#*alanna arena

[chimaerakitten]

Hi i ADORE the essay (ariticle?) you wrote about Tortallan heraldry! Is there anything you'd like to see Pierce incorporate more into the Tortall series in that arena? Any fiefs you want the coats of arms for or anything like that?

oooooh good question! I definitely would love more data points in general, just to see whether any of my theories are correct—a few more knights' shields might tell me if bordures have a meaning in Tortall, and if that meaning is related to the Lady knights' Orle at all—or I might be able to find out when the nontraditional tinctures were introduced, and which ones are common compared to others. I'm particularly curious about Naxen and Queenscove in this aspect, as they're some of the oldest and most powerful fiefs in Tortall, with the mosts knights contributed (I believe Neal also lists Legann and ha Minch as among the oldest) and that data could be very helpful, as currently Conté is the only house we 100% know goes back to the founding of Tortall. We know Macayhill is in the Book of Gold, and probably so is King's Reach and Queensgrace before it rebelled, plus Haryse and Masbolle, but it's not 100% confirmed that the families in the book of gold predated Tortall as a nation or if they were simply enobled very early (and besides, we only have arms for Macayhill and King's Reach, of that list) It's also like a sample of the arms of families explicitly in The Book of Silver, so I can properly place things on a timeline better than "Macayhill oldest, Mindelan newest" I'd also love to know how Tortall handles grants of arms precisely. Getting a knighthood is obviously directly tied to getting an arms grant ("getting one's shield") but clearly some people get arms of their own (Alanna, Kel) and some people maintain cadency labels (Conté heirs) or are granted arms that are identical to other members of their families (Kel implies her brothers have the same arms, which...defeats the entire purpose of individual heraldry...) having some sort of arms is inherent to knighthood in Tortall, but there's clearly some changes based on circumstance behind the scenes, even if it is only a matter of request by the knight/preference by their family/special arms being awarded for special distinctions like being the First Lady knight in centuries. More data would help me puzzle that out, I think. On a similar note, I'd also like to know how non-knights get arms—if they're allowed to use their head of house's arms plus cadency and inherit arms when they become head of house by default even without a knighthood, or if they have to have completed some form of education, or hold a position at court, or what. There's at least two coats of arms in the meta belonging to people (the second aspen vale son who's a mage and George Cooper) who definitely aren't knights, and I'd like to know how that works when arms are part of the award of knighthood.

[loksthegreat]

Will you do the rest of Elaena’s children? Thank you!

Yes of course! Here’s the next few:

In 595 AC, one year after Alysanne V, Elaena gave birth to her second son, Daemion I, a boy who took after his father in looks strongly and became heir to Driftmark after Elaenas mother on his fifth name day. Daemion was a quite and serious boy and had been engaged to his Velaryon cousin, Lady Alanna for nearly all his life duo to the close friendship between their mothers. Daemion however had no interest in girls or even knightly activities, his love laid with his dragon, a large dark blue creature that he would spend any walking hour on, if allowed to. Elaena could not bear to send him away to be fostered at Drifmark, so instead his great grandfather taught him how to sail in the harbor of kings landing. His betrothed came to live at the red keep when Daemion was 14 and all though he dutifully spend time with her, there just wasn’t a spark. Instead they parted ways after their wedding, Alanna returned to driftmark and Daemion spend his time either traveling across the narrow sea by boat or dragon, or at court where he served as lord admiral to his brother, long before he even inherited the driftwood throne.

A year after Daemion princess Shaera II is born. She does posses classic Targaryen features but is very skinny and long limped, with wide set eyes and a long pointy face, which leads to her being mocked for her spider like appearance and awkward movements often. Shaera could read and write exceptionally well, but her face very very rarely showed any emotions and she did not voice her thoughts or struggles to other, which led to her being considered low of intelligent by her septa’s. Shaera was taller than most men and seldomly spoke, making her a hard match to make. Much like with Alysanne, Elaena was desperate to find a good and gentle husband for the girl, although Shaera might not have minded the silent sisters all that much. At nineteen Shaera married Robert Redwyne the young lord of the Arbor, who had travel all around Westeros by boat and only seen one portrait of the princess before agreeing to wed her. Shaera had only one daughter, but her mother was happy to see that Shaera would now occasionally smile, whenever her mother visited her.

Princess Alayne was born in 598 AC, she was named after the queens close friend and lady in waiting, Alayne Massey, and though small of stand and prone to bad luck, Alayne was the wildest of the queens daughters by far. Her father, king Rhaegar I, would take her dragon riding and taught her to use a bow as well as a sword. As a girl of 12 he took her along with him to tour the Riverlands, where his murder of Lord Blackwoods eldest son caused an up roar. In the midst of the ensuing rebellions, Alayne disappeared, she spend a good 4 years living in the wild, in enemy camps or in castles, disguised as a boy, with her hair dyed black. It was during these years that the 14 year old princess was thrown into a bear arena, (a common practice of entertainment among northerners at war) where she suffered a claw mark to the left cheek, before being rescued by her fathers dishonored knight, Ser Norren, who killed the bear and spend the next year trying to drag the girl back to her mothers court. Eventually Alayne married Lord Arin Baratheon, a man ten years her senior at 18, by her own choice. She became known as ‘the she-hound of the Stormlands’.

Prince Aeron I was the third son born in 599 AC, he was a smart boy and he and Rhaegar II had been inseparable in their youth, but when he turned 18 he expressed his wish to got to the citadel and become an arch maester, he did just that and the men of the citadel prophesied him a bright future until in the year 619 AC Aeron visited a Tourney at Harrenhal and meets Lady Sabitha Tully, who he falls deeply in love with. She is smart, honest and capable and they exchange frequent letters for the following year, only falling deeper in love, but Sabitha is betrothed to the heir of house Bracken, Ser Jorrik, who is frankly, a terrifying dude. So just a few months before the wedding, Aeron takes his dragon and goes and marries Sabitha, leaving her father and the Brackens enraged. They leave for kings landing, Aeron becomes hand of the king to his brother eventually and Sabitha becomes a great politician. Aeron does a terrific job at keeping the realm together during the chaos that is Rhaegar II ascension and funfact: a lot of boys are named after him. He also kills Jorrik Bracken in a duel at some point sooo…

Hope you enjoy this and as always I’m up for any more questions you might have!!!

(I’ll post the next four kids as soon as possible!)

[bittwitchy]

Cause we’re all mad here

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Mollie King (wearing Natalie & Alanna) at The BRIT Awards 2022 held at The O2 Arena in London on Tuesday (8th February).

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hands of Hydra uses it to build a giant robot called ultimo but the manager show up at least those are leftand defeated now were getting into the Netflix world for a while first off Jessica Jones gets new job from Joy Meacham the sister of one Meacham was running red Enterprises will be manipulate it by’s dad was being controlled by the hand I give it a second to sink in again anyway she is Jessica to investigate the people around so she can blackmail them later if need be also Wilson Fisk is stilland by his he I mean jail because he such a big crime boss he start making connections there that Frank Castle has finally gotten all the resources he needs to kill the gangs he thinks were solely responsible for his family’s murder so starts going around doing that in the most brutal way possible starting with the Irish Mafiaand a gang called the dogs of hell is all happening in or near Hells kitchenand that Murdoch starts noticing the stuff so he starts investigating eventually as daredevil in a newand improved suit by the way he comes face to face of the punisher which ends with a bullet to the face that is seriously injured but survives fighting keep fighting that the vigilante stuff while Cassidy is going around the city killing pedophiles in such an entry castle manages to kidnap daredevil Jenny into a chimney where they learn about each other’s pastsand ideologies Castle takes a gun to daredevil’s hand pulse of the criminaland hasn’t had to shoot the criminal or he’s can do it because castle things killing your enemies is the way to go hello I thought a lot of the people daredevil Scott daredevil to try to kill anyway daredevil breaks outand has to fight through some angry bikers Castle unleashes on them later on Frank it’s kidnap by the Irish who brutally tortured him but eventually he gets out with their troubles help explain the situationand himand daredevil cool now but that is arrested that the craziness is now over but nope just now Electra shows up his old girlfriend then ninjaand potentially secret weapon for the handand she’s like a let’s find together because I see her doing that nowand so they do if I think he was a mainly with franking space to Karen what happened to his familyand the bondand become best is so daredeviland Electra are going around fighting the accuserand ultimately come across this giant pit the hand is digging in order to get Dragon bonesand to become immortal that still going on their tax by handand just until state shows up to save the day meanwhile on the lower side of things the punisher trial happensand during that Frank saw like an Angus into jail where he meets Wilson Fisk Fisk is like Frank nothings working everything but my biggest rival this person helped kill your family soand Frank Sykes say no more so he takes a that guy that this double crossesand try seven killed by Frank is just too good for that so Fisk lets them goand Frank tells Fisk to kill him when if he sees them again Frank it’s a geland mean wild animals like snow but again then ninja he thought he go before was brought back by the hand also their little kids being drained of their blood also for resurrection purposes through similar shenanigans the punisher keeps going around killing guys involved with his family’s murderand I will still have conflicting ideologiesand punish ends up killing an old Marine buddy of his Electra stick have a falling outand cystic trust tablets are killedand she didn’t like that so she tries to kill him will saves the dayand sticks kidnapped by the hand so Matt goesand save steak but while he’s doing that nobody reveals that Electra is a black skyand should be leading the hand she almost does but ends up joining their double insteadand the five images together real lasted I’m on right there after a hostage situationand Electra go up against like an infinite supply of hingesand Electra ends up sacrificing yourself for daredevil the punisher also shows up at the last minute to get daredeviland assist which is a pretty awesome moment not to lie no booze killed for real this time by stickand the good guys win except the hand takes Electra’s bodyand uses their Dragon magic to bring her back to life so she can work for them one of the five leaders of the hand the main one Alexandra comes to oversee her resurrection fog equatesand hours for Hogarth from Jessica Jones reveals he’s daredevil to Karenand the punisher goes off to kill everyone was involved with his family’s murder micro also wants answers about the whole Cerberus thing as a goes into Frank’s houseand puts the disk there with the video on it Castle’s unit in Afghanistan tortureand killing that innocent guy which Frank findsand takes with them tiny little break from the granite stuff here a witch just straight up which shows up in Londonand steals a magical artifact called the dark scepter however long case aliasand more masters of the Mystic arts show upand stop her a reminder that there’s magic in this world back to the streets now the gauge is now working at Pops barbershopand I know people disagree on what years these Netflix shows in particular take placeand they are confusing but based on the research I did this seems to check out anyway Luke also works of the barand one evening because he such a player he starts floating with detective Misty Knight the club Lucas working is also my cottonmouth now is a big shot crime boss’s cousin Mariah is a City Councilmanand is also pretty shady just more low key than enough strike is a hammer check from Justin Hammer for some good money but the operation goes wrong look secret half brother Willa striker is also involved here at the highest level is a big criminal now is now called diamondbackand is cottonmouth’s boss basicallyand so he sends in his body shades to make sure everything is running smoothly godmother still cool because these be friends back in the day but because the guy because the deal to go wrong is involved with pop one of cotton’s goons goes against disordersand shoots at the barbershop killing pop through this link in contrast to fightingand looks all like I really care for but not my radar so stop doing illegal stuffand calmness like know so we can start messing up his operation Luke also teams up with Claire Temple daredevil hotel buffet crimeand start a romance energy gets his hands on some bullets I can actually penetrate Luke’s impenetrable scan forand use them thoughand up having an argumentand so she murders him with a mic standand because the new big crime boss with shades help diamondback decides to team up with their setting out a plan to run the crime will do Harlem well Mariah does all the boring political stuff diamondback also shoots a cage twice with those magic bulletsand reveals that he’s actually his brother Claire takes her to the doctor who originated the experiment on themand they send an asset or boiling water something painfuland basically he’s restored to full strength while diamondbackand Mariah are running like a spear campaign against the cage to turn the people filed against them they do this through politicsand super shock loves Lucas backand FaceTime back in the police eventually diamondback shows up in a terrible super suitand even the punch each other for a bit is the end against diamondback partly with helping New York Spiderman style despite all his heroicsand proving himself a good guide to the policeand the people Harlem Lucasand back to prison because been discovered as Carl Lucas back in the day with your call despite being innocent broke out of prisonand so still needs to service time however one of Luke’s barbershop friends is a file that proves his innocence so he’s getting out soon also diamondback is taking them but I doctor who did this experienceand Luke so he’ll probably have some modifications the next time we see them there is a little bummed out that Luke is in jailand that they can’t get a cup of coffee for a while but she keeps itself occupied by starting martial arts training with help from Colleen way that martial artist to statically buy land but doesn’t really know that the hand is evil a bunch of little stuff happens here now firstly that kid who Iron Man said a while back Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider which gives in special abilities like superstrength the ability to climb the wallsand having a dead uncle because he’s a genius kid he also designs web shooters that shoot superstrong webs also because he’s a good kid he realizes if you help people using his new powers he’s responsible for one bad stuff happens so he designs a pajama looking costume takes a living Spidermanand starts fighting little crimes in Queens now over with the Masters of the Mystic arts page 1and Margot find a group called the Dragon Raiders just FYI also falcon is still pretty impressed by thatand I guys a while back I think she could be a valuable asset to the team so he finds a way to contact with them through Luis about potentially joining the avengers Scots like well I cannot stay with my daughter right now but if you really need me yes give me a call we had about the shield team in a while but they’re still doing stuff around these husband Andrew turned into an inhuman call mile he did that is now a giant monster whose sole purpose really is to hunt other humans with humans popping up around the world now shields main mission objective is protecting in humansand training them is made harder because the government treats a group called the ATC you which is designed to track down superpowered people like humansand take them then basically they’re designed to replace yield now that shield has had to go underground in the ATC you is this guy called Malik once again is a big secret Hydra guy said he thought we were done with Hydra you were sorely mistaken the reason this ATC you exists is so Hydra can get a hold of all these in humansand use them you guessed it to make a super soldier army is not getting that seriously 99 of Hydra’s plans so shield in the ATC are fighting for to try to get Simmons off at alien planet which eventually doesand what is still working on rebuilding Hydra I guess Marilyn Stucker’s weightless cool son Werner to join him in a nutshell the main thing is shield us to start up a team of humans the inhuman hunting monster is out there going after them thing of lash is like a less strong or cool version of the book he changes in this monster at different times Olson is asking pretty close to one of the higher ups at the ATC you who isn’t actually evil but then worksheets are in the throat cycles is like I just have to crush discussed just Hydra also wants to get to the matter because they want to bring Benjamin back because they think will be a big secret weapon for them so word fits in Colson end up on an alien planetand cousins like mandatory wordand he crushes Ward’s chest with his robot handand then goes back to think that’s the end of Ward but then the superpowerful clinical human eye possesses corpseand then makes its way back to earth I was now leading Hydra through Ward’s bodyand he’s observing people for strengthand you know typical evil villain stuff so that any rent is still in and now going to basket CCI festand that’s what the iron fist does ever he starts missing homeand gets bored because he’s kind of a spoiled brat so just ramp runs away when the pass is open his eyes to go back to New York to take packs company because that’s I think it works because he’s also kind of a thundering dumbass doesn’t work focuses old friends join Ward Meacham if it were just go with it think is a crazy homeless person understandably wards think that that Harold is still kind of running the company while being controlled by the hand which he started to get kinda sick of becomes friends with Colleen at the dojo he also meets Claire Temple bananas put in a mental hospital he breaks out there with the power of the iron fist stocking 30 with Colleenand Bruce’s friends that it actually is an is coming back with the help of Jerry Hogarth he kinda sucks a business though because he’s been living among city in another dimension for the past decade ends of meeting Harold whose IK we should work together can sometimes take a controlling me so you can go kill themand I like gathers the main purpose in life I had to hand them gal the hand is still selling heroinand Denny’s unhappy about that science of beating herand agreeing to a series of challenges the loser has to pack upand get out of the city anyways but Manga breaks the promise but she’s got ancient society superpowers so there’s not much you can do about it Danny keeps consistently sucking a ring’s company so he’s married now by the board along with the Meacham’s words also super pissed at is that Harold is he took all of his money so he tells Harold bio comes back thanks to the hand Danny Colleenand Claire go to Chinaand take them gal realizes that Ward killed him so he frames them for drug possessionand so Ward gets locked up in the asylum Harold of its joy to be his new number two Danny also made potato Colleen so teacher was also secretly when the 5 m of the handand find out about thisand is in the fan now this guy called divers who isn’t that Dallas is days old friend from and he shows up to help Dannyand Colleen Joyce into saying that the hand probably his neck in the end after helping Dallas is like take the path to come on is open right nowand you’re supposed regarding it what the hell manand I was like well you know is boringand decides to team up with Haroldand joy to take on handand the Kudo but the kudos now working with wordand long story short is defeated but runs away Dallas is not a Danny but they work it out kind of data gets frame for drug stuffand goes in the runand Harold is the bag on the endand tries to take over the company Danny Lord in the big final battle team up kill Haroldand burn his corpse so he will come back to life now Ward is running the companyand Dallas teams of joyand maybe not out to kill Danny down the lineand then sends a team led by lecture to come on which again has no iron fist protecting it they kill a bunch of the monks there it’s pretty brutal the entrance is then close for safety so no one knows when it’ll open up again because back to check out the passand find the city is goneand some abilityand he realizes he probably should state to protect it also Luke Cage sends Claire letter from prison because there still thing overand cover Taj at this point Casillas is starting to get kinda pissed with Angel on it if you like his training isn’t getting him what he wants to start having some friction with most the Masters there also finds out that the angel on his drawing power from the dark dimension which he thinks is pretty have a critical because he must use the dark dimension to see his dead family againand to gain immortality but the angeland told him no because a bunch of people that the ancient one is withholding informationand they should bring tomato from the dark dimension to earth to golf it in eternity forms to rise up against the ancient one they break into the libraryand cover tiesand steal some pages from the ageless book about the dark dimension one tries to stop them but they get away in the end one point Rogers well the shielding goes to Mexicoand meets the human called yo yo who has superspeed who eventually joins the ranksand eventually becomes next girlfriend also Bobby Hunter leave the team because they were so staff spent off but that didn’t happen somewhere venturesand Sue Shield has an inhuman team but highest the inhuman Hydra God takes control of Daisy’s mind because he can do thatand turns against the team just as a vision of the future where one of them diesand other important detail there’s this group called the watchdogs which is basically inhuman racist who are going around killing humans as they plan by the way is to make every human in the worldand in human goes against Dr Ratcliff a scientist who he thinks can help them re create the original Cree experiment that native humans in the first place he realizes he needs actual Cree blood to do it so he sends a signal to the Creed to get some to come downand they do in a fight ensues they’re both taken out but also rendered useless however some Cree blood from daisies used from when she was saved without original Cree corpse long story doesn’t really matter experience go half rate asand it turns peopleand these gross disfigured mindless things meanwhile Scott laying after successfully cross job is still training is at man with Hankand hope that at some point here he upgrade to suitand test out new tech that allows him to become giant he tries it onceand passes out but hey it works Peter is continuing to Spiderman around the city at one point stopping a car crashand getting caught on camera the footage is uploaded to YouTubeand catches the eye of Tony Stark who keeps it in his watch later until he really needs it he’s got bigger stuff to think about right now is right around this point people are starting to take more notice of how much damage the superheroes have actually caused in their superheroand the guy who’s all over this is unsurprisingly general Ross from the days he needs of the presidentand his appointed Secretary of Stateand start talking about how they can keep the stuff moreand check the start of on the ideas for the Segovia cords basically a way of regulating superheroes with more oversight by forcing them to register with the government while this is happening Frank Castle continues his killing spree of people who were involved in this family’s murder going from truck murder to sniper murder to the bathroom murder is getting what he thinks is all them in a decides to move all of his life is the whole point the punisher was to avenge his family so that’s done now or so he thinks also after lectures not has stopping daredevil for a few months now because he’s just too sad things are not bad though foggy Nelson get some helpand I got in the barbershopand clears the cages nameand Lucas at a prison loop is up with Claireand they get that coffee they’d wanted Jessica Jones comes across lecture during one of her cases is still doing whatever the hand once rememberand objective Dragon bones under New York immortality the only problem is those Dragon bones are essential foundations for the city so the removal of them is causing serious earthquakesand could eventually to the whole city collapsing is also hiring a bunch of Harlem kids to help them kill and or clean up the mess is left behind by their enemies cages about this news like I got to protect the people of Harlemand Danny Randy is about this is like I gotta take a hand saw this lease to them crossing pathsand having a bit of a fight every day become friends because of their mutual friend Claire through fortuitous circumstances Jessica’s tracking guy connected to the handand that Murdoch ends up being her lawyerand also gets interested in the case so all four of them end up at the hands buildingand start fighting their ninjas electro sent into daredevil surprise but doesn’t remember him remind you of anyone but they all managed to get out of thereand go hide out in a Chinese restaurant where the become more acquainted state gets kidnapped by the hand but gets out of there by cutting off his own hand get itand goes to talk to the team Alexandraand had followed to see Alexandraand the hand is a whole knee iron fist alive because his iron fist is the key to open the gate to the sweet sweet Dragon bones if I happens electro starts remember who she isand that offenders get their hands on one of the hands main leaders also have their superhero team name is the defenders this guy is not of much help thoughand so stick to set off is not happy about this because they’re running out of there immortality juice the defender starting though because they’re like if the hand need you Danny we should probably had your wayand then he does what he does bestand is a whiny baby so they’ll punch him for a whileand then time however stickand typical stick fashion thinks that he might in the world so I’m getting kill him but lecture shows upand kill stickand tasty on fist to the hand she also kills Alexandra as she wants to be in charge I guess Jessica Jones find out more about that whole get it will found a while back with hands digging for Dragon bones after Lilith over the police that offenders minus Danny fight the hand plus the got Colleen to help Danny accidentally opens the gates of the Dragon bones because of course he doesand other defenders are fighting to hand in a lecture while also trying to block building so the hand can destroy New York the kudos guild Misty Knight loses an armand the offenders whenand get out of there butback to talk to Bucky I mean Electra yesterday heard the building collapses on the master kissingand that he saved by some nuns think look that they savedand that doesn’t actually die thank God it’s time to introduce another very important character very late in the game a Stephen strange is an amazing surgeon but he’s also super arrogantand kind of addict’s ex girlfriend also works with him called Rachel McAdams one day he’s drivingand textingand he crashes his car crushing his amazing surgeon hands in his life because he can’t be an awesome surgeon anymoreand he somehow even more awful to sex than usual really his life is just falling apart he starts to find ways to heal himself however ridiculous eventually he comes across Jonathan born the guy who trained with the ancient oneand was cured so strange has two Taj is there more to one of the masters takes into the ancient one because of all the crazy ultra dimensions there are at least the trip used ones he’s like help me learnand she’s like no your grossand sad in a terrible person but he pleadsand stays her door so she reluctantly changes her mind so strange that’s learning how to control the Mystic artsand other dimensionsand make hologram shieldsand whatnot with the help of Moto the ancient oneand the bookkeeper Wong who he befriends is about the different symptomsand how they protect worldand trains for several months along the way he also stumbles upon the times done sitting in a handy necklace the INI tomato figures out how to been time with it more unwanted like you don’t do that you could get stuck in a time loop anyway at one point you stuck to Mount Everest restraining just while all this other stuff is happening remember Stephen strange is getting great a magic this whole time so U ventures all trained upand going on missions also still looking for Bucky the next hydrogen in Lagosand think it might finally be Bucky but as they get there they realize it’s actually Brock Romo crossbones who understoodand is planning on suicide lineup himselfand Capt. From the capital nation to be only the abandoned government found wanting to you is down for lack of probably racial stories are for slavery would like we enjoyed helping our countries pushed the right from overcorrection Levi Roberts reports be noticeable degree for nearly a century was to story one of America’s years and will grow as he never heard her needs needs degree beating my hair as See Other related products: God Made Scots A Wee Bit Better T-Shirt

[oosteven-universe]

Strange Adventures #3

Strange Adventures #3 DC Black Label 2020 Written by Tom King Illustrated by Mitch Gerads Coloured by Evan Shaner Lettered by Clayton Cowles    Can Adam Strange handle the truth? After the cosmic adventurer was accused of murder and had his whole record as a soldier questioned, he turned to Batman for help clearing his name. But someone else was needed to ensure that the investigation would be truly impartial. Enter Mr. Terrific, the man for whom “Fair Play” is a credo to live by.   Be careful what you wish for, Adam Strange, because your life is about to be turned upside down. This could be one of the greatest tests you’ve ever faced. Like when you had to prove yourselves in Rann’s gladiatorial arena.  This adventure between two worlds continues….    This is utterly phenomenal!  I mean the Mister Miracle was groundbreaking for sure but to follow that up with this is sheer bloody genius.  For one of DC’s earliest stars to have fallen by the wayside the way he has, it is super nice to see that he’s the focus of a story that could very well be canon as it is set in another reality.  That we don’t see as much of the space heroes as we have in prior years is a shame because there is a wealth of great characters going to disuse unless they appear in Green Lantern.  This feels like a time when Adam was a member of the Justice League of America, he got married in volume one, but with a modern twist.  So completely realised is this that it is very nearly scary in how gosh darn it is.    The way that this is being told is flawlessly brilliant.  The story & plot development we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented beautifully.  Sure the Justice League was asked by Adam to look into this but it’s Batman who takes this too far and by engaging Mister Terrific they are definitely going too far in proving he’s guilty not innocent.  This leads me to the character development we see in these pages.  While Adam is who he is and that’s pretty much All-American boy next door mom and apple pie, however it’s Alanna who really steals the show here.  She’s feisty, opinionated, smart and deadly, oh and she likes to smoke cigarettes which is surprising but I am actually okay with.  The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we see how well everything works together to create the books ebb & flow.    The interiors here are utterly gorgeous.  The linework is truly exquisite and there is this way of seeing these soft and almost delicate lines form these strong unbreakable moments that is awe inspiring.  The utilisation of not only varying weights but of techniques throughout really do bring us some amazing attention to detail.  Thank you for the hairy chest and making Adam something of sex symbol throughout half this book!  The creativity and imagination that we see is mindbogglingly brilliant, Kklint alone is stunning.  How we see backgrounds being utilised to not only enhance the moments but bring us depth perception, a sense of scale and this overall sense of size and scope to the book is stupendous work.  The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show this masterful eye for storytelling.  The colour work is equally as brilliant.  How we see the various flesh tones utilised to create musculature is sensational.  The various hues and tones we see within the colours utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows such an understanding for colour, how it works and how to utilise it properly.  Then there’s how we see Hawkman and his helmet and wings and such, by fiery light of the silver moon is this magnificent. ​    The story really is amazing and how we see the Rann and Earth sections playing out and how they tie together is intriguing on so many levels.  The layering and the clash of personalities and then the sheer fact Alanna is fearless and in Batman’s face about it makes me love her even more.  If this is what most of DC’s books looked like then I would read every single one of them.

[jadekcurtis]

Drift of Mist

The Lady clapped her hands, once, twice, three times and that seemed to be all that was necessary.  Three doorways stood in the arena now. The one that opened in front River was a swirling vortex.  He stepped forward and stepped through it without hesitation or really anything else.  (That was gratifying.  It wasn't like she wanted to hear anything else from him.)

The one in front of Nick and Anna was a stone gate.  Nick smiled in recognition and Anna only nodded at him.  (She was still on his arm. Nixie was truly beginning to wonder if she was in much, much worse shape than she was admitting.  That would not surprise Nixie if it were true.  She could only hope at this point that Nick would be enough to get her though their trial.)  

Nick walked up, unlatched and opened the gate.  Nixie leant as far to the side as she could, and noticed, just through the other side, that there was something different if you looked through the gate than just the other side of the arena.  But she couldn't see exactly what it was, couldn't make it any sort of shape or landscape that made sense.

And before she had finished processing any of that, Nick bowed Anna through and shut the gate behind them.

They vanished.

When River went through the vortex, she wasn't surprised that he vanished.  But when the gate moved, when it was opened (it opened out) they didn't step through on the other side and that felt...different.  Weirder.  Stranger.  It ought to be something that made sense.  

Now there was only the door in front of them.  It was a wooden door, with a brass knob, the kind you might see in a house or an apartment—it was the epitome of a door, Nixie thought.  She couldn't remember the number of these that she'd ever seen before in her life, but she knew that she'd seen it before.  She couldn't count the number of these that she'd seen before.

It was set in a frame, which she thought was a nice touch.

It was closed.

Around the edges, she could see the rest of the arena.

Of course she could.  That was completely normal.

It was only that...that on the other side...that wasn't what they were going to.  She knew that.

Alanna tapped her shoulder and smiled, grinning wide.  Her hair was bright pink against the graying sky and she grabbed Nixie's hand. “Come on,” she said.  “Haven't you always wanted an adventure?”

[giraffesorganization]

BACK 2 SCHOOL

Hola! Se que todos necesitamos inspiración antes de empezar un nuevo ciclo escolar, así que les dejare a continuacion algunos videos de youtube para que se motiven a empezar el año escolar con todas las ganas. Espero que les guste! 

APUNTES | NOTE TAKING

Cómo hago mis apuntes para la universidad (apuntes minimalistas) | sofíapricot

PAPER vs DIGITAL NOTE TAKING | How I Use BOTH | Caitlin's Corner

Apuntes organizados estilo MINIMALISTA | sofíapricot

APUNTES EN CLASE RAPIDOS Y ORGANIZADOS | sofíapricot

Apuntes bonitos!! | Barba Arenas Art

How I take notes | tbhstudying

SO. MANY. READINGS. How I take typed text book notes at University | Mistral Spirit

How I take Neat & Effective Notes | revisign

Cómo subrayar con colores: mi técnica | Tiempo entre papeles

Como tomar apuntes: consejos y métodos | Tiempo entre papeles

HAULS

HAUL PAPELERÍA DE MINISO (¿Copia de los mildliners) | sofíapricot

HAUL REGRESO A CLASES 2019 back-to-school | karlasnotes

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES HAUL | University Stationery Essentials | Caitlin's Corner

MATERIAL ESCOLAR PARA REGRESAR A CLASES | Daniela Gmr

¿QUÉ COMPRAR PARA EL REGRESO A CLASES?Mis recomendaciones de papelería | karlasnotes

What's in my bag (high school senorities edition | tbhstudying

BULLET JOURNAL

Cómo empezar un Bullet Journal (a mitad de año) para estudiantes | sofiapricot

BULLET JOURNAL PARA ESTUDIANTES + planea conmigo febrero 2019 | sofiapricot

BULLET JOURNALING FOR STUDENTS | DIY Back to School | Caitlin's Corner

STUDENTS BULLET JOURNAL spread for EXAMS | Claitlin's Corner

25 BULLET JOURNAL HEADER IDEAS | Caitlin's Corner

DIGITAL Bullet Journaling Productivity APPS and TIPS! | AmandaRachLee

Starting a NEW Bullet Journal | AmandaRachLee

How to plan your week | Mariana's Study Corner

My universal system, colour code + FREE Printable | Mistral Spirit

Planea conmigo Julio 2019 | 8va Avenida

RECOMENDACIONES | RECOMENDATIONS

The only thing you need to be productive | Mariana's Study Corner

10 Habits of Effective Students | studyquill

My University experience and what's next | Caitlin's Corner

Studying Mistakes & How to Avoid Them | studyquill

How to Study Like a PRO | Mariana's Study Corner

What I learned: my first month at Queen's University | Mistral Spirit

Apps for Students | revisign

Consejos primer año Universidad | Tiempo Entre Papeles

Los repasos: cómo, cuándo, porqué | Tiempo entre Papeles

Top 10 Study Techniques | studyquill

¿Cómo estudiar en una sola semana? | Tiempo entre papeles

Técnicas de Estudio con cronómetro | Tiempo entre papeles

DIYS

DIY Tumblr Notebooks for Back to School! Easy DIY School Supplies | AmandaRachLee

Portadas para tus CUADERNOS/CARPETAS | Barba Arenas Art

How to make Stickers! (For bullet journals, planners and more!) | AmandaRachLee

3 DIY útiles escolares para organizarte |8va Avenida

3 DIYs para COMENZAR CLASES! | DIYs paganos | DIYs para la ESCUELA | Solitude of Alanna

4 Ideas súper fáciles para decorar tus cuadernos! DIY | Stephie Ávalos

DIY HARRY POTTER Insert/Notebook ~ Process | Kyra Pace

DIY notebook | AbbyK Channel

[dentonindenmark]

Update!! 6 months!

So this update is very late and needed! I have been very busy seeing my exchange friends as over the past month my oldies have been going home. A lot has happened recently but the biggest would be Eurotour. 

Eurotour was 18 of the best days of my life. I’m not going to cover every aspect of it because this post would be very long, however, you can have some of my favorite memories.  We began the trip on the 18th of May and we drove to Berlin. After a few stops picking up the last few exchange students and getting lunch, we finally made it to Berlin. Everyone was very excited and ready to get to the hostel. By the time we had got our rooms sorted, we were taken to dinner in a restaurant that was decorated in a very old typical German way with wooden ceilings and wooden furniture and animal heads hung on the walls. For dinner, we had chicken and some potatoes and a strange salad. After dinner, we were given free time to walk around and explore the city. A group of us headed to visit a park that some of the boys wanted to go to. By the time we had been there had a look around, gotten a few photos it was time to walk back to the hostel. We spent the next day seeing the Berlin wall, which was absolutely beautiful and a memorial to the Jews. We then had free time to go explore the city for ourselves. Later our councilors surprised us with a trip up the Berlin T.V tower. The tower is 250m tall and we went to the top. At the top, you have a 360º view of Berlin. Afterward, we had more free time which we spent exploring the city again. 

The next day we drove to Czech where we stopped and looked in a concentration camp. It was a very strange experience but it was very good to hear about what happened there and the type of prisoners they had. this camp held a lot of political prisoners of war as well as Jewish. from the camp tour we continued our drive to our hotel which was just outside of Prague. The hotel was huge and consisted of two main areas, one where the rooms were and another which held activities and the dining area. We stayed for two nights in this hotel and spent a day exploring Prague. We visited the Old Castle which was a beautiful huge Gothic-style building. After spending an hour there to walk around, see the view and take some photos (unfortunately the line was way too long to get into the castle so we didn’t go inside) we headed down to the see more of the city. It was so beautiful and full of life and many small streets and gorgeous buildings. We spent a few hours exploring different sections of the city and then spent some time relaxing before meeting with the group again.

Over the next day, we drove to Vienna. We didn’t do anything else that day apart from having a small look around and eating dinner. The next day we spent driving around Vienna seeing the beautiful buildings and making a few stops to see the Schönbrunn Palace and the Hundertwasserhus. The Hundertwasserhus was a unique building that looked like it had been patchworked together because it was so miss-matched however it was absolutely gorgeous. The Schönbrunn Palace was still as magnificent as I had thought when we visited in 2016 and we explored some parts of the garden that I hadn’t seen at the last visit. From here we went and ate lunch. Alanna, Zara, Emily and I had some pasta and afterwards, I met up with Agnes. We went and had a coffee and talked and caught each other up about what we were doing and how our families were. It was really great to see her again. We were together for a few hours before she helped me find Alanna and Zara. Once I had said goodbye to Agnes we had more free time to just look around the section of the city near our hostel and shop. 

Next, it was onto Lido di Jesolo. We drove over the border of Austria and Italy and the view was just amazing. The mountains were stunning and very picturesque. The drive was long and we got to Lido di Jesolo in the evening. We found our rooms (we were very lucky getting a room on the top floor) and then decided to go to the beach. It was really nice to go to a beach again that wasn’t super muddy or super rocky. We spent a few hours there before heading back to the hotel and turning in for the night. The next day we went to Venice! We drove over to where we would catch the ferry to Venice. Once we had arrived in Venice we had a small tour and then our guides and councilors surprised us with Gondal rides. The rides lasted about half an hour but they were beautiful. Venice was so amazing and being able to see part of it from the small trip on the canals was truly special. Once our Gondola ride was over we had free time to explore the city. First, we went and bought huge ice-creams in waffle which were really delicious. We also bought some fresh fruit and found a small street with steps at the end that we sat on and were able to enjoy the sun, not have tourists crowding it and just enjoy the canals. From there we went and had a look at some souvenir shops and more of the small streets and buildings. Eventually, we found our way back to our meeting place and met up with the others and then we headed back to the hostel. Once we were back at the hotel and had had dinner we went down to the beach for the rest of the evening. That night Alanna, Zara, Emily and I decided to sleep on our balcony because it was a beautiful night and we had the top floor and a huge balcony. Surprisingly our sleep wasn’t that bad however we were awoken by church bells that rang for about 20 minutes. That day was reserved for us all to spend it at the beach. So after breakfast, we headed down and set up for the day. We spent the day lying in the sun and swimming. For lunch we had pizza and it was delicious! I think we ate about one pizza each. That evening we went and did karaoke at a restaurant near the hotel. It was a lot of fun. 

Day 10 we drove through Italy stopping in Verona, which is famously known for Romeo and Juliet. We saw the Arena in Verona which was great although it was under construction so there was a lot of fences and building supplies sitting near. We were also taken to Juliet's balcony which was in a small courtyard and was very sweet. We then had two hours free time in which we went and had lunch, (pasta that was so delicious), and saw a little more of the town. Then it was time to continue driving to our hotel for the night. 

The next day we continued driving to reach Avignon. We drove through the Alps which were magnificent and truly mesmerizing. Our day stop was in Nice which is such a beautiful city. Here we were given free time to see the city and possibly go swimming if we wanted. First, we headed up to the Castle Hill to see the view from the top. It was so beautiful seeing how vibrant blue the ocean was and how full of life it made the city seem. From here we headed down to get lunch and sit on the beach. We lost track of how long we were lying on the beach because we all fell asleep slightly because the sun was so warm and the ocean sound was very calming. When we all decided it would be best for us to get up we went for a small walk around and found some macarons to try. They were very delicious. I bought an ice-cream macaron and a normal one. The ice-cream macaron was a giant macaron with ice-cream as the filling. By the time we had finished here and had seen a little more of the city, it was time to continue our drive to Avignon. 

Day 12 we were taken to Pont Du Gard which is an old Roman aqua bridge. We walked down across the bridge and down to the river which runs underneath it. We went swimming down part of the river and, although the water was very cold, it was very refreshing and nice. We only had half an hour before we had to head to the bus for a picnic lunch. From there we headed back to the town of Avignon to see the city. Inside the city is the Palace of the popes which was huge and sat just higher than the rest of the city. Here we were given free time so I went into the Cathedral next to the Palace with Sofia, Regina, and Marianna. Sofia and I then went together to see some of the city and found a very cute merry-go-round which we went on. Soon we meet up with a few of the others and walked back to our hostel where a few of us went in the pool. 

Now it was time to go to Paris! We spent the day driving, only stopping for lunch. Once we had made it to our hotel and had our rooms sorted we went to go on a river tour around Paris. The boat tour took us around to see a few of the attractions such as what was left of the Notre Dame, and of course the Eiffel tower. The tour was really nice and due to the time of day (evening), it was very beautiful. Once the tour was over it was time to head back to the hostel. The next day we went to the Louvre Museum. We spent two hours there walking around. Firstly, of course, we went and saw the Mona Lisa. Us exchange students took over and pushed our way to the front to get some good photos. From there we went to another part of the museum and Alanna, Owen and I got separated from the other group so we just went off looking at other parts. Zara was unfortunately very sick so she stayed at the hotel. Alanna, Owen and I walked around looking at the paintings.  We spent two hours there and then went to meet up with the rest of the exchange students. From here we went to the Eiffel tower and were given free time. We went to get lunch, first, we had Chipotle and then we got a savory crepe (I had ham and cheese) and it was delicious! Next, we went back to the group and were given the opportunity to go see the Square Nadar. It was quite warm so we went and got some cold drinks and then begun our walk to the top. Once we got there we had a look down some of the streets and got ice cream. Soon it was time to go back to the Eiffel tower. There we waited to go up but we had problems with the tickets so unfortunately, we didn’t get to go up the tower. However, we went and found a nice patch on the grass and watched the light show. We then walked back to the hotel, so that we could get enough sleep for the next day. The next day it was time for Disney Land! Whilst we waited for our councilors to get our tickets we went and had lunch at a sandwich place inside the Disney park. fro there we went and got our tickets and went inside. Alanna, Emily, Jom and I went on Space Mountain as soon as we got it. We had to leave Zara out in some shade because she was very sick, she ended up going back to the hotel. After Space Mountain and deciding what we were going to do (Emily went back with Zara) Alanna and I went on to the next rides. We spent a while in lines and going on rides whilst also seeing the park. Eventually, we found some others and walked around with them. After a while, in Disneyland Park, we went over to look at the Studio park. Alanna and I went on two rides, the Aerosmith rollercoaster and the Tower of Terror. Both were really great although I think the tower of terror would’ve been better if we could understand what it was saying. By this time we were pretty exhausted and headed back to Disneyland park and met with the others. By this time everyone was super tired and we went back to the hotel.  

From Paris, it was onto Holland. To get there we went through Belgium, stopping in Brussels for a few hours. In Brussels, our main sight to see was Manneken Pis. This is a tiny little statue of a naked little boy peeing. One story behind the legend of it is that a fathers son went missing and the father found him peeing on the street corner and so in gratefulness of finding his son decided to build a statue on the corner he was found. Of course, there are several other stories behind it but this was the one we were told. After a few hours of free time, we then had to continue our trip to the Nederlands and get to our hotel in Doorwerth. 

Our 17th day of the trip was spent in Amsterdam. To start our day we went on a canal tour through Amsterdam, passing several sights such as parts of Jordaan, and Anne Franks house. Once the tour was over our councilors and guides surprised us with tickets to Madame Tussauds. We were given free time to go in there and then see what we wanted in Amsterdam. Madame Tussauds was really cool, my favorite was probably the Avengers. Once we had seen all of Madame Tussauds we went to get lunch and then had a look around at some of the canals and went and did some shopping. After doing some more walking around we had to head back to the guides so we could go back to the hotel. Once we got back to the hotel we had some free time and then we had a final night party and flag signing. It was really great and a lot of fun. 

The final day was spent driving back to Denmark. It was a sad trip because over 18 days we had all become very close and considering a lot of them were leaving shortly after. Once we had said our goodbyes it was time to head home. 

After Eurotour I spent a lot of time seeing my oldies and spending as much time with them as I could before they left. I also moved host families to the Schwartzs during this time. My new family is very welcoming and I have adjusted great. Due to some host family complications, I moved to what was supposed to be my third family so they had planned their summer holidays and couldn’t fit me in their plans last minute so right now I am back with Birgitte, Lars, and Zofie, no longer Victor who left to Mexico yesterday for his exchange. Tomorrow we will go to Møn for a few days, which will be nice. 

Tusind tak for reading it all 😁

- Lexie xx

[unseemingowl]

Tamora Pierce and her sneaky ass cameos

It’s been a while since I either started yelling or cried from a book, but Tamora Pierce managed both with a well placed, stealthy cameo in Tempests and Slaughter.

You know the one, towards the end of the book, in the arena. The cameo I didn’t realise I needed.

You got me there Tamora Pierce! Bravo.

First yelling, then crying. Then some book hugging too for good measure

I haven’t been that excited by a book cameo since Alanna showed up in Wild Magic.

[nsula]

President’s List Fall 2018

NATCHITOCHES – Six hundred and fifty-four students were named to the Fall 2018 President’s List at Northwestern State University. Students on the list earned a grade point average of 4.0. Those named to the President’s List listed by hometown are as follows.

 Abbeville – Annemarie Broussard, Heather Mayard;

 Alexandria – Eric Weinzettle, Brandi Beaudoin, Leslie Bordelon, Claudia Gauthier, Ian Grant, Angela Hardin, Martha Hopewell, Jaliyah Jasper, Kasey Lacombe, Hunter Lewis, DeShonta Manning, Allison McCloud, Jalyn Mvcneal, Madeline Mitchell, Jennifer Prevot, Jabari Reed, Sailor Reed, Shacora Simpson, Kayla Whittington;                            

 Anacoco -- Nicole Fitzgerald, Brittany Lewis, Caitlin McKee, Cassandra Osborne, Seth Ponthieux, Casey Williams, Megan Williams;

 Anchorage – Sydney Bulot;

 Arcadia – Antavious Roberson, Ralyn Simpson;

 Arnaudville -- Zachary Leboeuf, Alayna Moreau, Misti Richard;

Ashland – Victoria Roderick;

Baker – Katelyn Kennedy;

 Ball – Nickolas Juneau, Joseph Reynolds;

 Barksdale, AFB – Kimberly Ventura Gonzalez;                  

 Basile – Adam Elkins;

 Bastrop – Nikkia Lewis;

 Baton Rouge – Meagan Barbay, Diamanisha Betts, Madison Harris, Hannah Knoff, Jordan Lancaster, Tremia Lockett, Henrietta Mercer, Daniel Midyett, Emma Rivet, Victoria Simmons;                              

 Belcher – Sierra Lang;

 Belgrade, Serbia -- Emilija Dancetovic;

 Belmont – Kelly Bass;

 Benton – Victoria Berry, Tamara Korner, Bridget Miller, Jessica O’Neal, Finnley Plaster, Comis Waddell, Kathryn Watts;

 Bienville – Julie Martin;

 Boise, Idaho – Jessica Anderson;

 Bossier City – Maddison Abreo, Jayde Barnett, Brittany Batchelor, Hannah Brooks, Kendall Caple, Izabela Carabelli, Callie Crockett, Peyton Davis, Hannah Gates, Joshua Greer, Jada Grigsby, Peyton Harville, Caylin Head, Savanna Head, Nicholas Hopkins, Kijah Johnson, Brandon Larkin, Chelsea Laverdiere, April Lebick, Katherine Parson, Colby Ponder, Taylor Powell, Jade Reich, Jami Rivers, Jalyn Robertson, Reid Rogers, Madison Rowland, Donna Spurgeon, Savannah Stevens, James Taylor, Kaitlyn Walker, Eric Zheng;

 Boutte – Samantha Vernor;

 Boyce – Katelyn Brister, Dylan Frazier, Sonya Hill;

 Breaux Bridge – Beyonkan Heine, Emily Roy;

 Broussard – Dylan Dunford;

 Brownsville, Texas – Emily Saldivar;

 Brussels – Leyla Fettweis;

 Bunkie – Emily Arnaud,

 Burleson, Texas -- Addison Pellegrino, Cassandra Smith;

 Calhoun – Grace Cummings, Robert Mccandlish;

 Calvin – Erin Price;

 Campti – Alisha Bedgood, Rebekah Cole, Madelynne Greer;

Carencro – Melody Woodard;

 Carrollton, Texas – Victoria Miller;

 Cartagena, Colombia – Aura Hernandez Canedo, Jorge Ojeda Munoz, Hassik Vasquez Narvaez;

Cheneyville -- Katelyn Baronne;

 Clarence – Jalicia Small;

 Clifton – Brittany Shackleford;

 Colfax – Alyssa Coleman, Lessie Rushing, Elizabeth Slayter, Morgan Vandegevel;

 Conroe, Texas – Sidney Salmans;

 Converse – Shayna Brown, Hayley Farmer, Wade Hicks, Mallory Mitchell, Hannah Womack, Logan Woodward;

Cotton Valley -- Nicholas Smith;

 Coushatta – Sydney Anderson, Kaylee Antilley, Debra Hanson, Jon Hester, Mary James, Cynthia Lawson, Baley McAlexander, Precious Smith;

 Covington -- Henri Blanchat, Justin Brogdon, Rachael Coyne, Sarah Shiflett;

 Crowley -- Ma'Kayleen Milson;

 Custer, South Dakota – China Whitwer;

 Cypress, Texas – Alexis Warren;

Dakota Dunes, South Dakota – Eryn Sandwell;

 Denham Springs – Joni Burlew;

DeRidder – Delia Amadiz, Lauren Callis, Tabitha Deer, Colten Denning, Falon Drake, Rebekah Frantz, Shydae Hammond, Karli Kennedy, Briana March, Brittney March, Shayla Miller, Jessica Mullican, Hannah Plummer, Rebecca Richmond, Cheyenne Vander, Michael Waryas;

 Des Allemands – Emily Blanchard, Claire Schouest;

 Destrehan – Hannah Boquet, Stephanie Webre;

 Deville – Briana Ashley, Allison Deglandon, Amber Kreideweis, Aubree Lampert, Kenedy Lampert, Madison Lejeune, Maci Mayeux, Caleb Rhodes;

 Diamondhead, Mississippi – Melissa Boyanton;

 Dodson – Rachel Broomfield;

 Doyline – Lucas Darbonne;

 Dry Prong – Jared Boydstun, Ashlee Elliott;

 Edmond, Oklahoma – Payton Hartwick, Ashley Medawattage;

 El Paso, Texas – Christopher Barron;

 Elizabeth – Amanda Cloud, Sadie Perkins;

 Elton – Kayla Bellard;

 Endicott, New York – Tonya Rackett;

 Evergreen – Walter Armand;

 Falfurrias, Texas – Marco Arevalo;

 Farmerville – Malissa Loyd;

 Florien – Shayla Duhon, Amber Lewing, Caroline Matthews, Dylan Roberts, Jordan Weldon;

Folson – Shaylee Laird, Sarah Moore;

 Forest Hill – Rafael Sierra;

 Forney, Texas – Jobey Rusk, Jared Walker, Jayden Wheeler;

 Fort Polk – Brittany Chadwick, Kyley Cole, Shaunda Gordon, Miranda Illsley, Cynthia Schwartz, Sasha Trevino, Cherie Martel;

 Fort Worth, Texas – Corban James;

 Franklin – Emily Kutchenriter;

 Franklinton – Crystal Newman;

 Frisco, Texas – Caroline Shepherd;

 Garland, Texas – Sierra Stone;

Glenmora – Alan Crowder, Reagan Humphries, Melissa Lanier, Faith Lawrence;

 Goldonna – David Day, Harley Godwin;

 Gonzales – Rebecca Marchand, Nicole Moody, Molly Moran, Bailee Ramey, Denee Smith;

 Grand Prairie, Texas – Clayton Casner;

 Grapevine, Texas – Margaret Black;

 Greenwell Springs -- Cheramie Kravitz;

Greenwood -- Char'Tarian Wilson;

 Gretna – Nadia Johnson;

 Haughton – Luther Cain, Jessica Chase, Brittony Cole, Randi Corley, Bethanie Couch, Alexis Hoeltje, Victoria Lodrini, Savanah Molina, Amber Simmons, Heather Wooden, Dawn Young;

 Heath, Texas – Megan Lohmiller;

 Henderson, Texas – John Floyd, Emily Ortiz;

 Hermon, Maine -- Allessa Ingraham-Albert;

 Hessmer – Ryan Armand, Lacee-Beth Cazelot;

Hineston – Gabrielle Merchant Langley, Tylee Stokes;

 Hope Mills, North Carolina -- Taylor Camidge;                          

 Hornbeck – Brandy Alford, Lane Alford, Kimberly Runyon;

 Houma – Alexis Dardar, Billy Gorr, Sarah Lajaunie, Corinne Paris;

Houston, Texas – Kendall Westfall;

 Humble, Texas – Aiyana Bean;

 Huntington, Texas – Travis Carrell;

 Iowa – Keiona Guy, Matthew Phillips;

 Irving, Texas – Darria Williams;

 Jacksonville Beach, Floria – Katherine Medlin;

 Jefferson – Jaleia Parker;

 Jena – Christian Aymond, Alanna Hailey;

 Jennings – Aimee Boothe, Alyson Brown, Janee Charles, Rachel Edwards, Rachelle Edwards, Wesley Simien, Lydia Williams;

 Jonesboro – Jordan Winston;

 Kaplan – Gabriel LeMoine;

 Katy, Texas – Erik Carver;

Keithville – John-David May, Cora Procell, Janae Richardson, Joanna Sims;

 Kenner -- Brooke Petkovich, Parul Sharma;

 Kentwood – Jenna Morris;

Kileen, Texas - Temitope Buraimoh, Arlyn Johnson;

 Kinder -- Jonathon Villareal;

 Lacombe – William Simpson;

Lafayette -- Jeffrey Blossom, Abbey Broussard, Luke Dupre, Michael Joseph, Emilee Leger, Robert Middleton, Andrea Saelios, Dante Saelios, Forest Strang;                            

 Lake Charles – Jovan Avery, Abigail Brady, Shawn Becton, Ashtyn Heap, Amanda Mustian, Sarah Sargent;

 Larose – Eric Bourg;

 Las Vegas, Nevada – April Ficarrotta;

 Lawtell – Karoline Guidry;                            

 Lecompte – Hannah Glaze;

 Leesville – Sara Bishop, Autumn Boggs, Anthony Cantrell, Raven Collins, Carter Coriell, Junette Cutshaw, Cameron Davis, Chloe Dowden, Sarah Gibbs-Jarrell, Geoffrey Goins, Jessica Gray, Cheyenne Grigg, Jessica Herring, Ashley Hunt, Leigha Jackson, Bethany Kay, Emilee Keuten, Mercedes Mattes, Kelsea Mckinney, Paula Pilkenton, Linsey Preddy, Danielle Smyth, Peggy Stanley, Linda Strauss, Megan Tucker, Kristin Whistine;

 Little Elm, Texas – Hunter Gagnon;

 Logansport – Trenton Timmons, Rebecca Tomlin;

 Longview, Texas – Gustavo Corrales, Kelli Hickerson, Samantha Morris;

 Lyons, Kansas – Jennifer Rogers, Mary Rogers;

Machesney Park, Illinois – Alicia Teran;

 Mamou – Alex Chapman, Meggie Granger, Nicholas Saucier;

 Mandeville -- Shannon Roussell;

Mangham -- Rebekah Aultman;

Mansfield – Brooke Smith, Madylin Sullivan;

 Mansura – Bailey Quebedeaux, Distiny Thompson;

 Many – Skyler Ezernack, Heidi Knight, Jaleah Lee, Lathan Meyers, Xavier Montgomery, Chas Pilcher, Tessa Reeves, Samantha Simmons;

 Marksville – Zachary Moreau, Paulette Thomas;  

 Marrero – Lorn Bourgeois;

 Marshall, Texas – Laurann Graham, D’Sherrick Williams;

 Marthaville – Emeri Manasco, Hanna Pardee;

Maurepas – Cameron Mayfield, Abigail Smith;

 Maurice – Adam Courville;

 Melissa, Texas – Kylah Banasky;

 Merryville -- Kalan Townsley;

 Metairie – Kaitlyn Arena, Morgan Nuss, Holly Schiler, Mary Strickland, Sadye Treadway;                          

 Minden – Aubrey Dennis, Jess Easley, Laura Gryder, Taya Hester, Kiara Jenkins, Abigail Reynolds, Amanda Rogers, Heather White;

 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – Kayla Bomben;

 Mobile, Alabama – Emily Cristina;

 Monroe – Demonta Brown, Aaron Hunt, Grace Underwood;

 Montgomery -- Shelly Crew, Katelym Feazell;

 Mooringsport – Abigail Wolfe;

 Mora – Gracy Rowell;

Moreauville – Sean Casey;

 Morgan City – Allie Atkinson, Jeremy Orgeron;

 Morse – Kierra Linden;

 Mount Hermon -- Warren McFarlain;

Muleshoe, Texas -- Caitlyn Barber;

 Murphy, Texas – Bronte Rhoden;

 Murrieta, California – LaQuitta Wilkins;

Napoleonville – Elizabeth Coleman;

Natchitoches -- Austin Aldredge, Ragan Aple, Luz Arrieta Jimenez, Rebecca Autrey, Sarah Aviles, Francisco Ballestas-Sayas, Joshua Below, Dylan Bennett, Sarah Bergeron, Allison Berry, Sara Coates, Anna Coffey, Fabian Correa Guette, Haley Dahlhoff, Elliot Davis, Ruth Garcia Rodriguez, Samantha Hall, Kaitlin Hatten, Taylor Johnson, Anthony Jones, Mary Keran, Colby Koontz, Scott Macqueen, Miranda Mayeaux, Rylie Mcfarlain, Jordan Mitchell, Maina Ibn Mohammed, Kaitlyn Nieman, Brooklyn Noe, Abigail Poe, Jonah Poe, Melissa Remo, Shelby Riedel, Alyssa Roberts, Kayla  Roquemore, Emily Ryder, Emily Salter, Madison Shade, Melissa Slaughter, Madeline Taylor, David Thibodaux, Kristan Valdez, Lantz Vercher, Elizabeth Vienne, Madysen Watts;

New Iberia -- Jaci Jones, Grace Kerns, Payton Romero:

 New Llano – Nicole Naral;

New Milford, Connecticut -- Lisa Rosenberg;

 New Orleans – Jerome Baudy, Haleigh Giorlando Wall, Jaime Hendrickson, Tayla Oliver;

Noble – Allie Ebarb, Collin Procell;

Noyen sur Serthe, France -- Emma Miachon;

Oakdale -- Cheyenne Bertrand, Alyssa Cole, Katelyn Johnson, Coriana Moreaux, James Obrien;

 Oil City – Ryan Connella;

 Olla – Brianna Corley, Kristen Smith;

Opelousas -- Lauren Hebert, Keshayla Jackson, Alexia Rubin, Jaylen St. Romain;

Pacifica, California -- Nicholas Pierotti;

Palmetto, Florida --   Cindy Hernandez;

 Paris, Texas -- Jordan Whatley;

 Pearland, Texas – Tanisha Williams;

 Pelican – Mary Myers;

Pereira Risaralda, Colombia -- Mariana Ospina Rivas;

 Pineville – Malek Abdelhadi, Taylor Bailey, Riley Bell, Tasha Blanchard, Christian Boudreaux, Latasha Cain, Noelle Carruth, Amber Edmisson, Erin Fallis, Kara Johnson, Michael Martin, Emily McCarty, Cade Mitchell, Wendi Powell, Morgan VanBuren, Corbi Walters, Wesley Williams, Alan Winegeart;                        

 Pitkin – Mattie Stewart;

 Plaquemine – Kameron Landry;

 Plaucheville -- Brooke Dauzat;                            

Pollock – Jadynn Giles;

 Pontotoc, Mississippi – Elizabeth McCullar;

 Port Allen – Makayla Lacy;

 Port Barre – Madison Estis;

 Port Orange, Florida – Sean Logan;

 Prairieville – Rebekah Bonner, Colleen Carline, Roy Cobb, Andrea Gathercole, Sarah Makin;

Princeton – LeKayla Smith;

 Provencal – Kara Gandy, Rebekah Orsborn, Bailey Scarbrough;

Ragley – Elizabeth Jaycox, Cole Spponer;

 Raleigh, North Carolina – Aleida, Alfonso;

 Ringgold – Regan Edwards;

 Riverview, Florida – Robyn Larson;

 Robeline ��� Jessica Clark, Patricia Goodwin, Alyssa Maley, Bergen Oge, Caleb Wester;

 Round Rock, Texas – Evan Nafe;

 Ruston – Jena Green;

 Saint Francisville – Sara Baggett, Jordan Bringedahl;

 Saint Martinville – Blake Blanchard, Alli Douet;                        

 Saint Rose – Alexis Mancuso;

 Saline – Madelyn Cheatwood;

 San Antonio, Texas – Tiffany Rubin;

 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Loren MacLennan;

 Scott – Sydni Larriviere, Kristen Prejean;

 Seabrook, Texas -- Amy Whitecotton;

 Searcy, Arkansas – Lora Wood;

 Shenzhen, China – Yinglin Yuan;

Shreveport -- Lindsey Adkins, Mackenzie Allen, Hannah Angell, Yasmeen Bader, James Baldwin, Katelynn Benge, Maddison Benge, Hallie Bloxom, Erin Brown, Kaysie Burgess, Abigail Davis, Jackson Driggers, Jennifer Eaves, Jennifer Elliott, Samantha Freeman, Peyton Gamble, Leah Gould, Melina Johnson, Tatyanna Kinsey, Kaitlyn Knighton, Katherine Mckay, Maxey McSwain, Madison Milligan, Myles Mitchell, Cayla Morris, Megan Osborn, Mallory Parker, Bailey Patton, Zachary Person, Haley Pickett, Taylor Poleman, Patricia Reed, Madelyn Ruiz, Catherine Shaw, Shelby Sowers, DeAndre Stevenson, Khaila Tucker, Ansonia Wisner;

 Sibley – Julianna Schober;

 Simmesport – Bailie Marsh, Elise Normand;

 Simsboro – Autumn Smith, Shelby Wall;

 Slaughter – Ciara Gibbs;

 Slidell – Ayrianna Edwards, Katherine Gallinghouse, Parker Gwaltney, Abigail Miller, Sabrina Miller, Holly Penta, Rachel Reed, Jourdan Waddell, Olivia Warren;                      

 Spring, Texas -- Sydney Normand;

 Stinnett, Texas – Dalin Williams;

 Stonewall – Mildred Hooper, Mallory McConathy, Emily McConnell, Brooke Meade, Clinton Oliver, Mackenzie Panther, Kassidy Parker;                          

 Stuttgart, Germany -- Antonia Blattner;

 Sulphur – Tiffany Lyons, Bryttani MacNamara;

 Sunset – Lindsay Thibodeaux;

 The Woodlands, Texas – Tyler Rapp;

 Thibodaux – Sheridan Duet, Maegan Davis;

Tool, Texas – Kimberly Kidney;

 Toronto Ontario – Rhea Verma;

 Trout – Makayla King, Zachary Long, Deana Poole, Devon Smith, Andrea Walters;

 Venice, Florida – Alexis Weaver;

 Ventress – Racheal Gaude;

 Ville Platte – Gabrielle Chapman, Joshua Galland, Alex Gautreaux;

 Waco, Texas – Isabella Hudson;

 Walker – Johnny Brister;

 Washington – Tarik Andrus;

 Welsh – Alisha Ledoux;

 West Helena, Arkansas – Brittani Arana;

 West Monroe – Julianne Cousans, Laura Lovell;

 White Castle – Cassidy Blanchard, Gavin Landry;

 Whitehouse, Texas – Jackson Allen;

 Wilmington, Delaware – Amy Bourett;

 Winnfield -- Tamierrea Alexander, John Collins, Simona Curry, Michael Duke, D’Tyria Duncan, Joshua Goins, Kassidy Grantadams, Kelsey Jordan, Elizabeth Parker, Caroline Womack, Maggie Womack;

 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Tyra Duma;

Woodworth – Christian Jeansonne, Jonathan Magnano;

Wylie, Texas – Alexis Perry;

 Yaroslav, Russia -- Polina Mutel;

Youngsville – Jessica Gilmore, Brandon Granger;

 Zakopane, Poland -- Patrycja Polanska;

 Zwolle – Shakelia Maxie, Holden Rivers.                          

[ofutebolizando]

[caption id="attachment_112052" align="alignnone" width="924"] Jogadoras 3B Sport.[/caption] No jogo de volta das oitavas de final da Série A3 do Brasileiro feminino, o 3B Sports venceu novamente o Barcelona-RO. Após vitória por 1 a 0 fora de casa, desta vez a vitória foi por 3 a 1, neste sábado à tarde, na Arena da Amazônia. Gabi Batista, Alanna e Larissa Rocha marcaram para as donas da casa. Evila diminuiu para as rondonienses. Com a vitória, o 3B está classificado para as quartas de final e vai decidir o acesso para a Série A2 contra Ypiranga-AP ou Paraíso-TO. As equipes se enfrentaram na noite deste sábado, no estádio do Pereirão em Tocantins. Na ida, em Macapá, as equipes empataram em 0 a 0. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="984"] 3B e Barcelona-RO se enfrentaram neste sábado, na Arena da Amazônia.[/caption]  O jogo Em busca da classificação, o time visitante começou o jogo tentando surpreender o 3B, mas as Feras rapidamente controlaram a partida. Aos 13 minutos, Paulinha, em jogada de velocidade, foi derrubada na entrada da área com falta. A capitã Gabi Batista cobrou com perfeição no ângulo de Raquelle, abrindo o placar para o time amazonense. Mas não deu nem para comemorar. A zagueira Emilly errou na saída e entregou a bola nos pés de Evila, que tocou na saída e empatou o jogo. As Catalãs rondonienses passaram a pressionar na partida e tiveram a chance de virar o jogo aos 28 minutos. Evila arrancou em velocidade, invadiu a área e foi derrubada pela goleira Lorrana: pênalti. A própria Evila foi pra batida e parou na goleira Lorrana, que se redimiu no jogo.. Com jogo aberto e um elenco mais qualificado, o 3B passou a criar mais na partida. Monique recebeu passe de Larissa e deixou Alanna em condições legais para colocar as Feras na frente. No final do primeiro tempo, as Feras deram o bote no terceiro gol. Gabi Batista cobrou falta na área, Larissa Rocha ganhou da zaga do Barça e bateu de primeira, aumentando a vantagem do 3B na partida. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="984"] Jogadoras 3B Sport.[/caption]  Segundo tempo Na volta do intervalo, o 3B veio para cima querendo alargar a vantagem. Aos 10 minutos, Larissa Rocha trocou passes com Gisele que botou a goleira Catalã para trabalhar. Na jogada seguinte, quem levou perigo foi o Barcelona, Jaciara ficou de frente com a goleira Lorrana e acertou o travessão. Aos 20 minutos, Gabi Batista cobrou escanteio para o 3B,. Paulinha meteu um voleio que passou muito perto do ângulo de Raquelle. A equipe amazonense teve mais volume de jogo na segunda etapa,. Chances ocorreram, mas faltou caprichar na pontaria. Final de jogo. 3B 3 a 1 sobre Barcelona e classificação garantida.

[divinebeauties]

Alanna Arrington backstage at the 2017 #VSFashionShow on November 20, 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.

[divinebeauties]

Alanna Arrington backstage at the 2017 #VSFashionShow on November 20, 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.

[serene-quill]

I don’t know how much I enjoyed Tempests and slaughter but I do know it gave me many a feel. Also, I haven’t read a Tamora Pierce book for the first time since mastiff so it was weird not knowing exactly what was going to happen all the time

Hi Anon,

Actually, for me, I think part of what contributed to me being (I’m going to call it being unsatisfied with the book because it’s not that I didn’t enjoy it, it just didn’t satisfy me) was that in a way I do know exactly where this all ends, from reading the Wild Magic series.  And try as I might, that leaves me with a lack of wanting to connect to certain characters in Tempests & Slaughter.  When you know someone isn’t going to turn out well, you spend the whole time suspecting them of the worst - is Ozorne actually behind the very bad things they imply Chioke is knee deep in (regicide, rigging the succession, etc.) Yeah, I would buy it. 

Another point of being unsatisfied for me came from some story structure issues - I’m trying to be as spoiler free as I can, so please ask for clarification if I get too vague on my spoiler observations. I was waiting for something - Preet, Chioke and the regicide plots, Faizy’s death - to over arc and come to some sort of resolution.  While books in a series are designed to be open ended, as a reader, there’s a dissatisfied feeling when you don’t have an arc or plot of some sort resolve.  Even Arram isn’t resolved in the end on his eventual need to leave, he’s still in a mindset of convincing his friend.  Additionally, the Musenda “reveal” happened too soon for me.  It’s very apparent in that chapter that Arram is going to be faced with hard death, and the potential for it being Musenda’s death came off the table too soon.  I felt like that should have come from the end of his time at the arena.

But I think the biggest source of feeling unsatisfied from the book came from the fact that in the end, this was a book about boys and male character driven.  When I pick up Tamora Pierce, from way (way way way) back in the day when I first read Alanna to Mastiff a few years ago, I read for tomboys and strong female characters.  I’ve been forcefed a steady diet of male characters all my life, in classes and by the market which still is dominated by the male protagonist.  I pick up Tamora Pierce for the women I identify with.  (I also tend to only pick up YA with male protagonists these days if they are LGBTQIA+)

In the end, I’ll say there were some great things about the book, but while I enjoyed it’s pieces, the whole left me rather unsatisfied.

[thegeekerynj]

An Occasional Attempt to Read, Discuss and Review the Wonders of Comics

By: John Rafferty, cranky old man, and Fan of All Things Comics

Strange Adventures #3  Good Guys and Bad Guys 

Writer: Tom King   Artists:  Evan ‘Doc’ Shaner  & Mitch Gerads

‘Now I ask you, in the modern day, in your Modern Day America… is this how we treat our heroes?

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So,  this story is starting to get very strange indeed.

At first, Gentle Readers, I thought this was going to be a very twisted Kanjar Ro story, where Adam was being framed for war crimes which he not only did not commit, but crimes which did not exist. I mean, Rann is a Zeta Beam ride away, who exactly is going to to verify any of the accounts?

Then, with the introduction of Michael Holt in the second issue, the smartest, most fair minded individual on Earth, we have the Investigator.  His job, as he has accepted, to determine whether there is any truth to the allegations too War Crimes having been committed by Adam Strange, and then to determine the extent of the crimes. His mission, after interviewing Adam and Alanna, to travel to Rann, and review all the records.

For Mr. Terrific, this will be a daunting task.

Issue Three tosses a Sliding Curve Ball through the plate glass window.

Alanna Strange, wife of Adam, seems to be leading a smear campaign against the investigators… Mr. Terrific, and the Justice League, and trying them in the court of Public Opinion.

Planting seeds of distrust in the media over the lines of questioning being followed, unsubstantiated offhand comments, one sided analysis by talking heads on ‘fair and balanced’ news programs, and finally, paparazzi style photos being taken, and broadcast, to show a hero’s wife being strong armed by the Bat of Gotham…

What the Hell is going on???

I’m Lost.

I really feel as if I’ve been thrust into the DC version of the ‘Geraldo Show’, with all the insanity inherent in the host, and his audience.

This is gonna be good.

With 9 issues to go, if I was sure I had a handle on where this was going with Issue 3, I’d skip to Issue 11, and ride it out ’til then, saving my COVID Bucks.

The way this story has me all twisted up like a Gordian Knot, I can’t wait for the next issue… I’m running through Instagram, looking for Doc Shaner and Mitch Gerads feeds, hoping for a clue, with a post of a panel or a page…. I want to know outcome of Terrific’s investigation off world, and By Jingo, nothing’s going to keep me from it… except for the store being closed, or the books being late, or any of a hundred other teeny, tiny , little issues which I will not enumerate here.

But, I digress.

Tom King was a SPOOK. Yes, with a Capital SPOOK. He ‘was’ an analyst for the CIA.

There are two thing to remember when you read those words. First, nobody ever ‘was’ a spook… as anyone who has `read a Tom Clancy novel can tell you, no one wvwe leaves the CIA. What’s the line from ‘West Side Story’? 

‘When you’re a Jet,

You’re a Jet all the way!

From your first cigarette,

To your last dying day!’

Second, as an analyst, he has learned the art of finding the facts in a fabrication, and more importantly, how to hide the facts by creating a monstrous fabrication.

His creation is simply marvelous. 

There is a line in this chapter which perfectly illustrates this point:

‘Not all stories are FICTION’

It is up to the Reader to determine the Demarcation Point, that place in the narrative where the Documentary becomes a Work of Fancy, or, the Tale becomes Testimony… Where is that, you ask?

Again, I am lost.

Which brings us to the team of Gerads and Shaner, illustrators to the gods.

These artists are at polar opposites, the stark angular backgrounds of the cityscapes, to the soft curves of the arena, the hard edginess of Earth, compared to the softer fluidity of Rann .The minutiae in the detail ( Law Firm of Gardner & Fox… I giggled, I remembered, a tear formed)the beauty of the completeness.

Gerads and Shaner Complement and Contrast, each adding nuance to the other’s work, merely by appearing side by side. The Reader can easily enjoy the two stories as they unfold, and as we move further into the narrative, watch as they appear to begin blending into one expansive, scary picture.

Woe be to anyone unprepared for the coming crossfire.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Strange Adventures #4 

Writer: Tom King   Artists: Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner

**guttural utterances**

*silence*

‘Let me translate. That’s ‘It ain’t that impossible. Now where are the damn documents?’ in Pykkt’

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Things get decidedly real.

Michael Hold becomes an interplanetary persona non gratis, and a diplomatic nightmare.

Alanna Strange is showing her cards, and she’s playing with a fist full of aces. She has gone from Space Heroine to Jerri Springer in one hand…

Adam Strange seems to be showing all the signs of having psychotic breaks, if his story is true.

And, Gentle Readers, this is where we find ourselves at the end of Issue 4, with two-thirds of the story to go.

Michael Holt has taken a ship to Rann.

His intention, to review all the documentation he can get his hands on concerning the Pykkt Incursion, in order to assess the veracity of Adam’s account, and the claims of War Crimes levied against him.

When he arrives, he is greeted with open arms by Karnath, the assistant to the Chief of Staff for the Science and Political Council.

In other words, Sardath is ducking him.

Michael accepts this for what it is, and moves on to the Library of Historical Archives, where he asks for the Pykkt documents.

Rebuffed, because no one on Rann, or anywhere else can read or translate the Pykkt documents, Michael goes on to prove how he earned the name Mr. Terrific, much to the chagrin of the Archivist.

This, of course, leads to an attempted Secret Police style arrest that night.

Michael takes himself to the Council Building, sans guards (having  dealt with them by T-Spheres), where he is rather ungraciously invited to remove himself from the planet, forthwith, fo;;owing an exchange of ‘extreme facial hand greetings” with Sardath,

Some people just do not understand the concept of ‘Fair Play’!

The B-story playing out is the part of the autobiography where Adam is angry that the Zeta Beam wore off just as he was leading the Hellotaat against the Pykkt, and more angry that his friends in the Justice League won’t help him to get back there, instead making him wait two weeks for the next Zeta Beam.

From  this reader’s perspective, it seems like we are being set up for something here…

Adam braces both Hal Jordan and Superman to help him, to no avail. He finds, in this version of the story, the League is more concerned with their own issues, and the potential interstellar political fallout from stepping in on Adam’s behalf to help him..

This seems contrived, almost unbelievable, considering the players asked… neither has ever put politic ahead of doing the right thing.

But, I digress, and analyze…

This chapter appears to take place over the span of a very short period, possibly as short as two days. We don’t see Adam in current Time-Space, only in the story flashbacks. Alanna, however, is another story. She seems to be playing a political game of sorts, and Michael is simply upset, but he has gleaned more information and understanding than he would have, had they just let him access the Pykkt Archives.

With the conflict gearing up, King’s story is becoming both psychological thriller and action superhero tale. I can’t wait what direction it roll to next…

BTW, where IS Aleea Strange?

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5