#a strange path

[autumn-sonatas]

Estranho Caminho (2023), dir. Guto Parente

[juan-francisco-palencia]

𝘼 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝.

Sometimes a simple detail, found in a deep look, unleashes an unexpected surprise, creates a great space, a place where you feel that nothing inside you will be the same again and you will feel that it grows and will remain in your heart.

— 𝙅𝙪𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖.

[fozmeadows]

Hey, question: who’s the best character you’ve ever written and why is it Qiqa?

I'm glad you like thim! Thei were very fun to write :D

[mysterycitrus]

actually properly reading we are robin and batman and the signal just makes popular (wfa and fanon) interpretations of duke thomas SO funny

like sure the guy that started a riot in a sewer and kept running away from foster care and accused bruce of gd eugenics is also a meek passive character who always follows the rules

[sleepingfairyhere]

The beauty of 'Life is Strange' 🌀📸🌪️🦋

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants spend most of their time without a gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.

Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

Science fiction, classics, speculative fiction, anthropological science fiction, distant future, adult

The Tithenai Chronicles (A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, All the Hidden Paths) by Foz Meadows

Endorsement from submitter: "Incredible plot, incredible worldbuilding, incredible relationship building."

“Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.”

Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different plans: for Vel to marry his former intended’s brother instead.

Caethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal to a man from Ralia, where such relationships are forbidden, comes as a shock.

With an unknown faction willing to kill to end their new alliance, Vel and Cae have no choice but to trust each other. Survival is one thing, but love―as both will learn―is quite another.

Byzantine politics, lush sexual energy, and a queer love story that is by turns sweet and sultry, Foz Meadows' A Strange and Stubborn Endurance is an exploration of gender, identity, and self-worth. It is a book that will live in your heart long after you turn the last page.

Fantasy, romance, arranged marriage, politics, murder mystery, secondary world, series, adult

[lunaryfairy]

[gonkaccino]

okay I've got it. I've connected the dots. Vinh is clearly the best option in DE because he would recognize Max has two hands and would be totally on board with whatever the fuck she and Safi have going on. sorry Amanda you're too good for this trainwreck

[ezralva]

Oh I love how this article defines Choso and his stand in JJK universe. Simple, accurate, objective, refreshing, unique, and nothing but the truth. Offering the what-ifs scenarios that are so intriguing.

[zombehqola]

Tord moodboard I think

[autumn-sonatas]

Estranho Caminho (2023), dir. Guto Parente

[diazmaximoff]

I made a Choose Your Own Adventure type survival game on Google Forms, featuring some familiar characters from the LIS franchise🐺🦋

You're basically making some really intense choices in a high-stakes situation that will determine whether people will die or live at the end of your story. Your choices will also determine how much of the mystery you'll be able to uncover by the end. The story's pretty... convoluted, you can take that as a good or a bad thing LOL. But it does all make sense if you pay close attention👀

I honestly forgot how many ending I had to add to my project but I can confidently say that there's over 20+ endings, most being surprisingly unique from each other. The game is quite short in length - it only has 3 short chapters - but there's a lot of reading, choice-making and scrolling regardless.

Sorry in advance if some of the plot points don't make much sense or if there are any inconsistencies within the plot. Creating ridiculous amount of outcomes for this was such a hassle, my focus started to lapse occasionally. I'd be happy to hear some constructive feedback.

If some peeps wanna take a peek, be my guest and experience as many endings as you'd like! Though — fair warning — the story gets pretty brutal at times. Had to add trigger warnings just in case.

Enjoy!🙏

[fozmeadows]

Hi! I’m in the US right now and I’m not feeling so good. The Tithenai Chronicles are my favorite books. Can you share some happy fun facts about the characters to cheer me up?

Once they settle at Ravethae, Cae and Vel soon find themselves custodians to a litter of kittens sired by Son of Spoons. One kitten in particular becomes so enamoured of Cae that she starts using his braid as a ladder to climb up and sit on his head, clinging on contentedly for as long as he'll allow it or until she gets bored. For this feat, Vel names the kitten Chamois, after the silk chamois that scale cliffs in the mountains, and so it becomes a not-uncommon sight at Ravethae for Cae to be seen walking around with Chamois riding him like the tiny, furry captain of an ambulatory ship. Cae, in turn, makes a game of pretending the kitten isn't there, to the bafflement of adult guests and the particular delight of various children.

When Yasa Kithadi comes to visit them and asks, somewhat exasperatedly, why there's a kitten on Caethari's head, the whole estate holds its breath to see if the heir apparent will commit to the bit, or break character in the face of his grandmother's judgement.

"What kitten," Cae says blandly.

Outwardly, Yasa Kithadi appears unmoved. Inwardly, she's endeared. And if Chamois just so happens to acquire a fetching collar during the course of the yasa's visit courtesy of some anonymous donor - well. That's neither here nor there.

[thistledropkick]

By request, here's a brief summary of the history between El Desperado and Douki! I wrote this for @novampiresremain but it might be of interest to someone else too?

Sorry for the lack of cited sources, but the English language NJPW website is still down, and I don't want to dig through the Japanese website for citations. This is written from my own memory, but most of the information comes from NJPW's website, Taichi's blog, various tweets, and wikipedia.

As a teenager, Douki wanted to train to be a wrestler, but specifically, he wanted to train to be a luchador. At age 18, he'd decided that in order to pursue his dream, he would move to Mexico by himself, despite a complete lack of wrestling training and zero ability to speak Spanish. Douki happened to know Milano Collection A.T. and asked him for some advice. (His connection to Milano is also why he still uses one of Milano's techniques, the Italian Stretch Number 32, as a finishing move. And if you ever listen to a Douki match with Milano on Japanese commentary, you'll hear Milano get very emotional cheering for Douki.)

At this time, Milano had recently been forced to retire from wrestling due to vision problems. Milano's ex-tag partner Taichi, brokenhearted and feeling abandoned, had run away to Mexico. Taichi was living at a house with other NJPW wrestlers and training at the CMLL gym. Milano advised Douki to go to live and train with Taichi, and Douki did exactly that.

Taichi remained in Mexico for about a year before returning to Japan. Douki kept training and wrestling as an indie wrestler in Mexico.

Outside of kayfabe, Mikami Kyosuke's excursion to Mexico and CMLL began in 2012. Within Desperado's kayfabe background, he's from Mexico originally. Regardless, he met Douki during that time period, and they've both talked about their time together in Mexico, a pair of broke wrestlers drinking cheap beer and watching funny videos online together.

(Outside of kayfabe, Desperado was a wrestler from NJPW, Japan's biggest promotion, wrestling in CMLL, a major promotion, while Douki was wrestling as a freelancer in the indies. Other wrestlers who also know Desperado from that time period have mentioned that he treated all other wrestlers the same regardless of what company they worked for. Sasaki of DDT has said that this is why he and Desperado originally became friends, and I suspect it's part of why Desperado became friends with Douki as well.)

Desperado returned to Japan in 2014, making his debut as Desperado early that year. Douki kept wrestling on the indies in Mexico, while making occasional trips back to Japan to wrestle in the indies there. He made his Japanese wrestling debut in 2015, but continued to wrestle primarily in Mexico, sometimes in Texas, and only occasionally in Japan.

In early 2019, Douki's old friend Taichi booked him for one of his own Taka Taichi self-produce shows - in a singles match against Kasai Jun. Douki fought with his usual fearlessness, but lost. Kasai won the match with his signature Reverse Tiger Driver, but modified - he added rotation to it, making it look very similar to El Desperado's Pinche Loco. After winning, Kasai prepared to hit an unconscious Douki with another Reverse Tiger Driver, but Desperado ran in to save Douki, who he called his little brother.

That match was the setup for Desperado and Kasai's first pair of singles matches, at TakaTaichi Mania II. Desperado wanted revenge for what Kasai had done to his "little brother" Douki, and he showed up wearing a half Desperado, half Douki mask.

During one of those matches, Kasai accidentally broke Desperado's jaw. As a result of the injury, Desperado had to skip the 2019 Best of the Super Junior tournament, which left NJPW scrambling for a replacement. Douki was still in Japan, since he'd also been booked on the same show where Kasai had broken Desperado's jaw, so he took Desperado's place in the tournament as a last-minute substitute.

He spent the entire tournament carrying Desperado's mask around with him, and taking out his anger on everyone around him instead of actually trying to win any matches. At first, he said he was just there for his "boss" Taichi and his "brother" Desperado, but he ended up being brought into Suzuki Gun by the end of the tournament.

Over time, Douki continued to grow as a wrestler, and became more and more competitive with Desperado. Desperado has always welcomed this, even when they were both in the same faction, and has also encouraged Douki in his own Suzuki Gun way when Douki has talked down on himself in the past. (I keep meaning to translate some tweets related to this, and I will get around to it eventually.)

In a strange way, Douki owes his current position to Desperado. I have to believe that Douki winning the Junior Heavyweight belt for the first time from Desperado, specifically, meant a lot to both of them.

@novampiresremain I hope that background information helps a little bit! If you (or anyone else) would like specific match recommendations involving these two, let me know and I'd be happy to provide some, although some relevant matches aren't available on NJPW World.

[sulsulesbian]

emily the strange inspired lookbook for Ruby

[artsyebonyrose]

inktober day 3: path

(max from life is strange)