#also wtf happened to Mat

[asthecrowcrafts]

Wheel of Time season 2 released OVER A MONTH AGO and I've literally heard nothing about it.

Big yikes. 😬

[3-aem]

cat and i no longer friends after the the great de-matting

[anonmousegosqueak]

Y'all, enough Top!Ghost who fucks Soap stupid and is always mean and stuff, enough Bottom!Soap who is weak and needs his big strong boyfriend to save him.

Gimme more sad pathetic wet-cat Ghost.

Gimme a Ghost who grew up seeing his mum and dad's relationship and is now scared to do the same. Who finds his Johnny and is so scared to mess it up. Who, when they have sex for first time, cries.

Gimme a proud and confident Soap who sees this pathetic little freak and is like "oh yeah, I'ma get this guy pregnant". Who yes, is there to comfort Ghost through the tears, is also balls deep in the man and has him squished against the bed.

Soap's very much the "alpha" and "top" and "dom", whereas Ghost is just pathetic and wants to be kissed and maybe railed until he can't walk straight.

He's so awkward about his flirting too. The jokes (though they can hardly be called that), the staring, the little trinkits he places around for his Johnny. I think at one point he literally is like "I'm in love with you, wanna see a sheep that I found and maybe marry me afterwards?"

Soap is the one pinning Ghost against the mat in sparring, Ghost is the one who's dying of embarrassment because he has a raging hard-on and "goddammit, what if I make it awkward??" (Meanwhile Soap is actively trying to provoke the man and has already made several suggestions to continue this in the bedroom. They all go over Ghost's head.)

Anyways, can y'all tell I've been reading 09 stuff lately? Idk, my noise machine I use to sleep suddenly stopped making sound and I woke up and now I can't go back to sleep. The last time this happened I literally made MLPxCoD thoughts that I am genuinely a little scared of. (Not x like shipping, you freaks, like if the 141 were ponies what kind of pony would they be). I'll probably wake up tomorrow and be like "wtf? Did I make this?" But that's a future me probably 😎

[cowboybarzy]

So y/n goes to this game like always everyone knows she’s barzal wife or girlfriend when the fight happens something snaps and she’s like yelling acting like there gonna hear her saying “HEY THATS MY MAN DONT TOUCH HIM LIKE THAT” people are recording her or she lands on the jumbo screen and the guys saying there’s go barzal gf or wife love to see this. They both end up going viral on Twitter mat was over the fight but y/n still was mad and going on and on saying wtf I would of squashed him if I was right there because no one grabs my man like that 😤 mat finds it entertaining because he’s never seen her this worked up and he’s kinda turned on by it knowing she would fight for him LOL even tho he wouldn’t allow it but he ends up kissing her by how in love he is with her maybe gets alittle smutty

now that fight last night was quite something and god Mathew I want you to do it again! but not too often, I need you to keep looking pretty.

wc: 820

cw: alludes to sex, but not really smut (sorry I’m working on other smut rn haha and didn’t have much time to write today)

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You turned around from the conversation you were having with a friend to see Mat finally come out of the locker room area. When he was close enough, you could see there was a big red bruise coating his nose and part of his cheek from the fight he was in earlier. “Aw, baby, are you ok?”

“Perfectly fine.” His smile was sweet and crooked as he wrapped his arms around you. Your lips brushed gently against his bruised skin then finally landed on his lips.

Once you were sure he was fine, you pulled apart and playfully punched him in the chest. “What the hell were you thinking? Fighting? Maty! You know my rule, no teeth, no wedding.”

He laughed. “I know your absolutely ridiculously absurd rule. Don’t worry, I’ll have all of my teeth for the big day.” He kissed the top of your head, still getting excited at the mention of your wedding even after months of being engaged and it being pretty much all planned already. “And he attacked me. I wasn’t about the back down. I’m not scared of a little fight.”

A rush of heat flowed through you, seeing him get worked up again. And you had to admit, as much as you hated the fighting aspect of hockey, it was kind of hot seeing Mat defend himself and get into a little brawl.

“And it looks like you’re not as mad as you’re pretending to be.” He totally picked up on your vibes.

“Alright, so maybe it was a little hot to watch,” you admitted. “But don’t make it a regular thing.”

“Sure about that?” His eyebrows raised and a little mischievous grin appeared as he pulled you closer to him by your hips.

“At least not until after the wedding. I need you looking pretty for the pictures.”

“Alright, no more fights until the wedding.”

———

“Ok, so maybe I will keep up the fights if you’re going to be this turned on afterwards,” Mat mumbled out of breath when you rolled off him, back onto the mattress.

“You made a promise,” you responded, yelping when his lips were back on your skin in seconds. His teeth graded your neck, down your naked chest.

“It’s very hard to resist.” He came back up to kiss you passionately. You had lost count of the amount of times you had sex within the last few hours of coming home from the game, sleeping, and waking up to more sex.

“Alright, get off me I’m starving.” He fell back into the pillows with a laugh, but instead of getting up to go to the kitchen, you grabbed your phone for your daily morning phone time. Mat did the same.

To your surprise, there were a ton of notifications. Texts, instagram, twitter, etc. And also from people you didn’t even know. A quick investigation told you that you were in fact the reason for all the fuss.

“You seen this?” Mat had the same expression on his face, as he was looking through the exact same type of notifications. People sending a video of you from the game last night, yelling during Mat’s fight. The person who filmed it was too far away to pick up audio, but based on reading your lips, people could tell you were yelling something the lines of ‘HEY THATS MY MAN DONT TOUCH HIM LIKE THAT’.

You looked to Mat for his reaction, but he was just laying there, naked, watching the video over and over again, his jaw slowly dropping. You watched him nervously, internally cringing that a video of you like that was currently trending. Mat finally faced you.

“My girl.” He laughed and was back on top of you in seconds. “My feisty girl. And here I thought you were upset I was fighting, but you would have easily stepped in.”

“I was just trying to protect your pretty face.” He smiled wide and started attacking you with kisses, sucking and biting your skin.

“I had no idea you could get so worked up.”

“I’ve been hanging around you for too long.” He chuckled and kissed you deeply. You could never get enough of him.

“Protecting me. I’m supposed to be the one protecting you.”

“You clearly need it.” You loved teasing him, especially since his kisses got more intense the longer it went on.

“I’m pretty sure I won that fight last night, so I can protect myself.” He got on his knees and his lips wandered down your body. One of his hands grabbed your breast, massaging it, while his lips started assaulting the other. He licked around your nipple, sucking and biting it playfully. “But my job is to take care of you.”

He moved further down the mattress, getting ahold of your thighs and roughly pulling them apart. “Now be a good girl and let me do my job.”

[thatwritterbeach]

So About that Alley .3

Jason Todd x fmc

DC masterlist ALL OTHER PARTS FOUND HERE

Unedited***Also I swear Tumblr is messing up my spelling on purpose cuz everytime I re-read something I know I fixed it's wrong again

Alex: short, curvy, red hair, green eyes, redheads go through pain meds way faster than normal people to the point I personally don't even take them, it's a joke, they last 30 min at best

Summary: Alex finds out her bf is red hood, after she spills some not so great secrets to the masked man while stitching him up.

Warnings: Vaginismus* angst, sexual assault, self-harm, depression, drug use by Alex, violence, cursing, NSFW, smut, thigh riding, vaginal fingering, guided masturbation?, p in v (not overly described), pain during s*x, hiding said pain, hickeys?, self-hate, insecurities, eating disorder, weight loss

A/N: I do not own dc booho

"Hey, Jay," she asked in a totally calm totally cool manner the next morning, completely numb thanks to the nice little combo she'd whipped up. Not floating or un-present but not in pain, even where the arm of the couch was digging into her side as Jason squished into her, laying fully on top of her.

"Yes, my beloved?"

"Don't make me take away your books you little dork. I was just wondering if your family knows about you...you know, not being dead?"

"Uh, yeah, why?"

"Just if I happened to run into them I wouldn't wanna be like 'oh I'm dating Jason' and they'd be all 'wtf is wrong with this chick, he's dead' you know."

"I guess. Alex," he said grabbing her hand and pulling it to his mouth," I'm gonna introduce you, I'm not ashamed of you or whatever the hell else your mind is trying to say. My family is...overwhelming for most and I didn't want to scare you off."

"I get it dude, and since I just recently placed you as Robin you would have had to hire a family, or spill you deepest secrets to me. Lucky for you, I am the most understanding woman on the planet."

"I'd argue, but you're right. I'll text Alfred, the leader of the gang, and see when we can come for dinner. Be warned though, it could be tonight, they've been trying to get me to come home for a while now."

It was in fact that night. Alex scurried around for a clean pair of jeans, then after a glance in the mirror at her too large reflection she ripped them off and tossed them to the floor. A dress? No, that one has a tear. This skirt? No, it's too short. Jean short, they're clean but who the fuck wear jeans shorts to a mansion. Business slacks, no that says trying too hard. Ah ha, a superman t-shirt, and black leggings, then top it off with one of Jason's zip up hoodies.

"Is that what you're wearing," he asked with a laugh as he came into the room. In fact the laugh became a full blown fit and he doubled over nearly to the ground clutching his stomach and wheezing. With each second she got more and more self-conscious. Of course she couldn't wear what was basically pajamas to a fancy place, what was wrong with her. With a sigh she took off her boots and slid out of the leggings and switched them for her jeans, that she hated but whatever. Searching in vain for something that wasn't a graphic tee, or a business blouse she was half way through her closet when Jason recovered enough to notice what she was doing.

"No, put it back on, it's great, doll, I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing with you."

"I wasn't laughing," she said without emotion.

"Hey, come 'er." Much to her wiggling protest he pulled her tight against him and placed several loud kisses along her scalp.

"Everyone else will be in pj's I solemnly swear, in fact I was just about to change into my matching flannel set, someone amazing bought it for me, but I can't remember who," he said tapping his chin with mock thought.

"Really?"

"Cross my heart," he said, though his fingers were crossed behind his back.

"Ok," she conceded trying to get free. He held on for another minute before spinning her out away from himself and winking when she fell back onto the bed. Matching pj's in hand he headed to the bathroom, not for privacy but to send an urgant group chat explicity stating lounge clothes were to be worn.

See masterlist for more

[phuljari]

social media au! part 6

summary : khushi is a model and influencer; arnav just seems to stumble upon her profile one day— not so much by accident. (or what if khushi fell in love at first sight?)

warnings : if you don't know already, i suck at updates. yes i mean it as a warning!

a/n : i am...trying something new (by using the word prompts) #IPK 13th Anniversary Fiesta @arshifiesta

Notifications (aakash_r)

payaliyaa followed you back

iMessage

Unknown: Khushi ji agar aap kal subah tak jawab nahi dengi toh hum ye pictures post kar denge

Unknown: Aur haan, humne aapke sabhi account hack kar liye hai toh sochna bhi mat

iMessage

Unknown: arnav stay right where you are

Arnav: ???? Who's this?

Unknown: khushi

Unknown: hum jiji ka phone use kar rahe hain

Unknown: someone's hacked my phone

Arnav: WTF?

Arnav: What about the picture you just sent?

Payal: 😭😭😭

Payal: tabhi toh keh rahe hain ki rukiye

Payal: can you ask someone from your IT team to sort this issue out?

Arnav: Let me check

Arnav: Also, turn off your phone

Payal: yes yes, already did

iMessage "Raizada" Group Manorama: Aakash bitwa Manorama: Hum tumhare liye miss tip-top chun liye hain Manorama: e dekho Manorama shared Lavanya Kashyap's Instagram profile

Manorama: Hum hi apna ID change karva lete hai HP se Manorama: divamanorama kaisan rahega? Manorama: hello hi bye bye, ekdum hi fantashtic sound karat hai naahi? Aakash: Maa, ye sab kya hai? Aakash: Maine kaha na aapse ki mujhe abhi shadi nahi karni Nani: Shaadi. Toh. Karni. Padegi. Aakash. BITWA Anjali: Are waah mamiji, ye toh badhiya choice hai aapki Anjali: Aur inhe toh Khushi ji bhi follow karti hai Anjali: Unse baat karein kya?

Anjali: Theek rahega Aakash: DIIIII Aakash: 😭😭😭

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thekhushigupta tick tick tick gulabi aankhien ✨

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hayerenandkishorekaahai HAYE RE NANDKISHORE E KAA HAI

hayerenandkishorekaahai LAGTA HAI POORI PHOTU DAALNA BHUL GAYI HAINN

hayerenandkishorekaahai AE SANKA DEVI

hayerenandkishorekaahai AADHE KAPDE THEEK THE PAR PHOTO TOH POORI SHAKAL KE SAATH DAALO

hayerenandkishorekaahai AAJ KAL KI LADKIYAN

preetika123 Darling, you're sparkling! ✨

saritaraman Is that the roberto cavalli dress a certain someone brought from a certain somewhere?

nandiii Beautiful Khushi ji!

user1 fishy

⤷user1 esp the caption

hellohibyebye phati sareeee! accha kiya post kardi! hum toh puchna hi bhool jate tumhein, e konsa shade lagayi ho lipshtik ka?

⤷hellohibyebye hum yaad karke oo naa le e he liye

⤷hellohibyebye bahutey bekaar laagat hai 😒

payaliyaa

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payaliyaa ❗❗❗IMP NOTE: Hello everyone, as you may or may not know Khushi's account has been hacked recently. We request you all to cooperate till the situation is back in control. Please do not engage with any of Khushi's accounts on any social media until further notice. ❗❗❗

Love to all the 378M followers! Be careful of scammers and hackers out there!

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divalavanya: Oh my god! please be careful, i just received a dm from this account asking me to transfer 25k because of some server issue and i had almost done it thinking that was khushi user1: is this a PR scheme by ardesignhouse? they've hired khushi for their new collection photoshoot and this will def create a buzz ⤷user2: I heard Khushi was supposed to work for Pro Fashion before she signed with AR ⤷user3: maybe pro ppl have some revenge plan up their sleeve? ⤷user1: it's possible. but let's wait to see what happens rather than jump to conclusions

user4: Hope Khushi is mentally safe and sound! This can be an extremely terrifying situation to have your private space infiltrated. Cyber crime is no joke,,, this is def not a PR scheme

user5: Should we block and report?

⤷payaliyaa No, it would be difficult to regain a lost account. We're working on the security, will update everyone soon

iMessage

Arnav: Khushi, try resetting your password from any other device

Payal: okay

Arnav: Shit

Payal: ???

Arnav: Well, that photo you sent me? Not so private any more

Payal: omgggg

Payal: hey devi maiyaaaa 😭😭😭

Arnav: Why are you so goofy even in tense situations lol😂

Payal: kya goofy? hum omg kar rahe hai hindi mein

Arnav: Uh okay. Didn't think you were a devout person

Payal: something new you learn everyday

Arnav: I guess

Payal: wait, is that a bad thing?

Arnav: We'll talk about that later

Arnav: Did you change the password?

Payal: i tried from my laptop but the verification goes to my phone

Payal: so i need to switch it on

Arnav: Okay

Payal: yes, i guess it works now

Arnav: Change your passwords everywhere and add two factor authentication

Payal: yes yes, thank u so much

Arnav: No problem! I'm leaving now but Aman will stay at the office overnight in case something happens

Arnav: A threat to you is a threat to us

Payal: you don't really need to...

Payal: oh ok, when you put it like that

Payal: but i swear it's just some insane stalker guy trying to get me to talk to him

Arnav: Nonetheless

payaliyaa

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payaliyaa Cheers to khushi getting her account back (would've posted a pic with @/thekhushigupta but it seems like we don't click enough pictures together)

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thekhushigupta: jiji hai toh sahi 😭😭😭

⤷thekhushigupta: bohot sariiii

⤷payaliyaa : jisme tum bilkul pagal lagti ho

⤷thekhushigupta: sach sach bolo jiji, tumhari photo acchi nahi aati

⤷payaliyaa : hum toh tumhe beizzati se bacha rahe the par agar tumhe manzoor ho toh karde post..?

divalavanya: Thank god everything is fine Khushi! I was damn worried about you yaar!

⤷thekhushigupta: girl 😩❤️😭

preetika123 omg wtf happened

⤷thekhushigupta bestieeee 😭😭😭😭

hayerenandkishorekaahai BAHUT E PYAARI LAGAT HAI HUMRI PAYALIYA

hayerenandkishorekaahai E LAMBE PYALE ME SE KAA PI RAHI HO BITIYA

nandiii Not bad Payal ji, not bad! Maybe aapko model banana chahiye tha

⤷ nandiii BTW so sorry about Khushi ji's online harassment :(

⤷thekhushigupta nanhe jii wo sab chodiye banana 🍌nahi ban-na kehte hai usee

⤷nandiii Oh sorry, sorry! Typo Khushi ji, maaf kar dijiye

aakash_r You're so beautiful Payal ji! 🙇‍♂️

⤷payaliyaa Thank you Aakash ji! 😌

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arnavsinghraizada I have a knack for playing

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aakash_r Bhai hope you enjoy your stay!

anjaliiiii.r Aree Waah! I'm so proud of you

user1 Sir, are you hiring?

gulabo_devyani Arnav + Khushi. BITIYA ENJOY

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titaliya_k much needed pampering

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divalavanya My absolute fav! Hope you enjoy the little getaway we @/payaliyaa planned for you <3

⤷titaliya_k you have no idea la! you're the best <33

hari_prakash Didi PAMPERS OUT OF STOCK HAI

nandiii I bet you smell amazing Khushi ji!

⤷arnavsinghraizada She does, now back the fuck off

⤷nandiii nannav wtf

⤷titaliya_k omg calm down boys!

aakash_r Hope you enjoy the jalebis too Khushi ji!

⤷titaliya_k AAKASH JI😭😭😭😭tysm

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preetika123: Hey, you're NK right?

nandiii: Yes yes

nandiii: Nice to meet you pretti woman!

nandiii: Khushi ji has told me so much about you!

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divalavanya: Hi

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abhishek_kumar: Hey

abhishek_kumar: Garima ji showed me your account

abhishek_kumar: Hope you don't mind

abhishek_kumar: Hope your parents mentioned me

iMessage

Khushi: hahahahahhahaha omggg

Khushi: look at these two goofballs

Khushi: aakash ji, payal ji, aakash ji, payal ji

Arnav: You know I'm sitting right besides you right?

Khushi: yesssssssssssss

Khushi: but it's easier to say things here

Arnav: Yeah?

Khushi: stop looking at me all flirty

Arnav: Your sister, my brother and your friend planned this one day getaway for us to "cool off"

Khushi: you're clearly doing the opposite

Arnav: Uh huh

Khushi: like how your fingers on that piano were driving me crazy

Khushi: the swiftness with which you played

Khushi: and those rolled up sleeves arnav, you're killing me 🫦

Arnav: Stop it

Khushi: what

Arnav: Stop biting your lip like that

Khushi: only one way to stop me

TBC

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[shinycozytwistedglam]

Onyx Storm RECAP ch 15-ch18

And now, for an interlude that can only be called "romantic" by Fourth Wing standards.

WTF is happening in ch15-ch16?

Violet goes to her new favorite class, Signet Sparring, with Professor Shadow Daddy. Xaden's done some interesting warding on the outdoor fighting pit they're using, keeping the space warm and probably containing the magic.

First Wing thinks Xaden isn't up to the task of teaching since he just graduated, so we get to watch Xaden put some rando in his place while Violet thinks about how sexy he his.

Xaden is terrifying like always but Violet tells her friends she's "never scared of him" which feels like foreshadowing! Violet also tells everyone he's not her boyfriend (because Codex) and Xaden agrees (because he's More Than Her Boyfriend). This book is full of hints & foreshadowing about marriage.

Xaden tells the cadets he's trying to give them "his edge" so they can defeat venin.

When Violet steps up Xaden fills the mat with shadows. They spar, flirt, and make out a little bit as he teaches her how to distinguish "his shadows" from existing shadows that he's extending, so that she can find him in the dark...and kill him.

Weekend trip to Chantarra for the Scooby Gang. The riders are drinking in the pub while the fliers go to temple. Everyone is still talking about how scary Xaden is and Violet insists he'd never hurt her. (I'm anxious!)

There's a big lore dump here about gods & temples.

Dain pulls Violet aside to talk about stealing her dad's hidden journals out of the personal quarters where Colonel General Aetos is now living. Violet can't go along for the heist so she has to trust that Dain won't sell her out to his dad.

WTF is happening in ch17?

The opening quote for ch17 is from the recovered correspondence of Asher Sorrengail to Violet Sorrengail. Papa S has a name now!

It's formation time and the death roll is still a thing.

Sloane pulls Violet aside and gives her a bag of library books, which also includes the journal Dain stole for her. (Dain gave it to Jesenia to avoid suspicion and we love to see our boy learning to break the rules.) Sloane is still having feelings about her role in Lillith's death, and Violet tries to reassure her. Violet talks about how Grady wants to take Quest Squad north but Violet's intuition says south.

Violet pulls out the journal and discovers it's passcode locked and set to self-destruct if she enters the wrong code. (WTF is this Inspector Gadget???) The clue to the code is First love is irreplaceable.

The Scooby Gang strategizes about the passcode and the hints about Violet & Halden are hard to miss.

It's Signet Sparring time and Xaden brought Garrick with him to give the cadets better odds on the mat. As Xaden gets class started Violet is aggressively flirting down the mental bond. Also a bit of Garrick-Imogen flirting thankyouverymuch give the people what they want.

Iron Squad decides to take on Garrick as a team instead of 1 on 1, which is going fine until Garrick deflects some ice that flies too close to Violet, and Xaden goes into Protective Venin Mode. Violet delivers a kill shot to a dagger (not Garrick) and Iron Squad reigns supreme.

Slow clap from the top of the arena and OH SHIT it's Prince Halden making a fucking entrance with his eyes on Violet.

Violet & Halden chit-chat (wow he sucks) while everyone else watches sparring and Xaden watches Halden. Halden is talking about Quest Squad & their upcoming mission to retrieve a macguffin. He's trying to flirt with Violet but the moment he reaches up to touch her hair he gets blasted into a wall by shadows LOL.

Hello Jealous!Xaden! We missed you baby.

WTF is the Amelian Citrine? It's a gemstone necklace – an artifact from one of the first griffin fliers. It enhances their lesser magic abilities. It's old & rare and therefore valuable, and Tecarus has given Violet permission to give it to the King of Deverelli in exchange for a meeting.

What is Deverelli? It's the closest Isle kingdom to the Continent.

WTF is the Emerald Sea? It's in the north but it doesn't matter. They're not going there.

Who are the gods and why do I care? Go brush up on the Empyrean Wiki.

Violet really has a thing for guys in power, huh? I dunno, man. I think there just weren't that many guys willing to sleep with General Lillith Sorrengail's daughter. Halden was convenient and is clearly a pussy-hound.

WTF is happening in ch18?

Professor Shadow Daddy pulls his cock out in front of Halden. Okay maybe not literally but he is extremely territorial about Violet and while it's kind of hot, it's also toxic in a way that tastes like venin.

Violet does her Smarter Than Everyone thing and figures out the passcode to her dad's journal is Aimsir, the name of her mom's dragon. (Dragon bond love is an important theme in this book.)

Violet opens the journal which her dad describes as "my careful study of the second Krovlan uprising." (Yawn) Dad clearly had a multi-step plan to all this that involved Dain learning Krovlish, and he says that Violet needs to go to Deverelli and meet a merchant there. (Oh great, another macguffin chase.)

Xaden shows up and needs to know if Violet loved Halden. There's a lot of talk about feelings and a lot of emotional vulnerability from Xaden which warms my heart but also feels like 180° from Iron Flame. Thank you for not fighting I guess?

Overall summary of Chapters 1 - 18, Onyx Storm

The riders who left for Aretia have been re-integrated with Navarre, but there's still tension and a definite flavor of Tyrrish independence in everything Xaden, Violet, and Brennen are doing. No trials or consequences for abandoning Navarre.

Violet did a bunch of maneuvering, including that stunt with the wardstone, in order to ensure an alliance between Navarre & Poromiel. She's trying to protect Poromish people, but politically this is a good move for Tyrrendor, since the Tyrs are already closely allied with Poromiel. Getting all 3 factions sort of on the same team is a huge win, and Violet made it happen.

In the course of these chapters Xaden has gone from disgraced rebel lieutenant to Duke of Tyrrendor slash Basgiath professor. And yet, he's mainly focused on doing whatever Violet wants him to do and preparing Violet to kill his future venin self (sob).

Xaden and Violet are saying I love you as many times as possible. It feels like Xaden got diagnosed with terminal cancer and all the old fights don't matter and I love it but it also tears me up inside.

The squad is...okay. Sloane is being cagey after the death of Lillith. Sawyer is working through the grief of his disability. Ridoc is providing outstanding humor but also paying closer attention to everything than we realize. Cat is being less obnoxious than usual & she & Violet seems to have settled into an equilibrium. Dain seems...likeable? Character growth!

The focus of the book is about to shift into Journey Mode as Quest Squad goes after the first macguffin the Amelian Citrine. Violet has her eyes on the southern Isles and clues from her father to follow. She wants to find Andarna's kind and also find answers for how to cure Xaden.

Big reveals: Halden is Violet's ex-boyfriend, Xaden's venin emotions are super territorial for Violet

Keep your eye on: Gods/Goddess lore, signet lore, animint, marriage themes, dragon bond love

[thecluelessdoctor]

whike I mentally prepare myself to make a whole damn comic, it's time I talk about the FNAf movie because fuck you I am going to write what I want

cw: spoilers for the FNAF movie!!

At base value, I loved it. I felt the pacing was a little slow, but I love it. From the little refs to the games, to the in general plot, it was just very enjoyable, even if most of the plot is just from the fact Vanessa didn't tell Mike wtf was going on.

NOW! let's talk technical!

For a pg-13, it was pretty good! I feel it matches the games really well! It's not too scary, but it can give you a startle, especially to any newbie! My mom was startled by the balloon boy lmao. Also it had blood so it's a plus.

The acting, dialogue, and overall set is really good. Scrumptious if I do say so myself.

I loved how the animatronics looked. Freddy and chica being my overall favorites. Idk they made my boy Bonnie blue so I had to take a few points. The cupcake running around was weirdly funny to me lol.

Now lemme touch on the plot!

I liked the plot! Like I said before, it was a LITTLE slow, but nothing too bad. I found it really interesting with what they did with Micheal and the whole dream thing.

And the idea that the children communicate in pictures rather than words hit me pretty hard, because that how I myself communicate. Although I can be.. pretty good with my words, drawing, and art as a whole is relatable to me, making Abby a really relatable character to me.

I really don't understand the hate for the movies bc it's not lore accurate. So what??? A lot of movies based on games don't! I mean- look at the Sonic the hedgehog movie!! Or the Mario movie! So your point is invalid. And also- I'm pretty sure this is a lot more entertaining than watching Micheal do five nights at Freddy's smhhh.

Though I'm sitting here in complete wonder bc like- WHO WAS THE 5TH KID?! WE SEE HER IN THE PICTURES!!! BUT- IS IT CASSIE?? OR CHARLIE MAYBE?! IDK

Also what happened to Derek I need to know.

Did he get turned into a animatronic what the fuck happened to him

Anyway

Let's talk about the cons of the movie.

I keep bringing this up, but the movie was slow. Not unbearably slow, but still slow.

Also, the whole aunt subplot- idk I felt it wasn't really needed except for the mat pat scene (he fucking embraced that scene it was great the theater I was in started cheering and I had to explain to my mom why everyone was so happy)

Also I felt the one major jumpscare we get, of foxy, was waisted. It looked like he was rolling into the security guard on roller blades. I would have liked it if maybe foxy like jumped at the guard or something. Idk just a me thing

I also feel the 'i always come back' line was rushed, same with shaggy's- sorry I mean WILLIAM'S death. It didn't really feel satisfying ig?

also, I felt that Vanessa was more of a plot device than a character. Because most of the plot literally is riding on the fact she doesn't tell Mike the truth.

But anyway

What would I rate this movie, and should you watch it?

I give it a 8/10. It's fun, and nostalgic for old FNaF fans, and a fun intro to new ones. Go check it out

[tincansamurai]

fuck it, i'm cross postin the pifo oc monday posts here. but under a cut because i can't shut up. if you want to know stupid details about my ocs click here

here's the original post, ty to penbrydd for putting this together every week!

1. Were there any educators [x] bonded with or really liked? Tell us about them.

mat: matsuo took a CAD class in college with a professor who was very much on the cool young person end of the professor spectrum. there was a lot of chill-out time where students were just working on designs or hanging out while waiting for the laser cutter to finish, etc, and he got to talk to this professor way more casually than he had with any other educators before. they had a lot of shared interests, and it was nice to have someone who seemed to excited to see him. but like halfway through the semester he started feeling weird about it and switched to doing more of his work outside of the classroom. he's gonna look back at this after a couple of months of being out and wanna slap himself; like, you fuckin idiot you had a crush on him

kaz: first is his senior year hs english teacher. he didn't talk to her about all the shit he had going on but she could tell he was in a bad place, and she did a lot to encourage him to actually go to college and hype him up about the work he was doing. in college his archaeology 101 professor took a shine to him right away, and she ended up being his mentor throughout his time there, hooked him up with connections to digs looking for hands, had him be her TA for a couple of years, etc. unfortunately didn't make up for his shit grades in other courses, or the other various points of failure that've led him to working 2 shitty unrelated jobs

2. Does [x] usually see the same doctor (or other healthcare professional), or do they just see whoever's available, when they have a problem?

mat: he sees the same doctor, it's just easier to schedule that way. mat does his annual exams and gets all his shots like a good boy. he does lie about how much weed he smokes though

kaz: kaz literally only ever sees a doctor for emergencies/urgent care shit or std tests. he doesn't care who he sees, it's whoever is cheapest without insurance. he doesn't have a gp or do annuals or anything bc he feels fine and they're just gonna tell him to stop drinking, which isn't happening

3. Does [x] drink coffee? If so, how do they take it?

mat: yep, usually black. he likes dark strong coffee. someone should buy him an espresso machine. sometimes he gets a cappuccino or a latte if he's like hanging out with someone at a coffee shop, to have smth more substantial

kaz: yeah, he kind of likes shitty watered down drip coffee best, tbh

4. Has [x] had any memorable serious injuries?

mat: nope

kaz: broke his arm once as a dumb teen. don't drink and ride dirt bikes. lucky it was only his arm!

5. What's one time [x] has helped someone against their better judgement?

mat: just about any time he's had a group project for school or work, lol. mat wants shit to just be done, so he'll do extra work for no reward, even if he knows that's stupid and he should just speak up. even if he's doing the work for ppl he hates that he knows would never do shit for him.

kaz: one time he let a girl he was hooking up with stay at his and jaimie's place when she got kicked out by her roommates, even though he knew she was volatile and too into him. i mean, she was homeless, wtf, was he gonna not let her stay? lucky for him the only valuable item he owned was a shitty thinkpad, and a lot of his shirts look cooler with tears and burn marks. jaimie is still mad about this - she stole her fucking antique jewelry box!! he didn't even really like her!!!

6. Has [x] ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them?

mat: 100% had a week or two where he was miserably obsessing over actual gore videos in middle school. this probably made him worse. but also he was outside in the golden hour at a music festival in the woods on shrooms once, and the beauty of the light through the leaves probably made enough of an impact to fix that a little bit

kaz: kaz has seen so much awful shit, it would suck for everyone to list it all out. it does mostly steel his resolve to be good to other people and to never touch harder drugs tho so i guess good changes idk

7. What song reminds you of [x]?

you all know i go wild making playlists for these guys, there are so many songs... so i'll go with one recent as-of-yet-not-included-in-a-public-playlist song for each of them (that are both also a little bit about each other)

mat: leilani - the night

kaz: shame - human, for a minute

[paddockbunny]

Some people are really nuts aren’t they?

People are literally yelling at me telling me I’m wrong, “fucked up”, evil for saying I don’t like kids nor want to be around them. I feel like laying it out for them;

1. I have a condition and have gone through treatment which means it will be difficult for me to get pregnant naturally and IF I go through IVF and by some miracle conceive, my body will 85-90% will reject the pregnancy or I would be an extremely high risk pregnancy. SO, for me, children, babies and kids is VERY much a triggering subject as being told you probably can’t have them when it’s all anyone seems to talk about around you is DISTRESSSSSSSING. Why am I called weird, abnormal, “fucked up” and evil for putting myself first when I have been dumped by friends who don’t understand my condition, who didn’t care when I had surgery, who haven’t checked in on me once in three years but expect me to rush to see their kid, to hold their newborn for them, to want to spend a coffee date in a play park? You can’t pick me up and dump me because you have no one to hang out with on your mat leave. You can’t expect me to be ok always being in children’s zones (like suggesting I meet you at soft play? Like wtf?) and drool over your kids when you couldn’t even send me one text to ask how I am?

2. I simply don’t like babies & children AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. I don’t find myself maternal and don’t coo over a child - I do that over puppies and dogs and again, nothing wrong with that - because I simply think that’s weird (and awkward, for me personally). I don’t think having a boundary where you don’t wish to be around other people’s babies/children is a bad thing. It means you have a good relationship with yourself and you can draw a line. Sure it will butt hurt people but if they are your friends they should understand your stance on child interactions and appreciate you within their lives (I am lucky none of my friends want kids but if they do have them they are so much more emotionally intelligent than most and have no issues with boundries)

3. THE INTERNALISED MISOGYNY ! honestly do I even need to explain this one?! Men are NEVER questioned about not engaging with kids, wanting to be around them, not being paternal, like EVER! So whenever someone tries to put me down on the fact I don’t like kids I’m always wondering if they would ask a man the same thing? There’s been jokes on TV about men calling their kids all sorts of names (little bastard, a little sod etc) and women continue to laugh and call it real. They also don’t have issues with men continuing their lives albeit work, pub, hobbies, having a normal existence while they play the 50’s housewife at home because “that’s a woman’s role” (eye fucking roll). Insinuating another woman is somehow defective for not wanting to be around children IS INTERNALISED MISOGYNY!!!!! It’s insinuating women who can’t have kids are less than because what other purpose is there for women other than being baby machines? Go read the Handmaids Tale and come back to me on that one 😂 And the worst part, if you happen to be polite and try approach the subject by saying; “I’m sorry, I would love to catch up for a coffee but do you mind it just being us as I’m having a difficult time being around your child just now because I’m dealing with x,y, z and I think it would upset/trigger me” you are turned into the human embodiment of satan. If you’ve made it clear you’re struggling and a “friend” doesn’t respect your boundaries why keep them as a friend?

4. NOT EVERYONE LOVES YOUR KIDS AS MUCH AS YOU DO! Omg this! “It’s ok tho because you love them..they’ll be quiet” fuck offffff!!!!! Your toddler will not sit in a cafe for an hour or so without distraction and therefore YOU will be distracted for the entire time. It gives the distinct impression you don’t want to be there and you’re only doing it to fill your day. It’s happened to me before where unexpectedly a friend has shown up with their kid, spoken the whole time about the kid and how hard it is for them…didnt ask me one single question about how I was, not one, not even “how are you doing” and let me tell you, I’ve never seen them since (because I wondered when she would reach out etc and she never has so….her little old housewife life is so clearly more important than mine she needs me to do all the work even though she’s sitting around watching This Morning eating fucking hobnobs) You want to dote and drool over your kids then fine but why can’t you do that at home with your partner or family members? Why does everyone need to know the colour of your kids nappies and that they were violently sick all over themselves? FUCK! Does your filter go straight out of you as soon as you push one out or have I been friends with a complete stranger all these years?

I agree that everyone is at different stages and I’m not “shaming” mothers but simply asking for them to have some of the same compassion toward other women that they beg for themselves. No one is saying motherhood isn’t hard but shit, in comparison to what some others are going through it is fucking NOTHING!

And remember……there are women in Gaza right now pregnant, giving birth and have babies and toddlers too. Spare a thought for them instead of thinking about how hard you have it in your nice 3 bed house with a BMW in the drive way, food in your fridge and running water.

[rookieoneil]

Season Finale Spoilers

MINOR SPOILERS

Can we just talk about how hot the woman this season were?

FIRST: I don’t know if I just see gay, but you can’t tell me Monica and Charlie would be hot…

SECOND: Laura?!? Her hair cut🥵

THIRD: Lucy and Angela in the vest🥵 that whole laundry mat scene. When Lucy jumped! 😭 hot

FOURTH: Monica is so hot I just wanna say that again

FIFTH: Nyla is just so hot this week!

SIXTH: Can I just say Angela is hot even when she’s covered in dirt?

Okay I’m done

Major spoilers ahead

JOHN

John getting shot…I just didn’t care. Like I hardly reacted. But once again, can we just say how he’s been more of a hero than a cop. I feel like he keeps making choices that are more considered to be a hero choice than a cop choice and that’s why I don’t think that he should be a TO. Yes he’s doing the right thing but also he’s gonna end up getting, Selena killed because he’s showing her to take the risks that aren’t worth it.

I get that Blair’s life was practically up in the air, but he’s not only could’ve ruined his career but also Nyla’s career. And got himself killed. I just think that he likes to make choices without thinking and I think that’s my problem with him being a Tio comes from.

Glad he’s alive and all but I really wish they’d actually make him a good TO. I’d much rather of had Tim be her official TO because she thrives with him and Nyla. She needs strict.

EPISODE IN GENERAL

I think a lot of people are gonna have an issue with this season finale just because it’s focused more on the so-called villains of the show rather than the main cast. I quite liked it as an episode. I don’t know if I liked it as a season finale. I feel like they didn’t leave it open enough to. We’re not left in suspense like season finale do.

CHENFORD

Unpopular opinion, but I don’t think that should have gotten back together the season. I feel like it would’ve been rushed and they’re just not ready for that. I think that Lucy needs to figure out how to do things for herself and consider herself the choices that she makes and I think Tim needs to gravel. He needs to show her that she can trust him again. Trust him not to leave when things get tough. I’m so glad we didn’t see them kiss or anything. Come next season I want to see Tim continuing to work on himself. 

Besides if they had gotten back together, it wouldn’t have made sense. Because I don’t think they’ve had a chance to talk about what actually happened between them and it just would’ve been rushed and I’m glad that they didn’t and since we know that they’re coming back for season seven it’s all gonna be OK in the end so y’all just need to be patient and willing to wait it out.

FEDS

I loved seeing them. I hope they have a few appearances next season, I’d also love to see them close there stories up. Wrap up stories that they didn’t have the opportunity to. Also again- Laura’s hair😭🥵

BLAIR

I fucking hate that we might have to see her again. I hate her so much…. Ugh 😑 I’m glad Aaron stuck it to her. He deserves a hundred times better than this asshole. To find out she killed someone?!? Nothing I hate more than drunk drivers. Like if she was truly remorseful she wouldn’t have had someone get rid of the body. Like wtf ?! I hate her sm

WOPEZ

I just wanted a baby name reveal 😭

[mariana-oconnor]

The Golden Pince-Nez pt 2

Oooh map! We have the map. I love maps.

This is a really weird looking house, though. I mean, those two corridors just go from that 1 room directly to either the outside or to the guy's bedroom? That's an unusual layout.

Love that we have a little x to show us exactly where in the room Smith's body was. O Willoughby, Willoughby, Willoughby Smith. We didn't know you and now you're a stiff. O Willoughby, Willoughby, Willoughby, say, From whom did they come, those golden pince-nez?

Apparently a very visually impaired woman whose eyes are remarkably close together and whose nose is rather wide, according to Holmes' assessment anyway.

We saw the cold winter sun rise over the dreary marshes of the Thames and the long, sullen reaches of the river, which I shall ever associate with our pursuit of the Andaman Islander in the earlier days of our career.

Do we know about the Andaman Islander? Am I forgetting something? Is that from one of the novels rather than the short stories, because it's been a long time since I've read those. Also, Watson is clearly feeling uninspired this morning. This is probable because he was up until stupid o'clock last night and then had to be up on time to catch the morning train before breakfast. Poor life choices.

I saw an intent look pass over Holmes's face. “You say that she must have come back this way?” “Yes, sir; there is no other.” “On this strip of grass?” “Certainly, Mr. Holmes.”

Alright... so there's something off about the marks in the grass. The grass is only bent in one direction, perhaps? Idk how tracking in grass works. You know who you need?

"This garden door is usually kept open, I suppose? Then this visitor had nothing to do but to walk in."

I like locked doors. The idea that anyone could just walk into my house at any moment is very upsetting to me. It is the role of the door to prevent that from happening. I could not live like this.

(I literally just tried to undo something and deleted more than half of this post, wtf Tumblr? I will try to reconstruct it from memory)

"Halloa! what is that scratch upon the face of it? Just hold a match, Watson. Why did you not tell me of this, Hopkins?” The mark which he was examining began upon the brass work on the right-hand side of the keyhole, and extended for about four inches, where it had scratched the varnish from the surface. “I noticed it, Mr. Holmes. But you'll always find scratches round a keyhole.”

I was going to defend Hopkins at this point, but then I read that the scratch was 4 inches long and presumable fresh, so nope, sorry, can't help you there. That's kind of a key piece of evidence.

I wonder if the professor is an alcoholic...

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

"Halloa, Hopkins! this is very important, very important indeed. The Professor's corridor is also lined with cocoanut matting.” “Well, sir, what of that?” “Don't you see any bearing upon the case?"

So many Halloas in this part.

I expect the bearing is that it means the murderer could also have left down this passageway without their footsteps being heard. Which raises suspicion of the Professor.

It was a very large chamber, lined with innumerable volumes, which had overflowed from the shelves and lay in piles in the corners, or were stacked all round at the base of the cases.

Interior decor goals. I mean, I almost live like this already, but still, goals.

The bed was in the centre of the room...

(From This Tumblr Post)

Clearly the Professor is evil. No one else could sleep in a bed like that, unmoored from the world, surrounded by space, adrift from good reason and sanity.

I have seldom seen a more remarkable-looking person. It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us, with piercing dark eyes, which lurked in deep hollows under overhung and tufted brows. His hair and beard were white, save that the latter was curiously stained with yellow around his mouth. A cigarette glowed amid the tangle of white hair, and the air of the room was fetid with stale tobacco-smoke. As he held out his hand to Holmes I perceived that it also was stained yellow with nicotine.

'Curiously stained with yellow' > proceeds to immediately explain why it is stained with yellow.

"I can recommend them, for I have them especially prepared by Ionides of Alexandria. He sends me a thousand at a time, and I grieve to say that I have to arrange for a fresh supply every fortnight. Bad, sir, very bad, but an old man has few pleasures."

This guy... this guy imports 1000 cigarettes a fortnight. 1000 a fortnight. That's over 70 a day. That's 3 an hour if he doesn't sleep. 4.5 an hour if he gets 8 hours a night. Sure, the internet tells me it takes about 5 minutes to smoke a cigarette, so he isn't actually chain smoking. He could totally smoke more. Really the take away from this is that he needs to work harder at this and stop his reliance on such unnecessary things as oxygen.

70 a day... yikes.

And he knows it's bad for him, too. What? 40 years before the first study in the US saying the same thing? 60 years before it became big news? The tobacco companies really messed with our understanding of things, huh?

Also, the fact that he can afford to import 1000 cigarettes every two weeks and still has the money to have servants, a nice house, and a secretary. This guy has way more money than any academic I've ever met, that's for sure.

“Alas! what a fatal interruption! Who could have foreseen such a terrible catastrophe? So estimable a young man! I assure you that after a few months' training he was an admirable assistant."

Maybe it's because of how unpleasant his introductory description was. Maybe it's because it was preceded by the implication that the murderer could have got into his room unheard. Or maybe it's just that he asks a rhetorical question here and I can never hear a person in this sort of a situation say 'Who could have forseen such a thing?' without my brain automatically answering 'You, I bet.' But Professor seems sus.

Or maybe it's just his bed.

“I shall indeed be indebted to you if you can throw a light where all is so dark to us. To a poor bookworm and invalid like myself such a blow is paralyzing. I seem to have lost the faculty of thought. But you are a man of action—you are a man of affairs. It is part of the everyday routine of your life. You can preserve your balance in every emergency. We are fortunate indeed in having you at our side.”

Yep, super sus. That's way too much complimenting of Sherlock and way too much insistence upon his own infirmity.

I observed that he was smoking with extraordinary rapidity. It was evident that he shared our host's liking for the fresh Alexandrian cigarettes.

I suspect that this is for a different reason from the one Watson is thinking, but also NO HOLMES, do not be sucked into the 70 imported cigarettes a day pipeline.

“That is my magnum opus—the pile of papers on the side table yonder. It is my analysis of the documents found in the Coptic monasteries of Syria and Egypt, a work which will cut deep at the very foundations of revealed religion. With my enfeebled health I do not know whether I shall ever be able to complete it now that my assistant has been taken from me."

okayokayokay Tentative theory:

The professor's research is based on a lie. Everything he's worked on is based on some incorrect fact about a historical 'she' being somewhere or not being somewhere, and he has (or had) evidence that it was incorrect in his desk. WIlloughby worked it out and was breaking into the desk to get the evidence when the professor snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the neck, then scarpered back up the passage-way as fast as his tar-filled lungs would let him.

“I am a connoisseur,” said he, taking another cigarette from the box—his fourth—and lighting it from the stub of that which he had finished.

OK, now that is chain smoking. I really hope there's a reason for this and it isn't just a weird thing ACD put in for no reason.

"What do you imagine that this poor fellow meant by his last words: ‘The Professor—it was she’?”

That his research was a house of cards, built on nothing but hot air. That he was a fraud and his thesis fabrication. That his entire life's work would be worth more as kindling than as an academic paper.

Maybe I'm basing things on vibes again, a little bit. Sorry.

“Susan is a country girl,” said he, “and you know the incredible stupidity of that class."

Nope. Fuck that shit. Not sorry at all. I hope the Professor is guilty. Patronising, classist, intellectual elitist piece of shit. I'm all-in for Team 'The Professor Did It' and even if he didn't do this crime, he's definitely done some other crime somewhere.

“Possibly an accident; possibly—I only breathe it among ourselves—a suicide. Young men have their hidden troubles—some affair of the heart, perhaps, which we have never known. It is a more probable supposition than murder.”

Yeah, because stabbing yourself in the back of the neck is such an efficient way to do it? No wonder your research is so terrible when this is the amount of thought you put into things. Wow.

An accident? How very Final Destination of you.

“But the eye-glasses?”

Fine. Those I can't explain. Maybe they were what was hidden in the drawer and Willoughby found them? But why would the professor then leave them in plain sight? Maybe if Willoughby was the only person who knew what they meant?

So, secondary theory. The Professor's work is still rubbish and based on lies, but it's not Willoughby who found out, necessarily, it's some unknown woman with terrible eyesight and eyes very close together and a big nose, and she came to confront the professor then went missing. Willoughby knew about her going missing, but the professor claimed she'd never been to see him and the pince-nez are the proof the professor was lying.

And the woman is... dead in a ditch somewhere?

Needs work.

“Ah! I am only a student—a man of dreams. I cannot explain the practical things of life."

Oh shut up with your false modesty nonsense. Ugh. You're terrible.

...he continued to walk up and down for some time, lost in thought and consuming cigarette after cigarette.

Is Holmes trying to get through the Professor's entire supply so he has to order more? Wtf?

“Tell me, Professor Coram,” he said, at last, “what is in that cupboard in the bureau?” “Nothing that would help a thief. Family papers, letters from my poor wife, diplomas of Universities which have done me honour. Here is the key. You can look for yourself.”

Well obviously he's removed anything incriminating from it now. Pah

“It depends upon those cigarettes that I smoked,” said he. “It is possible that I am utterly mistaken. The cigarettes will show me.”

I have no idea how the cigarettes are involved in this, I confess. Is the professor involved in a smuggling ring?

I may have remarked before that Holmes had, when he liked, a peculiarly ingratiating way with women, and that he very readily established terms of confidence with them. In half the time which he had named he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill, and was chatting with her as if he had known her for years.

You mean he's good with people? Good at talking to people? Particularly women?

*side-eyes adaptations*

Is this the passage that they had in mind when they did that whole Enola Holmes lawsuit?

“I suppose the Professor eats hardly anything?” “Well, he is variable. I'll say that for him.” “I'll wager he took no breakfast this morning, and won't face his lunch after all the cigarettes I saw him consume.” “Well, you're out there, sir, as it happens, for he ate a remarkable big breakfast this morning."

Is he keeping a secret woman under his bed? Does she sneak in and have breakfast with him?

So weird.

"Well, it takes all sorts to make a world, and the Professor hasn't let it take his appetite away.”

Because he's a terrible human being.

Alright, at the end of this part, my current theory is that the Professor has some kind of secret meetings with a woman with very close-set eyes and terrible eyesight. Willoughby found out and the Professor lied to him about it, then Willoughby found the woman's glasses in the drawer and the Professor, or the unknown woman, killed him for it. Who she is, why she was meeting the professor, why it was so paramount that no one find out, I don't know.

Also, the Professor's research is terrible and founded on lies, because I just want him to fail at life.

And there are cigarettes... or something.

Yeah... there may be some gaps. I'm working on it.

[pillowfriends]

Lord of Chaos new reader thoughts: prologue - chapter 5

we're back bitches!!! I really enjoyed doing chapter-by-chapter reactions for The Shadow Rising, even though it slowed my reading down a lot, so I'm going to do it again for Lord of Chaos. I can only be a first time reader once, and I like being able to look back and see my reactions.

Prologue: The First Message

this is the longest prologue I've ever read, wtf. I genuinely don't understand the structural decision made here, esp with the Salidar content that could easily just have been chapter 1. so much happened though - Forsaken, Black Ajah, my least favorite man in the world Gawyn... kind of an information overload but a great start to the book.

Chapter 1: Lion on the Hill

Bashere has balls of steel. not many thoughts about this chapter - nice to catch up with Rand and his Maidens. where is Avi?? I miss her.

Chapter 2: A New Arrival

I love Mazrim Taim already. the dynamic between him and Rand is really interesting and showcases how much Rand has changed/grown into his position as a leader. it's kind of heartbreaking.

Chapter 3: A Woman's Eyes

the Rand heartbreak continues. my boy is not doing well. it's cool that he's trying to get his own group of male channelers - really excited to see where that plotline goes.

They had to be weapons, all of them, himself included. Could weapons allow themselves families? Could a weapon allow itself to love?

Rand you've been hanging out with Lan too much. also PLEASE get your head out of your ass about Aviendha!! idiot idiot man.

Chapter 4: A Sense of Humor

I. love. the Maidens. also Rand playing daes dae'mar with Weiramon and the lords... Moiraine watching from above like a proud mom.

Chapter 5: A Different Dance

Mat stock rising - he said a prayer for Moiraine’s soul AND he acknowledged how dumb it was for him to visit the Finn twice. I lowkey paid no attention to the politics stuff in this chapter though, oops.

next >

[iviarellereads]

The Dragon Reborn, Chapter 2 - Saidin

(THIS PROJECT IS SPOILER FREE! No spoilers past the chapter you click on. Curious what I'm doing here? Read this post! For the link index and a primer on The Wheel of Time, read this one! Like what you see? Send me a Ko-Fi.)

(Dragon fang icon) In which someone's not doing so well.

PERSPECTIVE: Perrin guides Leya to Moiraine’s rough hut. She goes there immediately, and Perrin moves closer to the cookfires. Min says that Leya is going to die soon. She wishes she saw more happy things, but all happy futures seem to have gone away. There's some discussion, and she remarks that it's odd how Perrin cares so much about the Tuatha'an, they're utterly peaceful but she always sees violence around them.(1)

Loial finally hears them over his focus on his book and asks about the Tuatha'an. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival, and what she sees. He gives another lecture about ta'veren and how they shape the Pattern around them, and they're privileged to get to stay with three ta'veren even if Mat's in Tar Valon by now. Min grumbles that it's not like she had a choice.

Rand exits Moiraine's hut, and the Shienarans all bow, but he disappears into the woods. Perrin says he'd better go talk to him. Perrin finds Rand in the same spot he's sulked for months, muttering the "twice and twice shall he be marked" part of the Dragon prophecies. Perrin just sits nearby until Rand asks if he thinks Mat's alright. Perrin says they must be in Tar Valon by now, and asks if Rand wishes he were still a sheepherder. Rand says he has a duty, and there's nobody else who can do it. People are declaring for the Dragon, and they're fighting, and searching, and dying, and praying for the man who should be leading them, but here he sits, safe in the mountains, all winter. Moiraine is right that if he joins any one small group, they'll be overrun by Whitecloaks or Domani or Taraboner armies in an instant, but he still feels guilty.(2)

Perrin asks why he argues with Moiraine if he knows she's right, and Rand says he has to do something or he'd explode. Do what? Perrin asks. Rand explains that Moiraine says he'll know what to do next, the Pattern will force him to it, but she never says how he'll know.

Rand gets so angry that the earth starts to quake beneath them, until Perrin snaps him out of it. Perrin's like, wtf, dude? And Rand says sometimes he can't help but to reach for saidin, even as sick as the taint makes him feel. But sometimes he reaches out and it's like catching air... what if that happens during the Last Battle?(3)

Perrin asks him what he did this time, then, and Rand says he didn't mean to do this, he just had to send the power somewhere before it burned him up. Perrin says there are enough people out there trying to kill him without him doing the job for them. Now, come on, it'll be dark soon.

Rand says he wants to be alone, but stops Perrin once more to ask if he dreams when he sleeps. Perrin says he doesn't remember much of what he dreams anymore. Rand says the dreams are always there, and wonders if they sometimes tell true things.(4) Then he falls silent, and Perrin goes back to camp.

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(1) I bet he'd say they invite it by being such eager victims, given the chance and the vocabulary to do so. Do you think the narrative agrees? Do YOU agree? (2) I think a certain sense of responsibility toward the people who would declare for you like that is healthy, but I also think overburdening yourself with guilt over other people's actions and choices hurts you both. (3) Is it just me, or does it seem like more is going on with Rand here? It's interesting, because whenever he's been conscious to this point, we've generally only seen him from inside his own head. Now, we can only see what Perrin sees. How much does that affect how we interpret his behaviour? (4) Egwene's dreams seemed to be telling truths. Why not Rand's? Whether or not he's being played by one of the Forsaken again.

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Nah, episode 7 was something. The way I'm so stressed about every damn thing lol. I'm so excited for the finale but i cant believe its come already. It feels like they should have 10 eps per season tbqh.

- Young Moiraine and Siuan are just so precious. The lightheartedness of their steps, their future plans and dreams. Then that damn vision went and ruined them ffs. I hope they'll have their happy ending!!

- Lan and Rand, do I sense a father/son duo burgeoning???

- Not Elaine telling Nynaeve what to do!! I'm surprised Nynaeve didn't tell her to piss right off.

- Moiraine is annoying me like crazy. Why is she taking out her aggravation on Lan. Tf??? He should leave her ass to wallow.

- Ugh. I really love Siuan. "A lone Aes Sedai can handle you like baitfish" LOL

- This Renna needs to be killed since YESTERDAY. "You will shine bright and everyone will know that you're mine" BR Uh

- DAMN EGWENE. She did all that??? My girl out here causing earthquakes even when she's in chains.

- That whole exchange between Elaine, Nynaeve and Loial was so funny. My new fave trio.

- "Is this a sex thing or a murder thing, either way I'd prefer you skip the talking" okay Mat, you ate that one little thing.

- Okay but why do I kinda like Ishamael 😳🤫

- Perrin and Aviendha and Hopper ❤️

- Uhhhh, I don't approve of this decision to shield Rand from the one power though, Siuan. Wtf???

- I knew I couldn't trust Moiraine's nephew.

- Lanfear is kinda great, lmao, I love her so much!!! And I also kinda love her relationship with Rand even though its manipulative and toxic. I think that says something about me 😬

- Angry Lan is really a sight to see. I also do feel a little sorry for Logain too.

- NYNAEVEEEEEE AND ELAINEEEEEE I CANT BELIEVE THEY JUST DID THATTT. IM SO PROUD OF MY GIRLS!!!

- So the two rivers gang are all going to meet up at Falme. Oh how excitinggggg.

- SEE HOW LAN HELPED MOIRAINE RECOGNISE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER AND SHES BEEN GIVING HIM NOTHING BUT ATTITUDE. I hope she feels the egg on her face!! (Rand I'm so proud of you for doing that baby boyyyyyyyy, and with very little training too)

- Oh no, the wives are in their divorced era. Can they recover from this? I don't think so.

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No-spoiler notes for wheel of time episode 2.7

Judging by the *previously on* all of our main characters will be in this episode. Busy times.

Ooh Moiraine looks so happy AAAA

brb watching that opening again

They look so young and innocent!

And back in the present... wives are fighting ( ╯□╰ )

THERE IS A GUARD RIGHT THERE WHO CAN HEAR EVERYTHING ARE YOU KEEPING NO SECRETS NOW RAND&LAN

By now she knows yeah

So intricate stes and clothes (in rand&siuan meeting)

Siuan is amused I love her expressions *★,°*:.☆(￣▽￣)/$:*.°★* 。

Mat coming to bust Rand out somehow? Oh. No then. Um. What.

Falme really has a yellow filter on huh

Aww poor Maigan over there

Loving Yassica's clothes here 👌

Liandrin what's up

My platonic best buddies are fighting too ( ╯□╰ )

Love Loial. Love Nynaeve. Love Elayne being so cheered by this.

Ishy are you actually whittling or not? Couldn't have given him something to fiddle that would actually look good instead of this shapeless cracked piece of wood?

If min's stabbing vision only comes true in a past life vision that is some cheap bs I must say (luckily no)

What does Ishy's shirt have on the back? Carapace? Is it a seanchan shirt?

More yellow filter scenes but also more Aiel ❤

Handtalk maidens Aiel music what more could one want

Is this beatdown because the death was somehow her fault?

Love Mat's fidgeting

Does this tea do what Ishy says it does or is this manipulation or lies from THE FATHER OF LIES

Well something is happening

WTF

I kinda see where Siuan is coming from but I don't agree

Love my faves co-operating but don't hurt Leanne

Barthanaes reveal? (note from later: I expected this to amount to much more. I expected him to actually achieve something. Wonder if he's around or dead next season.)

Of course there would be listening holes in a CAIRHIEN NOBLE HOUSE

Ishamael has collected selfies with all his 3 ta'veren boys now. I was waiting for him to finish the collection.

Lanfear can do it, Rand. What will you pay for it?

White looks good on you girl ❤👌 girl power kicking ass and killing innocents

Why are so many scenes so dark. Seriously. What kind of super bright screens do the editors have. Can they not afford lights.

Why does the sul'dam walk so stiffly

Renna speaking themes yet not seeing how vile the things they do for their 'greater good' are

Verin is the most clever ❤ don't get into trouble my girl

Also good that there was no need to hurt Leanne 👍👍

Now for the ways? Yeah.

Alanna is in on this?

Moiraine getting released now???? Excellent

A little clumsy writing, everything is always 'a legend that somehow survived 3000 years' when they need to infodump something

WTF Siuan

Don't destroy them 😫

Lanfear and Rand and Moiraine and Lan? Is it my birthday?