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ninelivesart · 10 months

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2023 Draw My Reads

Here is a full list of all the books I read in 2023 and links to the art I’ve made for them.

Just a few quick notes. I didn’t make art for everything I read. I also fell off the wagon a bit toward the end and went through an art block. Not sure if I’ll continue this project into 2024 but I might do some variation. We’ll see.

Also, I read some absolutely filthy (and ridiculous) stuff sometimes. So be warned.

*Sequels will have an asterisk. First book in series will be in parenthesis.

January

1. Alpha Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)

2. Feral Wolf* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Caged Wolf)

3. Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia and Isaac Goodhart

4. The Ballad of Never After* by Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart)

5. Wicked Beauty* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)

6. Vicious by V.E. Schwab

7. Hell Bent* by Leigh Bardugo (Ninth House)

Total (so far): 7

February

1. How Y’all Doing by Leslie Jordan

2. Vengeful* by V.E. Schwab (Vicious)

3. A Court of Mist and Fury* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)

4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Total (so far): 11

March

1. Kingdom of Flesh and Fire* by Jennifer L. Armentrout (From Blood and Ash)

2. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

4. Scarlet* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

5. Cress* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

Total (so far): 16

April

1. Winter* by Marissa Meyer (Cinder)

2. A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne

3. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

4. Lauren’s Barbarian* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

Total (so far): 20

May

1. Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

2. The Song of the Marked by S.M. Gaither

3. A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

4. Fable by Adrienne Young

5. Bea Wolf by Weinersmith

6. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Total (so far): 26

June

1. A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene

2. Veronica’s Dragon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

3. Willa’s Beast* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians, spinoff series)

4. Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

5. Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

6. A Court of Silver Flames* by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses)

7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Total (so far): 33

July

1. Zodiac Academy: Beyond the Veil* by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)

2. The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen

3. The Traitor Queen* by Danielle L. Jensen (The Bridge Kingdom)

4. The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young

5. Sheets by Brenna Thummler

6. Cackle by Rachel Harrison

7. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

8. The Borderlands Princess by Ophelia Wells Langley

9. Bride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes

10. Vow of the Shadow King* by Sylvia Mercedes (Bride of the Shadow King)

11. Angie’s Gladiator* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

12. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

13. Gail’s Family* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

14. Hanna’s Hero* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

15. Devi’s Distraction* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

16. Destination Alien Bride by Dee J. Holmes

Total (so far): 49

August

1. Destination Alien Mate* by Dee J. Holmes (Destination Alien Bride)

2. Gilded by Marissa Meyer

3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

4. Cursed* by Marissa Meyer (Gilded)

5. Nadine’s Champion* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

6. Callie’s Catastrophe* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

7. Ice Planet Honeymoon* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

8. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell

9. I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie

Total (so far): 58

September

1. Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

2. Radiant Sin* by Katee Robert (Neon Gods)

3. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

4. The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner

5. Throne in the Dark by A.K. Caggiano

6. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Aehako and Kira* by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians)

7. A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne* (A Soul to Keep)

8. Ice Planet Honeymoon: Rukh and Harlow by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)

9. The Barbarian Before Christmas by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians)

10. Penny’s Protector by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

11. Mari’s Mistake by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

12. Raven’s Return by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

Total (so far): 70

October

1. Bridget’s Bane by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

2. Steph’s Outcast by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

3. Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

4. Daisy’s Decision by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

5. Flor’s Fiasco by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

6. R’jaal’s Resonance by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians spinoff series)

7. Forged by Magic by Jenna Wolfheart

8. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

9. A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber* (Once Upon a Broken Heart)

Total (so far): 79

November

1. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

2. Namesake by Adrienne Young* (Fable)

3. Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham

4. Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon* (Ice Planet Barbarians Spinoff series)

5. Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

6. Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson* (Sorcery of Thorns)

7. Destination Alien Treasure by Dee J Holmes* (Destination Alien Bride)

8. Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham* (Zodiac Academy: The Awakening)

9. When She’s Ready by Ruby Dixon

10. When She’s Married by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

11. When She Purrs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

12. When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon* (When She’s Ready)

Total (so far): 91

December

1. The Dreaming Forest by LB Black

2. Gold by Raven Kennedy* (Gild)

3. Chained to Krampus by KL Wyatt

4. Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell* (Series of standalones)

Total Reads For 2023: 95

My goal was to read 90 books and I beat that by 5. I think I’m going to set my reading goal to just 80 this year. Just to give myself a little more freedom. I did read a lot of really short books just to get my number up and I’d rather just focus on reading whatever I want.

Shortest book read: Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh and Liz by Ruby Dixon

Longest book read: Winter by Marissa Meyer

Current read started in 2023 but will finish in 2024: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

#drawing my reads #drawing my reads masterlist #drawing my reads 2023 #giving this a full update at the start of a new year #i don't want to give up on this project completely in 2024 #but i might change how i do things #i'm thinking of picking a scene from the books i read and drawing that #but i want to give myself a little more freedom #last year i drew book characters even when i wasn't super into the book #and i don't want people coming to my page expecting more fanart of that book #only to be disappointed when i choose not to continue the series #so that being said #i'm reading ten thousand doors of january right now #i haven't found a scene i particularly want to draw just yet #and i'm currently working on a non book related art piece #so hopefully i can get that one done today while i'm off work

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bfdreaming · 1 year

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I've had Fable on the mind lately so here's a Fable 1/svsss fusion nobody asked for.

So SQQ is a fusion of SJ and SY. He's the mayor, but he moonlights as the teacher while wearing a disguise: a pair of glasses. LBH, as the protagonist, can see through the disguise, but no one else can.

Someone, from behind: Oh, Mayor SQQ?

SQQ, turning around: I'm not him. He doesn't wear glasses.

Someone: Oh, my mistake, haha.

In this, he is actually the middle Qiu child. QJL was due to inherit the title before the fire that killed him and their parents, so there are rumors of foul play. What actually happened was, once again, self defense on SQQ's part (after he'd asked to go visit YQY at the hero school and QJL did not like that) and a candle that got knocked over in the scuffle. QHT walked in just in time to see something really bad without context,but the house was collapsing so they both had to run. QHT didn't get very far, but was saved by some people from Oakvale, and they took care of her. SQQ, having hero potential, got as far as the brothel to the north before collapsing, where the ladies hid him and tended him for a while. (He would later return and do the quest to turn it into a women's shelter.)

At this point they both think the other is dead. SQQ continues on to fill his family duty of being mayor, though he's really not interested in the job. (At this age he wants to be a hero, though when he gets older, he realizes he probably wouldn't like it for various reasons.) QHT recovers slowly, and even once she's physically better, she's traumatized and can't walk past the old house. Eventually news reaches her of SQQ becoming mayor, along with bad rumors, but she's not really in a state to do much about it.

(Other rumors include him buying out the brothel so he can become their exclusive patron, and that's why he keeps visiting, but it's not exactly a secret that it's a women's shelter now, so.)

Meanwhile, childhood friend YQY is frequently visiting the very young new mayor, and also LQG (Thunder, sort of) shows up, mad that someone of such ill repute is taking up so much of YQY's time and also probably doing corrupt stuff, or something. Look, he doesnt know either; he's just angy. Even more angy because the mayor is pretty??? Hey! That's not allowed!!! They argue every time they meet until:

LQG: Fight me!

SQQ, openly bewildered: ???

Someone: You want... to fight... the mayor?

LQG stops, turns beet red, and runs away.

SQQ: ??????

LQG has acquired one (1) brain cell and now knows he has a crush on SQQ. He awkwardly apologizes a bunch and their relationship gradually becomes like him and SY in canon.

Enter LBH, who meets the teacher. This SQQ is not already obsessed and LBH is too old to trigger his paternal instincts like his students do, so he's not particularly pleased about this rando bothering him... BUT LBH promised to bring books, so he'll tolerate him. FOR NOW.

Unlike the teacher in the game, SQQ has the sense to actually read the books beforehand to make sure they're suitable. Upon receiving something unsuitable, he'll complain to LBH about it. If it's solid literature otherwise, he'll say he might use it when they're older, so thanks anyway, he guesses. If it's not, well, we know what he's like.

LBH: I could... take it back, if you want?

SQQ: No, it's mine.

LBH: ... (shit that's cute)

LBH continues to bring every book he finds, but he especially enjoys bringing trashy ones. (SQQ also especially enjoys those but he won't admit it.)

Anyway, LBH's adventure continues and Teacher Who Is Totally Not The Mayor is a peaceful bright spot in between all the violence and drama. In Oakvale, QHT asks him to bring her to the burnt out manor to see if they can figure out what actually happened. They do figure it out, largely via ghostly flashbacks. QHT isn't exactly happy, but one of her brothers was a monster either way. At least the one that survived is innocent. Heart settled, she finally writes to SQQ to let him know she survived, and later asks LBH to escort her to Bowerstone to move in with SQQ. SQQ may or may not keep trying to foist his mayoral duties onto her. Her presence, and staunch defense of him, leads to a decrease in nasty rumors.

Eventually LBH tries to start courting SQQ (without glasses because he wants it to be official, and doesn't want people to think he's cheating). SQQ, of course, couldn't catch a hint with a baseball glove. To be fair, he is somewhat distracted by trying to maintain the correct Mayoral Aura instead of relaxing into the less rapport they usually have.

Everyone else notices, though, and it doesn't take long for things to come to a head.

LQG: I challenge you to a duel for SQQ's hand in marriage.

SQQ: Huh?

LBH: I accept.

SQQ: What??

YQY: I would also like to duel. :)

SQQ: When did you even get here???

#svsss #my writing #if for some reason someone wants to write this #go ahead just credit me #blahblahblah

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popentertainment-moviereviews · 2 years

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THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (2022)

Starring Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, Burcu Gölgedar, Matteo Bocelli, Kaan Guldur, Jack Braddy, Hugo Vella, Alyla Browne, Pia Thunderbolt, Anna Adams, David Collins, Angie Tricker, Anthony Moisset, Berk Ozturk, Sage Mcconnell, Abel Bond, Agani Gecmez, Ayantu Usman, Peter Bertoni, Lianne Mackessy, Harlan Norris and Leslie Krahner.

Screenplay by George Miller and Augusta Gore.

Directed by George Miller.

Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. 108 minutes. Rated R.

Writer/director George Miller has always had eclectic tastes in projects. From the all-out dystopian action of the Mad Max films to the supernatural dark comedy of The Witches of Eastwick to the medical melodrama of Lorenzo’s Oil to the family-friendly talking animals of the Babe and Happy Feet movies, you never know quite what is going to capture his interest.

So, it’s not exactly a shock that he totally reboots again for his latest, a highly-stylized romantic fantasy-drama about the existential difficulty of life as a genie – a story that, as the title suggests, spans about three millennia.

Three Thousand Years of Longing is an interesting, smart, diverse and extremely well-made movie. The acting by the two leads is terrific – as to be expected with Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. The movie looks stunning. It’s a very impressive achievement.

I just wish that I could say I liked it more than I did.

Strangely, for a film which is about the immortal life of a djinn – which explores multiple encounters the creature has over the years – the film does not quite deliver the magic that is its hero’s stock in trade. Also, for a film that strongly posits that the only thing that can make the millennia bearable is love, Three Thousand Years of Longing feels oddly cold and detached.

For a film that is all about storytelling – and a great deal of the film is just the djinn telling his stories in flashback – the actual story is kind of the weak point here.

In fact, storytelling is the specialty of the lead character Alithea (Swinton). A professor who specializes in Narratology, she is in Istanbul to give a lecture at a conference. She’s kind of a loner, someone who not only enjoys but relishes a solitary search for knowledge. Or so she says.

One night in her hotel suite, she inadvertently releases a djinn from its bottle. The djinn (Elba) begs her to make three wishes of her heart’s desire so that he can be released. The problem is, as a specialist in the world of mythological fables, Alithea is all too aware of the dangers inherent in taking a djinn up on such an offer – there are often unforeseen circumstances which undo the good that is expected. Also, honestly, she is unsure she believes he is really a djinn. Even if he is for real, she is really rather content with her life of scholarly solitude. She is having trouble with the idea of coming up with wishes that are “her heart’s desire.”

Therefore, while she is deciding, she has the djinn tell her stories of his previous encounters with humans, as well as his years of solitary waiting in between.

And that is what happens, the djinn tells a series of fantastical tales about his experiences with humankind spanning the centuries, while Alithea listens and periodically asks him questions. It feels like a bit of a waste that a strong actress like Swinton is used in a role that is largely reactive for the first two-thirds or so of the film. Her interactions are ramped up during the last segments, where Alithea finally comes up with a wish, which becomes much more complicated for both of them than either one would have imagined.

The mythological flashbacks are interesting, but overly condensed. The modern-day sequences work a little better, although I’m not sure the storyline ever quite connects completely. Three Centuries of Longing is a brave attempt by Miller to tell a very different kind of tale, but more than occasionally the plot feels like a bit of a muddled mess.

However, wow, it all looks amazing.

Jay S. Jacobs

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#Three Thousand Years of Longing #2022 #Movie Review #Idris Elba #Jay S. Jacobs

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celestialcluttered · 1 year

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Hello hello!!!

This is Jynx/Astrophen, and I am the host of the celestial clutter!!

We are a traumagenic monoconcious system, that rarely ever has it’s main fronter, or host, me (jynx/astrophen), leave front! Its as is… we become a mix of the co-fronters? idk, but anyways!!

We collectively use they/them, although please try to use specific headmates preferred pronouns when you know what they are. we tend to use they/them as more of a default, idkwhoyouareprwhatyougobybutistillwantto respectyouridentity (translation if you cant read it: idk who you are or what you go by, but i still want to respect your identity) label.

We are bodily 13, although funnily enough none of us are 13 ajskskalaoal. Dont be creepy and sexual/romantic with us unless we know you and you’re sure that we wont care. Max of 2 years age difference and we have to have been talking for at least a month or two, minimum.

We have a currently unknown but estimated to be around like.. maybe 23 known alters? maybe 22 is more likely idk, but anywayssss, I am the host, and the one that you will be seeing the most of!!

We use i/me and us/we interchangeably very often, usually depending on context and stuff, but can be random as to why we used a certain word.

Dont say anything insensitive. if you think you shouldnt say it, please dont. I have undergone a shit ton of therapy to regain stability of my mental and emotional wellbeing, and i frankly will not hesitate to ruin your mood or fight back when I feel attacked. (Partially written by salem/scara) pls dont be intimidated by us for this, we just wanna be stern so that people leave us alone and dont gang up on us lolololll. we’re nice i promise /silly /gen

Use tonetags. please. also dont be a jerk if i (specifically jynx) tend to use too many. dont hit me with that “you’re infantilizing autistic people, i knew what you mean” type stuff, because i have my reasons for using them often. I get paranoid abt people misreading what im saying, so i feel the need to over explain and stuff, which BY THE WAY, is (atleast i think so, its likely, but im not 100% sure. dont take my word for it) an autistic trait.

Uhhhh we are all collectively polyamorous or ambiamorous (its one or the other, theres a chance we’re all ambiam or all polyam, idk and theres a chance its not actually all of us).

We are so so so so so silly (obviously 🙀)

We are VERY fictive heavy

Oh and heres a list of every known alter and their sign off (we usually use our name and an emoji, or just our name but emoji silly and fun so why not)

Jynx/Astrophen -🎸

Salem/Scara -💜

Kari/Collei -💚

Orchid/Alluka -🌷

Melody- 🌊

Noel-🎵

Jack- 🧡

Dottore -🧪

Mischa- ❤️

Flame -🔥

Breeze/Breezepelt- ☁️/🐈‍⬛

Aspen- 🦌

Angie -☀️

Asmo- 💞

Chrollo- 🕷

Fable- 👾

Lucifer- 🖤

Mae/Madoka - 🪷

Varina- 🌸

Whizzer- 💧

Xavier/Kurapika- 🐳

and uhhhh, yeah!! let us know if we missed any important info and we’ll add it!!

-🎸

#plural community #plural #plurality #plural system #dissociative identity disorder #multiplicity #other specified dissociative disorder #plural positivity #system #important to blog

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starinthebrightnightsky · 1 year

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Finally posting an intro on here!!!!

So hi!

I am the host of the system called the Celestial Clutter.

My name is Florean, although the body goes by Oliver. We use Oliver as a collective name of sorts, so that people can get our attention or speak to us without needing to know who is fronting.

We are a monoconcious traumagenic system and we are un diagnosed for the moment, and may never be as we dont want to mess up our future.

We have 21 members at the current moment, and will continue growing as we continue to discover new alters and as they continue to form and stuff.

We are bodily 13

Im gonna use this post as a way to make an intro for the system collectively, and myself.

So heres some stuff about the system!

We are, as i stated previously, bodily 13

We use the collective name Oliver

We are monoconcious, meaning there is only one consciousness for headmates to slip in and out of to be in control of the body. This makes switching quite difficult and rare for us, and rarely happens.

We are also traumagenic, although this blog is very much supportive and welcoming of endos and any systems that are nontraumagenic in any way.

We will allow endo-antis who are chill and dont care that we support endos, just be respectful and if you must confront someone about something, just please be nice and if the discussion escalates please take it off of my blog, if you hadn’t already.

Considering we are bodily 13, please dont be creepy. Adults are allowed, whether you are bodily an adult or not, just be respectful and not creepy.

Now im gonna move onto me!!

My name is Florean, as I stated, and I go by any pronouns, but please use she/her very very sparingly. I am transmasc, apagender, genderfluid, and currently unsure as to what my gender is at the moment. I am also omnisexual, demiromantic and demisexual, and aroaceflux. (demirom and demisex are what i am currently). I am also polyamorous, or if you wanna be specific i am technically ambiamorous.

I am the host of the system, and i have little to no recollection of trauma. I am the person that fronts most often, and that will likely be a while before it changes. I will be signing off with “-🍁”

im also very silly 😼😼

Thats all i really wanna say abt me, but lets make an updating list of all the headmates! I will get rid of this if our alter count goes above like 45, or maybe closer to 30. Its in alphabetical order btw

Angie -☀️

Asmo -💞

Aspen -🦌

Breeze/Breezepelt -☁️

Chrollo -🕷

Dottore -🧪

Fable -👾

Flame -🔥

Florean -🍁

Jack -🧡

Kari -💚

Lucifer -🖤

Mae -🪷

Melody -🌊

Mischa -❤️

Noel -🎵

Orchid -🌷

Salem -💜

Varina -🌸

Whizzer -💧

Xavier -🐳

Also, i want to make a list of tags so that the blog is like, organized y’know?

so far ive used two, so yeah

#important to blog ⭐️🌃

This is for important info and stuff

#shitpost ⭐️🌃

stupid stuff we think of

im also going to put this here even if we havent used it yet as we definitely will

alter intros ⭐️🌃

for introducing us so that you know who is who

Alright, thats all!!!!

Have a great dayyyy!!! -🍁

#system #dissociative identity disorder #other specified dissociative disorder #ossdid #plurality #important to blog ⭐️🌃

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miscellaneous-obsession · 3 years

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hi!! can I request the Dimitrescus and maybe Donna reacting the first time they see us wearing a dinosaur/unicorn onesie? this just came into my mind LMAO! THANKYOU :')

I had far too many ideas when it came to this ask, thank you Anon, writing this brought a big smile to my face :)

Apologies for not posting for a week, I wasn’t very well but now I’m back and writing!!

Donna:

Poor Donna has suffered enough in life, both of fear and frights, so a unicorn onesie would be a safe bet.

As Donna potentially is a seamstress, creating delicate, ornate outfits for her friends dotted about her home, it is safe to say she would be thrilled to try making the one-piece for you, given that she has prior knowledge regarding the fabled creature.

However, if the animal is beyond her comprehension or materials are more difficult than initially thought to acquire, she will turn to the Duke’s services to procure the item with her own money, despite your protests.

With either instance, Donna will feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction and pride seeing your frame enclosed in the onesie. Her smile behind the veil widens, reaching her eye as you radiate pure joy.

She will find herself bundled into a hug instantly, possibly one with a spin if comfortable. A huff of breath will escape her mouth when set down, choosing to hold your hand as you utter praises and thanks continuously.

And we can’t forget Angie; she will have no idea as to what a onesie is nor a unicorn, but boy, once she sees you in your own, she all but demands a matching set.

Alcina:

Finding her significant other encompassed by the soft green material, deemed to resemble a dinosaur, didn't fail to bring a smile to red-painted lips.

Lady Dimitrescu quite frankly oozes composure, refraining herself from expressing her initial reaction of a scoff or laugh, knowing how it could be misconstrued or upsetting.

Favouring her grin and need to admire your beaming expression, the lady cups your cherub cheeks in her palms. Only when you mimicked a "Rawr," typically heard when her middle child tormented staff for pleasure, did Alcina chuckle, the moment calling for joviality.

She herself would not desire a matching outfit, but she would be more than happy to purchase an abundance for you if needs must.

She is sure her daughters will catch wind of this new item of clothing, the certainty so high she has the Duke on standby with orders waiting.

Bela:

Confusion and curiosity. Both will be evident by her frozen stance as she rounds the corner.

Her response, albeit delayed, will come in the form of widened eyes and cautious steps, hands mapping the cotton-like fabric with care.

A verbal response is out of the question at first, until realisation dawns upon her that you are mimicking a dinosaur in this unique ensemble.

It is then that appreciation, particularly for the warmth it retains, is made known. Bela will not hesitate to whisk you off elsewhere, preferably a sofa or her bed, to cuddle and leech off of the heat she desperately desires.

The blonde will begrudgingly agree to have one purchased, a match to your own. Being coordinated with you, something commonplace to share with her sisters is thrilling.

Cassandra:

Cassandra will find it endearing, humorous, almost as she comes across you in a dinosaur onesie, acting fierce and ferocious.

The brunette laughs in delight as you pounce forward, making half-hearted attempts to bite her neck. Keeping you close, she holds and supports your frame in her arms, not wishing for the fun to end prematurely.

With minimal taunting and teasing, Cassandra takes your bait, seeing the creation of a challenge, a game of tag. Promised a thirty-second head start, you bound as fast as possible out of the room, struggling to accommodate your onesie with every step.

However, those spare seconds amount to nothing as Cassandra’s pace is unmatched. Rounding the corner, her giggles follow as she observes your altered gait and lack of balance, brought on by the new appendage of a tail that you subsequently stumble over.

Before colliding with the ground, Cass lurched forward, bearing the brunt of the fall. You watch as the brunette’s lips turn upward into a smile, teeth catching the light, proud to have won, “Hmmm, I think I am owed my reward, iubi.”

Daniela:

Dani squeals, rushing over instantly as she lays her eyes upon you in a unicorn onesie. Blood free hands come to caress the clothing, fingers raking through the multicoloured mane in awe.

In that very moment, Daniela will plead to hear of the fables in which unicorns exist and prevail, mirroring the spike in her curiosity and enthusiasm.

If cold, she has no qualms in attempting to share the space of your own onesie, choosing to cram her hands into the pockets or partially disperse into her swarm, a small proportion of which flit into the outfit, nestling comfortably in gaps of material.

You can bet this redhead will demand an abundance of hugs while you wear the item and will even go as far as to commission one for herself to ensure that you both are a matching pair.

After getting her own onesie, she will parade the two of you around, flouting your relationship unashamedly before the castle’s staff, grinning like the Cheshire cat with every gaze cast your way.

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movedtodykedvonte · 3 years

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Motherly Miranda au Info

Been thinking about the 2p au and here are some results of that”

Alcina wears either a red sundress and sun hat with 3 white rose tied around it OR a toga sorta dress, with the three white roses around her head like a flower crown

Not neglectful but very lenient with her girls, like she lets them do whatever and they almost have no rules, still very well behaved

Look up “ Estonian Television Girls Choir “ and like find that picture of those girls in v formation. That’s what her daughters wear now

The dungeon is now the maidens quarters and it is obviously much nicer, like most woman in the village fight when it comes time for Castle Dimitrescu to get new help

“No I’m gonna work for the big tiddied milf and her daughters!”

Hosts way too many banquets and parties . Her daughters do love entertaining the locals

Donna basically runs a living doll house. Like her dolls run around as her little helpers and such while she sows.

Wants people to visit a lot and loves company. Part of the reason the dolls are always running around is she hates the feeling of being alone

Family died and this Donna had the opposite reaction, decided to throw herself into social interaction, however, she has never fully coped with their passing because of that. (no time to reflect)

Only covers her cadou, not her whole face. She still does not like people looking at her “scar”

Angie is still an emotional support item, but think of how Funtime Freddy and Bonbon interact in game. (Small calm one soothes excitable bigger one)

Does in fact, eat more than just candy (hates this)

Salvatore’s mutation is still fucked up. I don’t actually know if it should stay the same or be a different type but whatever the case he’s still upsetting to look at and be around. Though most react with a morbid fascination (like watching a pimple popping video) or worry

For this reason he covers up, as he himself does not really care. He’s more concerned doing doctor things and reenacting that scene from free willy.

Mother Miranda however feels awful about how he turned out and is always trying to find a way to “fix” him. Sal insists its fine and not her fault but she can’t stand her children being in any sort of discomfort

Protective of his family to the end and it’s the fastest way to get him in a fit. A fit consists of “Doctor Moreau can’t see you now he’s currently a giant sea monster... Look at that he just took out that entire dock.”

Still watches romance movies but prefers the ones with sad endings (I don’t know this Sal is just as weird but in an opposite way)

Karl is really just Willy Wonka but his chocolate factory is a factory of tetanus

All his little robots are functionally perfect but he makes them have stupid functions. Like one robot’s entire purpose is to insist its NOT a robot

He just fucks around in his factory when he’s not making sure everything is up and running in the village.

Gets his weed from the Duke. Duke sells that good kush

Subsequently he’s always high which is probably why he only invents the most pointless things. Still a genius just a lot more ditzy

“So that’s how you do theoretical physics also What color is the pink panther?” Head ass

Does tours through the factory but its really just him losing like 20 people for 4 hours because he’s high and they got a contact high

Duke is literally the same. I don’t know but I feel like he transcends time and space. Universal constant

The village is aware the lords are... off... but they don’t necessarily know it’s because of the mold/cadou. They think it’s just deformities/them being eccentric

The lycans are a lot more docile, mainly because they are fed and kept far from the village. Still, a person going missing along with sightings of giant wolves are not uncommon

Miranda still tries to keep people in the village but this is more about parental worry and her genuinely trying to create a small town that provides everything one needs

Town population grows due to the fable that its the best place to live. People come and never want to leave... or can’t

Did she kidnap the lords in this au or is that up to semantics? Whose to say?

Chris is an anti-villian in this au for obvious reasons

This au is really just a spa day for Mia and Rose

Ethan, seriously, how the hell did you still manage to lose a hand in this au? His experience is like, what if Alice in Wonderland was real and moldy?

This au technically can double as a Coraline au with some rearranging but again, semantics

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ALL RIGHT BUT YOU ASKED FOR IT

Power of Three as a series is just. full of weaknesses, most of which come down to poor continuity and structure. I'm not gonna try and fix ALL of those, bc that'd be laborious as hell, but I will pick out things that I feel are the most egregious as case studies.

What Po3 does have, tho, is an absolutely shining strength in the concept of its three main characters. After twelve books of Blandly Heroic Protagonist Syndrome, Jayfeather is an absolute godsend. He's angry! He's rude! He's unhappy! He's not nice. I Love Him And He's My Son. Lionblaze has his invincible pride (hah) and emergent bloodlust, and Hollyleaf has her moral absolutism and certainty. These are good starting points for characters. Sadly, the lack of continuity undermines what could have been three really good character arcs.

So! I present to you:

HOW TO MAKE "WARRIORS: THE POWER OF THREE" NOT COMPLETELY SUCK ACCORDING TO MY PERSONAL TASTE; A NON-EXHAUSTIVE, NON-CONSECUTIVE LIST BY ME

ONE

- Have there be a persistant, overarching series threat. Sol is a character with amazing villain potential who does literally nothing except hang around, and do exactly 2 Bad Things completely off-screen. This Is Not Good.

- Instead, have him be present from the second book onwards- initially introduced as a friendly but enigmatic outsider who is slowly revealed across the series to be a complete black hole of a personality, a social parasite quietly rearranging whatever community he's a part of to just-so-happen to benefit him as much as humanly possible. His "preach individualism not starclan" methods are not so much values as one strategy out of many. (to those who know me- yes i have a type. no i will not apologise.)

- Maybe his ultimate goal is to dissolve and centralise the clans or something so that he can live out his life as a political puppetmaster in all the cat-luxury he likes. idk it's hard to imagine overall stakes for this rewrite BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL DOESN'T HAVE ANY

TWO

- For gods sake you don't have a series based on the premise of "the main characters develop super powers" and then only have the second power confirmed by the end of the fourth book. I understand the first book mostly focusing on Jayfeather- his powers are obvious from the start, he's got the strongest personality of the three, he gets access to most of the prophecy plot stuff because of them. But you NEED to have the other two show an interest in something concrete happening to them beyond that, and you need to at least hint towards the other two having something unique to them even if nobody clocks it yet.

- Have Jayfeather tell his siblings about the prophecy by the end of book two at the latest. The amount of time he spends noodling around not sharing it with them is inexcusable. It's not that it's out of character for him to hang onto a secret for a bit, it's just that there's no point and it slows everything down. It would be equally in character for him to go to his siblings and be like "look, i'm SPECIAL. well you as well but ALSO ME". Boy starts off as desperate for recognition, what can I say

THREE

- Have Jayfeather discover that StarClan don't withhold signs or information on purpose for the sake of "building courage and faith" or whatever nonsense. Seeing and communicating the future is metaphysically very difficult, so interpreting signs and messages is a genuine skill, or even an art. The cats of StarClan, however, really are just ghosts, much more similar to living cats than the currently living believe. This is the impotus for Jayfeather's discarding of his reverence for StarClan, which remains consistent throughout the series.

- Have Hollyleaf and Jayfeather both still change their cat careers in the first book, but put place more attention on the fact that they basically switched jobs. Have a scene where they end up yelling at each other, because can't the other see how lucky they have it? The tension breaks when they realise they've both lost something important to them- Jayfeather his chance to prove he's as capable as a sighted cat, and Hollyleaf her path to helping her clan in the way she thinks is best. They commiserate together, and reluctantly promise to do the best they can with their lots, so they don't waste the path the other wishes they'd taken. This closeness is eroded over the series as they disagree more and more on the subject of StarClan and its role in their moral choices and obligations.

FOUR

- Speaking of Hollyleaf! I nearly threw my phone across the room when the first Omen of the Stars book claimed that Hollyleaf "worked so hard to discover her power to help her clan". Where, Ms Erins??? I would have LOVED to have seen that!! Hollyleaf expresses absolutely no concern over the details of what power she has/will develop, and only has a couple of scenes even touching on her ambitions to help her clan. She has some vague ideas about becoming leader and like one scene where she gets to do some leadery things, but that never gets followed up on. What does happen is that the whole "warrior code" thing becomes more and more a part of her personality (for no clear reason) until she snaps.

- Hollyleaf going off the deep end is something I wanted so badly to get into and be moved by, because I could see where it comes from! Her moral certainty is fascinating, especially since it's based in something as abstract as the warrior code- which, when you think about it, isn't really... anything. There's no concrete set of rules that make it up, no traditional wording or cat philosophers, not even any fables. It's a handful of agreed-upon, common sense rules- don't cross boundaries, don't take prey that isn't yours, respect your ancestors, and don't murder. That's it!

- So, combining the above points, I think Hollyleaf not being one of the Three should stay, but both the audience and the characters are given good reason to believe she is. By around the third volume, make it so that Hollyleaf has found that her power is to get cats to "Do The Right Thing"- i.e. what she wants them to do. She sneaks off often to see Sol, who teachs her how to use this power. Her siblings are concerned about this new power, having already gotten a glimpse at what Sol can do, but she's confident that she can only use this power for good. Volume-specific plot happens, Sol manipulates her into causing him to win, she is shocked and horrified, and vows to stick ridgedly to what she knows is right i.e. The Warrior Code

- However, the more fervently she tries to stick to this abstract idea, the less it gives her results, the more her power seems to be failing. Believing that StarClan is taking her power away from her, she becomes caught up in a faith-guilt spiral that puts her in the position to snap at the end of the series. By that point it's clear to her siblings that Hollyleaf has no power- she was just very, very good at persuading people to do what she wanted.

FIVE

- Lionblaze is a girl now because I Said So. This Cat Is Trans And There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

- Her relationship with Heathertail stays the same- childhood sweethearts who are torn apart as they begin to understand the nature of the societal divides that exist between them.

- This can be used to contextualise the whole "half clan/outsider blood" thing as a cultural contradiction. In reality, inter- and outer- clan relationships aren't at all rare. They can't be, otherwise the whole society would be inbred out of existence in like five generations. But if at least one society of humans can spend a good 200 years pretending Sex Is Bad And Sinful Actually then cats can have persistant cat-racism in the face of all logic. Heathertail clocks this contradiction, Lionblaze doesn't.

- Her relationship-to-power arc doesn't need changing all that much either, other than starting much sooner and being more consistent. At first, she's completely overjoyed by her power, since unlike her siblings, it lines up so well with her ambition- become the finest warrior any of the clans have to offer. As the berserker rage aspect becomes more prevelent, she becomes more and more disturbed by the fact that she isn't disturbed by what she can do, and that she doesn't want the escalation of her power to stop.

- Tigerstar still does his thing, but Brambleclaw knows about it. He recognises the signs from when his father used to visit him, and tries to train Lionblaze in his own way. She ends up caught between wanting to be a good warrior, and testing the limits of her power.

SIX

- Jayfeather can stay basically the same because he's my perfect little angy boy and nothing needs to change. His arcs can be strengthened by having a more robust relationship with Yellowfang where they try to out-bitch each other, and coming to terms with his internalised ablism. Maybe he has a chat with Mothwing about faith a couple of times. Him furiously lashing out at being offered help transitions into an acceptence and understanding of his abilities more naturally. He never stops being A Grumpy Old Man.

- All fucking past-lives unexplained time travel goes in the BIN. Doesn't fucking happen. You can have that lore dump sprinkled across the books, or come from going deep into the tunnels and having a surreal meeting. Make it properly eldritch-level scary, shake Jayfeather's confidence in the idea of them being just a bunch of ghosts.

SEVEN

- Have the way Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight present very clearly as parents to the Three be explicitly, textually unusual. One of the things I liked so much about the first series was an almost total lack of emphasis on who was mated with who, and who was related or not. It felt very real to how feral cat colonies form, where raising kittens is a communal job. This gets completely dropped the moment series 2 starts and now the cats have monogamy.

- This emphasis on the family unit and fostering close relationships between parents and kittens is deliberate on the part of both Leafpool and Squirrelflight. Their aim is to cover for Leafpool so she doesn't lose her role as medicine cat- something she already gave up Crowfeather for before she was pregnant.

- In that little bit of backstory, have a robust reason for both Leafpool and Squirrelflight to leave the camp while Leafpool is pregnant and giving birth, possibly one that ties into the present day story in some minor way. I don't know how, it would just make that element of the story a lot more ground than "we left, the kits were born, then we came back and everyone was cool with it"

- When it comes to the "I am Not your mother" reveal, Jayfeather and Lionblaze are confused and hurt that they were lied to, but come to the reasonable conclusion that well, since they were raised mostly by Squirrelflight, saw Leafpool often, and are loved by both, they don't hate her. Lionblaze has something of a crisis over being half-clan, possibly initiating an attempted reunion with Heathertail. Jayfeather is more concerned with how other cats will think it makes him lesser, something he's still sensitive too.

- Hollyleaf, meanwhile, completely fucking snaps at the way her mother Violated Part Of The Code. It's a completely irrational reaction, but expected because she's been growing more and more reliant on The Code for the whole series, and less and less stable in her attempts to aid her clan and train to be its new leader.

- Squirrelflight is the one to murder Ashfur. This is easy to work out while reading- she's literally the only one of the four with a motive who isn't a perspective character. The mystery is less around finding out who did it, and more about why she did it (it's very ambiguous as to whether it was an accident or not). The main tension comes from who finds out when.

- Lionblaze is shocked, awed by how far she'd go to protect the three of them, and reassures her she did the right thing (as a way to salve her own uncertainty over her own longing for violence). Jayfeather makes it all about himself because he's Jayfeather- upset that he didn't know immediately, instead of, you know, figuring it out in a few hours because he can basically read minds. They try their best to hide it from Hollyleaf, who is already rattling around the final volume as a full-on antagonist, but are unsuccessful. This almost costs them something incredibly important- possibly Squirrelflight's life.

EIGHT

- the whole plot with the Tribe Of Rushing Water is a MASSIVE can of worms that could be removed from the series without issue. As it is:

- Characterize the Tribe as uncertain of how to fight other cats, because yes, they haven't had to do this before. DON'T characterise them as pathetic, doing whatever their leader says without thinking, and with ancestors who have Given Up

- Have some of the Tribe be really good at the violence. Worryingly good. Have others be sickened by what they're being asked to do.

- Have some of the clan cats reflect on what they've done. Hollyleaf would be all for introducing this society to jesus The Code, but even she might be horrified at being thanked by a tribe cat who can't wait to get out there and win themselves glory, only to be killed a few hours later

- The Tribe begin a new tradition of marking the walls in the mud they use as camoflage in order to commemorate their battles, and memorialise the fallen. One of the characters reflects on the fact that in a generation or two, the Tribe will feel like it's always been this way. How many of their own traditions- those that feel almost like natural law- started out the same way?

- Have Sol as the leader of the invaders, or maybe having insinuated himself into the tribe as a "mediator" and doing his charismatic cult leader thing.

NINE

- Cinderheart isn't a reincarnation of Cinderpelt. She's just named after her bc Cinderpelt saved her mother from a badger. this is because I think the reincanation thing is stupid and I can't think of a way to make it good.

TEN

- No more using tails as hand gestures like covering people's mouths. Never. None of it. It's expunged from existence.

Disclaimer: I haven't read Omen of the Stars yet, so I can't account for anything that might happen in that series that's grounded in Po3. I'm like... two thirds of the way through the first volume. I'm Not Impressed.

#Warrior Cats #warriors #The Power of Three #Jayfeather #Hollyleaf #Lionblaze #long post

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My Physical TBR (under the cut)

because @bookdragon1811 enabled me :)

Currently Reading:

The ‘One Thing’ is Three by Michael E Gaitley; The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah; Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald; Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Middle-Grade

- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

- White Cat by Holly Black

- The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

- The School for Good and Evil (and books 2 and 3) by Soman Chainani

- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

- The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz

- Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones

- KOTLC: Exile by Shannon Messenger

- KOTLC: Everblaze by Shannon Messenger

- KOTLC: Neverseen by Shannon Messenger

- The Water and the Wild by KE Ormsbee

- The Thing About Leftovers by CC Payne

- The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

- Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Young Adult

- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

- Children of Blood and Bone (and Children of Virtue as Vengeance) by Tomi Adeyemi

- The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

- Frostblood by Elly Blake (and Fireblood and Nightblood)

- The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

- When Wishes Bleed by Casey L Bond

- Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

- A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

- Graceling (and Fire) by Kristin Cashore

- A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

- The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

- House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess

- A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Davis

- Ruthless Gods by Emily A Duncan

- Blessed Monsters by Emily A Duncan

- Wolf by Wolf (and Blood for Blood) by Ryan Graudin

- River Secrets by Shannon Hale

- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alice E Harrow

- Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

- Sea Witch by Sarah Hennings

- A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston

- These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner

- The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

- The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman

- Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

- Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

- Warcross (and Wildcard) by Marie Lu

- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

- People Like Us by Dana Mele

- Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy

- Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

- Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

- The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

- Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie

- Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

- Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

- The Steelheart Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

- Scythe by Neil Schusterman

- Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal

- Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill

- The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud

- An Ember in the Ashes (and A Torch Against the Night) by Sabaa Tahir

- Strange the Dreamer (and Muse of Nightmares) by Laini Taylor

- The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

- Fable by Adrienne Young

Adult

- The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

- The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

- A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett st Clair

- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

- the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon

- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

- The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

- The Calculating Stars by Marie Robinette Kowal

- The Poppy War by RF Kuang

- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

- The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell

- Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald

- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (and A Wise Man’s Fear)

- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

- The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

- Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

- Vicious by VE Schwab

- A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

- The Near Witch by VE Schwab

- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

- The Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

- The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

- The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

- Shadow’s Edge by Brent Weeks

- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

- The Bird King by G Willow Wilson

- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

- Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Classics

- Emma by Jane Austen

- Persuasion by Jane Austen

- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

- Peter Pan by JM Barrie

- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

- Whuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

- Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

- Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky

- The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas

- The Odyssey by Homer (i’ve read parts but haven’t read it through in full)

- Les Mis by Victor Hugo (yes i do have a death wish)

- The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

- The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo

- A Minstrel in France by Harry Lauder

- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

- The Space Trilogy by CS Lewis

- The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft

- Dracula by Bram Stoker

- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

- Death of Ivan Hych by Leo Tolstoy

- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

- The Aeneid by Virgil

- The Epic of Gilgamesh

Theology/Church History

- An Exorcist Tells His Story by Gabriele Amorth

- Pope Francis: His Life In His Own Words

- The Little Flowers of St Clare by P. Bargellini

- Church Fathers by Pope Benedict XVI

- Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI

- This Tremendous Lover by M Eugene Boylan

- Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton

- Rome Sweet Home by Scott Hahn

- The First Society by Scott Hahn

- The Holy Bread of Eternal Life by Peter Kwasniewski

- The Secret of Mary by St. Louis de Montfort

- The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort

- A Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II

- Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist by Brant Pitre

- Love & Responsibility by Harol Wojtyla

- How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas Woods

Nonfiction

- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

- Faith and Treason by Antonia Fraser

- To Kill the Devil by Herbert Malloy, Jr.

- The Queen’s Conjurer by Benjamin Woolley

#my tbr

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#linked universe #lu legend #legend linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu fable #fable linked universe #the chains cafe #CC!Legend #CC!Fable #wind and four pranked him and ravio helped #he was bribed lol #legend knowing how his roommate is forgave him #and has now made it his mission to be very very angy at wind and four #also burger queen is now the Hylian equivalent of Burger King

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I achieved this pinnacle by believing in myself. My book tells it all." Liberace's mother, now 81. is his life's inspiration. She has been near death several times in the last two years but has great recuperative powers born of an abiding faith. "I kid her that she's going to bury us all," says Liberace. Ten years ago Liberace had an acute kidney failure. He was given the last rites of the Catholic church. His mother prayed. Liberace baffled doctors by one of those overnight recoveries. "But I was resigned to dying," he says. "I faced it. What was the most emotionally disturbing thing was the pros- pect of having to start life over again. "At that point, money was scarce. But when I went back onstage, some sort of magic happened. My performances took on a depth they didn't have before. "Suddenly I was huppy really happy to be alive. People responded. It's miraculous. Now I work less, get more and enjoy it the most." Liberace, who earns $150,000 a week, has three antique-filled decorative villas two in Los Angeles and one in Palm Springs. Liberace who won a libel suit against a British columnist in 1959 for casting aspersions on his masculinity has been engaged three times. "Something always happened to prevent the marriages," he says. His true love, Moulin Rouge dancer Joanne Rio the girl who lived across the street from him in Sherman Oaks, Cal. couldn't come to grips with the personal impetus behind his fame and fortune. "My career has always been a cause for great jealousy with a woman. It's like the third party, he says. Why has he never married? "I don't believe in divorce. Marriage is a final step. Look, when I was 21, I discovered that my father had a mistress. To my horror, I then found out that he'd had that mistress for 20 years. We never had words. But it shook my soul. A man of 21 is deeply impressionable on the subject of marriage." George, his brother and onetime partner, had a $1 million estate which was wiped out hv a succession of five wi"cs. w;s sister, Angie, has had three The Girls "That's his en big fault h feels he's being Ignored whenever I talk to guests and leaps all over them now, as I was saying. . ." husbands. "Some people are just losers when it comes to weddings," he says. "I refuse to be." Liberace's hair, a soft brown, is fluffy and impeccably cut. Six years ago he invested money in a beauty salon, "The Barbery Coast," in Los Angeles. Hairdressers there taught him how to do his own coiffures. "Now I can do anybody's" he says. "Sometimes I fix Mama's chignons. And I've gotten Angie to wear wigs." "Even the hard hats have shoulder length hair today," he says. Remembering the lawsuit, he adds, "I understand why those stones were thrown at me. I was a fashion pioneer who blazed a trail for ostenta-tiousness. Finally I laughed and coined the phrase, 'I cried all the way to the bank!' " Liberace's Italian-born father, now 91, is in a convalescent home in Sacramento. Once he was a French horn player with the Philadelphia Orchestra. When Liberace was 16, he made his piano debut with the Chicago Symphony. My father liked serious music and I wanted to be an entertainer," says Liberace who did his own thing and disenchanted his father. "As he became older, he mellowed. Now he lives in the past. When I visit him he remembers me only as a child." About his current lifestyle: "When you reach the to?, you feel there is still more you can do to come in contact with humanity. When you're sick, you learn to value every bit of energy in your body. When you recover, you learn to spend energy meaningfully. If you've got all these values straight, you're at the peak of life." 1974

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semi-imaginary-place · 2 years

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3rd semester time.

“studly guy” lol. wonder what the jp title was, ikemen maybe? aw morgana wishes he were human but doesn’t change any other part of his life, he really does like it at leblanc. housewife sojiro we truly are in the blessed timeline. i i can’t believe you force morgana to sleep on the couch. rude.

lol akechi angy. the eng voice actor’s putting a lot of... contempt? disdain? into the voice acting, very much “i don’t want to be here” “i dont want to be talking to you” attitude which is at odds with his behavior of seeking out joker and wanting to work closely with him.

aaah this is the fabled horny and feral akechi i heard people talking about. poor kasumi stuck in the middle of this. lol just everyday akechi

ooh i was right about yoshizawa’s situation. that her sister recently died. that would explain the sentimental value of a non functional cellphone and “our” dream of gymnastics

oh wait. she didn’t take on her sister’s identity did she??? that’d be wild. was kasumi the one that died and sumire took on her name????

oh shit she totally did. damn.

cult leader maruki! awww and i really liked maruki too

ohhh... and she blames herself...

me squinting at maruki: im pretty sure that’s a health disclosure violation. also rude. forcing someone to relive their trauma then and there. if she wanted to remember she should have on her own terms and pace.

cendrillion is double good then. it matched her character... vibe or then one she initially portrayed at least, the feminine princess vibe. but also a transformation. she is the only one that got a magical girl transformation sequence afterall.

ehhh. maruki’s whole plot is short sighted. sometimes what people immediately want isn’t what’s best for them or what they want in the long run. like i want to not get out of bed, but i’ll have to eventually to do stuff like get water

another of the problems is that maruki’s constructed reality is fragile, far far more fragile than the old reality.

maruki does seem to genuinely want to help people, but i have no doubt that ego is involved as well. he constructed a reality where he controls everything is and is viewed as a great savior afterall.

oh so we do get confirmation that makoto and sae’s dad raised them as a single parent. first their mom died and then their dad, like have we talked about how they lost both their parents? Sae was harsh and had no business taking her frustration out on makoto but i can understand she felt even more pressure to succeed when if was only the two of them. (in addition to the high expectations she set for herself and the external pressure)

this is going to traumatize everyone. that feeling when things are going too well or that there can be such a thing as feeling too happy. yikes

“violet” probably worked better in japanese, they were probably going for a flower name, did they realize violet is also a purple color? i was expecting some type of bird honestly.

if the devs were trying to invoke all the “_______ mental health institute”s that are actually scams/wellness cults, they did a good job. cults, radicalization groups, etc all target people who are vulnerable to being exploited and those with mental illnesses are prime targets <- this is unrelated to persona, just a stray thought.

acutally what if everyone were animals. morgana is cat 1, joker is cat 2, ann is panther/leopard, ryuji is monkee, yuusuke is fox, makoto is hound, futaba... spider? mouse? slug? idk, haru... rabbit, akechi is crow, and sumire is swallow maybe dove?

#p5 #persona #p5r

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queerloveandspaceships · 6 years

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1, 5, 11, 17, 22? For all your characters if you'd rather. I love them all.

1. Is most likely to go on a rant for an hour

Ben, 100 percent. The thing is he’ll have a Rant Topic™ prepared – something he’s thought about in the shower, and during work, and while he’s doing random mundane chores, and this topic may have festered for YEARs in that deep dark part of his brain that’s ALWAYS ready to throw down. And then when the opportunity to rant about it comes around, he will go off for six-thousand years. Like someone will say something like “What do you think of the weather” and he’ll be all “SO listen, at this stage of the water cycle…”

5. Has no off-switch

SHINE. Okay I know no one here (except you baby, and @weaver-of-fantasies-and-fables because she is subject to all my rambling) knows anything about Shine, but this one is SO Shine. He’s always turned up to 100 percent, the definition of Extra. This boy is basically glitter incarnate. He’s what would happen if you took champagne, cocaine, every great song ever written by mankind, and the distilled essence of PARTY and shook it up and then released it into the world to wreak havoc.

11. Changes subjects when they start to lose a debate

Ipeivie. He’s not very good at arguing, because he’s learned over time to just not draw attention to himself, but he also HATES being disrespected, BUT he also doesn’t want to play into Paeri stereotypes of having a temper, so if something in a debate/argument isn’t going his way, you can bet his bottom dollar he’s going to deflect. That’s one thing that makes his argument with Ben when they’re trying to figure out what the fuck they are to each other so intense – it’s the first time he lets himself get visibly upset in YEARS. And that’s partly because even though he’s angry with Ben and Ben is angry with him, he knows Ben won’t judge him for getting angry, at least. OH I made myself SAD.

17. Is blunt or otherwise painfully honest

Oh man, this is Ian (from the Rem(a)inder). Gurl does not know how to censor her speech, boy howdy! She’s been so focused on her work for so long that when people talk to her she’s just like “let’s get this over with as quickly as possible.” She’s very focused on what she can get out of people, or what they want from her. Every social interaction is a transaction, even when she’s having fun. That’s why it takes SO long for her and Angie to get together. Angie needs to feel loved and Ian’s not so good at, ah, making people feel loved, haha!

22. Does their best to seem tough or mysterious

HA okay this one took me a minute to think about but no it’s totally Angie. As a very butch butch, people expect certain things of her. She’s expected to be tough and hard-shelled, but she’s basically made of marshmallows. So people see this big, broad woman with cropped hair who just wants to sit quietly at home and read a book, and she tries to project this aura of being self-assured, when really she’s just …. not. Bless Angie’s heart. This is making me miss her and Ian so bad.

Thanks baby!! I love you!!!!

#asks #<3 <3 <3 #storm #remainder #shine #shine doesn't have a story tag #he's just shine #hahaha #there's too many shine stories #may have to get to the rest of the asks tomorrow #thank you so much everyone for sending them!!!!!#thewaltzrio

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pinkpuffballdude · 4 years

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bloopers time babey

transcript under the cut (it got, very long), new paragraph is a new section, italics is what I was supposed to say, bold is what I did

Angelo slices the wriggling, screeching vine monster -Angelo slices the swwsshsssswsss. -lovely

Angelo laughs at all of Marc’s more straightforward jokes. -Angelo laughs at all oh mhar,, mm.

-Sir Angelo is a hmm mm m. -okay.

Sir Angelo? -Shur Angelo-? mmmmm [laugh] -oo -*yikes.* [laugh] -[laugh] okay, um jesus -[more laugh] [inhale] fuck -no! -[chair creak noise] -[breathy laugh] it wasn't even that funny! -[inhale] [loud exhale] Sir Angelo, okay, yes, alright

"Marc," Tal half whined -Marc, Tal half- hmmm -that's not the right tone of voice

Tal's eyebrows rise up -Tal's wobrow- mmm.

As Marc is left helplessly close -As Marc is left hopelessly close... -As Marc is lesft... -well fuck me

Apparently, this big swamp thing and slash or -Apparently, this big swamp thing, and.... -[buffering. loading. loading. loading.] -bluuh, okay.

Rilla's got her arms around Tal's shoulders -Rilla's got her arms around taz- -fffffuck me -[adjusting noises]

-[groan] I just -Iiii, just want. Elle to know, that I am getting, to this next part -and I have now looked at it, three times, and every single time I've gone -d d it's -*soft* -I'm *soft* -[soft yelling] [breathy laugh] [more laugh] [angry cat noise] [another breathy laugh] -*I have to read this aloud. I have to read this aloud with my m-* I have to look at it with my *eyes*, and read it and say it with my *mouth*. -this is- -I'm gonna *die* [breathy laugh] -UuguuauuUuuu [metal zipper hitting metal desk frame noise] -..... kay. - pat a pat -[metal zipper again] uuuuuuuuugh

“I feel you have described the skirmish quite adeptly, Sir Angelo,” -I feel you have described- dxs the- mmmmm. -[weird ass laugh] ouch

-[different angry cat noise] -deh- yea. -[rattle. rattle rattle.] [necklace noises.] [more necklace noises.] -why. -[louder necklace noises.] -wHY -[while laughing] what even happened here -[low laugh] [more rattling] -okay. there we go. -[clack. clack clack. different necklace noise.] godammit. -[rattle.] I'm putting this part in the blooper reel, fuckin hell [teeth sucking noise] -[leg pat] [deep breath] where was I

"Er- right, yes" -Er, yes -hmmmm. -fuck me! [loud inhale] [loud exhale]

-[quiet laughing] -[louder laughing] -[audible chuckling] fuck [more laughing] -[shakey hum] -do you know how much effort it took not to laugh during that last line? -jesus [laugh] uohhh, okay -[deep breath] angelo'sentireexpressionflickersout, okay

-Damien blANCHES, his expression falling open in dismay. -Y- you mean to say that you didn’t- you didn’t- *realize?* -You didn’t *know?* -[muffled laughter I thought I could edit out to salvage this take] -[loud, shakey exhale] -Angelo doesn’t seem to hear him. -[on the literal verge of laughter] Oh, Saints, oh mercy, this- I will- I must- -he pauses. -What.. Sir Damien, what do I *do?* [dissolves into laughter] ge- I'm gonna have to rerecord that line, jesus, aAAAA -hope I'm not buggin my dad too much, letss-.. -[for the record I was doing this at four in the morning, and I was. not quiet.] -tsk, yea that's not gonna work, okay -I was gonna drape a blanket over myself but, heh hah heh, no -[COUGH] -okay

Angelo says, seizing Damien's -Angelo says, seizing Demie- -..... *who's Deemien* [muffled laugh] ah

Marc is... I very much doubt -Marc is... I very much dar- hm, [angry throat clearing] [COUGH] -*jesus.*

Angelo's shoulders -Angelo's soul- -jesus I am *awful*... right now, god

-[loud chair creak noise] -[clap] [hands rubbing together] [evil laugh] -[COUGH] [quietly,] let's go- wait, okay, how much- -uhhh yea, this is the last scene >:3c [maniacal laugh] -[more maniacal laugh, this time with hand rubbing] okay -[chair creak] [COUGH]

Figured that we’d be seeing you again soon anyway, Angie -Figured that we'd be seeing you soon again anyway.. mMMMMM, noooo, that's not what he says -[COUGH] figured that we'd be againsso- mmm god jesus, why can't I say this

Angelo -Marc- MMMM nooo -[laugh] [while laughing] that's the wrong name -[more laugh] jesus. um

Angelo, bud, you’re not getting all serious on me, are you? -Angelo, bud, we're not going... -:/ okay. -Angelo bud, we're not going- mmMM -HHUGGGGh

-his soul- [grumpy hmm]

-but noah ho he- [louder grumpy hmm]

-an' Angelo- [grumpier hum]

-honesty is more befitting of a knight, and by far- [grumpist hum of all]

-a fable that make it ss heh huh- [MAXIMUM GRUMP] -[cat hairball noise] -[over enunciated] if my *tongue* could *cooperate*, that would be lovely

-blinking up, at the strange new determination in Marc's expression [weird diaphram noise, don't ask *me*] aw man, now I gotta redo that line -[inhale, exhale]

Very, close, and his cheeks -*very*, close, and his ne- -... his *NECK???* [laugh] -[COUGH]

-[playful] Angelo, -mm? that's not the right tone of voice at all

-he quite likes A- mmmmm -hoo boy

-[careful] Marc -he says in res- hm, that's not- hm. -kay, what is this? [something was stuck to my foot. it was a chocolate wrapper.]

-Angelo is autistic confirmed. -[COUGH] thas a mood, babey! [quiet laugh]

-the press of Marc's lips is warm... mmmm!

and his crooked smile looks *shy* -and his crooked mile looksh- -[DEEP inhale] hIs CrOoKeD mI- [laugh] -ullLLll!

Truly? You- truly you do? -Truely? you- truely do? -fuck me. that's not what he says.

Saints, Angelo, yeah! -Saints, Angelo- angel-o? angel-o

Something warm and bright bubbling up in his chest -Something warm and bright and bubbling up in his chest -UUUUUUUUUUGGGGHH

-yaaaaaaaaay! [soft laugh] -and they lived happliy ever after, the end [click] [chuckle]

#true story #have fun!#this'd probably be a pain in the ass for a screen reader but I have genuinely no idea!#I originally wrote it up as notes for kinetic typography so. they're not Good.

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