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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 years ago

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In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis

Copyright rules are made with the needs of the entertainment industry in mind, designed to provide the legal framework for creators, investors, distributors, production houses, and other parts of the industry to navigate their disputes and assert their interests.

A good copyright policy would be one that encouraged diverse forms of expression from diverse creators who were fairly compensated for their role in a profitable industry. But copyright has signally failed to accomplish this end, largely because of the role it plays in the monopolization of the entertainment industry (and, in the digital era, every industry where copyrighted software plays a role). Copyright's primary approach is to give creators monopolies over their works, in the hopes that they can use these as leverage in overmatched battles with corporate interests. But monopolies have a tendency to accumulate, piling up in the vaults of big companies, who use these government-backed exclusive rights to dominate the industry so that anyone hoping to enter it must first surrender their little monopolies to the hoards of the big gatekeepers.

Creators get a raw deal in a concentrated marketplace, selling their work into a buyer's market. Giving them more monopolies – longer copyright terms, copyright over the "feel" of music, copyright over samples – just gives the industry more monopolies to confiscate in one-sided negotiations and add to their arsenals. Expecting more copyright to help artists beat a concentrated industry is like expecting more lunch money to help your kid defeat the bullies who beat him up on the playground every day. No matter how much lunch money you give that kid, all you'll ever do is make the bullies richer.

One of the biggest problems with copyright in the digital era is that we expect people who aren't in the entertainment industry to understand and abide by its rules: it's no more realistic to expect a casual reader to understand and abide by a long, technical copyright license in order to enjoy a novel than it is to expect a parent to understand securities law before they pay their kid's allowance. Copyright law can either be technical and nuanced enough to serve as a rulebook for a vast, complex industry...or it can be simple and intuitive enough for that industry's customers to grasp and follow without years of specialized training. Decades of trying to make copyright into a system for both industrial actors and their audiences has demonstrated that the result is always a system that serves the former while bewildering and confounding the latter.

But even considered as a rulebook for the entertainment industry, copyright is in crisis. A system that is often promoted as protecting the interests of artists has increasingly sidelined creators' interests even as big media companies merge with one another, and with other kinds of companies (like ISPs) to form vertical monopolies that lock up the production, distribution and commercialization of creative work, leaving creators selling their work into a buyer's market locked up by a handful of companies.

2019 was not a good year for competition in the entertainment sector. Mergers like the $71.3B Disney-Fox deal reduced the number of big movie studios from five (already a farcical number) to four (impossibly, even worse). The Hollywood screenwriters have been locked in a record-breaking strike with the talent agencies—there are only three major agencies, all dominated by private equity investors, and the lack of competition means that they increasingly are negotiating deals on behalf of writers in which they agree to accept less money for writers in exchange for large fees for themselves.

On top of that, the big entertainment companies are increasingly diversifying and becoming distribution channels. The Trump administration approved the AT&T/Time-Warner merger just as the Obama administration approved the Universal/Comcast merger a decade earlier. Meanwhile, Disney has launched a streaming service and is pulling the catalogs of all its subsidiaries from rival services. That means that the creators behind those works will no longer receive residual payments from Disney for the licensing fees it receives from the likes of Netflix—instead, their work will stream exclusively on Disney Plus, and Disney will no longer have to pay the creators any more money for the use of their work.

To top it all off, the DOJ is working to end the antitrust rule that bans movie studios from owning movie theater chains, 70 years after it was put in place to end a suite of nakedly anti-competitive tactics that had especially grave consequences for actors and other creative people in the film industry. Right on cue, the already massively concentrated movie theater industry got even more concentrated.

The most visible impact of the steady concentration of the entertainment industry is on big stars: think of Taylor Swift's battle to perform her own music at an awards show where she was being named "Artist of the Decade" shortly after rights to her back catalog were sold to a "tycoon" whom she has a longstanding feud with.

But perhaps the most important impact is on independent creators, those who either cannot or will not join forces with the entertainment giants. These artists, more than any other, depend on a free, fair and open Internet to connect with audiences, promoted and distribute their works and receive payments. The tech sector has undergone market concentration that makes it every bit as troubled as the entertainment industry: as the New Zealand technologist Tom Eastman wrote in 2018, "I'm old enough to remember when the Internet wasn't a group of five websites, each consisting of screenshots of text from the other four."

The monopolization of the online world means that all artists are vulnerable to changes in Big Tech policy, which can see their livings confiscated, their artistic works disappeared, and their online presences erased due to error, caprice, or as collateral damage in other fights. Here, too, independent artists are especially vulnerable: when YouTube's Content ID copyright filter incorrectly blocks a video from a major studio or label, executives at the company can get prompt action from Google -- but when an independent artist is incorrectly labeled a pirate, their only hope of getting their work sprung from content jail is to make a huge public stink and hope it's enough to shame a tech giant into action.

As online platforms become ever-more-central to our employment, family, culture, education, romance and personal lives, the tech giants are increasingly wielding the censor's pen to strike out our words and images and sounds and videos in the name of public safety, copyright enforcement, and a host of other rubrics. Even considering that it's impossible to do a good job of this at massive scale, the tech companies do a particularly bad job.

This is about to get much worse. In March 2019, the European Union passed the most controversial copyright rules in its history by a razor-thin margin of only five votes—and later, ten Members of the European Parliament stated that they were confused and had pressed the wrong button, though the damage had already been done.

One of the most controversial parts of the new European Copyright Directive was Article 17 (formerly Article 13), which will require all online platforms to implement copyright filters similar to Google's Content ID. The Directive does not contain punishments for those who falsely claim copyright over works that don't belong to them (this is a major problem today, with fraudsters using fake copyright claims to threaten the livelihoods of creators in order to extort money from working artists).

Article 17 represents a bonanza for crooks who victimize creators by claiming copyright over their works—without offering any protections for the artists targeted by scammers. Artists who are under the protective wing of big entertainment companies can probably shield themselves from harm, meaning that the heavily concentrated entertainment sector will have even more leverage to use in its dealings with creators.

But that's not all: Article 17 may have snuffed out any possibility of launching a competing platform to discipline the Big Tech firms, at least in Europe. Startups might be able to offer a better product and lure customers to it (especially with the help of Adversarial Interoperability) but they won't be able to afford the massive capital expenditures needed to develop and operate the filters required by Article 17 until they've grown to giant size—something they won't get a chance to do because, without filters, they won't be able to operate at all.

That means that the Big Tech giants will likely get bigger, and, where possible, they will use their control over access to markets and customers to force both independent creators and big media companies to sell on terms that benefit them, at the expense of creators and entertainment companies.

To see what this looks like, just consider Amazon, especially its Audible division, which controls virtually the entire audiobook market. Once a minor sideline for publishing, audiobooks are now a major component of any author's living, generating nearly as much revenue as hardcovers and growing much faster.

Amazon has abused its near-total dominance over the audiobook market to force creators and publishers to consent to its terms, which include an absolute requirement that all audiobooks sold on Audible be wrapped in Amazon's proprietary "Digital Rights Management" code. This code nominally protects Audible products from unauthorized duplication, but this is a mere pretense.

It's pretty straightforward to remove this DRM, but providing tools to do so is a potential felony under Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, carrying a penalty of a five-year prison sentence and a $500,000 fine for a first offense (EFF is suing the US government to overturn this law). This means that potential Audible rivals can't offer tools to import Audible purchases to run on their systems or to permit access to all your audiobooks from a single menu.

As Amazon grows in scale and ambition, it can, at its discretion, terminate authors' or publishers' access to the audience it controls (something the company has done before). Audiences that object to this will be left with a difficult choice: abandon the purchases they've made to follow the artists they love to smaller, peripheral platforms, or fragment their expensive audiobook libraries across a confusion of apps and screens.

Copyright was historically called "the author's monopoly," but increasingly those small-scale monopolies are being expropriated by giant corporations—some tech, some entertainment, some a weird chimera of both—and wielded to corner entire markets or sectors. In 2017, EFF lost a long, bitter fight to ensure that a poorly considered project to add DRM to the standards for Web browsers didn't result in further monopolization of the browser market. Two years later, our worst fears have been realized and it is effectively impossible to launch a competitive browser without permission from Google or Microsoft or Apple (Apple won't answer licensing queries, Microsoft wants $10,000 just to consider a licensing application, and Google has turned down all requests to license for new free/open-source browsers).

Copyright has also become a key weapon in the anticompetitive arsenal wielded against the independent repair sector. More than 20 state-level Right to Repair bills have been killed by industry coalitions who cite a self-serving, incoherent mix of concerns over their copyrights and "cybersecurity" as reasons why you shouldn't be able to get your phone or car fixed in the shop of your choice.

All this is why EFF expanded its competition-related projects in 2019 and will do even more in 2020. We, too, are old enough to remember when the Internet wasn't a group of five websites, each consisting of screenshots of text from the other four. We know that, in 2020, it's foolish to expect tech companies to have their users' back unless there's a meaningful chance those users will go somewhere else (and not just to another division of the same tech company).

(Crossposted from EFF Deeplinks)

https://boingboing.net/2020/01/22/in-serving-big-company-interes.html

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jisvnq · 5 years ago

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tag games✨

(stealing emmie’s idea *cough*)

so putting some tag games under the cut here <3 thank you for tagging me !! and please, if you want to, please continue doing it because i enjoy doing these quite a lot :3

the order is messed up though lmao sorry

get to know me tag 💕

tagged by ;; @flirtyhyuck

rules ;; tag 10 blogs you want to get to know better

name: zamantha

gender: female

height: somewhere around 5′1″? don’t think i grew much since we last measured lmao

sexuality: good question

jk idrk just yet but here’s something that i feel describes me best rn ?

favorite animal: dogs? foxes? idrk but otherwise, it’d be a dragon

current time:

cats or dogs: dogs

dream job: astronaut like anything that has something to do with music (like performing or production) or science (probably more on chemistry though cause i’m a nerd)

when i made this blog: april [something] 2019

why i made this blog: because i had ideas i wanted to share and make other people happy with these ideas as well

reason for url: my handwriting is crap so my u’s & v’s and g’s & q’s look the same + blog is about jisung so yeah

(and also to kathy, hyuck doing that tongue thing, yes)

5 random facts 💞

tagged by ;; @heart-bleeding-autism-angel, @pinkhyunie (different kind of tag, but same content hhh)

rules ;; write 5 random facts about yourself and tag some mutuals/people you’d like to get to know better !!

i recently just learnt blackpink’s stay on the guitar

i really really wanna learn misfit on the drums but we only have electric drums and my father won’t teach me how to set it up 🤧

i think wayyyy too much

i can somehow destroy anything i can get my hands on (both on purpose sabotage but more often than not, on accident 🤡)

i’m horrible at responses and replying :/

a bunch of tags 💓

just emmie’s hugeass tag that i’ll be answering cause why not

tagged by ;; @honeydh (the whole thing <3), @heart-bleeding-autism-angel (keeping up with mutuals tag)

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keeping up with mutuals tag 💗

favorite color(s): green

last song: DINOSAUR - AKMU

last movie: Your Name (haven’t actually watched anything else since then 💀💀)

last show completed: Crash Landing on You (this is the only show i managed to “finish” 💀💀💀)

currently reading: The Martian - Andy Weir

currently watching: i don’t really watch any shows

sweet, savory, or spicy: savory (i can’t take too much of any flavor, really)

craving: kwek kwek :(( also boba and maybe like pizza

tea or coffee: coffee

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5 things tag 💖

5 things you can find in my room:

19472 plushies

fuzzy blankets & fluffy pillows

a bed

a desktop computer

and a mess

(the room is literally just a bed and a computer + i share it with my siblings skhf)

5 random things about me:

i love studying about different languages and cultures of different places

i don’t really like cake 😬 (too-sweet things in general too, like candies)

but i really like those sour gummies though, they pass

i google so much random shit that i know too many things i won’t be able to use in school

i like learning, but i hate school with a burning passion

5 favorite bands:

i saw “bands” and the first thing that popped into my head was fall out boy skjd

day6

tøp

kamikazee

parokya ni edgar lol

5 favorite girl groups/soloists:

blackpink

taylor swift

bol4

hailee steinfeld

moira dela torre

5 favorite boy groups/soloists:

nct

stray kids

ed sheeran

treasure

bruno mars

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15 questions tag 💝

nicknames: zam (irl and here), z (just here), zennie, zatan (help ?!?!?), zsung

zodiac: libra

height: ^^ pocket-sized

last thing i googled: “why do ants carry dead ants” 💀

song stuck in my head: DINOSAUR - AKMU (it just sounds so good 🥺)

number of followers: 1,275 :o

amount of sleep i got: i’m hibernating (like 12 hours? idk when i slept but i just woke up)

lucky number: 18 (lucky & favorite number)

favorite song: yes

favorite instrument: by sound, violin & piano, but to play, it’s got to be the drums skjdfh

dream job: like i said, astronaut something related to either music or science

aesthetic: i’m bad at like art stuff and design help me pls hm idk maybe like rn i’m feeling stuff like stupid poses in polaroid photos, remembering something that happened like years ago with a friend and laughing about it together, playing at a playground at night, sleepovers where no one actually sleeps, late-night roadtrips, camping with friends and stargazing, just like everything nostalgic yk

favorite author: i pick up whatever book and just read tbh so i don’t really have a favorite, per se

favorite animal noise: crickets chirping (idk i just have some good memories tied to this sound it’s weird skfs)

random: as suggested by one of my timestamps, i don’t really like pizza crusts

#tagged <3 #lmao this is really long i'm sorry skjdf

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maryrealbloody · 5 years ago

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Force Restarting Myself

No, I’m not an android, no matter what my cousins who called me ‘cyborg’ may tell you. But I am in the middle of force-restarting myself. It was at 3 AM when it happened; after my fifth Al Pacino movie, after I downed what’s remaining of my lukewarm bubble tea, after I threw away my third bag of potato chips, that the usually quiet voice in my head shouted. You’re already 22 and here’s what you’re doing. Are you a failure? Which is ridiculous to think, of course. I’m not a failure. You’re a loser. The vicious voice in my head was clear. That wasn’t because I stayed up all night having a movie marathon eating unhealthy snacks. It’s because I am having a movie marathon cramped in a small room in my dad’s house. For some reason, that’s what my brain thinks I am. Loser. Because wasn’t I supposed to be something great by now?

But it was more than that. When I was in grade school, I’ve won awards. Medals were hung around my neck every year and everyone just expected me to be good. Not even good, but great. I was going to finish high school and college and get a job and earn lots of money. It all sounds so tedious now. My only real dream was to finish university. And I did that. Now what? This next epiphany came to me in that same 3 AM stillness: who the hell said we’d have it all figured out in our 20s? The only people who have their lives figured out while in their 20s are Netflix characters. Sure, they move to a big city and find love and get a job that lets them afford their classy loft and designer clothes. Reality is much more bleak than that. Bleak, but surprising.

I wouldn’t recommend moving during a pandemic, although I did that in June. Due to a deep-rooted family problem, I have to leave my apartment behind. The shiny apartment located in the heart of the Metro, where I’ve lived since my university days when I left my dorm. My dad took a week to convince me to actually move because I was hell-bent on staying there. Until I had no choice. When he helped put all my belongings into giant boxes and loaded them in the van, it was the first time my head whispered Loser into me. Because it felt like I was giving up. In a way, I really was giving up. The week before I left my apartment, I only ate boiled eggs. Barely slept too. My dad knew he had to take me with him. I was still too scared to admit that I was indeed giving up; giving up on making something of myself. Turns out 22 isn’t the cheery Taylor Swift song we all know but the one Lily Allen sang from way back when.

Obviously, something went wrong. When something goes horribly wrong with our phones or computers, we force-restart them. In order for me to do that with myself, I have to eliminate the idea that we only have our 20s to get our lives together. As if our growth as humans is that linear. I’m just afraid. When we’re in our 20s, everything around us just makes us feel like we’re running out of time. Especially now that there’s so much uncertainty around the world. Now that there’s still so many things I want to ask my mom but I can’t, not yet. Maybe I have to list them on a piece of paper. Right now, I’m a kid alone in the playground trying to learn that it’s okay to bruise.

The truth is, it drives me mad sometimes that I can’t Google what’s going to happen to me in the future. The idea of having to pick myself up after I have fallen is what I’m afraid of the most. I have to keep reminding myself that everyone’s experiences with everything won’t be the same. For some, their 20s would really be the time where they’re going to hit the jackpot and be successful. Others get married and have kids. Others get their dream jobs. Others get out of a toxic relationship. Others recover from addiction. Others spiral into addiction. Others end up homeless. Others move into their dream home. These aren’t bad or good things, they’re just experiences. They’re all different. Maybe that’s what our 20s is about. We experience things we don’t want to or things we think we want. They make us who we are. We are humans with freewill. Our lives are merely measured by who we currently are.

Starting over, or in my case—a very hard force-restarting, feels like a dive into the abyss of blackholes. There’s no on and off function. We can’t just press CTRL + Z when we make a mistake. We make a mistake and we live with the things that come after that. The uncertainties make my skin tingle and my insides churn. But maybe, in my case, this is what my 20s will be about. No matter how much I want to fast forward to when things finally make sense; I have to learn how to be comfortable with not always getting what I want, but what I need.

#prose #spilled ink #spilled prose #excerpt from a book i'll never write #things i'm afraid to say #life in 2020 #in my 20s

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lesbianfreyja · 6 years ago

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Rules - Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people you want to get to know better.

i was tagged by @glennjaminhow @sapphic-dee @glirsty @globrights @iasipseasonfive thanks babes❤️❤️

nickname - alex, al by mostly just my dad lol, my last name, theres 2 alexs in my friend group so he was Gay Alex until i stopped being bi and now i’m Girl Alex lkjdkljfklsj

zodiac sign - sagittarius, i don’t believe in more astrology than this but i’m also a sag sun, virgo mars, aries moon, capricorn rising, idr my venus sign

height - 5’ flat :/

last movie i saw - i think it was when i streamed carol with brie

last thing i googled - “all we hear is radio gaga”

favourite musician - idk it changes regularly but taylor swift has been pretty steadily up there for a decade

song stuck in my head - why didn’t you stop me? by mitski

other blogs - briefly had a writing blog with a prospective pseudonym but all my sides are now defunct. i prefer to centralize followers kljsdkljf and my obsessions change so often that it’s pointless to make new sides every couple of years

do i get asks - recently - yes!!

following - 214 but i need to do more tbh

followers - 5,291

amount of sleep - like 9-10 hours if i don’t drink ljkldjs that’s unemployment/setting your own hours babey !

lucky number - 17

what i’m wearing - sweats from my alumn and a “what are you looking at dicknose” tee with the sleeves chopped off

dream job - writer/editor, although i’ve gotta say the job i snared last week is pretty fucking close

dream trip - italy

favourite food - i’m gluten free so everything tastes like pure shite just want her back x

play any instruments - i used to play piano and the flute but i doubt i remember much of it anymore

languages - english, took 9 years of french but i don’t know shit anymore. i have a bunch of emails backed up that could theoretically teach me ASL but i’m truly stupid and learning new things reminds me of my flaws

favourite songs - changes FAR too often but lately i’ve been listening nonstop to love you so bad by ezra furman, nobody by mitski, upper west side by king princess, and my entire macdennis playlist. honorable mention to the old greats, Let’s Forget That I Was Ever Even Here and All Too Well

random facts - im a much better friend than i am a girlfriend. i need to write or i feel the story itching in my fingers and pushing at my chest, but as soon as it’s over/posted, i lose interest and forget about it and need to start something new or else i feel useless. proud member of the “every fictional woman that can hold my attention for more than 1 minute is a wlw” club. a few weeks ago i had an epiphany in the middle of the night that i need to start dating butches

describe yourself as aesthetic things - waking up hungover on the beach with the ocean ROARING in the background, ice cold wine with your best friends, driving an hour to find the right fast food restaurant to chop your hair off in the bathroom of, boring adventures when you’re restless at 4am just to end up sitting in the cold on a playground with a friend that needs it

everyones probably been tagged by now but i’ll tag @macfoundhispride @honeyreynolds @softhowerton @vichoney @hyruling idk who’s done it kldjflsk if you havent then feel free to say i tagged you by honorable mention

#i wasnt gonna do this but now im drinking and bored so yea wig!#thanks everyone il ya #tag meme #alex.txt

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crystal-snowing · 6 years ago

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twenty-one questions tag

tagged by peaches @plumtry, ily my queen <3

rules: answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better

nickname: jill

zodiac: agittarius

height: 5′ 4″

last movie i saw: the house with a clock in its walls

last thing i googled: jack black movies only because i forgot the name of last movie that i watched and he was in it lmao

favorite musician: stray kids <3

song stuck in my head: everything has changed by taylor swift

other blogs: @softjisungs (my inactive main) and @hero-imagines (follow if you like dc/marvel fics)

following/followers: 29/683

do i get asks: yeah occasionally, usually requests though. so if you wanna talk i promise i don’t bite ! <3

amount of sleep: seven to eight pretty much everyday, i sleep pretty early lmao

lucky number: 8

what i’m wearing: a croptop striped yellow and white shirt, with light wash jeans and black timberlands.

dream job: a lawyer for sure, but i mean teachers are pretty cool too

favorite food: pasta, hamburgers, pork belly, chicken and broccoli, fried eggplant, dim sum, and 燒賣 (i’m not sure what it’s called in english).

instruments played: the viola i barely remember the scales now

languages: english, some bits of latin, and some cantonese and some korean

favorite songs:

one love by wanna one

welcome to my playground by nct 127

bad habits by shaun

broken compass by 3racha

mother we share by chvrches

our summer by txt

enough by sf9

love virus by kihyun and seola

wanna be by gfriend

given the chance by the kite string tangle

mixtape #3 by stray kids

random facts: i’ve never broken a bone, i love dogs (especially chow chows omg),

tagging: @loveseungs, @hueseok, @straykids-react, you guys don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, i really don’t have 21 people to tag hahahahahahahahaa <3

#about me !#jill blabs

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surveys-at-your-service · 8 years ago

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Survey #67

“i wanna grow up, i wanna be, a big rockin’ roll star!”

did you pay attention to anything you were being taught in health class? i always listened, yeah, but it scared me a lot because my anxiety around that time was mostly health-focused. i was afraid i was going to get everything somehow lmao. what are your feelings regarding shopping? i like shopping for myself, but not for vitals. like grocery shopping, nah man. shopping for stuff like clothes, bueno. do you think people have any misconceptions about you? i'm not certain about many things, but i am certain about that. have you ever worn fishnets? no, but dey sexy. do you go somewhere to get your eyebrows done? occasionally i'll go to get them done, and the woman who does them is actually my hairdresser. do you believe prayer really works? boy, isn't this relevant to some things going on... the answer is, i don't know, but i'm leaning towards "only if god for whatever fucking reason deems you more worthy than someone else who's prayed for something for a fucking year but i don't want her to have that." the people whose prayers come true just seem so fucking cherry-picked. do you have one best friend who is always there for you? apparently not. only when she agrees my issues are "valid." describe one of your most emotional farewells. well, the one that affected me the most was certainly when jason left, but it wasn't the most emotional in that moment of all my farewells. the one i would define as most emotional was when my lizard shadow died. he was old (i had him most of my life) and wasn't moving much, but i finally realized he was dying. it was so. fucking. slow. and he was obviously in agony the last day (yes, this shit lasted days), as he kept writhing and opening his mouth to gulp in air... oh my god, i don't even like talking about it. i sobbed and sobbed and talked to him so much, and any time i sat by his cage, he always looked at me. he was such a sweet little boy. have you ever been tied up? no. i really don't know how i'd feel about that. how many times have you been cussed out? online, PLENTY. irl, i only remember one occasion. does it bother you when people ask personal questions? who's asking? do you know anyone who’s been in jail? i do. have you ever considered acupuncture? noooo. have you ever watched the same sex undress? she undressed in front of me, but i didn't watch her. have you ever seen the last person you kissed cry? i've seen him tear up, but never totally cry. have you ever seen your mom or dad drunk? my dad's a recovering alcoholic, so i saw him drunk a lot. i'm pretty sure i've seen mom drunk once, but she denies being drunk. do you enjoy mario games? not particularly, but i mean, i'd play something like mario kart for family fun. do you think that necessities should be free? (ex. food, toilet paper) hm. debatable. does it bother you when dogs lick you? no, unless they're licking my face. do you feed your pets human food? occasionally. which is worse: being sexist or racist? oh jeez. do you think suicide is selfish? i mean, yeah, it is, but if this makes sense, it's not a damnable kind of selfish? like you truly are thinking about yourself and not how it would affect others, but sometimes, y'know, you need to think about yourself. i'm not saying suicide is ever necessary, but i understand why it happens. would you take a dirty picture of yourself for someone you are dating? heh, probably. what are the most embarrassing songs in your itunes library? lmao i think i have one taylor swift song. OMG I DO IT'S "PICTURE TO BURN" KILL ME. how picky are you when it comes to choosing who to kiss or not kiss? VERYVERYVERY. i have to be sincerely interested in you. do you feel that having sex anywhere but a bed is more exciting? i'm sure you've heard this enough in my surveys, but never had sex, done sexual things. but i mean sure, doing things in places other than the bed was usually more fun, but i ALWAYS felt way, WAY more vulnerable and paranoid. in your opinion, is it ever okay to get back with an ex? of course it is. people change/learn. what's the first animal you go to see at the zoo? it would be a meerkat if my zoo still had them, buuut... what's the strangest or rarest creature you've seen at a zoo? a white (not albino) alligator! o: what animal is at a zoo that really, in your opinion, shouldn't be? oh, i'm sure there's many if i was more knowledgeable about this subject. do you like zoos or aren't you bothered? i have mixed emotions. i offer you a cigarette, you say... "no thanks." why do you think you were put on this earth? i go back and forth between god planned me very intricately and uniquely to my parents just decided they wanted a kid. is it ever okay to hit a child? when is this? NO. YOU DO NOT. TEACH YOUR CHILD. THROUGH FEAR. do you think violence in video/computer games influences the nation also? oh boy, this question. no. it doesn't. pretty sure we didn't have video games since humanity began, and we've had violence since the start. are you in any shape or form, racist? no, i'm not. are you in any shape or form, sexist? no, i'm not. how do you think the world will end? the world itself, or humanity? humanity will end whenever god feels like it. the earth itself, well, i guess if it explodes somehow. what natural phenomenon do you find the most beautiful? WHAAAAAAT, I HAVE TO PICK ONE?! would you kill someone who killed a child? how about YOUR child? i know without a doubt you killed a child, mine especially, i kill you. what is your favorite cover of a song? "hurt" by johnny cash. bar none. have you ever been in love with someone who was fatally ill? holy fuck, thank god no. have you ever received or given a make-over? ... oh god... yeah... i gave jason a make-over lmfao and got him to pose for a picture after like 30 minutes of pestering him. i'd show the picture, but i have too much respect for him ha ha ha. do you know anyone who is HIV+? not to my knowledge. have you ever been to a desert? nope. do you know any trans* people? not irl what is your favorite beatles song? "hey jude." i'm honestly not a big beatles fan whatsoever. what is the poorest you have ever been? probably now, really... i'm sure you know of the gamer fad on youtube. who's your favorite? markiplier! is there something written on your shirt right now? "we're all mad here" what is your favorite song to play on guitar hero or rock band? "king nothing" by metallica!! \m/ where do you find the surveys you take? as of right now, i've been getting my surveys from a lad over at livejournal who has a good 2k surveys stockpiled up. i'll occasionally pick some up from tumblr, too. if i'm truly desperate, i'll just google search and find random webpages. what's one weird/annoying thing your pet(s) tend to do? OMGGGGGG YAAAAAAA'LLLLLL. okay so my dog teddy has this super weird habit of, totally out of the blue, trying to climb onto me and lie directly over my face. like i have to physically hold him back to stop him, and he still fights against me to try and get on me. i haven't the slightest idea why he does it, but it's super annoying... i always have to bring him to his room so he'll stop and calm down. what's your favorite song by your favorite artist? YOU SHOULD NOOOOT BE ASKING ME THIS QUESTION OH GOD. i have a very, very difficult time picking favorite songs. i'll go through my fave artists regardless though and try... ozzy osbourne: probably "trapdoor." metallica: oh god. uhhh. "king nothing," i assume. otep: eeeeek!! i really, really love "special pets" and "apex predator" like the same!! marilyn manson: yikes. errr. "heart-shaped glasses," maybe. WAIT. "angel with the scabbed wings," perhaps. cradle of filth: i guess their cover of "mr. crowley." rammstein: "donaukinder," pretty easily this time. a day to remember: "i'm made of wax, larry, what're you made of?" fuckin' rocks!! do you have an "original character?" well, as a forum role-player since i think 2007, i think last time i counted, i have over 200, lmao. and yes, i'm attached to them all too much to kill off half of them. fuck my life rip rip rip. what about a persona/fursona? ye, ozzkat. do you ever MAKE your own surveys? not an entire survey, no, but once in a blue moon i'll think of a question i think's really good and add it onto a survey. why's it the woman who have to give birth anyway if the man is physically stronger in most cases? i mean, besides the obvious, are you asking why it was ever made this way to begin with? *shrugs* who really knows? do you get good internet there? nnnnnope. it goes out pretty frequently. ever had a cavity? how many? i sure have, but idk how many. ever broken a tooth? indeed. when i passed out as i was scrambling out of the shower because i felt dizzy, i landed dead on my chin. a good number of my molars shattered. the feeling of all those broken fragments in my mouth when i woke up... ewwwww. ;D; for a while, they went untreated as they were not causing much issue. eventually though, they needed to be filled, i think because the microscopic cracks that were formed were expanding. it could've ruined those teeth. what did you do on the playground at your school as a child? for a long, long time, i mainly swung if there were any swings open. it was the one thing i actually enjoyed doing outside. in my older elementary school years, i actually started a trend, ha ha: digging tunnels with our hands in the sand pit. idk why exactly i liked doing it, but i did. my friends and i would always be the weirdos digging the entire time we were outside. i remember once we made a pretty intricate system. are you into comics? no, i don't read them, but i still sometimes enjoy who the subject is. ex. i like batman, but i've never read his comics once. would you ever like to work on a farm? i would not. i don't like outdoor labor, honestly. did you ever have computer disc games you played as a kid? sure did! we had "putt-putt," "freddy the fish," "i spy spooky mansion," "odell down under," "oregon trail," i personally had vet-oriented games, and i remember there was one about going up the amazon river, and it was the third in the series. that one was my all-time favorite. OH OH OH! and i had this wicked cool dinosaur game that taught you about various dinosaurs and looked sooo realistic!! what do you think of people who have therapists? i think they're brave as fuck to admit they have a problem and need help??? like what else would i think??? do you have any of those adult coloring books? i do. i don't use 'em a lot, though. don't enjoy coloring like i used to. ever ridden an elephant? no, but that'd be REALLY cool. deserts: dreary or beautiful? beautiful!!! ever seen a panda? i don't believe i have, even in a zoo. what kind a camera do you have? nikon d3200 do you have stretch marks? where? don't be shy, they're tiger stripes! i'm much convinced they're not tiger stripes. all they tell you is i'm overweight, not that i'm a warrior. and honestly, the better question is where don't i have stretch marks. i gained weight way too fucking fast when jason left, so... they're kinda all over the place. they're fucking gross and i've tried so hard to get rid of them using bio oil (which was working, but we don't have the money to keep buying) and another cream that doesn't do much. ugh. lobsters: cool or scary? both. they're honestly pretty creepy, but i do believe they're still quite cool, too. opposoms: total vermin or cute? CUTE AS FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK what tv channel dominated your childhood? ha ha animal planet!!! if nicole was picking what to watch it'd be disney channel, but me, animal planet. (: it's such a shame how much animal planet has changed, though... now it's all about people and how to survive a fucking animal attack... ever actually seen a snake in the wild? here in the rural south, plenty of times. i have two noteworthy occasions, though. once, when i was being dropped off at home from school by a family friend, we stopped short because of something in the driveway. my sisters and i got out of the car to see a rattlesnake- a HUGE one- curled up, head raised, hissing, and rattling its tail vigorously. we called for our mom and dad, who came outside and immediately called somebody; i don't recall who, but they were not going to harm the snake. they came quickly and, with a shovel i think, moved the snake to the large tobacco field right across the road of our house. the snake was quite compliant, i was surprised. second, also many years ago, i was taking a walk and found a pretty small snake in the middle of the road, which is just a gravel path. it didn't want to move, but it seemed perfectly alive and healthy. i couldn't identify the species, but i don't think it was venomous. regardless though, i refused to be stupid and touch it, but i still stayed by it and directly a car once around the snake because i didn't want it run over. my friend came over, however (they were whom i got around the snake), so i abandoned the serpent and went home to play. after she left, i went to check on the snake, and he'd been run over. :( i was sincerely sad. have you ever had a PET snake? what kind? i've had two! my first ever was a ball python named mona lisa, and wow... i never knew it was POSSIBLE to love a snake so dearly. i mean, "it's just a snake," right? no, she was family. she was going to play a big part in my senior project actually, but she sadly died due to the pet store's own negligence (there was a tick on her when we adopted her, and it apparently made her ill). after mona, i adopted another snake quite a while later; it was too young to distinguish gender, so i gave it a neutral name: cato. it too was a ball python, and we had little cato for a very short period of time... it never deficated, and when it passed and its tailbase swole up, we took its corpse right to petsmart because i had a feeling they were to blame. again. apparently, we'd adopted a sick snake: something was wrong with its bowels, no doubt, and the employee assumed it had to do with bacteria. i absolutely refuse to ever adopt a reptile from petsmart or petco ever again; they just don't treat their reptiles and rodents (i've got a gooood story about rats...) like family in my frank opinion. i've located a ball python morph breeder instead, and i plan on adopting from him very, very soon. (: ever had an encounter with a snapping turtle? they're scary! ha ha ha omg guys my older sister ashley once fished up a HUGE snapping turtle!! it was liiivid! i can't remember how my dad did it, but he got it off suuuuuper-duper carefully. wait, or maybe he just cut the line, i don't remember. do you like oatmeal? eh, i have to be in the mood, and it needs JUST the right amount of milk or it's too liquidy. i also only eat it with milk, not water. wherever you live, have you ever seen your national bird? i have once in the wild! :D i live in north america, so it was the bald eagle. it was SO BIG. ever had a reptile as a pet that you had to feed crickets? did you ever pick up the crickets? i sure have: a chinese water dragon lizard named shadow. for a very long time, i couldn't touch the crickets, no. eventually though, i would pick 'em up and drop them into the cage. later in shadow's life though, it was much easier (and convenient for him) to just dump the whole bag of them into his terrarium. it was so cute how he'd get so excited every single time he saw a cricket! i miss him. :( ever play hearthstone? i have, but only to get the "i won three games" mount in world of warcraft, lmao. it's an okay game, but i don't love it. i'm not the best with tactic games like that. ever gone hunting? biggest thing you've ever shot? i do not go hunting, no, i can't stand the idea of killing an animal for sport. my little sister does sometimes, though. i don't think she's been in a few years, however. coolest place you've ever been hunting? n/a. how about fishing? biggest thing you've ever caught? heeeeeell yeah, man! been fishing since i was a little girl! :D i never keep anything i catch though: i kiss my hand, touch the fish's head with it, and gently place it back into the water from whence it came. i caught my biggest many summers ago while catfishing one night... i hooked a blue catfish in the eye. whoooops. o.o; i ended up catching it, and it was huuuuge! wish i had the picture dad took to show you guys. with its size, dad said i could certainly keep the fish to cook up for dinner, but i said no, to let him go. watching dad take the hook out though was horrid; the fish ended up losing its eye. :( so i called him "'ole one-eye," hehe. 'ole one-eye was just fine when he got back in the water, thank goodness. i almost caught something i KNOW was even bigger once, though. same fishing spot, catfishing again. fought with it for a while, and holy SHIT i wish i'd seen how big it was. ended up breaking my line pretty quickly. i wanna go catfishing again. :( coolest place you've ever been fishing? i've never been fishing outside north carolina, and not far from home, either, so i haven't really been anywhere necessarily "cool." there's two places i consider quite interesting, though. the catfishing spot, for one, is at a dam. i don't know what about it, it's just real cool there. the second spot, though, is much more wild. it's in the middle of shitfucknowhere and you have to brave through some pretty thick woods to get to the river. It's also connected to a dam, but you can't see it from where you fish. it's a great place to fish for striper. boy, is it pretty there, too... wish i had pictures. i love how untouched it is. i watched a mink, i think it was, dive into the water once. this fishing talk is making me so nostalgic! which is cooler: african or asian elephant? i wouldn't say one's "cooler" than the other, but i find an african elephant to be more proportional with the size of its ears. the asian elephant's ears look too small. craziest thing you've ever eaten? i honestly don't think i've ever eaten anything considered strange. i'm VERY picky and don't really risk much with food. i mean i guess the "weirdest" thing was i took the smallest, smallest bite out of deer jerky once. what's in a camel's back? fat. it's not water, if that's what you wanted me to say. do you believe in any cryptids? i think i do, yes. there's just been too, too many sightings, and i don't believe that many people are liars. i think i believe in sasquatch, chupacabra (not the "omg it drinks blood" bullshit, but the coyote/??? mixed creature), the dover demon, mothman, hellhounds/the many ghostly hounds people have seen in the world, olitiau if i spelled that correctly, i'm iffy with the jersey devil, and i'm sure i'm forgetting some i think are plausible... i am VERY interested in learning about any cryptid. i mean c'mon, a good portion of our world is entirely undocumented! who knows what's out there! "lost tapes" was my shit back in the day, until like the last season where everything looked too fake. steve irwin: foolish for messing around with animals or brave for teaching us? steve irwin was anything but a fool. he was an inspiration for all us people who love and are fascinated by animals. he was my teacher, despite never meeting him. he put his safety aside to teach the world about creatures big and small so we could respect and honor them. god bless that man, and may he rest in peace. you were and still are my hero. what do you think of people who put their whole life on social media? some things need to be kept quite, sure. like i'm not gonna go on facebook and proclaim, "i just had sex boiz!!" or "just took a shit, ya'll!" some things, keep a mystery. your whole life isn't everyone else's business, you know? if you post a lot, i have no issue with that, just know your boundaries. don't you think it's a bit deceptive to wear a push-up bra? no??? is wearing certain pants to make ya dick look bigger deceptive, too??? perhaps some people are more comfortable with the cushioning. or maybe they could only find their size as push-up. or, just maybe, a woman likes to feel better about herself. do you truly believe we came from chimps? why? no, i don't. and i have a plethora of reasons, but the underlying belief of mine is that it's just implausible and i don't believe our body can "pick" the "right" trait to pass on to increase odds of survival. to believe we all came from one organism just seems... very unlikely. well, what do you think of extra bones and even organs in our bodies? why do we have them? if you're talking about the appendix, it actually does have a use. it's vital to survival in the fetal stage. I don't remember what it does, though... extra bones, i can't entirely tell you with certainty. my own sister had an extra bone in her hand, gross stuff... i like to think of them as god fooling around in the sims creation page *wink* if you could choose anyone to be your mother, who would it be? i honestly don't think in any case i'd want another mom. if you could choose anyone to be your father, who would it be? ... i honestly want to say james hetfield, but i think incest might be a problem because fuckshittits i'd fuck him and he's in his 50s kill me pls end this madness. weirdest video game you've ever played? hmmm. i personally don't think i've ever played a "weird" game. the first "silent hill" is pretty damn whacky, but far more in a scary sense than weird. it just really throws everything you've ever thought about the world into chaos. we're having a pig-pickin'! whatcha eating? oh god... i hate those... please no... D: ever been on a scary hay ride? i have indeed, at the old church-oriented cheerleading and basketball place ever been to a castle? i have n- wait! i've been in cinderella's castle in disney world! :D what's your favorite kind of penguin? i think they're called emperor penguins. they look very majestic but silly simultaneously! whales. should they be allowed in sea world? i don't think so, honestly. if so, they'd need a WAY bigger aquarium than i remember seeing them in... ever seen an albino? whether it be human or animal? pretty sure i've seen albino mice, but that's it, i think. what do you think of the song "miss jackson" by panic! at the disco? good song very good a++ what is the wallpaper on your best friends cell phone? i'm pretty sure her lock screen is she and her husband, and her home screen is a bible quote. do you feel comfortable singing in front of others? nope, no one. do you like using big words when you talk? if i believe this word to be more descriptive/accurate when explaining something, sure? do you EVER use caps lock? yes, i do, for emphasis. i'm extremely passionate and talk exactly how i type, so there's gotta be emphasis!! are you loud when you’re having sex? i wouldn't know, but i was always quiet doing sexual things because i was sooo nervous about being loud, even if no one was around. have you ever wanted to drop out of school? definitely. i was suicidal in high school partially because of school, and i really considered it in order to potentially save myself (i ended up having to drop all but one class when the issue was brought to my principal). i did drop out of college. when was the last time you watched south park? well over a year ago. i watched it with jason occasionally, he enjoyed it. are you italian? i am not. are you interested in photography at all? well, i'm hoping to be a photographer, so. any survey takers that annoy you on tumblr? not at all. there are some whose answers i disagree with very much, but honestly, every survey taker i've seen seem pretty cool. do you like bob marley? OH MY GOOOOOD NO I HATE HIS VOICE can you talk to your parents about anything without them judging or bickering at you? i don't think so, honestly. are you interested in art? very much so. don't you think we're spending too much money on exploring the mere theory of climate change? lmao who made this, donald trump??? no. climate change is important as fuck and if we keep this shit up, could very well end or nearly decimate humanity. everyone always wants to know your favorite animal. what's your SECOND favorite? probably rhesus macaques. very mischievous and social. who’s your favorite disney character? probably mulan, but i have no real preference. have you ever taken the eharmony personality quiz? YES AND I HAD ZERO MATCHES GG do you take vitamins? if so, what kinds? not anymore, no. how much was your prom dress? what’s the most you’d spend? i'm not sure how much either of them costs... and i really don't know how much i'd pay, but not too much, i mean, it's just prom. would you marry someone of a different religion? depends on the religion, really. like some religions have beliefs i would never respect, such as some religions believe the woman is far lesser than the man. i wouldn't marry someone with those beliefs. how did you learn the word “fuck”? school, i'm sure. if you could make one of your enemies your best friend, who would it be? why would i want to be friends with my enemy, as anyone who i consider my enemy is obviously so for a reason? what is the last movie you saw in theaters? trolls. soooo cute. (: have you ever got into a wreck? i've been in an accident, not a wreck, i'd say. do you think you are an argumentative person? no. to avoid confrontation, i usually just keep my opinion to myself to avoid this whole issue. can you admit when you’re wrong? i'm quick to admit that honestly. i doubt myself. are you easily confused? VERY VERY VERY do you think you would make a good wife/husband? i hope... have you ever caught a butterfly? omg i forgot this story... a few days after jason left (it may have even been the next day, i don't recall), i found a yellow-and-black, crippled butterfly. i tried so hard to nurse it back to health, but it was useless, it was going to and did die. i buried it in my back yard among crysanthemums (i probably murdered spelling that). honestly, part of me getting my semicolon butterfly tattoo relates to that butterfly. have you ever deliberately tried to get someone drunk? no, that sounds... really wrong. do you like being kissed on the neck? if you want your clothes ripped off, sure. favorite song by the band the offspring? uh-oh, i'm not sure! i reeeaaally love "why don't you get a job" and "pretty fly for a white guy" about the same. how many times each morning do you press the snooze button? i never use an alarm, so. when you go out to eat, what sides do your order with your food? fries because i'm a fat american what video game or computer game are you best at? am i best at? idk, really. how do you normally come across new music? youtube's recommendations what subject in school do you feel is the least necessary? it depends on what you want to do in your future, really. they all have purpose, just not for everyone. do you enjoy power outages or do you get annoyed? i wouldn't say i "enjoy" them, but i'll usually get excited a bit for like a minute just because something different is going on. are you pretty politically correct? yes and no. have you ever behaved like a stalker? ... i think so, honestly. do you appreciate other people’s opinions? appreciate, yes. it's part of what makes us unique. if you could pick your own pet name, what would it be? *shrugs* do you care what’s going on in the world? i'm one of the idiots that lives on it, duh i do. how many partners is too many? having any more than one do you examine the tissue after you blow your nose? yeah, ensure there's no blood or anything. do you prefer boys to shave down there? no preference. whatever they're comfortable with. how much does your mother know about your sex life (or lack thereof)? all she knows is i almost had sex once but didn't. i talked to her about it because i felt VERY guilty. are any of your siblings married? what are their spouse’s names? only ashley is married, and her husband's name is nick. have you ever had a pet bird? no, i wish. how many times have you moved in your lifetime? i've moved twice. if you could get one piercing and one tattoo, where would you want them? piercing, labret. one tattoo... ohhhh man... i think it'd still probably be what i'm starting next: the painting "denialism" by da's tatchit on my right upper arm. it doesn't have a personal meaning to me, honestly, i just think it's fucking awesome. would you consider yourself to be adventurous? depends, really. what're the risks of what i'm doing? has any part of your house ever been flooded? no, only our yard. is there anyone that you're worried about right now? who and why? well, jason is the obvious. i always worry about him, whether or not he's happy and moreso if he's being loved enough... because i can guaranfuckingtee ashley will never love him like i do. if you won a lot of money, would you donate any of it? to what organization would you donate it? i'm sure i would, but idk where. describe the best friend you've ever had, or the best person you've ever known. jason, quite easily. he was both my boyfriend and best friend. he just kinda... changed one day. have you ever adopted a stray animal? MANY cats, yes. if you were seriously ill and couldn't find the necessary help or treatment in your home country, would you ever travel abroad to get treatment, expenses aside? who wouldn't, honestly? what time did you wake up this morning? i'm woke 24/7, motherfucker. ever wonder if you’re someone’s everything? i have. apparently, i wasn't. would you ever bleach your hair platinum blonde? i actually kinda want to, but it's another hair color mom won't allow. my hair is like supremely healthy and she doesn't want me to ruin it. what is your mom’s middle name? marie do you know the color of your ex boyfriend/girlfriend’s eyes? yes, a very mellow dark brown. have you had your wisdom teeth out? no, but it looks to be inevitable soon. your appendix? nope, i still have it.

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“The Little Mermaid” takes a twisted turn in this thrilling sequel to villainess origin story Sea Witch, as the forces of land and sea clash in an epic battle for freedom, redemption, and true love. Runa will not let her twin sister die. Alia traded her voice to the Sea Witch for a shot at happiness with a prince who doesn’t love her. And his rejection will literally kill her—unless Runa intervenes. Under the sea, Evie craves her own freedom—but liberation from her role as Sea Witch will require an exchange she may not be willing to make. With their hearts’ desires at odds, what will Runa and Evie be willing to sacrifice to save their worlds? Told from alternating perspectives, this epic fairy tale retelling is a romantic and heart-wrenching story about the complications of sisterhood, the uncompromising nature of magic, and the cost of redemption. Sea Witch Rising (Sea Witch #2) by Sarah Henning Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: August 6th 2019 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Retellings Book Links: Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42800505-sea-witch-rising Amazon: http://tiny.cc/hmyo7y iTunes https://books.apple.com/us/book/sea-witch-rising/id1441299835 B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sea-witch-rising-sarah-henning/1129708887?ean=9780062931474#/ Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/sea-witch-rising-2 Google Books: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Sea_Witch_Rising.html?id=2SV2DwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y Bookdepository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Sea-Witch-Rising-Sarah-Henning/9780008356064?ref=grid-view&qid=1559513162298&sr=1-3 Review: Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning is a reimagining of The Little Mermaid. This story follows Alia and Runa, twin mermaids and daughters of the Sea King. Alia is in love with a human. Not just any human. She is in love with Niklas the grandson of Niklas from book one. We already knew this was coming. She decides to make a trade with the Sea Witch. The Sea Witch gives her four days. Four days to prove that the human shows true love for her. If Alia is unable to prove this true love, then she will lose her voice for forever. Sounds familiar right? Runa doesn’t understand why Alia would make this bargain. What is it about this human that is so important? Runa is concerned that her sister is throwing her life away for nothing. Evie is trapped by the Sea King and she is desperate for her freedom. She struggles with her lack of power. Evie continues to make bad choices because she is struggling. As the reader we really get to discover who the Sea Witch is. How she became stuck and chained to her lair. We learn of all the pain and heartbreak she has gone through. I found Alia to be a bit flat. She tended to be more annoying that interesting. I think her sister Runa really steals the show in this book. Runa show the reader what sisterly love looks like. She wants the very best for her sister and she wants her sister to be taken care of. Runa is really trying to find herself in this story. The Sea King is a greedy fool. He keeps his daughters close to him for their power and magic because he desires to have it all. He tends to be cruel and cold hearted. Who is the real Sea Witch in this story? He definitely had a much bigger part to play in this story than his counterpart in The Little Mermaid. One of the things I really enjoyed in Sea Witch Rising was that Alia and Runa used sign language to communicate. They’ve known sign language since they were little so when Alia lost her voice, this was an easy way for them to communicate. I loved the use and creativity for this one. This novel definitely served as a platform for some political issues as well. I felt like the push of politics was a little much for the story. I didn’t feel like it added anything but it focused on greed, invasions and the invention of boats a lot. How humans are harming the ocean. At least that is how I took it. I don’t think it is a bad thing to add your views into a novel, I just wish it flowed with the story better. I think this retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid is a good one. I like the new perspective. I am really enjoying the backstory to one of the most beloved villains out there. These books really show why we should sympathize with the Sea Witch and I love getting to know her back story. I am interested to see if Henning will expand anymore on this world and these characters. Playlist: Sea Witch Rising Playlist – Sarah Henning https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/sea-witch-rising/pl.u-RRbVvxDCmad2Re 1. Blank Space – Taylor Swift 2. All Our Lives – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness 3. Cecilia and the Satellite – Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness 4. Cold, Cold, Cold – Cage the Elephant 5. Trouble – Cage the Elephant 6. Lovefool – The Cardigans 7. Sit Still, Look Pretty – Daya 8. Ship To Wreck – Florence + The Machine 9. Let Me Go – Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso 10. Rivers and Roads – The Head and the Heart 11. All We Ever Knew – Signs of Light 12. I Keep Going to the River to Pray – Julie & The Dreggs 13. Praying – Kesha 14. Rise – Katy Perry 15. Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 16. Crazy for You – Madonna 17. Like a Prayer – Madonna 18. The One Moment – OK Go 19. This Too Shall Pass – OK Go 20. We Belong – Pat Benatar 21. I Want You – Savage Garden 22. &Run – Sir Sly 23. You Need to Calm Down – Taylor Swift 24. We All Die Trying To Get it Right – Vance Joy 25. Fire and the Flood – Vance Joy About the Author: Sarah Henning is a recovering journalist who has worked for the Palm Beach Post, Kansas City Star and Associated Press, among others. While in South Florida, Sarah lived and worked through five hurricanes, which gave her an extreme respect for the ocean. When not writing, she runs ultramarathons, hits the playground with her two kids and hangs out with her husband Justin, who doubles as her long-suffering IT department. Sarah lives in Lawrence, Kansas, which, despite being extremely far from the beach, happens to be pretty cool. Author Links: Website: https://www.sarahhenningwrites.com/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14671253.Sarah_Henning Twitter: https://twitter.com/shhenning Instagram: http://instagram.com/shhenning Giveaway: Prize: Starts: 16th July 2019 Ends: 30th July 2019 a Rafflecopter giveaway Tour Schedule: https://fantasticflyingbookclub.blogspot.com/2019/06/tour-schedule-sea-witch-rising-sea.html July 16th The Unofficial Addiction Book Fan Club - Welcome Post July 17th NovelKnight - Interview The Reading Corner for All - Review + Favourite Quotes + Dream Cast Jrsbookreviews - Review Adventures Thru Wonderland - Review July 18th Luchia Houghton Blog - Review + Favourite Quotes The Reading Chemist - Review + Favourite Quotes A Dream Within A Dream - Review L.M. 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