#lake bess

[sonofahurricane]

Me driving around Cleveland: damn @shadowerrata would love it here there’s so much abandoned shit

[j-august]

Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

[ariesmusingz]

૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა ╱ one syllable name masterlist ( below the cut is #181 one syllable first names. they are a mixture of feminine, masculine and neutral names, but please use as you see fit. please like / reblog if you found useful. )

air

anne

art

ash

ayn

banks

bay

bear

beck

bee

bell

ben

bess

birch

bird

blair

blaise

bliss

blue

blythe

bo

bram

branch

bree

britt

brock

brooke

brooks

cal

cale

carl

cash

cat

ceil

chance

charles

chris

clare

clay

cole

cort

cove

crew

cy

dale

dan

dane

dash

dax

day

dean

dove

drew

dune

elle

eve

faith

fay

fern

finn

firth

fox

frank

frost

gael

gage

grant

gray

greer

gus

gwen

hal

hank

hayes

hope

huck

hugh

jack

jade

james

jane

jay

jett

joan

joe

john

joy

jude

june

kai

kate

kay

kent

kerr

king

kit

knox

lake

land

lane

lark

lee

leith

lou

love

lux

luz

mac

mae

max

maeve

mark

maude

max

miles

nash

nate

neil

nell

north

nyx

oak

paige

paul

pax

pearl

penn

pierce

pike

poe

price

psalm

puck

quinn

ralph

ray

reed

reese

rex

rose

roy

ruth

sage

saint

sam

sean

seth

shane

shay

sim

sloane

snow

storm

tai

tate

tay

tess

thad

tom

true

truth

ty

vale

van

vaughn

vern

wade

walt

wes

west

whit

will

win

wolf

wren

wynn

yahn

zack

zane

zeke

zen

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Semifinals

Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald (1970) holds the record for most Tony acting awards a person has ever won. She is one of five actors to be nominated across all four respective acting categories and the only person to win every one (and the only actress out of the three who is still living...). Her stage work includes: Ragtime (1998), Porgy and Bess (2012), and Lady Day at Emmerson's Bar and Grill (2014). Internationally acclaimed concert tours, Tony host, crown jewel of the American Stage. Grammy winner, Tony winner, Emmy winner. Get this woman an Oscar, stat. This is a BROADWAY Diva tournament, and it doesn't get much more BROADWAY than this.

Legend, icon, certified GILF Christine Baranski (1952) has a theatre resume a mile long. A two-time Tony winner, Christine has performed on and off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally in shows such as Mame at the Kennedy Center, the pre-Broadway workshop of Sunday in the Park with George, and the infamous flop that was Nick & Nora (1991). She can be seen alongside a slew of other Broadway Divas in HBO's The Gilded Age, and has also participated in at least ten Sondheim shows and concerts over the years. This is a Broadway DIVA tournament, and it doesn't get much more DIVA than this.

NEW PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA UNDER CUT: ALL POLLS HERE

"Okay, so. I've seen Audra McDonald in concert three times, and each time has been a soul-ascending experience. She is *THE* Diva of Broadway in every single definition of the word. Most Tonys, tied for most nominations, critically acclaimed. I'm listening to "I Could Have Danced All Night" as I type this out, and the high note she just hit at the climax almost knocked me out of my seat. If you do not vote for Audra McDonald in this BROADWAY DIVA TOURNAMENT, what are you even doing here?"

"Did you know that Christine Baranski has a lakehouse in Connecticut, and she invites all her famous friends to go swimming "with or without" swimsuits? Cherry Jones is particularly fond of staying out on the lake all night long. If that's not icon diva behavior, what is? Christine may be a big screen star with some Emmys and whatnot, but she started on the stage, and she remembers her roots fondly. I long for the day when she comes back, if only for a special one-night-only extravaganza."

[nancydrewpcpolls]

Aside from Nancy

[apocalypseornaw]

Truths

You and Dean finally tell Sam the entire truth.

Part 2 to Secrets

Warnings: cursing, mention of ending a pregnancy. Yall this is Angsty

Everything had calmed down, for the moment anyways. Gadreel as it turns out had been the angel's name had been evicted from Sam's head thanks to Crowley of all people. The hunt for a way to kill Abaddon was ramping up but that was a worry for a different day. You'd take the wins you could.

You weren't surprised to find the other side of your bed empty. You suspected Sam hadn't even been sleeping in the same room with you at all. It hardly felt like you were a couple any more. You wanted to talk to him, to be completely honest but how the hell did you approach the subject?

Sam stopped at the lake that was about five miles from the bunker. He'd gone out on an early morning run, not sleeping next to you meant he barely slept anymore.

You had stayed through what happened with Gadreel, losing Kevin... when he pushed you away you stayed. He still wasn't sure what was going on between the two of you. It had been weeks since you let him touch you, he missed you. He missed having you in his arms. He missed you talking to him about little things. He missed the way things were before he tackled the trials.

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The problem? He didn't know how to get it back. The bond between you and Dean hadn't faltered any. There were still times he'd walk into a room to you and Dean cutting off mid conversation. The two of you had even gone on a few solo hunts. Dean citing you needed to clear your head and he didn't want you alone.

He loved Dean. He'd been a mother and a father to him despite there only being a four year age difference. He owed a lot to Dean but you were his heart. He'd never loved anyone the way he loved you.

The day he realized he had fallen in love with you a part of him had felt guilty thinking of Jess but Dean had been the one to remind him she'd want him to be happy and loved.

He didn't hate either of you for what was clearly going on. How could he? You were the most important people on earth to him and it would hurt like hell but he'd prefer the truth to whatever was going on. The problem remained if you would barely talk to him how could he ask you something as heavy as he needed to? How could he ask when you'd fallen out of love with him and in love with Dean?

You sat across from Dean staring down at the coffee cup in your hand. "How did the doctor appointment go?:" he asked and you nodded slightly "She said it all looked good. I'm thankful to Bess for getting me in with her doctor"

He cut his eyes up then glanced down towards your stomach "So the healing process?" You shrugged one shoulder "She was amazed at how fast I healed and the minimal scarring. Amazing what having an angel and the king of hell on your side can do for a girl"

He laughed slightly then his face sobered "How are you doing? The last few months have been a lot for us all, you and Sam especially" you shrugged "Some days are better than others. I want to talk to him so bad and tell him what happened but how do I tell the man I love that?"

"I'm sorry again sweetheart. I never for something like that to happen" you reached across to take Dean's hand "Wasn't like you're the only one who was there to make that choice"

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A sound in the hallway made you both jump up, Dean instinctively stepping in front of you until Sam walked in "Sammy? What's wrong?"

The first thing you noticed beyond the anger simmering off of Sam was the tears in his eyes. He looked from Dean to you "How long?" You and Dean exchanged a look of confusion "How long what baby?" You asked and he laughed humorlessly "How long have you two been sleeping together?"

"What?" "Oh C'mon man!" You and Dean were speaking over each other. Anger at the accusation mixed with the guilt of what the two of you had kept from him.

"The dropped conversations. The solo hunts. The spending time together then Dean not meaning for something to happen and you saying he didn't make that choice alone?" Sam's eyes were on you. "Sam it's not like that" Dean tried, reaching out for Sam's arm and having to duck when Sam swung on him.

"I'm not a fucking idiot Dean!" You jumped between the two of them without thinking. Yeah standing between two men with tempers like theirs and as strong as they were both was probably a dumb idea but no matter the accusations swarming you were confident neither would ever intentionally hurt you.

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You cut your eyes up at Dean when he spoke your name "It's time to tell him" you nodded. "Tell me what?" Sam asked and you saw the slightly tremor to his hand.

You took a deep breath "We've been hiding something Sam. Well the two of us and Cas, Crowley, Garth and Bess" he laughed "So damn near everyone we know besides me, the man you claim to love?"

"Ease up on her Sam" Dean warned stepping closer to your back. Sam watched the movment with hurt in his eyes "I'm sorry Y/N. I shouldn't have said that but for I've watched the woman I love get closer and closer to my brother. You barely let me touch you anymore I just want to know the truth, please"

You took another deep breath "I had to have an abortion Sam"

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He felt all the air leave his lungs like if he'd gotten punched in the chest. You'd been pregnant. "Was it mine?" He asked and when you shook your head he felt his heart crumble "Was it yours?" He asked Dean who shook his head "God no. She'd never cheat on you and I'd never hurt you like that"

Sam's head was spinning. If it wasn't his and you weren't sleeping with Dean and hadn't cheated on him...it was a Nephilim. "It was Gadreel's" he spoke in all but a whisper. You nodded feeling tears spring from your eyes. "Crowley and Cas helped heal her up" Dean explained but Sam's eyes were solely on you. That was why you'd pulled away, why you'd been leaning so heavily on Dean. You hadn't wanted to put anymore on him.

"C'mere baby. I am so sorry" he pulled you into his arms and for once you let him. You laid your head over on his chest "I love you Sam with all my heart" "I know baby I know. I love you too" he wrapped both arms around you. Dean motioned to the doorway before walking out to give the two of you alone time.

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"What now?" You and Sam had ended up taking a walk through the woods that surrounded the bunker. He turned to face you "I wish you would've told me. I would've been there for you" "I had hoped it was yours" you whispered looking up at him. He pushed your hair back from your eyes "I never should've doubted you"

"Are you mad at Dean?" You asked and he shook his head "For protecting you? Never" you pulled him into a hug and he wrapped his arms around you tightly. It wouldn't be easy, there'd been a lot of secrets being hidden amongst the three of you but maybe now all of you could truly start to heal before the next catastrophe landed.

[nerdieforpedro]

Last Line Tag Game

rules: in a new post, show the last line(s) you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you like).

Tagged by @tinytinymenace @djarinmuse @chronically-ghosted @pedroshotwifey

So I think I’ll give three last lines, because it’s what I’ve been working on, first up is Din Djarin smut. I was supposed to be writing fluff, between @alltheglitterandtheroar and @megamindsecretlair it changed for the better and teasing is always fun. ☺️

Both arms pull Din’s head to your chest, the sharp inhale of air before he’s buried in your body has you whining. The intensity of just two of this thick fingers have you close to your second orgasm but he removes them, a pop then a second as he mouth part from your nipple. “Taste yourself, then you’ll come twice for me.”

Second is from “This is the Neighboorhood Din” my modern Din AU:

“Dear Lord in heaven I am not dressed or prepared to talk to that sort of man any day.” She muttered as Ms. Harris made her way down the stairs toward her, she hugged her, and her arms wrapped around her as well, eye still lingering on the man sitting on the porch. His sweatpants did not leave much to the imagination. They weren’t tight by any means; one could just trace the lines. Thick thighs and well… heavy in the middle is the most polite way to say it. The only way she can think to describe it while hugging her aunt.

Third, last line from chapter 5 of “The Lake Between Us” (yes I do have future chapters written I planned! Unheard of in Nerdie-land)

“That I did Moonbeam. You should be cautious of my motives, but I can start at the beginning of my troubles for you if you like.” He placed his hand on hers, running up her arm to her shoulder and drew a small circle around her mole. “Be forewarned, the past is neither rosy nor glamorous. It is fraught with hardship, double-crosses and some death.”

Moonbeam grinned, nodding as he spoke, “Sounds like a thriller Ezra. I’m all ears. Add a dash of romance and some mistaken identity and you have yourself a movie marathon.”

“I’m sure you’d be riveted to hear it.”

“That I would.” Moonbeam crosses her legs and leans forward, touching his chin with a finger, “Speak.”

Lastly, I might be trying finish my Dave York series finally. 👀 Or one of them, though I’m not sure all of them are on Tumblr. I think I write too much stuff and it get’s jumbled. This is a softer Dave:

At her core, Kiara felt safe with him. It hurt to admit though she wasn’t exactly sure why, pride maybe? Maybe she wanted to continue to be independent but she hadn’t been for a few months now.

No. Not when she really thought about it.

Her head was leaning against the steering wheel, the nurse had seen his SUV parked in the driveway. Dave pretty much lived with her now, though she didn’t remember giving him a key. He hadn’t needed a key their first night together either.

I’m also working on “Roc & Doc” and crafting the murder mystery since I killed off Rockford’s partner and introduced his brother. What role will his brother play? We’ll see. Also, if you’re going to be a furry for the night, make sure you can in and out of your suit. 😎

Chapter 5 of “Weddings 101 with Dieter” is under way as well. I want a lot to be in it, might be too much. We’ll see how it turns out, also smut because Dieter’s gotta get Maya’s dress off - he did promise her that. 😘 Half-ass and Bridezilla are in full swing!

It’s a lot like always because it’s Nerdie, what else am I supposed to do? Too many ideas, not enough follow-through. I did four instead of three. 😵

NPT: @maggiemayhemnj @morallyinept @rhoorl (for the sweatpants) @linzels-blog for Din @inept-the-magnificent @soft-girl-musings @angelofsmalldeath-codeine @magpiepills @secretelephanttattoo @goodwithcheese @undercoverpena @legendary-pink-dot @for-a-longlongtime @lady-bess @mysterious-moonstruck-musings @gemmahale @laurfilijames @avastrasposts @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin @tightjeansjavi @frenchiereading @boliv-jenta @thefrogdalorian @trulybetty @kewwrites @beefrobeefcal @fhatbhabie

And whoever else saw all this and was like, let me do it too! ☺️

[sea-owl]

Rereading AOFAG brings all kinds of fun ideas for the older Penelope au.

For example the scene after Benedict blackmails Sophie to come back to London with him Sophie ran into Penelope in the hall who had just recently returned to My Cottage to check in on Benedict.

"Oh Sophie, have you seen Benedict?" Penelope asked.

Sophie still mad mutters, "He just returned from the lake Miss Fea-" Sophie paused at Penelope insisting she be called by her Christian name. "Penelope."

Penelope made a face. "By the lake? What on earth was he doing there?"

Sophie, who absolutely could not tell this woman what has just transpired between her and Benedict only says, "I believe he was going for a swim."

"Swimming?" Penelope said, now weighing a book in her hand. "I see. Thank you Sophie."

A few moments later Sophie could hear a things falling over in the room she left Benedict.

"Benedict Bridgerton! You just got over being sick for the second time in a month!" Penelope could be hear shouting, followed by thwacks of a book. "What were you thinking going swimming now, you nudist?!"

Oh, Sophie thought to herself. So Penelope knows about Benedict's preference to swim naked.

"Ow! Pen! Ow! Penelope!" Benedict could be heard exclaiming. Sophie could hear his boots running around the room, but smaller, very light footsteps could be heard behind him, followed by the thwack of the book.

"You will not be leaving me alone in London any longer! Do you hear me?!"

"Just because Colin wants under your skirts-OW PEN!"

Sophie tried not to laugh as she walked down the hall.

Later, Penelope dragged Sophie to her side of the carriage they were sharing. "So I hear Benedict plans to find you employment at Number 5?"

Sophie nodded, her stomach in knots. "In his mother's house, yes."

"Well, you're come at an interesting time," Penelope said. "According to Lady Whistledown, there's a housemaid war going on."

"Really," Sophie asked.

"Oh yes!" Penelope pulled out a few of Lady Whistledown's columns, handing them off to Sophie.

Sophie had to hide her smile at how ridiculous Araminta was portrayed in Lady Whistledown.

What Sophie didn't see was Penelope studying her, the smile she hid when reading about Lady Penwood. Benedict confirmed Penelope's suspicions that Sophie was illegitimate last night, Sophie was too educated for a housemaids daughter even if her employers were generous. (She hit him again with a heavier book after he also confessed to asking Sophie to be his mistress and then blackmailing her after she said no) The smile Sophie hid, Penelope has seen it before. It's a smile she has seen dozens if not hundered times before when others read Lady Whistledown and one who has wronged them in some sort of fashion has appeared in it in a non favorable light.

Penelope knows its not her mother. She has kept track of their servants over the years, and Penelope makes sure she is kind to them. Proven when she changed Estelle's name in the column to Bess. So it has to be Lady Penwood. Then it hits her, the night of the Masquerade, Benedict's Lady in Silver. Her glove bore the Penwood crest. Taking a closer look at Sophie's face and Penelope knew, it's her.

Penelope should tell Benedict, but after the comment he made about Colin and her skirts yesterday, Penelope deserves some fun, doesn't she? Either way, she'll make sure Benedict and Sophie will be happily married by the end of the season, and Violet will be happy too with another child married.

[dingodemon]

hc + 💕💍🎵😨

(For either Audrey or Till)

I went a little overboard with some of them so will cut the post so as not to spam

😰 - for a fear-themed headcanon

It wasn't a pervasive, all-encompassing fear.

However, when Audrey stood in the sand of the beach overlooking the ocean for the first time, dread surely found a way to creep in. Growing up in Chicago, Audrey had spent plenty of time around the Great Lakes - it wasn't the water that was a problem. Each time on Joseph's yacht, anxieties about the vast, cruel sea tugged on the back of her mind. It was the uncertainty of what laid beneath the water, both in depth and creatures. It made her feel small and helpless to its power - perhaps that was the core of it, she reasoned.

Of course, after the freeze, days travelling across the frozen expanse of water numbed any prior fear. The aquarium offered a chance to revel in its former beauty in a controlled way, inspiring a sense of wonder for what was before.

However, with an axe held to her throat in the same car, the cruelness came not from the sea, but from Joseph. "Do it, before God and all the fish!"

She felt small and helpless.

💍 - for a jewelry-themed head canon

Till never had much interest in jewelry - it just wasn't practical. Growing up playing any sport she could, it was something that got in the way. The same principle applied to the academy, of course. When the time came to board Snowpiercer, jewelry wasn't even an afterthought while she was packing.

The first time she visited the Night Car was when she truly first began to notice and appreciate not just the beauty of an individual piece, but how it accentuated features of the wearer. Miss Audrey must have boarded the train with trunks of it - something new almost every night adorned her, it seemed. Each piece told a different story, each piece made Audrey impossibly more beautiful.

Till spent more and more time during the performances admiring how Audrey strategically wore her jewelry to draw the eye to whatever features she wanted on display. How a pendant sat on her chest, how a chain hung or clung to her neck, how her rings made her hands even more alluring.

Maybe it wasn't just the jewelry that Till was admiring.

💕 - for a loved-theme head canon

Audrey had loved many things. She loved her chosen family, she loved music, she loved performing. Her duty to the people on the train came from a place of love, too.

What she had thought was love for Joseph was anything but. It was transactional and possessive - she was nothing more than something else that belonged to him. A facade she was happy to play along with before the freeze when she had the world in the palm of her hands.

She knew he never boarded the train - if he had, she knows she would've been called up to the engine. Seven years of time to process, but that bottle of whiskey still sat under the counter of the bar. He never loved her, in any sense of the word, but she was bound to him. When he returned, she pushed all the love from her heart in order to step back into her role of performing just for him.

Maybe that's why Till frustrated her endlessly. Lingering touches between snarky quips, a growing softness under a front of hatred. She hated that her heart fluttered when Till's face would flush - didn't Till know, her heart sang for Wilford?

But it wasn't Joseph that saw through it. It wasn't him that pulled her out of her self-pity and destruction in the market. It wasn't him that offered small, compassionate gestures that reassured her that at least someone still loved who she was, at her core. It was Bess. Lingering touch turned to embraces, to hard kisses in the Night Car, to a soul shattering fear of losing her forever.

When Bess ran back into Audrey's arms, she knew that she loved, and was loved, unconditionally.

🎵 - for a music-themed headcanon

Audrey sometimes catches Till humming softly as she worked. Always slightly off-key and only when Till thought no one was listening. It was incredibly endearing, but Audrey never let Till in on her secret so not to embarrass her.

[mybrainproblems]

look. the levels of "you know, i always thought i could be a good dancer if i wanted to be" in 15x10 are just. so much to me!!

the more i think about s15, the more i see the little callbacks and easter eggs to earlier seasons. (the writers did their homework!) we have what i think is probably the most recognized/cited one, "daddy's blunt instrument" which predates every writer working on s15. i guess arguments could be made for singer but i just don't see him making that sort of contribution to a berens-penned ep. but there are so many other little things and i do think dean's line about thinking he could've been a good dancer is both a metaphor and a callback to 07x16 out with the old.

which like.

it was also something of a metaphor in s7. you have the literal meaning of dean seeing the ballet shoes in s7 and clearly being drawn to them in a way that sam isn't, the references to both black swan and swan lake. (and clearly a knowledge of swan lake given the reference to prince siegfried.) but you also have the metaphorical meaning of the shoes with dean being drawn to something that is perceived to be non-masculine and "delicate" and nothing like hunting. that he wants to have that in some capacity. and then we get a reference back to that in 15x10!! the acknowledgement that he always thought he could be a good dancer if he wanted to be. said with wistfulness! and it's said as they watch garth and bess dancing together. the face he makes when sam jokes he was good at the macarena and totally brushes off what dean is saying. given the lamp. given everything in the episode. yes, it's about dancing and wanting normalcy. it's about settling down and having a life. it's about dancing with someone.

you ask "why lamp?" you fucking know why. and so does andrew dabb.

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also: references to swan lake the ep before cas returns is uh. a lot. this is however an instance where i'm not 100% onboard with it being an intentional destiel thing.

* there is literally nothing delicate about dance/dancers tho, it's literally just perception. i had friends who danced and they were pure muscle and grace. it's wild.

[rom-e-o]

The little ones insisting that "Auntie Bess can't wear sundresses because Mama is the sun and Auntie Bess is the moon"! Thus, Auntie Bess' sundresses are dubbed "moondresses".

THATS SO CUUUUTE.

Moondresses give the vibe of soft, reflective fabrics that pool like water from a lake. Perfect for auntie, as far as the kids are concerned. 🥹

[theoakleafpancake]

13. Judgement

“A king must judge, and must be judged.”

The King was dead, Lief’s friends said. And a good thing, too, Lief thought savagely, as again he hurried for home. The king deserved to die for the suffering he had brought to his people.

- The Forests of Silence

“You are a trickster and deceiver!” he cried, slipping his hands under his shirt, feeling the Belt’s fastenings. “No wonder you are doomed to guard this bridge until truth and lies are one!”

- The Lake of Tears

“Perhaps we do,” said Lief bitterly. “But at least our crime is only foolishness. You, however, are a liar. You pretend to be on the side of those who would resist the Shadow Lord, and all the time you help to feed his servants. You deal with Grey Guards as friends.”

- City of the Rats

“Beg?” Lief exclaimed, horrified.

Barda glanced at him, a grim smile tweaking the corner of his mouth. “There are times when pride must be put aside in a good cause,” he said.

- The Shifting Sands

“Do not speak to me of duty!” Lief shouted. “They are my parents!”

“They are my friends,” Barda said, still in that same expressionless voice. “My dear and only friends, Lief, since before you were born. I know what they would say to you if they could. They would tell you that our quest is their quest too. They would beg you not to abandon it.”

- Dread Mountain

Lief stared at the scrawlings with hatred. Nak, Finn, and Milne, he thought, I will remember your names. You are not Ols or Grey Guards, Shadow Lord’s servants, bred for evil. You are free to choose how you act. And you have chosen to prey upon your own people. You have chosen to steal, destroy, and murder. I hope that, one day, I meet you. Then I will make you pay.

- The Maze of the Beast

Even long afterwards, Lief did not know why he said what he did then. It was the impulse of the moment. Perhaps he felt the urge to give Doom some information, as a sign of trust. Or perhaps it was simply that he was tired of lies.

“We are going to the Valley of the Lost,” he said clearly.

- The Valley of the Lost

“You did,” Lief said. “You should not have entered Tora. That was your vanity — and it was nearly your death, was it not?”

- Return to Del

Or perhaps he did. Lief had changed. The old Lief, the Lief Jasmine knew, was brave, and eager for action. She was not sure that she liked the new Lief — the secretive, prudent, kingly one — at all.

- Cavern of Fear

Lief shuddered as a vision of Auris’s terrible death rose before his eyes. He glanced at the Piper with dislike, then looked away, repelled by his coldness.

And yet, he thought…for all his seemingly uncaring words, the Piper had entered the dome. Had put his own life at risk.

- Isle of Illusion

Duty? Lief’s fists clenched.

What had his life been over the past months, but a rigid devotion to duty? Had he not worked til his eyes were burning, hidden himself away from everything and everyone he loved? Had he not kept secrets, suffered being criticised, misunderstood — even hated — because the safety of his kingdom was his first responsibility, and enemies were everywhere?

- The Shadowlands

He knew that it was no use trying to give the people false comfort. They had eyes and ears. They knew only too well that times were hard. They would see through any pretence in a moment.

- Dragon’s Nest

She, at least, thinks Bess is wrong to trust us, he thought. She thinks we are lying. And she is right, of course. We will have to be very careful.

- Shadowgate

“Yes,” Lief said. “I am Lief, son of Endon and Sharn, heir of Adin.” It was hard to speak. The power of the Sister of the West was beating home down. But his heart was aching with pity and rage equally as he gazed into those suffering eyes, and he made himself go on. “And you are Doran the Dragonlover, beloved by the tribes of the underworld, saviour of the dragons of Deltora. The one whose map led me here.”

- Isle of the Dead

“The Torans did break their oath of loyalty, and Lief did forgive them—”

“‘In the innocence and generosity of his youth,’” Lief quoted bitterly. “The writer might as well have said ‘his ignorance and foolishness,’ for that is what is meant.”

- Sister of the South

[sapphiccharacterstournament]

Masterpost of every character who has already competed

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Lena Adams Foster (The Fosters) Elida Al-Feyr (Vagrant Queen) Nyssa Al Ghul (Arrow) Cassie Ainsworth (Skins) Luisa Alver (Jane the Virgin) Winter Anderson (American Horror Story: Cult) Miss Audrey (Snowpiercer) Babs (A Series of Unfortunate Events) Saanvi Bahl (Manifest) Bambi (Minx) Josephine Barry (Anne with an E) Sister Beatrice (Warrior Nun) Bilquis (American Gods) Maya Bishop (Station 19) Sarah Bishop (A Discovery of Witches) Alana Bloom (Hannibal) Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale) Anne Bonny (Black Sails) Kelly Booth (Black Mirror) Nova Bordelon (Queen Sugar) Nancy Botwin (Weeds) Dana Bryant (Mythic Quest) Robin Buckley (Stranger Things) Lena Burnham (Ray Donovan) Calliope Burns (First Kill) Delia Busby (Call the Midwife) Amanita Caplan (Sense8) Wendy Carr (Mindhunter) Chanel #3 (Scream Queens) Max Chapman (A League of their Own) Piper Chapman (Orange is the New Black) Denise Christopher (Timeless) Grace Choi (Black Lightning) Cassandra Cillian (The Librarians) Jade Claymore (Willow) Dani Clayton (The Haunting of Bly Manor) Raelle Collar (Motherland: Fort Salem) Dulcie Collins (Deadloch) Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black) Theo Crain (The Haunting of Hill House) Frannie Crowne (Brave New World) Moiraine Damodred (The Wheel of Time)

Alex Danvers (Supergirl) Ashley Davies (South of Nowhere) Carina DeLuca (Station 19) Jo Deluca (A League of Their own) Bo Dennis (Lost Girl) Clare Devlin (Derry Girls) Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) Franky Doyle (Wentworth) Camina Drummer (The Expanse) Waverly Earp (Wynona Earp) Kat Edison (The Bold Type) Philippa Eilhart (The Witcher) Mabel Elmsworth (The Buccaneers) Camile Engelson (Stitchers) Eretria (The Shannara Chronicals) Isobel Evans (Roswell New Mexico) Dana Fairbanks (The L Word) Juliette Fairmont (First Kill) Emily Fields (Pretty Little Liars) Veronica Fisher (Shameless) Fleabag (Fleabag) Flower (Ghosts) Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess) Lupe Garcia (A League of Their Own) Bibi Garvey (Bad Sisters) Mirror Philippa Georgiou (Star Trek: Discovery) Gigi Ghorbani (The L Word: Gen Q) Stella Gibson (The Fall) Sue Gilbert (Dickinson) Emily Grace (Murdoch Mysteries) Yara Greyjoy (Game of Thrones) Monet de Haan (Gossip Girl) Judy Hale (Dead to Me) Yuri Han (XO, Kitty) Millie Harcourt (The Bletchley Circle) Nicole Haught (Wynonna Earp) Lauren Heller (Younger) Emma Hernandez (Vida) Pamela Isley (Batwoman) Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5) Bradley Jackson (The Morning Show) Alice Jones (Once Upon a Time) Tara Jones (Heartstopper) Quinn Joseph (Harlem) Kate (One Mississippi) Annalise Keating (How to Get Away with Murder) Tina Kennard (The L Word) Kennedy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Yasmin Khan (Doctor Who)

Aneela Kin Rit (Killjoys) Camille L'Espanaye (The Fall of the House of Usher) Victorine LaFourcade (The Fall of the House of Usher) Lagertha (Vikings) Shelly Lambert (Minx) Sara Lance (Arrowverse) Lauren Lewis (Lost Girl) Lexa (The 100) Maggie Lin (Saving Hope) Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack) Veronica Lodge (Riverdale) Santana Lopez (Glee) Lucretia (Spartacus) Lyria (The Shannara Chronicals) Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Elizabeth Macmillan (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) Queen Maeve (The Boys) Maggie (Good Omens) Sofia Marchetti (Sex Education) Margot (Once Upon a Time) Bess Marvin (Nancy Drew) Cara Mason (Legend of the Seeker) Max (Black Sails) Katherine Mayfair (Desperate Housewives) Ally Mayfair-Richards (American Horror Story) Mazikeen (Lucifer) Shane McCutcheon (The L Word) Betty McRae (Bomb Girls) Lake Meriwether (Love, Victor) Freya Mikaelson (The Originals) Sandy Milkovich (Shameless) Mabel Mora (Only Murders in the Building) Ellen Morgan (Ellen) Rory Morningstar (Lucifer) Aleesha Morrison (Upload) Hayes Morrison (Conviction) Blanche Mottershead (Upstairs Downstairs)

Mulan (Once Upon a Time) Leighton Murray (Sex Lives of College Girls) Raffi Musiker (Star Trek: Picard) Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) Nadja (What We Do in the Shadows) Nicky Nichols (Orange is the New Black) Nico (Vida) Nina (Good Omens) Allie Novak (Wentworth) Dani Núñez (The L Word: Gen Q) Ola Nyman (Sex Education) Shona O'Keefe (This Way Up) Kelly Olsen (Supergirl) Van Palmer (Yellowjackets) Marjorie Palmiotti (Veep) Gail Peck (Rookie Blue) Aline Penhallow (Shadowhunters) Valencia Perez (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) Laura Peterson (The Morning Show) Lindsay Peterson (Queer as Folk) Anissa Pierce (Black Lightning) Brittany S. Pierce (Glee) Naomi Pierce (Succession) Alice Pieszecki (The L Word) Eve Polastri (Killing Eve) Bette Porter (The L Word) Bill Potts (Doctor Who) Arthie Premkumar (GLOW) Amae Rali (Vagrant Queen)

Scylla Ramshorn (Motherland: Fort Salem) Amy Raudenfeld (Faking It) Logan Rawlings (Young & Hungry) Maia Rindell (The Good Fight) Arizona Robins (Grey's Anatomy) Eve Rothlo (How to Get Away with Murder) Root (Person of Interest) Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Kenya Rosewater (Defiance) Susan Ross (Seinfeld) Siuan Sanche (WoT) Ellaria Sand (Game of Thrones) Jenny Schecter (The L Word) Jinju Seong (Snowpiercer) Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager & Star Trek: Picard) Toni Shalifoe (The Wilds) Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife) Carson Shaw (A League of Their Own) Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest) Leslie Shay (Chicago Fire) Amy Silva (Vigil) Bea Smith (Wentworth) Petra Solano (Jane the Virgin) Rose Solano (Jane the Virgin) River Song (Doctor Who) Kitty Song Covey (XO, Kitty) Serena Southerlyn (Law & Order) Zelda Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) Maya St. Germain (Pretty Little Liars) Moira Strand (The Handmaid’s Tale) Della Street (Perry Mason) Tamsin (Lost Girl) Kit Tanthalos (Willow) Stahma Tarr (Defiance) Jamie Taylor (The Haunting of Bly Manor) Thirteen (House, MD) Thirteenth Doctor (Doctor Who) Tara Thornton (True Blood) Bess Till (Snowpiercer)

Tituba (Salem) Toni Topaz (Riverdale) Callie Torres (Grey’s Anatomy) Fabiola Torres (Never Have I Ever) Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets) Two / Portia Lin (Dark Matter) Alex Vause (OITNB) Mel Vera (Charmed) Villanelle (Killing Eve) Karen Walker (Will & Grace) Martha Walker (Silo) Poussey Washington (Orange is the New Black) Ellen Waverly (For All Mankind) Kerry Weaver (ER) HG Wells (Warehouse 13) Sterling Wesley (Teenage Bounty Hunters) Nora West-Allen (The Flash) Jayne Wetherby (Dracula) Lucy Westenra (Dracula) Ilana Wexler (Broad City) Ryan Wilder (Batwoman) Carol Willick (Friends) Lana Winters (American Horror Story) Bernie Wolfe (Holby City) Camile Wray (Stargate Universe) Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess) Meh Yewll (Defiance) Yorkie (Black Mirror - San Junipero)

[biggiegeorges]

2023, a year in music

Janvier

Boldy James - Indiana Jones [Rap]

Ice Spice - Like...? [Rap]

Popstar Benny - University! [Rap]

Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix [Jazz]

Malcolm Stracham - Point of no return [Jazz Fusion]

Lucas Santtana - O Paraiso [Brasilian Folk]

Icytwat - Siddhi World (Deluxe) [Rap]

Shaudy Kash & Top$ide - On The Yeah Side 2 [Rap]

Boogotti Kasino - Pink House [Rap]

MarijuanaXO & TGE L Masi - Ball Til We Fall [Rap]

RX Papi - Marlo [Rap]

Bic Fizzle - Clark Street Baby [Rap]

qua - Solo Tape [Jersey Club]

Slimesito - Paid N Full [Rap]

SteezTheProducer - Versatility [Jersey Club]

Février

Meemo Comma - Loverboy [Electronic]

Lokowat - Elementos [Batida]

Kelela - Raven [RnB]

Dai Ballin - 448 pt.2 [Rap]

Liv.E - Girl In The Half Pearl [RnB]

Young Nudy - Gumbo [Rap]

3Phaz - Ends Meet [Electronic]

Acid Arab - Trois [Electronic]

Caroline Polachek - Desire I want to turn into you [Pop]

Christian Mcbride's New Jawn - Prime [Jazz]

Braxton Cook - Who are you when no one is watching [Jazz / Soul]

WB Nutty - Im not an artist [Rap]

Paco Panama - The Wire vol.1 [Rap]

Shaudy Kash - Ghetto Heartthrob 2 [Rap]

Ayoolii - 2 Grams [Rap]

Ayoolii & Run Along Forever - Crashing Tf Out [Rap]

SME Taxfree & Big Homie Dre Cash - Just Like Brothers [Rap]

Karol G - Manana Sera Bonito [Cumbia]

LilC4 - The Blueprint [Jersey Club]

Cashcache! & Slime Dollaz - The Life of Slime [Rap]

Yeat - Aftërlyfe [Rap]

Mari Montana - Outstanding Member [Rap]

Tae rackzz - Who Is Ju ? [Rap]

Mars

RXKNephew - Till I'm Dead [Rap]

Mariboy Mula Mar - Effortless [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Ready 2 Ball [Rap]

Tisakorean - Let Me Update My Status [Rap]

Luh Tyler - My Vision [Rap]

CEO Trayle - The Collection vol.2 [Rap]

DJ Girl - Hellworld [Electronic]

Lonnie Holley - Oh me Oh my [Soul]

Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow [Soul]

Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus [Soul]

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Mélusine [Jazz]

Lojay - Gangster Romantic [Afrobeat]

Boygenius - The Record [Pop]

Billy Childs - The Wind Of Change [Jazz]

Surgeon - Crash Recoil [Techno]

Bear1Boss - Blow Up! [Rap]

Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume [Rock]

Subiibabii - Webb2 [Rap]

Lucile Ghatti - Tears From A Clown [RnB]

Vayda - Breeze [Rap]

Avril

DJ Finale - Mille Morceau [Afrobeat]

DJ Danifox - Ansiedade [Batida]

Nondi_ - Flood City Trax [Footwork/Techno]

Jim Legxacy - Homeless N*gga Pop Music [RnB]

Niontay - Dontay's Inferno [Rap]

Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2 [Pop]

MC Yallah - Yallah Beibe [Rap]

BackwoodzStudioz - High Bias [Rap]

Babsy Konate - Tounga [Gao Rap]

Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx Side A [Rap]

Icytwat - Have Mercy On Us [Rap]

SME Taxfree - I'm Still Industreet [Rap]

Kara Jackson - Why does the Earth give us people to love [Folk]

Kiko El Crazy - Pila'e Teteo [Dembow]

Funny $Money & OTR Trapbaby - Trap Money [Rap]

Myaap - No Guarntee vol.1 [Rap]

Jass Clutch - No Deal [Rap]

Mariboy Mula Mar - Mula Ova Errthing [Rap]

Ayoolii - Brudderman [Rap]

Mai

Hitech - Detwat [Ghettotech]

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps [Rap]

Idlibra - Muganga [Electronic]

Guiss Guiss Bou Bess - Jolof Bass Music [Electro Sabar]

DJ Ramemes - Sem Limites [Baile Funk]

3Phaz - Drumtratrax [Electronic]

RP Boo - Legacy vol.2 [Footwork]

Ghetto Baby Boom - Boom Talk [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Neph Crockett [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Drunk Nights [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Summer in Miami [Rap]

SME Taxfree & Dai Ballin - House Party [Rap]

Gale - Lo Que No Te Dije [Pop]

Baby Stone Gorillas - Babyst5xne Gorillas 2 [Rap]

Smoke Chapo - Over The Counter [Rap]

RRB Duck - Back in tha K [Rap]

Vayda - Dawn [Rap]

Paco Panama & Deemuney - Faces of the Hill [Rap]

Juin

Veeze - Ganger [Rap]

Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess [Rap]

Peso Pluma - Genesis [Corrido]

Asake - Work Of Art [Afrobeat]

Certified Trapper - Trapper of the Year [Rap]

Amaarae - Fountain Baby [Afropop]

Nicky Schrire - Nowhere Girl [Jazz]

Blue Lake - Sun Arcs [Folk]

Nicola Conte - Umoja [Jazz]

Ambrose Akinmusire - Beauty Is Enough [Jazz]

David Kofi - Live At Late Night Jazz Royal Albert Hall [Jazz]

Ayoolii - Montessori [Rap]

RXK Nephew - The ONEderful Nephew [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Shawty RXK Too 3 [Rap]

Glokk40spaz - Glokk Files [Rap]

RealYungPhil - Victory Music [Rap]

WifiGawd & Gawd - Block Music [Rap]

RRB Cheese & RRB Mel - Shake Da Blender 1 [Rap]

Vontee The Singer - Lovers & Friends [RnB]

Rylo Rodriguez - Been One [Rap]

Babydrill - Madman [Rap]

D30 - Turn the Streetz Up [Rap]

Louie Ray - Even Stronger [Rap]

Super Throwed Dave - Smacking Fire [Rap]

Juillet

African Head Charge - A Trip to Bolgatanga [Experimental]

Bandgang Lonnie Bands - Bam Bam [Rap]

DJ K - Panico No Submundo [Baile Funk]

Babyface Ray - Summer's Mine [Rap]

Surf Gang - Fast 5 [Rap]

RX Papi - My name Is my Name [Rap]

Matt Wilde - Hello World [Jazz]

Icytwat - Final Boss [Rap]

Fly Anakin - Skinemaxxx Side B [Rap]

Ayoolii - Enigma [Rap]

DJ WS Da Igrejinha - Caça Fantasma vol.1 [Baile Funk]

Gordão Do PC - Victor Era Meu Nome de Nerd [Baile Funk]

MC Saci - Funktroit [Baile Funk]

D.Silvestre - Espanta Gringo [Baile Funk]

John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy - Evenings at the Village Gate [Jazz]

Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time [Pop]

Papo2004 - Pap on P.E.D.'s [Rap]

Subiibabii - Swag School [Rap]

Icytwat - 4 Da Troopz [Rap]

Babyxsosa - Bling Bling [RnB]

Osamason - Osama Season [Rap]

Myaap - Worth The Wait [Rap]

Louie Ray - We still don't grind the same [Rap]

SuperThrowed Fay Fay - FreeBandz Forever [Rap]

Août

DJs Di Guetto - DJs Di Guetto [Batida]

Alfredo Rodriguez - Coral Way [Latin Jazz]

Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World Jazz)) [Jazz]

Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan [Country]

Emma Rawicz - Chroma [Jazz]

Sha EK & Bandmanrill - Jiggy in Jersey [Jersey Club]

Grupo Frontera - El Comienzo [Cumbia]

Paco Panama - The Matrix [Rap]

Lay Bankz - Now You See Me [Rap]

Jass Clutch - Hustle && Flow [Rap]

Dai Ballin - BallHog [Rap]

YTB Fatt - Who is Fatt [Rap]

Septembre

Slowdive - Everything Is Alive [Shoegaze]

Jlin - Perspective [Electronic]

DJ Arana - Rock Pesado 2 [Baile Funk]

Ruger - Ru The World [Afropop]

Cash Cobain - Pretty Girls Love Slizzy [Rap]

Tropa Do Bruxo - Baile Do Bruxo [Baile Funk]

Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music [Jazz]

Jalen Ngonda - Come Around And Love Me [RnB]

DJ Znobia - Inventor vol.1 [Kuduro]

Deena Abdelwahed - Jbal Rrsas [Electronic]

Club Casualties - Bridge Underwater [Pop]

Olivia Rodrigo - Guts [Pop]

Margo Cilker - Valley of Heart's Delight [Country]

Cléo Sol - Gold [RnB]

Cléo Sol - Heaven [RnB]

Kamaal Williams - Strings [Jazz]

SME Taxfree - My whole life a mob movie [Rap]

Tinashe - BB/Ang3l [RnB]

Chicken P - Ain't Lost Shit [Rap]

Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess [Pop]

Goldenboy Countup - Dawg Pound [Rap]

2sdxrt3all - Fuck School [Rap]

SCY Jimm - Highly Favored [Rap]

2rare - Truth or Rare [Rap]

Octobre

Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond [Soul]

Vanyfox - Sonho Azul [Batida]

Xexa - Vibracoes de Prata [Electronic]

Nidia - 95 Mindjeres [Batida]

Philly Goats - Philly Goats [Jersey Club]

DJ Jeeh FDC - Alcateia [Baile Funk]

Bad Bunny - Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana [Latin Trap]

Junior H - $ad Boyz 4 Life II [Corrido]

Guiss Guiss Bou Bess - Drum N' Mbalax [Electro Sabar]

EQ Why - Dance Floor [Footwork]

Mike Reed - The Separatist Party [Jazz]

Shaudy Kash - Mr Bitche$$$ [Rap]

D'Cantwo Junior - Sayajins [Baile Funk]

Ayoolii - No Love [Rap]

Ayoolii - Nailed It [Rap]

RXK Nephew - Certified Alcoholic [Rap]

Pangaea - Changing Channels [House]

DJ P7 - Funk Deluxe 3 [Baile Funk]

EthanUno & KimJ - Mexikoreano [Jerseychata / Hyperpop]

WifiGawd - Been Bout It [Rap]

Ken Carson - A Great Chaos [Rap]

Brent Faiyaz - Larger Than Life [RnB]

Fuerza Regida - Pa las Baby's y Belikeada [Corrido]

Che - Crueger [Rap]

KP Skywalka - Rhythm N Bip [Rap]

YT - #Stillswaggin [Rap]

L5 - Blood on Switch Street [Rap]

Novembre

DJ Manny - Hypnotized [Footwork]

DJ Ramon Successo - Sexta Dos Crios [Baile Funk]

Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E [Experimental]

Bear1Boss - Lil Hot Sauce [Rap]

41 - 41 World : Not The Album [Rap]

Babyxsosa - Babyxsosa [Rap]

CEO Trayle - The Collection vol.3 [Rap]

Joey Alexander - Continuance [Jazz]

Aziz Konkrite - Siba Sawt-System #1 [Electro]

Teni - Tears of The Sun [Afropop]

Bate1Prod - Longa Espera [Batida]

H31R - Headspace [Rap]

Chris Stapleton - Higher [Country]

cabezadenego, Leyblack & M'Bé - Mimosa [Experimental]

DJ Ramemes - Tamborzin de volta redonda [Baile Funk]

El Alfa - El Rey del Dembow [Dembow]

Loren Stillman - Time and again [Jazz]

RXK Nephew & Harry Fraud - Life After Neph [Rap]

Tia Maria Produçoes - São Dicas [Batida]

Wizz Havinn - Super Wizz [Rap]

Actress - LXXXVIII [Electronic]

Kodak Black - When I was dead [Rap]

Duwap Kaine - Bully [Rap]

D30 - Trappers and Scammers [Rap]

Anycia - Extra [Rap]

MarijuanaXO & Joe Pablo - 30 Mil No Deal [Rap]

SME Taxfree - Standin On Bidness [Rap]

Raised Round Bosses - Ain't Nun Better Than A Cracked Phone 2 [Rap]

Yung Threat - Se Grim Reaper [Rap]

Décembre

Chicken P - Bussabrick vol.3 [Rap]

Starlito - Love Drug [Rap]

Iphupho L'Ka Biko - Azania [Jazz]

Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song [Jazz]

Ayoolii - Mindstate Of Luxury [Rap]

Tropa Do Bruxo - Baile Do Bruxo (Deluxe) [Baile Funk]

DJ Anderson Do Paraiso - Queridao [Baile Funk]

Vayda - Forrest Gump [Rap]

Osamason - Flex Music [Rap]

Wizz Havinn - Super Wizz The Sequel [Rap]

[haruspextrum]

in ghost dogs of moon lake when bess gets caller id every time nancy introduces herself over the phone she responds with “i know 🤨” 😭😭

[kintatsujo]

I really should do that series of paintings of Davis Besse I've thought about for years, everyone who takes pictures of that part of the Lake Erie shoreline is always carefully avoiding her

But she's my whimsical cloud maker, my nuclear muse