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Paesaggio con Ombre di Nora Venturini: Un nuovo caso per Debora Camilli tra arte e mistero. Recensione di Alessandria today
Nora Venturini ci porta ancora una volta a Roma, con la tassista Debora Camilli alle prese con un caso intricato nel mondo dell'arte.
Nora Venturini ci porta ancora una volta a Roma, con la tassista Debora Camilli alle prese con un caso intricato nel mondo dell’arte. In Paesaggio con Ombre, Nora Venturini ci regala una nuova avvincente indagine della tassista investigatrice Debora Camilli. Ambientato nella suggestiva Roma, il romanzo mescola mistero, arte e intrighi personali, dando vita a una storia che tiene il lettore…
#ambientazione urbana#autori italiani#Colpi di scena#Commissario#crime fiction#crimine e arte#cultura e arte#Debora Camilli#detective fiction#Edoardo Raggio#Galleria Nazionale d&039;Arte Moderna#gialli italiani#Giallo Italiano#Intrighi romantici#investigazione#investigazioni non convenzionali#Letture consigliate#libri da leggere#libri per amanti del mistero#libri su Roma#mistero a Roma#mistero e suspense#narrativa contemporanea#narrativa femminile#Nora Venturini#Paesaggio con ombre#personaggi forti#relazioni complicate#romanzi thriller#Romanzo giallo
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✨🐠 [beach boy & orange zest ]🍊✨
[i'm losing my mind over our life i cried so hard during Reflection and basically throughout the rest of the game]
#art#fanart#digital art#artists on tumblr#our life#our life: beginnings & always#our life fanart#olba#ol:ba#cove holden#cove james holden#our life cove#our life mc#i played through all of it in one sitting#then immediately got all the dlc#THE WEDDING DLC RUINED ME#it is pure criminal that this game isn't more appreciated#the amount of l o v e in it is gut wrenching
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daily nagisa till kimikawaii gets an mv: day 1
#i want nagisakun on my doorstep in 10 working days o r e l s e —#ye im doing this nonsense again i miss the dude from gamushara ok—#managed to manifest nagisa mv in 30 days last time so can we beat the record??? (plspslplsplsplspslppls)#the way there isn’t that much good art of him is criminal really#no im n o t touching anime screenshots again this time s h u s h#i’ll resort to manga screencaps again if necessary but no anime screenshots!!!! he looks like a sentient plot device in ‘em. o h w a i t —#back to the gamushara mv screencapping routine i go~~~~~~~~#hoping for about 10 days manifestation like the daily lxl till meoto did (pls)#o k guess i’ll have another way to be utterly insufferable for the forseeable future~~~~ kimikawaii mv soon p l s im beggingnggngngngngggggg#the dude from gamushara#the daily nagisa nightmare
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Nobody Move • Nobody get Hurt
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#photography#stick up#criminal minds#eazy e#420life#girls who smoke weed#my photos#black and white#best of both worlds#partner in crime#gunshot#good vibes#weedlife#feral#villianous#murderous intent#heathen#art
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Everyone go play Exit/Corners NOW
#exit/corners#this game is criminally underrated!#if you love death games zero escape style#then try this out!#my art#liza thatcher#liza e/c#art#artists on tumblr
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hello anarchy battlers
#who let this war criminal bring her e-liter 4k on the surface?#(she's nice i promise :33)#oc: tackle#splatoon#splatoon fanart#splatoon 3#splatoon oc#octoling#vell's art#artists on tumblr
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They are now gay, love wins <3
#ludo supports women's wrongs just as much as their rights (<- talking about his hubby <3)#absolute loser creep of a man that radiates asshole energy & his hot charismatic tall husband who has many friends#ludo defo tops just saying#everyone'll thinks it's Yuno or smth but HAH- IT'S NOT#i. dod not mean for their names to rhyme. Yuno and Ludo lmao#Ludo is absolutely aware that his husband is a criminal weirdo of a man that may or may not regularly commit felonies#why do you think he married him?? ''i can fix him'' weak behavior- i can accept him as he is. creep energy and asshole vibes included.#you think you can fix him? well i think his dick personality is just part of thd charm#nah but tbh- Yuno spoils that man too much. he is SMITTEN. W H I P P E D.#they are a silly comedy side duo that makes occasional appearances in my imaginary show with 1 spinoff series dedicated to them#my art#trolls#trolls oc#trollsona#trolls original character
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I coloured more drawings :33
Heheheh
#sonic the hedgehog#sth#organic metal sonic#gadget the wolf#e 123 omega#ometal#<— that tag is criminally underused#artists on tumblr#art#willowdrawsthings
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Hi:) Gotta say I find you infinitely cool and your car headcanons are so damn fascinating. Feel free to ignore me but do you maybe probably have some thoughts on Blurr? Since his personality heavily revolves around the fact that he’s the fastest racer on his planet I feel like you can give a really interesting perspective on him
- Keferon
DUUUUUDDDDDEEEEEEEE Blurr is so hard to pinpoint exactly what car he could be... theres just so, so many historical cars that completely dominated the racing scene, and there's many more that's to come. Before i go onto full-fledged experimental vehicles, lemme first introduce you to the Bugatti Bolide
THIS piece of art and engineering is a track-only hypercar, and it recently debuted at the 2023 Le Mans. It has all the bells and whistles you'd expect a race car to have, W16 engine, carbon all over, carbon brakes, 7 speed dual clutch transmission, what have you. The paint color is dubbed Agile Blue and what more perfect car to assign to our beloved Blurr. Bugatti claims it makes about 1825 horsepower with 1850 n/m torque, with a top speed of 501 km/h (311 mph).
Speaking of Le Mans, let's dive into those vehicles now. For those unfamiliar with Le Mans, it's a 24 hour endurance race held in France. It's one of the oldest racing series to exist, predating Formula 1 by 30 years, and it's still continuing now!
In Rescue Bots, Blurr IS in fact an LMP (Le Mans Prototype) styled car.
judging by the headlights it looks more to be a newer LMP Ferrari, but ehhh while its not a bad choice i wouldnt really associate Blurr with Ferrari, that brand's nature would be more suited for Mirage. but damn do they have good lookin cars. I would, though, associate Blurr with older Porsche. Statistically, Porsche is the current record holder for the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans to date with 19 wins, with one of their most iconic cars being the Porsche 917 & Porsche 956.
I think it would be criminal to not honour Blurr's racing history, that's why i'm putting a race car in here.
Honorable mentions! :
Ford GT40 - THE car that beat Ferrari at its own game, and has gained a cult following ever since.
Audi R18 e-tron Quattro - The car that beat Porsche's 16 victories, driven by Toms Kriestensen, and holding the most driver victories in a single car (9)
McLaren F1 GTR - I just like how it looks lol
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do you have any carlando fic recs?
Do I have carlando fic recs? always. There's a somewhat recency bias to the individual recs, so if you're wanting a more comprehensive look, I would definitely utilize the resources above this "read more." But also the individual fics are 🥰
First off, I'm gonna humbly present my catalog 😅
I also have some authors (in no particular order) that I would recommend anything Carlando-related they've written: -Phebes (@phebess) -Pitmewithyourbeststop -Magnificentbirb (@magnificentbirb) -Charleslelurk (@charleslelurk) -Madlyiephasetwo -Tiredtiredsharl (@wolfiemcwolferson)
My general fic rec tag is a great place when I come across tumblr links/snippets (also contains other rec lists: x, xx)
My public bookmarks on Ao3 is also a good indication of my fave fics (because some things are between me and god)
I'll shove some individual fics (in no particular order) below the read more so I don't clog people's dashes
Someone Who Can Stand in Your Storm by The_in_between_honey (@the-in-between-honey) (Rating: M)
Like most drivers, Lando has always worn scent blockers - like, always. He’s not ashamed of being an omega, it's just not anyone else's business. Besides, who wants to get into the politics of alphas vs omegas vs betas in F1? He doesn't buy into any of that, just like he doesn't buy into the idea of a "soulmate." No one asks, and he doesn’t tell anyone. Not even Carlos.
I never knew I was looking for all of my tomorrows by Anonymous (Rating: E)
They’d joked about it sometimes, what it would be like if one of them were a girl, if they would cross that line they already tiptoed around. “Would you break up with your girlfriend for me?” Lando teased once, pushing it ever closer to the edge they teetered on. “Lando,” Carlos had said in that warning voice of his, but he hadn’t said no, and now there’s no girlfriend either…
Across The Never by ShankySpork (Rating: M *Rated with MCD but not permanent)
Benny Goodman once wrote a song, ‘Where Or When’. It goes as follows; “It seems we stood and talked like this, before//We looked at each other in the same way then, But I can’t remember where, or when//The cloths you are wearing, are the cloths you wore//The smile you are smiling, you were smiling then//But I can’t remember where, Or when//Some things that happened for the first time//Seem to be happening again//And so it seems//That we’ve met before//And laughed before//And loved before//But who knows//Where or When” And truly, nothing could summarize this story better.
you lit a fire (and left no mark) by slapshot (Rating: E)
Lando doesn’t really drink or do drugs. So when he collects his things and dresses himself and leaves the room, fighting back tears and muffling his sobs behind his hands, Lando remembers everything. ~*~ the carlando accompaniment to salad days.
Count-Back by nottonyharrison (Rating: E)
Lando’s career progression up to the age of nineteen can be summarised by one word: Hustle. Lando learned the fine art early on in her racing career. It’s not always been successful, sometimes it’s blown up in her face, and sometimes her smart mouth gets her in trouble. But, on balance, things have worked out pretty damn well. The one fly in the ointment now though, is her teammate. Carlos Sainz is a whole lot of things Lando’s not. He’s confident in an old-money, sophisticated sort of way. He’s intelligent and well spoken. He’s goddamn gorgeous. Most annoyingly, he’s better than she is.
i’ll race you for pinks by cazio (@chubbydino) (Rating: M)
Heist!AU. Carlos Sainz Jr. is heading a heist operation based out of New York, following his father’s footsteps as a criminal mastermind. Max Verstappen, the most feared mercenary in the business, is his second in command. Daniel Ricciardo is the deadly charmer that gets them whatever they need, from whoever they need it from. Lando Norris is the mystery. Carlos has never met him in person, but he knows Lando will be perfect for the job. But Lando is not exactly what Carlos envisioned a computer nerd to be. In fact, he is very, very hot.
fall and fixture by heroics (@restacks) (Rating: E)
Lando’s already had a very poor time of it this morning. First there was no real milk in the break room refrigerator, so he had to put almond milk in his tea, disgusting. Then he caused a panic in the explosives lab by knocking over someone’s project. Now he’s faced with Carlos Sainz Jr., Foreign Operative #055.
If the Love is Pure by loveleclerc (@holacarlando) (Rating: E)
After being attacked in the middle of the night by an unknown Alpha, Lando flees to Spain for protection from the Sainz Pack while his fathers search for a way to keep him safe in England. He never asked to be a male Omega, a designation rare beyond belief and sought after by Alphas around the world, but fleeing into the care of Carlos Sainz Jr. may just be the solution to all of his fears… and dreams.
and all of my wildest dreams (they just end up with you and me) by choripan (@7msc) (Rating: E)
“What time did you go to sleep last night, cabrón?” The 7AM light hitting Carlos made his Disney Prince dark hair look like a halo, his features softer in the morning. He was frowning a little bit, but in a way that made him look worried instead of angry. “Uhhhhhhhh…” “Landooooooo…” OR: the one where Lando is slowly girlrotting away and Carlos just wants to help.
i love you forever, not maybe (you’re my one true love) by mtchmrnr (Rated: E)
Lando is starting to suspect that off-camera, he’s quite the soft and gentle guy. What did he say once in an interview? He protects love? I’d love to be protected, Lando thinks. or: the one where Lando is a student, Carlos is a F1 driver, and they go through a lot before they get their happy ending
#there are so many good fics out there. this is around the first 2 pages of my bookmarks though#so i would definitely recommend fully going through those if you want more good good and slightly older ones (read: 2022 and back)#carlando#fic rec#ask
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Vacanze spezzate per Wolfgang Gross di Ilaria de Franceschi: Tra Trieste e Vienna. Recensione di Alessandria today
Quattro indagini mozzafiato per l'ispettore Wolfgang Gross tra arte, omicidi e misteri internazionali
Quattro indagini mozzafiato per l’ispettore Wolfgang Gross tra arte, omicidi e misteri internazionali. Recensione del Romanzo:Ilaria de Franceschi torna a catturare l’attenzione dei lettori con il suo nuovo romanzo Vacanze spezzate per Wolfgang Gross: Tra Trieste e Vienna. Protagonista indiscusso è l’ispettore Wolfgang Gross, che vede le sue tanto attese vacanze rovinate da una serie di…
#arte rubata#crac finanziario#Crime novel#crimini d’arte#crimini internazionali#detective story#Europa#furto d’arte#Giallo Italiano#Ilaria de Franceschi#Indagini#indagini mozzafiato#Investigatore privato.#investigazione#ispettore poliziesco#ispettore Wolfgang Gross#misteri internazionali#mistero#Omicidi#omicidi rituali#omicidi sugli sci#poliziesco#romanzi di suspense#Romanzo giallo#Serial killer#serial killer europeo#Suspense#thriller poliziesco#Thriller Psicologico#triangolo dell&039;arte e del crimine.
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2024.10.30
Complete fics posted on AO3 this day
1. beloved beast by @thisisformyfanfiction [E, 1k]
Harry has finally convinced Draco that he won’t run screaming from their bedroom if he shifts into his wolf form for sex.
2. Fight or Flight by lovletter [G, 3k]
Harry Potter wants to be anywhere but this Halloween party. Draco Malfoy has no idea what minding his business means.
3. i wanna be so real, you can't see the difference by @s0lifuge [M, 5k]
The glamour quickly became a part of Draco’s daily routine. [...]
4. Muggle Pleasures by Ace_Phoenix [E, 3k]
Pansy had once told Draco all about the 'wondrous world' of Muggle sex toys, but Draco hadn't been convinced. That was, until Harry introduced something to their sex life that he called a 'bullet vibrator' that certainly lived up to its name.
5. Not to worry, I have a permit by noarc [T, 1k]
Harry is investigating in a minor case. Lucky for him, Malfoy made the suspect list. /// Lucky for Draco, things take a gay turn.
6. Veil (and Red Hail) by rubygreene [E, 6k]
Harry's undercover mission looks like a waste of time. If one was to evaluate time by the number of criminals he had successfully caught. Deciding to accept Draco Malfoy's advances while fully aware Malfoy had no idea who he was flirting with, definitely wasn't a waste of time. Just very, very stupid.
7. What Fills the Void That’s Left Behind by @tessacrowley [E, 46k] --- ART by @itsphantasmagoria
At the end of October, Draco Malfoy slashes open both wrists and bleeds to death. By the middle of November, Head Auror Harry Potter agrees to take his case. But there are entities more ghastly than the ghosts that haunt the Malfoy Manor, and fates more horrible than death. When the wound is so deep that you lose a part of yourself, what fills the void that’s left behind?
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HD wireless recs: weeks 3, 4 & 5
I won't be able to read all Wireless fics until reveals, but I wanted to post at least one more reclist for the creations that I did manage to read/look at/listen to and enjoyed from weeks 3, 4 & 5. ❤️ means favourite. -- creators added after reveals.
>>Recs from weeks 1 & 2 <<
👻 Antelucan Ruins (E, 29k) by @rainjulyx
From the bloody Prophet, Draco discovers Harry Potter’s death splashed in grey ink printed on the front page. Potter is dead before Draco gets to see him again to fulfil a half-spoken promise. And yet, these days Draco has the power to bend the world to his heart’s desires, and that includes fucking Harry Potter even after he personally saw Potter’s pale, lifeless body lying in a coffin before it got buried under the soil.
"Do you realise that you're just as pathetic and insane? You're so hung up on the idea of me that you'd fuck a ghost, Malfoy. You risked your life for it."
Draco puts an arm around Potter's body, "Whoever says I am sane? Certainly not me. It's calculated risk with more success rate than failure. And you are dead, Potter. You refuse to move on to the next realm because you crave for my cock."
I love it when the are unhinged for each other. Not even death can do them part.
❤️🏡 A Quiet Life (T, digital art) by @getawayfox
After their relationship becomes public knowledge; after being hounded by the paparazzi; after Draco says enough is enough and leaves London; Harry’s more than happy to follow.
After all, a quiet life is all he’s ever wanted.
This Draco is so very pretty. Love the casually intimate pose.
👬 The Shape I found you in (not rated, digital art) by @veneficusposts
But your heart was busy within,
Building bomb shelters under your skin.
That's the shape I found you in
The character design is so cute.
❤️🍻 Closing Time (E, 18k) by @sweet-s0rr0w
Draco’s been invited to Neville’s stag party in Bristol, and he's confident he knows what to expect. There’ll be too many Gryffindors, for starters, plus a few humiliating team-building activities, some dodgy clubs, and a truly preposterous level of alcohol consumption. But… a drunken Harry Potter climbing into Draco's bed when he’s having a wank? No, he definitely didn't see that coming…
Such easy prose; effortlessly funny, lovely Drarry sexual tension, and a great Ron, too.
🗞 crawlin' helpless on the floor (M, 1,5k) by @stationintern
It doesn't take much to torment a man when he's three broken contracts away from being out of a job and down a newspaper.
Such a lovely little atmospheric piece; sparse but creates such a mood.
💪 Too Good At Raising Hell (E, 87k) by @the-sinking-ship
When Harry Potter walks into Draco’s nightclub looking like trouble, Draco can’t stop staring. He really ought to train his dick not to react so enthusiastically to red flags, but where would be the fun in that?
This is just fun. There's clubbing, underground fighting, criminal shenanigans and quite a bit of sex.
🏏 Say When (E, 23k) by @lqtraintracks
When Auror Harry Potter is sent in undercover to determine if Draco Malfoy is laundering money through his BDSM club, will he be able to keep up the ruse and close the case? Or, more to the point, will he keep from falling in love?
I haven't read 'undercover at sex club' in ages. Soft Dom!Draco & sub!Harry, and their mutual inability to keep it professional are a great combo.
😴 Perpetual Motion, Perpetual Sound (E, 51k) by @dodgerkedavra
Harry Potter can’t sleep.
This fic surprised me. I thought it was one thing, and then it went in an entirely different direction when the plot kicked in.
🏘 Two Houses (E, 11k) by @tackytigerfic
Two households, both alike in... meddling Floo connections, apparently?
Draco Malfoy is a highly professional and well-respected Ministry official, with a demanding schedule, a loving son, and—through no fault of his own—a faulty Floo connection that keeps regurgitating the Minister for Magic through his fireplace.
Love older Drarry and meddling houses. Made me smile.
🇫🇷 A Case of You by epitomereally - a Podfic (E, ~12h) read by @cailynwrites
Draco was doing just fine working as an Unspeakable in Paris, hanging out with his living and ghostly pals, inventing new spells, and definitely not thinking about Potter. Then, Lucius just had to break out of prison and turn his world upside down.
Now, Draco has to return to England, where he is forced to confront how family ties bind us—and one infuriatingly fit Harry Potter.
I didn't finish the whole podfic yet (12h!), but I like the narrator and what I did manage already was lovely and very easy to listen to.
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Speaking of martial competence, do you have any examples of characters that are actually written with this in mind?
Loads. Some actually even make good on that.
So, there's different kinds of martial competence. There are characters who are proficient in combat directly, there are well written strategists, there are characters who excel at military leadership, and when they're written well, you can actuallylearn some things from them.
I'm going to give some examples, and at least one cautionary example.
For, just, raw combat prowess, I still go back to Robert E. Howard's Conan short stories. It's easy to meme on the character, especially 90 years after the fact, with the cultural persona that's grown around him, but Howard's original writing is excellent. The character would not have survived Howard's early (and, frankly, tragic) death if it was just the one note gag you might expect, if your only exposure to the character was through cultural osmosis and the films.
Howard's fight scenes were shockingly well written. To the point that it is still absolutely worth reading if you want to write a fantasy fighter.
For strategists, three characters come to mind, but only two are literary, and all are Science Fiction.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is probably one of the best villains Star Wars has ever produced, it's part of why he's one of the few characters that's migrated from the original EU to the Disney era. My personal take is, as a character, he's lost a lot over the years, but the original incarnation from the early 90s novels is a very solid model for a strategist. Particularly in how he takes time to understand his opponents while looking for potential weak points to exploit.
His practice of studying a culture's art to understand their psychology might sound a bit goofy, but the concept does have a real basis. (At least, until it metastasized into a superpower, in later adaptations of the character.) Being able to psychologically assess your foe is an incredibly valuable element of strategy, and one that you probably want to consider when you're writing a character who is supposed to be a “strategic genius.”
When writing fiction, you want to consider all of your characters as if they were people, rather than as hollow, plastic toys. And, yes, the obnoxious villain who knows exactly what your heroes will do because of authorial fiat is going to be a more compelling character than the ambulatory goldfish villain who exists as a prelude for your heroes showing off how badass you think they are.
Granted, even in Heir to the EmpireThrawn was already drawing strategic insights that strained credibility, but understanding your foe is an element of strategic thinking that is often forgotten in literature. So, even as a villain in a tie-in novel (we're not done with tie-in fiction yet), he is worth looking at. At least when written by Timothy Zhan, Thrawn was a well written character, and even if he bordered on a Mary Sue at times, he escaped a lot of that stigma by justifying his competence.
It's also probably worth mentioning in passing that he's one of the few Imperial leaders in Star Wars who isn't also criminally incompetent.
The non-literary example of a strategist would be John Sheridan from Babylon 5. Unlike Thrawn, Sheridan's main strategic focus is on situational exploitation. A little of that comes from his knowledge of enemy procedures and psychology, but at lot of it comes from a rather ruthless approach to technical limitations. An alien race is using technology that blocks human targeting systems? Set up a nuclear mine and then send out a fake distress single to lure them in. Need to deal with a significantly larger, more dangerous ship? Lure them into a gas giant and and let the planet's gravity well drag them past crush depth. Bruce Boxleitner's performance helped sell the character, but Sheridan is a really solid science fiction strategist, who really exemplifies how technical limitations can have enormous strategic considerations.
I'm not citing Sheridan as an excellent example of a leader per se,it's certainly there, but it is harder to unpack from Boxleitner's performance. It does have some good payoffs much later in the series when he starts making some orders that cause his subordinates to sit up and stop what they're doing. And that is a consistent theme even back to his introduction, but, it's a tangible consequence to an intangible cause.
The last example is a negative example, both for strategy and leadership. And, as much as it pains me to say this, at least Orson Scott Card understood that Ender was a bad leader. At least in the original novel. To be blunt, Ender is a mediocre strategist at best. His highlights in the book involve, “inventing armor,” and creative movement in micrograv. That's setting the bar exceptionally low, and while it is reasonably within the range of what you could expect from a pre-teen, that's not much of a justification.
Again, I'm not a fan of Card, and I'm reallynot recommending Ender's Gameto anyone. However, if I didn't mention it, you know there'd be a reblog going for twelve hundred words about how Andrew Wiggin is the best strategist in literature, which, yeah, no.
Do you want a goofy, tie-in fiction, literary suggestion for the best leader in sci-fi? Too bad, because I'm pretty sure Ciaphas Cain is not that person. The Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell are unusual as leadership recommendations, because of how much Cain internally processes the social manipulation involved in military leadership. He's not a great leader, but he is exceptionallygood at explaining to the reader how he's creating that illusion to motivate the soldiers around him. In fairness, some of that is an intrinsic character flaw, he is incredibly insecure, and desperately trying to hide that fact. And the difference between being a great leader, and effectively creating a comprehensive illusion of a great leader is: There is no difference. As a serious complement, it is one of the few times I've seen an author treat leadership as an actual skill, and not simply an extension of a character's charisma. Which is why I'm singling this one out. It might sound like a joke inclusion initially, and the books are quite funny in a Warhammer 40k kind of way, but there is quite a bit of value to be had.
-Starke
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#writing advice#writing reference#writing tips#how to fight write#starke answers#Babylon 5#Grand Admiral Thrawn#Ciaphas Cain
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Italian Audio/Books/Videos Masterlist
Now that I’m at the upper A2/lower B1 level for Italian, I figured I’d compile a quick list of where I’ve found the best stuff to read and listen to.
E-Books and Audiobooks
Kobo Rakuten Italia — where I buy my ebooks. You can read them online, in the app, or download them and [redacted] to export them elsewhere. Has a monthly unlimited subscription that functions like a combo Kindle/Audible subscription.
Storytel — monthly subscription for unlimited access to audiobooks.
YouTube
Learn Italian With Lucrezia — truly the savior of anyone learning Italian. My favorite videos are her Q&As, vlogs, and “n basic phrases you need to know.” I don’t get much out of her grammar explainer videos but that’s because of who I am as a person.
NovaLectio — commentary style mini documentaries. I export them to LingQ to read before watching and it helps me parse what’s going on. Also, they upload some videos dubbed in English so you can watch both.
Vogue Italia — celebrity interviews and fashion content. About 50/50 Italian and English but obviously high production value.
ArtandtheCities — criminally underrated channel imo. 10-15 minute art history/industry videos by an art historian. Super interesting, she’s easy to understand, and has captions.
Chef Max Mariola — utter chaos but fun. A Roman chef cooking various dishes, sometimes with a guest. Gives very “your uncle is hosting Thanksgiving and forgot until yesterday” vibes but in the best way.
TV/Movies/Documentaries
RaiPlay (free!) — Italian version of PBS. Lots of documentaries and some kind of goofy soap operas/narrative shows. You can also watch live TV.
Podcasts and Radio
RaiPlay Sound — basically NPR. Also free! You can find podcasts, live radio stations, audiobooks, and even audio descriptions of movies and TV shows.
Articles
Formula 1 Italia — Formula 1 news. I’m a big Ferrari fan but they cover a lot of news/current events (as long as they can connect it to a driver). The writing is short and to the point so it’s easy to parse for beginners. And honestly the drama is better than a lot of TV shows.
Stile Arte — long, more complex articles about art and archaeology. Cannot recommend it enough if you have an interest in any of those things. There are some straightforward history articles at the B1/B2 level, and also some more creative essays that push C1.
Corriere della Sera — daily news site. I started reading the news only in Italian to keep me from doom scrolling because America is terrifying. This is just the site I have ended up using a lot. Mostly because it’s easy to navigate and they have a ton of content.
#langblr#ref#reference#langblr resources#italian langblr#italian language#italiano#italian reference#language master list#Italian master list#learning italian#mine
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Recruiting Peter in Civil War: a War Crime?
Today we are going to review this statement:
Tony “blackmailed a teenager to help fight his battles for him (Civil War) (which for the record, constitutes as a fucking war crime)”.
Part 1. Not a war crime: check my post about war crimes here. War crime is a crime committed during a war, by a party of the conflict.
MCU's “Civil War” was not a war. It was a conflict between a few people, that included one fight and a chase. The fight at the end of the movie between Tony and Steve with Bucky was not a part of this particular conflict, but a conflict on its own. From the government’s side, this situation was a law enforcement operation to capture a group of fugitives, where Tony’s side represented the law enforcement group under U.N. authority, not a nation’s armed forces.
The definition of Armed Forces: “the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation”.
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In comics (Earth 616) it was indeed a war, but not in the MCU. That’s first.
Second, “Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, conscripting or enlisting children into armed forces or groups constitutes a war crime in both international and non-international armed conflicts (ICC Statute, Article 8(2)(b)(xxvi) and (e)(vii)).”
Tony did not enlist Peter in the armed forces or the Avengers.
And third, “The bans on recruitment of children below the age of 15 enshrined in Article 77 of Additional Protocol I, and in Article 4 of Additional Protocol II are also considered to prohibit accepting voluntary enlistment (P I, Art. 77 (2); P II, Art. 4(3)(c)).”
“2. The Parties to the conflict shall take all feasible measures in order that children who have not attained the age of fifteen years do not take a direct part in hostilities and, in particular, they shall refrain from recruiting them into their armed forces. In recruiting among those persons who have attained the age of fifteen years but who have not attained the age of eighteen years, the Parties to the conflict shall endeavour to give priority to those who are oldest.” (Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, Art. 77 (2)).
Here we got to an actual error from the SMFFH filmmakers’ side. Before SMFFH Peter’s age at the time of Civil War was planned to be 15 (see directors’ and screenwriters’ commentaries). In SMFFH Peter’s birthday was set to Aug 10, 2001, making him 14 years old at the time of Civil War. We cannot use random date placements made by SMFFH creators to define serious stuff, and also use another movie’s filmmakers’ decisions that were made after Civil War. So we must go with the fact that at the time of Civil War Peter was 15 years old, as was stated by the creators of CA:CW.
Conclusion: Peter was 15 years old, and if he were recruited to participate in a war, it would not be a war crime. But, he also was not enlisted in the armed forces. And Civil War was not an actual war, but a law enforcement operation under UN jurisdiction. So, yes, Tony is not a war criminal. Again. Very disappointing.
If you guys have any other ideas of how to accuse him of war crimes – go ahead. I’ll check them all.
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