#⌬ –– connection.「 james holden. 」

[rocicrew]

“You are the central fact of my life,” he said. “Knowing you. Waking up next to you. It’s been the most meaningful thing I’ve done. And I am profoundly fucking grateful that I got that. I think of how easy it would have been for us to miss each other, and I can’t even imagine what that lifetime would have been.”

[youcouldmakealife]

I could not stop cracking up over this last chapter. I love all of your Disaster Children, but Holden Chase is really something special. He’s akin to Robbie and Joey to an extent, but I feel like they lean into their chaos, they double and triple down, whereas poor Holden is just…like this. I adore him.

Robbie: I know I'm being ridiculous, and I'm going to do it harder to get a laugh.

Joey: I know I'm being ridiculous but have you seen who I am surrounded by, it's just cultural custom.

Holden: I know I'm being ridiculous; be aware that I am enjoying it just as much as you are, which is to say, not at all.

I could go on (I have a tremendous number of absurd children with varying degrees of self-awareness, and I love all their ridiculous asses).

Meanwhile James is in the Anton Petrov school of 'how dare you accuse me of being ridiculous, I am not being ridiculous'. The Hartford Connection. (Before you ask -- you bet your ass Vladimir Petrov's met James like a dozen times at team events over the years. If you asked he'd call him 'very respectful young man'. Tonya's translation: kid needs to crack a smile once in awhile.)

[sysba]

my characters

* thought i’d post this list that was sitting in my drafts; not all of them because i have too many but have some (if) ocs ♡

ORIGINAL / MISC VERSES

edith blake. original, the wayhaven chronicles, the exile verse ♡ she/any (queer). november 13th. fc: laura james. 5′11/181cm. ROs: cal, adam du mortain. connections: kiara kingston (sister). 

freddie han. ear candy verse. ♡ he/him (m). february 14th. fc: christian yu. 5′9/174cm. ROs: shiloh rue, winslow montgomery. connections: ryuwon han (sister).

ryuwon han. straight red verse. ♡ she/her (f). nicknames: ryu. fc: kim do-yeon. 5′10/179cm. ROs: jude schofield. connections: freddie han (brother).

zoe beckett. original (modern gods verse), the wayhaven chronicles ♡ she/her (f). fc: misc. 6′/184cm. ROs: veera, nat sewell. connections: jada beckett-jones (cousin). tag.

A MAGE REBORN

atalanta daenys ♡ she/they (nb). specialty: spiritism + alchemy. fc: misc. 5′7/170cm. ROs: elias revelois.

ANDROMEDA SIX

ersa altalune peg’asi ♡ she/her (agender). species: kitalphan. fc: emily browning. 5′1/154cm. ROs: vexx serif.

ATTOLLO

nefta gil ♡ she/her (f). august 15th. fc: misc. 5′1/156cm. ROs: sysba, dreamwalker.

BLOOD MOON

selene king ♡ she/her (f). beta. fc: phoebe tonkin. 5′7/172cm. ROs: farroq khan.

starling baluyot ♡ she/they (nb). alpha. fc: beatrice laus. 5′3/161cm. ROs: marco.

BLOOMING PANIC

anya petrova ♡ she/they (genderfluid). username: gothitax. fc: florzoye on ig. 5′1/155cm. ROs: nakedtoaster, toastyx.

BODY COUNT

kim ngo ♡ they/them (nb). fc: naomi roestel. 5′10/178cm. ROs: arthur campbell.

angelica vaughan ♡ she/her (f). nicknames: angie. fc: benedetta gargari. 5′8/172cm. ROs: vinh nguyen.

CHECKMATE IN 3 MOVES

cahya vinteren ♡ she/her (f). fc: brianne tju. 5′1/154cm. ROs: noir zu, jareth january.

diamond emeraude vinteren ♡ she/they (nb). fc: savannah smith. 5′7/170cm. ROs: sailor bones, hawthorne (spilt milk).

CHOICES: BLADES OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS

nehal nightbloom ♡ she/all (genderfluid). species: elf. fc: misc. 5′11/180cm. ROs: all. tbd.

CHOICES: OPEN HEART

victoria torres ♡ she/her (f). nicknames: vic, v. fc: tashi rodriguez/ giovana cordeiro. 5′1/155cm. ROs: bryce lahela.

COLLEGE TENNIS: ORIGIN STORY

angel rivas ♡ they/he (nb). fc: omar rudberg. 5′9/175cm. style: all-court player. doubles partner: rayyan. ROs: rayyan afiq. 

FIELDS OF ASPHODEL

persephone ♡ she/any (agender). fc: misc/anya chalotra. 5′6/167cm. ROs: hades, tbd. tag.

INFAMOUS

kate hanna ♡ they/them (nb). august 23rd. full name: kateebah. stage name: arkane (prev: rickety kate). band: dance of the planets. genre(s): alt-rock, pop punk. fc: nour rizk. 6′2/187cm. ROs: seven lawless.

sung-won kang ♡ she/they (f). december 15th. nicknames: sunni, lucky. stage name: lady luck. band: WBM. genre(s): pop rap, R&B, hip-hop, EDM. fc: jeon so-yeon/kang min-ah. 5′7/169cm. ROs: griffin reign + victoria valentine, orion quinn.

OUR LIFE

jamie last ♡ they/them (nb). fc: tbd. 6′/182.5cm. ROs: cove holden.

cierra last ♡ she/her (f). nicknames: cherry. fc: kendra bailey/misc. 6′/182.5cm. ROs: derek suarez. 

marina howard ♡ she/her (f). fc: yvonne logan. 5′/153cm. ROs: baxter ward.

PERFUMARE

sharona west. real name: milagros ramon. ♡ she/her (nb). fc: lizeth selene. 5′3.5/161cm. ROs: flavio esposito.

naomi morren. real name: naomi kurosawa ♡ she/they (f). fc: rina fukushi. 5′10/179cm. ROs: reed esposito, laurent rosier.

PROJECT HADEA

sidra. real name: yuna arai. ♡ they/he (nb). fc: misc. 5′7/169cm. ROs: nash, rohan.

gienah. real name: izzi muhammad ♡ she/they (nb). fc: bonzaimai on ig/misc. 5′9/176cm. ROs: rhaxa. 

SCOUT: AN APOCALYPSE STORY

jamilah durant ♡ she/her (f).   nicknames: jam. fc: sharon alexie. 5′6/168cm. ROs: oliver shen.

SHEPHERDS OF HAVEN

shanna wenrys ♡ she/they (f/nb). fc: misc. 4′11.5/151cm. ROs: blade bronwyn.

kiran rhune ♡ they/them (nb/genderfluid). fc: misc. 5′2.5/159cm. ROs: red antiqua.

SPEAKER

kassandra farhat ♡ she/they (nb). nicknames: kass. fc: jamie gray-hyder. 5′11/179cm. ROs: li cowles, sebastian wynric. connections: sebille (sister), scooby boo (dog).

SUPERSTITION

sage roe ♡ she/her (f). fc: zoë kravitz. 5′2/157cm. ROs: zillah. 

THE BASTARD OF CAMELOT

mordred pendragon ♡ she/they/he (genderqueer). fc: tbd. ROs: galahad du lac.

THE EXILE

farja ja’qhar ♡ she/her (f). title: painted phoenix. fc: misc. 5′1/155cm. ROs: syfyn.

nathair cheronobog ♡ he/him (m). title: gilded gorgon. fc: noen eubanks. 6′5/196cm. ROs: vethna, +nikke.

neamhain rezoth ♡ they/them (nb). title: deathless demon. fc: tbd. ROs: freedom.

saeha lygris ♡ he/him (m). title: white wolf. fc: park seonghwa. 5′8/174cm. ROs: sabir + nikke.

THE MIDNIGHT HOURS

reyna santos ♡ she/her (f). fc: shay mitchell. 5′4/161cm. ROs: rylan villanueva.

ziv mays ♡ they/them (nb). fc: jaiiy d. moses. 6′/183cm. ROs: blane rekner.

salvador soto ♡ he/they (m). nicknames: chava. fc: misc/cristo fernández. 6′3/190.5cm. ROs: k de vries. 

THE WAYHAVEN CHRONICLES

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[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb:

“Game show antics, idiots in love, and a healthy dose of steam…this book is everything I want in a romance novel!” —Alison Cochrun, author of The Charm Offensive and Kiss Her Once for Me Ready. Set. Faux. Holden James picked the worst time to have a meltdown. His chance to audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, should have been a moment of triumph—a glorious, loving homage to his adored mom, who died six years ago. Instead, he’s destroying the minibar in a grim Los Angeles hotel room…recently dumped, partnerless and sliding into misery. But at least the hotel service is sublime. It even comes with an unfairly fit and sexy (smart-ass) concierge who arrives at the door with pizza, Monopoly and deliciously distracting forearms. All Holden knows about Leo Min is that he’s beautiful and unexpectedly sympathetic, and the chemistry between them is beyond. Maybe it’s even enough to convince everyone, including the show’s casting directors, that they’re a real couple. All they’d have to do is crush the competition, win the huge cash prize and all of Holden’s problems—his broken heart, his buried grief, his complete lack of money and direction—will be fixed. Of course, reality doesn’t quite work out that way. But love is an entirely different game… From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.

Review:

A game show to win, a fake boyfriend, and two guys falling in love. Holden James is about to ask his longtime boyfriend to join him in an audition for his favorite game show, Madcap Market, except his boyfriend dumps him and kicks him out... leading to Holden having a bit of a meltdown and destroying the minibar in a Los Angeles Hotel. Yet what Holden never expects is that the very hot concierge offers to grab pizza with him and maybe even a kiss. Cue, Leo Min, a gorgeous, funny guy who somehow worms his way into Holden's heart. Holden and Leo connect and when Leo gets fired, Holden asks him to be his partner in Madcap Market. The cash prize would help him and Holden would get the chance to be on the show he loved to share with his mom who had passed away. They both agree that they have enough chemistry to be a fake couple for the show... yet its beginning to feel very real. To his ultimate surprise, Holden discovers that his ex, who had dumped him and disliked the show, is now a contestant of the show and he wants to get revenge against Holden. Holden and Leo are now trying to win a competition but also figure out the very real feelings between them. This was a cute and steamy read featuring a game show. It was fun and overall a good time. Holden and Leo were a cute couple and this was a fast and easy read. I'd definitely recommend this for anyone looking for a quick steamy cute rom com.

*Thanks Netgalley and HARLEQUIN - Romance (U.S. & Canada), Afterglow Books by Harlequin for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

[astrakofe]

#𝙰𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙺𝙾𝙵𝙴 - a private & mutually exclusive james holden of the expanse series. mainly sourced from the tv show with a smattering of books and an ocean of headcanons. minors dni. 21+ preferred. pre-established plots / connections heavily encouraged. using beta editor & xkit rewritten.

#𝙰𝙵𝙵𝙸𝙻𝙸𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 -

bio. rules. memes. headcanons. promo.

#𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙻𝙻 .

@valiantsword- original character based on the old guard. inspired by the legends of king arthur.

@aeternals​ ​​ -  muli-muse full of heavily canon divergent characters from a wide variety of fandoms.  essentially, everything else i want to do gets placed here.

@inkpromise​  - book based gallowglass de clermond of a discovery of witches ( heavily canon divergent )​​

@churnsurvive - amos burton, primarily tv based with book influence. sideblog.

[rockislandadultreads]

Goodreads Choice Awards 2022: Science Fiction Opening Round Nominees 

Pick up one of these science fiction nominees for the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards! For the full list of opening round nominees for this genre, click here. 

Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon

Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At fifty years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and an LSD microdosing problem, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady, often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. His longest relationships are with an old rescue dog with posttraumatic stress, and a childhood friend as deeply entrenched in the underworld as he is, who, lately, he’s less and less sure he can trust.

Out of the blue, one of his many burner phones heralds a call from a twenty-year-old woman claiming to be his biological daughter, Cammie. She says she’s the product of one of his long-ago sperm donations; he’s half certain she’s AI. She needs his help. She’s entrenched in a widespread and nefarious plot involving Will’s employers, and continuing to have any contact with her increasingly fuzzes the line between the people Will is working for and the people he’s running from.

Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

One morning, Dr. Sam Anderson wakes up to discover that the woman he loves has been murdered. For Sam, the horror is only beginning - he and his daughter are accused of the crime. The evidence is ironclad - they will be convicted. And so, Sam does what he must: he confesses to the crime.

But in the future, murderers aren’t sent to prison - they’re sent to the past. Two hundred million years into the past - to the age of the dinosaurs - to live out their lives alone, in exile from the human race. Sam accepts his fate. But his daughter doesn’t.

As she peels back the layers of the mystery that ripped her father from this world, Adeline finds more questions than answers. Everyone around her is hiding a secret. But which ones are connected to the murder that exiled her father? That mystery stretches across the past, present, and future - and leads to a revelation that will change everything.

Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey 

The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again.

In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte’s missing daughter... and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before.

As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win. But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat.

This is the ninth volume in “The Expanse” series. 

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

This is the story of Misery Nomaki (she/they) - a nobody from a nowhere mining planet who possesses the rare stone-working powers of a saint. Unfortunately, these saint-like abilities also manifest in those succumbing to voidmadness, like that which killed Misery’s mother. Knowing they aren’t a saint but praying they aren’t voidmad, Misery keeps quiet about their power for years, while dreaming and scheming up ways off their Forge-forsaken planet.

But when the voice of an angel, or a very convincing delusion, leads Misery to the center of the Empire, they find themself trapped between two powerful and dangerous factions, each hoping to use Misery to win a terrible war.

Still waiting to be convinced of their own divinity and secretly training with a crew of outlaws and outcasts, Misery grows close to a rebel royal, Lady Alodia Lightning, who may know something of saints and prophecy herself. The voice that guides Misery grows bolder by the day, and it seems the madness is catching...

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.

Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects - a pig -  develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.

From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.

[starkiddreamcasting]

Starkid Promises! Promises!

It’s Turkey Lurkey time! Enjoy this Thanksgiving special of Promises! Promises! The only show I could find with even a little bit of a Thanksgiving connection. I know there is not a big audience for this show on Tumblr, but I hope those here how do know the show enjot this dreamcast!

1. Jon Matteson as Chuck Baxter 2. Britney Coleman as Fran Kubelik 3. Dylan Saunders as J.D. Sheldrake 4. Nick Gage as Dr. Dreyfuss 5. Jaime Lyn Beatty as Marge MacDougall 6. AJ Holmes as Mr. Dobitch 7. Corey Dorris as Mike Kirkeby 8. Jeff Blim as Mr. Eichelberger 9. Joe Walker as Jesse Vanderhof 10. Tyler Brunsman as Lum Ding Waiter/Orchestra Voice 11. Bryce Charles as Barbara/Orchestra Voice 12. Denise Donovan as Miss Olson/Orchestra Voice 13. Mariah Rose Faith as Sharon/Orchestra Voice 14. Ali Gordon as Kathy/Orchestra Voice 15. Brian Holden as New Young Executive/Night Watchman/Orchestra Voice 16. Lauren Lopez as Ginger/Lum Ding Hostess/Miss Della Hoya/Orchestra Voice 17. Curt Mega as Eddie Roth/Orchestra Voice 18. Alle-Faye Monka as Helen Sheldrake/Miss Kreplinski/Orchestra Voice 19. Joey Richter as Company Doctor/Karl Kubelik/Orchestra Voice 20. Meredith Stepien as Patsy/Orchestra Voice 21. Sango Tajima as Miss Wong/Vivien/Orchestra Voice 22. James Tolbert as Eugene/Orchestra Voice 23. Kim Whalen as Miss Polansky/Nurse/Sylvia Gilhooley/Orchestra Voice

Swings: Julia Albain, Joe Moses, Brian Rosenthal, Rachael Soglin

Understudies: Julia Albain (Kathy, Ginger/Lum Ding Hostess/Miss Della Hoya, Helen Sheldrake/Miss Kreplinski), Tyler Brunsman (Chuck Baxter, Mike Kirkeby, Jesse Vanderhof), Ali Gordon (Fran Kubelik), Brian Holden (Mr. Dobitch, Jesse Vanderhof), Alle-Faye Monka (Miss Olsen, Miss Polansky/Nurse/Sylvia Gilhooley), Joe Moses (Dr. Dreyfuss, Mike Kirkeby, Mr. Eichelberger, New Young Executive/Night Watchman), Joey Richter (J.D. Sheldrake, Mr. Dobitch, Mr. Eichelberger), Brian Rosenthal (Chuck Baxter, Lum Ding Waiter, Eddie Roth, Company Doctor/Karl Kubelik, Eugene), Rachael Soglin (Barbara, Sharon, Patsy, Miss Wong/Vivien), Meredith Stepien (Marge MacDougall), Joe Walker (J.D. Sheldrake, Dr. Dreyfuss), Kim Whalen (Fran Kubelik, Marge MacDougall)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.  

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"FIRST IN 70 YEARS IS INEBRIATE'S PLEA," Toronto Star. July 7, 1934. Page 3. --- Gets Remand on Promise Not To Be Back for Another 70 ---- Short shift was given two of the thirteen "drunks" in early morning court to-day, when it it was learned they were on their "umpteenth" trip through the mill. The two, James Carr and Patrick Beattie, were fined the maximum - $50 or one month. With the exception of Lawrence Keogh, who, at the crown's request. was asked to stay around until Monday, the others were freed on remanded sentences.

"Give me a chance your honor. I haven't been here for 70 years," pleaded John Cumming, one of the thirteen.

"Seventy years?" asked the cadi. "Yes, and I won't be here for an- other 70 years."

"All right, I'll take your word for it."

"I asked him to leave like a lady. but he answered like a bully, so I called a cop," protested a young woman, explaining why she had laid a charge of trespass against Archie Fordie.

Fordie and his boy friends, she told the court, used the alley beside her house for an open air club house. And when they started in to serve liquid refreshments, she said it was too much.

"That the trouble," added Inspector Guthrie. "They get a wine jug and go up there and get drunk."

Fordie was placed on a year's probation and told to seek his fun elsewhere.

The usual crop of youthful ride stealers lifted their tousled heads above the rail, and accepted $5 or ten-day penalties for riding gratis on the C.P.R.

The trio said they had come in from Hamilton.

Held on $1,000 Bail Held on a charge of breaking and entering a cigar store on Lake Shore Blvd., Elmer O'Donnell was held over to July 11, on $1.000 bail.

Other remands were granted to Victor Taylor and James Montgomery on charges of stealing a truck. Bail was allowed at $1,000 each.

Held on several charges of theft and receiving, Kenneth Stroud and Robert Prince were remanded to July 13 and released on $2,000 bail.

George Prince, charged with receiving in connection with the same crimes, was remanded in custody.

Defence counsel T. B. Horkins strongly protested against the crown's recommendation that George Prince be held, but Crown Attorney W. O. Gibson, K.C., remarked the police had already been put to the expense of bringing him back from Brockville.

"Besides this is not an ordinary case of auto theft," he said. "The car in question was stolen in Toronto. License plates for another car were taken out in Milton, and the driver's permit Smith's Falls."

Charged with Intoxication. Karrall Venn was found guilty and fined $50 or one month. Immediately after Magistrate Coatsworth had passed sentence, Venn's wife fell heavily to the floor in a faint. She was car- ried from the courtroom by two policemen.

Venn was arrested after he had been found attempting to "fix" a car, after the owner had been arrested for being drunk. Venn himself was so drunk, police officers testified, he "didn't know what he was doing." They didn't have the key, and they were trying to make it go, the court was told.

On $150 cash bail, Ronald Hirst was remanded to July 10. Hirst, facing a charge of keeping a betting house, was arrested yesterday, after leading Morality Officer Joseph Sunderland and Plainclothesmen Holden and Adie a merry chase through his house. Police allege they found Hirst conducting a $150 a day racing business.

Would Take Whole Blame "Last night I saw the two accused men, James Clark and David Cunningham, go up a lane on Lombardi St. with a bottle," said P.C. Phillips in liquor and traffic court to-day.

Clark and Cunningham came up on a charge of having as the result of their apprehension by P.C. Phillips last night.

"I searched the men and found a bunch of skeleton keys and a small hack-saw in Clark's pocket," the officer added.

Clark avowed that he had the keys for 25 years. "They are the keys of to trunks," he said. "I'll have break the locks if you keep them."

Clark pleaded guilty through his counsel, T. O'Connor. "I'm going to take the whole blame," he declared.

"No, you're not. I'll just give you $25 of it," Magistrate Jones said.

Cunningham, who guilty, was deprived of $10.

[sewers-headmates]

...new form brian holden factive?

this is my first try on this new form so it may change/be edited as we go! also this one may kinda suck i wanna work on doing more factives but their so hard! /lh

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Info

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Name: Brian

Alt Names: Michael, David, John, Christopher, James, Alex, Jamie, Lynn

Last Name: Holden

Age: age slider, 25-39

Pronouns: he/him

Height: 5’8

Zodiac: virgo

Species: human

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Labels

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Gender: cis male

Sexual Orientation: bisexual

Romantic Orientation: biromantic

Mono, Ambi, Poly: ambi

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System Info

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Roles: mood booster

Source: starkid, actor

Notable Source Memories/Details: generally source memories are /pos and working on shows ^^

Possible Front Triggers: starkid shows, writing, cafes, coffee

Sign Offs: —✒️🗒️, -✏️🎭

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Personality

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Summery: Brian is a very social and friendly alter whose main focus is making others ok, uplifting them, and calming in times of stress. He can make connections to others well and be a good ‘middle man’ for conflicts. Maybe unwisely he also works well with littles and syskids and coukd function as a caretaker if he wants to. Overall he’s a very friendly, kind, and social alter.

Likes: writing, art, musicals, kids, source, astrology, DIY projects, dogs

Dislikes: quiet, thunder, mornings, people coming up and touching him, yoga

Hobbies: writing, acting, musicals, theater in general, movies

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Fun Extras

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Typing Quirk: none

Opinion Stances: honestly he doesn’t have many opinions his stances can generally be summed up into; pro-consent and people can do what they don’t idc

Kinlist: did i cheat with this and give him his roles yes. also feel free to make any of these transCharacter

Zack - Little White Lie

Flopsy - Me And My Dick

Remus Lupin - Harry Potter/A Very Potter Sequel/A Very Potter Senior Year

Junior - Starship

Veeto Mosquito - Starship

Owlkin

Appearance:

Aesthetic: to sum it up basically tired theater student aesthetic

i hope you enjoy him! this new form is a bit hard but i love how it turned out! please feel free to give me feedback on the form! also thank you sunlight for letting you be my test dummy! part of me want it to be longer but i’m out of categories haha /lh

-mod richie

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3)

Ayes: 323 (69.6% Con, 27.0% Lab, 1.6% Ind, 0.9% DUP, 0.3% WPB, 0.3% RUK, 0.3% LD) Noes: 7 (62.5% Con, 37.5% LD) Absent: ~320

Likely Referenced Bill: High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase 2a of High Speed 2 south of Crewe in Cheshire and Manchester Piccadilly Station; for a railway between Hoo Green in Cheshire and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong, south of Wigan; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 2nd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (222 votes)

Aaron Bell Adam Afriyie Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alexander Stafford Alicia Kearns Alok Sharma Alun Cairns Amanda Milling Amanda Solloway Andrea Leadsom Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Jones Andrew Lewer Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Selous Andy Carter Angela Richardson Anne Marie Morris Anthony Browne Antony Higginbotham Ben Bradley Ben Spencer Bill Wiggin Bim Afolami Bob Blackman Bob Seely Brandon Lewis Brendan Clarke-Smith Caroline Ansell Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charles Walker Cherilyn Mackrory Chloe Smith Chris Clarkson Chris Green Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Collins Damian Green Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Duguid David Johnston David Jones David Rutley David Simmonds Dean Russell Derek Thomas Desmond Swayne Duncan Baker Eddie Hughes Edward Argar Edward Timpson Elizabeth Truss Fay Jones Felicity Buchan Fiona Bruce Flick Drummond Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gareth Johnson Gary Streeter George Eustice Gillian Keegan Gordon Henderson Graham Stuart Grant Shapps Greg Knight Guy Opperman Harriett Baldwin Heather Wheeler Helen Grant Henry Smith Holly Mumby-Croft Huw Merriman Iain Duncan Smith Iain Stewart Jack Lopresti Jacob Young Jake Berry James Davies James Gray James Grundy James Heappey James Morris James Sunderland James Wild Jane Hunt Jane Stevenson Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Jo Churchill Jo Gideon John Glen John Hayes John Howell John Lamont John Penrose John Stevenson John Whittingdale Johnny Mercer Jonathan Djanogly Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Sturdy Julie Marson Justin Tomlinson Karen Bradley Karl McCartney Kate Kniveton Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Kevin Hollinrake Kit Malthouse Laura Farris Lia Nici Liam Fox Lisa Cameron Louie French Lucy Frazer Luke Hall Marco Longhi Marcus Jones Maria Caulfield Maria Miller Mark Fletcher Mark Garnier Mark Harper Mark Logan Mark Pawsey Mark Spencer Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Matt Warman Michael Ellis Michael Tomlinson Mike Freer Mike Penning Mike Wood Mims Davies Miriam Cates Nadhim Zahawi Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Nick Fletcher Nick Gibb Nickie Aiken Nicola Richards Nigel Huddleston Nigel Mills Paul Beresford Paul Bristow Paul Holmes Paul Howell Paul Maynard Paul Scully Pauline Latham Penny Mordaunt Peter Aldous Peter Bottomley Priti Patel Rachel Maclean Ranil Jayawardena Rebecca Harris Rebecca Pow Richard Bacon Richard Fuller Richard Graham Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Buckland Robert Courts Robert Goodwill Robert Halfon Robert Neill Robert Syms Robin Millar Robin Walker Ruth Edwards Sally-Ann Hart Saqib Bhatti Sara Britcliffe Sarah Dines Scott Mann Selaine Saxby Shailesh Vara Shaun Bailey Sheryll Murray Simon Baynes Simon Fell Simon Hart Simon Hoare Simon Jupp Stephen Crabb Stephen Hammond Stephen McPartland Stephen Metcalfe Steve Barclay Steve Tuckwell Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suzanne Webb Thérèse Coffey Tobias Ellwood Tom Hunt Tom Pursglove Tom Randall Tracey Crouch Trudy Harrison Vicky Ford Victoria Atkins Victoria Prentis Virginia Crosbie Wendy Morton Will Quince

Labour (86 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Afzal Khan Alan Campbell Alex Davies-Jones Alex Norris Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Andrew Western Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anneliese Dodds Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Bradshaw Cat Smith Catherine McKinnell Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Webb Damien Egan Dan Jarvis Dawn Butler Emma Lewell-Buck Fabian Hamilton Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen George Howarth Gill Furniss Grahame Morris Harriet Harman Helen Hayes Hilary Benn Holly Lynch James Murray Jeff Smith Jim McMahon Jo Stevens John Cryer John McDonnell Judith Cummins Julie Elliott Karl Turner Kate Hollern Kevan Jones Kevin Brennan Kim Leadbeater Liz Twist Lloyd Russell-Moyle Luke Pollard Margaret Beckett Marie Rimmer Mark Hendrick Mark Tami Mary Glindon Matt Western Matthew Pennycook Mick Whitley Natalie Elphicke Naz Shah Neil Coyle Pat McFadden Paul Blomfield Paula Barker Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Hopkins Rebecca Long Bailey Rosena Allin-Khan Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sam Tarry Samantha Dixon Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Simon Lightwood Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve McCabe Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Thangam Debbonaire Vicky Foxcroft Wes Streeting

Independent (5 votes)

Bob Stewart Claudia Webbe Conor McGinn Diane Abbott Nicholas Brown

Democratic Unionist Party (3 votes)

Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon

Workers Party of Britain (1 vote)

George Galloway

Reform UK (1 vote)

Lee Anderson

Liberal Democrat (1 vote)

Helen Morgan

Noes

Conservative (5 votes)

Adam Holloway Gavin Williamson Jack Brereton Philip Davies William Cash

Liberal Democrat (3 votes)

Helen Morgan Richard Foord Wera Hobhouse

[berylcluster]

❛ you can kiss me, you know. ❜ (trevor to holden, this could be at any time or in verse, this could even be at their very first meeting)

⊰ ASSORTMENT OF DIALOGUE MEME ft. JAMES HOLDEN ⊱

➫ JAMES could try to convince this guy, or himself, that he wasn't the type of guy to sleep around. But it would be a flat out lie. In space, you had the deep black endless nothing or you had the vague connections you made to make the emptiness seem not so empty. "Is that so?" It was known in Belter space that sex was one thing and love was nearly impossible to hold onto, not when most Belters had their jobs on ice haulers or something equally as dangerous. Now, Holden looked at the man before him, truly raking light hues over him and smiling after awhile, like he was a cat who caught a mouse. "Didn't think you were all that into me, Trev. What's wrong, the bitches leave you alone for a night?" He asked, his tone heavy with snark with no actual bite behind them. Not that he was saying no either because he stepped into the shorter male's space and kept those eyes on his face.

[musicalangel12]

My Books of 2023 - September 17, 2023

1. Circus of Wonder by Elizabeth Macneal - historical fiction

2. The Space Between by Dete Meserve - mystery/romance

3. Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards - historical fiction/coming of age

4. The Duchess by Wendy Holden - historical fiction/historical romance

5. The Last Piece by Imogen Clark - contemporary

6. Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells - historical fiction/romance

7. The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James - paranormal thriller, mystery

8. The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano - historical fiction, romance

9. The House on Harbor Hill by Shelly Stratton - drama, historical fiction

10. The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald - drama, mystery

11. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior - contemporary

From Goodreads:

A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she’s coming to visit—and won’t take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and Veronica's closed heart starts to open. Her grandson, Patrick, comes to Antarctica to make one last attempt to get to know his grandmother. Together, Veronica, Patrick, and even the scientists learn what family, love, and connection are all about.

[youcouldmakealife]

wait, sorry, more questions! thinking about jared "my perspective is soooo objective and not at all biased or limited ever why are you guys laughing?" matheson has me wondering about unreliable narrators in the ycmal-verse in general (mostly because it's a particular favourite literary device of mine and i think you use it so well in basically all of your writing)

i'm curious how you would rank your protags in terms of like, least to most unreliable in their own narration; are there sub-categories of 'unreliable' you would apply to different characters? also wondering who you would say is the most subtle in their unreliability/if you've noticed readers accepting certain perspectives more readily or without question?

They're all fucking liars. Every last one of 'em. Even if they're only lying to themselves.

Except Gabe. Gabe has blind spots, but he continues to be my most reliable son. (Dan also tries to be honest, but he misses more than Gabe does, and knows himself less.)

I don't have a scale, per se, but there's definitely an interesting thing where some characters are believed more than others when they're all blinkered narratives in their way. Everyone knows say, Mike and David are not being honest -- they'll both straight up lie in their narratives -- but others get taken at face value more, even though they're no more reliable.

Jared gets believed a lot, actually, far more than someone who basically goes 'unless this matters to me personally I'm throwing it right out of my narrative'. What are your teammates' names, Jared Matheson. Would you even remember the name of your sister's boyfriend if he wasn't one of your best friends.

Roman got believed more than Harry but I think people trusted Harry more, oddly. (Maybe not oddly: Harry acknowledges his own faults up front so you don't have to! But this is a dude who not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES got smacked in the face with 'I find this person really annoying I guess I hate them? ...aw fuck wait I wanna kiss them'). Joey straight up doesn't use quotation marks at points because he hasn't acknowledged that his internal monologue's left his head. He's so untrustworthy even the punctuation is a lie. Georgie, like Jared, is very precise in what he includes, but unlike Jared, that's less 'I noticed nothing else' and more 'I am omitting this'. It's not any more or less reliable, really -- the difference is that with Georgie, there's a narrative being crafted in his own head. (Robbie does the same thing, though I'd say he's a less reliable narrator than Georgie is, particularly pre-Saul, due to him shoving everything into a drawer to compartmentalize and then slamming it shut.)

And it's fun writing James and Holden because every time Holden talks people waver, and then every time James talks they waver right back. Both of them are honest in their way! Neither of them would give you a proper narrative on their own, though -- cards on the table is intimately tied up in how imprecise and flawed communication can be, and the way their perspectives bounce off one another as much as they connect is a big part of that.

[bordercommunity]

Listen again to James Holden in conversation with Andrew Thomson on Clyde Built Radio.

[bookclub4m]

Episode 173 - Spring 2023 Media Update

This episode we’re talking about recent media we’ve experienced and enjoyed! We discuss Return of the Obra Dinn, Worlds Beyond Number, Horror Queers, If Books Could Kill, Superman Smashes the Klan, Incredible Doom, Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci, Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb, and more!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Media we Experienced

Jam

Mystery Games:

Curse of the Golden Idol

Tangle Tower

Return of the Obra Dinn

Podcasts:

Off Book

They Died on Space Mountain (with Ben Schwartz)

Lateral

Episode 1 of the quiz show of the same name (which is now unlisted on YouTube)

Worlds Beyond Number

Episode feed

Life hacks:

Make cooking feel like a magic ritual

Delete the Twitter app

Custom printed to-do list

Anna

Dinkum

Winkeltje: The Little Shop

Horror Queers

If Books Could Kill

Mine O’Clock - Minecraft Through the Ages, episode 1

LRR Streams

Matthew

Thirty-One Nil: The Amazing Story of World Cup Qualification /  On the Road with Football's Outsiders, a World Cup Odyssey by James Montague 

Episode 166 - Sports (Non-Fiction)

Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru

The Adventures of Superman (radio series) - "Clan of the Fiery Cross" (Wikipedia)

Incredible Doom, vol. 1  by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden

Meghan

Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci

Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet by Alice Robb

Onley's Arctic: Diaries And Paintings Of The High Arctic by Toni Onley

Other Media We Mentioned

Knives Out (Wikipedia)

Only Connect (Wikipedia)

Links, Articles, and Things

RA in a Day - Ontario Library Association (April 24th)

Our session is “Non-Fiction for Newbies: Navigating the Nuances”

Catalogues & Cardigans: A Library RPG Zine #111

Bulletin board system (Wikipedia)

15 Creative Writing books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill edited by Jericho Brown

The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story by Edwidge Danticat

About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, & Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich

Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri

This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley

Reading and Writing: A Personal Account by V.S. Naipaul

How Dare We! Write edited by Sherry Quan Lee

The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses

The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan

Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples by Gregory Younging

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Join us again on Tuesday, May 2nd we’ll be discussing the non-fiction genre of Economics! (Economy?)

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[jayther]

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