#anyways Alex rider dude let’s try

[blade-that-was-broken]

I’m not ashamed to admit I read all the Alex Rider books in middle school

And yeah, me, an adult is turning around to watch the series… a British teenage boy who kinda becomes a spy.

[kirazalea]

dude (gender neutral) you're gonna make me wanna read the alex rider books if you keep that posting up

I read the first one in like... i guess it must've been 5th or 6th grade, and i think i liked it but i'm not sure if i really processed that it was a series or if i just never got around to reading the rest of it or what, but i only ever read the first book (also i read it translated and it's been too long and i was a kid back then so i have no idea whether the translation was of any kind of reasonable quality, and in any case only the first seven novels of the series have been translated at all)

but given that what little i've seen of Horowitz's work (like a few episodes of the third season of Robin of Sherwood - which i'm otherwise kind of obsessed with anyway, lol) i have mostly liked, i feel like maybe this is my sign that i should give the books another try? idk man i'm just rambling

omg anon, sorry for giving you a small crisis lol, but your rambling is more than welcome!

admittedly, it's been a long time since i've read the books too (probably also around 5th/6th grade), so the details are a little fuzzy, but i know i read the first 10 books (which i think were all that was out the last time i checked in), and i've recently gone back to read some fanfics for it, so it can't have been that bad haha

it is very Early 2000s, and was technically written for a younger audience, but if you like the reluctant sarcastic protagonist, you'd probably like the series!

also ! if you do end up giving them a shot, you should let me know! i'd be so down to do a reread with you, we could make a little book club out of it! or you can even just yell in my dms as you're going through, whatever works for you !

[kinkymagnus]

Hi! Love your stories!! <3

I just wanna start with I am not transphobic (I know it sounds cliche...) but I am just curious about fanfic authors who write Magnus as trans.

Most of the time I shy away from trans!Magnus fics because for me its hard to picture it when he is male and when I try to read a fic I will get thrown off once I read sex scenes. I love your stories of sub!Magnus (let's be real there is no other kind <3).

I am always afraid to ask (hence the anon ask) cause most of the time anyone who loves trans!Magnus will get really defensive and start getting really mean when it's a general question or opinion and I just wanted to get your take on it.

hm ok. well. i really don’t love the wording of this question. but i like to try and take questions like this that i think are more borne of ignorance than malice and like, engage with them. i don’t think i’m morally obligated to, though, and people you may have said something like this to and reacted negatively, well, i don’t blame them at all. i’m not exactly feeling sunshine and roses about it, either. 

under the cut bc this is long

first: starting with “i’m not transphobic, but--” isn’t cliche, it’s a sign of someone knowing they’re about to say something transphobic. or trying to excuse themselves and distance themselves from any blame. and so on. it’s not like “oh everyone says that” it’s “i read that and immediately know i’m about to put up with some bullSHIT.” like, the fact you put that little disclaimer there means you KNOW IT NEEDS ONE. 

second: “it is hard to picture if when he is male” hm. ok. so. right here you’re assuming trans men =/= male. magnus having a vagina = not man. that’s very much being transphobic.

but let’s give the benefit of the doubt. let’s say you didn’t mean it like that. you might be confused just because you’re so used to cis male magnus, it feels off when someone suddenly describes something that doesn’t fit what you’re used to. it’s like when i read a fic and it mentions magnus’s dick or whatever, and i’m always surprised, and find it hard to picture, because at this point, i’m so used to trans magnus that way i write it. or it might be even something like... 

ok, here’s a weirdly specific example. i read the alex rider books as a kid, and there’s a character who is described as white and red-headed. in the recent tv adaptation, she’s a black woman with long dark curls. i’ve never been good at imagining characters in my head when its just books, so the imagery i’ve attached to this character is the tv show version of her. so now, if i go back and reread the books or read fanfiction for alex rider, every time they mention her red hair or something that makes it clear she’s not black, i’m a little startled, before i remember, oh yeah, originally, she was a redheaded white chick.

so let’s say that’s more the feeling you’re getting: you’re so used to cis magnus, seeing trans magnus is a little moment of surprise. 

........so what?

your options here are:

don’t read it and be quiet if it bothers you so much

keep reading and deal with the surprise i mean is it really that bad to have a momentary “oh yeah lol” moment? and you might even stop being surprised eventually if you get used to it lmao

i don’t think it’s a big deal to be a bit thrown off when you remember that this person’s version of magnus doesn’t have a dick or whatever. but that’s kind of something to keep to yourself. read it or don’t, but there’s nothing wrong with it. it’s not weird, it doesn’t make magnus less male, and if you don’t like it, don’t read it.  

also, you say “i’m afraid to ask” but come to think of it, you haven’t actually.... asked a question. just “like your fics. im not transphobic BUT... trans magnus is weird because i can forget he’s supposed to be trans until the sex scenes, and then it throws me off because he’s supposed to be Male. it’s weird. i love sub magnus. i’m afraid to ask because trans magnus fans are mean and defensive when you say lightly transphobic things. what’s your take?” 

i mean, is the question the whole “i’m curious about fic authors wrote magnus as trans”? like, what about us? most of us are trans and we love magnus???? idk what you want to know buddy? why people would EVER headcanon magnus as not cis? like, there are lots of reasons for that one being he literally could not possibly be our definition of the western cis male given that he was born like 4+ centuries ago on an entirely different continent . like, really, if you want to know why we headcanon him as trans i’m sure you could read through our blogs and find a bunch of shit 

and anyway it’s like, ok, 1. trans magnus isn’t just about the sex, but that’s a lesser issue.

2. again, no question being asked here beyond a general “what’s your take on this” (this being....”trans magnus weird”? or “trans magnus fic authors...thots?”?)

3. finally to get tho the last part of hmm yikes wording is the “anyone who loves trans!Magnus will get really defensive and start getting really mean”. the word choice here sure does say a lot. 

“defensive” and “mean”. if you’re going up to them and saying “trans magnus confuses me during sex scenes because he’s male!” then yeah, people might get a little upset. and defensive? either a) implies you’re on the offensive, or b) implies they’re like, guilty somehow, they’re being defensive and cagey. 

like, coming out with some casual transphobia or whatever and then playing the victim when people are offended and react....not cool

and just... look. calling someone out for being transphobic isn’t being mean or a bully. and no one’s saying you have to like trans magnus, no one’s holding a gun to your head and making you read our posts and fics. but if you’re going to read our posts and fics, don’t be a dick about it. 

and genuinely, like, i know i’ve focused on the bad here, but like, thank you, i’m glad you like my stories, and hell yeah sub magnus rights. and i don’t think you’re like a bad person or someone trying to be malicious and hateful or something, but like.... my dude PLEASE think about this shit and how you’re wording things like. jesus 

i think the highlights here are 

yes trans man = man

man with vagina = still a man

trans magnus having sex via a cis man’s penis in his vagina = gay sex between two males

people might get defensive or “mean” if you say things to them that are kinda transphobic and that’s understandable. they aren’t aggressors or your enemies for reacting like this.

no one is forcing you to like or read trans magnus content, it’s okay if you don’t, but if so just don’t, you don’t gotta say anything just don’t read it 

there are lots of reasons someone might headcanon magnus as trans 

and headcanoning him as trans isn’t weird, gross, or wrong in any way

honestly headcanoning him as cis makes less sense but that’s another talk

also saying “im not transphobic but--” doesn’t absolve you of any transphobia following it 

[mirandashadowborn]

Aside from some (for want of a better term or the know how to execute it) “improved” character design on the Dark Riders and maybe the Soul Riders (I’ll go into this on another post), I think what I’d like to see is their Motivation. 

“Evil just cause” don’t cut it for me. And I don’t necessarily mean a tragic backstory to explain away everyones case (used sparingly is fine). 

First off, is Katja alien or Human? Jorvipedia says she’s human?? But I heard otherwise so…?! Explain that shit, right off the bat. An alien with psychic powers whose been dragged to earth by her boss and hates humans cause she reads their minds and it drives her CRAZY and she not only learned to block it out but to PROJECT thoughts and dreams to turn it around on them? That sounds like a plausible villain. Otherwise why is she working for Mr Sands? What kind of compensation is there? Doesn’t seem like he’s offering her a very glamorous life out there at DC HQ.

(The way the concept art looks though- she looks like a druid turned bad and THAT would make an interesting backstory too- Did elizabeth find her and try to train her only Kat could read minds and could SEE the lies and deception and BULLSHIT in the Druids, and was cast out?? Inquiring minds want to know!) 

Sabine I saw more as like, Bellatrix to Voldemort. Maybe he found her when she was younger and impressionable and offered her Power or status.. Maybe she wanted a Sugar daddy and he seemed wealthy and emotionally aloof enough for her. She may not be living in the lap of luxury but she’s dealt with it for so long there’s no leaving now. Yea her dude didn’t give her everything but - What would she go back to? Competing against younger, better girls in Equestrian events? Uh uh too late for that. So she’s bitter, hates these little up and coming champions, and is eager to follow his orders when it comes to destroying their cozy little island.  

Jessica I see as Alex gone wrong. She grew up not having a lot and maybe did some work modeling but didn’t have “it” (the “it” that Anne had- fashion is so fickle), at least not enough to make it big. What was she supposed to do then? Find a job cleaning horse shit? Na Uh- she had a taste of glamour and won’t lower herself back to a simple life. Enter Mr. Sands. He senses an ability in her (The portals? So she’s the opposite of Anne? the Sun but like- eclipsed?) and tells her “don’t get mad, get even”. Its not glamorous but its not simple. He might be a dick but its not as bad as her family who came to depend on her (but she cut them off). He finds Jessica in the midst of her rebellious phase and is exploiting the shit out of that. 

Elise is- ok so I’ve read she has the power to cause Discord and Chaos and is the opposite of Lisa- can bring illness and Death (but anyone can kill anyone really so let’s ignore that for now). I don’t think they should make her WANT to really kill people or be a bad guy, and I really really don’t want them to be lazy and use any sort of mental illness as an excuse (lord I beg you). 

And wait- tangent. If its Katja/Linda, Jessica/Anne, and Elise/Lisa then its Alex/Sabine? She’s the warrior?? That seems weird to me. I would have done it as Sabine/Lisa (youngest-oldest, English-Western, A giver-a thief) and made Jessica the Lightning/Warrior and then Elise could be the anti Anne. But that’s just me. 

Anyway. If Elise is discord and chaos then I need her to be a bit of a mess, asymmetrical, curves and angles, etc. I want her to be a little older but kind of lost (like she is now?? lol) and maybe one of the only ones that can be negotiated with (chaos goes both ways, you know. I can see her being a tiny bit traitorous to Sands if it suits her). Maybe she’s from Jorvik but left to try things and travel but .. can’t finish things. She’s too disorganized. Unlike Lisa, who became an int’l pop star, maybe Elise has failed at everything she’s tried to do. So along comes Mr Sands and tells her she HAS a talent and CAN be successful-  just let him take over, like a manager, and then he kept her lazy and complacent until he needs her and then basically goads her into unleashing her powers. But where is she? Is she hiding from him cause she doesn’t really want to be a bad guy? 

And I need a little more emphasis on their powers being a foil for the others. Like Linda is psychic and can look into the future, but Katja is projective with it. Cool. Having Katja be pale and angular and cold while Linda is darker, rounder and warmer works for me. I like it. 

Jessica and Anne looking similar with a different color scheme works for me too, actually. Sun and Eclipse. Anne more tailored and crisp while Jessica is a little more edgy and (faux) sloppy. (and personally I would have put Jessica vs Alex, since she looks more like a fighter)

Sabine vs Alex is a little weird but would again be the Privilaged vs Poor look and thats redundant lol. What is her power? Again, I would have made her the opposite of Lisa and she can sap energy, cause Sabine as a warrior is strange. She doesn’t strike me as proactive, more like sneaky thief in the night…. I don’t know. Maybe they need to make Sabine a little tougher. But then maybe they’re going with “she plays dirty cause she’s a warrior who isn’t so tough”

Elise vs Lisa? If lisa is pop/rock, make her goth/punk (she’d match her horse better lol). Not cause goth or punk is bad, mind you, JUST so she’d match the horse (its all I got). Also I don’t want her to commit fully to any one thing. (Again- if it was me, I’d have made Elise the anti-Anne in the Group- lost for most of the game, messy while Anne is cool and collected, apathetic where Anne wants justice.) 

Also I need Sands to have some hold on them. I need there to be some: 

Do you want to go back to your old life?

Do you really want to be my enemy? 

You’re only really powerful when you’re here with us, but leave if you want u_u 

Otherwise, Why are they there? I need to see the manipulation going on there, cause evil for the lulz ain’t it.  

Ok rant over. 

(keep in mind all this is coming from someone who hasn’t played the original games but they’re changing old canon anyway so anything goes woop)

[yusukesdrabbles]

pokemon pt 3

Alex took a slow breath as he steadied his shaking hands from nerves shooting all over the place as his Boss hovered ominously over their shoulders. He wanted to snap at the guy and tell him to check all the calculations himself, but he didn’t dare do that.

Dear whatever God was out there… what did he do in his previous life to be given this try-hard of a Boss? Is he repenting for what sins he did? Hopefully he was… he just wanted out.

But nope, he just had to be the one chosen for this stupid portal job thing. If his Boss wanted the technology to create portals, why didn’t he just go to a Hero Agency and steal whatever shit they had there and had them start based on that instead of from scratch? Like, dude! Do your job correctly! Please. It really saved Alex some headaches.

Sadly, if he didn’t want to face the unfortunately permanent condition of getting a bullet to the brain, he had to do this stupid work that could’ve been prevented if Boss just had a brain.

Sighing overdramatically to himself in his brain—cause he didn’t dare do it out loud, nooooo, Mister Holy Grail Chosen One Boss ‘Sit Up Straighter’ Sir would have an aneurysm over that. Alex hoped he had an aneurysm soon. Or else he would have to take the chance and call a Hero Agency himself just to get that sweet sweet release of death and bring the Boss down with him.

God, why didn’t he just stay at home instead of going out with his shady ass friends?

Anyway, this stupid project the Boss wanted. Stupidly.

Alex pressed the button without a warning to anyone else, deciding that he wanted to feel like a jackass in this project because he was just that irritated. It’s not like the stupid thing would work anyway, he wasn’t even trying that hard, so it couldn’t possib—

A flash of light blinded everyone in the room suddenly, and a girl who couldn’t be over eleven at most plopped onto the floor in front of them gracelessly, clothed in weird-looking things with six balls attached to her belt.

“Shit,” Alex croaked out in shock. Looking around to see that everyone was looking at him blankly, he backpedaled immediately. “I mean, shit Boss, look, we did it! Yip yip hooray and all that jazz, am I right? Yay?”

“If you shut up, I’ll give you a promotion,” the Boss threatened Alex vaguely, barely even looking in his direction before he started barking orders at literally everyone else in the room. Wow. Alex really felt the love here, Boss. Totally mutual. “Get her on the table and strap her down! Confiscate her belt and backpack, check her for any weapons she might have on her! And for Hell’s sake, put the Quirk-suppressing restraints on her! We don’t know what we’re dealing with here, but it’s better to be safe rather than sorry!”

So, with another mental sigh, Alex started sorting through the backpack. But… it was weird. It… held more than it should?

“Is this thing a TARDIS?” he mumbled to himself in fascination, ignoring the irritated shout of “stop being an American!” from across the room. It wasn’t even an American show, God, like these people knew culture!

So he just functioned on autopilot, letting himself respond to quips and insults like he normally did… until the girl woke up. When the Hellhound—either her Quirk or a dog with a Quirk that just liked her… but what was that ball and how did it fit in there? Was that another Quirk? Did it manipulate the matter into a pocket dimension or something? He wanted to study it so badly—appeared in the room snarling and biting at everyone, he just stepped back and let everyone else get bitten… even the Boss.

Well, especially the Boss.

“The exit’s that way,” Alex pointed meekly down the hall. “Third door on your right, up the stairs, then head down the hall and take the second left and then the first right and there’ll be more stairs, and the passcode up there’s nine-nine-seven-two-five, and please don’t tell anyone I told you this, Boss already wants to murder me in a ditch for being annoying, so uh, sorry for bringing you here like this? It was an accident, really, I wasn’t even trying to get the calculations right, but I guess I did somehow? I’m so sorry!”

The Hellhound just watched him cautiously before seeming to accept his presence, just turning away but waiting for its rider to finish watching him. The little girl eventually tilted her head at him, muttered some gibberish under her breath—it sounded kinda close to Japanese, but it was as if it were some really really really weird dialect for it—and then patted the Hellhound’s head gently.

They rode away together, and Alex collapsed on the floor as he tried not to weep uncontrollably.

[13unknownmind]

The Arrowverse is back Supergirl S4E3

Aight y'all know the drill, if you haven't seen the episode go check it out then come back and read this if you feel so inclined.

Now we got some stuff to cover today, first things first #SUPERCORP lol

Now that we have that established let's get to the rest.

Alright so last time we saw Supergirl she was falling out of the sky her body completely infected buy Kryptonite having been released into the atmosphere by the lead dispersal device that got rid of the daxamites... Thank you so much white people.

Now we have J'onn with the game-winning catch my dude the Manhunter saves the day again!

I know I have a lot to say about this whole flashback thing like for real this dude was all for aliens and then his house burned down, I can't blame him for getting upset about that and his dad was killed yeah that would make somebody snap I would think, but for real becoming "Agent Liberty" that to me is just not the way to handle things. But I am not a sociopath / homicidal maniac. You can see clearly through the flashbacks that he is slowly descending into insanity much like Lex I would assume, it's sad to watch it honestly.

We see through his whole story that he was fighting to not be that way up until the point of his dad death.

I specifically heard the lines "who pays the price for it" of course in reference to progress.

His little thing at the bar "what are you doing here you're human" referring to Kara which was actually kind of funny to me. And that of course was a Kara (knight in shining armour) Danvers moment I loved it (no she was not standing in front of Lena but it was still one of those moments)

"why doesn't CatCo cover the impact of extraterrestrial attacks on the average citizen" that moment with James we saw some serious frustration and hostility building.

And

His interaction with Lena after his father's death "blaming other people for your problems" says Lena and Ben fires back with "they're not people" that one kind of pissed me off honestly.

It really sickens me to think that he would have been fine Burning Down the place if there were only aliens in the building but as soon as he seize the floor directors stumble out he says "oh he's human" but as soon as the image inducer fails he beats him over the head with a pipe. what's really sick is there are actually people out there that would do that in the real world.

A man in a suit... They can be anything, do anything and that is not limited to fictional worlds.

There are so many people in this world that are so much in the same way sick, demented, twisted and wrong as Agent Liberty is and that bothers me.

Alright so a Kryptonian design Shield is not strong enough to defend against Kryptonite... Okay I guess I can believe that with the amount that is concentrated into Karas body... Maybe.

Now I have a lot of other thoughts about Supergirl in a general sense but I'm going to finish up this episode and then I'm going to go on a small rant so feel free to stay and read the rest and then read my rant or you can check out my other posts about the arrowverse under the tag [#my thoughts on the arrowverse] now back to your regularly scheduled programming

"people underestimate me but I care I really do" this line had me screaming internationally lol Supercorp is alive and well ladies and gentlemen.

And now that Lena has saved Kara by putting her on a Kamen Rider suit let's see how Kara will talk her way out of the reason she is wearing it next time she sees Lena... I can clearly see that Lena already knew that Kara and Supergirl are the same person but if the writers make a different call that's gonna be interesting.

Aight now it's rant time!

Okay so seasons 2 and 3 Lena shows up clearly sweeps Kara off her feet and Kara does the same (look at their faces when they meet and tell me that it was not love at first sight) and we all know what James' reaction was and how he always talked about her as well as what he thought, seasons three and four... THEY'RE DATING‽‽‽ WHAT THE HELL‽ I don't get how he can be such a James (I in my life have not yet known a James that I could look at without getting angry they all have very punchable faces) and then magically he starts going out with one of the best characters on the show and one of the most beautiful woman I have personal ever seen. I wonder sometimes if she is just with James to make Kara jealous or something... I don't know but I think "Jimmy" needs to be written off the show.

Ok now next thing on my rantpage lol

Why if Kara trusts Lena which we all clearly know and have seen she does, did she try and have James to break into her vault thing? that is not something Kara would ever do. They just wanted drama so they could ignore it the next season and make us confused. Kara almost let the city explode instead of letting Lena die and Lena has saved her so many times WHY WRITERS WHY‽‽‽

Next thing... Now I don't keep up with real life stuff and I don't know much about what the real life people are doing or anything like that... However why did Sam leave? Her and Alex should have been a thing Ruby would have loved it and they could have adopted a baby together but nope Sam left with Ruby and now Alex is running the D.E.O. in J'onns place which I love how that's going but she could have gotten together with Sam and she still be runnin' the D.E.O.

Now another thing...

Why was Mon-El even a thing ok great the daxamite invasion was a thing but they could have done that so differently, since they do a lot of stuff that Superman did but instead it's obviously Super 👉girl👈 so they do females where the males would be in the same role. I even saw a post the other day about this Mon-El could have been a female and everything would be going so very differently right now. Lena would leave James because she wants to be with Kara and now knows that she has a chance and we could have all seen Lena almost married to a woman... Just sayin' that would have all made so much more sense.

Now last thing and I will stop ranting.

Am I the only one that thinks maybe Kara and them should use the breach device Cisco gave them in the Flash Supergirl crossover more often?

I guess that's it.

Alright everyone I am so glad that I am getting this out, there was probably a lot more to cover and I could go more in-depth with this episode but I watched it this morning wrote down my notes and this is what all came out of it not much in the way of review but I tried this was just kind of a slow-moving episode that went all over the same place if you know what I mean but anyway thank you for reading if you got this far and don't forget to check out my other posts under the tag [#my thoughts on the arrowverse] thank you for the support I'm glad I'm getting my thoughts out there so I can focus on other stuff so thank you I appreciate it. Tomorrow you will be seeing a post in the morning to afternoon time hopefully about Arrow and tomorrow evening into the next morning hopefully you will be seeing a post about Legends of tomorrow and of course Wednesday at some point in the day will be my next thoughts post about The Flash feel free to leave your thoughts and theories things that you would like to see whatever you can think of as a comments or please make a post about it let me know tag me in it and I will happily read it. Again thank you for reading and God bless I will catch y'all tomorrow ✌️

[space-unicorn-dot]

Evil Scarecrows, Witches, and Nostalgia: A Starshine Legacy

While I feel like I’m more in the middle of the latest dramatic story arch in SSO rather than the end (when I usually post about these things), I’m kinda tired, but not tired enough to go to bed, but not awake enough to do much else, so let me fling some screencaps at y’all and tell you about my latest adventures. xD

Honestly, I hadn’t really ventured beyond the Wolves in Shadowhills until these quests made me and it turns out this is what lies beyond the North Iron Gate. xD It’s dark and a little bit creepy and hard to navigate because the bridges are narrow, but this is Cauldron Swamp, where the famous Pi lives! She turned Emberblaze into a stick horse and I’m still not okay with that. I don’t even care that she turned me into a toad or frog or whatever... She turned my beloved steed into a stick horse! NOT OKAY! THAT’S MY BOI! Yeah, I was... That wasn’t what I was expecting...

Also, this wild update is one of the best things since SSO itself. I used it a lot in its first days coming out, but now I’m back to riding around a la normal horse and rider. Partially because I’m a creature of habit. Partially because I really like my tack on most of my horses. And a lot because important shit started to go down, so I needed me and my bae Emberblaze to take on the world. Obvs. Well, tail Dark Riders, at least.

But lookit how cute my little bean was. He’s so handsome. And I love him. Also, is it just me or has there been a slight... hike in the amount of people I’ve seen riding their starters lately? Maybe it’s just the areas I was in... I don’t usually stop and investigate someone’s level on a regular basis to say whether or not it’s just because story things and not enough money or if it’s an actual thing. I wonder what most people think when I slide past them or beside them on my maxed out starter horse at level sixteen rocking up some story quests though. xD

Okay, Linda, I think, was supposed to be sitting a little further up and not kinda like... in... Emberblaze??? But this was still totally cool! We were riding with a Soul Rider from one of the original games! 8D My heart!! Tbh, I’ve almost replayed some of my Starshine Legacy episodes over Thanksgiving break because... reasons anddd.... this me being bored and tired, but not tired enough to go to bed hasn’t exactly been an unknown feeling over break, lol.

But I did, one night, play a little bit of Winter Riders and I’m somewhere between loathing that it doesn’t have some of the pretty changes of SSO and sighing in nostalgia. We could care for our horses anywhere we needed to and every stable had horses. Winter Riders, I think, was a pretty empty feeling game, granted its been a long time since I’ve played it completely because of my meh feelings towards it. I think it’s my least favorite of the four. I just really wish I knew where my copy of Autumn Riders ever went. >.> But hint: one of my great joys of SSO is that you can actually turn your horse without having to make them go forward first, which is not, in fact, something you can do in Winter Riders, and I think the other Riders games, too. I’m so used to being able to waddle around in a circle before I have to go forward and it’s... very helpful for not bouncing your horse’s nose off a wall or a fence sometimes, ya feel?

So let me just digress into my other nostalgia, too. So, I’ve finally reached the story bits including Scarecrow Hill and I actually got part way up the hill before a stupid live Scarecrow had to go and chase me out, the jerk. I’m in the process of researching with Linda how to appease these scarecrows (and break into Jarl’s Tomb, whoops, sorry, dude, just need to borrow something, yeah? >.>) so I can bounce up the hill and get a Golden Apple so Pi won’t turn my dear Emberblaze into a stick horse next time.

Like, dang it, girl, we have important questions to ask!! What are you doing to Justin’s horse??? Why are you turning my horse into a stick horse??? HE’S DONE NO WRONG, LEAVE HIM BE, HE’S MY BEAN. >.>

Anywhooo, so, of course, the events of Episode Four of Starshine Legacy are, much to my delight, mentioned in these quests - Alex doing the Scarecrow Hill race against Katja.

I also never thought I’d get one of the Star Stable Seasonal games reminiscent style hoodies in SSO, but I think this one (in the last pic) I found in Firgrove and I’ve been really feeling a red theme lately (also hence the change in tack... aka me taking it off of Windriver and putting it on whatever horse I happen to be riding, lol), so I got it and it actually goes nice with some of the stuff I got from the Lifetime store in Moorland, which was also mostly things I thought I’d never really use, but decided to try anyways because I really wanted a change. So, now I’m really feeling it! Though I could maybe use a different helmet... Still thinking about that one. It also puts me in mind of the standard look of the season Star Stable PC games, especially while riding Emberblaze, and I’m kinda down with it.

And usually I would ride Wintermint in Dino Valley, but since I was already up there today, I decided to take Emberblaze and just get it over with while I was in the area, lol. Plus, it’s the only wintery place currently in the game and I felt like I needed a more wintery snap of me and my favorite horse, so I figured a snap in the valley would suffice for now. xD

My crisis now that I’ve unlocked the Fjords though is whether I want a Fjord first or the North Swedish Horse in Goldenhills Stable I’ve been saving for. The Thanksgiving code shaved a week off of my saving for a North Swedish, so, with my current Star Coin count, saving for a Fjord would technically have been the same amount of weeks as I initially calculated for a North Swedish, and I would have about 40 left, so it’d just be another seven weeks before I could buy a North Swedish. I’ve kinda talked myself into getting a Fjord first with that, but I’m still not 100% sure. I think I’d be happy either way, it’s just a matter of what do I want first. xD

Because even as I’m writing this, I’m thinking of that giant floofy face at Goldenhills and leaning back towards the Norht Swedish. AND this is not even letting the fact that a new breed is probably coming out soon as SSO said they were releasing and Aideen knows I’ll probably want one of them, too. xD I’m thinking at least one variation of it will be going in at Fort Pinta because the bay Pintarabian was moved over beside the English Thoroughbred a little bit ago.

And even though its a bit late, I hope everyone had a good holiday, if you celebrate! :3 And even if you don’t, I hope you’ve had a good week/weekend/day, whatever you want to fill in there! :)

[runawayforthesummer]

Chapter 33: Ambush

We’re with Hamilton, a week before the last chapter, as he makes his decision to go to Albany.  I think this chapter should’ve been before the last one but WHATEVER clearly no one listened to me. 

If anyone was going to put an end to this disastrous union it was going to be the Schuylers.

It was up to him to get to them in time.

Again, why didn’t he stay and talk this over with Eliza?  Why didn’t Eliza just LEAVE Morristown herself?  Why does he have to do this?

Obviously she shouldn’t marry this guy but Eliza has basically no agency.  Hamilton saved her.  Her aunt saved her.  Hamilton is trying to save her again in a different way.  Let Eliza do something to save herself!  Stop telling me how strong and independent she is and show me. 

Alex figures he can get there within 48 hours if he switches horses, which he can do as a member of General Washington’s staff. 

No doubt he would be chastised for it when all was said and done, but this was the last chance to win Eliza.  He would risk anything—even his career.

Oh, and we also hear it took Eliza until February 7th to show up in Morristown.  Yeah, no way everything we heard happened in February actually did. 

Timelines are cool, de la Cruz!

He had been awake for nearly eighteen hours at this point, and already logged some thirty miles on horseback that day in the journey from Amboy and had been twice soaked through.  He was exhausted, sore, and chilled, but alternating waves of anger and passion drove him on.

I mean, you’d have been better off getting a night’s sleep.  Or going to Philadelphia and finding JBC and Angelica and pushing them to go to Albany.  If this is just to stop the engagement, better to send them then you anyway. 

And, of course, this gets him in trouble b/c he basically dozes off on his horse and wakes up to others on horses surrounding him.

Bandits!

See?  Should’ve slept!!!

He heard the crack of a gunshot and the whiz of a musket ball past his ear.  A moment later he felt a searing pain in his shoulder and realized the ball must’ve grazed him as it flew by.

Another way he could’ve helped himself?  Not going alone.

You don’t look more heroic because you must do something immediately!  You just look dumb, especially when it gets you in trouble.

Hamilton gets off his horse and shoots one of them. 

As he fell, though, the man’s greatcoat slipped open, and Alex saw a flash of crimson within.

See?  THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T GO ALONE.

Hamilton turns full action hero, though, and stabs another rider with his bayonet.  As the last rider flees, Hamilton shoots him too.

Like?  You just killed three men.  Am I supposed to cheer for this?

And then….OH MY GOD.

He searches the men he killed.

Two of them were devoid of anything other than common implements of war, but the third had a passel of folded papers in his hand, one of which was sealed with wax bearing the stamp of the Continental army.  There were perhaps a dozen officers in the entire army who commanded such an insignia.  It wasn’t his purview—and was probably above his station—but he couldn’t stop himself from opening it.  “My dear Major Andre,” he read, followed by a list of American troop movements.  But the signature at the end was the most shocking part of it all: “Yours very sincerely, General Benedict Arnold.”

N O P E

Why does this woman hate history so much?

AND THEN IT GETS WORSE.

He couldn’t believe that he had stumbled across such a momentous discovery, and knew he needed to report it immediately.  But other business called him north.  Reasoning that Andre would not be able to act without this intelligence, Alex assumed he had a day or two before he was truly derelict in his duty.

Dude, no.  They find this out, that you had this information and did nothing?  They’re hanging YOU.

He takes one of the fallen men’s horses and continues north. 

The next thing he knew he was waking up in an exquisitely soft feather bed.

He’s in a nice bedroom and there’s a boy waiting on him.

He had a Schuyler face: blue-gray eyes and high forehead and small, almost delicate mouth.

Alex doesn’t know how he got there and soon the boy (Philip Jr) is yelling:

“Papa! The deserter is awake!”

[news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog]

50 best tweets that helped us cope throughout 2017

Let's be honest here, 2017 has had nothing but disappointments and mediocrity. 

This tumultuous year has taken such a toll on us that the only thing that made us smile, even a little bit, was our dear old friend and the best place for great memes: Twitter. 

Sure it can be a terrible toilet at times, but at its best, it's all we have. 

At the end of the 2017, we might as well get a laugh out of it to hide our 365 aches. 

SEE ALSO: Twitter confirms it's testing a tweetstorm feature

In no particular order, here are 50 of the most perfect tweets from 2017. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you might even run for office. 

1.

Guys imagine the possibilities of Vine 2. Did Kyle step the fuck up? Can Raven swim? Did Jared ever learn how to read? IS MISS KEISHA STILL DEAD?

— Jen-gle Bells ❄☃ (@Miss_Zelda_Zonk) December 6, 2017

2.

judge: please present your argument millennial lawyer: your honor & members of the jury, yall aint never gonna BELIEVE the fresh as hell tea and receipts i have on the accused...my first point, sis over here is a gemini with a scorpio rising, she's already over & canceled

— william shookspeare (@dracomallfoys) December 5, 2017

3.

On the first day of Christmas, Bob Mueller gave to me A guilty Michael Flynn plea

— hieronymus squash (@brain_koff) December 1, 2017

4.

Just so y’all know I taught my big sister about @CardiB_ today pic.twitter.com/sGt7R1hOwi

— Tiffany Haddish (@TiffanyHaddish) November 26, 2017

5.

Where is @LilJon? Is he “OKAY”?!

— austin nelson (@austinCLGnelson) November 22, 2017

YEAHHHHHHH https://t.co/QNBlZK15lb

— LILJON (@LilJon) November 23, 2017

6.

I accidentally texted my wife with voice recognition...while playing the trombone pic.twitter.com/tWCPSXbbrO

— Paul The Trombonist (@JazzTrombonist) November 21, 2017

7.

my instagram feed: 3 days ago 3 days ago 1 day ago ad five days ago 3 hours ago 6 hours ago 3 days ago 4 days ago 3 days ago 2 days ago ad 1 day ago 1 day ago 3 hours ago 4 days ago 5 days ago 3 days ago 2 hours ago ad

— Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) November 20, 2017

8.

why do i see 2015 harry holding 2010 harry and 2013 harry is behind them, holding 2011 harry pic.twitter.com/WQhSuO9N5P

— kyrstene ◟̽◞̽ (@aIwaysIou) November 19, 2017

9.

bill nye's full name is actually bill new year's eve

— ocular frog (@holyscum) November 19, 2017

10.

the year is 2008. the time: 2:30 AM. you awaken in a sweat. a light illumates your dim room and a sound penetrates the area. you hear the words that come this time every night: “All. My. Friends. Know the low rider.” You see him. pic.twitter.com/hZ38fC4cvI

— LOGAN (@luggin_) November 17, 2017

11.

pic.twitter.com/utp0PqD1zZ

— ️🤳🏾 (@iamkiyonce) November 18, 2017

12.

"sir do u know how fast u were going?" "Officer I..." "and do u know how furious u were going?" "um..." "and do u know how...Tokyo Drift u wer

— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) November 16, 2017

13.

WHAT IS BLAKE SHELTON HIDING BEHIND HIS HEAD. pic.twitter.com/DrQWaCFz9z

— Peter Allen Clark (@peterallenclark) November 15, 2017

14.

Who did this pic.twitter.com/3ZIaaNhRyo

— Professor Snape (@_Snape_) November 6, 2017

15.

ᶜᵃᶰ ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵃ ᵘʰʰʰʰʰ ᶫᵃʳᵍᵉ ˢᵉᵉᵈ pic.twitter.com/8FBFEvwhzI

— memes 🎄 (@memeprovider) November 6, 2017

16.

if #Arthur was an edgy teen drama (Trailer) pic.twitter.com/IDzGbS7Egn

— Daniel Nkoola 🇺🇬 (@DNkoola) November 4, 2017

17. 

I thought DJ Khaled just graduated lmaooooo pic.twitter.com/MuRWx3MqXF

— billy🥀 (@oraltwjnk) November 3, 2017

18.

Stranger Things Stranger Things 2 Strangers and Things 2 Strange 4 Things 5 Things The Strange and the Things: Tokyo Drift Strangest 7

— eric 🐻 (@ericbearden_) November 2, 2017

19. 

steve and billy's fight scene but with toxic by britney spears playing in the back pic.twitter.com/3iGzzrTUCu

— river (@mkewheeIr) November 2, 2017

20.

Last minute costume idea: put on a trash bag and go as 2017.

— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) October 28, 2017

21.

[day after hallowe'en] me: I think I ate too much candy doctor: sorry I can't offer you any treatment me: ok just gimme the trickment

— Marf (@MarfSalvador) October 27, 2017

22.

Bad news: I accidentally washed a nice wool shirt that I really loved and it shrunk a LOT Good news: pic.twitter.com/bPN6uji4ws

— alex tumay (@alextumay) October 24, 2017

23.

offset: I put a ring on her finger quavo: FINGER offset: i hired a priest and a singer quavo: VOWS offset: wut kinda cake I got quavo: POUND

— Zachary Fox (@zackfox) October 28, 2017

24.

when you're just trying to enjoy the fall but existential dread keeps creeping in pic.twitter.com/jjJASoT9vn

— rae paoletta (@PAYOLETTER) October 22, 2017

25.

I've been picking apples in the autumn since before it was cool to post about it on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/9hJLCwV6Fc

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) October 22, 2017

26.

once a dude interrupted me, and a second dude said, "wait, she is saying something." anyway i married the second dude.

— Kathryn Jezer-Morton (@KJezerMorton) October 16, 2017

27.

Can't wait for BLACK PANTHER because Michael B Jordan is playing the most terrifying Marvel villain yet: Your college boyfriend pic.twitter.com/eQDTFRgiBF

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) October 16, 2017

28. 

It’s big/lil season & UPD just got their matches 💗💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/MawdI6zkI8

— Northwest MoState PD (@NW_UPD) October 12, 2017

29.

Pitch: THE OB, a show about a rare blood type that’s a sequel to THE OA and a prequel to THE OC

— Ira Madison III (@ira) October 4, 2017

30.

when you're signing up for a free trial and it asks for your credit card details pic.twitter.com/VsP4ue7Ezv

— Medieval Reactions (@MedievalReacts) October 1, 2017

31.

I save all my best dance moves for food.

— Issa Rae (@IssaRae) October 1, 2017

32.

My dad loves This is Us. These are the different names he's called it: -We are Them -This is Now -Who are You -What is Up

— Season's Tweetings (@Swag_Catholic) September 27, 2017

33. 

the year is 2027. rihanna &her brand have seized the means of production from corporate america. we have universal healthcare. fenty health.

— virgo queen (@EFFLORESCENE) September 25, 2017

34.

U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!

— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017

35.

How come when a house is 'haunted' its always a ghost from the 1700s? imagine a ghost from 2007 screaming "ITS BRITNEY BITCH" at 3 am.

— Amber Joy (@officialambrjoy) September 18, 2017

36.

I just want android users to realize that their snaps look like civil war footage

— Sabria Ⓥ (@glutenfrida_) September 13, 2017

37.

Hi my name is Junie B. Jones. The 'B' stands for lil BITCH YOU CANT FUCK WITH ME IF YOU WANTED TO THESE EXPENSIVE THESE IS RED BOTTOMS

— Madi Wallace (@madimae443) August 29, 2017

38.

me after Amazon lowers Whole Food's prices pic.twitter.com/fTHbiNN9jP

— bootykiller (@tamboochie) August 26, 2017

39.

me: skincare! my other organs: please help us .

— sam (@smeezi) July 26, 2017

40.

I closed my finger in a drawer and yelled "Son of a bitch!" and my 6 yo called from another room "What is it? Is it Trump? What did he do?"

— Kristin (@FeralCrone) June 30, 2017

41.

[enter password] SuperMan [password not strong enough] WonderWoman

— Eden Dranger (@Eden_Eats) June 20, 2017

42.

hey there delilah whats it like in a country that believes in climate change

— i need a girlfriend im 6’4 (@ilooklikelilbil) June 2, 2017

43.

I am an actual state someone help pic.twitter.com/160mC5j9I4

— Natalie Smith (@natalie5mith) May 7, 2017

44.

Glasses are so unattractive 😫😫💔

— K H O L O F E L O (@Ursula_Joy) May 7, 2017

We just tryna see damn https://t.co/w2ZJf4kHQQ

— 🤺 (@MylesAjani) November 9, 2017

45.

The dinner that @fyrefestival promised us was catered by Steven Starr is literally bread, cheese, and salad with dressing. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/I8d0UlSNbd

— Tr3vor (@trev4president) April 28, 2017

46.

Me jumping to conclusions pic.twitter.com/CVdnX6rJ7D

— That (@HeyPariss) February 6, 2017

47.

[first date] Him: Let's take the stairs! Me: I think we should see other people.

— Fickle_Filly (@Fickle_Filly) January 8, 2017

48.

SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO TRACE OUT THE DISNEY STARS' WAND IN THE AWKWARD COMMERICAL OUTTAKES I'M WHEEZING THE LIFE OUT OF MY WHOLE BEING pic.twitter.com/88eZ3LcLSN

— ari (@arigoggles) January 7, 2017

49.

priest: let us offer each other the sign of peace crush: peace be with you me: pls be with me crush: priest: Father: Son: Holy Spirit:

— 🎄 idabells 🎄 (@idasiasoco) January 3, 2017

50.

DATE: You OK? ME: Yeah, sure. DATE: You seem a bit distracted, what are you thinking about? MY BRAIN: pic.twitter.com/DnAxL8Y6Fo

— Brian Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) January 1, 2017

We certainly can't wait for what 2018 has in store.

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