highlordofkrypton

[highlordofkrypton]

CHAPTER 10 SUMMARY:

Clark delivers on the promise to show Tamlin how to make sandwiches, the first step to their cooking adventures. A surprise guest makes an appearance.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter was meant to be longer, including the scenes in Velaris, but I took so long working on other things that I figure I'll post this for now. We can bask in the domestic feels together while I work on the next update!

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Wayne Manor is old and it reminds Tamlin of home. His father’s wealth came from generations and generations of nobility. There is a stiffness to most of the decor, as if Bruce never bothered to update his parents’ choices. He even has a British butler, and if Tamlin understands American culture well enough, that is a sign of proper wealth.

Tamlin is reticent about wandering, afraid that he’ll invade the Kent-Wayne privacy. He knows where his room is with an en-suite bathroom, where the indoor gym or dojo is, the kitchen and of course, the outdoors. On the first morning, he wakes bright and early and goes for a run around the hedge maze. He isn’t ready to explore yet; he’s determined to stick to a reasonable time table and be ready to go whenever Bruce is. He won’t let him down; he won’t be a burden. He’ll find a way to thank both Bruce and Clark for their kindness.

He enters by the kitchen patio, greeted by Clark and… a friend.

“Oh, hello.” Tamlin says politely.

Clark’s friend beams just as brightly as he does, two peas in a very happy pod.

“Tamlin, this is my good friend Barry. Barry, this is Bruce’s, uh, protégé? Ward? His father sent him to come learn under Bruce.”

“Heyo! Good to meet ya, Tamlin. You’re in good hands here. Clark makes a mean apple pie.” Barry walks over, a handsome lean blonde with a soft grip. He shakes Tamlin’s hand twice, thorough in his friendliness. “Did you just come from a run? I love a good run.”

Clark snorts, and Tamlin cocks a brow at him. “Barry runs a lot. Hey, Bar, did you know Tam’s favourite superhero is Green Lantern?”

“Hal?” Barry asks, brows raising in surprise. The older blonde is practically vibrating on the spot with excitement. He isn’t actually, but his energy feels like a spark. He looks to Tamlin, encouraging him to answer.

“Uh, yeah? I don’t know that much about him, but I liked him the most growing up. He’s green. I was an easy kid.”

“I love Hal. He’s great. He’s really the best.” Barry says in a single breath, speaking so quickly Tamlin can barely keep up. He rambles about how fantastic the Green Lantern is. “Do you wanna meet him?”

Tamlin nearly misses the last bit. “Pardon?”

“Do you wanna meet Hal?” He’s not sure if his answer matters at all because Barry’s already texting someone. Barry looks up, smiling. “He says he’d love to meet you.”

“Um, that’s alright. I don’t want to be a bother.”

“Why’s that? I’m offering, you wouldn’t be a bother at all.”

“How about this,” Clark hums from his perch behind the kitchen island. “You finish up your morning routine. I’ll wait for you for the sandwiches and I can plan a dinner with Barry and Bruce’s schedule for you to meet Hal. We can have it here. I’ll cook! Hal can grill. Hal loves grilling.”

“Already texting him.” Barry supplies.

“Okay,” Tamlin says, processing the new arrival and the new sudden plans. He’s noticing a trend when it comes to Clark. Lots of plans tossed his way to keep him busy, meeting people and not feeling alone. He wonders if he should be overwhelmed, but years of having to stand by his father’s side and participating in machinations he wants no part of makes this seem too easy. 

It’s… kind of fun, Tamlin thinks to himself, and flushes while climbing the stairs to his room on the second floor. Everyone is so nice here. To think, he’d heard only the worst about Americans from his family; the point was not for Tamlin to enjoy himself in coming here. Tamlin isn’t sure what his father intended anymore, but certainly not this.

His shower is quick and efficient. He doesn’t want to keep Clark waiting, but his phone lights up with Lucien’s name on the screen. Tamlin can’t help but answer, missing his friend dearly. 

“Hey, Luce.”

“How’s my self-made man doing?” Lucien hums with amusement.

Tamlin makes a face. He hasn’t done anything for himself. He just goes where he’s told. “Good. Busy.” Although he has a lot to say, Tamlin doesn’t know how to say it. “I have news.”

“Do you, now? You know I love news. Wait, is it gossip or actual news?”

“I found my mate.”

Thoughtful silence. Lucien always measures his words. He always knows what to say, an immovable object even in the worst of storms that life can throw their way. Tamlin has shared something important, and he knows Lucien is thinking about the right thing to say between honesty and empathy.

“Are you sure? What is it like?”

“I am. It’s… unmistakable.” Tamlin sits on his bed and stops patting his hair dry. “It’s like watching the sunset in a beautiful place and knowing you’re alive. That’s what it’s like. I’ve never been more sure in my life.”

“But?”

Tamlin smiles. Lucien always knows; he can tell from Tamlin’s tone. “He wants nothing to do with me.”

“Are you sure?”

“Quite.”

“Ouch.”

“Yeah.” He picks at his duvet, or the corner of his towel. “Bruce convinced his father to hire Wayne Enterprises’ security and I’ll be heading this project. I think… there might still be a chance.”

“Now, you’re talking. Are you sure you’re Tamlin? The man I knew would have been so discouraged. You sound different. Happy.”

“I’m overwhelmed.”

“That’s a given.”

“But yes, I’m very happy here.” And for a brief moment, Tamlin dreads the thought of going home.

He’s guided back downstairs by the scent of freshly baked bread. Barry seems to have disappeared, and Tamlin doesn’t ask, but Clark seems to catch his question anyway.

“Barry had to go back to work. We’re thinking of having dinner on Friday. Did you have any plans?”

“No.”

Tamlin hasn’t really done much except spend time with Clark and Bruce. Not that he minds. Lucien has been his friend for as long as he can remember, and if it weren’t for Lucien, he wouldn’t know anyone else. He has friends by proxy. In America, without the social lubricant of his beloved best friend, he’s made exactly one friend—the doorman at the place his father is renting for him (and will continue to rent because Tamlin cannot bring himself to tell his father about the change of plans).

“Would you like to have plans?”

It’s such an interesting way to ask a question, and it gives Tamlin pause before he smiles at Clark, truly. He’s never been given so much choice. “Yes, please.”

“Great!” Clark grins. “I was hoping you’d say so. I love having people over. Here. Slice?”

The fresh loaf of bread is slid towards him along with the accompanying knife. Tamlin looks to Clark for instruction, but the older alpha doesn’t seem to mind what width he cuts each slice. He keeps relying on him for approval, and receives it in happy smiles, shoulder squeezes and the ruffling of his long blonde hair. It’s nice. Really nice.

“What should I put on them?” Tamlin asks.

“That’s the best part!” Clark pulls open the double fridge doors and takes out every possible condiment, cheese, vegetable, and other miscellaneous things that shouldn’t go into a sandwich. “Whatever you want!”

“Uh?” Tamlin asks, looking at the sour candies.

“Oh, that’s for us! Now. To eat.”

“It’s seven in the morning.”

“I didn’t know there was a designated gummy bear time.” Clark tosses the bag to Tamlin who catches it and stares at the bag.

Tamlin’s father would never allow him to pleasure himself with sweet treats, especially not this early in the morning. He feels like he’s committing some grave crime by digging his fingers into the bag and stealing one green smiling bear coated in sugar. It makes his cheeks pucker and Clark laughs. 

He makes one sandwich, imperfect and imbalanced. Clark helps him optimize it; he didn’t know you could, but it makes sense. There’s an order that prevents the tomatoes from backsliding right out of the sandwich on the first bite, and Tamlin listens with rapt attention. Clark also gives him instructions to make more, and he can’t help but wonder who these are all for. (Turns out, Clark insists that a big ol’ guy like Tamlin should have more than one sandwich, as if he knew Tamlin would never ask for more.)

“I made donut holes, too!” Clark slides over a pretty box. “Bruce got me a cricut. I tried to dedicate the first design to him, but I now realize how Bruce’s holes would go over.” He grins. There is a possibility that Clark would have done it anyway, had Tamlin not been involved. 

“This is too much.” There are at least three dozen in here, if not more.

“Share some at work. It’s your first day at Velaris, isn’t it? You’ve got your icebreaker, then.”

Clark gets out a ‘Superman’ lunchbox for Bruce, and a ‘Green Lantern’ one for Tamlin. Everything is placed neatly, along with an icebox to keep everything cool. Bruce comes down while Clark finishes up cleaning, also a literal minute before they have to leave. Clark must have been on auto-pilot because he gives both Bruce and Tamlin a kiss on the cheek and wishes them a good day.

“Don’t get used to it,” Bruce grunts, giving Tamlin a look.

Tamlin pulls his hand away from his cheek, but the blush can’t go away fast enough. “Sorry.”

“Mhm. I’ll drop you off at Velaris, the team should already be there to guide you.”

[highlordofkrypton]

Six year old Tamlin going around the Spring Court asking everyone what's their favourite lizard.

[highlordofkrypton]

Am I going to meet five Superman actors/VAs my birthday weekend? Yes, YES I AMMMMMMMMMM 😭

[highlordofkrypton]

I forgot I was listening to phonk at max volume last night while gaming, guess who got jumpscared at work this morning 😭

[highlordofkrypton]

i would love to hear some of your opinions on illyrians!

SORRY IT TOOK ME FOREVER, but this subject is so personal to me, I get scared sharing because the internet and this fandom is known for bad takes. I'm tagging @amalhe-kofee because you also sent an Illyrian ask which I will answer too, but I thought you might like this answer!

For context, someone on Reddit posted the perfect question to help me structure my ideas: Where do you come from and how does that change anything?

MY RESPONSE

Finally! Time for me to start my unskippable dialogue cutscene 😂

Disclaimer: This is based on my personal experience only and I understand that this is a romantasy book (aka, I know it's not that deep). SJM's intention is definitely not about exploring tribal poc culture. Also, please excuse my usage of some terms, I'm trying to stay surface level and avoid too many identifiers as I am not comfortable. It's my first time wording these thoughts out loud, so please give me grace. This is very intimidating and personal.

I'm a mixed-ethnicity second generation immigrant in Canada, and the notion of identity is something that I think a lot about. I'm also in a part of Canada that has its own cultural struggles, and on top of being a woman of colour, I am often shoved into either camp of the language wars, or the secret third thing of an immigrant that doesn't belong here anyway, oop.

I struggle with the Illyrians and the representation of Rhysand in particular because to me (emphasis on to me because I don't trust people here not to come @ me about what's in the text/explicitly written), he reads like he has no specific cultural identity or more specifically, poc identity? I do give grace because the worldbuilding is enough to tell a story, but not meant to be scratched in such a way.

The way the Illyrians are described doesn't feel like a culture, but rather an outsider's point of view what they think the culture is like, but have no belonging to said culture. I also feel that a lot of poc/tribal cultures (one of which I am half and both my parents home countries were colonized) have extremely strong notions of family and tradition. I just don't get any of that outside of the warrior culture? Like it's not imbued in the characters.

Also, when cultures are assimilated/colonized, this also comes with it's own issues that is felt generations onwards. More on my mother's side than my father's side, but I can feel that something was lost over the different eras of different "colonizers" (sorry I'm lacking the word) and there were other things gained. It shaped the language, the food, the clothes, etc. Both my parents come from extremely poor villages, and I can also see how falling under the rule of empires and other Western countries have affected how they perceive the world and themselves.

That said, being mixed also comes with a whole new set of identity crises and trying to understand where you belong. It's a challenge, and I feel like it would make more sense for Rhysand to struggle with who he represents as High Lord because he is part of both of the major demographics of the Night Court. I absolutely stand by the questioning as to why he doesn't do anything for Illyria, and it would be interesting if he simply shunned that part of him. That's valid too.

It's difficult to synthetize my thoughts into a single post, sorry; I just find the notion of the Illyrians and the discourse around POCs very jarring in this fandom/in regards to this book.

I did start writing a fanfic of the story of Rhysand's mother and father to touch on these themes of Illyrians before and after the arrival of the High Faeries, but also Rhysand's mother's life in her village, then being torn from what she knew and thrust into a whole new world alone. Is it freedom? A better life for her children? Which culture does she prioritize?

[highlordofkrypton]

Welcome to the very first activity hyping you up for JOHAN WEEK 2025 (August 17th to August 23rd, 2025)!

IT'S TIME FOR BINGO!

Fill out the blank spaces on your card for things you might see or you might create during the event. Let's see what you're excited for and your predictions.

Make sure to share your card before the week and tag @bloodyjohan so we can revel in the nonsense that is our morally gray SIMP.

[highlordofkrypton]

Johan Week @bloodyjohan is coming too quickly hELP

[highlordofkrypton]

ACOTAR THIS OR THAT // CASSIAN VS. LUCIEN EDITION

[highlordofkrypton]

TAMLIN LOOKING AT YOU WHILE YOU HESITATE OVER PICKING TEAM TAMSAND HELLO

✨tamsand vs. tamcien weekend✨

September 6th, 2025 - September 7th, 2025

Time is flying and soon, it’ll be time to throw down the gauntlet and show up for your favourite ship! On September 6th to September 7th, 2025, I am declaring it to be TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND. Two days of creating content to represent your favourite ship and prove which ship has the most loyal, dedicated and whimsical fans*.

*For legal reasons, this is a joke and entirely friendly. We are all apart of the Tamlin Community, which is why I think this could be really fun to do.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

Since this event will be run on my personal blog, make sure to tag me and use either #team tamsand or #team tamcien. Feel free to add your regular tags for more visibility. Once I see your post, I’ll reblog it and add points to your team based on the point system below.

You can create for both. I will give points to both ships accordingly, sigh, even if I’m silently judging you double agents.

Yes, you can use the #team rhystamcien tag too. See below for more details on points.

There are no prompts. Create what you like for the weekend!

As always, make sure to tag your works properly if there are potentially triggering content. As silly and fun as I want this event to be, let’s be mindful of our fellow community members.

WHAT IS THE PRIZE? ISN’T THIS A BATTLE?

First off, bragging rights.

The prize is more delicious content for your ship created by fellow artists, writers, memers and other members of our beloved Pro Tamlin community.

The additional prize is me turning my blog into a Tamcien blog for a month and posting about Tamcien headcanons. Something, something, you guys have a humiliation kink and I know you want to see me do this.

POINT SYSTEM

It’s hard to quantify the effort that goes into each piece, so I’ll do my best to award points fairly as they come in. I promise no biases because I love you all more than my favourite ship. Points are awarded to either ship, team multishippers should still tag what their works fall under.

5 POINTS - Mood boards, drabbles 500 words or less, doodles, memes (not drawn but text over memes, etc.), headcanons, etc.

BONUS: Submitters can send me a tally of reblogs and comments at the end of the event (or each day) they received and I will give you 5 points per reblog/comments. This is NOT about popularity, but rather to encourage passive participants to get involved too! Comment on your favourite works! I will not personally be checking, that is too much work for me…

10 POINTS - Playlists, poetry, fics (500-1000) words, full sketch drawings.

+ 10 POINTS - In addition to the normal points, #team rhystamcien works gets an additional 10 points (split in half under tamsand and tamcien). That’s a lot of limbs and dialogues to manage! OT3 for the win!

15 POINTS - Fics (1000 - 2000 words), art with flat colours.

20 POINTS - Fics (2000 words+), art fully rendered.

+25 POINTS - Any work that is a collaboration with another member of the community gets an additional 25 points for their team.

TEAMS

Again, this is just for funsies to see the distribution of fans. Also, sign up for a team if you want to be tagged in future TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND announcements/reminders.

Team Tamsand’s Divorce Courtroom Bathroom Fuck (I can't remember who came up with this but I'm kissing u on the forehead pls join the team)

@highlordofkrypton

@olenvasynyt

@msshadowqueen

@buffy-vanserra

@lifeisabiscuit

@trash-shrike

Tamcien’s Platonic Cock Docking Squad

@samhatch

@flat-neines

@geniemillies

@matrixsss

@yaralulu

@sonics-atelier

A Court of Fence-sitting Multishippers!

@asadweeghostie

@irithiadourden

I’m open to feedback, prompt ideas and anything else you guys want to share. I reserve the right to ignore any hateful or negativity submitted or this event. It’s meant to be for fun! 

[highlordofkrypton]

I'm sorry but I am SICK of being the COMEDIC RELIEF of my own life. WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY DOG GOT SPRAYED BY A SKUNK AT 4AM AND NOW I'M CRY-GAGGING WAITING FOR THE PET STORE TO OPEN BC WE'RE OUT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WHAT DO YOU MEAN

[highlordofkrypton]

god its so embarrassing to be obsessed with superheroes sometimes. how are you supposed to ship two guys named clark and bruce. it’s like reading fic about your great uncles

[highlordofkrypton]

JUN I'M DYING THIS IS JSHDGFJSGDFJSDGFJKG LMAO

✨tamsand vs. tamcien weekend✨

September 6th, 2025 - September 7th, 2025

Time is flying and soon, it’ll be time to throw down the gauntlet and show up for your favourite ship! On September 6th to September 7th, 2025, I am declaring it to be TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND. Two days of creating content to represent your favourite ship and prove which ship has the most loyal, dedicated and whimsical fans*.

*For legal reasons, this is a joke and entirely friendly. We are all apart of the Tamlin Community, which is why I think this could be really fun to do.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

Since this event will be run on my personal blog, make sure to tag me and use either #team tamsand or #team tamcien. Feel free to add your regular tags for more visibility. Once I see your post, I’ll reblog it and add points to your team based on the point system below.

You can create for both. I will give points to both ships accordingly, sigh, even if I’m silently judging you double agents.

Yes, you can use the #team rhystamcien tag too. See below for more details on points.

There are no prompts. Create what you like for the weekend!

As always, make sure to tag your works properly if there are potentially triggering content. As silly and fun as I want this event to be, let’s be mindful of our fellow community members.

WHAT IS THE PRIZE? ISN’T THIS A BATTLE?

First off, bragging rights.

The prize is more delicious content for your ship created by fellow artists, writers, memers and other members of our beloved Pro Tamlin community.

The additional prize is me turning my blog into a Tamcien blog for a month and posting about Tamcien headcanons. Something, something, you guys have a humiliation kink and I know you want to see me do this.

POINT SYSTEM

It’s hard to quantify the effort that goes into each piece, so I’ll do my best to award points fairly as they come in. I promise no biases because I love you all more than my favourite ship. Points are awarded to either ship, team multishippers should still tag what their works fall under.

5 POINTS - Mood boards, drabbles 500 words or less, doodles, memes (not drawn but text over memes, etc.), headcanons, etc.

BONUS: Submitters can send me a tally of reblogs and comments at the end of the event (or each day) they received and I will give you 5 points per reblog/comments. This is NOT about popularity, but rather to encourage passive participants to get involved too! Comment on your favourite works! I will not personally be checking, that is too much work for me…

10 POINTS - Playlists, poetry, fics (500-1000) words, full sketch drawings.

+ 10 POINTS - In addition to the normal points, #team rhystamcien works gets an additional 10 points (split in half under tamsand and tamcien). That’s a lot of limbs and dialogues to manage! OT3 for the win!

15 POINTS - Fics (1000 - 2000 words), art with flat colours.

20 POINTS - Fics (2000 words+), art fully rendered.

+25 POINTS - Any work that is a collaboration with another member of the community gets an additional 25 points for their team.

TEAMS

Again, this is just for funsies to see the distribution of fans. Also, sign up for a team if you want to be tagged in future TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND announcements/reminders.

Team Tamsand’s Divorce Courtroom Bathroom Fuck (I can't remember who came up with this but I'm kissing u on the forehead pls join the team)

@highlordofkrypton

@olenvasynyt

@msshadowqueen

Tamcien’s Platonic Cock Docking Squad

A Court of Fence-sitting Multishippers!

@asadweeghostie

@irithiadourden

I’m open to feedback, prompt ideas and anything else you guys want to share. I reserve the right to ignore any hateful or negativity submitted or this event. It’s meant to be for fun! 

[highlordofkrypton]

Full demon rumi ;3

[highlordofkrypton]

needless to say i watched superman and i loved it..

[highlordofkrypton]

✨tamsand vs. tamcien weekend✨

September 6th, 2025 - September 7th, 2025

Time is flying and soon, it’ll be time to throw down the gauntlet and show up for your favourite ship! On September 6th to September 7th, 2025, I am declaring it to be TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND. Two days of creating content to represent your favourite ship and prove which ship has the most loyal, dedicated and whimsical fans*.

*For legal reasons, this is a joke and entirely friendly. We are all apart of the Tamlin Community, which is why I think this could be really fun to do.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

Since this event will be run on my personal blog, make sure to tag me and use either #team tamsand or #team tamcien. Feel free to add your regular tags for more visibility. Once I see your post, I’ll reblog it and add points to your team based on the point system below.

You can create for both. I will give points to both ships accordingly, sigh, even if I’m silently judging you double agents.

Yes, you can use the #team rhystamcien tag too. See below for more details on points.

There are no prompts. Create what you like for the weekend!

As always, make sure to tag your works properly if there are potentially triggering content. As silly and fun as I want this event to be, let’s be mindful of our fellow community members.

WHAT IS THE PRIZE? ISN’T THIS A BATTLE?

First off, bragging rights.

The prize is more delicious content for your ship created by fellow artists, writers, memers and other members of our beloved Pro Tamlin community.

The additional prize is me turning my blog into a Tamcien blog for a month and posting about Tamcien headcanons. Something, something, you guys have a humiliation kink and I know you want to see me do this.

POINT SYSTEM

It’s hard to quantify the effort that goes into each piece, so I’ll do my best to award points fairly as they come in. I promise no biases because I love you all more than my favourite ship. Points are awarded to either ship, team multishippers should still tag what their works fall under.

5 POINTS - Mood boards, drabbles 500 words or less, doodles, memes (not drawn but text over memes, etc.), headcanons, etc.

BONUS: Submitters can send me a tally of reblogs and comments at the end of the event (or each day) they received and I will give you 5 points per reblog/comments. This is NOT about popularity, but rather to encourage passive participants to get involved too! Comment on your favourite works! I will not personally be checking, that is too much work for me…

10 POINTS - Playlists, poetry, fics (500-1000) words, full sketch drawings.

+ 10 POINTS - In addition to the normal points, #team rhystamcien works gets an additional 10 points (split in half under tamsand and tamcien). That’s a lot of limbs and dialogues to manage! OT3 for the win!

15 POINTS - Fics (1000 - 2000 words), art with flat colours.

20 POINTS - Fics (2000 words+), art fully rendered.

+25 POINTS - Any work that is a collaboration with another member of the community gets an additional 25 points for their team.

TEAMS

Again, this is just for funsies to see the distribution of fans. Also, sign up for a team if you want to be tagged in future TAMSAND VS. TAMCIEN WEEKEND announcements/reminders.

Team Tamsand’s Divorce Courtroom Bathroom Fuck (I can't remember who came up with this but I'm kissing u on the forehead pls join the team)

@highlordofkrypton

@olenvasynyt

@msshadowqueen

@buffy-vanserra

@lifeisabiscuit

@trash-shrike

@thrumbolt

@umthisistheonlyusernamenottaken

@taymartiart

@s1rsh4rks

@as-awitch

Tamcien’s Platonic Cock Docking Squad

@samhatch

@flat-neines

@geniemillies

@matrixsss

@yaralulu

@sonics-atelier

@lzrsaugust

A Court of Fence-sitting Multishippers!

@asadweeghostie

@irithiadourden

@madameraccoon

I’m open to feedback, prompt ideas and anything else you guys want to share. I reserve the right to ignore any hateful or negativity submitted or this event. It’s meant to be for fun! 

[highlordofkrypton]

Hal being so over protective of Barry to the point he canonically prioritises Barry over everyone else and will not think twice about fighting other heroes if he walks in on them fighting Barry is something I think about a lot and not even fics take advantage of this. Because Barry is very much aware of Hal's protective nature and he just lets it happen. There's no way Central and Coast don't think their resident heroes are dating each other. Central and Coast are bestie cities united in hero bl shipping

[highlordofkrypton]

i just can't convey the frustration and sorrow that it's been to grow up at first without the internet and then watching it bloom into this useful, fun, connecting force you sometimes spent time on, only for it to degrade into this constant oppressive waste of time and energy where people are constantly pumping out algorithmically designed content for max algorithmic appeal and even the most simple search generates either no results or an infinite abyss of ai generated slop none of which is usable or correct. we briefly had a library of alexandria and then fed it into a paper shredder so advertisers could sell a random mash of pulp back to us at a premium.