#jaime brooks

[a-dream-seeking-light]

Boiler room bounce

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repost of this originally posted back in the day by now-deactivated blog @highongrimes.  i edited the gif to remove light lines and transparent matte bars (shout out to GIMP for being able to handle animated webp files natively). via @life-in--the--vivid-dream

[ourladyofomega]

[elitegymnastics]

Here is a very long interview with me (Jaime) about snow flakes 2022, the cost of housing, the culture of the record industry, french house, Xiu Xiu, and Yakuza: Like A Dragon.

[oneshotprincess]

Cove, Terry, and Randy, also at the venue, watching all of this unfold like: 🤯, 👀🍿, 👁️👄👁️

[onepiecefanz]

So I've been getting a lot of posts like this one:

NOT CONFIRMED!!

But it does raise a question, since it is so hard expensive to fully CGI Chopper.. People think he'll be a real human boy instead.

If they do that tho... They need to change the child actor if One Piece is going to film all the seasons... Cuz that kid is gonna be a well grown adult by the end🤣🤣

[mazzystar24]

You guys are gonna bully me for the reference I’m about to make but bare with me

I was thinking about how differently they could’ve written buck and Eddie’s and Christopher’s dynamic if they wanted it to be what they are trying to sell us- which is that Eddie and buck are just best friends and buck is just really involved with Chris and Eddie’s family and that buck has a bond with Chris- which is also tied to the tsunami

So I got to thinking about one tree hill (I know you guys are loudly heckling me but fuck it’s low-key high key good) and in doing that I was thinking about Brooke and Jaimie’s scenes:

now I know now this post will only make sense to the demographic who watched both shows but like while their scenes show the real care and love that Brooke has for Jaimie, eventhough she is nurturing toward him and goes as far as to nearly drown to save him- much like buck for Chris - one difference is that none of their scenes feel like Brooke acts as a second mother, despite her literally making comments about wanting to adopt him she always feels like a godmother which she is.

They find the perfect balance in Brooke’s relationship with not only Jaimie but with Nathan and Haley that makes her presence in their lives never seem out of place, too involved or like she’s taking on the role of a parent while still having her go above and beyond for this family and for Jaimie.

This is something we simply don’t see with Buck because buck always seems like more with the diazes.

Even in terms of in show reference we never hear stuff like uncle buck or calling him Chris’ godfather (like we see with Brooke) because in the eyes of the audience either of those labels would just seem wrong at this point, like it would be rewriting history because he’s always acted more as another parent than either of those things.

Side note: Also let’s be real Brooke had chemistry with every woman on that show and yet her friendship with Haley was always so clearly friendship

[niriaveil]

i'm notoriously bad about reading codex entries in ME but the AHEM mod adding in functional lore for the catalyst based off the science behind it and explaining how it can be used to solely target reapers and only partly damage the citadel and mass relays. yeah i'll incorporate that into my belief system.

makes the AHEM > CEM transition a bit smoother, but I just know Hayley was down for several months / almost a year recovering from her injuries and having to get used to her prosthetic leg. i do love the vindication of anderson leaving shepard stuff in his will (mostly the citadel apartment, but i know he left more. i know it) but i'm seeing why most people enjoy these two mods. they're good. i like it.

the citadel dlc being the epilogue and note to send off on ME3 is really good too. i love my silly hijinks dlc so much.

[iowadream]

aforementioned AI Drake article. in it, jaime brooks discusses that one AI-generated Drake track (and why "AI-generated" is kind of a poor descriptor for what it is), how it relates to certain attitudes around vocaloid when it first came out, how it relates to our current conceptualization of a recording artist, and puts the recording artist within historical context. i CANNOT recommend it enough

[allgoodthingscomic]

Outta here.

[marwyn]

Featured in but two chapters of George R.R. Martin’s multi-volume A Song of Ice and Fire, brutish Craster may seem a minor character, peripheral to the larger thematic concerns of Martin’s sweeping and bloody Game of Thrones. Indeed, entrenched in his ramshackle keep in the Haunted Forest, well north of the Wall that marks the end of Westerosi civilization, defined by a predatory incest that leaves him with nineteen daughter-wives and no living male heirs, Craster appears in every way a figure beyond the pale, the very antithesis to the more courtly domains of Starks and Lannisters. Yet even if he is, in the words of Dywen of the Night’s Watch, “a kinslayer, liar, raper, and craven,” such crimes fail to distinguish him from leaders of Westeros’s noble families. Lannisters, Freys, and Tullys do not balk at stratagems or kin-murder; cravens can be found in the white of the Kingsguard. Even in his incest, Craster breaks taboos wildlings acknowledge, only to emulate both Targaryen rulers who “married brother to sister” and the scandalous love of Jaime and Cersei Lannister, whose illegitimate fruits become the seeds of the Song’s protracted wars. It may well be true, then, as wildling Ygritte tells Jon Snow, that “Craster’s more your kind than ours.”

It is precisely this hypothesis I propose to take seriously here. Indeed, I maintain that Craster, far from being a minor addition to Martin’s formidable gallery of grotesques (on par, say, with Vargo Hoat), is a crucial cue to what the novels treat as the pathological self-regard of the Westerosi dynasties. In its endogamous self-reproduction and its dedication to cruel self-culling, the House of Craster discloses, I argue, the true economy of the Game of Thrones, highlighting how the great Houses’ insistence on purity and power sees them not only devouring their own, but reducing the realm to a feast for crows. Craster distils the truth of great seats like Riverrun or Casterly Rock, not just because his paternal incest evokes a fraternal form central to such great lines as Lannister or Targaryen. Rather, the Craster who takes all his female issue to wife and leaves the sons he sires on them to “[t]he white shadows,” reveals a deadly social narcissism that lies at the heart of Martin’s great families, one that establishes them as institutions at odds with themselves and as effective allies to the forces that threaten Westeros.

What lies at the heart of the Houses’ strife and the realm’s ruin, Craster’s example teaches, is not merely incest nor even the Oedipal strife of fathers and sons, but a foundational narcissism that can imagine both family and society as only the pure extension of self. Martin offers Craster as a stark illustration of this phenomenon so as to highlight how the whole of Westerosi society is rooted in and ravaged by this violent narcissism. It is not only Craster who refuses to brook any rival master, or libidinal agent, under his roof; it’s nor just he who enforces an identification of self with House, with society, through familial bloodshed. If the Targaryens wed their siblings, it was in service to purity of blood, after all, and if Tywin’s twins are pledged to one another, it is because, as Cersei says, “Jaime and I are ... one person in two bodies.” In both cases, love of kin only as self involves ready violence against both relations who thwart such identification and those alien to the bonds of blood: Dany must fear waking the dragon, and Bran’s fall is very long, indeed.

The narcissistic cast of familial ties and its tendency to ruin both Houses and the realm is, I argue, the very pith of the bloody Game of Thrones, a fact well delineated by three consequential instances: Samwell’s repudiation and near-murder at the hands of his father, Randyll Tarly; Tywin Lannister’s sadistic dissolution of Tyrion’s marriage to [Tysha]; and Hoster Tully’s destruction of his grandchild, Lysa’s unborn bastard, for the crime of having lowly Petyr Baelish as sire. In each case, a drive to purity tears Houses apart. Moreover, the latter two examples highlight how such narcissism stokes civil war and so abets the mortal threats of rising winter and the Others’ return.

D. Marcel DeCoste, “Beyond the Pale? Craster and the Pathological Reproduction of Houses in Westeros,” in Mastering the Game of Thrones: Essays on George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones (eds. Jes Bettis and Susan Johnston)

[dc-megatournament]

A Master List of fighters in the “Batman vs Everyone” tournament so far

If a characters name is in red, their poll as been posted already.

If a character isn't listed here, they haven't been submitted.

DC

Alfred Pennyworth Amazing Man/Will Everett Ambush Bug/Irwin Schwab Animal Man/Buddy Baker Aquaman/Arthur Curry Arsenal/Roy Harper Artemis Atom Smasher/Albert Rothstein Azrael/Jean Paul Valley Aztek/Uno Batgirl/Cassandra Cain Batman Beyond/Terry McGinnis Batwing/David Zavimbe Batwing/Luke Fox Batwoman/Kate Kane Big Barda/Barda Free Black Canary/Dinah Laurel Lance Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce Black Orchid/Susan Linden Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle/Ted Kord Bluebird/Harper Row Blue Devil/Dan Cassidy Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter Captain Atom/Nathaniel Adam Captain Cold/Leonard Snart Captain Marvel/Billy Batson Catwoman/Selina Kyle Citizen Steel/Nathan Heywood Cyborg/Victor Stone Deadman/Boston Brand Detective Chimp/Bobo T. Chimpanzee Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour Doctor Fate/Linda Strauss Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi Dr. Mid Nite/Charles McNider Element Woman/Emily Sung Elongated Man/Ralph Dibny Enchantress/June Moone Etrigan/Jason Blood Fire/Beatriz da Costa Firestorm/Jason Rusch Firestorm/Ronnie Raymond Flamebird/Bette Kane Geo-Force/Brion Markov Giovanni Zatara Godiva/Dorcas Leigh Green Arrow/Connor Hawke Green Arrow/Oliver Queen Green Lantern/Guy Gardner Green Lantern/Hal Jordan Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz Green Lantern/John Stewart Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner Green Lantern/Simon Baz Gypsy/Cynthia Reynolds Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders Hawkman/Katar Hol/Carter Hall Hawkwoman/Shayera Hol/Shiera Hall Huntress/Helena Bertinelli Ice/Tora Olafsdotter Jade/Jennifer-Lynn Hayden Jesse Quick/Jessie Chambers Jim Gordon John Constantine Katana/Tatsu Yamashiro Lobo Madame Xanadu Man-Bat/Dr. Robert Kirkland Langstrom Manhunter/Kate Spencer Martian Manhunter/J’onn J’onnz Maxima Metamorpho/Rex Mason Mister Miracle/Scott Free Mon-El/Lar Gand Nightshade/Eve Eden Nightwing/Dick Grayson Obsidian/Todd Rice Onyx Adams Oracle/Barbara Gordon Orion Phantom Stranger Plastic Man/Patrick "Eel" O'Brian Plastique/Bette Sans Souci Powergirl/Kara Zor L/Karen Starr Powerhouse/Naomi McDuffie Queen Hippolyta Raven Red Hood/Jason Todd Red Tornado/Ulthoon Robin/Damian Wayne Robin/Tim Drake Rocket Red/Dmitri Pushkin Rocket Red/Gavril Ivanovich Shade, the Changing Man/Rac Shade Spoiler/Stephanie Brown Starfire/Koriand’r Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore Starman/Mikaal Tomas Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris Steel/John Henry Irons Supergirl/Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El Superman/Clark Kent/Kal El Swamp Thing/Alec Holland The Atom/Ray Palmer The Atom/Ryan Choi The Flash/Barry Allen The Flash/Jay Garrick The Flash/Wally West The Question/Renee Montoya The Question/Vic Sage The Ray/Ray Terrill The Signal/Duke Thomas Troia/Donna Troy Vibe/Cisco Ramon Vixen/Mari McCabe Wonder Woman/Diana Prince Wonder Woman/Nubia Zatanna Zatara

Marvel

Ant-Man/Hank Pym Beast/Hank McCoy Big Hero 6 (Hiro Hamada, Baymax, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Fred, Wasabi No Ginger) Black Cat/Felicia Hardy Black Panther/T’Challa Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff Blade/ Eric Brooks Bucky Barnes Captain America/Sam Wilson Captain America/Steve Rogers Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers Daredevil/Matt Murdock Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom Echo/Maya Lopez Elektra Natchios Elsa Bloodstone Emma Frost Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Hawkeye/Clint Barton Hulk/Bruce Banner Human Torch/Johnny Storm Iceman/Bobby Drake Invisible Woman/Sue Storm Iron Man/Tony Stark Jean Grey Jessica Jones Jubilee/Jubilation Lee Luke Cage Magik/Illyana Rasputin Moon Knight/Marc Spector Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner Rogue/Anna Marie LeBeau Sharon Carter She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters Spectrum/Monica Rambeau Spider-Man/Miles Morales Spider-Man/Peter Parker Spider Woman/Jessica Drew Squirrel Girl/ Doreen Green Storm/Ororo Munroe The Punisher/Frank Castle The Thing/Ben Grimm Thor Wasp/Janet Van Dyne Wolverine/James “Logan” Howlett Wolverine/X-23/Laura Kinney Zheng Shang-Chi

Other Comics & Media

Avatar Aang Barbie Beetlejuice Ben Tennyson Buffy Summers Bugs Bunny Captain Jack Sparrow Cosmo and Wanda Deku/Izuku Midoriya Donald Duck Dracula Eda Clawthorne Elsa Finn & Jake Godzilla Goku Grumpy Bear Hatsune Miku Heather (TDI) Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 Jerry (Tom & Jerry) John Wick Kim Possible Ladybug/Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Cat Noir/Adrien Agreste Light Yagami Link Luke Skywalker Mario & Luigi Megatron Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Kimberly Ann Hart, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan, Tommy Oliver) Monkey D Luffy Mystery Inc (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby) Nimona Percy Jackson Phineas & Ferb Pikachu Pink Panther Power Puff Girls Puss in Boots Regina George Rick Grimes Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino Saitama Sanderson Sisters (Winifred, Mary, Sarah) She-Ra/Adora Snoopy & Woodstock Sogeking/Usopp Sonic the Hedgehog Stan Pines Star Butterfly Steven Universe Stitch/Experiment 626 Strawberry Shortcake The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo The Cullens (Carlisle, Esme, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, Alice, Emmett) The Doctor The Warner Siblings Walter White Word Girl/Becky Botsford

Spawn/ Al Simmons Hellboy TMNT (Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo) Cassie Hack Invincible/Mark Grayson Sara Pezzini The Darkness/Jackie Estacado The Crow/Eric Draven Vampirella Cyblade/Dominique Thiebaut Madame Mirage/Angela Temple

Late Additions as of 1/1/25

(Sorry i had to put these in alphabetical order, it was driving me insane)

Angus MacGyver Baldi Bingo Heeler Crazy Jane Darwin David Haller Eva-02 Gabby Kinney Gundam Aerial Gwen Tennyson Hello Kitty Hua Cheng Ichigo Kurosaki Jace Fox Katara Katsuki Bakugou Lan Wangji Luo Binghe Max Tennyson Mickey Mouse Midnighter Mizu Naruto Uzamaki Odysseus Prodigy/David Alleyne Sally Jackson Shen Qingqiu Terezi Pyrope Tigress/Artemis Crock Toph Beifong Ultraman Wei Wuxian Xie Lian

Late Additions starting as of 1/2/25

Danny Phantom

Dolly Parton

The Pope

The Shredder

Santa Claus

Amy Rose

Kirby

Jar Jar Binks

Velvet Crowe

Ozymandias

Uncle Iroh

Yami Yugi

Elric of Melninbone

Mariah Carey

Cybersix

Captain Kirk

Bluey Heeler

Joel Miller (TLoU)

Ellie (TLoU)

Edward Elric

Alphonse Elric

Winry Rockbell

Scar (FMA)

May Chang

Optimus Prime

Solid Snake

Ezio Auditore

Ryu (Street Fighter)

[katsu-curry835]

Why Bisexual Jon Snow Could Work /srs

Jon Snow is bisexual and here's why.

Aight, I'm aware the queer rep in asoiaf is pretty eh for the most part. Sweets is cool, and Loras and Renly have a nice implied relationship but Dany and Cersei having gay sex scenes felt way more fetishized than actually meaningful representation, especially since neither character considers a romance with a woman. Because of this, I'm gonna say that while I think this could be a valid direction to take the story, I'm like 50% sure that GRRM won't write it. Then again, it's been so long between books that times have literally changed and FnB seemed to have a ton of queer relationships so who knows.

Ok, ok, so I've laundered my argument; we all know why we're really here. Jon Snow could be bisexual and that could be really important for the story. Why?

First and most obvious is that it's another parallel with Dany. Jon and Dany have had storylines that directly mirror each other, especially in books 3 and 5. Dany is confirmed bisexual by the narrative, since she has regular sex with her handmaiden Irri, although because of her position of power over her, she tries to limit them. And, as already mentioned, she never gets to be romantically attracted to a woman. Maybe that's coming in future novels, who knows, but all that to say Dany and Jon mirroring each other on the bi front is not inconceivable, especially when you consider that there is already evidence for Jon being bi.

I'm sure most of you deep into this discourse(?) have probably predicted that I'm going to talk about Satin. And if this story does go in the 'Irri' direction, Satin is definitely the candidate for Jon's male love interest. He's a former prostitute from Oldtown, which mirrors another of Dany's handmaids (Doreah I think) and he's Jon's steward, like Irri is to Dany. Other characters also seem to think that Satin has kinda slept his way up the ranks to being Jon's steward, confirming at least that this idea is in GRRM's head. I wanna take a look at a few scenes and see how they could imply a future relationship between Jon and Satin. Take a look at this fight scene between Jaime and Brienne (I promise this is relevant.)

"'Give me the sword, Kingslayer.'

'Oh I will.' He sprang to his feet and drove at her, the longsword alive in his hands. Brienne jumped back, parrying, but he followed, pressing the attack. No sooner did she turn one cut than the next was upon her. The swords kissed and sprang apart and kissed again. Jaime's blood was singing...

...The dance went on. He pinned her against an oak, cursed as she slipped away, followed her through a shallow brook half choked with fallen leaves. Steel rang, steel sang, steel screamed and sparked and scraped, and the woman was grunting like a sow at every crash, yet somehow he could not reach her."

To me this scene has always read as implicitly foreshadowing Brienne and Jaime's future romance. Words like "kissed" or "grunted" or "pinned her against a tree" feel implicitly romantic/sexual, even the way the scene is described as a "dance." Jaime even says at a later point "Might I have this dance my lady" to mock her. Of course there is plenty more in the story as a whole that foreshadows Brienne and Jaime having a relationship, but I use this as an example because I want to point out how GRRM sometimes writes a fight scene as romantic and sexual foreshadowing, or at least that can be how some scenes are interpreted. Now I want to look at the scene where Jon trains Satin.

"It's too heavy," the Oldtown boy complained.

"It's as heavy as it needs to be to stop a sword," Jon said. "Now get it up." He stepped forward, slashing. Satin jerked the shield up in time to catch the sword on its rim, and swung his own blade at Jon's ribs. "Good," Jon said, when he felt the impact on his own shield. "That was good. But you need to put your body into it. Get your weight behind the steel and you'll do more damage than with arm strength alone. Come, try it again, drive at me, but keep the shield up or I'll ring your head like a bell . . ."

This scene reads similarly to me. Words like "jerked," "rim," "get it up," even the one word sentence "Come," can read as sexual foreshadowing in a similar way to Jaime and Brienne if you are given context that Jon and Satin do end up together. In particular, "ring your head like a bell" reminds me of a scene where Gendry gets approached by a girl but rejects her advances.

"I'm named Bella," the girl told Gendry. "For the battle. I bet I could ring your bell, too. You want to?"

I would be remised if I didn't mention that Jon calls Satin pretty three times in the chapter where he's supposed to be engaged in a battle with the wildlings. Like yeah, that's a bit weird, why are you thinking about that now Jon. Or I could mention the fact that he described Satin’s voice swearing his words as being like song and that he could smell the fresh sweet oils Satin rubbed into his beard. Jon… buddy you got something you wanna say? I’m joking of course: you don't have to be queer to recognize another man's beauty. What I think puts this into perspective is if you compare this to how he describes Val, someone who it's generally agreed upon that he takes an interest in.

Here's a quote where Jon describes Satin:

"The boy claimed to be eighteen, older than Jon, but he was green as summer grass for all that. Satin, they called him, even in the wool and mail and boiled leather of the Night's Watch; the name he'd gotten in the brothel where he'd been born and raised. He was pretty as a girl with his dark eyes, soft skin, and raven's ringlets. Half a year at Castle Black had toughened up his hands, however, and Noye said he was passable with a crossbow."

Now here's Val:

"Val stood on the tower roof, gazing up at the Wall. Stannis kept her closely penned in rooms above his own, but he did allow her to walk the battlements for exercise. She looks lonely, Jon thought. Lonely, and lovely. Ygritte had been pretty in her own way, with her red hair kissed by fire, but it was her smile that made her face come alive. Val did not need to smile; she would have turned men's heads in any court in the wide world."

I mean, the fact that "pretty" is a word used to describe both Ygritte and Satin is a connection that I shouldn't need to point out the significance of, but I digress. If you actually compare these quotes, both look like neutral descriptions of someone's appearance in isolation, however in context, you have to ask why the author shows you this stuff. Why does Jon comment on how good looking both of these characters are so often? It doesn't seem like there would be any other purpose to these, again, repeated descriptions of both Val and Satin other than to highlight that the fact that Jon finds both of them attractive is important.

Again, none of this proves anything outright. I mention this because this is the sort of thing where if you reread the books with this lens, suddenly more things start to jump out at you, and it can read like obvious foreshadowing you missed. Like when Catelyn sees her reflection in some armor and comments on how "drowned" she looks. It doesn't mean too much on a first read, but when you know what happens to her, it's some clever foreshadowing.

Another big reason I think Jon getting with Satin might be important is that you can see it as a pivotal part of Jon's character arc, specifically Jon's sexual awakening storyline. When Jon first has sex with Ygritte, she's the one who initiates the interaction. In fact she has been doing that the whole time he's had her hostage, teasing him with advances and mocking him for his inexperience. In the famous cave scene, Jon's thoughts are how he wants to bang her, but also about how it would be in conflict with his vows. That's the main reason he never has sex with her until she incites it on her own; it's not because he doesn't want to. It's because he thinks it would violate the words he swore at the weirwood.

So Ygritte begins this part of his arc, and Jon discovers that he likes having sex, how original. But he still feels reservations about it, during the act and afterwards. After all, his people resent him for being able to openly take a woman to bed with him, while they have to go to Mole's Town to dig if they want to get any action at all.

My view on this is that the story is heading in a sex-positive direction with respect to Jon. There’s plenty of theming about this “why is it a sin if it feels so good” etc etc. The books are full to the brim of people feeling needlessly guilty about having casual sex, Jon especially. Where I think this is headed, therefore, is probably something like a wildling understanding of sex; Jon has to view sex as Ygritte did, because that was always the healthiest way for him to go about it. Except this time, to complete his arc, he is going to need to take the initiative himself and embrace his desires like Ygritte did. Her teasing him for not doing this was trying to get him to come out of his shell. It would feel strange to me if this went nowhere. Jon needs a future romantic/sexual partner so that he can feel no qualms with taking the initiative with them. How he learns to do that is up to George but suffice it to say, however uncertain I maybe that this partner will be Satin, a future romance is in the cards for Lord Snow.

So Jon's in a bit of a bind here from a meta perspective. If we want him to complete his sexual awakening storyline, he's going to have to take the initiative himself with a partner without feeling any inhibitions. But he can't do that if he's still a brother of the Night's Watch because of the aforementioned conflict with his vows. But he's not going to stop being a crow, his vows are important to him. So how do we reconcile the fact that Jon's character arc about his sexuality needs to be resolved, but he also needs to keep to his words? Simple: make his next partner male so it doesn't violate anything.

I've actually thought this could work as a plot point for anyone either in the Night's Watch or the Kingsguard. One of these men surely has to consider at some point the obvious loophole of "so I can't bed a woman, but what about a man?" and how that affects their honor or whatever. It just slots kinda nicely into Jon's storyline here. Another reason it really works is that Jon is looking to socially progress the Night’s Watch: unity with the wildlings, defending Satin from homophobia etc. Him realising the obvious flaw of the vows for not considering that men can be romantically involved through his own experiences as a bi guy can help him begin to dismantle the outdated nature of the customs. He’s framed as this sort of reformer, and being a queer bastard (who is also probably the lost heir to the Targaryen dynasty) makes this thematically poignant. He’s an outcast, but also a king.

Of course, he’s always been an outcast, being queer would just help add to that. And this is just one way of writing this arc; I’m not married to this take on this basis alone.

I can so imagine a scene where Jon is having sex with Satin and the lit hearth is positioned behind Satin's head from Jon's POV and it looks like Satin's been 'kissed by fire.' Also, Jon considering how Ygritte would feel about him doing this and coming to that conclusion that she would be proud seems like a great way to end a chapter about the two hooking up because Jon's arc would be basically resolved.

This final part is something that I feel should not be left merely implied: Jon being canonically bisexual would be great representation. This is one of the most beloved and famous heroes in all of fantasy, hell, in all of modern fiction. Making him queer would be a really important step forward for queer rep that should not be underestimated. Verity Ritchie (VerilyBitchie on yt) did an excellent video essay on bisexuality in reality tv, a point from which I'm going to paraphrase: it's really hard to effectively depict bisexuals because any confirmed relationship with another character would look like they 'picked a side.' But in order to continually show someone's openness to sexual attraction to two or more genders, you risk going to far the other way, falling into the bisexual sex demon stereotype. This is a really difficult needle to thread, and is why we have characters like Nick Nelson constantly having to remind us that they're bi, rather than having us just assume they could be. Put simply, we need better bi representation, especially with men and Jon Snow is excellent casting for the role. His relationship to Ygritte is constantly referenced throughout the narration as something he treasures and misses, so there would be no doubt that he was not 'gay the whole time.' But, if the Satin story goes ahead, there can be no doubt he's not queer either. Literature is a great place to put bi characters, I think, since an internal monologue can remind you of past relationships with other characters of different genders and how they mean something to the character in question, but never undermining the integrity of the current relationship.

Me personally, I'd be buzzing for Jon Snow to be confirmed as bi. Really interested to see people's thoughts on this.

[probablyasocialecologist]

Spotify intentionally cultivates a passive, disengaged style of listening because their business model requires them to guide subscribers away from music and towards cheaper, higher-margin content like podcasts and audiobooks. This helps to foment a bias in the streaming-led mainstream towards the comforting and familiar, which is bolstered by the inherent conservatism of program directors in America’s hyper-consolidated radio landscape. As the market for CDs and digital downloads has declined and streaming platforms’ subscriber bases have continued to grow, the nature of the record business itself has fundamentally changed. Five or six years ago, the physical market was still big enough to serve as an alternative to the streaming economy for those who wanted one. Today, there is no escape.

Jaime Brooks, American Sajaegi

[trintastic]

⭑ 1980’s names!

name master list ☀️ this list consists of (fem) names that were majorly popular during the 1980s. i will most likely be making a similar post to this eventually including sur names, if you have any suggestions you think would fit well in this list please lmk!

feminine

A ; amanda, ashley, amber, amy, angela, april, alicia, allison, alexandra, alexis, alyssa, anne, annie, angelica, angel, angeline, ana, audrey, aubrey, autumn

B ; brittany, britney, brittney, britanny, brandy, brandi, bianca, brooke, beth, brenda, barbara, bridget, bonnie, bonnabel

C ; christina, cristina, crystina, cristinna, christine, courtney, crystal, cindy, cyndi, cassandra, chelsea, catherine, cynthia, carrie, caitlin, caitlyn, cait, casey, candace, christy, colleen, carolyn, caroline, cassie, carla, claudia

D ; diana, dana, dawn, desiree, divine, destini, destiny, deanna, dominique, deborah, danielle, debbie

E ; elizabeth, emily, erin, eren, erika, erica, ebony, evangeline, elsie

F ; fallon, felicia, fern, francine, franchesca, faye, farrah, felicity, fiona, fiora, flora, freya, frey, frida, fatima, florence, frances

G ; gemma, gwen, gwenny, gabrielle, gabriella, gen, genevieve, genette, genesis, gem, georgina, giana, ginny, giselle, gina

H ; hannah, hazel, harriet, heather, hallie, hayley, hailey, holly, hope

I ; isley, ivy, imogen, isla

J ; jess, jessica, jessy, jessie, jessyca, jen, jenny, jenni, jennifer, jacqueline, jackie, jill, joanna, jaclyn, jaime, jamie, jordan, jordy, jordyn, jass, jas, jasmine, jasmin, jazz, jazzmin, jazzmine, jenna, jade, jayde

K ; krystal, kim, kym, kimberly, kymberly, katherine, kathryn, kathy, kat, katheryne, krystina, krys, kryssie, krissie, kristen, krysten, kristyn, katie, kate, kaitlyn, kaitlin, kathleen, katrina, kelsey, kara, kendra, kelly, kelli, kari, kourtney

L ; lydia, lindsey, lindsay, laura, lauren, loren, lauryn, latoya, leslie, les, lesley, leah, linda, lynda, laury, laurie, laurey, lori, latasha, liv, leigh-anne, lacey, lacy, laci

M ; maria, mariah, moriah, melissa, melyssa, michelle, michele, mychelle, mary, marie, monica, monyca, megan, meghan, megyn, megin, melanie, misty, margaret, molly, morgan, monique, miranda, melinda, marissa, meredith, merida, meagan, mallory

N ; nicole, nichole, nycole, nicol, natalie, natalia, nat, natasha, nancy, nina

O ; octavia, odette, odessa, olivia

P ; perrie, priscilla, patricia, pamela, payton, paige, paisley

Q ; quinn, quinnie, quinni, quincy, queenie, quen

R ; rachel, rachael, rachyl, rebecca, rebecka, rebekah, renee, reneé, regina

S ; sara, sarah, steph, stef, stefanie, stephanie, stefani, stephani, samantha, sam, shannon, sharon, stacey, stacie, staci, stacy, susan, susanne, susanna, sandra, sabrina, sheena, shauna

T ; trina, tiff, tiffany, tifany, tifaney, tiffaney, tiffani, tara, tracey, tracy, traci, tina, teresa, theresa, tara, tonya, tamara, tabitha, tasha, tammy, tamika, taylor

U ; unqiue

V ; vera, veronica, vanessa, victoria, vic, vickey, valerie, val

W ; willow, whitney, whit

X ; xandra

Y ; yasmine, yessica, yazzmin, yazzmine, yasmin

Z ; zara, zarley, zarlee, zarli, zarhlee. zoey, zoe

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in April 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Spring on the Peninsula - Ery Shin 🧡 When I Arrived at the Castle - Emily Carroll 💛 Bloodline - Jenn Alexander 💚 Grey Dog - Elliott Gish 💙 Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris 💜 I'm in Love with the Villainess v. 2 - Inori and Hanagata ❤️ The Caravaggio Syndrome - Alessandro Giardino 🧡 Leather, Lace, and Locs - Anne Shade 💛 Firebugs - Nico Bulling 💙 I Married My Female Friend v.2 - Shio Usui 💜 The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella 🌈 A Sweet Sting of Salt - Rose Sutherland ❤️ The Selected Shepherd: Poems - Reginald Shepherd 🧡 Rough Trade - Katrina Carrasco 💛 Aubrey McFadden is Never Getting Married - Georgia Beers 💚 Taming of a Rebel - Eada Friesian 💙 Dayspring - Anthony Oliveira 💜 The Titanic Survivors Book Club - Timothy Schaffert ❤️ Orphia And Eurydicius - Elyse John 🧡 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers - Samuel Burr 💛 A Good Happy Girl - Marissa Higgins 💙 Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine - Nicole Melleby 💜 Here We Go Again - Alison Cochrun 🌈 Women! In! Peril! - Jessie Ren Marshall

❤️ Blood City Rollers - V. P. Anderson and Tatiana Hill 🧡 The Prospects - KT Hoffman 💛 Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia - Christi Furnas 💚 WATCHNIGHT - Cyree Jarelle Johnson 💙 Love From The Sidelines - Tuesday Harper 💜 The Pleasure in Pain - Roxie Voorhees ❤️ Mal - Perla Zul 🧡 The Black Girl Survives in This One - Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell 💛 Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan 💙 Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens 💜 Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer 🌈 Tryst Six Venom - Penelope Douglas

❤️ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker 🧡 The Heart Wants What It Wants - D.M. Batten 💛 Something Kindred by Ciera Burch 💚 Sheine Lende - Dr. Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai 💙 Rainbow Overalls - Maggie Fortuna 💜 Flowers for Dead Girls - Abigail Collins ❤️ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa

❤️ Court of Wanderers - Rin Chupeco 🧡 Molten Death - Leslie Karst 💛 Triad Magic - ‘Nathan Burgoine 💚 You, Me and Bad Movies - Twoony 💙 The Faithful Dark - Cate Baumer 💜 A Case for Discretion - Ashley Moore ❤️ Party of Fools - Cedar McCloud 🧡 The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford 💛 This is Me Trying - Racquel Marie 💙 Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao 💜 Sun Eater - Dre Levant 🌈 The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram

❤️ Bad Dream - Nicole Maines & Rye Hickman 🧡 If We Were Stars - Eule Grey 💛 The Broken Lines of Us - Shia Woods 💚 Eye of the Ouroboros - Megan Bontrager 💙 Henry Henry - Allen Bratton 💜 Dear Bi Men - JR Yussuf ❤️ Paige Not Found - Jen Wilde 🧡 Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership - Chaya Milchtein 💛 Wide Awake Now - David Levithan 💙 Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon 💜 Smile and Be a Villain - Yves Donlon 🌈 Crash Landing - Charmaine Anne Li

❤️ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo 🧡 Central Avenue Poetry Prize 2024 - Beau Adler 💛 Good Bones - Aurora Rey 💚 Curiosities - Anne Fleming 💙 Someone You Can Build a Nest in - John Wiswell 💜 Revisiting Summer Nights - Ashley Bartlett ❤️ Bright Spring - Emmaline Strange

❤️ Girls Night - I.S. Belle 🧡 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💛 Withered - A.G.A. Wilmot 💚 A Wolf Steps in Blood - Tamara Jerée 💙 It Always Finds Me - Anthology 💜 Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt ❤️ Moon Dust in My Hairnet - JR Creaden 🧡 Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker 💛 Relinquishing Control - J.J. Arias

❤️ Selamlik - Khaled Alesmael 🧡 Houseswap 101 - Jaime Clevenger 💛 Earthflown by Frances Wren & Litarnes 💚 Covenant v.1 - LySandra Vuong 💙 Honey - Victor Lodato 💜 The Dragonfly Gambit - A.D. Sui ❤️ Double Dyno - Sharon K Angelici & Taylor Rose