#V; Gambling Apocalypse

[hancocksbestgirl]

The Raider and the Bear, Part 1/3

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Summary:

Porter Gage, despite feeling totally alienated from the other Raiders at Nuka World, spending his days and nights alone with his own thoughts, still wants what's best for the place. That's why when he has the opportunity to replace Overboss Colter with a new Overboss, he jumps at it; gambling everything he's built so far on the quiet, mysterious, bearheaded woman who easily defeats The Gauntlet.

The new Overboss is already working out better than Gage's wildest fantasies when it comes to Nuka World itself. Then, as he learns more about her, he comes up with a few new fantasies he'd like to see come true.

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category: F/M

Fandom: Fallout 4

Word Count: This chapter, 8k. Entire work, 22k.

Relationships: Porter Gage/Female Nuka-World Overboss, Overboss Colter & Porter Gage

Characters: Porter Gage, Original Fallout 4 Character(s), Female Nuka-World Overboss (Fallout), Mason (Fallout 4), Overboss Colter (Fallout)

Additional Tags and Warnings Under the Cut

Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Not Canon Compliant, Brief Mention of Past Abuse, Brief Mention of Past Harassment, Brief Mention of Animal Cruelty, Post-Apocalypse, Alternate History, Romance, Fluff and Angst, Pining, Awkwardness, Awkward Conversations, Awkward Crush, Raiders (Fallout), Nuka-World Amusement Park (Fallout), Fallout 4: Nuka-World DLC, Hurt, Morally Ambiguous Character, Original Character(s), Coworkers to Lovers, Love Confessions, Sharing a Bed, Service Kink, Panty Kink, Cussing, Submission, Non-Sexual Submission, Injury, Secret Crush, Masturbation, Fantasizing, Face-Sitting, P in V Sex, Oral Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Frottage

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The new Overboss had arrived wearing one of the most insane outfits that Porter Gage had ever seen.

And he knew Mason.

Even before she had started the gauntlet, Gage knew there was something about the woman, something that would work for his purposes. It had started in the transit centre, when she’d deftly teased the information she wanted out of Harvey - then stabbed him with her bayonet, not even sparing a bullet from her heavy rifle. Then, in the gauntlet she’d been slow, thoughtful.

The Raiders around him, watching at Cola Cars, had found her boring, complaining and throwing things as she worked methodically through the traps. Gage, on the other hand, had been thrilled with every thoughtful step. His heart had pounded as she refused to set off a single trap, disarming them with one skilled hand while keeping her oddly-dressed head up and scanning.

The pounding of his heart had turned to hammering as she’d hid behind whatever makeshift cover she could find, studiously obliterating turret after turret, most before they even had a chance to fire. From what Gage could see, the new Overboss could shoot through corners and around walls.

She couldn’t really, that wasn’t possible. But still… it had kinda seemed that way. The performance wasn’t quick, nor bloody - but it still took his breath away.

By the time she’d reached the locker room, the staging area before going up against Overboss Colter, Gage was so excited he could barely hear himself think over the thundering of blood in his ears.

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[fallloverfic]

I am legitimately confused by repeated comments that ORV's opening is slow or boring or uninteresting, especially people who say you need to read [insert some very large number of pages/chapters] to get to the "good" parts. I've seen this on multiple socials at this point and I originally wrote this post months ago, but recent potential news has brought back people saying this again, particularly in recommending it to other people/trying to get other people into it.

I would personally argue that ORV has a good opening. A very good opening. And the early part of it is very good, too.

ORV opens with a literal train of angst, attempted friendship, workplace harassment (Sangah getting harassed by her boss), some neat Korean folklore (dokkaebis hello), graphic violence (remember when Bihyeong just kills the president on TV?), a group of people in a subway attempting to beat an old woman to death, Dokja winning a pissing contest with a teenage edgelord, a bunch of people getting murdered, bonding in times in despair over a really unique form of problem solving, a man breaking open subway doors with his bare arms, young love, and magic, fleeing onto a bridge that gets exploded to bits by an evil gremlin, a horde of zombies appearing, the protagonist getting new magic powers, and then his getting held by the neck over said broken bridge in a complex back and forth with the "true" story protagonist before getting dropped into the mouth of a giant sea monster.

It covers topics like the limits of human compassion in times of strife, the complicated presence of the military (Dokja hated his time being drafted v Hyeonseong's military leadership doesn't save anyone), international relations (Sangah is learning Spanish), trope subversion (I mean it is and isn't the entire book and Dokja's character, but he's constantly trying to be 5-10 steps ahead of what's going on, including literally fleeing Junghyeok until Junghyeok grabs him by the collar), workplace harassment, bullying, and it's all taking place during multiple apocalypse scenarios.

This is the like first 11 chapters of the book. And it never stops. There are "slower" moments, moments where characters take a breather (like it takes a while for Dokja to negotiate his contract with Bihyeong, which is slow if you ignore the fact Dokja is arguing with an interdimensional being/alien for the limits of his own life and autonomy in the most dangerous streaming event imaginable, knowing he may still die if he gambles wrong on his personal wikipedia brain), but it's still frequently confrontational, whether that confrontation is about what characters mean to each other, what lives are at stake, finding your purpose in life, adaptability to complex circumstances, overcoming trauma and self-doubt...

And it's more intense in a way in the manhwa adaptation because you can clearly see most of it visualized (e.g., how visually wrecked the characters get, how young the kids are, how terrifying the monsters are, how scary the odds are, and how dangerous Dokja's gambles can really get with a fickle streaming audience), and Sleepy-C's art is gorgeous.

I just have to wonder (though this is more of a rhetorical question), what on earth do people consider fast? Because I am quite honestly terrified of what the answer is.

Like I get that ORV is long. It can be hard to recommend very long books to folks (and as the manhwa keeps going, long comics). To each their own, everyone is different, what appeals to me won't appeal to others. But there's a difference between "it's hard to recommend a very long work to someone" and "it's hard to recommend something that's long and takes a while to get into", and maybe folks are just writing the former a bit weirdly. I completely understand having trouble recommending long series to people. Also ORV has a very complex plot and I don't blame folks having trouble recommending that. I'm writing fic for later parts of orv and other manhwa and I dread explaining all the context for all that to someone who hasn't read them.

That being said, ORV has a very good introduction. Both chapter 1 of the novel and episode 1 of the manhwa are very good. They're not perfect, I can't say I was hooked from the immediate moment I started reading the page, but both of them have good introductions and it doesn't stop, and there's stuff to love in just about every chapter/episode, and I was definitely hooked enough by the time I finished to keep going to chapter/episode 2. Chapter 1 of the novel has great angst and character building, and it's funny and sweet and tragic. When I first read Dokja trying, earnestly, to recommend TWSA and getting harassed about it and worrying it will hurt this art and artist he cares about, but not being able to do much else to give thanks for this experience because of his circumstances, I cried. The first page/episode of the manhwa has them delicious boys love vibes and gorgeous art (and cute baby Dokja, I die for him), and the promise of a fascinating story ahead, and then the following page/episode has more gorgeous art and angst and great characters (combining them cause the first page feels sort of more like a teaser than a first page, though Episode 0 ends with a spread of Kimcom that makes me tear up). We'll unfortunately never know if I'd have loved ORV as much if I'd read the novel first, but I like to think I would cause ORV's opening is just that good.

I just truly, truly do not understand the sentiment that idk the opening and the first [insert large number of pages/chapters] aren't good or interesting or engaging enough. Maybe I'm out of touch. To each their own on what appeals, maybe I'm built different (doubt it though) but it just feels kind of dismissive of ORV's opening, in both the novel and the manhwa, which are both really good. Will it win over everyone? No. It's fine if you weren't grabbed by the opening or the first [insert however many pages/chapters/arcs]. It's fine if you took a while, even a long while to get into it, or never really did, and maybe don't like the manhwa, which is a great gateway into the story, or don't like the novel for whatever reason and prefer the manhwa. And at the end of the day it's just random opinions online, we all have different ones. Make the posts that appeal to you on your blog, complain on your socmed, whatever. But the opening is good, it keeps you very engaged with a lot of difficult scenarios, the characters are great and fun and funny, in those parts especially, and idk why I'm supposed to pretend that's not the case.

Anyway I don't like writing complaint posts. The opening and general start are excellent and Imma go back and cry over Dokja again ty singNsong for my tears.

[getyouraoion]

It’d been a long time since she’d been truly, completely afraid. Not simple spooks, like from a ghost story or someone sneaking up on her, but scared down to her core. So much so, she didn’t dare move.

Straight-faced and fighting to hold back any emotion save stubborn irritation and anger from her expression, Aoi let her green-blue gaze travel over her new ‘roommate’ - or rather, she honestly hoped he wasn’t, having absolutely no interest in sharing a crappy ‘hotel’ room with a man only known as ‘Hell Kaiser’. He was terrifying and cold-looking on his own, just adding to the overwhelming air of oppression this place held.

“...Y’ n’ gonna break m’,” she finally announced, fingers slowly curling into the sheets beneath her. The only two chairs in the room were on the other side of the room, past him; it made sense they’d just drop her on the bed rather than get too close to him. She didn’t even want to be as close to him as she was, though she had no doubt they’d locked the door behind them after dropping her there. “Whatever they want y’ t’ d’... Don’t bother. Y’ won’t win.”

“Such a nice-lookin’ kid... Cousin, huh?”

Aoi paled; would fighting back too hard force them to make good on their threats? Was it worth it to even fight Kaiser? “What is this place, anyway?”

Somewhere she needed to escape from, and fast.

@cyberstyled

[modestmuses-a]

@bystcrdust​ said: “« you are missing a golden opportunity to sever my arm while i’m preoccupied with overconfident blather. » //five time >:)”

homestuck? in MY 2020? (aranea) | accepting

“Trust me, I’m not missing anything,” he says.  “If I wanted your arm severed, it’d be severed, but I’m feeling generous today, given the circumstances.”  As much of a pest as she can be, it is (unfortunately) not worth mortally wounding her over.

“You really have nothing better to do than pick fights you can’t win.  Don’t most kids your age have—I don’t know—hobbies?  Even alien kids?”

[cyberstyled]

Right it’s headcanon time - I’ve had this thought pinging around in my head all day >.> 

(for this AU) Ryo brought his Cyber Dragon deck to the Underground, with the intention of using them there, too, but never really had the heart to field them. Something just felt... Wrong, about doing it. 

[itsallmadonnasfault]

I think most NFTs are inherently stupid: They’re a high-stakes gamble at best and a get-poor-quick tactic for the crypto-addicted at worst. Couple that with the fact that the NFT market has plunged from its gaudy beginnings, and you’ve got a surefire strategy for attracting the shame nun to your front door. Given such dire circumstances, it’s unclear why Madonna, in “peak Boomer” behavior, would choose this particular moment to launch three NFTs featuring 3D models of her naked vagina.Yet, I am here to defend our material girl’s non-material vag art, because who’s to say Madonna’s cooch won’t be the thing to save us all in the end? Won’t be me, and it definitely shouldn’t be the perennially online incels who consider dunking on “aging” women to be a competitive sport.

The NFTs are provocative, sure, but most brilliant art is. One features the naked Madge holding up a robotic centipede on her arm. The second shows a giant tree branching out of her vagina. And the third has her sitting atop an abandoned tank while birthing a kaleidoscope of butterflies—lights flicker behind her as buildings tumble to the ground in what can only be described as the one true prophecy of how our world will end. The apocalypse is upon us and here’s Madonna—tits up, nips out, and red lipstick on.“I’m doing what women have been doing since the beginning of time, which is giving birth,” the pop icon said of the piece in an Instagram video. “But on a more existential level, I’m giving birth to art and creativity and we would be lost without both.” Madonna: America’s beloved chanteuse, purveyor of time going by so slowly, and, apparently, the world’s next Jean-Paul Sartre.

To back up for a moment, for those of you who aren’t deeply in touch with the non-fungible token community (I wish this for absolutely none of you), the 63-year-old icon announced on Tuesday that she had collaborated with digital artist Beeple to create three pieces of NFT artwork entitled “Mother of Creation,” with the proceeds going to charities National Bail Out, V-Day, and Voices of Children. The auction ends Friday and the current highest bid for one of the pieces is over $29,000.

But given that our society hates women, and really hates aging women, a bunch of keyboard warriors took it upon themselves to pillage the internet and let it be known that they really REALLY hate famous, aging women. The backlash ranged from calling Madonna “cringe” and screaming “no one asked for this” to pronouncing she’d gotten “really desperate for attention in her old age.” The New York Post’s resident pearl-clutcher even called the NFTs “porn” and said they were her “latest filthy attention grab.” Meanwhile, a Crypto Twitter member griped that mother nature should “not wear make-up” and have “fake tits and hair.”Sadly, for a particular breed of men, women existing nude online, whether in this universe or the meta one, should only take place when in service to their needs. And often, they just don’t need a woman over 25.

The truth is that whether Madonna was wearing granny panties and a wool sweater, or if her 3D body showed even a singular wrinkle in her labia, she would still get pilfered as an attention-seeking whore, because men can’t stand women who understand the innate power of their bodies. Not to mention that women—especially older women, and namely, rich, powerful, and famous women—promoting their birthing bodies as the center of the universe (WHICH THEY ARE) often serves as an affront to the confidence of men who require women to stay docile, thin, constricted, and pliant. Madonna is none of those things. She is mother earth, mother of the virgins, and mother of rock and roll. Those who can’t see that her graphically exquisite vagina will probably save humanity from itself can take a swan dive into the Styx River, where Hades and the underworld await them.

[eightiesfinalgirl]

okay I'm calling it, hotel oblivion is going to be styled like an old Las Vegas hotel. Neon lights out in the desert with horses and cars parked together, a huge ass casino great for fighting.

Access to alcohol and gambling sounds detrimental to klaus and allison, who have both been shown to have addictive personalities. They are charming as well, which im positive will come in handy with getting out of the hotel. LET THEM MOURN DAVE AND CLAIRE! please let s3 be centric to them somewhat.

luther will most likely have the easiest time there, considering his time with jack ruby in the club and being used to isolation, revels in any human contact despite the circumstances.

diego will analyze everything and be heartbroken over the loss of both lila and patch, but seeing his somewhat fondness of vanya in s2 we better see them training her powers together.

vanya, you gotta big storm coming. her finally getting her powers plus memories back in what? two months? give her the violin and destroy shit all while having bonding time with diego and coming to terms with you know, almost killing allison and then causing the apocalypse.

e v i l f i v e. let him go apeshit because no one fucking listens to him.

ben is a sparrow. well fuck.

[believerindaydreams]

Today in (non) Commonwealth adventures: with the help of his friends Boone has been mostly cheesing a very good quest mod, Secret of Huntress Manor, that gives me a reason to swim around Maine for totally new reasons. V nice and big mod, hits all the right notes for a Lovecraft horror (which, I mean, I love you DiMA but your Synth colony is too cosy to be Lovecraft. Or will be by the time I finish building a nice settlement...once I get there...anyway. Some astonishingly good dialogue for a mod, fully Beth quality (lol) and a few genuine surprises. It's not often I burn three Stealth Boys in one fight.

Anyway had forgotten how indispensable Aquaboy is up north. It turns a rad source into your best way to hide from fog.

Then took a break for the Mojave again. I kinda dislike the rad storm weather that the modders put in, but it does look v v good so. And there are radiation arches in all three settlements now, a couple of top notch stores now, so. I still don't have gambling money, what with replacing all my settler's guns with decent 10mm pistols instead of those nasty pipe things...and purified water and a snack and a bottle of booze...a welcome package makes the whole "now you'll do whatever I assign you" thing less weird.

Though I did install a mod that lets settlers shop and now I have to wait in lines. Amazingly inefficient and yet I did this on purpose.

Deacon got a Molotov cocktail and has now had it taken away again. I am resuming the Railroad storyline to make him happy and also so I'm not knee deep in off world squid when Cass' new Brahmin cage catches something. Cowgirl apocalypse etc.

[radramblog]

Radiohead Retrospective Part 4: We’ve got heads on sticks

Your name is Thom Yorke. You’ve just released what is considered one of the best albums of the 90s, if not of all time, and you’ve achieved a level of fame that at least one band member considers akin to the Beatles. Through the release of OK Computer, you’ve proven that even if people are pretty much over Oasis at this point, British rock bands still rule the airwaves. You’re also stressed the fuck out over just about all of this, and having a very hard time accustoming to the life of a celebrity- let alone the usual mental health issues.

What will you do?

Apparently, the answer was to write the fourth album to be as far away from the previous few as possible, seeking influence from IDM groups like Aphex Twin, jazz stuff, and just some bizarro instruments and experimentation and leaving a lot of the “rock” stuff behind. The primary genre listed for Kid A is usually Electronica or Ambient, with various off-kilter rock subgenres lagging behind, crying “you’re still gonna do guitars and stuff, right?”

Well…not as much anymore. But this era of Radiohead, this career-suicidal swerve, still proved monumentally successful, and showed that the band still had it, and that sometimes artistic risks do pay dividends.

A side note: I usually link music videos for the tracks I discuss as part of each post, as you’ll have seen in previous parts of this series. Kid A, however, doesn’t have any singles, and it sure doesn’t have any music videos. So…maybe just listen yourself. I’m probably in over my head here anyway.

I think the first 5 notes of Everything In Its Right Place are some of the most iconic in all of music.

Some personal background- Kid A was the first Radiohead I ever listened to. A particular cool and good mate of mine was a fan in high school, but I’d never listened to them at all, and I trusted his opinion musically, so I went to buy one of their CDs the next time I was at the shop. And for whatever reason, the cheapest one was Kid A at 10 bucks, and I didn’t want to gamble more than that, so that’s the one I got.

So the opening notes of Everything In Its Right Place were the first Radiohead I ever heard. And considering how much I obsessed over this band, in high school and beyond, it’s no surprise that this song is one of my favourites.

Not only did this song introduce me to Radiohead, it was effectively a gateway track for electronic music in general. This was the early 10s, and the majority of what I knew as electronic stuff was the EDM that was drowning the airwaves at the time. I hated that stuff out of principle, because being a hipster like that was definitely a personality. I don’t think I would ever have gotten into Vaporwave, into IDM, or into any electronic music the way I eventually would were it not for Everything In Its Right Place.

Now that I’ve spent 250 words talking about myself and not the actual song, we should probably stop that. Everything In Its Right Place is defined by this steady build of layering vocals and effects onto the relatively calm synth line, distorted vocals and word salad lyrics and manipulated noises growing and getting more chaotic before it just stops- the vocals fade out, the effects drop, and you’re left with the synth line- except it’s been slowly changing itself the whole time, and you don’t realise because you’ve been distracted by everything else at the same time.

It’s worth noting (and I don’t know if this was the case with OK Computer, because I don’t have an original copy of that one) that this was an album without liner notes, without the lyrics in the cover booklet. But at least in this case, the lyrics don’t matter as much as the v i b e. At least, that’s what I think.

On the topic of unintelligible lyrics, Kid A has a title track! I believe literally two Radiohead albums do this, the other being The Bends (though Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows do appear as lyrics). The song itself is an ambient, quiet piece that feels something like a twisted nursery tune- incredibly affected vocals, a syncopated (?) percussion, and a synth (I think???) that…I don’t know how to describe it, but it feels nursery-rhyme-y. If you’ve heard this song a few times, or you know what to listen for, you can piece together the lyrics somewhat- and they are, frankly, kind of unsettling. What is standing in the shadows at the end of your bed, can it please leave? And imagery of the Pied Piper is always either extremely silly or extremely unnerving, with this clearly leaning towards the latter. There’s a lot going on here- especially for a track most probably wouldn’t listen to outside the context of the full album. I know I generally don’t- not the kind of thing I generally am in the mood for.

 We’re at 850+ words, and we’re only up to The National Anthem? Fuuuuck. Well, anyone who wasn’t on board the IDM train can at least appreciate this one more, it’s got an actual bassline. A killer one, at that, that drives the whole track. Well, you know, that and the B R A S S. Seriously, it sounds like they invited a marching band to this bad boy. The combination ends up sounding mostly like controlled chaos, a jazz band traffic jam wound together by that B A S S. But the bass can’t hold it forever, and eventually that shit breaks free and just, it just honks all over the place.

I’m frustratingly running out of things to say about this song I really like, as opposed to the other songs I really liked. Unfortunately, ya boi forgot to take his neurotypicalification pills today, and so I’m getting very distracted. Hopefully, that slightly unhinged nature suits the album somewhat.

The next song, How To Disappear Completely, is a Big Mood with a fun story attached. The main lyrics- I’m not here, this isn’t happening- were allegedly something none other than Michael Stipe from R.E.M. told Thom to help him deal with that massive stage fright that came with Getting Big. Fun trivia aside, this song is gorgeous, luscious with massive strings, an acoustic bend, aethereal vocals, and a background drone running through the thing that makes sure your hair is always a little on end through the thing. It’s a song whose lyrics are an attempt to escape anxiety, whose instrumentation serves more to reinforce it- a calm, melodic piece that builds into nervous swells and threatening strings. A song about fighting your fear, and losing.

Fuck me it’s a bit depressing isn’t it. It’s potentially the most emotionally revealing song the album has- a lot of the lyricism on other tracks is more metaphorical, or subtle, but the meaning in How To Disappear Completely is evident even just from the title. You get lost in the strings and they go from calming, to imposing, to downright menacing (and then back again) in the song’s final minute.

Treefingers, on the other hand, has a lot less to say, and by that I mean it’s an instrumental. A very atmospheric, ambient one, and thereby one I don’t have a lot to say about. I’m not sure I’m particularly good at commenting on regular music, but this kinda thing is a whole different animal. I have no idea how to interact with discussing this. I like it? I will say, that one note right at the end, that echoes for a bit, the one piece of clarity in this muddled, reverbed sphere, feels especially poignant, for reasons I cannot describe.

We go from ambient instrumental to arguable the most rock-song-like track on this album, Optimistic, certified banger that it is. Some might argue that it doesn’t fit here, but like, did they even hear the lyrics? The bridge? It more that deserves its place on one of the best albums around. The little way the guitar scales up during the chorus is excellent, the proggy drums and riffs are glorious, it’s just a very good rock song.

Also this is the first song with the lyric “dinosaurs roaming the earth”, which, aside from being a bit of a non-sequitur, would return two albums later. And I’m really looking forward to that one.

In Limbo is a song I kind of always forget exists until I hear it again. It’s antimemetic, the way the song goes slipping from my mind until I hear those opening notes again. I’m going to be honest, it’s probably because it’s also the most mid song on the album. Far from bad, but it isn’t doing anything that How to Disappear Completely or Optimistic aren’t doing better. If I had to remove any track from this album, it might be this one?

Watch me get fucking lynched from the fandom for that one, if I ever post this to r/Radiohead or whatever. Which I might, though as much as I’d like more people to read my things I’m also extremely anxious about the potential response. Like the album I’m discussing today, I’m terrified of fame.

Incidentally, In Limbo is also the shortest track on the album (Treefingers beats it by 11 seconds), though this isn’t initially obvious online at least, because people keep messing with Motion Picture Soundtrack. But we’re not there yet, hang on.

We go from the forgettable (to me) In Limbo to the utterly mesmerizing Idioteque. Anxious but danceable, confusing but emotive, messy but tightly controlled. I love this fucking song to death. The reason I got the particular Radiohead poster that I did was because it has lyrics from this on it.

I’ve heard that lyrics for this album were largely pulled from a hat, and nowhere is that more clear than here (or maybe Everything In Its Right Place). Despite this, there’s a pretty clear theme in them, a continuation of some of the themes of this and the last albums. A condemnation of wealth and cowardice in the face of ecological disaster. In the form of an apocalypse disco.

What a lot of people don’t know about this track is that it actually samples an extremely old electronic music piece- one written in 1973, on a particularly old computer. The track, mild und leise, is a very interesting track considering its age- I’m reminded of Selected Ambient Works by Aphex Twin- not so much musically, but about how that reason was as influential as it was because it was the first time songs had sounded like that, because it was the first time songs could sound like that- I suppose it’s somewhat similar in that way, if older. These pieces and their composers inexorably linked by the allure of technology, and how that could be used to define new eras in music history- in Radiohead’s case, it certainly defined the next few albums in their lifespan.

Jesus mild und leise is long, it’s still going as I write this. I need to get back to Kid A, man!

Idioteque leads directly into Morning Bell, admittedly another less memorable song. Largely percussion lead, plenty of falsetto, and with a very unsubtle theme if you listen to the lyrics. I recall seeing someone saying that “cut the kids in half” was a really surprising and spooky line, and, yeah, sure, it sort of is, but it’s only particularly bad if you don’t pay attention for the rest of it. It’s about divorce, dude, it’s not subtle.

Or apparently not, according to one interview, but Thom said the interpretation isn’t invalid, so haha still winning baybeeeee.

I think the only part of this I really can’t do without is the outro, because the last minute and a half of this song is really cool. The mumbled lyrics go really well with the rising percussion and eerie effects that end the track.

Our final song is Motion Picture Soundtrack, or, Exit Music (for Walt Disney’s Depression Nap). This and Street Spirit I think are what really cement Radiohead’s reputation for brutal closers, both of them being tragic but hauntingly beautiful in different ways. In this case, it’s the instrumentation- glittering harps attempting the echo 50s Disney. There’s actually a version of this song from the OK Computer era with extremely different instrumentation, piano rather than organ, and no harps (and a third verse that is utterly brutal). Regardless, this is the song they chose to close the apocalypse that Kid A is on- the final lyric being “I will see you in the next life”, as the glittering echoes into the night. Poignant and tragic, but a little hopeful- the next life hopefully won’t have the struggles and pain of this one.

And then, of course, there’s the hidden track. Nicknamed Genchildren by some (that’s just the username of the dude who uploaded it to Napster back in the day), officially known as Untitled, and the true closer to the album. With Spotify slapping it right at the end of Motion Picture Soundtrack, it’s not clear the true nature of this song- it’s actually hidden on the original album, after several minutes of silence, just long enough that you’ve forgotten you left the player running (or you’re still crying from Motion Picture Soundtrack). I don’t think there’s a real word for what this sounds like other than heavenly, and incredibly brief piece I’ve heard compared to the pearly gates. After all, if we end on “I will see you in the next life”, then what can this be but that?

 Thus closes Kid A, a gorgeous and powerful album, yet an insane swerve for any rock band to pull, not just Radiohead. A bold strategy, and yet it paid off for them- Kid A would not only be massively influential, it was also massively successful both critically and commercially- but not to the standard of OK Computer before it. But they obviously weren’t trying to do OK Computer part 2, just as that album was deliberately not The Bends part 2.

Kid A would pretty much get a Part 2, though, less than a year later. And it’s that album we’ll be discussing next week, obviously. Until then.

[gynoidwren]

For a few days, I could like feel myself grab onto something that I knew would fix everything if I could just hold onto it. It was like suddenly everything changed, and I was so happy. I was so much better! I was like a completely different person. But now it feels like it’s starting to slip again. I guess I’m not quite as good at this as I thought. And like I’ll keep trying, I’m not giving up, but idk where to go from here. It’s all so complicated.

Honestly it’s easy to see how helping ppl can so easily give you a giant ego, or make you pity ppl. And obvs. I knew it would be b/c like this is why I am, but it’s...a v. depressing time to be trying to change the world. Especially here. I don’t think I’ve ever hated this city so much, it’s just so completely poisoned by apathy. Fucking gentrification. And then god, when you make this shit your life, you become such a workaholic. I don’t know how to just sit around and watch a movie anymore. I can never put down my phone, even when it’s doing nothing, like I’m just always waiting for a response to something. Every setback makes you feel like you’re letting everyone down. And there’s a lot of setbacks. I’m so scared to talk about my life, it always feels like a gamble. Living in this incredibly hostile post-apocalypse hellworld means that everything is always so dangerous, and every risk you take like reverberates into everyone around you. My confidence is like bouncing up and down.

There are so many weird pitfalls on the road to becoming a good person that I never expected.

[thewincestgospel]

Adam deserved better….

but that last episode was pretty damn good so with that in mind how about a list of stories that feature baby boy Adam Milligan Winchester

Boston's Saints by   NaughtyPastryChef  Sam and Dean Winchester are a little rude, a little crude and would rip the world apart to save each other. A Wincest retelling of the movie Boondock Saints.        

The Brother Kings  by keep_waking_up   There were stories about them.  The Brother Kings of Winchester.    

Brother Mine by etrix John was out on a hunt when the call came: Kate Milligan was dead, and John was named in her will as the guardian of her son—his son—Adam. Pissed but knowing his duty, Dean pulled Sam out school during exam week, and they went to Windom in the thick of the Minnesota winter. 7-yr-old Adam was a lot like Sammy at that age, but Dean wasn't ready to accept him as another Winchester. Then the boy's life was threatened and all bets were off.

Dean Winchester vs. the World  In order to date his brother, Dean Winchester has to defeat Sam's seven evil exes. Inspired by Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Flowers in the Impala by Evandar Kate wants them to be a family - really, she does - but there's something wrong with John's boys. 

Gamble on a Little Sorrow  by  nigeltde   Adam wakes up in hospital after the events of Jump the Shark, his mother dead, his face cut up, and his right arm gone from the elbow. His life destroyed and out of his depth, he joins his new half-brothers on the road to the apocalypse. They introduce him to Ellen and Jo, and Bobby; they teach him how to shoot, and lie, and be a Winchester. But Sam and Dean are dealing with their own demons, and the cost of war is heavy.       

It's a Long, Long Road by  Twisted-Slinky   Pre-series AU. Dean's sleeping off a hunt when he gets a call from a kid claiming to be his half brother. The weirdest part? It's true. He's already had one brother leave him, and Dean doesn't want to chance another rejection from his own blood, but for some reason, he can't simply forget Adam Milligan exists, even if he knows it would probably be safer for both of them.      

Keep This Secret  by ellerkay Sam and Dean travel to the fairy realm hoping to make a deal to get Adam released from the Cage. The price: their shared secret.                

Living Like a Fucking Happy Family by Eipos John killed the Yellow-Eyed Demon. The Winchester's mission is done. So John brings his boys to Kate and Adam to try and have a normal family.However, Sam and Dean don't know how to live normally. They've been on the run all their lives. They know how to kill a monster in fifty different ways. They don't know how they're supposed to let John and Kate take care of them. They don't know how to stop looking over their shoulder.But they have each other and that's not going to change.

The Middle Child by  morrezela   In a world where all three Winchester brothers made it out of that building without becoming angel suits, Sam has to adjust to his new role in Dean’s life and Adam’s obsession with his sex life.

Pendulum's Resolve  by  bluebells  Adam doesn't want to upset the delicate balance between his brothers, but said brothers have stubbornness issues.

Shell Game by rivkat   Sam and Adam Winchester know when they’re being conned. Problem is, this new guy Dean Milligan seems to really be their half-brother. Adam is unamused, Sam is unfazed, and Dean is inappropriate.            

SkyFall V.1 by SilasSolarius   Summary: AU! Post Season 7. After failing save Castiel from the leviathans, the boys find themselves awakening in the past, in the time before Dean made the deal and their father is still alive. Can the handle juggling the knowledge of the impending apocalypse, their horrible future, and Sam's broken mind, all the while hiding their more than brotherly relationship from their suspicious father.                                    

We Make Our Own Future by Eilonwy_the_white   In an A/B/O universe where there are two genders (male/female) and three designations, life could be better for an om. Federal and state laws are restrictive, making life for an unmated omega all but impossible to navigate. Sam Campbell and Dean Winchester meet when Dean is enrolled with his younger brother, Adam, in a boarding school that trains alphas to be hunters. Adam and Dean's father, John, is a transient hunter while Sam's grandfather is a powerful official with the Federal Department of Hunters, but despite their differences the three young boys become friends. When Dean presents unexpectedly as an omega and is expelled, his friendship with Sam is fundamentally changed. Dean goes on to be a hunter and Sam goes off to college, returning to the life after a few years.Now all grown up and active hunters themselves, Sam and Dean hate each other. Or do they...? One night, a hotel room, and a Lord of the Rings drinking game are about to change everything.

the world will end in fire  by: a.lakewood Sam and Adam fall into a clandestine relationship, and the strain of the job and the secret eventually takes its toll on them. Then Dean finds out.            

[siyoos]

9, 20, 26 & 35 😌

9. What concept would you like to see?

uhm anything that will give them more swords but also, Vampires

20. Let’s say you are forced to choose a title track that gets erased from existence so that the rest can stay, which one do you pick? i’m sorry

don’t be sorry this is easy, Fly High ghdfjkghsdfg (but only bc i didn’t like the mv)

26. Pick 3 members for your zombie apocalypse squad

jiu (she’ll find food always, very important for survival)

siyeon (howling might scare away zombies, might get us killed it’s a gamble)

yoohyeon (i’m biased so, she might have played a zombie shooter idk)

35. Version E, V, I or L of The Tree Of Language?

this is probably the hardest question, gonna go with V

Dreamcatcher Asks

[ladyimaginarium]

  The Muse Of The Week: Loretta Christiano Amodio!

Aliases: Lori. ‘Etta. Ettie. Lettie. Lolo. Lora. Donna.

Gender: Cisgender Female &&. she / her.

Orientation: Biromantic Bisexual.

Age: 4 ( GANGSTA. CURSED. ) ; 14 ( GANGSTA. ) ; 16 turning 17 ( TWDG ).

Religion: Agnostic.

Occupation: Mafioso Boss ( CANON. )

Alignment: Morally Grey ; leans towards Neutral Good in some instances.

Fandom: GANGSTA.

Verses: GANGSTA. CURSED ; GANGSTA. ; TWDG ; HARRY POTTER ; THE LAST OF US ( COMING SOON. ) RED DEAD REDEMPTION SERIES ( COMING SOON. ) ; LIFE IS STRANGE ( COMING SOON. ) ; A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE / GAME OF THRONES ( COMING SOON. ) ; NARUTO ( COMING SOON. ) ; ASSASSIN'S CREED ( COMING SOON. ) ; GTA V ( COMING SOON. ) ; MODERN.

Zodiac: Leo ( Western ; July 24th, 2001. )

Trigger Warnings: Suicide mentioned and referenced, prostitution mention and referenced, mafia and crime related activities, alcohol and drug and vaping / smoking mentions, torture mention, major spoilers for both the anime and the manga.

Pros: 

Has a pomsky ( Pomeranian-Husky mix ) named Pandora

has literally had a man who was far too handsy for one of the working girls’ liking dragged out and beat by her own men and threatened that if he ever returned she would kill him herself

has daggers and knives hidden in her skirts. she’s not stupid, weak or defenseless.

she’d actually manage pretty well on her own… for the most part, in the zombie apocalypse, considering she already knows how to shoot a gun and defend herself.

she’s just a smidge spoiled because of her late father’s wealth but she’s not like. overbearing about it to the point where it’s obnoxious and despite her father being a mafia boss, he always told her to be generous to people who are helpless. she’s surprisingly polite and formal on most occasions.

she doesn’t rely on her guards to protect her all the time ; she’s actually a very good shot.

will take you to the best malls

She's a ride or die kind of gal — if you're her friend, she'll fight with you until the end ; loyalty means everything to her

Cons: 

Ruthless when provoked ; will sell you to Satan for one corn chip if you mean her family and business harm

As she’s canonically the boss of her own mafia syndicate at fourteen, she does… a lot of shady shit.

loansharking, armed robbery, illegal gambling, extortion, prostitution, fencing, drug trafficking, murder, bootlegging/gunrunning, political corruption, tax evasion, cybercrimes, contraband smuggling etc. - she really doesn’t fuck around when it comes to her father’s business or being the boss of a mafia family.

anything a scary as fuck mafia leader does, she does, too. she’s literally a fucking criminal

She vapes different flavored juices instead of smoking. Marco and Galahad are completely unaware of this and she’s not about to find out what happens if she gets caught.

Be careful around her ; she's a lot more dangerous than she looks and pretty much has an army of men — superhuman or otherwise — and a sect of secret spies of the girls that work for her.

A ferocious temper of a lioness.

She's obsessed with keeping her father and family's legacy alive to the point where it can stress her out and form unhealthy habits.

She possesses a straightforward demeanor and sharp tongue and doesn't hold back on verbal jabs, whether you're a friend or not.

Dossier:

Loretta was born to mafioso leader and one of the Four Great Fathers of the city of Ergastulum, Luca Christiano, and a prostitute-turned-donna, Sherry Christiano.

From the moment she was born, Luca absolutely fawned over his little lioness and showered her with love, attention and gifts, from jewelry to dresses to fur coats and vacations. Her mother, Sherry, loved her sweet daughter and would used to brush her hair every morning and tell her that she was her little princess. Loretta was always protected no matter where she went by the Christiano’s mafioso, most especially by Galahad Woehor and Marco Adriano, and they loved, cherished, pampered and protected her with their lives. To them, she was a symbol of innocence and gentle emotions, all the things these hardened criminals have lost, not to mention Luca would be absolutely furious if she even got a scratch or if something happened to her that could’ve been prevented.

Although she was showered in love and luxury since she was a little girl, Luca soon began to realize that Loretta was the only heir to the family, and although he didn’t want to push the burden on her young shoulders, he knew it was necessary for not only the family but the entire city of Ergastulum.

When she was only six years old, tragedy struck when her beloved mother committed suicide by overdosing rather than suffer through the hallucinations that she endured ( though there are conspiracies that her suicide was in fact murder via the Corsica Family ). The poor thing was utterly traumatized, especially when she desperately tried to wake her mother from a sleep from which she would never awaken. Luca was heartbroken at the loss of his beloved wife, but for the sake of his daughter and the family, he prevailed regardless. Ever since, Loretta was almost always at his side as he tutored and guided her throughout her life about the city, how the mafia truly worked and what she must do and whom she must become for the sake of the city and the Twilights. Unfortunately, this, however, would not last.

When she was thirteen years old, Luca Christiano was assassinated.

His death struck a blow to her from which Loretta thought that she would never get back up from, but with the guidance of Constance Raveau, Marco Adriano and Galahad Woehor, she slowly but surely began to rise stronger and harder than she’d ever been before. She ordered the immediate torture and deaths of the assassins and her men to bring her their heads. They succeeded.

In the present series, she runs the Cristiano Family with a strict yet family oriented atmosphere as one of the Four Fathers of the City. She holds the lives of thousands on her shoulders while being the crime boss of her own mafia syndicate and grieving over her guardian figure, Marco Adriano, who recently died. All she truly has is Galahad, now, but despite the losses, she must stay strong for the people.

Is secretly part of what's known as The Christiano Conspiracy, a long and deliberate plan created by her father, Luca, with one goal in mind: to have the Monroe and Corsica Families overthrown and leaving the Christiano Family the sole rulers of Ergastulum.

She loves Marina and The Diamonds, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, and his a diehard fan of The Jonas Brothers.

Loves Mean Girls, it’s a guilty favorite, but will actually flip her shit if someone catches her watching it.

Loves Christmas and Halloween. Just loves holidays in general.

she really doesn’t like the majority of authority / the police because in her eyes they don’t do shit.

she gets really pissy if someone talks down to her simply because she’s both a little girl and small

listens to a lot of explicit rap and hip hop and pop but doesn’t mind other genres either

Was canonically raised by a superhuman and a Twilight, so she’s pretty much used to anyone having immense strength or speed. She’s not surprised in the slightest.

Was raised by people of multiple ethnicities. Will get REAAAAAALLY angry at racist people.

Was raised by men most of her life, there were no mother figures as the only mother figure she had committed suicide when she was only six years old. she never asked why and doesn’t want to know, because in her eyes, she doesn’t want to know if her mother truly loved her or not because that’ll just make the pain of her passing worse.

she doesn’t like her brown eyes because they reminded her too much of her mother so she often changes them to blue with contacts. if you compliment her eyes, she’ll probably cry.

As a daughter of a woman who was once a prostitute, she gets really angry at anyone who slutshames / has whorephobia.

Although she loved her mother, her suicide had made her resentful of her.

“when you grow a pair, you can call me back”

she literally sells drugs and alcohol and runs a brothel - a lot of shit doesn’t phase her At All

she will literally risk her life for her men, friends and family, even if they are stronger than she is.

has gotten tipsy on a tropical sangria once …… it wasn’t nice

wears gucci, prada and calvin klein and will actually flip her shit if she doesn’t get a big birthday cake or any fancy clothes on her birthday.

a girl and proud

loves pink

often wonders “what would wonderwoman do?”

will call you out on your bullshit whether you like it or not

will often swear in italian and french when furious

wears “i’m doing my best” socks while rollerskating ; owns a pair of rollerskates ; she rocks at it

constantly wears her “i’m doing my best” socks and pulls them up whenever she stresses her situation

casually dances in the elevator

has literally locked marco adriano out of the car while she and galahad jammed to “oops i did it again” by britney spears in the car ……… before an important meeting between the four fathers

she loves loves loves strawberries and cherries.

has experimented with marijuana and when he found out…….. Marco Adriano Was Not Pleased

will actually shoot somebody if she doesn’t get her chicken nuggets at mcdonalds

has so many pairs of shades ; her favorite’s the heart shaped glasses

wears her late father’s ties and fashions them into bowties.

has a bunch of black letters saying girl almighty in her room 

Fries Before Guys

she really really loves her puppy dog pandora and will be furious if anything happened to her

“tell your boyfriend if he says he’s got beef that I’M A VEGETARIAN AND I’M NOT FUCKING SCARED OF HIM”

If anyone has any questions about or for her, be it ICly or OOCly, or just want to interact with her in general, then feel free to do so! She'll be the most featured muse this week so I highly encourage mutuals to interact, but it's not exactly obligatory, either.

[getyouraoion]

Headcanons - Aoi’s Deck (ARC-V)

~Picture Heavy~

Though there’s a far larger selection of cards to choose from in ARC-V, Aoi’s deck theme remains the same: Charmers. It’s still largely the same deck she uses in her GX/Mainverse, but has several cards replaced or removed, or added more current equivalents, like adding a Spellbreaker of the Ice Barrier and Apprentice Illusion Magician. Because ARC-V has fields that can be chosen for duels, she lacks the field spell of her GX decks here, instead replacing it (eventually) with two Pendulum monsters (Dragodies, the Empowered Warrior and Dark Doriado). Element Dragon is added after the end of the war, on Yuya’s suggestion:

In the Wings Made To Fly verse, her deck has mainly one large change: The re-addition of Elemental Hero Neos Alius and Absolute Zero. Despite being highly against her home dimension of Fusion and their ways, Absolute Zero holds special meaning for her as a gift from one of her boyfriends, and is thus the only fusion monster she’ll use... Albeit still rarely. Even here, he’s seen mostly in tags with Jaden, not so much alone unless she has no choice. Eria is a part of her side deck solely because she still uses her before giving her to Jaden, and even then still has access to her if needed:

Because the Gambling Appocalyse verse is set in the ARC-V era, it’s deck is added here, too. With her charmers stolen from her and under the threat of ‘obey of lose your loved ones’, Aoi built an Ice Barrier deck from provided cards before being thrown to Ryo in the Underground Circuit. This deck largely focuses on synchro summoning, though if she can XYZ summon her Snowdust Giant, even better. As a primarialy water deck, she relies heavily on either Ryo covering for her as her tag partner, or the swarming tactic the monsters have to overwhelm before they can hit back:

[collectorscorner]

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ESSENTIAL STAR WARS LEGENDS/EXPANDED UNIVERSE BOOKS. 

Many people have asked for that, so I decided to do a list with the essential novels and comics of the EU/Legends. This is my personal opinion and I have a very bad memory too so I guess, I haven’t included many others, so if you think there’s a book or any other EU content that should be on this list too, please, just let me know and I’ll put them on this list.

Obviously, I haven’t read all the books of the EU and tbh I’m not a fan of anything related to Rise of the Empire era, prequels, and The Clone Wars. All my favorite content is from Rebellion Era and post-ROTJ.

Anyway, here it’s my list of the most important novels and comics of the EU.

The EU books are divided into different eras.

Before the Republic Era - 37,000 BBY to 25,000 BBY

Old Republic Era - 5000 BBY (years before the Battle of Yavin to 1000 BBY)

Rise of the Empire Era - 1000 BBY to 22 BBY

Clone Wars Era - 22 BBY to 19 BBY

Imperial Era - 19 BBY to 0 BBY

Rebellion Era - 0 BBY to 4 ABY (4 years after the Battle of Yavin)

New Republic Era - 5.5 ABY to 22 ABY

New Jedi Order Era - 24.5 ABY to 36 ABY

Legacy Era - 40 ABY to 139 ABY

BEFORE THE REPUBLIC ERA

Dawn of the Jedi: Into The Void   

Dawn of the Jedi 

Force Storm

The Prisoner of Bogan

Force War

OLD REPUBLIC ERA

Tales of the Jedi

The Golden Age of the Sith

The Fall of the Sith Empire

Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon

The Saga of Nomi Sunrider

The Freedon Nadd Uprising

Dark Lords of the Sith

The Sith War

Redemption 

Crosscurrent 

 Knights of The Old Republic (Comics)

Crossroads

Commencement

Flashpoint 

Reunion

Days of Fear

Nights of Anger

Daze of Hate

Knights of Suffering

Vector

Exalted

Turnabout

Vindication

Prophet Motive

Faithful Execution

Dueling Ambitions

Masks

The Reaping

Destroyer

Demon 

War

The Old Republic Novels

Fatal Alliance

Deceived

Revan 

Annihilation

Knight Errant

Aflame

Deluge

Escape

Darth Bane Trilogy

Path of Destruction 

Rule of Two

Dynasty of Evil 

RISE OF THE EMPIRE ERA

Legacy of the Jedi 

Part 1 (chapter 1 onward) takes place during 89 BBY. 

Part 2, "Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn" (chapter 7 onward) takes place during 76 BBY. 

Part 3 "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi" (chapter 14 onward) takes place during 44 BBY. 

Part 4 "Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker" (chapter 20 onward) takes place during 22 BBY

Darth Plagueis 

 Jedi: The Dark Side

Jedi Apprentice

The Rising Force

The Dark Rival

The Hidden Past

The Mark of the Crown

The Defenders of the Dead

The Uncertain Path

The Captive Temple

The Day of Reckoning

The Fight for Truth

The Shattered Peace

The Deadly Hunter

The Evil Experiment

The Dangerous Rescue

The Ties That Bind

The Death of Hope

The Call to Vengeance

The Only Witness

The Threat Within

Secrets of the Jedi

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

Cloak of Deception

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Novelization)

Republic

Prelude to Rebellion

Vow of Justice

Outlander

Emissaries to Malastare

Twilight

Infinity's End

The Hunt for Aurra Sing

Darkness

The Stark Hyperspace War

The Devaronian Version

Rite of Passage

Honor and Duty

The New Face of War

The Battle of Jabiim

Show of Force

Dreadnaughts of Rendili

Trackdown

Siege of Saleucami

Into the Unknown

Hidden Enemy

Jedi Quest

Path to Truth

The Way of the Apprentice

The Trail of the Jedi

The Dangerous Games

The Master of Disguise

The School of Fear

The Shadow Trap

The Moment of Truth

The Changing of the Guard

The False Peace

The Final Showdown

Outbound Flight 

The Approaching Storm

Episode II Attack of the Clones (Novelization)

The Cestus Deception

Jedi Trial

Episode III Revenge of the Sith  (Novelization)

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

Kenobi

The Cestus Deception

Darth Vader and the Lost Command

Coruscant Nights

Mace Windu

Shaak Ti 

Aayla Secura  

Count Dooku 

Yoda

Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin

Jedi 

Jedi Twilight

Street of Shadows

Patterns of Force

 The Last of the Jedi

The Desperate Mission

Dark Warning

Underworld

Death on Naboo

A Tangled Web

Return of the Dark Side

Secret Weapon

Against the Empire

Master of Deception

Reckoning

The Last Jedi 

Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows

A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker

Rebel Dawn

Death Star

The Han Solo Adventures

Han Solo at Stars' End

Han Solo's Revenge

Han Solo and the Lost Legacy

Dark Forces (Novellas)  

Soldier for the Empire

Rebel Agent

Jedi Knight

Han Solo Trilogy

The Paradise Snare 

The Hutt Gambit

Rebel Dawn

The Lando Calrissian Adventures

Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu

Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon

Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka

REBELLION ERA

Episode IV: A New Hope  (Novelization)

The Fight for Justice

Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina

Scoundrels

Rebel Force 

Target

Hostage

Renegade

Firefight

Trapped

Uprising 

Allegiance 

Choices of One

Empire and Rebellion

Razor's Edge

Honor Among Thieves

Splinter of the Mind's Eye (The first Expanded Universe novel)

Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (Novelization)

Shadows of the Empire 

Mara Jade. By The Emperor’s Hand

Mara Jade: A Night on the Town

Tales from Jabba's Palace

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Novelization)

The Truce at Bakura

NEW REPUBLIC ERA

Jedi Prince

The Glove of Darth Vader

The Lost City of the Jedi

Zorba the Hutt's Revenge

Mission from Mount Yoda

Queen of the Empire

Prophets of the Dark Side

Tales from the New Republic

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 

X-Wing (Different eras and timelines) (from 6.5 ABY to 44  ABY)

Rogue Squadron

Wedge's Gamble

The Krytos Trap

The Bacta War

Wraith Squadron

Iron Fist

Solo Command

Isard's Revenge

Starfighters of Adumar

Mercy Kill

The Courtship of Princess Leia

Tatooine Ghost 

The Thrawn Trilogy (Novels and Comics)

Heir to the Empire

Dark Force Rising 

The Last Command

Dark Empire 

Vol I

Vol II

Empire’s End 

The Jedi Academy Trilogy 

Jedi Search

Dark Apprentice

Champions of the Force

I, Jedi

Children of the Jedi

Darksaber 

Planet of Twilight 

The Crystal Star

The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy 

Before the Storm

Shield of Lies

Tyrant’s Test

The New Rebellion

The Corellian Trilogy 

Ambush at Corellia

Assault at Selonia

Showdown at Centerpoint

The Hand of Thrawn Duology

Specter of the Past

Vision of the Future

Union 

Judge's Call (Short Story)

Scourge

Junior Jedi Knights

The Golden Globe

Lyric's World

Promises

Anakin's Quest

Vader's Fortress

Kenobi's Blade

Survivor’s Quest

Young Jedi Knights

The Rise of the Shadow Academy

Heirs of the Force 

Shadow Academy

The Lost Ones

Lightsabers

Darkest Knight

Jedi Under Siege

The Fall of the Diversity Alliance

Shards of Alderaan

Diversity Alliance

Delusions of Grandeur

Jedi Bounty

The Emperor's Plague

Under Black Sun

Return to Ord Mantell

Trouble on Cloud City

Crisis at Crystal Reef

NEW JEDI ORDER ERA

The New Jedi Order (NJO)

Vector Prime

Dark Tide Duology (Onslaught and Ruin)

Agents of Chaos Duology (Hero's Trial and Jedi Eclipse)

Balance Point 

Recovery

Edge of Victory Duology (Conquest and Rebirth)

Star by Star

Dark Journey

Enemy Lines Duology (Rebel Dream and Rebel Stand)

Traitor

Destiny's Way

Ylesia

Force Heretic Trilogy (Remnant, Refugee and Reunion)

The Final Prophecy

The Unifying Force 

Dark Nest

The Joiner King

The Unseen Queen

The Swarm War

LEGACY ERA

Legacy Of The Force

Betrayal

Bloodlines

Tempest

Exile

Sacrifice

Inferno 

Fury 

Revelation 

Invincible

Fate Of The Jedi

Outcast 

Omen

Abyss 

Backlash

Allies

Vortex

Conviction

Ascension

Apocalypse

Crucible

Legacy (Comics) (50 Issues/10 Volumes)

Book I

Book II

Book III