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a-tale-never-told · 8 months
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History of Novoselic (Part 3)
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So the 1930s rolled in, and the question of who would succeed Josip was in debate. Zoya had most of the qualities to lead but did not have military experience. Paul, by comparison, had a few issues with ruling as a king, but was exceptionable in military tactics, specializing in air warfare and guerilla tactics, and had a keen eye for talent within the youth. But the debate raged on untill eventually, a solution was found: They would vote on it at the Rastek.
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It was tough, but everyone in the Rastek and the public decided to vote for who would be the new monarch. After some complications and sorting out a bit, in March of 1932, the first queen of Novoselic, Zoya Nevermind was elected as the new Monarch, by a vote of 143 to 139 in the Ustek, or electoral college. As for Paul, he was appointed as the Novoselic ambassador to Great Britain.
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Zoya right off the bat, started to show some strange behavior, such as exhibiting near-dictatorial power, banning free elections and the press, and cracking down on those who spoke up. Created a secret police, called the Auslejc, who proceeded to patrol the streets and arrest people on the accusations of them being "Communist" and "Stalinist sympathizers" Hundreds, even thousands of people were arrested and were purged from the start of her regin untill the end of the war. Propaganda was used extensively to promote Zoya's regime as a golden era and she would like to star in films a lot, often ones that were really bad. It was so bad, that she starred in more movies rather than leading the country, which was in the hands of her ministers.
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Back home in Britain, Paul was horrified by the news, but he couldn't go back. Zoya had postponed his flight back to Novoselic indefinitely, no doubt in an attempt to hold onto power. And so Paul stayed, already trying to mend deteriorating relations with Britain and France as Zoya courted Fascist Italy, and now Nazi Germany too. Zoya had taken a liking to Hitler, supporting his policies, especially against the Soviet Union and Communism, even calling for a genocide of ethnic Russians. Paul, on the other hand, was making friends with people like Winston Churchill of all people, who was a key figure in getting Paul back to Novoselic.
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As the 30s progressed, Paul was becoming more friendly with the British, though was frustrated at Parliament for hesitating against Fascist aggression in Africa and Europe, like the incidents over Ethiopia and Czechoslovakia. He demanded they stop trying to appease the Germans, claiming that starting a war was what they wanted, and it was already happening, saying that they wouldn't just stop at the German lands. And he was right. On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, starting WW2.
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Paul knew this would happen and so talked to Churchill, by now the prime minister, about the possibility of sending him back to Novoselic to lead an insurgent movement against Zoya. Churchill was a little hesitant at first because Paul would have to go through Greece, which was neutral at the time. However, in 1941, the Germans invaded the Balkans in support of Italy, who were getting their ass destroyed by Greece and Yugoslavia. With aid from Novoselic, the Germans invaded and conquered Greece. Since Greece was now part of the conflict, Churchill finally agreed to send Paul back to lead the resistance against the Germans, Italians, and Zoya.
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Paul's plan was to fly a plane to occupied Greece in the middle of nowhere, and then drive several miles through tough terrain to head to Novoselic, where he would meet Novoselic partisans fighting the Axis and be their leader. Accompanying him were a few British commandos in disguise, sent by the British as bodyguards to protect him on the way. And so on July 8th, 1941, Paul flew to North Africa and then from there took off to Greece. Once in Greece, Paul wasted no time finding transport, eventually seizing an Opel Blitz that had been left abandoned by the Germans, and drove to Novoselic. The journey was tough, they had to stop for food, water, and gas frequently and were almost detained by the SS, but eventually, he made it to the town of Cara, where the British intelligence said the rebels were there.
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Upon arrival, Paul wasted zero time taking charge of the rest of the group and broadcasted his voice to other rebel groups in the country, telling them to unite under him in a coordinated effort to bring down the Axis. Eventually, he untied the rest of the Novoselic groups around his cause by 1942 and went on a guerilla campaign against the Axis. What made Paul special, was that he was great at fighting and leading a rebellion even more than his own father. He would sabotage the tanks and select where to fight, either in the dense forests or the high mountains and hills. He also started the first command pose, which was to show authority in the line of duty.
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By 1943, Paul had expelled the Italians out of the mainland, by capturing their field commander during the battle of Ostos. With Italy suing for peace soon after, Paul was left to combat the Germans and Zoya alone. By the middle of 1944, the rebels had taken most of the South of the country and were advancing North. The Germans, by this time, were fighting on all fronts, the Eastern Front had fallen apart and they had to pour resources into fighting everywhere, and fighting Yugoslavian partisans didn't help matters either. Eventually, the German commander in charge decided to give up, and by late 1944, issued a withdrawal into Czechoslovakia.
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Zoya, pretty much alone at this point, tried to escape with them, but was found by the partisans. She was captured, tortured, and then executed on Paul's orders. Paul felt guilty at having to order the death of his sister, but it was either her or the nation, and the nation mattered far more to him than his sister, who betrayed the people to the fascists. The following year, British forces coming from Greece arrived in Novoselic, already having self-liberated itself. With Zoya's death, most of the generals surrendered or went into hiding. And so, Novoselic became united again, with them electing Paul as king shortly afterward, and proceeded to do away with Zoya's rules.
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But now, Paul had to lead the nation into a new era, against a familiar rival and in a world more spilt the last...
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yuzensoniktornavida · 2 years
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Zoya literally shouldn't have gotten anything she got, fuck the ending of Rule of Wolves
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leclerc-s · 3 months
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karma is the guy on the track
series masterlist
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fernando alonso the last time we did max almost ended up in american prison.
max jones-verstappen well that guy should've kept his hands to himself.
zoya torres wait, what happened last time?
isabella perez oh, max punched some dickhead who didn't know what no was. oscar piastri what she forgot to mention was that the guy tried groping her and then penelope. zoya torres yeah, i would've punched him too.
sebastian vettel no inchidents this time please
charles leclerc seb, let it go!
lewis hamilton someone's getting arrested this time
logan sargeant probably max or daniel.
daniel jones-ricciardo i would argue against that but i, too, would throw hands to protect one of the girls. max jones-verstappen i would do it again.
zoya torres wait, where was carlos during all of this?
carlos sainz i was trying to stop charles and pierre from running into traffic. pierre gasly see, it's best i don't remember what happened that night. charles leclerc i second that.
mick schumacher who's posting bail if one of us gets arrested?
lewis hamilton seb, nando, and i got each other covered.
max jones-verstappen i say the people dating bail each other out.
natalia ruiz i agree.
oscar piastri i hope logan gets arrested.
logan sargeant fuck you, what did i do? oscar piastri YOU PUSHED ME IN THE OCEAN AFTER MONACO DICK! logan sargeant i forgot i did that oscar piastri WELL I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ASSHOLE!
rowan todd this is my official petition to get is it over now as a surprise song
isabella perez OH I SECOND THAT! daphne jones-ricciardo noted.
daniel jones-ricciardo i vote endgame as a surprise song
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lewis hamilton i knew the nonsense outros were unhinged but oh my god, they caught me so off guard.
isabella perez can't wait to show christian the videos
max jones-verstappen i literally hate you so much freya vettel that's a fucking lie and we all know it.
natalia ruiz i agree, you've grown attached to her
max jones-verstappen she's like mold.
daphne jones-ricciardo glad to announce that no one got arrested.
mick schumacher we're saving it for vegas
lando norris the things i do for you people.
esteban ocon get over it muppet, we'll still celebrate your birthday in vegas lando norris good, the jetlang is about to be insane.
carlos sainz you're the one who wants to fly to vegas to have a party there for your birthday! this is your fault
lando norris blah blah. you're just old
sebastian vettel i hope you all enjoy vegas, but i won't be going.
lando norris BUT IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! sebastian vettel i know, i gave lewis your gift. would've given it to bailey but i know you would want to snoop through her things.
bailey winters it's true. last year i hid his gift in my luggage and he found it.
lando norris i'm a snooper, what can i say.
fernando alonso this is official petition for rowan and pierre to NOT get married again!!
pierre gasly you people never let anything go
rowan todd okay, it was one time. it's not like we're going to do it again.
mae jones-verstappen seb, you have to be at vegas!
sebastian vettel and why would i mae?
max jones-verstappen i regret to inform everyone that mae want to have a party in vegas and announce our marriage by hosting a fake wedding. and since seb officiated the monaco wedding, he has to be there for vegas.
arthur leclerc at least someone is going to do a vegas wedding right
pierre gasly you know what little leclerc? dulce perez i will run you over french fry. pierre gasly nevermind
sebastian vettel fine. but only because i like mae.
mae jones-verstappen VICTORY!
fernando alonso he's going to regret this so much.
lewis hamilton at least jenson will stop complaining about not being invited.
fernando alonso oscar can invite the other half of multi-21 sebastian vettel LET IT GO ALREADY!! fernando alonso NEVER!
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rosemaze-reveries · 1 year
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not meant to be.
Dealing with rejection (giving + receiving)
⛓️🐺🪓🎬♟️
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❥ Giving She averts her gaze as soon as she hears your confession. This is always an awkward position to be in, no matter how many of her Sinners have professed their love for her.
“I’m flattered...” She’s hesitant with her words, feeling for any reaction from the shackles. “...And I’ll always cherish you as my Sinner. But I can’t give you the love you’re looking for.” It’s kind of cheesy, but she means it.
❥ Receiving Fortunately, Chief is skilled at improv. Her brilliant idea is to pretend she confessed as part of an undercover mission.
“Nevermind, forget what I said. I lost my bearings for a second.” She waves you away and digs into her pocket, pulling out her comms device. “Sorry I put you on the spot.” She then dials Nightingale to ‘reveal her plan,’ but it crumbles into a cry for comfort instead.
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❥ Giving “You’re cute, I’ll give you that.” Zoya doesn’t mean to mock you, but it’s hard not to feel humiliated beneath her. She knocks a gentle fist against your shoulder and flashes you a well-meaning smile. “Hey, you’ll find someone worth your time. You deserve better than some Syndican thug anyway.”
❥ Receiving Most people obey Zoya without question, either out of fear or loyalty. She commends you for not giving in the same way. Her talk with you is brief but respectful, and she doesn’t hold anything against you.
The signs of her wounded heart only appear once you’re out of sight. It’s left her in a very nasty mood. She seeks out any chance she gets to destroy something—whether that’s by picking fights with rival gangs, or wrecking up whatever car/window/person is within reach.
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❥ Giving “...What.” The shock lingers on her face for all of ten seconds. She hadn’t seen this coming at all. “I don’t—I, um—is this a prank?” Her face is bright red, brows furious, gape incredulous. She concludes you must be messing with her, and yells at you for being weird.
❥ Receiving “Y-You actually believed that!?” She starts firing punches against your shoulder, hard enough to bruise. “I just wanted to see how you’d react and you went and took it seriously! Now get out of here and learn what a joke sounds like!!” But she ends up being the first to flee the room.
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❥ Giving As a beloved director known all over the world, Deren is no stranger to spontaneous love confessions. It’s a little different coming from you, though. As soon as she realizes what you’re trying to say, she takes a sharp breath and picks up your hand. “I’m glad you like my work. Really, I’m flattered.” She leaves no room for you to say anything else.
❥ Receiving “Mhm... good.” Deren never drops her lazy smile, and this time it’s more unreadable than ever. “You ever consider acting? You’ve just got something about you...” The way she seamlessly deflects from the topic catches you off-guard. You press into her some more, asking if she’s really okay after getting rejected like that. All she does is shrug and say, “Hm? Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?”
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❥ Receiving Eirene maintains an icy stare while waiting out your answer. When you finish, she crosses her arms and meets you square in the eye. “I’m sorry, I must’ve misheard you. Would you mind repeating yourself?” It might sound like she’s trying to coax a different response out of you. But she’d actually prefer you to stand your ground and counter her—it makes the thrill of the chase all the sweeter.
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lilisouless · 7 months
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Remember when I said all Zoya fans love her? Nevermind, there are people that are supposedly Zoya fans but think that Zoya is inherently inferior to Alina
Like, Queen Alina is not her stealing Zoya’s story because
1-Alina did took being engaged to the prince for a while, and the show storyline is not over, it’s not even started we haven’t seen it at all
2-Zoya’s story also haven’t started, we have seen nothing from it
Like i know tumblr grisha is very pro Monarchy, i know you people think political power is what give women value and therefore women without power are worthless in your book but seriously it’s not quite reasonable to complain about things that haven’t happened
Also if you think Alina’s sole presence is a menace for Zoya then maybe you are not diferent from the people that hate Zoya for being a main character in KoS duology because you are using their same arguments
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ghelgheli · 1 year
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The Stuff I Read in May 2023
stuff i Extra Liked is bold
nevermind that this is four days late
Books
Chainsaw Man Part 1, Tatsuki Fujimoto
This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Introduction to Graph Theory, Richard J. Trudeau
Short Fiction
Like two dozen Shirley Jackson short stories. I will not list them all but my favourites were: Paranoia, Showdown, The Possibility of Evil, The Renegade, The Tooth
Transfag Home Video, O’Neill
Halfway People, Karen Joy Fowler
با پایین دستی ها بهتر میشه کنار آمد، عزیز نسین
دنیا جای گل و گشادیه، عزیز نسین
جل خر چی شد؟ عزیز نسین
من تربیت خانوادگی دارم! عزیز نسین
مسافرت آمریکا، عزیز نسین
کودک و شمشیر، روژه دوینی
Other
Against the Wife: Abolishing Romance and Family, Practicing Disability Love-Politics, Jina B. Kim
Stone-age toddlers had art lessons, study says, Caroline Davies
Evidence for cave marking by Palaeolithic children, Kevin Sharpe, Leslie Van Gelder
Counting the Children: The Rold of Children in the Production of Finger Flutings in Four Upper Palaeolithic Caves, Leslie Van Gelder
The Case Against the Trauma Plot, Parul Sehgal
Sudan’s crisis and the hidden hands of the IMF, Dian Maria Blandina
The Drug-Fueled Protest in Dianne Feinstein’s Office You Haven’t Heard About, Ben Terris
Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended, Mohammed El-Kurd
Boots on the Ground, Zoya Teirstein
The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg, Leonard Euler
Palestinian history doesn’t start with the Nakba, Palestinian Youth Movement
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Sorry about Shadow and Bone S3 getting canceled. Heard the show was not really aligned with the book plot and the views don’t meet the numbers to break even point to the production cost. That true? 
David was assumed dead at the end of season 2 series, so I’m truly disappointed about it, I like that guy :( I also like that Wylan guy. I haven’t read the books but the show made me like nikolai with mal, and nikolai with alina, so like a trouple…. Um nevermind XD 
How did Nikolai and Zoya’s story start and build? Tell us what makes you ship them? :3 
Hi RJ!
Yeah, s2 was kinda okay on the sab end (my beloved Nikolai on screen) but on the crows end it definitely felt like the writers knew they were going to get cancelled and just shoved so many emotional beats way earlier than they should’ve been. And then it got cancelled so yeah!!
They didn’t find David’s body which usually means not dead but I guess we’ll never know now! And also yeah for the show I absolutely ship Mal Alina and Nikolai as a throuple like the compass? All three of you are dating
Okay now ZOYALAI! In the books Mal and Alina fake their deaths and retire at the end of the first trilogy, then there’s King of Scars that picks up a few years later following Nikolai as king of Ravka and Zoya (plus Genya and David who are happily married… for now) as the Grisha Triumvirate. Now Nikolai and Zoya weren’t really together much in the trilogy (though rip “Zoya? I make it a policy never to seduce anyone prettier than I am” Alina should have dumped Nikolai just so I could hear him say that line when she suggests he go for Zoya instead) but in KoS they’re a power couple who aren’t dating. The king and the general, they just have the best banter and Nikolai is always thinking about how pretty Zoya is (that damn blue ribbon) but of course they can’t be together for political reasons. Doesn’t stop them from going on a road trip together to exorcise a demon from Nikolai, a trip on which Zoya would chain Nikolai to his bed every night so the demon wouldn’t escape and she was the first thing he saw every morning. The demon would break out to save Zoya when she was in danger and Nikolai’s like hmm it’s probably because this is the Darkling’s magic and the Darkling favoured Zoya… nothing to do with my feelings that’s for sure.
They’re also grumpy x sunshine… Nikolai’s full of humour while Zoya’s cold and scary and they complete each other. Also when Nikolai was told that Zoya as a powerful grisha would outlive him he went “Then I will love her from my grave” like get you a man like that
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shackld · 5 months
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📜 ohhh give me earl or lamia OR zoya, earl, & chief
Send in 📜 and I’ll use this incorrect quotes generator using your muse and my muse.
I'm insane and gonna do them all anyway-
Earl
Chief: Why should I make my bed, when I'm just gonna unmake it to sleep in it anyways? Earl: Why should I feed you if your just gonna die anyways? Chief:Chief: I'll go make my bed-
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Chief: I was arrested for being too cool. Earl: The charges were dropped due to a lack of supporting evidence.
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Earl: *Locks Chief in the car.* Act like a child, get treated like a child. Chief: What? Isn't it illegal to leave a child locked in a car?
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Chief: That was a joke. Say ha. Earl: Ha. Chief: Now do it again. Earl: Ha. Chief: Congratulations, you are officially the life of the party.
Lamia
Chief: Hey, it’s your turn to wash the dishes. Lamia: I’ll wash the walls red with your blood. Chief: Okay, but before that, wash the dishes. Also, use soap this time.
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Chief: What’s up with you? Lamia: What do you mean? Chief: You’ve been nice and helpful and considerate all day. What’s your game?
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Chief: Lamia, when’s your birthday? Lamia: Why? So you can look up my natal chart? So you can figure out my weaknesses? So you can destroy me? Chief: …So I know when to wish you a happy birthday.
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*Chief is cleaning the house and they find an empty bottle of orange juice* Chief: Clear orange juice? Chief: Oh, it's empty. Lamia, who has been watching the entire time: I live with an idiot. I live with an idiot. I live with an idiot.
Zoya/Earl/Chief
Zoya: I told Chief that their ears turn red when they lie. Earl: Do they? Zoya: No. Earl: Then why did you tell them that? Zoya: Because I can do this. Zoya: Hey Chief! Do you love us? Chief, with their hands over their ears: No.
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Chief: Is there a cactus where your heart should be? Earl: What’s up your ass this morning! Zoya: *walks in* ...Hey. Earl: Hmm… nevermind. Chief: WAIT NO!
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Chief: The best part of an oreo is the cookie part, not the frosting. Deal with it. Earl: Darkness without light is an abyss. Light without darkness is blinding. You cannot have a coin with one side. Zoya: YO SOCRATES! IT'S A FUCKING COOKIE!
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Earl: Hey, Chief, are you free on Friday? Like around eight? Chief: Yeah. Earl: And you, Zoya? Zoya: Umm... yes? Earl: Great! Because I'm not. You two go out without me. Enjoy your date! Zoya: Did they just-
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shadow and bone s2e6 reaction
damn baghra just calling out malina's problems
YES NIKOLAI EQUALS FIRST AND SECOND ARMY
God damn...Kaz's dream jordie is so painful
OMG THE BUTTERFLY!!
wylan is so cute omg 🥺 the way he knows exactly what the butterfly and flower is
"they need each other to survive 🥺 its like a little love story of sorts" don't mind me crying
JESPERS MOM AHHHHHH 😭😭😭
does baghra know/suspect about mal?
oh here comes the baghra backstory!!
HOLY SHIT DARKLING what was that about!?
oh nooo 😭 tolyas worst nightmare is losing Tamar 🥺
I love the way they did jespers backstory 🥺 its so well done and we get to meet his mom and learn she was grisha "hiding who you are won't save you" 😭
"only a morazova can open it" 👀 I guarantee we see mal open something
this is more similar to book mal
inej's dream 🥺 it's so sad because in this moment she thinks it's something she'll never truly have
NOT THE I WANT YOU KINE BEING A DREAM 😭😭
her knowing it's not real and waking herself up because she knows kaz wouldn't do that is heartbreak in itself
THE POOR BUTTERFLIES (but I love how smart my wylan is 🥰)
inej literally saving kaz's life but asking for forgiveness because she touch him 😭 I'm so emotional right now
baghra is so done with mal not realizing he's the firebird
also why is everyone so for mal dying when alina could literally just grab his wrist like she has previously? 🧐
(I really have problems because the darkling just came in and is probably attempting to kill alina and I thought it was hot...God help me)
BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS I PAUSED AND I HOPE JESPER HAS TO USE HIS DURAST ABILITIES AGAINST THIS LADY SINCE HE JUST HAS HIS HEART TO HEART ABOUT NOT HIDING HIMSELF
this bitch really just started choking jesper cuz he was annoying
this is a really good darklina fight scene though like you can really see his crazy
YES JESPER
YES WYLAN
YES ZOYA AND NINA
is this girl a heart render and a durast?Durant??
...nevermind
she's a mother fucking bloodbender
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sorry for that brief atla interruption...now back to your previously scheduled program
"I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter...but me" chills bro
baghra sacrificing herself 🥺
the darkling human moment 😭
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...I had to
hearing sankta neyur talk about her long life and losing her family while the darkling is sobbing about his mother 😭
"He's not my weakness...he's my universe" DONT MIND ME SOBBING
👀👀 just jesper?
I'm so proud of jesper wanting to learn to be a durast 🥺
STOP WHEN WYLAN TRIES TO HIDE THAT HES SMILING HE IT SO CUTE I CANNOT HANDLE IT
"everyone's lost their mind" right when he walks past wesper 🤭🤭 this is so funny
"there are those who drown us...and those who pull us up" 🥺
NOT KAZ FINALLY THINKING ABOUT OPENING UP TO INEJ FIGHT WHEN INEJ HAS GIVEN UP OMG PAIN
I don't understand why he needs to DIE and can't just be there with her while destroying the fold
annnnddd malina sex scene...they totally should've had her shining or something when he grabbed her hand
OH NOOOO NOW THE DARKLING KNOWS ABOUT MAL
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Watching Shadow and Bone Season 2: Episode 4 - I don't like how far we are in the timeline already
Last one, then I'm going to bed. Not worth messing up my finally normalising sleep pattern for this shit of a show.
Love the intro. Yes, please, tear Ravka down, if you wish to do so.
I hate Vasily, but that is a fair reaction.
I notice an interesting change in the dynamic here. This is Nikolai's turf and they're discussing it over dinner, insetad of being marched into the throne-room and looked down upon by the King.
Less than year... If I have the timeline right, it's been barely half a year.
Also, Zoya of all people is one to talk. I mean, she's tellingthe truth, for once, but like...
So... if the ugly uniform the Queen's idea? Like, sure, I guess, but why the fuck would Alina choose to wear it later?
And I see Baghra is back to being preachy.
Ah, yes, the Fold is the reason people hate Grisha. Definitely no pogroms happening before that happened. And Kirigan will definitelly stop trying to change the world if its gone.
And I see the "West Ravka" plot has been forgotten.
Alina "My responsibilities start and end with tearing down the Fold" strikes again. And Vasily is watching her... making out with her boyfriend. Dear Saints, if he's going to accuse her of being a traitor because she's kissed another guy, I think he'll have to execute his own mother, too.
I like this Alchemi kid. And Baghra's being preachy again.
"Endured years of abuse at your orders". Genya had her agency. Had being the operative word, because she unfortunately became popular and that necessitated that be removed.
"Everything I learned, I learned at your knee" Finally, someone said it.
"Redemtion" my ass. Still don't know what exactly she imagines under those words.
Well, that's a change from taking four whole episodes to kill a person.
I guess everyone believes in the Saints, now.
I mean, I guess we have to have a fake plague somehow without Nina being maimed by drugs.
Ah, yes, the two options: Evil villain and sunshine idiot.
Dear god, I wish he was a spy. Unfortunately, autistic people make for terrible liars.
"There's always a cost" he says as if he knows anything about it.
Dear lord... I... I think I know where the crows are headed.
The Crows are going to be heisting the fucking sword from Amrat Jen. Fucking calling it now. I have seen no spoilers.
Called it. It would have been more impressive if it hadn't been like 2 minutes later, but this show presumes the viewers have no concept of memory, so they can't really bring it up once and then bring it back an episode later.
I'm like 90% sure Nina is faking betraying him, but okay.
Now, that sounds like a trap if I've ever heard of one.
Or not.
This was a good scene in the book and they've made it good in the show. No complaints here.
Except maybe that I still have trouble deciphering the fucking Irish accent, but that's on me.
Wow, would you look at that, a previously unadressed plot point we're bringing back.
I mean, that's one way to distance Alina from the monarchy so her stance is not as dumb, but like... the show needs to pick its villains and stick to them. I hated getting constantly hit with "Well actually" in Fate and I will hate it here. I have absolutely 0 faith that the show will actually make this work out in a remotely satisfying way.
Oh, look, corsets suck joke.
Also, like... Alina, I don't think insulting the crown prince is a good idea. But given that we're deaing with Alina "I like to give big men with guns lip" Starkov, I shouldn't be expecting a sense of self-preservation.
Pekka's getting what he deserves.
Very awkward crush confession.
Oh, they did actually bang previously.
Wow, look at that, Kaz is being snarky about *checks notes* a slave he just freed being concerned about slaves.
Okay, nevermind, Alina really went for the first army chic on her own. She's really commited to Grisha assimilation.
I am not a make-up expert (in fact, I don't know jack shit about it), but I'm not a big fan of Alina's make-up in this scene. IDK what it is, it just kinda rubs me the wrong way. I think it's the lipstick.
"Coming from you that means a lot"... what? Why? What does she know about ruling? Like, yes, I just don't think her input in private is all that valuable.
Vasily deserves to get his arm ripped of by the Nichevoya. In fact, it can't come soon enough.
Just on time.
Yes, please, have the confrontation.
Baghra? Protecting anyone but herself? I mean, everyone else is being remade into a better person, why not her?
That's some weak-ass table, if she's able to break it.
"You obsession with the Fold is naive" my man is spitting facts.
"We're going to change the world" "That is never going to happen" So you do admit change is evil and only morally correct choice is perpetuating the status quo. I mean, I knew that already, but sure.
The Fold? The Fold is the only thing he has left? Okay. I personally think you're full of shit, but sure.
I personally prefer the book version of this confrontation... that one was intimate and she had a goal and an agency.
I didn't agree with that goal (sacrificing herself to destroy Aleksander), but it was a goal, it was intention.
I'm honestly angry I kinda want to watch another episode to see what more they fuck up, however... I should really go to sleep. I'm cooking tomorrow and I'd rather not hurt myself because I'm sleep deprived.
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a-tale-never-told · 8 months
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History of Novoselic (Part 2)
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So Novoselic was a free nation, with a constitutional monarchy and Josip at the head. He married a fellow soldier, named Maria Bronchek, who would be the first Queen of the nation. She would then go on to father two children: Zoya Nevermind on October 20th 1911, and Paul Nevermind on May 5th, 1912.
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However, peace didn't last for long as WW1 broke out, and Novoselic had no intention of getting involved. However as the German Empire, Austria-Hungary,, Turkey, and Bulgaria began to get more involved in the Balkans, with Serbia falling in 1915, Josip realized that war was pretty much inevitable and declared war on the Central powers in January 1916. The Central Powers in response invaded Novoselic in March of the same year and destroyed the Novoselic forces. Josip might have had a decent army, but they were no match for three powers coming at them from all sides. Within just six months, 90% of Novoselic's army was annihilated on the field
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But Josip didn't give up, as he led an underground resistance movement against the German empire and its allies. Despite some success, they weren't really able to get a decisive victory, though they did weaken the enemy forces considerably, inflicting mass casualties. Eventually, the British, French, and Italian armies managed to push the Central Powers out of Novoselic by April 1918. Novoselic was free again, but at the cost of a thousand dead and many more wounded, and the nation was devastated.
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Josip decided to solve the issue by rationing goods and sending people to the agricultural fields. He also announced that every man would have to work in the industry business, like railroads and shelters as a plan to industrialize Novoselic. He adopted the Western style of market economics and focused both on the agricultural side and on the industrial side. He allowed private ownership of small businesss as a way to rebuild the economy. In short, Capitalism was applied here.
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But as the 1920s progressed, Josip was starting to fall ill. Now he had contracted typhus during the winter of 1917 and the typhus issue stayed with him for the rest of his life. While he was overseeing a nation prospering and rebuilding, Josip was dying. Once that was head in the Rastek, which is the Novoselic version of Parliament or Congress, a debate occurred about who was to succeed him. His wife planned to abdicate due to age as well. Most agree that Zoya would succeed him, after all, she had the ability to be a leader and had some of her father's qualities.
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However, in his mind, Josip I believe wanted Paul to succeed him. He was afraid of Zoya's friendship with Fascist Italy, where Mussolini and his Blackshirts were rising to prominence, as well as strained relations with the new Yugoslavia, who wished for Novoselic to join Yugoslavia, which Josip basically told them to fuck off. And then, if this wasn't bad enough, the Great Depression hit.
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Novoselic's economy crumbled and with it, the era of prosperity was over, a return to the post-war years. And to make matters worse, Josip died. The King and Father of the Nation died on February 15th, 1931. Across the nation, millions mourned the death of their leader and he was buried in his hometown of Plejeck, Novoselic. Still, Josip left a legacy, coming from the humblest of beginnings to leading Novoselic through dark times. To them, he is the true king, a god-king for them. Across the nation, Books, literature, poems, musicals, theaters, everything was dedicated to Josip, becoming a Novoselic icon.
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However, the real question was on everyone's minds: Who would succeed him. This question would have to be answered as the 1930s rolled in.....
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s&b s2ep5 reaction! book update im 150 pages into ruin and rising, its so much better than book 2
HELP IM DYING AT THE TITLE CARD... inej with the knife and matthias in jail 😭😭
no you know whats funny they say fuck in the show but they bleep out all the actors saying it in the blooper videos
love how they always say the perfect thing before transitioning to the crows so i know when to be excited
why the fuck are his eyes so big.....
wait nvm thats js the lighting
why did he say "no" like that 💀💀
yippee zoya
how are they gonna incorporate inej into these last few eps cuz isnt she gonna leave now that shes free
oh shes still here
"because he'd rather push you away then admit he feels anything for you" omg nina
what did the thing jesper said about a band of broken dolls even mean
nina removing inej's tattoo but the faint mark still being there ☹️
eww baghra i dont even know why i dont like her okay. i just dont.
genya and alina reunion i have been waiting for this!!!!!
INEJJJ SHES JOINING THEM
i knew she would but ya still happy
stop not kaz snatching the paper from wylan why is he so mad 💀💀💀
"im not here for you" the look on his face but like why is he even surprised
their banter aughhh
but im still salty that they ruined the kaz paying off inej's indenture thing and turned it into a sad scene😐😐
oh theyre finally talking about the genya and the king thing
i feel so bad for her and the fact that only now people are paying attention to her when they never did earlier 💔
i like seeing how they adapt the different countries
kaz staring at inej when shes praying... (hes secretly praying to her cuz shes his saint)(Obviously)
jesper having to duck his head bc of tolya's sword 💀
somethings off with jesper and wylan i cant tell what like not their relationship just themselves
genyas a heartrender?? im confused
oh nevermind its not wylan and jesper separately it is their relationship
"how do you think it tastes" "like tea"
"warm. and wet." HELPJDKFKF 😭😭
please not kaz having to pretend to be nina's husband
LMAOO HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GONNA MURDER HER WHEN SHE CALLED HIM WAFFLES
omg not the lady calling him waffles too
INEJ PULLING KAZ OUT OF HIS PANIC ATTACK 😭😭 shes literally his saint im telling you
"i couldnt leave you not like this"
him hugging his cane and gloves oh my god☹️☹️
hes gonna know alina is lying i'm calling it
"the problem with wanting is that it makes us weak" watch them cut to another kanej scene
oh nvm but malina angst oohh
yess i needed their angst and it was written in such a good way like hes not mad at her for no reason he just knows theyre on such different wavelengths
inej js casually playing with a knife thats my wife 😍😍
"you dont seriously expect me to break into this woman's house" girl you hired a bunch of thieves what do you expect
nina is so planning to punch kaz in the face again
the helink crumbs... (barely)
is pekka rollins at hellgate?? is there finally gonna be more matthias screentime omg
ohh whyd i just realize the man he beat up was matthias's cellmate... ☹️
oh hell nah is he gonna fight pekka
baghra redepmtion arc in my head tbh
stoppp that scene was so sweet alina and nikolai's friendship is actually the best 😭😭😭
wow no way are they finally doing something more with jesper than giving him funny lines... and it only took them 13 episodes
oh its the hallucination scene i've heard so much about...
okok i know this scene is supposed to be serious but why was inej's fall so goofy
why did jordie kinda scare me help
noo its over i thought the hallucinations were this episode
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cheekygreenty · 3 years
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Little Witch - Part 3
The Darkling x Reader
The next day you woke up with a full belly and a rested mind. Your body no longer ached as you took a well-deserved bath. The servants knocked on your door in the early morning, however, you refused them but not after taking the food they offered. You looked through the wardrobe, finding nothing to your liking, so you were forced to wear something you had taken with you to the little palace. It was still too simple- too plain for your taste. You managed to speak to a seamstress about some clothing, but upon her finding out you don't belong to a single Grisha order, she scurried off, afraid she was being made a fool. You sighed and settled down. you have no right to be mad, nobody knows who you are. It is as you intended it to be, and looks like Aleksander wanted it that way too. To the Grisha, your order, or lack-there-of, is a myth, a fantasy. Some even consider it as heresy, a betrayal to the order of Grisha and the Saints, a mistake and abomination.
The stigma always caused you to hold back on your potential, never fully pushing yourself to your limits. At one point, Aleksander was scared of you; of what you couldn't do yet. Every day you learned something new, but every day you lost the knowledge to do another thing. It was a vicious cycle. But one day you tried yourself, you felt euphoria. It was a feeling like none other. But with it came destruction and death. You couldn't control yourself. The cycle continued until you pushed yourself too much, power overtook your being, let you slip away for a brief moment. A moment that decided the next 98 years of your life.
You knew how to control yourself now. It took years and the touch of many others, but here you were, an Elemental. A Grisha with the power of all orders, you could do what the Etherialki could do with ease, you could manipulate metals and chemicals and could stop a heart at your will. The healing wasn't yet a skill you had yet.
You weren't born with these powers though. You have to acquire them in a certain way, 'take them' if you will. It's what gets your tale the bad rep. A touch is all it takes. A simple touch of the hand when a Grisha is practicing the small science. It doesn't hurt anybody, you always swore it didn't. But once you acquire a power, it doesn't mean you know how to control it. It gets out of hand, it's as if it has a mind of its own, like Aleksander's shadows, and that's what causes carnage. Sometimes you could still remember what it felt like to summon those glorious shadows.
With that thought, you quickly go back to real life. You were standing outside Aleksander's door. Did you have to knock? The oprichniki let you through immediately and didn't look in your eyes as you stood at the door. You let yourself in, forgoing your manners.
'Aleks-'
'Y/N'
'Oh um hi, I was just wondering if you could tell somebody to actually make me some keftas, they're all running away from m-'.
You noticed he wasn't alone. The heartrenderer from yesterday was standing at the end of the room with another one of his kind. A woman in a Squaller attire along with them.
'-Am I interrupting? I can come back later'
You said that but didn't move a muscle. Like hell you would leave a room that almost belonged to you all those years ago.
'That would be ideal' Aleksander looked at you, waiting.
'I changed my mind. I'll stay-'
'Y/N'
'-until you sort my keftas out. Saints what did I tell you about interrupting me. It's quite rude' You seen the girl's eyes widen.
'So is barging into a meeting unannounced'
'General Kirigan, please can you do something about my keftas before I run out of clothes and have to walk the halls of the Little Palace bare' You jest. You were itching to wear a kefta. It had been way too long. He flushed and his eyes flashed an emotion of... longing? You couldn't tell but you knew that did the trick.
'Ivan please escort Ms.Y/L/N to the seamstress quarters and tell them to do whatever she wants.'
Aleksander spoke calmly looking directly at you. So his name was Ivan? You could finally put a name to the face.
'No, I'd rather go with the other one' You whispered so only he could hear with side-eye. He looked at you with an amused grin.
'Nevermind, Fedyor you go' The brunette heartrenderer got up with a smile on his face. He looked kind.
'Ms.Y/L/N, follow me'
He hooked your hand onto his elbow and you contained your girlish giggle. It had been so long since you were treated with this respect. It made you giddy.
'I'll see you around, General.' You looked at him and then at your audience. Ivan looked mad, as he always did, the girl looked jealous. You wondered if she and Aleksander had a thing going on, you wouldn't be surprised. She was beautiful. Once out the door, Fedyor started speaking
'That was Zoya. Mean little thing. But an amazing soldier. I'm Fedyor if you didn't catch that. Ivan isn't all that bad when you get to know him. He's my boyfriend. I've never seen you around, are you new?'
You struggled to process the information as it came. After stuttering twice, you managed to get out a simple:
'Yes, I am new here.'
'You seem to know the General quite well, are you two friends?'
'Of sorts yes, old friends'
'It's nice to know he has friends, that man works so hard to keep us all safe I sometimes worry he has no downtime.' He sighs.
You look at him confused, was this man definitely his guard?
'I'm sure he manages on his own well enough' Some part of you still loved Aleksander, but over time you learned to recognize that the man loves working towards his plans more than anything or anyone.
Fedyor wouldn't stop talking about the Litlle Palace as you walked. Had you not known the place inside out and back to front, you would've been very impressed. Once you reached your destination. You threw ideas at the seamstresses. Fedyor stood by and looked perplexed at all the ideas and at one point, left. You requested keftas of all colors and styles, completely breaking the traditions of orders. You didn't care to explain why fearing that Aleksander didn't want people knowing of your kind just yet. You walked back to your chamber content with your day so far. You wanted to train once you got back, away from the prying eyes of other Grisha. You needed peace. You walked in and snuffed out the burning fire with a hand motion. The room was now silent, too quiet.
'Y/N'
You whipped your head around and found an angry Aleksander at your door, looking at the fireplace absent of the fire.
'We need to have a proper conversation where you tell me what in Saint's name you are doing here, back in my palace, I have entertained your little game enough.'
You kept silent much to his annoyance.
'Now.'
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sendme-2hell · 3 years
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Ranking the books I read in April
aka just ranting about the books I read in april pls ignore me
1. The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson 
I cannot believe this book wasn’t nominated for a Hugo! I like the Hugo list (of the books I’ve read) but cmon. This book is like if you combined the social commentary in The City We Became and the queerness of Harrow the Ninth. Seriously this book had everything I wanted: parallel universes, great character development, social commentary, woc sapphic slow burn, satisfying ending. Also I feel like the title is paying homage to W. E. Dubois which is cool. “Between me and the other world, there is ever an unasked question: How does it feel to be a problem?” Like there is just this very cool idea of talking about other worlds as in literally other universes but also different worlds due to social and racial hierarchies. 
2. Plain Bad Heroines - Emily m. Danforth 
Horror, Hollywood, boarding school, everyone is gay, the narrator talks directly to the reader and it is hilarious, copious footnotes, have I mentioned how many sapphics there are? It’s hard to keep track. Plus polyamory. I just really loved this book and I felt it all came together in a way that was worth it. 
3. Steel Crow Saga - Paul Krueger 
This godamn book. I loved this book so much. I was so ready to yell about it on tumblr and tell people to read it. But apparently the author is someone who has harassed a lot of women so...uh...yeah. Nevermind I guess.
 I do want to say it is the most accurate depicition of a Sherlock Holmes superfan that I have ever seen in media. 
4. The Tiger’s Daughter - K. Arsenault Rivera
What if we went on a long trip on horseback and we were both lesbian warriors...jk unless…
Yeah so I loved this book so much. A lot of it is about navigating familial responsibility, fighting literal and metaphorical demons, fighting the patriarchy, fighting your anger, fighting tigers, etc...and yet I kept thinking to myself “this is the most romantic book I have ever read” and honestly I am gonna stick by that. It also has the “you think me a monster so I will become one” trope which is great. It is set in an Asian-based fantasy world and I did read a goodreads review that said it was as accurate to the countries it draws inspiration from as Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse is to the Russian and Scandinavian cultures it takes from. So that’s not great. 
5. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
Speaking of! A few months ago I tried to read Shadow and Bone in preparation for the tv show and I could not finish it. The writing was...bad. Anyway I really liked Six of Crows and even though, yeah it’s tropey (I’m looking at you, Helnik backstory), there’s a reason those tropes work. Plus you cannot go wrong with a heist. About halfway through I did realize that there are six mcs and three couples so its kinda just like a giant triple date, which really changed how I read the whole story.
I’m very glad I did read it before seeing the tv show because I was able to be appropriately excited for the Crows and catch the Wylan reference and everything, but I also got to see the Alina stuff without having to read about it. 
6. Crooked  Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo 
I think I somehow liked this even more than Six of Crows, but for narrative simplicity I’ll put it after. I really like it when you put people in an impossible situation and see how they figure it out. Especially if they get out in a clever and reasonably possible way that ties together many different plot threads and has a few good fake-outs. This did all of that, and also developed every character in a way I found satisfying (except [redacted] *cry emoji*). 
Kaz pulls a Baru Cormorant with some money stuff and now I wonder if they would be friends. 
I read this after watching the show which was good because I knew who Zoya and Genya were but bad because there is a point where Nina is like “here is how shadow and bone ends.” She’s just talking to Mattias and casually spoiling everything for me. So there goes my dreams of living spoiler free until the end of the show. 
7. The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily m Danforth
My expectations for this book were....very different than it turned out, and I’m glad for it. After reading Plain Bad Heroines I shouldn’t have been surprised at how well written it is. I really appreciated how nuanced it is. It doesn’t spell out its ideas or themes and therefore lets you really sit with them. I would rank it higher but I don’t really enjoy reading about high school. 
8. Foundryside - Robert Jackson Bennett
I love a good found family, especially if at the beginning of the book they are on opposing sides. Enemies to friends = best trope! Also it’s sapphic that’s always good. But the best part of this book was the worldbuilding which was so cool. 
9. Malice - Heather Walter
Remember what I was saying about “you think me a monster so I will become one”? This book is the definition of that trope. Women becoming unhinged after being treated like shit, we love to see it! Especially if it’s gay. I do have to say, authors who write duologies where the first book ends on a cliffhanger, I see what you’re doing but yes, I will be preordering the next book. 
10. Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells
I don’t have much to say because Murderbot is so consistently excellent.  uh why is it so cathartic when xenophobes disrespect Murderbot and it’s humans step in and shut that shit down. Gets me every single time. 
11. Queen of Coins and Whispers - Helen Corcoran 
This book was like half romance half politics and unfortunately I did not find the politics that interesting or well written. But the romance was A+. It reminded me of Priory of the Orange Tree a LOT. Though significantly less dragons and I’m taking many points off for that. 
12. The First Sister - Linden A. Lewis
I wanted to like this book a little more than I did. There was just maybe too much body horror for me. Interesting characters and world though. There was  a location named Cytherea that they mentioned a lot and it was very distracting. I guess I still have tlt brainrot. 
13. Shorefall - Robert Jackson Bennett 
I think this book was well plotted out but it didn’t quite have my attention like Foundryside did. Also yet another book where a woman’s girlfriend ends up in her head. This time no one had to die so that’s nice. TM and SD take notes! 
14. The Deathless Girls - Kiran Milwood Hargrave 
Ok I LOVED the Mercies by KMH so I was a little disappointed in this Dracula retelling. It got interesting in the last 50 pages, but unfortunately that is not enough for me.
proud of myself for not reading a single straight book this April 
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Au where that thing doesn't happen and the crows are all figthing over which couple gets to marry first.
Wylan: guys let´s solve this like decent people,there is only one spot avaliable and , since i was the one to recomend the place AND i am paying for all three wedding , i think the right think is that we go first.
Jesper: beat that!
Nina: But Matthias and i were the first ones to get together so we should marry first.
Kaz: If that´s your point then we get the upper hand, since i got the ring first.
Jesper: But we were the first to got on to...
Wylan: Jesper don't!
Jesper: move together,i was going to say move together
Kaz: So, as you already live together, there is no urge to get married, so i don't see why not wai
Matthias: Do you have the urge to get married?
Kaz:...no
Inej from behind him: "nods"
Nina: well...i am pregnant
Matthias: no you are not.. (Nina nudges him) very pregnant
Jesper: ...i already wrote my dad, he is coming and he told me he will die of despair if i don't marry Wylan as soon as possible
Kaz: you guys are lying in order to get something, i normally admire those qualities but you are using your one true love as a device. How shame...
Inej: wow, thats...pretty mature of you
Kaz: that´s right.I´m mature so you must give me the place
Inej: Nevermind
Jesper: you know what Kaz? If you take it i´ll get drunk and do that dance you hate so much
Nina: Well if YOU take it, i´ll use the same suit as you and you´ll cry because its going to look better on me.
Kaz: Since we are treatening each other let´s go full circle, if Zenik takes it i´ll attend with no hat covering my hair
Nina: "gasp" you wouldn't
Inej: Let´s set this straight (Nina, Jesper,don't) My parents will be at my wedding and i would rather not having them seeing Jesper´s special dance
Wylan: If Nina does get to overshadow Jes in our wedding, he´ll be sulking the whole day.
Matthias: And, as much as i´d like to see Nina tackling Brekker and trying to scissor his hair, maybe our wedding wouldn't be the best momment or place to do it.So...what are we going to do?
(The next moring in Ravka)
Zoya: Yul Bo, good news , you got a letter and it seems like you are the best man of a tripple wedding.
Genya: They are getting married all together? Thats cute
Kuwei: nah, knowing them they probably had petty reasons
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spencstan · 3 years
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Shadow and Bone re-read
ALINA BBY SHE'S SO FUNNY
"You weren't sleeping. You were lying awake worrying"
"Wrong. I was planning how to sneak into the Grisha pavilion and snag myself a cute Corporalnik"
not to get into drama but i have to say... so far Mal does seem to care about her. like this is all in her perspective and she's always surprised, and i think that's why we think he doesn't really care. but so far he has showed that he knows her and he cares.
"So what are you doing here?"(...)
He shrugged. "I don't know. You just looked so miserable at dinner."
I was surprised he had noticed.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE SHOW OMG I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF THIS
i'm picturing jessie as alina and its just *chefs kiss*
THE SHADOW FOLD SCENE YES
the volcra are way scarier now that i've seen the trailer
THE DARKLING YES HI BEN BARNES
alina has referred to zoya as "the beautiful grisha" at least 4 times now. how did i ever think she was straight?
how am i supposed to dislike the darkling WHEN I'M PICTURING BEN BARNES
alina marry me challenge:
"Are you that funny?"
"I'm hilarious."
MA'AM YOU'RE AN ABSOLUTE QUEEN
"Open. Now!"
I shrugged. Let them kill me or kidnap me our whatever they wanted. As long as i didn't have to ride a horse or climb stairs, I wouldn't complain.
mood ^^
GENYA LOVE
alina has the biggest crush on genya no one can tell me otherwise
DAVID HII
love him and genya
ok she's out of the Little Palace and so far so good
...
nevermind she ruined it
ok mal saved her we're good
damn i forgot mal's friends died when he was in the palace
i'm gonna be honest picturing archie as mal is making me like him more
wich makes no sense bc the show isn't out yet
oh well
NO ALINA KILL THE FUCKING STAG i know it's cute BUT THE DARKLING IS COMING
damn david i trusted you (jk i love him but ouch)
genya bby. i love how alina immediately understood what she did, why se did it and forgave her
FUCK THE DARKLING FOR DOING THAT TO GENYA (AND FUCK THE KING)
"Fine," he said with a weary shrug. "Make me your villan"
YES KING
damn he's good at manipulation
ALINA BBY NO he's kissing her and she's hating it and she's scared and SHE DESERVES BETTER
i forgot HOW AMAZING THE WHOLE PART WHERE THEY GO BACK TO THE SHADOW FOLD IS omg
YES ALINA SHOW THEM WHO'S IN FUCKING CHARGE and also save mal
conclusion: I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SHOW
also in this book at least mal and alina are cute i like them
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