#serrado

[alychelms]

I've been threatening to do a Rook & Rose version of that one Twelfth Night production photo for a while now... so guess what I stayed up waaaaay too late last night, finishing!

[airyfrasc]

The Mask of Mirrors, The Liar’s Knot (by M. A. Carrick)

A friend bought me the book The Mask of Mirrors for Christmas and I swear I didn’t emerge from it for three days straight. This is a SUMPTUOUS non-traditional European fantasy with some of the richest world building I’ve read in a while. The magic, the cultures, the history, the fashion, it all felt so tangible that I could mentally pop myself into Nadezhra pretty much from page one. It had the twisty-turny, political intrigue-y plot that really appeals to me - without the intense violence you might find in other series that often get recommended for their politically-driven plots. Secret identities, characters that make you feel things, a queer-norm society, truly detestable villains… I loved this book. So I had to draw the three main characters obv.

I was so shocked that I couldn’t find the sequel in stores anywhere! Had to order online, and gotta say, it was equally good or better than the first… The character moments in The Liar’s Knot felt like releasing a breath you’ve been holding for hours. You’ll know what I mean if you read it ☺️

Anyway, this series deserves way more hype than it has. I read a LOT of SFF and this one stood out to me as truly fantastic. If you love secret identities, slow (SLOW) burn romance, a puzzle-like plot, tarot, and general luxuriousness for your brain…. I beg you to pick up The Mask of Mirrors.

[greenmadeit]

ᴍᴀʀᴄᴇʟᴏ ꜱᴇʀʀᴀᴅᴏ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉ

EN: In the source link you will find 383 497 gifs of Marcelo Serrado in his role as Moacyr “Moa” Figueira on the telenovela Cara e Coragem (e001-003). They were made by me, by scratch, so please, don’t claim as your own. Besides that, feel free to use it as you want.

Contents: kissing, motorcycle, skydiving, hugging, knife, fire gun, climbing, dead body.

PT: No link da source você vai encontrar 383 497 gifs do Marcelo Serrado no seu papel como Moacyr “Moa” Figueira na telenovela Cara e Coragem (e001-003). Eles foram feitos por mim do zero, então por favor, não os use como se fossem seus. Fora isso, fica a vontade pra usar como quiser.

Conteúdos: beijo, motocicleta, paraquedismo, abraçando, faca, arma de fogo, escalada, corpo morto.

[opalmxthyst]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Rook & Rose - M. A. Carrick Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Ren/Grey Serrado (Rook & Rose), Ren/Grey Serrado/Derossi Vargo (Rook & Rose) Characters: Ren (Rook & Rose), Grey Serrado (Rook & Rose), Derossi Vargo Summary:

The primordials are gone from the world, and they are rebuilding a Nadežra that reflects all the people who live there. Vargo's no longer a nobleman, but he has a seat on the Setterat, and he can help change the city from more than the bottom up. He should be happy. But mostly, he's lonelier than he's been in more than a decade. Luckily, those closest to him have noticed, and Ren and Grey have some ideas about how to reconnect with him.

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

“If I’d known you were so keen to meet, I’d have thrown a ball in your honor and spared you having to deal with Tserdev.” “Making me compete with all the others who want a piece of you?” The Rook’s blade whispered free of its sheath. “I preferred a more intimate setting for our first dance.” “Lucky me,” Vargo said, keeping his voice falsely light. “But as flattered as I am by the attention, I fear I must decline.”

Y’all can see why I say they need to fuck right? They’d make for a great enemies to to lovers ship but also an enemies to reluctant allies who’re in a relationship with the same woman who wants them all to fuck ship

[lcentretenimento]

Marcelo Serrado estreia como apresentador de programa de TV

O ator Marcelo Serrado faz sua estreia como apresentador no programa “Te Vejo no After”, que começa nesta segunda-feira, 04/12. Continue reading Untitled

[divulgarafak]

UMA BABÁ GLORIOSA: A comédia, com previsão de estreia para o segundo semestre de 2023, é estrelada e coproduzida por Cléo Pires com direção de Juan Pablo Pires.

Na trama, Cleo interpreta Glória, moradora da periferia do Rio que sonha em se tornar estilista. Ela consegue um emprego de babá dos filhos de um casal bem-sucedido da indústria da moda. As crianças vivem brigando, fazendo com que a protagonista precise lidar com toda a confusão.

Evelyn Castro, Rafa Kalimann e Carol Castro, Marcelo Serrado e Alexandra Richter fazem parte do elenco.

Clique aqui para acessar a fonte da notícia

[tut557]

Uma frustração minha que actece de vez em quando e é irritante é eu ver uma planta pu animal legal e pensar "nossa da onde que é" e a descrição ser "nativo do Brasil", ótimo, birgada, mas da onde que é? Tem amazônia, serrado, caatinga, mata atlântica, da onde que é? E aí eu tenho que passar mais 2 eternidades pra achar algum lugar que tem de qual região que é

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Who's is That Face in the Mask?

So, it's rare when I pick up a book on the strength of a YouTube video, and honestly even rarer that I enjoy books selected based on that criteria. However, since Marie Brennan is one half of MA Carrick and the book is often described via *that* quote from The Princess Bride (and no, I'm not specifying even though Princess Bride is all *that* quote depending on context), I had hope. After all, I loved the Lady Trent memoirs and The Princess Bride. And folks, this book did not disappoint. Let's talk The Mask of Mirrors.

What do you get when hundreds of years of colonization mixes with a rogue vigilante for the oppressed population and a con woman who sets out for money but comes up with found family? Youu get some stunningly well written characters, intrigue that I frankly preferred to A Song of Ice and Fire, and just beautifully nuanced worldbuilding.

Ren--or Renata Viraudax or Arenza, depending on the day and location--grew up as a dirt-poor half-Vrazenian kid who was completely disconnected from her mother's people in a city colonized by the Liganti. She was a gang member under the objectively abusive Ondrakja until she watched Ondrakja beat her brother to death. Next thing we know, Ren has poisoned her Fagin and made off for another country with her sister, Tess. They end up serving in the household of Letilia--a disgraced member of House Traemantis.

Fast forward a few years, and Letilia being an absolutely irredeemable human gives Ren the idea to con the remaining members of House Traemantis in Nadezera. Mother and daughter are sufficiently estranged that Letilia won't out Ren, but other actors in the city might.

Those actors include Grey Serrado, captain of the Vigil (read police force) and Vrazenian slip-knot (read traitor to his people because he assimilated into Liganti society. He is running himself ragged trying to sort out why street kids keep dying of insomnia, track down the mysterious Rook, and running petty errands for the Liganti nobility. He does not get help from the rampant vanity and nepotism in the Vigil ranks, nor the racism of most Liganti hawks. Add to that his deep grief for his brother's recent murder and Grey needs a hug and a paid vacation.

Then there is Vargo Derossi, crime lord extraordinaire with an eye toward becoming too powerful to be ignored and choosing to pretend to go legitimate to achieve the dream. He is charming and deadly all at once, has someone else in his head, has a pet spider named Peabody, and some serious germophobia. Whether he is caught in Ren's con or she is caught in his web is an open question for most of this book. Vargo is 100% unanswered questions, and every single one is dangerous to ask and even more dangerous not to know the answer to. Especially since he is also SUSPICIOUSLY competent at numinatria...

We of course cannot neglect Donaia, Leato, and Giuna Tremantis. This remnant of a once proud family are an unusual bunch, but they're also different enough that watching their personalities mesh and clas ended up being one of my favorite things about this book.

Beyond the character work, the worldbuilding in this book is first-class. The Vrazenians and Liganti are culturally and visually distinct at a glance, and then for those who care to stay and look harder, there is depth and nuance. Both cultures feel real and vibrant, which makes the all-too-clear harms of oppression and colonization, as well as the messiness of navigating mixed-heritage identities, all the sharper.

It also highlights the different magic systems, religions, and ways of knowing and relating to your community based on those cultural differences. Patterning and numinatria are both valid, but neither quite likes the other and thy don't cross cultural lines. The Rook is a folk hero to the Vrazenians and a half-mythical, pain-in-the-ass vigilante to the Liganti. Even fashion is sharply divided.

Overall, the Princess Bride comparison is apt, but perhaps also mixed with some Leverage and some Batman. I loved this book, and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next two.

[qqueenofhades]

Winter prompt, dealer's choice: Snuggled up in a warm bed, unwilling to leave for the cold outside

Ren wakes first, early. She doesn't exactly mean to; they were out late last night, it was not uneventful, and she still feels the ache in her bones, the lingering chill and darkness, the scramble through stone passages and the murk and marsh of Lacewater, out to the Old Island, and finally back here to Vargo's house. Indeed, there's nothing more she wants than to roll over, pull the covers up, and go back to sleep until third sun at least, but she did promise Giuna that she would be over at the Traementis villa for breakfast, Tess and Pavlin are also coming later, and as ever, she has to be adept at switching the Rose for Alta Renata, even if the lines between her identities have blurred and vanished and there is nothing more or less than the simple truth: her, Ren, Arenza, Grey Serrado's wife and Derossi Vargo's knot-mate, and the men are lying to each side of her, dead to the world. Grey still smells faintly of the sewers. Vargo smells worse.

A smile twists up Ren's lip, despite herself, and she contemplates sending word to Giuna that breakfast can wait. She lets herself lie down again, stretching luxuriantly in the great bed; the three of them have started sleeping in it together quite often, and it's more and more of a threadbare secret, but she well knows the value and the currency of those, and a lifetime spent holding and hoarding them close is not easily cast aside. For one thing, they're still vainly trying to keep it from Arkady, not that it's going to last much longer, but Ren would prefer that it not be the knots' favorite bit of gossip. She doesn't know why. It's not like she's ashamed of it, of them. It's just... new, that's all. Tentative. She has trouble trusting it won't be taken.

"Ren?" Grey's voice comes hoarse and sleepy from her side, and he reaches up one hand for her. "Are you -- ?"

"Yes. Fine." After a pause, Ren lets herself relax again. The winter chill lies thick on the great bedchamber, she's not keen on starting the fire herself, and the diamonded-glass windows are laced with fine traceries of ice, elegant as the applique on a festival mask. She turns halfway to Grey and lets him hold her, rests her nose in the hollow of his collarbone, as Vargo continues to breathe deeply and slowly on her other side. At last, as the light continues to turn pale grey and she can hear movement elsewhere in the house and bells outside the window, Ren groans and tries to sit up. "I really should -- "

Both Grey and Vargo make beseeching noises and reach up for her, grabbing her by either arm even though Vargo still hasn't opened his eyes or given any other indication of being awake, and Ren bites another grin. She can't help it; she lets herself be pulled back down into the warmth of the bed and the devoted embrace of her boys, and in that moment, there is, indeed, nothing else she wants in the world.

[skullhaver]

B A S I C S :

Full Name: Atlas "Loam" Angra

Pronouns: They/them

Gender: Nonbinary; "gender is not a high priority to me" subtype

Sexuality: Bisexual

D E T A I L S :

Birthplace: The village of Angra in the marshy region of Pantalpan

Age: 28

Species: Half-orc, half-human

Job(s): Ranger. For several years, Loam was a wayfinder working with a small company of adventurers that escorted travellers between the big city of Akara and various towns and villages in Pantalpan. Twice, they even made the transit through the southern jungles to glimpse the isolated city of Cere! They called themselves Expeditious Expeditions.

Family: Loam comes from a happy, blended family. Their mom (Naghat 55F) is an orc and their dad (Andreas 50M) is a human. Naghat's former partner passed away; from her previous relationship Loam has two full-orc half-siblings (Makhel 35F and Ushat 33NB). They also have a half-human full-sibling (Orion 30M).

Alignment: Chaotic good

Phobias: Slight fear of heights

Guilty Pleasures: Generally speaking, Loam doesn't feel guilty about the things that they enjoy, but they can get a little shy about their sheer enthusiasm for ice cream. It's a big city treat that's a bit hard to come by in their more rural home region.

Hobbies: Loam likes to keep moving and likes friendly competitions, so they can easily be recruited into trying any sport. This could be as casual and low-impact as kicking around a hacky sack or as full-contact as fantasy rugby, which I imagine they'd adore. They're also a huge fan of the traditional orc art form of scripted, theatrical wrestling (see: professional wrestling) which is not widely enjoyed outside of their home region. They're always keen to introduce new people to its epic highs and lows.

T H I S - O R - T H A T :

introvert / extrovert

organized / disorganized

close-minded / open-minded

calm / anxious / restless

disagreeable / agreeable / in-between

patient / impatient

outspoken / reserved / in-between

leader / follower / flexible

empathetic / unempathetic

optimistic / pessimistic / realistic

traditional / modern / in-between

hard-working / lazy / depends on the task

O T H E R :

Animal: Giant anteater, for their animal companion Fernanda! 

Color: Rich red soil

Song: Feelin' Good as sung by the legendary Nina Simone. Nina's voice is something like how I imagine Loam's: low, mellow and warm, with moments of rough gravel.

Number: 6, for the members of their bio-family and the members of Expeditious Expeditions.

Day or Night: Day

Plant: Jenipapo, a gorgeous tree that grows in clay soils in the tropical flooded forest where Loam grew up. The small yellow fruits are versatile: unripe, they can be used as pigment for paint, tattoos and for insect repellent. When ripe, they have a pear-like flavor and are often made into preserves (or ice cream👀).

Smell: Dirt, baybee. All manner of musky, earthy smells.

Gemstone: Loam is broadly opposed to mineral extraction, so if you made them pick a "gemstone" they'd probably say freshwater pearls.

Season: Dry season (has never lived in a four-season climate).

Place: Breaking camp on a fair-weather morning in the serrado. That fluttery, excited feeling of a journey ahead.

Food: High-protein diet with a lot of meat and beans.

Drink: Honestly water?? Loam has big "person who always has a water bottle on them" vibes. But also, growing up in a predominantly orc village, they do go hard on the alcohol when it's time to party. Sugarcane hard liquors like rum and cachaça would be their go-tos.

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius vibes

Element: Earth

[elperegrinodedios]

Ha letto soltanto la prima parte e le ho chiesto di leggerla, perchè in spagnolo mi arriva come musica, che tocca l'anima e accarezza il cuore.

(y el capitulo cuatro sigue... 📖)

Ven, novia, desde el Libano, vente del Libano, vuelve; baja de la cumbre de Amanà, de la cimas del Senìr y del Hermòn de las guaridas y montes de leones y leopardos. Me robaste el corazòn, hermana y novia mia, me robaste el corazòn con una sola mirada con una sola perla del collar. Què suaves son tus amores hermana y novia mia! Son màs dulces que el vino tus amores! Es mejor que todo aroma el olor de tus perfumes! Miel silvestre hay en tus labios novia mia; miel y leche debajo de tu lengua; y el olor de tus vestidos es como aroma del Lìbano.

Eres jardin serrado, hermana y novia mia, eres jardìn cerrado, fuente secreta. De ti brota un jardìn de granados, con frutos exquisitos, de alheña y de nardo; nardo y azafràn, canela y cinamomo con toda la clase des arboles de incienso, de mirra y àloe, con la màs selectas especias. Fuente de los jardines, manantial de agua viva que fluye desde el Libano!

Despierta, cierzo! Ven aqui, àbregol! Oread mi jardin, que esparza sus aromas. Que venga mi amor a su jardìn, coma de sus frutos exquisitos. (Sigue en el capitulo cinco de la Biblia) 🤍

Ma anche in italiano qualche emozione te la da, te la trasmette, e non ti accarezza solo l'anima e il cuore ma ti tocca la mente per non uscirne più almeno per me fu cosi la prima volta che la lessi.

lan ✍️🗝

[greenmadeit]

ᴍᴀʀᴄᴇʟᴏ ꜱᴇʀʀᴀᴅᴏ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉ

EN: In the source link you will find 238 383 gifs of Marcelo Serrado in his role as Moacyr “Moa” Figueira on the telenovela Cara e Coragem (e001-002). They were made by me, by scratch, so please, don’t claim as your own. Besides that, feel free to use it as you want.

Contents: kissing, motorcycle, skydiving, hugging, knife, fire gun, climbing, dead body.

PT: No link da source você vai encontrar 238 383 gifs do Marcelo Serrado no seu papel como Moacyr “Moa” Figueira na telenovela Cara e Coragem (e001-002). Eles foram feitos por mim do zero, então por favor, não os use como se fossem seus. Fora isso, fica a vontade pra usar como quiser.

Conteúdos: beijo, motocicleta, paraquedismo, abraçando, faca, arma de fogo, escalada, corpo morto.

[p-mizzo]

Café a dois.

Teus olhos me encaram tímidos. As palavras começam borbulhando no meu peito, sinto todas as vogais e sílabas querendo sair de uma só vez. Os dentes serrados, tentando segurar o avalanche grosso de sentimentos espremidos. 

Meus lábios se abrem, o ar quase torna-se voz, mas não sei como começar, não tem início, não existe meio e nem se quer pensar em um fim. A cronologia se contorceu de maneira surreal. Parecia uma bola de algodão, dessas industrializadas, que não se vê a ponta para puxar e assim se alinhar. 

Minha mente estava buscando a razão, que se perdeu em algum momento. Fiquei muito perturbado com o peito, que esqueci da razão. E ao me deparar desta perda. Fui  para dentro de mim conversar com você, tentar de alguma maneira não te magoar, porém ser fiel e expressar toda aquela violência que em mim habitava. Eu queria lhe machucar, mas não muito, o tanto o suficiente para você perceber o quanto de dor que em mim habita. Mas nem pouco o bastante para lhe poupar e te dar brechas para sobrepor a sua tristeza, e assim mais uma  vez me esquecer de mim.

Eu queria lhe culpar, queria dividir às consequências do estrago que você também participou. É minha responsabilidade o meu sentir, mas teve dedo seu, dedo na ferida, teve olhar, línguas e suor teu também.

 Somos culpados de um crime perfeito, que só a gente sabe o cadáver que cada um carrega dentro de si, sabemos exatamente o segundo que puxamos o gatilho, vimos os nossos peitos, vontades, orgulhos, vaidades sendo perfuradas. Depois sangradas e por fim mortas. Nos matamos a cada dia, na idéia de criamos o nós. E a cada nó, nó por nó, nós enforcamos. 

E a unica oração em forma de súplica que consigo dizer é para o garçom.

" Por favor! Um café!"

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

Grey Serrado, Derossi Vargo, and Ren should all fuck in the third book I’ve not read it yet but I’ve been rereading the series so I can read it and they all need to get together and have freaky charged starts off as hate sex between grey and vargo before turning into something else sex