#soren smith

[kaiju-wolfdragon]

The beginning of the 7 children kaiju team

It was the afternoon at the orphanage where the 7 kids lived in, they're playing outside and playing thier game, freeze tag! They're having so much fun with each other, then it was lunch time for them. It was nice but the other caretakers didn't like them because of how strange they are and they're not like the other kids. Bur there's only one caretaker was very nice to them and it's like the 7 kids, her name is Ms.Donna, she always love to take care of the 7 kids even when she's not like the other mean caretakers from the orphanage.

When it was night time, every day they heard a strange noise from the city far away from the orphanage the 7 kids were watching what's going on outside was a giant monster fighting a giant plant bird monster, they're watching this every night even then no one's watching them.

Then something happened going on. The kaiju was thrown back by the giant monster bird and was about to hit the orphanage. The 7 kids took cover but the kaiju stopped himself from crashing to the orphanage. He looks inside of the orphanage to see if everyone's ok in here.

Then the kaiju saw the 7 children looking at him. The kaiju spoke, "oh dear, i'm so sorry fello little humans, I almost crash into your orphanage" the 7 children forgave the friendly kaiju and they went outside from the window while the kaiju catch them. The Kaiju put them down safety and sighed, the 7 children was surprised and impressed to see him for the first time and up close, he looked at the city and the giant plant bird was still on the lose. He was about to go back to attack the bad kaiju again but then tom thought maybe they can help him, the kaiju didn't know if it's a good idea or not, tom said, "it's better to have teamwork then doing this alone" the others nodded.

The kaiju had no choice but to let them help him, the kaiju uses his magic to turned the 7 children into kaijus just like him, the friendly kaiju let them help the humans while he'll deal with the kaiju plant bird, the others agreed and started to follow the kaiju to the city, few minutes later, they made it, yang went back to the kaiju plant bird and the 7 children went to split up to help the humans from the city and evacuate during the fight.

Tom's pov:

I was walking around finding some people to help, but then I saw a few humans trying to holding onto the building I ran towards it and then most of the human are starting to fall down and i catch them, I sighed in relief and looked at them seeing if they're ok, they're kinda scared of me, i guess that's what others see when they're face to face with a kaiju...

I put the others into my chest fur to keep them safe from harm, i picked up the rest of the people from that building and put the others into my chest fur and one in my chin fur, i walked to the safe zone, and for a while a human was snuggling in my chin fur and i smiled a bit and suddenly purred, it's pretty new to me too.

Tabitha's pov:

I was wandering around seeing where to find the humans. It looks like it's empty i think, but then i head scream, the building is starting to tip over when the giant plant bird crash there, i started to run as fast as i can and then catch the building and then catched the human. The human was terrified during that fall, i calmed the human down with a gentle hug and it seemed to work pretty well.

I put the building let it stay there and walked away from the city where tom was at, the human fell asleep on my hand and i was happy to see the human felt comfortable when i'm around.

Oliver's pov:

"Golly, becoming the giant monster sure is scary alright, at least nothing can hurt me.. Right?..." I went to the city hall and then saw some humans taking cover, but they're a family. I gently picked the family up and covered them up of them with my other hand and start running away from the city so they won't gets hurt by the fight.

I made it off the city and I peeked inside and they're alright! Whew.. At least we made it out and never get injured or killed. But now i hope the fight ends and the other ones got the rest of the humans that're still in the city.

Aubrey's pov:

I was chilling, minding my own business, this is pretty boring i guess.... Then i heard some cars driving away from the fight then one of them was just stood there paralyzed i went to them and picked it up before the friendly kaiju crashed there and he got up and went back to the fight, he apologized to me and the people I hold. I went where my siblings where so i could put the kids down.

That was a close one, at least for now, then tom looked at the fight worried if the others made it back with the rest of the humans, i was kinda worried about it too. Then there's a human kid hugging on my tail and I lifted my tail it and look at the human kid, I think the kid did this to thank me, well i couldn't been bother about it, but hey we're kinda like savers to them.

Ben's pov:

This is great! I'm finally the real life kaiju right now! This is the best day ever, but the downside is that i can't destroy the City now, oh well, maybe there's some other things left to destroy things in this city, then i heard some humans that's in a rebel i went to it and tried to dig them out, and it worked, even it didn't took a while to get all of them on my gator tail, "all aboard, to the gator express!" I said and then i ran as fast as i can and they seemed to have fun while holding onto parts of my tail.

I then made it to the open fields where the others where, I put my tail down so they can get off of my tail and went down to safety, i looked at the city, now all was left was brooke and soren, i hope they'll get to safety.

Brooke and soren's pov:

(Brooke)

I'm with my youngest's brother, soren, besides he needs to be watched, he can't do this alone, i then heard some children crying in fear, soren followed the noise and i followed soren, it came from the abandoned hospital kids, some are boys and some are girls, and they're also orphans.. Sick orphans. I already know how it feels to be an orphan, I asked soren if he'll like to help me to get all the children out of the hospital.

(Soren)

I agreed with Brooke when she asked me that, but how can we get all of them out? Brooke got an idea but she might need our strength to do this, i already know what she meant by that, me and Brooke lift up the whole hospital, surprisingly it's not that heavy as i thought it was, we was went to the open fellas where rest are, but then one of the sick orphans fell off the window and i catched them with my tail and i put them on my soft and fluffy hair and i sighed in relief, thank goodness this little kid was ok.

(Brooke)

We made it to the open fields and then we gently put them down, thank goodness everyone else evacuated from that city, I look at soren and I see a little sick orphans was on soren's hair, I smiled at him, he's always like to take care other people, i let him have some alone time with the sick orphan i went back with the rest and talked to them about the plan to help this friendly kaiju. Tom might think we can fight the monster who harms the city, i'm not sure it's a good idea, even Tabitha thinks it's not a good idea, but tom was determined to help him, he ran back to them city and went to fight the monster. Tabitha ran after him to stop him. I watched them ran back to the city, even when i'm worried about the City and my sibling's safety, just hope nothing goes wrong anyway.

(Soren)

I gently scooped up the sick orphan and it smiled at me, i smiled back, showing a bit of my teeth, i just hope everything's gonna be ok, i put the sick orphan back in the hospital and i tucked the little one in bed, i got up and saw the rest of them went back to the City trying to stop tom from going back to the city to help the friendly monster out during the fight, i followed them but then i stopped for a bit and looked at the humans with a worried look, but then an sick orphan child looked at me and told me to help them and be safe, i can't help it but smiled and then i followed my siblings and help them out.

The 7 children kaiju team went back to the city and they're still fighting, the monster plant bird was winning, then the monster plant bird was about to attack the friendly kaiju but then tom punches the monster plant bird and it landed on the buildings. The friendly Kaiju looked at tom and the rest of the gang stepped up to face with the monster plant bird, the 7 children kaiju team attacked the monster plant bird and the monster plant bird was about to attack them.

Tom used his fire punches at the monster plant bird and it blast the monster plant bird and it's getting weak and dizzy, tom was surprised about his new moves that he had fire attacks. His siblings was surprised about his attacks with his new form, this is perfect for them to give it a shot.

Tabitha wanted a try the new powers she got, and she then uses fire laser breath which it makes some ice glaciers to freeze some of the monster's wings. The monster fell down and crash to the ground, he had no chose but to charge at them, Tabitha grabbed Oliver and lift him up and the rest of them went out of the way.

Oliver uses his tail to make a tsunami to wash away the monster plant bird and it landed on the other side of the city, the 7 children kaiju team watched the monster plant bird, but it got up and was about to attack them, including the friendly kaiju

Aubrey bounces pretty high and pins down to the monster plant bird to the water, she swim fast so the monster plant bird can't see her, she punches the monster bird multiple times in the water and uppercuts to let him out but knocked out a bit, he got up and was very dizzy. She got out of the water and her hair was still dry.

Ben went to the monster bird and uses his strength to pick up the monster plant bird and throws him to the city to weak him, then he use smoke gas breath so he can't see where to aim at.

Brooke and soren are up, brooke her sneak attack with her camouflage and starts to attack the monster plant bird and she got a little of a bruse but she got back up and attack it once again.

And then it's soren turn and he used his powerful echo roar to make the monster plant bird flew away to the sky and never came back.

The others cheered after they defeated the monster plant bird, the friendly kaiju looked at them proudly, he knew they can do this, the friendly went to them and thank them for the help, he then had an idea and gives the 7 of them, there own amulets so anytime they need to be in the city to help them, they're happy to help and excited to become a kaiju anytime they wanted to.

Few hours later every humans went back where they came from, and the rest of them puts the hospital for sick orphans back where they came from, it was time to go, and they went back to thier orphanage, soren looks at the sick orphan as he waves by to me and my siblings. Soren smiled and wave back at then and followed them, everything went back to normal.

And that's the beginning of the 7 children kaiju team.

The End

(Man that was long, maybe soon or later i'll might gonna make a episode story of this if i feel like to.)

[yorgunherakles]

bendeki en iyi şey kendime olan hoşnutsuzluğumdur.

saint augustinus - itiraflar

[ghostlyfanparadise]

[mikyapixie]

Charlie & Lola premiered 19 years ago today!!!

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS I THOUGHT IT WAS SO CUTE!!!🥰🥰🥰

[bixels]

Do you have a quick nationality guide of each character in the 1920s AU?

You don't have to answer if you don't want too.

The list got a bit long, so they're under the cut:

Rosita –– 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Rarity –– 🇨🇳🇺🇸

Doli –– First Nations

Félicie –– 🇫🇷🇺🇸

Big Mac –– 🇺🇸

April-Jacqueline –– 🇺🇸

Granny Smith –– 🇺🇸

Abagail –– 🇺🇸

Isabelle –– 🇨🇳🇺🇸

Socorro –– 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Thea –– 🇺🇸

Stella –– 🇮🇹🇺🇸

Zahara –– 🇰🇪

Capt. Samuel –– 🇺🇸

Cadance –– 🇮🇹🇺🇸

Trixie –– 🇭🇰🇺🇸

Sunset –– 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Luna, Celestia, Discord, Chrysalis: 🏰

Including characters yet to be designed/revealed:

Dixie: 🇵🇱🇺🇸

Doc: 🇹🇷

Octavia: 🇮🇳🇺🇸

Vinyl Scratch: 🇺🇸

Lyra: 🇬🇷🇺🇸

Bonnie: 🇩🇿🇫🇷

Carol Cho: 🇰🇷🇺🇸

Capt. "Spitfire": 🇮🇪

Soren: 🇳🇴🇬🇧🇺🇸

Miss Cheryl Lee: 🇺🇸

Nurse Rotherz: 🇩🇪

[nova--spark]

And here we have the Mortal Machines! Autobots! Human names as follows, and sketches will be colored soon enough OP: Orion Pax Elita: Ariel Pax Bumblebee: Ben Pax Smokescreen: Soren Pax

Ultra Magnus: Magnus Kent Wheeljack: Jake ‘Jackie’ Wheeler Bulkhead: Bruce Smith Ratchet: Dr. Roman Ratchet Arcee: Araceli Darby (Yes I miswrote Magnus' last name, I'm t i r e d)

[reivelation]

literary references in evangelion

toji suzuhara, kensuke aida, and the last name horaki are lifted from characters within ryu murakami's novel ai to gensou no fascism / fascism of love and illusion.

nerv's motto is a quote from pippa passes, a 1841 verse drama.

"God's in his heaven— All's right with the world!

this line is also quoted in anne of the green grables.

"'God's in his heaven, all's right with the world,'" whispered Anne softly.

isao takahata's anime adaptation anne of the green gables also includes a scene similar to the ending scene of the anime series.

the name of episode 26 (the beast that shouted i at the heart of the world) is a reference to the book by harlan ellison, the beast that shouted love at the heart of the world, a collection of short stories. "i" sounds very similar to "ai", meaning love in japanese.

the greek tragedies, oedipus rex and electra which is fairly self-explanatory... i hope... with the show's use of freudian concepts (shinji's oedipus complex and misato's electra complex respectively.)

the human instrumentality project is a reference to the book series by cordwainer smith, instrumentality of mankind.

despite that, the human instrumentality bears a striking resemblance to the plot of Arthur C. Clarke's 1953 novel, childhood's end.

plot synopsis on goodreads:

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city--intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.

But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind . . . or the beginning?

in asuka and kaji's introductory episode asuka strikes, there are four battleships in the UN convoy named after the shakespeare plays titus andronicus, cymbeline, othello and tempest.

in 2.22, kaji says he feels like urashima taro, referencing the japanese legend named after it's titular character, a fisherman named urashima taro. the legend goes that the fisherman rescues a turtle and is rewarded by a visit to the dragon palace where he is entertained for several days but when he returns to the human world, he finds that he had been gone for at least a century and everything around him has now changed. this is a metaphor for how kaji left tokyo-03 for only two years yet feels as though everything around him has now changed.

episode sixteen being titled (there are alternate titles to several evangelion episodes) sickness unto death after the philosopher soren kierkegaard's book of the same name exploring christian existentialism.

speaking of episodes being titled after philosophical works from the victorian era, is the hedgehog's dilemma. originally described in arthur schopenhauer's collection of philosophical reflections, parerga und paralipomena. the hedgehogs dilemma is a theme seen over and over again in evangelion with episode 4 being titled after it.

the title of evangelion 3.0 + 1.0: thrice upon a time references the book with the same title, thrice upon a time by james p. hogan.

It's amazing enough when Murdoch Ross's brilliant grandfather invents a machine that can send messages to itself in the past or the future. But when signals begin to arrive without being sent, Murdoch realizes that every action he takes changes the future that would have been...and that the world he lives in has already been altered!

Then a new message arrives from the future: The world is doomed!

as qmisato pointed out, anno has referenced james p. hogan's works previously as well (nadia: secret of the waters' final episode being titled inheritor of stars referencing hogan's novel inherit the stars)

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Queer Books Coming Out January 2024

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison 🧡 Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann 💛 Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver 💚 Soren by Miranda Page & Lina Ganef 💙 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia 💜 Stars and Soil by Dax Murray ❤️ Deep Sounding Chaos by Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 🧡 Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar 💛 Evergreen by Devin Greenlee 💙 Matsdotter and Adrastus (Adventures in Levena #2) by Aelina Isaacs 💜 Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi and Me Mimo 🌈 Destined by Jen Carter

❤️ Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky 🧡 Her Mechanic Bear Mate (Crescent Lake Bears #3) by Arizona Tape 💛 That Bitter Sting by Melissa Polk 💚 Bioluminescence by Toni Duarte 💙 Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary 💜 Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban ❤️ Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae 🧡 How to Share a Cat and Other Life Lessons by Evelyn Fenn 💛 A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing by Amy Allen 💙 Bound by Kate Hawthorne 💜 Moonbreak by Lise MacTague 🌈 Falling All In by Laina Villeneuve

❤️ Murder on Castaway Island by Alicia Gael 🧡 The Butler's Vessel by S. Rodman 💛 Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland 💚 Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney 💙 Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand 💜 Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa ❤️ A Doctor’s Touch by A.A. Fairview 🧡 So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole 💛 Never Be a Saint by Mark Runte 💙 Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook 💜 Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlich 🌈 City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter

❤️ Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron 🧡 Knight of Staria by Iris Foxglove 💛 The Storm Gathers by Maelan Holladay 💚 Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 2 by Priest 💙 Fence: Redemption SC by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad 💜 Dreamer by Kris Bryant ❤️ Not Just Friends by Jordan Meadows 🧡 Winter's Spell by Ursula Klein 💛 Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters 💙 All Things Beautiful by Alaina Erdell 💜 Curse of Souls by Niranjan 🌈 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

❤️ The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson 🧡 Curse of the Dragon Shadow by Selina A. Fenech 💛 No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black 💚 Shards of Trust by Fox Beckman 💙 My Fair Brady by Brian D Kennedy 💜 The Summer Queen (The Buried and the Bound #2) by Rochelle Hassan ❤️ A Luminous Heart by Cailee Francis 🧡 To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods #1) by Elizabeth May 💛 Out of Our League by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli 💙 Earth and Water by J.L. Gribble 💜 Rend Me, The Wayward Knight by Mary Vanalstine 🌈 Prince of Endless Tides by Ben Alderson

❤️ Sweet Wicked Thing by Jessie Walker 🧡 Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey 💛 Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan 💚 A Reckless Oath by Kaylie Smith 💙 Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter 💜 Faded Moon by T.L. Morgan ❤️ Game On by Amy Aislin 🧡 The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers 💛 The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland 💙 Spark of Wrath by E.M. Lindsey 💜 Honeybloods by I.S. Belle 🌈 Love Me At My Worst by Adrian J. Smith

[dragoneyes618]

Random Guardians of Ga'Hoole Headcanons I Have That I May Or May Not Have Posted Here Already

Noctus and Marella suspected that Kludd was behind the disappearance of Soren and Eglantine, but they didn't do anything because 1. they were afraid of him and his friends (the Pure Ones) who stopped by whenever they were out hunting, and 2. he was still their son and they loved him and they didn't want to believe he was capable of killing his siblings.

Kludd didn't push Eglantine out of the nest like he did to Soren. A couple of Pure Ones just stopped by one day and took her straight out of the nest. Kludd told his parents and Mrs. Plithiver that she'd fallen and probably been eaten by something.

Kludd killed Noctus and Marella, or at the very least was involved in their deaths. (This might be implied canon, I don't remember.)

The rogue smith, who was also an informant for the Great Tree, who the Band found dying in The Journey, was killed by the Pure Ones because he refused to make weapons for them. (This might also be implied canon.) He was killed before he could get word to the Great Tree about the new evil rising in the owl kingdoms.

Otulissa's parents and aunt were picked off by St. Aggie's forces, who were attempting to kill as many adult owls in the region as they could, in the hopes that when they came for the owlets and eggs the nests would be nearly undefended. Fortunately for Otulissa, a Ga'Hoole patrol found her first.

Silver and Smutty are brothers.

Eglantine was haunted for the rest of her life by the events of The Shattering; the betrayal of an owl she believed to be her best friend, the lost hope that her parents were alive, her being essentially mind-controlled. She has nightmares.

Bell was haunted for the rest of her life by the events of Exile; her father's exile, the vanity cult, the book burnings, the owl burnings, the Striga - an owl who had once saved her life and who she saw as a trusted mentor - threatening to kill her, the loss of Otulissa's eye. She blames herself for all this, since she brought the Striga to the Great Tree. She also has nightmares.

Sometimes, Bell and Eglantine talk about this.

Between Exile and the War of the Ember, Coryn and Bell had a talk about owls you trust (in her case, a trusted mentor, in his case, his own mother) betraying you.

Eglantine always wanted a mate and owlets of her own (she especially wanted to name owlets after her parents) but she never found the right owl to become mates with. She compensated for this by being the best aunt ever to her nephew and nieces.

Pelli is 401-2.

Soren and Gylfie had nightmares about St. Aggie's for the rest of their lives. To their dying day, the sight of the full moon made them uneasy.

[mysticstarlightduck]

OC Voice Headcanon (Supernova Initiative Edition)

I had this idea a few moments ago... do any of you have voice claims for your OCs? I never really thought much about it beforehand, but after giving it some thought I realized I do have some voice claims/headcanons for my OCs, even if subconsciously lol.

If you like this pls reblog or reply! <3

So I'm gonna share some of my OC voice headcanons from Supernova Initiative!

Jack Tithus - (voice headcanon) Spider-Man, from Spectacular Spiderman (Josh Keaton)

Deimos Soll - (voice headcanon) Lotor, from Voltron Legendary Defender (A.J LoCascio)

Kye Thalax - (voice headcanon) Hades, from Hercules (James Wood)

Cassiopeia Tithus - (voice headcanon) Jinx, from Arcane (Ella Purnell)

Artemis Zreeth - (voice headcanon) Vance Hopper, from The Black Phone (Brady Hepner)

Noctus - (voice headcanon) Daemon Targaryen, from House of The Dragon (Matt Smith)

Aleks Keldora - (voice headcanon) Soren, from The Dragon Prince (Jesse Inocalla)

Gabi Ophyria (voice headcanon) Kate Bishop, from Hawkeye (Hailee Steinfeld)

Jasper Astrophell - (voice headcanon) Zagreus, from the Hades game (Darren Korb)

Meridian Shardd - (voice headcanon) Angel Dust, from Hazbin Hotel (Blake Roman) or Scaramouche, from Genshin Impact (Patrick Pedraza)

Vesper Foxx - (voice headcanon) Morgana The Fallen, from League of Legends (Erica Lindbeck)

Pax Stellaryn - (voice headcanon) Thomas, Maze Runner (Dylan O'Brien)

Lyorna Alyrii - (voice headcanon) Astrid, from How To Train Your Dragon (America Ferrera

All rights reserved to the respective sources of the voices, this is just for fun.

Supernova Initiative Taglist (-/+): @ray-writes-n-shit, @sarandipitywrites, @lassiesandiego, @smol-feralgremlin, @kaylinalexanderbooks,

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@the-golden-comet, @urnumber1star, @ominous-feychild, @anyablackwood, @lyutenw, @finickyfelix

@elshells, @thecomfywriter

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

[kaiju-wolfdragon]

Kaiju spirits for the 7 children kaiju team

[booktomoviebrawl]

We are not judging how bad the movie is, we are judging which adapted the book the worst. There are good movies that are bad adaptions.

Propaganda below the cut (spoilers may apply)

Persuasion (2022):

They massacred my girl!! That is not Anne Elliot!! The whole point is that she's beaten down and thinks she's missed her chance at happiness and is bullied by her family, not making mean and snarky nods to the camera :( They completely missed the whole point of the dynamic and it's SICKENING! They also cut Mrs Smith who is arguably one of the most important characters as she highlights Anne's lack of focus on title and rank and her family's comparative obsession with it + it's only through her that Anne learns about Mr Elliot's true nasty nature. Also they cut the 'I am half agony, half hope' line from Wentworth's letter at the end so what's even the POINT of adapting it if you don't have that!! Oh my god!! My poor favourite Austen novel :( (I do want to make it very very clear that my issues with the movie come from the writing and adaptation and not in any way from the race blind casting. The casting is superb and I'm genuinely so disappointed that they got such a bad adaptation bc so many of the cast are literally perfect)

Where do I even start? They tried to 'modernize' both the protagonist and the love story and managed to take out everything that made it good in the first place. Anne Elliot in the novel is quiet and good and helpful, full of regret. In the movie, she constantly turns to the audience to mock everyone around her, feeling so much better than everyone, to the point where nobody understands why Captain Wentworth would still be in love with her, or have fallen in love with her in the first place. Eight years before the plot starts, she broker her engagement to him because she was persuaded by a family friend that it was a bad idea. No way would movie!Anne have let herself be persuaded. They just tried to do a Fleabag/Emma type of thing without understanding what made either the novel or those two things work and thereby ruined it completely

Whoever made this didn't understand the point of the novel at all. They completely screwed up the character of Anne Elliot (the protagonist), which in turn screws the rest of the movie, as the original story only works because Anne is the way she is. Also, it's a period piece but the characters are talking in modern slang the entire time. And not in a clever way but in a very cringey one. If Jane Austen knew, she'd probably turn in her grave, and rightfully so.

Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'hoole:

While the animation is gorgeous, it unfortunately condenses basically the entire series into one movie which makes for a very rushed end product that misses a lot of the best moments and characters of the series

While I do enjoy the movie, it acts less as an adaptation, per-se, and more of a... *reimagining* of the books which it's based on. Quite a few plot points, settings, and characters are either cut out or merged, at least a few characters were created specifically for the movie, characters' personalities and relationships are notably altered from the books, characters and ideas are explicitly introduced significantly earlier in the movie than they were in the series, in part because of their merger with other characters and factions... one particular plot point that has always stood out to me was Soren and Eglantine reuniting with their parents at the end of the movie, while in the books they were killed before the events of the third book (which was the final one being adapted, so to speak, by the movie), having been murdered by their third and eldest child, Kludd. This is all putting aside my own personal gripes about character design choices and species alterations between the books and movies, which were presumably more stylistic choices than anything - The Guardians of Ga'Hoole wiki's page for the movie actually has a whole section dedicated to noting the differences between the books and film. I do truly believe that Legend of the Guardians is a worthwhile movie both for fans of the books and those who have never read them, but it is best treated as a standalone reimagining of the story, rather than an adaptation.

They attempted to squash the plots of a 20+ book series into a single movie. It did not make for a cohesive or compelling plot. Ruining any possibility of creating a sequel. Also messed up the worldbuilding.

Different villainous groups were merged completely undermining the commentary the books were trying to make.

Showed information/backstory reveals that was supposed to be revealed later in the series, robbing it of any mystery or significance. The audience was not given a reason to care.

Warped the characterisation of one of the protagonists from contemplative and philosophical to a fool who makes lame jokes.

[ladzwriting]

Honestly, Ladz, I'm scared to read fealty even though I bought it. I feel like I'll become obsessed and then want something similar

I am so flattered by this; thank you so much!!

In terms of becoming obsessed and wanting more, there are minimum 7 more volumes to write (it takes a long time to stop a forever war while preserving a vestigial empire, who knew!). But in the interim of me writing them, I have a carefully curated to-read list for the different aspects of FEALTY that you like most.

NON-FICTION (also featured in the back of the book)

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich (2017)

God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volumes 1 & 2 by Normal Davies (2005)

Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History by Orlando Figes (2015)

Queer Gothic by George Haggerty (2006)

Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith (2016)

VAMPIRES

Hellsing by Kouta Hirano (1997 - 2008)

Monogatari by nisiOisin, illustrated by Vofan (2005 - Present)

Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illus. Yoshitaka Amano (2005 - Present in English)

A Flame in the Night by Morgan Dante (2023)

Ossuary by T.D. Cloud, illus. by Ambi Sun (2023)

Unholy with Eyes Like Wolves by Morgan Dante (April 2024)

Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright (August 2024)

SLAVIC POLITICAL FANTASY

Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski (2020 in English)

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid (2021)

Kalyna the Soothsayer by Elijah Kinch Spector (2022)

SLAVIC FICTION

Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin (2011 in English)

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczyk (2022 in English)

GENERAL POLITICAL FANTASY

Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (1946)

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (1950)

Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (1959)

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (2001)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth J. Dickinson (2015)

GOTHIC FICTION

tbh Mervyn Peake's books also work for this category

The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis (1796)

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (2022)

The Lord of Astiigos by Soren Häxan (2023); please note: there is an update coming in the next few months

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (2023)

BLURBER BOOKS

(if not in previous sections)

Little Death by Pom Poison (2022 - Present)

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (2023)

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (2023)

All Tomorrow's Photos Duology by S.S. Genesee (2023)

VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY

Bloodborne (2015), especially Castle Cainhurst

Fire Emblem Three Houses (2019), the Black Eagles house

I think this is most of it!! I have read and reviewed most of these on my blog, where you will find things like content and trigger warnings.

Hope this answers the questions and please take your time! FEALTY is a dense, gory book with a lot happening both politically and interpersonally, so don't feel bad about taking time to get into it.

It took me a few years from purchase to actually reading Mervyn Peake's work, for example, and it absolutely came at the right time for me.

I hope this answers the ask!

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Here's my be blessed prayers for Maite Rodriguez and Angels edit Saffie Rose Roussos, Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi,Charlotte Bacon, Charlotte Louise Dunn, JonBenèt Ramsey, Kelly Ann Fleming, Lincoln Flynn, Rachel Joy Scott, Milly Rose zellmer, Victoria Rose Smith,Acacia Surridge-Hill, Destiny Riekeberg, Mercedes Losoya, Sidra Hassouna, Lois Janes, Louis XVII, Ava Jordan Wood, Semina Halliwell, Leiliana Wright, Norah Lee Howard, Annayah Rosa-Balmer, Ana, Lily Rose Diaz, Riley Faith Steep, Star Hobson, Gene Wilder, Kenny Rogers, Brianna Florer, Merle Haggard, Amber Rene Hagerman, Amerie Jo Garza, Eliahna Torres, Jackie Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jersey Dianne Bridgeman, Layla Salazar, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Olivia Engel, Pauline Adelaar, Peter Fuchs, Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014, Tristyn Bailey, Sierra Newbold, Alexia Carolina, CeCe, Ariel Rose, Emilie Parker, Soren Chilson, Caylee Marie Mastin, Caylee Marie Anthony, Aubreigh Wyatt, Makayla Lynn Brewster, Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell, Annaliese (Anna)Backner, Makayla Dyer, Audrii Cunningham, Sloan Mattingly, Annalise Renée Nava rest in peace

[atlas-the-bastard]

I don't usually post non fandom art on here but I'm pretty proud of this :33

these r two characters my best friend and I made for a VERY COOL webcomic we're in the process of creating - mavis (redhead) and her currently unnamed girlfriend because we needed side characters and I felt like she deserved a sapphic relationship 😌

i did use a reference for the pose/clothes but it turned out way better than I was expecting??? kind of insane??

anyway if you want more deets about the characters uhh under the cut bc I want to tell people about this so bad😭

SO (and may I just say thankyou for clicking see more cant believe people want to KNOW about my SILLY LITTLE GUYS)

Mavis (full name mavis nic coitir) is the bassist of a 5 person band in a world pretty much the same as our own except there's monsters n magic n people have powers n shit. dont think about it too hard the world building isn't designed for scrutiny.

Mavis' "power"/ability is mostly that she's just freakishly smart. she's the tech junkie of the group, the gadget girl, all that jazz - and also the biggest pop culture nerd ever. she's also the mom friend, she had adhd, she's 20 years old, Irish, and born on the 10th of february. she's a total loser and also the coolest person you'll ever meet.

she has a shit ton of awesome body mods/cyborgy stuff (which I didn't draw because I didnt feel like it💀), including a prosthetic arm - all of which she made herself.

she (like all of our other characters) is an amalgamation of a bunch of different traits and tropes we thought would be funny or cool, and also because I cant keep my sticky fingers out of anything, is losely inspired by one piece characters (namely franky and nami) - again, like most of our other characters💀

i, being a faggot, needed to give her a girlfriend and my friend said "sure :D". I thought it would be funny if she, being the loser ever, somehow pulled like. a beautiful celebrity or actress. and I think the idea in my head has now kind of morphed into like...a really cool artist/content creator who lives in their city and who everyone knows...so like microcelebrity...but still a celebrity to mavis's band mates. I havent yet run this past my friend, but I'm thinking some flavour of blasian for the gf.

also these aren't their actual outfits I just drew the clothes that were on the reference cos it was easier and also I think I am a lot better at drawing clothing folds now so win win. for the record mavis normally wears like an oversized band/pop culture tshirt and some old cargo pants/overalls.

anyway yeah that's mavis :DDD

(If u wanna know the other 4 band members are Soren Fayez , the seemingly cool calm collected popular girl who is actually a total ditz, and plays violin; Dante (full name Durante Alaric Hunter Dio Galloridge), the vampire vocalist and sometimes keyboardist with big dick energy and chaotic bisexuality; Calvin Smith, drummer and the most normal guy ever - completely trauma and angst free and the himbo ever; and Evan(geline) Mori, guitarist and the black cat to cal's golden retriever, bursting with childhood trauma and a Midwestern emo musical influence. Evan and Cal are in love with each other but Evan is too angsty to do anything and Cal doesn't waste time doing things like using his single braincell to pick up on Evan's faggotry that to anyone else except the two of them is more unsubtle than a giraffe in a swimming pool.)

[nova--spark]

(I’ve had all day at work to come up with idea so prepare for some spam. I’ll try to send them one at a time though)

Some of the bots might have to use a different name while on earth because while there’s some weird names out there Cybertronian names might draw a bit too much attention

Optimus and Elita could probably start going by Orion and Ariel again

Bumblebee could probably just go by Bee, there’s some people who just have one letter for a name

Wheeljack is already called Jackie sometimes so he’d probably just use that

I looked it up and Magnus is actually a name. An uncommon one but still. Ultra Magnus would probably just go by that. He wouldn’t want to change his name

But Arcee, Bulkhead, and Smokescreen would all probably need new names

At base they’d probably still be called by their Cybertronian names. But in public they’d have to use the new names to avoid suspicion

Oh god yeah they needed somewhat real IDs at least so there was the fiasco of finding human names for these idiots…

Optimus and Elita were fine, thank goodness, going by their old names and Elita taking Pax as a last name. It seemed very fitting to everyone.

Bee chose a rather simple name, just Ben, and once again, the last name of Pax given to the young bot. Which fit him so well, none could argue and so, Ben Pax was his new identity.

Smokescreen took his time trying to find a name, that was fitting his …rather outstanding personality and more. In the end, he was signed into being, as Soren Pax. He didn’t get to argue much on being given the Pax last name, because Elita and Optimus had been quick to sign the paperwork properly adopting him in these human forms.

He didn’t mind too much, was just baffled he now really did share a family.

Magnus sought no change to his name, and took a simple and common human last name, though surely he would stand out regardless with his first name being so…formal. Thus, Magnus Kent became his name.

Wheeljack just called it a day when he decided to use his nickname, though on Miko’s insistence, they found him a last name to go with it. Jackie Wheeler, which Miko grinned upon presenting it. But it made the Wrecker keel over laughing and it was approved immediately.

Bulk took on the name of Bruce, though he still of course was called Bulk. It seemed fitting honestly and he was amused to hear that humans often used nicknames that resembled his Cybertronian name, especially the construction workers. So, he sought little change at all to his name, and simply went by Bruce Smith.

Ratchet kept his name…for the most part that is. As a last name that is, and for a first name, was just Roman.

Arcee really didn’t want to change her name, thinking it was already human esque in a sense.

But at the insistence they needed to be safe above all else, on her legal documents, her name was Araceli, which closely resembled Arcee anyway. Jack was quick to suggest the Darby last name for her, which June agreed to, saying she could be ‘a distant auntie’ of Jack’s.

Safe to say, Fowler has a lot of paperwork to do.