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Shadow and Bones
By Leigh Bardugo
I have to admit, this story surprised me. Coming from Six of Crows, it has an almost superhero cinnematic flavor— hero’s journey esque. Finishing it, it reminds me of the feeling I got after watching The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton).
It’s overflowing with drama and this lusciously rich emotions. There’s moments when the pacing feels like it has a hiccup but it picks up soon after. It was a treat learning more about the Grishaverse.
I love how it’s structured since I was fully convinced there’s be a YA style love triangle between the Darkling and Mal. I’m so glad that wasn’t the case since the Darkling had such an over the top “I’m a prince wooing this naive farm girl” vibe that while compellingly written, doesn’t have much to chew on.
I feel like part of what makes the story really lift off is how Baghra (magic teacher) and Botkin (combat instructor) were handled. I like how Botkin helped with even pre-light powers, for Alina to have a growing confidence while Baghra, while just as harsh at Botkin, risked everything to warn Alina.
I really hope that old bat survived. She had the silliest routine. Unlike any other character, Alina always met her in an isolated cottage on the lake. She kept it sauna hot in there and always cranky about letting the heat out.
Idk, sure the library is described beautifully. I did love the Palace magic scene but there’s something about that dinky little cottage with a cranky instructor whose waiting with her boney feet up on the fire place shouting orders.
Its like even the environment is inhospitable to Alina. Yet, when push comes to shove, she tries to work behind the scenes to combat the Darkling, her motherfucking son. *shakes my head* such a good twist. I feel like it’s part of what really sells it.
You seen Baghra exclusively in her cottage or the lake. Then one day she appears at Alina’s door and fuck, it’s like the whole FUCKING world is turned upside down.
I just can’t —-DUDE! It’s so good. Some more gay and trans tbh. Queer quotient is nil unless there’s a horde of bisexuals I missed (I always miss them). But like-shrugs- that’s basically my nitpick with almost all media, so it gets my stamp of “this is awesome” still.
God, dude, the climax… mmmm… I really was sold that Mal was going to die. I think it’s how the Darkling momentarily gave Alina hope that Mal would left unharmed, and I’ll be your servant. (Very kinky tbh. Gives me a whole lot of ideas😋) only for him to be like “yeah, I’ll give you the night… he dies tomorrow lol.” It’s so HEARTWRENCHING. Plus the inbetween scenes way that she’s thinking of him: whether he’s dead, trying to ask about him, etc.
Still can’t get over the collar. Gooooooood, they used it so well to heighten the emotional impact of scenes. Didn’t even tug it, just.. god, so good.
Sequel: Seige and Storm
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by 邂逅
#china#douyin#fun#year of dragon#tw: flashing lights#can't imagine how people would have reacted if it happened in the pre-industrial era
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something I don’t see people bring up a lot when talking about worldbuilding, especially when you’re creating cities, is wind. prevailing winds in many places in the northern hemisphere blow from west -> east, and because industrial production tended to take place in the centre of cities, workers would live downwind of factories while the wealthier classes would live on the other side, away from air pollutants, which is why a lot of cities have a poor east-end and a rich west-end, a spatial configuration that persists in many places that are now post-industrial
and in general the built environment has a durability to it that persists far past the historical moments that produce those configurations. this means that the stated aims of a city via a vis city planning are frequently at odds with the physical layout of the city itself. so if you want to create a city that feels like it has a long history to it, working through its earlier stages of production can help with decisions you make about its layout, and also allow for weird spatial contradictions in a city that has to constantly fight against its own physical history
#geography#note hell#this works for non industrial cities also you just need to modify it#like a lack of industrial standardisation probably also means roads are not standardised#etc#I don’t know very much about city layouts in pre-industrial history#so on my part it would be more speculative
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#deviantart#2000s#2009#dreads#dreadfalls#cybergoth#cyber goth#goggles#industrial goth#goth#goth girl#goth girls#gothic#gothic girls#gothic beauty#alt#alt girl#2000s goth#2000s nostalgia#pre-2010 ONLY#not me#gothcore#goth core#goth clothing#goth chick#goth aesthetic
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He ate my heart, he a-a-ate my heart out.
That boy is a monster ♥︎×
#pete wentz#fall out boy#i love emo boys#emo guys#emo#2000s emo#ryan ross#ryan patd#pre split patd#pre split panic#myspace#pete wentz is the only reason we're famous#gabe saporta#cobra starship#clandestine industries#decaydance
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They're calling it a barndominium, but you can't convince me that it wasn't originally a commercial business that houses large trucks. The 2023 pre-fab building in Bullard, TX has been converted to a 4bd, 4ba, 3,400 sq ft home and has a pending sale for $845k. It also has a theme: Industrial w/black, white, & natural woods.
It's very open concept, and they've constructed a 2nd level with decorative railings.
The living room area faces windows looking out at the deck.
Large modern corner fireplace.
There's no formal dining area, but a larger table fits in the kitchen space.
The kitchen features black Shaker cabinetry with gold handles and quartz counters.
And, this is a bar with a wine fridge.
Double doors from the garage open to a mud area/drop zone. Floors are simulated wood vinyl.
There's also a pantry back here in the hall to the primary bedroom.
Feature wall in the primary bedroom and sliding glass modern farm doors.
The ensuite matches the kitchen cabinets, except for the butcher block counter.
Closet/dressing room plus laundry room.
Guest bedroom suite has a standard 3pc. ensuite.
The mezzanine is a vast space and currently houses a family TV area in one corner.
The large bedroom suite up here includes a walk-in closet.
At the far end of the mezzanine there's a door that opens to an unfinished part of the home.
This looks like it's supposed to be a rec room.
It has a finished living room area with a garage door to the pool.
And, there's also a kitchenette.
The bath is directly accessible from the pool.
Fully equipped outdoor kitchen.
Pool with hot tub and waterfall feature.
The home is built in a clearing on a 3 acre lot.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3461-Fm-2493-E-Bullard-TX-75757/228308169_zpid/?
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A History of Violence
I wonder if Kris Jenkins who was recently drafted in the second round by the Bengals, same name & same position as his father who was a Pro Bowler who played 10 seasons for the Panthers, Patriots & Jets, ever bothered to read what his father told the New York Times in 2011 about what it was like playing in the trenches in the NFL?
Kris Jenkins - View of Life in the NFL Trenches
Article Excerpt
"N.F.L. fans, people outside, they have no clue what goes on. This isn’t like playing Madden. This isn’t like being the popular kid in high school. When you do those things in the real world, and it don’t work out, you still have your health. The thing about football is you’re directly playing with your life, the quality of it and the longevity of it. The stakes are up there.
You ever been in a car crash? Done bumper cars? You know when that hit catches you off guard and jolts you, and you’re like, what the hell? Football is like that. But 10 times worse. It’s hell."
Nothing is questioned, nothing is learned.
Cycle and history of violence from father to son continues.
The son will just repeat everything his father went through.
Life in the trenches, on the line.
His fathers New York Times article was only written 13 years ago — did his son even bother to read it?
Article:
"The debate about concussions wasn’t there yet. I’ve had more than 10, including college and the pros. Nobody cared. And that’s the thing. We play football."
Are we as an audience, as fans, as a nation of football loving fanatics so blasé about the same violence that was visited upon the father being visited upon his son?
Does that not even get us to collectively pause before checking pre-season match ups in preparation for Week 1 next month?
America's collective Christmas in September — footballs back!!!!!!!
Do actual thoughts ever creep in amongst the unbridled ebullience, enthusiasm and unchecked joy of, "Football!!!!!!!!!!!!".
Or is the unthinking emotion inherent in football fanaticism across all levels, players and non-players alike, the point?
The pure emotion and the short circuiting of logic.
Its probably not a great idea for me to go bash my head against that dudes head 70 to 80 times a game, every game, every season.
But, its football!!!!!!!!!
So, nothing else matters?
Unlike rules now protecting quarterbacks and other positions from helmet to helmet hits, absolutely nothing has changed for offensive & defensive linemen and running backs — you're still smashing yourself head first into a concrete wall — as a running back, 20 to 30 times a game and as a lineman, 70 to 80 times a game.
No matter how much the NFL lies about this and tries to pretend the issue is concussions, its not — the existential issue threatening the sport of football itself is the repetitive SUBconcussive head impacts involved in every blocking and tackling play in football.
They are absolutely unavoidable and occur literally over a thousand times every single season.
It is these repetitive subconcussive head impacts — average 1500 hits to the head per season in high school, football & the pros — that 10 to 15 years after their playing careers are over, can cause neurological disorders and conditions like CTE, Parkinsons disease, Alzheimers disease, ALS and dementia in former players.
We have seen the movie before.
Im pretty sure Will Smith was in it.
And even that movie was nothing but masterful subterfuge from the NFL as they named it as their eternal smokescreen — Concussion — instead of what actually turned Mike Websters brain into CTE mush — Repetitive Subconcussive Head Impacts.
Doesn't have the same Hollywood ring to it, does it?
But it doesn't make it any less true or the NFL any less deceptive.
The NFL's own disability paperwork for former players says players can be compensated as early as 36 for early-onset dementia.
Is a game really worth someone losing their literal mind at 36?
When do we question the every day violence inherent in every tackling and blocking play in football?
Article:
"I remember one game, at Carolina, my second year. We played Arizona, and the double team weighed 780 pounds combined. They just kept double-teaming me, hoping I would fold and cave in. I didn’t. But that was probably the most painful day I had.
From the double teams, over the years, I wore the left side of my body down. I was past hurt.
I was at the point of numb. Like my body was shutting down nervous systems, so I didn’t have to deal with pain.
The numbness started at the very beginning. I couldn’t feel part of both arms. I couldn’t feel part of both legs. It was worse on the left.
I’m just starting to get feeling back in my left side. Look, football is no joke.
But I’m going to say this much: somebody has to be the grunt. That’s why there’s no better position on the field than interior defensive line. Forget quarterbacks or specialists. They’ve got it easy. If we don’t come to play, nobody else on defense can do their job. We’ve got the toughest job on the field. We don’t care about our facial hair. We play a grimy position.
Piles, oh, my God, they’re brutal. I’ve had my ankles twisted. I’ve been bit. I’ve done stuff. I’ve tried to break guys’ elbows, pinching people, twisting ankles, trying to bend up their arms, pop an elbow out. Why? I had to fight back."
Tackle football is cognitive dissonance & constant dissociation.
The inherent violence of football is never seriously questioned nor is it held up under a critical lens.
The most violent, punishing plays are casually dismissed post-game by players waving their hands and saying, "It was just a football play."
Yeah — thats actually the exact problem.
Ah, pile ups. Just a good old fashioned rugby scrum.
Nothing dehumanizing, nothing to worry about.
As long as its not my dick being grabbed at the bottom of a pile as I dig my way through my second bag of Fritos Scoops, safe and secure on my couch, while those dumb fucks kill themselves for an oblong shaped ball for my entertainment.
Exploitative, much?
The spectacle of the pile up.
The brainwashing so clearly evident when grown adult men who would be ashamed to act this way publicly over anything else suddenly leap in unison into the air like feral animals as Troy Aikman shouts with unfettered glee, "The ball is loose!!!!!!".
So is our collective humanity in watching a several ton mass of flesh undulate, eye gouge, scrotum twist, bite, spit and hurt each other for...what?
Us? Them? Football?
Article:
"Mentally, we’re conditioned to be tough. We’re conditioned to feel no pain. The only injury I ever felt while playing was when one of my knees tore. That’s the only time I felt pain and was like, O.K., that hurt.
But Mondays, you wake up, and it’s hard to get out of bed. It hurts wherever you got hit. I remember one time getting hit by Edgerrin James. He put his head in my chest. I woke up, and I couldn’t even move, because it felt like my chest was going to collapse. It was sore for days. All you want to do is get the blood circulating.
Hot tub. Cold tub. Hot tub. Cold tub."
Hot tub. Cold tub. Hot tub. Cold tub.
That's brainwashing.
A dissociative brainwashing ritual to dissociate the self from the pain & violence of the game.
It's like Junior Seau when he referred to himself in third person when he was mic'd up for NFL Films before every single hit for the duration of an entire game.
Very creepy if you can find it on youtube.
It literally sounded like he was programming himself to hit, then he would hit the hole, collect himself on the ground and do it.
Hard. Goddamned hard.
Again. And again. And again. And again.
If thats not brainwashing, what is?
Article:
"The brain fog? It still hasn’t stopped. It feels like you’re punch-drunk, like someone hit you over the head. It’s like you knock yourself stupid. When you have to concentrate on things, then it becomes an issue. My head gets foggy to the point where I really can’t function."
And yet you put a helmet on your son's head and you sent him out to play the same position.
Like father, like son.
Just like fathers in the military who have sons who "follow in their footsteps".
Often, articles will speak of a newly drafted player's heritage and lineage in the sport and if his father had a storied career, the hyperbole of the newly drafted son "being born to play" is routinely trotted out.
Smacks of eugenicism, genetic determinism, militarism, rigid heirarchies, dynasties.
Capitalist masculine toxicity.
Article:
"We know it’s going to hurt. We know because pain in football is consistent over time. You’re still hurting in the off-season. You’re hurting when the next season starts.
I mean, guys play hurt, but it’s a choice. They do a pretty good job now, with all the scrutiny around concussions.
On the line, it’s still painful. By the end of the year, half an offensive line might be getting shots, draining fluid from their knees. Most stay away from cortisone now, because it’s degenerative.
Everything gets off center. Bulging disk. Herniated disk. For linemen, it starts in the lower back. Throws everything off."
What did Jason Kelce recently say on his podcast with his wife?
His back is so fucked up from playing football that he cant bend down to pick up his 1 year old daughter nor can he hold her while standing.
Kelce also played on the line as the center for the Eagles.
Is it worth it?
Should children be playing this game?
Should anyone in its current incarnation?
Has science shown that the risk of repetitive subconcussive head impacts causing neurological conditions & disorders is too high for any child to assume?
What about teenagers in high school who are legally minors and not adults?
Should they be able to assume risks as teenagers that can mentally incapacitate them later in life as soon as their 30s?
Potential suicide due to CTE in their 20s?
1500 hits per season every season starting in high school.
So, that's 6k hits to the head in four years of high school football.
Another 6k more hits to the head in four years of college football.
12k hits to the head before the pros not counting youth football prior to high school which is ages 5 to 14 aka Pop Warner.
Even 5 year olds endure on average 336 hits to the head every season in Pop Warner.
5 year olds!
Kindergartners!
Ask yourself where else you could hit a 5 year old child 336 times in the head over the course of a few months without being arrested and jailed?
Is it really okay just because it's football?
Does that truly justify that amount of head impacts to a 5 year old child?
Wouldn't we call that abuse if it was happening in the Boy Scouts or any organization other than Pop Warner?
Should it be happening at all?
In service of whom and for what?
Football? Glory? Masculinity? Manhood? America? Pride? Militarism?
All of the above?
Article:
"I can’t blame anybody for my death. I made the choice to play football. I made the choice to walk through the concussions. I could have stopped. I could have said, my head hurts. It was my choice, as a man."
But who told you that playing through permanent brain injuries is what makes you a man?
Can't we blame that person?
Your father and your coaches from youth, high school, college all the way to the pros?
Militaristic views of masculinity kills boys and young men for the game of football.
It's a militaristic war game that simulates combat yet kills people in slow motion for real.
The violence suffered by players in football is as celebrated as militaristic ideals of what soldiers suffer through in war: valor, courage under fire, physical courage, endurance, stoically fighting through unimaginable injuries & pain, the quarterback heroically leading his squad as their captain marching his troops down the field to victory just like any military commander complete with a chevron like system that awards stars for each year or season of service very similar to how stripes function in the military.
This militaristic ideal of masculinity is endlessly promoted, encouraged, rewarded and valorized in football just as it is in the military.
Football is Americas killing fields.
High school players — teenaged boys, not adult men — die every year playing football.
Over a million boys play high school football each year and only a handful die or suffer permanent, disabling and/or catastrophic injury.
Would you be so glib about the numbers though if it was your son or your brother or your boyfriend or your best friend who died playing high school football?
What if they were permanently paralyzed from the neck down playing college football?
It's easy to treat the above numbers as a statistic or rounding error when you can close out of the Facebook support page for the now dead or disabled high school or college player and get ready for Chiefs/Ravens next month.
What if you couldn't just X out of the Facebook page because you had to quit your job to take care of your disabled son for the rest of your life?
Or what if your brother killed himself from having CTE from playing college football?
The reality is, we can drop a "sad crying" emoji on a Facebook status and move on — the families of the young boys and men sacrificed to this sport definitely can't.
Go ask Tyler Sash's mom if she's "moved on".
Hasn't science proven at this point that tackle football just doesnt work the way it is currently played?
Why are we okay risking future Junior Seaus, Mike Websters, Justin Strelczyks, Phillip Adams, Tyler Hillinskis with every boy and young man that straps on the pads and helmet and charges on to the field?
Is it 10% of players that get CTE? Is it 20%?
Is it more? Is it half?
More than half?
The truth is we wont know until a CTE test is developed for living players.
Pop Warners Chief Medical Director is working with the FDA to develop the test as I type this.
Why do you think that is?
The NFL's own study funded through a university admits that NFL players are 19 times more likely than non-NFL players to develop neurological conditions and disorders.
19 times!!!!!
As long as its not your brain getting scrambled right?
And you can just sit there and watch the leagues reigning back to back MVP and reigning Super Bowl Champ slowly deteriorate their minds while accumulating permanent brain damage for your entertainment.
Pass the chips.
Article:
"We consider football a gladiator sport because we understand you’re going to get hurt. You’re putting your life on the line.
You might not die now, like in an old Roman arena, but 5, 10 years down the road, you could. You know that.
I wouldn’t change anything.
During my career, I kept my mouth shut. This now, speaking out, it’s about telling you my life. There’s no agenda, no vendetta. This is what football’s really like.
The first warning is the first meeting you have with an agent, when you realize this is real. My choices count at this point. I’m going to be prostituting myself for the next 18 years of my life.
That’s the first warning.
The next one is that good old combine.
That’s when you realize, when you march in that room half naked, I’m a number now."
No, thats when you realize that the NFL is MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
It's a modern day meat market.
6% of the US population is Black male. 75% of the NFL is Black.
0% of the owners are Black. Only 2 out of 32 coaches are Black.
Almost all of the NFL owners are white with very few exceptions and exactly none of them are Black.
The NFL is a modern day plantation.
Article:
"I loved New York. I loved playing there. I loved the spotlight. I was fine in New York, but I also played for Eric Mangini. We started 8-3, Brett Favre, all of that. Everybody told Mangini, stop with the long practices, you’re killing us. You practice too hard. We’re on turf."
36% of all injuries that occur in the NFL are due to turf & 1/4 of all concussions are a result of players heads slamming against turf.
So...
Why won't the NFL replace turf with grass in their stadiums as the NFLPA has been asking for for years?
Because they're cheap as hell and would rather injure their own investments then pay for grass.
The owners & the league have the same exact disregard and disdain for their own players.
The NFL has agreed to switch out turf for grass for the World Cup because the soccer players refused to do what NFL players are forced to — fuck their bodies up on turf.
It proves the NFL and owners could do it and, in fact, they did do it so they could host the World Cup in their football stadium — unless it's actually for the players in their own league.
In that case, you're shit out of luck.
Should have played soccer.
Article:
"What you hear from guys like Ray Lewis, James Harrison, what they’re saying is we’re well aware what we’re signing up for. The violence, we love it. The madness, we love it. We love measuring ourselves in it.
Those guys express themselves with their pads. You soften the game, you’re taking away their freedom of expression. Nobody wants to see flag football, and now, you might as well give guys flags, tell them to hug afterward, all that."
Did he even read the beginning of his own article???
Constant cognitive dissonance is the distillation & essence of tackle football — by the players, the audience, coaches, trainers, medical personnel, announce team, play by play, color, pre-game & post-game hosts, team & network journalists.
I see no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
I hear no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
I speak no repetitive head impacts causing CTE.
Article:
"The violence is what I remember. Like against Buffalo in 2009, when I had the game of my career. Or the time I slapped a lineman out of the way in Houston with one arm. Winning, the physical part, the mayhem, finding the line between insanity and sanity, that’s the exact reason why you play. That’s the reason fans like football in the first place.
A guy like James Harrison, he’s possessed, and that’s the guy you love to play with, love to watch. He doesn’t need to be babied."
Protection from permanent brain damage & trauma, fans bloodlust, coaches unreasonable demands, neurological disorders & conditions, neurological symptoms including suicidality, depression, memory loss, confusion, irritability, volatility, aggression, amnesia, mental incapicitation, deteroriation & decline is being "babied"??????????
Article:
"The N.F.L. is too big to fail. If that happened, it would be a slow death. It’s still the ultimate game. For us, it’s like legal prison rules. You have to protect your manhood, your well-being. You’re going to be challenged. You’re going to be tested."
"You have to protect your manhood."
Protect The Shield.
Brainwashed into the cult of American masculinity.
Just like all the other 2.6 million young boys & adolescents playing youth football.
Another million playing in high school.
100k playing in NCAA college football.
1600 play in the NFL.
All brainwashed into the cult of masculinity.
Millions of young boys and teenagers sacrificed on the altar of tackle football, Americas true religion.
Article:
"There aren’t too many places a 400-pound guy with an attitude can go and beat the crap out of somebody and not get locked up for it. I have a violent streak. I have to fight it out of my system. We signed up for it. All of it. We’re not trying to be sane or rational."
What does an 8 year old playing tackle football for Pop Warner sign up for?
Tradition, rigid authoritarianism, toxic masculinity, ideals of manhood worth sacrificing your body, mind, memories, personality, self and literal life for.
A 13 year old football player committed suicide after an egregious hit and post concussion symptoms that lasted for over a year in 2018.
He played through the hit and practiced in pads the very next day — think that might have made his concussion worse?
Prior to the hit, he was a straight A student, a voracious reader, erudite, sociable & well-liked.
After the hit, he became withdrawn.
He lost vision in one eye. He lost his balance frequently.
He was unable to read for more than a few minutes at a time.
He started tackle football at 9.
He played two ways as a linebacker and running back and was known as a ferocious hitter who never complained of pain.
He attempted suicide, was hospitalized, seemed to be improving, then the second suicide attempt was tragically successful.
Dead at 13 for the sport of football.
When is enough enough?
Football is a game, it's a magical talisman, it's a sport, it's a crucible, it's a maker of men, it's the distillation of manhood and masculinity, it's what being a man is.
It's worth bashing and battering your brains repeatedly.
It's worth your mind.
It's worth not knowing who you are at 50.
It's worth you committing suicide.
Just remember to shoot yourself in the chest so your brain can be donated and studied.
#nfl#nfl football#pre season#football#roger goodell#concussions#high school football#college football#ncaa#ate#anti blackness#anti capitalist#corporatism#modern day slavery#labor rights#pro union#exploitation#head injury#espn#workers rights#military#military industrial complex#propaganda#false narrative#misinformation#gaslighting#black lives matter#corporate slave#corporate greed#authoritarianism
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Hello and I hope you had a nice and restful shabbat :) as someone starting conversion, do you know any good places online to buy kippot (or do you just make your own?) I'm looking for places near the usa if possible, but if you don't know of any that's totally fine!!
I got mine from this Etsy storefront, and while Etsy has many problems that have arisen as of late, I would absolutely encourage you to look into independent artists! I've used amazon (once) before, and that's definitely an option depending on your goals, however, I personally vouch for a good crochet or knit kippah.
You can absolutely make your own, though! Frankly, I think making your own judaica is the way to go. If you're inclined toward crochet, I was checking out this pattern! I don't knit nor do I sew, so I can't tell you how easy it would be in either medium, but if you're a crafty type, you've at least got to try it out!
#ask#jumblr#jew by choice#jewish conversion#conversion FAQs#kippah#kippot#personal thoughts tag#and why i'm so pro-making it yourself is like...#okay so our* ancestors would have been making these same items themselves pre-Industrial Revolution#but also i think the act of making it yourself brings you closer to g-d#because you put intention behind it and that intention is PERSONAL#every row of the tallit i am crocheting is more personal than the last#i personally vouch for artists though because we've gotta support each other#if you have the means to please look into artists like this#i definitely think the kippot on the etsy front i linked is a bit underpriced but that's my opinion
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2024 reads / storygraph
The Sword of Kaigen
standalone fantasy set in a rural mountain village at the edge of an empire that still holds traditional values, with families of powerful water/ice magic warriors
follows a powerful young heir who begins to question his beliefs about the empire when a new boy comes to his village from the city
and his mother, a housewife who has tried to forget her youth as a warrior and vigilante in the city since she moved back home to a loveless marriage
when there’s a violent attack on their village that they’re unprepared for, everything changes, and she has to embrace her old skills to protect her family and people
#The Sword of Kaigen#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I’ve been meaning to read this for years and I finally got around to it! a really unique fantasy novel#I had always assumed this was ur average pre-industrial high fantasy and then was immediately hit with video games/tv in the first chapter#lmao. But overall (aside from the broader worldbuilding/politics) it is closer to the average ‘historical’ fantasy narrative -#so I can see why I got that impression#Some really compelling characters and interesting narrative structure that went in some unexpected directions.#It really focuses in on one village and how devastating a single battle in a war can be to their people - and how much work the recovery is#I feel like most sff is more concerned with a single person and/or the whole war so this felt unique. did also mean that the pacing was odd#- it's a slow start; then there’s a battle that must be hundreds of pages. The last section of the book feels a little too drawn out#and brings up random hanging plot elements that don’t really go anywhere. But I think overall this works for the story.#also one thing I didn’t love - cool complex interesting female character MC sure but also there’s weird moments like:#the first scene we see her is all the housewives comparing their attractiveness; she keeps referring to herself as an old woman (when she’s#and oh so meek and useless etc. And some of this feels like it’s part of the broader portrayal of the misogynist society#but some of it felt clunky or unintentional?#And then especially the end - when she and her shitty husband finally confront each other as equals and he apologises#she basically immediately forgives him and is like oh I was equally at fault because I am a meek woman who didn’t try either#like him realising he was wrong (and her realising he had a reason for being the way he was) doesn’t negate the fact that he treated her li#she acts like it was her fault for not trying too - when we have numerous examples of him berating her if she spoke up about anything?#like im glad he’s learning. but also that doesn’t mean she needs to suddenly forgive and love him wtf#that's the only real thing that annoyed me though.#also btw that 5yo seems kinda fucked up. are you guys gonna do anything about that
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I have no faith in B*den or H*rris as people and politicians in general regardless, but oh my goddd now is not the time to plop a woman as the nominated Dem after 2016, we can girlboss at a different time especially not when misogyny (and racism) can sway shit so hard(er) in the fash direction
#this is not a blue dickriding moment I'm just being realistic#anyone who would win would realistically be the type of happily continue to allow the current atrocities to keep happening#I would also prefer if the first woman pres wasn't one who contributed to the prison industrial system like her but ok
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Hiiii!!! I keep getting invites to create money manager accounts from my bank & various credit cards, and i was wondering if y'all could explain what they are? I've tried to research them but can't make heads or tails if starting one is a good idea or not. Any advice??? TIA!!
First off, here's what you do with those "invites":
They aren't invitations. They're advertisements. You can safely ignore them. We explain all about it here:
Here’s What to Do With Those Credit Card Pre-approval Offers You Get in the Mail
Now, a "money manager account" is probably just some kind of investment account. When you're ready, you can do some research on both investment accounts and credit cards on your own, and choose accounts based on YOUR needs, not what your bank wants to sell you. For more on that, read this:
Cheat on Your Bank—It's Not Your Girlfriend
Hope that helps!
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#credit cards#credit card pre-approval offer#banks#banking#adulting#personal finance#financial industry#financial services#finance#investing#money
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immortals whose body did not Quite adapt to the immortality evenly or whose immortality did not take into account everything there is to take.
Immortals with fake teeth, with completely shot sense of taste because tongue cells are fragile and lose sensitivity within a few decades. Immortals whose eyesight's kinda shit. Immortals with bad joints and strain injuries. Immortals with replacement hips. Immortals with so so many surgery scars. Immortals that can't hear as well anymore or at all. Immortals whose immune system hasn't quite held on the entire time, with bone problems, broken noses, worn out or even replaced livers and other organs. immortals subject to time anyway despite being denied the grace of really aging.
Bodies that were not built to go on forever being forced to anyway.
#idk total frozen in time body immortality is not as interesting to me. theres gotta be quirks#especially with ones that were canonically from pre industrialization#you can only hand knead dough and do that one stitch for So Long mr werewolf from the 1400s something's gotta give#imo it also helps define your immortals as a Distinct Age from just 'adult' or even 'regular human old' the anachronism of it all#at least make your immortal sailor man farsighted from staring at the horizon so much idk it adds some much needed texture#its usually hard to truly 'sell' an immortal as one in narrative without copious flashbacks and it's one of those things that really helps#and is sure less research intensive than looking up slang from specific decades lets be real#plus like. if your guy made it through two world wars and no safe surgery unscathed without a Single disability... press x to doubt you kno#also im disabled and i want to see it described like at all in any form because it's dire out there chief esp in genres i actually like
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#deviantart#2000s#2007#industrial goth#cybergoth#cyber goth#piercings#fishnets#goth#goth girl#goth girls#alt#alt girl#2000s nostalgia#pre-2010 ONLY#not me#seriously im in love with old poses#everything now is so homogenized#like we found all the ones that make you look skinnier and taller and sexier and thats all you get now#give me old fun artsy poses any day#gothic#gothic girls#gothic beauty#2000s goth#gothcore#goth core#goth clothing#goth chick#goth aesthetic
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#cobra starship#pete wentz#gabe saporta#fall out boy#2000s nostalgia#clandestine industries#decaydance#pre split panic#panic! at the disco
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Leela and Jamie should meet.
#stabby pre industrial society companions go!#what mischief will they get up to?#leela of the sevateem#jamie mccrimmon#doctor who#classic who#📨
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//I don't want to add this rule, but this is moreso to cover all bases. I've had to include this in all my art ToS on Vgen, so it's going here as well
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I will unfollow/block if I catch you using AI in your writing/art/icons. My stance is that Generative AI has no place in any creative space and I have zero tolerance in anyone using it. We are here to be creative. Using Gen AI defeats the purpose of that.
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If you don't agree, there is an unfollow button right there. 👋
#//this is now on my rules page#As a professional creative in the industry#the effect of ai in the creative space is a fucking poison#I refuse to use it in my workflows#If you cannot create something without falling back on generated crap - then practice!#go outside - read books - practice drawing or use pre-existing non-ai art!#you dont need to rely on this crap to make something#*coughs* anyway#this is my stance. it is not shifting
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