#page 4358

[pesterloglog]

Karkat Vantas, Terezi Pyrope, Dave Strider, Aradia Megido, Rose Lalonde, Kanaya Maryam, Sollux Captor

Act 6, page 4352-4365

KARKAT: I WAS JOKING, GET THOSE FUCKING THINGS AWAY FROM ME

TEREZI: 1 4M SO SORRY YOU GUYS

TEREZI: W3 4R3 4CTU4LLY 4 LOT COOL3R TH4N TH1S!

DAVE: are you actually

TEREZI: ...

TEREZI: NO

TEREZI: NO W3 AR3 NOT

KARKAT: WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW

KARKAT: SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.

KARKAT: WHO'S THE LEADER NOW?

KARKAT: ARADIA ARE YOU THE LEADER NOW

KARKAT: OR IS IT ROSE "I HAVE AN IDEA, LET'S TAKE THE INVINCIBLE DEMON HEAD ON!" LALONDE.

KARKAT: I NEED TO KNOW WHO THE LEADER IS

KARKAT: I NEED TO KNOW IN WHOSE DIRECTION I MUST BEHAVE AS THE MOST PATHETICALLY USELESS SUBORDINATE I CAN BE.

KARKAT: QUICK, SOMEONE BOSS ME AROUND! I'M FUCKING INCOMPETENT AND RARING TO GO.

KARKAT: THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN THERE'S A LEADER AROUND TRYING TO MAKE PLANS, RIGHT?

KARKAT: YOU DROP YOUR IQ HARDER THAN A PAIR OF HILARIOUSLY PLUMMETING PANTS, YOU CEASELESSLY RAMBLE ABOUT VAPID BULLSHIT, YOU RUN AROUND HIDING ALL OF YOUR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS IN TREASURE CHESTS, AND THEN EVERYONE STARTS MURDERING EACH OTHER.

KARKAT: IF THERE'S ANY OTHER EXPERIENCE CHARACTERIZING LEADERSHIP, IT'S ONE I SURE AS FUCK NEVER HAD!

KARKAT: SO I NEED TO KNOW WHO THE LEADER IS.

KARKAT: STRIDER, IS IT YOU???

TEREZI: 4444444UGH

ARADIA: karkat i dont know if anyone cares about formal ranks like that anymore

ARADIA: or if anyone ever did!

ARADIA: but for what its worth i suggest that from now on you all listen closely to the advice of our human guests

DAVE: wait

DAVE: really

ARADIA: yes!

ARADIA: no need to be so modest dave

ARADIA: tactically speaking a knight of time and a seer of light is a nearly unbeatable combination

DAVE: ok

DAVE: i dont really have any orders to give though

DAVE: except for karkat to shut the hell up because that horseshit is more obnoxious in person than i ever imagined

KARKAT: OH WOW, I WOULD OFFER A RETORT TO YOUR VICIOUS BARB, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT UNLIKE EVERY ASSHOLE EVER, I CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW ORDERS AND SHUT MY MOUTH!

KARKAT: CHECK IT OUT, "DOGG"

KARKAT: ......................................

ARADIA: yes you are off to an excellent start as a subordinate

ARADIA: keep doing that!

ARADIA: but dave dont worry if you do not have instructions for us

ARADIA: the knight of time is not necessarily the tactician

ARADIA: he is a powerful warrior class which exploits the flow of time as a weapon

ARADIA: rose is the one who must play the role of the strategist

ARADIA: the seer class knows her aspect comprehensively

ARADIA: as a knower of all fortune she can see the circuitous path that will lead to the most favorable outcome for everyone

ARADIA: personally i would defer to her judgment!

TEREZI: R34LLY? YOU C4N DO TH4T??

ROSE: Yes.

TEREZI: TH4T SOUNDS 4 LOT MOR3 US3FUL TH4N MY S33R POW3RS >:[

ROSE: Illumination of the road to victory for all is an asset considerably different from command over the outcomes of decisions made by individuals.

ROSE: How do you know your talents won't be critical in blazing this auspicious trail?

TEREZI: UM

TEREZI: 1 GU3SS 1 DONT

ROSE: That's because you're not me.

KANAYA: Okay Then What Do We Do

ROSE: Nothing yet.

ROSE: But reasonably soon, within a certain window, it will be time to leave.

ROSE: We will then pilot this meteor as fast as we can make it go in that exact direction.

SOLLUX: what's that way?

ROSE: Nothing whatsoever.

ROSE: As of now, that way lies darkness and uncertainty beyond description.

KANAYA: I See

KANAYA: Then Perhaps We Should Reserve The Infinite Darkness Plan For The Maybe Column For Now

KANAYA: I Think Im Even Willing To Let Dave Take A Crack At The Logistics Before We Commit To That Particular Maneuver Daring Though It Sounds

DAVE: aw yeah

DAVE: i got sicknasty logistics up my sleeve

DAVE: i just call them stics fyi which is how you know im way savvy about them

DAVE: most of the stics im fine tuning atm involve rap though i should warn you

DAVE: but dave what if that dope as hell plan falls through i can hear you ask

DAVE: plan b

DAVE: involves drawing some shitty cartoons

DAVE: and not giving a fuck about stuff

TEREZI: >8D

TEREZI: 1 H3R3BY S3COND TH1S COOL DUD3S R4D1C4L MOT1ON ON GROUNDS OF R1D1CULOUSLY D3C4D3NT 4TT1R3

KANAYA: Yes Im Willing To Humor Elaboration On This Rap Centric Plan And Its Apathy Based Contingencies

KANAYA: Even If Its Excessively Stupid

ROSE: Trust me, it is.

ROSE: Just as you should trust me that by the time we leave, if we leave exactly within the designated window and are able to travel at nearly the speed of light, the meteor will trace a route through the Furthest Ring which will topologically resolve as a straight line.

ROSE: It will lead us directly to the new session.

ROSE: For a brief moment, the sun will be visible from that session.

ROSE: And we will be riding the chartreuse coattails of its photons.

ARADIA: this is why you all needed an advanced seer!

ARADIA: i have become familiar with the ways of the fabric out here but even i couldnt chart a journey that long or complex

ROSE: That's because it's almost impossible to do so voluntarily.

ROSE: If we were to head right now in the session's true physical direction, it wouldn't be long before we found ourselves traveling in just the opposite direction.

ROSE: This is not even to speak of the chronological peculiarities. After traveling some distance, we could discover we were suddenly tailgating our own meteor from several days ago.

ROSE: If we are particularly unfortunate, we might even collide in an intersection of spacetime with a meteor piloted by our future selves.

ROSE: And if we looked closely at that meteor before impact, we might notice a very large dent in it, which it originally suffered during the very collision we were about to experience.

ROSE: It takes precision and timing to reach your destination out here, and most importantly, the grace of the gods themselves.

KARKAT: PPPFFUUUUUUUHHHHHHH......... WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE...

ROSE: Hm?

SOLLUX: kk, what the fuck?

SOLLUX: were you h0lding your breath that wh0le time?

KARKAT: YEAH

KARKAT: SO?

TEREZI: OH GOD, YOU DUMMY

TEREZI: YOU DONT 4CTU4LLY H4V3 TO HOLD YOUR BR34TH WH3N YOUR3 B31NG QU13T!

KARKAT: OK YEAH

KARKAT: I MEAN, OF COURSE IT SOUNDS OBVIOUS WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT

DAVE: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

DAVE: rose i told you this dude is fucking incredible

KARKAT: STFU.

KARKAT: LOOK I'M JUST A LITTLE OUT OF PRACTICE AT STAYING QUIET FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, OK?

TEREZI: H3 R34LLY 1S >:|

KARKAT: ANYWAY, WHATEVER, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING LALONDE IS

KARKAT: WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THIS HORRIBLE ROCK A GOOD WHILE LONGER TO GET TO THIS PARADISE SESSION OR WHATEVER IT IS?

ROSE: Yes.

KARKAT: AND SINCE WE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO FORCE SOLLUX'S BULLSHIT "HALF GHOST" OR WHATEVER TO POP HIMSELF AGAIN LIKE A PACKET OF NASTY FETID MUSTARD SO HE CAN SHOOT THIS THING INTO HYPERSPACE...

SOLLUX: hey man, come 0n. not c0ol.

KARKAT: I'M GUESSING THAT MEANS IT'LL TAKE CONSIDERABLY LONGER TO GET THERE THAN IT DID TO GET HERE?

ROSE: Yes.

KARKAT: I JUST KNEW IT

KARKAT: THIS IS MY WORST NIGHTMARE REALIZED

KARKAT: WHEN WE FIRST FLED TO THIS METEOR I HAD THIS WEIRD FEELING WE'D WIND UP SPENDING FOREVER AT THIS MISERABLE PLACE, ASSUMING WE ACTUALLY SURVIVED.

KARKAT: I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO ASK, HOW LONG IS THIS TRIP GOING TO TAKE?

KARKAT: PROBABLY SOME ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS AMOUNT OF TIME, LIKE THREE LONG MADDENING SWEEPS, RIGHT???

KARKAT: WOULDN'T THAT JUST BE SO COSMICALLY CONVENIENT AND PERFECT FOR EVERYBODY! ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT PURPOSE OF ALL, MY UNINTERRUPTED CONTINUUM OF PERSONAL AGONY!!!

KARKAT: THANK YOU, DARK GODS! THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH!!! YOU WIN THIS ROUND! YOU WIN ALL THE ROUNDS APPARENTLY!!!!! THERE ARE NO ROUNDS EVEN. THERE'S JUST YOUR SLIMY TENDRILS, OUR NAKED BODIES, AND EPOCHS OF MOLESTATION.

ROSE: Don't be ridiculous. It won't take nearly that long.

KARKAT: OH

ROSE: It'll only take about three years.

KARKAT: OK

KARKAT: THAT'S NOT SO BAD I GUESS.

KARKAT: WAIT, HOW LONG ARE YEARS SUPPOSED TO BE AGAIN?

KARKAT: WAS IT LIKE TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING?

ROSE: Yes, two.

ROSE: And then fifty more.

KARKAT: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

ARADIA: karkat go back to holding your breath!

ARADIA: this is going to be a wonderful adventure for everyone

ARADIA: im a bit jealous honestly!

ARADIA: or i would be if i wasnt having such a good time with my death fangirl thing :p

KANAYA: So

KANAYA: You Arent Coming Then

ARADIA: no

ARADIA: i still have important work to do here

TEREZI: 4WW >:[

ARADIA: but that doesnt rule out the possibility we could meet again in bubbles along your journey!

TEREZI: 1 HOP3 SO

SOLLUX: yeah, i think i'll hang behind here t0o, if that's 0k with you guys.

KARKAT: WAIT, WHAT?

KARKAT: NO COME ON, DON'T BE LIKE THAT

SOLLUX: be like what? a ghost??

SOLLUX: i d0n't think i belong with the living anym0re.

KARKAT: YOU'RE A *HALF* GHOST, ASSHOLE.

KARKAT: WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? HOW ARE YOU EVEN TAKING THIS IDIOTIC "HALF DEATH" SERIOUSLY IF YOU JUST GO HOG WILD AS A FUCKING WHOLE-GHOST, AND SAY STUPID SHIT LIKE, BLAH BLAH, I BELONG IN THE AFTERLIFE NOW LIKE A DUMBASS.

SOLLUX: kk, SORRY.

SOLLUX: i'm just d0ne with this crap, this insane adventure bullshit, it's nothing pers0nal.

SOLLUX: i just want to spend time with aa and chill 0ut and catch up with some 0f our dead buddies, is that 0k?

KARKAT: WHATEVER, FINE.

KARKAT: I'M GOING BACK TO NOT BREATHING AGAIN.

KARKAT: HHHHHHHHHHHHUUUUP.............

KANAYA: Maybe I Will Stay Here Too

ROSE: Why?

KANAYA: As Nice As It Sounds To Move On

KANAYA: I Dont Know If I Can Stand Three Of Your Human Years Of More Darkness

KANAYA: I Like This Sun Its Comforting In A Strange Way

KANAYA: Like Home

ROSE: But what if we need your help?

KANAYA: What Could I Possibly Do

KANAYA: Aside From Providing A Light Source As You Navigate The Dim Corridors

KANAYA: I Would Function As A Premium Escort To The Load Gaper And Thats About It

ARADIA: but kanaya you still have important work to finish too!

ARADIA: we cant ignore our duties

KANAYA: What Are You Talking About

ARADIA: our race is extinct remember

ARADIA: and after a few more casualties it is now hanging by a thread

ARADIA: your job was to see to the resurrection of our people

KANAYA: What Real Hope Is There For That

KANAYA: The Orb Was Destroyed

KANAYA: I Was Never Able To Duplicate It The Grist Cost Was Astronomical

ARADIA: theres always hope though!

ARADIA: you just never know and i dont think you should give up

KANAYA: Doesnt Rose Know

KANAYA: Cant You See The Path To Victory On This Matter

ROSE: It's hard to say.

ROSE: Does the repopulation of your species qualify as victory?

ROSE: These things aren't always clear cut. Some outcomes are for your own judgment.

ROSE: What outcome would you like the most?

KANAYA: I Would Like To Have The Orb Again And To Keep It Safe This Time

KANAYA: And I Guess To Not Be A Total Failure

ROSE: Ok.

ROSE: If you follow my advice, I can at least promise you will find yourself in the best position to determine whether that may come to pass.

KANAYA: ...

ROSE: Can you please come?

ROSE: Between the two of us, you with your inexplicably heretofore unmentioned phosphorescence, and I with my nigh-reflective traffic cone orange sun-sari, the meteor should never be too dark.

KARKAT: (sollux, oh my god is it me or is everybody already just fucking hitting on each other left and right? oh god i can't take sweeps of this shit, don't leave me alone here, please don't)

SOLLUX: ehehehehe.

KANAYA: Well

KANAYA: All Right

KANAYA: But Must We Really Leave So Soon

ROSE: It's soon or never. But not immediately.

ROSE: Even if the route were accessible right now, it would still behoove us to wait.

ROSE: There's correspondence from John yet to arrive.

DAVE: whoa really

ROSE: And after that, we have to wait for one final guest to appear.

ROSE: Then we ride like the solar wind. The race will be afoot.

KANAYA: Wait Another Visitor

KANAYA: Who

KARKAT: FUCK!

ROSE: Oh lord.

ROSE: Now what?

KARKAT: BRO, WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR BODY

KARKAT: SOLLUX, WHERE DID YOUR BODY GO???

SOLLUX: hell if i kn0w.

ARADIA: oh nooo :(

KARKAT: WAIT A MINUTE.

KARKAT: WAIT JUST A FUCKING MINUTE, WHERE'S...

KARKAT: SHIT

KARKAT: VRISKA'S BODY IS GONE TOO!

DAVE: wait

DAVE: shes dead too

TEREZI: 3R...

DAVE: you guys are so messed up

KARKAT: WHERE ARE THEY?

KARKAT: DID ANYONE SEE WHAT HAPPENED??

KARKAT: DAMMIT, WHEN THE FUCK WILL I LEARN NOT TO TURN MY BACK ON THE BODIES.

KARKAT: HOLD ON

KARKAT: OH NO, WHERE'S GAMZEE

KANAYA: He Took Them

KANAYA: Look At The Trails

KARKAT: OHHHH FUCK

KARKAT: NO, FUCK NO, FUCK THAT CORPSE HOARDING SACK OF HORRIBLE GARBAGE.

DAVE: wait has the juggalo troll been giving you guys fits like this or something

DAVE: like this is a thing

DAVE: like a pattern

KARKAT: NICE GUESS SHIT HEAD!

DAVE: oh man one of you has got to sit me down and tell me what actually happened here it all just sounds fuckin amazing in sort of the stupidest way possible

DAVE: i mean like personal tragedies notwithstanding

KARKAT: YEAH, HE DOES THIS

KARKAT: HE SORT OF COLLECTS BODIES AND DECAPITATES THEM AND STUFF

KARKAT: STICKS THEM IN BIG SCIENCE JARS, FOR SOME REASON??

KANAYA: Im Pretty Sure He Kisses Them Too Sometimes

KARKAT: NO NO NO I'M NOT LISTENING TO SHIT LIKE THAT, I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT.

KARKAT: IT'S LIKE

KARKAT: YOU KNOW HOW EVERY NOW AND THEN YOUR LUSUS WILL BRING SOME RANDOM ASS DEAD ANIMAL BACK TO YOUR HIVE FOR NO FUCKING REASON

KARKAT: AND THEY DON'T EVER STOP DOING THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU YELL

KARKAT: IT'S LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

DAVE: not really

DAVE: oh wait

DAVE: against all odds i sorta do

DAVE: mine actually did do that once

KARKAT: YES, THERE YOU GO.

DAVE: when i was really young

DAVE: he made this stupid leather bib for me out of a goddamn horse

DAVE: for the ironies obviously

ROSE: Was that the one you mentioned had a pink heart on it?

DAVE: yeah

ROSE: Hmm.

DAVE: what

ROSE: It's just that with the clarity afforded by my new abilities, it occurred to me just now that dead horse was likely the beautiful pet pony my mother gave me recently.

ROSE: It was crushed to death by your newborn ass.

ROSE: You bastard.

DAVE: well shit

DAVE: thats a hell of a mystery no one thought was a mystery and didnt even really need solving

DAVE: but damn if it didnt just get solved so nice work

ROSE: Thanks.

KARKAT: KANAYA WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

KANAYA: Clown Hunting

KARKAT: OH NO...

KARKAT: ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

KARKAT: I MEAN WHO EVEN REALLY CARES IF HE STOLE MORE BODIES.

KARKAT: HE CAN HAVE THEM FRANKLY, AS LONG AS IT KEEPS HIM OUT OF TROUBLE.

KARKAT: WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A FUCKING CORPSE PARTY, SERIOUSLY, FUCK THAT DUMB IDEA.

KANAYA: ...

KARKAT: ALRIGHT IF YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO GO

KARKAT: JUST

KARKAT: BE CAREFUL

KARKAT: NO MORE POINTLESS BLOODSHED, OK? THAT'S AN ORDER!

KARKAT: WAIT FUCK

KARKAT: I'M NOT LEADER ANYMORE

KARKAT: ROSE CAN YOU ORDER HER TO DO THAT?

KARKAT: SAY WHAT I JUST SAID, REALLY ANGRILY

KARKAT: ASSUMING YOU CAN EVEN *BE* ANGRY.

ROSE: ...

KARKAT: WAIT

KARKAT: GUYS SOMETHING'S HAPPENING...

KARKAT: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON NOW???

KARKAT: HOLY

KARKAT: FUCKING

KARKAT: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

KARKAT: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

KARKAT: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

KARKAT: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

[kmp78]

´ Her thing are also old pics 💯🤦🏻‍♀️” what makes you think so? I never saw them before ´

Because they are photos that her agency exploits on their site and they are not recent because they have been there for several months.

https://www.marilynagency.com/new-york/main/women/beauty-thinn/4358/

Are you fucking kidding me?

Her JL troll pic made it onto the official Marilyn page? 😂

Why not just dump the petri dish bikini shots in there too while you're at it... 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

[tkachunk]

Short Fic Recs (< 10 000 words)

nothing else shaking so you might just as well by iceguy (1470 words): (tim/brady) look i'll rec anything by ao3 user iceguy but this one is about an iconic moment in timbrady herstory (the tim fight against the oilers) and really nails the msrh codependency, even in a post-msrh era (the msrh is a state of mind. in a way, we're all living in the msrh)

luck and timing by aliquis (9870 word): (connor mcmicheal/hendrix lapierre) rarepair anyone? i would be lying if i said i could identify either of these players by sight but the author really nailed the enthusiastic puppy 4 bitchy cat vibe, which is a joy to read.

wish i had a river by puck yeah (4358 words): (tk/np) what happens to a relationship when needs aren't communicated and also patty exploring a post-nhl world, which is always delightful

so i don't have to keep imagining by preciousthings (6048 words): (superbuddies) miscommunication and pining! and then lying about miscommunication to save the friendship (gotta be one of my favourite tropes)

pages of my heart by deceasedraven (4350 words): (tk/np) i don't have the stats on this but i'm pretty sure this is my most reread fic. it's fun, it's funny, it's got kevin hayes acting like an idiot. what else can you possibly need in a fic

love is a game we deserve to play out loud by growlery (5349 words): (tk/np) every time i see this fic in my bookmarks i am SHOCKED that it doesn't have more hits. this fic has EVERYTHING; royalty au, pining, father figure claude giroux. rhyming.

[crackinglamb]

Year-End Writer’s Roundup: 2020

 Tagged by @pikapeppa, thank you so much!

I invite @luzial, @fasterpuddytat, @natsora, @rosebud1773, and @ir0n-angel to join in on the roundup.  And anyone else who wants to do it.  No pressure, of course.

This was...a Year.  There is simply no denying the dumpster fire this year was.  On a global level, and on a personal level for me, this year was just awful.  But I channeled a hell of a lot of that into escapism and I wrote.  I wrote to the exclusion of almost everything else, other than gaming in order to find inspiration to write.  Is that going to come back and bite me in the ass when reality kicks in?  More than likely.   Am I in a headspace to care yet?  Nope, not at all.  I’m still writing.

This is excessively long, so I will put it under a cut.

Word Count:

(and other associated stat breakdowns)

Published in 2020: (There were three chaptered fics that started in 2019.  Yes, I went through and figured out how many words were posted previous to Jan 1, 2020 and subtracted them.) - 364,396 words.

I posted fic for 3 fandoms - Borderlands, Dragon Age and Mass Effect - totaling 27 separate works.

Of those, 11 are rated E, 11 rated T, 4 rated M and one rated G.

9 works are multi-chapter, which means 18 oneshots.

There are additionally roughly 100K words written that have either not been posted yet (for Twist, A Wolf Named Vengeance, Just Like Fire and The Cutting Room Floor) or are not ready for posting (those would be The Fox Runs, Twist Some More, The Bullet With Your Name On It, Carly’s Journal, This Is All We Know and an untitled Darcy Lewis/Loki...thing).

The Top Five by hits:

Twist (25,388) - MGIT Solavellan, in progress.

Racing Down the Barrel (4358) - Established relationship ME2 Shakarian, complete.

Some Kind of Resolution (3064) - Canon divergent Shryik, complete.

The Cutting Room Floor (2553) - Attendant snippet fic for Twist, in progress.

Cross-Species Liaisons (1813) - Fluff-uary prompts for ME, complete.

Honorable Mentions:

No Strings (1057) - highest hit oneshot of the year.  Iron Bull/Female Lavellan smutfest.

Humans Are Just...Like That (101) - highest kudo’d oneshot of the year.  Humans are space orcs with a Shakarian backdrop, post Reaper war.

New Things I Tried This Year:

*snort*  I tried Dragon Age this year.  I think I might be stuck, I can’t seem to escape its grasp.  I hear that’s a thing that happens.  It’s hard to believe I’ve only been writing for DA since the end of January. 

I also tried writing more fluff (see the Fluff-uary 2020 Collection), and managed an actual slow burn (see Twist).

Fic I Spent the Most Time On:

Without a doubt, it’s Twist.  The entire fic took nearly exactly 9 months to write to completion.  With an attendant snippet fic and a sequel in progress, this story officially Ate My Life.

Fic I Spent the Least Time On:

Unrepentant, a Solavellan oneshot that I maybe spent two hours on before posting.  ‘Ware the tags, it’s a bit kinky.

Favorite Thing I Wrote:

Aside from the absolute behemoth that Twist turned into, I’d say it’s Unrepentant.  It’s precisely the flavor of dark, gentle dom Solas I wanted to read, so I wrote it myself.

Favorite Thing I Read:

It’s a toss-up.  There are a few fics I read this year that I’ve returned to time and again.  I highly recommend all of them.  In no particular order:

The Love That Grows From Violence, queenofkadara ( @pikapeppa ).  Pika’s take on Felassan will forever be the gold standard to which he is held, imho.

The Unending Wake, harellanart.  Really, it’s the entire series Those Who Forget.  I’ve lost count how many times I’ve read it start to finish.

the pen, too, can open wounds, SubparLizard.  Made me laugh and made me cry at times.  I wish there was more of it.

All of these, according to my history, I’ve visited at least 100 times (keeping in mind that I comment a lot, they’re all multi-chapter and ao3 evidently counts each refresh of the page as a new visit).

Writing Goals For Next Year:

*weeps while laughing*

To actually finish a WIP before I start posting it.  I get so impatient to share.  It’s such a struggle.  But I am Determined(tm).

Happy new year to you all and may the Creativity Gods bless you!

[autumnblogs]

Day 33: Delightful Character Interactions

https://homestuck.com/story/4294

The characters’ first steps into Godhood see them immediately capable of meddling with the narrative layer of their own universe - they are now one rank more powerful in the hierarchy of meta-narrative wackiness.

Curiously, rather than alienating them, their first godly powers actually allow them to remove a level of abstraction from the way that their interactions can be conveyed.

I must admit, I’m pretty accustomed to, and endeared to, the theory that Power is Inhuman, and tends to be alienating, but it’s nice to see Homestuck’s take on godhood be that it is what you make of it.

https://homestuck.com/story/4304

I think it’s really ironic how truly little any individual victim of Lord English knows about the guy. Like, even though he is arguably the most relevant person in Paradox Space, it doesn’t entail any glory for him at all.

He’s extremely coy about the fact that he’s the man behind everyone’s suffering. It’s like a little joke for his own private enjoyment, which would be slightly less funny if anyone other than him were in on it any more than they strictly need to be.

His influence is felt by absolutely everyone, but he doesn’t take credit for it most of the time.

https://homestuck.com/story/4358

The main takeaways from this absurd, delightful conversation are that Sollux is done with this shit, and Kanaya is consumed by vengeance.

Of the two, Sollux is definitely going to get the “nicer” deal if you can call it that, since by all accounts, he spends the remainder of eternity macking on Feferi and Nepeta.

Also, Karkat is just having the most enjoyable meltdown, I really do enjoy these sections where the characters are all together and interacting with each other accomplishing nothing of relevance. I don’t comment on it often, because I guess the thing that I’m most interested in is examining the themes of the story and mostly attracted to negativity. I’ve hardly had anything to say this post because it’s all fluff, and hardly any substance - worldbuilding and (admittedly excellent) irrelevant character interactions.

But it’s moments like these that really shine and help to turn a comic that could easily be relentlessly grim into a gutbustingly funny comedy full of endearing characters.

https://homestuck.com/story/4390

We’ll conclude here for tonight. I think we’re going to be cutting down to only 100 pages at a time for the forseeable future. Work is hells of busy, and I like distracting myself with stuff that’s not quite as cerebral when I can.

At that pace, it should take us a little over a month to finish.

For now, it’s Cam signing off, Alive, and not Alone.

[homostuck-edits]

Page 4358 (clown hunting) with Godtier Lynera as Kanaya?

Here you go!! I headcanon Lynera as a Heir Of Rage, so I Hope this is alright.

[anthrochristianramsey]

Tuesday Activity Breakdown: (2019-01-22)

早餐 Chinese Learning (6:30-7AM): Morning Cooking Session

01/22/2019

Morning Presentation (7-7:30AM): Probability Multiplication Rule

01/22/2019

Daily Summary

January 21, 2019 Total steps: 4358 Floors climbed: 8 Calories burned: 2391 Elevation gained: 24.38 meters Traveled: 3.11 kilometers Sedentary minutes: 651 Lightly active minutes: 221 Fairly active minutes: 7 Very active minutes: 6 via Fitbit

Block 1 (7:30-8:30AM): Stats Review

01/22/2019

Daily Snack Pack: Celery & Celery Root & Wheat Grass & Kombu & Parsnip | 芹菜 & 芹菜根 & 小麦草 & 防风草 & 海带 (1/22/2019)

01/22/2019

Morning Deep Learning Lecture (9:10-9:40AM): Mathematics for Computer Science

Morning Deep Learning Lecture (9:10-9:40M): Notes - Mathematics for Computer Science

01/22/2019

Block 2 (10-12PM): Literature Review

01/22/2019

锻炼 Block Break Session 1 (9:45-10PM): Exercise

01/22/2019

Lunch + Mathematics Problem Solving (12:00-12:30PM): Computer Science

01/22/2019

Lunch Break (12:30-1PM): Nap

01/22/2019

Block 3 (1-3PM): Computer Science Practice

01/22/2019

锻炼 Block Break Session 2 (3:10-3:30PM): Exercise

01/22/2019

Day 387 of 730 Days of Data Science Code

01/22/2019

晚餐 Chinese Learning (5:00-5:50PM): Dinner (Raw)

01/22/2019

Block 5 (5:10-5:50PM): Cleaning and Reorganizing

01/22/2019

Daily 冥想 Meditation (6-6:30PM): Headspace

01/22/2019

Daily 中文学习 Chinese learning (6:40-7:10PM): Conversation

01/22/2019

Evening Deep Learning Lecture (7:15-8PM): Mathematics for Computer Science

Evening Deep Learning Lecture (7:15-8PM): Notes - Mathematics for Computer Science

01/22/2019

Block Schedule for Jan 23rd, 2019 - Wednesday Schedule

01/22/2019

Block 4 (3:30-5PM): Planning Chinese Learning - Rosetta Stone

01/22/2019

Daily Productivity Summary (1/22/2019)

Link: https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/1nDZG_J_QiC51-XfGIOzaWuPvyUgXv6XL/page/dJkR

01/22/2019

Sleep (shui jiao) (8PM)

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How To Use Hashtags For Content Curation On Twitter -Scoopit

Curating content for your audience can add a lot of value to your Twitter marketing efforts. Besides allowing you to demonstrate versatility, curated content shows you have inside industry awareness that your audience is in search of. And as an added bonus, content curation means you don’t always have to feel pressured to produce unique content.

While curating content on Twitter can expose your brand to a lot of potential new customers, it can be hard getting started. In this blog post I’m going to break down the steps you need to take, from using hashtags correctly, to scheduling your content and making sure your Tweets are optimally engaging.

Let’s get started.

What is Content Curation?

In a nutshell, content curation is the method of gathering helpful information from a variety of industry sources and presenting it to your readers. Just about everywhere you look on the internet, you’ll find examples of content curation. People curate content on their social media pages, add RSS feeds to their blogs, and you’ll find this type of content presented on social bookmarking sites such as Digg.

The process of content curation can be used by anyone, but it’s a particularly useful tool for marketers, who can use curated content to increase the value of their marketing efforts. To simplify things, just think of content curation as a way in which you go out into the vast Internet and find the absolute best and most relevant information that will bring value to your tribe.

Content curation is a great way to engage your twitter followers. When done correctly, content curation will have a direct positive impact on your Twitter growth rate as well as your website traffic and business.

“But why would I want to expose my audience to someone else’s content and website? Won’t I lose followers or, gulp, sales??”

No, that’s a myth. The reality is, you don’t know everything. We’d all love to have all the answers, but that’s just not realistic. And when you’re running a business, you just don’t have the time to constantly be creating unique content.

The truth is, when you direct your readers to the answers they seek, it doesn’t matter that someone else gives them the answers. They’ll remember that you facilitated the information exchange. You just need to find great content that works for your social media audience.

The bottom line is, while you are sharing other people’s content with your audience, you are providing your readers will a lot of value, and this will increase engagement on your Twitter profile.

Why are hashtags important while curating content?

Social media sites like Twitter encourage users to use hashtags within their posts. This allows users to easily find content that may interest them. Hashtags will also expose prospective customers and followers to your brand.

When curating content, you want to be sure you segment that content so it will resonate with specific groups of people, much like you might segment your email subscribers to ensure you send them the MOST relevant messaging. Hashtags are how you split content up into categories so it can be found by people who are interested.

For instance, you may own a catering company and would want to use different hashtags such as #DeliciousVeganRecipes or #BestComfortFoods to ensure the right people see your specific tweets.

How do you select the right hashtags?

Where do you start when it comes to selecting hashtags that will offer you the most bang for your marketing buck? Hashtag research.

Using twitter analytics tools like socialert, ritekit, hashtagify will allow you to see what hashtags your competitors are using successfully. Since you are both speaking to the same demographic, there’s a very good chance those same hashtags will work for you!

How to select content and schedule tweets

In order to do content curation, the right way, it’s vitally important that you KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. Audience research should be your very first step, if you haven’t done it already. You can’t share content that your audience will view as valuable and relevant if you don’t know who they are, what they need and what they may be struggling with.

As the person who is going to curate content, your role is to choose THE MOST RELEVANT content for your audience. Don’t hit that TWEET button until you are sure if your content will be helpful to your audience.

Once you’ve shared curated content with your audience, you’ll want to track those tweets to gauge the levels of twitter engagement. Doing this will help you to understand the kind of content that really resonates with your followers. Socialert will help you track your hashtag campaigns.

One final thing: be sure to add your own personal take on the content you are sharing. Your followers want to know what YOU think and why YOU feel they will benefit from this piece of curated content.

Schedule curated posts in advance

To make your life easier and to help you ensure you are constantly dripping out great content, scheduling your curated posts in advance using a tool like Hootsuite and Agorapulse.

How can you create engaging tweets?

So, you’ve done some research and you know who your target audience is, you know the kind of content they want, and you know what hashtags to use. You’re almost there. Now you’ve got to ensure your tweets are as engaging as possible.

Here are a few ways to make your curated posts engaging:

Make them visually attractive – Visual Tweets attract more attention and retain it. So don’t just past an external link in your post, write a few lines and think you’re done. Try and add an attractive image, infographic, video clip or GIF that supports the content.

Tag your audience – Why not get more followers by mentioning some well-known influencers in your industry? If they find the content you’ve shared valuable, they may retweet it or reply to you. This, in turn, will boost your overall reach.

For example, Neil Patel is a big social media influencer.

If you were posting curated content about social media marketing and you tagged him in your Tweet, he may share it with his followers, helping you to grow your fanbase. For this to work with curated content, be SURE that you add your own viewpoint or take on what you’re sharing.

Always use a call-to-action – You’ve gone through the trouble of finding really great content you believe will add value to your followers and help them in some way. You have GIVEN and now it’s time for you to RECEIVE. So ASK your followers to share, like and retweet your posts.

Here’s a great example of a creative all-to-action.

Some ecards is an online e-card company that puts a BIG call-to-action right in their cover image. It’s funny and clever, and it helps them turn visitors into followers.

Use the right language – If you want to generate more twitter impressions on your curated Tweets, you’ll need to use language your readers understand and relate to. This will help you get more likes and shares. You can use Twitter analytics tools like twitonomy, socialert to help you discover the topics that are most popular with your audience.

This will give you insight into the kinds of words and phrases that might resonate best with them.

Measure and Track Engagement

Once you’ve sent out a perfectly engaging curated Tweet, you’ll want to track it and measure its engagement levels. Use hashtag tracking tools to track your tweets to measure hashtag reach and metrics including twitter hashtag impressions, sentiments, most retweeted tweets and more. This will give you an idea of what’s working and what’s not so you can tweak your campaigns and see better results in the future.

Conclusion

I hope you now understand how powerful content curation can be for your brand’s marketing efforts and audience engagement. If you find the right content, keeping your audience in mind, use hashtags you KNOW have worked for your competitors, and taken every step to make sure your Tweets are engaging, your campaigns have no choice but to help you reach your overall business objectives!

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How To Use Hashtags For Content Curation On Twitter -Scoopit

Curating content for your audience can add a lot of value to your Twitter marketing efforts. Besides allowing you to demonstrate versatility, curated content shows you have inside industry awareness that your audience is in search of. And as an added bonus, content curation means you don’t always have to feel pressured to produce unique content.

While curating content on Twitter can expose your brand to a lot of potential new customers, it can be hard getting started. In this blog post I’m going to break down the steps you need to take, from using hashtags correctly, to scheduling your content and making sure your Tweets are optimally engaging.

Let’s get started.

What is Content Curation?

In a nutshell, content curation is the method of gathering helpful information from a variety of industry sources and presenting it to your readers. Just about everywhere you look on the internet, you’ll find examples of content curation. People curate content on their social media pages, add RSS feeds to their blogs, and you’ll find this type of content presented on social bookmarking sites such as Digg.

The process of content curation can be used by anyone, but it’s a particularly useful tool for marketers, who can use curated content to increase the value of their marketing efforts. To simplify things, just think of content curation as a way in which you go out into the vast Internet and find the absolute best and most relevant information that will bring value to your tribe.

Content curation is a great way to engage your twitter followers. When done correctly, content curation will have a direct positive impact on your Twitter growth rate as well as your website traffic and business.

“But why would I want to expose my audience to someone else’s content and website? Won’t I lose followers or, gulp, sales??”

No, that’s a myth. The reality is, you don’t know everything. We’d all love to have all the answers, but that’s just not realistic. And when you’re running a business, you just don’t have the time to constantly be creating unique content.

The truth is, when you direct your readers to the answers they seek, it doesn’t matter that someone else gives them the answers. They’ll remember that you facilitated the information exchange. You just need to find great content that works for your social media audience.

The bottom line is, while you are sharing other people’s content with your audience, you are providing your readers will a lot of value, and this will increase engagement on your Twitter profile.

Why are hashtags important while curating content?

Social media sites like Twitter encourage users to use hashtags within their posts. This allows users to easily find content that may interest them. Hashtags will also expose prospective customers and followers to your brand.

When curating content, you want to be sure you segment that content so it will resonate with specific groups of people, much like you might segment your email subscribers to ensure you send them the MOST relevant messaging. Hashtags are how you split content up into categories so it can be found by people who are interested.

For instance, you may own a catering company and would want to use different hashtags such as #DeliciousVeganRecipes or #BestComfortFoods to ensure the right people see your specific tweets.

How do you select the right hashtags?

Where do you start when it comes to selecting hashtags that will offer you the most bang for your marketing buck? Hashtag research.

Using twitter analytics tools like socialert, ritekit, hashtagify will allow you to see what hashtags your competitors are using successfully. Since you are both speaking to the same demographic, there’s a very good chance those same hashtags will work for you!

How to select content and schedule tweets

In order to do content curation, the right way, it’s vitally important that you KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. Audience research should be your very first step, if you haven’t done it already. You can’t share content that your audience will view as valuable and relevant if you don’t know who they are, what they need and what they may be struggling with.

As the person who is going to curate content, your role is to choose THE MOST RELEVANT content for your audience. Don’t hit that TWEET button until you are sure if your content will be helpful to your audience.

Once you’ve shared curated content with your audience, you’ll want to track those tweets to gauge the levels of twitter engagement. Doing this will help you to understand the kind of content that really resonates with your followers. Socialert will help you track your hashtag campaigns.

One final thing: be sure to add your own personal take on the content you are sharing. Your followers want to know what YOU think and why YOU feel they will benefit from this piece of curated content.

Schedule curated posts in advance

To make your life easier and to help you ensure you are constantly dripping out great content, scheduling your curated posts in advance using a tool like Hootsuite and Agorapulse.

How can you create engaging tweets?

So, you’ve done some research and you know who your target audience is, you know the kind of content they want, and you know what hashtags to use. You’re almost there. Now you’ve got to ensure your tweets are as engaging as possible.

Here are a few ways to make your curated posts engaging:

Make them visually attractive – Visual Tweets attract more attention and retain it. So don’t just past an external link in your post, write a few lines and think you’re done. Try and add an attractive image, infographic, video clip or GIF that supports the content.

Tag your audience – Why not get more followers by mentioning some well-known influencers in your industry? If they find the content you’ve shared valuable, they may retweet it or reply to you. This, in turn, will boost your overall reach.

For example, Neil Patel is a big social media influencer.

If you were posting curated content about social media marketing and you tagged him in your Tweet, he may share it with his followers, helping you to grow your fanbase. For this to work with curated content, be SURE that you add your own viewpoint or take on what you’re sharing.

Always use a call-to-action – You’ve gone through the trouble of finding really great content you believe will add value to your followers and help them in some way. You have GIVEN and now it’s time for you to RECEIVE. So ASK your followers to share, like and retweet your posts.

Here’s a great example of a creative all-to-action.

Some ecards is an online e-card company that puts a BIG call-to-action right in their cover image. It’s funny and clever, and it helps them turn visitors into followers.

Use the right language – If you want to generate more twitter impressions on your curated Tweets, you’ll need to use language your readers understand and relate to. This will help you get more likes and shares. You can use Twitter analytics tools like twitonomy, socialert to help you discover the topics that are most popular with your audience.

This will give you insight into the kinds of words and phrases that might resonate best with them.

Measure and Track Engagement

Once you’ve sent out a perfectly engaging curated Tweet, you’ll want to track it and measure its engagement levels. Use hashtag tracking tools to track your tweets to measure hashtag reach and metrics including twitter hashtag impressions, sentiments, most retweeted tweets and more. This will give you an idea of what’s working and what’s not so you can tweak your campaigns and see better results in the future.

Conclusion

I hope you now understand how powerful content curation can be for your brand’s marketing efforts and audience engagement. If you find the right content, keeping your audience in mind, use hashtags you KNOW have worked for your competitors, and taken every step to make sure your Tweets are engaging, your campaigns have no choice but to help you reach your overall business objectives!

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PPC Case Study: How To Reduce Cost Per Lead By 85%

https://superspunarticle.com/?p=4358 PPC Case Study: How To Reduce Cost Per Lead By 85% https://superspunarticle.com/?p=4358 The Hoth provided this post. I usually look forward to reviewing 1 of their articles as they are very entertaining. I hope you find it interesting. In this PPC case study we will show you how we took an existing campaign, dropped the lead cost by over 85%, saved them thousands in ad spend, and 6x’d the monthly lead count. Want to see how we did it? In this article, I’m going to break down the strategies that helped us turn this campaign around… AND show you how to apply these strategies to your Google Ads PPC Campaigns! Let’s dive in! Background This client sells high-end specialty home goods that have prices starting at ~$5k+, so this is a lucrative market. The website is set up as sort of an e-commerce store, with all types of products listed. Because this is such a high-end market, most people don’t just buy online, they always speak with someone to match them up with the perfect product. They came to us for some help in reducing their lead cost, as well as delivering them a higher volume of leads while maintaining lead quality. The Audit – Huge Opportunities Uncovered Google Ads is sort of a land mine. It is by far the most powerful ad platform in the world, but also has grown to be one of the most complex. Make no mistakes about it – Google’s #1 goal is to get as much money from you as possible, seemingly without any incentive for you getting ROI. …But that’s where we come in. The first thing we always do is an audit of the account. We’re looking for: Current data to gain insights from (what’s working, what’s not). Mistakes in the account or setup that lead to poor conversions. 100% of the time, no exaggeration, we find opportunities that can be improved. To set the baseline, here’s what the account looked like when it was handed to us, before any work was done: Cost: $2,020 Conversion Rate: 0.34% Conversions: 5 Cost Per Conversion: $403 Right off the bat, we notice that the conversion rate is only .34% which is pretty low, and the cost per conversion is high for what’s expected. Here are a few things we did right away to get this campaign restarted: Know Exactly Where Every Cent Is Going With Proper Tracking Tracking and data is the backbone of a properly setup campaign. Without it, you can’t find out what campaigns are actually working, so you’ll never be able to make decisions about what to keep, cut, or scale! The problem is that unless you’re an expert, it’s easy to set this up incorrectly (or not set it up at all!) In this account, we found conversions like “All Page Views” and other settings like “Count Every Conversion” were setup and were leading to a lot of false data over the years. For instance with the “Count Every Conversion” setting, if you click an ad once and opt in 3 times, it is counted all 3 leads when in reality we only have one lead. This is OK for purchase conversion campaigns, but not great for lead gen. You see? There are landmines like this all over the place. How we fix it: We setup all new triggers and tags inside of Google Tag Manager which then sent the data back to Google Analytics and Google Ads. We use Google Tag Manager in every account we touch so that all data is going to one place and then being properly sorted. It is very easy to trace if there are any problems, and we only have to put one tracking code, Google Tag Manager, onto our pages. Increasing CTR With Streamlined Ad Groups & Ad Copy In Google ads, you have “ad groups” which include a set of keywords that your bidding on, and the ad copy that will be displayed when people use those keywords in their searches. When users search for a certain keyword, they’re looking for something very specific and want the solution. But when a generic ad pops up, it won’t necessarily match exactly what they are looking for, and that can increase your costs since your CTR (click through rate) is too low. In this account, we found that a lot of the ad groups were using the same generic ad. This is a big opportunity because 1 ad can’t show the differences in each product, highlight benefits, or characteristics of the specific product. How we fixed it: We created all new ads with headlines & descriptions that included the specific seed keyword in each one. This is one of the most important steps to a high converting campaign because of how valuable the user experience is. You don’t want someone searching for “oil changes near me” and an ad for “tire rotations” coming up. It is completely irrelevant and won’t generate a lot of traffic. Making this change not only increased the ad relevance score but also made the user experience seamless for what they’re searching for. From these major optimization steps and our daily management, these are the results we saw by the end of June, 2019. Cost: $1,690 Conversion Rate: 0.42% Conversions: 7 Cost Per Conversion: $241 Just with these few strategies, you can see that the cost per conversion dropped over 40% since the beginning. But we’re not done yet. Increasing Conversions With Landing Pages Running profitable campaigns takes a multi-faceted approach. It’s often not just what is set up in the account, but also what happens after the ad click. A common problem that we see is that people often are driving traffic to their website, but that website isn’t as optimized as it can be for the conversion they want. When you have a lead gen campaign going to your normal website, it’s often crowded by all sorts of distractions like navigation menus, content, and it’s not clear what you want them to do. You see, when a visitor lands on a page, you have to make it extremely clear what you want them to do, and eliminate all other distractions. That’s where landing pages come in. A landing page is a page designed specifically to get conversions after an ad is clicked… …and it can make an enormous difference in how a campaign performs! A landing page has one primary CTA (Call To Action), the page copy is written around the customer avatar and exactly the keywords you’re bidding on, and there are no links to other destinations. In this case, this account was sending traffic directly to their website, but there was a ton of room for conversion rate optimization. We want people to take action now and that is what a landing page will do. How We Fixed It To kick this campaign up a few more notches we needed a dedicated landing page. Over the last few years at The HOTH we have ran millions of dollars in ad spend and one thing is for sure – most people are BURNING money by not using high-converting landing pages. So we started with one of our signature landing pages that encourage traffic to opt-in to view their current inventory and pricing. We included a simple but to the point headline, a carefully crafted benefits section, and a clear Call-To-Action, all in a well designed, beautiful landing page. The results? Cost: $1,820 Conversion Rate: 1.19% Conversions: 32 Cost Per Conversion: $56.90 Conclusion By setting up proper tracking, optimizing the campaign with our specific process, and implementing a focused landing page, we were able to drop their CPL (Cost Per Lead) by over 85%! If we generated the same amount of leads we did in July for the same price as April we would have spent $12,896, vs the $1,820 that we spent. April 2019 (Pre-HOTH PPC) June 2019 (HOTH PPC) July 2019 (HOTH PPC) Work Done: None (Pre-HOTH) Work Done: Basic Restructure Campaign Optimization Work Done: Advanced Optimization Custom Landing Pages Cost: $2,020 Conversion Rate: 0.34% Conversions: 5Cost Per Conversion: $403 Cost: $1,690 Conversion Rate: 0.42% Conversions: 7Cost Per Conversion: $241 Cost: $1,820 Conversion Rate: 1.19% Conversions: 32Cost Per Conversion: $56.90 The great thing is we’re still not done. Because we do daily management and ongoing optimization, we have a wealth of strategies to implement to take this campaign even farther as we get more data. Additionally, as long as the client can handle the volume, we can work to scale it to the moon – all while maintaining a healthy CPL and lead quality. This campaign is off to a great start, but you don’t have to just take our word for it, this is what the client had to say: Want us to help you with your PPC lead gen campaigns? Check out HOTH PPC. Any questions? Let us know in the comments! Hope you valued the info that they provided. You’ll find quite similar blogposts on main site: https://superspunarticle.com Let me have your feedback below, leave a short comment and let us know which things you would like covered in our posts. #sitecontent #ContentMarketing

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Los 8 restaurantes más caros de la Ciudad De México

1. Anatol

“Bienvenido a un sofisticado espacio cálido, pero informal”, su slogan de Anatol conjunta lo relajado con lo fastuoso, ya que eso es lo que refleja en cada plato que se sirve.

Este restaurante de Polanco transforma ingredientes locales de la más alta calidad para su menú inspirado en las estaciones del año. Sus platillos se dividen en entradas, flatbreads, ingredientes crudos y una variedad de platos fuertes, en su mayoría típicos de la gastronomía americana con ingredientes de la región que otorgan un giro muy especial.

Dirección: Presidente Masaryk # 390, Polanco.  Esquina con Anatole France

Teléfono: 3300 3950

Sitio web: anatolkitchen.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Anatolkitchen?fref=ts

2. J&G Grill

Restaurante ubicado en el Hotel St Regis, de comida americana contemporánea. Su cocina es de fusiones e ingredientes frescos, se elaboran platillos tan simples como una hamburguesa, pero que van variando de estación en estación. El resultado en la mesa es sobradamente rico.

Prueba el salmón con vegetales de verano, la pizza de aguacate y su sashimi de arroz frito. En coctelería lo mejor, sin duda, es la margarita de jengibre: ácida, picante, exótica.

Tiene una gran cava, un servicio de primera y el escenario ideal para cenar con los amigos o pareja.

Dirección: Paseo de la Reforma 439. Esquina con Río Misisipi Col. Cuauhtémoc

Teléfono: 5228 1935

Sitio web: www.jggrilldf.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/JGGrillMexico/

3. Pujol

Recientemente nombrado el número 16 dentro de la lista de los mejores restaurantes del mundo. Pujol es reconocido internacionalmente por su haute cuisine que involucra un minucioso proceso de elaboración en sus alimentos, ya que cuida hasta el más mínimo detalle. Su servicio es impecable y utilizan materias primas orgánicas. Aquí, sólo se sirve un menú de degustación (cinco tiempos) tiene un costo aproximado de $ 960.00 mx aproximado el cual incluye su platillo más emblemático.

Dirección: Calle Francisco Petrarca 254, Polanco V Secc, 1156

Teléfono: 01 55 5545 3507

Sitio web: www.pujol.com.mx

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pujolrestaurante

4. Biko

Con un sabor único traído directamente de la tradicional cocina vasca, este lugar tiene entre sus platillos principales el caldo de piedra, la vaca láctea y el foie con tepache de piña y maíz como una de sus especialidades. La experiencia se completa con uno de los exquisitos vinos que ofrecen en su cava.

En promedio si pides a la carta $ 700.00 mx + bebida. Sin embargo, te recomendamos el menú de degustación (cinco tiempos) o con armonización, que consiste en un maridaje con copa de vino en cada tiempo.

Dirección: Presidente Masaryk 407. Entre Calderón de la Barca y la Fontaine Colonia Reforma Polanco Delegación Miguel Hidalgo

Teléfono: 55 5282 2064

Sitio web: www.biko.com.mx

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Biko/109606125780746?fref=ts

5. Rosetta

Es un restaurante que cuenta con el aspecto de una casa francesa. Su oferta gastronómica es italiana con tintes de comida mexicana. Por ser estacional, la carta nunca es la misma, y aunque persistan algunos platillos consentidos de los comensales, se modifican de acuerdo con los productos disponibles cada temporada. En Rosetta se privilegian las técnicas artesanales para elaborar los alimentos, lo que les otorga una personalidad distintiva, y asegura su calidad.

Lo mejor de todo es que este lugar es también una panadería, así que desde que entres enseguida notarás el olor a pan recién horneado.

Dirección: Calle Colima 166, Roma Norte.

Teléfono: 5533 7804

Sitio web: rosetta.com.mx

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RestauranteRosetta/

6. Quintonil

Es también, un integrante de la lista de los 50 mejores restaurantes del mundo. El chef Jorge Vallejo imprime su experiencia en platillos que honran a México, su tradición e ingredientes. Junto con su esposa, hacen de este lugar un espacio en donde te sientes como en casa. No te puedes perder su platillo emblemático: Chilacayotes en mole de la casa.

Pedir a la carta tiene un costo aproximado de $ 1000.00 mx por persona. Por lo que quizá la opción es el menú de degustación que cuenta con doce tiempos y tiene un costo aproximado de $ 1000. 00 mx o bien, el menú de comida corrida con cuatro tiempos que cuesta $ 600.00 mx aprox.

Dirección: Newton 55, Polanco

Teléfono: 52 80 26 80/52 80 16 60

Sitio web: www.quintonil.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/QUINTONIL-179230338826928/

7. Mora Blanca

Cuenta con un menú de comida internacional que deja satisfechos incluso a los paladares más exigentes. Sus interiores están decorados con cristalería y asientos cuya comodidad es insuperable.

La propuesta de Daniel Ovadía (el chef) en Polanco permite un cruce de culturas culinarias que vienen de Francia y España y aterrizan con influencia local.

Este restaurante también cambia constantemente de platos, ahí encuentras un exquisito pollo rostizado a los 40 ajos, un queso fundido impecable, y platos que se comían en casa del chef cuando era niño y ha replicado y mejorado.

Dirección: Calle Emilio Castelar 135, Polanco.

Teléfono: 5280 4358

Sitio web: morablanca.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/morablancadf

8. Morimoto

El Hotel Camino Real es el lugar en donde Masaharu Morimoto un chef famoso en todo el mundo estableció un concepto que toma la esencia de la alta cocina japonesa para combinarla con una influencia occidental. El lugar es un jardín de sorpresas culinarias. Se da el lujo de reinventar platos que trascienden lo netamente japonés.

En tu visita no te puedes perder el Morimoto Sashimi o una tártara de hamashi y puedes acompañarlos de uno de los sakes que tienen entre su amplia selección de bebidas. Por otro lado, los cócteles son buenísimos.

Dirección: Camino Real Polanco, Mariano Escobedo 700, Colonia Anzures

Teléfono: 01 (55) 52 63 88 88

Sitio web: www.morimotomexicocity.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MorimotoPHL/?fref=ts

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Yeah, seven pages of posts that are already tagged “peacock”... I guess it’ll be “peacock gene” as the easier option to implement.