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culturalgutter · 6 years

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Jet ‘s Chang Mo-Kei’s kung fu has been struck by the Jinx Palm, blocking his chi, destroying his ability to perform kung fu and causing him to need constant infusions of chi from Taoist priest Chang San-Fung (Sammo Hung). But Chang can only be cured by a massive infusion of yang energy, which he receives after falling off a cliff and meets a hermit chained to a bolder who teaches him the Great Solar Stance to get back at the hermit’s own enemies. Afterwards, Chang is super-skilled and learns kung fu with the ease of Jet Li. Then things get crazy with everybody flying and chi all over the place, a Mongol princess, the King of Green Bat, all the martial arts schools fighting each other, hundreds of people running around with flags, the not-evil Evil Cult, Hermit Chained to a Boulder Fist. And then, as it gets to the big end fight, it just stops, teasing a sequel that was never made. And I was filled with wonder.

Wong Jing’s Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) is the first time I know that I watched something adapted from a Louis Cha story. It is based on the third novel in Cha’s Condor Trilogy, Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre. I probably saw it at the old Golden Classics Cinema in Toronto. It was when I was watching all the Jet Li movies. This one was memorable and, having no familiarity with the source material, I found it difficult to follow. That didn’t stop me from pretending later I had been struck by a Jinx Palm. (What do you expect me to do when you give me charcoal powder toothpaste, people?). I was filled with wonder.

Since then I have made sense of what I saw through translated comics adaptations, in particular Ma Wing-Shing’s Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (Comic One, 2002), the novel Kung Fu Cult Master adapts. It seems fitting that I would first read Louis Cha via the comics of Ma Shing-Wing and Tony Wong’s The Legendary Couple (ComicOne, 2002), an adaptation of Cha’s Return of the Condor Heroes. It parallels how I first encountered him in a way that I remember in Kung Fu Cult Master, rather than Chor Yuen’s elegant Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) or Wong Kar-Wai’s deconstruction and sorta prequel, Ashes of Time (Redux or not) (1993; 2008).

Behold this wonder! Gold Lion and Green Bat in Kung Fu Cult Master

Slightly more elegant Green Bat in Chor Yuen’s 1978 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre

The comics and the 1983 television adaptations allowed me to become familiar with Cha and these stories. They allowed me start to understand stories that assumed familiarity with the story, whether Kung Fu Cult Master, Ashes of Time, or Jeffrey Lau’s Lunar New Year parody of The Legend of Condor Heroes, The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993), shot with the same cast and at the same time as Ashes of Time. Please note Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in each film.

As the Blind Swordsmani in Ashes of Time

Suffering from a painful allergic reaction as Duan Zhixing in Eagle Shooting Heroes

In the early 1990s, Louis Cha was what Ip Man movies are now.

I watched some of the 2000s and 2010s tv adaptations in non-subtitled form, but by then I could understand who and what I was seeing. In fact, I was pleased when I could actually get the joke that the landlord and landlady in Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle (2006) were the ill-fated lovers of Return of the Condor Heroes, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü played by Andy Lau and Idy Chan in the 1983 tv adaptation I borrowed from a good friend and have since gotten for myself.

Andy Lau as Yang Guo and Idy Chan as Xiaolongnu in 1983

Carman Lee as Xiaolongnu, Lois Koo as Yang Guo and giant condor friend in 1995.

Yuen Qiu as Xiaolongnu and Yuen Wah as Yang Guo in Kung Fu Hustle. Ha, I get the joke now! I can laugh!

And it helped a lot watching those shows when I read Tony Wong’s Legendary Couple, because the translations of the names were so different, but I recognized a disreputable Taoist when I saw him.* Sometimes the Wudang Clan is something to mess with.

Cha’s most adapted–and possibly referenced–books are the Condor Trilogy: Legend of Condor Heroes; Return of the Condor Heroes; and, Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre. They are sequels, but follow family and kung fu school lines more than the adventures of any one protagonist through three novels. And luckily for us, McLehose Press is planning on translated the whole trilogy into English. The first volume, Legends of the Condor Heroes: A Hero Born, translanted by Anna Holmwood, is now available. No English speakers will ever need to struggle like I did again. The kung fu fantasy works of Louis Cha will be available to us all–or at least some of them.

Dr. Louis Cha Leung-yung was born in 1924 in Haining, Jiaxing, China and lives in Hong Kong. That’s right, Cha is still going at 94. He has worked as an editor editor and journalist, but it was his wuxia novels, written between 1955 and 1972 under the pseudonym “Jin Yong,” (Kam Yung in Cantonese) that brought him a tremendous success. According to Holmwood, “sales of his books worldwide stand at 300 million, and if bootleg copies are taken into consideration, that figure rises to a staggering one billion.”

Cha got his start as a copy editor in 1947 at Shanghai’s Ta Kung Po newspaper. He became deputy editor of Hong Kong’s Hsin Wan Po. He left journalism briefly to work as as screenwriter for Great Wall Movie Enterprises, Ltd. In 1959, Cha co-founded Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper. And it was primarily Ming Pao that serialized his fifteen wuxia stories. His first was The Romance Of The Book And The Sword (1955). His last was Sword of the Yue Maiden. He retired from writing fiction in 1972 and he’s been updating and revising the work ever since. There was a time in the 1970s when his books were simultaneously banned in both the Mainland–because it was seen as satirizing and criticizing the Chinese government–and in Taiwan–because it was seen as somehow pro-Communist, anti-Kuomintang and critical of Taiwan’s one-party rule.In 1995, he retired from his position as editor-in-chief of Ming Pao. Cha has been active in Hong Kong politics, helping draft the Hong Kong Basic Law and then working on the Preparatory Committee in advance of the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. And he’s spent much of the new millennium pursuing higher education. He studied at St. John’s College in Cambridge, receiving a doctorate in Chinese history in 2010. And the South China Morning Post reports that Cha (might have) received another doctorate, this one in Chinese literature from Peking University in 2013. Of course, this doesn’t even begin to cover his probable knowledge of martial arts like the Nine Yin Manual and 18 Dragon Palm. One assumes Dr. Cha is cultured in all things.

Dr. Louis Cha via the South China Morning Post

Whenever I think of Louis Cha, I think of Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood For Love (2000). Sure, there is lovely music and melancholy love with the sartorially unstoppable Maggie Cheung, but it is easy to overlook that not only is Tony Leung a writer, he is a writer of wuxia novels. I’m not saying that Wong made a movie about Louis Cha’s love life, which I hope is less depressing, but I think Cha and writers like Gu Long and Wang Dulu were in the background. Especially after Ashes Of Time. And Ashes of Time is a lot easier to follow if you realize it is a deconstruction of the Condor Trilogy. It relies on the same kind of familiarity that Peter Greenaway relies on people having with The Tempest in watching Prospero’s Books (1991). I love that the touchstones for both extremely artsy-fartsy directors are different. I love that Wong works with a serialized wuxia writer. It would be like Greenaway deconstructing Tolkien or Robert E. Howard**—but all wrapped up together. The high and low brow have a common enemy. God save us from the middle brow.

And Cha is being compared to Tolkien and George R. R. Martin in many of the reviews of A Hero Born. In fact, right on the cover a blurb from the Irish Times reads, “A Chinese Lord of the Rings.” And I get it. It’s short hand. People need some kind of reference before they’ll pick up the book. That’s fine. There will be plenty of time for pedantry later. Once people have read the book and become Cha fans, they can start arguing on the internet, “Hey, Louis Cha is a much more prolific author than Tolkien ever was with a more profound influence on Chinese language literature and readers.”

I would probably make those comparisons myself if my first encounter with Cha’s characters and stories hadn’t been Kung Fu Cult Master. Then again, Kung Fu Cult Master is the first half of a projected two-art adaptation but, like Ralph Bakshi’s animated Lord of the Rings, there was never a part two. So. Yeah. It’s just that I don’t know what other comparison to make.

In an interview with South China Morning Post, Anna Holmwood describes Legends of the Condor Heroes: A Hero Born as “China’s Walter Scott mixed with The Lord of the Rings fantasy things. That’s exactly what it is.” For their part, the SCMP copy editor chose a title comparing the trilogy with George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice And Fire. A Hero Born is wuxia at its best. It’s 1205 CE and the Jin are encroaching on the Song Empire. The emperor is unworthy and the people are oppressed. Itinerant heroes try to make things right. Two of them, Skyfury Guo and Ironheart Yang encounter a grumpy Taoist priest Chu Qiuji*** who, while heroic, is a jerk. He avidly demonstrates why the Wu Tang Clan is nothing to mess with. Guo and Yang become involved in a fight with soldiers and must flee. Their children, Guo Jing and Yang Kang grow up on different sides of the conflict. Plus, there’s Genghis Khan! And a secret beggar sect! And one of my favorite characters keeps his wife’s body in a frozen cave! I wish I could do better, but I’ll just suggest you read the book, read the comics, watch the tv shows and movies.

Oh, yeah, and there’s plenty of fantastic kung fu move and school names and action. Comics, while also working in a static medium, don’t face the same kinds of challenges a novel does in depicting action. Comics creator Ma Wing-Shing in particular captures the force of the martial arts masters moves. I am particularly fond of his chi lines. But Holmwood has some interesting thoughts on translating the names of the various stances, fists and swords as well as conveying the choreography of a fight sans images.

“The name [of these moves] is very evocative and it’s part of the creating of the world, but what really matters to readers is can they follow who is doing what, what the actions are, who is hitting whom, and how they are hitting them,” she said. “When you are translating, you have to read on such a careful and deep level. You are constantly asking yourself: is the hand going there? Is it going up or down? How is this move working? That’s the most challenging part – is to be able to express what the actions are in a way that is going to be vivid on the page and people can clearly understand and follow what’s happening.”

“You can shorten sentences to make the action move, and use some short punchy verbs that make the actions very fast,” she said. “When you want to draw attention to the moment for dramatic effect, you add more details, slow it down, and make the sentence a big longer.”

And I have to say it works. Right from the start of A Hero Born, I easily imagine Chu Qiuji’s unnecessarily brutal fights with the heroes he mistakes for scoundrels. Does it help that I’ve read Ma Wing-Shing, Tony Wong and seen film and television adaptations of Cha’s stories? Maybe. But Holmwood does a good job of taking readers into the martial world. I can’t wait for the next translated volume of Legend of Condor Heroes finally presented if not in its original serial format, something close. McLehose is planning three more volumes of Legend of Condor Heroes before starting on Return of the Condor Heroes–making this a burly “trilogy.”

Ma Wing-Shing demonstrates how to draw punching.

I wrote more about Ma Wing-Shing and his adaptation of Hero here.

*This Taoist is no Chang San-Fung / Zhang Sanfang.

***Or finally making my long hoped for film, Peter Greenaway’s Batman and Robin.

*There is one disreputable Taoist and then there is Chu Qiuji, who is extremely reputable, but incredibly judgmental and harsh. I am afraid to think of what Chu Qiuji might be without Taoism.

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Cured of the Jinx Palm, Carol Borden has retired to Peach Blossom Island to study Nine Yin White Bone Claw.

The Many Forms of Louis Cha’s Condor Heroes Jet 's Chang Mo-Kei's kung fu has been struck by the Jinx Palm, blocking his chi, destroying his ability to perform kung fu and causing him to need constant infusions of chi from Taoist priest…

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godzilla-reads · 2 years

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✨ Books I’m Looking Forward To Reading ✨

📚 World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatahil

📚 The Wedding Party by Liu Xinwu (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

📚 Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

📚 Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge (trans. Jeremy Tiang)

📚 Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

📚 A Hero Born by Jin Yong (trans. Anna Holmwood)

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morkaischosen · 3 years

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a tag meme!

Rules: answer + tag 9 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with! spoilers: I always get selfconscious about tagging people

Tagged by: @sinni-ok-sessi

Favorite color: lipstick-smirk red, but also rich blues, but also bright summery yellow, and of course the intensely touchable colour of furnace-hot steel

Last song / album: Rise Against’s Siren Song of the Counter-Culture!

I’m an album listener by inclination and a creature of habit, so I tend to rotate through the same few things, but this one has the distinction of having the most staying power of anything on my frequent rotation - it’s been one of the things I keep coming back to, whereas a lot of the other things I listened to in my teens have slipped out of favour. It also has the distinction of being my main breakup album, for various reasons of which not least is the way it ends on a belligerently upbeat note of “nah fuck that I’m gonna live my best life anyway.”

(This is also why I always stop it before the bonus track, because it takes the cathartic fadeout of Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated and puts a spike through it.)

Last movie: For the first time in A Long While I got back onto watching things with one of my friends a couple of weeks back! Last one was Raya and the Last Dragon, on which all I have to say is an incoherent noise about the intimate tenderness of cupping someone’s hand when you pass them something.

Currently Reading: Volume 3 of Jin Yong’s Legends of the Condor Heroes, translated by Gigi Chang and Anna Holmwood! I watched a TV adaptation years ago, so this is very much coming back to an old favourite, and I’m having a blast. I seem to be stuck on imagining the Heretic of Peach Blossom Island played by the same actor as Marquis Yan, which is kinda working for me.

(and the protagonist pair is a wonder - Guo Jing and Lotus Huang covering morals and brains respectively is a Very Fun dynamic. :D )

Currently Watching: Dinnertime entertainment at the moment is Violet Evergarden, which keeps hurting me in the best way <3

(shoutouts to an anime girl who I think actually does need the hair vents to stop her overheating)

also watching a Cracking the Cryptic video over lunch most days; there’s something very soothing about A Nice Man Doing A Puzzle. (I have a favourite one of the duo and I’m not sorry. :P )

Currently Craving: [brain static]

desires that are not immediately satisfiable have been suspended for the duration

Coffee or Tea: I drink more tea; but that’s because while I like both, I find instant coffee much more disappointing than a decent teabag, and I don’t get round to brewing a pot of coffee very often at all - I think it’s been a couple of years.

I believe recent advances in the field of instant coffee could change that but I haven’t got round to testing!

Tagging: alas I am, despite everything, more self-conscious and nervous than much of my modern disposition suggests, and irrationally fear that tagging people would be an Outrageous Liberty.

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meetmyglowinthedarkboyfriend · 4 years

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Unrelated, but I'm kinda getting interested in Chinese culture, do you have any post, book, or anywhere you would recommend so I could start reading about it, sice os your culture I thought it was more respectful to ask for someone or said culture to give me guidance.

Oh dear, this is gonna get super messy because Chinese culture is messy. All the good Chinese books are in Chinese so I'm not sure how to guide you on your path. The best sort of Chinese book in English, if you insist, is one translated with footnotes which explain the logic and background that made it make sense for the Chinese.

For Chinese novels, I highly recommend the Legends of the Condor Heroes, translated into English by Anna Holmwood. That's the closest to the model Chinese book translation I know of, especially since I shamefully barely read any Chinese books myself. The original novels in Chinese and the 1983 TV series adaptation in Cantonese are supreme, but the English translation is good in its own right because it tries to preserve the ingenuity of the original Chinese version.

For factual Chinese culture things, just look things up and ask me if you have any questions. I welcome those who want to know more about my homeland culture.

#off topic #replies #reply post #reply #chinese culture #me irl #me irl rn #my post #asks from godofmyownuniverse #30 november 2020

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theleakypen · 4 years

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rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better or catch up with, then answer these questions. tagged by both @vyther15 and @peridot-tears

Three Ships: Leverage OT3; ChengQing (The Untamed); Big Sibs OT4 (The Untamed)

Last Song: Morire de Sed by Jazzwoman

Last Movie: The Old Guard w/ the Monthly-ish Movie Night Group

Currently Craving: physical intimacy

Currently Reading: like 5 million fanfics; A Hero Born by Jin Yong (translated by Anna Holmwood; i am having OPINIONS about some of the translation choices); and listening to Black Flamingo by Dean Atta on audiobook

tagging (with no pressure; only do this if you want to): @iamwestiec, @mage-pie, @val-mora, @ali-cide, @needtherapy, @ladyofrosefire, @blackestglass, @patchworksam, @wangxianbunnydoodles

#tag game #personal shit

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nooowestayandgetcaught · 4 years

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I have my 2016 version and my 2017 version and my 2018 version!

Tagging @ everybody who sees this post and wants to do this! <3

AO3 Stats!

(How to find your stats: go to your Dashboard, click on “Statistics,” then click on the year you’re answering for!)

Total 2019 Word Count: 474461 Total 2019 Hits: 476491 Total Kudos: 33356 Total Bookmarks: 4892 Total Comment (threads): 2719 User Subscriptions: 558

Links and Titles to 2019 Works:

JANUARY

Never Let This Go (T, Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal, 1004 words)

The Kissing Booth (T, Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, 1951 words)

Take Care (M, Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang, 1199 words)

We’re Gonna Be Alright (No Rating, Keith/Shiro, 1340 words)

Come Home (T, Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, 1431 words)

Meant To Be (No Rating, Allura/Lotor, 100 words)

Palpitations (T, Keith/Hunk, 1730 words)

For All To Witness (No Rating, Ash Lynx/Okumyra Eiji, 1017 words)

Out Of Rhythm (G, Lance/Pidge, 1459 words)

Cozy Up (E, Keith/Lance, 870 words)

Better Than You (M, Shorter Wong/Lee Yut-Lung, 431 words)

The Truth Of It (T, Cheryl Blossom/Toni Topaz, 880 words)

Staying, Not Vanishing (T, Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, 732 words)

Devotion (T, Callum/Soren, Claudia & Soren, Callum & Ezran, 1402 words)

Free To Be You And Me (E, Lance/Shiro, 635 words)

So Stay Awake And I’ll Stay (G, Narumiya Minato/Takigawa Masaki, 775 words)

Stay Here Forever (M, Nanase Haruka/Tachibana Makoto, 537 words)

FEBRUARY

comes and goes in waves (M, Starfire/Raven, 298 words)

never need a reason (E, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, 483 words)

all wrapped up in you (No Rating, Clarke Griffin/Lexa, Clarke Griffin & Madi, 563 words)

brown-eyed girl (G, Kara Danvers/Nia Nal, 525 words)

with your hand in mine (T, Claudia/Rayla, 904 words)

like a sky full of darkness (T, Karolina Dean/Nico Minoru, 398 words)

bedlam and broken things (M, Cheryl Blossom/Toni Topaz, 298 words)

hold our breath forever (G, Michelle Jones/Shuri, 749 words)

that needful kind of burn (E, Kawakami Tomie/Chie, 300 words)

upon a threshold’s whim (M, Maddie Bishop/Ryn, Ben Pownall/Ryn/Maddie Bishop, 695 words)

no more longing than right here (T, Tabitha Galavan/Barbara Kean, 652 words)

feel good, feel great (T, Kali Prasad/Nancy Wheeler, 100 words)

every day beautiful (G, Matsuoka Gou/Mikoshiba Isuzu, 340 words)

Wisps of a Bright, Sweet Dream (M, Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, 1842 words)

perfectly you for me (M, Mila Babicheva/Sara Crispino, 719 words)

clear a crowded mind (T, Fujioka Haruhi/Kasugazaki Kanako, 571 words)

tension and thrill (No Rating, Earth-2 Laurel Lance/Caitlin Snow, 475 words)

that in which we trust (G, Queen Annika/Queen Neha, 464 words)

Love Never Fails Us (T, Allura/Romelle, Allura/Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura/Pidge | Katie Holt/Romelle, 2288 words)

pulled away from shore (T, Freya/Sophia, 120 words)

words cannot express (M, Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, 14-year-old Ash Lynx's Female Crush/Ash Lynx, 502 words)

to let yourself be seen, even deeply known (No Rating, Myrcella Baratheon/Arya Stark, 336 words)

vigilant heart in the dark (G, Sakura | Tsubasa/Princess Tomoyo | Tsubasa, 100 words)

promises unbroken (M, Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel, 413 words)

Let Your Guard Down (T, Jeremiah Valeska/Bruce Wayne, 511 words)

a million charming words (T, "Hyde" Evil Queen/"Jekyll" Regina Mills, 200 words)

the complexity of our love (No Rating, Princess Bubblegum/Marceline, 484 words)

i see you when i reach (E, Misty Day/Cordelia Foxx | Cordelia Goode, 369 words)

weaving like a thread within each other, faithfully (T, Korra/Asami Sato, 863 words)

contagiously bright (G, Cho Chang/Luna Lovegood, 567 words)

we rise and fall (M, Aurora/Belle, 610 words)

MARCH

It's Better When Equal (No Rating, Ben Pownall/Ryn/Maddie Bishop, 754 words)

Catastrophe (No Rating, Jeremiah Valeska/Bruce Wayne, 1238 words)

Anew (T, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 200 words)

Life (G, Aaravos, 100 words)

Against All Odds (No Rating, Clarke Griffin/Lexa, 757 words)

Colourful (E, Timothée Chalamet/Armie Hammer, 300 words)

Invigorating (G, Fred Andrews & Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews/Jughead Jones, Fred Andrews/FP Jones II, 200 words)

Shower (G, Luka & Romelle, Luka & Romelle & Allura, 100 words)

Floral (T, Ecco/Ivy Pepper, 200 words)

Hatching (G, Peggy Carter/Angie Martinelli, 200 words)

Pastel (M, Burt Chund/Stu Maxsome, 300 words)

Wouldn't You Love To Love Her (T, Allison Hargreeves/Vanya Hargreeves, 959 words)

Lamb (G, Eleanor "Nell" Crain & Luke Crain, 100 words)

Blossoming (T, Mike Hanlon/Eddie Kaspbrak, 300 words)

Not So Terrible (No Rating, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 1501 words)

Teeming (G, Jaime Lannister & Bran Stark, 300 words)

Sunlit (No Rating, Captain Flint, 100 words)

The Room (E, Hunk/Lance/Pidge | Katie Holt, Keith/Shiro, 2410 words)

Sleep It Off, Darling (M, Klaus Hargreeves & Everyone, 1454 words)

Rejuvenation (M, Shadow Moon/Mr. Wednesday, 200 words)

Nest (T, Lucy Westenra, Lucy Westenra's Mother, Arthur Holmwood, 100 words)

Remember To Forget (No Rating, Klaus Hargreeves/Original Male Character(s), Klaus Hargreeves & Everyone, Reginald Hargreeves & The Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves & Reginald Hargreeves, 1536 words)

Sparkling (T, Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau, 300 words)

Chirping (G, Baelfire | Neal Cassidy/Captain Hook | Killian Jones, 100 words)

On Your Lips (T, Number Five | The Boy/Vanya Hargreeves, 1107 words)

Energetic (M, Hernando Fuentes/Lito Rodriguez/Daniela Velasquez, 200 words)

Sunshine (No Rating, The Crossroads Pretty Boy/Ryuusuke, 100 words)

Closer To The Edge (E, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 863 words)

Budding (T, Sara Crispino/Muramoto Satsuki, 300 words)

Vibrant (T, John Winchester/Mary Winchester, 200 words)

Alive In This Moment (No Rating, Diego Hargreeves & Grace Hargreeves, 793 words)

Growth (G, Padmé Amidala & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, 100 words)

Verdant (G, Marnie/Sasaki Anna, 200 words)

Meet You There (M, Allison Hargreeves/Vanya Hargreeves/Diego Hargreeves, 829 words)

Crisp (G, Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair, 100 words)

With Eyes Wide Open (T, Number Five | The Boy & Klaus Hargreeves, 521 words)

Inspire (E, Will Graham/Margot Verger, Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter, Alana Bloom/Margot Verger, 300 words)

Prosperity (T, Barbara Gordon, 100 words)

Birds (G, Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner, 200 words)

Deep Down Inside (T, Vanya Hargreeves & Everyone, Number Five | The Boy/Allison/Ben/Diego/Klaus/Luther/Vanya, 2043 words)

Sprouting (M, Connor MacManus/Murphy MacManus, 100 words)

Do Not Disturb (T, Number Five | The Boy/Vanya Hargreeves/Dolores, Dolores/Number Five | The Boy, Number Five | The Boy/Vanya Hargreeves, Vanya Hargreeves/Dolores, 899 words)

Warmth (G, Billy Cranston/Kimberly Hart/Tommy Oliver/Jason Lee Scott/Zack Taylor/Trini, 200 words)

Unpredictable (T, Jane Lane/Daria Morgendorffer, 100 words)

Every Time You Come Around (E, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 1285 words)

Nature (No Rating, Stefan Butler/Colin Ritman, 200 words)

APRIL

Prom Night (G, Allison Hargreeves/Vanya Hargreeves, 100 words)

Enchanted (No Rating, A Yoga Ball that is One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Disguise, 100 words)

Sympathy (T, Number Five | The Boy & Allison Hargreeves, Number Five | The Boy & Klaus Hargreeves, Number Five | The Boy & Everyone, 772 words)

By The Skin Of Your Teeth (M, Klaus Hargreeves/Other(s), 1089 words)

Can't Sleep (E, Number Five | The Boy/Allison/Ben/Diego/Klaus/Luther/Vanya, Diego Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, Diego Hargreeves/Vanya Hargreeves, 1141 words)

Let My Demons Take The Wheel (E, Allison Hargreeves/Luther Hargreeves, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 892 words)

Easing The Frustration (E, Number Five | The Boy/Klaus Hargreeves, 966 words)

Sweeter Than Sugar (T, Allison Hargreeves/Vanya Hargreeves, 912 words)

Lonely With You (No Rating, Jojen Reed/Bran Stark, 356 words)

It's Gonna Be A Good Life (G, Luther Hargreeves & Everyone, Number Five | The Boy & Allison & Ben & Diego & Klaus & Luther & Vanya, 359 words)

it's been a while (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 200 words)

never say never (G, Tormund Giantsbane/Brienne of Tarth, 200 words)

Erotic Distraction (E, Klaus Hargreeves/Original Female Character(s), 546 words)

rapture (T, Jon Snow/Sansa Stark, 100 words)

hold your head up high (No Rating, Jon Snow & Arya Stark, 300 words)

cold as the unforgiving sea (M, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

Nothing Of The Heart Remains (T, Ben Hargreeves/Klaus Hargreeves, 1025 words)

their coats of white all turned to red (T, Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen, 200 words)

training hours (No Rating, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

suddenly (E, Jon Snow/Sansa Stark, 100 words)

no pretty flowers for me (E, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 300 words)

entertainment (M, Tormund Giantsbane/Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth, 500 words)

never let us go (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

look after you (T, Arya Stark & Sansa Stark, Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, 300 words)

hanging on (T, Jojen Reed/Bran Stark, Jon Snow & Bran Stark, Bran Stark & Daenerys Targaryen, 400 words)

the mother's mercy (M, Ashara Dayne/Original Female Character(s), 500 words)

never ever again (G, Meera Reed/Bran Stark, 100 words)

nightslayer (No Rating, Arya Stark & Bran Stark, 200 words)

fire in our hearts (T, Melisandre of Asshai/Daenerys Targaryen, 300 words)

all we have together (T, Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark, 400 words)

MAY

alive and well (No Rating, Jon Snow & Sansa Stark & Daenerys Targaryen & Arya Stark & Bran Stark, 400 words)

such a pretty thing (M, Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen, 500 words)

the place where we began (G, Talisa Maegyr/Robb Stark, Bran Stark & Arya Stark & Jon Snow & Sansa Stark, 400 words)

unexpectedly (No Rating, Sandor Clegane/Sansa Stark, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 400 words)

mended heart (No Rating, Jon Snow & Sansa Stark & Theon Greyjoy, Theon Greyjoy & Sansa Stark, Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark, 200 words)

congratulations (M, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Arya Stark & Bran Stark, Sansa Stark & Gendry Waters, 1700 words)

fire and blood (No Rating, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

well met (T, Theon Greyjoy/Robb Stark, Theon Greyjoy & Robb Stark, 300 words)

redemption (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Nymeria (ASoIaF) & Arya Stark, Nymeria (ASoIaF) & Gendry Waters, 500 words)

without a thought (E, Tormund Giantsbane/Jon Snow, 500 words)

don't leave (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 300 words)

easy as possible (G, Grey Worm/Missandei, 200 words)

everglow (E, Jorah Mormont/Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen, 300 words)

we belong together (G, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 200 words)

this too shall last (No Rating, Jon Snow & Lyanna Stark, Lyanna Stark & Ned Stark, Jon Snow & Ned Stark, 200 words)

yesterdays to forget (M, Podrick Payne/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

listen to your instincts (M, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

never stopped loving you (No Rating, Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth, 200 words)

black irises & wine (T, Arya Stark & Daenerys Targaryen, 400 words)

one day (M, Jon Snow/Sansa Stark, 100 words)

unmade (G, Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen, 200 words)

every step i ran to you (M, Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark, 100 words)

heaven sent (G, Gilly (ASoIaF)/Samwell Tarly, 300 words)

strong enough to hold (No Rating, Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, 500 words)

and i am still breathing (T, Tormund Giantsbane/Jon Snow, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Jon Snow & Arya Stark, 300 words)

holy ground (E, Sandor Clegane/Sansa Stark, 200 words)

connected (T, Jon Snow & Bran Stark, 300 words)

our hearts buried deep (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

appreciate every moment (No Rating, Tormund Giantsbane/Jon Snow, 400 words)

the old ways (No Rating, Daenerys Targaryen & Drogon (ASoIaF) & People of Asshai (ASoIaF), 300 words)

a lifetime ago (G, Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, 200 words)

one, two, three (G, Jon Snow & Arya Stark & Bran Stark & Rickon Stark & Robb Stark & Sansa Stark, 500 words)

mesmerizing, hypnotizing (M, Quentyn Martell/Robin Arryn, 500 words)

in between (T, Jon Snow & Bran Stark, 400 words)

softly it goes (G, Jorah Mormont/Daenerys Targaryen, Drogon & Daenerys Targaryen, Drogon & Jorah Mormont, 100 words)

right where you want me (M, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 400 words)

midnight, somewhere (No Rating, Tyrion Lannister & Bran Stark, Jojen Reed/Bran Stark, 500 words)

small matters (M, Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen, 300 words)

that's my girl (T, Sandor Clegane & Arya Stark, 300 words)

wistful (T, Ros/Shae, 300 words)

dwaal (No Rating, Davos Seaworth & Lyanna Mormont, 100 words)

our beginning (G, Missandei/Daenerys Targaryen, 200 words)

carry yourself forward (E, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, Arya Stark/Other(s), 500 words)

fortune be (M, Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark, 300 words)

be as steady as she needs (G, Meera Reed/Bran Stark, 100 words)

time heals all (G, Catelyn Stark/Ned Stark, 400 words)

arrival (T, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

it will be better soon (No Rating, Tyrion Lannister & Sansa Stark, 200 words)

JUNE

all that is left of us (G, Lyanna Mormont & Maege Mormont & House Mormont Character(s) & Northerner(s), 200 words)

Cusp (E, Captain Flint | James McGraw/Thomas Hamilton, 411 words)

dissonance and innocent surrender (M, Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark, 500 words)

Everyone Should (M, Anne Lister/Ann Walker, 367 words)

be brave (T, Rhaegal & Jon Snow, 300 words)

only with careful hands (E, Arya Stark/Gendry Waters, 500 words)

Summer's Bounty (No Rating, Korra/Asami Sato, 557 words)

never to be, never to grow (E, Theon Greyjoy/Yara Greyjoy, 400 words)

Unveil (M, Bill Denbrough/Beverly Marsh, Ben Hanscom/Beverly Marsh, 354 words)

let me down slowly (T, Jon Snow & Arya Stark, Jon Snow & Daenerys Targaryen, 500 words)

Escaping This (M, Capheus/Kala/Lito/Nomi/Riley/Sun/Will/Wolfgang, 294 words)

The Good Dirt (No Rating, Aziraphale/Crowley, 747 words)

laid bare in euphoria (T, Podrick Payne/Gendry Waters, 400 words)

Powerless (No Rating, Archie Andrews/Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge/Jughead Jones, 656 words)

where it may lead (M, Joanna Lannister/Rhaella Targaryen, 300 words)

Soul Full (E, Castiel/Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester, 853 words)

healing hands (G, Jon Snow & Catelyn Stark, Catelyn Stark & Robb Stark, Jon Snow & Robb Stark, 200 words)

Sweet Breezes (E, Katsuki Yuuri/Lee Seung Gil/Sara Crispino, 853 words)

goes on and on (M, Cersei Lannister/Jaime Lannister, 300 words)

Dappled Light (No Rating, Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote, 548 words)

time needed (T, Myrcella Baratheon/Margaery Tyrell, 500 words)

Collect (M, Maddie Bishop/Ben Pownall/Ryn, 620 words)

Tight-Knit (E, Keith/Shiro, 630 words)

Seven (No Rating, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, 751 words)

A List (M, Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor, 1000 words)

Relations (E, Teddy Lupin/James Sirius Potter, 874 words)

Fortitude (No Rating, Mulan/Shang, 550 words)

Past | Present (M, Fujioka Haruhi/Houshakuji Renge, Fujioka Haruhi & Suoh Tamaki, Fujioka Haruhi & The Ouran High School Host Club, Fujioka Haruhi & Fujioka Ryouji | Ranka, 652 words)

Twisted (E, Sebastian/Ciel, 908 words)

Bright (E, C.C./Suzaku/Lelouch, 420 words)

Do What You Want (M, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, 992 words)

Essence of Summer (No Rating, Elizabeth/Darcy, 373 words)

Reflect (M, Jessica Jones/Patricia Walker, 974 words)

Clarity (E, Kaiou Michiru/Tenoh Haruka, Tenoh Haruka/Undisclosed, 231 words)

Know Joy (Clarke/Lexa, Clarke/Bellamy, No Rating, 680 words)

Come Together (M, Klaus Hargreeves/Dave, 100 words)

Cleanse (No Rating, Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Kali Prasad/Nancy Wheeler, 600 words)

On The Line (E, Matsuoka Rin/Yamazaki Sousuke, 462 words)

Old School (No Rating, Rue Bennett/Jules Vaughn, 399 words)

Hope for Adventure (E, Pamela Isley/Other(s), 557 words)

JULY

My Cup... (M, Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, 402 words)

bright, so bright for you (G, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, 351 words)

slowdown (T, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, Joyce Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, Jonathan Byers & Joyce Byers & Will Byers, Eleven | Jane Hopper & Jim "Chief" Hopper, 511 words)

homesick (G, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, 417 words)

maxed out (No Rating, Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair, 462 words)

late night thoughts (M, Steve Harrington & RobinJonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, 535 words)

patience (G, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, 483 words)

hold on (No Rating, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, Joyce Byers & Will Byers, 562 words)

days belonging to us (T, Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, 479 words)

wild eyes (G, Steve Harrington & Robin, Kali Prasad/Robin, 519 words)

back to the start (No Rating, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, 497 words)

i'm here (T, Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, 446 words)

little big things (G, Joyce Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, 415 words)

hallowed path (No Rating, Eleven | Jane Hopper & Kali Prasad, 538 words)

vibin' out (T, Dustin Henderson & Steve Harrington & Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley & Dustin Henderson, Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley/Kali Prasad, 586 words)

elsewhere (T, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield, 578 words)

weekend dreaming (G, Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair, 259 words)

moments (T, Kali Prasad & Kali Prasad's Family, Martin Brenner & Kali Prasad, 205 words)

sleepless lights (M, Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, 478 words)

ambrosia (No Rating, Robin Buckley/Kali Prasad, 444 words)

no goodbyes (T, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, 547 words)

nowhere else beside you (E, Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, 522 words)

Blue and Black (E, Spider Dominatrix/Temptingly Tasty Client, Original Female Character/Original Male Character, Original Female Character/Original Female Character, 750 words)

distant (T, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, 597 words)

till there was you (G, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, 368 words)

stay here with me (No Rating, Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, 599 words)

the steps only club (G, Robin Buckley & Will Byers, 567 words)

Abyssinia (E, 1930s Male Pansy Club Performer/Male Mobster Who Protects the Joint, Original Male Character/Original Male Character, 743 words)

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Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for. (Books are in no particular order.)

All books featured this week will be released: SEPT. 17th

Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for. (Books are in no particular order.)

All books featured this week will be released: SEPT. 17th

1. Suggested Reading: Dave Connis (goodreads) (book depository)

Clara is furious when she finds her principles new “prohibited media” list: a list of contraband books that are pulled from the library and that would result in punishment if any student is caught with them. A bunch of the books on the list have changed Clara’s life and she wants that to happen for other kids too. To fight back, she starts a secret library in her locker.

YA Contemporary Fiction; KT Books/HarperCollins, Hardcover (US)

2. The Babysitter’s Coven (The Babysitter’s Coven: 1): Kate Williams (goodreads) (book depository)

Esme knows that being a babysitter isn’t the most glamorous thing to do, but it’s better than any other job and she needs the cash. Cassandra, on the other hand, isn’t your “usual” babysitter: she’s rebellious and really doesn’t care what other people think. So it’s a complete surprise to Esme when Cassandra comes to her wanting to join her babysitters club. But, Esme and Cassandra have more in common than they ever thought, including powers to save the innocent (read children) from evil — all before the parents come home.

YA Paranormal Fantasy; Delacorte Press/Random House, Hardcover (US)

3. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them: Junauda Petrus (goodreads) (book depository)

After being caught with her secret girlfriend (and the pastor’s daughter) by her super religious mother, Audre is sent from Trinidad to live in American with her father. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, Mabel is trying to figure out her feelings about her ex Terrell, whatever happened in the woods with Jada, and the strange feeling that she’s had about her health all summer.

When the two girls meet, Mabel quickly falls to Audre and leaps at the opportunity to take care of her, and teach her all the ins and outs of American high school. But when Mabel learns that her feeling about her health is more than just a feeling, Audre has to start taking care of Mabel.

This story just sounds so beautiful and heart wrenching, I cannot wait to dive into it.

YA Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQIA+; Dutton/Penguin, Hardcover (US)

4. A Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes: 1): Jin Yong & Anna Holmwood [translator] (goodreads) (book depository)

Translated from it’s original Chinese, A Hero Born follows Guo Jing as he and his mother flee their home to join Ghengis Khan and his people after Guo Jing’s father is murdered. While there, he learns all that he can in order to, one day, join their cause. What he doesn’t know is that he is destined to fight someone who will challenge him in every way he knows, and will set forward a chain of events that will change his life and his world.

Historical Fantasy; St. Martin’s Press, Hardcover (US)

5. The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion: Gerard Way [writer] & Gabriel Bá [artist] (goodreads) (book depository)

The first new volume in ten years, Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá are back with The Umbrella Academy. I first read the two volumes after I watched the Netflix adaptation. Even though I didn’t like the graphic novels as much as the show, I love the art style and I’m intrigued to see where Way’s story takes this interesting and diverse group of characters.

Graphic Novel, Fantasy; Dark Horse Comics, Paperback (US)

Will I ever post a Tuesday's Treats post on a Tuesday again? Who knows? But, check out this week's awesome array of new releases (that all have the same purple/red color scheme, coincidentally) here: Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for.

#books #contemporary fiction #fantasy #graphic novel #lgbtqia+#new releases #paranormal #Tuesday&039;s Treats #young adult

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