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crowdvscritic · 3 years ago

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round up // AUGUST 21

Happy 2nd birthday to these Round Ups! For two years I’ve been making monthly pop culture picks, and they’ve included:

More than 200 movies

32 TV shows and specials, plus 8 different Saturday Night Live Round Ups

27 albums, singles, playlists, and more music picks

13 podcasts

12 books

2 concerts

There have also been articles, events, museums, social media bits, trailers, and a service that helps you find movies across streaming platforms. (Find all of them here.) This month I’m adding a few more, like:

2 podcasts

2 albums

5 vampire movies

A conversation between two GOATs

A very funny dead guy

A terrifying Robert Mitchum performance

Another Dumb Rom-Com I Nevertheless Enjoyed

Here’s to another year!

August Crowd-Pleasers

1. Jungle Cruise (2021)

Indiana Jones meets Pirates of the Caribbean with a dash of The African Queen. I like all those movies, so sue me, I had a nice time! Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10

2. Deep Blue Sea (1999)

Genetically-enhanced sharks try to break free of their cages in an ocean research facility, chaos ensues for the characters, and it’s a delight for us. For no intelligent reason, I love movies that make me guess who’s going to get killed off next, so a big dumb shark movie starring L.L. Cool J and Samuel L. Jackson? It’s a particular brand of joy. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 5.5/10

3. Double Feature — Adam Sandler Comedies: 50 First Dates (2004) + Murder Mystery (2019)

Adam Sandler movies are little like IcyHot for the brain—that is, they’re the relaxing kind of mind-numbing. Thanks to a stressful month at work, I watched six Sandler flicks in August—which I don’t necessarily recommend but also don’t regret—and the Netflix original Murder Mystery (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10) was one of the the best of the bunch. It’s a silly spoof of Agatha Christie’s work, and it’s a scenic two-hour European vacay. I also gave 50 First Dates (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10) another try and was pleasantly surprised. Once you get past some of the gross-out humor at the beginning, you’ll find a sweet story all about how we need to keep showing up for the people we love.

4. Double Feature — SNL Comedies: Wayne’s World (1992) + Hot Rod (2007)

My love for Saturday Night Live is more than well-documented, so exactly zero mes were surprised that I loved these flicks from its alums. Wayne’s World (Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 7/10) follows up with Wayne and Garth in the basement we first saw on late night. Now they have the opportunity to make it big on TV thanks to a sleazy exec (Rob Lowe). Brian Doyle-Murray and Chris Farley show up, and so do Laverne and Shirley? Hot Rod (Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 6.5/10) follows Rod (Andy Samberg) as he tries to make it big as a stuntman and impress his stepdad (Ian McShane). Will Arnett, Bill Hader, and Chris Parnell show up, and now I can mostly forgive all those boys in high school who quoted this movie non-stop.

5. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)

If those SNL comedies weren’t enough silliness for you, how about you add some Bernie to your lineup? Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman are wannabe-yuppies who think they’ve got their career breaks when an exec named Bernie invites them to his vacation home for the weekend. What they don’t know is that Bernie (Terry Kiser) has been laundering money, is connected to the mob, and, is now, um, dead. The right thing would be to call the police, but then we wouldn’t have a 97-minute high-concept comedy, now would we? Crowd: 9/10 // Critic: 7/10

6. Twilight series (2008-12)

I mostly skipped the Twilight phenomenon at its peak, but I’m so glad I hopped on the train years later—this series of vampire vs. werewolf showdowns are ridiculous. But major kudos to the filmmakers who somehow turned a dump truck of nonsensical gobbledygook and unhealthy teenage relationships into something insanely watchable. Also, major kudos to Billy Burke and his understated, curmudgeonly, sarcastic performance. Bella’s dad is the MVP with the only appropriate responses to all of the nonsense he's forced to participate in and the only tether this franchise has to reality. Be sure to watch with a friend so you have someone else to process this weirdness with. Series Crowd: 8/10 // Series Critic: 5/10

7. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at The Muny

You know what’s great? Live theater! This month I made my first trip back to the stage at America’s oldest and largest outdoor amphitheater, the Muny in St. Louis. Their productions never disappoint, and these performers reminded me of Howard Keel, Jane Powell, and Russ Tamblyn in the best ways.

8. Wimbledon (2004)

Paul Bettany and Kirsten fall in love at Wimbledon! Frankly, that premise alone should be enough to sell you on this very winning rom-com. Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7.5/10

9. Career Opportunities (1991)

This month’s Dumb Rom-Com I Nevertheless Enjoyed! Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly fall in love while stuck overnight at a Target—which honestly sounds like a dream scenario—and since it’s a John Hughes script, it’s got some heart beneath its thin premise. John Hughes directing would’ve made it better, but there’s enough Hughes in there to catch my heart. Crowd: 7/10 // Critic: 4.5/10

10. First Blood (1982)

Aka Rambo: Part I. Sylvester Stallone is a tough-as-nails Vietnam vet, and Brian Dennehy is the self-righteous sheriff who ticks him off. It digs a bit into PTSD and how we don’t take care of our veterans, but mostly, it’s just Stallone going ape with a knife and explosives. Oddly, also from the same director as Weekend at Bernie’s! Crowd: 8.5/10 // Critic: 7/10

August Critic Picks

1. TCM’s The Plot Thickens Season 2 (2021)

You know those movies that make you ask, “How on Earth did this get made?” This season of The Plot Thickens, subtitled The Devil’s Candy, is an attempt to answer that question. Pretty much no one thinks 1990’s The Bonfire of the Vanities works as a film—including yours truly—and reporter Julie Salomon documented many of its production troubles leading to the final product. A must-listen for anyone who loves hearing behind-the-scenes stories or just gets a kick out of schadenfreude.

2. Gene and Roger (2021)

Gene and Roger, the summer series on The Big Picture podcast, is an overview and reflection on the work of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, starting with the launch of their individual careers in the ‘60s through their partnership that lasted into the ‘90s. Another must-listen for movie lovers, especially those who love digging into the history and criticism.

3. Gold-Diggers Sound by Leon Bridges (2021)

Chill vibes and cool groves to transition you from Summer to Autumn.

4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Come for the Clint Eastwood, stay for the Ennio Morricone. Actually you can stay for Eastwood, too, because his humor is at his driest, and for Eli Wallach, whose Tuco is an insanely charming cockroach. It’s almost three hours, but this treasure hunt breezes by like a tumbleweed in the wind. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 9/10

5. AFI’s Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams (2011)

Two GOATS talking about making some of the GOATs. They share clips and explain their collaborative process (including on projects like Jaws and Schindler’s List), and they take questions from film students at AFI. I’m only wishing it were 10 hours instead of 1!

6. The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Robert Mitchum’s terrifying preacher elevates this classic into more than just a standard crime thriller. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8.5/10

7. Respect (2021)

While a few scenes indulge in melodrama, Jennifer Hudson’s killer performance—both in vocals and character work—more than makes up for it. This Aretha Franklin biopic hits the familiar beats, but it makes you feel like you’re in the room listening to Franklin sing , which is really all you want from a movie like this. Crowd: 8/10 // Critic: 8/10

8. Solar Power by Lorde (2021)

At first listen, this minimalist pop record sounds worlds away from the angst of Pure Heroine and the melodrama of Melodrama. At second listen, you realize it’s the Lorde you know and love, just with a Laurel Canyon influence. Carole King even gets a shout!

Also in August…

This month Kyla and I checked out Loveline, a call-in radio show popular during the run of Gilmore Girls. Should our favorite Yale students give up dating OR call into the syndicated radio show Loveline? Should Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla give strangers advice OR make fun of them? Oh, and Germany OR Florida? Listen to ep. 107 of SO IT’S A SHOW?

The '40s are coming! Reviews of 1940s Best Picture winners are on their way, and I kicked it off with an overview of the Academy that decade focusing on how they responded to World War II and their new prestigious reputation.

Photo credits: The Muny, The Plot Thickens, Gene and Roger, Leon Bridges, AFI, Lorde. All others IMDb.com.

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justanotherboyinblue · 4 years ago

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Greek Myth Asks

by @wonderbreadwoman and @spidcrsman

GODS: Life

Zeus: What’s your name or nickname? Knox, which gives you K and Knoxy ig lmao

Hera: Where are you from? Michigan born and raised, unfortunately

Athena: How old are you? No<3

Hephaestus: When is your birthday? February 26th

Aphrodite: What’s your relationship status? Complicated. I’m polyamorous so...available? lol

Poseidon: What are your pronouns? he/him

Dionysus: Are you and extrovert or an introvert? ambivert

Demeter: Do you have any pets? oh Boy do i. one dog and nine cats

Apollo: What kind of music are you into? absolutely everything. corpse and rare americans are my favs

Artemis: What do you first notice about new people? appearance wise, hair, otherwise it’s body language i suppose, what your pose is/are you using your hands to talk/do you look relaxed

Hades: What’s a big fear of yours? physical? spiders. hate em. otherwise abandonment, neither unique

Ares: What’s a big pet peeve of yours? Crumpled Dollars I Hate Them So Much

Hestia: Where do you consider home? for the longest time it was in my church basement, where youth group is held but right now i don’t suppose i have one

CREATURES: Lasts

Pegasus: Last movie you watched? baby driver, 100/10 would recommend

Mermaid: Last tv show you finished? ooo good question, i think legend of korra?

Centaur: Last book you read? the body in the library by Agatha Christie, it was So boring

Siren: Last song you listened to? currently listening to time adventure by Rebecca Sugar on loop

Gorgon: Last thing you ate? apple fritter

Cyclops: Last time you cried? like teared up or Cried cried. 1 is at the poem i reblogged and 2 is two nights ago because people Suck<3

Minotaur: Last time you were truly happy? uh. shit. two nights ago before things went south

Sphynx: Last text you sent? making fun of my friend for going to public school

Chimera: Last call you made? i genuinely Cannot remember i dont make calls almost ever

Griffin: Last thing you did before going to sleep last night? drank water? i think

Nymph: Last dream you remember? last night and it was a Destiel dream. it was adorable

Satyr: Last time you couldn’t stop laughing? it’s been a long time since i laughed like that, i dont remember

HEROES: Experiences

Heracles: Have you ever had a dream come true? literally or figuratively Be Specific With These Questions Op also idk

Theseus: What is your worst regret? i was 13 and i felt so alone and i did really stupid things to feel loved

Perseus: Have you ever been arrested? nope

Cadmus: Have you ever had your heart broken? HAH ..yeah

Achilles: Have you ever had to be hospitalized? nope

Actaeon: Tell about a memory you wish to forget. omegle video chat. need i say more

Bellerophon: Have you ever passed out? nope. im very boring lmao

Agamemnon: What is an achievement you’re proud of? moving forward

Oedipus: Have you ever been in love? many times. some more than others

Jason: Have you ever travelled abroad? Where? oh jeez no

Atlanta: Have you ever stood up for someone else? every chance i get

Hippolytus: Tell an experience you will never forget. love. true love. i’d never felt like that and i don’t think i will again i miss them, even after this long. i still love them and ill never stop

MAGICAL ITEMS: Favorites

Trident: Who are your favorite people? i only have one real friend honestly, A. love her to death

Lightning Bolt: What are your top three favorite movies? the dark knight, the losers, and the a-team

Sun Chariot: What is your favorite mythological creature? how dare you make me pick a favorite child.......dragons

Lyre: What are your top three favorite songs? u h the soulmate song by Carson James Argenna, time adventure by Rebecca Sugar, andddd miss you by corpse. for now anyway

Caduceus: What is your favorite color? soft warm yellows, cool pale blues, purple almost as dark as black

Aegis: What is your favorite book or series? the fnaf og series or the o’malley series

Scythe: What is your favorite tv show? fuckkkkk idk man im really diggin hannibal rn

Bident: What is your favorite way to spend free time? music and art

Harpe: What are your top 3 favorite places? any water. literally anything. please i miss swimming

Cornucopia: What is your favorite place to eat? deluca’s omg their seafood pizza is to Die for

Winged Sandals: What is your favorite thing to do when you hangout with your friends? laugh

Golden Fleece: What is your favorite animal? any and all cats ever

PLACES: Goals and Wishes

Olympus: Describe your dream job. recently i’ve been really thinking about tattoo artist. idk man

Tartarus: What’s a short term goal you hope to achieve? having a bf. that’s it. im lonely.

Underworld: Describe your dream vacation. W a t e r

Styx: How would you like your life to look like in 10 years? happy. warm. preferably with a cat and someone i love away from here

Athuna: If you could live anywhere in the world for the rest of your life, where would it be? Not In America

Sparta: Do you have a bucket list? If so, what’s on it? i reeeeeeeeeeeally want to see a krampus run at Least once. germany here i come babey

Elysium: If you could have a superpower, what would it be? earthbending. that would be Awesome. or shapeshifting bc obvi

Ogygia: Describe your dream husband/wife/life partner? kind

Troja: What is the craziest thing you wanna do before you die? i’d love to sit in the passenger seat of a racecar on the track

The Labyrinth: Have you ever died and came back to life as a vampire? hahahah what no ofc not what a weird question

Delphi: Are you currently doing anything to pursue your dreams? im trying to draw everyday, and just hang in there honestly

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alternislatronemhq · 4 years ago

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Congrats, CHRISTIE, you have been accepted to AL for the role of LUCINDA TALKALOT (FC: Alisha Wainwright). Ah, Christie, excellent job! You’ve taken a character that isn’t much more than a name in this verse and brought her to life! I love your portrayal of her and am so excited to see how she adds to our little group!! Please send in your blog (no sideblogs for first characters, please) in the next 24 hours and be sure to take a look at our new player checklist. Welcome home (once again), we’re so excited to have you join the family!

OOC

name — christie age — 20 pronouns — she/her timezone — gmt+3

any questions? — If I could just ignore the fact she was Quidditch captain during her time at Hogwarts that would be amazing just because it doesn’t quite fit my interpretation of Lucinda. Oh, wait, that’s not a question. Pretty please?

IC Overview

name — Lucinda Talkalot faceclaim — Alisha Wainwright age — 27 (9th of January) gender — Cis-female sexuality — Homosexual

patronus — A greyhound – much like Lucinda, the greyhound is intelligent and gentle, though often accused of passivity. What might be perceived as laziness and indifference, however, is simply a very careful and precise distribution of time and energy – after all, why waste your time on something you don’t care about when you could be working on achieving your real goals?

[tw: claustrophobia] boggart — Herself, stuck in a small space with no means of escaping. Lucinda is claustrophobic and usually, she can deal with tiny spaces as long as they provide some sort of an exit, be it a door or a window, but if they are locked or sealed, her claustrophobia gets triggered. It should be noted, though, that even in the event where she manages to keep her anxiety under control, she still would prefer to avoid small spaces altogether.

IC In Depth

personality traits —

( + ) Intelligent: Lucinda’s intelligence isn’t innate as is that of the Ravenclaws she remembers from her Hogwarts days, the ones who would just understand concepts and ideas with little if any explanation. Lucinda, on the other hand, needs all the guidance her professors provide and makes use of all available books on the subjects she’s interested in. Her intelligence comes from hard work, from days spent hunched over old dusty tomes, from sheer ambition to learn and to become somebody.

( + ) Driven: It’s the Slytherin in her that would stop at nothing to achieve her goals. If Lucinda Talkalot wants something, she’ll get it. She’d wanted to do well on her NEWTs, she’d done it. She’d wanted to become an Unspeakable, she’d done it. The one regard in which her ambition doesn’t seem to help is the social aspect of her life, but oh, well, nobody’s perfect.

( + ) Accepting: Lucy knows what it feels like not to be accepted, be it for her blood or for her sexuality, and she would never want anybody else to feel like that around her. Even though she’s not the best in social situations, one thing one can always rely on with her is to remain open-minded and willing to listen.

( - ) Reserved: Books don’t ask you about your day nor do they require an explanation as to why you did what you did; they’re just there. People don’t work quite like that, Lucy knows, but she still has trouble putting herself out there and speaking her mind. After all, what does she have to offer in conversation? She’s not funny, she’s not charming, and she quite literally can’t speak about her job.

( - ) Single-minded: She tells herself it’s justified, with how important her work is, but the truth is Lucinda is almost cut-off from the world. The downside of her ambition is that she’s so focused on her goals that she can’t see anything beyond them; even with Voldemort, she knows he was dangerous, but she never quite understood just how dangerous. But what does it matter anyway? After all, he’s a thing of the past.

( - ) Tactless: It’s not that she’s not aware of social etiquette, it’s just that she sometimes forgets to follow it. She doesn’t choose her words carefully, instead they slip out of her the same way her mother’s old china had slipped between her fingers when she’d been a child – without meaning to, unrefined and sharp. She doesn’t mean to be rude, by any means, but she’s also never been known to sugarcoat anything.

character biography —

Margaret Talkalot always had a vision of how her only daughter’s life would go. Lucinda would attend the same school she did – the only school in town – and then would later attend university in the big city where she would meet a nice, hopefully wealthy man who with whom she would have two children, a boy and a girl, and live happily ever after. It’s a manifestation of everything her mother didn’t get, Lucy realises years later – she’d never got the chance to leave their tiny town, her husband had left her soon after Lucinda’s birth and Margaret hadn’t had other children. (But even to little Lucinda, those fairy tales of princes and princesses didn’t sound appealing – at least the princes didn’t)

Fortunately for her, her mother’s plan started to unravel as soon as Lucinda’s eleventh birthday rolled around. A small white envelope held promises Lucy had never even dreamt to ask for and she’d begged and pleaded her mother to let her go. It’d taken a while to convince her but come September 1st, Lucy was on the train set to Hogwarts.

The castle is absolutely magical in a way that had nothing to do with actual magic. She’s sorted into Slytherin and her housemates give her weird looks as she goes to sit at their table, but that’s fine, the kids back home looked at her weird too. In any case, it’s not nearly enough to dampen her excitement and Lucy spends her first year walking on clouds. The following years she wants to try everything, from Quidditch to Frog Choir, and she does, but… it’s not quite what she imagined. She doesn’t have the experience other kids do with Quidditch, and her face flushes every time she has to sing in front of her peers. It’s okay though, because the library is just as magical and soon Lucy starts spending most of her time there.

She gets good grades, she’s on par with the Ravenclaws, and she wishes sometimes that she was sorted into Ravenclaw instead. Perhaps then she would’ve had more friends? But then she sees Ravenclaws during class, with their clever, understanding eyes, and feels inadequate as she struggles to keep up with the torrent of information. She perseveres. So what if she has to work three times as hard as Beatrice Galloway to get the same grades? She’s not scared of hard work. (She is scared, however, of the way her stomach flutters whenever Beatrice smiles at her. Not because of the feelings she stirs inside of Lucy, but because she knows her mother won’t be happy to learn about them. And Lucinda’s already disappointed her by going to a magical school instead of a “normal” one. Can she disappoint her like that too?)

Turns out, she can. At eighteen, Lucinda passes her NEWTs with flying colours and emboldened by that, she tells her mother she’s not interested in boys. Her arguments sound childish even to her own ears (they’re crass, and smelly, and annoying and she just doesn’t like them, okay?), but they’re true enough and eventually, Margaret stops trying to convince her otherwise. She says she accepts it, but Lucy knows better; her mother is still waiting for the day Lucinda will “come to her senses” and settle down with a man.

The knowledge of it weighs down on her heart, but she’s also never been happier, as though her mother had been the last frontier before freedom. And in the Wizarding World, she’s flourishing – she gets an internship at the Ministry and a few years later, she becomes an Unspeakable. There’s a war raging outside her office, but Lucinda is too busy scribbling down test results and experiment proposal to glance out of the window.

Eventually, it all ends and as relieved as Lucy is, she also can’t deny she feels guilty – but then she reminds herself there’s nothing she could’ve done anyway, except perhaps bored Voldermort to death with theories of how the brain functions.

plot ideas —

I’d love to get Lucy involved with the Order at a later point! In general, the way I envision her character arc (which is always subject to change as time goes on, of course) is that a big part of it would involve her getting out of her office and returning to the world as a whole. That includes becoming more aware of everything going on, becoming more involved in it as she realises she does have more to offer than dry facts she’s read in a book.

Getting her a social life! A bit self-explanatory but as established, Lucy isn’t the best at forming friendship so naturally, I’d love to see her put in a situation where she does end up doing that. Especially with people who challenge her way of thinking. (Also I’ll just throw it out there, but she deserves a girlfriend.)

Some sort of work-related plot seems inevitable too considering how much of her life is spent in her office. Whether that would be potential colleagues (chats by the coffee machine are probably interesting when neither party can talk about their job) or maybe someone who knows more than they’re supposed to (in which case I would love to explore Lucy’s reaction and how she would deal with that). Just about all and any workplace plots!

extra —

Some headcanons:

Throughout this app I’ve been referring to Lucinda both as Lucinda and as Lucy, which I personally see like a very Hercules situation in the sense of:

Meg: Megara. My friends call me Meg. At least they would if I had any friends.

Lucy works in the Department of Mysteries, as previously established, but to elaborate on that, she works primarily in the Thought Chamber. I say primarily because due to the door connecting the Thought and Death Chambers, I’m running with the assumption that their spheres of study are also connected and thus Lucinda sometimes has to visit the Death Chamber too.

(Also I really like the irony of Lucy studying brains, but not being good with people. Like, “I understand your brain, but you I just don’t get.”)

Furthermore, since her job is so centred around minds, she’s also picked up a few skills outside of Hogwarts’ curriculum. Lucinda is an Occlumens, though she struggles with Legilimency. She can only perform it under very particular circumstances, including an intense focus on her part and total silence of the room, so she is almost entirely unable to use it outside of the Thought Chamber. [This is, of course, subject to change if you feel like it might be too much power.]

Lastly, she just gets very flustered around women.

#harry potter rp #hp rp #marauders era rp #marauders rp #al:accepted #lucinda talkalot

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sunlightnstorms · 6 years ago

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Anastasia round 2 has me just as emo if not more emo than round 1!! Christy was incredible and incredibly sweet as always, and John crushed it and has added a few more jokes since last time! I was surprised by how much I liked Cody! His voice is lovely and he acted the part very well! His accent slipped a few times but nothing too distracting.

Vicki is HYSTERICAL. I love her. What a woman 😅 Tally sang Stay I Pray You very differently from Constantine but it was still absolutely gorgeous.

And Constantine. Let me talk about CONSTANTINE. I’m fully and completely obsessed. He’s probably my new favorite Gleb. His voice is unmatched and he gave a really raw and emotional performance and gave me some solid full body chills.

Allison, Kyle and James crushed it in the Ballet scene, as always, and they blew the socks off my 3 friends who came with me (who are all dancers.)

John, Delilah and Christy were the only ones who stagedoored but that was fine because we had a train to catch 😂 John was so sweet, he was kinda rushing through the line (understandable, it was a Saturday matinee and he’s probably exhausted.) I’m so glad I finally got to meet Delilah, she’s such a sweet and charismatic kid! (And just freakin adorable!!!)

Last but certainly not least, Christy was Christy! Sang Journey to the Past with someone, sang happy birthday to someone else, took a million selfies with us (i stg my camera roll is suddenly half Christy Altomare and I’m not mad about it!) and pulled some great faces, had had a nice little chat with everyone despite the fact that the poor security guy just wanted her to keep moving haha! I also got to see Amy and Lyrica!! Amy came out to the stage door because her friend was there to see the show and Lyrica was going in the stage door because she came for a visit!

Overall I was really happy with my experience! There was a large group of people who came in during in my dreams and sat in front of us, then sat on their phones the whole time which pissed me off but I just kinda ignored them 😂 I wish people could use some common sense and common courtesy but whatever! I was grinning like and idiot for half the show and sobbing the other half. I had full body chills the whole time and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience.

[Pictured: The cast onstage after bows, Janet Dickenson exiting stage right, wig and wig cap in hand. Direct result of John Bolton offering up a date with Janet as the grand prize for a $1000 donation to BCEFA.]

-sidenote: I love this cast.

#anastasia the musical #anastasia broadway #christy altomare #john bolton #delilah rose pellow #constantine germanacos #vicki lewis #allison walsh #james a pierce iii #kyle brown #tally sessions #amy castro #lyrica woodruff #long post #anastasia review #maggie speaks

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aparecium-hq · 4 years ago

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Welcome to Aparecium, Christie! You have been accepted for Lily Potter with Aisha Dee as the faceclaim. Thanking for being willing to make the switch! We love the clear personality of your app. It’s evident you have a strong idea of who Lily is, even if she’s still struggling with that herself. We’re excited to have you! Check out the new member checklist, and jump right in.

Character Basics

Birthday (Age): 12th May 2008 (19) Gender (Pronouns): Cis female, she/her Sexuality: Lily herself has no idea. Sure, back at Hogwarts, she’d had crushes on boys, had gone through a stage her mother had, with no small dose of amusement, dubbed her ‘boy crazy’ phase, but she’d never really had a boyfriend. It wasn’t that no one had asked her out, but rather that somehow, as soon as any boy seemed to reciprocate her feelings, Lily found herself losing interest; she doesn’t know if that means she isn’t interested in boys or if she just hadn’t been interested in those boys in particular. Meanwhile, she’s not too sure how she feels about girls either. She has girl friends, she loves her girl friends, and if they tend to be very touchy and affectionate, well, girls just do that. It’s the warmth that spreads inside her every time they hug or hold hands that makes Lily question herself, though; is it just the happiness that comes from friendship or is it potentially something romantic? She has no idea. Blood Status: Halfblood Hogwarts House/School: Hufflepuff Occupation: Artist Faceclaim: Anya Chalotra Any requested changes? Nope!

Biography:

At home, Lily is spoiled rotten. Toys, attention, affection, you name it, she has it. She’s Mommy’s favourite, Daddy’s princess, the baby of the family, and Lily revels in it all, adores the feeling of being adored; it’s not just a good childhood, it’s the best childhood. Stupidly, naively, she thinks school will be like that too. She wants to grow up, she wants to join James and Albus in Hogwarts, she wants and she wants, and up to this point, everything Lily Luna Potter wants she’s gotten. But growing up, it turns out it’s not all that.

In school, no one asks her what she wants, they just try to tell her instead, how she should act (“Hufflepuffs are supposed to represent patience and kindness”), who she is (“The Boy Who Lived’s youngest, Ginny Potter’s daughter, Luna Lovegood’s namesake, James and Albus’ sister”) and when Lily pushes back, they call her hot-headed and rude. It pushes her off-kilter; she’s not used to people assuming the worst of her. But Hogwarts isn’t home, and her classmates aren’t her parents, and Lily Potter isn’t universally adored.

She has to work hard for everything, from people’s love to her grades, and it’s new, but she doesn’t exactly mind. It’s refreshing, almost, to have the chance to be perceived as someone other than the Potters’ little princess and to be able to create a new image for herself. But while she doesn’t mind hard work, she does mind the press sticking their noses where they don’t belong; it’s hard enough to navigate puberty as it is and it’s even harder with eyes on her at all times, just waiting for her to mess up. Honestly, screw the press. Lily vows not to mess up, if only just to spite them.

Except. That’s easier said than done. Teenagehood is marked by lapses of judgement, by mistakes to learn from, and Lily is no exception. It’s not as though she’s committed any Azkaban-worthy crimes or anything, but there are things she’d rather keep to herself, you know? So what if she may have crossed a line or two while playing a prank on a girl she saw talking to the guy she liked? She knows it was wrong, she apologised, but how is that news-worthy? Wix play pranks on each other all the time, she knows; uncle George’s told her stories. But none of her peers end up making headlines like HARRY POTTER’S DAUGHTER FACING EXPULSION OVER A RUTHLESS “PRANK”. Which isn’t even true, by the way, she was never about to be expelled, but do those dementors care about the truth? No, of course not. They only care about their stories.

She misses one of James’ games, they speculate he doesn’t want her there. She mentions that Muggles would probably not be too accepting of magic, they paint her as some prejudiced asshole. She has a bit too much to drink, they question the way her parents raised her – and about this one, in particular, she personally tracked down the author of the article to tell them to their face precisely what she thought of their “reporting”. No matter what she does, though, it seems that there are people who don’t agree and Lily just can’t figure it out.

But she wants to. By Merlin, she wants to. She wants to stop being “controversial”, she wants to make her parents proud, she wants people to stop acting like she’s embarrassing her family. Again, she wants and still, no one seems to care that she does. But by now, Lily’s grown used to hard work and her determination has never been under question, either; she knows she can change the narrative if she just keeps pushing, but the question now is, is there even a point? Maybe it’s okay to let people have their misconceptions and spread their rumours; as long as Lily and her loved ones know the truth, does it matter? She’s not sure.

Character Questionnaire

Answer at least three of the following questions about your character. This could be in character or a third period explanation.

How does your character feel about their family? She loves her family, there’s never been a question of that in her mind, which only makes it all the harder whenever she catches herself wishing she’d been born in a different one. It makes her feel terrible, even just considering it, because her parents are wonderful, and so are her brothers and cousins, and she does really love them all! But the expectations that come with being a Potter are a bit much and she could definitely go without them. She hates the feeling of all that attention on her (which is ironic, really, because she’d loved attention as a child) and while she would never actually want to trade her family, it’s hard not to consider what-ifs.

What does your character value in a friendship? Hard work. Perhaps it’s the Hufflepuff in her, but Lily knows without a shadow of a doubt that friendships take work. She’s seen people drift apart, turn from practically siblings to strangers, all because they give up and let it happen, and she tells herself that would never be her. But she and Hugo aren’t as close as they used to be, and for some reason, no matter how hard she tries, it’s like there’s a gap between them she can’t close. That’s okay, though; she’s not planning on giving up on Hugo anytime soon. If someone can figure it out, it’s the two of them.

How would a stranger who has just met your character describe them? Does this stranger have access to newspapers and online sites? Because if so, Lily doesn’t even want to begin to imagine what they might think of her. The thing is, the media seems so determined to push this narrative of her being a wild child and Lily is so angry at them for doing it that it kind of ends up working. She’s snappy with reporters, she pretends she doesn’t care what they think, she speaks her mind and she does it loudly, just to spite all those journalists who try to put her in a box and silence her.

That’s not her, though. That’s not Lily. Or rather, it is, but it’s who’s she’s become rather than who she is at her core. So if a stranger carrying all those preconceptions of her was to meet her, they would probably be surprised first and foremost. “She seemed a bit… shy? Only at first, though, then eventually she just became really chill and easygoing. Yeah, no, she’s actually really cool.”

What magical skill or talent is your character most proud of? Her Charms work. She’s always had a knack for Charms (though not for much else, as the tabloids love to remind everyone ever since her NEWTs results came out) and incorporating it in her job was a child’s game. She doesn’t only do enchanted portraits, of course – she has enough eyes following her as it is. But whenever wix come to her requesting magical portraits, it feels good to have full confidence that she can perform all the right charms with her eyes closed. Not literally, obviously, although… it would make for a fun experiment. She’d have to see about getting Lydia on-board and giving it a go.

Para Sample

Please include at least 3 paragraphs to showcase your writing style.

She slams the newspaper down on Raphael’s desk and the feeling she gets as she does isn’t as much of a déjà-vu as it is reminiscent of a habit with how often she’s found herself in the exact same situation. It does nothing to lessen her irritation; they’re not taking her seriously, any of them. Oh, here she comes again, they probably say when they see her march in. Just send her off to complain to Selwyn again.

She’s sick and tired of being written off as a daily annoyance and, unfortunately for Raphael, it seems his coworkers have decided he’s her scapegoat. Lily stifles a bristle, just barely; if he wants to blame anyone he better blame them.

“Harry Potter’s youngest celebrates nineteenth birthday with a wild night in town,” she quotes, not even needing to look at the damn headline, having already memorised the whole thing. Her tone manages to remain even, somehow, but as she goes on to continue, she can feel her annoyance increasing by the second and it becomes audible in her voice too. “Since when did the Prophet turn into a gossip rag? Who even- who even cares what I do for my birthday, it’s my birthday! And I have a name, by the way, and it’s not Harry Potter’s anything. It’s Lily. Lily Luna, hi, nice to meet you. Except it’s not really.”

She’s launched into a whole rant now, hands on her hips and all, and she would usually feel bad for not letting him get a word in, but hey, they weren’t concerned with hearing her when they printed out this thing, why should she be the bigger person? She lets it all out, going through all the points on her mental list of things wrong with the blasted article, and finally, when she feels satisfied, she looks at him expectantly.

Then the prick has the nerve to say, “Is that all?” and Lily has to wonder what sort of headline the Prophet will come up with if she hexes one of their journalists right here, right now.

#rp #hp rp #hp rpg #lily potter #apareciumacceptance

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steficek-knedlicek · 7 years ago

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I was tagged by @i-am-the-brunette thank you how sweet! I learned some new things about you.

THE LAST: 1. Drink: herbal tea 2. Phone Call: to my my boss 3. Text Message: "Now it is” to my coworker (as a reply to “Is the battery charger turned off?”) 4. Song You Listened To: The Circle of Life (repeating myself, I know) 5. Time You Cried: Sunday, on a bus. 6. Dated Someone Twice: no 7. Kissed Someone and Regretted It: no 8. Been cheated on: I don’t think so 9. Lost Someone Special: yes 10. Been Depressed: yes 11. Gotten Drunk and Thrown Up: once but I don’t drink now

3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12. pink 13. violet 14. green

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: I kinda rekindled relationships with some old friends so I guess that counts too? 16. Fallen out of Love: in a way 17. Laughed until you cried: many times 18. Found out someone was talking about you: yes 19. Met someone who changed you: yes 20. Found out who your friends are: not really because I already know my close friends well 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook List: no

GENERAL 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them but I don’t meet up regularly with most. I don’t really use facebook, except for messaging and organisational stuff 23. Do you have any pets: I have a baby cactus called Alan and several stuffed animals. I used to have a dog who I had to give away (she now leads a happy life with a new family) and a cat who died, that kinda broke my heart so I wasn’t ready for a new one for a long time but I think now I am 24. Do you want to change your name: I definitely want to add my wife’s last name to mine if I marry but otherwise not 25. What did you do for your last birthday: I had a very special visit 26. What time did you wake up: 8am 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: trying to sign up for practical class because the administration loves to make us suffer 28. Name something you can’t wait for: start new research on bisexual women for my master thesis and show my bachelor degree to my grandpa to make him proud 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: like three hours ago 30. What are you listening to right now: gentle snoring 31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yeah 32. Something that is getting on your nerves: people 33. Most visited Website: Tumblr 34. Hair Color: brown 35. Long or Short Hair: short-ish 36. Do you have a crush on someone: I don’t really quite understand the exact meaning of a crush so I can’t tell (someone help?) 37. What do you like about yourself: my personality, my mind, my hair, my eyes, my lips, my sense for humour, my memory, my voice, my reason, my determination and my boobs 38. Want Any Piercings: no!!!!! 39. Blood Type: I don’t know 40. Nickname: Štefka 41. Relationship Status: in love 42. Zodiac: Scorpio (I know) 43. Pronouns: she/her 44. Favorite TV Show: A LOT 45. Tattoos: I love tattoos and I wish I could get one but I’m so scared and I basically faint at the idea of pain 46. Right or Left Handed: right handed 47. Surgery: never had one 48. Piercing: no 49. Sport: sleeping 50. Vacation: Last was in Switzerland 51. Pair of Trainers: I own two?

MORE GENERAL: 52. Eating: yummy things 53. Drinking: strawberry juice!!! 54. I’m About To Watch: don’t know yet 55. Waiting For: free Sunday 56. Want: to learn 57. Get Married: I didn’t used to but now I want to 58. Career: research in psychology, hopefully some teaching and counseling or therapy

WHICH IS BETTER: 59. Hugs or Kisses: kissing while hugging 60. Lips or Eyes: both 61. Shorter or Taller: I don’t care, all girls are pretty 62. Older or Younger: I think both has it’s perks 63. Nice Arms or Nice Stomach: I like soft tummies 64. Hookup or Relationship: love 65. Troublemaker or Hesitant: hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER: 66. Kissed a Stranger: no! 67. Drank hard liquor: I’m Czech so yes 68. Lost glasses/contact lenses: actually no, only when I forget I’m wearing them but they aren’t actually lost are they (even though I spend half an hour looking for them) 69. Turned someone down: yes 70. Sex on First Date: no 71. Broken Someone’s Heart: not that I’m aware of 72. Had Your Heart Broken: yes 73. Been Arrested: hehehe no but I did wrestle several policemen 74. Cried When Someone Died: yes 75. Fallen for a friend: yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

76. Yourself: yes

77. Miracles: not really? because if they’re impossible to happen they won’t happen and if they do happen they are possible and hence not miracles? I do believe in conincidences and rare events. But things don’t happen in contrary to what’s possible, only to what we think is possible.

78. Love at first sight: Personally I don’t think it’s what I consider love to be, but I can’t say it doesn’t exist or that people who see love differently don’t experience it

79. Santa Claus: no but I did believe in Ježíšek

80. Kiss on First Date: I believe that as long as it’s consensual everyone can do what the hell they want

81. Angels: not as mythical or biblical creatures

OTHER: 82. Current Best Friend’s Name: Franziska and Katka 83. Eye Color: brown 84. Favorite Movie: A LOT 85: Fav Actor: I used to have Martin Freeman because of his acting but now I’m kinda sour grapes about him so Natalie Dormer and Gwendoline Christie

I tag @official-jenja @laughing-at-the-darkness @bahkris and @comfortably-sleeping

#have fun guys #if you wanna know more or me to exand on some questions send me an ask #tag game #me talking about myself

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scandalbaby · 7 years ago

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Massive Ask

I was tagged by @hmg621 on my @penaltywaltz account, but I thought it’d be cool to answer this here.

Rules: tag 20 people

The Last:

1. Drink: Water

2. Phone Call: My mom

3. Text message: A reminder about my ultrasound tomorrow.

4. Song you listened to: "Hoot" by Girls’ Generation

5. Time you cried: When I was at the emergency room with my five day (later twelve day) migraine because it was too bright and too loud.

Have You:

6. Dated someone twice: Yes

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Yes

8. Been cheated on: Yes

9. Lost someone special: Yes

10. Been depressed: I have dual cycling bipolar so I'm always depressed, I just don't usually show overt symptoms since I'm also hypermanic.

11: Gotten drunk and thrown up: Yes

List 3 Favorite Colors:

12. Steel blue

13. Cornflower blue

14: Navy blue

In the last year, have you…

15. Made new friends: Yes

16. Fallen out of love: No

17. Laughed until you cried: Yes

18. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes (but not in a bad way, which is what I think this question means)

19. Met someone who changed you: Yes

20. Found out who your friends are: Yes

21. Kissed someone on your FB list: Sort of? I kissed my mom on the cheek a lot, and we're FB friends.

GENERAL:

22. How many Facebook friends do you know in real life: Maybe 2/3rds.

23. Do you have any pets: I have two cats (Sally and Molly) and my mother's cat and I are buddies (her name is Shamrock) since I usually take care of her, too.

24. Do you want to change your name: I used to want to change my first name but now I want to adopt the same last name that my mother and son have (my son took my mother's last name when he was adopted, has has both our maiden names hyphenated)

25. What did you do for your last birthday: I don't even remember. I don't think I did anything super special because I was depressed.

26. What time did you wake up: 7 in the morning, but I kept napping until 8

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Trying to go to sleep

28. Name something you can’t wait for: The arrival of a DVD I ordered before the hacking from England that never arrived that was resent yesterday (it's that Shakespeare thing that Benedict Cumberbatch and all the other Hamlets were in with the Hamlet speech...I'm getting the full show)

29. When was the last time you saw your Mom: 10 AM

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: my health

31. What are you listening to right now: "Partyman” by Prince

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yup. I spent 16 years in retail off and on so I've talked to a lot of Toms.

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: The damn roach problem in my apartment, which hopefully will be less of a problem after today.

34. Most visited website: Since I use the Tumblr app more than the website, either AO3 or Insanejournal.

35. Mole/s: I don't have any, I don't think. I have dark brown spots all over my body, but no moles that are raised.

36. Mark/s: My arms are riddled with scars (mostly very faint ones from when my sister and I would fight and she'd dig her nails into my arm until I bled when we were kids, but also some recent ones from scabs I picked at because of how stressed I've been) but I also have one across my left thumb (from cutting it on a dog food can lid when I was eight or nine), a closed naval piercing, the scar on my lower back from my back surgery and four tiny scars on my abdomen from my gallbladder surgery.

37. Childhood dream: Teacher, astronaut or writer

38. Hair color: Naturally dark brown but I dyed it burgundy to cover up the horrible bleach/blue job I did on Mother's Day. It’s faded now and my brown roots are coming back, so I’m going to re-dye it later this week when I can find the boxes my mom isn’t going to use.

39. Long or short hair: Medium (shoulder length, though I desperately want it shorter)

40. Do you have a crush on someone?: No

41. What do you like about yourself: My creativity and my stubbornness

42. Piercings: Seven in each ear (though I don't know how many are still open, aside from the furthest bottom lobe one)

43. Blood type: A+ (which is how I found out my dad isn't my birth dad...everyone else in my family is either O+ or O-)

44: Nicknames: Waltzy, Penny, Mom

45. Relationship status: Single, as I have been for fifteen years now, and happy about it.

46. Zodiac: Aquarius

47. Pronouns: She/Her

48. Favorite TV show(s): Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is, like, the only show I watch right now, because it's my comfort show. But I also like Elementary, The Amazing World of Gumball, Murder She Wrote, Agatha Christie's Marple, pretty much every Scooby Doo cartoon in existence, Midsomer Murders and Grantchester.

49. Tattoos: None yet

50. Right or left hand: Right

51. Surgery: Tonsilectomy in 1991, gallbladder removal in 2014, lower back surgery in 2016.

52. Hair dyed a different color: Often. Like, I've been every natural color, what feels like a million shades of red, platinum blonde and green and blue.

53. Sports: Not a huge fan of them but soccer is okay.

54. Vacation: Like I have the money...the last time I went on vacation was to Hilton Head in 1994, right before I moved to the main island of Beaufort (which actually made me hate Hilton Head High School more than my actual rival at the time, Battery Creek...which worked out well when I transfered to Battery Creek my senior year)

55. Shoes: Usually my slide on sandals with the memory foam or the Easy Spirit slip-ons I bought for $3 at a yard sale (seriously, better money spent than the $50 I spent on Doc Martens after I had my gallbladder surgery that are useless to me now).

56. Eating: Some cheddar Chex Mix

57. Drinking: I actually can't have alcohol anymore. I used to be a whiskey person, or vodka and fruit juice (usually orange or cranberry with Sprite).

58. I’m about to: go add more posts I saved to the queue and fix a few IJ layouts for characters I have to do apps on for roleplay purposes.

59. Waiting for: Another call with my son.

60. Want: My health back, but since that's not really an option an actual diagnosis agreed on by EVERYONE involved in my care (because right now neurosurgeon says degenerative disc disorder / GP says fibromyalgia / rheumatologist is suspecting psoriatic arthritis, but I could have all three for all I know) so I can apply for disability and get a more steady income.

61. Get married: Maybe. I'm actually okay with being single for the rest of my life if that's what happens.

62. Career: Writer of...something. Not sure if I want to write novels or what.

WHICH IS BETTER:

63. Hugs or kisses: Hugs

64. Lips or eyes: Eyes

65. Shorter or taller: Taller

66. Older or younger: Older, but no more than 5 years.

67. Nice arms or nice stomach: Arms

68. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive

69. Hook up or relationship: Relationship

70. Troublemaker or hesitant: Hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER:

71. Kissed a stranger: Yes

72. Drank hard liquor: Yes

73. Lost glasses/contact lenses: Yes (recently, actually...I have no earthly idea where my glasses are)

74. Turned someone down: Yes

75. Sex on first date: Yes

76. Broken someone’s heart: I've been told I have

77. Had your heart broken: Yes

78. Been arrested: Sort of? Not actually arrested but I was but in the drunk tank after I came back from Tijuana once, which was hilarious because my friend WHO WAS DRIVING was drunker than I was.

79. Cried when someone died: Yes

80. Fallen for a friend: Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

81. Yourself: For the some part, but not always.

82. Miracles: Yes

83. Love at first sight: Not for me, but other people have said it happened and I don't doubt them

84. Santa Claus: Yes

85. Kiss on the first date: Yes

OTHER:

86. Current best friend: @thegirlisme, @posterofamyth and on the rare occasions I get to talk to her (since I'm not on FB often) my girl Heather, who has been my friend since my freshman year of high school (23 years now).

87. Eye color: Hazel

88. Favorite movie: Clue, The Phantom Tollbooth, the new Ghostbusters or any of the Mummy Trilogy

I tag everyone. Anyone who wants to do this, have at it.

#about me #i was tagged

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pippistudies · 7 years ago

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92 Statements Tag!

Rules: Answer / complete the statements and tag 20 people [optional].

Tagged by the lovely @haydenstudiesblog

gonna tag: @whovianstudies @girlwithastethoscope @cupoftea-studies and @em-is-studying

LAST:

1. Drink - some good old fashioned water 2. Phone call - my mum 3. Text message - my bff 4. Song you listened to - love by lana del rey 5. Time you cried - today :)

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice - kinda 7. Kissed someone and regretted it - yes 8. Been cheated on - no 9. Lost someone special - yessss 10. Been depressed - yes 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up - duhhhh

3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12-14: basically all the pastel colours you can think of

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends - ...nope 16. Fallen out of love - no 17. Laughed until you cried - yes! 18. Found out someone was talking about you - yes 19. Met someone who changed you - no 20. Found out who your friends are - yes 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list - yes

GENERAL:

22. How many Facebook friends do you know in real life? like probably 4 23. Do you have any pets? a doggie named Amy 24. Do you want to change your name? yes please my name makes me sound like I'm straight out of the 19th century 25. What did you do your last birthday? i was on holiday in Croatia and i went out for dinner and drinks with my bff 26. What time did you wake up? 9:00 AM 27. What were you doing at midnight last night? buzzfeed quizzes on my bed hahahah 28. Name something you can’t wait for: moving to London in September! 29. When was the last time you saw your mom? two days ago. she's a busy woman 30. What’s one thing you wish you could change in your life? nothing really, I’ve got to that point in my life where i embrace things as they are but if theres one thing id change is that i wish i could learn to be more disciplined 31. What are you listening to right now? malibu by Miley Cyrus 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? yup! 33. Something that is getting on your nerves - boredom 34. Most visited websites - Facebook, youtube and instagram

RANDOM:

35. Mole(s) - A LOT 36. Mark(s) - stretch marks :) 37. Childhood dream - become either a lawyer or a therapist (or a nun cause i went to catholic schools all my life) 38. Hair color - weird combo of ashy blonde and light brown 39. Long or short hair - medium 40. Do you have a crush on someone? HELL YES also i have a crush on Colin Firth, Gal Gadot, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch 41. What do you like about yourself? I love the fact that i have so many interests (especially in academic fields) like I adore science but i also love philosophy and politics and psychology and aaaaaah literally everything 42. Piercings - when i was 16 i went through a rebel phase and got not only a belly button piercing (twice cause it got infected cause I'm a lazy mess) but also a piercing on the side of my lower lip don't remember what they're called 43. Blood type - A positive 44. Nickname - carli 45. Relationship status - veeeeeeery complicated 46. Zodiac sign - leo 47. Pronouns - She/her 48. Favorite TV Shows - Sherlock (BBC), House, MD, Breaking Bad, Broadchurch, Downton Abbey and I’d say Doctor Who but i hate moffatt sooo 49. Tattoos - so technically yes, but I'm getting it removed just because it doesn't really suit me anymore, I got when i was 16 during my rebel phase and now its just not me anymore (and oh boy is laster removal painful) 50. Right or left hand - lefty forever and ever 51. Surgery - I’ve had one when i was a child 52. Hair dyed in different color - i wanted to be ginger so badly i died my hair ginger for like 2/3 years 53. Sport - I played volleyball in middle school and then slowly transitioned into the lazy ass person i am today 54. Was missing from the previous person’s post. 55. Vacation - name a european country and I've probably been

56. Pair of trainers - i don't really wear trainers i just have a pair of tommy Hilfiger navy blue trainers

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating - any junk food you can think of has probably been in my stomach 58. Drinking - water cause I like being a hydrated bitch 59. I’m about to - go cry myself to sleep ;) 60. mood: exhausted 61. Waiting for - sleep 62. Want - to be free, to be at peace with the world, to get a PhD :) and to be happy 63. Get married - hopefully 64. Career - research scientist? or maybe public health expert and adviser to the government? WHO career? I DUNNO

WHICH IS BETTER:

65. Hugs or kisses - Hugs 66. Lips or eyes - lips 67. Shorter or taller - taller 68. Older or younger - older 69. Movies or books? : mmmmh id say they're two different forms of art which i can appreciate equally so it depends maybe films 70. Nice arms or nice stomach arms but i really don't care 71. Sensitive or loud - sensitive 72. Hookup or relationship - relationship

73. Troublemaker or hesitant - hesitant

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a stranger - yes 75. Drank hard liquor - yes 76. Lost glasses / contact lenses i have lost my glasses and it took me 3 hours to find them because i was very drunk :) 77. Turned someone down - yes :( 78. Sex on the first date - no 79. Broken someone’s heart - i hope not 80. Had your heart broken yaaaaaaas loved it :) 81. Been arrested - no 82. Cried when someone died - of course 83. Fallen for a friend - yes, my best friend and he doesn't know...i mean he probably knows and he probably loved me back...its complicated

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself - yes 85. Miracles -no 86. Love at first sight - no 87. Santa Claus - no :( 88. Kiss on the first date - hey sure why not

OTHER:

89. (missing but I made this one up) favorite books: firestarter by stephen king, 1984 by george orwell and And then there were none by Agatha Christie 90. Current best friend’s name - clara 91. Eye color - blue gray 92. Favorite movie - pulp fiction by quentin tarantino

#92 questions tag #pippistudies

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keziacole · 7 years ago

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tagged by @bumbleblossoms - thank you!

Tagged Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people.

THE LAST:

1. Drink: Coffeeeeeee

2. Phone call: My partner, just as they left the dentist. :( 3. Text message: Motherbot 2.0 4. Song you listened to: Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction 5. Time you cried: Uh… some point in the last couple months, I guess? Not sure when, but it was at something related to dogs. Honestly, I did most of my crying last year, during The Year From Hell, and I’m still a bit dried out.

6-92 under the cut. :)

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice: As in getting back together again? Nooooo. 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: …yup. Often. Sometimes not until a long while later, though! 8. Been cheated on: Not to my knowledge. 9. Lost someone special: Yep. 10. Been depressed: Eh, I’ve never been diagnosed with depression, so no, I don’t think so. Situationally really fucked off with things? Yes. 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Once. Story time, everyone!

So, I generally have a really good alcohol tolerance and a cast iron stomach (not necessarily for good reasons, but hey), but I did once go to a party that ended very badly. I was about 17, had recently been diagnosed with CFS, and was on a heavy painkiller regimen. I drank when I shouldn’t really have done so, because bullshit and All the Emotional Drama, BUT… I did not know that my friend’s asshole brother had spiked my drink. (He was a peach. Gave his 14 year old brother acid once just to point and laugh at the result. Fuckin’ hated that guy.)

At some point in the evening – somewhere after the sham marriages, interpretative dance, and someone putting someone else through a table, because teen parties – I realised I was wayyy more wasted than I should have been, despite the painkillers, and I ended up spending all night hallucinating and throwing up, plus feeling horrific for about three days afterwards.

Moral of the story: if you spike people’s drinks, you are a gigantic bag of toe lint and should suffer mosquito bites on your asshole for a thousand years. The end.

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12. Purple 13. Red 14. Blue

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: Not yet. Befriend me, tumblr, you’re my only hope. 16. Fallen out of love: No, though I have watched my relationship with at least one family member crumble into dust. Does that count? 17. Laughed until you cried: At least four times a week. Which is one big reason why I’m marrying that motherfucker. 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Yes. See 16. 19. Met someone who changed you: Not yet. 20. Found out who your friends are: Yes, sadly. It sucks when you realise how effectively someone has manipulated the people around you. 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Nah, I don’t really do the FB thing. I should, I guess?

GENERAL:

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: See above. I kind of have a profile, but I only use it to message people I’m related to who are freaking obsessed with Facebook and won’t communicate any other way. Ugh. So… most of them? I guess? 23. Do you have any pets: One dog – Hector, a grumpy and elderly terrier - down from two resident mutts and a boatload of fosters. Older dog died last year, and I’m not in a position to foster right now, which sucks, because I miss having a house full of beasties, not to mention making a difference. 24. Do you want to change your name: Already have done/am doing! I have no real interest in keeping up with more than 80% of the people I’m related to, and I never liked my birth name, plus this is easier to spell and dictate to people, and isn’t known by the abusive assholes in my life. So, yay! 25. What did you do for your last birthday: Ordered pizza and watched favourite movies with my partner. We did The Blues Brothers and shit-talked the progression of police militarisation in the US over the past 30 years, and it was incredibly fun, despite the fact we’re 3000 miles apart right now. Also, they remembered my birthday, which is more than can be said for over two-thirds of the people I’m related to. 26. What time did you wake up: 9am, but in my defence I was up until 3 last night.

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Talking shit with my partner, knitting an afghan, and watching foster kitten cams and reviews of awful movies together, because these are good ways to help someone who has a dental appointment in the morning try to stay calm. 28. Name something you can’t wait for: Getting my current backlog of work finished. Sooo clooose…. Promised myself a movie and gaming binge when I’m done. 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: Last week. 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: Either having enough money to fix all my problems (yes, in this case, money most certainly can do that), or just being on the same continent as my partner, so we didn’t have this immigration thing to worry about. Not having a debilitating illness that fucks everything up would be pretty awesome, too. 31. What are you listening right now: Freddie King 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yep, many Toms. All the Toms. Well, like, five plus. 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: Not knowing whether or not the electrician is going to show up tomorrow, which will mean I need to move the paintings and quilt top I currently have all over the sitting room floor. I’m not done piecing that thing yet. Grr. 34. Most visited website: Lots. Mostly Google, Politico, Reuters etc., but I’m living on eBay right now because I’m trying to sell off a bunch of DVDs, books, and vintage glassware. …Does anyone want to buy some vintage/antique glassware? 35. Mole/s: Yep. I had one removed from my back once. Turned out to be benign (phew!) but I got an interesting scar out of it. 36. Mark/s: I still have a faint surgery scar on my elbow, but it doesn’t look as Frankenstein-y now. Most of my scars have faded, but I still have some weird idiosyncrasies from things that have been broken or busted up. 37. Childhood dream: Writing was always my main thing, but also acting/directing. Illness took that away. Other than that, I always wanted to live somewhere rural with lots of animals, and be happy. 39. Long or short hair: Long. Lots. It’s huge. Send help. I like both on other people. 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Not right now. Give me ten minutes and a new Fet profile to stalk and I’ll get back to you... 41. What do you like about yourself: I’m a creative dynamo and I don’t stop until I fall down. I’m also proud of the fact that I’m a pretty compassionate and patient person, and I like the fact I’m slow to really anger. Someone told me recently I’m a very stabilising influence, and that was nice to hear. I feel like life can use more of that. 42. Piercings: Ears (two left, three right), nose (left). More on the way, maybe, when I can justify it. 43. Blood type: ???? I should check. I know the NHS won’t let me donate blood because of my medical condition, which blows. 44. Nickname: Zia. Some people call me Kez. One person is allowed to call me Admiral Fuckface McAsshole III. 45. Relationship status: Open relationship with my primary partner, technically speaking. Poly is good, but my planner is too cluttered for anarchy. 46. Zodiac: Aries w/ Aquarius moon, Virgo ascendant. I also have Mars and Venus in Taurus, so mooooo. And yes, I did used to do natal charts for beer money. I read palms, too. I’d still do it if asked nicely. 47. Pronouns: They/She. I don’t mind feminine pronouns, because I’m incredibly cis-passing and most people will assume “she”, plus I can live with being labelled female if it’s a binary choice, but I see myself more as a person than a gender, so I love that neutral pronouns are being used so much more now.

FWIW, I considered whether or not I was trans for a hot minute when I was a younger teen, because I used to love passing as a boy when I was a kid (until puberty at nine. Boo.), but for me it was the difference in how I was treated when I passed as male that mattered. It was the difference between “Oh, isn’t he confident and intelligent?” and “Hello, sweetie, don’t you look pretty today?” that affected me, not a real sense of dysphoria, so I decided the problem wasn’t really in how I presented, but in society itself. I have yet to really find a satisfying way of rectifying that, but I think we’re all making progress as a society. It’s very slow progress, sadly.

48. Favorite TV Show: I don’t watch that many series, but Star Trek (especially TOS and DS9), X-Files (S1/S2), Game of Thrones, old mystery adaptations (all the Agatha Christie ever), Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad… can’t think of anything else right now, but there are some. 49. Tattoos: One black and grey dotwork spiral goddess on my arm, next one coming soon (watch this space, now I’ve found an artist!) 50. Right or left hand: Ambidextrous. Yes, I can write with both hands. Sometimes, I switch in the middle of the sentence. No, it doesn’t look the same. I can also operate light switches with my toes from a standing position. 51. Surgery: I fucked up my ulnar nerve a couple of years ago by blacking out and falling on some stairs. It was melodramatic, and I lost the use of my left hand. Had surgery to correct it. I was awake but a bit sedated, and spent most of the time talking to the cute anaesthetist about chastity cages. Because... sedated? Yes. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Sadly, he did not call, though I’m pretty sure he did a lot of googling when he got home that night. 52. Hair dyed in different color: Always, since I discovered Olaplex, which means I can actually bleach my hair without it completely frying. Most recently, I’ve had a mermaid fantasy in turquoise, green, and purple, but it’s faded a lot. Not sure what I’ll do next. Maybe orange, or neon yellow again. 53. Sport: I can’t do much without turning blue and blacking out, but I’ve always enjoyed tennis, badminton, swimming, and equestrian stuff. Is hiking a sport? Hiking’s fun. 54. Do you use sarcasm a lot: Um...

55. Vacation: Last one was to see my partner; next one will be too. So, the woods of NEPA. Hiking out with some granola and my favourite human, and spending a few days playing with shelter pitbulls. <3 Otherwise, I’ve never really been on holiday. I went on a school trip to Germany once where I nearly got arrested and, when I was seven, I went to Malta and there was a hurricane. I remember wedging wet towels into the window frames and hoping we didn’t die, because we were on the twelfth floor and there was nowhere else to go.

I did go to Norfolk with my mother for four days after her breast cancer diagnosis. Macmillan, a cancer charity that is very worthy of support, granted her a short break. There was a lot of playing dominos and trying to convince her she wasn’t actively dying at that precise moment.

56. Pair of trainers: Converse. All the ratty old Converse low tops in the world.

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating: I have the house to myself right now. It’s awesome. I’m celebrating with homemade shiitake tofu stir fry, wontons, vegetable udon… and doughnuts. Not in the same bowl, though. 58. Drinking: Rum.

59. I’m about to: Finish a short story, close out an editing project, format a print galley (again. Goddamnit, Adobe.), and try to finalise the running order of a poetry collection. Maybe send some emails, maybe eat the rest of those wontons. 61. Waiting for: The dizziness to go away, usually. 62. Want: The time, space, peace and quiet to focus on my work, and my health to cooperate long enough for that to happen. 63. Get married: As soon as possible, which basically means when we can afford it, because immigration, legal wrangling, and a ton of other bullshit. It’s a headache, but if there weren’t so many technical hurdles it would already be done. 64. Career: I write and make stuff. I’m doing it under a new name now, which is daunting, because it means starting over again, but I’ve spent the past few years doing a lot of genre fiction and being told my original work is “too original”… but I’m ready to say “fuck you” to that and see what I can carve out for myself. Come on, internet: don’t prove me wrong, ‘k? 65. Hugs or kisses: Ooh, tough. Yes? I guess hugs if I have to pick. 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes. 67. Shorter or taller: I honestly don’t care, though I do very much enjoy short subs. Pocket rockets are adorable. 68. Older or younger: It really doesn’t matter. 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: Arms, I guess? Doesn’t really matter. It’s all pretty to look at, but who really cares? Arms are best for hugs. 71. Sensitive or loud: Sensitive. I don’t like too loud. 72. Hook up or relationship: Define the terms, yo. I’d say relationship, but the definition of “relationship” can be open to numerous things. 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Um… possibly a bit of both, but more hesitant, probably.

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a stranger: No. 75. Drank hard liquor: Yup.

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I once dropped a contact lens down the back of a gas fire and spent three hours getting it out with Vaseline on a paperclip. My vision is awful and I wore very expensive gas permeable lenses at the time. 77. Turned someone down: Yup. 78. Sex on the first date: Nothing wrong with it (and nothing wrong with sex being the date), but it’s not for me. 79. Broken someone’s heart: So they said. 80. Had your heart broken: Yes, but not how you might assume. 81. Been arrested: Nope. 82. Cried when someone died: Yep. 83. Fallen for a friend: A couple of times, with varying degrees of success.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself: I try to, because few other people often do. (*the world’s tiniest violin plays*) 85. Miracles: Yes, sometimes in the form of coincidences, surprises, or the results of hard work. I believe in inverse miracles, too, when things go catastrophically wrong for no apparent reason. Or, as we call it at my house, Tuesday. 86. Love at first sight: Yes, in a way. Potential for love at first sight, I guess? I’ve usually found I know the moment I meet someone whether that’s a thing that’s going to happen or not. 87. Santa Claus: YES, DAMN IT. Okay, maybe not a literal dude in a red suit, but as a personification of the generous spirit of Non-Denominational-Winter-Solstice-and-Festival-of-Lights, he works. (I’m an eclectic neo-pagan/hedgewitch, but my most loved time of year is the whole October-February period, so I start celebrating Yule/Christmas around December 1st and don’t stop until Twelfth Night. I will take ALL of your symbolism, ALL your traditions, and – most importantly – ALL your festive foods and embrace them. In my belly. Thank you.)

88. Kiss on the first date: Probably. Unless it’s a baaaaad first date. 89. Angels: Again, not so much the literal sense, but it’d be nice to think there are positive presences looking out for us. I’d be very concerned about the serpent-like pillars of fire, though.

OTHER:

90. Current best friends name: Aside from my dog, that’s my partner but they don’t like their details shared, so SHHHH IT’S A SECRET. 91. Eye color: grey-blue-thing 92. Favorite movie: You can’t just ask a person that at the end of the thing like it’s a simple question…! So. Many. Movies. Depends on the genre. The Blues Brothers, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Gattaca, Silence of the Lambs, Re-Animator, Die Hard, Stand By Me, Sleepaway Camp, Alien, Lady in a Cage, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, TRHPS, The Great Escape… those are movies I can watch a billion times (and have done). Honorable mentions, depending on my mood, go to things like Basket Case, Caramel, An American Werewolf in London, Exterminating Angel, Secretary, Gran Torino… I could have done 92 questions just on the most popularist movies I like!

tagging: I’ve been away for a few days and I don’t wanna tag people who’ve already done it, so if you’re reading this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged! <3

#get to know me #personal #long post

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midnightliar · 7 years ago

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the beautiful, luminous, inimitable @violaeade tagged me for 50 book questions!

1. What is your favourite book and/or book series of all time?

oh maybe everything leads to you by nina lacour! it just really gets to me

2. What is the longest book you have ever read? How many pages?

uhh idk what’s the longest harry potter book bc probably that? i dont... read books that long usually

3. What is the oldest book you have ever read? (Based on its written date)

ummm i think and then there were none by agatha christie? i dont keep track by time tbh but i dont read that many old books bc i tend to have trouble reading them

4. What is a book series that everyone else loves but you do not?

the raven cycle lol

5. What book or book series would you like to see turned into a film/ TV series?

oh god most of them? 99% of the lesbian ones for sure. percy jackson would make an excellent animated movie series imo. i’m clearly biased but tasu/teota would be great on screen.

6. What is your favourite stand-alone book?

most of the gay ones i read are standalones and theres so many good ones... i already said everything leads to you but we are okay and you know me well are also extremely good! of fire and stars killed me as well.

7. What is a book that you feel glad for not reading?

god. straight ones? ones that i heard are racist or homo/lesbo/bi/transphobic, but in general i’m picky abt what i read bc i don’t read that many books.

8. What is a book that you feel guilty for not reading?

i was gonna say i don’t feel guilty about not reading books i don’t like/don’t want to but that’s a lie- babe if ur reading this i am SO sorry i never finished the last chaos walking book

9. What is a book you have read that is set in your country of birth?

most of them lol that’s what i get for living in america. i read we are okay pretty recently which takes place in new york, the state i was born in, so that’s a bit more specific.

10. What is a book that you own more than one copy of?

i have 2 copies of redwall for no reason other than my high school library was selling one for a dollar so i bought it even tho i had it already. i have a couple copies of some of the a wrinkle in time books bc i got some of them as gifts a bunch.

11. What horror book made you really scared?

omg i don’t read horror but that one skulduggery pleasant short story about bubba moon or whatever freaked me the fuck out tbh

12. What book do you passionately hate?

um i haven’t read enough terrible books to say i hate them that passionately? but i rly kinda hated trc. oh yeah i read the first c*aptive pr*nce book in hs on the recommendation of a friend and it just made me so uncomfortable the entire time i really. did not have a good time with that one and i wish i hadn’t read it

13. What is the biggest book series you have read? How many books are in it?

skulduggery pleasant! theres 9 books plus short stories i still can’t believe i read all those

14. What book gives you happy memories?

aw sabrina answered this with the flywheel by erin gough and i have to say the same bc she sent it to me for my birthday, full of annotations of thoughts and jokes she made herself AND got it signed by the author, and i’ve uhhhh never felt so loved in my life

15. What book made you cry?

oh the book thief for sure. everything leads to you made me cry a bunch while rereading it even tho its not sad? thos were love tears. that happens a lot actually.

16. What book made you laugh?

skulduggery pleasant! there’s so many good lines in that one. my dad used to always hand me a book he’d just read and tell me to read a certain chapter he found hilarious but i never read the whole book but he always found hilarious memoirs too.

17. What is your favourite book that contains an LGBTQ+ character?

lmaoo like all the books i read are gay? the abyss surrounds us/the edge of the abyss have really unique lesbian characters because they’re so angry and vindictive and dumb and interesting and DRAMATIC so that one gets a shout out

18. Have you read a book with a male protagonist? What is it?

what the fuck is that (ok i legit just finished reading when the moon was ours by anna marie mclemore tho bc my gf rec’d it and it was p good)

19. Have you read a book set on another planet? What is it?

does fantasy count? bc then of fire and stars. uhh chaos walking is on a new planet. a wrinkle in time involves other planets too! wow i’m crushing this one

20. Have you ever been glad to not finish a series? Which?

the raven cycle lol i thought it was a finished trilogy when i started the first book so i just never read the last one and i am so relieved

21. Have you ever read a book series because you were pressured?

not really? i don’t really feel pressure, i value recommendations from my girlfriend friends way more than things that are trending or popular. i’ve read a couple that i blindly picked from internet lists that i didn’t care for tho but that was really a while ago

22. What famous author have you not read any books by?

pretty much any author we were supposed to read in high school. any classic or even modern famous author i probably haven’t read. i’ve read like a dozen books ever

23. Who is your favourite author of all time?

tbh nina lacour is really up there. when i was really young it was definitely gail carson levine. i rly loved anne ursu’s books as well.

24. How many bookshelves do you own?

only one! and a bunch of boxes that i never unpacked after we moved like 3 years ago. my mom wants to put a big wall bookshelf in our house somewhere bc this one didn’t come with any like our last house did but who knows if that’ll happen.

25. How many books do you own?

are u trying to make me count?

26. What is your favourite non-fiction book?

ohhh i don’t read much of this genre. i always avoided it as a kid and i’ve been meaning to get into it more but i haven’t yet. i’m really looking forward to reading a sally ride biography tho

27. What is your favourite children’s/middle-grade book?

the chronus chronicles by anne ursu were my JAM in elementary/middle school omg. i also really loved the may bird series which i didn’t read until high school.

28. What is your next book on your TBR?

i’m about to start georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit finally! my gf bought me 10 things i can see from here and i love her so whenever that arrive i’m probably gonna devour that. i want to reread a wrinkle in time soon since the trailer comes out this weekend! plus a million others

29. What book are you currently reading?

i literally just finished when the moon was ours which felt like it took me ten years to read and i haven’t started another yet but it’ll be georgia peaches bc thats the other one i got from the library and i already had to renew them haha

30. What book are you planning on buying next?

um this old west lesbian novel called backwards to oregon! i’ve been craving westerns lately but as always i’m also craving gay content

31. What was the cheapest book you bought?

i used to buy a ton of old paperbacks, usually goofy looking sf or fantasy novels from library sales for dollars or quarters so definitely those.

32. What was the most expensive book you bought?

i can tell u the most expensive book i got for free was a beautiful bound collection of hg wells stories that i just got from some book at bea before it was bookcon lol

ones i actually paid for... do art books count??

33. What is a book you read after seeing the movie/ TV series?

nah i usually have no intention of reading the book if i watched the show/movie first

34. What is the newest book you have bought?

akdjghksjgh a lesbian western novella called from the boots up for a few bucks on kindle

35. What three books are you most looking forward to reading this year?

the rest of the gay books i’ve bought but haven’t read yet! not your sidekick and labyrinth lost, i’m VERY excited to reread a wrinkle in time and i also really want to read stone butch blues

36. What is a book you love that has a terrible trope? (Love triangle, etc)

crush by sr silcox has the cutest lesbian teen summer romance AND one them is secretly a rock star avoiding her fame bc her controlling dad was turning into HIS dream instead of HERS akdjghksdjgh its fantastic i adored it

37. Have you read a book in a different language? What was it?

oh no i’m dumb as hell

38. What is a book you’ve read that is set in a time period before you were born?

for some reason dave at night by gail carson levine popped into my head first? that was my favorite as a kid and i reread it all the time and i think it took place in the 20s or 30s with all that good good jazz shit

39. What book offended you?

hm not sure how to answer this one

40. What is the weirdest book you have read?

idk the may bird series was pretty weird. gone by michael grant? i read the first for a high school book club and i just could not get into it or understand it even a little

41. What is your favourite duology?

ditty the abyss surrounds us & the edge of the abyss !!

42. What is your favourite trilogy?

wow i really haven’t read that many trilogies esp ones i loved. i guess may bird or the chronus chronicles then!

43. What book did you buy because of its cover?

the maze runner! also bc i heard it was good but i hated that book so

44. What is a book that you love, but has a terrible cover?

honestly i can’t think of one rn

45. Do you own a poetry anthology? What is your favourite poem from it?

nope! i also hated poetry as a kid and have only tried to get into it recently. i have a book of sappho’s fragments and i want to get tracy k smith from the library but thats about it

46. Do you own any colouring books based off other books?

nope

47. Do you own any historical fiction?

thats possible

48. What book made you angry?

the maze runner really did?? for some reason and i don’t get mad that much but it just really had me steamin. sabrina also said grasshopper jungle and i’m inclined to say same lmao. i haven’t read it but seeing all the lesbophobia in not otherwise specified recently made me really mad and also upset

49. What book has inspired you?

aw inspired is a serious word to throw around. the miseducation of cameron post, idk if it “inspired” me but it was my first lesbian novel and that really did a lot for me.

50. What book got you into reading?

i think it was a wrinkle in time! or maybe roald dahl books before that, but a wrinkle in time was definitely up there, and maybe the shadow thieves by anne ursu

i’m tagging @reading-takes-you-places and @mywomensworld and anyone who wants to! i don’t talk to many people here but if you follow me and want to, go for it!

#boy this was so many questions and i really don't......read..............#but ily babe ty for tagging me <3 #long post

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You've taken most of my favourites as well! Thanks for tagging me!

1. Present mic (my hero acadamia)

I wish mic had more screen time bc he's my favourite. He's energetic, bouncy and flamboyant, legitimately trying to cheer people up but at the same time he is serious. He's a people person who knows the time and place to say and do things. He went through a lot of hardships and probably has a lot of problems (heroes, guys, heroes be ptsd-ing) but I love his character a lot!

2. Morgana (bbc's merlin TV series)

I definitely prefer morgana in the first few seasons when she's not evil, just afraid of what was happening. She's very interesting to me as a character because she's so terrified by what's going on but she still keeps a semi happy front, still laughs with other people, and is slightly snarky in a good way.

3. Jon sims (the magnus archives)

I've only just started season two but I love him already. The way he speaks shows a lot about his emotions through subtext, sighs when he's tired and makes long pauses, but he also pauses when he's scared and speaks slightly quicker. His relationship with his colleagues is amazing as well. (I wanted to put Martin but I like jon more)

4. Deceit (sanders sides)

(not including spoilers)

He's a sassy snek boi and I don't think I could love his character more. He wants to help Thomas but that's difficult with his name literally being Deceit and no one ever trusts him because he lies and manipulates (that's probably a response to being afraid, but that's a headcanon). Also, loving the outfit.

5. Dr doofenschmirtz (phineas and ferb)

(If you couldn't tell, I'm running out of favourite characters) dr doofenschmirtz is an amazing antagonist for majority of the series, having a fleshed out backstory- despite that only being because of oversharing but hey we love that- and good motives. He cares for his daughter, even though he was raised in a not so loving family, taking the time to set up birthday parties and find dolls that she wanted when she was a kid, even if they're past wishes, he remembers the things she mentioned even as a kid.

6. Miles moralis (into the spiderverse)

Miles is an amazing character. He's not the overplayed "nervous teen who's whiny and hates his family", he clearly loves them, but his nerves are a part of his character that he learns to overcome. He makes his own mark, using his own style on the original spider suit.

7. Isabella fountain (the rose series by holly webb)

This series is a childhood favourite of mine. Isabella is clearly spoiled by her father, but is a clear leader, very cunning, and knows her place when talking to others. She terrorises her teachers in impressive feats showing her intelligence. She's quick witted and a little rude but a lovable character, willing to do anything to save her father.

8. Benedict (much ado about nothing)

Benedict is just a sad man really. Idk why I love him but he's quick witted and Heck he built a relationship on that. He's loyal to a fault, instantly believing Beatrice when she says Hero isn't a "wanton" (a whore).

9. Stitch (lilo and stitch)

Stitch is adorable. He learns to adapt to be friends with lilo, recreating his purpose to destroy. He shows compassion after watching nani and lilo, reading books like the ugly duckling, and genuinely finds a home.

10. Dr shepard (the murder of Roger ackroyd by Agatha Christie)

10/10 book would recommend but I literally cannot tell you anything about this character without spoiling the book. Just read it.

@becausewhatiam-iswhatimnot @varian-is-dead @celerysticknick @iggytheshy @infinityvoids @itsjustmefamalam + anyone who wants to join!

10 Favorite Characters

Thank you @wisteria-lodge for tagging me!!

1. Grand Admiral Thrawn (the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn)

I stan 1 (one) blue alien Sherlock Holmes

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So I’m specifically talking about the book character here; I have no idea what’s going on in the Star Wars TV shows. But Thrawn of the Star Wars Legends universe (and the newer canon book, Thrawn) is hands-down one of the best and most interesting characters I’ve ever seen. He’s brilliant, creating battle strategies by studying his opponents’ cultural art to understand their cultural psychology and look for weaknesses in their thinking. And despite being a morally grey character, he’s not unduly arrogant and is actually extremely likeable–he has to work hard to get into the Imperial command structure that heavily discriminates against non-humans, his motivation is the best interest of his people, the Chiss, and he is always willing to explain his thinking to his close allies and friends. And who else would respond to being stabbed by smiling and saying, “But it was so artistically done?”

2. Beren (specifically, from Philosopher-At-Large’s script/screenplay adaptation of Tolkien’s story of Beren and Luthien, A Boy, A Girl, & A Dog: The Lay of Leithian Dramatic Script Project, which can be read in full here: https://rustbucket.net/leithian/index.html)

Do we not all want to yell at the gods about theodicy until they answer our questions to our satisfaction? I specifically pick Beren not from the original Silmarillion, as much as I love Tolkien’s work, but from Philosopher-At-Large’s script retelling, because A Boy, A Girl, & A Dog might just be my favorite work of literature of all time–fanwork, original fiction, or otherwise. I stumbled across it via a fanart of Beren on DeviantArt, like, six or seven years ago that referenced it, and my life has never been the same. It was hard to pick a favorite character, since literally all of the Script’s characters hold a special place in my heart, but I love Beren’s gentle, dry humor and his grim, determined, reckless stubbornness. His relationship with Luthien is of course the driving point of the story, but I thought that his relationships with Finrod and the other members of their company, and his backstory in Dorthonian and his interactions with the Valar were spectacularly done as well. This story is full of the grim determination to at least try and keep loving people, to keep throwing yourself at a problem and refuse to back down until you find a satisfactory solution, and Beren is right there at the heart of that, and I think that makes him pretty hopepunk.

3. Hamlet (Hamlet by William Shakespeare)

What is there to say about Hamlet that hasn’t already been said a thousand times by people significantly more learned and eloquent than me? I love him. He’s a genre-savvy protagonist trapped in a world where nothing! Fucking! Makes! Sense! My poor emo boy. I feel so much for him, being trapped in a situation where he needs to learn the truth in order to move forward and finally act, but there’s no way for him to get at the truth, so instead he just spirals further and further into fey, frustrated, erratic “madness.” Such a disaster bi. Definitely in love with his tired functional gay bf Horatio. Drama queen and Pretentious Asshole TM. In any decent modern au, he loves Hot Topic and gets all his clothes from there. I don’t even really do theater, but I’d love to have a chance to play him onstage.

4. James Dunworthy (the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis)

The Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis ranges from hilarious (To Say Nothing of the Dog) to heartbreaking (Doomsday Book) and Mr. Dunworthy is right in the middle of all of it. For those who haven’t read it, the premise of the series is that time travel has been discovered, but we can’t use it to change the past, so instead it’s mainly just used by historians going back in time to study history, and Mr. Dunworthy is the head of the history department at Oxford University in the year 2060. He might be strict, but he has strong dad vibes, and, just, cares so much for all of his historians. He basically adopts Colin when Colin is stranded in Oxford over Christmas during an epidemic, he regularly puts himself in danger to look for lost historians, he helped invent time travel, and he knows that the point of studying the past is caring about the people who lived there. I want him to be my dad.

5. The 9th Doctor (Doctor Who)

Okay, I love 10 and 12 and 13 almost as much as I love 9, but 9 has to be my favorite Doctor. He was my first doctor, and what really got me hooked on the series was his kindness–hard-won and hard-clung to after the trauma of the time war. It isn’t always easy for him–the time war took everything away from him, and you can see how he’s tempted to be angry and bitter and harsh–but even so, he insists on helping people, on atoning for his mistakes, on nonviolence and using kindness and cleverness to fix things instead of violence and hate. He says, guns are bad and bananas are good, and every person is important, and when asked if he’s a coward or a killer, he says, “Coward. Any day.” And that philosophy, that choice, has left a deep impact on me.

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6. Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

The whole premise of a group of thieves, criminals and con artists getting together to take down corrupt people in power is great, and Eliot is my favorite. He may have done some seriously bad shit in the past, but now he’s just devoted to taking care of the team, and particularly his hacker and his thief. I don’t know that he believes he’s worthy of their love, but he’s still somehow the most mature and emotionally stable member of the team; he knows how to control his anger and live alongside his regrets, and despite his grumbling, he dives headfirst into protecting the rest of the team and keeping them safe. Bonus points for being in an almost-canon ot3, and for the passion that he brings to his cooking. Also, I headcanon him as gray aro and transmasc, because I can.

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7. Jon Sims (The Magnus Archives)

I’m only on season 3 of TMA so far, but I love Jon with all my heart. Working at a supernatural research institute, after having had a supernatural encounter of your own, and still choosing not to really believe in the supernatural until it knocks down the door to your office and riddles you with worms? Big mood. He’s a stubborn workaholic disaster ace, and I relate because I too struggle to interact with people and tend to get lost in obscure research projects for hours at a time. Somebody give this boy a hug and then a nap.

8. River Taam (Firefly)

Once again, there are a lot of good characters in Firefly, and I was hard-pressed to pick just one of them to put on this list. But River is a sweet summer child slowly overcoming trauma to find the joy and delight in the world around her that she had before the Academy, and I want all the best things for her. Bonus points go to Simon, who gave up everything he knew to save his sister, and Mal, who stubbornly sticks to his own code of honor even after loosing the war and much of his faith.

9. Lancelot (The Once and Future King by T. H. White)

A splendidly complex and morally grey take on our favorite legendary hero. T. H. White writes a Lancelot who struggles deeply with guilt and pride and imposter syndrome–who struggles desperately to do what is right and to channel the traits he finds in himself–both strengths and flaws–into doing the right thing. His scrupulosity is sadly relatable, and the lines “It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible” and “ You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it” are both absolutely haunting. It’s only implied in the book, but T. H. White admitted in letters that Lancelot is a bit of a masochist, as well as probably bi and a bit in love with Arthur, and feels very guilty about it, and I just want a fluffy modern adaptation where Arthur and Guenevere and Lancelot can be in the kinky ployamarous triad that they deserve and just be happy together.

10. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling)

While I have some problems these days with the Harry Potter series and the transphobia of its author, it’s possible to like something without minimizing its flaws, and this list would not be complete without Luna Lovegood. I spent significant portions of middle school pretending to be her. She taught me how to embrace my own unabashed weirdness, and I wouldn’t be the same without her.

@a-nerdy-shade-of-purple @conan-concocting-chaos @one-supportive-august @the-lyra-cal-trans @the-eleftheria @dumpstertrash

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patronsaintofprincesses · 8 years ago

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Hey cutie, if you're up to the challenge, all 100 from the list with the 〜(￣▽￣〜) :)

First of all @unluckymess is the most amazing person in all of Texas I love you ilysm. Ahem 1. What are five things you want to do before the year ends? Well first I'd like to develop some structure maybe a morning routine nothing too fancy. Second, I need to buy a bike the bus is getting too expensive :0 Third, I would like to make an A in a class instead of B's and C's what is going on lol. Fourth, I would like to decorate my apartment and always have food in the fridge for friends that drop by. Finally, I'd like to settle this mess with my health insurance and be an adult. @_@ 2. What color are your pants? I'm currently wearing TMNT pajama pants so, green. 3.Favorite motivational quote? The one about John Lennon and his teacher. "I want to be happy." "You don't understand the question" "No, you don't understand life." 4.When was the last time you drank coffee? I had an Almond Joy cappuccino a couple of months ago. 5. What was the last thing you ate? An avocado and swiss cheese sandwich. 6. Favorite animal? Ooh probably an axolotl. Or snakes. 7. Favorite song? Of all time? One Step Closer by Linkin Park. But lately I've been listening to Let Her Go by Passenger. 8. Last movie you watched? While You Were Sleeping. Two Weeks Notice. Both very good Sandra Bullock rom coms. 9. Any turn ons? I've pretty much accepted that I have a thing for D/s (sir/ darling girl)and biting. Also being prettified and dirty talk. Dirty dirty. 10. Any turn offs? Physical S&M. Infantilism. Men who like being called Daddy.11. List 4 big words off of the top of your head. Antidisestablishmentarianism. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Hippopotomonstrosisquipedaliophobia. Deoxyribonucleic acid. 12. What are some meaningful movies? Robin Williams did a lot of those um I love Where The Heart Is. Movies based on books usually have some sort of nuanced meaning :p 13. Who are the 2 most important people in your life right now? Always my mum/brother and my best friend Mikachuu. 14. What are 3 things you want to do before the month ends? First, get a job. Second, take my dog to the vet. Third, learn some self-care darn it. Lol 15. When was the last time you read a good book? This morning! I am so hooked on Agatha Christie it is not even funny. 16. How long do you study for usually, if you study? Usually about three hours. Then I read my time away lol. 17. Do you have any nicknames? I am called San. 18. Favorite kind of perfume? (fruity, alluring, etc.) Happy by Clinique. It's a citrus/floral scent and Man by Pitbull. It's a woodsy?/musky cologne. 19. Do you have any international friends / friends who live out of state? Yes! Far off exotic places like Michigan, Illinois, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, California. Whee. 20. What is something unique that you do every single day? Hm live vicariously through fictional characters21. If there was a movie based on your life, what would it be called? Can't Hardly Even 22. When was the last time you bought a gift for someone? Mikachu's birthday 23. Are you a shopaholic? Nopers. I am poor and a minimalist 24. What are some songs that always make you feel better? Linkin Park. Panic! at the Disco. George Strait. The Hoosiers. Alllll of their songs. 25. List 3 activities that you can only enjoy by yourself. Reading, eating ice cream by the pint, and tightlacing. 26. If you could live in any biome (and survive) which biome would you live in? DRAGONLAND. 27. How do you like being roused in the morning? With poetry and flowers. Also brekkie. Maybe a pun or two lol. 28. How was your day? What did you do? It was swell, I read and ate cookies and doughnuts and an avocado sandwich. Thanks how was yours? :P29. What did your last text message say? Okay good let me know how you're doing. 30. Do you respond to texts quickly? Nooooooo31. Who was the last person you called? My mother, the saint @silver9mm 😇83. Do you miss anyone right now? My brother :)84. Who do you love? Why? All of y'all. Because I want to 85. Do you like sharing? Yes of course 86. What was the last picture you took with your phone? A selfie on SC 87. Is there a reason behind everything that happens? Yeah, the universe is fucking absurd 88. Favorite genre of music? Alternative. Followed by pop, country, and rock. 89. If you had one word to describe yourself, what would it be? San90. Describe your life in 5 words. Out. For. A. Walk. ...Bitch.91. Describe the world in 4 words. TOO MANY FUCKING PEOPLE 92. Craziest thing you've ever done? Survived 93. First three songs in your favorite playlist? These Tables Are Numbered For A Good Reason, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet by Panic! at the Disco. The Little Things Give You Away by Linkin Park. I'm Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance 94. Are you more creative or logical? I think I'm boring beyond imagination 😇95. Would you rather lie or hurt someone with the truth? Truth. But I want to be lied to. 96. What are you most proud of? Being District Spelling Champion in 2013 97. What personality trait do you admire in other people? Charisma 98. When you imagine yourself as really, really relaxed and happy, what are you doing? Taking a hot bath in the dark listening to music reflecting on a book I just finished reading. 99. How do you usually start a conversation? Hi my name is San Juanita, I go by San. What is your name?100. What is the best news you could hear right now? My mother won the lottery !!! That was wild. I LOVED answering all of these thank you so much!!!

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aurriii · 4 years ago

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10 Books That Will Transport You To The Beach If You Can’t Go IRL

Maybe you’re social distancing. Maybe all of your friends are. Maybe your funds are tight. Many of us have a good reason our summer is not quite like summers of our past. We miss the waves just as much as the next person not within walking distance to the ocean, so we’ve compiled a list of books where we can all escape to a far away island or beach town, no sunscreen needed. Or hey, lather it on. We’re not opposed to a little sensory enhancement.

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Big Summer: A Novel

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

The Vacationers By Emma Straub

The Jetsetters: A Novel By Amanda Eyre Ward

The Guest List: A Novel By Lucy Foley

Beach Read By Emily Henry

Sex and Vanity: A Novel By Kevin Kwan

Hello, Summer By Mary Kay Andrews

The Summer Set Aimee Agresti

1. Big Summer: A Novel

by Jennifer Weiner

Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn’t spoken one word to Drue in all this time—she doesn’t even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media—so when Drue asks if she will be her maid-of-honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless.

Drue was always the one who had everything—except the ability to hold onto friends. Meanwhile, Daphne’s no longer the same self-effacing sidekick she was back in high school. She’s built a life that she loves, including a growing career as a plus-size Instagram influencer. Letting glamorous, seductive Drue back into her life is risky, but it comes with an invitation to spend a weekend in a waterfront Cape Cod mansion. When Drue begs and pleads and dangles the prospect of cute single guys, Daphne finds herself powerless as ever to resist her friend’s siren song.

A sparkling novel about the complexities of female relationships, the pitfalls of living out loud and online, and the resilience of the human heart, Big Summer is a witty, moving story about family, friendship, and figuring out what matters most.

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2. Beautiful Ruins

by Jess Walter

The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio’s back lot, searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier. What unfolds is a dazzling, yet deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. From the lavish set of Cleopatra to the shabby revelry of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Walter introduces us to the tangled lives of a dozen unforgettable characters: the starstruck Italian innkeeper and his long-lost love; the heroically preserved producer who once brought them together and his idealistic young assistant; the army veteran turned fledgling novelist and the rakish Richard Burton himself, whose appetites set the whole story in motion, along with the husbands and wives, lovers and dreamers, superstars and losers, who populate their world in the decades that follow. Gloriously inventive, constantly surprising, Beautiful Ruins is a story of flawed yet fascinating people, navigating the rocky shores of their lives while clinging to their improbable dreams.

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3. 28 Summers

by Elin Hilderbrand

A “captivating and bittersweet” novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Summer of ’69: Their secret love affair has lasted for decades — but this could be the summer that changes everything (People). When Mallory Blessing’s son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he’s not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It’s the late spring of 2020 and Jake’s wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election. There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other? Flash back to the sweet summer of 1993: Mallory has just inherited a beachfront cottage on Nantucket from her aunt, and she agrees to host her brother’s bachelor party. Cooper’s friend from college, Jake McCloud, attends, and Jake and Mallory form a bond that will persevere — through marriage, children, and Ursula’s stratospheric political rise — until Mallory learns she’s dying. Based on the classic film Same Time Next Year (which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), 28 Summers explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.

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4. The Vacationers

By Emma Straub

For the Posts, a two-week trip to the Balearic island of Mallorca with their extended family and friends is a celebration: Franny and Jim are observing their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, and their daughter, Sylvia, has graduated from high school. The sunlit island, its mountains and beaches, its tapas and tennis courts, also promise an escape from the tensions simmering at home in Manhattan. But all does not go according to plan: over the course of the vacation, secrets come to light, old and new humiliations are experienced, childhood rivalries resurface, and ancient wounds are exacerbated.

This is a story of the sides of ourselves that we choose to show and those we try to conceal, of the ways we tear each other down and build each other up again, and the bonds that ultimately hold us together. With wry humor and tremendous heart, Emma Straub delivers a richly satisfying story of a family in the midst of a maelstrom of change, emerging irrevocably altered yet whole.

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5. The Jetsetters: A Novel

By Amanda Eyre Ward

When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can’t seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them.

When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage—both literal and figurative—and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives.

Can four lost adults find the peace they’ve been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood.

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6. The Guest List: A Novel

By Lucy Foley

A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party.

The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body

On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.

But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast.

And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?

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7. Beach Read

By Emily Henry

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.

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8. Sex and Vanity: A Novel

By Kevin Kwan

The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the WASPY fiancé of her family’s dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with.

On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can’t stand him. She can’t stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can’t stand that he knows more about Casa Malaparte than she does, and she really can’t stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught by her snobbish, disapproving cousin Charlotte. “Your mother is Chinese so it’s no surprise you’d be attracted to someone like him,” Charlotte teases. The daughter of an American-born Chinese mother and a blue-blooded New York father, Lucie has always sublimated the Asian side of herself in favor of the white side, and she adamantly denies having feelings for George. But several years later, when George unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, where Lucie is weekending with her new fiancé, Lucie finds herself drawn to George again. Soon, Lucie is spinning a web of deceit that involves her family, her fiancé, the co-op board of her Fifth Avenue apartment building, and ultimately herself as she tries mightily to deny George entry into her world–and her heart. Moving between summer playgrounds of privilege, peppered with decadent food and extravagant fashion, Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.

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9. Hello, Summer

By Mary Kay Andrews

New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next blockbuster, Hello Summer.

It’s a new season…

Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks.

For small town scandals…

When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who is trying to keep The Silver Bay Beacon afloat—and she doesn’t exactly have warm feelings for Conley. Soon she is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column, “Hello, Summer.”

And big-time secrets.

Then Conley witnesses an accident that ends in the death of a local congressman—a beloved war hero with a shady past. The more she digs into the story, the more dangerous it gets. As an old heartbreaker causes trouble and a new flame ignites, it soon looks like their sleepy beach town is the most scandalous hotspot of the summer.

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10. The Summer Set

Aimee Agresti

Recommended by Glamour * Bustle * Popsugar * Booklist * Playbill

Charlie Savoy was once Hollywood’s hottest A-lister. Now, ten years later, she’s pushing forty, exiled from the film world and back at the summer Shakespeare theater in the Berkshires that launched her career—and where her old flame, Nick, is the artistic director.

It’s not exactly her first choice. But as parts are cast and rehearsals begin, Charlie is surprised to find herself getting her groove back, bonding with celebrity actors, forging unexpected new friendships and even reigniting her spark with Nick, who still seems to bring out the best in her despite their complicated history.

Until Charlie’s old rival, Hollywood’s current It Girl, is brought on set, threatening to undo everything she’s built. As the drama amps up both on the stage and behind the curtains, Charlie must put on the show of a lifetime to fight for the second chance she deserves in career and in love.

“A page-turner set in the intoxicating theater world, The Summer Set considers the price of fame, the power of second chances and the enduring nature of love. A truly enjoyable read!” —Elyssa Friedland, author of The Floating Feldmans

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