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Glokta: Incredibly empathetic of me not to skin you alive btw.

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I posted 7,929 times in 2021

400 posts created (5%)

7529 posts reblogged (95%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 18.8 posts.

I added 3,190 tags in 2021

#the first law - 749 posts

#joe abercrombie - 460 posts

#the age of madness - 384 posts

#discworld - 324 posts

#aubreyad - 262 posts

#gnu terry pratchett - 261 posts

#tflicq - 249 posts

#leo dan brock - 195 posts

#frozen - 154 posts

#dresden files - 152 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#whereas the ones with thousands of reviews i gotta trawl through to get a general impression and a lot of one star reviews are also bullshit

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

'Must I put on silk stockings?'

'Certainly, you must put on silk stockings. And do show a leg, my dear chap: we shall be late, without you spread a little more canvas.'

'You are always in such a hurry,' said Stephen peevishly, groping among his possessions. A Montpelier snake glided out with a dry rustling sound and traversed the room in a series of extraordinarily elegant curves, its head held up some eighteen inches above the ground.

'Oh, oh, oh,' cried Jack, leaping on to a chair. 'A snake!'

'Will these do?' asked Stephen. 'They have a hole in them.'

'Is it poisonous?'

'Extremely so. I daresay it will attack you, directly. I have very little doubt of it. Was I to put my silk stockings over my worsted stockings, sure the hole would not show: but then, I should stifle with heat. Do not you find it uncommonly hot?'

'Oh, it must be two fathoms long. Tell me, is it really poisonous? On your oath now?'

'If you thrust your hand down its throat as far as it's back teeth you may meet a little venom; but not otherwise. Malpolon monspessulanus is a very innocent serpent. I think of carrying a dozen aboard, for the rats — ah, if only I had more time, and if it were not for this foolish, illiberal persecution of reptiles... What a pitiful figure you do cut upon that chair, to be sure. Barney, Barney, buck or doe, Has kept me out of Channel Row,' he sang to the serpent; and, deaf as an adder though it was, it looked happily into his face while he carried it away.

— Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

134 notes • Posted 2021-10-23 18:30:02 GMT

#4

Dune, aka I Want That Twink Obliterated: The Movie

206 notes • Posted 2021-10-24 22:22:49 GMT

#3

"When I am old I shall wear midnight, she'd decided. But, for now, she'd had enough of the darkness."

— A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

Classic Terry Pratchett. It must have been almost a decade since I read A Hat Full of Sky for the first time, but only now have I learned about the poem Warning by the English poet Jenny Joseph, that begins "When I am old I shall wear purple."

I am sure Pratchett was referencing the poem (lbr he was always referencing something), and like Joseph's poem Tiffany Aching's story is all about growing up, responsibility, young vs old, and stepping outside the norm.

I just love how Discworld enriches the experience of other literature and vice versa. I feel glad to know that there are still references in the series I've yet to understand. They are a constant encouragement to read new books and learn new things.

212 notes • Posted 2021-07-14 13:44:46 GMT

#2

Because nothing says "free speech" like government intervention.

258 notes • Posted 2021-02-16 10:08:24 GMT

#1

With all due respect (which is none)

4019 notes • Posted 2021-05-26 20:57:19 GMT

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Shivers: Alcohol is cool, but have you ever had someone genuinely care about you?

Cosca:

Shivers: Me neither, pass the bottle.

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Leo: Wtf am I gonna go to therapy for??? So I can pay money just for some bitch to tell me I'm gay? To find out I'm gay and in the closet? To help me discover that deep down I'm a gay ass homosexual man? Lmao pass. Miss me with that shit. I'm straight. I am straight

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Logen: Honestly, you're doing a lot better than I expected.

Jezal: It feels like all I managed to do is… not die.

Logen: And believe me, that is a remarkably rare skill.

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Logen: Sometimes, I don’t realize an event was traumatic until I tell it as a funny story and notice everyone is staring at me weird.

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Bayaz: As King of the Union, if you have any suggestions for the betterment of society, feel free to put them in this suggestion box.

Jezal: That's a trash can.

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Black Dow: We have the element of surprise!

The Dogman: Exactly. Not even we know what we’re doing.

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Savine: If Isher jumped of a bridge, would you do it too?

Leo: Of course not.

Leo: I would have jumped first. I'm a leader not a follower.

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Leo: Who else here thought Jurand was my boyfriend?

Leo: Jurand put your hand down.

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Temple: I like your new pants!

Shy: Thanks, they were 50% off!

Temple: I’d like them better if they were 100% off. *winks*

Shy: The store can’t just give away clothes for free.

Temple: Thats’s… not what I meant.

Shy: That’s a terrible way to run a business, Temple.

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Glokta: I wonder if it is possible to burn alive without screaming in agony.

Pike: I could give you the answer.

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Savine: Feeling cute today.

Savine: Might commit acts of hubris.

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Monza: What doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy.

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Hildi: Orso just told me that he can't wait to be king so he can wear his pajamas all day and eat junk food.

Hildi: I don't know how to break it to him that what he just described is called depression.

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Logen: I’ll add on to your “a” to make “at”. 

Ferro: Okay, I’ll add on to your “at” to make “rat”. 

Bayaz: I will add on to your “rat” to make “biostratigraphic”. 

Jezal: [flips the table]