#lina wolff

[agendabymooner]

AGENDABYMOONER'S DIRECTORY: CHARACTERS

NOTE: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE 400 FOLLOWERS! Oh my god. As I said, this was just some sort of self-indulgent blog but I am so glad to share my work with you. Thank you all so much for being there and to everyone who likes them so much they were more than willing to engage in my fangirl phase/behaviour/whatever. I am so glad I've entered the F1 realm all those months ago lol!

To remove all of the confusion to my work, here's a character directory 😭 I'm really sorry for that.

Letting you guys know that some of them may be in the same universe but they are not as heavily connected to each other (the only ones who are connected to each other more are The Alessandros and The Hearth Sisters - Trish is only connected in one thing and that's the Rush Wedding Special)

CHARACTER DIRECTORY

THE ALESSANDROS (rushverse)

LORELEI HESTER ALESSANDRO-RICCIARDO: Måneskin bassist. Also known as Lester Allie. Has her own set of fans in F1 as she’s an ambassador for Scuderia Ferrari. Is the middle child of the five kids. Daniel Ricciardo’s other half.

MC from Rush Series and its other extras (9 To 5, Wedding Special, Mrs. Ricciardo Special)

KARA ELEANORA ALESSANDRO: Second oldest sister of Lester. Also known as Nora. A businesswoman. She has a fashion brand. Has two children: Gabriele, 4 and Maris, 2 as of 2024. Divorced before Maris is born. Has been dating George Russell since February.

MC from His Family and Her Lover

JACQUELINA ALESSANDRO: Also divorced and has two sons: Franco, 8 and Andreas, 6. Also known as Lina. Is a model in Italy. She’s quite content being a mother.

NICOLA GRAZIA ALESSANDRO: born in 2000. Known as Cola or Grazie Nichols. An author who works for Tilly’s publishing company as an editor. Recently moved to London and is currently dating Lando Norris.

MC from London Boy and its other parts. 

MATEO ALESSANDRO: The only boy and second to the youngest before Cola. He lives and breathes with his equally unhinged in-law, Daniel Ricciardo.

THE HEARTHS (rushverse)

TILLY MARIE FORD WOLFF: 39 Y/O as of 2024. The eldest Hearth sister. CEO of the Hearth Automotive Groups and the founder of The Wolff Publishing. She was previously a journalist and communications liaison but had abruptly made a change in her career path after purchasing half of the Red Bull Racing. She owns 20% of both Scuderia Ferrari and McLaren Racing, as well. She’s married to the owner and general manager of Mercedes team, Toto Wolff, and has three kids with him: Soren (age 8 as of 2024), Tia (age 5), and Adelmo (age 2). Her company does not fully associate with the FiA as to avoid rumours of bias and corruption within the Formula Racing community. Her net worth increased to 5.5 billion after her company sales skyrocketed. 

Main character from Colour Me Your Colour series and its extra features.

STEVIE MARLENE FORD HAMILTON: 31 Y/O as of 2024. The second to the oldest Hearth sister. Head of Communications in Scuderia Ferrari and a supermodel with little to no time. Owns 10% of the said team with shares purchased under her investment company, The SMF Association. Married to Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton and has a daughter named Lottie. Has a net worth of $164.1 million as of 2024.

MC from Thick and Thin fic

SYLVIE EDSON FORD-VERSTAPPEN/HEARTH: 27 as of 2024. Executive Director of Red Bull Racing’s non-profitable kids/charity programs. Also known as the Wild Mustang or simply Blue for doing a donut in her mother's 1985 blue mustang convertible at the age of 10. Could have been F1’s first female driver since Maria Teresa de Filippis had it been for her expulsion in the academy. Known for her slight dislike for Christian Horner. Max Verstappen’s demise. Net worth is currently at $196.1 million.

MC from To Loathe and to Love series and its extra features.

AIMEE YAEL EDMUNSON: 25 as of 2024. Media Communications Officer of McLaren Racing. The half-sister of Tilly, Stevie and Sylvie. The only Hearth sister who doesn’t enjoy being in front of a camera. Works hard alongside Charlotte to keep Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in line instead of wandering off. Had to leave from the 2024 season early due to her pregnancy. She’s currently dating Charles Leclerc and has two kids with him: a set of twins named Hervé and Jules Leclerc. Net worth is currently sitting at $91.2 million.

MC from Of Long Lines and Names

AMARA LOUISE EDMUNSON: Aimee’s mother. Businesswoman and owner of several businesses all across the globe - including luxury stores such as Harrods and Selfridges. She raised Aimee alongside Blanche and Aimee’s half-sisters. Much like a family, Amara would take the four as a whole when it comes to trips and thinks that Julius Hearth is a sad excuse of a father. Amara is Tilly, Stevie and Sylvie’s second mother.

BLANCHE CHRISTIE FORD (formerly Hearth): the youngest daughter of William Clay Ford Sr. and the mother of the first three sisters. Owns 30% of Ford Motor Company but doesn’t act as an executive chairman. She, much like Amara, is a grandmother to Soren, Tia, Adelmo, Lottie and the Leclerc twins and would rather be a stay at home Nan to them. Amara and Blanche co-parented for the four and spent nights drinking wine whenever the girls were out. Some had assumed that the two were “very good friends” but who were they to judge or assume? 

TRISH ALONSO: Is a professional wrestler who was caught up in the F1 and WWE drama back in 2000s because of a certain Fernando Alonso. Now has kids with the said man. 

MC from Heaven and its other parts.

NOTE that she is not as heavily connected to the Hearths and the Alessandros !!!

THE SAN PEDROS (rushverse) !

MAGDALENA SAINZ: Married to Carlos Sainz. A bit unhinged. 

MC from Ride Home and its other parts.

PALOMA SAN PEDRO: Magda’s cousin who happens to be crushing on a certain Oscar Piastri (or the other way around?)

MC from Jollibee, Madrid and all the Romance Fiasco

NOTE: These lots are in the same universe as The Hearths and The Alessandros but they are NOT heavily connected to them.

VERA COPPOLA RAIKKONEN: Is married to the Iceman, Kimi Raikkonen, all while she had given birth to the loudest versions of him (and not drunk loud)

MC from Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You

NOT heavily connected to the Hearths and Alessandros despite being in the same universe. 

THE VETTEL SPECIAL

BELINDA HELENA ONG-VETTEL: 34 as of 2024. Also known as Bel Vettel. A billionaire who happened to be a celebrity, artist and a wife to a retired Formula One driver. She is considered a “Crazy Rich Asian” for growing up with money and her endless collection of Hermes bags that she seemed to treat as a fragile canvas. After years of trying and failing, she and Sebastian adopted a son named Kimuel, who was immediately addressed in the grid as Kimi Vettel. Some say that Kimi is a quieter version of Sebastian for his meekness and the sudden switch to cheekiness. 

MC from Crazy Rich Wife and its other parts.

BARBARA ELISANDRA BLANCO: 25 as of 2024. Also known as Barbie. She happened to be 15 when Bel and Seb took her in as their foster child and continued to raise her as their own even after she turned 18. She moved to Switzerland with the Vettels after she was guaranteed a better life and opportunity to become a chef. She’s currently enrolled to study in Cesar Ritz College in Le Bouveret - which is a short drive every day so that she’ll have more chances to babysit Kimi, her two year old toddler adoptive sibling. Everyone thinks that she is dating Mick Schumacher, who would often make a visit to the Vettels home whenever he gets the chance. Mick obviously likes her, but does she?

MC from She’s Everything… And He’s Just Mick and its other parts.

ADA ABBOTT-BUTTON: Jenson Button’s wife who definitely made him work for two years straight for her attention. Is the founder of the organizations Arts for Youth and Arts for Kids 

MC from the Mr. Darcy Type.

CARMELLA AYALA PEREZ: Miss Universe 2018 winner who happens to be married to a certain Sergio Perez and has two kids with him. Ambassador of Arts for Youth and Arts for Kids Mexico and Philippines. 

MC from She’s Beauty, She’s Grace.

THE OTHERS (doesn't have any direct connection)

ALBERTINE PHILIPPA FRANCES SPENCER: Royally rebellious. She was born in 1996, months before her parents got divorced. She’s also married to a certain Mr. Esteban Ocon. 

MC from the Royal Wildcard and its other parts

ENSLEY ZARA SOLEIL: Equally in love with Pierre Gasly despite having to make him work real hard for things.

MC from Newsflash and its other parts.

BORA McKINNON: Lance Stroll’s ex who happens to be a Kpop idol. Would probably get back together with Lance.

MC from Gotta Be You

[miuarchiv]

Paeffgen's interrogation on 8 Jan 1948, among regular questions on his and WS's career timeline the interrogator suddenly inserted something more like a gossip magazine interview:

F. What was the relationship between Schellenberg and Heydrich? Not to speak of Lina. A. As far as I know, Schellenberg found favour with Heydrich on a professional level. F. Wolff said that he was Heydrich's best pupil. A. I know from the time when I was under his command that he often scolded HEYDRICH for oppressing him. On the other hand, I also know that he thought quite highly of Heydrich and said … F. After all, HEYDRICH was his protector. A. He often complained to me how Heydrich shouted at him. F. But in a very charming way. A. I wouldn't like to call him charming as a characteristic. F. From when did you subordinate to Schellenberg again? A. From August 1942 until the end of the war.

Translated with Deepl and with manual correction

[mel-0n-earth]

People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

Tagged by @jazzmorelikespazz AND @waterdeeply (thank you both!)

⟡ FAVE SHIPS ⟡ (mainly BG3 and Bioware so this doesn't get too long)

Shakarian (my top OTP, ride or die, I will ship it to my grave)

Fenhawke (a close second to Shakarian)

Solavellan

Durgetash

Dammon x Tav

Gale x Tav

Karlach x Tav

⟡ LAST SONG(S) ⟡

Literally the entirety of Phantom of the Opera (the 25th anniversary Royal Albert Hall performance--I was on a roadtrip, and full musicals are great for that)

⟡ LAST FILM(S) ⟡

Joel Schumacher's version of Phantom of the Opera (I know, it's a theme, don't look at me...)

⟡ CURRENTLY READING ⟡

JUST finished Bunny by Mona Awad (SO good!)

Starting Carnality by Lina Wolff

⟡ CURRENTLY CRAVING ⟡

Chicken noodle soup and a hot toddy (currently sick)

Tags (if you wanna :3) : [I am SO anxious about tagging people, but I'll holler at @youngearlgrey-partdeux and @sky-kiss , if they want to join in and haven't been hit with this yet!]

[thatbitchsimone]

What are some good ones you’ve read lately (books)?

nausea by jean paul sartre

invisible monsters by chuck palahniuk

de polyglotta älskarna (the polyglot lovers) by lina wolff but i dont know if its been translated to english or not so this one is mainly for my fellow scandi girlies bc i know theres a few of u here

baise moi by virginie despentes (havent finished it yet tho its the one im reading currently but im loving it this far. makes me wish i knew french so bad tho lol i can just tell its probably amazing in its original language bc the only thing that i dont like about this book is the way the dumbass who did the swedish translation uses very tacky and dumbed down spellings/grammar which ive only ever seen used in kids/teen books which is very weird since this book is VERY MUCH and VERY OBVIOUSLY meant for adult readers only and it makes me wish i went with the english translation instead so id be able to fully enjoy it better but thats not even a criticism of the book itself its literally just a criticism of the swedish retard that translated it lol virginie baby im so sorry)

[scientistmp3]

dropping my complete tbr below (over 100 novels) bc i neeeed someone to tell me what book to read next. reading strange sally diamond rn and it's too draining and cruel to continue atm. pls help me pick my next read ill love u forever!!!

specifically need a break from sally diamond's themes (csa, r***, p********a, on screen torture). my next read can still be disturbing in any other way that isn't the mentioned triggers idm

my current tbr:

a botanical daughter (noah medlock)

a sweet sting of salt (rose sutherland)

all's well (mona awad)

bad cree (jessica johns)

biography of x (catherine lacy)

birnam wood (eleanor catton)

black sheep (rachel harrison)

bridge (lauren beukes)

brutes (dizz tate)

cackle (rachel harrison)

carnality (lina wolff)

comfort me with apples (catherynne m valente)

dead eleven (jimmy juliano)

death valley (melissa broder)

diavola (jennifer thorne)

episode thirteen (craig dilouie)

goddess of filth (v castro)

her little flowers (shannon morgan)

home is where the bodies are (jeneva rose)

homecoming (kate morton) i think this one may be a bit too long for me rn

house of hollow (krystal sutherland)

how to solve your own murder (kristen perrin)

i cheerfully refuse (leif enger)

i keep my exoskeletons to myself (marisa crane)

in my dreams i hold a knife (ashley winstead)

jawbone (monica ojeda)

knock knock open wide (neil sharpson)

lapvona (ottessa moshfegh)

leech (hiron ennes)

lone women (victor lavalle)

looking glass sound (catriona ward)

midnight is the darkest hour (ashley winstead)

mirrorland (carole johnstone)

mister magic (kiersten white)

monstrilio (gerardo samano cordova)

mother thing (ainslie hogarth)

my murder (katie williams)

natural beauty (ling ling huang)

near the bone (christina henry)

no one's home (d m pulley)

notes on an execution (danya kukafka) probably not for my next read LMAO

penance (eliza clark)

revelator (daryl gregory)

ripe (sarah rose etter)

silver nitrate (silvia moreno garcia)

sisters of the lost nation (nick medina)

the burning girls (c j tudor)

the centre (ayesha manazir siddiqi)

the death of jane lawrence (caitlin starling)

the haunting of velkwood (gwendolyn kiste)

the husbands (holly gramazio)

the last murder at the end of the world (stuart turton) even tho stuarts novels hurt my head

the last house of the flower bride (roshani chokshi)

the missing years (lexie elliott)

the other valley (scott alexander howard)

the return (rachel harrison)

the skeleton key (erin kelly)

these fleeting shadows (kate alice marshall)

things in jars (jess kidd)

this thing between us (gus moreno)

tripping arcadia (kit mayquist)

unsettled ground (claire fuller)

wrong place wrong time (gillian mcallister)

[louisegluckpdf]

no one asked for this but here are my favorite books i read this year :)

moby dick by herman melville

hummingbird salamander by jeff vandermeer

labyrinths by jorge luis borges

the books of jacob by olga tokarczuk 

lincoln in the bardo by george saunders

devil house by john darnielle

milk fed by melissa broder

carnality by lina wolff

[famousblueraincoatmp3]

Reading list: 20 short book recommendations

books 300 pages or less that are still very impactful!

1. asleep by banana yoshimoto 2. conversations in a cathedral by mario vargas llosa 3. köttets tid/carnality by lina wolff 4. in the café of lost youth by patrick modiano 5. jazz by toni morrison 6. notes from underground by fyodor dostoyevsky 7. gilead by marilynne robinson 8. kusamakura by natsume soseki 9. kallocain by karin boye, predates 1984 10. year of the hare by arto paasilinna 11. kain by josé saramago 12. woman at point zero by nnawal el saadawi 13. cockroaches by scholastique mukasonga TW: rwandan genocide 14. shout sister shout! by gayle f wald.  15. the womens revolution by judy cox 16. the gilda stories by jewelle gomez 17. blind owl by sadeq hedayat 18. the autobiography of my mother by jamaica kincaid 19. vile bodies by evelyn waugh 20. kitchen curse by eka kurniawan

[rootsmachine]

“dead man’s blood” (1.20) // carnality, lina wolff // “swan song” (5.22)

[lcnelyday]

get to know the author!

name : lina/keats

pronouns :  she/they

preference of communication : disco. always disco.

most active muse :  per catagory because i can't pick. landon - erik or darius, barton - lila, able - mallory, fantasy - mira or veloria, preter - sera, pennyshore or patrick.

experience / how many years :  neoseeker rp - 2008, mibba rp & writing - 2008 to 2010, tumblr rp & writing - 2009 to present. i have been writing for twenty years. on tumblr i started in group rps (my first rpg was a harvest moon like, multiverse group and i was kicked out for playing characters i had never played the game they came from, it was brutal but fair.). i have written rp, poetry, fiction in all forms and music since i was about eight years old.

best experience : i started a server for other rp writers in 2015-2016 called THE WRITER'S GARDEN. i went by doll, honeykeats, lina and peony at the time. i was writing a pairing, Honey Burton and Alex Adamson (Dove Cameron and Luke Hemmings fcs) with @effervescentrpx that had over two hundred members of the server reading along. it was surreal and exciting, some of my favorite work with another writer.

rp pet peeves : when you like my starter. auto block.

fluff, angst, or smut : i love a healthy dose of angst and fluff.

plots or memes : i usually only answer memes from partners i already write with, people who ask for a specific muse or nonstarter memes. i prefer to plot tbh.

long or short replies : both both both! you are more likely to get a quick reply from me with shorter replies, but you are more likely to keep me invested with longer, so it's you choice honestly.

time to write : i am a morning writer. so if it's noon and i haven't done a reply, i am likely not doing any replies tbh.

are you like your muses : i mean, i am a little like all my muses. i am the glue that holds them together. i am compassionate like suvi, i am passionate like anya, i am confident like rhea, i am helpful like adam, i get scared like angela, i am goofy like ash, snarky like claire, self sacrificing like wolff, heartbroken like whitney, i put a piece of myself in each muse tbh.

tagged by: tagged by the lovely @wynterlanding

tagging: anyone who wants to, but also, @reveriemxses, @queenxfthedxmned, @rennisaturate

[thebibliobimbo]

Added to tbr 3-11-2024

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (Pub. February 2024)

Carnality by Lina Wolff (Pub. August 2019)

Fervor by Toby Lloyd (Pub. February 2024)

[wisnkrhead]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Polyglot Lovers by Wolff, Lina Book PERFECT CONDITION. NEVER READ. NO WRINKE.

[lindblomste]

because I wanted you to know

Jag har gått från en förbrännande tacksamhet över en gnutta hopp till en djup förtvivlan över hur litet det hoppet är på bara ett drygt dygn. Eller kanske känner jag mig mest ångestfull över allt det jag inte får här och nu. Det jag inte får för att jag är utanför alla sammanhang jag är inne i och fast i på min ensliga ö i månens arkipelag.

Kärlek är inte när man förstår varandra, kärlek är att vilja fortsätta försöka förstå om man kan förstå varandra. Är Månens sällskap de som förenas i gemensam okunskap om vem som är medlem och vad vi är medlemmar av? Jag tänker i alla fall så: att det inte bara handlar om att ha en relation till en viss typ av konst och filosofi (båda begreppen förstådda i vid mening) utan att man måste ha en väldigt specifik – närmast outsäglig – relation till denna konst och filosofi.

Jag undrar om Lina Wolff är medlem eller om hon tillhör ett parallellsälskap (henne sommarprogram talade för båda alternativen). Hon rör sig väldigt nära månens domäner men jag undrar om det inte är något annat hon utforskar. Hon bor bara några kvarter från mig. Jag har haft henne som gästlärare ett par gånger, både på skrivar- och skrivpedagoglinjen. Hon har fått morgontidning utdelad av mig flera gånger men jag tror aldrig jag sett henne på stan. Ändå något mystiskt att ha någon som rör sig månens närhet i sådana nära anslutning till sin egen livssfär. Det är sådant som får mig att tvivla på min övertygelse om att jag är på fel plats rent geografiskt. Man kan tänka att Lund är en månens stad – med alla torn och kullerstensgator (blir det mer dark accademia än campus- och muséeområdet på Helgonabacken?) – men det är också en mycket liten stad. Eller nej det är inte det som är problemet – Lund, Malmö och Helsingborg är ju någon slags enhet, och då blir det ju en hel del folk sammantaget – det är att regionen är lite i periferin. Mycket små gemenskaper måste hitta en centralort att befolka. Det kan vara, som så ofta i historien, en ort långt borta från politikens och kommersens centrum.

Ok, i vilket fall, jag ska sluta tjata om det där. Lund är min bastion och för tillfället är det min uppgift att vara här. Jag tänker mycket på vad min uppgift i sällskapet är. Nu på sistens har jag tänkt att jag ska bevaka buddhismen å sällskapets räkning. I mörkare stunder tänker jag att min uppgift är att vara månens eremit, att jag alltid kommer förbli ensam och oförstådd, att ingen annan kommer vilja ha med mig att göra.

[mbti-sorted]

Lina Wolff

Anonymous asked:

Writer Lina Wolff - isfp?

[angrywrasslenerd]

The Angry Wrasslin’ Nerd’s Wrassleviews: Aftermath 2023

Aftermath is traditionally the biggest show on the SWA calendar, the big "season finale" where everything comes together. Tournament winners challenge champions,  blood feuds culminate, hatchets are buried, and new chapters begin, both for wrestlers and for the promotion itself. This is the most exciting time of year to be an SWA fan.

At least, that's the idea. If you've been an SWA fan as long as I have, you start to notice that sometimes, Aftermath fucking sucks. Sometimes the challengers are unexciting, the matches are unsatisfying, and everything just feels like it's in a holding pattern waiting for the fresh blood that typically comes between Aftermath and Emergence. So, where did 2023's show land us? Was this an exciting climax to the year? Or a mammoth-sized turd in the punch bowl? Let's get right to it.

Connor Cipris, Lina, Shannon Fulmar, and Regina Ibanez vs. Aaron Wolff, Valkyrie Jameson, Brianna Dalton, and Raven Briars

I've said my piece a number of times about these pointless low-card tag clusterfucks. They don't move anything forward, and they're just there to get names on the card and fill out matches. The scale for them usually goes from "ASS" to "Meh".

That said, for what this was, it was decent enough. Lina and Valkyrie, in particular, were highlights of the match, and Lina continues to show off her now-legendary toughness every chance she gets. This woman does not wrestle like someone who wants to still be walking in 5 years, let alone wrestling, and fuck me if it isn't entertaining as hell. Every feat of strength Valkyrie could pull off, every crushing lariat or devastating slam, Lina got right back up and asked for more.  This feud has legs, and managed to drag what would otherwise be another dull tag clusterfuck right up into decent territory. If only they would get time for a singles match on a PPV. I seriously don't get what SWA management's deal is regarding Lina the last few years. 44 really isn't that old, and when she's still going at a level like this, why the ass aren't they featuring her more?

The rest of the match was... well, it was fine I guess. Everyone looked good, and nothing stood out as bad. But I was always just waiting for Lina and Valkyrie to get back in the ring. The BHB team emerged victorious when Connor and Shannon both locked in their big submission finishers on Aaron Wolff at the same time (which looked fuckin' vicious by the way), and that was that.

The Nerd's Rating: Watchable/10

El Rey Dorado, Fabio Silva, and Javier Valiente vs. Chad Jackson, El Halcon Loco Jr., and Kara Stern

I don't think Javier Valiente really fits in Los Diablos. Sure, he's a bit of a prankster, but he just doesn't have the kind of inherent shitheadedness that the rest of the faction does. Any time he was in the ring, this was almost a normal wrestling match, with a few shenanigans and pranks here and there. Comparing it to what was going on when El Rey Dorado or Fabio motherFUCKING Silva (who was back to the ring earlier than I expected goddammit) was in the ring reminded me why I used to fuckin' hate these guys so much. Referee misdirections, double-teaming, bullshit on the outside, this match was a greatest hits of Los Diablos' most hatable crap, right down to a completely needless beatdown on Chad Jackson after they'd already won, a beatdown that I note Javier didn't participate in. Don't be surprised if he drifts away from the faction in the coming months.

The Nerd's Rating: Ugh/10

Armel St. Martin and Hanami Watanabe vs. Jake Adair and Lexi Heart

This one should've been a banger. Hanami Watanabe and Lexi Heart's dislike for each other isn't fading at all with time, and they were quite eager to beat the shit out of each other here. Meanwhile, Armel St. Martin seemed motivated to take down Jake Adair after losing to him in the World Open, and Jake actually pulled some rarely-seen anger out of Armel. Jake was quick to tag in when Hanami was in the ring, but just as quick to tag out whenever Armel came after him, and that frustration on Armel's part boiled over into some of the nastiest strikes we've ever seen him throw. Meanwhile, Lexi steadily got tired of Jake's shit because she wanted to be the one fighting Hanami. This led to blind tags and argument on that side of the ring, which Armel and Hanami took advantage of to secure the win.

Jake's bullshit really weighed this match down. He can be a great wrestler when he puts his working boots on, and he's spent years trying to live down his 2018 Inside Wrasslin' "Most Hated Man in Wrestling" award, so you'd think he wouldn't stoop to this shit. Maybe he's afraid of Armel's vengeance after that roll-up win over him in the World Open, but c'mon man it's Aftermath. Get your shit together.

The Nerd's Rating: Disappointing/10

Jim Tarler and Tess Tarler vs. Tommy Powers and Olivia Powers

I'm usually one of the first to complain about nostalgia acts getting big PPV spots, but to be honest, this was actually pretty good. The Powers' had their game faces on, and were dead-set on trying to isolate the 65-year-old Jim Tarler, but he was having none of it. Both sides made frequent tags, and both sides worked together well, with frequent double-team maneuvers and last-moment pin breakups.

The Tarlers really impressed me in this match. Jim fought like hell, and if it weren't for his appearance, you'd be forgiven for mistaking him for a younger man. Tess coordinated well with her grandfather, pulling off matched moves with him, or doing the old signature spots that he can't do anymore. Which is good, because I don't know about you, but I don't fuckin' need to see a 65 year old man doing diving elbows and probably breaking something in my wrestling. Anyway, the Tarlers finally gave the crowd something to really get loud about, and the double Blast Bomb finish was exactly what we needed after a mostly unimpressive undercard.

After the bout was over, Tess grabbed a house mic and teased that she might come back at some point in the future. As I understand it, she's still considering contracts from multiple organizations, and has a busy schedule of matches for a variety of promotions in the coming months. I'll be watching with interest to see where she lands.

The Nerd's Rating: Palate-Cleansing/10

Matt de Leon vs. Aguijon Tachibana

Sometimes, all you need is some motherfucking lucha libre. The Tarlers' match aside, this show had been pretty tepid up to this point, and what we really needed was something to up the pace and really get us to care. Leave it to these two guys to deliver exactly that. The first ten minutes or so of this match were just pure lucha, with lightning-fast hold exchanges, technical pin attempts, and a good dose of high-flying as well. Though I guess the rest of the match was also pure lucha in its own way, as they got steadily more pissed off and brought out the heavy striking. This may have been a mistake on Matt's part, as Aguijon is a more adept kicker than him, and was quick to show this fact off with some absolutely blistering examples. Matt held his own, though, and actually pissed Aguijon off enough with his own kicks that Aguijon went and got a chair. Referee Nadine Mathis tried to talk Aguijon down, until Matt solved the issue by dropkicking the chair into Aguijon's face, where it then flew out of the ring.

Overall, Aguijon fought well, and surprisingly clean, sneaky little fucker that he is, other than the chair. However, Matt's momentum was just undeniable, and after 19 minutes of non-stop action, Aguijon simply didn't have an answer for Matt's Phoenix Splash.

Some of the miserable fuckers that like to clog up my social media feed will probably say that this being my MotN is more a comment on the quality of the overall show than the match itself, but honestly this would've been a pretty great match on any card, and past this point, it was all pedal to the metal anyway. Congratulations to the new Aftermath Champion; with a performance like that, it's richly deserved.

The Nerd's Rating: Fucking Perfection/10

Gold-Blooded vs. The Divine Imperium

I think this is the match that we'll remember as when the cracks started to show for The Divine Imperium. Don't get me wrong, it's not like their act is getting any less funny. But tonight they came as close as they ever have to losing the tag-team championships. Gold-Blooded are just too tight a team to be going up against them without cohesion, something that, as I've mentioned, The Divine Imperium are seriously lacking.

This match ultimately came in kind of a weird place, squished between two absolute killer singles matches. It wasn't bad, and was certainly better than the tepid undercard, but it suffered for being sandwiched between two matches that were far better. Once it was clear that they were actually under serious threat, Akiko and Mizuki did what disciples of Samael do best: They resorted to being absolute monsters. Of course, Cerise and Leticia being members of Los Diablos, they're no strangers to a good old fashioned street fight themselves. You can imagine how things went from there.

I'd say a good half of this match took place outside of the ring, and even when it was inside, things were in full-bore anything goes mode. Tables were broken, chairs were smashed over heads, turnbuckle pads were removed, kendo sticks were produced from somewhere, and while I don't speak Portuguese or Japanese, I'm pretty sure that whatever Leticia was screaming at the top of her lungs violated some kind of broadcast standard somewhere. Referee Nadine Mathis visibly gave up trying to keep any of this under control, and was just content to count the final fall. After all was said and done, The Divine Imperium squeaked one out here, but they clearly underestimated their opponents' capacity for violence, and were on the back foot for a decent portion of the proceedings.

The Nerd's Rating: Violentastic/10

Mieko Suzuyama vs. Gabriela Espinosa

These two are a known quantity at this point, with a number of matches against each other over the last several years. Familiarity can be a double-edged sword for a matchup; while two opponents who know each other well can build up a series of counter-plays that make for exciting matches, a matchup can also just get stale over time because we've seen all this shit before.

Thankfully, this was a different set of circumstances than we've ever seen before for these two women. Since the last time they locked up, Gabriela became Joshi Champion for the first time in her career, and she was as motivated as I've ever seen to hold onto her gold at any cost. Mieko, meanwhile, has been three years away from the title at this point, and it was clear that every day away from the title scene had been eating her up. The match we got from that peculiar alchemy was pure asskickery, only narrowly edged out in my consideration for Match of the Night by the Aftermath Championship match. And sure, Gabriela pulling out all the stops meant a bunch of sketchy rollups, feet on the ropes, all that shit, but when the intensity is this high, and when Mieko absolutely was not having that shit for even a second, and rewarded every shenanigan with pain, I can't be too mad about it (even if the amount of cheating bullshit is a decent part of why I didn't make this my MotN).

When her bag of tricks ran out, though, that's when Gabriela really kicked things into gear and this match got serious. Vicious kicks and chops flew back and forth wtih abandon. Gabriela was jumping off of every surface she could to add momentum to her attacks. Mieko pulled out her old Miracle Third finisher for a near-fall. Both women locked each other in signature holds and I swear I thought it was over a bunch of times. Finishers were countered. By the time Mieko finally managed to nail the Final Hidden Miracle to lift the Joshi Championship for the third time, I was exhausted just from watching.

The Nerd's Rating: Damn near perfect/10

Kazuo Saji vs. Ultimo Cielo

I had really high expectations going into this match. Ultimo Cielo has been steadily growing on me over the last year, producing some really excellent title defenses. Meanwhile, Kazuo Saji has never looked so focused in SWA. Kazuo had an absolutely incredible goddamn World Open this year, putting in tons of match time, giving amazing performances, and of course getting his first ever singles victory over Armel St. Martin. Given Cielo calling that he would be the first SWA Openweight Champion to ever defeat the winner of the World Open way back in February, not to mention putting his mask on the line, there was a real unstoppable force meets immovable object feeling about this matchup that was tantalizing to say the least.

Ultimo Cielo made a promise on that SWA TV back in February, saying that he would come into Aftermath alone, without any backup. What he never promised us, though, was how the shows leading up to this were going to go. In preview tags over the past couple weeks, Murderer's Row made sure to spend as much time as they could isolating Kazuo Saji and working over his leg. I guess Cielo got spooked after seeing Saji completely fucking obliterating people with the Chrome Splitter during the World Open. It barely seemed to matter, though, because Kazuo wasn't interested in trying out the Splitter in this match - he didn't attempt it once. Maybe he was wary of how effective it would be after all the legwork, or maybe he wanted to prove that he didn't need it. Either way, he ended up using just about every other aspect of his game to take the fight to the champion in a match that would've easily been one of my top matches of the night were it not for one teensy problem.

See, at about 23 minutes into the match, Kazuo Saji countered his way out of Ultimo Cielo's Angel Killer spinning tombstone piledriver. That must have panicked Cielo, because that's when everything went to hell. From that point on, a match that had been cleanly fought and really exciting became shenanigan city. Cielo did everything he could to keep referee Toby Russell distracted (not that distracting Toby is hard) so he could go for low blows and dirty pin attempts. When that didn't work, he threw Kazuo straight into Toby so that nobody with authority to stop the match would see him blast Kazuo full on in the jaw with a set of brass knuckles. To Kazuo's credit, he kicked out AGAIN after the brass knuckles shot, and even started to mount a comeback but he was unable to do anything about the second Angel Killer.

A match like this is really fucking frustrating. A complete turd of a match that stinks out the joint is one thing, but a titanic fucking miscarriage of justice like this is an entire other sack of shit. To think Cielo was winning me over with great performances as recently as Crescendo. Fuck this ending and fuck Ultimo Cielo for ruining what could have been one of the greatest matches of the year with his horsefuckery. Was it really worth it, Cielo? Throwing away any credibility you had with the fans just so you could say you're the first champ to turn back the World Open winner at Aftermath?

Fuck.

The Nerd's Rating: FUCK. MY. LIFE/10

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✨ Lina Wolff, Ljubavnici poligloti ✨

"Ljubavnici poligloti" simpatična je knjiga pisana u 1. licu jednine, a pretežito govori o ljubavnim, seksualnim i obiteljskim odnosima i zavrzlamama.

Pratimo tri priče: onu o Ellionor, o Maxu i o Lucreziji. Teme knjige su: ljubav, seks, poligloti i jezici ljubavi, kritika društva i njegove apsurdnosti...

U ovoj knjizi ženski su likovi željni ljubavi, a muškarci željni seksa i avantura - naime, tako su likovi portretirani.

Ako odlučite pročitati ovu knjigu, pročitat ćete štivo koje je pisano na dosjetljiv način, prepuno humora i dosjetki.

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(...) wydawał się jeszcze bardziej samotny, a ja czułam się, jakbym dzieliła z nim tę samotność, ale to nie była taka samotność, która znika, gdy się nią z kimś podzielimy, wręcz przeciwnie, miałam wrażenie, jakby się podwajała i jakbyśmy przez samo to, że ze sobą rozmawiamy, stawali się jeszcze bardziej samotni.

Lina Wolff - “Poliglotyczni kochankowie”