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[coolnonsenseworld]

Winter Wonderland part 4 - Winter Wondering II - Part 2/8

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[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

WHAT THE HELL WHY IS SNAPE SO MUCH MORE CRUEL IN THE BOOKS? 💀 Thank you so much for telling me all that btw, I think I understand why so many hate him now, since I've only seen the movies I was always flabbergasted when people said that they hate Snape but bro is a literal creep. Taking Lily's photo is sooo weird wtf 😭 Also why is he tormenting a literal 11 year old boyy. Damn. And poor Hermione :')

Thank you for your time btw! ^^

Also, are there any honorary mentions in the books? Not necessarily about Snape too perhaps but maybe anyone or anything else? Like, are the books that different from the movies? Low-key makes me wanna read them but I don't feel like buying the books 💔 (':

You don't need to buy anything! It's free if you search online. I haven't bought a single book but I've read the whole series online and even found the audiobooks free online lmao.

Honorary mentions?

Tbh, when Harry visits his parents graves in deathly hallows, I was always moved by the line 'he wished he was sleeping under the snow with them'

And I think all the chapters in Half blood prince that focus on Voldemort's memories from when he was a young man are super engaging. Everything about his family is interesting, imo.

I liked how, when Hermione asks Ron to be her date to Slughorns party, Harry gets all flustered and says he 'knew something like this would happen'

I like how, when Harry uses the resurrection stone in the last book, he and his mother are so enthused to be able to look at each other that they just gaze at each other for a bit.

I LOVE the scene with Madame Maxine and Hagrid when we find out Hagrid is a half giant. I'm a sucker for characters telling people they like "don't go". And I love how Harry is all like "oh damn. I should NOT be hearing this conversation"

There's a moment where Harry tells the dursley's that Voldemort has come back, and aunt petunia expresses fear. Harry says it's the first time he appreciates that petunia is his mother's sister. I think it's so cool that petunia, someone who does her best to live a smuggle life, is still very aware of the kind of threat that Voldemort is. I feel like that's a detail a lot of people look over. To me, that scene adds a whole new layer to how terrifying Voldemort is.

I like how Neville gets given a candy wrapper by his mom (she was tortured to insanity and has been permanently hospitalized. Neville was raised by his gran as a result) and his gran tells him to throw it away, but when he thinks no one is looking, he stuffs it into his pocket instead. Like. God. I just love that scene. Neville's mom doesn't know who he is. To me, I read that scene and can't help but think "Neville has never received a gift from his parents. He keeps that wrapper because it's the only thing his mom has ever given him. It is the only type of 'gift' that he will ever receive from his mom" It drives me insane.

Oh and oh my GOD. I love how Hagrid is all like "Harry, I'd love you to win the tournament. It'd show everyone that you don't need to be pure blood to be worth something" and this moves Harry so much that he gets to work on solving the egg clue. Literally NOTHING anybody else has said to him has made him take action, but Hagrid's faith in him is what did the trick. And I love the line "there was something about lying to Hagrid that wasn't quite like lying to anyone else." Their relationship is honestly so pure. I love that Hagrid was Harry's introduction to the Wizarding world. He literally brings Harry to us, the reader (or watcher if we're talking the movies). Harry comes to us on Hagrid's motor bike. From the very beginning, Hagrid carries out Harry's introduction.

I love EVERYTHING about the way dobby adores Harry. You don't get much a sense of it in the movies, but their relationship is super wholesome. Dobby may have been a free elf, but he followed Harry's every command because he loved him so much. He straight up fought another elf for insulting Harry. He deserved better than what the movies did with him.

I will say, the one thing from the movies I like better is that I love the scene with Hermione and Hagrid right after Draco calls her a mudblood. I love how he holds her hand and says "don't you think on it" and Hermione's eyes are filled with tears but she smiles at him anyway. That was incredibly cute. Although, in the books, Hermione does not know what a mud blood is, and I think there is merit in having Ron--the only pureblood wizard--know what it is while Harry and Hermione do not. There's something so pure about Ron attacking Draco even though hermione doesn't know what a mudblood is. It's like "I don't care if you didn't hurt her feelings! I don't care if she doesn't know what that word means. I know what that word means and you're not going to talk to her that way."

Oh, and I like the part where Percy sends a letter to Ron telling him not to talk to Harry anymore. Harry being all like "I've know percy for 4 years. I've spent summers with him. He gave me top marks during the tournament. I shared a tent with him." is really effective and you can feel his hurt so well.

This post is so long lmao. I've left out so many good moments. My point is: read the books! You'll love them.

[chasing-that-jackson]

Look, I didn't want to be praetor. Or be responsible for people, but here I am!

Hey, before you ask. Yes, my dad's the famous Percy Jackson, yes, my mother is Annabeth Chase. But I'm not going to live in their shadow! I'm making my own path! But before all the epic monologues, I'm Charlotte Sally Jackson, but you can just call me Charlie. Or anything other than "Da Big C" (I WILL fight you, Cassie). I'm the praetor of New Rome, along with Ambrose Asher! Now here's some stuff about me !

Name: Charlotte Sally Chase - Jackson.

Alias: Charlie, Char-char , Goldfish (come on, dad.), Praetor Jackson, Jackson, Lottie.

Age: 16 Sexuality: Bisexual :D

Weapons: a trident named "Thalassa" (the sea) given to her by Poseidon. It can change shape at will, as it is made of pure water, her mother's Yankees cap.

Relations: Perseus Jackson (father) , Annabeth Chase-Jackson (mother), Cassandra Hestia Chase (sister), Sally Jackson (Grandmother) , Poseidon, Athena.

Personality: changeable like the sea" and hard to predict — with the important exception that she is extremely loyal to her friends and family. Sarcastic and goody at most times, but works great under pressure. Doubtful in her own skills but she believes a hell of a lot in others. The occasional temper is present, of course, but she wouldn't be a Jackson without it, amirite?

Fatal flaw: Overly giving/overly dedicated. She gives every part of her to a task, to a person. Even if she doesn't have anymore to give. She'll die trying.

Relationship with family: HUGE daddy's girl, but they always just roast each other. Loves her mom too, of course, but sometimes she's just too..overbearing. Too strict. Gets along great with her sister, who is 1 year younger than her. Her relationship with her grandma and grandpa (Sally and Paul) is also pretty good, they spoil her rotten (in a good way!). Vibes with Poseidon, kind of vibes with Athena until..a certain event. Now she's steely towards her. She's fond of Hestia and Apollo as they resonate with her.

Fears: small spaces, loss of loved ones/family, tests, drowning.

Sexuality : Bisexual, demiromantic

Hobbies: playing the guitar, occasional drawing, surfing, listening to audiobooks, joking around and learning new things. My sister, Cassandra is 15!

"You are too giving. You will give yourself to save others, to make others better, to make others feel better, even if you are great danger. In pain, you smile at those around you because you know they'll hurt if you dont. And in the end, legacy of Poseidon, it will be your downfall."

Songs that play constantly on my battered headphones (dad, buy me new ones , please :()

Seven nation army - The white stripes

Teenagers - MCR

Run, boy Run - Woodkid

What's up danger? - Blackway and Black Caviar

And many, many more! Feel free to come ask for song recs, because my music taste is as amazing as my fighting skills, haha.

People I know!:

@percy-jackson-xxx - My super amazing cool dad whose kinda stupid .... (I love you please don't throw me into the pool 😔)

@ineedtoescapefromreality - Echo and Rosalyn Mclean! (Rosalyn, teach me how to be as cool as you :[ and Echo just like. High five, dude ✌️), Auntie Piper and Shel's kids!

@daffy-not-a-duck - Daphne (I am not writing your complete name dude it's so long???) Uncle Nico and Will's daughter! (I like your parents, but you?? ew..........)

@iggy-mini-miny-moe - IGGGGGGYYYYY AYYYY (adhd bestie frfr, let's go commit arson) Uncle Leo and Jason's son! (Uncle Leo's tacos are amazing btw) @violent-cinnamonroll - Aria!( i appreciate chu bestie <333) Auntie Clarisse and Silena's kid! (Auntie clarisse scares me. pls dont pummel me to ground :()

@olivernotfound - Ollieeee! (Better than his sister :D) Uncle Nico and Wills second kid! (Who I like a lot more. High five, bro)

@notwillingtobefound - Will Valdez!! (Bros music taste is top tier?? How??) Uncle Leo and Jason's kid! @the-poison-and-the-sky - Belldonna Jackson-Chase! My older sister! (she hears everything/j) @daredevil-larue - Lucine La Rue ! Auntie Clarisse and Auntie Silena's other daughter! (super cool blue hair hehe <33) @praetor-ambrose-asher - Ambrose Asher, My fellow praetor! (muscles. end sentence. thats it. MUSCLE-)

Ooc notes:

Occasionally, other characters will appear on this blog as I imagine them. This will include Percy , Annabeth, and Cassie! (Any post by them will have their name at the end)

Tags:

praetor charlie on the chase - Charlotte ic

cassie snoops around - notes from cassie

parents are parenting - notes from Annabeth or Percy

the jackson two - both Cassie and charlie together!

In the praetors- ooc

Duck tales- with the idiotic (and pretty) Daffy Duck

Fireboy and watergirl - w/mah bro Iggy!!! We besties fr (stop burning down my freaking kitchen??)

Deathboy and Skatergirl - w/mah other bro ollie!! (Stop being so oblivious because Iggy clearly l- *gets slapped*) the ultimate cool girls - w/super cool girl, Rosalyn! awkward silence - w/ echo (quiet, but awesome)

Please remember, this is not a multi character blog, but just appearances by others! Thanks for reading. No nsfw . I'm a minor 😎.

So, that's me! Ever need anything, I'm always up in the praetors office, or around the stables. Till we meet again, this is Charlie signing off!

That was so cheesy, Char. - Cassie

[actuallyolly]

KOTLC Characters as texts in my groupchats

Keefe - there's something hatching above my bed

Keefe - it was a big ass spider that im pretty sure was part alien and going to get me pregnant with alien babies

Fitz - Bro wtf

Fitz - That's just hentai

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Dex - I let put the most gnarly fart to ever exist in social studies.

Sophie - What

Sophie - IM SENDING DEX TO ALINA

Dex - No. Please. I'm sorry. I promise to never fart again pookie

Sophie - I hate you

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Marella - You know those little, really annoying squeaky toy horn things that are really loud

Marella - I will never, ever, EVER, buy one of those for the baby

Marella - Let me tell you that right now

Marella - Those things make me wanna kms

Linh - Heading to target right now to buy one <3

Marella - I swear to God if you do I'm killing you and getting full custody

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Keefe - Kahoot of my life at my funeral guys let's see who gets the will

Tam - What's in your will

Keefe - All my assets

Tam - Okay and those are? Mommy issues? Or the full the heart of the matter audiobook collection? I need details.

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Biana - Sophie btw I'm pregnant and ur the father

Biana - Probably

Sophie - L

Sophie - No money for you

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Keefe - This is an actual convo that happened at lunch

Keefe - Dex: What's your favorite fruit? Me: You. winks

Tam - Poor Dex

Keefe - STOP YOUR SO MEAN TO ME

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Sophie - um. someone in packaging fucked up fr

Keefe - The beads have spoken. Ur cok.

Sophie - Hahaha

Keefe - shut up. Ur cok.

[daintydoilypon]

Ok, so I listened to the, oh so popular, "A Court of Thorns and Roses" book and I have some HEAT for it:

Is it only popular because of the light smut and the Rey-like "I'm magically good at things but give a dumb weakness", girl boss bs? Maybe.

The main character is so UNLIKEABLE. I cannot tell you how many times Silo and I had a RAGE fit on how childish, ungrateful, rude, incompetent, stupid, and stubborn this bitch is. I'M PooR, But I wAnT to BuY Frivlous tHiNgs LikE PAINT, which would be EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE IN THE OLD DAYS. Or how the author has NO idea how shit works. She's on the brink of starvation and yet she has the strength to pull back a, at minimum, 30lb bow string? She's not a good shot, but she hits the wolf in the EYE, BRO? THE EYE? Or she shoots an arrow to cuT A SNARE? You have a knife that is a much safer option that had a much lower chance of UTTERLY FAILING, YOU NITWIT. Also, a good artist wouldn't be COVERED IN PAINT unless you're throwing it about like Mia's mom in Princess Diaries. You dab and do a brush stroke, so wtf are you doing? HAVING A STROKE? JFC. This "pride over everything" mentality got old REAL quick. It took her 3 MONTHS TO FIND OUT A RIDDLE THAT SIMPLE TOO? SHE DUMB? I found it out as soon as the evil bitch finished saying it.

The side characters, fantastic, love them, but the FL and ML, trash TRASH TRASH. I would've have dropped Tam-boi for the Night Court man in 2.5 seconds because he was cunning enough to not be caught and he ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING FFS instead of 😐😐😐. The ML is just a blank slate: he's nice and strong, and handsome, woohoo, but there's no UMF like ??? WTF???

And why was there so many references to PEE? WHY. "Watery bowels" were said like 6X and that one guy peed himself. Does the author have a low-key pee fetsish? I mean, dear lord.

Like, the book does something right then it IMMEDIATELY RUINS IT! Time and time again!

There's a part of me that wants to continue listening to the dumpster fire since I have 15 free hours a month for audiobooks, but do I really wanna lose my shit at the FL for another 15 hours? DO I? DO I REALLY? Pay me $20 and I'll do it.

[weebsinstash]

Really missed the werewolf/ABO posts!! Do you have more asks on that? Also hope one day we get back to the isekai emperor and male concubine with bakudeku discourse because that was juicy.

Honestly i didn't get sent a lot of asks on that stuff and I kinda stopped posting about the werewolf audiobooks for a while because I just, like, a lot of them follow the exact same formulas and I wasn't sure if I was boring anyone by sharing the drama (and also those stories cost money and I realized that I eas spending, decent amounts of money buying chapter unlock coins)

I have some asks about the whole Emperor baku/concubine izuku/Empress reader stuff and that still sounds so juicy. I dunno if you guys remember but I was getting HELLA into Chinese dramas a while back which combined with manhwa were the inspiration for that baku/reader concept and I still have one I need to finish called Legend of Yangxi Palace and there I'd also Legend of Hao Lan which looks good and has the same actress as the lead. Some of those dramas are kind of cut and paste but when you find a production house wirh a budget, jesus christ. I literally watched Legend of RuYi with my mom and the ending made us WEEP.

But yall if you want to hear more werewolf audiobook shit I was listening to a story a while back called Twice Rejected and it was SO CRAZY like I literally have to tell you this shit in bullet points

-protagonist is named Koko

-Koko's mom is a straight up selfish bitch who was in love with the Alpha of the pack and they turned out not to be chosen mates, and her true mate was, shit i don't remember his name but, Koko's dad. He wasn't wealthy and lived a humble life but was the packs Gamma (if you don't remember that's the wolf who's in charge of helping look after the alphas mate, the Luna)

-this isn't good enough for Bitch Mom and she tries to reject him but he refuses bc he wants to get to know her as his fated mate and she throws a tantrum over this

-one night she gets piss drunk and comes onto him basically out of loneliness, he literally tells her no multiple times because of how drunk she is but she keeps pushing because she feels rejected by the Alpha who is now with someone else and she wants someone to want her, and there's the mate bond and all so, daddy Koko caves

-bitch has the nerve to wake up "UGH you took advantage of me, I hate this, I hate you"

-she gets pregnant from that one time and her family basically forces her to marry the dad who I just remembered is named Mac. Mac Magnus? That name fucking sucks lmao

-Mac is actually such a good guy she does fall in love and she gives birth to twins. Absolutely LOVES the first one that comes out, her name is spelled either Janola or Hanola, the captions suck and I've literally never heard of this name before. But Hanola is a perfect clone of her mom

-unfortunately Koko was an extremely difficult birth, where Hanola was easy Koko took like 10 hours and hurt a lot, and she came out more resembling her father but, Koko also has, um. Dark eyes? It is a plotpoint of her irises "being so dark it's like looking into pure black orbs" and there are old folktales about these wolves being cursed. Um. How do I politely say "I guess Asian people don't exist in this world" because like people are literally looking at her eyes and gasp and they all avoid her like the plague like. Bro it's an eye color?

-its. It's basically kind of lowkey colorism/racism. Hanola is blonde hair blue eyed but poor Koko has dark hair and dark eyes and isn't as pale and her mom HATES HER IMMEDIATELY, like STRAIGHT OUT THE WOMB HATRED

-Mac always loves and supports Koko and chastises his wife for mistreating their daughter but uh he also like. Never fucking puts his foot down either so Koko was bullied even when he wad alive

-that's THE BACKSTORY. Chapter 1 literally begins with Koko's house on fire and her mom is physically fucking beating her, when she's like 5 or something by rhe way she's like literally a fucking toddler, because. Oh no, she did the grave horrible sinful error of. Freaking out over her favorite stuffed rabbit still being in the house and her father chose to go get it and. He died unfortunately

-LITERALLY THE ENTIRE PACK, COMPLETELY UNCRITICALLY, NOT EVEN FUCKING JOKING, SAYS IT'S KOKO'S FAULT HE DIED AND IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S CURSED

-Her mom literally forces her to sleep in the basement and barely even feeds her, beats her constantly, insults her, the entire pack treats her like fucking garbage, even her own sister blames her for what happened to their dad

-kokos mate turns out to be the alphas son, the same Alpha her mother longed for

-bitch ass Hanola, who Koko says has been around the block a few times, steals her mate just to fucking spite her, and her mom LOVES IT because, shit you not, she's still so like fucking, weird about the Alpha who never wanted her that she's like "YES now my daughter will marry his son in my place" like GIRL the projection!!! you had a loving husband who you never even deserved and he should've beat your ass for how you treated his daughter

-I like, only vaguely remember certain details because this happened so long ago but, uh, Koko's mate rejects her, takes her sister, and they even spread lies about Koko and like my blood was fucking boiling. Her mate Alpha orders her, as in she physically cannot resist, to watch them have sex, and THEN the SPITEFUL FREAKS go around the pack saying "that ugly slut koko tried to claim the Alpha as hers when he wasn't and she was even caught peeping on them having sex, what a freak and a pervert"

-by the way they just constantly insult her no matter what she does, calls her ugly despite her being an identical twin to Hanola besides hair and eye color, calls her useless, calls her fat even though she's literally malnourished

-THIS IS WHERE IT GETS FUCKING INSANE

-all of a sudden, Hanola turns out to have a very weak heart that she was concealing, and she needs a transplant within two weeks or she will die. I personally believe Hanola did this on purpose, because

-KOKO'S MOM AND THE PACK DOCTORS DEADASS ASK KOKO FOR HER FUCKING HEART BECAUSE, "well waiting for a transplant might take too long"

-they bully the fuck out of Koko until she agrees and they STILL TREAT HER LIKE GARBAGE. Koko is over here "if I'm so worthless and a mistake and killed my father, at least I can save my sister"

-THEY NEVER EVEN LET HER SEE HWR SISTER. THEY TELL HER SHE HAS GERMS AND WILL MAKE HER SICK. she never literally never gets to speak with her sister before she's supposed to die for her. They will not even let her do that and even accuse her of wanting to see Hanola to harm her even though Koko is still attached to her because they were close as children

-Koko is treated extremely well for two weeks, finally actually being fed and treated kindly because oh say stress might damage the heart Hanola is supposed to get

-this. This part is absolutely fucking crazy. It's literally the day of the fucking transplant and they say "nah koko fuck you, you can't even ride in the same car with us to the hospital where you're going to die, here's some money, get your own ride" like jesus christ cannot emphasize enough that they literally singlehandedly caused what is about to happen over sheer pettiness like how the fuck would you take excellent care of that donor heart and then not even help transport it safely to the hospital, like at least for Hanola's sake you think they would have

-Koko accidentally goes to the wrong hospital, and she's rushing around begging for money for a cab, desperate to, again, die for her sister

-SHE GETS HIT BY A FUCKING CAR

-She's passed out in the hospital for, unfortunately, 3 weeks. She rushes back to the pack and everyone accuses her of murder because her sister died. They literally surround her while her mother beats the absolute shit out of her saying she was a mistake and she wishes she had died in the fire instead of her father like her mom is literally dragging her around by her hair

-they don't even believe or listen to her and they reveal a shocking truth: before Hanola died, her last wish was for KOKO TO SUFFER TO DEATH in a real specific way

-in a lot of these stories, when a werewolf doesn't have a pack, they turn rogue, it changes their scent and everything, and it can make them go completely feral. Something something "our wolves belong in packs and we lose ourselves without them". Hanola's dying wish was literally for her sister to be cast out and turned rogue so she would literally slowly suffer insanity and die

-she's in the woods, as an outcast, and they're literally following her around making sure she doesn't reach another pack, they literally beat her and chase her off when she tries to get help from other people

-she gets away somehow, I don't remember how, I think the moon goddess literally teleports her to where her new mate is supposed to be and she winds up in a town where everyone immediately treats her like garbage just because of her eyes

-cue meeting her mate, the beta of the pack she's in, and he instantly rejects her as well because he instantly recognizes her as "koko magnus, the black eyed curse girl who killed her father"

-finally, she gets a new mate, Alpha Nile, who's last mate Erika unfortunately killed herself because she couldn't conceive an heir and the entire pack shunned her and treated her like absolute trash including Niles' mother who deliberately started rumors about her and eventually caused her suicide

-Nile uh, ok his full name is literally Nile Heaven and he actually met Koko as a child and didn't tell her his name, he only called himself "Alpha from Heaven" and comforted her when she was crying and said she wasn't ugly or cursed, just unique, and she would find someone someday (and it turned out to be him lol)

-but like literally everyone continues to call her a black eyed curse and she eventually has to win their respect but like she gets kidnapped by someone who's pining after Niles and is horrifically tortured and beaten and all of that and by the way Koko realizes just before the kidnapping, before she can tell Nile, that she's pregnant

-Koko was one of those "my wolf appeared super late or was originally super weak but I'm actually supernaturally powerful" and tbh I can't remember much of the plot from here but, it gets a happy ending, Nile's mother is forced to accept she was wrong and regret her actions after both Nile and his sister shun her and remove her form her position as Queen Mother and she even helps rescue Koko

-as one final kick in the teeth, this is one of those stories where the POV doesn't just go from ML to FL, it also bounces to side characters, and guess who we get to see again? Koko's BITCH MOM

-bitch mom deadass admits in her head she still hates Koko and thinks she's useless, but maybe the little doormat can be of use to her now that she's the mate of Alpha King Nile

-honestly it was deadass so infuriating, Koko apparently never went into extreme detail on how her mom participated in all of her abuse so like, guess what. Bitch mom shows up, "oh koko my lovely daughter I've missed you so much" and Koko is just like "who the fuck is this? Guards, take her away" and. Fucking. Nile and his fucking sister are just like "OH GOODNESS this ISNT YOU KOKO 🥺 you told US to accept OUR mom, you can't turn her away, she's YOUR MOTHER" like deadass I think have broken up with Nile over this. He straight up invites her mom to stay with them in the castle and the dumb bitch gets the highest quality amenities and treated super special

-deadass I don't even remember what happened to her mom, but I'm pretty sure I remember she did some dirty sketchy shit and died

And yeah the story ends with Koko and Nile having a newborn baby girl who they name Aurora and they live happily ever after and like, it was a well written story, just like. So many fucking chapters man, and when you have to pay to unlock, it really does add up

OH YEAH ONE MORE CURVEBALL. I made a post recently something like "I was deadass 80 chapters into this story and they suddenly swerve and give her a new love interest, this is 120 chapters, this is so late in the game"

Well guess why that bullshit was

"Hey you know this guy you rejected because he was being lowkey abusive as fuck and literally marked you by force and Alpha ordered you to not be able to leave his pack, basically robbing of free will, and also during this time he was "having trouble deciding" between you and an ex girlfriend who he caught cheating on him and he was just keeping you waiting in the wings and left you hanging for ages? yeah turns out YOURE JUST A SUPER SPECIAL WOLF WITH TWO MATES UWU now you can be SHARED by your new mate who is literally a vampire king who instantly treated you better and with more respect than the last fuckbag who bssicaply instantly agreed to treat your child with another man as his own child and make them the heir to his throne, and youre gonna BE SHARED with the old dickbag you literally rejected already but lucky you the rejection doesn't even count because HE doesn't accept it! Yaaay, no actual free will, yaaaay, you're literally with your new boyfriend who you love passionately and you're still feeling the mate bond with this the last bastard you literally ran away from, yaaaaay!"

Deadass, they let you get over ONE HUNDRED FUCKING CHAPTERS IN AND DROP THAT SHIT ON YOU. "Oh you thought she was gonna have a healthy relationship with the new guy? NAH FUCK YOU, BRING THE GUY IN HERE WHO MARKED HER BY FORCE" like. How fucking dare you make me pay money for this. Oh and also? She was also horrifically abused by her family but her sister finally comes around and defends her and apologizes for everything and her sister is MURDERED by the protags first mate who chose her sister over her because he decides "oh nah I actually the FL the whole time, I'm gonna make you miscarry and kill you"

The sister actually got brought back to life by the moon goddess too, MG was deadass "yooooo i am actually SO SORRY GIRL, i told you if you repented you could potentially have a better life and i even showed you possible visions of the future being happy with your mate but i couldnt predict how evil that mf who killed you was, im reviving you and sending you your sister's way for protection as an apology" and i kinda wanna just listen to a few more chapters just so she can find out her sister is alive again but other than that, like, fuck you with this "shared mate" bullshit one of them is legitimately awful

Also it was really sad when Sophie (the sister) miscarried because she was diagnosed with SEVERE endometriosis which my mom has actually, doctors told her I technically shouldn't have been able to be born, I was like her miracle baby, so it like. Legitimately ripped my heart out because he literally kicks her stomach and leaves her for dead in the woods after telling her he'll kill her if she tells anyone and then he killed her by poisoning her anyways (and the bitch who did it? The ex that the FLs second mate was going to leave her for because the ex was lying about him being the father of her baby when it was the man she cheated on him withs"

Oh and I just remembered. Even though Sophie miscarried and then was killed later on, Moon Goddes was like, you know what, this is on me, I'll fix this, and when she revives Sophie, she gives her her baby back 🥺 honestly probably the best MG I've encountered because most times she's just like "it is simply fate my child uwu" like fuck you, at least this MG admits she fucked up big time and immediately made up for it

So. yeah as you can see, tons of fucking drama over here in werewolf world, and I also have a new story on a new app where I think the FL is literally going to end with basically THE GOD OF SHIFTERS? get your fucking bag girl, hop on that shadow beast dick 👏

[norman-ratri-truther]

look i get the point of an audio book is to be. well. audio, but like.. a transcript would be so useful bro there are so many times where i zone out and am like "wait what were they saying for the past minute" so being able to just see a transcript to simply catch myself back up would be neat, i get that i could just buy the book though like it might defeat the point of an audiobook idk

[fallenraffe]

The Bride Test by helene hoang

<b>2.5 stars</b>

this was not giving what it was supposed to give soz, I don't get the hype

the only good thing about this was Kai and his bro, they had some super hilarious moments which were the highlights of the book and the main reason I'm rounding up tho I'm tempted to go with 2*

esme was a strong character which I could appreciate, but I just did not particularly like her, and when she straight up stripped so she could put on the bride's dress she really fuckin lost me💀

even tho there was obvious attraction between esme and Kai from the get go and they were obvi compatible with each other, I really didn't buy into their romance. I feel like his mom thrust emse onto him and he got used to her and his mom could've chosen a number of other girls and we still would've gotten the same result

I really loved the bro and understand why people were hyped about his book, reading this one really made me want to read his story, but I've seen some reviews of the heart principle going around and apparently it wasn't quite what people were hoping for, was a lot heavier, less fun typa book (which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you know what you are in for) and yeah, after my lukewarm feelings for this book I don't think I feel like picking up thp sadly

(audiobook on 2x

narrator was ok

at least I only wasted 5 hours, and ig it was worth it cos now I know that this one ain't for me, despite the hype)

[suckitsurveys]

What’s your favorite amusement park? Do waterparks count? If so, then the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells.

Do you know your social security number (or equivalent) off by heart? Yeah.

What would you take to a potluck dinner? So funny story: when I was a kid, we used to have “pot luck” day in elementary school as a way to encourage kids to bring their lunches to share or some crap, but they also had to have a hot lunch prepared for kids who couldn’t bring lunch from home. They would always serve these rib sandwiches during those days, so for the longest time, I thought that’s what “pot luck” was. One day my mom took me to this thing at the community center and she called it “pot luck” and when I got there I asked her where the rib sandwiches were and she was like, what the heck are you talking about? Hahahah. 

Do you have any sisters? How is your relationship with them? I have an older sister. We have a decent relationship but it’s been kinda strained since she’s had children. I feel more like a babysitter or just an extra set of hands to her now. I’m never a priority. I’m not asking to always be one; I know her kids come first, but like, I am a part of her family and she just never makes me feel important to her, even when I do SO much for her and her kids.

When was the last time you changed your hair and what did you do to it? I had it dyed pink and got a layer look back in....February, I wanna say? I need to get it done again but I might hold out until right before Lollapalooza.

What’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever done? Uhhhhhh I don’t know, ask my husband what he considers romantic.

Do you listen to audiobooks? If so, what was the last one you listened to and did you like it? No. I’ve really thought about it, honestly, especially since I’ve been going to the gym more and more.

Describe yourself in five words. Funny, loyal, emotional, compassionate, clever.

What was your favorite class in high school? Social Sciences or Art classes.

When was the last time you did laundry? Yesterday.

Do you own a leather jacket? Do you wear it often? No.

Can you get Chinese food from a drive-thru in your town? Uhhhh not that I know of. There might be a Panda Express somewhere with a drive through, but I wouldn’t know because I rarely eat there.

If you could choose your middle name, what would you pick? I’ve always liked my middle name. I think it suites me well and I like the reason behind my parents choosing it. I’m named after the Czech tennis player Martina Navratilova. She was in the Wimbledon championship the year I was born and my dad thought it was so cool that a Czech player was so popular. His family is Czech and he wanted my name to have a connection to that. It was originally supposed to be my first name, but my mom liked Hannah better, so it became my middle name.

Would you rather see a sunrise or sunset? Sunset. Though growing up on an East-facing body of water as made me appreciate sunrises sometimes too.

Do you have any plans to buy any furniture in the near future? Yes. We need a new mattress so bad.

When you go to bed, do you go to sleep straight away? For the most part.

What do you do for a living? Provide electronic access to doors for people on a college campus.

Do you own a suitcase? When was the last time you used it? Where did you go? Yes. I took it to Boston this past February when I went to see Sarah. I actually got it in 2011 when I first flew out to see her, lol. I’ve been really wanting a new one because it’s such an ugly color and my cats scratched it up.

How many pets have you had in your life? 12, if I am remembering correctly.

Is there any soda in your fridge right now? There’s sparkling water, which is Mark’s.

Do you call it soda, pop, fizzy drink or something else entirely? Pop.

Do you need to get any groceries right now? What do you need? Uhhhhhhh I can’t think of anything right now. We will need stuff this weekend though.

If I was visiting your town, what would you take me to see and do? BRO there’s so much to do in Chicago but I really like architecture boat tours on the river and going up to the John Hancock. It such a great way to see the city from two different angles. Also, food. Lots and lots of food.

What was the last thing you spent money on? Gas.

What subscription services do you have? Pretty much all of them in one way or another.

Do you like olives? Most of them. I’m not a huge fan of Kalamata olives, though.

Would you rather be too warm or too cold? I mean, when you’re cold, you can always put layers on.

What’s your favorite name for a girl? I love Josephine/Josie. And Cecelia. And Alex. And Stella.

How do you make your coffee? With our fancy coffee maker, and then I add cream.

Do you know anyone who has a matching tattoo with someone? (including yourself)? I have four matching tattoos with people; a Bojack and a Brendon from Home Movies with my friend Sarah, birds in a tree with my sister, and heart-shaped sunglasses with my friend Ellen.

[battlecriesandroses]

why don't more people go to libraries. reading books for free

[searidings]

OMG YOU READ A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE ITS BEEN A FAVE SINCE IT CAME OUT. And I swear no one has read it so this makes me so pleased to know you have. I'm obsessed with it. I was SO happy when it won the Hugo Award in 2020!! I've legit read and listened to the audiobook, I kid you not, like three dozen times the last few years. It's become a comfort read/listen for me. If you have any thoughts you'd like to share about it I would love to hear them!

yes it was fab i thought the worldbuilding and intrigue were stellar and god knows i'm a sucker for the wlw romance!! i've got the sequel on order from the library and i can't wait to see what's coming next

[starlitfaery]

ooc

my love for S.tar W.ars was reignited after marathoning all the movies (tv series to watch later at my leisure)

i have 45 minutes until i have to clock in at work and I’m about 250 words into writing a Kylo ficlet...

welp, guess I’ll have to actually figure out the ao3 tagging conventions for this fandom.....

[wilder-fangirl]

I don't think I'll ever find anything like American Gods,,,, that book is just so fucking special it's so,,,, entrancing?

I watched Good Omens when it was a big thing. I definitely liked it I went through a little hyper fixation phase with it, but I couldn't really get into the book.

With the Sandman show so far it's definitely interesting but it's not leaving me hungering for the next episode while at the same time trying to savor every second of it.

But BRO American Gods..... When the show was on I drank it in with a need and I felt like my self was gone and all I was was a consciousness experiencing this story. I would only watch it when I knew I would be able to give my undivided attention to it (oof Media would be a big fan of that).

And the audiobook? It was like reliving the show but even better and the story was even bigger. I forgot entirely about my crappy life I just lived in that world for the week-ish that I was going through that book. Wednesday's way with words was addictive and Shadow's dreams were so vivid and I loved when Laura would come to visit us again, each time looking more rotten than the last. And I got to fall more in love with Czernobog and Ibis, and I got to know Whiskey Jack. And the coming to America stories? Oh my gosh I adored them in the show and they were even better in the book. (There was a girl, and her uncle sold her. That is the tale...)

The only thing that would have made it better would be if I hadn't gotten the twist with Wednesday and Mr. World spoiled for me in the YouTube comments of some clip from the show. I'm planning on buying a physical copy of the book - I'm hoping to find a nice hardcover version of the 10th anniversary edition - and then I'll read it again, probably very slowly, so I can draw it out for as long as possible.

I don't remember why I started writing this post. I just love American Gods so much I'm worried I'll never find any of Gaiman's works that could ever compare to it but I probably will

[iampikachuhearmeroar]

honestly i hate how everything is becoming a subscription service these days. like on my fb watch feed over the last few days, i’ve been getting this aussie journalist lady’s instagram what she calls “instababble” videos where she just sits down and rants about shit in front of a camera, while she gets ready for the day. but in the description on one of them, she lists the things she’s like grateful (???) for, for the week, i think and like….. one of them is a dog poo bag subscription service- YES you read that right a DOG POO BAG SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE where i assume that a month’s supply of dog poo bags get sent to your door for only like $10 a month or something.

like. just fucking. go to a pet store and idek a supermarket pet isle and buy them???? like i get it might be for “time poor” working people or even disabled people (good service for them if they’ve got a dog)- cutting out the middle man of needing to go to the shops to pick up a idk $7 pack of 30 dog poo bags….. but what a fucking waste of $10 a month for normal able bodied people??? especially when you get marketed to have 50+ streaming services, 3 different meal kit services, spotify/pandora/youtube premium et al for music and podcast streaming, audible for audiobooks (as i’ve whinged before on here, which is the most expensive audiobook service here in australia at almost $20 a month- ie $16.49- and you still HAVE TO PAY for the audiobooks on audible instead of getting them bundled into your subscription like scribd does), dollar shave club and/or manscaped for all your bathroom shaving needs (which i hate to say it: i’ve actually considered getting thanks to the constant asmr sponsorship ads for them over the last couple of years) and fuck knows what the fuck else that apparently needs to be like “revolutionised” into a subscription tier program.

just what a fucking ridiculous subscription service. dog poo bags. for the love of fuck. just fuckin get to a pet store or a grocery store to pick them up… like when you can. and obvs people will be like “well you obvs don’t have a dog- it’s much easier to have this subscription so i don’t have to remember to go out to buy my designer bred dog’s poo bags every week/month. just $10 a month and they’re delivered straight to my door ready for ALL THE WALKIES for my precious milo ☺️☺️” but bro. why $10 a month (or $120 a year) for ANOTHER subscription for something as trivial (in a sense) as dog poo bags??? oh! i forgot! the toilet paper one but it’s “more environmentally friendly” than store bought toilet paper or whatever the fuck it is. just. it’s ridiculous.

like who has a spare $10 (or whatever the actual price was i didn’t bother listening to this woman’s video- but the standard sub price is almost always around $9.99/$10 a month for a basic sub service) laying around for this service when wages don’t even cover rent/food/bills to just live and exist, and every other streaming and ad infinitum other sub service that people consider or are signed up to for various shit??? like i’d get it if you don’t live near a pet shop. but if you have one close to you, just go there to pick them up???? pick up the poo bags in the grocery store next to your dog’s fave dog food??? like honestly. what the actual fuck else menial/trivial/inconsequential thing are they going to turn into a subscription service???? i swear to fucking god i’m going to go fucking insane.

on top of this, i hate when things you’re ALREADY subbed to, say like antivirus software, expect you to add like an extra $40 to your already expensive yearly subscription just for “new features”. like my norton antivirus is currently hounding me every time i use my windows laptop; to add an extra $US30 (but really $50 in australian $$) privacy or dark web safety or identity protection or whatever the fuck extension feature to my already expensive like $100 (bc i only have 1 device on it) a year subscription. my mcfee one used to be like $150 a year bc they loved charging for 4 devices when i only ever used it on my hp windows laptop bc it came “free” with it when we bought it…. and i hated mcfee bc it slowed down my laptop SO fucking much. but anyway. my point is the new feature i keep getting hounded for should already be rolled into my subscription, and not an extra $50 a year sub seperate program feature subscription on something that already costs me a fair amount each year.

and finally. how do these programs work when they deliver during the day while you’re at work??? do they leave the stuff by your front door or letter box (or another hopefully safe place at your house/flat etc) or do you have to pick it up from the post office after work or before work the next day??? like obvs you’d probs indicate in the delivery options part of the check out on where to leave them. but how inconvenient would it be when your dog poo bags aren’t on your doorstep when you get home, but instead they’re at the post office waiting to be picked up all bc they’re apparently a “sign only” item at your door??? get fucked. just get them from the pet shop/while grocery shopping instead if there’s no leave out of weather/in a safe place option like there are for many clothes websites (and they’re the only ones i shop on now tbh).

[yuusaris]

Rules: tag 9 people you want to know better

@tenderwulf sniped me with a tagging like a deer in an overpopulated area, let's gooooo

Aaand since this is going into a readmore cvuz this... got... long... I'm gunna tag here!

@ferelden-loser, @eponymous-rose, @odin-n-out, @purge-that-urge-rhackathon, @millenniumringg @tortoistor @ygio @bakawitch aaaaand @super-lovely-collection of course, I encourage to do as well.... pardon the length, but even in text form, my favorite person to listen to is always me~

Favorite Color: Not sure about one solid color in particular, but I am a fucking SUCKER for gem tones.

Currently Reading: If audiobooks count, then Gideon the Ninth. The audiobook is really good, I'm having a good-ass time with this necromantic romp. (Or, if you will... necrompancy)

If not - thennn I JUST wrapped up The Witch's Book of Self-Care. I've been thinking of dipping my toes into the witchy-ness pool and this was.... well, I won't say it's a good start, but it did give me personally a good idea of what I want for myself spiritually in general. That has value to me. There's little tidbits about Center and Ground that are just - good for me in general, as my own disassociation from my body is really bad and I'm ready to start... like... being a person.

It's a decent book for me to figure out what I need?... but it's more a leveling ground book than something for any witch. Kinda like when you buy a plot of land to build on, you gotta check the ground before you buy it? I enjoyed it, but I'm not about to confidently call myself a witch from one book that teaches me how to ground myself and get an awareness for the body two chapters after teaching me how to make my own body butter.

Last Song: Last night, I carefully curated my music tastes on my drive home. This was to make sure I had a solid song to throw on this list so y'all can see how my music taste slaps. This is not a jokey ha-ha, I really did this.

Because I really want people who haven't listened to Kuchizuke by BUCK-TICK to listen to Kuchizuke by BUCK-TICK. I'm linking the lyric version so y'all can get the bop as well as the english translation. The sing slaps. The song FUCKS. Yes, it's about vampires, but it's in my Body/Life playlist because it suits it best. Shiki's a big mood for what I'm writing. And also it just

?>....But just now when I went to YouTube to find it, I learned the OBC performed Way Down Hadestown on Good Morning America was on my feed. So I clicked it. And I listened to it IMMEDIATELY, which counts because it's a song, so. There goes that.. How does he behave when his emotions contradict each other>

Last Series: Taylor and I watched the first few episodes of the English dub Code:Realize anime just last night and as someone who's slogging through the visual novel, it's such a breath of fucking fresh air to see shit MOVING.

I don't care if I'm spoiled. This is just a nice funtime translation of a slow-paced VN with a lot of plot and a lot of talking and not a lot of romance for five fucking chapters. It's only a lot because the game is a lot and it only has 12 episodes to do it in but- bro.

Bro, they made Lupin really charming. He isn't offensive in-game, but his charm and likeability are super-buried in the beginning and you need to dig, so the anime gets the top-dirt off for you early-on, which is great for me. He looks so much better animated than he does in stills and his English voice is like f u ck i ng b u t t e r r r r . This is a nice guy to look at and pretty to listen to and his characterization is much more clear from the get-go, whereas in the game, it can take a while. His actual characterization as a romanceable Arsene Lupin - the way he talks, his capability, his sensibleness, his actual skills in theivery - are all things the game nails right away, but it's just elevated by being able to see these things in real-time and not just text-descriptions and stillshots.

....Bro, Impey's tolerable. His English VA did a fucking miracle and made him not a fucking cANCER. It's insane how much more palatable he is and how much better his characterization translates. Impey is intolerable for me in the game so far and I haven't even gotten onto the fucking train yet. His introduction sucked. His dialogue sucked. His inability to leave me alone sucked. How tone-deaf. How people-ignorant. How utterly annoying and overactive to the point of middle-school syndrome. And the anime just.... pulls his character into the light. When he moves, when he emotes, you can finally see he's... he's just goofy. He's not just some hyper, brainless annoying fuck, he's active and confident and a goofball. I could romance this version of Impey, it's just a much cleaner cultural translation of this ambitious, silly character with big dreams and - what's better conveyed as - a big heart.

My boy Fran is wonderful. My man Van is wonderful. Saint-G is wonderful. My girl Cardia is amazingly weird. They really nailed how frickin weird this chick is. The way she talks and speaks are so weird and it works for his weird she is. Cardia is a really fun MC for an otome VN because she has a really distinct character and to see that really shine through as a story conveyed, instead of a story I'm part of, is so much fun. Her design gives her this ethereal, out-of-touch, oddness, like a monster could be. Her voice acting is spot-on, just what a good translation of a good character.

I'm not trying to review the anime, I swear, I'm just so fucking happy about the changes to the two weakest characters in the game as well as the banger showcasing of my favorite otome MC, Cardia's amazing. It's definitely an anime for people playing/already played the game, i feel like if you didn't it would just be a lot, so I'm really excited and feeling pandered to and I LOVE IT.

Last Movie: ....Oh God, was it Primer?

... I couldn't have been Primer, but... no.

...No! It was - okay, Taylor's family and I re-watched What We Did In The Shadows! Okay! Yeah! Yeah, I knew we watched something after Primer it was - it was WWDITS, the original movie.

Sweet, Savory, or Spicy: All at once, next.

(tho, I do have a particularly bad sweet tooth...)

Craving: Breakfast. A nice full breakfast. Hard to get full breakfast sometimes, cuz it's a lot of physical work at home, but going out relies on people having turkey or chicken bacon, which is surprisingly less likely than one would think. I've got three restaurants I like for breakfast and only one of them keeps it on hand.

OH! And a nice tea. A nice oolong. I had a Dark Pearl oolong yesterday and god it was so rich and dark... I might want a Tung Ting today, something lighter... or maybe a milk oolong. I usually like the Jin Xuan milk oolong, but that's actually not available anymore, I heard climate change fucked up it's production.

Actually, no, a dark one would be best right now, especially if I'm gunna be shopping and writing today. And maybe cleaning.... maybe I will get that Dark Pearl again....

Currently working on: .....

......

...........

Gimmie a second. Gotta rummage through my room.

So, these?

These are the character sheets I'm doing for Bakura and Ryou.

I want to write more within my Body for Body, Life For Life AU and I have a lot of ideas for it. I've got a lot written out for it too - but no consistant characterization.

So, to help me with this, Taylor gave me the list of questions he uses for his characters for his own characters, so. In order for me to really feel comfortable with the two of them, filling this out has been a HUGE help.

You can see I've got Canon interpretations in there as well. This is because if I'm going to be writing AU's, then it's important, in my opinion, to know what you're working with from the canon. This way I understand what will be changed and why it's changed. Plus, to write canon stuff, this is good to have on hand.

I clearly worked on Bakura's first, his canon characterization is actually more consistent than Ryou, which means I can identify the different reasons and results that would establish his characterization in similar ways. He doesn't have the Ring backstory in a demon Au, obviously, so what factors establish his behavior, way of speaking, reactions, beliefs, and so any of those reasonably change while keeping to the same character?

Ryou is particularly... both freeing and difficult to work with due to how KT doesn't know what to do with him in canon. His relationship with Bakura is never explored in the manga or anime. His actions and emotions need fan interpretation to make sense to a person and that can vary a lot. You could probably disagree already with stuff I wrote, or will write in the future. And in fact, for other stuff I'm writing for him, I'm already writing him in different ways depending on what I'm doing. Ryou can be really fun and freeing to write because you can feasibly write him in a lot of different ways, but this can also make it really difficult to keep consistent, or worse, could damage the writing's tone.

In regards to Body/Life, I need to find a nice balance between Ryou wanting to marry Bakura, being in love with Bakura, and being suspicious of him. Ryou is, by contradiction, rather naïve and rather keen. He's been through a lot of shit that could traumatize a person and may have traumatized him, but he's not unsubscribing himself from it. I need to work through his characterization to understand why he wants to marry Bakura, why he loves this demon, why all of this is acceptable, and why the issue with the marriage is one he can accept or breeze off.

I need a balance for Bakura to both care for this person, need to use him like an object, and blur the line in-between so it reads like it could go either way. I need to be very careful with how I write his language, because I established that language is important to demons, and keep it consistent with Bakura being an in-canon rude prick. I need to understand what he wants, why he wants it, and where Ryou falls on that scale.

And I need to convince my readers that these two belong together.

And once I finish these sheets - I can throw out everything I've fucking written and start all. Over. AgaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[shrekspearfishing]

NSP:166 Speargun Accurizing with the Coatesman | Chris Coates

Interview with Chris Coatesman

How to upgrade your speargun and miss less fish! Today's episode is with the Coatesman, Chris Coates! He and Shrek talk about accurizing, it is a word, your speargun and go through common speargun problems. We rely heavily on our gear when spearfishing, this episode is all about making sure your hardware is working as best as it can. Roller guns vs traditional spearguns, barbs, bent shafts and everything you need to know to upgrade your speargun, aim better and miss less fish! Interested in roller guns? He has been the authority on roller's for a while now and has released a great video series on Youtube and his website called Unrolling The Roller, it's everything you need to know about roller guns!

What accuracy issues have you experienced? How did you solve them? Let us know in the comments!

  Important times:

00:14 Welcome to the show

05:15 Welcome back Chris Coatesman!

06:09 Spearfishing equipment cannot come back through the door

08:28 Every spearo has accuracy issues

09:53 The difference between weekend warriors and competitive spearos

11:02 First place to look, is your shaft straight?

12:15 I dive with at least 2 guns

14:20 Using the correct shaft

16:39 Why I use Rob Allen gear

19:08 Bro science vs engineering, practicality trumps the science

24:15 When buying a gun, make sure the shaft is aligned

25:11 I don't make shafts and I don't have handles

27:10 The downsides of homemade gear, don't just make things cheaper, make them better

30:57 Next thing to look at is tuning your barb

33:20 There is a reason you work through troubleshooting in a specific order

35:30 Wishbones and shooting line, dyneema vs mono

44:42 Keep your guns the same

46:39 You can't compare speargun prices to other sports. A speargun will last you 10 years if you do it right

48:27 Remove all doubt, have gear you can rely on. Carry spare parts

53:20 Fail fast and move on. Know where the issue is

55:22 Aiming tips and techniques

57:10 "Bad spearfishing shoot small fish"

58:19 Barret Harvey has a great aiming video 

01:00:34 What aiming style do you use?

01:05:22 Different techniques for different situations

01:07:44 Pool shooting for confidence

01:01:32 Don't wait for your gear to fail for you to take maintenance seriously

01:16:38 Thank you for being on the show Chris!

01:19:43 Outro and final thoughts

  Listen in and subscribe on iOS or Android https://link.chtbl.com/Download_This_Episode

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