#hurricane paranormal society

[bonnielunkas]

man that live sure can learn huh < idk anything about sa2 but i couldn't pass up drawing this

( there's other stuff under the cut btw :] )

[astreiants-archive]

a sapphic lit primer 🌸

also known as, an opportunity to insist you read my favourites

if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to read more sapphic books, but not quite sure where to start, let this be the post for you! if you’re looking for even more sapphic books, i hope you find something in here too.

there are a few books on here i’ve not read, that i wanted to include to raise awareness of them, more than anything. those are marked by *. as such, you will probably also see a fair few more well known books and authors missed off (but i promise i know about them!).

this is not meant to be at all exhaustive! it’s a collection of sapphic books that i’ve read and would rec, meaning there are still tons more out there. & you can find some of those more at @sapphicreadsdb​, readsrainbow (which i co-run with @tenderpotter), sapphiclitbot on twitter & my list of every sapphic book i’ve read.

as ever, this was meant to be a relatively short post. haha.

(i promise i did put links on this post, but for some reason those aren’t working on the blog page. dashboard version seems fine, i think.)

🌼  middle grade

🌻  contemporary

hurricane child by kacen callender

in the role of brie hutchens... by nicole melleby

hazel hill is gonna win this one by maggie horne

candidly cline by kathryn ormsbee

how to become a planet by nicole melleby

proud of me by sarah hagger-holt

the science of being angry by nicole melleby

middletown by sarah moon

p.s. i miss you by jen petro-roy*

almost flying by jake maia arlow*

in the key of us by mariama j lockington*

kenzie kickstarts a team by kit rosewater & sophie escabasse*

⚔️  fantasy

the strangeworlds travel agency by ld lapinski

the tea dragon society by kay o’neill*

📜  historical

tell no tales by sam maggs & kendra wells*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

goldie vance by hope larson

pepper’s rules for secret sleuthing by briana mcdonald

drew leclair gets a clue by katryn bury*

🦇  paranormal/horror

artie and the wolf moon by olivia stephens

🧪  science fiction

our sister, again by sophie cameron

🌼  young adult

🌻  contemporary

we are okay by nina lacour

this is what it feels like by rebecca barrow

the gay girl’s guide to ruining prom by siera maley

the liar’s guide to the night sky by brianna r. shrum

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

the flywheel by erin gough

amelia westlake by erin gough

how to make a wish by ashley herring blake

taking flight by siera maley

like water by rebecca podos

don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno

all the invisible things by orlagh collins

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry

the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

love and other natural disasters by misa sugiura

rise to the sun by leah johnson

epically earnest by molly horan

if you still recognise me by cynthia so

truth be told by sue divin

thieves by lucie bryon

ask the passengers by a. s. king

starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow

annie on my mind by nancy garden

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki

the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake

i kissed alice by anna birch

fiebre tropical by juliana delgado lopera

melt my heart by bethany rutter

laurel everywhere by erin moynihan

every body looking by candace iloh

something certain, maybe by sara barnard

⚔️  fantasy

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth

the scapegracers by h. a. clarke

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust

down comes the night by allison saft

engelsfors by mats strandberg & sara b. elfgren

summer of salt by katrina leno

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos

spellbook of the lost and found by moïra fowley-doyle

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust

out of the blue by sophie cameron

witch, cat & cobb by j. k. pendragon

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

the afterward by e. k. johnston

the never tilting world by rin chupeco

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

the dark tide by alicia jasinska

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley

wench by maxine kaplan

way of the argosi by sebastian de castell

ash by malinda lo

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the last magician by lisa maxwell

shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran

ghost wood song by erica waters

these feathered flames by alexandra overy

the bone spindle by leslie vedder

into the crooked place by alexandra christo

edie in between by laura sibson

crier’s war by nina varela

the winter duke by claire bartlett

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley*

girls at the edge of the world by laura brooke robson*

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin*

📜  historical

dangerous remedy by kat dunn

forgive me if i’ve told you this before by karelia stetz-waters

the pearl thief by elizabeth wein

heavy vinyl by carly usdin & nina vakueva

valiant ladies by melissa grey*

a curse of roses by diana pinguicha*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

far from you by tess sharpe

the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe

people like us by dana mele

summer’s edge by dana mele

the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown

i hope you’re listening by tom ryan

eight pieces of silva by patrice lawrence

bad things happen here by rebecca barrow

the things we don’t see by savannah brown

the hollow inside by brooke lauren davis

throwaway girls by andrea contos

you’re next by kylie schachte

a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

the sullivan sisters by kathryn ormsbee

cold by mariko tamaki

the killing code by ellie marney*

rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall*

🦇  paranormal/horror

the dead and the dark by courtney gould

to break a covenant by alison ames

shallow graves by kali wallace

wilder girls by rory power

afterlove by tanya byrne

house of hollow by krystal sutherland

specter inspectors by bowen mccurdy

burn down, rise up by vincent tirado

hollow by shannon watters & branden boyer-white

missing, presumed dead by emma berquist

perfectly preventable deaths by deirdre sullivan*

the dark beneath the ice by amelinda bérubé*

ghost walk by kay solo*

🧪  science fiction

joyride by jackson lanzing & collin kelly

crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis

cosmoknights by hannah templer

jane, unlimited by kristin cashore*

🌼  adult

🌻  contemporary

summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

in the event of love by courtney kae

night tide by anna burke

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney

spell heaven and other stories by toni mirosevich

far from home by lorelie brown

once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole

spindrift by anna burke

cow girl by kirsty eyre

the split by laura kay

tell me everything by laura kay

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

the fat lady sings by jacqueline roy

conversations with friends by sally rooney

flamingo by rachel elliott

the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine

a map of home by randa jarrar

mostly dead things by kristen arnett

patsy by nicole dennis-benn

little fish by casey plett

undone by bryce oakley

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters

tack & jibe by lilah suzanne

all at sea by cheyenne blue

i kissed a girl by jennet alexander

january embers by hildred billings

the simple answer by lily seabrooke

under the rainbow by celia laskey

the world cannot give by tara isabella burton

la bastarda by trifonia melibea obono

the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin

all are welcome by liz parker

the romance recipe by ruby barrett

disoriental by négar djavadi*

the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar*

bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison*

among other things, i’ve taken up smoking by aoibheann sweeney*

marriage of a thousand lies by s. j. sindu*

honey girl by morgan rogers*

too much lip by melissa lucashenko*

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake*

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw*

the barrens by kurt & ellie johnson*

28 questions by indyana schneider*

there are more things by yara rodrigues fowler*

⚔️  fantasy

the unbroken by c. l. clark

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the true queen by zen cho

isola by brenden fletcher

the impossible contract by k. a. doore

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

blackheart knights by laure eve

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

city of lies by sam hawke

moontangled by stephanie burgis

burning roses by s. l. huang

a master of djinn by p. djèlí clark

ashes of the sun by django wexler

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

bestiary by k-ming chang

the black coast by mike brooks

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

the councillor by e. j. beaton

silverglass by j. f. rivkin

water horse by melissa scott

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

among thieves by m. j. kuhn

the factory witches of lowell by c. s. malerich

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

the final strife by saara el-arifi

brother red by adrian selby

the winged histories by sofia samatar

the vanished queen by lisbeth campbell*

the northern girl by elizabeth a. lynn*

the bladed faith by david dalglish*

the worthy by anna k. moss*

📜  historical

the wicked cometh by laura carlin

the pull of the stars by emma donoghue

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

infamous by lex croucher

devotion by hannah kent

under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta

after the wedding by courtney milan

heathen by natasha alterici

mrs martin’s incomparable adventure by courtney milan

the night watch by sarah waters

tell it to the bees by fiona shaw

kept animals by kate milliken

a lady’s desire by lily maxton

the ophelia girls by jane healey

that green eyed girl by julie owen moylan

the perks of loving a wallflower by erica ridley

the companion by e. e. ottoman

her countess to cherish by jane walsh

paris, 7a.m. by liza wieland*

mademoiselle revolution by zoe sivak*

dark earth by rebecca stott*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

dirt town by hayley scrivenor

the lighthouse by fran dorricott

after the eclipse by fran dorricott

the final child by fran dorricott

proper english by k. j. charles

the last place you look by kristen lepionka

the better liar by tanen jones

fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood

real easy by marie rutkoski

the best bad things by katrina carrasco

the case of the good-for-nothing girlfriend by mabel maney

the kill club by wendy heard

bury the lede by gaby dunn

beloved poison by e. s. thomson

the lady upstairs by halley sutton

ash mountain by helen fitzgerald

last call at the nightingale by katharine schellman

return to blackwater house by vikki patis

payback by charlotte mills*

a reason to kill by eve zaremba*

the heard by andrea bartz*

snare by lilja sigurðardóttir*

amateur city by katherine v. forrest*

the savage kind by john copenhaver*

the dime by kathleen kent*

the verifiers by jane pek*

🦇  paranormal/horror

abbott by saladin ahmed

the animals at lockwood manor by jane healey

black water sister by zen cho

hearts in the hard ground by g. v. anderson

they drown our daughters by katrina monroe

meddling kids by edgar cantero

yellow jessamine by caitlin starling

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

briefly, a delicious life by nell stevens

dead woman’s pond by elle e. ire

tripping arcadia by kit mayquist*

🧪  science fiction

a memory called empire by arkady martine

this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone & amal el-mohtar

the unspoken name by a. k. larkwood

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson

dead space by kali wallace

the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi

ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee

ancillary justice by ann leckie

motor crush by brenden fletcher & cameron stewart

unconquerable sun by kate elliott

compass rose by anna burke

a big ship at the end of the universe by alex white

the light brigade by kameron hurley

empress of forever by max gladstone

the doors of eden by adrian tchaikovsky

seven of infinities by aliette de bodard

hard reboot by django wexler

last exit by max gladstone

sisters of the vast black by lina rather

gods, monsters, and the lucky peach by kelly robson

so happy for you by celia laskey

battle of the linguist mages by scotto moore

bluebird by ciel pierlot

an ancient peace by tanya huff

god’s war by kameron hurley*

barbary station by r. e. stearns*

this will kill that by danielle l. roux*

valkyrie by meg ludwa*

night sky mine by melissa scott*

the stars undying by emery robin*

🌼  poetry

if not, winter by sappho, trans. by anne carson

floating, brilliant, gone by franny choi

evohe by cristina peri rossi

bestiary by donika kelly

soft science by franny choi

rummage by ife-chudeni a. oputa

the world keeps ending and the world goes on by franny choi

bone by yrsa daley-ward

dream work by mary oliver

living as a lesbian by cheryl clarke*

womanslaughter by pat parker*

oral tradition by jewelle l. gómez*

the black unicorn by audre lorde*

hermetic definition by h.d.*

[ridinroundtowntheygonfeelthisone]

💀 gimme your finest frights hc's please

When someone actually asks abt my FazFright HCs:

Okayyy soo, idk where to start but let's go! (this took me like 3 fucking days)

-AU takes place in like 2012-2013 but sometimes there will be stuff from like 2014-2017(or even later) in there

-Umm so first I took insperation from your hurricane paranormal society thing so most of my Fazbear Frights are in some group/organization to discuss "weird" things that they've seen, heard or that have happend to them, Greg is the founder(?) ig, cause he started it some little blog thing and ppl started adding their own stories, so it basically became some online group thing, then they started meeting up irl

-Order that people joined in: Sarah, Oscar, Isaac, Raj, Millie, Reed, Toby, Tabitha, Pete, Julius, Devon, Kelsey and Oswald

-Greg Chapman is Native Hawaiian/Polynesian, he was born December 16th, 1997 and is 15yrs old,

He has a tan/brown skin tone like Carmen ltran (@carmenltran)’s,

complete heterochromia (left eye: blue, right eye: brown) and hooded eyes,

somewhat thin lips (darker upper lip),

a downturned nose, curve starts at the dorsal bridge,

12inch, thin 2A, honey blonde hair, has a choppy wolf cut with shaggy bangs kinda style (he did it himself, or at least he tried❤️),

5’7, slender + he has a lot of freckles across his cheeks and nose and on his body

Has BDD, MDD, and ASD/Autism (Undiagnosed)

Knows some Hawaiian, primarily knows/speaks English

Likes artists like Brent Faiyaz, Steve Lacy, Kali Uchis, Gorillaz, Mother Mother, I Monster, Jack Stauber, Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Tally Hall, Roar, Surf Curse, The Cardigans, TV Girl, Alex G, Mitski, bôa, Caravan Palace, Glass Animals, The Stokes, Radiohead, Hot Freaks, Two Door Cinema Club, Foster The People, Tommy Newport, Cage The Elephant, Tame Impala, Mac DeMarco, Men I trust, Maya Hawke, Eyedress, Wham!, The Cure, The White Stripes, Tears For Fears, The Clash, Queen, October Country, Kate Bush, Sohodolls, The Dresden Dolls, The Crane Wives, Harry Nilsson, Grover Washington, Jr., Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, etc.

Greg was a nervous wreck when he started the group I mean people could think he was crazy and he was meeting new, random people on the internet + when they planned to meet up he had to come up some sort of excuse for his dad for why all of a sudden he'd constantly be leaving the house, he'd use Hadi and Cyril as an excuse most of the time (even if they weren't talking that much anymore and he was kinda avoiding them) since if he said he had other friends his dad would probably give him a whole interrogation

Contortionist

He got a bonsai tree to take care of, it’s sort of a distraction but he still enjoys it, most of what he does is a distraction anyway

Still does yoga before bed and also still really into science

He likes a lot of "girly" or "childish" things like MLP, dolls, etc.

Kinda isolates himself now so usually stays in his room watching Musicals, trying to get into new books, listening to music, doing random stuff on his laptop, etc

He got into paranormal/supernatural stuff like contacting the dead after the incident (he mostly did it because he wanted to “contact” Kimberly)

He thinks of the “Fazbear Frights” group as a safe place

Has a tinyyy (huge) crush on Millie

-Sarah .G. Patel, her mom is Indian and her dad was Zimbabwean, born April 1st 1997, 15yrs,

Has a brown skin tone like Kiara Pike's

dark brown, slender/thin almond eyes

medium-thick, natural brows + slight unibrow

round, broad nose with a slight bump on the dosal bridge

wide, two-toned lips (darker upper lip, pinker lower lip), kinda prominent cupid’s bow

Dark chocolate brown, mid-length, thick, coiled, 4B afro

5’5, Chubby + has nose, cheek and body freckles and crooked teeth

Has BDD, Bulimia and HPD (Kind of aware abt the Bulimia, well she at least is kinda aware abt eating disorders)

Voice HC: Hollyhock (Aparna Nancherla) + can only speak English but she understands Hindi

Likes shows like: The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), The Breakfast Club, Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Heathers (1988), Carrie (1976), Jennifer's Body, Twilight/The Twilight Saga, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Percy Jackson

Likes artists like MARINA, Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Perry, Wonder Girls, Fifth Harmony, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Destiny's Child, Rhianna, Aaliyah, Amerie, Ciara, Estelle, TLC, Blaque, Brandy, Kali Uchis, Erykah Badu, WILLOW, Brent Faiyaz, Men I Trust, Eyedress, Tears For Fears, Kate Bush, Madonna, Blondie, etc.

Definitely gonna make her a Constance Blackwood and/or Sayori kinnie

TBB was some sort of fever dream or something, or at least that's what it seems like

She's a bit more closed off at school and home, mostly talks to the others at the FF group

She's friends(ig) with Oscar, Tabitha(H&S) and Greg

-Millie Liú Fitzsimmons, Millie’s mom is half Puerto Rican (has Spanish and Native American descent) and half Irish, and her dad is Chinese-American, Born April 28 1997, 15yrs old

Has a tan skin tone similar to Yve/Toad (@/froggyve)

12inch, soft black, thick 2C hair, often gets frizzy

dark brown, puffy, monolid eyes

medium-thin, arched brows

broad, downturned nose with a curve starting at the dorsal bridge (basically a broad, hooked nose?)

full, tan colored lips with a soft cupid's bow

5’3, Chubby and slightly curvy + has fang-like canines and dark blue braces with elastics

Wears black frame, semi-rimless, Ray-ban Clubmaster perscription glasses with a CosTimo/Weewooday glasses chain (cross or bat ones, mostly cross) + most of the time wears full gothic makeup

Has MDD and ASD/Autism (Undiagnosed)

Voice HC: Jobu Tupaki/Joy Wang (Stephanie Hsu) + Speaks English and her dad taught her Mandarin

Likes The Cramps, The Dresden Dolls, Jack Off Jill, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Rammstein, X Ray Spex, October Country, The Stooges, Bikini Kill, The Cure, The Runaways, Tears For Fears, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Talking Heads, Moi Dix Mois, Ghost, Fleetwood Mac, Charles Aznavour, MCR, I Monster, Le Tigre, Mother Mother, The Crane Wives, Sohodolls, Ladytron, MARINA, Queen, etc.

Probably watches/watched: The Breakfast Club, The Twilight Saga, Corpse Bride (2005), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Sleep, My Love (1948), Suspicion (1941), The Addams Family (1964-1999), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), Beetlejuice (1988), The Craft (1988), Carrie (1976), The Scream franchise, The Saw franchise, The Haunting (1963), Possession (1981), Poltergeist (1982), The Exorcist (1973), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Black Swan (2010), Suspiria (1977), The Ring (1998), etc.

Do I HC her to have crushes on most of the female characters? (especially Elvira) Yes.

-Reads books like Frankenstien (1818), The Vampyre (1819), Dracula (1897), Carmilla (1872), Great Expectations (1861), The Silence of the Lambs (1988), The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), also a Brothers Grimm, Stephen King, Anne Rice, Ann Radcliffe, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Tim Burton fan

She and Kelsey are close family "friends", kinda consider eachother cousins, mostly Kelsey, he'll call Millie's parents "Auntie" and "Uncle" and just stuff like that (Millie is very against it)

She's a Romantic Goth

Got into baking recently, asking Kelsey would help a bit since knows more about it but...

Got into drawing as well

Loves humming and singing out loud but almost never does it

Not sure why she ended up joining the group

Usually doing her own thing, has a bit of small talk with people like Sarah and Greg, talks to Tabitha(Hide and Seek) the most

-Julius' thing was moved

-Devon .B. Miranda, his mom is Jamaican and his dad was Cuban (of Taíno descent), Born June 8th 1997, 15yrs old

has a dark skin tone similar to Anu Oloyede's

14inch, black, medium sized, dreads/locs (Interlocked)

has dark brown, small eyes(idk how to describe them)

downturned nose with a bulbous tip and bump on the dorsal bridge like (333zahra333/itszahraig) Zahra’s

rounded, medium brows

full, two-toned lips (darker top lip and his lower lip is pink) with a soft cupid's bow

has a moderate amount of acne, a mole under the right side of his bottom lip, one next to the left side of his nose/near his cheek + crooked teeth and a gap in bottom two front teeth

he also has a few small scars like a cut across his nose, a scar from a busted lip (it's like a cut running down the left side of his bottom lip), etc.

5’9, Skinny/Lanky

Has BPD/EUPD and ASD/Autism (Only knows that he "possibly" has BPD/EUPD) + Eczema and Asthma

Voice HC: Tyler Okonma 2009-2013(2015?), Speaks English, Patois/Patwa, and he also knows ASL

He likes Jazz, R&B, Neo Soul, Rap, Hip Hop, Indie, Alternative, Rock, Metal, Horrorcore, etc.

And artists like: MF DOOM, Kendrick Lamar, Brent Faiyaz, Odd Future, Tyler the creator, Steve Lacy, The Internet, Childish Gambino, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bruno Mars, Grover Washington, Jr., Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Cocu, Santana, Anthony Santos, Joe Veras, Usher, Skee-Lo, Eazy-E, Mix-A-Lot, Eve, Tems, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, Brandy, Aaliyah, Kali Uchis, Gorillaz, Tame Impala, Glass Animals, The Stokes, Will Wood, Roar, Hot Freaks, Two Door Cinema Club, Foster the People, Tommy Newport, The Dresden Dolls, Eyedress, Mother Mother, Radiohead, The White Stripes, The Cure, October Country, The Cramps, The Stooges, Metallica, Skindred, Iron Maiden, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, MCR, Le Tigre, Rammstein, etc.

he loves horror, from Goosebumps to Stephan King to H.P Lovecraft to Saw, even The Hills Have Eyes, and he also really loves highly disturbing and graphic stuff (he just really wants to see gore and guts) but Mick HATES horror so he never got to watch it with him much, Kelsey is more into gothic and psychological horror but at the same time he does like the thought of just watching a bunch of gore even if it has no plot, there's a VHS rental near his house, it's pretty rundown but it has a lot of his favorites

Had pretty bad seperation anxiety with Mick

He has a bad habit of biting, he bites his nails, chews on the strings of his Hoodies, there are bite marks on his hands/arms, for some concerning reason...(Just like me fr<3)

Allergic to dust + it makes his Asthma and Eczema act up

Interested in Physics and Chemistry + he likes photography and Literature (Drama and Novels)

Can play piano, kinda likes it (really likes it)

Wants to write horror novels

When he goes urban exploring he’ll take some pictures if he can, sometimes the creepy, rundown scenery inspires a setting for a story, or he just thinks its cool

His mom is a hairdresser and a cleaner

Has a slight lisp

Friends with Pete, kinda friends with Julius as well + annoys Greg sometimes (he means no harm though)

-“Kelsey” Oyindasola Grace D. Mateko, his mom is Nigerian (Yoruba) and his dad is Zimbabwean (Shona), Born September 15th 1997, 15yrs old

Has a dark skin tone like KaDija Kallon's

-Has Carolina blue, almond eyes (his eyes tend to reflect light like in pictures regardless of actual lighting, basically it always looks like he has red pupils/the “red-eye effect”)

medium-thick, bleached, straight brows

flat, round nose with low nasal bridge

full, two toned lips (darker upper lip, most of his lower lip is a pinkish color and the rest is the same color) with a soft cupid's bow

Has a mole under his right eye/close to his cheek, one on the right side of his bottom lip, and another in between his eyes/on his nose bridge more to the left side + dimples

Tooth gap and fang-like canines

Around 12inch, dyed, light golden blonde (with black roots) volumized, curly sisterlocks like Imani Goodridge’s (@imanitaylorgood)

5'10.8, Chubby

Has ocular albinism

Has Audhd, Conduct disorder and possible Bipolar disorder

Voice HC: ????, Can speak English, learning ASL from Devon and practicing French

I like to think we barely know anything about him so I can do what I want with him, I mean some people just straight up think he's not real

Likes artists like Stromae, Kali Uchis, Doja Cat, Eve, Yemi Alade, Ayra Starr, Tems, Ravyn Lenae, Amerie, Rihanna, Beyoncé, TLC, Tinashe, Keri Hilson, Ciara, PinkPanthress, Erykah Badu, Eve, WILLOW, The Internet, Gorillaz, Tame Impala, MF DOOM, Mix-A-Lot, Michael Jackson, Odd Future, Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the creator, Steve Lacy, Kali Uchis, Gorillaz, MARINA, Lady Gaga, Foster the People, Millionaires, Gwen Stefani, The Cramps, Mother Mother, Rammstein, October Country, The Dresden Dolls, ICP, Blondie, Harry Nilsson, Grover Washington, Jr., Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Caravan Palace, Glass Animals, updog, Hot Freaks, Two Door Cinema Club, Foster The People, Tommy Newport, Cage The Elephant, Tame Impala, TV Girl, Alex G, Men I trust, Maya Hawke, Mitski, bôa, Eyedress, Le Tigre, etc.

Watches stuff like: Boondocks, For Colored Girls, Pose, Velvet Goldmine (1998), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), Carrie (1976), The Craft (1988), Get out, Us, The Blair Witch Project (1999), Black Swan (2010), Suspiria (Both versions), Corpse Bride (2005), Lolita, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Helter Skelter (2012), Ride the Cyclone, Heathers (1988), The Breakfast Club, Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), etc. he also likes anime (he babysits Oswald sometimes and he got him in to it

Enjoys drawing and painting also knows how to bake and loves baking for other people

Interested in the Arts and Criminology

Has squared, clear frame glasses, usually only wears them at home

Can roller skate and skateboard but somehow doesn't know how to ride a bike

Has a Nintendo DSI XL (Metallic Rose) put a bunch of stickers and attached a few charms to it + LOVES Princess Peach, she's his main on like every game he has where she can be his main

Either freezes up/zones out or walks out of awkward/uncomfortable situations

Mostly prefers smaller crowds of people, can easily get overwhelmed

He can waack and wants to practise voguing

Plays volleyball after school

Loves Musicals, gets Devon to watch them with him

Sam (Blackbird) is his older brother, Tabitha (TBB) is his sister and he has another older sister

-Oswald Alvaro Guzman y Morales, he's Colombian (His dad is of White and Native American descent and his mom is of African descent) Born, May 1st 2001, 12yrs old

Has a brown skin tone like Jasmine Blandford (chola_girl)

Around 8inch, chocolate brown hair, in two-strand twist locs

-Has chocolate brown, almond eyes

medium-thick, straight brows

short, round nose, low bridge

full, wide, two toned lips (upper lip slightly darker than his skin tone lower lip pinkish-brown color) and a somewhat prominent cupid's bow

Ample(?), 5’1.5 + has a lot of nose and cheek freckles, also has body freckles

Voice HC: "Wybie" Wyborn Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.), Can speak English and Spanish

Has ADHD (Undiagnosed)

His arm is almost completely healed (it was fractured) but there’s a huge, weird, bite mark looking scar on his right arm

Likes drawing, has had around 2 sketchbooks, first one was just an old, mostly empty notebook he found and his current one is a proper sketchbook that he begged his dad to get him, it’s black has a stickers on the outside, it’s mostly filled with sketches of his usual cartoonish drawings including the mechanical animals

Definitely has/uses a Nokia (2600)

Likes Mangas and Animes like: Nana, JoJo, Death Note, Soul Eater (and Soul Eater Not), Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, Black Butler, One Piece, Hunter×Hunter, etc.

Likes I Monster, Harry Nilsson, Earth, Wind and Fire, Foster The People, Gorillaz, Tame Impala, Tommy Newport P, GHOST (and pals), Guchiri/y, Kikuo, Moe Shop, Maretu, etc.

His gaming console is the Nintendo Gamecube “Orange Spice” and he really likes “the Legend of Zelda” games and Shadow the Hedgehog (game and character), He also likes Princess Daisy, Lemmy Koopa, Kirby, Meta Knight, Eevee, Knuckles, etc.

After his Grandma died he ended up moving to Colorado, Kelsey babysitted him most of the time since his parents were out/busy, he still does it from time to time, with pay ofc

Was only brought to the group later because Kelsey was babysitting him and Devon insisted it was fine if they just brought him with

Talks to almost no one there, usually just the others being "friendly" because he's a kid, Kelsey just let's him play on his DSI since he understands why he wouldn't want to be here

-Sadly I don't have much to say abt Reed, Pete, Oscar, Isaac or Raj, it's been a while since I read their books, but moving on

Millie thinks Tabitha(H&S) is actually pretty (really) cool, she's really confident, talkative, friendly and, loud, but Millie dosen't mind that much, though she acts like she does (she def has a crush on her)

Millie and Oswald talk from time to time, mostly about their "spoiled" cats (they mean it in an affectionate way<3)

No one there is really close with Sarah, I mean there’s Dev maybe but she doesn’t want to make anything seem more than it is (I know this sounds like she has a crush or something but I mostly, mean in a platonic way, like she doesn’t want to make it seem as if they’re close friends when they’re less than that, I say mostly because I actually may make her have a “crush” on him for like comphet reasons) she's mostly just the sweet one and that's about it, she's a bit creeped out by Kelsey though, catches him staring a lot (y'know it's funny, usually she'd be honored if a cute boy was staring at her)

Julius restraining the urge to claw out Reed's eyes every group meet up<3

Julius also desperately needs a wheelchair (walking with crutches for such a long period of time gets tiring) but his parents can't exactly afford it

At group meetings Kelsey literally talks to no one BUT Devon (and well, Oswald) like I don't even mean he only has conversations with him I mean if he isn't talking to him he'll just be standing or wandering around looking lost and shit (he thinks the others seem nice but he can barely even make eye contact)

My AU's Kelsey isn't an entity or whatever he's just a weirdo and got into some concerning shit (kinda like Vanny basically) + Kelsey doesn't get lured into the suit, Dev was planning to but Kelsey got really apologetic and shit and it kinda made him feel like awkward and guilty, Dev was still kinda considering it but then Mick kinda interfered

Kelsey does go missing the same day he was supposed to die, Mick and Devon don't tell anyone about the fact that they were kinda the last people who were aware of his whereabouts, etc.

Either way Kelsey doesn't die (kinda) so that's the important thing

Kelsey has some weird mini Freddy Fazbear robot-doll thing that he keeps in his room, Dev says it's cool but Mick thinks it's, off(Yes, it's a Lonley Freddy, Yes, it's Alec)(when one of your 7-8th grade besties is trapped in some weird robot doll thing you have and you don't even know😋)

[mhastruggletumbler]

MHA 374 SPOILERS (PART 1)

Leaks provided by: Justixplode and DabisPoleDance on Twitter

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The chapter begins with a page showing Present Mic and Kurogiri. Next we see a weather report broadcast from Washington DC, with the reporter saying that a giant cloud has suddenly appeared in Japan.

She says that air currents can cause the cloud to reach as far as North America and that meteorologists attribute its emergence to the encounter of heat waves in various parts of the country. In this moment, we see panels of Shouto, Dabi, and Endeavor from previous chapters.

Just as the butterfly effect says that the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Brazil can cause a hurricane in Texas, perhaps the glowing baby led to the chaos that is unleashed in Paranormal society at this moment. She begins to say that the world can be changed by the power of a single person, and this is why AFO is such a remarkable presence.

The broadcast is cut off and the focus shifts to Kamino. Shoto wonders how Dabi can still move when everyone else is exhausted.

Dabi thinks to himself that Gunga is too far away and that he wouldn't be able to finish off Shoto and go there afterwards. He then starts flying in the opposite direction and Shoto realizes that he wants to go to where Endeavor is.

Burnin' realizes that his body will not hold out for long and Shoto tries to taunt him into giving up and fighting him instead. However, at the same moment, Skeptic contacts him and says that there won't be any trip expenses. It is then that a portal opens in front of him.

[elliedearest]

Shows I'm Currently Watching

Hilda Hurricane/ Hilda Furracao

So I saw this particular sequence of scenes(? this is why I'm not a published author I don't know the difference) on Tiktok , and I'm not going to lie it immediately sparked my interest. I don't know if it's the forbidden romance or the yearning (have I mentioned I'm a big fan of yearning and seemingly unrequited love?), or religious trauma, but I had to watch it.

Also, the show is turning how to be so much more than expected. How often the church ignores the people on the fringe of society. The scare of communism and how it affects the poor and anyone different from them. Ugh, there's so much to say. It's great!

I'm only on episode 4 (I'm watching it with my sister so it's slow going) and I'm dying to get to this scene.

A quick observation of this gif based on the few episodes I've seen (it really helps establish their personalities, their struggles, and motivations and of course, the environment around them and how it shapes them): Malthus has been struggling with his sexuality since becoming a monk. His friends constantly test his resolve but Malthus stays resolute and doesn't give in to "earthly temptations." His purity and dedication to his faith are the reasons why he's quickly given the saint moniker, especially during a time when "communism" and the Hilda obsession are on the rise. The thing is you can tell he's uncomfortable with the moniker because he knows he's only human who is trying to do his best and he can never meet the expectation society is placing on him. Anyway, he meets Hilda in the most dramatically catholic-gothic way, she fights back and she's incredibly beautiful and she's telling him what he knows to be true, but no one else is saying. His world is completely rocked.

Ugh, I can't wait to watch this episode.

2. What We Do In The Shadows

This is the natural progression of finishing Wellington Paranormal. I loved that show so much so I thought that I would give this show a chance. Also, vampires!

It's fun and silly and it cements my reasons for loving sitcoms.

I'm 2 episodes away from finishing the first season.

3. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

I've been slowly getting into watching cozy mystery movies and shows again. I think this would definitely be classified as a cozy mystery. While it's a British-made show, the show was filmed and narratively set in Botswana. It's funny and sweet. The main character is beautiful, smart and very sincere.

It's a shame it only got 7 episodes before it was cancelled, but at least there are novels. Also, it's one of the few shows that my cat will watch. lol

4. Delicious in Dungeon

I like medieval stuff. I like the look of anime food. I like Slice-of-Life anime shows. That's pretty much it.

Shows I'm Still Watching:

Abbott Elementary

I forgot there was a new season. Still wholesome. It's a little jarring that Pug from She-Hulk is a regular this season, but I like him. Everyone is still lovable and fun like always.

2. Mr. And Mrs. Smith

I've been watching this at a glacial pace. I don't know what to tell you. I like it enough to keep watching it, but I don't have the urge to binge-watch it. So I'm savoring the eight episodes. I'm currently on the fourth.

3. Daredevil

God, I love looking at this man. Like I said previously, I'm watching this show with a friend and we have a life, so we're watching this when we have time. We literally have 2 episodes left.

Shows I Finished too quickly this month

The Gilded Age

I was not expecting this show to be so entertaining or that it would be so stacked with talented actresses. Audra McDonald, Christine Baransi, Cynthia Nixon?! WHAT?

Also, whether old money or new money, rich people are annoying and out-of-touch. But it's fun to see the infighting.

2. Bridgerton: Season 3

I finished it. I need to watch it again so I can solidify my opinions, but I definitely think there weren't enough romantic scenes between Colin and Penelope before the truth came out.

[netherworldwritersguild]

Danje Release Blitz #rabtbooktours

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  Horror, Psychological Thriller, Occult, Thriller, Paranormal, Fiction

Date Published: November 30, 2023

    In a small Louisiana Bayou town during mid-September 1965, Albert Gilly frantically prepares his family's fishing store for an impending hurricane. Amid the chaos, he notices Adonis, a drifter, lying motionless on the street. With the wind raging and debris swirling violently around them, Albert's mind is consumed with thoughts of his family and their dependence on him as the sole breadwinner. Knowing that they would be destitute without him, he makes the painful decision to prioritize his own safety over rescuing the stranger. As Albert stands in his shop's doorway, the weight of his guilt is almost suffocating, causing him to hesitate before locking himself inside. He shouts one last time, urging the young man to seek shelter in his late father's houseboat at the end of the pier. Adonis is startled awake by his words, his mind still hazy, as he struggles through the strong winds until arriving at the floating sanctuary. However, his relief is short-lived upon discovering the sinister secrets concealed within the old wooden walls.

About the Author

Brigitte, "Gitte," Tamar was born in a small rural Oregon town. Growing up, she was enthralled by scary tales featuring poetic tones and consistently gravitated towards writing darkened narratives. In the different storylines, Brigitte explores the harsh realities of social issues faced by today's generations. This includes the dark outcomes brought on by peer pressure, addiction, homelessness, mental illness, childhood trauma, and abuse. She feels it is essential to share narratives that refrain from sugarcoating the topics society tends to shy away from.

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[west-freddys-offical]

Introductory Post!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the official blog for Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza! At least, the one located on the west side of town! Here we will be posting all kinds of stuff! Trivia, updates about the building, anything regarding parties, all kinds of things! And we’ll also be answering any questions you may have for us! Feel free to ask anything at any time! :]

~ Micheal Afton, location manager

alright, what’s up, i’m lucas, ( @professional-frights-fanboy ) the dude who runs this blog. basically this is an unreality blog where i pretend to be like 7 different characters at once and act like i run and work at a freddy’s lmao

west freddy’s is a location in my frights au, hurricane paranormal society!! it takes the place of the freddy’s toby works at in hide-and-seek and also has a bunch of other canon characters working there, both from the books and games. these characters include toby billings ( hide-and-seek ), stanley ( room for one more ), hudson ( what we found ), jake ( hps phone dude ), micheal afton ( who is not a dead rotting zombie man ), and eggs benedict ( who is his own person separated from micheal. )

as said, i’ll do my best to try and be convincing but i might fall flat. i also might post art here and stuff who knows.

( also obvious disclaimer i have no relation to scott cawthon, steel wool, or anyone else who is related to OFFICIAL fnaf media!! )

anyways yeah, enjoy the blog!! :]

[vivisextion]

I first saw Slipknot at age 14.

No one knows how I managed it. I'm not sure I even remember. These days, you have to be 16 or 18 to get into Standing areas. I do know I had to buy tickets on the phone, back in the old days (2005, that is). A singular ticket, too - none of my friends, not even the classmate who had gone with me to see Linkin Park the year before, was that into Slipknot.

But I HAD to see them. This was the Subliminal Verses tour cycle, and Vol. 3 was my first and favourite Slipknot album, even to this day. It's the reliable old warm blanket for my soul whenever I need it. It's on right now, as I write this.

My memory isn't that good, but luckily I unearthed a livejournal (livejournal!) diary entry about the event I made the next day.

August 16, 2005. I went right after school. I went to a very conservative Anglican secondary school, too. I tried not to get caught in the bathroom, as I coloured my nails black with permanent marker (I know, don't laugh) and changed into my standard metalhead baby outfit - Slipknot band shirt, black cargo shorts, and my pride and joy: steel-toe boots I somehow managed to cajole my parents into letting me own.

I caught the bus to the open-air war memorial park where the gig was going to be. I got there at 4pm, 4 hours early. A couple other maggots were already hanging around. I found myself surrounded by tombstones, and I read them all. It was the middle of the Hungry Ghost Festival, too - a very fitting time for Slipknot to pay a visit to this godforsaken hellhole of a small town I lived in. (Especially given the paranormal circumstances surrounding the making of Vol. 3.)

While I wandered around the venue (no security or sound guys were around at all), I spotted two white vans pull up to the stage, in the middle of a clearing. It was them! I spotted Joey and missed him by a hair's breadth. I was quickly ushered behind the stone archway entrance by security then.

(Funnily enough, while walking around, I got mistaken for Joey more than once. I am the same height as him, had the same long black hair, same pale skin, and was wearing almost exactly what he had been. One person claimed from behind, I was a dead ringer, apart from when I turned around, and they realised I was Chinese.)

It was soundcheck time. A sound guy testing the mics would say random things, like "testing one two three two one.... fudge fudge, I like fudge...." The band even did Purity, so us earlybirds were given a rare treat, and we screamed along from the entrance, and drummed our fists on the sides of nearby porta-potties. I hope no one was in there at the time. Whenever we got a glance of any of them, we'd scream and cheer. Finally they left again, but were soon to return.

This was the first time I'd been a part of the metal community. I was barely allowed internet in those days. But here, random strangers were friendly, striking up conversations like they'd been friends for years. Two big guys, called Trevor and Ted, looked out for me the entire gig after, keeping other big dudes from crushing me too much (I'm 5'3, remember). Other people commented on me being so baby, because I was only 14, and said they would take care of me.

When we were finally let in, right after the usher cut the rope, I ran in, screamed "WOOOHOOO!" along with a few friends I'd made. I only briefly stopped to receive this RoadRunner Records compilation CD from a roadie, then resumed running like a madman screaming and dashing into the VIP cage.

I was right up against the barricade - the first time I would ever be at a gig. People from assorted magazines and press took photos of us, and I think I got my photo taken about 10 times at least.

(This is how I got in trouble with my parents the next day. My photo had ended up in a local paper - you can see examples of that here. They had no idea what I'd been to see the night before, and were horrified when they saw what Slipknot looked like.)

We saw Sid filming us from the stage with a camcorder and screamed at him. We saw Jim and screamed at him too, and he flashed the victory sign back at us. I remember Metallica playing at the time, another one of my favourite bands.

The concert was a brutal religious experience I will never forget. People with their arms outstretched, crying and screaming out loud, moving like the devil possessed them.

The new friends around me made sure I was alright after every song! There were huge guys fainting behind us who had to get carried out, but I endured, a tiny 14 year old child. We got a family speech as per tradition, of course. "Are you guys out there all looking out for each other? We're all one big family, and we gotta look out for each other." What Corey said held true - strangers hugged, shook hands, talked, and made friends. I was heartened by how close-knit the maggot community was. It really did feel like a family, and it's felt like that ever since.

Of course, I did my first Jump The Fuck Up. It is possibly the most euphoria I've ever experienced all at one go. (Later, in 2020, I was extremely disappointed that I didn't get to do it again in London.)

They did the death masks for Vermilion, and I remember Chris helping Sid fix his mask and shirt when they'd changed back. Sid hung out near Clown's drums for most of the time too, and hugged him from behind and just latched on at one point. It was pretty adorable.

Fun fact: The version of Eyeless you hear on the 9.0 Live album is from Singapore, as is Eeyore. There are very few photos and videos from the crowd of this gig, because in 2005, very few people had camera phones. The crowd at the Slipknot gig in 2020 was a sea of arms with phones, filming the gig rather than experiencing it. Yes, I'm going to be that cranky old geezer who complains about the good old days.

Joey as usual, was fucking amazing and never failed. However, due to the fact that I was right up front, only his tiny head was visible behind his vast drum set, I couldn't see him the entire gig.

Amazingly, the government told Slipknot they were not allowed to do obscene gestures, curse, vomit (possibly due to the decomposing crow pre-show ritual), simulate humping on objects, throw faeces, or jump off stage (looking at you, Sid). I don't think our totalitarian government knew who they were dealing with, because watch what happens next.

Near the end of the gig, Corey tells the crowd “your government has given us a laundry list of things we aren’t allowed to do, your government has told us we are not allowed to swear”. Crowd goes “BOOOOOOOOO” and Corey goes “BUT WE DON’T GIVE A FUCK!!” And they launch into Surfacing, the last song. Everyone riots. Best night of my life.

You can find the setlist from that gig here. It had everything I wanted and more.

This story later got immortalised when Kerrang asked maggots for gig stories, for an article which came out in 2020. I had forgotten entirely, until people began messaging me to tell me, and one friend sent me a scan of it!

On the way out, I managed to get a shirt. I remember calling my best friend at the time, and got everyone at the merch booth to go "IF YOU'RE 555 THEN I'M 666" for her. This shirt has since been lost to the landfill, because my Christian mother took it upon herself to dispose of it the first opportunity she got. Needless to say, our relationship is not very good.

After that, I even managed to get that Roadrunner compilation album they were giving out signed. The band was staying at the Carlton. Unfortunately, Joey wasn't there, neither was Clown, and Mick was swarmed by guitar nerds so, 6/9 it is. It is a great regret of mine that I'll never have anything signed by him, nor will I ever get to see him perform ever again.

The next day, I went to school, my head swimming. Yes, I went to see Slipknot ON A SCHOOL NIGHT. I was a giant bruise, from my ribs and my chest, to my hips and knees, from being slammed into the barricade like a screen door in a hurricane. Most of all, my sore, headbanged-out neck could barely hold my head up. Classmates thought I had been in a fight. I was torn between battle-scarred exhaustion and hyperactive ranting about the most amazing gig of my short life (it still is, to this day). When teachers spoke to me, I wanted to reply, "Fuck trigonometry! I've just seen SLIPKNOT. Do you not understand that my world is different? Do you not understand that *I* am now different?"

My country was a small, conservative town that Slipknot had graced with their unholy presence. Corey Taylor once said that where he grew up in Iowa had a way of making a 16 year old boy feel like a 36 year old man (or something to that effect). I felt that in my weary bones as a teenager, being from a place just like that. Years later, Watain would run into worse trouble, and wouldn't even be allowed to perform. The Christian stranglehold is stronger than ever. It was a good thing that back then Slipknot had the element of surprise, striking serpent-fast and choking this society by the neck for a too-brief time, before they departed.

After that, my desire to play the drums only grew like a weed. Joey Jordison had, has, and will always inspire me as a drummer, and seeing the beast live (or what little I could spy behind the massive riser) had only spurred me on. I had always been a noisemaker, be it driving my parents mad with chopsticks on pots and pans, or driving my teachers mad with pencils on my desk. But of course, my parents wouldn't have any of it. I'd have to wait a good 14 more years before I'd be able to afford lessons and later, a kit of my own. Better late than never, right?

There will never be enough words to describe the impact Joey has had on my life. And it isn't just Slipknot, either. I could write another essay on his time with the Murderdolls and its influence on my own gender-non-conforming ways. Suffice to say, my wardrobe doesn't look too dissimilar to his during the early Dead in Hollywood days.

I told my boss I could not come into work today. I was grieving. I said that my music teacher died, as I didn't think she'd understand the magnitude of my loss. In a way, it's true. And I am not the only one Joey has nudged on the path to being a musician, that much is certain. To the rest of us, I wish strength and love for you in this difficult time. The best way to honour Joey, who truly loved music, both the creation and appreciation of it, is to pass that gift on. Teach it to someone. He is the reason I picked up the sticks in the first place, and one day, they'll be handed on, the heavy metal baton for the next generation.

And finally: remember that the ones we have lost are never truly gone.

Vinnie

P.S. See if you can spot me in the crowd photos in this post!

[bondsmagii]

Whats life like UK?

that’s a very broad question, and I have no idea how to do it justice lmao. I mean, for the most part it’s alright? for me, anyway, and that’s something to keep in mind because I am one person in a whole country. it’s alright. there’s a lot about the country that I’m not happy about, and there is so much to criticise, but like. there’s things I enjoy, too.

there’s a lot going on the UK. it’s a very diverse place, and there’s lots of influence from other cultures and worldviews. the downside to this, of course, is that there’s a not insignificant problem with racism and far-right political groups, but unfortunately that’s hardly unique anymore. most people I’ve met have been very tolerant, and so long as you avoid any middle-aged white people in the Home Counties or rural Lincolnshire, or anyone with a beer belly wearing a Union Jack, you should be alright. politically we’re a mess right now, but we also have some good stuff, like free health care which is something I never take for granted.

the weather sucks. like, that’s a given. it rains a lot, and when it’s not raining it’s threatening to rain. we have a heatwave every year (most people just call it “summer”) and our houses suck in them because they’re built to keep in heat, so basically you just suffer and die for the entire time and everyone is complaining about the weather even more than usual. we do occasionally get some pretty cool wild weather though: we actually get hurricane force storms here, and every so often an impressive snowstorm will show up.

socially we’re a fun bunch. I do like the fact that people in this country are always down for some fun (banter, if you will). we like to get together, we like to drink perhaps a little more than we should, and we’re very good at poking fun at ourselves. the sense of humour in the UK is an acquired taste, and I think that if you’re not used to it it can be kind of a lot, but we really do love snatching ourselves and we really love snatching our politicians. we have a very dark sense of humour, and perhaps a little risqué at times, but I’ve always appreciated it. it’s very useful for when things are tough. 

everywhere has a lot of history. as a historian, that’s obviously something I like. we’re an old country, and the evidence is everywhere. buildings that are centuries old are common in pretty much every major city, town, and even village. castles and manors are everywhere. ruins and ancient sites are everywhere. pretty much every major town or city has its own museum because it’s historically significant. you can dig in your garden and find 1,000-year-old coins. it’s pretty cool. 

we’re a very haunted country, too. ghost stories are everywhere, and pretty much any place you can point to on a map has at least a couple of ghost stories about it. the UK is said to be one of the most haunted countries in the world, and Scotland is said to be the most haunted country in the world, so if you like your paranormal encounters it’s definitely worth coming for a visit. it’s probably got something to do with all that history.

if I could criticise the place with something specific, it would be that we’re not very good at moving out of the past. this isn’t as bad with the younger generations (especially as immigration has helped in terms of the younger generations having more worldviews to interact with) but it’s certainly bad with the older generations, and of course it’s very much seen in policies and government. people in the UK like to find a way that works and stick to it, and we can be very slow to change. even with overwhelming evidence, our politicians and society leaders are reluctant to admit there’s an issue and take action to fix it; there’s still a very “stiff upper lip” attitude that seems to think that enduring a problem is better than preventing it, or acknowledging it and fixing it. I hope this is something that will die out with the older generations. 

there’s also like, a serious class divide. it’s not like it used to be back in the old days, but it’s sure as fuck still not great. there is an upper class here that’s just... kind of backwards, if I’m honest, and there’s a huge divide between the country’s rich and the country’s poor. I mean, we have people living in literal squalor and poverty, especially in the north. you can pretty much draw a line: the south (London and the surrounding counties) are rich, and the further north you get, the poorer it is. the government also doesn’t really seem to give a shit, surprise surprise. in London it’s especially clear. you can have dilapidated council houses (social housing) backing on to literal mansions; you can have huge gated houses with Lamborghinis in the driveway and there’s a homeless person sleeping on cardboard outside. it’s ridiculous, and I don’t know how it isn’t being addressed with more seriousness. 

but really, I don’t think there’s any problem unique to the UK. we have our own variables contributing to why they’re there, but overall most countries deal with this bullshit. there are certainly worse places to live, but the things I love about the country just makes me even more saddened to see the things that I hate about it. I like living here, overall, but I’m frustrated because we could be so much better as a society. but I’m sure I’m not alone in that, and I’m sure that pretty much anyone could say that about their own countries.

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Lucky Brake -

to the reader’s And the very few out there - 

the paranormal ... entity nick named the brown darkness - or the Blur fog or the psychic fog ... No you don’t need to be psychic to see it 

there is one major good thing here it’s Brain and heart are stuck in the other dimension - 

... thay being the realm the shift happen - ... the majority of the Blur Fog .... Got trapped over there and it’ s infected omni all everything of the old world - Stray away from people on the Mandela effect topic .... it’s not that there wrong it’s that - there gravely unaware of the Super Beast that Has Deeply Attached it self to everything in the world and i mean Everything it’s Not just a play on word’s it literally infected omni of the old realm - 

this new realm may not be Our's and it may be 100% unnatural but ... it’s saving are soul’s over a few inconvenience’s 

the brown Darkness will devour and destroy your immortal soul - and people are bitching that this realm just give off a alien vibe - 

Listen asshole your right but where safe - the power of the brown darkness is like Million of these all in one place at you - 

All F5 and Grater - that the kind of Power it has over soul’s and it will devour your soul threw Titan Level Psychic Vampirism -  and it like a Like a psychic hurricane of vampirism - as if flow all around you and threw you .... 

it take’s your Essences and destroy the Memory - as it take’s your All - 

i Don’t Know What Secret society or alien have the word to Jump on 2012 but it was a wise choice to make a very wise one 

Please Cut all tie’s with people n the topic of the Mandela effect topic 

there walking into the gate’s of hell - and that is a figure of speech 

Take down the you tube channel's There Channeling the beast this way there life a fucking flare to it - there a Light house - you need to Say Cover - in a Quantum Talk to need to ninja Away from it  - all thing on the topic of Mandela need to Stop it’s infecting THIS REALM !!! 

Every time a video get close to the Trust thay bring it close to the beast 

it will lock on Soon and then .... cast forth a Great ... Cloud Bank that look’s of a rapid tsunami in infect us all with it’s tendril’s and then it will know where to go it’s think’s faster then  quantum computer and the tendrils also act as a nerve 

All form's of DEF Will be Useless - the Brown Hurricane is coming this way 

SHUT THE FUCKING CHANNLE’S, DOWN NOW !!! 

SHUT THEM OFF !!!

SHUT THEM ALL OFF BAN THE FUCKING VIDEO !!!

IT’S COMING AND IT GROWING WITH  EXCITEMENT AND HUNGER  !!!

when it has you into it’s sight you will soon gain .... Nightmare’s More bezar then the deep web’s video’s 

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Defy

Those who defy any categorization, those who defy any limitizations and those who defy any critisization are the ones who withstand the cyclones ,hurricanes and tornadoes.The big tree falls down but grass survives in category -3 hurricane.The thing is that big falls down with the thud and the repurcutions of the fall is heard far and wide but small does not fall down like the thud of big ones. The bigger the tree, the deeper the roots.The higher you are ,the farther you fall.Those who goes up must come down.Those who are born must die.What enters must exist.What rises must sets down and what sets down must rise.This is the rule.One cannot defy the gravity without flying machine.One cannot defy the natural rules but artificial rules can be defied.One can criticize indefinitely who defy norms.Criticism is your nature, talking on the back is your your nature.You criticize good and you criticize bad.You don't praise somebody's good from inside .You say I am the best and the rest is second.Some say I am second to none.You are jealous of someone achievements.Jealousness is your nature.One can't defy the nature.You can't defy the senses.We have limits and there are limitations of human understandings and limitations of human comprehensions. It's easy for us to comprehend the things which we see but we cannot comprehend the things which we can't see.We can't defy the vision, we can't defy the hearing, we can't defy other senses.One cannot defy the existence and it's laws.The hidden laws beneath the understanding can be known to some extent but not all.Laws of existence can be known to the surface but not to the core.

Defying is going beyond comprehensibilty, understandability and limitability.That is not possible as far as limitations of human senses and intellectuallity is concerned. It's difficult to resist the nature of things.It's going against the wind, it is flowing against the flow.It's a resistance against all evens and all odds. Actually, oddness is not the nature because nature is not odd.However, the opposite is always the possibility.The activities of other plane and other dimension looks abnormal and strange in this plane.The paranormal, the parapsychology and the supernatural cannot be defied.Everyone is under the obedience of these worlds.There are always exceptions in artificial sphere but not in natural sphere.You can defy the society because in society there are artificial rules but you cannot defy the individuality. One is possible and other is impossible.There are many possibilities and there are many impossibilities.Natural entities are non defiable, non withstandable and non resistable.The energy or force which moves electron cannot defy the electron and the electron cannot defy the proton and neutron.Earth cannot defy the Sun and the moon cannot defy the earth. Energy cannot be defied.It can only be transformed from one to other forms. Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. Quarks, Higgs and Bosons are non defiable entities.One should not go for defying the norms but rather should be going with the norms.It's easy in surrendering oneself under the feet of nature but it is difficult in resisting the existence.Deviating is not defying, totally opposing is defying.How can you oppose the laws ? That is not possible.It is the invitation of all the problems by simply opposing and resisting.Life and death cannot be defied and so is love cannot be defied also.Denying and defying is against the nature of whatever exist.

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April 2019 Book Releases

Being one of those readers who enjoys a large variety of genres, I sometimes find it easy to become overwhelmed with new releases. What should I read next? The paranormal romance about the werebeast? Or the feminist, not-so-fictional story about rape culture? What about the latest installment in an ongoing fantasy series that I’ve been desperately waiting for?

If you’re anything like me, you might find the sheer volume of options daunting, and worry about missing out on awesome, lesser publicized books that might get buried under the hype surrounding the big name bestsellers.

Not to fear, fellow reader! To help us all out, I’ve created this monthly post highlighting the standout releases in several genres, with a special emphasis on representation, diversity, and own voices.

Click on each book title to learn more!

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He Release Date: April 2nd Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy

Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, dreaming of an unremarkable life. But when her beloved father is found dead, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the queen of a surprisingly unstable kingdom. What’s more, Hesina believes that her father was murdered—and that the killer is someone close to her.

Hesina’s court is packed full of dissemblers and deceivers eager to use the king’s death for political gain, each as plausibly guilty as the next. Her advisers would like her to blame the neighboring kingdom of Kendi’a, whose ruler has been mustering for war. Determined to find her father’s actual killer, Hesina does something desperate: she enlists the aid of a soothsayer—a treasonous act, punishable by death, since magic was outlawed centuries ago.

Using the information provided by the sooth, and uncertain if she can trust her family, Hesina turns to Akira—a brilliant investigator who’s also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. With the future of Yan at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high?

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston Release Date: April 2nd Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ+

The Prince and the Pauper gets a modern makeover in this adorable, witty, and heartwarming young adult novel set in the Geekerella universe by national bestselling author Ashley Poston.

Imogen Lovelace is an ordinary fangirl on an impossible mission: save her favorite character, Princess Amara, from being killed off from her favorite franchise, Starfield. The problem is, Jessica Stone—the actress who plays Princess Amara—wants nothing more than to leave the intense scrutiny of the fandom behind. If this year’s ExcelsiCon isn’t her last, she’ll consider her career derailed.

When a case of mistaken identity throws look-a-likes Imogen and Jess together, they quickly become enemies. But when the script for the Starfield sequel leaks, and all signs point to Jess, she and Imogen must trade places to find the person responsible. That’s easier said than done when the girls step into each other’s shoes and discover new romantic possibilities, as well as the other side of intense fandom. As these “princesses” race to find the script-leaker, they must rescue themselves from their own expectations, and redefine what it means to live happily ever after.

Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller Release Date: April 9th Genre: YoungAdult, Contemporary, Feminism

A powerful, timely coming-of-age story about a young woman from Texas who goes on a road trip with two friends to get an abortion, from award-winning author Sharon Biggs Waller.

Camille couldn’t be having a better summer. But on the very night she learns she got into a prestigious theater program, she also finds out she’s pregnant. She definitely can’t tell her parents. And her best friend, Bea, doesn’t agree with the decision Camille has made.

Camille is forced to try to solve her problem alone . . . and the system is very much working against her. At her most vulnerable, Camille reaches out to Annabelle Ponsonby, a girl she only barely knows from the theater. Happily, Annabelle agrees to drive her wherever she needs to go. And in a last-minute change of heart, Bea decides to come with.

Girls on the Verge is an incredibly timely novel about a woman’s right to choose. Sharon Biggs Waller brings to life a narrative that has to continue to fight for its right to be told, and honored.

Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly Release Date: April 9th Genre: Historical Fiction

It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorker’s treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanov’s. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia’s Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller’s daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya’s letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend.

From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg to the avenues of Paris and the society of fallen Russian emigre’s who live there, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a momentous time in history.

When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton Release Date: April 9th Genre: Historical Fiction

Beautiful. Daring. Deadly.

The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez–her family, her people, her country. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro’s inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost.

As the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash of Cuban American politics and the perils of a forbidden affair with a powerful man driven by ambitions of his own. When the ever-changing tides of history threaten everything she has fought for, she must make a choice between her past and future–but the wrong move could cost Beatriz everything–not just the island she loves, but also the man who has stolen her heart…

Last Girl Lied To by L.E. Flynn Release Date: April 16th Genre: Young Adult, Thriller

Something made him angry that night. Something made her cry. Something made Trixie disappear. What if it was all the same thing? Fiona claims she doesn’t remember anything about the night her best friend left a party early and walked into the ocean. But the truth is, she wishes she could forget.

Trixie’s disappearance is ruled a suicide, but Fiona starts to believe that Trixie isn’t really dead. Piecing together the trail of a girl who doesn’t want to be found leads her to Jasper, Trixie’s former friend with benefits, and Beau—the boy who turned Fiona down, who loved someone else, who might be happy Trixie is gone.

The closer Fiona gets to finding out what happened, and the closer she gets to Jasper and Beau, the more she realizes that the girl she knew better than anyone may have been a carefully constructed lie—and she might have been waiting to disappear the entire time.

Told in alternating chapters between the past and the present, Last Girl Lied To is a gripping emotional thriller.

Normal People by Sally Rooney Release Date: April 16th Genre: Literary Fiction

A wondrous and wise coming-of-age love story from the celebrated author of Conversations with Friends

At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school football team, while she is lonely, proud and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers—one they are determined to conceal.

A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker Release Date: April 22nd Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Freddy Carlton knows she should be focusing on her lines for The Austen Playbook, a live-action TV event where viewers choose the outcome of each scene, but her concentration’s been blown. The palatial estate housing the endeavor is now run by the rude (brilliant) critic who’s consistently slammed her performances of late. James “Griff” Ford-Griffin has a penchant for sarcasm, a majestic nose and all the sensitivity of a sledgehammer.

She can’t take her eyes off him.

Griff can hardly focus with a contagious joy fairy flitting about near him, especially when Freddy looks at him like that. His only concern right now should be on shutting down his younger brother’s well-intentioned (disastrous) schemes—or at the very least on the production (not this one) that might save his family home from the banks.

Instead all he can think of is soft skin and vibrant curls.

As he’s reluctantly dragged into her quest to rediscover her passion for the stage and Freddy is drawn into his research on a legendary theater star, the adage about appearances being deceiving proves abundantly true. It’s the unlikely start of something enormous…but a single revelation about the past could derail it all.

How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. Goslee Release Date: April 23rd Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, LGBTQ+

Nolan Grant is sixteen, gay, and (definitely) still a virgin. He’s never had a boyfriend, or even been kissed. It’s not like Penn Valley is brimming with prospects. And when his big sister stages an elaborate “prom-posal” so Nolan can ask out his not-so-secret crush, Nolan freezes. He’s saved from further embarrassment by bad boy Bern, who, for his own reasons, offers to fake-date Nolan.

Nolan thinks it’s the perfect way to get Daphne off his back and spend the rest of the year drawing narwhals, tending to plants, and avoiding whatever died under his bed a few weeks ago. What he doesn’t think about is Bern’s ex-girlfriend, who seriously wants to kill him.

If I’m Being Honest by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka Release Date: April 23rd Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Retellings

High school senior Cameron Bright’s reputation can be summed up in one word: bitch. It’s no surprise she’s queen bee at her private L.A. high school—she’s beautiful, talented, and notorious for her cutting and brutal honesty. So when she puts her foot in her mouth in front of her crush, Andrew, she fears she may have lost him for good.

In an attempt to win him over, Cameron resolves to “tame” herself, much like Katherine in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. First, she’ll have to make amends with those she’s wronged, which leads her to Brendan, the guy she labelled with an unfortunate nickname back in the sixth grade. At first, Brendan isn’t all that receptive to Cameron’s ploy. But slowly, he warms up to her when they connect over the computer game he’s developing. Now if only Andrew would notice…

But the closer Cameron gets to Brendan, the more she sees he appreciates her personality—honesty and all—and wonders if she’s compromising who she is for the guy she doesn’t even want.

Cape May by Chip Cheek Release Date: April 30th Genre: Historical Fiction

Late September 1957. Henry and Effie, very young newlyweds from Georgia, arrive in Cape May, New Jersey, for their honeymoon only to find the town is deserted. Feeling shy of each other and isolated, they decide to cut the trip short. But before they leave, they meet a glamorous set of people who sweep them up into their drama. Clara, a beautiful socialite who feels her youth slipping away; Max, a wealthy playboy and Clara’s lover; and Alma, Max’s aloof and mysterious half-sister, to whom Henry is irresistibly drawn.

The empty beach town becomes their playground, and as they sneak into abandoned summer homes, go sailing, walk naked under the stars, make love, and drink a great deal of gin, Henry and Effie slip from innocence into betrayal, with irrevocable consequences.

Erotic and moving, this is a novel about marriage, love and sexuality, and the lifelong repercussions that meeting a group of debauched cosmopolitans has on a new marriage.

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole Release Date: April 30th Genre: Contemporary, Romance

The Reluctant Royals series returns with a good girl searching for the life that’s not too big, and not too small, and the bad boy prince who might be just right for her…

Nya Jerami fled Thesolo for the glitz and glamour of NYC but discovered that her Prince Charming only exists in her virtual dating games. When Nya returns home for a royal wedding, she accidentally finds herself up close and personal—in bed—with the real-life celebrity prince who she loves to hate.

For Johan von Braustein, the red-headed step-prince of Liechtienbourg, acting as paparazzi bait is a ruse that protects his brother—the heir to the throne—and his own heart. When a royal referendum threatens his brother’s future, a fake engagement is the perfect way to keep the cameras on him.

Nya and Johan both have good reasons to avoid love, but as desires are laid bare behind palace doors, they must decide if their fake romance will lead to a happily-ever-after.

Happy reading!

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And now that I’ve written up the panels I attended*, I will attempt to write a little bit about the ones I was actually on. I’m not multi-taskented enough to take vigorous notes while actually panelling, but I’ll try and get some basics down at least. Please feel free to comment with additions and corrections!

(* - I did not write up the Leverage panel because 1) I was super exhausted, and 2) it was mostly a FEELS/SQUEE panel anyway, and 3) I figured (rightly) that it would be heavily live-tweeted anyway, so instead of my trusty notebook and pen, I brought my pillow and I got there early and took up two chairs - I apologize as I know it ended up being standing room only but I decided this was an access issue as if I could not put my feet up my gimpy ass was going to have to go back to bed - and I kinda hugged the wall while sobbing freely, cheering loudly, and generally having an exceptional time. Check the #LeverageFandom on twitter for actual accounts, including some of the show creators tweeting back at the fans awwwww)

Anyway, the first panel that I was on was Science Fiction on TV (#SFonTV) with moderator Carrie Pruett and fellow panelists Sigrid Ellis and Candra K. Gill. 

I was super excited to be on this panel because TV is my JAM and also all of those panelists are excellent people that I’ve had the privilege of panneling with in the past. 

It was primarily a squee panel and I recall raving about 12 Monkeys, Dark Matter, Lucifer, Orphan Black, Luke Cage, Colony, The Expanse, and Timeless among other shows.

Candra and I bonded over being some of the few who prefer Dark Matter over Killjoys (I like them both but DM is one of my absolute faves and I feel like KJ gets a ton more attention).

We discussed some SFF comedies such as The Good Place, The Last Man on Earth, Powerless, and my personal rec: People of Earth (seriously watch this show). 

We chatted about the proliferation of superhero shows (”when is Marvel going to get in the game?” LOL), and also time travel shows - some that succeeded and some that failed. 

OUaT was brought up and many of us agreed that it’s one of those shows we just can’t quit even though we want to. 

And then we did talk some about how much more representation we want out of our TV - specifically out of SFF TV because if they can have magic and super powers and time travel and futuristic sets and space travel - surely they could also have more people of color, more fat people, more disabled people, more queer people, more people of all shapes and sizes and colors. Why is this so hard!?

A few recs that others gave that I wrote down include: The Celluloid Closet documentary (that’s been rec’d to me before, I should really get on that), following Vincent D’Onofrio on twitter, and the show 3%. 

At the end, I did my usual “I love TV - come talk to me about it” spiel, and my MOM from the audience said some embarrassing thing about how I also write great reviews (I don’t even really DO that anymore mom!) so I waved my hand and said “that’s my mom everyone - don’t listen to her!” - and then gave her a big hug after because that’s just such a my-mom thing of her to do and it’s so adorable how she always wants to come to WisCon to “see me talk”. 

The next panel I was on was Where Do We Dystopia From Here? (#WhitherDystopia on the tweeters), which had a pretty good turn-out for a 10:30 pm panel. Our mod got sick so we had a sub-mod who had to kinda jump in to the subject matter last minute. I had some issues with my fellow panelist which isn’t worth getting into on a public post but otherwise I think the panel was good and the audience contributed a lot, which was cool, especially since we were across the hall from the Vid Party!

The hashtag for this one got some good rep, so check that out for a complete idea of how the panel went. I know I started off giving some history of the terms dystopia and utopia because I am a nerd who looks these things up ahead of time. 

I also brought up “whose dystopia? dystopia for who?” a lot as a theme because so many dystopias focus on specific privileged groups who are suddenly having to face conditions that actual real populations of people are already dealing with, which can be frustrating. Also a main theme of dystopias is that some small group of powerful people are in control and wielding that authority in horrific ways - so for that small group of people - it’s not a dystopia. Basically, I just really want to encourage people to be constantly asking themselves whose dystopia is this, for whom is this a dystopia - both in their fiction and in real life.

We talked some about the differences and similarities between post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. One thing I’d noted when looking at examples myself was that post-apoc. fiction tends to be in more rural settings with themes about survival, and dystopian fiction tends to be set in more urban settings with the main theme being resistance. Of course, the two can be put together - especially when a dystopia arises after some cataclysmic event. But another form of dystopia is the kind I related to the frog-in-the-pot analogy of it happening slowly and gradually around people so that before they realize they’re in a dystopia it’s already too late.

Themes of dystopian fiction we discussed included: those in power using propaganda to make citizens believe they’re in an utopia; that the totalitarian control of a dystopia can come from any direction - both socialist and capitalist dystopias, dystopias where religion is suppressed or used to oppress, governments taken over or corporations have or technological advances have, etc.; constant surveillance being either a reality or a belief held to keep people under control, dehumanization of the groups being controlled.

When defining dystopia, especially in relation to similar genres, I said it’s kind of like the old saying about porn in that “I know it when I see it.” There’s a specific feel to dystopias - they don’t always fit exactly, but we recognize these common themes and kind of settle in to it.

I talked some about real life examples including the often-used Nazi Germany one, but also stuff from our own history in the U.S. - slavery, conditions after Hurricane Katrina, and frankly what’s happening right now in Flint, MI with the water crisis. 

We talked about what is useful about dystopian fiction - how it reflects a society’s deepest fears and hopes for itself, can draw attention to current real issues, and can provide us with hope and even ideas as to how to resist dystopian aspects of our current situations - or where we see things going in the future.

As far as limitations and problems with the genre, I know I talked some about how most dystopian stories only focus on one or two issues and then take them to a sort of ridiculous extreme which can undermine the multiplicity of issues actually facing us and make us take them less seriously. Also, a common trope of YA dystopias specifically is that one special person who alone has the power to topple the powerful regime and how that trope can lessen the idea that we can all fight back and overcome these things. 

We talked some about the increase in sales of 1984 and BNW after Trump’s election and what that means. I specifically found it interesting that it was these classics written by white guys and not more recent dystopias that may be more applicable or female authors, authors of color, etc. 

I remember being asked about dystopias from more marginalized voices and wondering aloud about examples of poc authors writing dystopias - I could think of Octavia Butler’s Parable series and posited that N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth series might fit (got some questioning looks there so IDK if I sold that or not), and someone in the audience reminded me of Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince (which I need to read!), but I don’t think we came up with anything else. 

There was an audience comment about having trouble relating to urban dystopias where they just don’t have skills that could keep them alive because they feel like those would be fairly easy things to learn how to do. I talked about a common theme in dystopias being that either nature no longer exists because we’ve destroyed it or it’s being forbidden in some way - such as in The Hunger Games. 

Some of the sources I referenced included: Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty Four, Woman on the Edge of Time, The Handmaid’s Tale, Parable of the Sower, The Hunger Games series, 12 Monkeys, Mad Max, The Matrix, The Purge movies, Continuum, Colony.

Recs from others that I managed to jot down: Paolo Bacigalupi’s work, Lois Lowry’s The Giver, The Roar and The Whisper by Emma Clayton, Jennifer Government by Max Barry, the Silo series by Hugh Howey, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, Underground Airlines by Ben Winters, and the Snowpiercer movie.

(I was pleased after attending the other Dystopia panel the next day that we hadn’t had too much overlap. Ours was focused primarily on fiction with a little bit about real life where the other one focused more on real life stuff as it pertains to fiction.)

The third and final panel I was on was The Age of the Scifi Cop Show (#ScifiCops) with moderator Candra K. Gill and my fellow panelist Samuel Steinbrock-Pratt. 

This one’s got a lot in the hashtag too, so check it out! Candra and Samuel had a lot of cool stuff to say, as did our lively audience. Samuel especially had a great perspective because he’s a criminal defense attorney.

We discussed issues of surveillance and privacy as it relates both to tech-heavy sci-fi shows and more paranormal shows where, for instance, the zombie can eat a murder victim’s brain and gain their memories like in iZombie. 

We talked a lot about superhero/vigilante shows and how they represent who is and isn’t allowed to break the laws and why. Samuel had some strong feelings about Daredevil, especially, as a defense attorney who 1) only wants to represent the innocent and 2) goes out and breaks laws all the time himself. I added that Luke Cage did some interesting things in regards to intersections with vigilantism and law enforcement, as well as race, class, and gender. 

Person of Interest was another show we talked about a lot, both positive and negative. 

One topic was why there are so many scifi cop shows, and just cop shows anyway. Part of the reason is that it’s a nice formula for a show to follow in a serial format. Another is the ability for lots of excitement and drama involved. Also examined was the idea of who profits from having a common narrative where the cops are our protags?

We talked some about how these shows, in a genre that’s supposed to be about stretching the imagination, still don’t address so many systemtic issues in the police such as racism and abelism. Some shows actively reinforce these things by having us rooting for cops who are corrupt themselves, where other shows just gloss over these problems by having active surveillance and yet not dealing with things such as stop and frisk laws.

Samuel and Candra had some great things to say about cop shows set in the future and how they tend to criminalize the same things we do now, but that what we decide are crimes changes over time. For example - drug crimes are a thing that a futuristic cop/legal show could show having been abolished. Or what about a future where there are no cops? What about reparative justice?

An audience member asked about an epidemiological approach to crime. They used the example of lead poisoning leading to violence, which another audience member refuted, but the issue of taking an approach of what health issues might be causing crime remained of interest. The Reavers from Firefly were brought up.

I talked about a Canadian show called Cracked, starring David Sutcliffe, which is not a Sci-fi show, but does deal with cops gaining a greater understanding of how mental health issues intersect with crime - from either the perpetrator or victim side of things. The show paired cops with psychiatrists or psych nurses in a unit specially created to deal with crime relating to mental illness. 

We talked some about shows coming more from the outlaw angle such as Mr. Robot and Leverage.

Other shows I brought up included Stitchers, Limitless, Lucifer, Lost Girl, Minority Report, Continuum, and IDK a bunch more. 

Some stuff that got rec’d that I wrote down to check out included: Ultraviolet (the TV show not the movie), and the book A Door Into Ocean for it’s portrayal of banishment and reconciliatory justice. 

Phew! And so. Those were my panels. Or at least, what I can recall of them a good week later. 

I always appreciate getting feedback as a panelist - so feel free to chat with me, privately or publicly, about how you think the panel went if you were at any of these! 

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Five years ago, Sandy hit. Credit Marcus Yam for The New York Times

Good morning on this soggy Monday.

Five years ago today, New York City’s deadliest hurricane in modern history barreled through our neighborhoods, flooding houses, lifting cars and shutting down power in some areas.

By the time Hurricane Sandy had passed, it had killed 43 people in New York City (more than half of whom were in Staten Island) and caused $19 billion in damage here.

And it could happen again sooner than you might think.

According to a new study, storms that bring Sandy-like flooding to New York City could happen every five years by 2030.

We asked readers who were directly affected by storm how they would prepare differently for the next Sandy-like hurricane. Here are a few of the responses:

“Evacuate before the storm, bringing both of our cars. Assume the flooding will be worse. Don’t use the floor as a filing system in my home office.”

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Gina and Stu Dubner, 54 and 60, Oceanside, N.Y.

“I would move my car to higher ground and remove anything from the floor of the storage room and garage. Since we were without power for almost a week, I would ensure I have plenty of candles and foods that don’t require heating. Big mistake last time!”

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— Ava Sloane, 63, Hoboken, N.J.

“Get your house raised! NY Rising offers grant money, which covers part of the cost. It’s a very professional and well-run organization. We did it in 2015 and the peace of mind is deafening.”

— Anne Fogarty, 69, Remsenburg, N.Y.

“I have already prepared for the next Sandy. I have enough dry goods food to last for two weeks and water to last for a week. I choose to live on the top floor of my walk-up apartment building to avoid flooding. In addition, I have camping gear such as lanterns, sleeping bags and backpacks in case I need to leave on foot and if it gets really cold again after the storm.”

— Brett Lipschultz, 29, Hoboken, N.J.

“ I would have carefully reviewed my homeowners and flood insurance policies and prepare for what it would take to get our claim resolved. I would have removed more items from our home and started to look at possible places to live, if necessary. Most importantly, I would have done everything I could to try and protect my children’s emotional health.”

— Colleen Cronin Mulieri, 49, Babylon, N.Y.

“I was out of power for two weeks. Looking back, I would have bought more beer and not put it in the fridge, because it smelled like dead cat.”

— John Kelly, 55, Jersey City, N.J.

Here’s what else is happening:

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Decorative ghouls and gourds should get a good wash today. We are expecting rain and very gusty winds this morning.

Hair forecast: Bewitched Bette.

But the skies should be bone dry by this afternoon when the high could be near 60.

Halloween looks charming: It should be mostly sunny during the day, and as you head out to trick-or-treat the temperature should hover in the mid-50s.

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In the News

• On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a look at how prepared the city is to handle the next storm of that magnitude. [New York Times]

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Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall in the New York City region on Oct. 29, 2012, plunged Manhattan, from Midtown south to the Financial District, into darkness for several days. While much of the region’s inundated infrastructure has been repaired, many of the plans to stormproof the city are still just that — plans. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times

• Justin Brannan, a Brooklyn Democrat seeking election to the New York City Council, is tasked with winning over residents who aren’t fans of Mayor Bill de Blasio. [New York Times]

• In order for Puerto Rico to recover from Hurricane Maria’s devastation, members of the diaspora will have to pressure Congress to act, experts say. [New York Times]

• A new art exhibit that displays mice in cages has drawn outrage from animal advocates. [New York Times]

• Five years after Hurricane Sandy, residents affected by the storm share how they managed to rebuild their lives. [New York Times]

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• A victim who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a beloved priest came forward and shared his story. [New York Times]

• Police officers seized an ancient Persian artifact from an art fair at the Park Avenue Armory, after it was revealed that it entered the country illegally. [New York Times]

• Limited-edition MetroCards designed by the artist Barbara Kruger will be randomly distributed to vending machines in four subway stations. [New York Times]

• A borough-by-borough look at the books New Yorkers check out at the New York Public Library. [New York Post]

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• Two Bushwick cafes are serving a drink made from a plant that some claim helps opioid withdrawals. [Bushwick Daily]

• Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “Ellis Island Reverie”

• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Morning Briefing.

Coming Up Today

• Tour some of the more popular areas of Central Park, including the Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace and Strawberry Fields, beginning at East 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue. 11 a.m. [Free]

• Hear Broadway singers perform a concert of new music at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side. 6 p.m. [Free]

• A discussion, “Living Gig to Gig in NYC’s Freelance Economy,” at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights. 6:30 p.m. [$5]

• Explore the past, present and future of African-American archives with Theaster Gates, the director of the Rebuild Foundation, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. 6:30 p.m. [Free]

• Islanders host Golden Knights, 7 p.m. (MSG+).

• Alternate-side parking remains in effect until Nov. 1.

• For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.

And Finally…

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The Village is the place to be on Oct. 31. Credit Earl Wilson/The New York Times

There are only two days left to attend events in your Halloween costume, before it become truly creepy.

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If you’re looking to get more mileage out it, flaunt it at one of these Halloween events.

Today

• Join a candlelight tour and get to know the ghosts and other worldly happenings at the Merchant’s House Museum in Greenwich Village. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. [$40]

• Explore the haunted areas of Brooklyn in a trolley on Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours beginning at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn Heights. 7 and 9 p.m. [$69]

• Hear the authors Cristina Rivera Garza and Samantha Hunt discuss the Queer Horror genre at the Mid-Manhattan Library in Midtown Manhattan. 6:30 p.m. [Free]

• Hear scary stories live onstage, accompanied by an orchestra and sound effects, at the H.P. Lovecraft Festival in Greenwich Village. 8 p.m. [$24]

Tomorrow

• Learn how to hunt for ghosts and attempt to communicate with spirits during a paranormal investigation at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in the Bronx. 7 to 10 p.m. [$30]

• Visit a haunted house. A writer for The Times recently visited four of them in one night.

• Here are the best neighborhoods for trick-or-treating and the best Halloween parades for kids, according to Mommy Poppins.

• And for the adults, the Village Halloween parade, which draws tens of thousands of costumed marchers, starts at 7 p.m. at Sixth Avenue at Canal Street.

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