#ashtorn

[hexdaxter]

Another Jojo reference? In my Jak and Daxter universe??? It's more likely than you think

[adhdavinci]

i finally experienced jak x and i have some questions. namely,

if Ashelin is 6'0" and Torn is 6'1" then

what is this

[thedemolitionduo]

Torn and Ashline in Jak X

[magical-readathon-diaries]

Ayla #2: Entry 2

We made it to the Ashtorn Tree. It felt heavy and light at the same time. Quiet and loud. So loud. Overwhelming. When we first stepped into the forest, I thought the whispers were the pasts and futures of the people around me, amplified by the power that surges all around us. But here they are again. Louder, trying to get our attention, trying to tell their stories. Some people seemed like it took all their restraint not to go straight to the tree and touch it. I don't need to look at the futures to know that this might be a bad idea. Not that I'm not intrigued. But it's not the power I'm interested in. Not the symbols, although they did look fascinating. I didn't even take a closer look at them...because of the whispers. Oh, the whispers. Could this possibly be an equally bad idea as touching the tree? Totally. But I am not here to pass on an opportunity like this. To ignore this future. The whispers have stories to tell. And I am willing to listen.

[lizziestudieshistory]

Books of 2021 - September TBR: Magical Readathon edition

(AKA. Lizzie has gone mad!)

It's my last month of relative freedom before the last year of my masters begins in October, so I wanted to make the most of my time rather than just doss about on my phone for another month. As such I decided to do the Magical Readathon, hosted by G from Book Roast on Booktube, to make me read. However, because I'm a chronic overachiever, instead of picking out prompts I wanted to do I'm trying to read for all of them. Someone needs to restrain me at this point!

Anyway, here's the books:

The Novice Path Entrance: read a book with a map - Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Already a bad start for a readathon... I’m getting back into the mood for high/epic fantasy and I need to finish my rereads of both these books. I’m currently in the mood for Oathbringer, mainly because I’ve been catching up with Shardcast and finishing my Words of Radiance review. However, I REALLY want to reread Rhythm of War now we’re almost a year on from its release, but I need to reread Oathbringer first.

I do want to say I might give myself a pass and say if I’ve read half of Oathbirnger I’m counting it as a success because these books are MASSIVE and I’ve got a few other tomes on this list!

Ashtorn Tree: a book that keeps tempting you (or top of your TBR) - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

This is where posting your tbr a week into the month gets awkward... I’ve already finished Peter Pan. However, I read this in one of my whims to read a book with Captain Hook in it, usually I veer off into a retelling but it was time to read the origninal book. I’d not read Peter Pan before, and I keep feeling the urge and surpressing it. (Should have kept doing it because the book really hasn’t aged well...!)

The Mist of Solitude: read a standalone - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray*

Another bad choice... I’ve wanted to read this book for ages, I’d meant to start it earlier this year, and I’m buddy reading it with a friend. I need to read it now and it definitely fits this prompt. I do really love Vanity Fair as a story - both the film and miniseries are FABULOUS - so I’m excited to get into the book...it’s just 900 pages!

Much like Oathbringer I might give myself a pass if I read over half the book and say I’ve completed the prompt!

*I've left my physical copy at my Nan's like a prize idiot so I couldn't include it in the photo...

Ruin of the Skye: read a book featuring ghosts/hauted house, or other supernatural elements - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Oops another one I’ve already finished. This is the only ghost story I own that I haven’t read, it’s also short (thank God!) However, I really don’t like ghost stories... It showed in my reading experience.

Obsidian Falls: read a thriller or mystery - Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

This is another genre I don’t read a lot from, I’ll read the occassional mystery through dark academia or Agatha Christie but I can’t even think of a thriller I’ve read recently! However, Jamaica Inn is my book club read for September so I’ve got to read it and the quotes on the book says it’s a classic thriller

Tower of Rumination: read a five star prediction - Malice by John Gwynne

I rarely predict 5 star reads, that last book I remember picking up thinking ‘this will be a 5 star read’ was The Way of Kings, which I read 5 years ago... However, I do have high hopes for this one? Honestly, this is the book I’m most likely to switch out for something else depending on my mood later in the month.

Orilium Academy Arc: a book with a school setting - Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

I needed a book I know is going to be a quick read at this point, I also really want to revisit the Finishing School series because I read the whole series in about 4 days! I also want to have a small refresher before Carriger’s next book in the Delightfully Deadly series comes out next month, which is a sequel about one of the sidecharacters introduced in this book. It’s also a fun, fast paced, YA adventure about victorian girls at a school for spies - what more could you want?!

I’m tentatively throwing Measure for Measure by Shakespeare onto the pile because it’s left over from last month - but no promises because there’s already A LOT. I also needed to finish Emma at the start of the month, so that added on abotu 200 pages!

[casscutting]

Magical Readathon Wrap Up

The Novice path was treacherous and full of pitfalls but I made it through relatively whole. My overall goal was to read 11 books for the readathon. Two were required to complete the journey and advance to the academy next April. But I wanted to read all seven prompts, which I did, and I read 1 of the 4 character building prompts. Luckily I have until April to read the rest of them. I should mention that these aren't my full reviews for the 8 books I read; those I will be posting in the upcoming days/weeks. 

On my personal reading tracker, which I don't think I have ever shared with anyone I keep track of the following information because I am a nerd and like stats to look at at the end of the year. I keep track of: Date Started/Finished, Title, Author Name, Page Count, Hours Listened, Type Consumed (ie. Audio, Physical, E-Book) Author’s Gender Identity (if stated), Author’s Ethnicity (if stated), Author’s Sexual Orientation (if stated), Category 1 (ie. Fiction or Nonfiction), Category 2 (ie. Novel, Novella, Short Story, Poetry, Comic, Manga, Graphic Novel, etc.), Age Groupe (ie. Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade), & Genres

Reading Stats:

Page Count/Hours Listened: 2892 Pages / 74 Hours 

Type Consumed: 2 E-Books, 6 Audio Books 

Author’s Gender: 4 Male, 5 Female

Author’s Ethnicity: 2 Unknown/Not Disclosed, 4 White, 3 BIPOC Authors

Author’s Sexual Orientation: 2 LGBTQIA+, 5 Unknown/Not Disclosed, 2 Heterosexual/Straight 

Category 1: 8 Fiction

Category 2: 1 Graphic Novel, 7 Novels

Age Groupe: 4 Adult, 4 Young Adult

Genres: 5 Fantasy, 1 Dark Urban Fantasy, 1 Horror, 1 Mystery/Thriller

Ratings: 1: 3 Star, 2: 4 Star, 5: 5 Star 

The one Character building prompt I read was...

Province: Kerador - Read a book from an ongoing series.

Five Dark Fates ~5 Stars~ by Kendare Blake Book 4 in the Three Dark Crowns series

The Novice Path Prompts  The Novice Path Entrance: read a book with a map.

Pawn of Prophecy  ~5 Stars~ by David Eddings The Belgariad Book 1

Ashtorn Tree: read a book that keeps tempting you (or top of your TBR).

Saga Volume 1  ~4 Stars~ Written by Brian K. Vaughan  Art by Fiona Staples 

The Mist of Solitude: read a standalone.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue  ~5 Stars~ By V.E. Schwab

Ruin of the Skye: read a book featuring ghosts, haunted house, or other supernatural elements.

The Valley  ~4 Stars~ by Mike Salt

Obsidian Falls: read a thriller or a mystery book.

The Maidens  ~3.75 Stars~ by Alex Michaelides

Tower of Rumination: read a five-star prediction.

Blood Like Magic  ~5 Stars~ by Liselle Sambury Blood Like Magic Book 1

Orilium Academy Arc: book with a school setting. 

The Ravens  ~5 Stars~ by Danielle Paige & Kass Morgan The Ravens Book 1

Throughout the readathon there were questions asked and scenarios put forth testing our characters. Our responses to these would tell which guild our characters would best be suited for. Some people clearly had one guild, some had multiple choices like myself but at the end of the day you are allowed to chose one of the four. 

The guilds are:

The Archivists

The Mind Walkers

House of the Arcane

Order of the Crescent

Like I said I had offers to join two guilds which are The House Of The Arcane and The Mind Walkers. Both these guilds appeal to different aspects of myself, as do the other two but I have taken them off the table for now. I have until the end of March 2022 to decide where I will go. I am leaning towards the House of the Arcane.

Overall I had an amazing time and I highly recommend trying this out next time around if you didn't get the chance this time. This was the first readathon I’ve taken part in and completed. I am very happy about that and also happy to have been pulled out of my 18 month reading slump. 

Did you take part in the magical readathon? If so, how did you do? Which guild or guilds did you get letters from?

[randomsofmine]

#currentlyreading For #MagicalReadathon run by @book_roast Novice Path: The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood The Ashtorn Tree: Dune by Frank Herbert IT by Stephen King for the #ITReadalong by @ciarascorner_ and @maryamongstories #theunspokenname #aklarkwood #IT #stephenking https://www.instagram.com/p/CTS4hhHIBHI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[adhdavinci]

He inhales sharply. "Sure we don't have time to take care of that?" She checks her timepiece again. She'd figured an extra ten minutes in for contingencies, and if she hurries, she can make it back in three. Her blood thrums through her veins. "It's got to be quick," she decides, and pushes him up against the wall.

Feels Right gets a little epilogue to finish it off ;3

First - Newest

full pic is in the fic ~ also on Twitter and Newgrounds

[adhdavinci]

Wip Wednesday

helo i am making my own post cus i want sum prompts pls :3

RULES: send me one of the titles on this list and I'll write three new lines and post them!

GHP4: wrath is a bad coping mechanism

Ashtorn slutslug removal*

Jinx Kinx

Oedipus

Jaxter 5-1

*secret: I won't post this one, so I will write 3 lines from another on the list as well and post that instead. you can send me a second name or let me pick!

snippet from Oedipus this week:

Jak flinches, eyes flicking nervously across the table. Swallowing sharply, he opens his mouth, and then closes it again. Slowly, he pulls something from his hip pouch and places it on the tabletop. The Seal of Mar that Damas carried. And then another, identical Seal joins it. Sig's eye widens. “Mar… so you did see him.” His prosthetic zooms in on the two objects. Mar's looks like it went through hell. Sig grinds his teeth. “Even if all that is actually true…” He looks at Jak, who still won't make eye contact. With a huff, Sig continues, “If it's true, and Mar is… in the past, how do you know he's safe? You mentioned the Shadow - Samos - but not him. Where was he when y'all left?” He glances between the two. Now neither of them will look at him, Daxter suspiciously silent. Jak's clear nausea has returned, even stronger this time, if his hand on his stomach is any indication. But Sig can't spare any concern for Jak at the moment, all his worry turned to Mar. He growls, “Answer me, dammit! And don't you dare lie to me. How do you know he's okay?!” Jak bolts up, chair scraping loudly as his fists slam on the table. “Because I'm Mar!”

tagging my usual buds below the cut in case u wanna join me. feel free to rb (and add ur own if u have ur own post!

@eriquin @formosusiniquis @aparticularbandit @owlbearwrites @auburnlaughter @zyrafowe-sny @gnomer-denois

[adhdavinci]

something a little different today :3

instead of prompting me to write, you can ask me about my WIPs ^w^

when sending pls specify that you're playing the Title game!

tagged by @auburnlaughter

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! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

as they did, I will only post ones I'm actively working on cus 😳🫣 thats a lotta wips

GHP4: wrath is a bad coping mechanism

Ashtorn slutslug removal

Jaxter 5-1

Jinx Kinx

Oedipus

red tide

Ottserrol

Eg

again if you send asks for this pls specify it's for the Title game!

tags below cut, no pressure to join ofc ^^

@eriquin @formosusiniquis @aparticularbandit @owlbearwrites @zyrafowe-sny @gnomer-denois @softkoa @onepokerhen

[adhdavinci]

Ashtorn slutslug removal for WIP Wednesday please!

haha. funny story. i meant to answer this ages ago because i wrote a few lines. but then i just... kept writing lines in slutslug. and i didnt have any not secret stuff to post.

well now i do. and it's just as nasty as the slugs lol

thank you for the prompt! answered it here

[adhdavinci]

Ashtorn for WIP Wednesday please!

yessssss time to start this one, it was just an outline... til now >:3

answering for two asks' worth

make me write pls 💖

🔞⚠️ NSFW

When Torn swaggers up and pins Ashelin to the war table, alarm bells sound in the new Governess' head. She's immediately struck by the heat in Torn's gaze, his skin flushed, ears drooping slightly. He presses his lithe body along hers, all angles wrapping around her curves, and murmurs, "Hey." Ashelin blindly closes out of the hologram she'd been working on. "Are you alright?" "Mmmm…" His crotch grinds down on her leg. A dampness soaks into the fabric of her pants - glancing down, she can see the wet patch across Torn's front. His lips meet her jaw. "I need some help, Ashe." "I can tell," she says. Gripping Torn's face in both hands, she pulls him away from her neck and examines him. Pupils blown out a bit, but not to the extent of a drug; blood in his cheeks, consistent with arousal; ear tips heavy but rigid. "Ashelin, I need you," her boyfriend begs, "c'mon, please…" His belts hit the floor around their feet. "Use me, I'm your slut to be bred and filled -"

[adhdavinci]

Ashtorn slutslug removal for the wip wednesday game, please!

thank you!!! and here is some oedipus for u

⚠️ incest

The feeling burned away under the heat of Damas’ gaze. Jak cocked his hips, smirking at the man over his shoulder. He'd mostly disrobed in the entryway, but the king's gift remained, in part because it was so complicated to remove. 

Damas stepped up behind Jak, weathered hands coming up to one of the straps. “Allow me to help with that,” he chuckled softly.

[adhdavinci]

We do love a 2-for-1, so how about Ashtorn slutslug removal for WIP Wednesday, please!

thank u so much!! i wrote a bunch of slug that is slutty. here is some oedipus :3

⚠️ incest

Damas turned from where he stood by the bed, eyes sliding up and down Jak's body. “I am glad the chest plate fits so well,” he said, “it truly suits you.”  Jak's fingers skimmed over the bronze plating. The new piece he'd gotten that day for a job well done. A little twinge went through his heart at the memory of receiving it - the warmth in Damas’ voice when he'd mentioned his son, the bitter taste that it left behind.