#nina vc: I see u

[boxwinebaddie]

hai uncle nina i feel the need to tell u this bc i involved u by sending that vent post, so hi its the same anon who asked ab my ex and i just sat down to take my apush exam, and the paper next to me has her name on it 😍 literally fuck everything oh my god 4 hour test and shes gonna be right next to me😭 ALSO? my friend sent me her story yesterday where she posted herself to GOOD LUCK BABE BY CHAPPELL ROAN😭😭 if u listen to it omfg youll see why that is SO WRONG OF HER😭 the AUDACITY.

hi there, nonnie! and no, thank you so much for keeping me in the loop with how your life is going! <3 i love hearing from y'all ccc'':

tbh, i wanted to answer your message -- mostly because i'm concerned about you, dearling -- but also to help break up all weird, deranged ooc posts i've been making on my blog as of late in lieu of completing actual asks. i'm trying to tell myself that it's...normal...to make ooc posts on your own...blog, but my brain is fighting it, lmao.

i also feel bad that a lot of the vent posts i receive/advice that's asked of me often times goes unanswered, so i just want to let you know that if you need any support, please feel free to ask again. i know i'm taking a break, but even so, i want you to have a safe place to land. <3

( my protective uncle older sister response down below >>> )

--- which is not to say i give sound advice because i wish i could think more of to say to you, darling, then UUUUUUUGH :( but truly! how annoying! and distracting! plus if i'm not mistaken based on the ap testing at my school rn, you're placed by last name, yes? or at least, i hope so, and hopefully did not torturously choose a spot next to you.

*squints menacingly at your ex for emotionally compromising ur test space and therefore impacting your ability to preform on ur test*

also as a gay girl...yes i am all too familiar with our lord and savior queen chappell roan ( also that anon that said i sound like super graphic ultra model girl...you are so right, wow ) and have been listening to her music nonstop, specifically good luck babe! ( yall are so lucky idk how to make it relevant to ravesey, you got spared ) but uhhh that's very foul and ironic considering what she did to YOU!

ew...trust me baby. karma will get her, i promise. stay strong, she can keep embarassing herself. i hope your test is going/goes well. make sure to take breaks, drink lots of water and from your favorite style teacher girlie, the grades that you get in school are in no way an indication of how smart you are. i am actually ( the smartest person ever, tyvm ) and i think you're brilliant. also, some nina lore: i got a three on my apush exam, i dropped out of ap gov ( oof ), but i got two fives on my lit and lang exams! <333 english nina riiiise haha.

head up, baby! let me know how it went.

also, irrelevant ig, mostly for me, but thank you for sticking around? perhaps it's my anxiety but i'm feeling very...annoying lately. i fear i looked too pretty recently and its god trying to humble me. it is only working slightly, i fear, and has only made my Future power stronger.

i'm sending it to you, darling.

*ravenstan vc* besitos bebe <3

-uncle nina, who is very proud of you <333

[ncumenia-archived]

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«... Have you eaten today?»

[treppenwitzz]

@tsarverennyi​    :    RED,  LIKE  LIFE.

red,    like    the    color    of    a    kefta    that    no    longer    fits,    changed    proportions    having    nothing    to    do    with    the    cloth's    inadequacy.    if    she    no    longer    feels    comfortable    with    the    idea    being    cladded    in    crimson,    it    is    due    to    the    meaning    of    that    color    —    red,    like    life    ...    but    the    girl    is    no    longer    life,    her    metamorphosed    powers    a    strong    proof    of    that.    no,    she    cannot    afford    to    claim    that    color,    for    hers    is    deeper,    meaner,    darker    :    red,    like    matthias'    blood    under    her    nails,    [    journeys    end    in    lovers    meeting,    and    her    powers    found    their    natural    end    in    his    embrace    ].    red,    like    the    dead's    song,    the    soft    rasping    of    their    complaints,    the    echo    of    the    dirge    we    sung    for    them    as    they    went    away.    red,    like    nina's    chest    under    her    scarlet    shawl,  �� hair    in    the    wind,    as    she    swayed    to    the    music    of    her    own    heartbeats,    cold    swallowing    her    whole.    red,    like    the    satin    cloak    she    wrapped    around    herself    the    day    kaz    brekker    changed    her    destiny.    red,    like    her    lips    after    a    kiss    too    many,    her    barbarian    safe    between    her    arms.    

red,    like    life.    but    nina    is    no    longer    at    home    with    the    living,    nor    is    she    comfortable    with    the    dead.    

«        if    anyone    knows,    it    must    be    you.        »    red,    like    the    blush    on    her    cheeks    as    she    moves    closer    ;    proof    of    not    enough    sleep    &    a    whirlwind    of    uninterrupted    thoughts,    embarassement    and    something    close    to    fear.    «        has    anything    like    that    ever    happened    before    ?        »    red,    like    the    pulse    coming    from    him    —    man,    corpse    &    monster.    nina    zenik's    stare    is    a    steady    thing,    despite    agitation    clawing    at    her    insides    ;    a    voice    in    the    back    of    her    head,    telling    her    not    to    lean    so    evenly    on    the    opinion    of    what    once    was    her    leader.

[thejusticewarrior]

The Book Club - Fiction

The Fiction Book Club TBR list:

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Anna And The French Kill by Stephanie Perkins

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dosteovsky

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Flowers In The Attic by VC Andrews

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evanisto

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Luster by Raven Leilani

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Queenie by Cnadice Carty-Williams

Red, White And Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark

The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

The Iliad by Homer

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tann

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Next Person You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

The Odyssey by Homer

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Three Musketeers by Alexandra Dumas

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Where Are You Coming, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

Must I Go by Yiyun Li

Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[optimiist]

𝚒’𝚍  𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙  𝚊𝚗  𝚎𝚢𝚎  𝚘𝚗  𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖  ;   that  there  is  APRIL  RIGGS  ,  notorious  for  being  (  deceitful  )  and  (  superficial  )  ,  but  there  are  times  when  she  can  be  (  charismatic  )  and  (  strategic  )  .   i've  heard  that  she  could  pass  as  a  MEGAN FOX  doppelganger  ,  but  i  don't  see  it  .   the  (  thirty-five  )  year - old  cis woman has  been  in  town  for  (  two weeks / majority of her life  )  and  they  are  a  (  socialite  )  by  day  and  murder  suspect  by  night  .   they  tend  to  spark  images  of  swarovski crystal champagne flutes raised in the air , a 14 carat diamond ring left on the bedside table , a singed undergrad diploma , a stranger in the mirror , a stadium full of empty applause , the lethal combination of a stepford wife and stifler’s mom  .   you’ll  know  when  they  walk  by  because  they  always  seem  to  be  blasting  feeling good  by  NINA SIMONE  .   it  truly  explains  why  they're  known  as  THE  TROPHY  .

to know:

UPDATE: her full bio is here. gives more important insight into the relationship she has/had with her mother.

triggers: neglect, brief mention of statutory rape

i got very ‘poetic’ in the ‘a little further’ portion of the app and described her as a trophy in my first bullet point… so there you have it! you see, no matter what she did, she was always only praised for her appearance. just a trophy!!

she was born (in taunwick) to a very successful politician and her trophy husband. therefore, she spent much of her time alone as her mother was busy campaigning or throwing galas while her father, her mother’s trophy husband, went along for the ride. 

there were very few times they spent any ‘quality time’ together – picture what i think was the first scene (one of!) in mommie dearest where joan crawford is turning her daughter’s birthday into a photo op. that was pretty much their definition of quality family time. it could be successfully argued that april’s mother figures all came in the form of nannies.

it could also be successfully argued that, unlike lionel, april is part of the daddy issues™ club. as will be very evident afhdliuwdsjn

probably also part of the mommy issues™ club aflhskd

mother riggs probs would go off about wire hangers but... u kno... not to the mommie dearest point...

what should be taken away rn is that she was literally raised to be shallow fhlakjds

she began an entitlement act rather young - there were only two people who saw through it, one of which will be sent in as a wc and the other… being harley!! bc gotta get april connected to the murders somehow!! gotta give her a reason to stay in taunwick too but!! that’s a problem for a future bullet.

there are those annoying kids who refuse to share their toys and all. and they usually grow out of it. but april… did not. elementary? demon child. junior high? demon preteen. high-school? demon teenager.

now!! on the topic of high-school!! if her age is any indication, she is not part of the class of 2000 - if i have my math right (possibly don’t, i once legit studied for a math exam and wound up still only getting a 34), she was part of the class of 2003. that being said, one year of hers did overlap with everyone else’s - she knew chastity as an acquaintance at best, although she still recognized harley as a friend!! good for her!!

that being said, chastity’s murder….. didn’t have much of an effect on her…. ya it’s v tragic….. but it’s been a week guys :\ 

her alibi: she was in the woods with someone…….. when pressured to say with who bc animals and trees can’t confirm that…… she was ashamed to say it was someone on the lacrosse team. she usually aimed higher :\

anyway, they all graduated and it was HER TIME TO SHINE!! it was HER TIME to USURP THE THRONE and become THAT BITCH of the school!! probably had .3 real friends, what with the exception of the one wc i plan to send in!! that... was inspired by “jenny” by studio killers… we can’t wait to send it. 

did everything she perceived as the it girl stuff, what from joining those cool teams to being crowned her own prom queen to……………. sleeping with teachers. 1) alexa play “daddy issues” by the neighbourhood, 2) fire them.

fun fact tho!! she got into a hella good school. as in the ivy that is columbia. by what was….. partially her own merit…… partially her mother giving a very generous donation. have to make the family look PERFECT!!

she received an art history degree on what was….. partially her own merit…… partially sleeping with professors (see two bullets above.)but... graduation came… and what do you do with an art history degree from an ivy… 

you marry rich!!!!!!!

in the perfect parallel that she did not even recognize as a parallel because she’s big dumb, she found a marginally older politician (....it’s gonna be a wc so it’s gonna depend on the player but it’s gonna be 50+ hfdlsjak wld make it older but there j aren’t enough resources!!) and was like *martha (...virginia woolf?) vc* “yes, yes. [he] will do.” *end vc*

in spite of having become marginally more introspective than she was in high-school… she still doesn’t recognize her daddy issues :\

they got married. in spite of it being beautiful and expensive and gaudy, she really didn’t feel anything?? was lowkey GLAD her parents weren’t there (and not in the angsty ‘they never show up to anything anyway :\’ way, in the ‘this is literally wasting everyone’s time’ way). their marriage started and continued as a very unfulfilling one. he, in perfect politician style, began having affairs exactly as she, in perfect april style, began having affairs. while they never directly spoke of them, they knew the other was involved with other people.

why april didn’t divorce him is an excellent question. is it out of a certain selflessness, not wanting to do any damage to his career?? is it out of selfishness, not wanting to lose that sugar daddy?? a little bit of both. probably more the latter tho!!

anyway!! her father finally divorced her mother and she was like “i’m…. gonna say i’m gonna go be a good daughter…. go comfort my mother in this trying time….. but jk i j wanna get away from my husband lmao”

again, barely knows her mother. learned various different languages so she could have fair conversations with the foreign nannies.

but….. he has a reputation to keep up!! and his wife straight-up disappearing and leaving him would be 100x worse than a divorce…. so here he comes!! to save the day!! and his reputation!!

as you can imagine, between her husband figuring out her real motive + her…. barely liking her mother, she would be inclined to return to nyc… but that’s where harley’s murder will come in!! the perfect crime!! literally!!

TL;DR:

a former It Girl™ with daddy issues, mommy issues, and a fear of commitment.

CONNECTION IDEAS:

**open to any gender unless otherwise specified

her husband (m): WILL BE BEING SENT INTO THE MAIN.

that connection based off of “jenny” (f/nb): WILL BE BEING SENT INTO THE MAIN.

various affairs: gotta have those if she’s resigned to a new life… still with her husband :\

‘friends’ from the class of 2002-2005: i think that’s the right range for when she would’ve been THAT BITCH in the high-school?? but ya!! ppl chillin w her for the clout and she was like “this is validating”

enemies from the class of 2002-2005: again, i THINK that’s the right range?? but wow. ppl she didn’t even TRY to be nice to. or ppl who j straight-up hated her. there were plenty of reasons!!

hookups / ‘dates’ from the class of 2002-2005: again with the math?? But ya!! more inclined to ‘date’ those cool folks, but apparently didn’t discriminate with her hookups if her alibi is any clue.

neighbors: up in the hills chillin right next to a very watered down political joan crawford, her trophy husband who yeet’d out of existence, and eventually her very shallow daughter and said shallow daughter’s husband who’s probs closer in age to said very watered down political joan crawford. what could go wrong!!

acquaintances of any sort from the class of 2000: gotta get them skels!!

more to come!!

FURTHER:

for a bit of a better idea:

pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/idkimnewwastaken/april/

playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1416e2ijuY3viSnzi6HjPz?si=sQmXEc5DQlSKbT2t7XZYeQ 

musing tag: https://optimiist.tumblr.com/tagged/april-%7C-musings.

mini stats (to be later extended): optimiist.tumblr.com/as (also again with the font) (and notice the irony i have in my url when combining april and lionel!!)

[gokinjeespot]

off the rack #1272

Monday, July 29, 2019

 You don't know what you're missing until it's gone. Kind of obvious right? Our couch got taken away to be reupholstered, which means we must live without one for up to 8 weeks. Not being able to snuggle up together while watching the boob tube (can we even still use that term?) is a bummer. We did find two quarters when they hefted it out to the truck, though.

 Archie #706 - Nick Spencer & Mariko Tamaki (writers) Jenn St-Onge (art) Matt Herms (colours) Jack Morelli (letters). Archie and Sabrina part 2. Now I don't have to wonder how these two became an item with this origin story issue.

 Detective Comics #1008 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Doug Mahnke (pencils) Jaime Mendoza (inks) Dave Baron (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). It's a beautifully drawn one issue Batman versus Joker story before "Year of the Villain" takes over.

 Fearless #1 - This $4.99 US anthology book stars some of Marvel's most fearless female super heroes in short stories created by female writers, artists and letterers.

 "Campfire Song" by Seanan McGuire (writer), Claire Roe (art), Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) and Janice Chiang (letters). Captain Marvel, the Invisible Woman and Storm getting ready to inspire young women at a leadership camp. You just gotta know that some super villain is going to crash the gathering later.

 "Style High Club" by Leah Williams (writer), Nina Vakueva (art) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) and Janice Chiang (letters) updates Millie the Model complete with new friends and old frenemies. There was no such thing as social media when I read Millie the Model comic books in the olden days.

 "Unusual Suspects" by Kelly Thompson (writer) Carmen Carnero (art) Tamra Bonvillain (colours) and Janice Chiang (letters) is my favourite of the bunch because it's just so hilarious. Jessica Jones gets a call from Elsa Bloodstone asking the Alias Investigations private eye to bail her out. The last page is super fun.

 The Amazing Spider-Man #26 - Nick Spencer (writer) Kev Walker (art) Laura Martin (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This issue has the antithesis of Fearless. Meet the women of the Syndicate: The Beetle, Lady Octopus, Scorpia, White Rabbit, Trapstr (no "e") and their latest recruit Electro. They've got a beef with Peter's roommate Boomerang and they mean to have their vengeance on him. I anticipate a big fight next issue.

 History of the Marvel Universe #1 - Mark Waid (writer) Javier Rodriguez (pencils & colours) Alvaro Lopez (inks) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I hope Joe Caramagna got paid extra for this book. I couldn't finish reading it after nodding off several times while attempting to absorb all the information on each page. This will be a great reference source once it's collected.

 House of X #1 - Jonathan Hickman (writer) Pepe Larraz (art) Marte Gracia (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Wow, this visually stunning debut did not fail to impress my eyeballs. Pepe and Marte produced pages urging me to flip through this comic book again after I finished reading it just to savour the eye candy some more. Jonathan Hickman is resetting the X-Men in a major way and most of what came before isn't relevant to the present. I liked what Hickman did on his tenures in the Avengers and the Fantastic Four and I like what he's doing here. Yes, mutants are still feared and hated but now they will no longer tolerate being hunted. Along with familiar X-Men old and new, we are introduced to an opposing organisation named Orchis. I freaked out when I saw my name in this comic book. The head of military command for Orchis is a Colonel Walker Kin. Coincidence?

 Jane Foster Valkyrie #1 - Jason Aaron & Al Ewing (writers) Cafu (art) Jesus Aburtov (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). You've come a long way Jane Foster. From a damsel in distress being Thor's girlfriend to worthy wielder of Mjolnir to the last Valkyrie, not even death can conquer your spirit. You needn't have read War of the Realms to follow what's going on in this first issue since it's easy to understand Jane's current status as a super hero. Her first foe is very formidable though and I can't wait to see how she fares.

 Action Comics #1013 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Szymon Kudranski (art) Brad Anderson (colours) Dave Sharpe (letters). The mystery of Leviathan continues and it's obvious now that it isn't Lex Luthor. He's running around sowing seeds for Year of the Villain. I think the new owner of the Daily Planet looks like Orpah (not a typo) Winfrey.

 Sword Master #1 - Shuizhu (writer) Gunji (art) Greg Pak (adaptation) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). This is the origin issue. Pretty straightforward. Son of a Chinese archaeologist gets a big magical sword and wants to find his missing dad. Marvel is trying hard to push these new Asian super heroes but I don't think North American audiences are clamouring for them. I liked this better than Aero #1 but only slightly. Greg Pak (writer), Ario Anindito (art), Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) and VC's Travis Lanham (letters) tie this new hero in to the Marvel U by having Shang-Chi, Master of King Fu train Lin Lie, Sword Master. I was expecting Shang-Chi to call the kid Grasshopper at one point. It was all very Zen.

 Doctor Strange #16 - Mark Waid (writer) Barry Kitson (pencils) Scott Koblish (inks) Brian Reber (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Herald Supreme part 5. Here we go. The Doc's gambit to save two dimensions is revealed. Huge sacrifices are made and the outcome is in question. Next issue's conclusion should be interesting.

 Guardians of the Galaxy #7 - Donny Cates (writer) Cory Smith (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Faithless part 1. After a brief respite it's off to the next do or die mission. This time it's the team against the Universal Church of Truth and their attempt to resurrect their cult leader. Peter Quill's father is intimately involved. All seems lost for the good guys until a surprise character appears on the last page. This is a 6-parter so more bad stuff is going to happen before we get to the end.