05:29 Lego Lego Star Wars: Die Skywalker-Saga Lego Marvel Superhelden 2 Lego Harry Potter Collection 07:16 Sport und Spaß Nintendo Switch Sports Ring Fit Adventure Mario Tennis Aces Mario Golf: Super Rush Mario Strikers: Battle League Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen: Tokyo 2020 11:07 Lebenssimulationen Disney Dreamlight Valley Fae Farm Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life My Time At Portia Landwirtschafts-Simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons 14:48 Hüpfspaß Kirby und das vergessene Land Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe Disney Illusion Island 16:26 Abenteuer Stray The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 17:32 Rennspiele Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged Team Sonic Racing Lego 2K Drive 20:09 Pokémon Pokémon Karmesin und Pokémon Purpur Pokémon-Legenden: Arceus Pokémon Let’s Go, Pikachu! Und Pokémon Let’s Go, Evoli! New Pokémon Snap Meisterdetektiv Pikachu kehrt zurück 23:14 Action/Shooter Splatoon 3 Powerwash Simulator

Spiele für Jugendliche - Die perfekten Spiele von 12 bis 18 Jahre

Photo by wal_172619 on Pixabay 00:00 Intro 01:03 Was sollte man beachten 02:05 Fantasy-Spiele The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Tales of Arise Kena: Bridge of Spirits Elden Ring 04:08 Weltraum-Spiele No Man’s Sky Starfield 05:07 Fahren und Fliegen Forza Horizon 5 Forza Motorsport Gran Turismo 7 Wreckfest Microsoft Flight Simulator 07:31 Playstation-Spiele Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition Horizon: Forbidden West Complete Edition Marvel’s Spider-Man Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 09:24 Lizenzspiele Hogwarts Legacy Mittelerde: Mordors Schatten Mittelerde: Schatten des Krieges Lego Der Hobbit Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Lego Star Wars: Die Skywalker Saga Guardians of the Galaxy Batman: Return to Arkham Batman Arkham Trilogy Lego Batman 3 - Jenseits von Gotham Lego DC Super-Villains 11:20 Hüpfen Super Mario Bros. Wonder Rayman Legends Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 12:38 Cozy-Games Animal Crossing: New Horizons Stardew Valley Landwirtschafts-Simulator 22/23 14:18 Sport EA Sports FC 24 NBA 2K24 NHL 24 Madden NFL 24 16:27 Strategie Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope Anno 1800 Civilization 6 17:58 Puzzle Portal 2 / Portal Begleiterkollektion It Takes Two Untitled Goose Game 20:13 Spiele digital verschenken

Spiele für Erwachsene - Die perfekten Spiele für volljährige Zocker

Photo by chriswanders on Pixabay 00:00 Intro 01:01 Für Rollenspiel-Fans Baldur‘s Gate 3 The Witcher 3 Divinity Original Sin 2 Disco Elysium – The Final Cut 05:31 Für Filmliebhaber und Nostalgiker Robocop: Rogue City Starship Troopers: Terran Command Aliens: Dark Descent Alien: Isolation 08:13 Für Strategen Crusader Kings 3 Stellaris Total War: Three Kingdoms 11:20 Für Gesellschaftsspieler The-Jackbox-Party-Pack-Reihe Party Animals 13:55 Für Horrorfans Resident Evil 4 Dead Space Remake 15:58 Große Hits zum kleinen Preis Yakuza 0 Immortals: Fenyx Rising Far Cry 6 Death‘s Door Vampire Survivors 18:21 Die absoluten Mainstream-Blockbuster The Last of Us Part 1 Red Dead Redemption Red Dead Redemption 2 God of War Ragnarök Diablo 4 21:18 Für beste Freunde und Partner A Way Out Remnant 2 We Were Here Forever 24:16 Für Leseratten Slay the Princess 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical 26:15 Geheimtipps für die, die schon alles haben Pizza Tower Warhammer 40K: Boltgun Cassette Beasts 28:11 Worauf ihr beim Kauf achten solltet Read the full article

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marigoldvance · 4 years ago

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Day One - Traveling to the Shire

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The exterior of Bag End is in keeping with the other hill-homes in the area. Below, a low, wicker fence stretches into the slope of the hill on one side and into a spectacular grouping of hydrangea on the other, a plain, garden gate in the middle with a latch that Kíli undoes easily. He follows the gate inward, swivels left on the pathway and proceeds to climb the steps toward the door, painted a leafy green with a handsome, polished pewter knob. There's smoke rising from the chimney and a cozy glow in all the windows and Kíli thinks he can smell the fatty aroma of beer-battered fish cooking.

Once Fíli arrives at his side, Kíli raps his knuckles on the door.

Their host, the last message stated, is named Mr. Beg—Big—Boggins(?)and is supposedly going to fill the position of stealth expert in their company. A precursory search milled nothing on Mr. Boggins nor his presumed qualifications, but Kíli trusts his uncle's judgement.

AVAILABLE ON AO3 🚀

#GatheringFiKi #FiKiWeek2021 #Day One #FiKi #Fili/Kili #Durincest #Fili #Kili #💀🕊️🚫🍽️: The Hobbit but make it space #The Hobbit: A Space Odyssey #writing #my writing #AO3 #photoset #photoset by MarigoldVance #Dwarves in Space #Sci-Fi madness

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middleearthpixie · 3 years ago

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Durin's Garage AU ~ Good Trouble - Chapter Eight

Durin’s Garage AU - Good Trouble

Modern Spin on The Hobbit

Summary: When your car breaks down, there is only one garage in town - Durin’s Garage and Engine Repairs. And sometimes, they do more than just tune your engine, check your oil, and top off your fluids…

Everyone in town knows Durin’s Garage and Engine Repairs is THE place to go when your car needs work, and everyone knows that Dwalin Fundinson is to be avoided outside of the garage. He’s an ace mechanic, but trouble otherwise.

After kicking himself for what happened that morning, Dwalin finds himself on the receiving end of an invitation from another woman, while you’re also kicking yourself and dealing with a crazy night at the pub.

Pairing: Modern!Dwalin x reader

Warning: A bit of soul searching, a minivan mom interested in Dwalin doing more than fixing her minivan, and some makeup sex

Word Count: 4,832

Previous chapters here and AO3

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The radio played softly, and Dwalin paid little attention to the AC/DC song even as he tapped out the beat on the steering wheel. He felt like such a fool. What was he thinking, blurting out his feelings that way? Mahal, he couldn’t be any more the idiot if he tried. He regretted the words the moment he saw your expression change, the moment he saw the curtains drop behind your eyes.

Someone hurt you, and did so badly and now he’d scared you off as well, and he wanted to dickpunch himself for doing it at all. What the fuck was he thinking? He’d risked it as it was by offering to let you stay with him. And now he goes and says I love you.

“Fucking moron,” he grumbled, downshifting to ease to a stop at the last traffic light before leaving town. He glanced to his right and his gut kinked at the sight of your Jeep in its usual parking space. He was supposed to heading out to Route Fourteen, where a minivan mom had broken down, but he really just wanted to swing the truck into the Dunraven’s lot and come find you.

His phone rang. Thorin. Wonderful. His phone sat atop the dash on a magnetic holder and he stretched to hit accept and then speaker. “What?”

“Damn, hello to you, too,” Thorin growled. “Where are you? Honda mom on Fourteen has called twice about having to wait for you.”

“Ye only gave me the ticket twenty minutes ago and I was at the other end of town jumpstarting a Subaru. Give me a chance to get there and tell Honda Mom to cool her tits.”

“I think I’ll let you deliver that message.” Thorin paused. “You okay? You’re grouchier than usual. New girlfriend keep you up too late?”

Dwalin scowled as the light went green. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Uh-oh… trouble in paradise already?”

“I’m hanging up now.”

“Just go get Honda Mom, okay? We’ll talk later.”

“I am and I’m not. In that order.” Dwalin hit disconnect and eased on the clutch to get the truck moving again. Traffic thinned as the highway split into three lanes and about a mile outside of town, he spotted the pale gold Honda Odyssey on the side of the road, hazards flashing manically.

He eased off onto the shoulder ahead of it, and climbed down from the cab, calling, “Dwalin Fundinson from Durin’s Garage. Ye called for a tow?”

The driver’s side door opened and a blonde climbed down. “Took you long enough.”

“My apologies, ma’am, but I was at the northern end of town with another customer when the call came through. What happened?”

“Smoke. Lots and lots of smoke. And no matter how hard I stepped on the gas, my van didn't want to go over twenty-five.”

“What color smoke and from which end?” He moved around to take the flares and triangles from the tool case, set them up, then walked over to her car to see them out.

“White and from the back.”

“When did it happen?”

As he drew closer, she eyed him and it was the same look most lone women gave him—a bit of interest, a lot of apprehension. Normally, it didn't bother him. Today, he almost wanted to growl at her, just to see her jump. Damn it. Today was supposed to be one of those days where nothing fazed him because he’d started off his day having amazing sex with an equally amazing woman. He certainly hadn’t planned on fighting with that same amazing woman moments later.

Shit.

Fucking moron.

“Mommy? I have to pee.”

Dwalin turned to see a little blonde girl poking her head out through the driver’s side window. A kid. Wonderful. Kids made him uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable, actually. This one met his stare and her eyes widened as she said, “Who are you?”

“I’m Dwalin. Who are ye?”

“Emily. Are you gonna fix Mommy’s car?”

“Maybe.” He looked back at Honda Mom. “When did ye notice the smoke?”

“When I pulled out of the lot at the Promenade Mall on Dale Street.” She looked over at her daughter. “Hopefully we’ll be home soon, honey.”

“Mommy, I really have to go.”

“I know, sweetie.” Honda Mom turned back to him. “Do you think it’s something you can fix?”

“I don’t know.” He looked over at Emily, and then back to her and tried to make his voice a little less gruff. “I can look now, or I can take it back to the shop. It’s about a ten minute ride from here and she can use the bathroom when we get there.”

Honda Mom looked only slightly less fearful. “I suppose we should just go back to the garage. Oh, damn it, I hope it isn’t anything major.”

“Ye and yer daughter can ride up in the cab with me,” he gestured to the flatbed, “so why don’t ye get settled while I hook this up?”

She smiled. “Thank you.”

“No problem.” He looked over at Emily. “Can ye do me a favor?”

“What?”

“Can ye get out on the other side of the van? I don’t want ye getting hit out here.”

She nodded. “Okay.”

“But wait for yer mother.” He turned back to Honda Mom. “The cab is unlocked. But I don’t have a car seat.”

“She’s actually out of a car seat now, believe it or not.” She skirted the van’s nose to get here daughter out of the van and into the truck, while he hooked the cables to the van, then climbed up into the driver’s seat to put the transmission in neutral. As he did, he looked down to see the parking brake was engaged, so he disengaged it, and then set about getting it towed up onto the flatbed. He extinguished the flares, stowed the triangles, and strode back to his truck.

When he climbed back up, it was to see Emily on her mother’s lap, watching him intently. “You’re kinda scary, Mr. Dwalin.”

“Am I?” He looked from her to her mother and back. “Why?”

“Well… you look… mean…”

“Emily!” Honda Mom gasped. “That isn’t nice.”

“It’s quite all right,” he told her. “I look mean to a lot of people. But,” he depressed the clutch and shifted into first, “I’m not really mean, now, am I?”

“You have a lot of tattoos,” Emily pointed out. “Did they hurt?”

“Some did. Some? Not so much.” He eased off the clutch and onto the gas and as they bumped their way back out onto the road, he added, “Did ye ever get a shot?”

She nodded. “I hate shots.”

“Yeah,” he nodded, “me, too. But… getting a tattoo actually hurts less than getting a shot.”

“No way.”

He nodded again. “I swear it’s the truth.”

Emily studied him, pursing her lips. “Are you a biker? Is that why you have all of those tattoos?”

He chuckled. “I am not a biker. This is what I do. This and I fix cars.” He glanced into the sideview mirror to change lanes as the U-turn loomed ahead.

“Will you fix ours?”

“I will if no one else needs a tow, yes.”

“Good.” Emily bobbed her head. “I like you. I like your tattoos and I like that your truck smells like Christmas trees.”

He grinned, his gaze going to the pine-scented tree air freshener swinging from the rearview mirror. “I can’t smell it anymore. My nose has gone numb to it.”

“Well, it smells like Christmas and I love Christmas.”

“Yeah? Me, too.”

Honda mom ruffled Emily’s hair. “You’re being a chatterbox, Em.”

“It’s okay,” Dwalin glanced at her, “I don��t mind. She sounds wise beyond her years.” To Emily, he said, “How old are ye?”

“Six.”

“Ye sound much older than six, ye know. A wise old soul.”

“That’s what Mommy says, too. And Gram.” She settled against her mother. “Mommy and I were Christmas shopping.”

“That reminds me,” he said, swinging the truck into the northbound lane carefully, “I really should start mine.”

“Do you have kids to buy for, Mr. Dwalin?”

“No, Miss Emily, I have no children.”

“You should.”

“Emily!”

He laughed softly. “Again, it’s okay.” He smiled at Emily. “I would, but I’m not married, which makes it a little more difficult.”

“Mommy isn’t married any more, either. You should marry her and then you can buy me Christmas presents because I’ll bee your stepdaughter and that’s close enough to being your child.”

“Emily! Oh, Mr. Dwalin, I’m so sorry.” Honda Mom’s cheeks were bright red as she put her hand over her daughter’s mouth. “You need to be quiet now, little bit. And stop trying to find Mommy a boyfriend.”

She turned to him again. “I don’t know why she does this.”

“It’s okay. It happens.” He managed to smile at Emily. “Sorry, Miss Emily.”

She sighed and shrugged. “Oh, well.”

Mercifully, they reached Durn’s Garage without any more uncomfortable moments and as she climbed out of the truck cab, Honda Mom smiled up at him. “You know, if you’d like, I’m supposed to be going to an exhibit opening at the Sternhagen tomorrow night and I would love some company.”

He almost grinned at the image of him showing up at an art gallery opening. He stand out beyond standing out. “I appreciate the offer, but I’m seeing someone, so thank ye, but no.”

“It was worth a shot.” She shrugged as Emily hopped down and made a beeline for the garage’s office. “Oh, I’d better snag her.”

“The restroom is at the end of the hallway,” he called as she went racing after her daughter.

“Did I hear right?” Kíli came around the opposite side of the truck, grinning. “Honda Mom asked you out?”

His face grew warm, so he turned to climb back up into the cab to engage the hydraulics. “What of it?”

“Just making sure I heard right, is all.”

He climbed back down. “I’m not in the mood, Junior.”

“Junior?” Kíli shook his head. “Damn, Thorin was right, you are a grouch today. What happened?”

“Never you mind,” he growled, circling around to the Honda’s driver’s side, where he climbed in and turned over the ignition. As he did, he glanced into the rearview mirror to see if there was any smoke.

Nothing.

“Wait a minute,” Kíli climbed up onto the flatbed itself and leaned against the van’s rear door support. “Did she really ask you out?”

“Why do ye sound so shocked?”

“I don’t.”

“Yeah,” Dwalin leveled him with a long look, “ye do.”

Kíli grinned. “What did you tell her?”

“None of yer business, Junior.” He nodded toward the flatbed cab. “Make yerself useful and feed out the line, will ye?”

“Damn,” Kíli muttered, shaking his head. “You need to get laid, man. You’re downright bitchy.”

“I did get laid,” Dwalin grumbled when he was sure Kíli was out of ear shot, “and I promptly fucked it up.”

The hydraulics groaned to life and he carefully inched the minivan down the ramp. He parked it, set the emergency brake, and then got out to unhook everything. Kíli came back to help him. “She’s cute.”

“I don’t care how cute she is,” he replied as Kíli climbed up into the driver’s seat. “I’m not interested. Now, bring it into the middle bay and I’ll—”

“Dwalin!” Thorin called as he came out of the third of the three garage bays. “I need you to go back out.”

“Oh, Christ, are ye kidding me? What for this time?”

“Flat tire. Simple change and you’ll be on your way.”

He sighed. “I’m clocking out, so I’ll do it on my way.”

“Over on Klockner. Three hundred block. Green Infiniti. Kíli,” Thorin turned to his nephew, “Honda Mom will need either a ride or a cab. Find out.”

Kíli grinned. “She asked Smiley out. Maybe she can just hop on the back of his bike.”

Neither Thorin nor Dwalin smiled. Dwalin just ignored him, climbing up into the flatbed cab to move the truck into its parking space around the back of the building, then crossed to his Harley. He unclipped the helmet to tug it on, then threw his leg over the seat to balance it.

As he went to start it, Honda Mom came around the side of the building and lit a cigarette. She looked over at him, exhaled, and for a moment, he thought she was going to cross over to him, so he hit the throttle, lifted his feet, and zoomed out of the parking lot.

You tried to keep your mind on what you were doing, since Bobby would have your head if you made too many mistakes, but it wasn’t easy. All afternoon, you kept looking over at the door, hoping Dwalin would come in. Expecting him to come in. Terrified that he’d come in.

And that was it, he terrified you. Not simply because he blurted out he loved you while caught up in post-sex euphoria, but because of how you felt about him. This was all so new to you. Not just him, but the way he treated you. You weren’t used to men who treated you as well as he did. No, the men in your past were polished and elegant on the outside, but real jerkoffs on the inside.

Dwalin was the opposite. He was rough and hard on the outside, but an utter and absolute gentleman on the inside. And you’d freaked out over that and now look where it got you. Damn it…

The Christmas party in the private room was in full swing by eight, and you just wanted to go home. But then again, you weren’t sure which home to go to. Did you go back to your apartment or did you go back to his? Normally, when a boyfriend stormed off, that was it. You came out to find a bag of your stuff tossed into your car, or stuffed in your mailbox when you came home. Talking things out was not usually how they played out and more often than not, you were the one storming off because you’d walked in on something you weren’t supposed to ever know about.

But this was all new and utterly foreign territory for you. Every time the door opened, your heart leaped, only to sink into your shoes when it was anyone but Dwalin. And by ten o’clock, you’d given up on the thought of him coming in. You wondered if you’d find any of your things in a plastic bag, hanging from one of the Jeep’s sideview mirrors when you got off work.

“Marlena,” you set the last Sam Adams Boston Lager on the tray, “you’re all set.”

“Thanks, hon.” She hefted the tray. “Are you okay? You look a little… lost.”

“I’m fine. Just a lot on my mind, is all.”

“Are you sure? You wanna get a beer after shift and talk?”

“Thanks, but I think I’m just going to go home and collapse.”

“If you’re sure.”

“Marlena!” Bobby called from the far end of the bar. “People are waiting for you.”

“Sorry.” She rolled her eyes and made her way toward the private room.

As she did, Bobby came over to you. “You okay? You look like you’ve got something on your mind.”

“I’m fine. Just tired, is all.” You forced a smile as two men sank onto barstools across from you. “What can I get you boys?”

Each ordered a dry martini and from the time you set them on the bar until almost closing, you ran like a maniac. Finally, when your shift was over, you didn't even look back as you punched out and stepped out into the frigid winter air. A hint of snow lingered in the air and you debated about just going back to your apartment.

You unlocked the Jeep and ten minutes later, were parked alongside a sleek black Corvette Stingray that made your nipples contract and your heart feel heavy at the same time.

Dwalin loved you. And while he said it at a moment when his endorphins were tearing ass through his body to wreak all kinds of havoc on him, he still said it and you had the feeling he didn't say those words to many people. You were so afraid of getting hurt again, that you threw up the walls to shut him out without even considering that maybe this time, you wouldn’t be hurt. You were such a coward at times, as you sat there, just staring at that ‘Vette, just staring at how the parking lot lights gleamed off the flawless, glossy black body.

“You can’t just sit here, you know,” you muttered. Besides, it was getting colder by the second since you’d killed the engine, so you took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and eased down from the Jeep.

This time, you hesitated at his door because you were afraid that when you stepped into his apartment, he’d be there to ask for his key back, to tell you to leave. He’d said you could stay until you found another place, but that didn't mean he hadn’t changed his mind.

Still, you didn't want Steve or Meg to see you again, so you held your breath as you unlocked the door and as quietly as you could, stepped into his apartment.

It was dark and quiet. Well, it was almost three-thirty in the morning. You certainly didn't expect Dwalin to sit up and wait for you. Especially now. You closed the door behind you, flipped the deadbolt, slid the chain on, and kicked off your shoes to leave on the mat just inside the door.

“I thought maybe ye’d decided to go back to yer place.”

You jumped at Dwalin’s unexpected whisper and spun about with a gasp. “Jesus! Don’t do that!”

“Sorry.” He emerged from the darkness clad only boxer briefs, but he didn't look as if he’d been asleep. “I called the Dunraven looking for ye.”

“What?”

“I was worried when ye didn't come home earlier.”

“Honestly?” You set your keys and wristlet on the breakfast bar. “I didn’t know if you’d want me here.”

He met your gaze, his eyes heavy-lidded, and your heart skipped a beat when he said, “I wasn’t sure ye wanted to be here.”

“I’m sorry,” you said softly, shaking your head as you just stared at him. You wanted to just throw yourself into his arms and tell him how you felt, but damn it, you didn't want him to push you away.

“Don’t be sorry. Ye were honest with me and that’s not something a lot of women can say.” He ran a hand over his head. “So, now that I know yer okay, I’m going to get some sleep. I put fresh sheets on the bed for ye, and I’ll be quiet in the morning. I have to be in for seven, so… good night.”

You pressed your lips together as he turned to go into the living room. You wanted to just reach for him, to slip up behind him and press your lips against his broad back, to sweep a kiss over his shoulder blade.

So you did.

You closed the space between the two of you and eased your arms about his waist, trying not to notice how he stiffened at your touch. “What are ye doing?” he murmured, though he didn't try to pull away.

You brushed your lips along his left shoulder blade. “I’m sorry. I’m so fucking stupid, Dwalin, freaking out over something I really wanted to hear.”

“What?”

You let your fingertips just gently sweep over him, through the soft, springy hair spread down over his stomach. “Did you mean what you said?”

“Did I mean that I love ye?”

“Yes. Did you?”

“Do ye think I say it without meaning it?”

You heard the tightness in his voice and drew in a deep breath. You would get one chance at this and one chance only. “No… but I know sometimes afterglow is a powerful thing.”

He slowly turned toward you and you didn't need light to see his scowl. “I’m not some fucking fifteen year old kid who’s too stupid to know the difference between love and lust.”

“No, I know, but…” You pressed your lips together before you said anything else stupid, gathered your thoughts, and pressed on, “I’m such an ass. I really am. And I’ve been thinking about what you said all day and each time I did, I just wanted to smack myself because I hurt you and I don’t ever want to do that, Dwalin. And you’re—you’re just so different from the other guys I’ve been in relationships with and I know it’s not fair to you to be afraid that you’ll do what they did, but I am and I’m sorry.”

“What do ye think I’m going to do?” His voice was low and soft, without any heat in it, and your heart sped up when he curved his massive hands again your cheeks.

“I… I…”

“Mesmel,” his voice was a velvety purr, his thumbs brushing lightly along your cheeks, “I love ye, whether ye want me to or not. And maybe ye think I’ve said it too soon, but trust me, I’ve seen enough to know that life is short, and nothing is promised and if it feels right, it is right and this feels right to me.”

As he spoke, he brushed your lips with a kiss, gentle at first, but then with more feeling. You slid your arms about his waist as his kiss deepened. His fingers stretched up into your hair, his lips parting, his tongue easing between your lips to caress yours. You melted against him, your head doing a slow spin as he released your face to bring his hands to the bottom of your Dunraven Pub tee shirt. He whisked it up, over your head, and before seizing your lips again, whispered, “I love ye.”

He lifted you then, easily, as if you weighed nothing, and as you wrapped your arms about his neck, his arms tightened about you. Your head fell back as he swept a hot kiss over your chin and down along your neck, and with each pass of his lips against your now-overheated skin, you shivered. Those kisses sent heat streaking through you, made you forget that your feet hurt and your legs were tired and that you’d been hit on enough to make you want to junk punch the next guy who offered up a cheesy line. None of it mattered. Not one bit. All that mattered was the man holding you now, kissing his way down into the shadow between your breasts.

The muscles in his shoulders bulged beneath your hands as he shifted just enough to bring you into contact with him and you curled your legs about his waist. The firm ridge of his erection ground into you, and he caught your gasp easily as he arched against you once more.

He bent and pressed you down onto the sofa, and as he covered you, your legs parted and he settled easily between them. Then, he drew back enough to hook a finger against the front clasp of your bra, and a moment later, it parted and he bent to your right breast.

You bit down on your bottom lip at how gentle he was. There was no sign of the fire that had raged within him only moments ago, but it had tempered as he kissed along the curve of your breast and down over your stomach. His lips were gentle. His tongue barely touched you. And when he popped the button on your Levi’s and tugged them down?

He was gentle.

Your eyes closed of their own at the first sweep of his tongue through your folds, along your aching, aroused flesh. He moved slowly, teasingly, in no hurry as he brought you closer to that edge. With each slow caress, the knots inside you tightened. Your core did a slow bubbling melt as you slid one hand into his hair and the other clutched the pillow beneath your head.

Ribbons of white heat unfurled through you. Your hips slowly rolled to meet each delectable stroke, and when he hit the spot, you sucked in a sharp breath and almost yanked the pillow out from beneath your head.

Dwalin remained patient and slow, even as you squirmed beneath him, desperate for him to shatter you. He held you out over the abyss for what seemed like a lifetime, those tingling knots twisting tighter and tighter, every nerve firing, your entire body feeling as if you would go up in flames at any moment.

Then he shifted. Applied more pressure. More speed.

“Oh!” The knots all burst at once, fire flashing thorough you as he sent you over the edge. And when he brought you back, you were a breathless puddle of goo beneath him, head spinning, heart racing, the need to have him nearly crushing you.

He shed his briefs and as he came up between your thighs, he slid inside you and offered up a powerful thrust, one that had you bending your legs to wrap about his hips as you rose to meet him.

He caught your hands in his, linking your fingers and pressed your hands into the cushion on either side of your head. A sinfully seductive smile played at his lips as he teased you with those slow, incredibly deep thrusts that sent sparks showering over you.

“Amrâlimê,” he growled, moving faster now. “You feel so very good…”

You tried to speak, but your mind was blank. Pleasure scorched you from the inside out as he surged hard and fast and a moment later, arched hard, ground up against you, and you came together, clinging to him as he erupted inside you, your name a husky purr on his lips.

The wave ebbed. He sank against you and pressed a gentle kiss into the inner curve of your left breast as he sighed softly and went still.

“Were you really worried about me?” you whispered, tracing your index finger along the intricate ink on his scalp.

“I was, aye. I thought maybe another frat boy was giving ye trouble.”

“No, just a busy Christmas party that refused to end.”

He lifted his head. “I’m sorry if I scared ye. It’s just… I don’t play games. When something is right, it’s right and I say what I think.”

“I know.” You met his gaze, moving that forefinger to trace now along his beard. “And I’m sorry, too. I should have handled it better, but I didn't expect you to say that. I didn't expect you to…”

“To what?”

You sighed softly and shrugged. “To love me, I guess.”

“Why?”

He shifted, easing from you but he didn't move off you. And that was just fine. You rather liked the feel of him like this, as if he surrounded you. He made you feel delicate and cherished and as you slid her arms about his middle and lightly dragged your fingernails down along his back, he shivered against you.

“I don’t know why… you’re too good to me? Women think you’re probably rough and gruff and cold and unemotional, but then you show a completely different side.”

“I’m not made of stone, ye know.” He shifted to stretch out beside you, which was dicey on the sofa, and gathered you against him. “I’m just a man, same as any other man.”

“Not exactly the same.” You tucked your head against his chest, tracing a small circle about his left nipple now. “And you should probably get some sleep. You have an early day, don’t you?”

“Yeah, but I’ll be fine.” He kissed the top of your head. “Ye know, I got asked out today by a Honda Mom whose minivan broke down.”

“What?”

“Yeah. She asked me to go to an art opening at the Sternhagen tonight.”

“Why do you sound so surprised?”

“Because she hit on me.”

“Yeah, and?”

“And what? I just told ye, she asked me out.”

You smiled. “What did you tell her?”

“I told her I had a girlfriend, what do ye think I said?”

“Well, earlier, I don’t know if you still thought of me that way. You did offer to sleep out here, remember?”

“I was a jackass. This sofa sucks for sleeping on. Ye can sleep out here.”

“Nah. I’ll make sharing your bed with me worth your while.”

He lifted his head to smile down at you. “Is that so?”

“Oh, absolutely.”

He dipped to brush your lips with his, and then drew back just enough to whisper, “Prove it and I don’t care how tired I am come tomorrow.”

#The Hobbit #Dwalin #Dwalin Fundinson #Hobbit Fic #Hobbit Fanfic #Fan fiction #The Hobbit fan fiction #AU #Dwalin Fic #Is it hot in here?#Dwalin x reader #Dwalin short fic #modern au #garage au #stay tuned #more to come

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lavender-tea-fling · 2 years ago

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Alright, I should probably make one of these.

Top Fandoms (in no particular order):

- Critical Role / The Legend of Vox Machina

- The Sandman

- The Magnus Archives

- The Witcher

- Merlin

- LOTR / The Hobbit

- Welcome to Night Vale

- Les Misérables

- Good Omens

- Baldur’s Gate III

- Doctor Who

- EPIC: The Musical / The Odyssey

- The Mechanisms

- Interview with the Vampire

- Deadpool & Wolverine

- Dragon Age: The Veilguard

- Arcane (GODDAMN IT HOW DID THIS HAPPEN)

WARNING: This list is Very liable to change on a whim.

If you voted Trump in 2024, GET THE FUCK OFF MY BLOG. This is NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR YOU.

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disorentedfae · 3 years ago

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🐝🐛 Let’s talk about bugs 🦋🪲

Call me bonnet or fae.

Christian/Minor/Female

No NSFW

Go follow my tumblr wife @ollie-main !

Art request open: I enjoy drawing and writing. tho it may take a little bit for me to do it. And I prefer to do mostly anything I have listed below.

I archive all my art/writing on my side blog @bonnetsart

Everything that has to do with my own original story is rebloged archived @thedestructionoftime

My backup account. @thedisorientedanddisorienter

Im still a Zelda blog I promise

Miku x Link

Main fandoms-

Splatoon, Genshin impact, NA uid: 616351513 EU uid: 734945664, Honkai Star Rail- Kafka my platonic wife, Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, MIKU MY BELOVED -Vocaloid, Princess peach -odyssey/really any Mario game

-fandoms I’m in/games I play-

Linked universe (princess bride au), Stardew, Honkai Star rail, Tower of fantasy, Sky:children of light, Strawberry shortcake, LotR & the hobbit, Liminal spaces/dreamcore/weirdcore, The backrooms, The remarried empress , Punishing gray Raven, Wuthering wave, Zenless zone zero

Go ahead destroy my ask box. Pls

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casxmorgan · 4 years ago

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Books Books Books

100 Years of Solitude

11.22.63

120 Days of Sodom

1491

1984

A Brief History of Time

A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Child Called It

A Clockwork Orange

A Confederacy of Dunces

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters

A Land Fit for Heroes Trilogy

A Little Life

A Naked Singularity

A People's History of the United States

A Scanner Darkly

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Storm of Swords

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Walk in the Woods

A World Lit Only by Fire

Accursed Kings

Alice in Wonderland

All Quiet on the Western Front

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Pretty Horses

America, the Book

American Gods

American Psycho

And then There Were None

Angela’s Ashes

Animal Farm

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Anna Karenina

Anything Terry Pratchett, But, Mort is My Favorite

Anything Written by Robin Hobb

Apt Pupil

Artemis Fowl

Asimov's Guide to the Bible

Asoiaf

Atlas Shrugged

Bartimeaus

Batman: the Long Halloween

Battle Royale

Beat the Turtle Drum

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Belgariad Series

Beloved

Berserk

Bestiario

Black Company

Blankets/habibi

Blind Faith

Blindness

Blood Meridian

Blood and Guts: a History of Surgery

Bluest Eye

Brandon Sanderson

Brave New World

Breakfast of Champions

Bridge to Terabithia

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West

Calvin and Hobbs

Candide

Carrie

Cat's Cradle

Catch 22

Cats Cradle

Chaos

Child of God

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

City of Ember

City of Thieves

Cloud

Collapse

Come Closer

Complaint

Confessions of a Mask

Contact

Conversation in the Cathedral

Cosmos

Crime and Punishment

Dan Brown

David

Dead Birds Singing

Dead Mountain: the Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Delta Venus

Die Räuber (the Robbers)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Don Quixote

Dragonlance

Dune

Dying of the Light

East of Eden

Educated

Empire of Sin: a Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

Enders Game

Enders Shadow

Escape from Camp 14

Ever Since Darwin

Every Man Dies Alone

Everybody Poops

Everything is Illuminated

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Fahrenheit 451

Far from the Madding Crowd

Faust

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson

Feet of Clay

Fight Club

First Law

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers in the Attic

Foundation

Foundation Series

Foundation Trilogy

Frankenstein

Freakonomics

Fun Home

Galapagos

Geek Love

Gerald’s Game

Ghost Story

Go Ask Alice

Go Dog Go

Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Goldfinch

Gone Girl

Gone with the Wind

Good Omens

Grapes of Wrath

Great Expectations

Greg Egan

Guards! Guards!

Guns Germs and Steel

Guts (short Story)

Half a World

Ham on Rye

Hannibal Rising

Hard Boiled Wonderland

Hatchet

Haunted

Hawaii

Heart Shaped Box

Heart of Darkness

Hellbound Heart

Hellraiser

Hell’s Angels

Helter Skelter

His Dark Materials

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Hogg

Holocaust by Bullets

House of Leaves

How to Cook for Fourty Humans

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Huckleberry Finn

Hyperion

I Am America, and So Can You

I Am the Messenger

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

I Was Dr. Mengele’s Assistant

In Cold Blood

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens

Independent People

Infinite Jest

Into Thin Air

Into the Wild

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Invisible Monsters

Ishmael

Jacques Le Fataliste

Jane Eyre

Jaunt

Job: a Comedy of Justice

John Dies at the End

John Grisham

Johnathan Livingston Seagull

Johnny Got His Gun

Jon Ronson

Journal of a Novel

Jurassic Park

Justine

L'histoire D'o

Lamb

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Les Miserables

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Life of Pi

Limits and Renewals

Little House in the Big Woods

Lockwood & Co.

Lolita

Looking for Trouble

Lord Foul’s Bane

Lord of the Flies

Lyddie

Malazan Book of the Fallen

Maldoror

Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media

Man’s Search for Meaning

Mark Twain’s Autobiography

Maus

Meditations

Megamorphs (series)

Mein Kampf

Memnooch the Devil

Metro 2033

Michael Crichton

Middlesex

Mindhunter

Misery

Mistborn

Moby Dick

Mrs. Dalloway

My Side of the Mountain

My Sweet Audrina

Nacht über Der Prärie (night over the Prairie)

Naked Lunch

Name of the Wind

Neuromancer

Never Let Me Go

Neverwhere

New York

Night

Night Shift

Norwegian Wood

Notes from Underground

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Of Mice and Men

Of Nightingales That Weep

Ohio

Old Mans War

Old Mother West Wind

On Heroes and Tombs

On Laughter and Forgetting

On the Road

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One of Us

Painted Bird

Patrick Rothfuss

Perfume: the Story of a Murderer

Persepolis

Pet Sematary

Peter Pan

Pillars of the Earth

Poisonwood Bible

Pride and Predjudice

Ready Player One

Rebecca

Red Mars

Red Night (series)

Red Shirts

Red Storm Rising

Redwall

Replay

Requiem for a Dream

Revenge

Riftwar Saga

Ringworld

Roald Dahl

Rolls of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Running with Scissors

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind

Scary Stories to Read in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Schindler’s List

Sein Und Zeit

Shades of Grey

Sharp Objects

Shattered Dreams

Sherlock Holmes

Sho-gun

Siddhartha

Sisypho

Skin and Other Stories

Slaughterhouse Five

Smoke & Mirrors

Snow Crash

Soldier Son

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sphere

Starship Troopers

Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Storied Life of A.j. Fikry

Stormlight Archives

Story of the Eye

Stranger in a Strange Land

Surely, You're Joking

Survivor Type (short Story)

Suttree

Swan Song

Tale of Two Cities

Tales of the South Pacific

The Alchemist

The Altered Carbon Trilogy

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Art of Deception

The Art of Fielding

The Art of War

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

The Autobiography of Henry Viii

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Beach

The Bell Jar

The Bible

The Bloody Chamber

The Book Thief

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brothers Karamazov

The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories

The Cask of Amontillado (short Story)

The Catcher in the Rye

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Clown

The Color out of Space

The Communist Manifesto

The Complete Fiction of H.p. Lovecraft

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

The Dagger and the Coin

The Damage Done

The Dark Tower

The Declaration of Independence, the Us Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

The Devil in the White City

The Dharma Bums

The Diamond Age

The Dice Man

The Discworld Series

The Dresden Files

The Elegant Universe

The First Law Trilogy

The Forever War

The Foundation Trilogy

The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

The Geography of Nowhere

The Girl Next Door

The Girl on the Milk Carton

The Giver

The Giving Tree

The God of Small Things

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Hagakure

The Half a World Trilogy

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Hiding Place

The History of Love

The Hobbit

The Hot Zone

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hyperion Cantos

The Jaunt

The Jungle

The Key to Midnight

The Killing Star

The Kingkiller Chronicles

The Kite Runner

The Last Question (short Story)

The Lies of Lock Lamora

The Little Prince

The Long Walk

The Lord of the Rings

The Lottery (short Story)

The Lovely Bones

The Magicians

The Magus

The Martian

The Master and Margarita

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

The Monster at the End of This Book

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Music of Eric Zahn (short Story)

The Name of the Wind & the Wise Man's Fear

The Necronomicon

The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing

The Night Circus

The Nightmare Box

The Odyssey

The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Orphan Master’s Son

The Outsiders

The Painted Bird

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Plague

The Prince

The Prince of Tides

The Princess Bride

The Prophet

The Queen’s Gambit

The Rape of Nanking

The Red Dwarf

The Republic

The Rifter Saga

The Road

The Satanic Verses

The Screwtape Letters

The Secret History

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Selfish Gene

The Shining

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

The Silmarillion

The Sirens of Titan

The Six Wives of Henry the 8th

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

The Speaker of the Dead

The Stars My Destination

The Stormlight Archive

The Story of My Tits

The Stranger

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

The Suspicions of Mr. Witcher

The Tao of Pooh

The Things They Carried

The Time Machine

The Time Traveller’s Wife

The Tin Drum

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green

The Wasp Factory

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

The World According to Garp

The Yellow Wallpaper

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Things Fall Apart

Thirsty

This Blinding Absence of Light

Tiger!

Time Enough for Love

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Toni Morrison

Too Many Magicians

Traumnovelle

Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuf Voyaging

Undeniable

Under Plum Lake

Universe in a Nutshell

Unwind

Uzumaki

Various

Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia

Walden

War & Peace

War and Peace

Warriors: Bluestar’s Prophecy

Watchers

Water for Elephants

Watership Down

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Wheel of Time

When Rabbit Howls

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Why I Am Not a Christian

Why People Believe Weird Things

Wizards First Rule

Wool

World War Z

Worm

Wuthering Heights

You Can Choose to Be Happy

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

#some of these are fucked up #but #all the better

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kongtowercomic · 7 years ago

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Kong Tower #83: Mr. Dr. Weird Stuff Going On

#Kong Tower #webcomics #webcomic #webcomix #doctor strange #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #MCU #benedict cumberbatch #smaug #m c escher #2001: a space odyssey #the hobbit #science #magic vs science #magic #sufficiently advanced technology #clarks's third law

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cogentranting · 3 years ago

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Tier Ranking All the Classics/”Literature” type Books I’ve Read

Or at least all the ones I remembered to include/didn’t arbitrarily decide to leave out. (Within each tier the books are not ranked)

Other books wish they had what these books have

(The best of the best. )

Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky) A Tale of Two CIties (Charles Dickens) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien) The Chronicles of Narnia (CS Lewis)

Love it

Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) East of Eden (John Steinbeck)- honestly I don’t remember much about it but I remember liking it a lot Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)- but if I reread this might very well move up a category. Haven’t read it since I was like 11 Emma (Jane Austen) Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien) The Space Trilogy (CS Lewis) Til we Have Faces (CS Lewis) A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)

It makes me think

(It’s not fun in the way you might think but it has really interesting ideas or elements that I enjoy engaging with)

The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Stranger (Albert Camus) Night (Elie Wiesel) Grendel (John Gardner) The Sunflower (Simon Wiesenthal) Confessions (Augustine of Hippo) The Man Who was Thursday (GK Chesterton) Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)

Good Vibes Only

(I don’t really remember it but I remember liking it)

Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) Hard Times (Charles Dickens) Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) Persuasion (Jane Austen) My Antonia (Willa Cather)

Really Enjoyable

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (T.S. Eliot)- It’s absurd and a delight. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury) Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) Life of Pi (Yann Martel) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) The Crucible (Arthur Miller) Hamlet (William Shakespeare) The Color of Water (James McBride) Beowulf A Separate Peace (John Knowles)- Also featuring not one but two movie adaptations of the “so bad they’re funny” variety Middlemarch (George Elliot) White Fang (Jack London)- except the ending. Let White Fang stay wild. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)- they’re trash people doing terrible things and it’s a good time And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie) The Silmarillion (JRR Tolkien)

It’s good BUT

(I like it but there’s one glaring exception to that)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo) - Most of it is fun but also I’m pretty sure the one major plot point is very racist Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)

yeah, it’s good

(I like it but not strongly)

The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling) The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky) Macbeth (William Shakespeare) The Possessed (Fyodor Dostoevsky) Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) Moby Dick (Herman Melville) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) Paradise Lost (John Milton) The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)- respect the fact that between when I read this as a high school freshman to when I read it as a student teacher, it worked its way up from “bleh) to be here The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sure

(I feel slightly more positive than neutral)

Animal Farm (George Orwell) Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Medea (Euripides) Antigone (Sophocles) The Odyssey (Homer) David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut)

That’s definitely a book that exists and I have read

(I have no emotions regarding this book)

The Portrait of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs) The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway) Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) Passing (Nella Larsen) Charlotte Temple (Susanna Rowson) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)- I’m going to be honest. That category title is an exaggeration. I read a children’s abridged version when I was like 8 and that’s it. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

Need to reread

(I feel like I missed something the first time through and would appreciate it more on reread)

Beatrice and Virgil (Yann Martel) Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)- honestly though I think rereading would move it to “respect but don’t like” A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare) Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)

I respect it, but I don’t like it

(I fully think that this is a quality book, but for some reason or another, I don’t like it)

The Plot Against America (Phillip Roth) The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros) 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)

Bleh

Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare) The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)

Bad Vibes Only

(I don’t remember this book but I remember I didn’t like it)

Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) A Portrait of the Artist as a Yong Man (James Joyce) Rose in the Heart (Edna O’Brien)

Strong Dislike

1984 (George Orwell)- It could almost go into respect but don’t like, because I think the world he creates and the idea of it all is very well done. And the essay on NewSpeak is brilliant. But the book is boring and the characters are bad and I don’t really care if Winston gets tortured to death. The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas)- There’s a reason why at least one movie adaptation looked at the plot and went “nah we’ll just write our own”. The first one is basically a swashbuckling adventure and then this one was like “hey want to see the musketeers sad and old and what if they went on one final mission which is deeply misguided where they all fail and die. Does that sound fun?” If I’m remembering it correctly.

“I can shoot the book physically but not conceptually and that makes me sad”

(I hate this book so much you don’t understand)

The Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger)- this category was made specifically this book in mind.

#books #from your resident english teacher #tell me what I'm wrong about #or give me book recommendations #or you know ignore the massive ranking list no one asked for

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