#wantsum

[bratboyadam]

hewwo adam!!

i made sum cookies fur every1, do ya wantsum?

Yeah I would!

[iamthepulta]

For that ask game I'd love to see a perspective flip of a scene from chapter 17, maybe from either mary or jamison's perspective :D Or a coffeehouse au would actually be a lot of fun, too. The Faire family business still sucks just as much but this time food service is involved lol

AHH THANK YOU!! GREAT IDEAS. I had to bang this out because I was so engrossed in what the hell might go through Mary's head. xD

If I get any ideas for the coffeehouse au, I'll do a snippet for that too!

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It was a lovely Tuesday morning. Miss Ellen Farswallow had sent her a calling card for the morning, which promised several delightful little cakes. Her cook specialized in sweetmeats and Ellen loved showing them off.

Mary was just about to pass into the upper class neighborhoods when a little urchin ran up to her, coal-faced and snotty-nosed. Mary yelped and swung her purse when he reached for her sleeve. "Beat it, waif!"

The kid startled. "Mam, yer the O'Tylle fer Fairweather'n Co?"

Mary sighed, the sound sharp with annoyance. "Do you have a message?"

"yessm-"

"Out with it."

He fidgeted awkwardly. "Uh- 'n Arth'r Faire wantsum. At Reysighl'ys'."

Mary sighed again. "Did he pay you? Truth now."

"No, m'm."

She tossed him a penny. "Now fuck off. And don't go grabbbing women's arms."

He scrambled away.

The cafe where Arthur was supposedly waiting wasn't far, but it was close to her residence and Mary grew more irritated from backtracking fifteen minutes on her day off. That was one thing she didn't like about Arthur; he had a terrible precedent for respecting time.

She slipped into the cafe. He'd taken a seat in the back, and she primly removed her bonnet before sliding into the seat. He hadn't gotten her a cup of tea either, which wasn't necessary because it wouldn't been cold by the time she arrived, but the bad manners needled.

"I know I look like I don't get out much, Arthur, but I do try and today is one of the few days where I do get to try, and you've called me here why?"

She'd been imprudent, and it was deeply satisfying to see the muscles in Arthur's jaw twitch. He set his coffee down. "Otto isn't ready."

"And… This concerns me why?"

He sighed and leaned forward. It was his pose of request. Unpleasant. "Send a letter to O'Malley about it when you're back in the office, please. It doesn't need to be immediate."

"Aren't you going back to the office?"

"I-"

He hesitated. For a split second his eyes flickered toward the bar, and then his composure reformed. His lips pursed. "No."

This was the difference between her and Westlie, Mary thought. She knew how to read him. Requests were as close as he'd come to asking for help; which made them a treatise of equal partnership. He didn't want opinions, he wanted acknowledgement of this problem which was so important he'd dragged her halfway across West London to deal with it.

Arthur Faire had his pride, and she had her own. She eyed him with mild annoyance. "Why?"

"Is that any of your business?"

Typical Arthur response. Well, if you don't want to tell me, Old Man, go figure it out yourself. "Is that all?"

"Yes."

"Well." She pushed back her chair and lightly tapped the rim of his empty cup. "I think - if you cared what I think - you should go write the damn letter yourself." She curtsied politely. "Have a good day, Captain."

The cafe door shut behind her and she took a second to admire how regally she'd swept out of the situation. Sure, she'd write his letter if he didn't get around to it, but more importantly, it was a pity neither of Arthur's daughters had turned out like her or Relia. She'd met her several times. They ran in similar, if not concentric circles, and while she wasn't friends with the woman, it was easy to see why people liked her. She was a macaroon. Beautiful, delicious, and without much substance.

And likewise, Arthur was quite a simple man. There was a certain… standard, Mary mused, as she made her way back towards her original destination, that one had to maintain if one desired to stay… competitive in London. And while Westlie was very clever - she'd give her that much - somehow neither Arthur nor Relia had passed down their intuit for class.

It was funny really; at this rate she had more chance of inheriting Fairweather than Westlie. And to be clear, that had never been her goal. Westlie was just so incongruously bad at it that Arthur's faith eroded with every step she took.

Mary sighed longsufferingly and glanced at her watch. Quarter after the original time. Well, she was a working woman. Miss Ellen Farswallow and her little cakes would have to have patience.

[cd1984]

Pub 120 - Plume of Feathers

This pub is in a super location right by Maze Hill Station and is a stunning old style pub. I had a very nice ipa by the Wantsum Brewery.

Pub 121 - Watchmakers Arms

I love this pub and have been here before a few times. Today they had a dark beer selection on offer which was immense. The beer was fantastic.

Pub 122 - Neptune

This is an old school pub with no frills and a nice atmosphere. I had a pint of Old Ale which was lovely (although a beer that I do know well).

Pub 123 - Foghorn

This pub is a good one. A nice ale selection and a good atmosphere on a busy Saturday afternoon. They had a dark beer on but I'd had that previously so I went for the very nice best bitter.

Pub 124 - Westbourne

This was on the walk back to the station and I was very happy to get here. It had a stunning 6.5% stout on which was delicious. A really good atmosphere and friendly staff makes it a winner.

[mrchiipchrome]

If I have to see this, y’all have to

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[yellowchyna]

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[thorkidumpster]

my body all month: no,..,, canNot think about th...e se x ,,, no tinder.... no grindr,,!

my body tonight, at my moms house: hMmmHhh wantsum fu CC

[alesihavetried-blog]

S.S. Richard Montgomery Wantsum Brewery on Untappd http://untp.beer/a48jO

@ The Capitol, Forest Hill.

[donbizzle]

#wantsum #dinner Last Night

[1122deactivated2211]

Wantsum channel marshland in winter. Kent, England. X

[autodidact-adventures]

English History (Part 8): The Anglo-Saxons

In 430, Vortigern hired Saxon mercenaries to defend England against the Picts (from Scotland) and marauding bands from Ireland. Vortigern was the leader of the confederacy of small kingdoms that England was divided into, and this was a common strategy (the Romanized English had used it at various times).

The Irish landed on the west coast of England, within easy reach of the Cotswolds.  The central part of Vortigern's kingdom was situated in that region, so that may have been the reason he was the leader in this struggle.  The Picts, it was reported, had landed in Norfolk. The sailors painted their ships and bodies the colour of the waves, so they couldn't be seen so easily.

According to historical legends, the Saxons arrived in three ships, each holding 100 men at most (there were probably more ships than that).  The Saxon mercenaries were well-known for their ferocity and valour.  They worshipped Woden (god of war) and Thor (god of thunder), practised human sacrifice, and drank from their enemies' skulls.  They shaved the front of their heads, and grew their hair long in the back, so their faces would seem larger in battle.  A Roman chronicler of the 400s stated, “The Saxon surpasses all other in brutality.  He attacks unforeseen, and when foreseen he slips away.  If he pursues, he captures; if he flees, he escapes.”

The main part of the Saxon force was stationed in Kent, and they were given the Isle of Thanet in the Thames Estuary.  Other groups of soldiers were stationed in Norfolk, and on the Lincolnshire coast; they also guarded the Icknield Way.  The remains of the Romanized armies (in the north) were stationed in York, which was strongly fortified.

The Wantsum Channel no longer exists, so the Isle of Thanet is now part of the mainland.

This show of strength seems to have been enough.  The Picts gave up their plans for invasion.  The Irish were held back by the tribal armies of the west and west midlands; the kingdom of the Cornovii (with their capital at Wroxeter) played an essential part in this.

But Vortigern's allies either would not or could not pay the Saxon mercenaries, and also refused to give them land instead of coin. According to the Kentish chronicles, the English declared that “we cannot feed you and clothe you, because your numbers have grown. Leave us.  We no longer need your assistance.”

The Saxons immediately rose up, with the uprising beginning in East Anglia and spreading down to the Thames Valley.  They took over many of the towns & countryside regions in which they had been stationed; they appropriated large estates and enslaved many of the native English.  Then, the Saxon federates encouraged their compatriots to come and join them.  The land was prosperous, and Thanet itself, as a granary, was especially prized.

Four main tribes provided most of the migrants – the Angles (Schleswig), Saxons (regions around the River Elbe), Frisians (north coast of the Netherlands) and Jutes (coast of Denmark).  The river system provided already-established routes of settlement, so the settlers advanced along the Thames, Trent and Humber.

The Angles settled in east and north-east England, and by the early 500s, the people of east Yorkshire were wearing Anglian clothes.  The Saxons settled in the Upper Thames valley; the Frisians were scattered over the south-east, with an important influence in London. The Jutes settled in Kent, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (the New Forest was once Jutian land).

In some places, the Anglo-Saxons (who weren't called that yet) were welcomed; in other places they were resisted.  In some places, they were accepted by the working population who had no real love for their native masters.  Eventually, the Anglo-Saxons made up about 5% of the population we now call English, and it may have been about 10% in the eastern regions.  However, there is no evidence for the deliberate genocide and replacement of the native population.

One of the reasons for their migration to England was that they were being pushed westwards by other tribes in the great westward migrations of that time period.  Another reason was the rising sea, which was causing the northern European coastline to sink.

The Saxon revolt led to the downfall of Vortigern, who was overthrown by Ambrosius Aurelianus, another Romanized English leader. Aurelianus led a counterattack against the Saxons, and engaged in a series of battles that lasted for 10yrs.  In 490, the English won a great victory at Mons Badonicus, which was probably near modern-day Bath.

The leader of the English forces for that battle is unknown. However, the name of Arthur is mentioned as dux bellorum (leader of warfare), and he is said to have taken part in 12 battles against the Saxons.  He may have been a military commander with his headquarters within the hill fort of Cadbury.  During his supposed lifetime, 7.2 hectares of that hill fort were enclosed.

However, as part of the spoils of war, the Saxons kept control over Norfolk, East Kent and East Sussex.  There was a division in the country – Germanic tribes with their warrior leaders to the north, and small English kingdoms to the south.  The division may have been marked by the construction of the Wansdyke, designed to keep the Saxons from crossing over into central southern England.

Some of the most Romanized parts of England were now controlled by “barbarians”, and so the town and villa life receded greatly. Gildas (an English chronicler of the early 500s) complained that “the cities of our contry are still not inhabited as they were; even today they are squalid deserted ruins.”

However, some of these towns and cities were still actively used as markets and places of authority.  The Saxons set up their own trading area outside the walls of London (the modern-day district of Aldwych), but the old city of London was still a place of royal residences and public ceremonial activities.

In the countryside, things carried on much as usual, and there wouldn't have been any changes in agricultural practice.  The Germanic settlers laid out the same field systems, and respected the old boundaries – for example, Germanic structures in Durham were set within a pattern of small fields & drystone walls from prehistoric times.

Furthermore, the Germanic settlers respected the lie of the land, and formed groups that followed the boundaries of the old tribal kingdoms.  At a slightly later date, the sacred Saxon sites followed the alignment of Neolithic monuments.

For the next 2-3 generations, the English kept the Germanic settlers within their boundaries.  At this time, the average life expectancy was 35 years.

But by the middle of the 500s, the Germanic peoples wanted to advance further west, to exploit the productive lands there.  The main reason for this sudden expansion probably was the bubonic (and perhaps pneumonic) plague that spread from Egypt to all over the previously-Romanized world, during the 540s.  The native English were struck down by it (and the Germanic peoples weren't), and the population may have dropped from 3-4 million to 1 million.  There were fewer people living on the land, and fewer men to defend it. The Angles and the Saxons took advantage and moved westwards.

Ceawlin of Wessex, one of the Saxon leaders, reached as far as Cirencester, Gloucester and Bath by 577.  Seven years later, his forces had penetrated the midlands, and the native kings were deposed. This was the pattern throughout England.

Pressure was growing on the Durotriges (Somerset & Dorset), and many native people left for Armorica, on the Atlantic coast of north-western France, where their leaders took control of large areas of land.  They may have been welcomed there, as they may have been part of the same tribe.  The region of Brittany emerged there, and the Bretons retained their old tribal allegiances, never really thinking of themselves as part of the French state.  Some returned to England – the forces of William the Conqueror included a Breton contingent, and they chose to settle in south-western England.

Eventually, the native English would be mixed with the settlers, and terms like Saxon or Angle would no longer have any meaning – everyone would be English.  But it was a slow process.  200yrs after the first Saxons arrived, much of western England was still under the rule of native kings.  The kingdom of Elmet (now the West Riding of Yorkshire) survived until the early 600s.  The “Anglo-Saxon invasion” really only came to an end in 1282 when Edward I captured Gwynedd (leader of a kingdom in north-western Wales).  There were still Celtic speakers in Cornwall at the beginning of the 1500s, and the language didn't die fully until the 1700s.

[inge-universe]

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[apinkchuck]

#Pizza 🍕 wantsum,getsum ❗ #wednesdayfun https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdpjsBhFk0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fuzzysparrow]

The Isle of Thanet is a peninsula at the most easterly point of Kent, England once separated from the mainland by the 600-metre-wide Wantsum Channel. Margate was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857 and Ramsgate in 1884.

The Isle of Thanet is mentioned in the 1977 Ian Dury song "Billericay Dickie": "I'd rendezvous with Janet, quite near the Isle of Thanet, she looked more like a gannet, she wasn't half a prannet".

Margate is a seaside town on Thanet. It has been a significant maritime port since the Middle Ages. Margate had a Victorian jetty which was largely destroyed by a storm in 1978.

Ramsgate was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. The town has one of the largest marinas on the English south coast. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline, particularly Ramsgate Main Sands, which was awarded a Blue Flag in 2015.

[begrudginglytumbling]

If I could just focus on one thing, that’d be great.

So far today I’ve done a few Chinese lessons on Duolingo, perused Lan Clan rules, looked further into adipose eyelids (some fish have these), which led to further research into catfish whiskers (barbels), made notes on the River Wantsum, which led to attempts at further research into Asrai (English folklore water fairy/spirit), this of course made me look into water ghouls/ghosts/whatever you want to call what they fight in Caiyi’s Biling Lake, and now I’m whining on here after managing to write something for ‘When All Hope Is Lost’ only to realise I’d used the magic system for my original fiction instead of the one I’m meant to be using for Untamed related writing again and just ugh! 

My head is spinning and I have too many projects and characters clamouring for attention.

I think it’s time for me to say sod it, push everything aside and just watch a couple more episodes of The Lost Tomb reboot.

[yellowchyna]

Sunday vibes wit the illest bytch ❤️😜💋 Turnt up to Ciroc yesterday, now back to basics with bud light 🍺🥂 Want some? Nah. I don't share. #happy #march #budlight #drankinmycup #wantsum #drunkgirls #cocktails #sundays #cocktailsatnoon #invitesonly #baddie #prettybytch #prettyneverpetty