#tsatw

[tomsmusictaste]

Rise Against // Roadside

[jessread-s]

Thank you to Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, for the free copy for review

A gripping romantasy debut with nail-biting stakes and sizzling slow burn!

“The Serpent and the Wolf” follows Vaasa Kozár after her brother marries her off to Reid of Mireh, a ruthless foreign ruler, in hopes he can use her death as a rallying cry to finally invade Reid’s nation. But she is desperate to live and Reid offers her a deal: help him win the votes to rise in power, and he will share his knowledge about the newly awakened dark magic running through her veins. This proposal may be too good to refuse, yet Vaasa and Reid’s undeniable attraction threatens to break the rules of their arrangement. 

When I tell you this book consumed me and made itself my new personality, I mean it! From the very first chapter, when Vaasa put her knife to Reid’s throat, I was hooked and just knew I was going to love their relationship dynamic (I was right!). Each subsequent chapter was better than the last, making it impossible to put this one down! 

The plot is definitely heavy on politics (the machination and scheming is on a whole other level), but the romantic tension between Reid and Vaasa is palpable. Reid seriously had me giddy as a schoolgirl! Every word that came out of his mouth made me swoon. I adore how gentle he was with Vaasa as she came into her own. 

Vaasa is the FMC I want in a fantasy novel. To echo Reid, she is smart, cunning, and wickedly resourceful. I really enjoyed reading from her perspective and watching her character break free from her family’s cruelty to become a witch strong enough to dismantle nations. 

Robinson’s fictional world is intricate, her characters compelling, and her plot twists riveting. If you’re a romantasy lover, definitely pick this one up!

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[charliedesantiago]

Okay so….I’m currently debating on whether or not to finish The Soldier and The Widow where it is or just pause it because I can’t currently think of anywhere else to send the story.

But I also had another idea of starting a new (slightly more in order) fic with BlackHill and Finch and have that make more sense.

I just wanna know what everyone thinks. Should I continue with TSATW or should I write new story? I honestly don’t mind starting war world three in the comment section if other people have ideas for me. Might even start taking prompts

[cgogs]

LOVE creating content that literslly only i would find interesting

[mimisempai]

It's interesting. I just thought, how many movies it took us to understand the complexity of each of the main characters of the avengers. I only learned to fully appreciate Steve with Civil War (or rather the 3 Captain America movies combined), same for the others.

And even if Sam was introduced before, I think Tfatws is like a first movie, we learn a lot, but there is still a lot to dig.

What I like is that with his character it's nuanced and what we learn the most is by observing how he interacts with others.

While searching for the images for my gifs and edits, I've already watched some episodes or parts of episodes several times, and each time I discover something else. Sam and Buck with this show for me went from secondary characters to main characters. And so for me it is logical that it will take more than 6 episodes to know who they really are.

Character development is about giving a character depth. It's not about making a character go from bad to good, or improving a character's goodness. It's about showing the audience more about the character and revealing who they are and why they are like that and showing the audience the characters motivation. Sam is lovely but as of right now he's not a 3 dimensional character.

Interesting point and I agree with everything you said but are there any Marvel movie characters that are really 3 dimensional? I don't feel like Sam's character got any less depth than any other MCU character, quite the opposite

I think it depends also on your expectations... This isn't really a drama or a long running TV show... so obviously I wouldn't have the same expectation for the characters.

I do feel like we got to know who Sam, the show did reveal who he was. But I agree with you that we didn't get to see why he is the way he is and his motivations (Just a small glimpse when they talked about his parents) and I would wish to see more of that in the next movies/shows.

Please feel free togive me some more info on this (if you want to of course 😊even on anon) it's really an interesting topic.

[otp-holic]

💛A Steve/Bucky Masterpost 💛

This is T. and since I've created a bit of Steve/Bucky content lately, I'm going to put it all in this nice box so it's easier to locate.

I do a little bit of whatever sparks my creativity, so not all content is homogenous or follows the same style, sorry!

IN SHORT You should be able to find everything I create under my new and shiny tag:

#painfully created by me

THE SPECIFICS (some tags and projects overlap, if they do they (hopefully) appear in all the tags)

A month with Steve and Bucky: I created a piece of content every day during June 2021. The masterpost The tag: #a month with steve and bucky

RE-STUCKING THE MOVIES: I manipulate videos to try to make the movies as they should have been. The tag: #re-stucking the movies The posts: The First Avenger: The right compass (black and white) The First Avenger: Petnames at the bar. The First Avenger: An ending that makes sense Avengers: Boxing Steve has flashbacks that make sense Somewhere in the Timeline: Going to the Great Canyon Wakanda calm: Bucky wasn't alone. Wakanda: Bucky is free... and, again, he was not alone Endgame: Steve's ass wasn't America's. Endgame: Therapy makes sense now Endgame: Steve's motivation makes sense now The real timeline: Coming home & the same without silliness

FANFIC: I upload everything to unremarkable on AO3, but I usually cross- possit under the tag. Radio Days: 12.7K Domestic Fluff. Animated Moodboard. While hiding away in Brooklyn with Steve after the blip and during the pandemic, Bucky gets hooked on a daily 1 a.m radio show from Spain (The Lighthouse) where people call with stories around a topic of the day. Five times Steve’s (and Bucky's) plan more or less failed and the one time it succeeded: 3.6K Fluffly Angst. Steve's (and Bucky's) plans haven't a great record and often end up turning their worlds upside down. Here are five times they failed and one that kind of didn't. Never let us lose what we have gained. Series. With manips. A series of drabbles + Pictures set in a universe where Steve and Bucky are together in the modern era and keep finding little pieces from their past. It has its own tag, but the versions of the fics are updated on Ao3 I was debating wether or not to put the first two here, but in the end I did because they were the seed that lead me to create again after so long and I love them a lot for that,... even if I they make me cringe a little. So I love this special children.

I was alone, I took a ride (I didn't know what I would find there) Stucky AU +220ks. Explicit. SlowBurn. I'm gonna give this a place of its own since I worked on it for over a year. It has a moodboard, too.

Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes fonts Their own Fonts: I created these out of the writing on TWS and TSATWS. I've used them a loooot more than I would have thought. So, sharing in case you want them, too!

Some random posts: I jumped on the Goncharov train, Stucky Style: Steve's list, and Alternative Poster Video of Steve and Bucky in bed together: My pride and joy. I made the gif first. Video of Steve's Internal monologue: Silly thought When he meets Bucky in Wakanda. Romance takes backseat: A silly video. Steve drying Bucky's tears: A gif. Love this moment.

THE TAGS Some tags overlap, if they do they (hopefully) appear in all the tags. Not all content is showing up in their tags. I'll try to fix it.

#fic by yours truly: All the drabbles and fanfics #gif by yours truly: containing gifs. #video by yours truly: All that falls into video category #manip by yours truly: Everything that i've manipulated. #headcanon by yours truly: Headcanons duh #edits by yours truly: A little bit of everything (still tagging) #pics by yours truly: Any still image that I create #graphic by yours truly: Anything having to do with graphic design. #silly by yours truly: Humor? I don't know.

I feel like I Spring cleaned over here, thanks for being there. All of you.💛💛💛

You can give this content love by re-blogging and liking, but please do not repost... My asks are open in case you have a particular reason. Always open to talking!

[shnookumsandlovemuffin]

Absolutely obsessed with TRR, how's it going hun? Will we be getting any updates soon? Love your work and am so excited to see what comes next!

My laptop had broken which unfortunately caused me to really fall behind and luckily I finally saved up enough money to buy a new one. I’m working on new chapters right now and recovering files because I’m really trying to catch up. So I am still writing TRR. I haven’t given up. The TRR is a very slow burn at first that gradually builds in speed with an epic payoff. It’s the longest story because there’s so much content and ground to cover and I would say the most action packed.There’s even some surprises and some big reveals that I don’t think anyone has picked up on yet (at least I hope not) but the clues and hints have been laid all throughout TSATW and TPOS. I know you all have been very patient and supportive. My thanks to everyone truly. And I know you all really want to know how this story ends. Don’t worry I promise you will.

[greensparty]

This Month in History - October

Oct. 1, 2010: The Social Network opens

In Oct. 2010, David Fincher’s biopic about the creation of Facebook was released. Here’s my piece I wrote in 2015. I recently named it my #4 Movie of the 2010s. Happy 10 TSN!

Oct. 2, 1995: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? released

In Oct. 1995, Oasis’ sophomore album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 25 WTSMG!

Oct. 2, 2000: Kid A released

In Oct. 2000, Radiohead’s epic 4th album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 20th Kid A!

Oct. 3, 2005: Extraordinary Machine released

In Oct. 2005, Fiona Apple’s amazing 3rd album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 15 Extraordinary Machine!

Oct. 5, 2005: The Squid and the Whale opens

In Oct. 2005, Noah Baumbach’s magnum opus was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 15 TSATW!

Oct. 8, 1980: Dirty Mind released

In Oct. 1980, Prince’s 3rd album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 40th Dirty Mind!

Oct. 11, 1975: Saturday Night Live premieres

In Oct. 1975, the late night comedy institution that is SNL premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 45 SNL!

Oct. 15, 2000: Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres

In Oct. 2000, one of the funniest TV shows in history (still to this day) premiered. Larry David, the co-creator of Seinfeld, followed up his 1999 HBO special with a mockumentary-style meta comedy in which he plays an exaggerated version of himself. Being on HBO he could be even less likable and more cringe-worthy than anything on Seinfeld. Every episode is LOL funny and even the recent season which ran earlier this year is some of the sharpest humor on TV. In 2013, I actually wrote a spec script for Curb and it ended up winning the Grand Prize for Television Spec Script at the Hollywood Screenplay Contest! One day I hope Larry David reads it...and makes an episode about how I made a spec script and got it to him! Happy 20th CYE!

Oct. 20, 1995: Mallrats opens

In Oct. 1995, Kevin Smith’s sophomore film were released. Here is my piece I wrote about Mallrats in 2015. Just this past week I reviewed the 25th anniversary blu-ray! Happy 25 Mallrats!

Oct. 23, 1995: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness released

In Oct. 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins’ Magnum Opus was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2015. Happy 25 MCATIS!

Oct. 30, 2000: All That You Can’t Leave Behind released

In Oct. 2000, U2′s 10th studio album was released. When arguing about U2′s greatest album it always comes down to The Joshua Tree vs Achtung Baby. But whatever the feeling is about what’s #1, pretty much everyone agrees the third greatest album by the band is this one! After the band’s 1997 album Pop received a very mixed reaction, this was the band coming back in a big way, returning to their late 80s rock sound. It was an album I picked up while I was in college and listened to quite frequently in the next few years. I even saw the band in June 2001 on their Elevation Tour. Expect my review of the upcoming 20th anniversary edition soon. Happy 20th ATYCLB!

[lessgorgeousjoe]

Taylor’s discography is getting too long for all these abbreviations. Swifties be like “Omg she snapped on HMAHLN. I hope she plays TSATW on B Stage” and I’m over here looking for a glossary like I’m reading a 4th grade science textbook.

[euelioi]

V and K for the ask :")

…i recognize that smiley face style. but i’d have to go back through chats to figure out who u r, anon *squints*

K: a song I know all the lyrics to:

the entirety of the american idiot album, 99% of waterparks’s discography, the entirety of tsatw… i have lots of lyrics stored in my brain. i can do the majority of kesha songs, about 85% of linkin park’s discography, and: 100% of Remember The Name lmfao

also i still know every word to ¾ of mcr’s albums. and last year at warped i knew every good charlotte song by heart except for one (it was off their latest album)

V: a non-english song:

i can’t answer this one seriously oh my gosh (’my wood’) (please watch the video)

(we did a lot of music videos in german class so i know i’ve heard more than just this but it’s the first and best one that comes to mind)

for a more serious song, here’s a german song ft. tim mcilrath of rise against!!

send me a letter!

[jpricelegendary]

Decided to throwback to #TheSuffererandtheWitness today. Rise Against matchy style! #riseagainst @riseagainst #tsatw #rise #timmcilrath #joeprincipe #zachblair #brandonbarnes #black #white #blackandwhite #punk #punkrock #awesome #music #musicismylife #RA #heartfist

[cgogs]

srsly lifechanging

[ohmdo]

Hi! I was wondering if there's more to your "The Sorcerer and The Witch" comic?

@anindifferentexistence Thanks for the interest! You can check my #tsatw tag for The Sorcerer and The Witch. I reblog any fanart I’m tagged in to that tag as well.

TSATW is also one of the comics you can vote to see pages for if you’re a patron (any amount) on my patreon. I hold voting periods 2 - 3 a month currently.

[funkborn]

rise against?

band rate: 8467/10 

favorite song: honestly can't pick just one, they're all perfect 

url: 10/10 

posts: 9.5/10 

theme: 9/10

blog rate: 10/10 

send me a band and i will do this^

[thetimethatwekill]

So it's my 18-month anniversary with E tomorrow...

...but I couldn't wait that long to give her the present I got for her (oops) and so I gave it to her yesterday and it's just an epic epic epic present (if I do say so myself).

I got her the vinyl edition of Rise Against's The Sufferer and the Witness. And the bonus track included is (I think) her favourite non-album track. So yeah, it was so amazing to give it to her and see her reaction (although apparently she had figured out what it was going to be beforehand...) and I love her and I just want to buy her so many things but I don't have the money and I love her.

[shnookumsandlovemuffin]

so happy you're writing another story after TRR! cant wait to read it

Thanks I’m really excited to share it with you guys 😊. Once TRR is all wrapped up I’ll be taking a break and in the meantime I’ll be working on the next story. There’s no title for it yet but I can say it’s a vampire action thriller. Once I have the plot completely worked out and locked in then I’ll start to post it. I made a deal with myself ever since I started TSATW that out of fairness to the readers that I would not start a story unless I intended to finish it so I really want to make sure it’s air tight. Thank you so much.