#it is skippable

[badassindistress]

@void-flesh asked: do you have other recs while we're on the subject

Yes, yes I do! Here's the books I read and reread the past year:

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

I liked this book for its court intrige and enduring kindness and really unprecedent depth of storytelling

Witch King by Marta Wells

I liked this book for being a cool concept, easy to read while having deep subject matter and absolutely no romance while really being about the connection between people

Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

I liked the textile industry intrige but mostly it's about the gay swordfighting thirst

The Murderbot Chronicles by Martha Wells

I love these for being so funny, so easy to read and so contemplative about the nature of personhood and self determination

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Romance that is all about personal boundaries, court intrige and Prince Kiem, one of the best people person characters I ever read.

Maurice by E.M. Forster

A classic gay novel for classic gay feelings. Gave me unexpected aro feelings as well. A happy ending despite it being a 1914 novel.

Astielle by Kitty Unpretty

I will happily accept the fact that this is a monsterfucker webnovel for the prequel chapters which are a heartbreaking account of empire building featuring Vaelon, a man so charming the moonlight grew legs to follow him around. I adore him. Also this one is free to read, but not finished yet

The Grand Princess by 墨书白

This one is a cnovel that's only partially translated, but the show is on Netflix so I'm watching that now. Don't know how it ends yet, but I love the slow romance of two political power houses who killed each other in a past life. This is the fan translation I've read

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

I'm rereading this one because I was told I should be falling asleep thinking about adding value to my company and it sounded so much like this person needed Mr Nutt in his life

[petorahs]

amazing concert! now someone tell me why Sunday's two most loved ones are in Saber's splash art............ are you telling me i have to Lock In for the collab after all???? ive never touched FGO in my life.

[cobra-creampuff]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[valewritessss]

Can someone give me well written fluffy Percabeth fics I feel like I’ve read the majority of them already and I don’t want to open another tab to add on to the 107 tabs I have.

Edit: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THOSE WHO GAVE ME RECS PEOPLE NEVER ACTUALLY ANSWER

[bxsmxx]

clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me clancy save me

[tiberius-claudius-nero]

one of the only good things about "ironic" post-post-modern advertisements is that they're so convoluted and stupid that i can skip them on youtube after the required 5 seconds and not know what's being advertised to me. like thanks for showing me this bizarre short film, i have no clue what you want from me ♥️ yay ♥️

[spicyraeman]

finished the creche with Hound and god seeing lae'zel surrounded by her dead kin and yelling to the heavens asking if all the pain shes been through has been for nothing fuckin gets me everytime

[shivunin]

I think it's really fascinating that either way you activate his romance scene, Fenris doesn't come to Hawke that night until after he explains about the Fog Warriors (you can kill Hadriana and still not activate his romance scene if you have not had this conversation). There are are a few romance options in that conversation that might explain this ("few pleasures greater than speaking with a beautiful woman," the two lines about whether you're attracted to each other), but I think that divulging how he escaped is the actual keystone there.

Fenris talks about how the Fog Warriors are "free with their affections" and (though you can also take this as an implication that he was romantically/sexually involved with some of them) I feel this could be intended as a kind of implicit warning: "These people sheltered me, they gave me space to recover, they offered me affection and freedom, and look what I did to them. Do you see what I am capable of?"

You cannot skip this conversation and continue his romance. Idk if it's the process of telling Hawke that matters (he himself says he's never told anyone), that explaining it aloud is what makes him realizes how much he trusts Hawke, or if Hawke knowing acts as a sort of prerequisite for further intimacy, but....augh. I have played that conversation through a dozen times and I am still thinking about it.

[rockingtheorange]

Reminder that RWRB is nominated for the Emmy awards for the "Outstanding Television Movie" category

Find more infos on the Emmy awards website

[ravaging-angel]

Lu_u.

[sadagios]

(cw suggestive)

great progress is being made for sdgau act 1.... just need to drink plenty of holy water . bathe in it, even

[alicedrawslesmis]

didn't read yesterday's chapter cause I knew I wouldn't pay attention, and this is literally imo the most important chapter in the whole book and a chapter that for some reason most critics seem to totally skip over

[passionmaterial]

Rewatching Cyberverse, I've finally realized just how important S1 is to the show later on, after 11 rewatches, even if it's not exactly explicit with calling back to it.

Blurr being Dead in "Alien Hunt with Meteorfire and Cosmos"? Shown in S1.

The Statis Pods falling off the ark in Wild Wheel's Backstory? S1.

Cheetor Witnessing Bee doing Donuts and thinking it was a "strange ritual"? S1, literally the first episode.

How Shadowstriker became mangled like she is? S1

Teletraan X? S1.

Though Tbh, this is just my opinion. I ain't gonna convince anyone to watch S1 if they don't want to. I did a rewatch where I skipped S1 (what was that the 8th one..?), and I really didn't feel like I was missing anything. Though keep in mind I had most of the lore from S1 memorized by that point.

[anintelligentoctopus]

Fuck me there's another authorised Marlowe novel where are they all coming from there's already two I'm not reading (bc I don't care enough)

[idkwh0y0uare-haha]

why does every mcr song have that one part (if not the whole song) that's just so beautiful it sends you to another dimension?

[grubloved]

pretzels!!!!!

recipe/formula under the cut :3

500g bread flour -- 100%

300ml dark beer (or water) -- 60%

15g diastatic malt powder -- 3%

combine well. add up to 2% (10g in original recipe amount) extra liquid as needed to hydrate the rest of the flour if it isn't mixing in completely.

cover and let rest 1 hour to autolyse!

7g dry yeast -- 1.4%

15g warm water -- 3%

dissolve yeast in warm water and then add on top of mixture. (this isn't to "bloom" the yeast -- just to let it mix in easier.)

10g salt -- 2%

knead to work in the salt and yeast. it will get strange but have faith. it will come back together.

30g softened butter -- 6%

add a little at a time as you knead until all mixed in and combined. it will make the dough very soft and fragrant.

once all mixed in evenly, knead until well developed! you should be able to get a nice thin translucent windowpane if you stretch it carefully. round into a ball and cover in an oiled container to rise for one hour somewhere warm.

after an hour, chop into 8-9 evenly sized balls. i went for about 100g each, i think it's a nice cute small size. round them, cover, and let rest about 20 min at room temp or put in the fridge for later.

after the rest, take the balls and preshape them into short fat little cylinders. let rest again ~20 minutes (or if they were just in the fridge, until they are nearly room temp again.)

preheat your oven to 450° F. while that is going, start your bath for the pretzels.

3,000g water

150g baking soda

just combine it in a big pot and boil. the ratio is 50g baking soda per liter of water.

after the second little rest, take each cylinder and roll out with your hands, shape into snails or pretzels or what have you. let sit for a little while about 10-20 minutes after shaping to regain their air.

gently place each into the water bath. let boil for 30sec, then flip and give it 30 more. pull out and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet. top with salt.

bake about 10 minutes, then rotate pan and bake 10 more or until the color is how you like it.

let cool about 10 more minutes and destroy :)