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[ai-dump]

AI Prompt: “a completely broken Batman, art by Gustave Doré and Russ Mills and Anna Dittman and Brom and Lee Jeffries and Alessio Albi and Adrian --v 5 --iw 1 --ar 4:5 --s 500 --c 20”

[sejmisland]

domestic / general alex wesker headcanons

- i think she owns cats. black cats. she has a few and yes one is named albie. she seems like a cat person to me. she takes good care of them.

- reads a lot. she has read every SINGLE BOOK on her bookshelf. if you look between the pages she has tucked her notes in them in case she ever wants to go back and read with a different perspective or just for the fun of it.

- she has a binder of poems she has wrote herself ever since she was a child. you can see all the drafts, but also all the tone and how she writes evolve as she ages. the topics such as family, brilliance, jealousy, care, etc etc. yeah. i think her poetry is nice but you can probably see some of wesker’s notes written in the margins of her rough drafts.

- listens to a variety of music. opera, orchestra, but even some classic rock but she seems more of a theatre person to me. phantom of the opera would probably be her favorite.

- she likes writing to the sound of rain. comforting. perfect mood setter.

- idk if you were her s/o expect art museums and listening to her analysis of art and literature. if you also like those, expect to have thoughtful recommendations and engaging conversations about such! not does she like to hear herself talk, she likes to hear YOU talk. she also likes to ask questions. also, different perspectives and interpretations are interesting to her.

- wesker probably got her on a strict health / diet regimen she takes seriously.

- she tends to talk to herself. its a habit she’s had ever since she was a kid, but she was always used to wesker responding or listening. now, she speaks to an empty room but if you’re there she at least has someone to talk to. the loneliness gets to her sometimes.

[nnocres]

Title: what a lucky man he was

Word Count: 9,108

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Rating: Explicit

Pairing(s): Joyce Byers/Jim Hopper, Scott Clarke/Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers & Jim Hopper

Character(s): Joyce Byers, Jim Hopper, Scott Clarke, Lonnie Byers (mentioned)

Tags: Fluff and Angst, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Cunnilingus, Face-Sitting, Vaginal Fingering, Vaginal Sex, Friends With Benefits, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Porn With Plot, Porn with Feelings

Summary: When Lonnie leaves Joyce hanging for a ride at their senior prom, Jim is there to help.

Beta Reader: @hawkinsleather

Art By: @artgroves

Fic By: @nnocres

Fic Link:

Art Link:

https://inkwellfiction.com/alby/StrangerThings/LuckyMan_1.png

[nosafeharbour]

Tataru’s Grand Endeavour thoughts/reactions (6.4)

I bet you thought you’d seen the last of Werlyt reaction posts. Me too, actually.

So yeah, it was kinda mid, but I’m so focused on the few crumbs I did enjoy that I can attempt to happily ignore everything else... LOL I’m more annoyed this will make people roll their eyes over Werlyt more than being personally disappointed, ya feel. The redemption arc in the eyes of the public did not happen. Oh well.

Albael still real. That’s still my seaside malewife. That’s good.

Giggles and kicks my feet

Oh my god, they were sisters-in-arms. As sad as I am that Tataru herself was not involved, maybe it’s for the best. Mehdjina should continue to live in ignorance

:)

I was wondering if Gaius would talk in such a way that this is the first time you meet him post-Endwalker, I’m glad it wasn’t! He greets you so casually. I don’t have to change anything I’ve been thinking about for them post-EW. This is just a fun weekend visit (they’re not about to have a fun weekend)

Uhhh so I just really hate all the fake Valens stuff, it just cheapened Werlyt and the only actually good Valens scene (the one where he’s killed). Werlyt was already a cringe caricature of MSQ characters, and this felt like a cringe caricature of Werlyt... LOL

MY HOPES... WERE RAISED... I WISH IT HAD CRASHED IN GARLEMALD... all the previous Tataru quests had a walking section with the main NPC(s) in an area seperate to their main one, so I was foolishly hoping for something like the Lochs or even Garlemald. I certainly was a fool

He is either saying this purely sarcastically to Albi, and/or making excuses bc he just really does not want to do it. There is no world where Albi is better than piloting than Gaius, but it’s funny to pretend. He’s being petty

I am immediately soothed by mecha anime cockpit scenes. I’m glad I had my Werlyt pilot glam on a plate from an art party a few weeks ago

I have been waiting, praying, and ultimately gave up on Gaius and Nero reunion scene since 2019. Oh my god. Everybody shut up, this is my everything

Half the reason I wanted to see it/was sad that it had assumedly happened off-screen was because I wanted to know what Nero would call him... in ARR it is just “Lord Baelsar”;

My, how long has it been, Lord Baelsar?

I had to stand up and pace around for 5 mins at this line LMAO

Gaius going “ah, so the rumours were true that you survived” is so funny. The “rumours” are just Cid and Albi mentioning him casually, Gaius just practiced this dramatic moment in the mirror for too long to not still go along with it when they do finally get to talk. Nero built the damn Mark II we’re chasing, did they simply not brush shoulders during Werlyt? This is so funny.

And then Nero just... I merely use my talents to save Cid from his own idiocy. And now, I am here to do the same for you. I love it so much

Nero dryly calling Albi hero or adventurer is still a charm point that I enjoy

Kind of wished I had failed the (cringe-ass) Werlyt rhythm game now just to see what he’d say instead of this... I’m still not convinced Albi is a good pilot, but she is a good marksman at least!

My mecha anime brain cell activated. I don’t care about things such as “quality” or “good writing”, I only care for Sonic vs. Shadow with robots

bbbbbbbbbb really do not care for this scene, but I do appreciate how much Gaius no longer cares for monologues and just attacked this guy.

A shame, really

I just like it when they are on screen

DID YOU... FORGET THE TIME WHEN YOUR LEGION KIDNAPPED TATARU... it was all very much spearheaded by Livia rather than Gaius, but... lmao. You’d best hope you never meet her, bud (shame they did not, would have been funny)

Mister Gaius...

Avilina being compared to Nero multiple times in this quest was cute, I forgot that they worked together. One of the engineers post-quest remarking that since she refuses to wear the Ironworks uniform, maybe she’d be content with a red version like Nero, too... they are two peas in a pod

Allie... cute!! You had to assume Terncliff had an orphanage, but I liked the confirmation/discussion

This is. So funny. He looks so awkward. I guess it is cute that Albi went to ask a favour from Ishgardian portrait friend at least

Cute...

I just cannot get over how awkward Gaius looks. He is so funny to me

:)

This lines up with Cid mentioning in EW that Gaius is terrible with words when he’s trying to be heartfelt. Charm point

When the whole squad don’t know a damn thing

I was wondering what the memento for the main Tataru quest would be... the main reason I like this overall questline is because Albi is a goldsmith who has a lot of sentiment tied up with jewellery. So not only would Albi be so down for helping with Tataru’s necklace, something from Werlyt in there is cute. Rose shells... it’s always roses... ah ah ahhhh (looked up to see if rose shells are a thing, they are not, they picked rose on purpose here)

I gotta let this marinate. Had no idea Werlyt even had beaches since they make such note of the cliffs being too high above the water to have any benefit from the ocean. See, this is where I’m getting my food

Was glad to see Severa and Val back on the overworld post-quest, but man, I’m so disappointed they weren’t even present. I’m just reminded how much my investment in Werlyt was always hinging on Gaius’s MSQ era... I miss Team Shadowhunter, I do wish Nero was here in-person and not just phoned in, etc.

I care deeply about Allie and the Raen, but mainly in scope of them being Raen and relating to Albi, not as much in relation to Gaius, if that makes sense? So this quest being just weird Valens and then only the briefest Raen kids moment was like. Okay.

Was sagely nodding after speaking to everyone else... heading back down to the lookout to see if Gaius was trapped in aimlessly staring at nothing for the rest of his days-- oh my god

Shut the fuck up. This is so cute. Immediately burst out laughing at having a really stupid 4am tweet made canon

THIS IS SO HYPER-SPECIFIC. Albi manspread confirmed just because I liked this new /sit idle they added last patch

And the book... just grabs this from my WIP notes, but post-EW Albi has been doing a lot of book collecting/restoring. I’ve had “Gaius reading the assorted books Albi leaves in his apartment” as a whole thing for like a year now. [shoves the rest of the quest out of the way] They Did This For Me

I’m so glad they gave him such a charming afk spot/animation. I can just sit next to this guy

In closing: Quest was not as good as I hoped (I wanted the same comedy-tint as other Tataru quests, having Nero/Sev/Val sort of there but not really just made me miss their absence more, Gaius still does not even acknowledge what we did on his behalf in Garlemald) to the point I’m pretty :/ about the Valens stuff, but... I’m too Gaiuspilled to let it bother me too much. Just like in EW, he wasn’t personally badly written/out of character, and I got enough little crumbs for my own content, that it’s fine that there wasn’t much actual food. I can cook.

One last thing actually: I assumed Nero was in Werlyt, albeit it behind the scenes, because of the “we found someone who knew enough about Allagan warmachina to build us a second G-Warrior, even if he was overly adamant about it being red” line post-Werlyt when you go look at the Mark II in the hangar. He says he’d hate for the Mark II to be destroyed in this quest + called it scarlet in a very endearing way that confirms that for me, but when you go look at it in the hangar again after this quest, it has some new dialogue. Mentions that it came back safely, albeit it with a few new scrapes, but I think that line replaced the “guy who made it demanded it be red” line which was the real Nero giveaway? I’ll have to go back through old screenshots, hmm

Anyway

I’m done now. I’m sure I will warm up to this quest and it’s weird energy over time. Albi’s booty call turned The Sorrow of Werlyt 2 turned book club

[ulkaralakbarova]

A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty and love. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Tommy Pickles (voice): Elizabeth Daily Coco LaBouche (voice): Susan Sarandon Jean-Claude (voice): John Lithgow Dil Pickles (voice): Tara Strong Chuckie Finster (voice): Christine Cavanaugh Lil Deville / Phil DeVille / Betty DeVille (voice): Kath Soucie Drew Pickles / Chaz Finster, Sr. (voice): Michael Bell Wedding DJ (voice): Casey Kasem Angelica Pickles (voice): Cheryl Chase Susie Carmichael (voice): Cree Summer Charlotte Pickles (voice): Tress MacNeille Lulu Pickles (voice): Debbie Reynolds Grandpa Lou Pickles (voice): Joe Alaskey Mr. Yamaguchi (voice): Mako Sumo Singer (voice): Tim Curry Kira Watanabe-Finster (voice): Julia Kato Sumo Singer (voice): Billy West Kimi Watanabe-Finster (voice): Dionne Quan Didi Pickles (voice): Melanie Chartoff Howard DeVille (voice): Phil Proctor Princess (voice): Lisa McClowry Priest (voice): Dan Castellaneta Finster Wedding DJ (voice): Roger Rose Sumo Singer (voice): Kevin Michael Richardson Stu Pickles (voice): Jack Riley Film Crew: Director: Stig Bergqvist Storyboard: Marco Cinello Technical Supervisor: Beth S. Morris Sequence Supervisor: Greg Tiernan Technical Supervisor: Rick Moser Visual Effects: Brice Mallier Layout: Silvia Pompei Art Department Manager: Sharon Ross Layout: Adam Henry Animation: Jim Ovelmen Writer: Jill Gorey Writer: J. David Stem Writer: Barbara Herndon Writer: David N. Weiss Writer: Kate Boutilier Production Design: Dima Malanitchev Producer: Gábor Csupó Producer: Arlene Klasky Art Direction: Gena Kornyshev Editor: John Bryant Director: Paul Demeyer Executive Producer: Julia Pistor Executive Producer: Albie Hecht Executive Producer: Hal Waite Original Music Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh Movie Reviews:

[emanuelepisano]

Lettera di commiato ad un cialtrone...

9 anni fa, ero a pranzo e leggendo un quotidiano online ho saputo che il Presidente Garrone, stanco delle continue critiche di una parte della tifoseria aveva venduto la Sampdoria a tale Ferrero. Garrone è imprenditore di statura e serietà internazionale e la Sampdoria è squadra che al primo approdo in Champions League è arrivata in finale a Wembley oltre ad avere la maglia più bella del mondo, cosa che nel marketing non guasta e quindi è stato per me facile e naturale dedurre che quel Ferrero fosse proprio lui, l’inventore della Nutella. La delusione è stata grande quando mi sono reso conto che si trattava di uno sconosciuto imprenditore cinematografico senza arte né parte che non aveva sborsato un euro avendo ricevuto la società in regalo dall’ormai ex presidente Garrone, ma ancora più grande quando ho visto il personaggio, un giullare dall’aspetto insignificante, senza galateo, che non conosceva neppure il nome del Presidente Mantovani. E se tu diventi presidente della Sampdoria e non sai come si chiamava il presidente dello scudetto puoi fare a meno di disfare le valigie e tornartene da dove sei venuto. Questo insulso e sgradevole personaggio con un soprannome ridicolo almeno quanto lo è lui, “er viperetta”, avrebbe preso il posto di signori con cappello e cappotto sulla poltrona più alta della società. Al solo pensiero la pelle d’oca mi rizza sulle carni.

Da quel giorno ha usato la sua posizione in società per acquisire notorietà mettendo in ridicolo il ruolo del presidente della nostra squadra. Ha fatto tutto il possibile per mettersi in mostra, per apparire, soprattutto facendo la macchietta in televisione ad ogni occasione, urlando e atteggiandosi, corteggiando sguaiatamente la conduttrice o la valletta di turno, noi non siamo abituati a certi individui, noi che abbiamo visto il Presidente Mantovani rimanere in silenzio per tutta la sera in una famosa trasmissione la sera del primo scudetto, invitato e mai chiamato in causa se non a fine serata, ed allora alzatosi con una classe che lo ha sempre contraddistinto, salutare e uscire dallo studio senza intervenire. Non voglio nemmeno immaginare cosa avrebbe detto e fatto questo signore dall’aspetto inquietante, con i capelli lunghi e unti. Oggi questa pagliacciata fortunatamente arriva al capolinea, questo personaggino scimmiottesco finalmente esce di scena. E io vorrei poter riscrivere la storia della Sampdoria per eliminare dagli albi questi sette anni e dimenticarmi del suo passaggio.

In questi sette anni i risultati economici e sportivi sono stati addirittura soddisfacenti. In una città come la nostra e con mezzi economici inesistenti credo non si potesse fare davvero di più, quindi la critica diventa ancora più severa, ma, questa macchietta di uomo, non ha perso occasione per offendere ed insultare, non solo il ruolo che ricopriva, ma anche la tifoseria di una squadra, corretta e mai sopra le righe, nemmeno quando aveva tutti i motivi per esserlo. Fino alla pagliacciata della vendita, si pagliacciata perché anche in quel frangente questo individuo da fumetto non ha perso occasione per trarre il maggior vantaggio possibile, sia economico che di visibilità, fregandomene dei sentimenti che governano le società sportive e i suoi tifosi. E quando dico “i suoi”, sig. Ferrero, intendo della Sampdoria sia chiaro, non suoi di lei, lei non ha tifosi in questa città almeno tra i sostenitori della squadra di cui si spacciava per presidente, si spacciava perché non si illuda, lei non è mai stato il presidente di chi ama la Sampdoria. La sua naturale propensione al ridicolo emergono oltre ogni immaginabile possibilità, ad esempio, andando a fare il pagliaccio dalla Ventura parlando di un argomento che non conosce minimamente, la Sampdoria e la sua nascita, ha dimostrato, a chi ancora aveva dubbi, che questo signore della NOSTRA squadra non sa nulla, non ha perso nemmeno un minuto in 7 anni per leggere almeno wikipedia sulla storia di questa società e questo dice di esserne il presidente, ci ha messo nel ridicolo litigando con una leggenda come il Signor Panatta, di cui, è chiaro, lei non sa nulla. Ha giocato con noi tifosi facendoci stare in ansia, si è divertito vedendoci sospirare il cambio di dirigenza perché questo non era più sostenibile, non ha perso occasione di prenderci in giro nel primo affare Vialli, conscio che tra lei e Gianluca nemmeno ci sogniamo di fare il minimo paragone. Ogni tanto fa bene toccare il fondo, arrivare il più in basso possibile e come nel nostro caso con questo signore raschiare con le unghie il fondo della latrina. Così poi finalmente, quando ci si riprende, ci si alza e si torna a respirare aria pura dopo tanta fogna.

Addio signor Ferrero o se preferisce “er viperetta”, non si gioisce mai delle disgrazie altrui, tranne che per le sue, l’arresto, la prigione, i suoi presunti reati, presunti perchè anche nel suo caso io rimango un garantista, non me ne frega nulla, mi importa solo che si sia levato dai piedi in un modo o nell’altro. Oggi la Sampdoria ritorna ai sampdoriani, da domani si cambia scenario. Una volta ho detto che pur di vederla andare via l’avrei volentieri accompagnata ovunque desiderasse, ho cambiato idea, si prenda un treno, o, con quello che si è messo in tasca si affitti pure un aereo privato ma si tolga dalle balle da solo, può darsi che lei rimanga nel mondo del calcio, anche se sinceramente spero di no, spero che nessuno le dia più la possibilità di usare una squadra di calcio e i suoi tifosi per arricchirsi o per fare comparsate nei talk show, spero che finisca nel dimenticatoio e che le rimanga solo la possibilità di partecipare a qualche trasmissione per vip falliti, tipo l’isola o qualcosa del genere.

Sarà un piacere cambiare canale.

[mehtahospitals]

Dr Mehta's Department of Cardiac Sciences with a state-of-the-art Cathlab and CCU unit at Dr Mehta’s Hospitals – Global Campus, Velappanchavadi, launched by Dr Alby John Varghese, District Collector of Tiruvallur District, Dr S. Aravind, Director Projects and Chief Medical Officer of Aravind Eye Care Systems and Anu Hasan, Entrepreneur, Writer, and Artist.

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[drrafaelcm]

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Art block is officially over, I think I've just found my muse 🙈

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[ai-dump]

Batman, art by Gustave Doré and Russ Mills and Anna Dittman and Brom and Lee Jeffries and Alessio Albi and Adrian --v 5 --iw 1 --ar 4:5 --s 500 --c 20

[colorpuff]

Okay I said I’d reblog and share my thoughts once I finish but the urge to comment is too great to hold in (also it’s nighttime and I doubt I can play fast enough to beat Mr.Sandman but shhh)

Rambles for  @alby-rei ’s game under the cut and in future reblogs of this post JKHKDNDF You can just block this if you don’t wanna get spammed T_T

OKAY FIRST THINGS FIRST I just started and omg the pixel art AND the fact that there are options for the MC is SO CUTE 

Nextly, HIDDEN APPLE?!?! I found one and omg how many are there I must find them all

OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT the whole rpg vibes *chef’s kiss* I love this already and I’m just walking around at the moment HAHAHAH

Why are Time’s paws wet ???

MC GETS A LIL QUESTION MARK SOMETIMES T_T

Okay that’s all for now time to actually do their requests  (ᗒ ᗨᗕ)

[dame-nervy]

Masterlist

If a link is broken or you believe that an additional or different rating/warning is needed on a story, please let me know and I will look into it further. Thank you <3

[!!] = for more mature/possibly triggering context [A] = angst [F] = fluff [H/C] = hurt/comfort [S] = suggestive content/sexual themes

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What I Write; ~ The Maze Runner ~ Teen Wolf ~ Marvel ~ DC comics ~ Star Wars the Clone Wars ~ Original Content ~

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The Maze Runner

Series

Gladers are WCKD [Masterlist]

All

- Bonfire Conversation - Dating Headcannon [F]

Thomas

Why don’t they just kiss already? [S]

Newt

This nightmare will never end, will it? [A]

Minho

“I despise you with every inch of my being.” “That’s not a lot of inches.”

Gally

- Please don’t forget me [A] (1/3) - Who the hell abandons someone they love? [A] (2/3) - I clearly recall begging you to come with us [A] (3/3)

Frypan

Klunk, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to-I um should’ve knocked. Um I-I’ll just go [S]

Winston

If you complain that it’s hot one more time, I’m going to give you a reason to sweat [S]

Brenda

I don’t want to sleep alone tonight [H/C]

Teresa

No matter how much I try, I can’t forgive you [A]

Aris

“I didn’t know you could cook.” “Oh, trust me I can’t.” [F]

Alby

Do you want to dance with me?

Ben

Don’t be stupid. You won’t be any fun if you’re dead [S]

Clint

Let me help you. I’m begging you to let me help you [H/C]

Jeff

Why didn’t you tell me sooner? [H/C]

Zart

Aw you’re ticklish [S]

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Teen Wolf

All

Look, you can answer my questions or I can break your nose, take your pick.

Scott McCall

You should have trusted me [A] (1/2) I still miss you [A] (2/2)

Stiles Stilinski

I wanted you, Stiles. It was always you. [A]

Issac Lahey

Do you regret it? [A.S]

Derek Hale

Oh come on, I know you can do better than that

Peter Hale

I never want to see you again [!!.A]

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Marvel

Avengers

- Where did that toddler come from? - If we get caught, I'm blaming you - I'd like to sleep now, thanks

Tony Stark / Iron Man

You just don’t care, do you? [A]

Steve Rodgers / Captain America

I really wish she'd stop hitting on women for me

Pietro Maximoff

They looked like a work of Art [F]

Bruce Banner / Hulk

You didn't think of me once? [A]

X-Men

Gambit

Put on a goddamn shirt [A]

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DC comics

Batman

Don't say anything else, just stay here [A]

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Star Wars the Clone Wars

Jesse

You didn’t seem like you were having such a bad time last night [S.F]

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Original Content

Impromptu Writing

- You left without saying goodbye [A] - Maybe there were no right choices in that situation, but you definitely made a wrong one [A] - I told him to never come back [!!.A]

[themazeceo]

Maze Runner Headcanon | Minho Edition

Modern AU to avoid suffering.

✨ Minho and his family moved from South Korea to The U. S. when he was 8 years old ✨

Because his parents jobs and that stuff.

He studied English at school before, but not enough to have a fluent conversation.

And because of that, most of the subjects were difficult to understand.

Because of that, Minho did his best to be good in subjects that didn't need much language comprehension.

Like maths, arts, sports.

Especially in sports.

But science, history or English class... Damn.

He suffered.

He still doesn't know how he managed to pass.

Kids are cruel and most of them bothered Minho because how he used to speak (slow talking, not getting the meaning of whatever at first, not knowing how to express something, his accent, etc.).

He didn't even try to make friends.

Eventually, he learned and improved his pronunciation, thanks to his parents that pay him a lot of classes during the weekends.

So school was not a problem anymore, but still no friends.

It wasn't until junior high school that he started making friends.

In a new school where nobody knows him, he met Newt and Alby.

He got along better with Newt than Alby, but anyway Minho was okay.

He entered the basketball team and surprise! More friends for Minho!

More easy-going.

He became a confident bitch.

Since he is used to try hard on everything, Minho was a good student at every subject.

The teachers' favorite.

At some point he also bacame captain of the basketball team.

Sharp tongue af.

Sarcastic af.

And two years after (in 9th grade), he met his bestie, soulmate, BFF, bromance, no homo but yes homo, Thomas.

And high school was even better. Minho had friends and was a good student.

Also thominho because YESS ✨

[rockislandadultreads]

First Person Narratives & Likeable Characters

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

A riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not. The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family—including Judd’s mother, brothers, and sister—have been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd’s radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a family. As the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. For Judd, it’s a weeklong attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family. All of which would be hard enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd’s father died: She’s pregnant. This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not.

Us by David Nicholls

Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen-year-old son, Albie; then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway. Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage and might even help him bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.

Takes One to Know One by Susan Isaacs

Just a few years ago, Corie Geller was busting terrorists as an agent for the FBI. But at thirty-five, she traded in her badge for the stability of marriage and motherhood. Now Corie is married to the brilliant and remarkably handsome Judge Josh Geller and is the adoptive mother of his lovely 14-year-old daughter. Between cooking meals and playing chauffeur, Corie scouts Arabic fiction for a few literary agencies and, on Wednesdays, has lunch with her fellow Shorehaven freelancers at a so-so French restaurant. Life is, as they say, fine. But at her weekly lunches, Corie senses that something's off. Pete Delaney, a milquetoast package designer, always shows up early, sits in the same spot (often with a different phone in hand), and keeps one eye on the Jeep he parks in the lot across the street. Corie intuitively feels that Pete is hiding something--and as someone who is accustomed to keeping her FBI past from her new neighbors, she should know. But does Pete really have a shady alternate life, or is Corie just imagining things, desperate to add some spark to her humdrum suburban existence? She decides that the only way to find out is to dust off her FBI toolkit and take a deep dive into Pete Delaney's affairs. Always sassy, smart, and wickedly witty, Susan Isaacs is at her formidable best in a novel that is both bitingly wry and ominously thrilling.

The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess

A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980’s New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod. In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant brother. With her professional ambitions floundering, Eve jumps at the chance to attend an early summer gathering at the Cape Cod home of famed New Yorker writer Henry Grey and his poet wife, Tillie. Dazzled by the guests and her burgeoning crush on the hosts’ artistic son, Eve lands a new job as Henry Grey’s research assistant and an invitation to Henry and Tillie’s exclusive and famed "Book Party"— where attendees dress as literary characters. But by the night of the party, Eve discovers uncomfortable truths about her summer entanglements and understands that the literary world she so desperately wanted to be a part of is not at all what it seems. A page-turning, coming-of-age story, written with a lyrical sense of place and a profound appreciation for the sustaining power of books, The Last Book Party shows what happens when youth and experience collide and what it takes to find your own voice.

[sineala]

Re; the Eagle revival (let's make it happen!) - you gotta know, on a large number of notes I see on Eagle things are people saying 'I like to go back and re-read Eagle fics as a comfort, esp. Sineala's' or 'I have such vivid memories of reading Sineala's fics on this one holiday', etc. etc. etc.... Anyway, from me and everyone else Eagle-y inclined, thank you so much for creating the incredible fic bedrock on which this fandom stands. (and also for all your fine work for S/T and other fandoms!)

Thank you so much! That's really nice of you to let me know. I know it was a relatively small fandom, and, like most movie-based fandoms, didn't exactly last a long time -- in my experience, most single-movie fandoms probably have a fannish shelf-life of a couple years at most, although I'm sure that in The Eagle's case, the fact that it has Rosemary Sutcliff's oeuvre as a back catalog definitely helped. But it was a whole lot of fun while it lasted, and I feel like I have to give a shoutout to a bunch of the people I met or hung out with in Eagle/Sutcliff fandom -- Carmarthen, Lishan, Savvy, Alby Mangroves, Motetus, Bunn, Sea, Wagnetic, Sophia-sol, Riventhorn and Isis all come to mind, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of people and I'm sorry -- because, man, I sure could not have written all that fic without a bunch of people sitting in Google Docs or IRC cheering me on. (Or, you know, also egging me on, depending.) I also want to thank my wife for teaching me Latin and letting me steal all her books about Roman Britain.

And I highly recommend all their fic, art, meta, and research, because, hey, it wasn't just me out there writing all the fic, you know? There's plenty of excellent stuff in Eagle fandom that isn't mine! There was also a lot of activity on LJ, including a community and a kink meme that at one point was thriving. And there's still a small but devoted book fandom -- if you're on Dreamwidth, Hedgebird has been posting a lot of interviews and other background material to Sutcliff Space.

(There was a point when I was pretty sure Chosen Man was going to be my fannish legacy, but I think its place of pride has been usurped by Thrust Issues. Which isn't bad, exactly, because I'm proud of that one too, but "I wrote a very long story where Captain America has a big dick" really, uh, gives off a different impression than "I wrote an exhaustively-researched novel-length slow-burn romance set in the Ancient Roman army that is probably a solid enough AU that you can go into it fandom-blind.")

I don't honestly know whether I have more stories about Marcus and Esca in me that I desperately need to tell -- though the fact that I still have posted WIPs does haunt me and is a lesson to myself not to do that again -- but it was a really fun fandom for me and I would be happy to hang out with Eagle fans again and at least watch the movie a couple more times.

(Is there a Discord? Do we need a Discord? Do... do I need to make a Discord? If I make a Discord I'm naming all the channels in Latin, though.)

[emanuelepisano]

Lettera di commiato ad un cialtrone...

9 anni fa, ero a pranzo e leggendo un quotidiano online ho saputo che il Presidente Garrone, stanco delle continue critiche di una parte della tifoseria aveva venduto la Sampdoria a tale Ferrero. Garrone è imprenditore di statura e serietà internazionale e la Sampdoria è squadra che al primo approdo in Champions League è arrivata in finale a Wembley oltre ad avere la maglia più bella del mondo, cosa che nel marketing non guasta e quindi è stato per me facile e naturale dedurre che quel Ferrero fosse proprio lui, l’inventore della Nutella. La delusione è stata grande quando mi sono reso conto che si trattava di uno sconosciuto imprenditore cinematografico senza arte né parte che non aveva sborsato un euro avendo ricevuto la società in regalo dall’ormai ex presidente Garrone, ma ancora più grande quando ho visto il personaggio, un giullare dall’aspetto insignificante, senza galateo, che non conosceva neppure il nome del Presidente Mantovani. E se tu diventi presidente della Sampdoria e non sai come si chiamava il presidente dello scudetto puoi fare a meno di disfare le valigie e tornartene da dove sei venuto. Questo insulso e sgradevole personaggio con un soprannome ridicolo almeno quanto lo è lui, “er viperetta”, avrebbe preso il posto di signori con cappello e cappotto sulla poltrona più alta della società. Al solo pensiero la pelle d’oca mi rizza sulle carni.

Da quel giorno ha usato la sua posizione in società per acquisire notorietà mettendo in ridicolo il ruolo del presidente della nostra squadra. Ha fatto tutto il possibile per mettersi in mostra, per apparire, soprattutto facendo la macchietta in televisione ad ogni occasione, urlando e atteggiandosi, corteggiando sguaiatamente la conduttrice o la valletta di turno, noi non siamo abituati a certi individui, noi che abbiamo visto il Presidente Mantovani rimanere in silenzio per tutta la sera in una famosa trasmissione la sera del primo scudetto, invitato e mai chiamato in causa se non a fine serata, ed allora alzatosi con una classe che lo ha sempre contraddistinto, salutare e uscire dallo studio senza intervenire. Non voglio nemmeno immaginare cosa avrebbe detto e fatto questo signore dall’aspetto inquietante, con i capelli lunghi e unti. Oggi questa pagliacciata fortunatamente arriva al capolinea, questo personaggino scimmiottesco finalmente esce di scena. E io vorrei poter riscrivere la storia della Sampdoria per eliminare dagli albi questi sette anni e dimenticarmi del suo passaggio.

In questi sette anni i risultati economici e sportivi sono stati addirittura soddisfacenti. In una città come la nostra e con mezzi economici inesistenti credo non si potesse fare davvero di più, quindi la critica diventa ancora più severa, ma, questa macchietta di uomo, non ha perso occasione per offendere ed insultare, non solo il ruolo che ricopriva, ma anche la tifoseria di una squadra, corretta e mai sopra le righe, nemmeno quando aveva tutti i motivi per esserlo. Fino alla pagliacciata della vendita, si pagliacciata perché anche in quel frangente questo individuo da fumetto non ha perso occasione per trarre il maggior vantaggio possibile, sia economico che di visibilità, fregandomene dei sentimenti che governano le società sportive e i suoi tifosi. E quando dico “i suoi”, sig. Ferrero, intendo della Sampdoria sia chiaro, non suoi di lei, lei non ha tifosi in questa città almeno tra i sostenitori della squadra di cui si spacciava per presidente, si spacciava perché non si illuda, lei non è mai stato il presidente di chi ama la Sampdoria. La sua naturale propensione al ridicolo emergono oltre ogni immaginabile possibilità, ad esempio, andando a fare il pagliaccio dalla Ventura parlando di un argomento che non conosce minimamente, la Sampdoria e la sua nascita, ha dimostrato, a chi ancora aveva dubbi, che questo signore della NOSTRA squadra non sa nulla, non ha perso nemmeno un minuto in 7 anni per leggere almeno wikipedia sulla storia di questa società e questo dice di esserne il presidente, ci ha messo nel ridicolo litigando con una leggenda come il Signor Panatta, di cui, è chiaro, lei non sa nulla. Ha giocato con noi tifosi facendoci stare in ansia, si è divertito vedendoci sospirare il cambio di dirigenza perché questo non era più sostenibile, non ha perso occasione di prenderci in giro nel primo affare Vialli, conscio che tra lei e Gianluca nemmeno ci sogniamo di fare il minimo paragone. Ogni tanto fa bene toccare il fondo, arrivare il più in basso possibile e come nel nostro caso con questo signore raschiare con le unghie il fondo della latrina. Così poi finalmente, quando ci si riprende, ci si alza e si torna a respirare aria pura dopo tanta fogna.

Addio signor Ferrero o se preferisce “er viperetta”, non si gioisce mai delle disgrazie altrui, tranne che per le sue, l’arresto, la prigione, i suoi presunti reati, presunti perchè anche nel suo caso io rimango un garantista, non me ne frega nulla, mi importa solo che si sia levato dai piedi in un modo o nell’altro. Oggi la Sampdoria ritorna ai sampdoriani, da domani si cambia scenario. Una volta ho detto che pur di vederla andare via l’avrei volentieri accompagnata ovunque desiderasse, ho cambiato idea, si prenda un treno, o, con quello che si è messo in tasca si affitti pure un aereo privato ma si tolga dalle balle da solo, può darsi che lei rimanga nel mondo del calcio, anche se sinceramente spero di no, spero che nessuno le dia più la possibilità di usare una squadra di calcio e i suoi tifosi per arricchirsi o per fare comparsate nei talk show, spero che finisca nel dimenticatoio e che le rimanga solo la possibilità di partecipare a qualche trasmissione per vip falliti, tipo l’isola o qualcosa del genere.

Sarà un piacere cambiare canale.