Summary: After Teddy is left at the altar by Kathleen on what was supposed to be their wedding day, Teddy invites Mort on his non-refundable all-inclusive romantic honeymoon getaway.
I cannot explain the amount of fun I'm having writing fanfiction, but my goals? Unrealistic (lmao). I'm planning on somehow writing an entire chapter of the quest (that i've barely started, mind you) and have it ready to be posted at 3pm tomorrow.
I'm not overworking myself (I promise), I'm just your local dumbass making unrealistic goals for a fanfic
You're cordially invited to join us at the Grand Re-Opening of The Hourglass, now under the ownership of Alexander Hawthorne! We're thrilled to welcome you this Thursday CST to our beloved bookstore in the brume of Ishgard.
Step inside and be captivated by our extensive collection of new tomes and texts. From literary classics to contemporary masterpieces, there's something for every reader's taste. Take your time to browse and discover literary treasures that will transport you to realms unknown.
But it doesn't stop there! Indulge your taste buds with our delectable offerings. Treat yourself to a mouthwatering deli sandwich, a delightful dessert that will satisfy your sweet cravings, or perhaps a steaming cup of coffee, tea, or even a glass of wine to enhance your visit.
At The Hourglass, we believe in the power of inclusivity and hospitality. No matter your background or where you come from, all are welcome within our cozy haven. We embrace diversity and foster a safe space for everyone.
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This Grand Re-Opening is a casual event where you can fully immerse yourself in roleplay or simply treat it like any other shop visit. Understand that Alexander may be occupied in roleplay at times, so feel free to interact with an unseen friendly NPC at the counter, who will be delighted to assist your character.
Remember, at The Hourglass, time stands still as you get lost in the magic of books!
spoiler-free review on the stolen heir from an ex cardan greenbriar simp
here is photo evidence of me being cringe
alright so I have proven my ex-simp history now we can continue.
alright so first of all, let's talk about what I liked:
I thought the characters were funny, the art on the pages was gorgeous, the hardcover itself was amazing, and I really liked suren and oak as characters!
I also really liked the magic and all that and found it really interesting. I'll talk about the magic again later in the review some more)
I also thought it was just a fun book in general so I rated it 5/5 ⭐. now I do have to say it had no plot and normally I dislike that BUT if the characters are good then I can really enjoy the plotless vibes sometimes but some people just aren't the same like that. but overall I think holly did a pretty good job at making a fun book!
now, for the stuff i didn't like.... I have a few things to go over:
for me, I found the book pretty hard to follow, especially around the end... I was just so confused and maybe I'm just dumb??? but I found it to be really confusing at times.
also, I was pretty disappointed when we were told by holly that we would be getting jude and cardan "crumbs"??? like if you've read it you would know that there is barely anything, they were mentioned a few times and I get that it's oak and suren's story but I really did expect to at least like have them described or see them at some point even just one scene because she kind of made it seem like that.
like yes, there were some but when you hear that you expect there to be like scenes with them you know?? like by crumbs I thought she meant there would be like more of them in it than what we got. so I feel like a few people were just a little disappointed is all.
the next point I have is that all of the character development was at the end!!! like come on bro could we at least have had some foreshadowing or build-up or just SOMETHING to indicate what would happen?? I feel like we needed more build-up instead of just getting this ending for shock value and I was just so confused that I had to ask a few people what happened 💀 because it really just came out of nowhere and not like a "woah that plot twist was so good" like I guessed the twist but how the characters acted is what came out of nowhere but yeah I still liked the ending but it really made no sense.
also the middle of the book?? I remember very little from that because it just felt like the beginning had a lot, the end had a lot, but the middle and a lot of parts I just kind of really forgettable and I'm not saying the story is like bad because of that but I just found it hard to remember stuff but I did read it pretty fast so idk maybe if someone read it a bit slower than I did they may have remembered more but I usually remember a lot.
I also just wish some things were explained MORE. I don't mind when it's left for you to figure out sometimes but honestly, I just felt like we weren't getting AS MUCH as we could be getting, like if suren's abilities had been used a bit more or if we had seen more of what oak could do I think that could've made the story a lot more interesting. and I know yes, yes there's a second book, and oak is supposed to have this air of mystery around him and what not but with duologies, each book has to be able to stand on its own a bit more so I just wish we could've explored the magic just a little bit more
but yeah there is my spoiler-free review of the stolen heir and my thoughts on it LMAO I hope you guys enjoyed this very long review and also if you guys want me to give my thoughts on more books or start posting more about different books then please let me know. (ofc I will still be posting about ouabh & caraval, but I just wanted to make some posts on the stolen heir and share my thoughts since it is currently what everyone is talking about.) love u guys thank you for reading!!!
Chapters: 7/?
Fandom: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Daredevil (TV), The Defenders (Marvel TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Matt Murdock & Reader, Matt Murdock/Original Character(s), Matt Murdock/Reader, Matt Murdock & Original Female Character(s), Matt Murdock/Original Female Character, Daredevil/reader, Daredevil x reader, Daredevil/original female character
Characters: Matt Murdock, Daredevil, Reader, Original Female Character, Foggy Nelson, Original Female Characters, Karen Page, Marci Stahl, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Additional Tags: Matt Murdock x reader - Freeform, matt Murdock/reader - Freeform, Daredevil x Reader - Freeform, daredevil/reader - Freeform, charlie cox - Freeform, Matt Murdock fanfiction, daredevil fanfiction, age gap, yeah there is an age gap like 8 years?, Reader is 21, get ready for pining and friction, oh boy, Angst, Fluff, Protection, Hurt/Comfort, Secret Relationship, affair, Eventual violence, daredevil smut, NSFW, Matt Murdock Smut, Smut
Summary:
One college-drunken night, you didn't expect to be saved by the man in the mask. You didn't expect him to agree to walk you home, either. You especially didn't expect to enter into an affair with the masked vigilante. That's what happens when you follow faith blindly. You let yourself fall in love, with someone who won't even tell you who he is. On top of pining for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, you have to graduate NYU, take the LSAT, keep this secret, manage your social life and an internship at a law firm named Nelson & Murdock.
sitting in the exam room for my allergist appt waiting for my doctor and just before he shows up i heard him in the hallway say to a nurse "oh she's got a bunch of allergies" girl COME ON
bpd?? like. like borderline personality disorder? like, the mental disorder? that people have??? "defend bpd"???? DEFEND it?? from what??? abelism??? misinformation?? this ask is kinda mind boggling dude. like wow.
just so u know i am getting help for my multiple mental disorders :) that i have. ik that's not what u meant by "seeking help" but what does that rlly reflect other than ur lack of knowledge on mental health issues? wow i definetly trust you to be super educated on mental disorders considering you used "seek help" as an insult. ur rlly winning me over here.
here's a genuine question for you: have you tried seeking... i don't know... a reputable source on bpd? information on what it actually is, what it actually means to have bpd? or is ur only source of information that's led you to this conclusion.. reddit posts, listsicles abt "how to spot a borderline/narcissist/sociopath uwu" & ur own personal conclusions made from meeting one person w bpd one time ever.
I really wish more of the Pokemon fanbase realized that instead of getting mad at the developers at Game Freak, focus the anger at the corporate suits up top in the Pokemon company instead.
Those corporate suits up top are the reason that Scarlet and Violet released how it did. They are the reason that this DLC is coming. And the devs have to listen to their bosses, regardless of how they might feel about the choices made. That's just how things sadly are.
Game Freak are just trying to make a game, and aren't given enough time by the people in charge.
They arent incompetent, they are being forced to shove out games and DLC at a unreasonable rate by their bosses up top. Because those suits know the Pokemon franchise prints money.
And it does not matter how much money your series makes. If you are not given enough time to make a game, it will not be good.
Crunch is a serious problem affecting the entire video games industry. Game Freak are just doing what they can in the absolutely unreasonable deadlines they have to work under given to them by their bosses.
And it irks me that people will talk about how important it is to stand for the developers of games, that crunch is bad, and how we need to care about the people behind the games. But then go shit on Game Freak in their next breath.
Kaoru: "Today's lip balm is peach-flavored!"
Yukawa: "That sounds delicious."
Kaoru: "…"
Yukawa: "…"
Kaoru: "… You'd like to taste it?"
Yukawa: "… Forgive me, please."
I would like to see Utsumi-san picking up on and making fun of Yukawa-sensei's gaffe and both being embarrassed and hiding their unusually red faces. In addition, there may or may not be a counterattack from the professor after this.
Haven't heard from family in days. I feel like it's time to accept they're gone. I know in my heart Palestine will, one day, be free, but it wasn't supposed to be like this.
We feared another Nakba, and it happened. 700,000 pushed out of their homes in 1948 to 1 million being forced to leave their homes in 2023.
We thought it couldn't get worse or more deadly than the Israeli invasion in 2014, and it happened. We lost 2,251 people in 50 days then. Now we're past 2,300 in one week.
What I heard most from my grandmother the first days it's that "this time is different". And I feel like a rock is crushing my heart in pieces because i've been hoping that speaking out, teaching people about the historical oppresion of Palestine would help but it's not helping. Nothing is changing.
I feel like I'm screaming into a void. There's some sympathy from people online, until I see content documenting Palestinian oppresion being flagged as 'hate speech' or check the comments of any updates on Gaza and it's: "blame it on hamas", "tell them to give up hamas", "the hamas asked for it". They're not even among civilians!!!!!
My heart feels full seeing the manifestations in favor of Palestine, then I see police forces breaking protests apart and remember that the people that can actually save Gaza don't care.
If there's nothing left to do but to watch the extermination of my people, then I'm going to beg for anyone reading this to please don't forget. Please.
Israel is hiding behind Judaism to commit genocide against Gaza. Netanyahu supported the Hamas militant group to prevent the establishment of the Palestine State, and now he's using them to justify his agenda of ethnic cleansing. He abandoned Israelis and left them to die because he cares more about seeing Gazans dead!
Every single person and institution supporting and financing Israel is complicit. I hope the deaths of every Palestinian haunts you for the rest of your lives and that you never find an ounce of forgiveness, for you do not deserve it.
Just as in the Iraq War, the US government is financing and cheering for the slaughter of millions of innocent Arab lives. The media is complicit by engaging in biased propaganda and other nuclear powers, such as the UK and Germany, are complicit too. You are fascists and war criminals and every drop of Palestinian blood is in your hands. I hope every single day, for the rest of your lives, you look in the mirror and see nothing but the blood you've helped spill.
This serves as yet another proof that not a single Western in a position of power, be it in the media or in government, sees Arabs as humans beings.
For decades, the US has comitted terrorism and crimes against humanity in the Middle East and has NEVER been held accountable. Over one million in Iraq; over 150,000 in Afghanistan; and now they'll turn Gaza into a graveyard. Punishing selected soldiers over the years does not erase the fact that the American military and its government validates their crimes during execution and are never punished for it.
Please never forget: Joe Biden is a genocidal terrorist, Rishi Sunak is a genocidal terrorist, the American Democrat Party and UK's Labour Party are led by genocidal terrorists, the European Union is led by genocidal terrorists, fuckass Walt Disney Company is led by genocidal terrorists; every celebrity that called for Palestinian death or stood by silently while ignoring our suffering is a genocidal terrorist.
May Allah protect the people in Palestine and grant the martyrs the highest level of Jannah. Wallah what keeps me here is knowing that the Akhirah is theirs. May Almighty Allah grant us imaan and Taqwa as high as the people of Gaza. Ameen.