#i only listen to the audio books
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dazzleluminosity Ā· 1 year ago
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This may be too much an intersection of my disparate interests for anyone else to get it, but: Unity's last week was basically point-for-point Eletra from Barish-Estranza trying to hold hostage the people who just gave her the supplies to repair her ship.
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marblerose-rue Ā· 2 years ago
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the perched king / tigerstar I
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queer-reader-07 Ā· 1 year ago
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ā€œtumblr changed this manā€ no. neil gaiman has been weird AT LEAST since he started publishing in the 80s. we all on tumblr are just all a bunch of weirdos (affectionate) and he just so happens to fit right in with us.
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fictionadventurer Ā· 1 year ago
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I finally finished Grant's memoirs, and I keep laughing over Grant's depiction of the surrender at Appomattox.
Cuz like
Grant's traveling to the front when Lee sends the letter asking to meet to arrange the surrender, and the messenger had to track him down on the road. Grant, who'd had no idea that things were going to happen so quickly, isn't dressed for the occasion. He's wearing a private's uniform with only his general's stripes showing his rank, and he doesn't have a sword because he never wears a sword when traveling on horseback. Meanwhile Lee, who plans to go down in style, is impeccably dressed in perfect uniform and carrying this gorgeous sword. And Grant's like, "It didn't occur to me until days afterward just how weird we must have looked." Which is just so relatable, cuz like, this is a climactic moment in a major world conflict, but it's also just another day for a socially awkward dude.
And when Grant gets there, he tells Lee how he remembers him from the Mexican War, but figures Lee couldn't possibly remember him because Grant was sixteen years younger and of a much lower rank. And Lee's like, "No, I remember you and I was pretty impressed." And they get to chatting and reminiscing, until Lee has to remind Grant that they need to discuss this whole surrender thing. And they do, but then they get sidetracked again, and Lee has to once again be the one to get things back on track by saying, "Hey, maybe you should write down those surrender terms."
It's just such a funny image to me. I know this is entirely inaccurate, but I just keep picturing Lee standing there politely while Grant's chatting and having to awkwardly raise his hand and be like, "I hate to be rude, but I'm here to surrender." Grant just wants to be bros and this stupid war keeps getting in the way.
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elegyofthemoon Ā· 9 months ago
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I'm getting the feeling that I'll be seeing a lot of Zionists' comments on my posts unfortunately, but I'll inform everyone about them if you want to block and move on
This was off my strike posts earlier
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If you missed the last one I had posted
Let's not forget that Israel refused HAMAS's deal to release hostages, by the way.
And just the other day, I found out that Israel's always had a plan for ethnic cleansing and recommend everyone to look into what's known as Plan Dalet created back in 1948.
Peace was never in Israel's plans -- genocide was.
Reminder: Bisan has called for marches for Ceasefire between today to the 20th, and there is an ongoing strike that started today extending to the 25th.
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aroaessidhe Ā· 1 year ago
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2023 reads
Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy
Imperial space opera trilogy
a soldier who was once a starship AI with thousands of bodies but was betrayed and is now a single human body, encounters one of her old lieutenants on an ice planet and helps her while on her mission of vengeance
in book 2&3 she becomes part of a new ship, protecting a remote system & becoming familiar with the different people & culture while discovering injustices, politics, and murder
interesting cultures, characters, and use of a singular pronoun (she)
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pokimoko Ā· 8 months ago
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The One-Way Waltz of the Moth and the Wild Flame (and the Incident of the Authorial Intrusion) - A Good Omens Fic
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Written by pokimoko
Chapters: 1/1
Word Count: ~25K
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley & Muriel (Good Omens), Crowley & Nina (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens) & Original Character(s)
Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens), Muriel (Good Omens), Original Characters, (who is technically not an original character but I've got to keep some secrets ;) ), Nina (Good Omens), Background & Cameo Characters
Summary: A story in which Crowley does not prevent forest fires, a radio sends out thoughts and prayers, an angel misuses the emergency contact, the local duck population invents socialism, trees are threatened to varying degrees of success,Ā a waltz is indeed played, and an author considers the nature of tragedies.
Tags: Ineffable Divorce | Aziraphale and Crowley Break Up (Good Omens), Post-Break Up, POV Crowley (Good Omens), Emotional Hurt, He/Him Pronouns For Crowley (Good Omens), They/Them Pronouns for Muriel (Good Omens), Crowley & Muriel Friendship (Good Omens), Angst and Humor, Crowley-centric (Good Omens), Canon Continuation, Post-Season/Series 02, Post-Episode: s02e06 Every Day (Good Omens), Pre-Season/Series 03, No Aziraphale Slander Here but it is also Crowley's POV so expect at least some Thoughts, Angry Crowley (Good Omens), Running Away, Both in the Emotional and Literal Sense, Because You Don't Have to Deal with Your Romantic and Personal Issues in Washington State. Obviously, (incorrect: you very much do), Crowley is a Mess (Good Omens), (even if he won't admit it), Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), (another thing he won't admit), Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), They're just being stupid, Not A Fix-It, References to God(s), Romantic Angst, America, United States, Fire Lookout, Remember Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires (Unless You Are Anthony J. Crowley), hey is it healthy to repeatedly relive a past trauma to deal with a breakup? asking for a friend, Scene: The Bookshop Fire (Good Omens), Fire, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Isolation, When You're Trying to Cope Badly in the American Wilderness but People Keep Talking to You, Radio, Inspired by Firewatch (Video Game), Character Study, Crowley and the Woes of Being In a Narrative That Won't Let You Go, (Fleabag voice) This is a Tragedy, But oh? What's this?, Angst with a Happy Ending, Ambiguous/Open Ending
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genderqueerpond Ā· 5 months ago
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post that's going around pissing me off alert
like tell me you've never had fatigue and brain fog without telling me
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floripire Ā· 1 year ago
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"i need someone to take one for the team and be honest with me: do i or do i not buy coral island? i mean, i do own a steam deck, but also, i really want new audio books too..."
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cha1cedony Ā· 8 months ago
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Idk what it is that makes me fixate so hard on one specific thing for years at a time, but I need it to chill out šŸ˜­ DnDads has been my only long-term media interest for like 1 and 1/2 years now, and itā€™s BORING to only like one thing ever lol Iā€™m BORED!!! I need other things to be interested in, but I struggle with getting into new stuff (other than video games) sooo bad :(
That said, if you have DnD podcast recs that have interesting charactersā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ GIMME šŸ‘€ Also where the early episodes arenā€™t a nightmare to listen to šŸ™ I have never listened to any other DnD podcasts, and I think itā€™s mostly bc the earlier seasons are always poor audio quality or like 3 hours long šŸ˜­ Iā€™m also good with any type of narrative podcast. I just want compelling characters and platonic/familial dynamics pls. Stuff I can write sad shit about!! But also not TOO sad the whole timeā€¦ maybe a little bit silly idk
So far, ones Iā€™ve written down to listen to are Cast Party and Friends at the Table? I donā€™t know anything about either of them, though so? Also I keep seeing my mutuals posting Oxventure and Woe.Begone (although the latter isnā€™t a DnD podcast.. I think?) sooooo let me know your thoughts. And recommendations! Send me your propaganda! Tell me about your blorbos
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izartn Ā· 1 year ago
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Btw The Horn of Valere theme old tongue doesn't quite scan to the lyrics in Mat Cauthon theme despite sampling the melody so I wonder what are they saying here. It makes sense they're not the same lyrics though.
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alsojnpie Ā· 9 months ago
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i listen to 1 lord of the rings audio book 1 time and now youtube thinks i want to watch hundreds of lore videos. and it is not wrong (but i will not until i read all the source material first and by then i will be bored with most of what those videos have to offer i think)
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epicfeather Ā· 1 month ago
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This isnt mcsm BUT I really like the Mc novels too
My favorites are The Voyage and The End and I feel like the novels don't get much love
So I drew something inspired by The End cause the ending was cool
eyestrain warning tho so I'm gonna add it under here ā¬ļø
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God of Chaos very cool
Feel free to talk about the novels in the comments more people need to talk about them grrrr
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neil-jortson Ā· 2 months ago
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I cannot begin to describe my level of confusion rn
#Iā€™m reading Nona the ninth right but then I decided to reread the other two books before finishing Nona cause I was listening to#the audio book and I have trouble following along closely so anyways I reread it and everything started to make sense right but then#I finished the epilogue of Harrow and never realized thereā€™s whole ass chapters after it??? cause I was listening and heard like appendix#and didnā€™t want to listen to all the definitions so I paused it and never looked back thinking that was the end#so my ass has spent the last half of Nona the ninth not even knowing if gideons body survived I mean I hoped but I didnā€™t know#I thought that Nona could only be harrow no confusion on the question whatsoever the only question being what soul will inhabit it#I had hoped that it was harrows body and that gideons was somewhere with blood of Eden that we just didnā€™t know yet#now Iā€™m so confused as to what physical body Nona has and Iā€™m going to have to reread and not listen to the first half so I can know what#what in the world is going on#please no spoilers#but here are my ideas for how this will end:#nona is harrows body brought to Camilla curtesy prrya#Gideon and Harrow will inevitably surface or theyā€™ll find a way to draw them out#everyone will be very sad when Nona leaves#also the fact that narrow the ninth ends with it saying Gideon will return in nona but not harrow????#but I couldā€™ve sworn it was harrows body she was in#I could be wrong though cause I read nona without knowing anything about the Judith files which is just insane#but also I feel like thatā€™s the way itā€™s intended to be read yā€™all get new readers to read up until#guys get new readers to stop reading after hot sauce and Nona talk about both having people in the park that night#Iā€™m only mildly joking#harrow the ninth
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sillyfudgemonkeys Ā· 5 months ago
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Sounds like you've got a right bitch of a co-worker based on those post tags lol
ajfksdljf TT0TT Oh that was like my 3rd version of a post I made. I had to talk myself down and censor myself akljsdflkfa orz
But yes he really is. I cannot stress it enough that everyone hates his guts and he's created such a hostile work environment.
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#silly asks#the junpei coworker#silly answers#god i hate him so much#he's not the first jackass i've had to work with but god he is the most recent#i should've called HR last night#i literally told him ā€œdo NOT fucking finish that sentence or train of thoughtā€#and then he kept ALLUDING to what he wanted to say and i had to keep telling him to stfu#then he hid in the bathroom for 30 min (which pissed me off mORE because it meant he got a free 30 break and was paid for it)#all while i was left alone to wrangle a circus by myself#he was watching anime fyi...cause I could hear it when I had to go to the back room to get stuff#like we had a store meeting and my boss listed a bunch of stuff that needed to be minded#and like HALF of it was directed at junpei (he didn't look at him but WE ALL KNEW)#my boss even confirmed it when everyone else left#he only confirmed it because as soon as they left I turned to him an was like 'when is that mfer getting fired?????!"#my boss wants to fire him but HIS boss says he can't until they find a replacement#the bar is in hell rn#it's so bad that me and my other coworker made a bingo of shit he likes to pull on shift (HE'S THAT CONSISTENT)#*looks at sched* oh thank god I dont need to see him today or tomorrow-#WAIT NO I HAVE TO WORK WITH HIM THE ENTIRE CLOSE FRIDAY NOOOOO FUCK save tme this is gonan suck#i'm kinda hoping he gets ā€œsickā€ again I'd rather work alone TT0TT#*inhales* it'll be fine it'lle be fine it'll be fine it'll be fine#zen zen centered i am zen...I'll listen to an audio book or video i'll be ok#i'll just ignore him like i've been doing TT0TT#silly vents#vents#irl bs
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jortenthusiasst Ā· 3 months ago
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Well, my 21st re listen to the aftg audio books is officially done. I'm now re reading the sunshine court for the 1st time šŸ«”
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