#lolly winston

[the-littlest-hedgehog]

Tumblr won't allow me to include enough tags for all these characters. :(

So I'll just tag the characters in the front.

[hopusthebrainlessfloof]

Ludwig having Othello got me thinking about the other koopalings’ kids. This is what I think it’d be(I 100% agree with Othello, btw. Best baby):

Larry- he’d end up a (amicably) divorced dad of a little Koopa that he named Lucy(she’d probably be a literal mini-him).

Morton- I can see him adopting multiple Toads(6 girls and 1 boy, opposite gender to him and the other Koopalings, but same personalities). We’d have Laura, Marlow, Winston, Ivy, Renée, Lolly, and Linda.

Wendy- happily married(I’d say to Pom Pom or another member of the Koopa kingdom) but no kids. They’d probably have a pet Yoshi or something though.

Iggy- single, kid less, and happy! He’d probably have A BUNCH of Chain Chomps. He’s a Chain Chomp dad!

Roy- most likely, him and his boyfriend would adopt four kids(three boys(one Toad named Thomas, one Monty Mole named Ricky, and one human kid named Mikey) and one girl(I hatched Paratroopa). They literally just, like, found these four and said “we’re fathers now”….Like Bowser probably did with him and his siblings.

Lemmy- I can see him going one of two ways. Staying single like Iggy or finding someone and having twins(one boy and one girl named Rhythm & Blues in reference to Hip & Hop).

And then theres Othello who’s probably gonna be the coolest cousin ever.

I haven't thought about many of the future kids, but I love these ideas! Just a few changes I'd make in this au:

Lemmy is aroace like Iggy, so he's more likely to also become a chomp dad as well.

Pom Pom and Hariet are already dating, but I might have Wendy and Vivian be a trans lesbean couple when I introduce Vivian :3

I have actually thought of future Roy × Rango quite a bit, and decided that Rango would likely birth their children!

Idk about AGABs or names yet for anything quite yet, but I love your thoughts on how Othello's future cousins (and just the future of the Koopalings in general) might turn out! :3

[lesbianmichelmishina]

more gijinka team arts! x, white2 and white.

x: byakuya the meowstic, antonio the hawlucha, jay the chesnaught, nala the pyroar, caledscratch the aegislash, and aang the lucario

white2: xanadu the zebstrika, gullsworth the pelipper, danta the emboar, athos the cobalion, lavender the roserade, and zorro the zoroark (n's)

white: giselle the samurott, ella the lilligant, greenie the shiny stoutland, lolly the galvantula, kazuaki the unfezant, and winston the victini

[maddie-grove]

Little Book Review: Just Like You

Author: Nick Hornby.

Publication Date: 2020.

Genre: General fiction.

Premise: In 2016 London, Lucy, a white forty-something divorced teacher with two young kids, strikes up an unexpected romance with Joseph, a twenty-something black man juggling various childcare/coaching/retail jobs with his songwriting/DJ ambitions. Also, the Brexit vote is happening.

Thoughts: Nick Hornby was one of the first non-YA authors I regularly read as a kid; maybe he was the very first whose books weren’t assigned for school and/or pilfered from my mom’s collection. His novels were ideal for a girl who loved romantic comedies, had a decent working knowledge of pop music history, and enjoyed chick lit at the more down-to-earth end of the scale (more Jennifer Weiner than Plum Sykes). In fact, his novels were basically chick lit, regardless of the gender of his protagonists. They were funny, relatively light-hearted stories of contemporary life, written in a conversational style, and if they sometimes strayed into heavy territory, so did the works of Jennifer Weiner and Lolly Winston and Anna Maxted.

Now chick lit has fallen out of favor as a term, and those kinds of stories seem to live on primarily in the type of contemporary romance novel that comes with Corporate Memphis cover art. As a fan of historical romance and a once-avid reader of chick lit, I have not found this trend particularly enjoyable, although I fully admit I haven’t given the genre much of a chance. Just Like You has a Corporate Memphis-ish cover, and from the Goodreads reviews it seems like it captured a decent percentage of today’s contemporary romance market. This was probably good for sales, but only to a point, because on the whole these readers seem disappointed. It’s not really that kind of book. Oh, it meets the formal requirements: it’s focused on a romance, and the couple ends it happy and together. It’s just not presented as a given that the reader should want the romance to come about, which is something that a reader generally does look for in a romance. I personally came away thinking that Joseph and Lucy’s relationship was a positive thing for both of them; however, the narrative invites a lot of questions about whether and why they should get together. This isn’t better or worse than what most romance novels do, but it is different.

So, is it good? I actually really liked the romance parts. The initial flirtation between them is especially well-done, light and funny and sexy. I also enjoyed the exploration of the shortcuts people use to make political decisions. Joseph, a curious and open-minded young man, has people with various strong opinions (idealistic, pragmatic, xenophobic, etc.) about the Brexit vote in his life, but very few of them can explain the ramifications. Even Lucy, strongly Remain, admits that she initially made up her mind because the Leave people seemed like assholes. She’s not wrong, but she’s not especially well-informed. The exploration of race and class, in contrast, is a little rote. Nick Hornby is neither black nor a woman, and it feels like he’s playing it safe.

Hot Goodreads Take: “In Joseph and Lucy he has created two characters that are as unlikable, as stupid, as worthless, as unambitious as any two characters you could ever think to encounter,” opines one reviewer, who makes liberal use of “Woke” as a pejorative. Surely he has encountered characters less ambitious, at least? One time I heard of a movie where a guy doesn’t leave his couch even to go to the bathroom.

[igustav7272]

"The GRIEF was already up. It is an early riser, waiting with its gummy arms wrapped around my neck, its hot, sour breath in my ear. Now it follows me down the hall to the bathroom, tapping my shoulder the whole way. Try to pick up your toothbrush, it says." ~from GOOD GRIEF, a novel by Lolly Winston. ~igustav7272 on Tumblr

[americanahighways]

REVIEW: Lolly Lee self-titled

REVIEW: Lolly Lee self-titled @lollyleeofficial @eliselizcady @mtsmanagement #lollylee #americanahighways

Lolly Lee – self titled Lolly Lee has a new self-titled album produced by Anthony Crawford (Neil Young) at Admiral Bean Studio, on 2400 private acres of land in Loxley, Alabama.  It was mastered at Corn Mastering.   “Satellite” kicks off the album in an animated fireball, with a heartland rock base and Lolly’s mature vocals “you’re not lost anymore… step into your life.” “Free State of Winston”…

[bestbooksnbadkitties]

Me for You by Lolly Winston

Bee wouldn’t be there when he got home. It wouldn’t be as though one of them had merely gone on a business trip and now they each brimmed with stories to share. Bee was never coming back. Rudy was a widower. He wasn’t sure what other definitions applied to him now.

As the anniversary of Bee’s death approaches Rudy suddenly can’t seem to manage. He spends days in bed, calls in sick to work and can’t make himself eat. His daughter suggest a stay in the hospital under doctors care might make him feel better. This novel was a sweet,sad and yet uplifting look at how death and grief affects us all differently.

Lolly Winstons books are always about grief in one form or another. Good Grief was her first novel and one of the few books I reread this year. It was sad and funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. I loved both of them.

[jennabookish]

Me for You, by Lolly Winston (Review)

Me for You, by Lolly Winston (Review)

Me for You by Lolly Winston

Genre: Fiction, Romance

Length: 320 Pages

Release date: March 12, 019

Publisher: Gallery Books

Synopsis: 

From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief comes a richly poignant and stirring story that asks: How soon is too soon to fall in love again?

The last thing Rudy expected was to wake up one Saturday morning, a widow at fifty-four years old. Now, ten…

[universitybookstore]

Funny, and sad, and... wonderful. From Gallery Books and the author of Good Grief, Lolly Winston, Me for You.

[nadineselfships-archived]

I would actually commit a crime for this man

[lastlymatt]

Thanks for tagging me @dreamsmthgold and @thirteen-cats-in-a-trenchcoat 💜

Alex Rider tag game

favourite book: Snakehead if RR doesn't count because otherwise it would absolutely be RR

favourite short story: White Carnation

books or TV series: I started with the TV series and that's where my heart will always lie despite the many many things I love about the books (namely the whump)

favorite character: Yassen obviously. I love Alex but I am always unwell for assassins/snipers

favourite villain: Winston Yu, for being such an anglophile it weirded Alex out, and for being the only villain who didn't just decide to kill Alex because he was a nuisance but also tried to profit from his very slow and rather disturbing death.

Tagging: @beretta--92, @known-concepts, @turtlesnails, @strangesoulmates, and @lolli-says-stuff and anyone else who'd like to do this!

Alex Rider tag game

Thank you so much @hightensileyoyo for the tag! :3

favourite book: I can't make up my mind between Scorpia, Snakehead, and Scorpia Rising 😬

favourite short story: Alex in Afghanistan

books or TV series: books (but I have a lot of love for the TV series!)

favorite character: Alex

favorite villain: primary villain: Julia Rothman; secondary villain: Julius Grief

Tags (no pressure): @sojourner-between-worlds, @trueishcolours, @dreamsmthgold, @emziess, @pongnosis, @konathankent, @marvelfanfn2187a113, if you haven't already, and anyone else who wants to!

[dear-indies]

do you have any suggestions for good plus size fcs with period/historical credits? i'm looking for some people to make resources for!

Women:

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton & Harlots) - has two gif packs from Bridgerton - would be classed as midsized but worth a mention regardless! 

Bronwyn James (Harlots, The ABC Murders & Outlander) -  has an icon pack from Harlots. 

Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water, Hidden Figures & The Help) - has a gif pack from The Help and an icon pack from Hidden Figures.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Dolemite Is My Name) African-American - has a gif pack from Dolemite Is My Name.

Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country) Yoruba Nigerian - has a gif pack from Lovecraft Country.

Lolly Adefope (Ghosts) Nigerian.

Susan Wokoma (Enola Holmes & Year of the Rabbit) Nigerian.

Queen Latifah (Bessie & Hairspray) African-American, some European.

Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray) Ashkenazi Jewish / Slovak, Irish - has an icon pack from Hairspray. 

Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Ella Smith (The Nevers) 

Joanna Scanlan (Tulip Fever & Death Comes to Pemberley) 

Kathy Bates (American Horror Story as Madame LaLaurie)

Yuliya Aug (Ekaterina) 

Danielle Brooks (Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia) African-American - sexuality unlabelled but is dating a woman. 

Dascha Polanco (The Irishman) Afro-Dominican.

Deborah Mailman (The Sapphires) Bidjara, Ngati Porou Maori, Te Arawa Maori.

Chrissy Metz (American Horror Story as Ima 'Barbara' Wiggles)

Danielle Macdonald (I Am Woman)

Jordan Raskopoulos (I Am Woman) - trans. 

Stefanie Reinsperger (Maria Theresa)

Beanie Feldstein (American Crime Story) Ashkenazi Jewish - chosen not to label her sexuality.

Men:

Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) Mexican - queer - has a gif pack from  What We Do in the Shadows.

Nick Frost (The Nevers & Into the Badlands) - has an icon pack from Badlands. 

Nonso Anozie (Cinderella, Entebbe, Tut, Game of Thrones, Pan, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dracula, Conan the Barbarian) Igbo Nigerian - has a gif pack from Cinderella.

Mark Addy (Game of Thrones, Atlantis, Downtown Abbey & A Knight's Tale) - has a gif pack from both roles.

Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast) Afghan Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish.

Matt Berry (Year of the Rabbit & What We Do in the Shadows)

Rasmus Bjerg (Lykke-Per & Så længe jeg lever)

Dan Folger (Fantastic Beasts) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones)

John Bradley (Game of Thrones)

Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones)

Danny DeVito (Dumbo)

Jack Black (Drunk History & Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot & Year One) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh (converted to Judaism).

Cliff Parisi (Call The Midwife)

Robert Crayton (Destiny & Knight's End) African-Ameican - filming in production at time of posting for both but worth a mention!  

Jimmy Blais (Romeo and Juliet) Plains Cree.

Richard Ridings (Dickinson) 

People who have played Winston Churchill so obviously don’t use to roleplay Winston Churchill but noting down because they might be worth doing faceless resources of? 

Timothy Spall (King's Speech)

Tim Hudson (De Gaulle)

Richard McCabe (Peaky Blinders)

Neil Maskell (Peaky Blinders)

Non-binary:

N/A

Hey anon! I’m not familiar with period / historical media but thank you so much for wanting to make resources of plus size people -  if anyone has any suggestions please let me know and I’ll update the post! Thanks to @sweetiesplum for giving me some fabulous suggestions too! 

[ryujinno-kenwokurae]

Which ACNH villagers each Overwatch Hero reminds me of

Ana - Baabara

Ashe - Zell

Baptiste - Rudy

Bastion - Cube

Brigitte - Lolly

Cassidy - Marshal

D.va - Chrissy

Doomfist - Curt

Echo - Ketchup

Genji - Genji

Hanzo - Raymond

Junkrat - Bella

Lucio - Frobbert

Mei - Sprinkle

Mercy - Shino

Moira - Petri

Orisa - Reneigh

Pharah - Ankah

Reaper - Rosco

Reinheardt - Beardo

Roadhog - Wolfgang

Sigma - Ione

Soldier 76 - Lobo

Sombra - Cephalabot

Symmetra - Whitney

Torbjorn - Graham

Tracer - Shari

Widowmaker - Kitty

Winston - Rocket

Wrecking ball - Hamphrey

Zarya - Vladimir

Zenyatta - Clay

[the-chick-of-the-air]

So-

I had my sister (who has not yet read the series) rate, name and describe a few of the characters based off fan art alone (100% credit to the artists, I got all the art off google so I don’t know all who made what I’m so sorry) anyway here’s her verdict:

Jude

Solid 9/10

Here name is like... Marissa, or...Daphne, like a strong feminine name.

She is strong-willed, but lovable, um...Feisty but unwilling to listen to a man.

Taryn

(Without missing a beat:) 3. That’s a solid 3. I hate her eyes- I hate her face, not to the artist, artist did an AMAZING job, she’s just...horrible, the whole person.

Her name is like...something tiny like...like tiny and feminine like Annete.

She’s a wuss. She’s a wimp like a man tells her what to do she’s like “ok daddy”. Like no backbone whatsoever. She stands to the side of the throne and just stands there looking pretty like that’s her job. Yeah.

Vivi

10/10.

Her name is like Ingrid. Or Astrid. Something cool.

She’s a boss. She don’t take no crap from no man. She’s like a seductress like “ooh, come hither~” you know? But when she gets them there, she chops off their heads. I like her!

Cardan

Ugh a sissy. He is a...7. He looks like a 7, I feel like that feels right.

His name is...(she’d heard his name once before) it starts with a C right? Conrad? Like Dom...Domitri? Conrick? Sedrick?

He’s basic. He’s like...he does his duty, but is kinda like...meh. He got no ~flavor~ like, he’s just like a normal character I guess? He has pretty piercing eyes, he’s like...staring into my soul, turn the photo away, ok? I’m scared, next!

Locke

Is that a dude or a woman?? Oh my- don’t tell me!...(I told her) oh it’s a guy ok, well then he.. is a 2. He’s very ~pretty~ if we are doing feminine pretty, he’s a 9, if we are doing like masculine then he’s a 2, 1 1/2.

His name is something faerie-like...like- HE’S the Sedrick! Or like...Winston. I don’t know!

He’s a Lolly-jolly kinda guy, he like hops around like “ooh-hoo, what-ith with you?” He’s chill, he hangs out in his bungalow all day. He eats his pizza- no he doesn’t eat pizza, he eats like shellfish (oh. My. God.) and drinks Mike’s hard lemonade... I don’t know, he’s confusing me- he’s sexually confused.

Nicasia

Oh wow. The hair- GAH! This is the queen- however the blonde one (Vivi) should have been queen. She is a 7. She’s very pretty but her attitude- that back arch? Takes her down like three notches.

Her name...I’m running out of names, her name is Lucinda. That’s good.

She’s just a b*tch. Don’t really like her. She’s snobby like...*cue various gagging noises* but also like...respect to the woman, power to her. Do the job a man couldn’t do.

The Bomb

Solid 11/10! Absolutely love her, the best kind of person.

I don’t even have a name for her, she’s too cool. I couldn’t even dare guess her name. I love her. Her name is like, Maze. She’s giving off solid Maze vibes. Does she- are those butterfly wings? Oh I thought they were knives ok not as metal- butterflies are metal though, they can eat dead bodies so she’s metal. Love the hair.

She takes orders but isn’t afraid to stand up ya know, like when she’s on the job and faced with conflict, she’ll do what she thinks is right. And she has the armor so she’s giving off warrior vibes. Like head solider. Dope.

So that was her take- I am SO ready for her to read this series good lord.

[weirdletter]

Past Lives of Old Books And Other Essays, by R.B. Russell, Tartarus Press, 2020. Cover image by Joseph Simpson, info: tartaruspress.com.

R.B. Russell’s collected essays range from a discussion of authors from Arthur Machen to Donna Tartt, from Robert Aickman to Alain-Fournier, and from Denton Welch to Katherine Burdekin, taking in classic supernatural fiction, erotic decadence, biographical and dystopian fiction, though to poetry, bibliography and reference books. Russell also deals with books themselves—as physical objects to be collected and whose individual histories may be speculated upon. There are essays on book collecting, book-shops, bookdealers and bibliographers, through to the tiny booksellers’ labels that can often be found stuck in the front of older books. Past Lives of Old Books is an evocative exploration of books and book collecting, with occasional forays into authors and characters who may not exist, music and films.

Contents: Introduction: Less Frequented Paths Rolfe’s Revolver: The Baron Corvo Archive at the Brotherton Library In the “Virtual” Footsteps of Arthur Machen “Find the Happiness They had Never Noticed”: Alain-Fournier’s Le Grand Meaulnes Correspondence, or Otherwise: Aickman and L.T.C. Rolt Brocard Sewell: A Black Swan Alastair     Alastair Bibliography Pierre Louÿs: Pagan Sensuality     Pierre Louÿs Bibliography Robert Aickman’s “Holiday Photographs” Alternative Lives: Arthur Machen’s “A Fragment of Life” and Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes Roman Polanski’s The Tenant The Connoisseurship of Count Stenbock and Phyllis Paul     Count Stenbock Bibliography     Phyllis Paul Bibliography Booksellers’ Labels Walter J.C. Murray and Copsford Immortal Creations: The Brontës Went to Woolworth’s Chapman Winston Blubberhouse, and How He Returned to Haunt Me The Moon and the Sledgehammer Fragile Ivory Towers: The Critics and Donna Tartt Denton Welch and Jocelyn Brooke: Kindred Spirits     Denton Welch Bibliography     Jocelyn Brooke Bibliography George Locke: The Passing of a Legend Collecting Arthur Machen Rarities Visiting Chydyok Past Lives of Old Books The Cocteau Twins Christopher Millard: Posthumous Friend of Oscar Wilde     Bibliography of Stuart Mason/Christopher Millard Frank Baker: Master of the Absurd N.F. Brookes: International Man of Mystery     Addendum Literary Revelations The Dangers of Nostalgia Pruning a Book Collection Down the Literary Rabbit Hole Asking About the Weather     Quentin Crisp Bibliography Internal Narrators Reference Books Outsider Literature The Most Frightening Book, Ever     Katherine Burdekin Bibliography Memento Amori: The Poetry of John Sewell     John Sewell Bibliography

[upslapmeal]

Since it seems as though Everything Is Happening Right Now then I suppose I’m back on here and doing something I was tagged in what seems like eons ago (thanks @ilwinsgarden !)

Pick 5 shows - rather than going for the usual suspects, I’m going to pick 5 things I’ve watched recently:

Peep Show

New Girl

Spaced 

Ghosts

Fresh Meat

And yes I am very aware that these are all in varying places on the spectrum of comedy show about housemate shenanigans but moving past that...

Who is your favourite character in 2? Winnie the Bish!

Who is your least favourite character in 1? I mean...surely part of the appeal is that they’re all terrible

What is your favourite episode of 4? I’ll pick a fave from series 2 since that’s what I was watching, so I think I’ll go for the one with the burglars since it was nice seeing the ghosts interact with Mike for a change (and I know I said s2 but the one looking at Pat’s past in s1 was also great)

What is your favourite season of 5? I think series 2? you properly know the characters, Sabine arrives, but tbh I enjoyed all 4!

Who is your favourite couple in 3? are there any couples? oh wait yeah there’s not-Jim the artist and the friend (I’m realising now I can’t remember a single name from the show) but I think I’ll have to go for *checks imdb* Tim and Daisy, even though they’re only a fake couple

Who is your favourite couple in 2? idk, they’re all pretty wholesome but rn I’m enjoying Cece and Schmidt, and Winston and Ally

What is your favourite episode of 1? oh man there’s a lot but I’ll probably go with the wedding one, at least so far

What is your favourite episode of 5? I thought the one with Vod’s mum was heartbreaking as really well done

What is your favourite season of 2? I think I’ll go with 2 or 3 but I’m finding them pretty consistent tbh

How long have you watched 1? I started watching a few episodes every week with my housemates a few months ago when they were shocked to find out I had never seen any lol

How did you become interested in 3? It was a show I knew about and thought I would probably enjoy but just never got round to watching it until recently! I did know it was Edgar Wright but I had forgotten when I started watching (and was then reminded by...everything about the first episode)

Who is your favourite actor in 4? ooooh tricky, they’re all so brilliant as their characters but I think I’ll go for either Jim Howick or Lolly Adefope

Which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5? oh they’re all quite different (when it comes to comedy shows about housemate shenanigans at least) - I think Fresh Meat? it’s tricky because there’s so much more of the other two, especially New Girl, but I think Fresh Meat edges slightly ahead of the other two

Which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3? Peep Show, simply because it is an anomaly and in more typical britcom style, Spaced has a whopping total of 14 episodes

If you could be anyone from 4, who would you like to be? Well I’d like to be alive so that narrows it down somewhat lol - it’s a tricky decision between Mike (knowing there are ghosts there and not being able to keep track of them, but also not being pestered by them) and Alison (being pestered near-constantly but being able to talk to the ghosts and help/use them)....I think I’ll go with Mike, I’d be fine with just seeing the ghosts in the house but Alison has to deal with them everywhere

Would a crossover between 3 and 4 work? Spaced except Daisy can see the gaggle of ghosts living in their flat? oh absolutely!

Pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple? oh I would’t inflict any of them on each other lol

Overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5? neither really has a storyline since they’re both fairly episodic sitcoms, but I guess Fresh Meat does follow them on the journey through uni so I’ll give this one to them

Which has better theme music, 2 or 4? New Girl gets credit for (originally at least) having an actual theme song but this one has to go to Ghosts

I don’t know who’s already done this so if you fancy it then consider yourself tagged!