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[spookygibberish]

Also if anyone is curious here's my big dumb very very roughly ranked list of shit I've listened to over the last yearish

[vintagenews]

Here's a precursor to the Heinlien novel and film Starship Troopers, concerning Earth's war against alien insects. 

Source and details.

[faegoddessog]

 Seventy Two Hours of Bliss Ch. 2/41

Chapter 2: Behind Your Closed Door

Chapter Warnings: (18+), Masturbation, Talk of Casual Sex

Series Masterlist

Series Summary:

You are neighbors with Austin Butler on the Gold Coast of Australia just prior to shooting Elvis. You become just friends because he is taken. However, after he is single again, you both find out just how attracted you are to one another and things get unrelentingly hot.

SERIES WARNING: Explicitly mature content, 18+ only,  here there be lemons.

Authors Notes: I started writing this while remodeling my kitchen, so that informed the slightly quirky narrative. It starts slow, but once it heats up, it is on fire. I have tried to pull facts from RL as much as I could, but obviously there are some assumptions and flat out dreamy wishes wishes involved here. Naughty stuff begins about Chapter 4, so stay tuned!

Chapter 2: Behind Your Closed Door

One night, a couple weeks after you meet, you and Austin are talking about your favorite books during dinner.

“Have you ever read Robert Heinlien?” you ask him.

“Like the movie Starship Troopers?” he asks with a curiously worried look.

“Oh lord, please no. I mean yes, but that movie was not… good. There are a few background bits that are indicative of his worlds but… ugh.”

You talk about your favorite book, ‘ Time enough for Love’. About world building he does and the idea of equality, albeit through the lens of the 1960’s. You tell him how his ideas of a matter-of-fact, casual approach to sex really shaped your ideas about it in your formative years. When he asks what you mean you reply:

“Ok, for instance. In the beginning of the book, the main character, Lazarus Long, is in the hospital. He’s the oldest man in the universe, like 2000 years old."

Austin looks at you with slight disbelief.

"Yeah, it’s Sci-fi," you wave away his concern, "He was born in the early 1900’s and has basically done everything and wants to die, which, by the way, is a right that HE built into their society cuz he is the founding father. But they feel he is too important. Much of the book is about his memoirs as they try to get him to agree to being rejuvenated."

Another 'what the heck' look from Austin.

"Again, Sci-fi, suspend that disbelief sugar," you tease him. "Anyway, the book has some misogynistic undertones that were true for the time… , which I’m sure you have come across in your Elvis research."

Austin nods.

"But anyway I digress. There are two nurses in something like full hazmat suits and they have no idea what each other looks like or even each other's gender. But there is a spark between them as they interact over the care of Lazarus. One of them invites the other to 72 Hours of Bliss. This is a society agreed upon practice of 72 hours of no-strings-attached glorious sex, exploration, fun and just leaning into that happy new person energy. And after the time is up, if they want to enter into something further, it’s fine. But if not there are no hard feelings and they part ways as friends. It’s just good sweaty fun. It’s honest and open and there is no ‘trying to get you into bed' games. All parties know and agree to the terms, no mind games or bullshit.”

You close your eyes, head titled back a touch and take a big breath in, “Bliss,” you say with a breathy exhale.

There are a couple beats of silence. You open your eyes tirade over and look at Austin. His full lips are slightly parted. He is staring at you a little intrigued. He blinks and nods his head.

“I see. And have you….?” he rolls his wrist, palm up in a 'keep going' motion.

“What? Have I had 72 hours of bliss?" your hand on yoru chest, "sadly no, I’ve yet to find someone who actually groks it and that I’m actually attracted to.”

“Groks?” he has one eyebrow up.

“Oh sorry, that’s from Heinlein's banned book, Stranger in a Strange Land….You see there is this man who was raised on Mars by Martians and he ends up being like a messiah with superpowers…..”

The two of you talk books and stories into the wee hours. He goes home and you think about how much you wish for those 72 hours with Austin.

>>>>>>>>>

The next week, Austin invites you to join him at a casual dinner with ‘Tom and Rita’, just as friends. You assume these are people from his movie set.

He knocks on your door at the appointed time to ‘pick you up’. You are wearing a sundress, short sleeved open-front sweater and little comfy flats. You curled your usually natural hair into some beachy waves for the evening.

He looks you up and down nodding, “you clean up nice,” he says with a smile.

“You do too, Daddy-O,” you giggle. He has on slacks and a tailored short sleeve button down reminiscent of the 50’s, just like his hair.

You take the elevator a couple floors up and he knocks on the door. The door opens and you realize ‘Tom’ is freaking TOM HANKS!

You keep your cool, although barely. You have always thought celebrities are people too, and you figure that they might enjoy just being treated like average people now and then.

Austin introduces you as his neighbor and new friend. Both Tom and Rita shake hands warmly, you are sure your hands are vibrating with nerves. You hand Rita the little bouquet of flowers you brought as a thank you. You try really hard not to fangirl and don't ask for selfies with them. They are delightful to you and the conversation is great all evening. It’s true what they say about Tom being the nicest guy in Hollywood.

When Rita hears about what you do she is intrigued and asks lots of questions about how you manage it all. You hadn’t planned for this to be a business meeting, but this is how you get jobs! You tell her the things you contract out, which is mainly sheetrock and any major electrical. You show her pictures of the upscale places you have done.

“We want to remodel the kitchen in our home in Greece. I love supporting female businesses, especially in male dominated industries. Let’s meet up and talk about it, maybe tomorrow?” She says, looking at Tom. He nods his head while taking another bite.

“Sure, you can come down and see what I’m doing downstairs,” you offer.

You leave with a potential job opportunity and what feels like a new Aunt and Uncle.

Once you are in the elevator you turn to Austin, “You could have warned me…. You didn’t say it was fucking Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson!!”

“Oh shit, didn’t I tell you I was working with him? I thought you knew, he says eyes wide.

“NO, you most decidedly did not. You owe me Austin,” you poke him in the arm.

“Oh god, I am sorry. Yes I owe you. But damn you handled that amazingly. I didn’t have a clue,’ e his impressed.

“Well I figure even famous people want to be treated like people. If they hire me I will completely forgive you. It could really open some amazing doors for me.”

The elevator dings and the doors slide open. You walk to your door, pulling keys out of your clutch. He gently grabs your elbow. Sparks flash through your skin.

“Hey, thanks for coming with me, you are the best dinner date. And I really am sorry,” he flashes a shy, but winning smile that makes those sparks turn into fire in your core.

“It’s ok Austin, I’m not actually upset," you place your hand on his arm, "I should have known after your ‘Denzel’ name drop," you tease, trying to ignore your arousal.

He laughs and looks down, “you are never gonna let me live that down are you?”

“Never., you laugh, “And now I have ‘Tom and Rita’ in my arsenal!”

He shakes his head, looking down, “I suppose I deserve it.”

He raises his eyes and catches yours in a sexy gaze. Your breath catches in your chest and all teasing and laughter dissipates. You realize he is brushing his fingertips on your arm. You can feel that heat at your core rising into your face as you blush and can’t look away from him.

FUCK. FUCKFUCKFUCK.. You could press this, says your naughty demon side. You should invite him in, see what happens. You could let me off this leash and lure him into your bed…I mean, he touched you first… is still touching you in fact.

Shut up, shut up SHUTUP! hehasagirlfriend FUCK! But you know how cheating can eat away at a person. He is too sweet and kind. You can't make him feel that way. You really like him as a person and have come to value him as a friend. It would make it awkward, he’d stop talking to you.

No matter how much you want to climb onto his lap and ride him until you both cum? Naked skin slapping together, his hands on your tits. Your mouth on his…. SHUT THE FUCK UP SUCCUBUS!!

“I had, um.. better...“ you stutter and point to your door.

He inhales and nods, breaking eye contact and the spell. Pulling his hand away he brushes it nervously through his hair.

Suddenly you realize that he wasn’t aware until just now of how he was stroking your arm, how much he had turned you on with just his eyes and his fingers. He wasn't sure what to do or say now.

You take a big breath, reach out and grab his hand reassuringly. “Thank you for inviting me, I had a great time. Goodnight Austin," you smile at him.

He smiles, grateful that all seems ok between you two, “Goodnight.”

You open the door casually and wave to him as you shut it behind you.

"HOLY FUCK" You hit the door with your back, pull your dress up and slide your hand inside your wet panties. Rubbing yourself to climax while thinking about riding him. You secretly hope he is still outside your door, listening as you cum, moaning his name.

[coffeewhiskeysleeprepeat]

So, I'm an attorney, and I want every person to be aware of something I internalized from a book by Robert Heinlien at a young age. Namely, there are three ways to lie:

Say something UN-true. This is perjury in this context, and carries a felony prison sentence, and this is the easiest lie for someone else to catch. Make your judgement calls accordingly.

You can lie by omission. For instance, if I was being considered as a potential juror in a case, I would mention that I had "heard about" jury nullification when I was in law school a decade ago when asked and volunteer no other information.

The best way to lie is to tell the whole truth in a way that your audience won't believe. I won't lie, this takes some grifting skills to pull off. I can do this, I can teach this, but I need to teach it in person.

I think now is a good time for us all to review the principle of Jury Nullification.

Jury Nullification is when a jury finds a defendant Not Guilty even though they (perhaps secretly) believe them to be guilty.

In the United States, this has come up primarily in the case of 'escaped slave laws'. Good people are not willing to send formerly enslaved people back to their captors.

Governments hate this sort of behavior. But it's hard to stop. How have they tried?

1. They keep it secret. Jurors are not informed of this possibility. Activists who talk to jurors in front of courthouses have been arrested.

2. Jury Selection. Anyone who brings up nullification in jury selection gets removed. All jurors musts agree to "accept as correct the rulings and instructions of the law as provided by the judge." But they can't stop you from changing your mind.

3. Declare a Mistrial. If the defense or anyone else mentions nullification, they can scrub the whole thing and try again with a fresh jury. They will also find excuses to strike individual jurors if they need to.

4. They Flat Out Lie to You. Quoting Wikipedia here:

In 2017, a jury was instructed: "You cannot substitute your sense of justice, whatever that means, for your duty to follow the law, whether you agree with it or not. It is not for you to determine whether the law is just or whether the law is unjust. That cannot be your task. There is no such thing as valid jury nullification. You would violate your oath and the law if you willfully brought a verdict contrary to the law given to you in this case." The Ninth Circuit upheld the first three sentences of the jury's instruction and overruled the remainder but deemed that instruction a harmless error and affirmed the conviction.[67]

So expect scary people to tell you that you are breaking the law if don't give the verdict they want you to give.

But you don't have to do what they tell you to. If you find yourself on a jury you can come to whatever conclusions your conscience demands.

Maybe that bag of weed looks like oregano to you. Maybe that gun looks like a prop. Maybe the cop or the prosecutor seems shifty. Perhaps the defendant just has an honest face.

You can always find a reasonable doubt. Fuck you I won't do what you tell me to.

[wilfofficial]

📚🧸

OC Ask Meme

[ 📚 ] what books does your muse have on their bookshelf? what books would they like to have? if your muse isn’t an avid reader, is there anything they collect or might like to collect?

I mentioned before Audrey enjoys speculative fiction so she's got a pretty large collection of that, plus a lot of weird/fantastic vintage fiction in general. Although she has a few signed/first/collectors editions, mostly those stay in a climate controlled vault. The books on her shelves are for reading so unless it's a difficult copy to find, they're much more pedestrian looking. L Frank Baum, Frank Herbert, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. LeGuin, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe and Robert A. Heinlien are present, among many others. She'd love to lay hands on a copy of The Illustrated Man with a drawing by Ray Bradbury but collecting truly valuable things has been put on hold for a little while (at least until Luna can be trusted not to chew anything on reach). Other than books, she collects other sci-fi media related items. She's got a few old prop ray guns and Buck Rodgers costume pieces, some rare Japanese Godzilla toys, an original cel drawing from Akira, stuff like that.

[ 🧸 ] does your muse keep anything sentimental? if so, what do they keep and why?

Sort of. Audrey can be both sentimental and practical so sometimes she keeps something purely out of the assumption that it'll prove useful down the line and then continues to keep it for the memories. She has several boxes of buttons and patches from most of the military uniforms she's worn over the centuries and usually keeps souvenirs from her hunting exploits. And if it's a good piece of clothing she'll keep it as long as it'll last, she's still wearing her leather jacket from the early 80's.

[eurisko-bohemia]

Robert heinlien

[evilprincesskeri]

Teen!Dean - Part Five:  Puzzle Pieces

                                                     ~~ NSFW ~~

Dean felt her hands slide around his waist, inside his leather jacket, and for a brief moment fear jolted through him that she’d find the gun in his waistband.  But there was no gun.  Bobby wouldn’t let him take them out of the house.  Jenika bit his lower lip and leaned back with it still caught between her teeth.  It hurt, and he wasn’t sure he liked it, but he wasn’t sure he didn’t like it either.  “Deaaan…” she groused, “you’re distracted again…”

“Yeah, well, you’re distracting.”  He said offhandedly; it was a stock answer at this point.  The two of them had been hooking up pretty consistently after school for almost two weeks now, and he kept telling himself that it was worth it; the blow-jobs alone were worth it.  But he was starting to find parts of it less fun.  

She giggled in response, as though he hadn’t used that line five times this week alone.  Her fingers went to his belt and deftly started to unfasten it.  He shrugged out of his jacket and overshirt, tossing them to land in the big, pink, fluffy chair in front of her vanity.  Dean wondered, again, where her parents went to so often - because they were gone alot.  He guessed that this was how rich suburbian parents abandoned their kids.  

He didn’t get a lot of time to wonder about it though,  as her cold little fingers wrapped around his semi-hard cock.  His breath caught, at the cold, but as usual she took it as a sign of his arousal and giggled again.  She giggled a lot.  He picked her up, and tossed her onto the bed behind him, then crawled up along her body.  

Dropping kisses on her thighs, he pushed her skirt up to bunch around her waist.  Lifting his chin so he could meet her eyes, his mouth hovered over the lacy pink triangle of fabric at the apex of her thighs.  She bit her bottom lip in an exaggerated show of desire.  He dropped a kiss on top of that fabric, and slide further up to kiss her belly.  He pushed the sweater she wore up and over her head, as he kissed up to take one of her nipples between his teeth.  She moaned and twisted under him, her hips lifting to brush against his exposed cock.  He moved his hands down to her hips, to keep them steady and used only his mouth to wet, and lower the top hem of her bra, exposing the nipple he was suckling to the air.  

Her fingers slid through his hair, clutching at the short cropped hairs at the back of his neck while he settled himself between her legs, only the thin fabric of her panties between the two of them.  She gasped at the sensation and went still under him.  He licked his lips, maintaining eye contact.  She gasped “Dean….”  

“Tell me to stop, and I will.”  He rubbed himself against her mound again, his erection fully hard now.

She pushed at his shoulder, and he rolled with it, onto his back.  Straddling his hips, her skirt around her waist, she did that wonderful female contortionist trick and removed her bra.  He laid back and admired the gorgeous teardrop shape of her breasts, and the way her nipples hardened into tiny, perky little pink points.  As soon as she tossed her bra away she sank down so her weight was on his hips, and, began to rock and grind against his cock.  

Reaching for her breasts, Dean began to knead them for his pleasure but also to toy with her nipples.  She gasped and groaned and squirmed at every touch of them, and while her voice was annoying, her pleasure was exquisite.  He felt the heat between her legs dampen her panties and he slid one hand down her body and inside the top hem of them, over the smooth mound.  She shaved down there, it was always weird, but hot.  He dipped his middle finger in between her out lips and she stilled and moaned.  He pushed his fingers in further, finding the little bud of her clit and flicking over it.  

Her hand, warm now, wrapped aggressively around his cock.  She moved her hand up and down his shaft like she had a grudge.  “Hey, hey, slow down.”  He implored.  It felt good, but, at that pace it was going to be over way, way too soon.  She didn’t seem to hear him, so he slid his finger all the way inside her and she stopped moving entirely.  “Slow down honey, we got time.”  

There was a knock at the front door.  

Dean, tilted his head to the side to listen, but Jenika didn’t seem to hear it or care.  She stroked his shaft with deliberate slowness and rocked her hips against his hand.  

The knock happened again, followed by the doorbell.  

Jenika sighed, annoyed.  “I better go get rid of whoever the fuck that is.”  She climbed off him, straightened her skirt, tossed her sweater back on sans bra and headed to the front door.  

Dean sat up, in no hurry, and buttoned his pants.  As he was pulling his jacket back on he heard an unfamiliar male voice.  The way the two talked it didn’t seem like it was her dad, so, after shrugging into the jacket he sauntered into the hall and propped himself in the door frame.  

Jenna led the guy into the house.  “I can’t believe I totally forgot you were coming over today.”  She spiked Dean a look that told him she had genuinely forgotten about some appointment.

The guy following her was a kid from school.  He looked familiar, but, Dean couldn’t put a name to the face.  His eyes glanced over to Dean only briefly and then hurriedly back to Jenna.  “It’s… it’s okay.  I can come back some other day if … if… you’re busy?”

She shook her head.  “No!  Seriously, it’s my bad.  I really need to pass this stupid test and I am soooo bad at the math on my own.  Dean’s cool.  He understands.  Right Dean?”

Dean shrugged.  “Yeah.  I get it.  I’ll catch you later.”  He pushed off the wall to head for the door.  

“Wait… it’s only an hour.  You could, like, just watch some TV or something?”  

Dean shrugged again.  “I guess.  Not like I have anywhere else pressing to be.”  He dropped down on the couch in the living room; which was basically an extension of the dining room and flicked the TV on to MTV.  Beavis and Butthead were on so he propped a foot on the coffee table and sat back to enjoy the stupidity.  

Jenna and her tutor sat at the table in the dining room, and went over differentials and formulas.  It was clear that she wasn’t getting it, even though her tutor seemed to be explaining everything pretty well.  Dean really didn’t get why people found math so hard.  It was just puzzle pieces, and once you knew how they fit together they just… did all the work for you.  But, Jenna already had a tutor, he wasn’t about to jump in and run his mouth and make the kid’s job harder.  About half-way through the hour the phone rang and Jenna went to pick up the wireless extension from the living room.  “Okay, okay, okay!  Laura, just give me a minute.  I gotta go into my room if we’re going to talk.”  She put her hand over the receiver and said to her tutor “Like… five minute break?  Laura caught Todd talking to Becky S. at the food court, and he was like… practically drooling.  She’s having a melt down.” “Yeah.  We can take a break for a bit.  We’ll start the rest of the hour when you get back.”  

“Cool.  Thanks, B.”  And Jenna flounced into the hall and down to her room.

The tutor pulled a battered paperback out of his backpack and leaned back to read it while he waited.  He didn’t seem to think it was going to be a short wait.  Dean didn’t either, honestly. He had to wonder if she was worth the wait; he wasn’t even hard anymore.  Beavis and Butthead ended and now he was stuck watching this shitty dating show Singled Out.  He picked up the remote to channel surf, and glanced over at the tutor kid.

He was nearly as tall as Dean, with dark eyes and sandy blonde hair that was longer on top, parted in the middle; sort of like DiCaprio.  His jaw was square, and had a determined set to it.  He held his book one handed, his other resting on his thigh.  The book was bright blue and battered but the cover was currently tilted away from him so he couldn’t read the title.  

Dean clicked the TV off and headed over to join the kid at the table.  “What’cha readin?”  

As he sat down the kid visibly pulled back into himself, as though he thought Dean were about to get violent.  He wondered briefly why everyone seemed to react like that, but let the thought pass without much examination and waited for the kid to respond.  “Uh.  Catch 22.”  He slid a bookmark in place and closed the book, setting it on the table between them.  

“That’s the whole...military dilema, right?  Like… you can get discharged for having a screw loose, but, if you know you’re a few bananas short of a bunch then how crazy can you be, really, and they won’t discharge you?”

“Uh.  Yeah.  Basically.”  He seemed reluctant to elaborate but, clearing his throat, he did continue “It’s kind of an interesting concept to explore especially in the backdrop of World War Two.”

“So, it’s a war novel?” Dean asked

“Uh, kinda.  I mean, the guys are at War, so that’s all happening in the background.  But, it’s not about the combat.  It’s like… the effect of the combat, I think.  I’m not sure.  I’m only a few chapters in.”

“Sounds cool.  I just finished reading Starship Troopers.  Kinda fun.  You read it?”  

“Eh.  I’m not super into Sci-Fi.  The world is scary enough without adding monsters and aliens and shit to the list of crap I gotta worry about.”  

Dean laughed, a genuine hearty laugh “Yeah?  Okay.”  He held out his hand to the kid “Hey, I’m Dean.  What’s your name?”  

The kid flinched again, but it was less obvious this time.  He cautiously took Dean’s hand.  His hands were big with wide palms, long fingers, and a good, solid grip but they were soft - with none of Dean’s calluses.  He answered cautiously.  “Brandon.  Uhm.  Can I just ask… like… what’s the game here, I don’t get it.”

Dean shook his head.  “Man, I’m just passing time.  I watch enough crappy TV on the road.”  

Brandon nodded.  “So… why are you asking about the book then?”

“Dude, I read.”

“Yeah?  Sci-Fi.”  Brandon scoffed and pushed his hair back out of his face, clearly feeling superior.

“Heinlein is classic Sci-Fi.  He’s got cred.  Like Asimov.  It’s not like I’m reading some Mercedes Lackey over here.  Sure, Heinlein likes to write about hot naked chicks and stuff, but, every book is about some moral dilemma of order and authoritarianism versus freedom and chaos.  Sci-Fi is about who we are and where we’re going.  It’s not like… Fantasy BS with prancing elves and talking horses and magic swords.”

Brandon sat back in his chair, and gave Dean a look of open mouthed confusion.  

Dean leaned forward, elbows on the table.  “And it’s a lot better than the shit we have to read in school.  I swear, if I get told to write an essay on the bullshit symbolism of Lord of the Flies again, I’m going to go postal.”

After a minute Brandon took a breath and said “I’m sorry.  I guess I … you’re sitting here like Darrel Curtis got a pass to the real world or something and I’m just not used to guys like you doing much more than shoving me into a locker.”  

Dean scowled.  “Would you even fit in a locker?  No, nevermind.  I guess I can go if I’m bothering you.  Seems like she’s gonna be a while.”  

Brandon lifted a hand to his mouth to chew on his thumbnail, and shook his head.  “Nah.  It’s… just weird.  Not bad weird.”  

Dean flashed Brandon a quick smile.  “Alright, then.  Load me up - when my dad gets back to town I don't’ know how long we’ll be on the road and my family doesn’t do the license plate game to pass the time.”

They talked for the next hour and a half about the books Dean should read on his next road trip; Vonnegut, Bradbury, Orwell.  Dean shared all his opinions about Kerouac; how he got so much stuff wrong, probably cause he was high while he was writing… or a douchebag.  Brandon tried his best to convince Dean to give Shakespere another try; suggesting Titus Andronicus, King Lear, and Richard III, and of course, Henry V.    Jenna walked in on Brandon standing in the living room, arms raised dramatically, quoting the St. Crispin’s Day speech, to Dean sitting on the arm of the couch listening with rapt attention.   “From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be rememberèd— We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.”

Jenna huffed.  “What the fuck, guys?”

Dean lowered his eyes, feeling embarrassed to have been caught enjoying Shakespeare.  Brandon dropped his arms to his side and shifted nervously from one foot to the other.   Dean gave Jenna an awkward smile.  “Uh, just passing the time…” His eyes caught the clock on the wall, it was past 8:30 and Bobby was going to be pissed he hadn't even bothered to call.  “Aw, crap.  I gotta go.”  

“But… Deeeeeaaan.”  Jenna started.  

“I’ll catch up with you later.  I didn’t know I was gonna be this long and you got math to learn.  So…” he gestured to Brandon “Learn something.”

Brandon had moved quietly back to sit at the table again, and was anxiously fiddling with his pencil.  Jenna wrinkled her nose in annoyance at the door as Dean grabbed his pack and left.  

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[lord-foul]

Maybe try Robert Heinlien's have spacesuit will travel?

Hits some of the same highs, except the protagonist is a teenager and it takes a little longer for the sifi stuff to start

The worst plan I ever made is the fact that I started my scifi reading journey with The Martian and Project hail Mary cause how the fuck could anything ever top those two books.

[outerspace-iiinnerspace]

sometimes you consume some media and the author is pushing some kind of agenda but it’s subtle enough that you can enjoy the media whether or not you agree 

and sometimes you watch a tv show and episode one is “transhumanism is bad and will destroy society” and episode two is “transhumanists come to violent ends” and episode three is “this woman is in tragic circumstances because her mom was into transhumanism. let’s have an interlude about why murder is okay as long as they’re anarchists”

[ohgodcast-official]

Yoooooo first episode is outtttttttt!!!1!1!1!11!!1!11! Go lostne here

https://www.podcasts.com/ohgodcast/episode/episode-1-puppet-masters

we talk about billet slugs and normal slugs and alien shulgs and robwrt heinliens wife

[karalynlovescake]

Hob hung out with Heinlien for a bit and that's where Lazarus Long came from.

Do you think Hob would read Douglas Adams? Oh god what if he didn’t like scifi I’d cry

I feel like if Hob was into reading that kind of Literature, he might not be so flabbergasted when he learns about Dream and the endless, he might be like “oh like in stories but real!”

gdjdjagsjdkagag dream being thrown for a loop when hob says “Oh! Gijinka. Got it.”

Wait, no, what - I'm obsessed with Science Fiction Nerd Hob Gadling??? Have we talked about this yet? As a fandom?

I love a Hob Gadling that adores speculative and science fiction. Hob Gadling going to like, Trekkie conventions in the seventies and eighties. Hob Gadling buying zines and writing his own dreams for the future.

Hob Gadling not just having read Douglas Adams, but having heard Hitchhiker's Guide in its original form as a BBC radio comedy in 1978 and having to pull over because he was laughing too hard to drive.

I totally see him as being minimally flabbergasted because he doesn't strike me as a very flabbergastable sort, and if he ever was, he got it mostly out of his system by the 17th century. I feel like he's probably spent a fair amount of time speculating on who his stranger might be, and I think one of my favourite headcanons is that he, for at least a century, had completely convinced himself that Dream was a vampire. Next to all the sixties and seventies scifi is just like, six shelves of vampire novels. Vampire horror. Vampire romances. Vampire mysteries. Vampire erotica.

[maincatclub]

7th July 2022.

Today I want to share a quote, that is so applicable to the current Tory leadership crisis and especially the role of the current Prime Minister. The quote is attributed to the great science fiction writer Robert A Heinlien.

‘Never underestimate the power of human stupidity’

When I read the quote I thought how apt, how apt indeed.

[sage-sips]

Best Evidence of Gravity

Best Evidence of Gravity

“And then, for fun, he pretended that he was climbing down the wall. He did it almost instantly in his mind, convinced himself against the best evidence of gravity.” – Ender’s Game by Orsen Scott Card I read Ender’s Game several years ago. It reminded me of the movie version of Heinlien’s Starship Troopers, but with a completely unnecessary, gratuitous final chapter. The final chapter blew it in…

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Past or present?

I prefer past tense. I cut my baby teeth on super old scifi (literally. I was a weird kid), so I’m pretty picky whenever I read anything present tense. Reading the masters at a tender age isn’t always a good thing!

First or third?

If I’m reading, then whatever the story calls for—but I’m also super picky about first person. If I’m writing, I prefer third person limited omniscient point of view (AKA write from the character’s POV, but remain in third person)

Rotating POV or one-character POV?

I prefer rotating view, but constant head-hopping (bopping from one POV to another without indicating a scene/POV change) drives me bonkers. I find one-character narrative is a LOT like unreliable narrative or non-linear narrative. It can be very effective IF it makes sense for the story.

Bit of a tangent, but I’m curious. Am I the only one who finds this is an area where fanfic blows published fic out of the water? I feel like a lot of published stuff uses one-character/unreliable narrative/non-linear narrative as a gimmick. Then again, I also absolutely loathe ‘save the cat’ plots, so it may just be me…

Does your preference depend on if you are reading or writing?

Yes and no? The story should dictate POV and tense. A good example is I have a story where a character dissociated. I wrote that chapter in second tense. As I said earlier, I tend not to read first-person books anymore, because (warning, unpopular opinion ahead!) today’s published authors often don’t bother to give their characters a voice. Instead they just cut and paste all the weird stuff that now passes for dialogue in Hollywood. Usually with unending paragraphs of ‘clever’ exposition. **shudders**

Whose style do you love most?

A few authors come to mind.

Years and years and years ago, I picked up a book where the author did dialogue wrapping, instead of dialogue tags. I must’ve carried that book with me for close to a year, trying to learn how to ditch dialogue tags. Sadly, I no longer remember the name of the book or the name of the author. I do, however, dialogue wrap with the best of them. In fact, I play a game with myself where I try to limit the total dialogue tags in a story to no more than 5 (my stories are typically 30,000 to 50,000 words).

The second is Yoshikawa’s Musashi. The idea of writing a story the way it needs to be written really hit me hard the first time I read it. It also ruined me from ever being able to really enjoy books that rely on ‘save the cat’ plots. Yoshikawa rambles and goes off on seemingly weird tangents—and yet it all brilliantly works to further the story. (Also? the most vapid, tissue-paper ‘heroine’ ever. Skip this book if you like empowered women🤣🤣🤣)

Finally, I read a LOT of Norton, Heinlien, Wagner, etc as an impressionable kid. Then I got sucked into the world of Victorian short stories. (while also devouring endless poetry anthologies—I was definitely a very weird kid) So I don’t care much about style, but I do love it when an author drop kicks you without warning into the middle of their world. King’s The Shining and Carr’s Alienist and Well’s Death of a Necromancer and Rice’s The Witching Hour all come to mind. Also pretty much anything in the Victorian ghost story genre😁

Past or present tense?

First or third person?

Rotating point of view, or one-character narrator?

Does your preference for these differ based on whether you’re the writer or the reader?

Who have you read whose style you love the most?

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[albameira]

KOF Maximum Impact 3: Fan Project Roster

The KOF Maximum Impact 3 Character Roster The Normal Characters The Sons Of Fate Team Alba Meira / Soiree Meira / Luise Meyrink Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having dealt with the tragic events of The Second KOF Maximum Impact Tournament Alba and Luise have joined forces to find out to help find Luise's father the missing scientest. Professor Detlev Meyrink. As the two set out to do this. Alba's powers awaken once more and thus Soiree helps him once more from beyond the spiritual realm. Leader: Alba Meira Rival Team: Neo Mephistopheles Team Neo Mephistopheles Team Duke / Lien Neville / Hyena Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having felt indebted to Duke from the events of The Second KOF Maximum Impact tournament Lien agrees to travel with Duke to meet up with Jalange. Hyena seeing this as his last chance at redemption follows the two on their final adventure together. Leader: Duke Rival Team: The Sons Of Fate Team Neo Addes Team Nagase / Hattori Hanzo / Ken Kurohyō Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: After forfilling the contract stated by Jalange within the previous KING OF FIGHTERS Tournament. Nagase seeks the help of this generation's Hattori Hanzo a Ninja who sells his skills as an Assassin for hire , along the way Negase runs into a no no-nonsense fighter known as Ken Kurohyō who seeks to prove first hand that Technology and Magic is useless in the presence of raw power. Leader: Nagase Rival Team: Neo Mephistopheles Team The Southtown Revenge Team Geese Howard / Billy Kane / Hopper & Ripper [ Interchangeable ] Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having failed in his earlier attempts to defeat Alba Meira almost as if posessed by the lingering will of Geese Howard himself Billy Kane sets his sights on dealing with the only thing currently within his path to revenge "The Legendary Lone Wolf : Terry Bogard" and to seek this this means to an end. Billy enlists the help of Hopper and Ripper to get the job done. Leader: Geese Howard Rival Team: Garou Densetsu Team The Garou Densetsu Team Terry Bogard/ Andy Bogard / Joe Higashi Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: As word of a new King Of Fighters tournament had arrived through the streets of Southtown. Terry Bogard along with his brother Andy and their childhood friend Joe Higashi set out to prove that nothing can beat the fangs of The Lone Wolves of Southtown. Leader: Terry Bogard Rival Team: The Southtown Revenge Team The Second Southown Team Kain R. Heinlien / Grant / Rock Howard Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Seeing the rise of the rival gangs within Southtown against "The Sons Of Fate." Kain R. Heinlien and Grant seek to strengthen the influence of Howard Connection between the two Southtown's amongst them is Rock Howard who's only in league with them to know the truth about his mothers demise. Leader: Kain R. Heinlien Rival Team: The Sons Of Fate Team The Neo Japan Team Kyo Kusanagi / Benimaru Nikaido / Goro Daimon Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Kyo Kusanagi having particpated within the previous two KOF Maximum Impact tournaments seeks to test his strength against the worlds strongest fighters once more , Along the ride he calls up his old friends Benimaru and Goro Daimon the three friends are reunited once more. Leader: Kyo Kusanagi Rival Team: The Yagami Team The Neo Yagami Team Iori Yagami / Vice / Mature Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having previously clashed with Kyo Kusanagi within the KOF Maximum Impact 2 semi finals. Their battle was interrupted with the conclusion of Alba vs Jivatma having been forced to retreat from the crumbling mosque. Iori plans his revenge against Kyo along side of him Vice and Mature watch his every move with their own agenda in mind. Leader: Iori Yagami Rival Team: The Neo Esaka Team The New Womens Team Mai Shiranui / Yuri Sakazaki / King Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Upon recieving the news that the new KING OF FIGHTERS was to be a tournament on a worldwide scale Mai Shiranui calls up her friends Yuri and King to show the strength of women on a worldwide scale secretly Mai hopes in doing this she can finally get the attention of Andy Bogard in return unbeknownst to her friends. Leader: Mai Shiranui Rival Team: The Garou Densetsu Team The Neo Ikari Warriors Team Ralf Jones / Clark Still / Whip Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Montoring the activities of Addes and Heidern sends out his finest soldiers with a two fold objective. Find and recover the missing scientists and to neturalize and contain the threat of Addes once and for all. Leader: Ralf Jones Rival Team: The Metal Slug Team The Metal Slug Team Leona or Marco Rossi / Trevor Spacey / Nadia Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Seeing the situation within Grand Mosque as a state of emergency. The Special Elite forces unit known as Metal Slug is deployed to prevent the return of what they personally dub was "Mars People." The side scrolling action adventure team returns to do what they do best. Leader: Leona or Marco Rossi Rival Team: The Neo Ikari Warriors Team The New Taekwondo Team Kim Kaphwan / Chae Lim / Jhun Hoon Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Once the news of a Worldwide KOF Tournament had reached the ears of Kim Kaphwan the feet of justice began to move once more. Seeing this as a chance to show her Master exactly what Taekwondo is capable of Chae Lim sets out to join Kim along with Jhun Hoon who is excited to see how far Kim's ambitions will take him. Leader: Kim Kaphwan Rival Team: The Neo Kyokugenru Team The Neo Kyokugenryu Team Ryo Sakazaki / Robert Garcia / Takuma Sakazaki Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Ryo Sakazaki upon hearing the news of a Worldwide KOF Tournament sets out to increase the influence of Kyokugenryu around the world. Along side him is his childhood friend Robert Garcia and Takuma Sakazaki who aim to prove that the strongest martial art is Kyokugenryu once and for all. Leader: Ryo Sakazaki Rival Team: The New Taekwondo Team The Ex-N.E.S.T.S Cartel Team K' / Maxima / Kula Diamond Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: After shutting down the remnants of N.E.S.T.S K' Maxima and Kula begin to focus their attention towards rescuing Dr.Makshima. The doctor behind Maxima's cybernetic upgrades before its too late. Leader: K' Dash Rival Team: The N.E.S.T.S Cartel Team The N.E.S.T.S Cartel Team Nameless / Angel / K9999 ( Redesign ) Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Seeking to use the missing scientists to revive the once fallen Mega Corporation. Nameless begins to search the records of remaining N.E.S.T.S Agents within the ruined Cartel's Databases two names appear. Angel and K9999. With this new found information Nameless then sets his sights on using THE KING OF FIGHTERS to prove N.E.S.T.S Strength once and for all Leader: Nameless Rival Team: The Ex-N.E.S.T.S Cartel Team The Flames Of Nova Team Ash Crimson / Shen Woo / Elisabeth Blantorche Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Upon hearing that THE KING OF FIGHTERS was now operating on a worldwide scale. Ash Crimson resurfaces once more to return to the scene of the crime. Along side of him is Elisabeth Blantorche and Shen Woo both of them are old friends who are conserned that upon hearing that Ash and Shen's mutual friend Duo Lon is in this tournament that Ash will get into new troubles once more. Leader: Ash Crimson Rival Team: The Hizoku Clan Team The Hizoku Clan Team Ron / Duo Lon / Xiaolon Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having finally confronted each other within the dephs of Southtown's Chinatown district. The remaining members of the Hizoku Clan , Ron , Duo Lon and Xiao Lon make an uneasy alliance. To fight along side one another until the end of THE KING OF FIGHTERS it is this temporary truce that shall prove to be the end of their enemies. Leader: Ron Rival Team: The Flames Of Nova Team The Neo Outlaw Team Mr.Big / Ryuji Yamazaki / Freeman Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Fearing his eventual loss of control within Southtown Mr.Big makes an uneasy alliance within the underworld with Ryuji Yamazaki and The mysterious Freeman it is this team that is Mr.Big's ace in the hole to return to his once revered position within The Southtown Underworld and his last chance too. Leader: Mr.Big Rival Team: The Southtown Entertaiment Team The Southtown Entertaiment Team Blue Mary / Duck King / Richard Meyer Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having gone undercover to inflitrate the Southtown Underworld Blue Mary enlists the help of Pao Pao Cafe owner Richard Meyer and Club Duck King owner Duck King help track down Mr.Big in exchange for getting both of their buisness known on the world stage. Leader: Blue Mary Rival Team: The Neo Outlaw Team The Psycho Soldier Team Athena Asamiya / Sie Kensou / Momoko Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Following several recent successful concerts Star Idol Athena Asamiya seeks to spread her name across the world once more via THE KING OF FIGHTERS training partner and friend Sie Kensou joins the fray along with their wise and venerable master Chin Gentsai. Leader: Athena Asamiya Rival Team: The Inheritence Team The Inheritence Team Shun Ei' / Meitenkun / Tung Fue Rue Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having previously participated within THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV Shun Ei and Meitenkun continue to focus and sharpen their skill under Tung Fu Rue's teachings. However with Tung Fue Rue living on borrowed time Tung Fu Rue wishes to show the world the undisputed power of Hakkyokuseikan one last time. Leader: Shun Ei' Rival Team:The Psycho Soldier Team The Special Investigations Team Seth / Vanessa / Ramon Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having previously been assigned to look after such fighters as Iori Yagami and undertaking such cases as investigating the Southtown Underworld. Seth begins to move once more in what would be the greatest underworld sting of all time. To achieve these means Seth has recruited his old friend Vanessa and Ramon to make this happen. Seth's current target : Addes though he was more than certain he would meet a few old faces along the way. Leader:Seth Rival Team:The Neo Addes Team The Secrets Of Magic Team Mignon Beart / Ninon Beart / Rasputin ( Revamped ) Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Witnessing first hand the existence of Zoan's Mignon and Ninon Beart begin to train even harder to prove that their families magic is the strongest of them all. Upon hearing about THE KING OF FIGHTERS searching for a third member a mysterious monk with magical powers named Rasputin approaches them with a special ability that he himself cannot die by conventional means. Seeing this as an asset the Beart sisters and Rasputin form their own team to enter in THE KING OF FIGHTERS. Leader: Mignon Beart Rival Team:The Psycho Soldiers Team The Three Masters Team Heidern / Takuma Sakazaki / Chin Gentsai Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: With the dawn of the coming tournament and Addes's plans having reached the forefront of the public eye. Heidern has personally entered THE KING OF FIGHTERS alongside Takuma and Chin to put an end to the evil which threatens the lives of those whom they hold dear. Leader: Heidern Rival Team: [ To be decided. ] The Midbosses : The Children of Kokaviel The Children Of Kokaviel Judeim / Jalange / Jivatma Team Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Having regained his memories fully Judeim re-awakens as The Fang Of Darkness. Alongside him is Jalange the man behind the "Reinforced Human." project that makes immortals out of mortal men and Jivatma The Dark Talon these three make up the vanguard and pave the path for Kokaviel and The True Leader of Addes the man who manipulated everything behind the scenes. Leader: Judeim Rival Team: Not Applicable [ Mid Boss Team ] The Semi Final Boss : Kokaviel Kokaviel Kokaviel Character Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary: Kokaviel is the current patriarch behind the zoan race by duplicitous means and supposed leader of Addes.Kokaviel has given his many gifts and abilities to those under the rule of his divine fist. However Kokaviel's gifts comes at a price. The price of servitude or face a price much more worse than death. Alongside Kokaviel serves his advisor and a man who has other plans for the future of Addes to bring about the downfall of Kokaviel and the rise of Judeim Addes's rightful leader. Leader: Kokaviel Rival Team: Not Applicable [ Semi Final Boss ] The Final Boss : Fate Fate Fate Character Story: [ Coming Soon ] Short Summary:Fate was a tall african american male and the leader of the mightest group within the ganglands known as "The Sons Of Fate" and adoptive father of Alba and Soiree Meira. Following the death of Geese Howard Fate had immedeatly taken control over the city. However Fate's ambitions grew to be much greater than that of Southtown. Fate soon set his eyes on the entire underworld within itself. Having faked his death via a body double which was killed at the hands of Lien Neville. Fate had secretly rised through the criminal ranks even higher than his supposed rival Duke until Fate himself became the advisor of Kokaviel the leader of Addes. After being put through the same procedure that made Duke immortal and having learned the truth behind the origin of Alba and Soiree Meira. Fate conspires to bring about the destruction of everything that Kokaviel believes in order to usher in the era of "The Dark Fang" upon the world. Leader: Fate Rival Team: Not Applicable [ The Final Boss ] Secret Characters / Single Combatants Makoto Mizoguchi {{ Complete the game halfway with no continues. }} Mr.Karate {{ Complete the game all the way with no continues. }}