#PRU 14

[spookyson]

Ummm literally just made an account and have no idea how this works. Then found this wip in my docs. I have no idea where I was going with it but it will now see the light of day. Omg I didn't even proofread it pls ignore my typos.

Tim woke up in a bed that was not his own.

Not unusual. He sometimes slept in his parents’ bedroom. It smelt like them and would sometimes feel like being with them. But this wasn’t any bedroom that Tim knew.

It was bigger than his room, with navy walls and dark curtains that covered a window larger than the one he was used to. It was also empty, with a few necessities furnishing the sparseness. Tim’s bedroom had never known emptiness after Mrs Mac had given up on it when Tim was 9. 

There were some clothes on the ground. Which was something. He sat up, pucshing off teh soft blanket that gathered at his waits. His bare feet hit the carpeted floor as he continued his research. The clothes on the ground were too big for him. A collared white shirt and charcoal slacks. He found a tie of matching colour under his bed. It reminded him of Dad, this was the sort of thing he wore when he went to the office. 

He looked to the closet and found nothing else. More shirts and ties in different shades, a pair of dress shoes, and a plain yellow hoodie. He didn’t know these clothes. Tim glanced down at his current outfit, a loose black shirt with Superman’s symbol on it and a pair of sweatpants he’d folded three times at the hip for them to stay on. The shirt was something he would wear, so maybe…

Batman had protocols for time travel. Nothing that he had ever explicitly told Tim since he was way too busy devising ways to make Tim quit, but files that Tim had read over when he had a minute to spare, The rules were fairly simple, should he go back in time, he was not allowed to inform anyone he knew of the future nor could he change anything. Things were a bit loose on how to proceed if he traveled to the future, but not to ask any questions and seek the quickest way back home was the best summary of the lengthy text. 

And, it looked like he was at Wayne Manor. So Batman must be around. He would know how to fix this. And, would Tim be able to meet himself? The adult version?

He fights the urge to grin as he tugs open the bedroom door and makes his way to the cave on silent feet. Batman find it unprofessional. Tim’s never actually been in the family wing before, so he goes into the wrong room. It’s an office, but not Bruce’s. There’s a desk in the middle of the room, a whiteboard tacked to one large wall and an old couch near the doorway. Tim wanders inside. He’s never seen it before. There’s an open laptop on the table, so Tim goes there first. It’s likely locked, and he’s not surprised when he finds a neutral blue screen asking the pincode, what’s actually surprising is the person ID. Tim Drake. This is his laptop. 

He doesn’t know why but the first number that comes to him is the day he learnt how to ride a bike. It was nothing super amazing. Some of the other kids in class could do it with no hands, or do wheelies. But Tim was proud. He had figured it out on his own, his father didn’t need to teach him. It baceme the most important date to him for a while.

He taps in the numbers with hesitant fingers and presses the enter key. It’s accepted.

The laptop opens on a video.

“Shit,” says a much older Tim. “You must be 14. Oh god.” 

So there's been some manner rouge attack and the outcome of said rounge attack is that Tim's been deaged to 14. Tim is also Red Robin. Tim also doesn't have a spleen. There may also be ninjas attacking him at random in order to seduce him to their evil immortal overlord's side and likely into his bed. He's also the CEO of Wayne Enterprises. 

"Yeah, I get that it's a lot. But uh, we've always had to deal with a lot, huh? This is a little different from usual, but eh semantics. So, if you're ever confused about anything, find the phone under your pillow and call a person named Pru, she can help you out with any Leaugue of Assassins business and call Kon if it's about anything else."

Big Tim smiles and it's shocking how similar he looks to Tim. He's not s chubby, he's got sharper eyes and cheekbones and his hair is longer than anything Tim would dare to try, but his smile is the same. It's a little joking, a little happy, and just like the thing Tim had seen on the surface of the Batmobile when Batman told him he did a good job at patrol. 

"But you're me, so you got this," says Big Tim. He suddenly looks up over the camera and his expression fades into something neutral. Two seconds pass, Tim hears a door close. "Also, you should get out of the manor as quick as you can. That place wasn't safe for me and it isn't safe for you now. Jason Todd is alive and he hates us. Avoid the Robin in a katana, he's got it out for us too. Bruce can't keep us safe" - Tim notes a miniscule shift in the muscles of Big Tim's jaw - "or won't, if it's possible, he's even harder to read now. Dick is…"  Tim watches as his face falls and something that looks alarmingly like a tear wells up in his eyes. "Dick is… We're not the most important thing to him. Don't count on him to have your back, it's better if you ditch before he sees you."

There's a lot to think about. And before he has the time to give any idea in those last few sentences any serious thought. The Tim on screen is already moving on. 

"Address, phone, laptop and everything else should be in the hidden compartment above your bed. Feel around for the switch. Get to the apartment and send an email to Tam Fox, use the words 'I am unwell and cannot make it to the office. Please postpone my meetings and cancel the order' she'll know what that means. That should be everything. Good luck, kid. " 

The screen cuts to black and Tim's up and moving before he can stew on the contents of the video for too long. It was a selfish thought anyway, that Bruce and Dick and Alfred woul ever love him. He's the replacement for a dead boy, it would have been impossible to live up to him, Tim doesn't know why he tried. And oh god, Jason Todd hates him. The back of his throat burns and he gulps down a swallow, unwilling to let the sounds of his sob infect the silent manor. His hero hates him. The boy he loved the most in the world hates him. 

Dick Grayson was an ideal. Something perfect and untouchable, he wasn't actually. Nobody was perfect, But the first Robin and now Nightwing had always given off the aura of untouchable idealility. He was the example to follow, the person everyone strove to be or wanted to be near. In his brief stint as Robin, Tim noticed how he drove people towards them. Bruce didn’t know it, but he was lighter when Dick was around, and Barabara was more likely to join patrols. The older Titans gravitated around him, like planets in his orbit, a product of long-term trust and friendship, but even strangers seemed to know that Dick was all that is good. 

Of course, Tim knew that he could never replace Jason as his brother, but in the deepest part of his heart, he had always hoped to become family adjacent. That one day Dick would look at him with the same softness he only reserved for Bruce and Alfred. To know that he could not even trust him… Well, that hurt more than he thought possible.

Through some miracle of God, Tim didn’t cry and managed to find the hidden compartment above his bed. In a square hole the size of a small cabinet he found a slim laptop, a phone, and a thick stack of money bound together by a rubber band. There were no clothes he could switch into, but this Gotham was likely similar to his Gotham, no one would bat an eye at a boy wearing oversized clothes. He found some sneakers in the closet, too big, but he fit them over his feet anyway and snuck out of his room for the second time. 

Silence reigned supreme in the manor, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Tim’s house. Big Tim said his house was destroyed in the aftermath of an earthquake that changed a lot of Gotham’s cityscape. The address he found on the phone in his hand was somewhere in the middle of the city, so the second thing he did was call for an Uber in the most silent voice possible. The person on the phone informed him of a twenty-minute wait, which would be plenty of time for Tim to escape Batman’s house and wait outside Drake manor.

The phone was shoved into pockets of his sweatpants, while the money and the laptop rested in a bag he had discovered, and after much exploration, he found what looked to be a family room. 

Tim cursed. This may take longer than his estimated time. He set off down another promising hallway, only to stutter to a stop when he heard voices.

“So? ‘S he alright? Baby bird took a pretty bad hit,” says a voice. It’s rough, like the voice of a smoker, and possesses a thick Crime Alley accent. Male. 

Tim feels his heart stop when he hears the first man’s companion respond. “Alred says he’s healthy, so we moved him up to his room. Timmy should be waking up soon.”

It’s Dick. No no no- He’s supposed to be avoiding Dick. That’s what Big Tim said to do. He shouldn’t be here. He should be moving. 

It’s all for naught because that’s when the men turn the corner and run right into Tim. He runs a quick glance over them. Tall, muscular, and big. One’s bigger than the other and has a white streak through his hair. The other is… it’s Dick. Older, with more lines near his eyes and mouth, but the same person he saw at patrol earlier (or later, depending on who you asked) that day. 

The person who didn’t love him. Who didn’t even like him maybe? 

Tim can’t help it. When their eyes widen and older Dick takes a step toward him, he bursts into tears.   

[liminalmemories21]

Hi Lim! 14 & 24 please 💜

Thank you!

#14 - Fandom you keep returning to?

hmm, interesting. I think I go back and periodically reread in a lot of my old fandoms, because I have favorite fics there, or because they have a vibe that I know is going to scratch a particular itch. It tends to be specific stories that I remember.

Gyzym's Domestic Verse in Inception

Dira Sudis's You Don't Shake Alone stories in Generation Kill

Pru's Drastically Redefining Protocol and Footloose's Loaded March in Merlin

Etharei's Hide of a Life War and a lot of others in Teen Wolf (I really loved that fandom)

Leupagus's Only Good for Legends and Waldorph's Illogical (√π233/hy7) in Star Trek Reboot.

I don't know, I don't really ever abandon stories and characters I love. I reread books like this too.

#24 - Funniest fandom-related story?

and suddenly my mind goes completely and utterly blank.

Oh, okay, so @cecilyv and I have known each other for a long time, and haven't lived in the same city for most of it. And, long before we successfully wrote Buck/Tommy fic we unsuccessfully wrote fic for other fandoms (never published0. Like there is a lot of unsuccessful fic saved on a thumb drive somewhere on my desk. One of them was a love letter to the city of Edinburgh, and mysteriously managed to make the characters more believably friends than the show ever did, even though we were ostensibly writing a romance. We never solved the middle bit of how to get the characters past the conflict we'd created, mostly because the fic really was just about missing Edinburgh and missing each other.

And this is how fandom can help you keep a friendship alive.

Fandom/Fanfic Asks

[goldammerchen]

lots of years ago when i showed pru for the first time to one of my parents, he saw the thumb pointing down and told me he thought in the roman emperors in the coliseum, that he definitely looked like a villain

(need to find this in color)

https://www.hetarchive.net/blog/2009/08/14/blog-entry-644/

https://www.hetarchive.net/blog/2009/08/31/blog-entry-651/

[sexuallyfrustratedpineapples]

Hetalia Roleplay Information Area

Welcome! This is a place that I’ve made to allow you to read all of my information in one place without any of the bullshit of having to search my tumblr.

You can find starters, shipping lists, plot ideas, my favorite tropes and more!

**Please note, if you are under 20 years of age I ask that you disconnect with me. I am 27 and I do not roleplay with minors and would prefer not to roleplay with anyone under 20. If you roleplay with me or interact and you lie about your age, I will immediately block you. I take this very seriously.**

**All characters that I play are at least 18 years of age. I do not roleplay as characters under that limit unless it is a child/parent relationship.**

Ship List

Nyo! Northern Italy: GerIta, PruIta, EngIta, SpaIta, 2p! Germany x Nyo! Italy, DenIta, 2p! Denmark x Nyo! Italy

Nyo! Southern Italy and 1p! Southern Italy: SpaMano, GerMano, AmeriMano, EngMano, PruMano, and PortMano

Nyo! Prussia and 1p! Prussia: PruIta, PruMano, PrUk, Nyo! PruHun, PruAus, PruAme, PruScott, PruCan, 2p!Can x Pru and PrAnce

Nyo! Seborga and 1p! Seborga: PortBorga, SeyBorga, SpaBorga, and GerBorga

Nyo! America and 1p! America: USUK, AmeriMano, PruAme, DenAme, RusAme

Nyo! Canada and 1p! Canada: PruCan, RusCan, and GerCan

AU/Trope List List

Plot Ideas, Universes, Tropes

Soulmates

Flower shop/coffee shop/shop au

Omegaverse

And they were roommates

Fake dating

Unrequited love

Medieval

Prompt List

1. Why are you helping me?

2. We could get arrested for this.

3. Was that supposed to hurt

4. We have to be quiet.

5. You're trembling.

6. Tell me again.

7. I can't keep kissing strangers and pretending that they're you.

8. Do you regret it.

9. I still remember the way you taste.

10. We still need to talk about what happened last night.

11. Do you trust me?

12. What happens if I do this?

13. You're making me want things that I cannot have.

14. People are starting to stare.

15. Is this what you want?

16. Can't you see that I love you?

17. I cannot believe you!

18. Why would you do this to me?

19. Why now? You had all of these years to do it, but you picked now?

20. Where do you think you're going?

I am always open to new ideas and such! This being said, feel free to ask for other ideas or AUs!

[booklovershouse]

Oi oi, booklovers!

Vcs já sabem q eu costumo ler livros de classificação baixa (pq é mais difícil ter hot/palavrões), ent resolvi fazer dois posts indicando livros pela classificação: esse, com livros +12 e outro, com livros +14 - eu poderia até fazer de outras tbm, mas eu basicamente só leio nessa faixa, ent é oq tem kkkkkkk

» Caso queira mais detalhes, os links nos títulos irão te levar para a resenha específica do livro/saga!

🧁| A Seleção (Kiera Cass)

Tudo começa em um pequeno país chamado Illéa, onde a sociedade é dividida em castas. É como uma herança: se seus pais são Seis, você será Seis pro resto da vida, a menos que consiga casar com um cara de uma casta acima (caso seja uma mulher), entrar para a guarda real e se tornar Dois (caso seja um homem) ou que pague uma fortuna pra mudar de casta.

A Seleção é um evento onde jovens de várias castas e províncias diferentes são sorteadas para ir ao palácio e, se escolhida pelo príncipe, se tornar a próxima rainha de Illéa. Caso perca, a garota ficará com a casta Três - se não for uma Dois -, já que é difícil para as moças de castas mais baixas voltarem pra a rotina normal após o tempo no palácio.

America Singer é uma Cinco (apenas três níveis acima do fundo do poço) e sua mãe está tentando convencê-la a se inscrever para a Seleção a qualquer custo, mas a garota tem um temperamento forte - e um namoro secreto. Após muita insistência, ela resolve fazer o que a mãe quer, já que há uma grande possibilidade dela nem ser chamada...mas é claro que as coisas fogem do controle e então America se vê "brigando" por uma coroa que nem deseja.

~ resenha originalmente publicada no meu outro blog, em janeiro de 2023.

🧁| As Férias da Minha Vida (🇧🇷)

Um romance de verão durante as férias no Caribe, uma viagem que deveria ser pra comemorar os quinze anos, mas só aconteceu aos dezessete.

🧁| Instant Karma - Caos, Amor e Destino

Foi meu primeiro lido de uma das minhas autoras favoritas e conta a história da Prudence, q depois de muita luta pra terminar um trabalho em dupla com Quint Erickson - que todos amam, mas ela odeia -, Pru recebe uma nota abaixo do que esperava e decide refazer o trabalho, nem que tenha que suportar Quint outra vez.

Mas então, numa animada noite no karaokê, ela cai enquanto cantava, bate a cabeça no chão e recebe o estranho poder de fazer "justiça kármica".

🧁| Amor e Gelato

Depois da morte da mãe, Lina cai de paraquedas em Florença, na Itália, para morar com um pai que nunca viu na vida.

Maaaaas, no meio dessas mudanças, longe de seu país e de sua melhor amiga, há uma coisa boa: Lorenzo Ferrara. Eles logo viram amigos e saem por aí, visitando os pontos turísticos que aparecem no recém descoberto diário da mãe de Lina.

Agr olha, se vc viu o filme e não gostou, por favor, tente dar uma chance pro livro, pq nem a gnt q gosta da história achou o filme bom, imagina qm nunca leu 🤡

🧁| Trilogia Princesas Modernas (🇧🇷)

• Cinderela Pop: sinceramente, eu não lembro de muita coisa, só que a Cintia é DJ e tem All Stars.

• Princesa Adormecida: meu preferidinho. Ana Rosa vive com seus três tios super protetores e praticamente só sai de casa para ir ao colégio. Isso até as amigas dela a levarem escondido para comemorar seu aniversário e ela começar a receber mensagens de um garoto misterioso no dia seguinte.

• Princesa das Águas: Arielle Brotel é uma nadadora famosa, que está prestes a participar das Olimpíadas pela primeira vez, porém, ela é super protegida por ser a caçula da família e então ela é apresentada a um novo mundo...onde tem alguém que pode virar sua vida de cabeça pra baixo.

🧁| Um Estudo em Vermelho

O primeiro de uma saga com 4 livros e 56 contos, Um Estudo em Vermelho é a porta de entrada para o 221b da Baker Street e seus moradores que adoram um mistério não solucionado: Sherlock Holmes e seu fiel companheiro, o Dr. Watson.

Nesse livro, você vai ver como uma das duplas mais amadas do mundo se conheceram e solucionaram o primeiro de muitos casos espetaculares.

🧁| Minha Vida Fora de Série (🇧🇷)

Um dos meus preferidos da pré-adolescência, Minha Vida Fora de Série conta a história de Priscila, uma garota de 13 anos que, após o divórcio dos pais, se muda com a mãe (e alguns dos seus muitos bichinhos de estimação) para BH.

Cidade nova, amigos novos e, quem sabe, talvez um novo amor?

🍰| Conhecem mais livros +12? Se sim, conta aí, eu amo e aceito indicações!

Bjs e boas leiturassss <333

[bornforastorm]

WIP Game Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

--

Thanks for the tag beloved friend @majorbaby!!  you make me feel better about the insane number of WIPs I have.

list below, with a little what's-what because I name things really minimally:

tagging: @boasamishipper @ireallyamabear @ anybody else who would like to!!

1. 1917 (to love and be loved is to be changed) 2. aliens (hudson makes it, alien 3 doesn’t happen, ripley/hicks/hudson and their daughter newt) 3. andor 4 (everybody lives au, love as rebellion, nemik/skeen) 4. goldfinch (boris comes to ny with theo at the end) 5. JB (james bond/felix leiter, oh no my friend is too important to me) 6. JB 2 (bond/leiter, my friend has low self esteem over his disability and i love him so much) 7. llewyn (inside llewyn davis, my bf was great but then he jumped off a bridge) 8. mash 3 (hawktrap trapper goes to maine/hawkeye loves his hometown) 9. mfu (man from uncle tv napoleon/illya duh) 10. MI1a (making ethan’s sad apartment less sad thru friendship) 11. mum (the mummy 2017 nick is sick af and it’s getting worse) 12. mum 2 (nick gets totally subsumed by the monster) 13. mummer 3 (the mummy 2017 nick-vail back story) 14. nice guys (there are no second acts in american lives) 15. perry 3 (strickson new years 1930) 16. perry 4 (ham and perry hook up and perry immediately regrets it) 17. perry 4.5 (ham clocks pete as in love with perry, post s2) 18. perry 7 (post swim back to shore, perry brings pete back to his place) 19. perry 8 (perry finds pete in the blackmail pictures) 20. perry 9 (that fuckin bridge) 21. pm 3 (terry + fireworks = a bad new years) 22. pm 4B (sequel to my retirement fic) 23. pm 5 (marlowe gets the shit kicked out of him) 24. pm 6 (marlowe runs after terry after the end of TLG) 25. pm 7 (marlowe and terry are dating but neither of them know it) 26. pm 8 (marlowe goes to find terry in acapulco) 27. pm 9 (terry goes to marlowe right away after finding sylvia) 28. pm 10 (marlowe bumps into terry in NYC) 29. pm 11 howard (terry lacks an inherent self) 30. pm 12 (terry calls marlowe after being shot) 31. pm 14 (modern au) 32. pm 15 (marlowe gets the shit kicked out of him 2) 33. pm 16 sylvia (marlowe attends a dinner party at the lennox’s) 34. pm BEB (the Black-Eyed Blonde but with a more acceptable ending to me) 35. pMsG (a marlowe-steve grayce encounter + terry of course) 36. PRU (pacrim uprising, nate and hermann are the same type of guy) 37. R-A (reanimator) 38. SH (doyle holmes, watson and moran become weird friends during the hiatus) 39. stare wares (kylo does force crimes against poe post-TFA) 40. stare wares 2 (poe’s x-wing crashes very bad) 41. terror (miracles on the ice) 42. TL (some terry lennox perspective) 43. TLB 2 (david survives and is a feral weirdo for a while) 44. TLB 3 (the lost boys, david/michael + david and his dad, sortof a sequel my david-as-ace merrill fic) 45. WSS 2 (riff and tony go to coney island)

[dfroza]

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 3rd of november 2024 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Book of Mark, Chapter 14 • The Book of 1st Samuel, Chapter 10]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 3 and Psalm 3 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 43 for the 43rd day of Astronomical Autumn, and Psalm 8 for day 308 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 3rd revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

"The day you were born is the day God decided the world could not exist without you." - R’ Nachman of Breslov

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God made you entirely unique, and no one else was created for the special role that you have in the overarching plan of Almighty God...

Jewish tradition says that God created Adam alone as "olam malei" (עוֹלָם מָלֵא), “an entire world,” to teach that each individual is of great value and significance. "Thus anyone who sustains one individual has sustained the world; and anyone who destroys one individual has destroyed an entire world" (Sanhedrin 37a).

In addition, God created man as a solitary creation to remind all people that they descend from a common source: No one has a greater or better lineage or “pedigree” than anyone else.

Moreover, each of us is created with a radical sense of "aloneness," a built in "hunger" for relationship and especially for God's presence. "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee," said Augustine. Therefore the very first commandment to Adam and Eve comes in the form of a blessing: "And God blessed them and said, פְּרוּ וּרְבו / pru urvu: "be fruitful and multiply" (Gen. 1:28). People were created to be in fellowship with others and with God, and when this is lacking, there is a sense of incompletion, a profound soul hunger and need....

When you feel discouraged or anxious because of difficult times, remember how the LORD God created the world and sustains it for the sake of the revelation of his love for you... You may not understand the present moment, though you can assuredly trust that God’s salvation given in the Messiah Yeshua heals you forever and ever (John 5:24).

Declare at all times, then: “The world was created for my sake, though I am but dust and ashes.” God is faithful, the great Amen of the human heart’s cry. Your inner being is redeemed by God for you to experience and know the blessing of eternal life (John 17:3). Amen.

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

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Isaiah 43:1b reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa43-1b-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/isa43-1b-lesson.pdf

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Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

[miastaslow]

Plebiscyt w Kielcach - wybraliśmy najlepszą ze stu wspólnie przeczytanych lektur

Za nami już sto wspólnie przeczytanych książek! Uczestnicy spotkań i sympatycy kieleckiego Klubu z Kawą nad Książką wspólnie wybrali najlepsze z lektur, z jakimi mierzyliśmy się w naszym klubie. Oto podsumowanie oddanych głosów!

Niekwestionowanym zwycięzcą okazała się nasza setna wspólna lektura, czyli Pan Lodowego Ogrodu. Tom 1 Jarosława Grzędowicza. Zaraz za Grzędowiczem, z równą ilością głosów i wynikiem drugiego miejsca, uplasowały się dwie powieści napisane przez kobiety: nieco metaforyczny Sen o okapi Mariany Leky oraz Gdzie śpiewają raki Delii Owens.

Na podium uplasowała się również szkolna lektura, czyli Lalka Bolesława Prusa! Co każe przemyśleć wszechobecną krytykę listy lektur w liceach. :-) Mamy nadzieję, że zgadzacie się z prezentowanymi wynikami. A może mieliście innych faworytów? Podzielcie się z nami swoimi typami!

Kasia Leśniak

Poniżej prezentujemy listę wszystkich przeczytanych wspólnie lektur, biorących udział w plebiscycie:

1. Lekcje pana Kuki, Radek Knapp 2. Dopóki mamy twarze, Clive Staples Lewis 3. Szopka, Zośka Papużanka 4. Korzenie, Alex Haley 5. Poszukiwacze muszelek, Rosamunde Pilcher 6. Bez mojej zgody, Jodi Picoult 7. Smilla w labiryntach śniegu, Peter Hᴓeg 8. Księżniczka z lodu, Camilla Läckberg 9. Dzień, noc i pora niczyja, Ewa Nowacka 10. Miłość w czasach zarazy, Gabriel García Márquez 11. Dom dzienny, dom nocny Olga Tokarczuk 12. Ciemno, prawie noc, Joanna Bator 13. Grek Zorba, Nikos Kazantzakis 14. Szklany klosz, Sylvia Plath 15. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov 16. Grona gniewu, John Steinbeck 17. Mnich. Romans grozy, Matthew Gregory Lewis 18. Brühl, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski 19. Kwiaty dla Algernona, Daniel Keyes 20. Wielki Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald 21. Analfabetka, która potrafiła liczyć, Jonas Jonasson 22. Na południe od granicy, na zachód od słońca, Haruki Murakami 23. Szum, Magdalena Tulli 24. Tak sobie myślę..., Jerzy Stuhr 25. Głowa Niobe, Marta Guzowska 26. Pochwała macochy, Mario Vargas Llosa 27. Odwrotniak, Jakub Małecki 28. Po prostu bądź, Magdalena Witkiewicz 29. Masakra, Krzysztof Varga 30. Słowik, Kristin Hannah 31. Ślady, Jakub Małecki 32. Bodo wśród gwiazd, Anna Mieszkowska 33. Czarna bezgwiezdna noc, Stephen King 34. Morderstwo w Orient Expressie, Agatha Christie 35. Czerwona jaskółka, Jason Matthews 36. Tonąca Ruth, Christina Schwarz 37. Ulisses, James Joyce 38. Kobieta w oknie, A. J. Finn 39. Gra w klasy, Julio Cortázar 40. Istota zła, Luca D'Andrea 41. Wielka samotność, Kristin Hannah 42. Patrick Melrose, Edward St Aubyn 43. Listy do pałacu, Jorge Díaz 44. Gwiazdozbiór Psa, Peter Heller 45. Hipopotam, Stephen Fry 46. Siedem sióstr, Lucinda Riley 47. Miłośnik wulkanów, Susan Sontag 48. Tożsamość, Milan Kundera 49. Narcyz i Złotousty, Herman Hesse 50. Iluzjonista, Remigiusz Mróz 51. Lawendowy pył, Danuta Marcinkowska, Ewa Marcinkowska-Schmidt i Klaudyna Schmidt 52. Bez skrupułów, Harlan Coben 53. Maria i Magdalena, Magdalena Samozwaniec 54. Szadź, Igor Brejdygant 55. Wodny nóż, Paolo Bacigalupi 56. Rysa, Igor Brejdygant 57. Pantaleon i wizytantki, Mario Vargas Llosa 58. Gambit królowej, Walter Tevis 59. Klucze królestwa, Archibald Joseph Cronin 60. Miasto niedźwiedzia, Fredrik Backman 61. Tajemniczy przybysz, Mark Twain 62. Tato, William Wharton 63. Gra szklanych paciorków, Herman Hesse 64. Gdzie śpiewają raki, Delia Owens 65. Ludzie na drzewach, Hanya Yanagihara 66. Lalka, Bolesław Prus 67. Wszystko za Everest, Jon Krakauer 68. Domofon, Zygmunt Miłoszewski 69. Jeździec miedziany, Paullina Simons 70. Biała wilczyca, Theresa Révay 71. Kamienny anioł, Katherine Scholes 72. Piękne kłamstwa, Lisa Unger 73. Przygody dobrego wojaka Szwejka podczas wojny światowej, Jaroslav Hašek 74. Żniwa zła, Robert Galbraith 75. Dotknięcie ziemi, Rani Manicka 76. Biegnąca z wilkami, Clarissa Pinkola Estés 77. Lektor, Bernhard Schlink 78. Dygot, Jakub Małecki 79. Siódme wtajemniczenie, Edmund Niziurski 80. Kirke, Madeline Miller 81. Dzieci północy, Salman Rushdie 82. W ciemnej dolinie. Rodzinna tragedia i tajemnica schizofrenii, Robert Kolker 83. Lot ćmy, Ken Follett 84. Światy wzniesiemy nowe, Urszula Jabłońska 85. Czego pragnie kobieta, Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz i Krystyna Romanowska 86. Diabeł, którego znasz. Psychiatria sądowa bez tajemnic, Gwen Adshead i Eileen Horne 87. Azazel, Izaac Asimov 88. Bogowie, groby i uczeni. Powieść o archeologii, C. W. Ceram 89. Wyspa dnia poprzedniego, Umberto Eco 90. Dobry wilk. Tragedia w szwedzkim zoo, Lars Berge 91. Zanim wystygnie kawa, Toshikazu Kawaguchi 92. Jak nie zabiłem swojego ojca i jak bardzo tego żałuję, Mateusz Pakuła 93. Zatoka Francuza, Daphne du Maurier 94. Sen o okapi, Mariana Leky 95. Dożywocie, Marta Kisiel 96. Droga do zapomnienia, Eric Lomax 97. Petersburg. Miasto snu, Joanna Czeczott 98. Nie zaczęło się od ciebie. Jak dziedziczona trauma wpływa na to, kim jesteśmy i jak zakończyć ten proces, Mark Wolynn 99. Miasto Śniących Książek. Powieść z Camonii autorstwa Hildegunsta Rzebiarza Mitów, Walter Moers 100. Pan Lodowego Ogrodu. Tom 1, Jarosław Grzędowicz

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I'm MEME

(Do memes (as it is popular in Malaysian politics) provide a useful way of understanding politics? 

What is a meme? 

The correct pronunciation for meme is meem (rhymes with dream). Meme is a common cultural phenomenon that is used to provide social criticism. Memes can be found through humorous images, videos, gifs and texts and it has become a norm in the digital era. You can find them on social media like Instagram, Facebook or X. A gif type meme can be found in the Instagram, Facebook and X comment section. You can also create your own meme in WhatsApp to reply to someone, and it can be about anything from current events. Nowadays, everyone uses meme to engage with one another. The origin of meme starts from biologist Richard Dawkins’s 1976 book (The Selfish Gene). According to Darwin, meme is a cultural unit that spreads from person to person, much as genes spread through reproduction. Memes, which translate to "that which is imitated," come from the Greek word mimema. The first ever internet meme is a 3D animated baby doing a cha-cha dance that became popular in the late 1990s known as “Dancing Baby” 

Meme in Politic  

Social media has been playing a critical role in political elections which make people are now often exposed to political information and able to voice their political opinions online thanks to political memes. However, not much is known about the people who exchange political memes on the internet or if being exposed to memes influences important political behavioral, emotional, and attitude effects. Nowadays, the community, especially the younger generation Z, regularly uses satire or memes as a form of expression and communication. Generation Z refers to people who were born after 1998 (Regan, 2000) and generation that was exposed to digital world.  

Meme politics were used to talk about politics during the 2016 US presidential election while appearing as entertainment, and many young voters based their political ideas on political memes from social media. (Alex, 2016; Bulatovic, 2019; Douglas, 2016). Many young people will be more likely to understand politics and see memes as an important source of information as they go through the generations. By doing this, the political meme creator will be able to create new memes that further convey and illustrate their political views, which they will then disseminate to a large audience regardless of the meme's quality. 

During Malaysia's most recent 15th General Election, memes were widely utilized on a variety of social media platforms. The meme's impact among youth on social media platforms was successful in changing Malaysian politics once more on PRU 14. Malaysians use around fifteen different social media sites to accomplish a wide range of everyday objectives (Mohamad Azmir Mohd Nizah & Mohammed Fazanizzam Zahran, 2022). One of the most used social media platforms at that time was WhatsApp followed by Facebook and Instagram. The messages meme gained popularity among younger people because it provided an amount of uniqueness that more accurately reflected the reality of the established social groups in media, politics, and advertising (Nieubuurt, 2021). The technique is also creative in that it uses memes to spread the word until it is accepted by everybody, becomes viral fast, and is always available to a big audience.  

For example, there are a few Malaysian politic memes that can be found all over the internet and for me, I found that the announcement for our new prime minister back in 2020 have the most hilarious meme in the history. Malaysians who are waiting for the result as to who our new Prime Minister would be are spending their time creating memes of the current situation while they wait. In the end of the day, the old prime minister is the new prime minister.  

Source: World of Buzz

Do memes provide a useful way of understanding politics? 

In my opinion, yes meme does provide us a useful way to understand politic. The younger generations including me can understand politic easily through meme. Memes have more humor and satire to express a point which makes it impossible to figure out whether the content is fake or real.  

Memes are a helpful and significant way of communicating for the next generation. In the end, this made important topics that be presented can be in a style that is clearer, less formal, funny and easy to understand. 

Conclusion 

To conclude everything, people like the Malaysian citizen can understand politic better through memes because sometimes politic memes can help us to understand politics better than read from a textbook or online article. I do find memes can be relatable and hope the memes trend will never get old because memes mean a lot for us ><  

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What is a meme? (2023, April 20). What Is a Meme? Definition and Examples | Grammarly. View on 7 October 2024 Available at: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/language-trends-culture/what-is-a-meme/ 

Halversen, A., & Weeks, B. E. (2023). Memeing Politics: Understanding political meme creators, audiences, and consequences on social media. Social Media + Society, 9(4). View on & October 2024 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231205588 

Mohd, Abu, R., Mohamad Afzanizzam Zahran, & Mohd, A. (2024). The Influence of Political Memes on Political Marketing Strategy in Malaysia. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 14(1), 118–118. View 7 October 2024 Available at: https://doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v14i1.21881 

Kasirye, F. (2019). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLITICAL MEMES AS A FORM OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AMONGST MILLENNIALS IN UGANDA. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 13(1). View 9 October 2024 Available at: https://www.jesoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/KC13_032.pdf 

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Négyen megsérültek egy gázolásban Crifin közelében, közülük ketten életveszélyes és súlyos állapotban vannak; a gázolót agyonlőtték – Hírszüret

2024. július 14., vasárnap, a háború 282. napja – frissül 16:30 Cahal és Sabak: A han juniszi hadosztály parancsnoka meghalt a Mohammed Deif elleni merényletkísérletben 14:41 A rendőrfőkapitány a helyszínen: A merényletekre vonatkozó figyelmeztetések halmozódnak Mohammed Deif elleni merényletkísérlet óta, készen állunk A rendőrfőkapitány a helyszínen, ma – Fotó: Hadasz Prus A…

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Complete Guide to Index Funds: The Best Investment Strategy for Long-Term Wealth

Why Are Index Funds the Best Way to Build Wealth?

Investing can feel overwhelming, especially when trying to pick the best stocks or time the market. But what if there was a simple, low-cost, and high-return strategy that even Warren Buffett recommends?

That’s where Index Funds come in.

They offer a hassle-free way to grow wealth, outperform most active traders, and come with lower risks compared to picking individual stocks. In this guide, we’ll cover everything about Index Funds—how they work, the best funds in India and globally, their benefits, risks, and how to start investing today.

What is an Index Fund & How Does It Work?

Definition & Concept

An Index Fund is a type of mutual fund or Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) that replicates a market index like the NIFTY 50, SENSEX, S&P 500, or Nasdaq-100.

Instead of hiring fund managers to pick stocks, index funds automatically track the performance of a predefined index.

Example from the Indian Stock Market

The NIFTY 50 Index Fund holds the top 50 companies in India like Reliance Industries, TCS, Infosys, and HDFC Bank.

A SENSEX Index Fund includes 30 blue-chip stocks such as HUL, ICICI Bank, and Bharti Airtel.

The NIFTY Next 50 Index Fund focuses on the next emerging large-cap companies after NIFTY 50.

How Index Funds Work

Fund managers create a portfolio mirroring an index.

When the index composition changes (a company exits/enters), the fund adjusts its holdings accordingly.

Investors benefit from the overall market growth rather than individual stock performance.

🚀 Fun Fact: In India, the NIFTY 50 index has delivered an average annual return of 12-14% over the last 20 years—outperforming most actively managed funds.

Index Funds vs Active Investing: Which One is Better?

Active Investing (Mutual Funds & Stock Picking)

Fund managers actively buy/sell stocks to beat the market.

High fees due to fund manager salaries & frequent transactions.

Higher risk as it depends on human decisions and market timing.

Example: An actively managed Large-Cap Mutual Fund may try to outperform NIFTY 50 by selecting different stocks.

Passive Investing (Index Funds & ETFs)

No stock-picking; just tracks the index performance.

Low cost due to minimal management.

Historically outperforms active funds over long periods.

📌 Data Insight:

According to SPIVA India Report, 85% of actively managed funds failed to beat NIFTY 50 over a 5-year period.

Warren Buffett has famously advised investors to "just invest in an S&P 500 Index Fund" rather than picking stocks.

💡 Key Takeaway: Index funds are the best option for most investors—lower cost, lower risk, and better long-term returns.

Best Index Funds in India (2025 Edition)

1. NIFTY 50 Index Funds (Best for Beginners)

✅ ICICI Prudential NIFTY 50 Index Fund ✅ UTI NIFTY 50 Index Fund

Why Choose?

Tracks India’s top 50 stocks.

Low expense ratio (~0.20%).

Long-term returns of 12-14% annually.

2. SENSEX Index Funds (For Conservative Investors)

✅ HDFC SENSEX Index Fund ✅ SBI SENSEX Index Fund

Why Choose?

Covers 30 blue-chip stocks.

Lower volatility than NIFTY 50.

Ideal for long-term stable growth.

3. NIFTY Next 50 Index Funds (For Higher Returns)

✅ UTI NIFTY Next 50 Index Fund ✅ ICICI Pru NIFTY Next 50 Index Fund

Why Choose?

Invests in the next top 50 companies after NIFTY 50.

Historically outperforms NIFTY 50 over 10+ years.

Higher risk, but also higher potential returns (~15-18%).

4. International Index Funds (For Global Exposure)

✅ Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund ✅ Nippon India Nasdaq 100 Index Fund

Why Choose?

Gain exposure to US stocks like Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft.

Diversification beyond India’s economy.

🔎 Pro Tip: Use Strike.Money to track real-time performance of these index funds and compare their returns.

Risks of Investing in Index Funds (What You Need to Know!)

1. No Protection in Market Crashes

Since index funds mirror the market, they fall during crashes.

Example: During COVID-19 market crash (March 2020), the NIFTY 50 dropped by 30% in a month.

2. Lower Returns in Bull Markets

Actively managed funds may outperform index funds in short bull markets.

3. Limited Customization

You can’t pick individual stocks—you get whatever the index holds.

💡 How to Manage Risks?

Stay invested for at least 5+ years.

Invest through SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) to average out volatility.

How to Start Investing in Index Funds (Step-by-Step Guide)

Step 1: Choose the Right Investment Platform

Zerodha, Groww, Upstox – Best for DIY investors.

Mutual Fund Apps (Coin, Paytm Money, Kuvera) – Good for SIP investors.

Step 2: Select Your Index Fund

Beginners: NIFTY 50 or SENSEX Index Fund.

Higher Risk: NIFTY Next 50.

Global Exposure: Nasdaq 100 or S&P 500 Fund.

Step 3: Decide Between Lump Sum or SIP

SIP: Invest ₹5,000-₹10,000 per month for long-term growth.

Lump Sum: Invest when markets dip for better entry points.

📊 Use Strike.Money to analyze market trends and find the best time to invest!

FAQs: Your Biggest Index Fund Questions Answered!

1. Can You Lose Money in an Index Fund?

Yes, in the short term, but historically, markets always recover in the long run.

2. How Long Should You Hold an Index Fund?

At least 5-10 years to benefit from compounding and market recovery cycles.

3. Are Index Funds Better Than Stocks?

For beginners & long-term investors, yes! It’s low risk and provides market-average returns.

4. What’s the Difference Between an ETF & an Index Fund?

Index Fund: Mutual fund format, can be invested via SIP.

ETF: Traded like a stock, requires a Demat account.

Final Thoughts: Should You Invest in Index Funds?

If you want a stress-free, low-cost, and high-return investment option, Index Funds are your best bet!

💡 Key Takeaways: ✅ Low fees = Higher long-term returns ✅ Outperforms most actively managed funds ✅ Best for beginners & passive investors

🚀 Start your investment journey today and track market trends on Strike.Money for smarter decision-making!

👉 Are you investing in index funds yet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments! 🚀

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tagged by beloved @sunriseverse to partake in this fic author interview!!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

13 at present :thumbs_up: i haven't deleted anything recently (to which there's probably like. 20 of my things if you incorporate abandoned works)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

71,398 apparently... i know that one of my fics is nearly 26k but still. this is more than i expected

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

(1) catch a rare type specimen [166] (2) a mighty nice shine [104] (3) the future is forgiven, so smile [80] (4) i don't know how we're just two men as god has made us [49] (5) how we rise to the height of our halo [34]

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i try my best to! but usually i'm only good about it after i've JUST posted a new fic and i'm compulsively checking engagement </3 and i rarely look back at old fic comment threads </333

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

i haven't read them in a while but probably sleeping beauty or i'm a wonder... they're both post-PRU and heavy angst for hermann... though i guess i'm a wonder's ending is more Angsty, and sleeping beauty is more Suspenseful

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

wonderful question. i write a lot of happy, or at least neutral with happy leanings, endings. maybe the future is forgiven, so smile, or something??? IDK man

7. Do you write crossovers?

not really... i'm really picky about them. and i'll make jokes with friends about them but i haven't gone through with any of the crossover ideas i really like (though maybe i should finally write something for ed secondhandvhs & i's joke about CIFL x stranger things teeheehee)

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

plenty of it. and i am still laughing about the comment i got on a mighty nice shine... thankfully i've gotten better about not fully taking [the hate] to heart...

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

no... i almost wrote smut for the first time with a house fic a couple of months ago but i got nowhere with that fic idea. and a mighty nice shine is the very closest i've gotten to slipping it in but i'm too big of a chicken still (and it's not like i have any ideas stored up for it at present)

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of? but that'd be pretty funny if so. mainly because i'm. a Middling creative writer so if you're going to steal MY stuff, then your bar must be low

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

also not that i know of. at least not that i've been told. i would be honored though... like to be able to share my ideas with a wider audience... sniffles and kicks my feet

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

not that i remember? i think the closest i got, beloved, was the rob comedy... like i've Workshopped and Bounced Ideas with friends plenty of times but i don't remember a time where we've gone through with writing together

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

low hanging fruit because i don't actually know but i'll gander newmann... like my pacrim hyperfixation (special interest even?) is still a fond period in my life and i still have so many affections for the them

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

ALL OF THEM. like. i'm still sighing i didn't write that hilson smut, as well as sighing i didn't really go through with my Other house ideas (pacrim universe, 'if amber lived' universe, priest chase universe, etc etc). oh and there's two barry ideas i had with ed that i still think would be interesting explorations but haven't picked up in like two years. plus some ted lasso stuff (namely gymnastverse and tattooed roy). and OBVIOUSLY mad i haven't gotten ANYWHERE with any original work WIPs (yes this is a fanfic interview but i stand by the inclusion)

15. What are your writing strengths?

descriptions maybe? IDK i write creatively so infrequently i have no idea. i just know i tend to have fun writing descriptions all flowery and stuff

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

besides the fact that i Never write, i think i have a tendency to be too out of character for my own liking, or at least Worry too much about that prospect. like it's inevitable in some part with writing alternate universes but i'm just too neurotic. and i really need to be married to / tuned into the idea to have a flowing stream of writing, and half the time i just Can't

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i think if you do it and have the translation nearby / easily accessible, it's fine and can add an interesting dimension for like. the character's thinking in that language and/or being in some way immersed in it. but i also say that as someone who has included foreign languages or localized vocabulary then put translations/descriptions as footnotes in the end notes so. i'm biased

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

oh good lord... it was likely on deviantart so. heaven knows. my understanding of warriors or something else i was into through deviantart. and on wattpad it was probably— actually i'm going to have an aneurysm if i continue to think about this

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

there's probably plenty but re-reading this question probably severance or psych. like i haven't watched either recently and i'm more fixated on my own oc-verses at the moment but i would still like to finish my psych drag fic or at least write Something psych. and i should definitely delve into the horrors of severance once season two comes out

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

another low hanging fruit but i always say i'm a wonder. there's just something about that one that still hits. maybe it's in part that i always think of that fic while listening to the song, and. frankly. i should revisit it at some point to see if i could develop it more

[non-obligatory tagging of um um @secondhandvhs, @tiptapricot, & other writer friends]

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5 Film Pendek yang Harus Kamu Tonton Setidaknya Sekali Seumur Hidup

AUG 23, 2016 by NAUFAL RM in HIBURAN

LIMA film pendek alam artikel ini rata-rata bergenre thriller. Atau, setidaknya memberikan nuansa ketegangan dan kejutan yang tidak kamu sangka-sangka sejak awal menonton. Yang paling pendek, berdurasi sekitar dua menit, dan yang paling panjang kurang lebih 14 menit. Tidak terlalu lama, kan? Well, tentu saja. Namanya juga film pendek. Bukan seperti film pada umumnya di layar bioskop.  Oke, tanpa banyak intro lagi, mari silakan dicoba…

“Doodlebug” – Christopher Nolan

Seorang pria berusaha mengejar sesuatu—yang dia kira adalah serangga—yang bergerak-gerak sangat cepat di lantai kamarnya. Ditampilkan dengan layar hitam-putih, tanpa dialog, dan sound yang mencekam, membuat kamu dapat merasakan atmosfer ketegangannya. Tapi, apakah benar yang dikejar pria itu adalah serangga? Silakan ditonton sendiri. Karena, kamu tidak akan menyangka dengan sesuatu yang bergerak itu. Dan, tentu saja, ending-nya!  

“Inseparable” – Nick White

Film ini juga ditampilkan nyaris tanpa dialog. Namun, suasana dramatis dan emosionalnya tetap bisa dirasakan. Joe menyadari dia mengidap penyakit yang mematikan dan jatah umurnya tidak akan lama. Dia tidak ingin mengecewakan istri dan anaknya yang masih kecil. Akhirnya, dia memutuskan untuk menghubungi saudara kembarnya, Charlie, yang nasibnya sangat berbeda 180 derajat dengannya.

“Pr[u]ecious” – Aradea Adisudarma

Kali ini, dari dalam negeri. Pru, cewek kuliahan yang sangat introvert. Ke mana-mana selalu sendiri dan nyaris tidak punya teman. Suatu hari, dia mendapati surat misterius dari seseorang yang isinya menyatakan bahwa dia mengagumi Pru. Beberapa hari kemudian, surat yang sama kembali dia dapatkan. Namun, suatu hal di akhir film akan membuat kamu tidak menyangka tentang sosok cewek itu yang ternyata…

“Grave Torture” – Joko Anwar

Film ini akan memberikan efek yang mengerikan setelah kamu menontonnya. Seorang anak lelaki nekat masuk ke peti mati almarhum ayahnya karena belum bisa merelakan kematian orangtuanya itu. Ayahnya dibunuh secara keji oleh pembunuh berantai. Setelah itu, kamu akan ditampilkan adegan demi adegan yang penuh ketegangan dan kengerian. Kata kunci dari plot film ini: siksa kubur…

“Sebelah” – Reza Rahadian

Awalnya, kamu tidak akan percaya film ini disutradarai oleh aktor kawakan Reza Rahdian. Berlatar di sebuah rumah susun, seorang cowok yang bekerja freelance membuat sound effect, jatuh cinta dengan tetangga barunya, seorang cewek yang misterius. Plot dari awal sampai tengah akan membawa kamu peduli dengan si cewek. Namun, menuju akhir, kamu tidak akan percaya dengan plottwist yang ditampilkan.

Jadi, mana dari lima film pendek di atas yang paling kamu sukai? Atau, kalau kamu tahu ada film pendek lain yang lebih seru, lebih tegang, dan plottwist-nya bikin ternganga-ngaga, silakan tulis di kolom komen ya. Mari kita berbagi film pendek bagus bersama-sama. Akhir kata, selamat menonton!

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Portrait of Beata Tyszkiewicz, by Zofia Nasierowska (PL, 1938–2011) From the "CZTERY PORTRETY BEATY TYSZKIEWICZ" black and white photograph: 18 x 12.8 cm. (7.1 x 5 in.)

Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewicz (born 14 August 1938) is a retired Polish actress and TV personality.

Beata Tyszkiewicz has worked mostly on the big screen but acted in several French TV movies, becoming famous through her portrayal of distinguished ladies in costume dramas like The Doll by Wojciech Has and The Ashes by Andrzej Wajda.

She has worked with leading directors such as Agnieszka Holland, Krzysztof Zanussi, André Delvaux and former husband Andrzej Wajda. Tyszkiewicz has appeared in more than a hundred films. Her debut was in Zemsta in 1956. In 1968 she was cast in The Doll, directed by Wojciech Has. The Doll was adapted from the Polish novel, Lalka by Boleslaw Prus. In 1971 she was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1995 she was awarded with an Honorable Diploma at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997 she was a member of the jury at the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. She was a jury member on Poland's Dancing with the Stars (aka Taniec z gwiazdami). Via Wikipedia @abwwia

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W najbliższy weekend Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu przygotowało kilka wykładów, trzy oprowadzania kuratorskie i dwa koncerty.

Średniowieczny ceremoniał pogrzebowy książąt śląskich, a ich nagrobki to wykład dr. Jacka Witkowskiego towarzyszący wystawie „Śląska ars moriendi. Średniowieczne metalowe płyty nagrobne”. Słuchacze wprowadzeni zostaną w atmosferę średniowiecznych ceremonii pogrzebowych książąt i księżnych śląskich. Prelegent, korzystając z bogatej erudycji zabytkoznawczej oraz wiedzy mediewistycznej, przeanalizuje programy zachowanych nagrobków z okresu średniowiecza, ukazując frapujące szczegóły dotyczące percepcji przemijania i śmierci w czasach powstania tych artefaktów. Wykład w sobotę, 2 grudnia o godz. 16:00 w budynku głównym. Wstęp wolny.

O godz. 13:00 oprowadzanie kuratorskie rozpocznie dr Barbara Banaś po wystawie „Szklane życiorysy. Polskie projektantki szkła (1945–2020)”, której bohaterka i są polskie designerki szkła tworzące w ciągu ostatnich 75 lat. Ich aktywność zawodowa – niezwykle bogata, ale niemal nieznana – świadczy o niebagatelnej roli, jaką odegrały w historii wzornictwa ostatnich dekad. „Szklane życiorysy” to także opowieść i zapis historii zmieniających się oczekiwań odbiorców, podlegającej nieustannym transformacjom sferze życia domowego i społecznego, która wraz z reorientacją potrzeb i rytuałów wpływa na ikonosferę wnętrz prywatnych i publicznych i na ostateczny kształt przedmiotów. Wstęp z biletem na wystawy czasowe.

Na oprowadzanie kuratorskie szlakiem rzeźb po wystawie czasowej „Szaleństwo rokoka! Fascynacja rokokiem na Śląsku (XVIII–XXI w.)” w Pawilonie Czterech Kopuł o godz. 14:30 zabiorą wszystkich chętnych Małgorzata Macura i Barbara Andruszkiewicz. Oprowadzanie po jubileuszowej ekspozycji, będącej pierwszą w historii muzealnictwa próbą zaprezentowania do tej pory niedostrzeganego, niedocenianego i pomijanego zjawiska w sztuce regionu jakim było rokoko. To także demonstracja zmian stylistycznych, które miały miejsce na Śląsku w drugiej połowie XVIII w., również ponownego zafascynowania nimi na przełomie XIX i XX w., a wreszcie szukania odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy ta stylistyka interesuje i fascynuje współczesnych. Wstęp z biletem na wystawę czasową.

Natomiast w gmachu głównym w niedzielę, 3 grudnia o godz. 11:00 odbędzie się wykład dr. Jacka Witkowskiego w ramach cyklu „Kurs historii sztuki”. Spotkanie poświęcone będzie sztuce romańskiej – jej ewolucji od XI do połowy XIII wieku. Przedstawiając sztandarowe przykłady z zakresu architektury, rzeźby i malarstwa w najważniejszych ośrodkach romanizmu w Italii, południowej Francji, Hiszpanii, Niemiec, prelegent ukaże ich wpływy na kształt sztuki w Europie środkowej i północnej sięgający połowy XIII wieku. Bilety w cenie 10 zł.

Zaś o 16:00 w Pawilonie Czterech Kopuł będzie można wysłuchać wykładu o rzeźbie rokokowej na Śląsku dr. Artura Kolbiarza. Fenomen rzeźby rokokowej na Śląsku przypadł na dwie ostatnie tercje XVIII w. W początkowej fazie współistniał z dziełami utrzymanymi w stylistyce późnobarokowej, a w schyłkowej z pojawiającymi się zwiastunami neoklasycyzmu. Wstępną cezurę wyznaczyły wojny śląskie (1740–1763), które doprowadziły do przejęcia niemal całego regionu przez Królestwo Prus. Nowa sytuacja polityczna wpłynęła na funkcjonowanie rynku artystycznego. Kościół katolicki utracił dominującą pozycję, a bardziej dynamiczna rywalizacja z wyznaniami reformowanymi objawiała się również na polu sztuk pięknych. Oprócz tradycyjnie wiodących na Śląsku centrów artystycznych zlokalizowanych w dużych miastach do głosu doszły niewielkie, lecz prężnie funkcjonujące ośrodki artystyczne lokowane w prowincjonalnych miejscowościach. Całość tworzyła barwną mozaikę rozpiętą pomiędzy klasycyzującą rzeźbą akademicka, a znajdującą się na przeciwnym biegunie plastyką ekspresyjną. Podczas wykładu omówione zostaną wybrane przykłady dzieł reprezentujących różne ośrodki i nurty w śląskiej rzeźbie rokokowej. Wstęp wolny.

W niedzielę, 3 grudnia o godz. 11:00 Małgorzata Korżel-Kraśna rozpocznie oprowadzanie kuratorskie po wystawie czasowej „Szaleństwo rokoka! Fascynacja rokokiem na Śląsku (XVIII–XXI w.)” w Pawilonie Czterech Kopuł szlakiem mebli. Wstęp z biletem na wystawę czasową.

Natomiast w gmachu głównym w niedzielę, 3 grudnia o godz. 11 :00 rozpocznie się wykład dr. Jacka Witkowskiego w ramach cyklu „Kurs historii sztuki”. Spotkanie będzie poświęcone sztuce romańskiej – jej ewolucji od XI do połowy XIII wieku. Przedstawiając sztandarowe przykłady z zakresu architektury, rzeźby i malarstwa w najważniejszych ośrodkach romanizmu w Italii, południowej Francji, Hiszpanii, Niemiec, prelegent ukaże ich wpływy na kształt sztuki w Europie środkowej i północnej sięgający połowy XIII wieku. Bilety w cenie 10 zł.

Zaś o godz. 13:00 w gmachu głównym w niedzielę, 3 grudnia odbędzie się wykład Agaty Stasińskiej „Anielska ochrona i diabelskie kuszenie” o ilustracjach w średniowiecznych traktatach ars moriendi. Traktaty ars moriendi – niezwykle popularne w okresie późnego średniowiecza – miały za zadanie pomóc w przygotowaniu na dobrą, szczęśliwą śmierć, a więc taką, która prowadzi ku zbawieniu. Zawierały konkretne zalecenia zarówno dla umierającego, jak i dla kapłana oraz innych osób asystujących w ostatniej drodze. Dzieła te często zdobione były ilustracjami ukazującymi walkę nieba i piekła o ludzką duszę. Wspomniane grafiki, pełne tajemniczych postaci i zagadkowych scen, wprowadzały odbiorców w wyjątkowy świat, w którym kuszenie diabłów przeciwstawione było anielskim napomnieniom. Podczas wykładu wspólnie przyjrzymy się tym charakterystycznym przedstawieniom, porozmawiamy o ich treści i znaczeniu. Wstęp wolny.

Pierwszy ze wspomnianych na początku koncertów odbędzie się już w piątek, 1 grudnia wieczorem. Będzie to wydarzenie towarzyszące wystawie „Zaklinacze czasu. Kolędniczy teatr obrzędowy”. Skład Niearchaiczny to kapela, która przedziera się do sedna muzyki beskidzkiej i odnajduje drzemiące w niej możliwości i inspiracje. Muzyka ta wykonywana była niegdyś przez dudziarza i skrzypka, dziś nazywanych „składem archaicznym”, który z czasem został wyparty przez większe kapele smyczkowe. Niearchaiczność kapeli, to nie tylko instrumentarium rozbudowane o kontrabas i altówkę, ale też nowe aranżacje i harmonie, które nie tylko nie kłócą się z tradycyjnym, dawnym stylem „ogrywania” melodii przez dudziarza i skrzypka, ale wzbogacają go i dopełniają. To dowód na to, że muzyka Beskidu Żywieckiego to zjawisko ciągle żywe, które można wciąż na nowo odkrywać i świadomie rozwijać. Koncert rozpocznie się w Muzeum Etnograficznym o godz. 18:00. Bilety w cenie 10 zł.

Drugi koncert to koncert zespołu Vox Imaginaria (w składzie: Julieta González-Springer [śpiew] i Ryszard Lubieniecki [portatyw, clavisimbalum]), towarzyszący wystawie „Śląska ars moriendi. Średniowieczne metalowe płyty nagrobne”. Śląsk doby średniowiecza stanowi niezwykle istotny obszar dla badaczy i wykonawców muzyki tego okresu. Do naszych czasów zachowały się liczne traktaty teoretyczne (dotyczące zarówno chorału gregoriańskiego, jak i muzyki wielogłosowej) oraz bogaty repertuar dzieł, świadczący o wpływach zachodnich, ale także wykazujący lokalną specyfikę. Są to w znaczącej większości { do lokalnych świętych, opowiadają o ich życiu, dokonaniach i cechach godnych naśladowania.

Koncert poświęcony będzie kobietom świętym, przede wszystkim św. Jadwidze Śląskiej, ale także Katarzynie, Marii Magdalenie i Elżbiecie Węgierskiej, których spisane żywoty pełniły często istotną rolę edukacyjną w średniowiecznej pedagogice. W wykonaniu zespołu Vox Imaginaria zabrzmią poświęcone im kompozycje z XV-wiecznych źródeł pochodzących z regionu historycznego Śląska. Będą to zarówno dzieła wielogłosowe zachowane w tzw. śpiewniku głogowskim (właść. partesach żagańskich), jak i utwory jednogłosowe i prosta polifonia z niezwykle rzadko obecnego w życiu koncertowym kancjonału średzkiego. Program uzupełnią śpiewy z wrocławskich źródeł fragmentarycznych, a także tabulatury organowe i improwizacje instrumentalne. Koncert w Muzeum Narodowym, w sobotę 2 grudnia o godz. 15:00. Wstęp wolny.

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