#Libby Riddle

[eboarders]

From Primetime to Paddle Time: My Journey from Reality TV to Electric Rides

🎬 From HGTV to iSUP. HBO to SHE-E.O. For 15+ years, I scripted cliffhangers and produced reality hits for networks like NBC, CBS, HGTV, TLC, and more. But somewhere between the control rooms and red carpets, I realized I didn’t just want to tell other people’s stories—I wanted to live one of my own.

Here’s how I went from producing Rock the Block to riding electric surfboards in Montana—and why I think the best scenes are still ahead.

Hi, I’m Libby—and once upon a broadcast, I was producing hit shows for NBC, CBS, HGTV, and HBO. Today? I’m editing jetboard promos, living on the beach, and riding lake waves like it’s my second job (because, well, it is).

I wasn’t always in the business of selling adventure. Somewhere between chasing deadlines and chasing waves, I realized I wanted more from my work than just producing other people’s stories — I wanted to live my own.

“I spent years scripting other people’s stories — now I’m living my own.”

Before E-BOARDERS was even a twinkle in my entrepreneurial eye, I was elbow-deep in edit bays, control rooms, and cross-country shoot schedules. I spent over 15 years producing and writing for nearly every major network in the industry — NBC, CBS, FOX, HGTV, TLC, HBO, MTV, Food Network, and Discovery to name a few — developing reality formats, managing story arcs, directing crews, and crafting emotionally compelling moments from raw footage.

“Behind the scenes used to mean sound checks and cue cards. Now? Board checks and battery packs.”

But adventure?  That’s been woven into my life for as long as I can remember.

I was raised on the shores of Flathead Lake, Montana, with snow-covered winters on Big Mountain in Whitefish and sun-soaked summers paddleboarding, kayaking, waterskiing, and exploring every inch of the valley I could reach. My love for outdoor sports was always part of me — but I never imagined it would be my career.

“Riddle me this: How does a Montana girl turned TV producer then pivot to the adventure market? I got a story for you!”

“Not a set. Not a scene. Just Tuesday from the Flathead dock.”

So how did I go from TLC to Electric Jetskis?

After attending the University of Hawaii briefly, then graduating with honors (and a letterman’s jacket as a UM cheerleader) from the University of Montana’s prestigious Journalism School in Radio/Television Production and Media Arts, I used my savings — earned working as a beer cart girl at the Missoula and Polson Country Clubs — to forge my way into the entertainment capital of the world and make my mark in Los Angeles.

I got my feet wet instantly on big hits like ‘Friends’, ‘Two and a Half Men’, ‘The Drew Carey Show,’ ‘What I Like About You,’ ‘The Jerry Lewis Telethon,’ ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ ‘America’s Got Talent,’ ‘The Biggest Loser,’ ‘The Bachelor,’ ‘American Idol,’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ and just about every Awards show and Celebrity Reality show that came out in those early days of my career.

And yes, living the dream on the beach in Los Angeles, right next to the boardwalk where electric bikes, beach cruisers, and friendly neighbors zip by all day long — total score. And maybe even a little foreshadowing.

But for the sake of story, let’s fast-forward through 15 years of cross-country shoots, network deals, union strikes, L.A. fires, and the slow erosion of domestic production as projects shipped overseas. Somewhere in the chaos, I realized I was craving something more grounded. More local. More to my roots. More…me.

“Producing hit shows taught me to spot a great story. This time, I wrote one of my own.”

It’s not that I don’t want to keep feeding people primetime entertainment — I absolutely do, and I still am. But I also wanted to offer something more hands-on. I wanted to bring the kind of adventure families were watching on TV and thinking, “I wish we could do that” into real life. I wanted to make that possible — not just aspirational.

That’s when E-BOARDERS was born.

What started as a simple idea to sell a few electric boards quickly became a full-blown mission to curate the most exciting, high-performance, and family-friendly outdoor gear on the market — products that didn’t just look cool online, but actually performed in real-world conditions. Whether it’s a golf scooter, a jetboard, an e-foil, a family-sized iSUP, or a surf-style paddle bike, I test every product myself and make sure it’s worth your time and your wallet.

“My beach cruiser has a better office view than any sound stage I’ve been on.”

“Otis & B-Roll, our unofficial product testers (and DOG-E-O of snacks).”

Today, I look out from my beachfront patio in LA onto that same boardwalk or across the water from my dock on Flathead Lake, where an electric surfcycle or electric wakeboard might be gliding by. The whole thing feels like one big daily demo reel — and honestly, it all feels serendipitous. Like this path — however unconventional — was always meant to be mine.

“I didn’t leave TV — I just gave it a new set of wheels.”

And honestly, it’s wild how full-circle it all feels. With my degrees in Journalism and Media Arts from UM, storytelling has always been the throughline, the common thread of everything I do. From scripting cliffhanger finales to crafting viral product promos, I learned how to hook people emotionally — and now I get to apply that same creative energy to connect people to experiences they didn’t know they needed.

“And yes, I still edit my own promos. From primetime to paddle time.”

E-BOARDERS became the intersection of my production chops, my lifelong love of outdoor sports, and my obsession with adventure gear that performs. Somehow, every piece of my past came together perfectly — like storyboarding a scene that just clicks. The storytelling instincts I honed in television, my obsession with gear that actually works, the joy of outdoor adventure I grew up with, and my ability to apply production hours and personal deadlines to make it all happen. And I still get to produce content that’s just as entertaining and energizing. BOARDERS became the sum of it all.

“Producing hit shows taught me to spot a great story. This time, I wrote one of my own.”

E-BOARDERS; It’s not just a brand; it’s the convergence of everything I love, everything I’ve learned, and everything I want to share. It’s my greatest story yet — one that’s still being written with every wave we ride and every rider we welcome.

It’s not just a community hub for water lovers, outdoor pros, and families who want more from their weekends, it’s a lifestyle. We partner with resorts, summer camps, RV parks, country clubs, universities, sporting goods stores, outfitters, and property management companies to help them level up their offerings and give their guests something unforgettable.

“I built E-BOARDERS for the families watching those adventure shows thinking, ‘I wish we could do that.”

From journalism to jetboards. From scripting shows to scripting my own story. I’m Libby Riddle, and I built E-BOARDERS to help you ride, paddle, surf, and glide your way into the best memories of your life.

📍 Want to ride what I ride? Visit e-boarders.com for electric jetboards, e-foils, golf rides, surf-style paddle bikes, adventure cruisers, and gear I personally test and stand behind.

[lyrakanefanatic]

no way this bitch wished his daughter a happy birthday and then went ahead and shot himself ☠️☠️☠️

like damn you saw her maybe twice in your life and you decide to pick the one time she’s over, her BIRTHDAY, as the day you wanna sh00t yourself. thomas thomas is not thomas thomasing. 😪

even tho im saying this, im lowkey so excited to find out what happened to him and what kind of person he is. he may not be that great since he barely ever visited his own daughter, but then again he may have visited before when she was younger (like when she was 1 or 2), or when lyra’s mother and he were still together, and lyra just didn’t remember. im not gonna jump to conclusions and immediately accuse him of being a bad person, but then again jlb likes making bad fathers so idk 💀💀

i want to see thomas (i love the fact that im calling him thomas even tho that’s defo not his acc name ☠️) and tobias’ relationship and what that was like, because i feel like they were rather close. (in a mentor/mentee kind of way) who knows, maybe thomas was even close with toby and them (colin, david, yadayada)

maybe he struck out the wrong deal with tobias or they got into a terrible disagreement, and thomas found out a vital piece of information that could sink tobias’ entire empire to the ground. maybe tobias threatened his family (maybe with financial problems, but if this were to occur, i’d guess tobias would threaten to harm them. he’s very cruel to those who aren’t family.) so badly that thomas had no choice but to end his life so the secret would die with him. and maybe the riddle has something to do with the secret as one last “eff you” to tobias?? idk but it’s the theory im sticking with until we find out what happened with thomas thomas.

(btw im getting this from somebody who said that calla in spanish (because i think thomas and lyra are latino) meant “quiet” or “be quiet” so i tend to think that thomas shooting himself was the result of tobias forcing him to keep his mouth shut. even if that means taking the secret to the grave. (literally. ☠️))

[downrightbooks]

First time ordering a signed and personalized copy of a book, all I can say is that I am Ecstatic 🤩

(I also can’t take having to wait like a month for this book to come out 😭)

[hathorneheiress]

Riddles and Vices.

Chapter 2. Vexing riddles.

Tuesday night at Hawthorne House consisted of a simple dinner before Avery, (with Libby and Max) and the Hawthornes went into the living room to watch the evening news. It was an odd tradition that they had, because over half the time no one was really watching the news.

Avery tried, but Jameson usually was distracting her with a new riddle to solve and she had a hard time resisting. Xander and Max were gone to this world as soon as they were huddled in their own corner. Something was bound to be taken apart. Avery would bet 100,000. Not that that was a lot of money since she was a billionaire. Nash and Libby were two lovebirds curled up on the love seat. Talking quietly amongst themselves. And Grayson, well he probably watched the news the most out of all of them, but since his nose was usually stuck in a book, that said a lot.

And so, every Tuesday, unless they had an event or charity gala to go to, that was how that night was spent. Some would say what a waste of electricity if you weren't even going to be watching the TV, and Avery would probably agree. And often after an hour of this, she usually did turn it off, but tonight was different.

Maybe she was so caught up in Jameson's riddle or listening to Xander and Max goof off that she forgot to do it. But if she had, they never would have seen the breaking news that would cause all of them to go down a long and frightening adventure no one had asked for.

"So heiress, you have a riddle for me?" Jameson Winchester Hawthorne was trouble. But in Avery's eyes, the good kind.

"Maybe." she replied, giving him a sly smile. "You have been vexing me with yours, so I should be given a turn."

Jameson smiled, and it could be described as wicked or enthralled. "Well, vex me then Heiress, I'm waiting."

Before she could, the Tv all of a sudden blasted out: "BREAKING NEWS!!!" startling everybody.

Xander and max jumped from in the corner they were at. Nash and Libby, who had fallen asleep on each other, jolted awake. Eyes frantically scanning the room. Grayson was so startled his book fell from his hands, falling to the floor. And Avery and Jameson knew that Avery's vexing riddle would have to wait.

All eyes were glued to the screen, as they watched in horror to the terrorizing account.

"We are standing to an abandoned house where 20 year old Jacob Rothchild was found brutally murdered. Son of Millionaire John Rothchild, founder of the Rothchild engineer university. His son disappeared two days ago. His parents thought he was staying with girlfriend, but when they found he had broken up with her, and he hadn't been seen in 24 hours, a search has been underway. An anonymous tip sent us to this house where the body was found. Cause of death was a gunshot to the forehead, plus many other injuries."

The reporter kept going on, but Avery didn't hear him. Who would do something so awful? She looked at the others, they all seemed in shock like her.

"Listen!" Jameson exclaimed, turning the TV up louder. 

"Something we found next to the body was a piece of paper with a sort of code written on it. I have my best detectives working on it. But we do know who signed it.

The sue tree heirs.

"Interesting name." Jameson commented.

"It's a code." Grayson said, confident at what he was talking about. "It's an anagram."

"Gray's right." Xander said and Jameson nodded.

"How do you know?" Libby asked.

"Their Hawthornes." Avery answered, "They can solves riddles better then anyone."

"Well not anyone." Jameson said, looking lovingly into Avery's eyes. 

She smiled back.

"We can solve it." Jameson said. "If it is an anagram it won't take long to decode." He looked at his brothers. Nash shook his head, but the others nodded.

"Well, heiress," Jameson said, "looks like we have another riddle to solve.  He smirked. "Vexing riddle."

[sergeifyodorov]

hockey season cannot come soon enough or this will become a. [checks notes] dog mushing blog?

[thecircularlibrary]

getaway car

f1 au

word count: 1058

warnings: n/a

pairings: averyjameson

“Why was it so hot?” Avery asked herself, standing in the luxurious Formula 1 Paddock Club, watching and waiting for the race that she and her sister watched annually as children to start. The Monaco Grand Prix. God, it even sounded like a dream. How she and Libby had gone from a couple of low income girls with low expectations thrust upon them, to an heiress and an F1 driver, Avery would never understand. One distant relative that Avery had house-sat for one summer, and suddenly she was standing in a lounge watching one of the biggest and most historic races of the year. It still shocked her sometimes.

“Long time, no see Grambs,” she heard a familiar voice say from behind her. She turned around and grinned, “Could say the same thing to you, Hawthorne.”

Grayson Hawthorne. One of her best friends. He was wearing a Ferrari bomber jacket and a white button down with black dress pants. The staple of any of the driver managers in the lounge. 

“I assume you’re keeping up your whole ‘impartial viewer’ act you put on for every race, at this race too?” he asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Then you’d be correct. And get rid of the air quotes, I really am an impartial viewer. Unlike some people, I refuse to choose between people I care about,” Avery responded, looking pointedly at the man in a jacket supporting his younger brother’s team while ignoring his older brother driving for Red Bull. She wasn’t being serious, she knew it was his job to support Ferrari, but she also knew he was in no position to throw stones.

“Listen, you know that if it weren’t for Max and Libby, you’d be wearing a jacket just like this one to support my brother,” Grayson said with a shrug before walking away to continue to mingle for sponsors for said brother.

His brother. Her boyfriend. Jameson Hawthorne. Though she would never say it to her sister or her best friend, he was the reason she was here. They could hardly blame her either, Libby lived with her in Ithaca and Max was four hours away in NYC. Meanwhile, from March to December, Jameson was 3,485 miles away in London. The plan was for her to move over there when she graduated from college and continue her work there. However, at 21, her college graduation was still two years away and she desperately missed him. 

They’d met at a Stand Up 2 Cancer gala two months after she’d inherited her fortune at 17. She, of course, immediately knew who he was. A Formula 2 driver and alternate for Ferrari, Jameson Hawthorne was someone worth keeping an eye on in the racing world. And Avery knew how to keep an eye on the racing world. When he approached her and asked her a riddle—“If yes is no and once is never, how many sides does a triangle have?”—she answered him. The rest was history. She became close with his brothers very quickly and Grayson and Xander became two of her closest friends. Nash was somewhat of an older brother to her.

Avery was shaken out of her memory by the first of five red lights turning on. In the qualifying rounds yesterday, Max had placed 5th, Libby 7th, Nash 2nd, and Jameson 3rd. As she watched the cars line up, she noted Nash and Libby’s Red Bull cars, Jameson’s Ferrari, and Max’s McLaren spaced out among others in that order.

She watched as the cars took off and got comfortable watching the tracker on the screen , where she’d be watching for the next two hours.

- ❁ -

At the 1 hour 30 minute mark, Jameson took his pit stop. Max took hers twenty minutes ago, Libby ten minutes ago. Nash had yet to take his. Avery knew better than to question Nash’s racing techniques: as of right now, he was the number 1 ranked driver in the circuit. However, that didn’t mean he was unbeatable. Especially not by his baby brother. 

- ❁ -

As Jameson finished his last lap, milliseconds ahead of Nash, Avery let out a cheer. Grayson smiled slyly over his shoulder at her as he clapped his hands over his head. She and Grayson left the Paddock Club to see the podium celebration. Max had taken third place, while Libby had taken fifth. While Avery was sad for her sister, she knew Libby would come back from it. Libby always came back from these things. She and Grayson watched, grinning, as Nash clapped Jameson on the back and they left the celebration after popping the champagne. 

Jameson found her immediately upon stepping off the concrete and ran towards her, sweeping her into a drugging kiss. He was still sweating and his hair was completely messy from his helmet. He was wearing his red and white racing suit. He held one hand in her hair and the other gripped her waist as she held his face in her hands. He smiled against her lips.

“I missed you,” he whispered quietly enough that only she could hear. Gone was the slight twang his voice had held when they met, replaced with a subtle, barely-there, English accent.She returned his smile.

“I missed you too. I’m proud of you,” Avery couldn’t stop smiling. She hadn’t been directly rooting for him over Libby and Max, but she was rooting for him to shoot out from under Nash’s shadow, and he had done just that. 

He dipped his head to her shoulder, adrenaline mixing with the race he’d just won causing him to be out-of-breath. “We should get out of here.”

Avery sighed in sympathy before patting his hair. “We can’t. Grayson’s looking for you to go back to the Paddock club and mingle. He says you need more sponsors, Jamie.”

Jameson rolled his eyes.

“The only thing I need is time with my girlfriend that lives over 3,000 miles away,” he said, about as exasperated as anyone who's boss has hired their older brother to keep them in line. Avery pulled out her phone.

“I can call my driver. We can go back to the suite and order room service and margaritas,” she offered, letting herself be 21 for once in her life.

He looked at her, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

“I’ll drive.”

[lanterns-and-daydreams]

SOME TIG CHB HEADCANONS!!

-Xander is a Hephaestus kid.

-Grayson and Avery are Athena kids.

-Jameson and Rohan are Hermes kids.

-They hate that they're related and keep hiding each other's things and then fighting about it.

-Libby is Hecate's daughter.

-she sometimes uses potions in her baked goods.

-Thea is Aphrodite and Rebecca is from the Demeter cabin.

-Gigi and Savannah are Apollo's kids.

-Nash is Ares. Not all Ares kids are bad give em a break.

-Max is Apollo's kid.

-Jameson LOVES the climbing wall.

-Grayson loves the lake.

-He's friends with Percy and sometimes they both just sit down near the lake in silence and in comfort of each other's presence.

-Annabeth and Avery hang out and give each other riddles to solve.

-Xander is best friends with Leo and you'd think they're attached at the hip with how much mischief they get up to together and how they're always sitting around building things.

-TIRAMISU RIDING FESTUS'S HEAD WEARING A TINY PUPPY PAWTHORNE SIZED PARTY HAT!!!

-Xander knows about Bunker 9.

-Him and Leo call it their 'Super Secret Hawthorne-Valdez Hangout Forge"

-Drew and Thea do each other's makeup and help each other dress up.

-Wherever you find the Stolls, you will find Max.

-They're always giggling with each other, and when you look over at them, they will pretend they were doing nothing.

-Avery and Max love having sleepovers in each other's cabins.

-Max is amazing at Archery and playing the piano.

-Gigi, however, sucks at Archery, while Savannah is great at it.

-Clarisse looks up to Nash and actually acknowledges him as her older brother.

-They often train together.

-Everytime Libby learns a new spell, she always runs over to either Avery it Nash to show them.

-She has the greatest witch cackle in all of camp.

-Grayson’s weapon is a longsword.

-Max uses a bow.

-Savannah uses a gun, despite how limited it is.

-Jameson uses a javelin.

-Nash just fights with his bare hands (you go bro. Heizou would love you).

-He has a thing where he whispers a very low "yeehaw" under his breath before he beats the shit out of you.

-Avery uses a sword

-Thea has a dagger. It's decorated with roses and coated in poison.

-Rebecca uses her ability.

-Gigi has an axe.

-Rohan has an electric spear.

-Xander uses his machinery and things he's built.

-Xander and Leo often joke about their height difference.

-Rohan has beef with the Aphrodite kids.

-He was also constantly throwing jabs at Apollo as Lester.

-Lester wrote a poem about him where he's a slimy slug.

-Nobody knows why Rohan is like that but everyone knows he's a hater who only likes Savannah.

-The one time Jameson had to go to the Oracle for a prophecy in the attic (before Rachel became one), he was comically under prepared and when the Oracle started speaking, he screamed like a little girl and threw a shoe at it.

-He hates the attic now, even though the Oracle isn't there anymore he never even walks by the staircase.

-Grayson plays games (pinocle, cards, etc.) with Mr. D.

-He's very salty about being forced to wear a bright orange t-shirt.

-He accepted his fate and decided to wear a full sleeved baggy one with the sleeves rolled up.

-Jameson makes fun of him.

-Everytime Grayson sees Nico he asks him if he's eaten, he doesn't even know when he basically adopted this emo kid, he just remembers Nico being around when Gigi hung out with Will.

-Will is a sucker for Libby's cookies.

-He gives her stickers in exchange for cookies. Stickers are basically their currency now.

-Jameson thinks Hazel is very cool. Like damn, you can control rocks and gems? That's awesome!

-Nash is very protective of Frank. Like, no, the rest of the cabin can't be mean to him for being soft. no.

-Rebecca and Piper get along so well.

-The brothers get VERY competitive during Capture the Flag, and it's a show to watch when they're on opposite teams.

-Lyra is a Hunter of Artemis. (I'm not so sure about her I haven't read tgg yet. IM SORRY 👹 👹)

-Slate is Nemesis's kid. He's emo.

[sea-salted-wolverine]

In honor of the moose/Iditarod rule 34 chaos post reaching 1000 notes and then Dallas Seavy winning the Iditarod here are all the unhinged stories and things I know about that race

They changed the rules and schedules so you can't do this anymore, but there was a subset of mushers who would race the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod back to back. That's a 1000-mile race followed by another 1000-mile race through some of the harshest terrain on earth in late winter. And the Yukon quest doesn't even finish where the Iditarod starts. To do this required putting dogs in a plane OR having another team of dogs waiting in anchorage and someone to deal with both teams of dogs.

The first woman to win the Iditarod was Libby Riddles in 1985.

Only to have her finish promptly blown out of the water by Susan Butcher who won the race in 86', 87', 88', and 90' while setting speed records the whole way.

Susan did race in 85' but she ran into a moose early and it killed two of her dogs and hurt the rest so she scratched. Dallas got lucky this year.

She was also the first person to mush a dog team up to the summit of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. This is not what dog teams are intended to do, I don't know why she even wanted to, other than to prove it was possible. I don't think anyone has since.

The race now requires GPS trackers on all the racers and you would not believe the bitchfit everyone threw over those. Mushers can either hop between checkpoints or camp on the trail and it may surprise you to learn that these are the kind of people who have secret camp spots in the woods that they don't want anyone to know about. So now, everyone has acquiesced to the tracker requirement but you must have an account on the race website if you want to see them.

The race has 2 paths that alternate even and odd years with different checkpoints but every year includes a section of race that crosses the sea ice, approximately 50 miles from Shaktoolik to Koyuk. so forget landmarks. point the sled north and hope you're going the right way.

the race is in honor of the 1925 Serum Run and the diphtheria outbreak, but the trail itself is the old freight route which is almost twice the length. also, it's a freight route for hauling freight which means the the racers are going at more or less lightspeed as compared to the intended use.

the most effective way to avoid frostbite on your face is a fur hood and duct tape on your cheeks and nose. Cold-related injuries are rare but far from unheard of. The average number of toes and fingertips among mushers is lower than that of the general population.

The finish line is a massive burled arch in the middle of main street in Nome. There is not a lot going on in Nome at any given time and this time of year is the exception. Every racer who finishes the race gets the same reception, which is everyone in town crowding into the finish chute to cheer them on and the city fire siren going off. The last racer in gets the Red Lantern Award which means that they finished dead last but didn't scratch.

the 2020 race had started and was fully underway when the pandemic lockdowns came into place. as far as social distancing goes, you really can't do much better than being isolated 100 miles into the middle of frozen nowhere but the checkpoints are itty bitty villages with no medical infrastructure and the finish was reportedly terrifying because instead of a crowd to cheer at the burled arch, it was just the siren going off in a ghost town.

there is no way I can tell this story that doesn't sound like I'm making it up as I go. The sign says no sniveling and they fucking mean it.

no really, click that link. here's the YouTube vid (non-graphic, after-the-fact interviews)

[personinthepalace]

#djkghkfsdj I love them so so much#they're so silly in this book#the part at the end where he dares her to keep her hair up the entire time#'you had to go make it a challenge? crafty of you Muldoon' via @mvshortcut

If you're a mysterious benedict society fan and you haven't read Riddle of Ages...

...please read Riddle of Ages

[cherryschaos]

Inheritance games headcanons because I finished my finals

Thea pours milk into the bowl before cereal

The Brothers ways wanted a dog, but Tiramisu is the first because Tobias Hawthorne never let them

Pen whore Grayson will never admit that dollar store pens are some of his favorites @riddles-n-games

Nash has made appearances in soap operas as a heartbreaker with a heart of gold

Xander and Jameson are trying to find Atlantis

Alisa makes those how would you say ___ in legal speak videos

Max’s way of “cursing” is what everyone in Hawthorne House does now

Avery and Libby watch anime together

Grayson wants a relationship, he's just afraid of being open and vulnerable to someone only for his heart to be broken

Gigi volunteers at animal shelters so she can hang out with cats

Libby has given Grayson advice on the whole having younger sisters thing

Grayson changed Jameson’s ringtone to the “I'm just Ken” parody as a joke

Jameson has yet to retaliate

Avery is still going to major in actuarial science, because she likes it

Xander wants to sample every bakery in the world and compile a list of the best for each dessert

Max hosts a Star Wars podcast

Nash reads romance books

Libby can't read spice without blushing

Xander actually wrote “The Care and Feeding of Your Broody Twenty-Year-Old Brother” he recommends leaving a trail of pens or traffic cones leading to the desired destination

Nana insisted on giving Avery and Libby etiquette lessons (think the princess diaries movies)

[s-rosie]

TIG HCSSSSS

hiii, this is my first hc post and im still a bit new to the all so pls ignore it if it is bad. some amazing tig hc creators are @x-liv25-jamieswife and @ilyiwdtpyiwmyhmtkys and i took some inspiration from them so pls check them out.

Jameson is a huge theatre nerd and he converted Avery so now they listen/watch/go to musicals together

they sing and quote them so often, everyone gets SOOOO annoyed

for Halloween, they went as pre say no to this Hamilton and Elliza one year and as jd and veronica another year and everyone LOST IT

Jameson even surprised her with Hamilton tickets but she had to solve a riddle to see where they were going

the riddle was a single letter that just said “My Dearest, Avery” and nothing else (iykyk)

Grayson has secretly watched every episode of Dance Moms and even memorized some of the dances

Avery one time did a spicy dance on TikTok and Jameson absolutely LOST HIS MIND

Alisa made her take the video down, because she said it was too “inappropriate” (even though it wasn’t even as bad as half of the other dances out there)

Jameson managed to save it beforehand and still has it to this day

Xander has read Avery’s diary and saw some THINGS things she wrote (especially about jamie (iykyk)) and he almost died but she just laughed it off

Libby often says stuff that sounds really dirty but she doesn’t mean it that way and gets very confused why everyone started laughing at what she was saying

Jameson played/plays hockey

Nash and Avery go on little outings every once and a while just for some bonding time (and a bit of lovingly trash talking Jamie)

Thea has MAD rbf like its not even ok

Rebecca can play guitar and sing and it sounds so soothing

Oren ugly cried at Avery and Jameson’s wedding

Jamie absolutely adores matching couples shirts but Avery hates them with a passion but she wears them sometimes to make him happy

Grayson loves picking flowers

Max and Avery one time pretended they were receiving awards (grammy’s, oscar’s, etc.) with the many awards the Hawthorne boys won (before javery was official) and Jameson was in a secret passage the whole time watching and they heard him giggling so she opened the passage to see him standing there and she just went beet red

he thought it was adorable and it just made him like her even more (can someone pls write a fic about this pls)

Nash is/was a barrel racer

Xander has the absolute dirtiest mind ever and can make anything he/you say sound dirty (a close second is Jameson)

but Xander is so clueless he sometimes says something that sounds so dirty and he doesn’t even realize

Max had to run a mile for school and almost died

Avery one time broke her arm while playing badminton (don’t ask me how but i can’t talk because i would too)

Jameson loves roller coasters but gets motion sick so he will ride the most intense roller coaster and immediately throw up after

Max and Avery threaten each other with telling embarrassing things they have done in the past to the others

Nash and Libby tease Avery and Jameson SO MUCH

they are always saying things like “leave some room for Jesus” and “get a room” when they show the slightest affection (out of love)

sometimes Nash will even come out of nowhere when they are watching a movie and say something like “what are we watching?” and just sit in the middle of them

Avery loved up cycling old and vintage thinga and Jameson will help

Rebecca loves to craft because it helps her relax

she even taught Libby how to crochet

after seeing the effects, no one lets Gigi have coffee

even though Savanna is cold at first, she really opens up to the group and they all love her though she thought they wouldn’t (ofcc)

Grayson and Avery once made a power point about skincare for Jamie after learning he just washes his face with body soap and cold water (*shutters*)

Avery calls Xander Xanny Poo or just Pookie but never his real name

when they were still in school, Xander made Avery a fake prom-posal after her, Xander, and Jamie had a conversation about how cringy they were

She almost murders him on the spot

Avery once threatened to slap Jameson because he was being annoyed and he said “is that a threat, or a promise? and she almost passed out

after that, Xander called Ave a sadist and Jamie a masochist for a month and a half

Grayson and Avery watch Bridgeton together

when he was younger, Jameson was absolutely OBSESSED with Gravity Falls, he would theorize about it and try to solve the mysteries (which he got most of them right)

he has the journal #3 with the invisible ink on his book shelf to this day

Jameson and Avery are always playing game pigeon

Avery and Libby bought dress-up dresses and have tea parties (sometimes Max joins)

Jameson loves to rub it in his brothers (especially Gray’s) faces that he is technically royalty

I hope you like this!!! please let me know how i can improve. all constructive criticism is highly appreciated and welcome. please give me suggestions on what i can do next. thank you so much!

[silly-little-gooses]

the inheritance games royalty au headcanons/story ideas!

I made a post about this a little bit ago and many seemed to like the idea of tig taking place in a royalty au so here are some headcanons or perhaps story prompts! :)

recently, the wealthy king of their kingdom (tobias hawthorne) passed away under mysterious circumstances. instead of one of his children or grandchildren receiving his inheritance, it goes to a peasant named avery grambs who lives in a small cottage on the edge of the kingdom.

the royal family is shocked when they find his hand-written will in the kings old office but they cannot let the news get out to the public. citizens would riot! so avery was summoned to the palace for a formal talk.

grayson was raised all his life to become king. instead of ‘heir apparent��, he was the royal successor. he still has his iconic blonde hair and cold gray eyes, but his suits are adorned with royal badges and pins to flaunt his status. he doesn’t care for citizens much, but avery may change his mind…

jameson was the prince that all the girls in the village would fawn over, like in the original tig universe. he was charming, clever, cocky, and didn’t care much for being a prince. he has a history of dancing with numerous ladies at balls and drinking a few too many glasses of champagne.

nash is the oldest grandson, but rejected the throne from an early age. he always preferred casual clothing over royal dress and practically raised himself. he’s tired of the fortune and fancy class that is royalty, so he’s especially curious when a certain goth catches his eye…

xander is a goofball, loved by his people. he’s imperfect, not sure which spoon goes with which dish. but he’s kind, intelligent, and charming. scones? try crumpets.

libby loves to bake and dreams of becoming a baker but following the storyline of tig, she is struck with poverty and abuse. when avery must live in the palace for a year, libby is happy to join her. she always wears gorgeous gothic dresses. she soon finds her prince charming in nash, and they live happily ever after.

alisa is a royal advisor for the king when he dies and then begins work as avery’s royal advisor. a few years ago, she was engaged to prince nash before a sudden break up. even if she cannot be queen, she will find a way to make a change in her kingdom.

oren is avery's personal bodyguard ofc! he’s basically the same guy from the series, but make it a bit fancier.

avery is legally not old enough to be queen and all of the complications with the will would still happen in this universe.

instead of meeting on a balcony, jameson and avery meet at a welcoming ball for avery where jameson is very drunk on champagne and is stumbling around the empty hallways of the palace. avery needs some peace and quiet and to just be away from it all when she finds him. he asks her the same riddle as always.

emily was the daughter of a wealthy duchess who was close with the royal family. rebecca, jameson, and grayson still have their trauma with emily’s death.

skye and zara and toby are the children of the late king. princess skye is furious that she doesn’t have the crown which is what turns her evil ig.

this deserves its own freaking fanfic or headcanon list or something but the royal balls at the palace are wild. instead of the blackwood shooting taking place in the actual forest, I imagine it takes place in the royal gardens.

imagine a scene where avery is struggling to get on her corset for an event of sorts and asks jameson to help her. the tension? it would be so good.

overall, I think this au is SO COOL and I definitely want to see some work done with it! if you have any requests, I will be happy to take them! byeee! <3

[lyrakanefanaticwriting]

could you do some hcs of Lyra and Grayson if they started dating in secret while the game was still being played? 🤍🤍 sorry if that didn’t make sense 😭

OMGGG YESS ESPECIALLY BC I HC THAT THEY DATED FOR A WHILE IN SECRET SO THAT THE CONTESTANTS + HIS FAMILY WOULDNT OVERREACT 🤭🤭🤭

- they sneak each other notes on when and where to meet up

- grayson would have to sneak out of the house to visit lyras apartment and almost got caught by jameson one time 🫢

- but he made up a lie and said gigi had asked him to visit, so jameson reluctantly dropped it but was still suspicious

- it’s harder for them to date secretly since everybody thinks they’re dating and has an eye out for them in case they see them kissing or something, but they’re very sneaky so it’s all good 😜

- lyra having to wear turtlenecks to cover up hickeys

- grayson stayed in lyras room more then lyra stayed in graysons room bc his brothers loved to just barge in randomly

- whenever they had the chance to, they would sneak away from the contestants to make out or something and then come back at different times so it wouldn’t be suspicious

- grayson would distract her with kisses if she’s really stuck on a riddle/thing for the game

- when it was late at night and the other contestants were (mainly) asleep, they would meet in the library and just talk. about their life, secrets, things that haunt them, whatever comes to mind. they just feel comfortable with each other and love having long talks 💗

- they also loved sneaking out and going stargazing, with lyras head on grays chest as they looked at the stars and pointed out any constellations they saw 🤭🩷

- surprisingly enough, xander was actually the one to accidentally stumble across them kissing in a secret tunnel, and lyra and gray were both mortified

- they both begged him not to tell anybody and he didn’t for a bit, but nash got the secret out of him eventually 😔

- a few weeks after nash found out, everybody found out 💀

- and once they did, all hell broke loose. jameson was pissed that he was the only brother who didn’t know about his “secret” relationship, libby and avery were always teasing him about lyra, the contestants were just downright foul, always making jokes and never letting Lyra and gray have a single moment alone together just to be annoying, and Nan was just ecstatic that her boy FINALLY found somebody 💀

BUT THATS ALL 💗💗

[lyrakanefanatic]

Thoughts that I wanted to share about the brothers Hawthorne/ the grandest game bc I don’t wanna make a million posts about each one 💀

1: Phone girls dad literally shot himself ON. HER. BIRTHDAY. 😭😭

2: Skye Hawthorne MIGHT be in the grandest game, because when Avery got bombed and Ricky and skye got arrested for it, they found out that it actually wasn’t them which means they prob got out of jail (maybe not Ricky but probably skye) and she might be controlling one of the players

3: WE’LL PROBABLY GET TO SEE A SUNSHINE X GRUMPY TROPE!! (Mathias and Gigi)

4: we’ll see which 7 contestants avery will pick for the game!! (While I was writing that instead of contestants I accidentally put tributes 💀)

5: we might learn more about Toby’s backstory (or just the Hawthorne backstories in general, like Zara’s, nans or Alice’s)

6: speaking of Alice, SOMEHOW THAT OLD GRANDMAS GOING TO BE ALIVE

7: this isn’t really a prediction but more just like a possible hint for the grandest game, but when grayson tells his brothers about the riddle “what begins a bet? Not that”, Jameson says this

He says “what’s the opposite of a handshake?” And I found a picture online that shows multiple different options of what could be the opposite of a handshake

Basically most of the words on there kind of show “misinterpretation” or just different words for some sort of mistake, so would that mean that the “beef” (im just gonna call it that bc I don’t rlly know what went down) between tobias and thomas thomas was maybe accidental?? Or maybe they got into a disagreement that ended in thomas ending his life? All the book really shows is that one paragraph (that I highlighted in green) that talks about what Jameson thought of the riddle, and then Jameson was talking to Avery about the game (probs bc jlb didn’t wanna drop too many hints lmao) And then if you add it in with the “abet” theory ⬇️

It said that one of the opposites of a handshake were “refusal” and “disagreement”, so what if tobias had wanted thomas to aid one of his crimes and thomas refused, and maybe tobias gave him an ultimatum which is why he shot himself?? It’s so confusing bc what would tobias even do that was so horrible that thomas had to shoot himself, I really don’t know. but if anyone has some theory’s on this pls lmk! 🫶

8: holy guacamole 7 was a long one, but anyway i feel like there are definitely more hints on the grandest game in the brothers Hawthorne then there were in the final gambit, even though in (i think tig is the one that clue was from?) the inheritance games “special” edition bc idk what their called it said “hints in the final gambit”. (although one loose end from tig was David Golding, and @riddles-n-games had a good theory about that) But i read the final gambit entirely and didn’t find a single clue other than David, so that’s kinda weird (unless somebody else found something else they found interesting in that book?)

9: Eve might also be behind one of the players, or just trying to get involved with the game so she could get the cash prize or whatever else it is that that psycho needs 🙄

10: we’ll (most likely, bc I’m 99.9% sure that she’ll be in tgg) see what phone girl looks like and see which one of us were right 😜

11: kinda random but i will bet a whole 5 dollars that phone girls name is either gonna be flower related, or just straight up be lily. Or maybe both, but just think of how ironic that would be (there are calla lilys all over the cover of tgg… 🤷‍♀️)

12: LIBBY NASH WEDDING!!! 🤭🤭🤭💗

13: so off topic but WHERE DO GRAYSON AND JAMESON GET THEIR MONEY FROM??? like I’m sure jameson probably gets some cash from his billionaire girlfriend, but what about grayson?? he says in tbh that he’s “buried in work” but what kind of work does he do?? and who does he work for?? 🤨

14: Okay this is gonna be the last one bc i need to shut up, but does anybody have an idea on what some things in the grandest game cover might symbolize? we know about the lilys and the opal rings, but other than that i CANT seem to figure out anything else on there 😭😭

and okay that’s all thank you for coming to my ted talk 🫶😊🙌

[yamayuandadu]

I've been reading through many of your Inanna related articles and thoroughly enjoyed them so far. In one, you mentioned that Inanna had an extensive retinue/court of attendent deities other than the wonderful Ninshubur, I did a bit of looking but haven't found much information, who were these other deities or where can I find out more about them? Thank you regardless of reply 💜.

On my wiki profile, under "Articles I worked on", in the "courtiers" subsection:

A brief (relatively speaking) summary of the development of Inanna's court across the different time periods under the cut.

The oldest direct reference to another deity acting as a courtier of Inanna occurs in the Zame Hymns from Abu Salabikh (Manfred Krebernik, Jan J. W. Lisman, The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ, p. 41):

While the reading of the name is not entirely secure, it’s generally accepted that Nin-AB.KID.KID is supposed to be Ninshubur under the secondary name Ninakkil, which refers to her cult center near Uruk, Akkil. The references to deities designated as SAL+ḪUB2 are quite rare, and only Ninshubur ever bears this title wrt Inanna, so I see no reason to seek alternative interpretations (this is essentially the conclusion of the hymn’s translators; see The Sumerian…, p. 129-130). Additionally, in a roughly contemporary riddle from Lagash the somewhat elusive god Mes-sanga-Unug is labeled as an official of Inanna. However, in contrast with Ninshubur he generally doesn’t appear in the proximity of Inanna later on (Walther Sallaberger, Uruk in der Frühen Bronzezeit: Zu dessen Königen und Göttern und zur Lage von Kulaba, p. 358).

The sources from Uruk from the Ur III period reflect a more elaborate circle encompassing, among others, the likes of Nanaya (who, while a newcomer, was there to stay and eventually eclipse Inanna), Kanisurra, Ningizibara (a deified harp or a harpist goddess), the pair Annunitum and Ulmašitum, and a few elusive oddities (Uruk in der…,  p. 361-362). It’s worth noting that while Inanna of Zabalam was effectively a distinct deity, with her own unique connection with Shara, both Ninshubur and Nanaya appear in association with her in Umma alongside the afaik otherwise unknown Apiriĝmaḫ (Hartmut Waetzoldt, Umma A. Philologisch in RlA vol. 14, p. 322) Nanaya’s newfound Ur III status is at least implicitly reaffirmed in the Old Babylonian Weidner god list, which preserves the sequence Ninshubur-Nanaya-Bizilla-Kanisurra (Marten Stol, Nanaja in RlA vol. 9, p. 146).

However, there’s a strong case to be made that Bizilla, Kanisurra, as well as a further deity not listed there but frequently found in the company of Nanaya and Kanisurra, namely Gazbaba, are really Nanaya-adjacent, not Inanna-adjacent (Gioele Zisa, The Loss of Male Sexual Desire in Ancient Mesopotamia, Nīš Libbi Therapies, p. 141-142). Nanaya, Kanisurra and Gazbaba effectively form a recurring group with Inanna and Ishara (an Eblaite import associated with marriages) in love incantations, though, so I think they count (The Loss…, p. 138). Old Babylonian literary texts might add further deities to the court; some examples include Lulal (literally “syrup man”) in Inanna’s Descent (Anna Glenn, Jeremiah Peterson, The Lulal širgida Composition CBS 12590 (HAV 5, pl. 7, VIII), p. 169) and Ninmeurur in the lament Uru-Ama'irabi (Antoine Cavigneaux, Manfred Krebernik,  Nin-me-urur in RlA vol. 9, p. 471).

The single most extensive expanded court can be found in the god list An = Anum from the Kassite period (newest edition: Wilfred G. Lambert, Ryan D. Winters, An = Anum and Related Lists; all references in the next paragraph use it as a point of reference). It’s easy to find bold claims online that An = Anum and other lists were meant to simplify the pantheon because there were too many gods for theologians to keep track of. To put it very bluntly, it’s a conclusion you can only reach if you haven’t looked at the actual text. An = Anum doesn’t simplify anything; quite the opposite, its compilers evidently revelled in bringing up otherwise unattested or sparsely attested courtiers or family members. And for the most part no major deities are equated with each other - not even Ninurta and Ningirsu. The Inanna section is a pretty good example. It lists two “advisors” (gu-balag; Ninigizibara and Ninsigaranna; lines 73-74, p. 164), possibly around 20 miscellaneous courtiers whose names are lost, two “attendants” (AN-gub-ba; Uru-AN.TUR and Enmeuranna, lines 96-97, p. 166), five “interpreters” (inim balbal, p. 168; Šilabat is the only one who has any other attestations afaik), 18 messengers (lukingia; p. 168-170; at least three - Abbašušu, Kilili and Abtagigi - occur elsewhere) and 8 outdoor shrines (sic; ublilla, p. 170) of Inanna. Those are for the most part figures of utterly minuscule importance, though. We know Nanaya had her own sub-section, and Gazbaba apparently appears on her own, so it’s not like the mainstays were neglected, but the poor state of preservation of all surviving copies of tablet IV makes it hard to say much beyond that.

Neo-Assyrian sources provide some information about the entourages of local northern Inannas; these don’t necessarily overlap with the “standard” lists discussed above, but they’re nonetheless pretty interesting. The best example I can think of deals with the city of Arbela. Some interesting inclusions are Ninatta and Kulitta (musician goddesses actually “borrowed” from  the court of Inanna’s Hurrian counterpart Shaushka); Umbidaki (a mangled spelling of the Hurrian god Nupatik); and unspecified “Daughters of Arbail”, apparently generic divine maidservants (John MacGinnis, The Gods of Arbail, p. 109).

The next well documented version of Inanna’s court is known from Uruk from the Neo-Babylonian period. The pantheon of the city was headed by a pentad including Inanna, Nanaya and three relative newcomers: Usur-amassu (a particular favorite; I plan to cover her in a separate article later this year), Urkayitu (more or less the deification of the city) and Bēltu-ša-Rēš. However, it’s quite likely that a host of minor deities - possibly referred to simply as “the ladies” (belētu) - was grouped with them. Potential members of this larger grouping include both well attested Inanna and/or Nanaya orbiters like Kanisurra and some newcomers, like Ahlamayitu, Belet-balati or Kurunnitu (Paul-Alain Beaulieu, The Pantheon of Uruk in the Neo-Babylonian Period, p. 179). Kilili and Abbašušu from An = Anum, as well as a further closely related (or even identical) deity, Nunnirdudu, also pop up, though mostly in uncertain contexts (The Pantheon…, p. 320). It’s also possible that Nanaya’s stunt double Bizilla was worshipped in Uruk in association with her under the variant name Ninzizli, though this is uncertain (The Pantheon…, p. 322).

The developments in Uruk didn’t stop in the Neo-Babylonian period, and yet another version of Inanna’s court is preserved in instructions for her akītu (new year festival). In addition to some names you’ve already seen multiple times in this reply - Ninigizibarra, Kanisurra, Ninmeurur, Urkayitu and Annunitu - it also involved a group only designated as the “Daughters of Eanna” (cf. the “Daughters of Arbail” above); Ninsianna (the distinctly genderfluid personification of the planet Venus); Išartu (personified legal order); Šagepada; Abeturra; Šarrat-parakki; the mythical sage Adapa; Bēlet-Eanna (confusingly not Inanna as the “lady of Eanna”, but rather a local goddess of the nearby settlement Udannu); and a few others. Notably, a whole host of deities sourced from the An = Anum court appear - Kilili and Bariritu come as no surprise, but the presence of all five “translators”, Ninsigaranna, Ninḫenunna, En(me)uranna and ŠEŠ.AN.TUR (reading uncertain) is unexpected (Julia Krul, The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk, p. 67-69). Seemingly An = Anum - by then a venerable classic, over a thousand years old - was seen as authoritative to the point that deities mentioned in it were brought back (or introduced for the first time!) for what was essentially a last huzzah of Uruk as a religious center. This phenomenon has been aptly described as “antiquarian theology” (The Revival…, p. 79-80).

[hathorneheiress]

Which side are you on?

(Just a silly little head cannon I made of which side the Hawthorne boys sleep on)

Nash: He sleeps on his stomach. Simple as that. Before Libby came around he would clutch a pillow as he slept. he still does it though. Funny thing though, despite sleeping on his stomach, he snores and it's bad! So bad that Libby ends up sleeping in the other room because she can't stand it. The next day a very repentive Nash tries his best to make it up to her. Of course Libby forgives him. Secretly, she hated leaving him alone, but she needs her sleep too!

Grayson: Side sleeper. But it's always his left. Never right. Occasionally, he rolls over on his back, but very rarely. Because he struggles falling asleep, many nights are spent tossing and turning but he always returns to his left side. Even he doesn't know why he likes it, but since he could remember he did. He also sleeps on the right side of his king side bed, so he doesn't fall off his bed often. (That happened a few times)

Jameson: On his Back. You can't convince me otherwise. Always ready for anything, he sleeps like it too. Unfortunately, he also snores, but not as bad as Nash. And Avery has to listen to it as well. But since He isn't as bad as his oldest brother and thankfully Avery is a deep sleeper so very rarely does he wake up to her being gone because of his snores. When it does happen, he doesn't repent just gives Avery a hard time about it.

Xander: He can't decide. He's everywhere. He moves all the time which is why his brothers hated when he would crawl into bed with them. Max is ironically the same. Both end up kicking and rolling into each other. Which causes no end of playful banter between them. Privately of course.

Well, that's it. I hope you like it. But before I go, I can't take all the credit. My best friend and fanfic Bestie @riddles-n-games deserves some recognition. Part of Nash's and Jameson's go's to her. She gave me some of the ideas and I spun it in. (I hope you don't mind)