#and this place is a scrapbook so

[guzhufuren]

you talk about finding channel of a pretty girl domming a guy wearing unbelievably flat cock cages under a post that asks about the highlight of everyone's day one (1) time

[adastra121]

Which is harder to catch — a magician or a thief? Now you see them, now you don’t! 🪄🎩

If you wanted to check out my other MCs’ daily schedules:

Luneth’s Daily Schedule

Jin's Daily Schedule

[pasta-pardner]

Reading Roundup: "Partners"

Written by Robert Wayne, 1987. Read January 2025.

Hey y'all! My goal for the year is to read more often, so I think I'm gonna start posting book reviews in addition to the other fannish stuff on my blog. My review for this novel is under the cut!

I picked up this novel while on a trip with my husband in Tombstone, Arizona. I haven't seen much info about it online yet, probably because it's a few decades old and it appears to be self and/or indie published.

Apparently, the author of "Partners" cowboyed professionally for years, and his main goal with the novel was to tell an authentic story in a contemporary western setting that resonated with his own experience. Wayne lists his work as a combination adventure and romance novel, but I would argue that the romance elements were very back-seat. I'm willing to bet that far more pages were devoted to the bounty hunt plot and the platonic friendship dynamic than any of the romances.

I read the first edition from 1987 (not the newer edition from 2005). This version of "Partners" came with a sticker referencing old western bootleg laws. Neat! I feel lucky to have found a copy, seeing as I doubt this book ever got widespread release-- and I don't live in the west.

Anyways ! Here are my thoughts on Mr. Wanye's novel:

Firstly, the easy-going chemistry between the two leads is definitely the soul of this novel. I really, really enjoyed RC and Curtis-- in pretty much all of the strange situations they got caught up in.

The novel's prose is pretty good too. This may be a strangely specific compliment to give, but I think "Partners" is at its strongest when it comes to describing old people. Scenes at the nursing home and at the grandparents house were incredibly vivid. Every elderly character in this novel pops off the page like a real flesh-and-blood person.

The descriptions of the natural landscapes and the horse care & tack procedures were also quite vivid, but sometimes to the point of feeling a bit formulaic. As much as I love detailed descriptions of locations, sometimes just listing the species of shubbery felt too face-value.

But the weakest part of this novel is definitely the plot. It feels kind of aimless and meandering, like a strange amalgamation of western subgenres thrown together. It's hard to explain, but this feels like a story that was written without an outline. I figure the author sat down at a typewriter, week after week, writing the chapters piecemeal-- without an overarching idea of why or how they were going where they were going.

Lots of elements (like RC's dad, wanda, the fixed up shack, gold panning, etc) have almost zero payoff by the end of the book. Removing these characters/locations wouldn't affect the plot in the much, so they end up feeling extraneous. The chapters are fun to read while they're happening, but the big-picture plot certainly could've been stronger. Though I was invested in the characters and the prose regardless of what was happening, everything outside of the bounty hunt plotline felt like an episodic event with not much of a resolution.

Tldr; character-driven, likeable leads, multiple sections with colorful prose... but a meandering, low-payoff plot. I definitely recommend "Partners" if you'd like to read some cowboy slice-of-life, though.

[stygeanbluebasilsprout]

THE WORLD’S AN OYSTER ON AN APPETISER PLATE

[tealfruit]

it's really a shame I have to sell 40+ of my life hours every week for poverty wages instead of spending all my time and energy on dozens of creative and technical pursuits with unlimited resources

[purpldawne]

ohhhhhh i just had the cutest idea for a scrapbook page. . .

[ratsalad]

A++ birthday this time despite the anxiety. i've never felt so loved and cared about in my life ;_;

[mildmayfoxe]

ok. i did NOT change my sheets tonight either but i DID put away a bunch of laundry which will make it easier to change my sheets tomorrow. and if i’m brave i’ll even do MORE laundry tomorrow. while i change the sheets

[carriehobbs]

I think about this option a lot when you get the chance to choose what Button did after high school but before joining Unity (in Chapter 7). There are so many little choices throughout the game that you can (but do not have to) choose that really illustrate how isolating Button's mind blindness can be (or, at least, has the potential to be, depending on the Button).

I think it's also really interesting how this choice sets up the potential viability of Unity as a career option for Button. The passage depicts a world where it's difficult for Button to hold down steady in-person work, or one where they're pushed into remote positions. Would Unity (in comparison to other workplaces) be more or less prepared to deal with Button's mind blindness? Would a Button who had struggled to hold other jobs see Unity as a place where they might be able to have a long-term career?

[icewindandboringhorror]

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[ch1maeras]

𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗘 : 2 / ∞ featuring andrei lupei ( @razorfst )

— 𝙢𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 / 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 —

[miqojak]

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[kogameh]

Before the DLC drops I'd like to say my fav part of the base postgame is def the epilogue story bit of Team Star bosses...

I'm biased towards Team Star (I love them a lot ok) but it's just heartwarming to see them trying to adapt to their school again and get along with other students despite formerly being in a ""villain"" team (also because...they WERE bullying victims, remember)

And it's not like a typical cliche story of the crowds bowing down to the rebel team after they got called out for it. It's Team Star who were the ones standing on their own feet and making an effort /by themselves/ to fit in with everyone despite the scars they have gotten (and may have caused) from the past in the very same school... Building that courage is NOT an easy feat, after all... 🥲

Idk. I'm just glad this story existed and they were given a proper happy ending like this... 😭 And the fact that such a topic is handled in Pokemon at all haha

PS. Eri is such a big sis to everyone I love her oh my god

[dmitri-smerdyakov]

Been thinking about what I want to do for my next birthday (it's not until mid-January but sometimes things need to be booked SUPER in advance), and for about a week I considered going to see Cursed Child in London because I haven't seen it yet, but something just occurred to me... I could take a trip to see the Titanic Exhibition at the SeaCity museum in Southampton.

Obviously Southampton is where Titanic began her maiden voyage, and apparently there's a 1:25 scale interactive model of the ship??? And a huge LEGO Titanic model??? I've literally just found my dream birthday activity and I'm only disappointed that my next birthday isn't until January!

[moth--circus]

I don't know how people manage multiple blogs, I started a new one mostly for The Bear fandom stuff but I'm already thinking of packing that in and just moving it all to here. This side blog will continue to be a mish mash of multiple fandoms and thirst with little to no cohesion in content but I don't think I'm very good at running a dedicated fandom blog, I don't have the concentration or organisation for it and also I'm bad at only posting or reblogging about one thing I have too many fixations and weird tangential fancies for that