#the unluckiest character fr

[shinedoitsulikeabright]

If you really think about it, Tiresias suffered the most out of any other character from Epic: the musical/the Odyssey

First he was forced to live as a woman for 7 years, during which he married and had children. The reason for being forcefemmed? He saw two copulating snakes and struck them, thus pissing off Hera who turned him into a woman as punishment.

Of course, this isn't so bad. Still bad luck imo. Like imagine hitting two random snakes and boom! You're a woman.

Next, he got blinded by Athena because he saw her bathing. Athena, the virgin goddess, naturally didn't like this and took away his sight. Feeling bad for cursing him, she gave him the gift of prophecy.

Another myth, however, tells a differeny story. According to it, Tiresias was called by Zeus and Hera, who were in the middle of an argument. They were trying to decide who felt more pleasure during sex: the man (Hera's claim) or the woman (Zeus's claim).

Since Tiresias had lived as both, they decided to ask him to settle the debate. Tiresias answered the woman and that, of course, made Hera mad so she blinded him. Zeus could do nothing but compensate by giving him the gift of prophecy.

He died from being impaled by Apollo's arrow. As if that wasn't enough, he couldn't catch a break even after death. Our favourite captain just had to come and pester him for more prophecies (which he didn't even follow btw so thanks for making this dead man do extra work for nothing, you royal dipshit).

[girl-bateman]

I love writing !!!!! I can't wait to get back to my little freaky characters and make them suffer !!!!

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MXTX Side Character Bracket

Side A - Opens Thursday, November 9th

Jin Ling vs. Daoist nuns triplets 

Jiang Yanli vs. Xue Yang 

Yin Yu vs. Xiao Xingchen 

Qin Wanyue vs. Bai Jing 

A-Qing vs. Mu Qingfang 

Ling Wen vs. Pei Ming 

Shang Qinghua vs. Wen Qing 

Bichen vs. Fairy 

Side B - Opens Sunday, November 12th

Ning Yingying vs. Su Xiyan

Mobei-jun vs. Zhuzhi-lang

LBH’s Harem vs. Jiang Cheng

Su She vs. Tianlang-jun

Quan Yizhen vs. Song Lan

Lan Xichen vs. Sha Hualing

Wen Ning vs. Gongyi Xiao

Mianmian vs. Six Balls

Special Addition - Shen Jiu vs. Liu Qingge

Polls will open at noon CST and will remain open for 1 week.

Tag: #mxtx side characters round 1

Characters & propaganda underneath the cut

Jin Ling from MDZS

Submission 1: He may be a brat, but he has a good heart and a friendly dog. He thinks he's the main character of a much less intense story which keeps almost getting him killed 

Submission 2: Bestest boy in the whole world. He's got a dog! A helicopter uncle! His dad's sword! Yeah he can be a little brat but he's SIXTEEN okay (or thirteen, or whatever, MXTX HELP) and he's got an incredible capacity for forgiveness. He's so good! 

Daoist nuns triplets from SVSSS

Submission: Authors of "Song of BingQiu" and the true culprits behind the ass wine extra. Stop crediting Liu Mingyan with their hard work! 

Jiang Yanli from MDZS

“Madam Jin. A-Xian is my younger brother. A humiliation to him is not something trivial to me.” - Drama

Elder Sister Syndrome in its highest form who is just trying to protect her loved ones despite having no talent in cultivation. 

Wiki Link

Xue Yang from MDZS

Submission: It's not that he's evil. He lacks empathy and he goes into a disassociative state and commits atrocities. 

Yin Yu from TGF

Submission: The guy of all time. The most average god ever. Someone give him a break. His face is so average that Xie Lian thought it was fake 

Xiao Xingchen from MDZS

No propaganda submitted

Originally a disciple of Baoshan Sanren, Xiao Xingchen left his home knowing he wouldn’t ever be allowed to return in the sole hopes of saving and helping others. He meets and befriends Song Lan, who later loses his eyes and home to Xue Yang. Xiao Xingchen begs Baoshan Sanren to give Song Lan his eyes, choosing to wander the world blind. Due to sacrificing his eyes, he’s unable to recognize Xue Yang, who tricks him into killing innocent people and later, Song Lan, the person he wanted to save the most. 

Wiki Link

Qin Wanyue from SVSSS

Submission: Scum Villain's wettest and most pathetic loser! Of course, she's so pathetic that she's constantly overshadowed by more bombastically pathetic characters, but I think she deserves her chance at recognition. 

Bai Jing / Brocade Immortal from TGCF

Submission: no 1 ling wen simp (just like me fr)

Wiki Link

A-Qing from MDZS

Propaganda: She's so smart. She tricked so many people into thinking she was blind for so long. Also, she was really kind and considerate. Like she didn't have to save all of those people from Xue Yang. Oh and she's an excellent judge of character and super brave. Really hope she wins, she's such a fun little genius girl 

"You piece of shit! Dream on! You don't deserve to call Daozhang unclean. You're just a pool of spittle! Daozhang must be the unluckiest man in the world to have met you! You're the only one who’s dirty! It's only a disgusting pool of spittle like you!" — A-Qing’s last words to Xue Yang

Mu Qingfang from SVSSS

Submission: Ppl tend to completely forget he has a mad scientist side (see Jinlan arc) and if he gets into the tournament I'll have a reason to bring it up. 

Ling Wen from TGCF

Submission: Girlboss. Did nothing wrong

One of the Three Tumors - three Heavenly Officials that have some of the worst reputations after Xie Lian (“the laughing stock of the three realms”) - and was accused of, like, killing a dude or smth but was accepted back into Heaven on the sole basis that she’s the only administratively competent god

Pei Ming from TGCF

One of the Three Tumors - three Heavenly Officials that have some of the worst reputations after Xie Lian (“the laughing stock of the three realms”) - due to his EXTENSIVE manwhore ways. Like, when the ghost mother of a fetus spirit claims her child is/was the child of a Heavenly Official, EVERYONE thinks it’s him. What can he say, his reputation precedes him 

Shang Qinghua / Airplane from SVSSS

Submission: He's a sidekick and he's so sidelined that despite creating the universe he's treated as an afterthought - doubly a side character! But also? So relateable. He would absolutely have been on tumblr in his first life, he gets so excited about his blorbo who treats him terribly (until they finally get a happy ending in the extras - also! he has to wait for the extras to get his happy ending! very side-character of him). He holds the fascinating position of being mostly irrelevant to the story and yet without him the themes would totally fail. He deserves a win on something for once, okay? 

Wen Qing from MDZS

Submission 1: Doctor, mad scientist, war criminal, protective big sister... she has the range!!

Submission 2: Wen Qing my beloved!! She did surgery on a grape. Mad genius for real. Also a loving sister with a very sharp tongue and maybe no sense of how far is too far. Can't wait for them to find her alive in a Koi Tower basement!

Submission 3: Justice for my girl!!!! 

Submission 4: She's bitchy and pragmatic and cares deeply and did an unprecedented operation (experimental and nonconsensual!), what's not to love? Also she deserved better. 

Bichen from MDZS

Lan Wangji’s sword

Submission: this sword has been through a lot…

Wiki Link 

Fairy from MDZS

Jin Ling’s dog that was gifted to him by Jin Guangyao 

Submission: The cutest, smartest, and goodest doggo! She's the one who led WangXian to the Nie sword tomb to save Jin Ling! and led Jiang Cheng to Guanyin Temple to save Jin Ling! and led Lan cultivators to the temple to help Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen (and Jin Ling!)

Wiki Link

Ning Yingying from SVSSS

Submission: Her glow-up in the SVSSS timeline is real! Instead of becoming Luo Binghe's childhood sweetheart, she roasts him for referring to her too familiarly. Love this for her. 

Su Xiyan from SVSSS

Girlboss

Wiki Link

Mobei-jun from SVSSS

Submission: He's a demon tsundere who doesn't realize his human boyfriend is scared and easily squishable. Got demoted from king to cabinet minister during a hostile takeover but is pretty chill about it. Huge boobs. 

Zhuzhi-lang from SVSSS

Submission 1: Snake boy my beloved

Submission 2: I love him

Luo Binghe’s Harem from SVSSS

Submission: Binghe's harem the whole collection all of them together an amalgamation of all the wives 

Jiang Cheng from MDZS

Submission 1: Extremely traumatized yet also somehow the most normal and functional by the end. Huge bitch but I (and at least one of the other characters) think he deserves to be even worse after everything he's been through

Submission 2: Simultaneously badass and the most cringefail man. Extremely funny and stylish but still manages to be very uncool. Cries a lot. Also he's lost a lot of tumblr polls—let's give him another shot! We definitely love him more than his dad did!

Submission 3: He's got mommy issues AND daddy issues. He loves his sister and his shige so much. He's traumatised and incredibly competent. He rebuilt his whole sect! He's an asshole (affectionate). He's purple! He's got the coolest weapon ever conceived. I'm so worried about his blood pressure basically all the time. 

Su Minshan / Su She from MDZS

Submission 1: Idk I just kinda like him

Submission 2: Look at him having his own life and grudges and friendships and priorities completely unrelated to the main characters! He was so right to curse Jin Zixun 

Tianlang-jun from SVSSS

Submission: Incredible character who does it like him 

Quan Yizhen from TGCF

Submission: He's a good boi and thinking about him makes me cry a lil'.

Literally only ascended to Heaven to follow his shixiong, hated it, and then his shixiong was cast out for trying to kill him. Also, the “revered-martial-artist-who-beats-up-his-supporters/subordinates-and-is-still-loved” trope

Song Lan from MDZS

No propaganda submitted 

Died to the one person he desperately wanted to apologize to (Xiao Xingchen), and when Xiao Xingchen, unable to recognize him due to giving Song Lan his eyes, killed him, Song Lan chose not to use his sword, knowing Xiao Xingchen would recognize it 

Wiki Link

Lan Xichen from MDZS

Submission: Pay your respects to the captain of the WangXian ship! Those idiots would keep pining for another 13282627 years if it weren't for him! 

Sha Hualing from SVSSS

Submission: Her cringefail losergirl swag has captivated me 

Wen Ning from MDZS

Submission emitted for potential character hate

Chose kindness again and again - sheltering Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng from the other Wens, sacrificing himself with his sister to save Wei Wuxian and the Wen Remnants - only to inadvertently/paritally cause Wei Wuxian’s downfall & the seige on the Burial Mounds with his own hands by killing Jin Zixuan (not of his own will, btw). Another tragic character who sacrificed and put himself at risk to protect people who died anyway 

Gongyi Xiao from SVSSS

Submission: He is such a Good Person who didn't deserve his fate :( 

Mianmian / Luo Qingyang from MDZS

Girlboss instantly shut down the misogynists in her clan by leaving without hesitation. Iconic work. 

Wiki Link

Six Balls from SVSSS

Submission: When he was born he weighed as much as six balls. Current ball number unknown.

[teddybeartoji]

HEYYYYY MICKEY!!

Been a bit :333

I missed bothering you 😔😔

Omg! I just saw your recent posts about HSR and YOU CANNOT FATHOM HOW EXCITED I AM!!!!!

Oh and Aventurine is rerunning on the banners soon if you're interested :) hes a pretty good shielder.

I CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO MEET JING YUAN!! HES MY SECOND FAV MY FIRST FAV IS BOOTHILL

Jing Yuan's voice is SOOOOO

I love his voice actor too, he's voiced by my favorite VA! (Alejandro Saab). Where are you at in the story? Are you enjoying it? What characters do you have? I'm so into HSR it's not even funny and the fact that you're getting into it makes me sOOOO excited fr fr

Also! If you'd like, I have a pretty well built Boothill and you can borrow him :)))

BYE BYE MICKEY ITS BEEN FOREVER MWAH MWAH MWAH

HAI BB HAIIIII!!!!!!! HEHEHEHE I'VE MISSED YOU TOO I HOPE YOU'VE BEEN DOING OK LOVEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEE YES I SAW THAT AVENTURINE IS COMING BACK I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THAT HEHEHEHE BUUT I'VE ALSO BEEN SEEING AND HEARING THAT SAMPO MIGHT BE RETURNING TOO SOOOOO:3333333333 i am prepared to spend real life money on that man i'm afraid😔😔😔

I WANNA SEE BOOTHILLLLL AND I WANNA SEE JING YUANNNN!!!!!!!!!! i've been a bit stuck with the side-quests lmao i am very much the type to try and do everything aand i typically tend to do a lot of side stuff before continuing on with the main story buuuut i think that if i'm gonna play again today i might finally move on with the story hehehehee i just finished the ice planet so i'm excited who i'll get to meet next!!!!!!

OH UMM I HAVEE SERVAL SHE'S A PART OF MY MAIN LINEUP OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT SHE'S REALLY COOL!!!!! aand then i am still running with dan heng and march 7th i really really like them!!!! but then i also have asta and lynx and arlan and guinafen and natasha and herta!!!!!!! btw i am like THE unluckiest person ever lmao i already know i'm gonna be so sad if i can't pull any of the characters i want😭😭😭😭

AND I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE GAME BTW!!!!!!!! IT'S VEEERY VERY FUN!!!!! yesterday i was doing the umm critter care side-missions on the spaceship lmao they're sooooo fucking cuteeee eeeeeee i love those little creatures so fucking much<33333333 i do hate the bug enemies though... i think i've gotten a bit better at fighting them but oh my fucking god they're so baddd they're very annoying lmao BUT OVERALL IT'S ALL VERY FUN AND EXCITING:3333333

[bi-e-ne]

Monthly Reading List #Apr’18

Hello there!

Here we are again, April is over, but I waited for it so long because I’m dying to see Infinity War!!! I have tickets for tomorrow (fucking finally) and I’m excited but at the same time so, so frightened, praying that not too much characters will die. But I will see.

Some news from my life: I have a new job ;)))) I will start in June in a hospital near by as an assistent for nurses. They offered me to become a nurse but I’m not interested in this medical stuff, so I declined. But I hope I can find something else to do in the hospital, once I’m in, because I’m not planning to be an Assistent forever. But who knows what the future might bring. At least there are another four weeks for me to do whatever I want to. Besides watching IW I will be on a concert of 30 Seconds To Mars next Friday. I have seen them once so I expect it to be awesome again.

That’s it for now, so have fun with the stories below!

Almost Human

John Kennex

Sweet Embrace @haveyouseenmymind

Avengers

Care to Prove Me Wrong? @surrounded-by-superheroes

I Wish... Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 @pinetree111

James ‘Bucky’ Barnes

Because I Met You @captain-ariel-barnes

Being one of the best assassins ever known @prettyyoungtragedy

By Chance Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | tbc @captainrogerss

By Royal Decree - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | tbc @captainrogerss

Called Out Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 @captainrogerss

Car Wash @buckymcbuttfacebarnes

Clouds @softlybarnes

Dandelion @poeticbarnes

Deserving @theonewiththefanfics

Dimples @selina-kyle89

Fight Night @abovethesmokestacks

Forgotten Feelings Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | tbc @sebastixnstxn

Hard Drive @angryschnauzer

Imagine running away with Bucky @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

I’m Yours, My Alpha @angryschnauzer

I Need You @sinceimetyou

Into You @papi-chulo-bucky

In Which She’s Jealous Of Herself @pinkettepoet

I touch myself @queenofslytherin71

It’s Just Borrowing @captainrogerss

Jealous @jrubalcaba

youngblood @sebbies

La Vie En Rose @sgtjbuccky

Love & Coffee Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 @captainrogerss

Love For All Times @until-theend-oftheline

Lucky to Have You @violentlybarnes

Missing You @4theluvofall

Nightmares @acreativelydifferentlove

No, It’s Bucky : Masterlist @verycoolveryunique

not just because we’re friends @theassetseyeliner

Omega wincing whenever their Alpha applies a salve to bites and bruises @writemarvelousthings

On, off and repeat @avasparks

Personal Training @diinofayce

Puppy @justareader

Pushing It Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | tbc @violentlybarnes

Say please | Part 2 @buckysinthesinbin

Say That Again @justsomebucky

Silver Linings @until-theend-oftheline

Star spangled brushwork @bitsandbobsandstuff

The Chaperone @angryschnauzer

The Edge of Denial @gaybybirth

The Fire Escape - Masterlist @erisan

The One with the Office Enemy @buckyofthemyscira

The Playlist Part 1 | tbc @bolontiku

The Seduction of Bucky Barnes -  Saving Face @rebelslicious

Time To Eat @selina-kyle89

Touching You - Masterlist @4theluvofall

Why didn’t you tell me? @sebbytrash

Loki

Imagine refusing to leave Loki’s side @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Steve Rogers

A Little Too Old-Fashioned @parkerrogersgirl

Beer Goggles @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Birthday Smirthday @captain-rogers-beard

Border Patrol @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Boundaries - Masterlist @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Can’t Help Myself Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 @itsanerdlife

Caught @the-observant-fangirl

Close Quarters Part 1 | Part 2 @eufeme

“Do you think they can hear us through the tent?" @emotchalla

Imagine coming home to Steve @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Later? Later. @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

My Golden God… @thoughtsofdarc

“Not so Righteous” @lostinthoughtsandfeelings-blog

Off the Books Series Masterlist @captain-rogers-beard

Panicked | Perturbed | Pitiful | Suffocated | Drowning | Pull the Trigger | @prettyyoungtragedy

Plus One @star-spangled-man-with-a-plan

Retirement @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

She Will Be Loved @caplansteverogers

Sore Loser @redgillan

Steve Rogers likes ice cream and kitchen sex @prettyyoungtragedy

Stranger Part 1 | tbc @imhereforbvcky

The Feeling of You @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

“Trust me, I love you.” - Bumps and scrapes | Open wounds and Blood  | tbc @prettyyoungtragedy

Worthy @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Steve Rogers x James ‘Bucky’ Barnes

Imagine Steve & Bucky protecting you @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Imagine waking up Steve and Bucky after a mission @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

The Red Tower | The White Palace Part 1 | tbc @angryschnauzer

Stucky

A Tumblr Romance @a_splash_of_stucky 

By Morning Light - Masterlist @a-splash-of-stucky

Like humans do @tetralea

Missing Part of Our Puzzle @thosekidswhohuntmonsters

Oops I Texted the Wrong Number @a-splash-of-stucky

Tony Stark

Imagine Tony finding you @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

So Much More Than That @captain-rogers-beard

Winterhawk

89. @winterhawkkisses

103. @winterhawkkisses

437. @winterhawkkisses

443. @winterhawkkisses

Hawaii 5-0

Steve McGarrett

“Look, I didn’t intend on falling in love with you.” @amarabliss

Star Trek

Jim Kirk

A Storm raging @haveyouseenmymind

Dear Jim | Conclusion @star-trekkin-across-theuniverse

Egg Hunt @iguess-theyre-mymess

Five Minute Ficlet @star-trekkin-across-theuniverse

High Energy (A Light Unseen) || FR Version @goingknowherewastaken

High Energy (A Light Unseen) || MR Version @goingknowherewastaken

Imagine being at the Academy with Jim @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Rhythm of Love @haveyouseenmymind

Thinly Veiled @starshiphufflebadger

Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy

1500 Follower Ficlet #1 @outside-the-government

A Dance to Forget @kaitymccoy123

A Little TLC @outside-the-government

Beyond Georgia @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Damn I Love You @kaitymccoy123

Five minute ficlet @star-trekkin-across-theuniverse

Five minute ficlet @star-trekkin-across-theuniverse

Five Minute Ficlet @star-trekkin-across-theuniverse

Hey bones? Thanks for making time @kaitymccoy123

“I couldn’t take my eyes off you from across the ballroom.” @janeykath318

Imagine Leonard McCoy had a bad day @bkwrm523

Imagine Making Bones Laugh And Smile @youre-on-a-starship

Interruptions @auduna-druitt

Maybe It’s Fate | tbc @kaitymccoy123

No Medical Term For That @iguess-theyre-mymess

Shut Up And Kiss Me @kaitymccoy123

Sinful Sunday: Leonard “Bones” McCoy NSFW @kittenofdoomage

Student Loans - Masterlist @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Taste of Spring @haveyouseenmymind

The Unluckiest Part 1 | tbc @theperksofbeingaballer

What relaxes you the most? @kaitymccoy123

“You still haven’t told us who you are.” @bkwrm523

McKirk

Across the Years - Masterlist @imoutofmyvulcanmind

After Midnight @haveyouseenmymind

Angel @logicallythyla

Anything Like Me  - Part 1 | Part 2 | tbc @pinkamour1588

Bite Me - Masterlist @medicatemedrmccoy

Couch cuddles @haveyouseenmymind

Down the Savage Mountain @arrowinthesky

Last Night @auduna-druitt

Not in front of Spock @depressedleonardmccoy

palimpsest [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | tbc @fireinmywoods

Pushing me @auduna-druitt

Romancing the Bones @unforth-ninawaters

When it happens... @jimkirks-rippedshirts

Supernatural

Dean Winchester

Always Knew @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Imagine Dean coming to you after a hunt @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Marry Me @waywardjoy

Not Bad At All @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

Wonder Woman

Steve Trevor

Mermaid @imamotherfuckingstar-lord

You Are Real @imamotherfuckingstar-lord.

Chris Pratt

Wrong Number: Three | Four | Five | tbc @i-dont-do-rpfs

Sebastian Stan

It’s You @theimpossibleg1rl

You Deserve It @theimpossibleg1rl

[brigdh]

Yuletide recs, for fandoms A-M! I have just barely gotten this in before author reveals, and clearly still have half the alphabet to get through. Ah, well. First off, my own gift!! Water Lens Benjamin January, gen, 2.4k, Teen. “The good widow couldn't dump you in the fast section of the river, apparently,” January said. “It had to be the mud.” “If she'd only panicked five minutes earlier,” Rose agreed with a sigh. “We were on the bridge then – although given the state of that particular river I wouldn't necessarily put money on it being that much cleaner.” All my all favorite story tropes are here: bathing together and playing with hair and the OT3 and Rose doing science and there’s even a mystery to solve in here too! It is wonderful and I love it and everyone should give the mystery author more kudos. And here are my other favorites: so come home 12 Dancing Princesses fairy tale, gen, 21.5k, G. A detective is called to a space station to solve the mystery of whether--and how--twelve astronauts are accessing the surface of a forbidden planet. A very well-written sci-fi murder mystery, with great worldbuilding and characters. Recruits American Gods, Mr Wednesday and Mad Sweeney, 4.2k, G. The Norse god of battle and a mad Irish king walk into a bar. This is not a joke, my son: except in a sense, it is. They are Old Gods, it’s the New World, and the game must be kept going. Really great backstory on the gods in WWI. The Locust And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side - James Tiptree Jr., 2.2k, Mature. Letter of Fr. Francisco Nadal to Fr. Bartolomeo Strozzi, 1588. The original short story is about the horrifying effects on humanity of alien sexuality; this fic translates it into Imperial Spain and makes the different cultural setting really work. Because everyone needs some terror on Christmas! And on the seventh... Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Jack/Stephen, 11k, G. This decision might be considered the luckiest, as standing near Jack meant that Stephen was not alone in his fall overboard. Or it might be considered the unluckiest, as standing near Jack meant that Stephen was foremost in the splinters' path, when the ranging shot abruptly found its range. Desert island fic with H/C, angst, kissing in the ocean, and new species of birds. AKA, everything good in fic. And for that riches where is my deserving? Benjamin January mysteries, Ben/Rose/Hannibal, 1.8k, Teen. If Ben was honest with himself, he suspected that one day Hannibal might simply vanish from their lives. He desperately hoped that this was not the day. Delicious Hannibal whump plus the OT3! What more could anyone want out of the tiny fandom of my heart? Family Gathering Books of the Raksura, Moon-focused, 2.8k, G. After some of Jade and Moon's first clutch are confirmed to be Royal Aeriat, Pearl wants the fledgelings brought to her bower. Ember thinks Moon should be there too. Really adorable baby-fic, with some lovely Pearl characterization. Home Books of the Raksura, Consolation gen, 4.1k, G. It turned out that living like people instead of monsters required all sorts of skills and tools. Cleaning required soap, and some inkling of how to apply it. Consolation’s flight, having been raised by monsters, not people, had none of the requisite skills. This is the post-canon fic about how Consolation learns to be a person that was my greatest wish for Christmas, and it's everything I could have hoped for. Mordre, She Wroot Canterbury Tales, Wife of Bath-focused, 8k, G. At least one pilgrim will not make it to Canterbury. Yes, you ABSOLUTELY DO need the Wife of Bath solving murders in your life. Just trust me on this. Underworlds: The Life and Afterlife of Richard Upton Pickman Cthulhu mythos, gen, 3.7k, G. Explore the life, works and enduring influence of Richard Upton Pickman, a controversial artist of the early 20th century. This exhibition includes several paintings never before displayed in public, including all of Pickman's graphic, unsettling "horrors" currently remaining in North America. The Boston Globe called Underworlds "stomach-turning food for thought"— but decide for yourself! Young children may find Pickman's paintings frightening; parents are advised to consider carefully before allowing them to proceed. This program serves as a guide to the exhibit. Audio versions for your mobile phone are available at the Parrington museum website. Such a well-done pastiche of a museum guide to a series of horrifying paintings. What Is Begotten The Eagle of the Ninth, Marcus/Esca, 7.5k, Teen. Esca learns the Latin word by accident, from Stephanos of all people. Soul-mate. A soulmate AU with an absolutely lovely take on the canon. Of Devils and Other Fine Things Fallen London, The Wistful Deviless/Zee-Captain, 1.1k, G. Wooing a devil can only end in tears. Really fantastic interpretation of what a relationship with a devil really means. head above water Gattaca, Jerome-focused, 1.2k, G. “Do you know,” Jerome’s mother asks his coach, “how Jerome first started swimming? Did he ever tell you that story?” Absolutely wonderful backstory for Jerome. Suspect Gattaca, Anton Freeman-focused, 1.8k, G. Five things Anton thought upon seeing Vincent was a suspect for murder (and one thing he said). Lovely character study on a minor part of the movie, this feel so right. Attempt #534: The One With The Bees The Good Place, Chidi/Eleanor, 8k, Explicit. “Eleanor!” Chidi looks even more upset as he blurts out, “The universe doesn’t want us to have sex, okay?” Eleanor chokes. “I’m sorry, what?” In which Eleanor and Chidi repeatedly try – and fail – to have sex. Totally hilarious, and also hot. Care and Feeding of Your Janet The Good Place, Janet-focused, 1.2k, Teen. Please read this guide carefully before activating your Janet. So, so, so funny. Operation: Seduce Michael The Good Place, Michael/Everyone, 2.3k, Teen. If at first you don't succeed, send a different cockroach. Really hilarious fic about the plan to seduce Michael, with pitch-perfect character voices and humor just like the show's. so slip your hand inside of my glove The Handmaiden, Hideko/Sook-hee, 2.6k, Teen. Hideko lets Sook-hee teach her how to distinguish sapphire from spinel and obediently bites the gold Sook-hee brings back to her. Hideko and Sook-hee, after. A post-canon fic that is beautiful and just perfection. Who's Got Who The Hateful Eight, Chris Mannix/Marquis Warren, 6.7k, Explicit. Warren makes inventive use of Mannix's sheriff star. And, for that matter, inventive use of Mannix. He thinks that will be the end of it. You know, as much as love Hateful Eight, I never expected to begin shipping Mannix/Warren. What can I say but that this fandom has some damn good writers? And they know their porn; good lord this one is hot. As Ice in the Desert Historical RPF, Richard I "The Lionheart" of England/Saladin, 2.3k, Teen. Saladin visits Richard's sickbed with fruit, and a question in his eyes. Gorgeously written, really some of the most beautiful descriptions I've read in quite a while. Two people on the opposite sides of the Crusades in a moment of peace. all the nameless that keeps us rising despite IT, Stan/Richie/Beverly, 4k, Teen. When Stan went over to Richie’s house after dinner to tutor him for their math test tomorrow he thought he knew exactly what he was signing up for. Beautiful depiction of loss and love and a game of spin-the-bottle. Epilogue Jane Eyre, Jane-focused, 3.4k, Mature. Not everything, Jane learns early on, is real. Deeply creepy alternative interpretation of the canon. I love this possibility. How Else Would Sailing Ships Ever Have Navigated? Jeeves, Madeline Bassett/Honoria Glossop, 2.3k, G. “Do you think,” Madeline said to Honoria as the more impressive parts of nature gradually crept up upon them, “that all daffodils are the daughters of sunlight?” Absolutely adorable fic for some minor characters with a pitch-perfect tone for the canon. the worlds that spin beyond our atmosphere Jupiter Ascending, Jupiter/Caine, 7.8k, Teen. When Jupiter woke up, there was a small metal sphere on the pillow beside her. She blinked at it, because it certainly had not been there when she had gone to bed the night before. Then Aunt Nino began to stir and grumble as she too woke up and Jupiter snatched up the sphere, lobbing it hastily into her half-packed suitcase on her way to go and make the coffee. In which Jupiter is propositioned by a space travel agency (but fancier!) and introduces Caine to her family. Gorgeous worldbuilding and wonderful expansion of the canon. I love the descriptions of other planets in here. Damsel King Arthur (2017), Arthur/The Mage, 3k, Teen. In which there's a girl, a dragon, and a castle, and Arthur resolves not to let the truth get in the way of a good story. Totally hilarious and a great fit with the canon. Those parts, which maids keep unespy'd Kushiel's Legacy, Phedre/Joscelin, 1.9k, Explicit. There are few things Phedre has never done. There's one she's never done with Joscelin. Wonderful hot and sweet fic. Het anal, which is rare to see in fanfiction, but so very well-done here. Midwinter Queen The Lion in Winter, Henry/Eleanor, 1.6k, G. Christmas at Chinon, 1183. Conversation gambits keep the Christmas fires burning. Cynical and regretful and funny and heavy, this story does a better job of capturing the voice of the canon than almost any I've read. By Degrees Mansfield Park, Mary Crawford/Fanny Price, 16.6k, Mature. Her conscience had been disturbed, and she could no longer dislike Mary Crawford enough to be safe from her, if such a thing had ever been possible at all. Really excellent slow-burn for one of my favorite Austen ships, and the Fanny characterization is just ideal. Canada Gold Mean Girls, Regina George/Janis Ian, 3.9k, Teen. Regina joined the CIA to catch bad guys. Unfortunately, this time, that meant she had to work with Janis. Yeah, so it turns out that the thing that's been missing from my life is Mean Girls f/f rival spies future-fic. I am so, so glad that this story exists because it's amazing.

[oosey0]

so I have like 5 ocs rn in this story !!!! theres uhhh

Joshua, Amelié, Hallie & Jocelyn, and mogami

joshua is some 8 year old that turns into a bird when its daytime

Amelié is. a factory worker lol

Hallie & Jocelyn are angels who are just. kinda chilling n enjoying life fr 😺

and mogami is a bakeneko who's posing as her old owner ( she was a house cat for a while )

joshua and mogami both live in amelies house because shes like the unluckiest bitch in the world. right now the story is mostly focused on joshua and why he's a fuckin. bird but mogamis story is gonna get some attention too !! hallie and jocelyn are mostly side characters but they have their own story too so im. struggling with where im gna take this fr ajsnsnandjjajaj

omg wait am I actually gonn do some coherent world building for my ocs wait

[christinaengela]

Hello friends and fans!

Welcome to my 14th newsletter: February 2018 – jam-packed with tidbits and information about new releases and projects I’m currently busy with!

Coming up in this edition of Another Round @ The Crow Bar:

Regular updates, new releases, and a monthly spotlight on one of my books, this time “Panic! Horror In Space #1“, book 1 in Panic! Horror In Space Series.

Hello!

February is always a busy and eventful month for me, being my birthday month. I had a nice long holiday from December, and towards the end of January I went back to work – and I had to get back into my routine again.

For the past several weeks, I’ve been working on “African Assignment” and “Bugspray“, two books that were both published and available until November. To give you a little background, both books were published through LightBearer during 2016, which was a mutual project of mine together with a friend, but due to various considerations, including the unsuitability of CreateSpace as a publishing platform regarding payment options for the publisher and author, we agreed that the best thing to do was to take both books down and re-release them through Lulu. We also agreed that this was better under my own brand, as it seems likely that LightBearer isn’t going to be active again anytime soon. This came about at the end of November, and I’ve been working on both titles since. It’s not just a matter of taking the manuscripts down and putting them up on another service; it’s more complicated than that – different POD sites use different software and have different formatting requirements. Also, in our opinion, CreateSpace’s materials and printing quality is inferior to Lulu’s. In the meantime, I’ve been reformatting, and have modified cover details and made some content changes, all in preparation to put them up again via Lulu alongside the rest of my books.

In the meantime, my fiance’e and I are also in the thick of making preparations for our hand-fasting in March this year. It’s been in the workings since last year, when we got engaged on the 9th – and the date is set for the 10th! Some pictures will be included in an article on my website and later, in one of the next newsletters – so stay tuned!

In the meantime, I’m also working on another of my dad’s books, getting it ready for publication. My dad, Theo Engela, died in 1985. “Shakandazu Valley” was the last book he finished, in the year before his death. He tried unsuccessfully to get it published up to the time of his death, sending typed copies to publishers who weren’t interested in anything from South Africa due to the political climate etc – that’s right, politicians have a long, long history of shattering dreams and screwing things up for us ordinary folk!

So, I’ve been editing it for him, which has been quite a mission since it was typed on paper old-school, with a manual typewriter that imprinted slightly smudged letters on the paper. The only way I could do this, was to scan the pages into digital images and run them through a text-bridge application – which provided me with a Word document with a truckload of errors! Aside from that, I think the lady who typed the manuscript for dad altered the text in typing from the handwritten manuscript by replacing contractions (i.e. “can’t”) with full words (i.e. “cannot”), and so this makes for a rather plodding text, especially in dialog, so I’ve had to modify it to make it easier to read. That’s just what I’m up to with the first edit which is still in progress – during the next edit, I’ll be working on the flow of the story telling, the dialog, and any other errors I find.

The book should go out soon after I’ve put the other two back up again. “African Assignment” is a collection of my dad’s short stories, and there’s an interesting difference in his style in writing short stories as opposed to his novel-writing – add to that, his two earlier novels are written in a style more like his short stories than “Shakandazu Valley”. There’s an almost 20 year gap between them. Nevertheless, it’s an exercise in getting to know my dad, and it’s a pretty deep experience for me, one I’m enjoying a lot.

But before I waffle on too much, let’s get on with the newsletter! 🙂

New Releases

The Galaxii Series

Blachart by Christina Engela

Demonspawn by Christina Engela

Dead Man’s Hammer by Christina Engela

Galaxii – Into The Abyss by Christina Engela

“Galaxii – Into The Abyss” – a special omnibus of all three already released titles in the Galaxii Series, was released on 23 June and is only available in paperback 6″ x 9″ format. Work on book 4, “Where Darkness Softly Treads” is still pending due to other projects at this time.

The Quantum Series

Black Sunrise by Christina Engela

The Time Saving Agency by Christina Engela

Dead Man’s Hammer by Christina Engela

Loderunner by Christina Engela

Prodigal Sun by Christina Engela

High Steaks by Christina Engela

The Quantum Series – Keep Off The Crabbygrass by Christina Engela

“The Quantum Series – Keep Off The Crabbygrass”, an omnibus of The Quantum Series titles 1, 2, 3 and 4 (“Black Sunrise”, “The Time Saving Agency”, “Dead Man’s Hammer” and “Loderunner”) was released in July 2017.

About The Quantum Series will give you more background about the series, its settings and characters. To get a better idea of what the latest two titles are about, read What Readers Can Expect In “Prodigal Sun”, “High Steaks”, “Fortitude” & “The Last Hurrah”.

Panic! Horror In Space

Panic! Horror In Space #1 by Christina Engela

Panic! Horror In Space #2 by Christina Engela

Panic! Horror In Space #3 by Christina Engela

Panic! is a sci-fi/horror series, which will have some decidedly sci-fi characters encountering some decidedly horror entities – ghosts, haunted objects, zombies, etc. along with my usual twisted brand of humor! The first two titles are available in paperback and ebook versions on various distribution platforms including Amazon and Lulu. “Panic! Horror In Space #1” and “Panic! Horror In Space #2” were released earlier this year and “Panic! Horror In Space #3” was released on 18 November 2017.

Non-Fiction

Bugspray by Christina Engela

The Pink Community – The Facts by Christina Engela

The Peed Off Peasant’s Collection of Awesome Parking Memes

On A Personal Note

Fan Mail & Honorable Mentions

Noticed in the past month by my long-suffering PA and fiance’e, Wendy K. Gloss, were the following honorable mentions:

Nothing this month – sorry!

I display my Fan Mail & Compliments with pride, gratitude and humility. You are always welcome to have a look.

Hate Mail & Horrible Mentions

I’m almost sad to say I have nothing new to show you this time! (I may have something to show you next time though!)

(I’m rather proud of my hate mail, and you can review it here – but be forewarned, don’t do it while eating or drinking or you might choke while laughing!)

Interviews

Nothing new during this past month! If you would like to do an interview with me about my works, please do get in touch!

New Videos

Nothing new at the moment, but in the meantime, here is the book trailer video for “High Steaks”!

New Listings

Nothing new for 2018 just yet! All my already published books now seem to be listed just about everywhere! Amazon, Anobii, Barnes & Noble, Bol (NL), Book Depository, eBookMall, FictionDB, Fnac (FR), Foyles (UK), Goodreads, Indigo, iTunes, Kobo (prices in ZAR ), Lybrary, Nook, Takealot (prices in ZAR ) and 24 Symbols. I recommend readers make their purchases via Lulu.

Monthly Book Spotlight [Spoiler Alert]: “Panic! Horror In Space #1”

This is the sixth title in The Quantum Series. To read more about the settings and characters of this series, visit About The Quantum Series and Characters & Plot Devices. To find out about Christina Engela’s main writing focus, read No LGBT Stereotypes Here!

Back Cover:

“Panic! Horror In Space” is a series of science-fiction-horror stories in the same setting featuring mostly the same regular characters, with the occasional introduction of new characters or settings.

The premise for this concept was to create a horror-sci-fi story in a series of connected short fiction installments. For more detail about this series, visit About Panic! Horror In Space.

While on an otherwise routine deep-space mission to chart new territory on the frontier of unknown space, the Pioneer Fleet starship Mercury is probably the unluckiest ship in history. Not once, not twice, but many times over, the same hapless crew – give or take a few dozen casualties – on a supposed voyage of deep space exploration, stumble into the weird, wake the creepy and trip over the downright terrifying and possibly even supernatural…

Synopsis:

“While on a routine deep-space mission to chart new territory on the frontier of unknown space, the Pioneer Fleet starship Mercury stumbles across an apparent shipwreck in deep-space that opens a whole new can of worms for her crew.

How had a ship last seen near a Terran colony light years away forty years ago got here before the Mercury? Why couldn’t the cause of death of the crew be determined – what was in the deleted log entry of the Kilgary – and why had it been deleted?

The last thing Stuart Flane, captain of the Mercury, expected while he and five members of his crew worked to discover the answer to the enigma, was a day-long running battle inside the bowels of the moldering corpse of a long-vanished loderunner. Their troubles don’t end there, because Mercury – their only ride home – is also in trouble…”

The lost loderunner “Kilgary” (front view)

The lost loderunner Kilgary (rear view)

Buy Now: Paperback  /  Ebook

Details:

Edition: First Edition Published: April 06, 2017 Pages: 182 Dimensions (inches): 4.25 wide x 6.88 tall

In Closing

Well, that’s it, folks! 🙂

Stay tuned for more news as things progress!

Thanks again for all your support, friendship and interaction! Until next time,

Cheers! 🙂

If you would like to know more about Christina Engela and her writing, please feel free to browse her website. If you want to know what Christina Engela’s focus group or target market is, please read here. If you would like to read more about Christina’s life and experiences, please go to her Biography and the article “Timeline of Milestones, Awards & Achievements“. To leave her a message, please use the Contact form. Visit her Shop. ‘Add’ Christina Engela on Facebook (Profile). ‘Like’ Christina Engela on Facebook (Page). All material copyright © Christina Engela, 2018.

Another Round @ The Crow Bar #14 – February 2018 Hello friends and fans! Welcome to my 14th newsletter: February 2018 - jam-packed with tidbits and information about new releases and projects I'm currently busy with!