#age of vice

[nkeshyy]

Besties, 

What are you currently reading? 

This month, I am trying to get through two #gifted copies I received from JBP. 

THE LIST 📑 by Yomi Adegoke 

Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, and successful—she and her fiancé Michael are considered the “couple goals” of their social network and seem to have it all.

AGE OF VICE 🐍 by Deepti Kapoor 

Deftly shifting through time and perspective in contemporary India, Age of Vice is an epic, action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family -- loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.

I am throupling these two books with a bookstagram favourite I suggested to the TBR Book Club fam---The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO 👗 by Taylor Jenkins Reid Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

After getting through the amazing world of Daisy Jones and the Six, I just had to get into Jenkins Reid for real. I have only read the prologue and I am obsessed already, even more so after finding out that they are adapting it for the screen.

Have you read any of these? Are they on your radar? x, Nkesh  

[f-ai-n]

Been feeling frustrated recently

Feel free to read more about it: https://x.com/trendasia_org/status/1826241657169436841?s=46

[antivancathedral]

My big secret is that I thought that your lover would be the one Solas tricks you into thinking is dead after Ghilan'nain is killed and when I found out it's Lucanis no matter what, that Rook screams and runs to Lucanis no matter what, I lost my damn mind and I've been riding that high ever since.

Let me be clear in that I think Rook loves all their companions deeply. Let me also be clear in that I am very biased. But there's something so raw in that moment, after Rook shouted for Neve/Bellara before Elgar'nan stole them away, after Rook shouted for Harding/Davrin after Ghilan'nain kills them.

Rook has lost two companions already, snatched from him in a blink and irretrievable. No bodies to bury or burn. They are completely lost. And there is something so raw and aching in the fact that it's Lucanis that Rook can run to. Lucanis's body they can touch, whose coldness they can feel, whose stillness.

I imagine that is when it all really felt terribly real, that Rook had lost people and wasn't getting them back. This is the moment where the price of victory sinks in as deep as a blade. It's Lucanis whose "death" drives that point home, Lucanis who briefly shifts into Varric to remind Rook about the loss that started it all.

Since I romanced Lucanis first, I assumed that the game would replace him with whoever you'd committed to. But to see that it's him no matter what, that the final resounding crash and culmination of all Rook's losses thus far ends with Lucanis?

Solas says "Did you think you'd win the day without some painful sacrifice?" while Rook gazes down at Lucanis. My god, there is so much love in that. I can't talk about the tender look on Lucanis's face when he ran to Rook when Ghilan'nain dropped them or I'll start biting my computer but my fucking god, there is so much love between them.

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Author: Deepti KapoorPublisher: RiverheadReleased: January 3, 2023Received: Own (BOTM) Book Summary: It all begins with a death. Doesn’t it always? Five people are dead on the side of the road, and the media wants to know who’s to blame. They can’t blame the wealthy owner of the car – because he’s not in it. His poor driver is, though, and he can’t explain how he got here. Things are likely to…

[aroaceleovaldez]

my hot pjo take is that Jason isn't a second Percy, Jason is a second Annabeth. Jason is just if Annabeth was a guy and also a Big 3 kid.

[viceandmature]

Mature and Vice in the Orochi, NESTS, Ash and Shun'Ei New Age Sagas

[ruporas]

drank too much

[ID: Digital Art of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun Maximum. Vash’s body is turned slightly away from the viewer as he holds a staggering Wolfwood by his shoulder. He has one foot ahead of the other, the foot in the back used to stabilize himself from tipping over. Wolfwood is tethering into Vash, his weight pressed into him with his arms wrapped around Vash’s waist and his face is hidden away as he leans against Vash’s shoulder. Vash’s expression can be seen, his eyes wide and mouth tight-lipped, and his face is flushed red. A speech bubble comes out from Wolfwood, saying a drawled “Spikeyyy...”. The background are desaturated pastels of blue and green, showing night time, as they stand in the middle of an empty street that is also lit by the moon not depicted. Yellow light is seen coming from the inside of a saloon. End ID]

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 175

Talon -William Cobb, that was his name once, he remembers that much at least- stares down blankly at the small child who is clinging to its -his His HIS- pant leg, tiny claws digging into the cloth and gripping onto the armor. It he freezes, unsure as to how to react. With Hunts or Orders, the talon knew exactly what to do. Entertain. Kill. Simple. 

Talons were supposed to kill witnesses, he- IT knows this, especially as one of the oldest talons that belonged to the Court. Yet the talon hesitates, something stopping it from doing so. The child looks up at it, something oh so familiar about the motion, with blue-green eyes before burying their face against its- his?- leg. 

“'̵m̸ ̵c̴o̷l̵d̸…” the child-chick… spoke? Not-spoke. Something else, familiar-yet-not. But cold, he knew that. Cold was bad, it meant sleep, not rest but a deep frozen sleep that took time to awaken from. A dangerous thing. A thing not-talons didn’t wake up from. 

The chick -Hadn’t he had a child once, all that time ago- whined, bringing its-his attention back to them. Talon could wait to return to the Court for a few hours more- the task it had been given was already complete-and keep the Cold away from the tiny chick. Just for a little bit. 

[sashthesloth]

Downtime hobbies with Assan and Alios

[dailycupofcreativitea]

[manamania]

Some of my favorite pics of Walton (and his beautiful family) 🤍 ft Baby Billy

[ltwilliammowett]

Vice Admiral Lord Nelson's undressed and dressed uniform on HMS Victory

[divineandmajesticinone]

TOKYO VICE (2022-2024) I 2.05

"To be honest, it's been a year since I've been with anyone. Really? Why? I got tired of not liking the people in my bed."

[calmlb]

thinking about how Beast!Atsushi is meant to parallel canon!Dazai… the Port Mafia’s White Reaper & Black Wraith

there are so many moments in Beast that stuck out to me as parallels between beast!Atsushi & canon!Dazai, but this is a poignant one for me

[kacievvbbbb]

If I might inflict some mental damage.

not to be insane but;

shanks dies, Mihawk joins the red hair pirates.

let me just-

but actually think about it. Shanks killed by Blackbeard before anyone gets to laughtale Mihawk distraught half out of his mind.

can't imagine not being surrounded by Shanks and his everything. Breaks unto the redforce collapses in the captain's quarters haunted by all the times Shanks wanted him to stay. how he went from asking him to join his crew, to asking him to stay just for a few more minutes, to asking nothing of him at all but Mihawk could still see the wistful smile every time he left at the break of dawn.

Mihawk haunted by the fact that if Shanks asked him now, now that it was too late, to just stay; he would. and now here he is on the red force, in Shanks' room stuck in a moment in time like the man himself will step in any minute with a quip that will delight him but he will have to pretend annoys, like they will just fall back into their routine like they always do when they haven't seen each other in months.

But Shanks will never walk through those doors again. and the red force has a new captain and Mihawk will never get the chance to tell Shanks yes. And now he has to kill Blackbeard and hope that Roronoa will come for his head soon.

and he never officially joins but he never leaves either.

Mihawk has never loved anyone enough to lose them he has absolutely no frame work for this he's devastated. a walking ship wreck

[foursaints]

So random but are you into femboys… femboy Evan hmmm…

i think he’s very used to switching clothes with pandora and it wouldn’t be a big deal except for the fact that he’s dating the Guy Who Cannot Be Chill About Anything For Even One Second