#i am the spooner

[i-hate-gravel]

developing a severe addiction to making spoons

[blueberryexistence]

Astra: I've never had a real friend before

Spooner: I can be your friend

Astra:

Astra: I've also never had a girlfriend-

[running-from-my-problemss]

It’s been exactly one year since the season 7 finale of Legends which means by now Sara and Ava have a baby, Nate and Zari have been living together in the totem for a year, Spooner came out over a year ago, Behrad and Astra have been in a relationship for over a year, Gideon and Gary have been together for over a year, and (I hope) that they have escaped prison and rescued Alun so that he and Gwyn can be happy together and everyone can get back to causing shenanigans while traveling through time. Sara was right, time really is weird, huh?

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year, I miss all these dumbass time travelers so much and would do anything to have them on my screen again!

[jackhues]

spooner has been the most consistent (and possibly the best) player for this team

[s-cullayy]

The great thing about this game is that any outcome is a treat

[squirrelno2]

Sometimes I see ppl I recognise from the jatp fandom and think "oh I could follow them they probably still do jatp stuff at least in reblogs" and then I realise that everyone else has gone to the same handful of fun queer teen romcoms or whatever and I'm over here deep in my angsty clone shit

[thepassionthatunitesusall]

Natalie Spooner had a baby on December 6

She's playing in a pro hockey game today

[whitecherrylavender]

Oh my gosh, Natalie Spooner looks absolutely stunning.

[the-physicality]

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[seastarlily]

"Hi, Squidward! What are you doing today?"

"Stringing lights so Santa knows, in no uncertain terms, to GO AWAY!"

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Ho, ho, ho! BritishSANTAward Day 1 is here! Today's piece goes out to all the members of the Writer's Retreat Discord server (@writersretreatblog) for being so lovely (additionally thank you to @thatofabeavers for helping me with Chum Squad stuff), and also to @uh0h_cheeri0s (on Instagram) for being such a good friend! Hope you like it! Merry Christmas! 💙

[foone]

One of the hardest parts of coming out to my parents is gonna be explaining my gender to people who don't even know what Tumblr is, when all my gender language is Tumblr accented. I can't exactly tell them I'm "none gender with left girl", now can I? I'm a non-binary trans femme, but even that's not going to make sense to them. I'll need to explain it, but without relying on terminology they won't get.

"If gender is wind and woman is the eye of the hurricane, I am the hurricane". Closer.

If star trek is men and star wars is women, I'm battlestar galactica

I'm like a TV that reads SPAMSNUG or FONY. But for women.

If men are cats and women are dogs, I'm a fox.

Them: "so you're a furry?"

Me: "YES BUT THAT'S MOSTLY UNRELATED TO THE TRANS THING"

I'm like a one of those spiritual successors made by the original creators (of... women) but they didn't have the license to the name or characters, so they had to make new characters and settings that are suspiciously similar, but not so similar the lawyers will get involved.

It's like... At the end of the day, if you call me a man, you are 100% wrong. If you call me a woman, you're still wrong, but only like 75% wrong.

I'm not a tribute band (for women) but my lead singer used to be in one so there's still some influences you can spot once you know that.

You know how grocery stores sell store-brand cereals which are similar to the name brands? I'm that. My gender is Crispy Hexagons or Marshmallow Mateys. I'm a Frosted Mini Spooner.

On a scale of one to girl, I'm about a 16. Wait, that doesn't help at all. I'm not even sure what that means.

If Lego is women, I'm Tyco Super Blocks. Not Lego, but compatible with them and clearly inspired by them.

[heavenbarnes]

Hello I’m ruminating on olderbf!Simon and how down bad I am for him. I have so many thoughts that do not relate to each other but I would love to just braindump on ya if I may!

-olderbf!Simon and reader obviously into voyeurism/exhibitionism with the other 141 and hearing all of their dirty thoughts, but I get the sense that Simon would NOT like to hear literally anyone else talking that way about his girl. Like if a recruit or lower rank soldier saw reader and said something gross in earshot of Simon we might actually have a murder on our hands. What do you think?

-when/if reader ever gets bratty, how might Simon punish her? Maybe instead of having punishment sex he would actually withhold his dick from her? But then ofc he’s also horny and depraved so it ends up being as much of a punishment for him

-how do you envision them sharing a bed? Are they big spooners or does Simon run so hot that reader can’t handle him being nearby?

Anyway I need to lie down now I’m unwell about him xoxo

read this in the carpark before work and had to ruminate on it all day until now 🫶🏼

there was an internal battle your older bf!simon was facing. there was a part of him, a filthy part of him, that damn near needed everyone to know how good you could be for him.

but there was a bigger part that’d rather die than have anyone think of you like that.

enter 141.

men that simon could literally trust with his life, knew him better than anyone (anyone other than you). he could trust them with his life and he could trust them with a group chat full of your most intimate moments.

however, anyone else tried to even think about you? intimately or not?

there wasn’t a place they could hide.

“jesus, L.T- the fuckin’ sight a’that”

“woah, the things i’d do to-“

one stone faced expression hidden behind a balaclava, another fighting a shit eating grin off his face.

“i’d start runnin’ if i wa’you”

not like they’d ever be able to run fast enough.

and your older bf!simon knows orders better than anyone. lives by them, loves by them.

so when you’ve acted out, he knows that you need an order- need something to get you back to sweet and pliant like he’s used to.

no use fucking it back into you, minute he sinks even the tip in- it’s him going dumb and forgetting what the mission even was.

he has to go to the next extreme.

“no touchin’, sweet’art”

your hands went back under your thighs, back pressed to the arm of the couch as you watched the man in front of you. fucking hell.

simon had one rough hand wrapped around his cock, wrist twisting as he tugged himself off. the sounds of his broken moans, the spit slick of his palm.

pure fucking torture.

“please, si”

that nearly did it, he nearly gave in with one little whimper from you.

“i’ll be good”

simon’s eyes flickered up the length of you, eyes locking with yours. he could see the well of tears on your lower lashes, he could see the way your lip was fixed between your teeth.

“what’ya say then?”

crawling, fucking crawling across the couch to him- you let him feed the tip into your mouth, muffling your words as you spoke.

“m’sorry si”

and when it’s you and your older bf!simon in your bed at the end of a long day, there’s nothing quite like it for him.

he has to be touching you.

up to him? he likes to be spooning you, curve of your back against his chest and your ass nestled nicely against his cock.

where you belong.

but the man’s big and that means that man’s warm so sometimes he has to settle for a hand against your stomach or a leg between yours.

just as long as he’s touching you.

he’s happiest, however, when your head is on his chest and he can see your peaceful little face rise and fall with his breathing. to him, he can almost imagine you exist as one.

when he can hear your little breaths, the tiny (or not so tiny) snores drifting out your lips as he traces the lines of your face with a long finger.

tactile guy is our simon, but only when it comes to you.

[grantmentis]

2024 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship: A Primer

When: April 3rd to April 14th. The schedule here will tell you when games are taking place both in your local time and venue time.

Where is it taking place?: Utica, New York

Where to watch:

For the first time, we will have ALL games broadcasted in USA and Canada. I am not sure how many games are going to be broadcasted outside North America, but we can reasonably assume they will at least carry their home country games

TSN will carry all games in canada

NHL Network and ESPN+ will carry a mix of the games together. See The Ice Garden's Michelle Jay's tweet for the schedule of which games are where.

SVT (Sweden)

Discovery (Finland)

Czech TV (Czechia)

Magenta (Germany)

TBS (Japan)

Swiss TV (Switzerland)

If you are not in any of these countries, or you are but are struggling to find a way to watch, please feel free to DM me and I will do my best to find you something

What is the tournament format?:

There are two divisions, Division A with the five ranked teams going into the tournament and Division B with the next five. Each division plays a round robin style ranking round, and at the conclusion the bottom two teams in Division B will be relegated, while the rest automatically make the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals will go A1-B3, A2-B2, A3-B1, A4-A5. In addition to the finals for gold that will take place, there will be a bronze medal game and a fifth place game for ranking. Standings will use a three point systems.

Who is in each division?:

Division A: USA, Canada, Czechia, Switzerland, Finland

Division B: Sweden, Japan, Germany, China, Denmark

Who are each teams?

Here is where it gets long. Below the cut I will tell you each teams roster, how they did last year, their reasonable goals, notable roster changes, and three players to watch. I will do my best to keep this informative, but brief.

USA

Roster:

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2023 Result: Won Gold

2024 goals: Win gold again

Notable roster changes: This team continues to go very very young. Abby Roque is the most notable roster omission here. Top defender Lee Stecklein is also not on this roster, due to her taking a break from the National Team. Amanda Kessel was also left off, but she has not been active within the last year as a player, so not entirely surprising.

Three players to watch: Grace Zumwinkle has been one of the stars of the PWHL so far, and is likely to get more responsibility on the national team than ever before, so keep an eye on her and how she may translate her successful season to the tournament. Rory Guilday may only be 21, but she is heading to her third senior world championships, a long time favorite of the team USA coaching staff with her shutdown defensive skills who they'll hope can take another step this tournament with Lee Stecklein absent. Joy Dunne is the youngest player on this roster, just 18 years old coming off a 24-18-42 season in Ohio and a national championship. This will be her first senior level tournament, and I'd expect her to get ample offensive opportunities.

Canada

Roster

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2023 result: Silver

2024 goals: Gold

Notable roster changes: Micah Zandee-Hart is the most surprising one after being on the roster for a few years. Claire Thompson is absent as is Rebecca Johnston, but that is more expected while Thompson is finishing medical school and Johnston has not played in the past calendar year. Cousins Nicole and Julia Gosling join the team after strong rivalry series showings.

Three players to watch: Natalie Spooner is the front runner for PWHL MVP, so everyone will be watching to see if she continues to score at the rate she has been. Expected number one overall pick in the upcoming PWHL draft, Sarah Fillier, will be playing in her last showing before the draft happens as she finished out her college season. Nicole Gosling was the highest scoring defender in the NCAA this year at Clarkson, going 14-25-39 in 40 regular season games, so seeing how she impacts this blue line is a must watch.

Czechia

Roster

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2023 result: Bronze

2024 goal: upset their opponent in the semifinals and make the finals

Roster changes: The bad news is top defender Dominika Lásková is out with injury. The good news is star goaltender Klára Peslarová is healthy unlike last year, as is blueline mainstay Tereza Radová. Alena Mills retired from the national team. Kristýna Pátková did not make the team this year, in her place comes Boston University commit Anežka Čabelová who had a stellar U18 worlds. Karolína Kosinová did not make the team, in her place is HV71 assistant captain Klara Seroiszková.

Three players to watch: 17 year old Adéla Šapovalivová was the highest scoring u18 player in the SDHL (Sweden's highest level league) this year and one of their top scorers in general going 11-18-29 in 32 regular season games. She was also a key part of the U18 team that upset Canada in the semifinals to advance to Czechia's first ever u18 final. With Mills retired, she will get more minutes at her third (!!!!) senior worlds. Next up is Klára Peslarová, and if you're not familiar with her game, she is straight up a top five goaltender in the world. She just came off a stellar season with Brynäs IF in Sweden where she had a .935 save percentage in 20 games, and has been consistently stellar on the international stage as well like when she had 55 saves against the united states at the olympics. Kateřina Mrázová is a fantastic playmaker has been a bright spot on a Ottawa tam that has struggled to find itself, and is also one of the most veteran members of this squad. If they win, she'll have to lead the way.

Finland

Roster

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2023 finish: Fifth Place

2024 goals: Bronze

Roster changes: Two of their key offensive pieces Elisa Holopainen and Michelle Karvinen, are back and healthy this year! Susanna Tapani is also back on this team. Those are three absolute big pieces that completely change this roster for the better. A few depth roster forwards were left off in their place, most notably Kiira Yrjänen. Defense has more shakeups. Sini Karjalainen is a notable omission and long time defender Rosa Lindstedt retired. Eve Savander, Oona Koukkula, and Siiri Yrjölä slot in.

Three players to watch: I've consistently been a very big Elisa Holopainen fan and I think she's one of the best players in the world and not talked about nearly enough. Just as she began to really shine in the international stage, she got hit with injury, but as she's come back with year she dominated Finland's league going 32-25-57 in 19 games. I think I've put her as a player to watch like every year I've done a preview and I'm going to keep going it. Finland has faced a lot of questions about their goaltending following Räty and the team going their separate ways, but right now, it is Sanni Ahola's crease to lose. She was stellar in the three games she started last year for Finland in the world championship and was solid for st cloud state with a .935 save percentage in 17 starts this year. With Lindstedt's retirement, Krista Parkkonen will see more minutes, coming off a breakout sophomore year in a university of vermont program that's developed a decent amount of international blueliners.

Switzerland

Roster

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2023 result; 4th place

2024 goals: bronze

Roster changes: quite a lot of shake up. no Caroline spies as their mainstay backup, Alexandra Lehmann takes her place. No Sarah Forster, who wore an A and led their defense last time around. She only played 7 games in SWHL this year, so likely injury is at play.

Players to watch: it is, of course, the Alina Müller and Lara Stalder show until it isn’t. So, besides them, the players to watch are Andrea Brändli is another “top five goaltender in the world” to know, sporting a .937 in her first year playing in Sweden post a stellar college career. 18 year old Ivana Marie Wey just had a great year playing pro as Stalder’s teammate and will be important for the next Swiss wave. With no Forster, Lara Christen will take on a lot of the top defensive minutes most likely.

Sweden

Roster

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2023 results: sixth

2024 hopes: return to group A

Roster changes: no Sarah Grahn which isn’t entirely expected but still a big change, in response Ida Boman gets the call. No Fanny Rask or Olivia Carlsson, who retired.

Three players to know: Ebba Hedqvist is a 17 year old elite center coming off a great performance at worlds and has an eye for playmaking that will be critical for Sweden. Maja Nylén Persson is the #1 defender of team Sweden that has consistently been the top defender by points in the SDHL and won defender of the year in 2022-2023, and she is only 23 years old. Another part of Sweden’s insane center depth is Lina Ljungblom, who will likely play in Montreal next year and had 46 points in 36 regular season games. In the various tournaments/friendlies that Sweden has played leading up to this (ie five nations cup), she has 10 goals in 15 games. These three players are truly some of my favorite in hockey right now

Japan

Roster

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2023 result: 7th

2024 hopes: return to group A

Roster changes: honestly we mostly running this back. One or two u18 add ins but overall the same as 2023

Players to watch: stop me if you heard this before but Akane Shiga is very good. The PWHL Ottawa player is the only player from Japan to score against the USA, and will continue to be japans biggest threat. Another big player is Haruka Toko, one of the SDHL’s top scorers this year who had established herself as a top talent in the last two years. This year, the 27 year old had 13 goals and 30 assists in 36 games in Sweden this year. She was one of seven players in Japan to play in Sweden this year, a year that saw a new high in Japanese players going overseas to play. That also includes my last player to watch, Yoshino Enomoto, who played in switzerland and still put up around a point per game on a team that struggled (they folded in the offseason then came back and built their roster late and were ultimately relegated, but she was a bright spot in her first season there)

Fun fact: did you know three pairs of sisters play on this team? Akane and Aoi Shiga, Haruka toko and Ayaka Hitosato, and Rio and Riri Noro

Germany

Roster

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2023 Results: Eighth

2024 Goal: Make quarterfinals and avoid relegation

Roster changes: Both goalies behind Abstreiter last year, Chiara Schultes and Johanna May, did not make this roster with Hemmerle and Loist taking their place. The d core remains the same besides Daria Gleissner taking Heidi Strompf's place. National team vet Marie Delarbre is absent with injury, Sonja Weidenfelder did not play hockey this year and her status is uncertain, and Anne Bartsch did not make the roster. In their place we have Emily Nix, Lilli Welcke, and Lucia Schmitz.

Three players to watch: Luisa Welcke was with Germany last year, but has a second season in the NCAA under her belt and a nice depth player performance at Boston University. She will have more chances to show off her offense this tournament than in the NCAA, and I'm excited to see what she can show. Jule Schiefer had a revelation this year in the German league. From last year where she only scored 4 goals in 20 games, this year she scored 22 in 24. Let's see if she can continue this at worlds. Nina Jobst-Smith will play big defensive minutes for Germany after finishing her fourth season at Minnesota Duluth, this time serving as an assistant captain, and was nominated for 2023-24 All-WCHA Third Team. She's a two way defender who will be taking on big responsibility for Germany as she has in the past.

China

Roster

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2023 result: Promotion from Division I

2024 goal: Make quarterfinals and avoid relegation

Roster changes: Oh boy. So, like, a lot of people, and here is why: up until this tournament, China allowed dual citizens not born in China to play for them. This includes some players you may know from PWHL/NCAA like Leah Lum, Hannah Miller, Rachel Llanes, and Tia Chan. Going into this tournament, they changed the rules and those players will not be eligible, so it is a significant roster shakeup.

Three player to watch; This team is very young. Yifan Wang is 16 years old, and in her international debut scored 10 goals in 5 games in the WJC-D2A U18. This is obviously a gigantic step up in competition and very hard for a 16 year old to be playing against adults on the highest level stage of women's hockey, so I don't imagine she'll get a TON of ice time, but she is worth looking out for. Xin Fang is the veteran and star of this roster, who had 2 goal and 2 assists in the teams D1A tournament that earned them their promotion. 17 year old Dartmouth commit Grace Zhan is who I expect to be their starting goaltender. Born in Beijing, she spent the past year playing Minnesota High School Hockey and put up top numbers in a league that sees a lot of NCAA recruits.

Denmark

Roster

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2023 Results: Promotion from Division I

2024 hope: Make Quarterfinals and avoid relegation

Roster changes: Long time national team star and centerpiece of the team Josefine Jakobsen will no longer play for Denmark, though she will continue her club career.) Otherwise, despite some depth changes, it is mostly the same lineup.

Three players to watch: Frederikke Foss had a great year at Shattuck St Mary's u19 program and has committed to UMaine, and may be able to spark some offense Denmark will desperately need without Jakobsen. Silke Lave Glud will also be expected to carry the offense after her stellar year in the Tier 2 league in Sweden, and lead the way for younger players as one of the most experienced members of the team. Goaltender Emma-Sofie Nordström's performance at the D1A worlds was a big reason for their promotion, and she is coming off a great sophmore year at st. lawrence university where she had a .931 save percentage in 36 games and 7 shutouts. If Denmark wants to stay in the top division, she will need to steal a game for them.

[ithinkabouttzu]

Hii! Can I request txt being the big spoon? (Like they’re usually always the big spoon)

Txt reaction to being big spoon

genre: romance; fluff

warnings: none

description : The txt members reaction to being the big spoon while cuddling with you.

Thank you for your request lovely! Hope you enjoy :)

Yeonjun

- he has been WAITING for this moment fr

- He’s so happy, like he’ll just be scooting closer to you with a big smile on his face the whole time

- hands on your waist at all times

- he would place little kisses up and down your shoulder area to calm you

- he’s the type to whisper sweet little words into your ear while you fall asleep

- “I love you honey, I hope you sleep so well” AHHH 😫

- His grip on you would be so tight, like man does NOT want you to leave him for one second 😭

Soobin

- “Are you comfortable? do you want me to move any?” He’s so respectful omg

- he’s got a smile on his face the whole time, he’s so happy

- Honestly is scared to move because he’s scared he’s going to make you uncomfortable

- He would talk to you for a while, asking you about how your day was and all of that, he just wants to know all the little things about your day 🥺

- he would definitely fall asleep talking to you like it’s so cute because he would try and keep himself up talking to you

- his head would be placed right in between your neck and shoulder

- It would honestly be the best sleep you ever got in a while, bc he’s just so big and comfortable omg

Beomgyu

- gyu wastes no time getting comfy LOL

- he’s probably got like one leg hiked up on you, and an arm draped over your shoulder 🤣

- “How are you, am I too close?” He now wants to ask how you are 🤨😭

- oh he’s so snuggly though, like hes got his arms fully wrapped around you and just snuggled into your back (it’s actually so cute omg)

- One thing he will try to do : tickle you while being big spoon, yes you heard that right, tickle you

- he just has to do it at least once, he loves hearing your giggle before going to bed

- he falls asleep so fast too, like you will hear him snoring like 3 minutes into him being big spoon

Taehyun

- probably the best big spooner ever

- he’s all giddy inside, because like, he just loves cuddling you omg

- you could probably feel his heartbeat on your back, he would be so nervous at first but loosen up once he got sleepier

- He would caress the side of your body up and down in attempts to make you as comfortable as possible

- he would be so comfy and warm too, and he would smell good, falling asleep would not be a problem when you’re cuddling tae

- omg and just imagine cuddling with him, and his big muscles are wrapped around you 😫

- He honestly loves cuddling with you though, he gets like a major boost of serotonin when he’s with you in general

Huening Kai

- babes is so happy every time he gets to cuddle you (especially being big spoon)

- he also gets so sleepy so quick

- He just can’t help it though because he feels so comfortable with you 🥺 and when he holds you he just feels so relaxed enough to fall asleep

- has his arm wrapped around you the whole time, either that or he’s caressing your waist

- and be prepared because he will give you so many cheek kisses it’s absolutely adorable

- he loves playing with your hair too while being big spoon, he thinks it’s just so soft and it helps him fall asleep a bunch

- He loves being so close to you, he likes physical touch and it just really makes him feel complete when he’s got you in his arms 🥹 “I love you y/n, I always will”

[bagelsunshinecoffee]

We have gotten our straight guy friend into the PWHL (mostly notable because he has never watched hockey in his life) and it has been a delight so far.

1. He is very impressed by Hilary Knight (obviously)

2. He has SO many questions

3. Excited to see his first powerplay

4. Has decided to “catch up” by watching all of last season’s games that he can find?? Like it’s a TV show and he’s binging season 1???

5. Asked “who is the PWHL equivalent of Bo Horvat” because that is the only NHL player he knows (side note if anyone has an answer to this I am fully drawing a blank)

6. Quote: “goals are lit”

7. Wants to root for whichever team has a Bo Horvat equivalent OR Toronto if Natalie Spooner comes back soon

8. “How many goals come from deflections?” Well. It is a sport on ice with lots of bodies and a wall around it.

[world-of-fire-and-flight]

THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!

For the WIP Folder Game:

YOU HAVE A ROBIN HOOD RETELLING WIP?!

Hehehe sorry Robin Hood's always been one of my favorites so I was super excited when I saw that😁

WIP Files Game - Found HERE

Previous Robin Hood Ask #1 - Found HERE @acertainmoshke More Robin Hood Retelling below...

Robin Hood was always one of my favourites too! It's why I decided to give one a try!

I don't have too much for this one yet, but I can dig into the plot-notes I have ready to go...

So the first thing I did was dig into some of the original legends because I didn't want to fall into the trap of rewriting the disney version (No matter that it sparked my love of the legend.)

Earliest surviving copies date from the late 15th century, and do not include Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, or the King Richard & The Crusades storyline, which is the storyline I see most frequently rehashed in literature and media.

The earliest tales also refer to Robin as a Yeoman, and while that meaning changed over time it originally meant a commoner. In the late 15th century is meant a landowner, between a peasant and a lord.

So Robin won't be a little lordling in my retelling. I'll be taking the story "A Gest of Robyn Hode" and twisting it a little into Robin's backstory instead.

A Knight travelling to hand over his lands because he owes a debt he can't repay, and Robin's father giving the Knight the money in exchange for taking Robin on as a squire.

And the Knight's daughter being Marion.

They'll be more magical elements with elves residing within the Greenwood, and after Robin's parents are killed he's raised by the elves, which is how he's able to hide to effectively from the Sheriff's men. There will be Druids and mystical symbolism within nature that Robin can read, and a King who owes the peasant boy his life.

And I have a lot of outlining to do, but those are some highlights from my notes so far :D