#btw i know i covered what patrick is saying. it reads:

[ybcpatrick]

rip pstump 1984-2023. he forgor

[forest-hashira]

ok i've been on a big nonfiction kick this year and a lot of them have been bangers, but i'm also gonna include some of my favorites from high school/uni (where i got an english degree, so i read A Lot). so, in no particular order:

arc of a scythe trilogy by neal shusterman - i haven't read the third book yet, but i almost didn't walk at my high school graduation ceremony bc i refused to turn the second book in until after i finished it. it's probably my favorite dystopian series i've ever read, bc the concept of humanity having overcome death and having to designate a group of people to curb the population even the tiniest bit? it's a lot to grapple with and i fucking eat that shit up. starting a reread soon! also i have special signed editions of this series. i never go out of my way to get special editions of books.

into thin air by jon krakauer - krakauer's firsthand account of mt. everest's deadliest day (up to that point anyways; it was in 1997). krakauer was invited to join an expedition as a journalist, and just about everything that could go wrong on the way down from the summit, did go wrong. it's gripping, it's terrifying, it's insane. buddy read it with my best friend from high school and we've been on a mission to get everyone possible to read it. cannot recommend it enough.

empire of pain by patrick radden keefe - i knew i didn't know all the details of the opioid crisis (i was a little too young to know what was going on when all the court stuff started happening), but upon reading this book (after watching dopesick, which is also really good & i highly recommend) i realized just how little i knew. all i can say is i hope all the sacklers rot in hell forever. please please please read this book.

an enchantment of ravens by margaret rogerson - standalone fae fantasy book. it's about a romance, but it's YA and not romantasy, so it's not crazy steamy, which i personally prefer. i've read this book no joke six times since it was published. i even bought a second copy and annotated it for a friend last year for christmas. could quite possibly be my favorite high fantasy book of all time. i think about rook almost daily.

s.t.a.g.s. by m.a. bennett - another high school read that holds up upon rereading as an adult, and also another book i annotated for a friend who fucking ghosted me like a year later lmao. it has some of my favorite things: the lake district, tons of film references, fucked up rich people getting (at least somewhat) exposed for their fucked up-ness. this one is also YA so it is about high schoolers, but i actually think it adds to the craziness of the plot. the playlist i made to go with this book is probably the best playlist i've ever compiled.

rozencrantz and guildenstern are dead by tom stoppard - technically a play, but i think this is my favorite assigned reading from high school. it takes place alongside hamlet, focusing on rosencrantz & guildenstern. there are some appearances from hamlet characters, but mostly it's just about r & g. it's an absurdist play, and it gets a bit existential, but it's so good, and definitely worth a read if you're familiar with hamlet - and honestly even if you're not, the context just elevates it imo.

the shepherd's life by james rebanks - i read this during study abroad before we went to the lake district (one of the most wonderful places i've ever been, btw). it's a memoir written by a shepherd from a family who's been shepherds for multiple generations. he recounts how he started to hate the job, tried to leave for school, but wound up back in his family home doing the work he'd hated not too long before. i never thought i would be interested in knowing how sheep are raised in northern england, but i actually found this fascinating.

there there by tommy orange - read this two back to back semesters in uni for 2 separate classes, and i actually sat down and read it cover to cover both times (both in the same calendar year). tommy orange is native american, and this book is about a group of native americans living in oakland, california. all their separate storylines are mostly disconnected throughout the novel, but they all come together at the end in one of the craziest ways possible. warnings for sexual assault/abuse, mentions of genocide, and gun violence.

on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong - it's been a hot minute since i've read this one, but it was also an assigned reading while i was at uni (for one of the same classes i read there there for), and i remember it put me through a rollercoaster of emotions. vuong is a poet, but briefly gorgeous is a novel, and i love the way his prose flows in an almost lyrical way. the main character/narrator, who isn't given an actual name, is the son of vietnamese immigrants, and deals with figuring out his sexuality and growing up in a place that doesn't really accept him, both for his race and for being gay. it's very emotional, so be prepared for that. i want to reread but i'm not sure i'm emotionally prepared rn.

anyone else who wants to add anything to this is more than welcome to! i'm always open to recs

What are your favorite books and why?

I’ve been seeing weird discourse going around about anti-intellectualism, and people are always always talking shit on booktok. I’m tired of it.

No judgments whatsoever—doesn’t matter what age group it was written for or how awful the author might be—I want to know your favorites, I want to know why you love them, and I want this to reach as many people as possible, so please don’t hesitate to tag others!

I’ll start! In no particular order:

A Series of Unfortunate Events - the series that got me into reading in the first place. Also the series that holds the first book that ever gave me a visceral reaction while reading it.

To Kill a Mockingbird - has one of my favorite literary figures of all time (Atticus Finch), some of my favorite quotes, and really just kind of changed how I viewed the world and the privileges I have in it.

Dune - changed the way I look at world building entirely. I’ve only read the first book and only because it was assigned summer reading, but I’m so glad I did. I’ve never looked at fiction the same way.

The Priory of the Orange Tree - I actually can’t pick just one or two reasons. It’s really a fantastic book all around. The world building, the history, the characters, the settings, plus how it all comes together in the end. I’ll never not recommend it to people.

Your turn!

@lady-lauren @kweenkatsuki-fics @entirelysein-e @aceofbooks @monst @theoxenfree

[bqstqnbruin]

1 and 64 on the prompt list for nolpat?? if you dont have time its totally alright !! you can also just do whatever prompt you feel like doing

definitely not simping for nolpat hours rn

1.“I thought you liked love songs!”

64. “I think your cat wants to kill me.”

ok but this is one of my favorite ones. It’s inspired by an episode of Gilmore Girl (couldn’t tell you which one exactly but it involves Max Medina) but I’ve linked the rings within the text in case I don’t describe them right :)

This isn’t violent and it’s also not the one that fixes the violence I committed in the other nolan blurb as a btw

Happy blurb weekend!

_______________________

You were sitting in silence, not talking, both of you on the couch, reading whatever books you had chosen that week. It was mundane, the ice in the ice coffees melting, the toasted bagels getting cold, but it was something the two of you had done since high school, at least monthly, as a way for you and Natalie to unwind and just relax with each other's company. 

The two of you were perfectly content with what you were doing, ignoring your phones, the screens lighting up with notifications, your concentration on the books strong enough for you to not notice.

“Who has been calling me?” Natalie asks, breaking the silence and the concentration. “Nolan?”

You lean over to see her screen. “My Nolan?” 

She shrugs, answering the call and putting it on speakerphone, her finger to her lips signaling to you to be quiet. “Hello?”

“Hey, Nat, are you with Y/N?”

You shake your head, knowing that eavesdropping on this conversation was wrong, but you couldn’t help but wonder. If it got to be too much, you could just leave, right?

“No, I’m at home, I thought she was with you,” she lies, earning a thumbs up from you.

“She’s not. Ok, good,” he sounds nervous, his voice shaking. “I need help.”

You both look confused and concerned by the tone of Nolan’s voice, the shaking in his words and his clearly uneasy breathing. “Nolan, are you ok?”

“Yeah, no, yeah,” he says, letting out a deep breath, “I just got off the phone with Y/N’s parents: they gave me their blessing to ask her to marry me.” 

Natalie screams, you covering your mouth so you don’t give away to Nolan that you’re right there. You two had talked about marriage before, but you didn’t think he was serious about it yet. And you didn’t realize until that moment that there was nothing else you wanted.

“Jeez, Nat, tryna burst my eardrum, eh?” Nolan says, Natalie mouthing, ‘I think your cat wants to kill me,’ to you, referring to the nickname you had picked up for him from his teammate.

You mouth back, ‘he does not,’ while she continues to talk to him. “Sorry, but, you’re going to propose?”

“Yeah, and I need your help planning everything because you’re her best friend and Travis is the human equivalent of a dog before obedience school.” 

The two of them start planning how Nolan was going to propose, the only detail being left out was when and where. “I’m gonna have ‘Make you feel my love’ playing before I ask her.” he tells Natalie, her looking at you to determine if you liked that or not.

You did love that song, but not for a proposal. At least not to have it playing before he asks you. You wouldn’t be paying attention to the music, so you shake your head no. “Ixnay on the ongsay,” she tells him, you rolling your eyes.

“I need you to never try to use Pig Latin again. And I thought she liked love songs like that!” 

“She does, just not for the proposal. Nol, let it be just you and her. Every other detail is good.” 

“Ok, now I’m between three rings.”

“Tell me,” she says, you jumping up and down at the prospect of him already having ideas for you.

“They’re all white gold.” You shake your head yes, Natalie relaying that message before he continues. “The first one is vintage-inspired. It has a diamond in the middle, and then it’s a latticework, a halo of diamonds around it, and three more going down each side of the band.”

You shake your head no, giving a face. You were sure it was beautiful, but it wasn’t you. “No, too much for her.”

“Got it,” he says, something being thrown in the background. “Next is much simpler; the band is almost like an infinity symbol-shaped into a ring, with diamonds lining one of the loops of it before meeting in the center for the main diamond.”

“That’s an option, but I need to hear the third,” Natalie tells him based on your facial expression.

“This one I really like,” he starts, you already getting excited. “Diamond in the center, then it’s a swirl of gemstones leading up to it.” You start shaking your head, Nolan continues, “And I can get it with any stone, so I was thinking either doing her birthstone or doing it so it alternates between hers and mine, you know, so it’s both of us.”

“Oh, my god,” you whisper, knowing it was that one, Natalie putting her hand over your mouth to stop you from making more noise, trying to tell him that he should get that ring.

Nolan lets out a long sigh. “She’s right there, isn’t she?” he asks, clearly annoyed by the antics of you and your best friend, but you knew he was smiling.

“No.”

“Put my girl on.”

She takes the phone off speaker, handing it to you as you both squeal. “Hey, babe.”

“Hey future Mrs. Patrick.” 

[rainy-day-gracie]

Old Friends 2

spencer reid x reader

BTW I kinda imagined this around season 7 Spencer, but you can do whatever you want :)

Chapter 3 has been posted!!

Chapter 2: 

Garcia had a multitude of questions. 

“How long did you guys date? Was he super different back then? Did you guys do the hanky panky? What-“

 I was laughing so hard tears were getting in my eyes. “Garcia, stop. I am not answering questions like that.”

Emily, JJ, and I were all holed up in Penelope’s office. Her colorful knickknacks and stress balls made me smile, and the ladies and I were starting to really form a bond. 

 Emily put her hand on my forearm, faking seriousness. “Okay but- did you?” 

   I turned even redder than I was before. “Well-“

 “Oh my god, that’s a yes!” JJ exclaimed. “Dr. Reid has game!”

 “I’ll say,” I giggled, which caused them to erupt into even more laughter. 

A knock at the door was barely heard over the ruckus of four grown women giggling like teens. Hotch opened the door quickly. “We have a case. It’s kids.” 

A silence quickly fell over the room, and we all left in an instant. 

This was my first case with kids. I knew from the moment we sat down in the BAU room that this was going to be a bad one. 

“In Cedar Crest, New Mexico, two nine and ten year old boys have been found, dead, with both of their shoulders dislocated. Cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.” Garcia pointed to the TV with sad eyes. I looked down at my hands, avoiding the images of the dead boys. “Both showed signs of sexual assault.”

“We know from experience preferential offenders don’t stop until they’re caught, and work their kills methodically and carefully.” Hotch explained in a low voice. “Wheels up in 10.” 

---

“Small towns like this are hard to build a profile around. There’s too much overlap in residents, and Cedar Crest has a population of 958 people.” Spencer glanced over to me, no doubt taking notice of my silence. 

“Alright, when we land, Prentiss and JJ, you are going to interview the families, Morgan and Rossi you’re with me at the dump sites, and Reid and YLN, go to the ME and see what you can find out.” Hotch gave the orders swiftly, not noticing my quiet intake of breath. 

Spencer leaned over quietly and gave my hand a small squeeze. “The first case with kids is always the hardest.” 

---

The ME was good at her job. She explained all the grisly details quickly and without pause.

Walking out of the morgue was like being able to breathe again. I suddenly felt nauseous, and quickly threw up my breakfast over the sidewalk. Spencer wasted no time in holding my hair back until I was done vomiting. 

 “Sorry... this is my first case with kids. When I was a psychologist I studied children with traumatic pasts, but seeing...” I said all of this quickly and tears brimmed my eyes. I looked up at Spencer, his warm hands keeping steady on my shoulders. 

“It’s rough, but we can’t let it distract us from catching this guy.” I took a deep breath and he let go of my shoulders. “You’re one of the strongest people I know, YFN. We are going to get him.” 

Spencer’s phone rang, and both of us seemed to snap out of the trance we were in. “Hey what’s up?” He shut his eyes and sighed. “Okay, see you later.” 

“What is it?”

“He just picked up another kid. Warren Jacobs, 10 year old boy.” 

---

Patrick Younger is a 26 year old man. He’s lived alone all of his adult years and just recently got a job at the local elementary school as a janitor. 

“Patrick Younger, FBI!” Morgan yelled. Spencer wasn’t lying when he said Morgan can sure kick down a door. 

“Split up and search the house,” Hotch ordered. 

I was the lucky one that got the basement. Walking down those stairs felt like I was trapped inside a horror movie. 

The first thing I saw was the small child chained in the corner. And then there was the plate that smashed into my head. 

I collapsed on the floor, dropping my gun on the way down. I scrambled away from Younger, stood up and faced him with my arms stretched in front of me. Younger wasn’t sure what to do next. 

“Patrick, it’s okay.” The words tasted bitter in my mouth, and the sting on my forehead was making it hard to concentrate. “I know you didn’t mean to hurt any of those kids. You loved them.” I inched my feet forward, slowly. 

 He started tearing up, glancing over at the child, Warren, crying and chained in the corner. Blood was dripping in my eyes. “I-I did. I loved them.”

“I know you did, Patrick.” I spoke sweetly, looking him dead in the eyes. 

My fist on his jaw knocked him to the ground. The other fist on his jaw was to make sure he stayed down. And the kick to the balls was just for me. 

I flipped him over, pulling the handcuffs out of my pocket. “You are one sick son of a bitch. I got Younger and Warren!” I called upstairs. The team came rushing down to the basement, and I handed Younger over to Morgan. 

“Are you going to take me home?” A small voice called from the corner.

I looked over into Warren’s big blue eyes. “Yes, I promise.”

---

  Spencer stayed by my side the whole time I was with medics. 

“Spencer, I promise I’m fine.” 

The medic tending to my head snorted. “Oh no you’re not. You need 11 stitches, let’s go, you can ride with the kid. It’s a miracle you don’t have a concussion.” 

Spencer looked dumbfounded. “11 stitches and you think you’re fine? How are you still this stubborn since college?”

I laughed, which made my head hurt. “Go home, Spencer.” 

 He looked confused. “Go home? I’m meeting you at the hospital whether you like it or not.” 

JJ walked up next to him. “Oh yeah, we’re all meeting you at the hospital. Those stitches are going to leave a badass scar.”

“Hey, Agent YLN. It’s time to go!” The medic called out to me from inside the ambulance. The boy, Warren, was on a stretcher inside. 

 As I was getting in, JJ called out to me. “YLN! You crushed this case by the way.” 

---

I hate hospitals. The smell of bleach and the fluorescent lights attacked my senses. 

As I was sitting on my hospital bed, drinking coffee, my room was suddenly flooded with my team members. 

“Hotch, can I go home now? All this fuss over a little cut is just nonsense.”

Hotch chuckled. “I’ll talk to the doctor.” He left, and Rossi handed me a book. 

“What’s this?”

“Think of it as an official welcoming gift from us to you.” Rossi had a twinkle in his eye as he glanced between me and Spencer. 

I looked at the cover of the book. ‘Peu de Poésie’ or ‘Little Poetry’ in English. “How did you guys know I was looking for this book?”

“We didn’t, pretty boy did.” Morgan answered, clapping Spencer on the back. “He told us you would read the English version incessantly at MIT, so we figured we’d get you the French copy as well.”

I hoped the blush on my face wasn’t as obvious as it felt. “Well, thank you guys. It means a lot.” I cast a glance at Spencer. After all this time, he still remembered what my favorite book is.

Hotch walked back in the room. “YLN... wanna go home?”

“Thank god, let’s go!”

[radicalravioli]

Daddys little whore ¡teacher!frank iero smut

Tw.daddy kink,very sexual,alchol .

Frank, Mr iero, frankie , sir , mister , the cool music teacher, the dude that you met at a gig , punk rock 25 year old man who acts like he's 19 . Those are many names that describe Frank iero my music teacher , the one who stole my heart on the first day of freshmen year .

I'm a senior now so I've had a crush on the man for quite a long time.

Of course you can't say he's the sexiest teacher, I mean there's Mr Way out art teacher , Mr Toro our math teacher and

Mr Way number two aka Gerard's brother aka Mikey or our English teacher .

I'm probably the closest with Mikey and Frank , I mean don't get me wrong I still think that Gerard and Ray are cool it's just that. I tell Mikey everything and Frank is the funny teacher that every student adores .

I want to do one thing before heading off to college , and that's hooking up with him .

Yeah that's my plan you heard me.

I've been dressing in some more reviling clothes , I'd wear matching lace underwear with a bra that I had bought specifically for this occasion .

Sometimes I'm in my room alone touching myself to the thought of him and what those tattooed hands could do .

Today I was most definitely gonna get his attention .

~~~

I hurried to Mikey's class knowing I'd be late , I spent the whole night on tumblr and reading some NSFW fics.

Gotta love tumblr .

I put on my normal uniform it's just that I put on knee high black socks , a chain to my usual plaid red skirt , then my Converse and finally a black hoodie that on the sleeves wrote

'Daddy's little whore'

With nothing beneath it .

I was gonna hit it off hard .

I opened the door to English as I spotted Mikey in his chair and the students writing some essay or something .

"Morning Mikey , sorry I'm late" I called him by his fist name witch he never liked , but I was practically his best friend so i had a pass .

"Morning y/n take a seat and if you're late again btw this is the fifth time this week , I'm gonna give you detention got it "he said still glued to his papers .

You see Mikey has gotten suspicious , especially cuz I started to dress like a slut .

I'd usually tell Mikey the details about my crushes and how they look like and so on .

And he'd tell me to go ask him or her out .

But I didn't tell Mikey about Frank , I simply can't . He's his best friend and band mate , I can't just straight up say 'hey I like my music teacher I want him to bang me against his desk and call me his dirty little slut '

Hell nah

So I decided to keep it to myself.

Well mostly myself.

I sat down next to my blond haired bestie and gave him a side hug .

"How's it going my man " I told Patrick

He smiled , turning away from his work .

"Hey there n/n , I'm good " then he looked at my outfit

"Trying to impress ireo again ?"

He whispered, I nodded and took off his fedora to ruffle up his strawberry blond hair .

He scratched his face up and snatched his hat away from me adjusting it .

"By the end of the year I'm gonna smosh with him " I chuckled lightly as the fedorable tiny human smiled at me .

"Y/n , you know that Anthony and Ian put the copyright struck on the word 'smosh' so use it carefully " Mikey said smiling at me .

"It's ok y/n !" Ian yelled across the classroom as Anthony put Ian's hand down and smiled at me before getting back to work .

In a flash the bell rang and all the students left the classroom .

I waved at pat and turned around to face Mikey's hazel eyes .

"Soooooo any new crushes huh y/n "

Mikey wiggled his eyebrows at me as I rolled my eyes at him .

"Yeah" I said fiddling w the sleeve of my hoodie .

I could hear him whisper a small 'yes' and punch the air . I giggled and sat down next to him .

"So tell me all about them " he said taking a sip of his coffee on the table .

I nodded as I tried to think of a way that I can describe Frank to Mikey without him knowing .

"So he's a bit older than me , and has this black hair that is always greasy but it makes him look good and hazel eyes but they are a bit more on the green side then brown and he's covered in tattoos and ugh imagine what those tattoo covered hands can do " I went on and on. Pausing a couple of times go take a deep breath.

"Uh-huh so he has hazel eyes and black hair and Is covered in tattoos.....that sounds like frank" he knit his eyebrows together and sent me a confused look .

Then realization hit him and his face turned from confused to a shocked one .

"Holy shit you're in love with Frank that's why you wore all those slutty clothes it's because of him " he mumbled as I looked at him in panic I thought he was gonna tell me that I'm weird and that I'm some kind of weirdo that falls for way older men .

"You have next class with him , holy crap you need to hook up " he said looking at me  with a smirk , I smirked back and he gave me some advice on him and how to get him easily .

***

I left Mikey's classroom and skipped lunch to hang out with my friends .

As usual we climbed up some tree and sat on a branch while gossiping about teachers and other people

Oh don't forget the part where we smoke and Pete brings booze so we get pretty much wasted before class .

"Come on Patrick it's just a bit of alcohol , don't be a pussy "I slurred as Patrick looked at the bottle and shook his head .

"Pat , Patty , Trick , my best friend come on man get loose " Pete said as Andy and Joe stared at Patrick in amusement .

"I told you guys I'm not drinking " said the blond as he pushed away the flask that Pete shoved in his face .

I sighed looking over to Pats orange juice , I smirked looking at Pete and handing it to him .

"Oh yeah " I whispered as pat was too interested in looking at Ryan Ross and Brandon Uries painting that was hung up inside the school .

Pete poured a good amount of booze in Patrick's juice and winked at me .

***

I heard the bell ring and headed to music .

My time to shine.

I smirked to myself as I entered ieros class .

"Morning Mr Iero "

I smiled at him and his hazel eyes as he looked me up and down eyes glued to my knee high socks .

"Morning y/n , I see you changed up your look today " he smirked at me and my stomach flipped .

I turned pink as I put my hand on his chest rubbing the fabric of his thin dress shirt .

"Yeah , yeah I did the uniform was too old fashioned for me with all those boring clothes" I said as I took a seat .

Frank explained something to the class and I listened carefully , not to him but his voice of course .

It was so stern and husky and god darn sexy .

I pressed my thighs together , I was dripping and I needed some attention now .

I got up from my seat and swayed over to the door as a hand grabbed my wrist .

"Y/n"he said sternly , obviously annoyed by my behavior.

"Yes Mr Iero " I turned to face him .

"Did I say you can leave the classroom ?"

His eyes filled with filth as I started becoming more wet down there .

I shifted in my place and shook my head .

"Detention , see me after class "

I did it , I thought . Taking a seat on my chair and nodding innocently .

Throughout the class Frank has been giving me looks and winking at me from time to time .

It made me wanna jump on him and rape his ass.

***

All the students left the class leaving me with Frank .

I was exited knowing what I'd get for being such a bad girl .

"I'm aware that you know better then not to disobey me sweetheart" he purred as he stood up to look me in the eyes .

"You know bad girls like you get punishments ...." he whispered in my ear as he planed a kiss on my neck .

"Girls like you get to be fucked against the wall for not listening" he took my wrist and made me stand up .

He then forced my lips to his as he put his hands on my waist and I put mine on his chest .

I pushed him on his chair and strangled his hips . His nails dug deep in the skin on my thighs as his tongue danced with mine in the war for dominance .

He moved to my neck to leave open mouthed kisses on my neck , nibbling and marking what's his .

"Oh baby how I dreamed of this moment" he purred against my neck as I took off my hoodie .

His eyes bugged out seeing that there's nothing beneath .

"Aw sweetheart dressing up for me , how nice of you " he smirked and moved to undo my bra .

He yanked it on the desk as he moved to grope them , he took one nipple in his mouth and nibbled making me moan .

He grinds himself on me , his erection obvious.

"Wanna blow me baby ?" I melted in his embrace as I lowered myself on my knees and carefully unzipped his slacks and slid them down .

I palmed him though his boxers as he groaned bucking his hips.

I pulled his boxers down for his erect bud to spring free , as I looked at him hungrily and pressed my tongue against his tip spreading pre cum.

I took him in and bobbed my head as he groaned and slowly fucked my mouth .

He pulled on my h/c locks and moaned , sweat forming on his forehead as his dark brown hair stuck to his skin .

I moaned against him causing to him buckling his hips again and making me gag .

He pulled out his stiff cock , a bit string of drool stuck to it connecting my swollen lips to him .

"You did so good baby , such a good girl". He smirked and lifted me up to his hight , pressing a kiss to my lips as I moved and strangled his hips once more .

He reached under my skirt and moved my panties to the side , his fingers brushing against my wet folds making me moan .

He smirked his hazel orbs filled with lust as he lined himself up with me .

"Now sweetie , are you going to be a good little slut for daddy and let me fuck this tight little pussy in peace or are you going to disobey me and be a naughty little girl" he growled as I nodded .

"Use your words baby "said the brunette as I whimpered . Squirming under his touch .

"Yes sir " I said on the edge of a moan his voice was beyond sexy and I was dripping .

"Perfect "he shot me a smirk before slamming into me , I bit my lip trying to to cry out in pleasure .

A muffled moan escaped his lips as I bounced up and down his dick .

I shifted my hips for him to hit the g spot. As he suddenly hit it , I shut my eyes as squeezed them trying not to moan .

The room started to smell like sex as he was making the most beautiful sounds .

I couldn't hold it anymore and just moaned out in pleasure as he looked at me and dug his nails in my his harder.

He started to twitch as my thirsts became sloppier.

"Y/n - fuck -"he groaned as I reached my orgasm .

"Fuck!" We yelled in sync as we both came , I squirted all over his cock while. A hot liquid ran down my thighs .

He pulled out and patted against my shoulder as I stood up trying to find my panties. The stuck out of the pocket of his dress pants , he put on his boxers and stood up .

"You were very well behaved today miss y/n , you have been excused from math class and I hope you have a lovely day " he said as I headed out the door , suddenly he spanked my ass and left a kiss behind my ear .

"I'll see you sir "

"Hope this happens again "

"The feelings mutual"

***

I chuckled to myself as I entered art sitting next to Pat again .

"You wouldn't believe what happened " I whispered as he turned to me and took out his earbud.

"What " he smiled sending me a confused look

"I accomplished my goal "

I said proudly as his eyes went wide .

He was about to say something as Pete cut him off .

" you hooked up with Iero WHOOO "

Pete fake wiped his tear

"I'm so proud of you , my baby is finally gown up " .

Hi boiz so that was it , like I said PLEASE REQUEST MY BRAIN IS EMPTY JUST DO IT .

Thanks for reading .

[epic-summaries]

Classic Fiction Review: Finnegans Wake

Omg I had this saved in a google doc for months and forgot to post it.

Anyway to the review:

Let me tell you why I started reading this.

So, audible has daily deals and on St Patrick’s day they were selling this. I look at it and go oh I’ve heard of this book and I liked the one James Joyce short story I read (it was The Dead btw). I buy it. It was 3 dollars, how could I not?

Problem, I forgot from where I heard of this book.

Now, it’s on my reading list and it’s its turn to be listened too. It’s 6 in the morning and I’m sleep deprived, I start my car, drive and I start listening. And I’m like wtf?! This is when I remember from where I heard this book. It was a sparknotes article listing the hardest books your English teacher would make you read and this was number 1. As quoted in the article, if your English teacher gives you this, this means they hate you. Okay. https://www.sparknotes.com/blog/classic-novels-ranked-in-order-of-how-easy-they-are-to-study/

I usually don’t go in blind when reading something. Usually, I go on the Wikipedia page and read the intro paragraph, this way I know what I’m getting into. This is not the one book you go in blind! But I’m in it. I bought it and I started. I’m going to finish it. Man was it a ride and a half.

Now that I bought it and read both it in print and listened the an audiobook version (as well as had some time to process this), I’m writing this. I've been thinking about this book way too much.

Plot

Hahahahahahahahaha. What plot?! I think there’s a plot. Maybe? Sorta? It’s there? Hidden I think?

After I decided to buy this online I went to Amazon and Indigo (Canadian book retailer), and when you search Finnegan’s Wake, there was more books explaining the book then there are versions of this book. As well as their summary of the book are all different. I know academics like arguing about everything. But usually it’s about the interpretation of the plot or the interpretation of the characters, not what the bare bones plot is! So if academics can’t agree with what the fuck the plot is, I’m not going to be any help.

I’m also convinced that the plot doesn’t matter.

The Characters

There are characters in here. My favourite is the Jute and the Irishman’s conversation. Yeah. That’s not because of the characters but because of the dialogue.

There’s a character list but if you asked me to name them I would the Jute, the Irishman, I’m pretty sure there was a game show host (seriously I’m not sure if I hallucinated it but the book then becomes a game show at one point.) Someone says Humphrey Chimpden Earwick is the main character.

Tone and Style

This is why I liked this book so much. Which honestly it doesn’t feel right calling this a book. The best comparison I have is that is like one of those mordern paintings. You know the ones. The one with a dot on a white canvas and it represents something like the loneliness we feel because of the crushing weight of capitalism or something. That painting. (Think Kamilah’s art in the Good Place.)

This is what I’m comparing this book too.

So, I have a spreadsheet of all the books I own on audible and I include genre. I called this Experimental. Might be an understatement. (If you haven’t noticed this is the first book I have read in this genre. Start with Virginia Woolf? Naw. Fyodor Dostoyevsky? Nope. Crime and Punishment? No. Ulysse would have probably been better. No, I just jumped into the deep end.)

Guys this piece of art starts in the middle of a sentence! That’s not a typo! It literally starts in the middle of a sentence! Then, want to know how it ends? Which the beginning of this sentence. It’s a never ending loop of surrealism!

These are the ramblings of a madman. A man so high on his own hubris he never stopped to think if he should write this? Or maybe Carl Jung was right and he was really schizophrenic? I highly doubt it because you don’t diagnose people through their writings.

And I loved it. I never enjoyed feeling stupid more then engaging in this book. Am I masochist?

I finally found a book harder to recommend then Les Misérables! Seriously, I have no idea if I recommend reading this book.

The audible version which btw is abridged kind of, there are many copies out there. I usually listen to books at 1.25 or 1.5. This I suggest keeping it at normal speed.

The physical copy I own. Look at that cover, I’m not the only one comparing it to Mordern Art.

[jessamygriffin]

The Legend

Dear @youcantdothatpod

Hello, Hockey Coven, it is I, one of the two responsible for the Pierre-Édouard Bellemare DreamBoat Manifesto of old, penning this under my normal Tumblr journal instead of the hockey one for no good reason, and I come to you, with respect, and with full knowledge of certain coven members love of Russian players (though this one is not a Siberian) to ask for either a history lesson or dream boat nomination for my guy - for having an interesting life, to say the least. He is my favorite Russian player. Yes, possibly even over Ovi. 

And yet he never made the NHL.

Oh. My. GOD. some listeners must be thinking at this point. Why even BOTHER with this guy??? he’s not in the fucking NHL!

(And can I just say, in this case, we must never be the Bettmans of the hockey world, who was bloated with hubris thinking to bring hockey like a Messiah to the unenlightened Asian continent a few years back [ha ha fuck off, they’ve had hockey here as long as the NHL has existed? I live in Japan btw] and we must not think that the NHL is the end-all-be-all of hockey aspiration. It wasn’t. It isn’t. Times were different. There wasn’t even a KHL at the time our story begins.)

I bring him to your attention because he is THE BEST.

His story begins in the Siberian IHL, passing a pretty tough try-out as a kid to start playing for the Red Army team, CSKA Moscow.

I feel like I ought not throw in all his info here? Maybe just a few highlights? And some comments. Ok who am I kidding it will get long.

Here: Vladislav Tretiak.

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, goalie, current president of the IIHFR.

He won a lot of shit. I’ll just link the Wiki here - it’s a list.

He looks kinda like Spock, but in the best red-blooded ways, not that I would ever judge anyone for wanting to get freaky with a green-blooded half-alien. His goalie training looks a lot like cossack dance.

(MUTE THIS VIDEO THO)

There’s some other worse quality vids of him doing similar and playing with his son, so. There’s that. Skip ahead to the tennis ball part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfOsCVakvs

He started hockey kinda late, at age 11.

And Canadian hockeys LOVED him. *See below pic of jersey swap with Wayne Gretzky for proof.

Really, you gasp. Say it ain’t so! Impossible!!!

Truth.

How did the so-called hockey world (which of course was based in NA according to old boring hockey men) discover this Dumbo-eared wunderkind? The 1972 Summit Series.

(Yes, he grew his hair out and covered the mudflaps, and it was MUCH BETTER, sorry Vladdy.)

‘Ho hum,’ said the Canadians, ‘Russia thinks they are good at hockey, how ‘bout we have the Summit Series and quash their pretensions? That gold medal in Sapporo? a FLUKE. Ha ha, look at their goalie, this will be a cakewalk, he let in EIGHT GOALS in this game we just saw, oh well, let’s go have a beer and light up a dart, eh, boys? Eight games, pfft. We’ll sweep them.’

Joke was on them - Vladdy or Vladik was gettiing married the next day and weirdly? Couldn’t concentrate.

Summit Series ended up with one tie, 3 Russian wins and 4 Canadian, with the Canadians playing their dirty rough style, and the Russians their smooth, machine-cog style. That series was a gongshow of biased refereeing, Russian goal judges not turning on goals lights, and teams leaving the bench to have Canadian or Russian tantrums. Actual ankle-breaking occured.

Canadians had two goalies. Russian had one. He was 20. My boy. He KILLED it. And to say the Canadians were pretty horned about about this alien cheekboned man-child after expected a blow-out? MASSIVE understatement, HUGELY horny. As they should have been. Ken Dryden LOVED him. Jacques Plante himself, maybe feeling sorry for the kid, came and talked to him before the tournament started and let him know how different players would try to score. ‘A big help,’ Vladdy said. ‘I don’t know why he did that.’  LOTS of players were in awe. Canada was turned upside, Toronto became Tijuana and nothing was ever the same. The Interest in Russian Players was, officially, a Thing. (Kharlamov was a big part of the interest but that’s a whole ‘nother story.)

The horniness was, in fact, so uncontainable that several NHL teams expressed an interest, and one team was bold enough to draft him in 1983, when he was the ripe age of 31, which at the time was not TOTALLY hockey-old for goalies and players like it is now. Yes, the Habs. Consider that 3 years later rookie Patrick Roy backstopped the Canadiens to several Stanley Cups, and imagine what they could have been even earlier, with Tretiak. HOooooO.  Serge Savard hit up Moscow four times during the winter of ‘84 to try and secure his release.

Russian wouldn’t let him go, of course. Tretiak was a only lieutenant-colonel in the Soviet army, and not playing the high level hockey he had previously, and thusly COULD be replaced in the system. Soviet officials ultimately vetoed a transfer. “Oooh his dad was a major, how can we let this son of a distinguished man go and play HOCKEY, it’s a disGRACE!” Or at least that’s what we were told. Okay, Jan.

He quit playing at age 32. Thirty fucking two!!!  He’d done his 4th Olympics in a row by this point in 1984, and had the honour of carrying the flag for his nation, though he said it was probably because no one else had done 4 Olympics in a row. He wanted to spend more time with his family, and asked Tikhonov, coach of the national team and CSKA to let him have, ya know. Quality family time. (You’ll remember this douche from previous Russia Hockey Stories.) Tikhonov said, no, you live at the compound like everyone else for 11 months of the year. Ah ha ha.

Roll back a few years, for a grudge. Tretiak, if you’ll recall from the Miracle on Ice, was pulled from the game against the Americans by ol’ Tikky after letting in ONE (1) goal in the first period. All the Russians knew, but would never say until much much later, what a massive mistake that was - and you know the Miracle story anyway. Tretiak said himself it was a mistake, and he wouldn’t have lost the game. 

So, all things considered, in spite of having loads of playing life left in those kicky legs, Tretiak noped out and retired, for the reason of  being denied time with his family. And not getting to go abroad to play, which was probably a bitter pill and so quitting while he was still useful was a good Fuck You to the officials who used him up like a tissue playing hockey for his team and country. And of course, he was exhausted. At age 32.  "I'd played fifteen years with the Army Club and the National Team without a break. Backup goalies came and went, as did three generations of forwards and defensemen, but through four Olympic Games, all the important ones with the professionals, all the World Championships, all the Izvestia tournaments, it was I who played in the net."

Frankly, he should have just defected like others did later. Sent his family to watch him in a tournament and done a Sound-of-Music-esque Von Tretiak escape out the Zamboni exit, over the mountains and far away.

He would have been the first if he had. One of the most famous players in Russia, leaving for a career in the corrupt West. I’m glad he at least thought about it a little, even if it never happened. God, that would have been great. I’m glad that the NHL were able to pull their xenophobic heads from their asses enough to know greatness, and to want that brilliance shining on their teams.

But really, in the end, the man done him dirty. “In spite of aggressive discussions with Soviet authorities, Canadiens' general manager Serge Savard was unable to secure Tretiak's release for Montreal. "I would have loved to play in the Forum," Tretiak admits. "I was hoping to one day play in the NHL. I would have liked to do it even for just one season. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. I regret not having the chance." “

Still, the NHL and hockey in NA didn’t forget him. There were laurels left to be given.

He was the first Russian to be inducted into the HHoF, and the first to be entered without ever having played in the NHL.

Was he done with hockey? Heck no. Remember when I said Canadians loved him? It may have been mentioned a time or five.

In 1988, hockey royalty got married - Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones. Befitting royalty, her dress cost $40,000, and gifts filled three rooms of the hotel. Notably, amongst them was a gold swan from a certain Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak. Why??? Swans are good luck, said Vladdy. They mate for life. And lo, the couple is still together.

In 1990, Mike Keenan hired him to be a goalie coach for the Blackhawks, and was (again) so turned on by his mastery that he suggested the 38 year could still play in the NHL? Vladik laughed and said no, but coaching was the next best thing. He worked with the best - Belfour, Hasek, Thibault, and you’ll be shocked that loads of tendies wear his #20 in tribute. He runs - or ran? website not updated in a while - the most challenging goalie school in NA in Toronto in summers.

He worked with the ‘Hawks until 2007, and then went on to be a pillar in Russian hockey leadership. Coach. Etc.

He wrote a book, which was really what got me into Russian hockey - it was wild to me at the time when I read it in high school some (Cough cough) years ago, so alien. But it’s chock full of the stories you love. His first coach Tarasov, wanted him because he was ‘tall’ (6′ is tall in Russia???) and had ‘huge hands’ and reminded him of Jacques Plante. The book’s pretty frank about hockey history and the role ‘Miracle on Ice’ played into a kind of American propaganda, which is refreshing. He was politely horrified by seeing Canadian players smoking. His training was bonkers, and included tree-climbing at speed. The Russian team was always trying new stuff, and one time decided on sports psychology, which a teammate helpfully volunteered Vladik for, ‘He’s the most important player, he’s the last defence, work with him!’ (since no one else wanted to). The positive thinking mantras seemed to work as at the next practice they were amazed by his clean play and kicks. But lol, no, next game he got blown out, and was probably glad to send the sports shrink on the way.

And he was crushed  when his teammate, Valeri Kharlamov, with whom he played so long, died at the young age of 33 in a car accident. But Kharlamov is a guy for another section of Hockey Histories.

So. This dream boat.

Ok. I know y’all prefer a defection story, and I think some listeners also? But. Here’s the thing. It’s sexy and romantic but also traumatic as fuck to ditch your country, your life in that political climate, to play the game. And dangerous,  shit man. 1983. U.S.S.R.!!! People still got disappeared! It was fine to treat players like garbage and lock them up for months in a compound and not let them see family! And I sometimes get the feeling that people consider the NHL the pinnacle, like, what a fool is Tretiak? who wouldn’t throw away everything to play NHL hockey? But that’s like, Bettman thinking, that the NHL is the best and perfect when we all know it’s fucking garbage, I know the current KHL has issues, SO MANY it would be a three hour podcast to talk about! So there’s no high ground, really. And in the end, Vladislav Tretiak made a choice that did good by himself, going on to a successful post-hockey career and the upper echelons of Russian hockey, and did well by his family, and of course, being patriotic is sexy, as anyone screeching at their team during the current World Cup of hockey knows. It’s okay that he stayed there. It’s fucking sexy NOT to defect, sometimes. Dude was a champion either way, his life is not a tragedy or lesser for not having played in the NHL and I really want people to know that. 

"For me, it was all, and all of it is with me forever."

Yes, there is life and hockey beyond the NHL. 

And it’s beautiful.

[the-busy-ghost]

Agnes Stewart- some random notes on her career and a bit of a rant about her relationship with Margaret Tudor

I have to make yet another correction of a minor but common mistake littered in accounts of Margaret Tudor’s career, and though this isn’t a particularly coherent post I had to set some things straight anyway.

Agnes Stewart, was the last of James IV’s definite known mistresses, not ‘Isabel’. It was Agnes who was the mother of Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, later governess to Mary Queen of Scots and mistress of Henri II of France, who, btws, was likely born no earlier than 1508 and probably much later, not on 17th July 1502 as wikipedia incorrectly has it (that’s probably Janet Kennedy’s second kid). She was the only one of James IV’s mistresses to begin her relationship with the king after his marriage (though his relationship with Janet Kennedy had continued after August 1503, it’s unclear if she became pregnant by him again after giving birth to her third child later that year).

Agnes was, however, still a daughter of James Stewart, Earl of Buchan, and thus granddaughter to Joan Beaufort- this made her first cousin once removed to James IV, and second cousin of Margaret Tudor’s father Henry VII. She was illegitimate, but Agnes and her siblings were children of Buchan’s long-term recognised mistress Margaret Murray, and had certain inheritance rights and status.

(A later sixteenth century depiction of Joan Beaufort, queen of Scots, Agnes Stewart’s paternal grandmother)

Because the Treasurer’s Accounts cut out at an inconvenient point in 1508 till 1510, we don’t have much direct information about her relationship with the king, and her presence at court is very sparsely documented, except for a few early mentions of Agnes and her sisters at court in 1507-8. However, in the record of cloth given out as gifts at New Year, Agnes appears among several of the queen’s household, notably just after Margaret Tudor’s loyal attendant Mistress Denton, and though it might be a tad ambiguous I’d say she was probably one of the ladies of the queen, and quite a prominent attendant at that. We don’t know how Margaret reacted to her husband’s relationship with Agnes, though it wasn’t wholly private. There was a spate of royal grants to members of Agnes’ family throughout 1510 and 1511, and on 24th April 1511 Agnes herself was granted ward of all the possessions that had passed into the king’s hands after the death of her half-brother the Earl of Buchan, while she was also granted the surplus of the Crown’s rents in the barony of Auchterhouse the same year. She does not appear back at court when the accounts resume in 1511, but it would probably have been difficult to fully disguise James’ relationship with her, given the level of favour shown to her family members, and her previous position in attendance on the queen. Their child is not recorded as being raised at court though- aside from the fact that Janet was probably born in 1510 or 1511 and therefore was only a toddler when her father died, all of James’ other illegitimate daughters seem to have remained in the care of their mothers (though their father took responsibility for things like arranging marriages)- except Margaret, whose mother had died, and who was therefore raised in luxury at court. 

Agnes’, relationship with the king likely ended by late August 1511, when she was married off to Adam Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, by whom she had one son, young Patrick. Patrick Hepburn became 3rd Earl of Bothwell after Agnes’ husband died at Flodden only two years into their marriage- so there’s yet another correction, contrary to what it says in the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII (and copied by Maria Perry), the earl of Bothwell was NOT Agnes’ uncle, but her young son, and Janet Stewart’s younger half-brother.

(Portrait of a man often identified as James IV- but if so it’s probably his most flattering portrayal)

There is another note to be had here the title of earl or countess of Bothwell is SEPARATE to that of ‘lady Bothwell’, which was the way that another of James IV’s mistresses, Janet Kennedy, was commonly addressed. This is because some decades back the Hepburns, who became earls of Bothwell, had given up the actual Bothwell castle to the Earl of Angus, Janet Kennedy’s former lover, who granted it to her, and James IV confirmed this when she became his mistress. So Janet Kennedy was ‘lady Bothwell’ by possession of castle of that name, but Agnes was Countess of Bothwell as she had married the man who held the title earl. But sometimes English commentators got mixed up so the sources can be confusing if you don’t have any context- and that will be covered more in a moment.

After Flodden, Agnes soon married again, rather hastily to Alexander, Lord Hume in June of 1514 at Crichton Castle, (fun note, the Earl of Angus’ second countess Katherine Stirling had had an illegitimate child with Hume a couple of years before- it really was a very small society). After this marriage- and her two subsequent marriages- however, she was still usually referred to as Agnes Stewart, Countess of Bothwell. 

(Crichton Castle, seat of the earls of Bothwell and scene of Agnes Stewart’s second marriage to Lord Hume. Not my picture)

This means that yes, the ‘Lady Bothwell’ who was with Margaret Tudor in Morpeth during that particularly straitened Christmas of 1515, a few months after the queen had fled across the border, was Agnes Stewart, probably her former lady-in-waiting, and definitely her husband’s ex-mistress. Not Janet Kennedy, another of James IV’s mistresses and the actual Lady Bothwell- as I said, English commentators sometimes used Scottish titles wrong. She was most likely there since her husband, Lord Hume, was also in exile for having fallen out with Albany, and they were also accompanied by Margaret Tudor’s husband Angus (the younger one, not the one discussed above), and the English Lord Ogle and Lady Musgrave. This may therefore have been a gathering that was as much politically necessary as personally congenial, but there’s really no evidence that Margaret was interested in spiting the Countess of Bothwell when she had so few allies as it was, and certainly I can’t imagine why Patricia Buchanan has her rubbing Agnes’ face in it by parading around in the dresses recently sent to her by Henry VIII. Overall we seriously don’t KNOW enough about the emotions involved in Margaret and Agnes’ relationship- or even Margaret’s thoughts on her first husband’s extramarital relations in general- to come to any kind of conclusion, so it seems a bit stupid to me that Margaret’s biographers assume that she would go out of her way to spite the wife of one of her major allies (who was also a substantial landowner in her own right)...

(This got longer than I expected so more below the cut)

(If anything the one mistress we know Margaret DID kick up a fuss over was the earl of Angus’ relationship with Jane Stewart of Traquair. Conveniently she was Agnes’ niece and also descended from the Beauforts- as I say it was a small society. Either way though, that was a few years in the future).  

Some months before this Christmas meeting, when Margaret Tudor was handing over the keys of Stirling to Albany in 1515, Hume had been busy fortifying Fastcastle. At this point it appears that Agnes still had possession of her son the earl of Bothwell, despite her remarriage (though she was not tutor). This state of affairs didn’t last for long- in 1517, Albany made her give up Bothwell to la Bastie, and he was later taken to France after la Bastie’s murder. Agnes later complained bitterly about this to the privy council- again she had technically remarried so it’s debatable over whether she should have had control of her five year old son anyway, but it does seem clear that she was not exactly trusted by Albany to have possession of an important earl. By this point Agnes had also lost her second husband, again after only two years of marriage, Alexander, Lord Hume having been executed by Albany in 1516. Agnes had had one daughter by Hume, another Janet, bringing her up to a total of three children in all.

(Probably the most famous portrayal of Margaret Tudor, from the seventeenth century portrait by Daniel Mytens)

She still continued to bear the title Countess of Bothwell, and would do so for decades. In the early 1520s she married again, to Robert, Lord Maxwell (she is not to be confused with his father’s wife, Agnes Stewart of Garlies). In 1520 Margaret Tudor granted a lease of various lands in the Ettrick Forest to ‘our well-beloved cousiness, Agnes Stewart, Countess of Bothwell’ (with the pemission of her husband Angus). This looks to have been a private act, rather than Margaret acting for her son the king, so while it may just have been another example of the ordinary traffic in lands among the Scottish nobility, it must remain interesting as one of Margaret’s recorded private actions. Maxwell would increasingly lean towards Margaret’s faction in the 1520s but it it was a period of complex politics and shifting allegiances so I hesitate to read too much into this. For her own part, Agnes had made a third marriage to a prominent and powerful nobleman on the Borders, and in her person- and through her children- she stood at the centre of several important family networks in the region, as the dowager Countess of Bothwell and mother to the current Earl; as the widow of Lord Hume; as the sister of several other lesser nobles in the Borders such as James Stewart of Traquair and Elizabeth, Lady Hume of Cowdenknowes; as the wife of Lord Maxwell, warden of the West March; and, from 1523, as mother-in-law to Lord Fleming through the marriage of her daughter Janet Stewart (half-sister herself to King James V).

Agnes was primarily responsible for arranging the match between her daughter Janet and Malcolm Fleming, the new chamberlain, and in later years a favoured counsellor of his brother-in-law James V. Agnes is also mentioned alongside her husband in quite a few grants under the great seal, and in later years both Maxwell and Agnes seem to have remained high in James V’s favour even when Agnes’ son Patrick, Earl of Bothwell, was definitely in the bad books (one thing I’m not sure gets enough attention is that when Maxwell and Fleming later took control of the earl of Bothwell’s lands on the king’s orders, they weren’t just any nobles, but Bothwell’s stepfather and brother-in-law respectively). Agnes didn’t officially receive letters of legitimation until the minority of Mary Queen of Scots though, in the year 1552, when she must have been at least around sixty (this was also a year after her elder daughter had a son by the French king and was sent home by the way). She also, in her later years, made a fourth marriage, to Cuthbert Ramsay, the captain of Crichton Castle, which had been in her possession since the reign of James IV forty years earlier, and had been the scene of her second marriage to Hume.

(This is just a brief sketch, there are other references to her. One of my favourite glimpses of Agnes in her later years is when a letter to her son-in-law Lord Fleming in 1543, during the complex politics of Mary Queen of Scots’ early minority, mentions in passing that “...my lady Bothwell your good mother and the good wives of Edinburgh are all good Scots women and say stoutly that they shall supply you [Fleming] so far as they may…”. Which is a slightly frightening prospect if you ask me and I would not like to have been Fleming’s enemies if Agnes Stewart and all the good wives of Edinburgh were assisting the other side.)

This is not meant to be a comprehensive overview of Agnes’ career, but just a bit of a rant about yet another bunch of details that are wrong or overexaggerated in the mixed bag of biographies of Margaret Tudor that have been half-heartedly produced over the decades. What we do basically know about Agnes is that she apparently played a very active role in family politics, marriage negotiations, and land transactions, that she bore three children by different fathers- two of whom were apparently ‘fair’ and had pretty adventurous careers- that she was accorded a considerable degree of respect among the noblewomen of Scotland, and that she does come to have come into contact with Margaret Tudor at several key points in her life. Which is still fascinating, if extremely under-documented- we just don’t need to assume anything about the emotions of the people involved and can still extract some interesting information from the few sources we have.

I’ve not referenced this because, as I say, this isn’t actually giving the full run-down of Agnes’ career, just a rant based on some (though not all) of the things I came across in my dissertation. But if there’s anything anyone’s confused about or wants the particular source for, ask.

[markipliergamegifs]

My List of My Fav Videos From 2017!!

Hold onto your hats kids, this is gonna be a long list cause I have no self control with these types of things. I LIKE THEM ALL SO MUCH I CAN’T NARROW IT DOWN! I had to stop myself from watching all of these over again lol They are in chronological order too btw

My Mom Plays Five Nights at Freddy's (starting off the year right, with this fantastic video)

THE ULTIMATE BET (where we found out Mark’s real age is 7 years old)

Markiplier's Adventures 2 (there was just something fun and special about this fan game! and Tiny Box Tim and Tiny Box Tina were so cute! pls more fan games in the future)

How Do You Pronounce "Archive"? (this was cool cause it was one of the first videos he did where he got fan participation in the video)

Markiplier Makes Fanart (loved this, so much fun)

Buried (this game was so cool, cause the story was great and I was waiting excited every day for a new video)

I've Got Something for YOU!! (he made fans twitter banners and it was amazing)

Golf With Friends (always fantastic)

Resident Evil 7 (I really loved this game okay)

Friend Yoga (where Mark and Tyler try not to kill each other while doing yoga)

Mr. Massagy - Part 1 (so fun)

Cards Against Humanity (they are the worst kinds of people)

BALLOON ANIMAL CHALLENGE (laughed so much)

Raft (mark goes insane on the ocean)

ghost dog (chica is a ghost)

Markiplier Makes Videos (all of them are on this list cause they are amazing and one of my favorite series)

Markiplier Footballs the Super Bowl (this is was a lot of fun but also Mark abandons Tyler at the park)

The Challenge Challenge (best challenge vid)

I'M SORRY!! (Ethan and Tyler are mean to Mark and we all loved it)

A DATE WITH MARKIPLIER and also the Bloopers (the start of something so amazing the my heart can’t handle it and neither can the fandom. definitely gonna binge this year on Valentine’s Day)

Oxygen Not Included (a great game, so amazing I bought it)

Markiplier Going on TOUR!? (hilarious and amazing)

SAVE MARKIPLIER (that time Mark and the gang were trapped in Boston so he punched all the snow)

Winter is Coming - OFFICIAL TRAILER (that time Mark and the gang were trapped in Boston and Mark went crazy)

OneShot (a great game that Mark keeps saying he’ll finish)

THIS GUY is allowed to STREAM?! CHARITY????? GONE WRONG? YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT! GONE VIOLENT! CRYING! (okay..okay..I couldn’t not include this stream as one of my favorites, cause it’s where Mark called me on Skype! I was the first one they called and still almost a year later I’m like WOW THAT WAS ME)

360 VIDEO | Let's Play Minecraft | Part 1 (the return of Google)

Markiplier Bounces on a Trampoline (so meme-y)

click here if you want to see unending sadness (that time we celebrated Wade’s birthday instead of Mark hitting 17 million)

Don't Play This Game (that time Dark appeared in a Let’s Play)

You're Welcome (that time Mark fell on his ass and it was hilarious)

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (this game is amazing, I need more always)

Markiplier TV and Bloopers (that time the egos all came back and everyone lost their shit over it. one of my BIG FAVS from this year)

PREY (great game!)

spongebob meme (i love memes, what can I say)

FIDGET SPINNERS RUIN LIVES (”You’ve been in there since St. Patrick’s Day!)

Kindergarten (also a good game!)

Google Gets An Upgrade (Google is back and say hello to Bing!)

Quick Message! (this was freakin adorable)

World's 4th Quietest Let's Play (so quiet, so many mouth sounds)

Reading Your Comments #18 (so good, it has Chica hiccups and Amy doing Mark’s makeup)

Mario Kart w/ Ethan - Part 1 (THE GOO)

snoot (best vid of 2017)

Doodly Doo | Markiplier Remix (sprintin down the hallway!)

putting on AND taking off 48 SHIRTS (it’s always funny when they take them off and Mark get’s squooshed)

My longest hello everybody ever (he turned 28 and this was the first thing he did)

I Google Myself (I love this)

Crash Bandicoot N'Sane Trilogy (pls more, I love)

Dream Daddy (A GOOD GAME)

DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE and Bloopers (the video people wanted in a way they didn’t know that they also wanted)

West of Loathing (BEST GAME OF 2017 OKAY)

The Man With No Shadow (best original song. mark started singing this at the Louisville show but then realized he didn’t know the words)

MaRkiPLieR JuSt WatChES aS PeOple Fu$^!NG DIE (best sub reddit ever and brought me so much joy)

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud - Cover (so beautiful and amazing, so proud of Mark)

Who Killed Markiplier? and Bloopers (what can I even say about this, so so amazing. so proud of the team and also killed the fandom again and still is killing us to this day)

JIM NEWS (The Jims have a special place in my heart and I love them and will protec)

Van Vlogs (such an amazing idea! like honestly, thank you for bringing us with you on your adventures)

Playing Dead with CHICA!! (chica is cute and deserves everything in the world)

nyoom (this video was just so badass?????)

The Evil Within 2 - Part 1 (more interactive streams!)

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go - Cover (so beautiful and so much improvement!)

7 Second Challenge: KNOCK-OFF DAN & PHIL (always funny)

BALLOON ANIMAL CHALLENGE #2 (where is the proboscis?)

Don't remember (woke up and watched this and then couldn’t get back to sleep cause OMG WTF IS HAPPENING)

big MOOD? (this was a big mood)

Chica's First Ball Pit (I love the Chica’s FIrst videos so much omg!! Also why is there no playlist of these, it’s a crime)

Mashed Potato Bath Tub (hiding in my room to watch this video while my family was downstairs on Thanksgiving)

Five Nights at Freddy's: Pizzeria Simulator (I really enjoyed this game, fun times)

Cuphead (omg such an amazing game, so well done, inspired) 

Are You Ready For Christmas QUIZ (laughed...so much)

Doki Doki Literature Club (it brought the spooks in the best way)

CHICA'S FIRST SNOW (saw this after opening presents on Christmas and it was so beautiful my mom didn’t even realize it was Mark singing and gosh, the most pure video ever, also the Peanut’s Christmas is my fav so 11/10)

And here it is! My way-too-long list of favorite Markiplier video’s from 2017!! This took me 2 hours lol There were just so many good one’s this year!! Thank you Mark so much for all the amazing videos you make for us. It’s so inspiring every day. I look forward to all the videos you’ll make this year~

<3

[flayallstertorturedmind]

Fukuda Interview report *UPDATED* A while back, I did promise a Fukuda interview. Well here it is (even though it's not the same one). This was taken from Fukuda's appearance at Kyoto University on Nov 23rd. The interview report was posted on Char Custom BBS and its contents have been confirmed by people who attended this event. Warnings (at the event): - No autographs or handshake - No tape-recording or video-recording - No use of cell phones It started off with Fukuda saying "please don't post this (interview report) on the internet" and he kept repeating this throughout the event. Apparently Fukuda never worked for Tomino. Q: Reasons why you became part of the anime business? A: I love Tomino-san! Only saw the last part of G. My favorite series is Turn A. Haven't watched anime in the past 10 years. Instead, watched a lot of drama and movies. Star Wars is my favorite movie. Tomino hates Titanic. Though I like it *laughs* Q: Difference betweeen reality and anime? A: After all, anime's war is only a fashion. I read newspapers like Mainichi and Asahi, but anime isn't really serious. They call it "anti-war discussion", but can't comprehend it because it's hard. With my son, I only discuss war on the level that it is bad. Q: Difference between First (MSG) and SEED? A: First was during the Vietnam War era while SEED was created during the Iraqi War. They say war, war, but it's only a robot anime afterall. Gundam elapsed on its own through the times so I wanted to bring it back to a pure robot anime, Combattler V-type. Q: Are Mwu and Raww Newtypes? A: Both are the last remaining Newtypes. They were the last Newtypes in the world so I wanted to write a story where non-Newtype people try to solve the problem. Q: Any plans for the next series? A: I can't say it. It's top secret. Movie plan was killed. There are plenty of Gundam and Mr. Tomino is still doing it so please guess. (translator's note: talking about the Zeta compilation?) Q: Why did Waltfeld live? A: Originally, I didn't plan for him to live, but let him live because there weren't a lot of cool adults left. When I saw the VA's acting on screen, I said to myself, "Man, he's not going to die." When Morita-san heard that, his face had a look saying, "What are you saying when he's planning to die." Q: About Yzak? A: He wasn't really a hot-blooded-type character, but his personality changed due to Seki-san's (Tomokazu Seki = VA for Yzak) acting. Q: About Dearka? A: Dearka wasn't suppose to switch sides, but I made it happen since the sales of Buster Gundam were bad. Sasanuma, Dearka's voice, had a real sweet voice so it was hard for him to completely become a bad guy. Q: About the 3 dudes (aka EA Gundam pilots)? A: I'm not going to give out their profiles. Just between ourselves, they are criminals sentenced to death. They plea bargained as Gundam pilots in return for lesser punishment. Q: About Raww, Azrael and Patrick Zara A: They are type of people you can't talk to to solve things so their deaths were forthcoming. Q: About Athrun? A: Unlike Kira, Athrun was a disciplined soldier at the start. Which is why I eventually had to 'break' him, but that didn't happen until episode 36 *laughs* Q: About Cagalli? A: Even though she told Kira that he's a coordinator, she has no discrimination feelings. Her father told her to study, but that's not her personality which is why she piloted Rouge. Originally, Fllay was suppose to pilot it, but I made them change it halfway. Q: About Lacus? A: People say they don't really understand Lacus and even the staff don't. Only I and Morozawa know her. Her personality never changed from the start. Q: About Fllay? A: A worried woman who was looking for a place to stay. Q: About Fllay's Lalah-esque meaning? A: The title of that scene was "What Fllay wanted to tell him." (a way to let the audience know what Fllay wanted to say). However a dead person can't express their feelings so Kira never heard those words. Which means Kira never got to know Fllay's feelings and he has to carry the burden of her death. Q: The finale you had in mind? A: Fllay was suppose to be a human bomb. She returned as a human bomb to Archangel. She was going to blowup outside of the ship along with Ssigh. Then Kira was going to die with Athrun losing an arm... Q: The meaning of the neutral country Orb? A: That's just an ideal. Japan that is. However, they weren't occupied. Think about it, in order to be ruled you need massive military power and that's troublesome. Q: Any thoughts on any episodes? A: Hmm, names... I'm not good at naming. Idea of SEED came up while I was on the phone. It started with a discussion of naming it with 'S' and I thought of Sin Gundam. However, you can't use that in America. God Gundam was no good in America so... *makes a joke about God Gundam's name* so I named it Freedom. When I thought of this name and announced it to everyone, everyone sorta froze and said, "What?!" This is when I believed, "This is it." About Justice, you have Ultraman (Justice). Usually you avoid having the same names, but "Hey, this is the almighty Gundam! Move out of the way!" Kira derived from "killer". Yamato is very Japanese. Amuro was "Zerosen" (aka the Japanese WW2 Zero fighter). Kai Shiden was from Shidenkai (another Japanese warplane), but Yamato is very easy. BTW, Athrun was derived from yo-ake (dawn), Cagalli from kagaribi (bonfire), Lacus from mizu-umi (lake). Q: Meaning of SEED? A: At first, there wasn't a meaning. Those came afterwards *laughs* Q: Problem between Natural and Coordinator? A: Since DNA-related subject is a complicated matter in reality too, there were a lot of gray area in the anime as well. Q: How come the corpses were very graphic? A: It was necessary. The TV producer stressed, "Show what you have to show" so Fllay's sex was included. About the death of Fllay's father in episode 11 and death of Elle-tan (the girl on the shuttle) in episode 13, the producer passionately said "it has to be more cruel!" Q: About Fllay? A: I thought of 2 ways to keep Kira attached to Fllay. One was to give Fllay a big scar on her face and other was sex. I wonder if I should have given her the scar *laughs* Q: About the VA? A: Auditions, but I already decided who was going to do whom. I fell in love with Kuwashima-san (VA for Fllay and Natarle) from her works in movie dubs. Same with Ishida-san (Athrun's VA). Fell in love with his dub as Luke Skywalker. I was definitely going to use Mitsuishi-san and Seki Tomokazu-kun. Q: Meaning of each coul? (one coul equals a 13 episode segment of the show) A: 1 & 2 - Kira's war intervention 2 - Kira destroying himself due to woman relationships 3 - Recovering Kira 4 - didn't comment Q: Models of each character? A: Kira's model was Tatsuya Fujiwara (played Shuya Nanahara in Battle Royale). During that time, Battle Royale was on. Lacus was Audrey Hepburn. Q: Merchandise aspect? A: Anime has to be successful in the merchandise department. Turn A was sorry in terms of merchandise. *laughs* The plamodel staff froze after looking at the moustache. I was shooting for something in between First and Wing. Q: About the difference between the planned story and the final product? A: Aile/Sword related Strike series plamodel sold over 900,000. I wanted it to hit the one million mark so Rouge appeared. <-- this may have been a joke) The name 'Rouge' was already decided. Q: Any influence/ideas from other Gundam? A: Before I started, I watched CCA and F91. I watched the first ep of X and returned the video. *laughs* Q: Who does Kira like? A: He doesn't really like either of them (Fllay and Lacus). Q: What is your message of this anime? A: If it's boring, please turn off the channel. Isn't it funny when people still watch it even after they call it boring. *laughs* Q: Morozawa is the scriptwriter because she is related? (ie they are married) A: No. I fell in love with her abilities. Cyber Formula went well too. Q: Any SEED production stories? A: The plan was set in August. The plan went to Mr. Tomino in December. When I was working on SEED, the president told me, "Mr. Tomino won't be involved." The president told me to go greet him anyway so I visited him during the New Year's holiday. Tomino was enraged, "I made Turn A to unify Gundam!" He later said, "Don't trust Bandai" and recommended the book "Cure of Turn A". Q: About Gundam? A: Out of all of the previous series, only Tomino-san's Gundam lasted a year (Translator's note: Not quite sure what Fukuda means here). Gundam is serious. Production cost of other anime is about 10-12 million yen, but SEED was 25 million yen (Further note: Presumably, Fukuda means on a per-episode basis rather than the entire series cost as a whole). This is a business where money comes by adding "Gundam." Gundam is awesome. For normal anime, they have to get it within 9 million yen. However, there are times you go over the budget which means you cover the excess cost with merchandise goods. For Gundam, no one argues if you use 15 million yen because it is guranteed that you can recover the cost with merchandise goods. Q: Where did you spend the most in? A: About 10 million yen went to 3DCG. (*many who attended said this really didn't answer the question) Q: About Mwu stopping Dominion's beam. Is that a miracle? A: It was an anti-beam shield so it can stop it, right? Someone refutes Fukuda by "Isn't Lohengrin an anti-fortress beam..." and Fukuda replies, "I didn't know that *laughs*" Other random comments by Fukuda: - Currently working on next Cyber. - Director pay for Gundam is good *laughs* Comments by RGZ - This is about how most of Fukuda's recent interviews are. - Based on people who attended this, some were saying Fukuda didn't seem to fully understand the meaning of the questions (which might explain some of the answers being weird) and kept saying "off the record". - In case you didn't catch it, SEED movie seems dead while Zeta compilation is still ongoing. - Last, I would like to thank Neo-Era for proofreading this :)

[kevindrakewriter]

So Warren Ellis just blew up!

...honestly, yikes. and TLDR on my personal experience as a reader of comics. I in no way have met the man.

I can’t remember reading any thing by Ellis, tbh. That’s the thing about certain icons of comic books, you gravitate to certain writers or artists based on those who recommend them so often. Obviously one or two isn’t a good enough sample. But when every other “bro” comic book type suggest a certain writer or artist you kind of already got a taste about what they are about.

I know this sounds like judging a book by its cover - and that is probably more true than what I am willing to admit to, but even though I never dug into a Ellis book at the behest of fans saying “He’s like Hunter S Thompson!” or “He’s so smart man!” or “Best writer hands down, up there with Moore and Gaiman and Morrison.” I was always like “Eh, I’m good with what I got.”

The real whistle that alerted me to maybe approach Ellis with some skepticism was an endorsement from a friend who I worked with in Personal Finance at a Credit Union I worked at in the early aughts. I was his assistant and he was the financial advisor who just took the job because he lost his previous job at popular Brokerage firm. Just wandered to Upstate NY and got a job. He reminded me of Patrick Bateman, but he ended up being a kind of cool guy, who liked to smoke weed after hours. He loved his wife who was a baker. This is the real deal Millennial situation where they met at Reuters and were over achievers who wanted to escape the rat races, so they moved upstate and were kind of trying to adjust. But it was also kind of like watching Aliens learn what suburbia and middle-class life style was like. But they were kind of snobby and so was I so we would hit it off on something and other times he was beyond what I could handle. Like he couldn’t go to Chinese Buffet. Which I know is not glamorous or anything but it’s cheap fast food for a lunch break and kind of a treat, but not for this guy. Anyway I’m getting off track.

Anyway comic books was something we both enjoyed and talked about endlessly. Obnoxiously. Our coworkers thought it was weird that we would talk joke indeed have entire conversations that would go on for hours where we should have been working but instead hung out in his office yucking it up over comic books and movie and TV and such. I remember for Christmas we did a gift exchange and we both got each other the Deluxe edition of Sin City which was a movie that had come out at the time.He lent me out some of his books and I’d lend him some of mine. It was a fun year or so.

One book he wanted me to read and he kept recommending was Cerebus by Dave Sim. Now I know of Dave Sim, I’d wish, quiet frankly I didn’t know anything about him as in I wish he didn’t exist, but I am not the all father of this dimension (yet). So he would bring it in talk about how great and smart it was and I was dodging his recommendations saying I had other stuff I was reading and didn’t have the time. And one day he recommended Cerebus again and I was like, Ok we need to talk about Dave Sim. So I said, “You know he has a bad rep, right. I mean how he writes about women and he’s a white supremacist is pretty much well known.” (The White Supremacist is arguable as that was conjecture from a political cartoon and not substantiated by any of Sim’s writings) But my friend was convinced people didn’t understand him. He then tried a different tactic. If I wasn’t going to read Cerebus, the why not try and read some of Warren Ellis’ work.

I was aware of Warren Ellis, often times he will come up along in conversations about Frank Miller (who I was reading most his early Daredevil work and Sin City to compare early and later versions of a comic book writer). There was a comic book publisher called Avatar that published a lot of Ellis’ work  and they also published a Robocop book that Miller was writing and drawing. I had read one issue of Robocop and never went back. And frankly I didn’t motivate me to look at Ellis’ stuff either. Frank Miller’s Daredevil was great, Sin City was, as the ending to the book was, a bullet in the brain pan of the reader. Wrought with tension the art was frustrating and wreck-less, but so were the characters and I appreciated it as an experience, but one I wouldn’t want to do again. So here I was experiencing Frank Miller Daredevil, Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and this awful Robocop issue and Ellis is making moves next in line for my attention and dollars, and I decided I’d rather not.

Which made my adventure in the Warren Ellis Forum (his online web messaging bnoard) sort lived. I had ventured in there hearing how a lot of creators pro and amateur had met artists and traded industry news on the site and I was of course curious. To be fair a lot of comic book writers had these (Brian K. Vaughn had one that I also frequented,) And while Dr. Nerdlove (Harris O’Malley) has a post detailing all the scandal... actually it makes it sound frivolous when I say scandal. All of the harrasment and rape perpetrated by Ellis that may have been practiced and perfected through his website preying on young women who wanted industry insight by this “certified genius” I, personally, never spent much time on the site because it oozed with what we call now “Toxic Masculinity” in fact if I remember correctly not many people in the boards and chat rooms had good things to say about queer people wanting to get equal marriage rights. Even if the haters were dealt with it turned me off from it immediately. Which is how i ended up discovering Comic Book Queers, btw. So Thanks for that!!

Anyway. Warren Ellis, not worth going back to read is the gist of this post!

[somecrazylads-a-blog]

GETTING  TO  KNOW  THE  MUN: w/Patrick as requested :3

TAGGED  BY :  @intergalacticxmisfits thank you dear! ;W; TAGGING: @pvlchritudine @dcmnation @iiraeth @nitewishes @haebxtna / @themidnightsiren / @pleicdes @fallenupcn / @hclfmoon @circumspects for those I’ve tagged who have multiple blogs, feel free to do it on whichever you prefer! ;W;

NAME: Something with letters in it NICKNAME: Lena! FACECLAIM: Dylan O’Brien as Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf (fckin fite me) PRONOUNS: she/her for convenience HEIGHT:  Dude I have... no idea BIRTHDAY:  September 3rd AESTHETIC:  No idea? Mythologies, type-writers, face-less pictures, the rain? LAST  SONG  YOU  LISTENED  TO: Oh heck... uh... Todrick Hall’s Spell Block Tango FAVORITE  MUSE (S)  YOU’VE  WRITTEN:  Don’t make me pick oh no

GETTING  TO  KNOW  THE  ACCOUNT:

WHAT  INSPIRED  YOU  TO  TAKE  ON  THIS  MUSE: -He’s been a character I’ve been working on for ages but had never written down before, so I wanted to test if, when the time came, I could actually write as and for him; also, I really wanted to share him WHAT  ARE  YOUR  FAVORITE  ASPECTS  OF  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE : -Munnie talked about all her charas here, so I will, too (btw I should really work on that muse page, goddammit NaNoWriMo). Well, I love everything about Patrick. He’s very complex, very layered, and behind all of his tics, habits, movements, and knee-jerk reactions is a story hidden. I love the way he thinks and feels, and it’s so interesting for me to attempt writing it down for others to read. Hoon is a bitch, but while I do always complain about him to Naka, I really like that fact about him. I think I can safely say he’s the first character I’ve created who’s turned out so much more unapproachable and annoying than he was supposed to be, and I like that because it also proved that I am capable of writing a bit more judgemental characters, characters with less noble motivations or excuses. Jiwoo is sad and my favourite thing is that he chooses to bury his sadness with anger. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not cool or anything, but it’s a very interesting aspect to explore, just how far he would go to keep his feelings buried under a more prominent one. And thanks to @haebxtna I get to find that out ;W;. Kyeonghwan is comfortably numb and that too is interesting, yet my favourite aspect of his, is that he’s developed from nasty uncaring dude too a much more complex version of himself. [I haven’t written Silenus much, but my fave thing is how calm he is, especially compared to all the other Greek Gods. I love his attitude] Lorenzo is my child and I love that I get to write an Italian muse that finds himself so out of place as I did during my first years here in Italy; my favourite aspect of him, though, is his anxiety, how fidgety he is, and that he’s just very unbothered by that unless/until it bothers someone he cares about... Not to mention he’s the shiest warlock ever. Ki-hoon's a little bitch and my fave thing is how he’ll go from hating the ground Patrick walks on, through a journey of self-discovery during which he realises how judgemental he is and how clouded his vision is by his own ideals and opinions, and that that’ll lead him to become a calmer being with more to look forward to, as well help Patrick in the process by putting more effort into understanding him. Understanding Patrick is the representation of his growth. The more he understands, the more he’s opening his mind to wider possibilities. Camille is amazing because I still know very little of her. She’s also a space pirate a la Guardians of the Galaxy and I'd be gay for her would she be real. [My fave aspect of Eren is the time I spent getting to know him, and that I’ve sort of made him mine, a lil, my version of him; Victor is just very innocent and my fave aspect is his relationship to social etiquette; I can’t say much about Yoshino and the other two, haven’t written them for long] WHAT’S  YOUR  BIGGEST  INSPIRATION  WHEN  IT  COMES  TO  WRITING:  - Probably music and colours, random things I see that catch my eye in a particular way. Sometimes it’s just an image. I see a city and its lights are all white, and I see the sky above it of a blue so calm and dark, if you don’t look twice, you think it’s black; then there’s a layer of a different colour mixed with the blue, some shade of purple, and I am suddenly inspired to put a shade of purple into the names of Nyx’ verse tags. Random images that pop into my head. FAVORITE  TYPES  OF  THREADS : - All types! :D Other than smut, of course. I love fluffy threads, and angry threads, and ominous threads, and angsty sad threads, but most importantly I love meaningful threads. BIGGEST  STRUGGLE  IN  REGARDS  TO  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE : - Munnie asked for Patrick, and Patrick she shall receive! :D Okay, my biggest struggles are writing with his face claim in mind and making sure I get the right reaction. Patrick is a very complex character, with a lot of different experiences that he’s carrying with him. He has defined biases, contradicting traits and opinions, insecurities about his morals, and certain topics that simply confuse him because he has different experiences and outcomes and past thoughts meshing together in his head. Everything about him is so... circumstantial. And so it’s always a struggle for me to figure out which part of him the conversation elicits, what kind of mood it causes, and then simultaneously keeping a sort of thread going where my partner can see that whatever he did, said, or thought, is really in his nature. The struggle with him is being simultaneously consistent and circumstantial. Also, his face-claim. Something I’ve been wanting to mention for a while: Chris Wood is not that much of an accurate representation of what Patrick actually looks like. I picked him for a lack of a better face-claim because his role as Malachai Parker gave me facial expressions very akin to Patrick’s. But Patrick is not buff, he doesn’t grow facial hair, his eyes are pale blue, he’s much more androgynous than Chris Wood, and Malachai Parker doesn’t have all the expressions I need. So, I’m sitting here, with two mental pictures of Patrick in my head... For example, let’s imagine a moment in which Patrick feels cornered, extremely confused because he just found out something he’s believed all his existence, is a lie. If I were to write the scene with Chris Wood in mind, Patrick freeze and try to cover his neck as much as possible to cover up his vulnerability. He’d open and close his mouth, he’d shake his head, he’d try to convince himself mentally that it can’t be true, he’d freeze. Which makes sense for him too because, as I said, everything about him depends. But if I were to write the scene with the way Patrick is supposed to look like, his eyes would widen while his eyebrows would furrow, he’d have his lips parted because his face isn’t used to natural reactions and he has no control over his expression anymore; he’d look so visibly shocked and confused that it’d look like he’s about to lose his mind, he’d start looking too vulnerable, trying to tense his shoulders to hide his neck as good as possible. Chris Wood= shock, confusion, pain. Patrick= pure panic, loss of control. Patrick in my head is raw when he’s shocked, genuine; Patrick as Chris Wood is the kind of shock you see in TV when it’s not as important to portray genuine, raw, human shock as long as the audience understands because the story has to move on. There Patrick in my head is raw, androgynous to feminine, beautiful, like a breeze, he’s winter. Patrick with Chris Wood is an ash grey mist, he’s the night. Now, how do I, as a writer, put those two things together?

[itsmesamaviles]

MY HEART-THUMPING FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH BOOK DEPOSITORY [A Review and Tutorial]

REVIEW

To most of the people that I talk to, I’m only a fan going crazy over Korean pop idols (i.e. Infinite’s L is asdfghjkl). Only a few of my close friends that I am, in fact, originally a bibliophile; a word which here means a person who is practically in a romantic relationship with books.

A few weeks ago, I was in a bookstore at a mall waiting for my friends to come. We were planning to go see a movie that day. I wasn’t supposed to buy anything apart from a movie ticket and sour cream-flavored popcorn. But, a particular book flirted with me. I was at the Young Adult section of the bookstore and there was this one book that outshined all the others. It was like the world slowed down and the book emitted a glorious ray of light around it while Bye Bye Sea’s Fading Starlight played on my head.

It was a book entitled “The Knife of Never Letting Go” by Patrick Ness. As I was reading the synopsis at the back cover, I found out that it was actually the first book in a trilogy called “Chaos Walking”. I rummaged through the shelf to see if the other two books in the series were there while mentally convincing myself to not buy all three books at once. Luckily and unluckily, I only found the last installment of the trilogy. But I didn’t want to buy the first and third book without the second one. It was all or nothing. So, I decided to just buy the first book and resolved that I should just probably wait for a few days for the bookstore to re-stock the second book.

I came back to the bookstore after a week and sadly, there were still no stocks of the second book (which is entitled “The Ask and the Answer”, btw).

I was desperate.

I called the bookstore to have me in their waitlist should the stocks arrive. I made a request in their website to re-stock the book. I contacted friends from other cities and asked them for a favor to buy me that particular book. But, all of these failed.

I had no other option but the last one. The dreaded choice: ONLINE SHOPPING.

My family and friends know how apprehensive I am with online shopping. I don’t hate it. I just feel uncomfortable that I am doing a transaction that involves money and a few of my personal information over an unsafe place called the Internet which is why I have never tried it before.

But, I was desperate.

I scoured the entire Internet (this is a hyperbole) for online shops that sell books because I know that whatever is sold in the market now are also sold online. I came across a few sites but they looked shady and fishy based on some comments and reviews. Until, I stumbled upon a nice-looking website of Book Depository.

Sure, their website looked cute and legit but I had to be sure because they boast their FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. And practically, we all know that nothing is free in this world. So, I read a few reviews and luckily, there were a couple of reviews from Filipino bloggers which were collectively positive.

With my right hand on the keyboard and my shaking left hand holding my debit card, I made my FIRST EVER online transaction. Book Depository specifically said in their FAQs that the books would arrive to the Philippines in 7-10 business days. This means that I have to suffer from uncertainty for 7-10 business days.

Was it successful? Well…

Yes! After 12 business days, my book arrived in very good condition. You can just imagine how much air I let out in relief when the guard of our office handed me the package.

So, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would I rate Book Depository?

I’d say an 8.5. It was actually very smooth apart from the instance that the books arrived 2 days later than what they said and they were dispatched a day later than what they said on the page and I had to give them a message about my concern. I’d also like to point out how efficient their customer service is. They typically reply within a few minutes or hours. And also, the FREE SHIPPING that they were very proud about was actually a lot faster than all the other free shipping services I’ve observed when my friends do online transaction from other online stores.

Would I order from Book Depository (BD) again?

Definitely! But, this would be on a case-to-case basis. Some books are cheaper at the local bookstores than in BD. Some books aren’t available at the local bookstores but are available in BD. So, if the book that I want is cheaper in BD or if it isn’t available at my local bookstore, I’d opt for BD.

 TUTORIAL

After reading my chronicle, some of you might want to jump in and do the same thing as I did. So, I compiled sort of a step-by-step tutorial on how you can transact at BD without hassle.

Create an account. While you can buy a book at BD without creating an account, I would suggest you create one so you can keep track of everything. Also, there is a bit more advantage to creating an account and I’ll tell you why later. Go to www.bookdepository.com and at the top-right corner, click on Sign in/Join. You will be directed to the login page. In the Join section, fill in the details. They don’t need much, just your e-mail, your name, and a password for security. Once you click Register, voila! You now have your account.

Browse or search for the book that you want. BD has a very wide collection of books. I even found the novel my friend, who is now a budding romance novel writer in UK, in the list. Just make sure you know the title of the book, the author’s name, or possibly the cover design. Or, you can browse through the categories if you’re in for a fresh read. Once you have chosen the book that you want, click it.

Read the description and details. You will then be brought to the product page of the book. Make sure you read the description and the details to confirm that it is indeed the book you are looking for. Now, here’s the little perk of having an account I was talking about earlier. If you are not yet ready to buy the book, you can add it to your Wishlist. You can create different folders and organize the books that you want depending on the urgency, the genre, the price, or however you like them. This way, you keep track of your priorities. If you are ready to buy, click on Add to Wishlist. You will be prompted to confirm your order. If you want to order more than one books, you choose to continue shopping and check-out later. When you are finished placing your orders, click on Basket/Checkout. Again, you will need to review your orders after that. If you are 110% sure, click on Checkout.

Proceed to check-out. You will be redirected to the page where you enter your debit/credit card details and shipping address. As far as I know, you can use a VISA or a MasterCard. They also have an option to check-out with Paypal. So, if you have a PayPal account, you may want to opt for that. Check the details you entered multiple times. Your credit card details and shipping address are very important things for you to not run into problems later on. Once everything is complete and correct, click on Buy Now. Congratulations! You just made it!

Track your order. You will be given a tracking code for your order. Take note of it because you can track your order. To track your order, just go to the My Account at the top-right menu and go to Order Status. Enter the tracking code and you’ll see if you’re book is already dispatched. 

The dispatching of the product is displayed in the product page. If it said that the book is dispatched in 2 days and you ordered on a Wednesday, your book should be dispatched on a Friday. You can then start counting the number of days from the time it was dispatched to its expected date of arrival at your doorstep. You can find how many days they can deliver to your country here: https://www.bookdepository.com/help

I hope that this loooooong post helped you a little. To conclude everything, I would recommend Book Depository to those who want to buy a book and wouldn’t mind waiting for a little longer or to those who are desperately looking for a particular book they want.

Happy book hunting!

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Moran smashed in his girlfriend’s face; The real villains? Ace and Twitchy

New Post has been published on https://kidsviral.info/moran-smashed-in-his-girlfriends-face-the-real-villains-ace-and-twitchy/

Moran smashed in his girlfriend’s face; The real villains? Ace and Twitchy

http://twitter.com/#!/AceofSpadesHQ/status/279017096971710467

Let’s recap: Patrick Moran, son of Dem Rep. Jim Moran, entered a guilty plea for assaulting his girlfriend, Kelly Hoffman. She now says it was “accidental,” but officers on the scene witnessed the woman-beating sleazebag slam Hoffman’s head into a metal trash can cage. She was “bleeding heavily” from what appeared to be a broken nose and her eye socket was so swollen a medical technician suspected a skull fracture.

But you know who’s “really horrible and stupid”? Conservatives, natch. You know, no redeeming (D) after their names.

Oh come on @tommyxtopher… yeah the real villains here are @twitchyteam & @aceofspadeshq. #tcot #gop #waronwomen #p2 http://t.co/8xCJRxOz

— Simon Templar (@SimonTemplarPV) December 13, 2012

Sensitive, lady-loving Mediaite feminist Tommy Christopher was so distraught over the appalling domestic abuse that he immediately lashed out at the filthy lowlife. Er, make that lowlifes: Twitchy and blogger Ace of Spades.

Conservatives Being Really Horrible And Stupid About Patrick Moran Assault On Girlfriend http://t.co/I17TyLJQ (COLUMN)

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 13, 2012

In the first paragraph of his (COLUMN), Christopher writes, “It’s a horrible story that highlights an important, serious issue, but ….”

But? But what, Tommy? Domestic violence is totes important to Tommy and he’s all about the ladies, but … but … Twitchy hurted his widdle feelings by including one tweet about him from Ace:

Can't wait to read @tommyxtopher's column (COLUMN) on this: "Come On, Sometimes They Just Won't Shut Up"

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

Christopher claimed that “shortly after the news was reported” Twitchy “decided that the real villains were Rachel Maddow, Sandra Fluke, the media, Rep. Moran, and, somehow, me, while using Ms. Hoffman’s injuries as inspiration for pop-culture riffs.”

Actually, Tommy, the handful of curated tweets mentioning Maddow, Fluke and somehow, you, were added as an update nearly four hours after the post was published. Like intellectual honesty, time stamps are hard. And shockah, it isn’t all about you.

As for Rep. Moran, evidently Tommy finds the Democrat’s history of violent behavior irrelevant to the current story about his son’s violent behavior. Gosh, what could the connection be? To Tommy, two plus two equals … octopus!

Tommy also refuses to touch what he calls Rep. Moran’s “boilerplate statement” about the incident. That would be the “boilerplate statement” in which he hoped these “good kids” could put “this embarrassing situation behind them.”

His “good” son rearranged a woman’s face. That’s not embarrassing — it’s criminal, making that statement nothing short of depraved.

Here’s what is relevant to Tommy:  Twitchy’s “horrible” effort to demonstrate that Moran family values include providing cover for a degenerate, woman-beating son and an apparent history of knocking around uppity dames.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

But since Ace’s tweets were the target of Tommy’s latest dishonest descent into a form of Blame Righty Syndrome, let’s let him destroy the (COLUMN).

pathetic hack @tommyxtopher now spinning the second generation of Moran woman-beaters (Jim Moran beat his wife in 2000, to media silence)

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Nothing at all newsworthy about a man who claimed in 2000 that he just "pushed" his wife when she "came at him"…

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

…now spinning his son's woman-beating as "embarrassing" and something requiring us to give both "good kids" some "privacy"

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

and the leftwing blogs, who avoided covering this all fucking day yesterday, now can only cover it through the prism of blaming the right

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

hey @tommyxtopher fat-shit, I wasn't there, you know. It was your Second Generation Democratic Woman-Beater beating the shit out of her.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Yet somehow he spends 90% of his column on me (who didn't break this woman's skull) and 10% on the Pat Moran and 0% his "fisty" father.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

@weaselzippers the funny thing is that yesterday I tweeted "can't wait for @TommyXtopher to write his column (COLUMN) blaming me for this"

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Prescient!

You're such an important thinker and columnist (COLUMNIST) @tommyxtopher http://t.co/ZZ1J6YL5

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

This is why I have to get offline. People have the sense that online writers are retarded, no-talent hacks like @tommyxtopher

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

I can't stand to be in the company of these sad sacks any longer.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

@tommyxtopher @thekelliejane Like you did with your 12 hours of silence from 11am to 11pm?

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Indeed, Tommy had nothing to say about this “horrible story that highlights an important, serious issue” until publishing his (COLUMN) shortly after 11 p.m.

.@tommyxtopher did your silence and your deliberate embargo of the story until you were embarrassed about it highlight these "contours" ?

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Did Tommy Boy even do the minimal background reading to discover that Jim Moran also beat his wife? @instapundit @mediaite @tommyxtopher

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Did he ask a single question about how a political scion in a political town got off with probation? @instapundit @mediaite @tommyxtopher

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Oh, there’s an explanation for that. See, Tommy doesn’t think Moran “got off.” He sees the sentence of probation, counseling and community service as just about right, all things considered. He writes:

That still seems like a very lenient sentence for a guy who fractured his girlfriend’s skull, but not when you consider that Ms. Hoffman covered for Moran, and wanted the case dismissed.

Did he forget about the officers who witnessed the crime? The medical techs who treated her?

BTW while @tommyxtopher plays the Bien Pensant (saying we should look at the important issues) he himself writes a partisan blogspat screed

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Bingo! Tommy complains that Twitchy, and by extension, Ace, “exploit[ed] this sad situation for cheap points.” Exploiter of sad situations, heal thyself.

.@tommyxtopher since you're claiming any Real Reporter would have avoided the partisan infighting and focused on domestic abuse…

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

…why is it that you were unable to follow your own advice? @tommyxtopher

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Save one guy at HuffPo, the entire leftwing and all feminists embargoed this story all fucking day but now want to pretend…

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

…they were just doing so for noble reasons, like to… I don't know, give these "good kids" their "privacy"

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

No, you showed how much you really cared about domestic abuse by ducking a story were a serious skull-breaking assault got mere probation.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Still not a single question from the left about how a political scion got off with no punishment for breaking a woman's skull.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

We don't ask the questions whose answers we're afraid of, eh?

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

@RBPundit @AmandaMarcotte bear in mind this is 2nd Generation woman-beating. @jim_moran's wife alleged he hit her before she divorced him.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

so despite @tommyxtoper's assertions that this has "nothing" to do with @jim_moran– given his previous history, his "accident" cover story

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

on behalf of his son is in fact highly newsworthy. He offered a similar "accident" alibi for himself in 2000.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

I didn't know that @jim_moran was alleged to have hit his wife in 2000 because the media, of course, did not exactly give this big play…

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

…but two minutes of googling — not even googling, just checking out http://t.co/q1Ini1oC (Taylor Marsh's column) revealed this.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

No need for Google. Tommy read all about Rep. Moran’s greatest hits in the Twitchy post he whines about in his (COLUMN).

Meanwhile @tommyxtopher Cares So Very Fucking Much he didn't bother with all that.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

All that fuss. All that fuss of spending two minutes reading about a story.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Old Jezebel Column: You don't vote for a wife-beater just because he's pro-choice http://t.co/EjnPNzIa

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Leftwing Media and Blogs: How Dare You See a Political Story When a Dem Rep and then His Son Both Skate on Woman-Beating Charges

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Why there's no story here about political favoritism or the privileges of being a Congressmen committing crimes in the DC area here

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

This is all Just One Man's Failing (TM). Don't you guys know that? When a Democrat commits a crime, it's Just One Man's Failing (TM)?

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

@ComradeArthur @tommyxtopher @thekelliejane I'm sure The System Worked As Designed (TM). No Need To Ask Any Pesky Questions About It (TM).

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

While @amandamarcotte and @tommyxtopher say we should be focusing on Domestic Violence itself…

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

…neither seems to have much to say about the scandal of someone getting probation for busting a woman's skull (literally).

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Funny you should mention Amanda Marcotte. Because hey, you know who the real victim is here?

Holy shit, I'm still getting harassed by right wingers accusing me of ignoring Patrick Moran beating his girlfriend…….

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) December 13, 2012

Yep, Twitchy and Ace are the real villains, and as always, Amanda Marcotte is the victim. She got her femme-a-gogue knickers in twist yesterday when conservatives, led by the awesome @LilMissRightie, eviscerated the feminist Left for ignoring the news about a Democrat going old-school ECW on his girlfriend’s face.

Stop taking abt DV committed by the son of a Dem politician. I rely on him to give ME free shit — all silent women over at #waronwomen

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Good job #waronwomen — your silence on Moran is deafening. Apparently you ladies can be bought. #Forward

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Surely "Women's Rights" advocates @Sandrafluke @amandamarcotte want to delve into whether Moran made his son's gf change her story, right?

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Because those "ladies" (like any rabid feminists) are all about consistency.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Bought. And. Paid. For. ——> #waronwomen

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Like Tommy, Amanda responded by noting how horrible conservatives are and pretending she was already hard at work on a piece about Moran.

@AmandaMarcotte I'm really so glad to see you're leading the charge!! I await the hard-hitting questions you ask, Ms. Marcottte.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Seriously, go read that hashtag. I scrolled for several minutes and didn't see ONE critical tweet of Moran from a liberal. NOT ONE.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 13, 2012

Guys, @AmandaMarcotte is on the Moran story. I'm sure she'll clear *everything* right up. #BecauseConsistency

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte So your article is about why police rpt said she cracked her skull & she said 'oops, I broke a heel' – or – 'point scoring?

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte Also, will you be addressing why Moran called it an 'embarrassing situation'?

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte I'm helping by pointing out liberal women aren't v. consistent on this point. Read the #waronwomen tag – no mention by libs

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte Also, please let us know where you're writing us these days so we can read! Gawker? Jezebel?

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte I've bookmarked this. I'm just reading your TL now to see where you talked about Moran b/f I brought it to your attention.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Don’t look too hard for those tweets.

Guys @AmandaMarcotte was totally going to get around to the Moran story. She just had to take a time-out for her 873th piece on single moms.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

Shorter feminists: How DARE you call us out for our silence on Moran. I'll address this in my column on 'point-scoring' Cc @amandamarcotte

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 12, 2012

We were going to discuss Moran story – we just needed the right spin. BTW – the story here is you're 'point scoring'– feminists #waronwomen

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 13, 2012

Hey, maybe that’s where Tommy Christopher got the topic for his latest Mediaite drivel.

But I'm 'point-scoring' for pointing out their blatant hypocrisy. GTFOhere with that shit.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 13, 2012

Ace also noted the deafening feminist silence, long before Amanda Marcotte and Tommy Christopher got around to publishing anything on Moran.

http://t.co/q1Ini1oC lists not a single feminist website covering the Pat Moran beating. Must be memeorandum's overisght.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

actually not a single liberal/leftwing site at all. Good news, I guess: the #waronwomen is over. The beaters won, I guess.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

Predictable: @amandamarcotte's writing a How Dare You Embarrass Us For Silently Ignoring This piece. Turns out, we're the bad guys.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

See, @amandamarcotte was Doing the Right Thing by ignoring this (along with every other feminist blogger and writer)

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

We're the bad guys for noting they were all silent. Their Silent Embargo contained great heaps of Serious Concern.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

I know that feminists were taking this very seriously, before we pointed out their silence, by the lack of a single feminist blog noting it.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 12, 2012

@AmandaMarcotte it's not as if I had to push the story to get you to stop doing what you would have kept doing–ignoring/embargoing it.

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

You were so Heroic in your studious silence, @AmandaMarcotte , as you cast about for a Villain besides the actual woman-beater

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

because the important thing to you isn't exposing violence against women — it's connecting it to the GOP @AmandaMarcotte

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Even when my only connection with the assault was… noticing it. Something you were loathe to do yourself. @AmandaMarcotte

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

the mercenary aplomb you showed in ignoring it is noted, and also not surprising. @AmandaMarcotte

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

you're not upse about the attack — you're upset being embarrassed into writing about it. @AmandaMarcotte

— Baron_Von_Meow (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 13, 2012

Once again, Ace called it accurately. Marcotte was embarrassed into crapping out an article at The American Prospect. And because she thinks you’re stupid, for cover she published a hilarious post at Raw Story: a timeline to “prove” she was already working on the Prospect article when wingnutty wingnuts tweeted her about the Moran story.

No, really, she published a timeline!

http://t.co/5uan7YeM So I had a weird night. Here's a recap of my attempts to write while being abused for supposedly not writing.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) December 13, 2012

Thank goodness! Meanwhile, what’s the #WarOnWomen crowd up to today?

Still no mention by liberal women over at the #waronwomen tag. Go read it. The only people discussing it are conservatives. Sick.

— LilMissFeisty (@LilMissRightie) December 13, 2012

Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/13/patrick-moran-smashed-in-his-girlfriends-face-tommy-christopher-slams-the-real-villains-ace-and-twitchy/

[datingadviceonreddit]

So I've been talking to this girl for a little while. I like her A lot. She has a boyfriend who I am friends with. She has given me signals that she is probably into me. We have been hanging out more often. We have a joke between us of "Send Nudes" and she sent a pic of her panties lifted with her vag blocked by an emoji with the caption send nudes. Now I think this is a bit far for a joke and idk if she is saying something. She touches me a lot. We hung out Saturday and she was like I'm going to get on your back and take a pic of us. She laughs at my stupid jokes. She thinks I'm funny. She invited me over to her house to watch breaking bad without her parents knowing I'm there. She has sent a pic of her nude behind a cereal box (with nothing showing sadly). She was in NYC and she was leaving me on read and told me she was with family and I told her not to worry about me then she replies with "I can talk later though (:"we talked for two hours straight. I asked how she and her boyfriend were doing and she said that they barely talk and hangout. And that it's boring. She is a flirty girl. And we have A LOT in common. And like I've gotten goodnight messages with like "Goodnight Michael 💗💗" and like "💋". She also invited me over to her house and I was gonna help her move some wine boxes cuz her parents were having a wine party. So her dad meets me and is like oh good you brought help. And I helped him for like 3 hours. And he was making subtle comments like "oh this house could be yours someday" and he works for the secret service and we were talking about guns n stuff. And she tells me that the three of us were going shooting sometime. And she told me that like he doesn't like any of her guy friends even her bf And that he likes me. He paid me $40 after I got done helping him and said "here you can use this when you take my daughter out to lunch." I was like "Hahaha ok thanks!" 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So we drop her sister off and she asks me hey are you doing anything tonight and I was like nope. And she invited me to watch Netflix with her and I was like sure. So time passes. And it's like 10pm and I ask her if we're still gonna watch Netflix and I snapped her a few time no response. So I was kinda bummed until she responded hey we can do it tomorrow my dad isn't home all day and night. I was like sure.So she had to work which I didn't know. Totally fine she has to work. I get it. She tells me he sorry I had to work today. I was like no biggie. And she says we can watch Netflix tonight. Then like two hours later she says jk tv is broken. So I was pretty bummed. And then she says. We should go to the beach sometime and I was like yeah we should. And yeah. I have been praying to God that she is into me. Idk if she is or isn't. I'm not going to try and get between her and her bf cuz that's a douchey thing to do. She has said that she is on the fence of breaking up with him. And like two days ago I asked her if she wanted to go to the beach and I got left on read. I'm guessing that was a no. Now Today I sent a meme of Patrick star wearing a shirt that said "I appreciate you and I hope you have a great day" and then she replies with a 😘. Now idk if that means anything. I talked to her bf and he brought her up and I asked how they were doing and he said that they were better than ever. And I haven't brought him up to her cuz it's a strange question to ask. I also posted a photo on my meme page that said "DM me fansigns" and she commented "I should get a waffles (my insta username) tattoo on my tits" now I that could be a joke but I thought that was worth bringing up.She was also at the pool and we were snapping each other and she sends a pic of her bikini bottom in the front. So yeah. And I asked her if she wanted to watch a movie Wednesday and she replied with "yessss" and I accidentally snapped a funny photo to her and I was like "whoops sorry lel" and then she replies with a pic of the top her tits with the caption "it's okay. My tits are donuts now." I was like "lmao y" and then she replies with a pic of her underboob with her hands covering her tiddies. The caption was "because I wanted to". And I say "Gute nach sehr Hübsch fraülein" every night cuz I say night to all of my streaks but I use that phrase specifically for her. And we are giving each other stick and poke tattoos and I said "I look forward to getting a tattoo" in German and she said in Spanish that she don't know what I'm saying. And I told her what it meant Good night very pretty woman. I look forward to getting a tattoo. And she replied with ☺️and a black heart emoji. Don't know if a black heart is bad. And I asked her and she said no. And I was also going to ask her if she is into me on Wednesday. And I asked her If we were still gonna hangout. I got left on read. I asked again except I was making up some bullshit that my friends were wanting me to hangout with them. And she replied with "we can hangout another night. Go chill with your amigos" and I was really bummed out. I was left on read all day. And I asked her if she was doing anything yesterday and I was invited to sneak into our local pool (just me and her). But her dad was being an asshole and he took both her sister and her phones. And I figured that's what happened. And then they found an iPod and she snapped me and told me what happened. And she said that we should go downtown tomorrow. So we go downtown. Except it was with me and her and her sister. It was fun. We were downtown and we were in a shopping area and it was closing and she holds my hand and we run out of there leaving her sister behind. We took a lot of pictures of me and her. She hugged me a lot. I asked her if she was doing anything tonight and if she wanted to go to the pool. She said yeah. So I go to the pool. It me, her and her sister. I had a lot of fun. She got on my back like 5 times and sat on my lap twice. Her eyes were super dilated. And when we were leaving I asked her if I could tell her something and she said yeah. So I told her I liked her. And she said I know that. Not meanly, just casually. And then she told her sister. I apologized. The girl I like said she wasn't even mad. Her sister was the only one who got mad.And I know that it looks like I'm an asshole. And I am. I need to find out what the fuck is going on. Like I don't want to hurt my friend. But at the same time I want to be with her.Now what should I do. via /r/dating_advice

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So I've been talking to this girl for a little while. I like her A lot. She has a boyfriend who I am friends with. She has given me signals that she is probably into me. We have been hanging out more often. We have a joke between us of "Send Nudes" and she sent a pic of her panties lifted with her vag blocked by an emoji with the caption send nudes. Now I think this is a bit far for a joke and idk if she is saying something. She touches me a lot. We hung out last Saturday and she was like I'm going to get on your back and take a pic of us. She laughs at my stupid jokes. She thinks I'm funny. She invited me over to her house to watch breaking bad without her parents knowing I'm there. She has sent a pic of her nude behind a cereal box (with nothing showing sadly). She was in NYC and she was leaving me on read and told me she was with family and I told her not to worry about me then she replies with "I can talk later though (:"we talked for two hours straight. I asked how she and her boyfriend were doing and she said that they barely talk and hangout. And that it's boring. She is a flirty girl. And we have A LOT in common. And like I've gotten goodnight messages with like "Goodnight Michael 💗💗" and like "💋". She also invited me over to her house and I was gonna help her move some wine boxes cuz her parents were having a wine party. So her dad meets me and is like oh good you brought help. And I helped him for like 3 hours. And he was making subtle comments like "oh this house could be yours someday" and he works for the secret service and we were talking about guns n stuff. And she tells me that the three of us were going shooting sometime. And she told me that like he doesn't like any of her guy friends even her bf And that he likes me. He paid me $40 after I got done helping him and said "here you can use this when you take my daughter out to lunch." I was like "Hahaha ok thanks!" And I hung around for like 10 minutes and she tells me that she had to go get changed. I was like ok. So she gets changed and she looked fucking great btw. And she Is like "hey can you button this for me?" I was puzzled a little bit cuz her sister was upstairs. She could have done it. So I was like sure. Then I had to go.Later that night she tells me that me helping her meant a lot to her. Also she sent a snap of her with some white stuff that looked like yogurt and I was like icing? And she goes no. And then I say nut? And she send a video of it dripping out her mouth with the caption yes. Idk if that's good or bad. So I got smoothies with her recently and we hung out. But her sister was there. Laughter was all but common tho. We had to drop her off at music practice. So we walk there and she was telling me how her bf has been annoying her for the past few days and how he's becoming possesive and stuff. Idk if that is good or bad. So we drop her sister off and she asks me hey are you doing anything tonight and I was like nope. And she invited me to watch Netflix with her and I was like sure. So time passes. And it's like 10pm and I ask her if we're still gonna watch Netflix and I snapped her a few time no response. So I was kinda bummed until she responded hey we can do it tomorrow my dad isn't home all day and night. I was like sure.So she had to work which I didn't know. Totally fine she has to work. I get it. She tells me he sorry I had to work today. I was like no biggie. And she says we can watch Netflix tonight. Then like two hours later she says jk tv is broken. So I was pretty bummed. And then she says. We should go to the beach sometime and I was like yeah we should. And yeah. I have been praying to God that she is into me. Idk if she is or isn't. I'm not going to try and get between her and her bf cuz that's a douchey thing to do. She has said that she is on the fence of breaking up with him. And like two days ago I asked her if she wanted to go to the beach and I got left on read. I'm guessing that was a no. Now Today I sent a meme of Patrick star wearing a shirt that said "I appreciate you and I hope you have a great day" and then she replies with a 😘. Now idk if that means anything. I talked to her bf and he brought her up and I asked how they were doing and he said that they were better than ever. And I haven't brought him up to her cuz it's a strange question to ask. I also posted a photo on my meme page that said "DM me fansigns" and she commented "I should get a waffles (my insta username) tattoo on my tits" now I that could be a joke but I thought that was worth bringing up.She was also at the pool and we were snapping each other and she sends a pic of her bikini bottom in the front. So yeah. And I asked her if she wanted to watch a movie Wednesday and she replied with "yessss" and I accidentally snapped a funny photo to her and I was like "whoops sorry lel" and then she replies with a pic of the top her tits with the caption "it's okay. My tits are donuts now." I was like "lmao y" and then she replies with a pic of her underboob with her hands covering her tiddies. The caption was "because I wanted to". And I say "Gute nach sehr Hübsch fraülein" every night cuz I say night to all of my streaks but I use that phrase specifically for her. And we are giving each other stick and poke tattoos and I said "I look forward to getting a tattoo" in German and she said in Spanish that she don't know what I'm saying. And I told her what it meant Good night very pretty woman. I look forward to getting a tattoo. And she replied with ☺️and a black heart emoji. Don't know if a black heart is bad. And I asked her and she said no. And I was also going to ask her if she is into me on Wednesday. And I asked her If we were still gonna hangout. I got left on read. I asked again except I was making up some bullshit that my friends were wanting me to hangout with them. And she replied with "we can hangout another night. Go chill with your amigos" and I was really bummed out. I was left on read all day. And I asked her if she was doing anything yesterday and I was invited to sneak into our local pool (just me and her). But her dad was being an asshole and he took both her sister and her phones. And I figured that's what happened. And then they found an iPod and she snapped me and told me what happened. And she said that we should go downtown tomorrow. So we go downtown. Except it was with me and her and her sister. It was fun. We were downtown and we were in a shopping area and it was closing and she holds my hand and we run out of there leaving her sister behind. We took a lot of pictures of me and her. She hugged me a lot. I asked her if she was doing anything tonight and if she wanted to go to the pool. She said yeah. So I go to the pool. It me, her and her sister. I had a lot of fun. She got on my back like 5 times and sat on my lap twice. Her eyes were super dilated. And when we were leaving I asked her if I could tell her something and she said yeah. So I told her I liked her. And she said I know that. Not meanly, just casually. Like I have really strong feelings.Now what should I do. via /r/dating_advice