#karadin

[copperbadge]

as 2023 is coming to a close, what was your food discovery of the year? Happy 2024!

I am Very Late in replying to this, as it is already 2024, but oh man -- there are so many candidates! I was going to say perhaps learning to make my own italian beef sandwiches, but really that was a 2022 project, and it's not like I haven't been eating them for over 15 years at this point.

I think it has to be something I ate when I was in Europe in April. I don't know if you could call it a "food discovery" so I disqualified the conveyor belt cheese restaurant, although do strongly recommend, it was a hoot. And I ate a lot of curried chicken salad but I've also been making that for years, so that was more research than discovery.

I think it has to be the fried artichoke in Rome. If/when I go back I don't think I'd go back to the same restaurant but I would definitely eat that again for at least two meals.

I mean...it's that or the Grandpa Balls I had for dessert.

[ID: A screengrab from a restaurant website menu, featuring two balls of fried ricotta cheese; one has been cut open to show the interior of the fried ricotta cheese is swirled with chocolate and anise syrup. It is captioned "Grandpa Balls: In the Roman dialect the grandfather is always mentioned to evoke or emphasize situations. Our dessert, Grandpa's balls, are a classic example of this."]

[vincentbriggs]

@karadin replied to your post “Wait are you saying your ribcage got bigger just...”:

can you let out side or back seams to make waistcoats fit? stripes in these areas might look cool.

​Sort of, but it would take a lot more work than that to have it not look weird. The fronts are so much narrower on the old patterns that the armholes would be scooped out really far forwards if I added that much onto the side seam.

I do have an old embroidered waistcoat from 2017 that I want to pick apart and remake someday, and I'm going to have to piece extra material back into the armhole and re-cut that whole side edge in order for it to look decent again.

[the-haiku-bot]

Yep, I found someone

selling pillows with my fan

art on amazon

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

[blooms-in-april]

I think we can all collectively agree that Jad Karadin needs to die in a fire.

[advena87]

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Lambert/Keira Metz, Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden/Lambert/Keira Metz Characters: Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher), Keira Metz, Eskel (The Witcher), Triss Merigold, Bertram Tauler | Jad Karadin, Original Characters Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post-The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Post-Blood and Wine (The Witcher 3 DLC), Love Triangles, Witchers Have Feelings (The Witcher), The Witcher 3 Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, Bisexual Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher) Lives, Not Beta Read

Summary: Lambert and Keira Metz after the events of Wild Hunt run a joint business in Lan Exeter. Unexpectedly, a stranger witcher appears on their doorstep with an unusual task.

Chapter 3: Trouble doesn't just knock; it breaks down the door

Chapter 3 summary: Aiden reveals how he narrowly escaped death, igniting a whirlwind of emotions in Lambert, who thought his friend was lost forever. Together, they confront the painful truths of their past, their words turning sharp as old wounds are reopened, exposing the jealousy and anger that have festered in silence.

[inexplicifics]

i had a thought just now

has Jad ever confirmed he's his usual dickish self in the AWAU? i can't remember

and if not - will he be? or do we get to keep assuming he gets put on terrible Patrol groups all the time >:3

I have a plotbunny for Jad! I expect it will elicit Much Screaming!

[rebloggingrexan]

[ Image ID: a tumblr comment by wokycookie2 that reads, It honestly depends on the environment. I've seen a group of kids be absolutely evil, and I've seen a group of kids be loving like in this post. Yadda yadda yadda, nature vs nurture, I genuinely think though that people are defined by the lessons and experiences they choose to learn from, and which they choose to ignore. /end ID ]

@wokycookie2

I genuinely think though that people are defined by the lessons and experiences they choose to learn from, and which they choose to ignore.

you put that in words so well. i find it fascinating that often people can be exposed to the exact same situation or content and have entirely different takeaways. i think a lot about how it seems that the mix of experiences people choose to learn from or internalize -- or that they unconsciously learn from or internalize -- are what make them unique.

"people are defined by the lessons and experiences they choose to learn from, and which they choose to ignore."

the “humans are inherently selfish” fanclub can genuinely and in all honesty go to hell. i once came back from a school yard where the kids had heaped piles of leaves and cut wildflowers on a narrow strip of grass bc a bee had died. i actually want to cry.

[eskel-loves-lilbleater]

I keep seeing this image on Reddit, Pinterest and here but I was REALLY confused when I saw someone write out the character names for someone else as:

Tauler, Gaetan, Lambert, Vesemir, Geralt, Eskel and Letho.

Tauler?! Who the hell is that? You mean Jad Karadin? *Is so confuse*

A search later and this is how I came to find out that the Polish language version of Witcher 3, Karadin has a completely different name and is called Bertram Tauler.

No listed reason why, though my own theory is because Tauler is too close to Thaler. Who is the person I thought they were referring to when I first read the name and was more confused because he is NOT a Witcher. Lol

Also, is it just me or are none of the Witchers lefties?

[fantasyoftales]

Lambert

[copperbadge]

hey Sam! Hope you are having a great start to the weekend! I hear there is a Roman-style bath house (aire ancient baths) in Chicago set up in an old factory. Is this something you would consider trying?

Oh yeah, I've heard of Aire for a while now -- I know some folks who went and enjoyed it, although it was always out of my price range pre-pandemic.

I don't know if it's truly Roman-style, it feels more Roman-themed -- it has all the moving parts, but it's been marketed more as a spa experience, not a bath-house as we might think of them (with plenty of people all moving about between rooms as they choose). If you look at the available packages you can see what I mean. And looking at how the prices have risen, it's still a bit out of my range for something like that. It used to be like $90 for the basic package.

While less authentic to the Roman experience in terms of frigidarium, caldarium, etc. I feel like Red Square (the Russian bath in Chicago) or King Spa are actually much more similar to the ancient Roman experience of communal baths. Particularly with King Spa, you have access to a bunch of different rooms and temperatures, so while there's less bathing other than the hot and cold pools, there's more correlation in terms of "You can move between temperatures fairly quickly in a social setting". And King Spa has great food!

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[lenkalost]

Sunday evening - time for a new chapter. I hope you enjoy it.

[zkretchy]

@alllthequeenshorses you continue being too funy-have this for now and also thank you for all the tags they made my day(night?)!!

[fllagellant]

[advena87]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Lambert/Keira Metz, Aiden/Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden/Lambert/Keira Metz Characters: Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher), Keira Metz, Eskel (The Witcher), Triss Merigold, Bertram Tauler | Jad Karadin, Gaetan (The Witcher), Brehen (The Witcher), Original Characters Additional Tags: Fix-It, Post-The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Post-Blood and Wine (The Witcher 3 DLC), Love Triangles, Witchers Have Feelings (The Witcher), The Witcher 3 Spoilers, Canon-Typical Violence, Bisexual Lambert (The Witcher), Aiden (The Witcher) Lives, Not Beta Read Summary: Lambert and Keira Metz after the events of Wild Hunt run a joint business in Lan Exeter. Unexpectedly, a stranger witcher appears on their doorstep with an unusual task.

Chapter 2: Pride comes before a fall

Chapter 2 summary: In the heart of the forsaken elven ruins, Aiden, a weary witcher on the run, is pursued by a deadly group of hunters. His sanctuary becomes a battleground as old rivalries resurface and a familiar face from his past—Jad Karadin—emerges from the shadows. With his foes closing in from all sides, Aiden must rely on his wits and combat skills to survive. As the night grows darker and the stakes higher, old grudges and desperate choices come to a head in a relentless fight for survival.