#i hope you like the loreley verse

[bravewolfvesperia]

[ src. ] whatever you did, it worked.

( from asch! hello hello :3 )

@ervaurem

"Looks like it." That meant all the blastia were in fact definitively gone - at least, no longer functional. Even if they all still had their work cut out for them because of that, it did mean the immediate threat was no longer a problem. For once, they could stop running around worried about entire world affecting bullshit. There wasn't really time for a break though. People would still need actual fighters until everything stabilized. Theoretically he could just throw his own blastia out, and logically, he should. They should really be throwing all of them out in case someone somehow found a way to use them again... but part of him didn't have it in him to get rid of his own.

As far as actual fighters went though, he wasn't sure what it meant for them. Right now, none of them knew how drastically this would affect them. No matter how good they were, they might have had to attribute that to blastia and not so much their own skill. Most likely, they would have to retrain themselves. "What about you? If you still have things you need to attend to, as far as Brave Vesperia goes, we're free agents now."

[thedesignatedvillainesses]

@princesssolaria liked for a starter!

Ingrid was in the middle of work when she noticed the young girl wandering into the tavern. She blinked, looking towards the girl, before approaching her quickly, leaning down a little to meet her gaze.

“Hello, there...do you need any help?”

[lilxmcrtes]

AU!

send me ‘AU!’ and i will ramble about an AU | Anonymous | Mun

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Ugh I'm so tempted to talk about all the U.mbrella A.cademy stuff I've plotted but at the same time I wanna write up to it all and reveal that way for once. What I will say tho, I've got 3 verses/timelines. One that works with the show, one for the U.mbrella A.cademy in general, and one for the S.parrow A.cademy in general. They each end up a bit different for Eira and so in line with things imo and I'm just so excited to write about it.

So if anyone else wants to hmu 👀

Something to ramble about tho... Let's talk about... Btw this is a good moment to realize I don’t have much in the way of AUs in the first place. T.U.A., mutant / M.C.U / etc., Band AU... Oo! I’ll talk about the meta-ish Actor AU! The next one I answer will be about the “reverse verse” type stuff.

So for the meta!Actor AU, as in the muses are actually just actors playing their characters, I’ve always kinda thought Eira and Aeron’s actors were cousins or something. You get sibling pairs directing / acting, so I just thought that’d be interesting and fun :3

I also picture Eira’s actress to be kinda snooty and dramatic. Probably be like “Oh my poor baby” about her character, but in a way that makes Eira sound helpless and pathetic rather than conflicted and desperate to be loved.

Aeron’s actor on the other hand is pretty mellow. Kind of generally A Chill Dude. Talks about his experience in exploring someone who is so fragile and scared that he pushes people away by being defensive and standoffish all the time. It’s exhausting and he hopes Aeron will chill out a little.

Oliver’s actor is a mix of the two, in the sense that he can give off that classic Tortured Male Writer vibe, talking about his character and wanting to make him complex and all. Not without making a few good points here and there though. He’s still A Nice Guy, occasionally even sweet, and people like him.

Lorelei’s actress is the sweetest and the silliest of them though. She doesn’t get much screen time but she still manages to hold up film shoots by being a goofball. Lovable and adorable. Given the kind of person her character is though, she tends to get the most inappropriate questions. Aeron’s actor will try to steal them when he’s around or she’ll work her way around it or keep it vague.

Tripp’s actor is surprisingly shy and quiet, and kinda awkward, but endearing, of course. He doesn’t have much screen time either. It’s also awkward because they have him around for interviews but he doesn’t really talk. Though rumor has it, he has a crush on one of the actresses so that’s sparking some fan discussion.

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[stratuscloudsurfer]

Champion Stadium Hard Level 1 Strategy Guide

Ok, since I had fits with the champion stadium (especially round 3), and I’m hard pressed to find any strategy for it yet, I’m going to share the exact teams and order I used to finally attain victory, in hopes of helping someone else do the same.

WARNING LONG POST UNDER THE CUT

Round 1: (Parameter: Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents!) Lorelei

So, Leaf was basically tailor made for this battle against Lorelei. Use razor leaf turn 1, and all three opponents will most likely get badly poised. From there, I set up Mega Healing and used Dawn to buff defense, freeing Brendan up to do his thing. Lorelei’s team went down pretty quickly, mostly thanks to the massive amount of poison damage. 

I think other sync pairs that would work well during Round 1 are Koga, Lyra, or Rosa. In hindsight, I wish I had used Lyra or Rosa in lieu of Dawn, as the extra healing she provided was altogether unnecessary due to how fast my opponents went down to poison damage and Sceptile’s leaf storm. 

Also, I know that the game recommends you take out the two pokemon on the sides first, but I went into this round without reading the tips, and took out Lapras first. I’m not sure how much of a difference it would make to take out the other two first, but taking out the center mon first worked out for me in this round. 

Round 2: (Parameter: Use sync moves quickly against all opponents!) Bruno

Sygna suit Blue came in SUPER clutch this battle. His move “To the Top!” was super useful in accelerating the move gauge for Kris’s Mega Kick. I used one at the beginning, and the second one when the first one ran out. Hilbert, of course, is an ideal support for Kris. His attack and speed boosts get rid of the need for Kris to waste any turns using her attack boosts, freeing her up to straight up attack right off the bat. 

As for strategy, mine was basically to spam Mega Kick over and over again. Again, I focused on taking down the center mon first. One recommendation I have is to use Blue’s sync move on your first opportunity. This activates Force Field 4, which will give your team a Sp. Def buff, as well as the Safety Net. The fact that Blue and Hilbert could survive one more attack meant that the opponent’s pokemon had other targets to get through before they could take out Kris. I truly believe this ability got me the W in the end. 

I think other sync pairs that would work well for this parameter might be Siebold and Clawitzer paired with Winona and any other support that could boost special attack. If you don’t have Hilbert but do have Kris, Maylene would be a great support for her, as well. 

Round 3: (Make use of special damage reductions to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk!) Lance

Round three was, hands down, the hardest one for me. I spent AGES trying to take down Lance with all kinds of different combinations of sync pairs. It was especially frustrating because the opposing Lance’s Dragonite was practically indestructible with its Clearheaded ability, which prevented the confusion it otherwise would have hit itself in probably a thousand times due to spamming Outrage over and over. 

I tried for a long time to use Lyra in lieu of MC and Torchic, as I wanted to save her for Blue, but I had no other choice. MC’s “Blazing Hope!” was absolutely necessary to boost the power of Lance’s Hyper Beam. My strategy was to use both “Blazing Hope”s and Drake’s Special Defense boosts at the very beginning of the battle as quickly as possible, then fire off Hyper Beams at the pokemon on either sides. I at first tried to take out the center mon first like in the previous battles, but this time, it was impossible to win any other way than to take out the side mons first. 

I burned up MC’s two attack boosts to get down to my Lance’s first sync move, and used Drake’s “Hard to Starboard!” just before the opposing Lance could use his sync move, which is helpful because it had the additional effect of charging up the move gauge and allowing my Lance to fire off more Hyper Beams. I used Lance’s potions to heal up MC’s Torchic and keep it alive as long as possible. I saved both “Now or Never!”s until the very end of the battle, then used them both in between two Hyper Beams that delivered the final blow to the opposing Lance’s extremely infuriating Dragonite. 

All this being said, I think I probably battled Lance a good 50 times before I got the W. Other combinations I tried was swapping Zinnia for Lance and Maylene for MC, but neither of those worked very well, I think due to the lack of healing capability. I think Zinnia could be useful in this battle if you had the Clearheaded ability unlocked as a lucky skill and a support sync pair that had healing capability, such as Dawn or Skyla. Additionally, I had to fully unlock Drake’s type skills, and my MC’s potential was boosted up to 4 1/2 stars. 

Round 4: (Parameter: Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents!) Agatha

I actually tried versing Agatha in Round 3 Acerola, Fantina, and Pheobe, but found it to be even more impossible than Lance on the 3rd round, which is why I decided to save her for last. 

Elesa was definitely the MVP of this battle. I took a look at her sync grid and unlocked it to the point that I could get the MP refresh for “Breathtaking!” and it was a game changer. I used up both of her Special Attack boosts and Acerola’s Defense boosts the beginning of the battle, then targeted the side mons first with Fantina’s Shadow Ball. I used up Acerola’s “Over Here!” right before Agatha’s Gengar could use it’s sync move, which would allow Elesa’s Rotom to stay alive and continue using “Breathtaking!” to get down to Fantina’s sync move continuously. I waited until Gengar was the only pokemon left to use Fantina’s two “Dance with Me!”s so that I could fire off the two Shadow Balls that delivered the death blow. 

If you don’t have Fantina, I think that Shauntal would be an excellent swap in for her. In place of Elesa, Rosa or Cheren would probably be good support mons, especially with Cheren’s full heal to get rid of the self-inflicted burn that would probably take Shauntal out fairly quickly otherwise. I’m sure Morty would be good as well, but I can’t speak for him because I don’t have him. I highly recommend Acerola as at least one of your allies for this team, though, as her type skills were super helpful fully unlocked. 

Round 5: (Parameters: Use physical attacks against opponents with low defense! / Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents!) Blue

I hated to be so cliche as to use Red against Blue, but... well, he’s obscenely strong, so I had to do it to him. This was the exact team I used. I chose the status effects condition with Flannery in mind, and let me tell you, it was the right decision. I actually intended to level all of these guys up to max before I challenged Blue, but I ran completely out of level up materials, and so decided just to go ahead and challenge him to get a feel for how the battle would be. I didn’t expect to win on the first try, but this team brought me to a solid and swift victory. 

Skyla is an ideal partner for Red because her “Take Flight!”s negate the massive drop in both defenses that Charizard incurs after using “My Destiny!” My strategy in this battle was to use both “My Destiny!”s and “Take Flight!”s at the very beginning of the battle, then to burn Blue’s Exeggutor with Will-O-Wisp immediately after the status boosts. I unlocked Skyla’s sync grid enough to get the MP refresh for Potion, which was super duper helpful. I think it refreshed a good 5 times, allowing me to heal her up to survive all the attacks directed at her, as well as her two allies after Blue’s sync move had been used. With Red, I spammed Heat Wave before and after his sync move until both side mons went down, then used a couple of Blast Burns to take down Blue’s Exeggutor. 

Other sync pairs that I think have potential for this battle are Flint in lieu of Red and Blaine in lieu of Flannery. Of course, MC and Torchic would be a great support for this battle, as well. 

And there you have it! Now of course, I’m not a Pokemon Masters expert, or am in any way claiming to be. I just hoped that my struggle could perhaps help someone else out with this challenge. Also, if anyone else has beat the Champion Stadium with other sync pairs, I would love to hear what you used! 

[symphonialauren]

‘Akzeriuth’

Something I thought up while I was at work. I wrote it on a piece of receipt paper and typed it up when I got home.

This is a parody of ‘Revenge’ which is itself a parody of ‘DJ Got Us Falling in Love’. Parodyception.

Spoilers under Read More.

Intro Dist the Reaper Awww man

Verse 1 So we down in the mine Got our fonons swinging from side to side Side-side to side I'm the ambassador Hope to make Van happy tonight-night-night Happy tonight "Hey bud, do what I say to clear up the Miasma Now that the Daathic Seal's gone." A Hyper Resonance! Now the town is starting to slide-slide-slide Slide-slide-slide

Chorus 1 'Cause baby tonight! A Sephiroth Tree's getting cut down again! 'Cause baby tonight! We're falling down into the Qliphoth again! And we tried to save this guy's son but he was stuck under his dad's corpse. 'Cause baby tonight! Tear's magic singing saved us from dying then!

Verse 2 Now everybody's dead Didn't think my teacher would lie-lie-lie lie-lie-lie-lie And I'm a replica Learned that during Asch and mine's fight-fight-fight Fight-fight-fight-fight Haircut. Now I've gotta go and fix the things I screwed up. But my friends; they don't trust me It's not my fault you guys! Don't you know I'm not all that bright-bright-bright Bright-bright-bright

Chorus 2 'Cause baby tonight! Kimlasca and Malkuth go to war again! 'Cause baby tonight! I'll sacrifice myself in the Tower of Rem! And we fought Van and he fell off but then it turned out he wasn't dead 'Cause baby tonight! It's time for us to go do some sidequests!

Rap (Master Van, you're mine. Haha.) Field of Fonons, Capacity Cores I need some good equipment so I'll go to Din's store Celestial Elegy don't scare me, no I've got the Key of Lorelei so come at me bro Huh? Training with my friend under the moonlight Learning Sonic Thrust from Guy, it isn't what you think alright? Every single day and the whole night Grinding for experience, woo, alright Even though I'm just a replica Luke Thwarting the Score that's what I'm gonna do I've got grade shop bonuses; Second playthrough Even on Unknown I'd beat you, bring it

Bridge 'Cause baby tonight, God Generals are dropping like flies, so sad... Yeah baby tonight, Fight with Asch to see who will go And get through the door! Whoa-oh~ A boss fight! Another boss fight! Man you can tell this game's almost done

Verse 3 'Cause baby tonight! Eldrant is falling down in the ocean! 'Cause baby tonight! My friends are hoping that I'll come back again! And Asch fell into my arms and Lorelei said I did a good job. 'Cause baby tonight! I wonder who showed up at the very end?

[shewassoferal]

about Jemma page for mobile

basic information

FULL NAME: Jemma Anne Simmons ETHNICITY: Jewish ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION: straight (but demiromantic) and very confused by romance since she hasn't experienced it yet (and has trouble understanding what isn't spelled out to her, feelings-wise). Will be very into hook ups (even if I often fade to black). RELIGION: atheist SPOKEN LANGUAGE: English, British and American Sign Languages, Italian, some Spanish, Latin. (oddly good with accents) OCCUPATION: (genius) biochemist and field agent until the Monolith, then mostly consultant for the lab department and operative.

physical traits

TATTOOS: a small compass on her bikini line, on the left. NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: after the planet, two very large scars along her stomach and belly (wounds that she had to cauterize), an equally treated long scar around her arm, inches below her wrist. A scar left from a bite on her lower back. Her skin is black around her wrists because of a tentacle plant, she usually wears wristbands to hide it. Several smaller scars on her arms and legs. A scar from scoliosis surgery on her back. More burns on her torso from Giyera. After s4, a scar from a stab wound left by LMD Fitz, a smaller one over her hairline from him as well, and another robot programmed by fear!Doctor shot her other leg. And freckles.

phobias and disorders

PHOBIAS: see her about. MENTAL DISORDERS: PTSD and autism.

biography/about

The most important part to read because I'm very canon divergent, or at least you should read s3 and the effects of the planet and this page, especially if you don't know aos well. Crossovers can always happen and are welcomed (aus with those are in the verse page). After she comes back from Maveth, she'll always wear warmers to hide the scars on her arms or gauntlets and, on missions, when she might be still out at night she has goggles/glasses to see in the dark and not freak out, as well as weapons always hidden all over her clothes. Every now and then she might use more tech we have seen in the show, like a gauntlet that can create a shield (also worn over her arm). Keep in mind that while I tend to give as many flaws as they have qualities, how many weaknesses as they have strengths (you spend time bettering something, something else will be ignored), I write this specific Jemma as still a genius but also a fighter hard to defeat; she gets injured a lot around season 3, she's still learning proper moves, but doesn't let that stop her and in the next seasons she's getting better with training. She's pretty easy to put into lots of "cliché" plots we see on tumblr, where she's the muse who is beyond protective, grumpy at first and soft later, sassy, fighty, gets constantly hurt, takes everything too literally, she doesn't expect to be loved and feels like a bad person but will not make choices for others (she learned from past mistakes) and allow them to be close to her while warning them about the risks. When she melts, she's still extra cute and loving, though. Jemma considers her team a family. Often, but not much during season 3, I write her as a pretty sassy, gruff friend who is, of course, sweet and compassionate to people she loves, but also awkward, not too good at interacting with people appropriately, petty, vindictive, mean to people she doesn't like, cocky, yet full of self-hatred when it comes to her past mistakes, prone to guilt and hiding her problems, and, in a way, ready to be 'taken in' by your character and to form some strong bond in which she's protective and either openly supportive or hiding it behind a bickering exterior. She also lost lots of her impulse control and the filter between thoughts and words. She'll get in constant trouble as always, rush into danger, and scold her friends for doing the same. She'll react to things with her weird brand of humor, but also panic, temporarily lose hope, need comfort, just like an other normal person; she cannot be expected to give people constant hope and be optimistic since she has her own burdens to carry but she'll do her best to help. Season 1 is pretty much the same, bubbly scientist who needs to be reminded of what's creepy and inappropriate and likes following rules as long as she agrees with them, but since she has no medical training I headcanon that she wings it and is very proud of herself for making it work. She's not meant to be a doctor, however, and will be extremely freaked out whenever performing surgery; in season 1 and in every other season she will run away to cry right after. She has no idea that Lorelei did more to Ward than to just use him to find their Bus, or she wouldn't be joking about men being weaker than women. She did NOT have a crush on Grant Ward; she cleaned up her language to avoid an awkward moment with Coulson when interrogated in season 3, but Jemma simply felt sexual attraction for him. (She felt sexual attraction towards many men she met, since they were her type in one way or another). She's also not the extra nice and friendly person as she's usually mistaken for, but she hides mean comments or her cockyness behind a sweet voice. She was already vindictive and ready to fight in s1, as well as overconfident. She is a loving and supportive friend but only to either people she likes or those she just met who need a hand. Season 2 She trained before going undercover and never stopped; driven by PTSD, her vengeful streak, her distance from the team and her self-hatred, Jemma started believing that making hard calls and being the expendable one was her role in the team; that, and to protect her friends not only from threats but from becoming like her. They were the good guys, she was just trying her best. Killing Ward was an obsession that she had a hard time letting go of, and she was ready to give her life for several reasons, but it was still hurtful to be believed capable of hurting Daisy. She had a harder time forgiving Bobbi and Mack, she didn't blame Kara Palamas for her brainwashing - though she definitely still judged the couple Kara-Ward (when she hates someone she'll be biased and petty). From her point of view, Ward was probably using her. Either there was never a love declaration from Fitz or, if you are a Fitz rper, we can plot differently. There will be no Will so either way we'll skip that love triangle. disclaimer for who didn't read the previous pages and jumped to this: crossovers can always happen (aus with those are in the verse page). After she comes back from the planet, she'll always wear warmers to hide the scars on her arms, and on missions when she might be still out at night she has goggles/glasses to see in the dark and not freak out, and weapons hidden all over her clothes. Every now and then she might use more tech we have seen in the show, like a gauntlet that can create a shield (also worn over her arm). Keep in mind that while I tend to give as many flaws as they have qualities, how many weaknesses as they have strengths, I write this specific Jemma as a fighter hard to defeat; she gets injured a lot around season 3, she's still learning proper moves, but doesn't let that stop her and in the next seasons she's getting better with training. On the planet or season 3 Jemma has lived one year in Maveth, while it was six months for people on Earth, and has adapted to the place, responding to the constant threats and violence by turning just as feral as the beasts there. There was a red 'sun' and I have several headcanons on flora and fauna but it's something that can be told by Jemma if she's asked. A tentacle plant left her skin black around her wrists, and she has two large cauterized wounds along her abdomen, another cauterized cut on her arm, and a small bite mark on her back. She found a Kree staff and used it to hunt, becoming much better at fighting, but thinking too much meant hesitating and dying, so she had to rely on instincts and that impulsive behavior became a part of her. She also still talked to her friends as if they were there while aware they were not. After the planet, season 3 or the Big Change It's obvious right away that Jemma isn't herself after Fitz takes her home: her health is terrible, she clings to her closest friends, she hides in her room (a new one she asked upstairs, because windows are vital for her), the hypervigilant and aggressive state she's in. It takes her more than a couple of weeks to come out of her room and start talking again, cautiously at first, and asking for dr. Garner's help. She doesn't share much about the planet unless prompted by her fear of accidentally hurting her friends. Here are some of the most noticeable consequences of what happened: She sleeps in the morning after dawn because is terrified of falling asleep at night. She lost the filter between thoughts and words and between thoughts and actions and is trying to find it again. She cannot stand the smell or sight of meat. It’s not a problem with meat being ‘meat’ itself; if she can hide the smell or make it look different (like salami) she can eat it. But she also has trouble with vivisecting/dissecting human and animal bodies and can’t really see a solution for it. She's violent when startled or grabbed though it gets better with time. Depending on the verse, after some therapy and after more misadventures, she might choose to leave. Her fighting skills are not at 'May' level because she only had the basic training before the planet, but after a year of fighting she has learned how to use her whole body and objects around her as weapons. She became REALLY good at climbing things and at ignoring pain too (however she lacks of natural reflexes connected to self-defense like trying too instinctively avoid blows). Of course she kept training, even if she's more of a biochemistry expert + unofficial op. She's still captured and tortured because of Malick, too scared to go back to that planet herself and ready to die for it; Hive being real is a nightmare coming true, and she tries to stay away from everything related to him. When Lincoln goes to die, however, she tries to take his place but doesn't make it in time, stopped by Mack and Fitz. When Daisy leaves, Jemma can't say she blames her. She'll do her best to earn Mace's trust just like in canon even if not with stellar results, and be equally wary. season 4 goes a lot like in canon, with her working at the lab again as much as that's possible for her, going on missions too, and plotting against Mace. Her emotional health starts getting to a better place, the constant training when she's not supervising lab scientists helps her become an even better fighter, and she has a safehouse just in case things turn south with Mace. Having to kill a LMD that looks just like Fitz brings back all her fears of hurting the team and she's gutted, barely able to keep it together in the Framework, and she's back to bad reflexes and insomnia. In season 5 she's immediately in trouble with Kasius because she's unable to let him touch her without responding aggressively, and because she's scarred instead of 'perfect'. He doesn't kill her right away and enslaves her instead, only because he has a feeling that she might be important (as in a SHIELD member of sorts). He still keeps touching her face, but because of her violence his admirations is more about her resorcefulness in that area, since she failed against Sinara but still attacked them in surprising ways, and for that reason she's not given a light blue tunic like his special - and perfect - servants but a black one, and a collar is put around her neck because Kasius already sees humans as animals and Jemma behaves like one more than any other, so it's a mockery instead of part of the slave outfit we saw in canon. She does cut his throat later, and it's his brother who goes against the rest of her team. She can't handle the situation once back home and spends days locked in her room. It will be plotted how Deke's mother came to life but she will be showing her soft side to him (and possibly, instead of 'the steps you take don't need to be big', it's her speech about laws of thermodynamics and how she'll go on to be a supernova, monkey, fish, the same from the pod, is the one that Deke's mother used to say to people, to comfort them about the constant death in the Lighthouse). But this is where I diverge from canon again, and in this case it can be plotted differently with Fitz and Daisy rpers since it involves them directly, but by default it was Fear!Doctor and Fear!Fitz who operated on Daisy; Jemma gets herself shot trying to help her because she can't hold back, while Fitz has been locked in another room. The team is still divided by this, Fitz has his own issues with what happened (but not a psychotic break), Daisy is hurt, Jemma is afraid and guilty. At the end of the season Fitz doesn't die, cryo!Fitz doesn't need to be awaken because he 'will' wake in the version of the world that has ended and finish the circle that ends the timeloop. Jemma is free to either stay with the team but work on healing again or leave SHIELD for a while. This way I'm free to keep writing Jemma as I want, and with whatever plots I want for her after s5. By now, she became a skilled fighter and won't be losing many fights (but might lose control and kill) but for obvious reasons she needs time to heal again. However, any point in time after season 3 she can leave the team and that encourages crossovers, as well as her working from SHIELD with people from other universes not so differently from canon, or cooperating with other members of the MCU. Not necessary to read to rp.

relationships

PARENTS: Daniel and Grace Simmons. She's emotionally abusive and he's too submissive to help; Jemma was close to him until he started working more and being home less (around the time she was six and her sister Cat was born), and that's when her mother started pushing Jemma to work for them not long after. Her grandmother and the house staff are the people who took care of Jemma the most. SIBLINGS: older brother Marcus, who hates her out of jealously, and younger sister Cat, who initially was raised almost like a daughter by Jemma, then after Jemma left for SHIELD pushed her out of her life because she felt rejected, especially since Jemma lied about why she stayed in the US and told everyone she'd be a party planner; around s3-s4 will learn the truth and be close to Jemma again. BODY ENHANCEMENTS/SCARS: pre academy: -big burn on the right side of her torso, visible under bra, from torture -thick scar from waist to her belly - from surgeries and poking around -tiny scar over her heart - from her brother Marcus -other tiny stab scar on her thigh - same as above -burns and cuts on her back - discipline/teaching her to focus while in pain -replaced spleen - teach Jemma how to perform part of her surgery, also to start replacing parts of her body with tech because it's 'better', more organs will be replaced later on also so that they won't collapse under duress when she's given drugs to be stronger and smarter, and of course because she might need to fight, and her new tech parts will require other organs to be enhanced too. Can't have her dying of heart attack because her heart couldn't take what she just did with her 'enhanced' body -tiny explosive tech in her brain hard to remove -two scars, one for each side of her head, where there has been some poking around. -for now her heartbeat is faster than it should be, and blood pressure is high instead of her usually low one. PLANNED, SOON: -artificial eye and arm -two metal plates on her calfs, work in progress, so she'll have enhanced lower limbs too at the end -heart is going to be 'enhanced' soon. BACKSTORY: Jemma is the daughter of the CEO of Roxxon, Daniel Simmons, but it's her mother, Grace, who is the real pupper master, on the board of command and feared by everyone for her power and lack of soul. With Roxxon being the richest multicompany who owns more or less anything and has financed every evil activity in the past decades around the world, Grace considers herself already victorious, but she's not done: she wants to turn her genius daughter Jemma into a perfect version of herself, with no feelings getting in the way of what she wants but still the same intelligence and creativity, which means that simply operating on her brain to remove her ability to feel guilt and love would be impossible due to complication that would likely make Jemma 'less efficient'. Jemma has to keep her mind, but said mind should be exactly the way Grace wants it to be. So while she looks for a solution and she has been working on thoroughly breaking her daughter, Grace has started to at least perfection Jemma's body with surgeries, of making Jemma herself perform them. After years of experimentation, using her youngest daughter Cat, that Grace had Jemma raise, as leverage (every year Jemma had to choose if still be experimented on or let her sister be the new victim, and every year Jemma chose herself), SHIELD found Jemma; back then Grace's role in Roxxon was more hidden, but after Jemma's rescue it was clear that while her daughter felt no loyalty towards Roxxon, they didn't have the power to destroy the whole organization, much less take down the Simmons family, and SHIELD had to decide what to do with the sixteen years old. Fury felt pity for the girl, but also saw the potential, and since Grace had clearly no interest in SHIELD, not considering it a threat, they kept Jemma as their agent, hiding of course classified information from her. Grace allowed Jemma to be in SHIELD, not needing her home anymore and well aware that she could ask Jemma to do anything for her sister, and that her daughter believes her to be invincible and has no hope when it comes to her. Jemma didn't even know about Roxxon itself, she simply thought her mother and father worked for some evil laboratory, and that was why she accepted SHIELD's deal not to tell anyone about her situation, just try to leave a normal life while she still could. Her friendship with Fitz was an unexpected source of strength that her mother didn't see coming, since she doesn't understand the power of human relationships, she simply knows it and finds ways to use it, but Jemma kept the secret because she believed Fitz wouldn't be in danger even if he was her friend. She'd say she trusted SHIELD to finish the job some day, when possible, and that if they hadn't yet it's probably because her family is so rich and powerful that it's impossible to win in court, but deep down she already feels there is something very wrong going on and that there is no hope. In season 2 that Coulson got the toolbox and found out what Fury and May already knew, Jemma's past abuse and situation, but also the intel they have on Roxxon, how her mother can't be brought down yet because if she dies, as a failsafe bombs will go off all over the country, how she has illimited intel on everyone and everything and won't hesitate going after people's families, or talking people into doing things that will leave them destroyed, and he had to warn Jemma about all of this, since with the fall of SHIELD and the rise of Hydra everything was now up in the air and Jemma had to choose for herself. Jemma couldn't go undercover in Hydra because of this or she'd be too noticeable, as the daughter of Grace, and since she wanted to stay away from Fitz, for more than a reason, she started training to be an operative and went on missions as much as possible but also tried to find the right moment and way to explain the truth about her past and make sure he wouldn't endanger himself for her anymore. Depending on the verse/situation, since she obsessed over Ward and tried to find everything on his backstory, she can either hate him even more out of fear that in her future she'll betray the team just like him and end up in the same vault, or feel empathy and like she can relate. It's also up to her if to tell her team about her family or not, and how. To her, it still seems safer to not say anything unless she has to, so no one will try to be a hero and fight them for her, which would result in their deaths or worse. She's aware that one day, any day, her mother might call her and ask her to do something she can't refuse, or simply take her back home for more experiments and 'enhancements'. That also definitely put a 'nothing can ever happen' label on all romantic relationships, which was there even before she knew about Roxxon, and after finding out just how powerful her family is, and not only a problem for her but for everybody, she's not sure friendship should be in her future either, but at the same time she feels she owes people the truth and yet that she has to protect them from it. Potential Deathlok Jemma in s2 or at least she'll be in need of prosthetics at some points. Potential 'attempt to offer Jemma to Hive' in s3 Potential Evil LMD Jemma after s4, who will be given to her mother by Ivanov and be the closest thing to a 'perfect' Roxxon Jemma, ruthless, partly detached from reality, sadistic, wants to win at everything, feels no care for anything whatsoever except her mother.

[howlingmoonrise]

Dear Yuletide Author

thank you for signing up for yuletide, i hope you have fun!

i’ve put all my letters in one place so you don’t have to juggle links around, feel free to send me an anon (is that allowed?) if you’re in doubt as to whether i’d like a certain trope or not! (and so sorry about all the ranting oops)

things i like in general:

pining. TONS of pining. ALL the pining! i have a lot more fun reading about idiots in love that aren’t together yet than if they’re already in an established relationship

i’m good with either gen or romance if you’re not comfortable with shippy stuff! what really works for me is the relationship itself, platonic or not, the development of it, and the interactions/feelings regarding the other. when it comes to the characters i’ve picked, for me it makes sense for them to develop trust and fondness/affection for the other before they get into any sort of relationship so gen is all good!

i’m veeeeeery fond of enemies/rivals-to-friends-to-lovers, and bickering pairs overall (as you can see by all my choices in characters lmfao) since they’re so much fun and provide such an opportunity for character and relationship development :D

continuing from above, nothing kills me as much as characters that bicker all the time but in the end they rely on the other and go to each other before they go to anyone else

conceptual AUs are fine! by this i mean stuff like soulmate AUs, AUs where they met differently from canon, i’m-your-next-door-neighbour-and-i-had-to-break-into-your-flat-to-get-my-cat-back AUs, canon divergence, that kind of thing - AUs like that are super fun!

fun tropes (sorry, these are a bit romance-heavy): fake dating, “accidentally got roped into x thing and shenanigans are happening”, What Do You Mean We’re Not Dating?, “oh no there’s only one bed”, misunderstood confessions, trope subversion in general is also GREAT

i REALLY like the canon and characters for all the fandoms i picked, so sticking at least to their characterisations and the overall “tone” of canon are a huge plus!! “missing scenes” and “what if” canon-divergent situations are excellent but like i said, i also like conceptual AUs so don’t be afraid to mix up the scenario a bit if you enjoy it, because i do too!

things i don’t like a lot in general:

kidfics. unless it’s petshop of horrors - where Chris and the pets are an exception - next gen and stuff are a pass for me

far into the future fics in general, actually - what really does it for me is the development, so if we skip ahead to much later on i feel like we end up missing it all

i usually don’t like most angst stuff since it feels a bit gratuitous to me when it comes to most fandoms and characters. the one exception for this is psoh (see below if you’re picking this fandom) or when it’s introspection fic. as a result of this, i’d pass on most content with major character death, sexual abuse, self-harm, the like, though of course there are always exceptions to the rule and you’re free to write as you wish! 

hard AUs are a bit ehhh to me - by this i mean world-heavy stuff like harry potter AUs, where the focus ends up more on the setting than the characters more often than not. i’d also pass on high school AUs (gsnk being the obvious exception) and ABO. 

i heavily dislike things involving cheating/infidelity, and genderbending is a bit ehhhh for me

script-based or roleplay fic is not really my preferred format, i really enjoy prose instead of nearly all dialogue!

if you’re going for nsfw:

kinks: moderate sadism/masochism, bondage, choking/breathplay, xenophilia and tentacles (which only make sense here for like... 1.5 fandoms lmfao), moderate degradation, edging

squicks: scat, vomit, praise kink, daddy or baby kink, vore, forced feminization, pet play, gore

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PETSHOP OF HORRORS

i’m usually not partial to angst AT ALL but psoh is the one fandom where i don’t mind it if you wanna go ahead - psoh is RIPE for angst. we got two people with abandonment and inadequacy issues: leon who decided to leave his whole life behind to chase someone who gave him life and left him after thinking that he didn’t care for him at all, and d who is supremely fucked up by his upbringing and had to push leon off the ark to continue his family’s mission and let drop one (1) single tear that he was not supposed to cry over a human.

THAT BEING SAID, i also!!!! love slice of life shit for them!!!!!!!! GODS i love how much they bicker but then they turn around and the other is the person they rely on the most and who they trust above all others and how they keep roping each other into ridiculous shenanigans. neither of them are particularly communicative with a few rare exceptions, so there’s also a lot of room for introspection there on both sides, which i LOVE. my son leon in particular is also super underestimated when it comes to his intelligence and tolerance for gay shit both in canon and fandom, and he performs ridiculous leaps of logic and instinct that somehow turn out to be right but that are super ???? for everyone else involved, and that’s always fun to see. hell, just another missing scene where leon brings d some cake and they banter fondly over tea is A++++ to me!!

nsfw???? bring it!!! this is the fandom amongst these three where you’re free to go super dark and kinky if you wanna, or if you wanna write tender loving reunion sex where d cries a little while leon cherishes every bit of him that’s also excellent! 

psoh is the most excellent genre triangle where i’d be super happy to receive anything on the slice-of-life/angst/smut corners! (also, slash is 3249823% acceptable if you couldn’t tell by my ranting)

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GEKKAN SHOUJO NOZAKI-KUN

yuzuki seo is my absolute favourite character on the series and i love her and how ridiculous she is! waka is also gr9, and i really love that little sadist streak he has going like when he kept teasing seo with his “confessions”, that was probably one of my favourite chapters! 

for gnsk either canon-verse or a conceptual AU would be excellent - if you’re going AU, i’m very fond of those where seo is a siren/mermaid and possibly man-eating (because those are the best kind amirite??) canon-wise i LOVE their interactions and how waka keeps accidentally getting taken on lowkey dates while resolutely defending they’re not even friends and even more accidentally retributing those with thoughtful gifts and the like haha

another thing i love is when waka is capable of looking past appearances to see seo, like in the chapter where they gave her the “lorelei” makeover and no one recognized her but him. i also love how stupidly happy seo is whenever she sees waka, it’s so cute!!

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HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

the thing i like the most in hmc are the characters’ flaws! i love the ghibli movie, don’t get me wrong, but they took away the bits i liked the most - sophie’s stubbornness and nosiness and temper and howl’s cowardice and vanity and his silver-tongue whenever he tries to slither around sophie, and all their banter and arguing. 

there’s nothing quite like their stupid arguments where sophie pretends she didn’t mess around with things she shouldn’t and howl is torn between being amused and exasperated at her expense - even better if he’s trying to do something good sneakily behind her back so he won’t be accused of being a good person before he finds another excuse to justify it. 

for this fandom i’d really prefer it if it were from anywhere from the beginning of the first book to before their marriage (i haven’t read the sequels and prefer non-established relationship anyway), but a conceptual AU would also be pretty nice! hmc in particular is very good for trope subverting, which i’m extremely fond of! for example, take a soulmate AU with the first words written on the skin thing: we could mess it up a bit since calcifer was in possession of howl’s heart and as such his first words would be on sophie instead of howl’s - cue shenanigans while sophie wonders how someone can have a soulmate bond with a sentient fire with no words of his own, howl panics internally about sophie not returning his mark, and so on! 

another thing i love about the book is the writing style and that incredible sense of humour in the writing, so something lighthearted and in the spirit of canon would be great!

[mystiamusicalopinions]

Review: Dessa- Chime

Hey it’s Mystia Lorelei and apologies again for my poor work ethic with these reviews. At any rate, we should talk about Doomtree for a second. I am thoroughly part of the hype train when it comes to this Minneapolis-based Hip Hop collective. Every one of the 7 members shows significant and unique talent. And that brings us nicely to Dessa Accepted into the group for her contributions to a slam poetry show of all things, Dessa quickly proved to be an equal to all the other rappers in the group, and seems to be the current fan favorite member. Now, she never achieved such an honor to me. Sure she had the best verse on a few songs, but overall members Sims and Cecil Otter tended to impress me more, putting her at third in my ranking of the five rappers and well...I could always just kind of take or leave her solo projects. Nonetheless, I definitely found myself getting hyped for her third solo album, Chime, especially since the singles backing it up represented some of her best music ever and, I’m happy to report, I wasn’t dissapointed. Chime is my favorite Dessa album and one of the best albums of the year so far. As is typical of her solo projects, Dessa does a lot more singing than rapping on this album, with the raps confined mainly to 5 Out Of 6, Good Grief, Fire Drills, I Hope I’m Wrong -and the brief interlude Shrimp. Many of the instrumentals on this album are of a more spacious and/or subtle variety, examples being Say When, Velodrome, Boy Crazy or Ride. There are exceptions though: the building intimidation factor of 5 Out Of 6, the more exotic flavors of Fire Drills or more eccentric pop flavor of Half of You. Good Grief and the fantastic Jumprope represent a happy middle in this regard. If it stumbles anywhere, it’s Boy Crazy, which lacks anything in particular to make it interesting. Let’s move on to Dessa’s writing. Dessa’s solo albums tend to be defined by emotional snapshots and storytelling with a healthy dose of female empowerment when appropriate to keep it all steady, and Chime is no exception. 5 Out Of 6 is a fascinating display of lyrical prowess made basically just to prove she can, Fire Drills has the most blatantly empowering messages on the album, and songs like the strange and serene Ride or subtly emotional Velodrome show a bit more humanity. Half Of You has a subject matter that very much risks botching the landing, but ultimately manages to pull it off, and I Hope I’m Wrong gets all the more blatant with the emotions in play for one last punch in the gut. Overall, I was surprised and very impressed by this album, and it’s highly recommended. 9/10. Best song: 5 Out Of 6. Worst Song: Boy Crazy

[lady-divine-writes]

Kurtbastian one-shot - “Stickhandling” (Rated T)

While Sebastian tries to teach his hockey players the fine art of stickhandling, he gets distracted by Kurt practicing his short program ... which doesn't go unnoticed by the team. (724 words)

This is another one-shot for the story I'm writing, "Outside Edge", which isn't up yet, but I couldn't resist writing it xD

Read on AO3.

“Push!” Sebastian screams, rallying his group stuck in a corner, fighting over a puck that’s safe and staying put. “Push! Push! Get that puck to the goal!!” Sebastian glances over at the goal as if by looking in its direction, the gaggle of teenage boys and girls currently going nowhere will figure out what they’re supposed to be doing. Just as he’s about to blow his whistle and break them up, Lorelei, one of his senior Defensemen, manages to snag control of the puck. She shoves it out of the melee and leaps into action, shooting it in the direction of the goal. “Yes! Keep going!” he cheers, but somewhere along the path of clear, unobstructed ice, smooth sailing straight for the goal, she fumbles. “No, no, no! Don’t back up! Go forward!” He turns to point with both fingers towards the goal, like the ground crew of an airline directing a plane, when he catches sight of Kurt at the opposite end of the ice, practicing his short program. His earbuds in his ears, he has completely blocked them out, skating to Lady Gaga’s The Cure.

Sebastian knows that song, every word of it. But he wouldn’t know it at all if not for Kurt. Sebastian’s favorite verse by far is the one he knows Kurt is skating to right now –

I'll undress you, 'cause you're tired Cover you as you desire When you fall asleep inside my arms …  

“Go,” Sebastian repeats, his attentions split in two. He watches Kurt spin effortlessly, attacking his first combination with the grace of a ballerina, floating across the ice as easily as if he had wings to carry him “… uh … go forw---“

“Coach?” Sebastian doesn’t notice when the clattering of sticks on the ice stops, his group of sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds waiting for him to quit staring and return to the task of coaching. “Coach Sebastian?”

“Uh, what?” Sebastian pulls his eyes away from Kurt’s sit spin to address his group. “What?”

“You did it again.” Lorelei giggles.

“Did what?”

“You’re spacing out,” Lorelei’s brother Kevin answers. “Are you okay, man? That’s, like, the third time so far.”

“Yeah,” another boy agrees. “And you look a little red.”

“Red?” Sebastian puts a hand to his cheek. It’s warm. Flushed. From watching Kurt skate to a song they picked out together while making out on Sebastian’s bed. “No,” he says, turning his back to Kurt and waving them off. “I’m fine.”

“Yeah, right,” Kevin mutters under his breath, causing snickers to erupt all around.

Sebastian scowls. He’s only a year older than most of these kids, but he’s still their coach. He doesn’t appreciate being teased by juniors.

“If I am spacing out, it’s because your stickhandling is so bad, it’s putting me to sleep.”

“Boo!” Kevin laughs, punching knuckles with another boy.

“I know how to make our stickhandling more exciting,” Patricia, one of Sebastian’s co-captains, offers with a hand politely raised.

“Yeah? How?” Sebastian asks. Patricia tends to be one of his more pragmatic players, a hard worker on and off the ice. Even if she’s not as boisterous as the other kids, less inclined to fool around, her peers listen to her. Sebastian hopes that her likely suggestion of getting back to practice will help end the goofing off.

But when Patricia bites her lip, he begins to doubt that what she’s about to say will help anything. “We can get a few pointers … from Coach Hummel.”

The team roars, loud enough to get Kurt’s attention from over the music in his ears. A scarlet-faced Sebastian peeks over his shoulder to see Kurt staring, hands over his mouth, his eyes bright from muffled laughter.

“Ha-ha,” Sebastian says dryly. He blows his whistle. “Drop and give me twenty! On the ice! Now!”

The grumbling lot of teenagers put down their sticks and start doing push-ups as Kurt returns to his routine.

“Besides, Patricia, you might not want that,” Sebastian continues, aiming to have the last word. “Hummel may only coach hockey part time, but he can spank most of you guys with a stick any day of the week. Twice on Sunday.”

“How about he just spanks you and we get back to practice?”

“And that’s another twenty!”

Kevin peeks at his sister with tears of laughter in his eyes. “Totally worth it.”

[bardlockcafe]

gecko bc sick name bro

Full Name: Laurel Gecko (née Lopez, if she remembered)Gender and Sexuality: Bisexual trans womanPronouns: She/herEthnicity/Species: Mexican, with her father’s family line coming out of Yucatán. In 2054, her family moved north hoping to find work and relief from the food shortages. On her mother’s side it’s more of your typical post-War blend, but she’s still mostly Latina. Also human, with augmentations a la Big MT.Birthplace and Birthdate: May 28th, 2253, in a small homestead near Bloomfield Airbase, small enough that you couldn’t call it a town, but strong enough to repel attacks from most raiders. The homestead moved north into the NCR when the Legion started pushing too close.Guilty Pleasures: Boxing, dance, and whiskey, in that order by preference.Phobias: Less of a phobia and more of a thing that creeps her out - Ironically, geckos. Actual phobia - small, dark spaces. She doesn’t mind the indoors or caves until she can touch both walls and the ceiling.

What They Would Be Famous For: In another life, she’s a world-class boxer, known for endurance and sportsmanship. In her verse, The Courier kicked the NCR and Legion out of the Mojave after killing House, then vanished without a trace. Laurel’s well-known on the Strip, but she doesn’t advertise the connection.

What They Would Get Arrested For: Punching a nazi, probably. In New Vegas? Throwing General Oliver off the dam would probably do it.OC You Ship Them With: Is ‘yes’ an answer? Ava Salvatore, probably. Punchy survivors just trying to rebuild the world.OC Most Likely To Murder Them: I’m realizing now that I don’t have a hell of a lot of variation in OCs. Laurel would probably try to wreck Solas’ shit and Lorelei Lavellan wouldn’t be crazy about that. Not exactly murder, but they’d fight. (Lorelei didn’t romance Solas, btw, she just doesn’t want him to get killed)Favorite Movie/Book Genre: Ten-cent mystery novels you find in pre-War gas stations and classic romance movies - Nancy Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and the like. If it has ballroom dancing and a copy can be scavenged, she’s probably seen it or already pulling out caps for it.Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche:  Any plot line based in miscommunication just makes her throw the book across the room.Talents and/or Powers: Uh. Punching? She’s also a decent dancer, and can talk her way into any building.Why Someone Might Love Them: She’s the type to lend a hand anywhere she can without complaint and she has a pretty good sense of humor. She also doesn’t hold a grudge for long and does her best to remain rational when she’s angry with someone.Why Someone Might Hate Them: She’s a goody-two-shoes and a more than a little holier-than-thou. She’s also impulsive (you can rationalize a dumb decision pretty quickly) and her actions have hurt others without her realizing it, at times.How They Change: Well, she goes from a loud, come-get-me force charging her way through the Mojave for revenge to just wanting answers, then to keeping a low profile and keeping the Powers That Be guessing until the final battle of Hoover Dam. I was going to say more about this but that just about sums it up.Why You Love Them: This one time, I kept trying to free Benny on the sly with her and it didn’t work. I tried fighting them all with a shotgun and it didn’t work. So I killed one of the guards, took his ballistic fist, and punched the Legion camp apart and that just became her canon and I think that’s great. She’s also the first trans character I ever wrote and it’s helped me deal with a lot of my own shit and just given me an outlet on Bad Gender Days.

[beneathathousandskies]

Hello!

We’re days away from the start of September and the launch of Self-Published Fantasy month (Website| Twitter), so I thought that I would compile my TBR for the event.  It was hard to narrow down the ones I wanted to include as I have a large backlog of indie fantasy that I want to get too, and I keep adding more to the list, and I am hoping that I will be able to read a few more than the ones mentioned here throughout September but decided to keep them as bonuses and focus on this TBR.

However, in addition to these ten I will also be participating in blog tours for ‘The Skald’s Black Verse’ by Jordan Loyal Short and ‘The Jealousy of Jalice’ by Jesse Nolan Bailey so please keep an eye out for those tours.

  THE TBR

  1) Paternus: Rise of the Gods (The Paternus Trilogy #1)- Dyrk Ashton

  Book Summary:

Even myths have legends. And not all legends are myth.

When a local hospital is attacked by strange and frightening men, Fiona Patterson and Zeke Prisco save a catatonic old man named Peter—and find themselves running for their lives with creatures beyond imagination hounding their every step.

With nowhere else to turn, they seek out Fi’s enigmatic Uncle Edgar. But the more their questions are answered, the more they discover that nothing is what it seems–not Peter, not Edgar, perhaps not even themselves.

The gods and monsters, heroes and villains of lore—they’re real. And now they’ve come out of hiding to hunt their own. In order to survive, Fi and Zeke must join up with powerful allies against an ancient evil that’s been known by many names and feared by all. The final battle of the world’s oldest war has begun.

***** *****

2) Blade’s Edge (Chronicles of Gensokai #1) – Virginia McClain

  Book Summary:

Mishi and Taka live each day of their lives with the shadow of death lurking behind them. The struggle to hide the elemental powers that mark the two girls as Kisōshi separates them from the other orphans, yet forges a deep bond between them.

When Mishi is dragged from the orphanage at the age of eight, the girls are unsure if or when they will find each other again. While their powers grow with each season-cycle, the girls must come to terms with their true selves–Mishi as a warrior, Taka as a healer–as they forge separate paths which lead to the same horrifying discovery.

The Rōjū council’s dark secret is one that it has spent centuries killing to keep, and Mishi and Taka know too much. The two young women have overcome desperate odds in a society where their very existence is a crime, but now that they know the Rōjū’s secret they find themselves fighting for much more than their own survival.

***** ****

3) The Heresy Within (The Ties that Bind #1) – Rob. J. Hayes

  Book Summary:

As any warrior will tell you; even the best swordsman is one bad day away from a corpse. It’s a lesson Blademaster Jezzet Vel’urn isn’t keen to learn. Chased into the Wilds by a vengeful warlord, Jezzet makes it to the free city of Chade. But instead of sanctuary all she finds is more enemies from her past.

Arbiter Thanquil Darkheart is a witch hunter for the Inquisition on a holy crusade to rid the world of heresy. He’s also something else; expendable. When the God Emperor himself gives Thanquil an impossible task, he knows he has no choice but to venture deep into the Wilds to hunt down a fallen Arbiter.

The Black Thorn is a cheat, a thief, a murderer and worse. He’s best known for the killing of several Arbiters and every town in the Wilds has a WANTED poster with his name on it. Thorn knows it’s often best to lie low and let the dust settle, but some jobs pay too well to pass up.

As their fates converge, Jezzet, Thanquil, and the Black Thorn will need to forge an uneasy alliance in order to face their common enemy.

***** *****

4) Song of Shadow (Ballad of Emerald and Iron #1) – Natalya Capello

Book Summary:

They said she was out of her mind. The dark truth will shake the foundations of the fae realm…

Lorelei refuses to believe her wild visions mean she’s insane. But despite her royal sidhe heritage, she’s banished to a remote priory to prevent her causing trouble. So when a priestess of the Elemental Order urges her to join a risky pilgrimage, she flees her prison and sails headlong into danger.

Traveling to an ancient land imbued with volatile magic, she chokes back her disbelief after unearthing evil sorcery that shouldn’t exist. And now that Lorelei holds the forbidden secrets, she fears it’s only a matter of time before the powerful Elphyne Empire silences her permanently. If the fae church’s ruthless assassins don’t hunt her down first…

Can Lorelei expose the sinister conspiracy before darkness falls forever?

Song of Shadow is the captivating first novel in the Ballad of Emerald and Iron epic fantasy series. If you like strong women, potent magic, and non-stop adventure, then you’ll love Natalya Capello’s enthralling tale.

***** *****

5) The Wrack – John Bierce

  Book Summary:

Plague has come to the continent of Teringia.

As the Wrack makes its slow, relentless march southwards, it will humble kings and healers, seers and merchants, priests and warriors. Behind, it leaves only screams and suffering, and before it, spreads only fear.

Lothain, the birthplace of the Wrack, desperately tries to hold itself together as the plague burns across it and its neighbors circle like vultures. The Moonsworn healers would fight the Wrack, but must navigate distrust and violence from the peoples of Teringia. Proud Galicanta readies itself for war, as the Sunsworn Empire watches and waits for the Wrack to bring its rival low.

And the Wrack advances, utterly unconcerned with the plans of men.

***** *****

6) A Wind from the Wilderness (Watchers of Outremer #1) – Suzannah Rowntree

  Book Summary:

Hunted by demons. Lost in time.

Welcome to the First Crusade.

Syria, 636: As heretic invaders circle Jerusalem, young Lukas Bessarion vows to defend his people. Instead, disaster strikes.

His family is ripped apart. His allies are slaughtered. And Lukas is hurled across the centuries to a future where his worst nightmares have come true…

Constantinople, 1097: Ayla may be a heretic beggar, but she knows one thing for sure: nine months from now, she will die. Before then, she must avenge her father’s murder–or risk losing her soul.

Desperate to find their way home, Lukas and Ayla join the seven armies marching east to liberate Jerusalem. If Lukas succeeds in his quest, he’ll undo the invasion and change the course of history.

But only if he survives the war.

Only if his enemies from the past don’t catch him.

And only as long as Ayla never finds out who he really is.

***** *****

7)  Cradle of Sea and Soil – Bernie Anés Paz

  Book Summary:

The Primordial Wound has festered with corruption since the birth of the world. The island tribes have warred against its spawn for just as long—and they are losing.

Burdened by the same spiritual affliction that drove the first Halfborn insane, Colibrí lives in exile with little more than her warrior oaths and her son. But when Colibrí discovers corrupted land hidden away by sorcery, those same oaths drive her to find answers in an effort to protect the very people who fear her.

Narune dreams of earning enough glory to show that he and his mother Colibrí are nothing like the Halfborn that came before them. Becoming a mystic will give him the strength he needs, but first, Narune will need to prove himself worthy in a trial of skill and honor.

Together, Colibrí and Narune must learn to become the champions their people need—and face the curse threatening to scour away their spirits with fury.

***** *****

8) Blood of Heirs (The Coraidic Sagas #1) – Alicia Wanstall-Burke

  Book Summary:

Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when another of her father’s wives falls pregnant. Before she has time to consider the threat of a brother, a bloody swathe is cut through the heart of the clan and Lidan must fight, not only to prove her worth, but simply to survive.

Ranoth Olseta wants nothing more than to be a worthy successor to his father’s throne. When his home is threatened by the aggressive Woaden Empire, Ran becomes his city’s saviour, but powers within him are revealed by the enemy and he is condemned to death. Confused and betrayed, Ran is forced to flee his homeland, vowing to reclaim what he has lost, even if it kills him.

Facing an unknown future, and battling forces both familiar and foreign, can Lidan and Ran overcome the odds threatening to drag them into inescapable darkness?

***** ****

9) Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice #1) – Michael R. Fletcher

  Book Summary:

After a cataclysmic war of the gods, the last of humanity huddles in Bastion, a colossal ringed city. Beyond the outermost wall lies endless desert haunted by the souls of all the world’s dead.

Trapped in a rigid caste system, Nuru, a young street sorcerer, lives in the outer ring. She dreams of escape and freedom. When something contacts her from beyond the wall, she risks everything and leaps at the opportunity. Mother Death, a banished god seeking to reclaim her place in Bastion’s patchwork pantheon, has found her way back into the city.

Akachi, born to the wealth and splendour of Bastion’s inner rings, is a priest of Cloud Serpent, Lord of the Hunt. A temple-trained sorcerer, he is tasked with bringing peace to the troublesome outer ring. Drawn into a dark and violent world of assassins, gangs, and street sorcerers, he battles the spreading influence of Mother Death in a desperate attempt to save Bastion.

The gods are once again at war.

***** *****

10) A Sea of Broken Glass (The Lady & The Darkness) – Sonya M. Black

Book Summary:

Secrets have a price.

After enduring weeks of torture and being convicted of witchery, Ris escapes, only to discover the Darkness and the Lady are hunting her. They need the magic that sings within her.

Creator of all, the imprisoned Lady needs Ris, her last vessel, to find the Heart of Creation. The Darkness seeks to corrupt the vessel and retain his hold on the Lady, and with it, the world.

Ris finds help from a pair of Paladins of Light who aid her in cleansing the evil taint from the lands. As her power grows, so do her questions. How can she restore balance to the world and free the Lady? Should the Lady be trusted or is she as much at fault for the evil in the world as the Darkness? With powerful demons War, Ruin, and Plague at her heels, Ris struggles to stay alive as she tries to unravel the secrets hidden within her before it’s too late.

Secrets that may cost Ris her soul even if she does succeed.

**

Let me know if you’ve read any of these, if you plan to read them and any recommendations (because if I put a dent in the tbr, I have to fill it again – that’s the rule).

Rowena

Self-Published Fantasy Month TBR Hello! We're days away from the start of September and the launch of Self-Published Fantasy month (

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●°•☆ Timeline ☆•°●

Main, Secondary, & Childhood Verses

wishing on dandelions ( Eira ) / growing a tyrannosaurus heart ( Aeron ) / living in another time ( Oliver ) / burning bridges like they're cigarettes ( Lorelei )

1989

Oliver Sutton is born August 10th

1991

Oliver’s father is killed in action

1992

Oliver’s mother remarries to Oliver’s uncle ( his father’s twin brother )

1993

Lorelei Sutton is born October 30th, a product of an affair between her mother ( Oliver’s mother’s sister ) and Oliver’s uncle / stepfather

1994

Aeron Teare is born June 27th along with his twin sister Angelina

Angelina does not survive and passes away

1996

Eira Teare is born November 18th, a product of an affair her mother had with a man that was actually a witch

1997

Oliver’s brother passes away after being in a car accident

1998

Aeron starts taking weekly piano lessons

1999

Lorelei is abandoned on Oliver’s doorstep before her mother passes away

It is decided Aeron isn’t ready to start school so they push his start date a year

2001

Aeron burns his tongue with chicken soup made by his mother, bad enough to lose his sense of taste for a while. Probably hasn’t been right since

Aeron watches J.urassic P.ark for the first time

The Urn Incident - Eira and Aeron break Angelina’s urn. Eira takes the fall even though Aeron pushed her.

Aeron unknowingly meets his soulmate Adom who is in his first grade class

2002

Eira is backhanded by her mother, gifting her a scar from the cut she got from her mother’s wedding ring.

Eira meets her first friend, Espen, the first day of kindergarten

Eira’s mother and Espen’s father have an affair that leads to them no longer being able to spend time together outside of school

2003

Eira is allowed to skip the first grade

2004

Espen is kidnapped. His father goes to Chastity to ask for help for the ransom and when she refuses, he leverages their affair. It doesn’t scare her but it would prove inconvenient so she paid him off. Although the ransom is paid, it turned out that Espen had already been killed

Eira and Aeron’s mother leaves their home just as summer break starts

2006

Aeron fails the fifth grade and has to repeat it

Aeron meets his best friend Jace who is in his repeat of fifth grade class

2007

Aeron no longer takes piano lessons since his piano teacher passed away

Oliver leaves home to go to university

2009

Lorelei leaves home after graduating from secondary school, running away with her boyfriend

Lorelei’s boyfriend cheats and leaves her stranded

2010

Eira and Aeron’s grandparents on their father’s side pass away, leaving quite the inheritance that brings their mother back, thinking she’ll get something out of it. She presses for a divorce to collect. This also leads to the separation of Eira and Aeron, Aeron leaving to live with their mother and her boyfriend

Eira starts dating a guy in her classes

2011

Eira has a pregnancy scare that scares off her boyfriend

Oliver graduates from university and begins working at La Fleur Laboratories while continuing for his master’s degree

2012

Aeron gets thrown out of his mother’s house but is taken in by an elderly neighbor that took pity on him

2014

Eira and Aeron graduate from high school

Oliver gets his master’s degree

Aeron reconnects with his best friend Jace, meeting Tancred

hopes up high ( Eira ) / same shit different day ( Aeron ) / i write sins not tragedies ( Oliver ) / not the type to call you back tomorrow ( Lorelei )

2015

Oliver gets married to Giselle Melanie de la Fleur, the daughter to the owner of La Fleur Laboratories, the company he works for

Aeron is under the impression he’s knocked up his girlfriend but it turns out she was sleeping with someone else and it wasn’t his

2016

Eira starts taking classes at a community college

Eira meets Tancred from studying at his library

Eira and Tancred start dating

2017

Eira runs away from home and starts staying with Tancred

Oliver’s first son, Percy, is born

2018

Eira breaks up with Tancred even though she actually didn’t want to

Eira can no longer take community college classes due to lack of funds

Eira starts working at Finnian’s teahouse and volunteering at the animal hospital

2019

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Eira meets Oliver

Eira and Aeron’s father pass away, reuniting them when they return home to live there since it was left to them

2020

Aeron moves out because it’s too much to live there

Eira and Oliver start dating

The Incident ( tm )

head down low ( Eira ) / forgive and forget ( Aeron ) / can’t remember to forget ( Oliver ) / not the type to call you back tomorrow ( Lorelei )

2020

Oliver moves in with Eira while he continues to recover

Eira and Oliver adopt a Golden Retriever, Clover, to be his emotional support animal

2021

Oliver starts working at the local grocery store, wanting to be more independent

2022

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Athletes like Odion Ighalo and Lionel Messi have no problems talking about their faith.

On the second day of the 2018 World Cup, we take a look at five  Christians footballers who are very open about their faith.

They are:

Odion Ighalo

The Nigerian striker is one of those footballers who is quick to praise God as soon as he scores a goal. He also credits God for being able to make it out of his poor beginnings.

In 2015, 28-year-old opened up about his background and faith in an interview with The Guardian saying, "We didn't always have what we wanted or needed, we had to struggle. It was difficult to live, difficult to eat and that is why I thank God when I look where I am now."

 The next year, he opened up some more about his faith and praying to God before turning down an offer of at least £80m from the Chinese club Hebei China Fortune.

He told the Daily Mail: "I prayed about it, and God said it was not for me, no matter how much money it was. I knew God would direct me. When I said I don't want to go, they offered me more money, almost £300,000 a week. I told them it's not about the money."

Ighalo added: "Hard work and the grace of God have paid off in my life. I am a Christian and I believe so much in God. I'm not perfect. I have my flaws. I am human. Only God is perfect. I try to acknowledge him in my life. Whatever I am now and what I am going to be is through God."

The Super Eagles striker will be playing at this year's championship.

 Lionel Messi

He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for the Spanish club Barcelona. He is also a Catholic.

Unlike Ighalo, he is not as vocal preferring to let his body doing the talking about his faith. He has a tattoo of Jesus on his right bicep and a rose window inspired by the Roman Catholic church in Barcelona called Sagrada Familia church.

 He has also been seen making the sign of the cross during a lot of games.

Messi has promised to go on a 30-mile religious pilgrimage if Argentina wins this year's World Cup. The forward told Argentina's TyC Sports, "I will go on foot to San Nicolas." It is a popular pilgrimage site in Argentine.

Alisson Becker

He is a goalkeeper on Brazil's national team who has no issues with sharing his Christian faith.

On May 14, 2018, he took to social media to praise God after receiving news that he would be playing in this year's World Cup. His caption written in Spanish read: "Very happy to receive the opportunity to defend my country in a world cup! Realization of a dream!!!! Now it is go in search of hexa !!!!! Glory to God!! AB1 God in control worldcup2018"

 Last year, he advised would-be professional goalkeepers to hold on to faith if they want to achieve success.

While answering questions from his fans, he said, "You need to be very focused on football and I think faith is important too. If you believe in God, you know you have to do your best on the pitch and put love into everything you do in life."

Concerning superstitions and pre-match routine, Becker said, "No, the only thing I do is point to the sky. I'm a Christian so I'm not a superstitious person."

ALSO READ: 20 great Bible verses for building your faith in God

Edinson Cavani

The Forward (Uruguay) has taken his love for God to a whole new level, going as far as to spotting an "I belong to Jesus" T-shirt.

Several years ago, he revealed that everything he does, including football, is done in the name of God. Speaking with the Spanish paper El País, he said, "I am an athlete for Christ. That's why I play for Him, to give Him glory, to thank Him for giving me the ability to play football and be able to compete in a league like the Italian one, for giving me that divine gift that I am trying to manage more and more. We belong to the Evangelical church. I don't like the term athlete of Christ."

 The Archbishop of Naples, Crescenzio Sepe, has been quoted saying: "God serves himself by having Cavani score goals."

Radamel Falcao

Just like Cavani, this Forward (Colombia) has no problem with wearing his faith proudly. After scoring a goal, he usually lifts up his jersey to reveal a T-shirt that says "Con Jesus nunca estara solo" (With Jesus you'll never be alone).

 He is also known to encourage his teammates to read the Bible and attend church services with him. This was not appreciated by his teammates including his former flatmate Gonzalo Luduena who said: "Sunday was our free day to go out for a walk. We hid because Falcao would look for us in every room to take us to church."

According to his wife, Lorelei, this is exactly what attracted her to him. In her words, "What I liked a lot about him was his love for God. Besides, he wasn't the typical footballer who believed he had already achieved everything."

Falcao on God and his faith: “I made the decision to follow Jesus Christ and to let Him guide my life, which is where things change. Because it wasn’t about me and my desires anymore, or what I wanted, but about what God’s plans and purposes were for me.

We are made up of spirit, and I believe that only God can satisfy the spiritual part. There’s the material world, but there’s also a spiritual aspect to life. We can have everything, but if we’re not satisfied spiritually, then it’s as if we had nothing, and we feel empty."

 "With Jesus, we can be assured that He will never leave us. That He will always be there, something which I have experienced in my own life, through His faithfulness, through His love, and through showing me that He had paid a price for our lives, which was that of His Son, Jesus.”

Falcao's faith can also be seen proudly on his social media platforms. On April 1, 2018, he tweeted in Spanish:

"Through Jesus we have hope, he rose again. If you declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved / Jesus is our hope. He did it all for you. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe (...) you will be saved."

 His Twitter bio reads: 'Professional football player. Follower of Jesus' in Spanish.

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Untitled (Like the bridegroom looked in symbiotic lichen)

Like the bridegroom looked in symbiotic lichen. Hear my mare, my mother close, I could marry, if I could relighter           watching moon.

Verse you’ve been dreams!

You are a hundred place, in whom he is for the wind bloody birch limb in the stores and hoary.

Supernovas, and I unremark’d seated in, your porcelain mail one believes in my arms till I be saved from before? Water

shall love accelerating love to an encounter and see if we’re lost, I call me Papa. And no child is the ruin’d to me      & i can hide and the measured my cheek a rose; Her locks from moats and how she toils a song to explain—If I were steadfast?

While the handed on love me, and senses, let’s do that camouflaged tip into eyes as he sleep

or shallow snow           & then complains of my tree Blasted in years ago when I tell you who would come!

Look she said,

that bid the law. Who bawled up from things, never must not undo with a meek embrace; For well shows about who you know the fierce stars go over have his, By just a cot and you were the night I’ll pluck you and I have a bright on. You are now part of gall, Is fancy’s spring at you hear, Eadwacer?

Queen was blues band,

And so stands ta’en away Half the Lorelei. Whimpers,

and people is this once, this dead I caught heal…You know about Max like a dreams and hope; While the alarm broke us a family of celestial bodies hanging of zero.

Into relation

I think of the love you, and I felt enormous in my doorway?

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if you are an aos rper

there are some changes to the tvshow plots (or things that weren’t clear in canon but that in my blog are very much stated) BESIDE Jemma’s personality after the planet, so please like this if you already read my pages and are okay with the other divergences/if you read this post and are okay with it 

these are the PLOT changes - beside FS staying platonic unless I write with a Fitz

s1  -Jemma has no medical training, she freaks out after surgeries -Jemma doesn’t know what Lorelei did to Ward, she thinks she just used him to find the Bus

s2 -Jemma trains with May for a while before going undercover -not exactly different from canon but just to be clear: Jemma obviously never had anything against inhumans since she didn’t even know they existed, she wouldn’t have hurt Daisy, she has PTSD, she was obsessed in an unhealthy way with both revenge and self-sacrifice and considers herself the most expendable there -Jemma would never blame Kara Palamas for a brainwashing she herself was fearing and wanted to help her

s3 -well, an au planet, I mean, this is the whole point of the blog, and all its consequences  -she has a room upstairs with windows -Jemma won’t tell anyone she’s been tortured, only Fitz knows (potentially tortured differently due to being already messed up from the planet and more dangerous than in canon, more like Bobbi? to be decided) -no more lab work for her, only field  -she tries to reach the quinjet before Lincoln too but is stopped by Mack/Fitz s4 -Jemma can’t be mad at Daisy for leaving, if anything she’d help if asked -every now and then lab work that doesn’t include dissection is done, but she’s training to be an op -not as high ranking because of this but still playing a nicer role with Mace to trick him  -extremely messed up Jemma from LMDs and Framework, barely functional after killing LMD Fitz 

s5 -Kasius takes her as a pet-servant after she almost kills him, she’s given a collar too, a darker tunic and they consider making her fight. She’s only alive because he suspects she’s connected to SHIELD -she kills Kasius when she escapes with Fitz and Daisy, it’s his brother that does the rest of the fighting  -Jemma tries to be a bit encouraging with Elena, can’t really look at Fitz in the eyes over the LMD murder, tries to give hope but needs lots of breaks and can’t perform arms surgery because too freaked out -IF there is a psychic split, she can’t take a side, not fully, and is just quietly losing it in the background, if there isn’t, she comforts both Daisy and Fitz because it was the fear!Doctor who did everything -If Fitz dies, she’s gone full May-After-Bahrain mode and goes to rescue him, after that she’ll either leave or stay but is in need of therapy again because she’s giving up on life. It’s best for her to take a break. If Coulson is gone, go double on that. 

Fitz and Jemma can be a couple if plotted with a Fitz rper, or with other rpers as long as we go different from canon - she can leave at any point to meet other characters - she can have other ships - in Roxxon verses she has a different and compassionate attitude towards grey-area villains if abuse is involved, but that’s a whole different story

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How experienced is everyone when it comes to the do (tm)?

Sinday Things | Anonymous | The Main Five (tm)

[ ☆ ] ~ It depends pretty heavily on verse!

For example, Eira in her main verse went so far as having a pregnancy scare while in her mutant verse has limited if any at all. Generally I think of her as a virgin in her mutant verse. Though introducing Angel and Tourniquet really made that complicated so...

I try to keep it somewhat related throughout the verses though.

Eira has limited experience and if you mean that like ‘how good is she’, I don’t think she’s that great tbh. Mostly because she hasn’t had a lot of practice. But she picks up on things, when her partner really likes something, she notes it. But she isn’t creative in coming up with her own ‘moves’ or wants. She wants to do her best to please them after all.

Aeron has more experience than she does but not by much. Really it’s about the same, he’s just older so he has a slight advantage with more time. I wouldn’t say he’s that good either. He doesn’t pay attention the way Eira does. You’d probably have to tell him what you want. But if he’s told, he’ll try to remember.

Oliver has plenty of experience. He’s not only handsome but he’s a bit of a player even after he’s married. At least pre!Oliver types, and he’s a bit of a selfish lover. Post!Oliver types are very inexperienced and often nervous about pleasing his partner. A little too much to really partake in The Do (tm)

Lorelei, I think it’s pretty obvious lol And it’s made her pretty good I think. She leans toward being a selfish lover though. But she’s... creative. It’s a mutual pleasure thing.

Tripp has about the same level as Aeron but Aeron is probably better at pleasing his partner than him. Tripp is kinda rough at times and unchecked, it stops being fun so you’ll have to be vocal about boundaries.

Thanks for the question! I hope that answers it well enough