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she-posts-nerdy-stuff · 8 months ago

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A few interesting parallels in the SoC duology that I don’t think I’ve seen anyone talk about yet

(Analysis/discussion of these parallels/quotes may come later if anyone's interested)

“These creatures were made to be weapons” - Jarl Brum on Grisha, Six of Crows chapter 35

“He looked like what he truly was: a weapon” - Jesper Fahey on the Khergud, Crooked Kingdom chapter 36

“Welcome to the Hellshow” - Kaz to Nina, Six of Crows chapter 6

“Welcome to the Ice Court, Nina Zenik” - Matthias to Nina, Six of Crows chapter 34

“Is this a play?” - Alys Van Eck “Yes love, and you’re the star” - Jesper Fahey, Crooked Kingdom chapter 8 when Alys is taken captive

“What was this but a play Kaz had staged, with that poor sucker Kuwei as the star?” - Jesper Fahey on the auction plan, Crooked Kingdom chapter 36

“he looked like a priest come to preach to group of circus performers” - Inej on Kaz’s appearance in comparison to the rest of the Barrel, Six of Crows chapter 2

“started to preach” - Inej on Kaz leading a coup against Per Haskell, Crooked Kingdom chapter 27

“Whoever he had become, Matthias was not going to shoot someone unarmed. He'd not yet sunk so far” - Matthias Helvar, Six of Crows chapter 29

“I am unarmed” - Matthias Helvar, Crooked Kingdom chapter 38

"I didn't even know the rules of Makker's Wheel" - Jesper Fahey on his first night gambling in the Barrel, Six of Crows chapter ()

"He knew his guns better than he knew the rules of Makker's Wheel" - Jesper Fahey on the concept of aim and its relationship to his life and his zowa/Grisha abilities, Crooked Kingdom chapter 36

“a tiny voice inside him said he should offer to take the drug as well […] maybe he could have helped to draw the parem out of Nina’s system and set her free. But that was a hero’s voice and Jesper had long since stopped thinking he had the makings of a hero” - Jesper Fahey, Six of Crows chapter 44

“Matthias gave you the remaining parem, didn’t he?” “So?” “[…] I can’t let my father down again. I need the parem as a security measure” “No” “Why the hell not?” - Jesper and Kaz in discussion about the auction plan, Crooked Kingdom chapter 30

I'll probably be back to add more, feel free to add your own as well

#prepared to cry every time the unarmed quotes come up omg #and i love parallels we all know that but also #another thing from chapter 36 that we do not talk enough about #'it's not a gift it's a curse' but when it came down to it Jesper's life had been full of blessings #His father his mother Inej Nina Matthias leading them across the muddy canal #Kaz even Kaz #with all his cruelties and failings had given him a home and a family in the dregs when Ketterdam might have swallowed him whole #and wylan #wylan who had understood before Jepser ever had that the power inside him might be a blessing too #like this quote????????#it's so underrated?????????????#in fact stay tuned because now that I'm thinking about it it's probably about to get its own post #six of crows #crooked kingdom #grishaverse #jesper fahey #leigh bardugo #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #wylan van eck #nina zenik #matthias helvar #soc meta #six of crows analysis #kanej #wesper #helnik #this has been in my drafts for months and months and months literally just because i couldn't be bothered to find the chapter references lo

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hellbornsworld · 2 years ago

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"With all the pleasure. I will fuck you, only fuck you with everything I have."

"I'm just 2 % straight y/n, but I can love you more than a hundred percent straight man"

"Admit it Jungkook, she'd rather sleep with me." Jimin Vs Jungkook

"fuck yourself... and let me watch"

❝She's a delicate little flower, hyung,❞ Jungkook grabs his leather jacket and slips it on. ❝And if anyone is going to hear sinful moans pass those innocent lips, it'll be me.❞

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"i should be the one lying next to you at night."

What's wrong with being a little chaotic? -J JK

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I still remember that day clearly.....every night it comes back to me like a nightmare. The small fragile human getting pushed into my arms. Tears streaming down my face as I looked at her....Doctors storming in from everywhere trying everything they could to keep her alive. The look in her eyes she gave me made me break inside.

She knew she wasn't going to make it.

She smiled at me and took one last look at her child before speaking.

" notice me senpai " - jjk

A child must be sacrificed in order for the city to gain its happiness. a tale when doom and love are two sides of the same coin.

When the doctor tells the Jeon's that their newborn Jungsoo could die due to his premature birth, Mr. Jeon decides to clone him as soon as possible.

To their surprise, Jungsoo is able to grow up happy and healthy along with his clone, Jungkook, who's the total opposite of him.

❝ -How much is your daughter? ❞

Jungkook loves food and computer games, but compare to those two you are his favorite thing in this world.

He is the spitting image of an Angel but the blood in his veins is that of the Devil's.

❝Your son, he looks very similar to Jungkook...❞

Leave it to a 3-year-old to bring two parents back together.

❝ she slipped away the same way the velvet box slipped in my hand ❞ she was oddly peculiar and pure mystery yet, he still finds the refuge of feeling at "home" to the mute girl whom he met at the seaside.

A prince and servant girl grew up together in a castle. Best friends for life until that love as friends changed to something more. All was well until the prince was to be married and everything changed. Forever forbidden to be together but can one fateful reunion change everything?

"Jeon Jungkook, I like you." You said, your eyes wide and cheeks on fire. You finally had the guts to tell your long time crush what you feel about him. Jungkook smiled, giving you a spark of hope and a wash of relief. Or maybe it was a false hope or just him being kind as he says, "I'm sorry but I'm already in a relationship."

"...Kookie" she calls that's when Kookie's small little hands tugged onto his mother's sleeve's pulling her to look at him.

"what's wrong Kookie?"

❝I want to buy her❞

"You smell very nice."

"Are you...trying to flirt or something?"

A socially awkard witch has to struggle with being the sudden love (?) interest of a wolf shifter

"If they catch us, they will kill us."

"I don't give a fuck right now, baby."

"I don't call myself a pornstar, but I'm pretty famous on Live Babes (LB). I make money doing what people ask from me and they are mainly men, married man. Some even gave a wife or kids. But I don't care about that at all. The only thing I want is to continue earn their money. Oh! It's already 9PM! Don't forget to watch the show!"

"I can't wait, princess." -J.JK

What would you do if one day you woke up as Jeon Jungkook?

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thatonecrowguy · 3 years ago

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so stupid /pos

I am looking for this thing referenced in soc chapter 34

I try soc chapter 22. not there wowwwww

I try ck chapter 34. not there woweee

ughhhh

#sorry if this is incomphrensible #but my brain is not working rn

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saladbroth · 4 years ago

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WIP TAG MEME

thank you for the tag! @a-tomb-with-a-view :))

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it.

well well well how the turntables (they haven't actually) i also have. a lot of wips and/or ideas so. i'm not gonna name them all because i barely remember some, but here are some. i have. so much idea. so many things to talk about, so, feel free, and we'll see how much i remember of them :))

1. gay in the bog chapter 3 2. carrie is me and i am carrie 3. juke in the aquarium 4. waterpark willex 5. midsummernights au 6. the old gays 7. ghost bobby & bro trevor 8. willex being needy bitches <33 9. get your fucking dog bitch (1-8) 10. princess charm school willex 11. willex says fuck valentine's day 12. alex anxt 13. fuckity fuck jail time 14. 5+1 boggie being fucking idiots 15. willex at the fair, babey 16. foodtruck willex 17. flarrie cinderella 18. rock climbing bobby 19. the one where willie calls alex hotdog to make him unafraid of it bc traumaaaa 20. boregallie quidditch gays 21. jukebogs celebrity au 22. touchstarved ghost bobby 5+1 23. smitten alex willex 5+1 24. the therapists 25. the faes and the gays 26. willex professional date enders 27. mermaid flarrie 28. juke & their moms 29. romeo & juliet but gayer and dumb 30. chosen one alex who hates it 31. juflarrie celebrity charlie's angels 32. alex with anxiety & food 33. german idiot boarding school alex 34. alex and the dying houseplants 35. the haunting become the haunted 36. rayvor secret dating au 37. soft as fuck rayvorose 38. SOC au 39. willie is alex's wish babey 40. willex thingssss 41. rukebox dropping hints but being stupid as fuck 42. trauma trio gang au 43. bobby disliking reggie until he's on a horse and in a band 45. bartender willie and cool but uncool alex for meg 46. boregallie spin the bottle 47. caleb projection 48. 5+1 alex and the panic attacks 49. willex pining journalism 50. reverse werewolves

yee i'm gonna stop at 50. i have probably double that, but i do not remember most of them, and these are things i wanna write soon, so. :)) also um. ik we don't talk but i'll tag you anyway because we're mutuals and meg tagged everyone else: @willex-n-waffles @adhd-disaster-willie (feel free to ignore i just feel bad not tagging :) )

#pls pls pls ask me things #i have so much to say #so much #jatp #julie and the phantoms #jatp fics #julie and the himbos #i try writing #wip games #work in progess

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jsteneil · 6 years ago

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44, 6, 11, 28 <3

6. Can you ever stop in the middle of a page or do you have to finish the page or chapter first??

depends! if someone’s calling me I’ll stop in the middle of the page. if I’m alone, i probably won’t stop at all, because a lot of the time I read on my phone and just read while walking. i read until I literally fall asleep on the page, too, so I guess my answer is always “in the middle of a page”

11. Do you post reviews??

no, i don’t have goodreads or anything. i like keeping my own thoughts and impressions about the books and channeling them through blogging rather than organize them in a review.

28. First book that comes to mind, tell us about it. Rant

Had to read some suetonius again for school and tbh i dislike him so much. like, so so much. first because he’s incapable of making the distinction between a rumor/an anecdote and a fact; because he’s just not that good of a writer (can he stop with the absolute ablatives? just once?) and also because if you’re going to write a biography then at least do it chronologically? don’t do thematically? “in a first part i’m going to say why he was a good guy, then in a second how he murdered 34 people” DUDE STOP

44. Favourite book quote, go.

this is super stressful because I want to quote then entirety of soc and ck, especially inej’s pov. i also had to restrain myself from quoting latin rn so that’s where i’m at.

LET’S TALK BOOKS AND BLOGGING

#latin is from tacitus spilling the tea on roman imperialism btw #so yeah #aktari #answered

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vampireadamooc · 6 years ago

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Lecture I: The Primitive Rite Itself

1.8 - The Rite and it's Token in Egypt

Going back, now, to the world's most ancient records, in the monuments of Egypt, we find evidence of the existence of the covenant of blood in those early days. Even then it seems to have been a custom to covenant by tasting the blood from another's arm; and this inter-transference of blood was supposed to carry an inter-commingling, or an inter-merging, of natures. So far was this symbolic thought carried, that the ancient Egyptians spoke of the departed spirit as having entered into the nature, and, indeed, into the very being, of the gods, by the rite of tasting blood from the divine arm.

"The Book of the Dead," as it is commonly called,or" The Book of the Going Forth into Day," ("The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day," 1) is a group, or series, of ancient Egyptian writings, representing the state and the needs and the progress of the soul after death.2 A copy of this Funereal Ritual, as it is sometimes called, "more or less complete, according to the fortune of the deceased, was deposited in the case of every mummy." 3 " As the Book of the Dead is the most ancient, so it is undoubtedly the most important, of the sacred books of the Egyptians;" 4 it is, in fact, "according to Egyptian notions, essentially an inspired work;" 5 hence its contents have an exceptional dogmatic value. In this Book of the Dead, there are several obvious references to the rite of blood-covenanting. Some of these are in a chapter of the Ritual which was found transcribed in a coffin of the

Prov. 4: 18.

See Lepsius's Todtenbuch; Bunsen's Egypt's Place in Universal History, V., 125-133, Renouf's The Religion of Ancient Egypt, pp. 179-208.

See Lenormant and Chevallier's Ancient History ofthe East, I., 308.

Renouf's The Religion ofAncient Egypt, p. 208.

Bunsen's Egypt's Place, V , 133.

Eleventh Dynasty ; thus carrying it back to a period prior to the days of Abraham. 1 "Give me your arm ; I am made as ye," says the departed soul, speaking to the gods. 2 Then, In explanation of this statement, the pre-historic gloss of the Ritual goes on to say: "The blood is that which proceeds from the member of the Sun, after he goes along cutting himself;" 3 the covenant blood which unites the soul and the god is drawn from the flesh of

See Egypt's Place, V., 127.

Ibid., V., 174 f.

This is the rendering of Birch. Ebers has looked for an explanation of this gloss in the rite of circumcision AEgypten. u. d. Bucher Mose's, p. 284 f); but the primary reference to the "arm" of the god, and to the union secured thiough the interflowing blood, point to the blood-covenant as the employed figure of speech ; although circumcision, as will be seen presently, was likewise a symbol of the blood-covenant for one's self and for one's seed. Brugsch also sees a similar meaning to that suggested by Ebers in this reference to the blood. His rendenng of the original text is: "Reach me your hands. I have become that which ye are "(Religion u. MythoL d. alt. d,gypt., L, 219). Le Page Renouf, looking for the symbolisms of material nature in all these statements, would find here " the crimson of a sunset "in the "blood which flows from the Sun-god Ra, as he hastens to his suicide" (Trans, of Soc. of Bib. Arch., Vol. VIII , Part 2, p. 211). This, however, does not conflict with the spiritualsymbolism of oneness of nature through oneness of blood. And no one of these last thiee suggested meanings accounts for the oneness with the gods through blood which the deceased claims, unless the symbolism of blood-covenanting be recognized in the terminology That symbolism being recognized, the precise source of the flowing blood becomes a minor matter.

Ra, when he has cut himself in the rite of that covenant By this covenant-cutting, the deceased becomes one with the covenanting gods. Again, the departed soul, speaking as Osiris, or as the Osirian, which every mummy represents, 1 says: "I am the soul in his two halves." Once more there follows the explanation:" The soul in his two halves is the soul of the Sun [of Ra], and the soul of Osiris [of the deceased]." Here is substantially the proverb of friendship cited by Aristotle, "One soul in two bodies," at least two thousand years before the days of the Greek philosopher. How much earlier it was recognized, does not yet appear.

Again, when the deceased comes to the gateway of light, he speaks of himself as linked with the great god Seb; as one " who loves his arm," a and who is, therefore, sure of admittance to him, within the gates. By the covenant of the blood-giving arm, "the Osiris opens the turning door; he has opened the turning door." Through oneness of blood, he has come into oneness of life with the gods ; there is no longer the barrier of a door between them. The separating veil is rent.

See Wilkinson's Anc. Egypt., Ill., 473; Renouf's Rehg. of Anc., pp. 191-193; Lenoimant's Chaldean Magic, p 88.

See Totitenbuch, chap. LXVIII; Egypt's Place, V., 211.

An added indication that the covenant of blood-friendship furnished the ancient Egyptians with their highest conception of a union with the divine nature through an interflowing of the divine blood as the divine life is found in the amulet of this covenant; corresponding with the token of the covenant of blood-friendship, which, as fastened to the arm, or about the neck, is deemed so sacred and so precious in the primitive East to-day. The hieroglyphic character which is translated "arm" is also translated "bracelet," or "armlet," 1 as if in suggestion of the truth, already referred to, 2 that the blood furnishing arm was represented by the token of the armencircling, or of the neck-encircling, bond, in the covenant of blood. Moreover, a "red talisman," or red amulet, stained with "the blood of Isis," and containing a record of the covenant, was placed at the neck of the mummy as an assurance of safety to his soul. 3 "When this book [this amulet-record] has been made," says the Ritual, "it causes Isis to protect him [the Osirian], and Horus he rejoices to see him." "If this book [this covenant-token] is known," says Horus, "he [the deceased] is in the service of Osiris. . . . His name is like that of the gods."

See Pienet's Vocabitlaire Hitroglyphique, p. 721 f.; also, Birch's "Dict, of Hierog" in Egypt's Place, V., 519.

See page 65 f., sttpra.

See Todtenbitcli, chap. CLVI.; Egypt's Place, V., 315 ; Trans, of Soc. of Bib. Arch., VIII., 2, 211. Another indication of the connection of these terms with this primitive rite, is in the fact that the hieroglyphic group which represents an amulet seems to have the root-idea of "word;" as if it were applied to the text of the blood-covenant. The amulet as constructed for the mummy, was stained with the water or liquid of the tree called ankh mamer amulet itself, according to Brugsch, was also called ankh am. But ankh means either to live (the ordinary meaning), or to swear, to make oath (more larely), and merer is a reduplicated from of mer to love, love, friendship. The meaning of ankh merer as applied to the blood-amulet may be oath, or covenant, or pledge of love or friendship. The word merer, in the compound ankh merer, is followed with the deteiminative of the flying scaiabseus, which was commonly placed (Anc. Egypt., III., 346) upon the bieast, in lieu of the heart of the dead (Idid , III., 486) See page loo, infra And here the inquiry is suggested, Was the ankh am the same as the modern henneh ? Note the connection of henneh ? with the maniage festivities in the East to-day.

been made," says the Ritual, " it causes Isis to protect him [the Osirian], and Horus he rejoices to see him." "If this book [this covenant-token] is known," says Horus, "he [the deceased] is in the service of Osiris. . . . His name is like that of the gods." There are various other references to this rite, or other indications of its existence, than those already cited, in the Book of the Dead. "I have welcomed Thoth (or the king) with blood ; taking the gore from the blessed of Seb," 1 is one of these gleams. "Paint one hand with henna, mother; Paint one hand and leave the other. Biacelets on the right with henna j On the left give drink to henna." (Jessup's Syrian Home Life, p. 34.)

See Egypt's Place, V., 232.

Again, there are incidental mentions of the tasting of blood by gods and by men; 1 and of the proffering, or the uplifting, of the blood-filled arm, in covenant with the gods. 2

On a recently deciphered stele of the days of Rameses IV., of the Twentieth Dynasty, about twelve centuries before Christ, there is an apparent reference to this blood-covenanting, and to its amulet record. The inscription is a specimen of a funereal ritual, not unlike some portions of the Book of the Dead. The deceased is represented as saying, according to the translation of Piehl 3: "I am become familiar with Thoth, by his writings, on the day when he spat upon his arm." The Egyptian word, khenmes, here translated "familiar," means "united with," or "joined with." The word here rendered "writings," is hetepoo ; which, in the singular, hetep, in the Book of Dead, stands for the record of the covenant on the blood-stained amulet 4 The word peqas rendered "spat," by Piehl, is an obscure term, variously rendered "moistened," "washed," "wiped," "healed" 5 It is clear therefore that this passage may fairly be read; "I am become united with Thoth, by the covenant-record, on the day when he moistened, or healed his arm "; and if the arm were healed, it had been cut, and so moistened.

See Egypts Place, V., 174, 254, 282. 2

Ibid., V., 323.

See Zeitschriftfur Mgyptiscke Sprache, erstes Heft, 1885, p. 16.

See page 81 f., supra.

See Pierret, Brugsch, Birch, s. v.

Indeed, it is quite probable that this word peqas has a root connection with peg, pcqa, peqait, "a gap," "an opening," "to divide"; and even with penqu, "to bleed." Apparently, the unfamiliarity of Egyptologists with this rite of blood-covenanting by the cutting of the arm, has hindered the recognition of the full force of many of the terms involved. Ebers, in his "Uarda," has incidentally given an illustration of the custom of blood-covenanting in ancient Egypt. It is when the surgeon Nebsecht has saved the life of Uarda, and her soldier-father, Kaschta, would show his gratitude, and would pledge his lifelong fidelity in return

"'If at any time thou dost want help, call me, and I will protect thee against twenty enemies. Thou hast saved my child good ! Life for life. I sign myself thy blood-ally there!' "With these words he drew his poniard out of his girdle. He scratched his arm, and let a few drops of his blood run down on a stone at the feet of Nebsecht "Look!' he said. 'There is my blood! Kaschta has signed himself thine; and thou canst dispose of my life as of thine own. What I have said, I have said.'" 1

Uarda, I., 192.

#Library #by H. Clay Trumbull #The Blood Covenant A Primitive Rite And Its Bearings On Scripture

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kuno-chan · 7 years ago

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Sea of chains psa

So I’m nearly done with chapter 34. I’m actually on like the last scene?

Anyone have soc questions for me?

#kainora

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lovesfma · 8 years ago

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So many questions

Rules: answer all questions (that you can), add one question of your own and then tag as many people as there are questions - um, nope. Consider yourself tagged if you read this and want to do it!

………..

I was tagged by @thetruthofyourdespair - thank you, I had no idea anyone had even noticed me yet in this fandom!

………..

1. coke or pepsi: COKE

2. disney or dreamworks: While I love many of the old Disney classics from my childhood, I prefer Dreamworks.

3. coffe or tea: Tea, except for the one mug per day because I’ve read (very nebulous) summaries of a clinical trial claiming that “moderate amounts of coffee each day” can prevent certain types of dementia. I forget to drink it some days, so I have my doubts ...

4. books or movies: I love both, but movies based on books sometimes drive me to distraction.

5. windows or mac: Mac, hands down. I hate my Windows computer at work so much.

6. dc or marvel: Marvel

7. x-box or playstation: Playstation

8. dragon age or mass effect: Dragon Age.

9. night owl or early riser: Night owl

10. Cards or chess: Neither, really. :-(

11. chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate, and not just re ice cream.

12. vans or converse: Neither - boots that reach over my ankles.

13. avellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: Come again?

14. fluff or angst: My fluff sucks, I’m better at writing angst. I’m not objective, however, maybe my angst sucks as well. As for reading, I prefer angst as well, but with a good ending. (In my main fandom, we always get character deaths, I hate that.)

15. beach or forest: Forest. I love trees, as in, I physically hug them.

16. dogs or cats: Both is good.

17. clear skies or rain: I love the sound and smell of rain.

18. cooking or eating out: Eating out, because I have to cook every day.

19. spicy food or mild food: Mild, because I am a wimp.

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: Samhain, because I am in love with Ireland. :-)

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: I start wilting at temps above 25°C, so I’d go with cold, fluffy clothes, a warm fire, tea, and hot food. :-)

22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: Time travel

23. animation or live action: I honestly couldn’t decide - both.

24. paragon or renegade: I’m always slightly salty these days, so renegade it is.

25. baths or showers: Baths, with a candle, a mug of tea, and a book or audiobook. I only have time for this maybe five times a year, though, plus our dog always gets distressed at seeing me submerged and wants to rescue me, so in RL it’s usually showers. :-(

26. team cap or team ironman: Cap. Fight me. Protect Bucky!

27. fantasy or sci-fi: Sci fi, the more space ships, the better.

28. do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they: (not in order)

"Do, or do not. There is no try.”

“A lesson without pain is meaningless.” (I hope this is it in English - I can only watch it in German.)

“I would come for you, and if I couldn’t walk I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together - knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”

29. youtube or netflix: I’m afraid I’ve fallen down the Netflix hole and can’t find my way back out again.

30. harry potter or percy jackson: Harry Potter

31. when you feel accomplished: When I manage to finish a task on the day I’ve scheduled for it, and within a reasonable time, OR when something Son says makes me proud of him.

32. star wars or star trek: Don’t get me wrong, I love Star Trek. I am watching TOS on Netflix as I am writing this, I’ve seen and will continue to see every movie, I’ve watched every single spinoff show, but my heart belongs to Star Wars.

33. paperback books or hardback books: Hardbacks are so pretty!

34. to live in a world without literature or without music? Music is one of the most important things in my life, and my imagination runs wild for at least 18 out of every 24 hours, so I’d keep music, please.

35. who was the last person to make you laugh? Son

36. sour or sweet candy: sweet

37. dawn or dusk: I will stop the car to take pictures of either one, but I prefer dawn. The world looks so fresh at dawn, so ... unsullied.

38. piercings or tattoos: My ears are pierced. I’d love to find the guts to get a tattoo.

39. girls? HOT?????: All girls are hot in their own way, but I’m utterly straight.

40. snow or fog: Fog. I love fog as long as I’m not driving through it.

41. do you sleep facing the wall or the room? I move about all night, so no definitive answer on that.

42. TRC or AFTG: OMG THE RAVEN CYCLE IS SO GREAT!

43. horror or drama: Horror.

44. ocarina of time or majora’s mask?: Husband has played Ocarina of Time, so I’ll choose that.

45. would you rather live in an area of more nature or city? I die with too many people around me - nature. We live on the edge of a forest and at the end of our street - pure bliss.

46. what’s your addiction right now? Writing fan fiction (in a different fandom), always music, SoC/CK

47. what languages can you speak? German, English, Spanish, and French

48. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Ireland, preferably Donegal or Kerry.

49. sun or moon? Moon.

50. potato bread or banana bread? Potato.

51. are horses good? I assume so. They look majestic.

52. Edward Elric or Alphonse Elric? I love them both, but if you insist - Edward.

53. Logan or Deadpool? Deadpool

54. Pokémon or Digimon? Pokemon.

55. One-shots or lengthy fics? The longer, the better. Mine always grow into 30+ chapter monsters with 100+k words.

56. If offered the chance to travel through space on a space ship, would you accept?

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Wearable Technology Ecosystem Market expected to grow at a CAGR of 30% over the next five years

11-jan-2019 While wearable technology has been utilized in vertical sectors such as the military and healthcare for many years, ongoing advances have triggered a major resurgence of the concept, particularly among the consumer community. Key enabling technologies including low cost sensors, wireless connectivity, active materials and energy have converged to make wearable technology mainstream. With the continued miniaturization of enabling technologies, wearable devices have hit the mass market in a diverse variety of form factors, ranging from glasses to even jewelry. Driven by the ability to interconnect with key modern trends of healthcare, fitness, messaging and socialization, the wearable technology ecosystem is attracting significant levels of interest. Companies as varied as smartphone OEMs, wireless carriers, health insurers and retailers are circling the ecosystem alongside tiny startups, all vying for a stake. SNS Research estimates that by 2016, wearable device shipments will surpass 140 Million and will account for nearly $30 Billion in revenue. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of 30% over the next five years. Request a Sample Copy of This Report: https://www.radiantinsights.com/research/the-wearable-technology-ecosystem-2015-2030-opportunities-challenges-strategies-industry-verticals-and-forecast/request-sample The “Wearable Technology Ecosystem: 2015 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts” report presents an in-depth assessment of the wearable technology ecosystem including key market drivers, challenges, investment potential, consumer & vertical market opportunities, use cases, future roadmap, value chain, case studies, vendor market share and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for wearable device shipments and revenue from 2015 through to 2030. The forecasts are further segmented for 7 device form factor submarkets, 7 vertical markets, 6 regions and 73 countries. The report comes with an associated Excel datasheet suite covering quantitative data from all numeric forecasts presented in the report. Table of Contents 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 28 1.1 Executive Summary 28 1.2 Topics Covered 30 1.3 Historical Revenue & Forecast Segmentation 31 1.4 Key Questions Answered 33 1.5 Key Findings 34 1.6 Methodology 35 1.7 Target Audience 36 1.8 Companies & Organizations Mentioned 37 2 Chapter 2: An Overview of Wearable Technology 42 2.1 What is Wearable Technology? 42 2.2 Device Classification 42 2.2.1 Head-worn Devices 42 2.2.2 Wrist-worn Devices 42 2.2.3 Leg and Ankle-worn Devices 43 2.2.4 Arm, Chest and Neck-worn Devices 43 2.2.5 Smart Clothing & Jewelry 43 2.2.6 In-Body Wearables 44 2.3 Enabling Technologies 45 2.3.1 MEMS & Sensors 45 2.3.2 BT-LE (Bluetooth Low Energy) & WiFi 45 2.3.3 Voice Recognition 46 2.3.4 Lowed Powered Wireless SoCs 46 2.3.5 RFID & NFC 47 2.3.6 GPS & Navigation Technology 47 2.3.7 Energy Harvesting 47 2.3.8 Ergonomics & Materials Science 48 2.3.9 Augmented Reality 48 2.4 Market Growth Drivers 49 Browse Full Research Report With TOC: https://www.radiantinsights.com/research/the-wearable-technology-ecosystem-2015-2030-opportunities-challenges-strategies-industry-verticals-and-forecast 2.4.1 Proliferation of Smartphones 49 2.4.2 Advances in Enabling Technologies & Components 50 2.4.3 Interest from New Market Segments 50 2.4.4 Human Centric Assistance 50 2.4.5 Meaningful Analytics & Tracking 51 2.4.6 Venture Capital, Crowdfunding & Corporate Investments 51 2.4.7 Endorsement by Major Mobile OEMs 52 2.5 Market Barriers 52

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Six of Crows- Chapter 34

The thing that makes Matthias' story hard to believe, therefore unsatisfying once under scrutiny, is a lack of stumble.

He spent half of his life in extremely hateful environment, literally groomed for annihilation of certain group of people, yet he never really tries to return to his cause once he meets Nina. Yes, there's a bad attempt on her life after he leaves prison, and recitation of his rather disgusting views of Grisha, but he never faces a true chance to "come back home". Not until now.

That's how a well-groomed genocidal poster boy behaves!

Cruelty and dehumanisation.

That's what they're raised for.

This would be a great setback. The moment Matthias tries to reclaim his old life, only to find it uncomfortably ill-fitting...

Alas- he makes the correct choice as if it were nothing. One (1) woman magically erased prejudice so strong he used to view "her kind" as less than animals, single-handedly deprogramming him in no time.

Easy peasy!

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Ascetic genocidal monks

I've sort of discontinued this one. There's more to find under the tag, but nothing purely informative, since with drüskelle, culture is too deeply intertwined with prejudice.

Six of Crows- Chapter 20

“What do drüskelle eat?” ... “We eat a lot of fish. Herring. Salt cod. And yes, reindeer, but not the hooves.”

“I do like cake, but we’re not permitted sweets.” “Anyone? Or just drüskelle?” “Drüskelle. It’s considered an indulgence. Like alcohol or—” “Girls?”

Six of Crows- Chapter 34

“Every drüskelle in history has been inducted into the order through the same ceremony since Djel anointed the first of us. ... That’s what Hringkälla celebrates,” continued Brum. “And every year if there are worthy initiates, the drüskelle gather at the sacred ash, where they may once more hear the Voice of God. ... People forget this is a holy night,” Brum muttered. “They come to the palace to drink and dance and fornicate.”

#Grishaverse #SoC Chapter 20 #SoC Chapter 34 #drüskelle #writing reference #grishanalyticritical #Six of Crows #Six of Crows duology #V #books #quotes #Leigh Bardugo

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The Price of Life

How a single side-character with minimum of appearances manages to convey the dilemma of a person valuing life above everything else, forced to find their path in military, better than a POV character...

… I looked at Fedyor. “If you really believe that saving a life is an honor, then why not become a Healer instead of a Heartrender?” Fedyor considered the passing scenery. “Of all Grisha, Corporalki have the hardest road. We require the most training and the most study. At the end of it all, I felt I could save more lives as a Heartrender.” “As a killer?” I asked in surprise. “As a soldier,” Fedyor corrected. He shrugged. “To kill or to cure?” he said with a sad smile. “We each have our own gifts.” …

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 4

Fedyor did the math and figured a well-chosen strike could prevent death of many. Nina seems to believe nobody deserves to die, which sounds like a similar starting point, doesn't it?

One would expect some moral dilemmas, development... and yes, Nina will face a possibly character-changing decision, when standing against the enemy's special unit including their leader. Right after witnessing this:

“Here we are,” Brum said, stopping in front of a door that seemed identical to the others. Nina peered through the glass. The cell was just like the ones on the top level of the prison, but the observation panel was on the other side—a large mirror that took up half of the opposite wall. Inside, she saw a young boy in a bedraggled blue kefta pacing restlessly, gabbling to himself, scratching at his arms. His eyes were hollows, his hair lank. He looked just like Nestor before he’d died. Grisha don’t get sick, she thought. But this was a different kind of sickness. “He doesn’t look very menacing.” Brum moved up behind her. His breath brushed against her ear when he said, “Oh, believe me, he is.” Nina’s skin crawled, but she made herself lean into him slightly. “What is he here for?” “The future.” Nina turned and laid her hands on his chest. “Are there more?” He blew out an impatient breath and led her to the next door. A girl lay on her side, her tangled hair covering her face. She was dressed in a dirty shift, and she had bruises all over her arms. Brum gave a sharp rap on the little window, startling Nina. “Look alive,” Brum taunted, but the girl didn’t move. Brum’s finger hovered over a brass button embedded next to the window. “If you really want a show, I could press this button.” “What does it do?” “Beautiful things. Miraculous, really.” Nina thought she knew; the button would dose the girl with jurda parem somehow. For Nina’s entertainment. She tugged Brum away. “It’s all right.” “I thought you wanted to see a Grisha use her powers.” “Oh, I do, but she doesn’t look like much fun. Are there more?” “Close to thirty.”

Six of Crows- Chapter 34

This is a man, who quite visibly enjoys his "work". He has thirty people to torture and experiment on in this particular facility.

And Nina decides he isn't just "worth saving" in some theoretical way, but that he deserves another chance, promptly leaving him in his own country in the same position he's at the beginning of the story, only a bit balder and without this particular playground with these particular toys.

All of that because her boyfriend tells her those people fear "her kind"...

I know people, who fear dentists. Does it mean we can isolate them and drug them for our own entertainment?!

But hey- it could be the lowest low of Nina's story! She deserves a second chance too, doesn't she?!

Don't worry, she'll get it, when she discovers another facility- this one systematically raping women, forcing pregnancies and collecting their offspring for further experimentation. Only our life-honouring heroine won't break even after this event, saving the man behind all this once again, letting him remain free to boot!

Saving a life is an honour.

Saving a life of unapologetic murderer targeting defenceless people is more desirable than hoping his demise might prevent unimaginable atrocities done to other human beings.

Nina believes all human beings deserve to live, even though their continued existence is the direct, intentional cause of plenty more deaths.

I don't know what to think about this. Nina doesn't even have the excuse of not seeing the direct consequences of her decision. Did she intend to become a Healer? Was she forced to switch to the "easier" choice once her training got cancelled?! A person with this sort of belief has nothing to do in the field, facing the enemy! Making decisions impacting others.

She isn't just incompetent, she's dangerous to those she should protect!

#Grishaverse #Fedyor Kaminsky #Nina Zenik #Jarl Brum #anti Grisha sentiments #grishanalyticritical #S&B Chapter 4 #SoC Chapter 34 #V #books #quotes #Leigh Bardugo #anti Leigh Bardugo #anti Nina #and I can't believe I'm typing this tag.#I'm not entirely happy with this one #but I can't be arsed to come back to it.

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