#RELI

[marinawoznjuksworld]

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@tunarath threw Moongrave Fane Trifecta to Kujo Kepthba

[whatsitzface]

Impulsively drawn Reli!?

[drivingclassics]

British Motor Museum - February 2023

[eirinstiva]

Thiefsplaining (?)

"The Raffles Relics" starts! Is this like some Indiana Jones story? Or more like A Night at the Museum? I don't know, but let see~

It was in one of the magazines for December, 1899, that an article appeared which afforded our minds a brief respite from the then consuming excitement of the war in South Africa. These were the days when Raffles really had white hair, and when he and I were nearing the end of our surreptitious second innings, as professional cracksmen of the deadliest dye. 

So this story is closer to "The Knees of the Gods" than "No Sinecure". Interesting.

The magazine was one of those that are read (and sold) by the million; the article was rudely illustrated on every other page. Its subject was the so-called Black Museum at Scotland Yard; and from the catchpenny text we first learned that the gruesome show was now enriched by a special and elaborate exhibit known as the Raffles Relics.

What would you do, Raffles? Steal back them? Or just pay a visit to the museum?

That's the chest you took to your bank with me inside, and those must be my own rope-ladder and things on top. They produce so badly in the baser magazines that it's impossible to swear to them; there's nothing for it but a visit of inspection."

Well, museums are interesting, even those about those considereda bit controversial, but I don't think it's a good idea to discuss with your guide unless you're Sherlock Holmes.

"That's not quite right," I put in mildly. "He never made use of the knife." The young clerk twisted his head round in its vase of starch. "Chawley Peace killed two policemen," said he. "No, he didn't; only one of them was a policeman; and he never killed anybody with a knife."

"Who was Charles Peace?" he inquired, with the bland effrontery of any judge upon the bench. The clerk's reply came pat and unexpected. "The greatest burgular we ever had," said he, "till good old Raffles knocked him out!" "The greatest of the pre-Raffleites," the master murmured, as we passed on to the safer memorials of mere murder. 

I've read this parts so many times, but I always read has "pre-raphaelites". Well, Raffles could be considered a master on his area, so it's accurate. Now I need a portrait of AJ in this style, or at least Bunny as John Everett Millais' Ophelia

"I suppose so," assented the grave gentleman wit the silver hair. "Unless," he added, as if suddenly inspired, "unless it was that man Raffles." "It couldn't 've bin," jerked the clerk from his conning-tower of a collar. "He'd gone to Davy Jones long before." "Are you sure?" asked Raffles. "Was his body ever found?" "Found and buried," replied our imaginative friend. "Malter, I think it was; or it may have been Giberaltar. I forget which."

Raffles and Bunny are having a really good time. AJ likes the praise and at the same time, he can't confess that he's still alive. Mixed feelings~

But the present recital was unduly trying, and Raffles created a noble diversion by calling attention to an early photograph of himself, which may still hang on the wall over the historic chest, but which I had carefully ignored. It shows him in flannels, after some great feat upon the tented field. I am afraid there is a Sullivan between his lips, a look of lazy insolence in the half-shut eyes. I have since possessed myself of a copy, and it is not Raffles at his best; but the features are clean-cut and regular; and I often wish that I had lent it to the artistic gentlemen who have battered the statue out of all likeness to the man

Why Raffles is so handsome in Bunny's eyes? I don't know but I'm sure this is another example of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I wanna read more comments on AJ's beauty. Is there any Bunny's picture?

"You mean Bunny?" said the familiar fellow. "No, sir, he'd be out of place; we've only room for real criminals here. Bunny was neither one thing nor the other. He could follow Raffles, but that's all he could do. He was no good on his own. Even when he put up the low-down job of robbing his old 'ome, it's believed he hadn't the 'eart to take the stuff away, and Raffles had to break in a second time for it. No, sir, we don't bother our heads about Bunny; we shall never hear no more of 'im. He was a harmless sort of rotter, if you awsk me."

It wouldn't be a fun visit for Raffles without the police.

"Inspector Druce," the clerk informed us in impressive whispers, "who had the Chalk Farm case in hand. He'd be the man for Raffles, if Raffles was alive to-day!" "I'm sure he would," was the grave reply. "I should be very sorry to have a man like that after me. But what a run there seems to be upon your Black Museum!"

Raffles did a magician trick and disappeared. Amazing as always <3

It was nearly four hours since Raffles had stolen away from my side in the ominous precincts of Scotland Yard. Where could he be? Our landlady wrung her hands over him; she had cooked a dinner after her favorite's heart, and I let it spoil before making one of the most melancholy meals of my life.

Where are thou, Raffles?

"I don't care why you went there!" I cried. "I want to know why you stayed, or went back, or whatever it was you may have done. I thought they had got you, and you had given them the slip!"

Bunny has the right to be mad at him, but as always he can't be angry for long because admiration to AJ is there for eternity.

The foreshadowing of "The Knees of the Gods" is at the end, and than makes my heart ache.

But I remember nothing better or more vividly than the last words of Raffles upon his last crime, unless it be the pressure of his hand as he said them, or the rather sad twinkle in his tired eyes.

[maly tears]

[tunarath]

who let this zoologist have a sword. two, even

[valstmblrart]

Messing around with markers and did a doodle

[bixels]

As gen-AI becomes more normalized (Chappell Roan encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use gen-AI because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by tech companies. I draw not because I want a drawing but because I love the process of drawing. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

[relifaker]

🌻Hello hello!! This is the official ask blog for my oc Reli Faker!! If you have any questions for him, please just send an ask and I’ll answer it! ^_^🌻

(Please keep in mind that I will refuse to answer any asks that are either about his sexuality, contain sexual/NSFW material, etc. he is underage and I feel uncomfortable in discussing his sexuality and am not going to feed into any degenerate accounts/asks that contain NSFW. I don’t care if you just see him as “fictional”, he is an important part of me and I would rather not taint him by associating myself with that stuff. Thanks.)

[ludmila2908]

[steelbluehome]

I feel like I need to reiterate this, Americans, we do not EVER turn anyone in just for the reward money, because the reward money is a LIE!

There will be a reason they come up with for not giving it to you. Even Nancy, the snitch at McDonald's, who everyone in the world knows turned in Luigi Mangione, will not get a penny of the reward money. The reason she is getting is that she called 911 instead of the tip line.

But there are other reasons they give, like, the cops already had the info you gave them from "other sources". "Lots of other people" called in the same tip. The reward was "up to" the amount promised, so you're getting $1.50. You didn't do the proper paperwork before you gave the tip. And just about anything else you can think of.

They won't give any money out until the person is actually convicted, not just arrested. It could take years for a case to even get to court. If the suspect takes a plea deal, then did your info really lead to a "conviction"? Or by the time the suspect is convicted, suddenly the money is not there. Reward money? What reward money? It isn't like they have it sitting in a box waiting to hand it over to you after the conviction. No, after the conviction, now they need to try to find the amount they put up for the reward. And who's budget is that going to come out of? Who wants to put that money in your pocket instead of their own? Okay? Understand? Got it?

You never get the reward money!

[whiterabbitloveposting]

For those wondering - Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #338 (Hobgoblin sprays Spider-man with poison) and #339 (Doc Ock reveals the poison only becomes lethal when combined with cocaine).

[awetfrog]

girls night out

[whatsitzface]

RELI! RELI! RELI!

We are pro-crackship in this household

[egophiliac]

What was Vil's birthday outfit? (I'm sorry if you posted about it, I can't find it 😭)

Vil had a silky little jumpsuit and heeled slippers combo! the heels were, based on my inbox, somewhat contentious, but I feel that their purpose is pretty clear: