#mad ship

[emotionalsupportknife]

Reading Mad Shop by Robin Hobb and being sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo normal about every little "Amber" tidbit

[msunitedstatesjames]

I'm only through book 2 of Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, but I gotta say, Malta's shift from insufferable brat to a straight up icon is peak characterization.

[alanalmeara]

What is great abt robin hobb is that she writes complexe female characters but she doesn’t just portray them as unlikeable

[novacane0808]

Amber ❤️

[burlveneer-music]

Mad Ship - Time Shift - proggy fusion & improv from Poland, RIYL RareNoise, Rune Grammofon

MAD SHIP explores the forefront of modern jazz, asking the question: What's the next step? Kuba Wójcik's group plays music that is free-spirited, concrete in form, and filled with original ideas. The musicians —Tomasz Licak, Grzegorz Tarwid, and Krzysztof Szmańda—collaborate to create fresh, unique soundscapes, delving into unexplored musical spaces. The results are delightful and surprising. Kuba Wójcik - guitar, electronics Tomasz Licak - tenor and soprano saxophone, Grzegorz Tarwid - grand piano, synthesizers Krzysztof Szmańda - drums, percussions All music by Kuba Wójcik except: „Carnival Diet” & „Stream” by Grzegorz Tarwid No.1,4,6,8,11,12 - improvisations - concept by Kuba Wójcik Cover Art by Ada Zielińska Produced by Kuba Wójcik

[spending-life-pretending]

Halfway through Mad Ship. Does Robin Hobb know she's my best friend

[lordgolden]

wow amber is different…. Paragon can’t sense her all the time…. THE SCENTLESS ONE

[ohallows]

feeling insane reading 5 star reviews of the liveship traders trilogy. I just finished the second book and i don't think i read the same story as these people. 90% of the characters suck, there's a barely there thread of feminism that honeslty gets rebuffed more than it gets Lauded, every single male character has basically been reduced to "cannot resist the Woman, who is a beguiling mistress, but must have Strength to Fight Against the Temptation", a 22 year old is being supported and encouraged in his desire to marry a literal 13 year old (he has POV CHAPTERS!!), and women are somehow both independent and reliant on men to progress their story. not to mention the sexual assault scenes. listen. I am in no way saying that sexual assault is unnecessary in fiction, but when the only reason it's included is to make the readers view of a terrible man even worse, i do question it. especially considering the fact that there was barely any reaction to it like.... anyway. the tacit allowal of pedophilia is disgusting imo. people called this another game of thrones and honestly i get it. and don't get me wrong I love fantasy! i just question why someone is like "yeah there's nothing weird about a 22 year old wanting to marry a 13 year old. this is normal in their culture." while constantly trying to assert that, again, a 13yo, is a woman. sorry let's not.

me gritting my teeth. it's the 90s. it's the 90s.

[similistic]

Books of 2022

Favorites:

- Owen by Kevin Henkes It’s a children’s book about a mouse who is very attached to his security blanket. XD

- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler A very eerie post-apocalytpic/dystopian science fiction novel. The story is set between 2024 and 2027, so reading it in 2022, as a resident of California, was a bit chilling and very thought-provoking.

- Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb This is book 2 of the Rain Wild Chronicles series, and to be honest, I don’t highly recommend the other three books in the series, and I’m not sure I would have “favorited” it as a stand alone. But it’s the most dragon-centric book of the series and I really enjoyed her treatment of dragons and their lore.

5-Star Ratings in 2022:

- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Young man coming of age, vintage Americana.

- Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater Basically a look at what happens to Merida from Disney/Pixar’s “Brave” after the events of the movie.

- The Partner Track by Helen Wan Young, female, Asian lawyer, trying to make partner at her firm. Dealing with racism and sexism. Slight “Devil Wears Prada” vibes.

- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Fun romance novel. Enemy to lovers trope.

- 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne Fun romance novel.

- Mad Ship by Robin Hobb Book 2 of the Liveship Traders trilogy.

[chloristoflora]

Lavoy made a small contemptuous sound. "Make enemies of the serpents? Serpents talking to Paragon? You sound as mad as the ship. Serpents are animals. They don't think, or plan; they don't have feelings. If we hurt them bad enough, kill enough of them, they'll avoid us. I'm with the captain. Arm the ship." He shrugged at her cold stare. He cocked his head and challenged her. "Only a fool would think differently."

Amber was unruffled. "I think differently." She gave Lavoy a cool and mirthless smile. "It's not the first time I've been called a fool, and likely not the last. Still, I will tell you this. In my opinion, men deny animals have feelings and thoughts for one basic reason: so they won't feel guilty about what they do to them. But in your case, I think it's so you don't fear them quite as much."

The Mad Ship, by Robin Hobb (Liveship Traders #2)

[assiraphales]

nah since marvel is trending again I’m going to say it again louder for the people in back — canon steve rogers would never have chosen an “idyllic 1950s white pickett fence life” because the only place that man belonged was a picket LINE. the whole point of his character was that his work was never done. there was always going to be another oppressor, another bully, another person who takes advantage of the underprivileged for him to stand up to. from the moment he gained consciousness he, a chronically ill son of a working class mother living below the poverty line, used his voice and his body to protect & fight for what he believed in. I’m not sure there was ever a time pre-super soldier serum where he didn’t have a black eye. he could put the shield down all he wanted but he could never retire from being steve rogers — someone who never once turned a blind eye, who never once wanted a “reward” for his work, who never once abandoned his friends. this isn’t up for debate. this is almost a century of comic book & film/animated precedent. he may have been a man out of time, but in his words “it’s tempting to want to live in the past. it’s familiar, it’s comfortable. but it’s where fossils come from”

[overlymetaromantic]

Dungeon Meshi, or as I like to call it, Marcille's-increasingly-difficult-to-ignore-revelations-that-her-endless-devotion-to-Falin-may-in-fact-be-more-rooted-in-lesbianism-than-she-originally-thought

[alanalmeara]

Serilla is a boss ass bitch i love her

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

bad guys with bad intentions

[rynli]

officer now is not the time to obsess about your sexuality

[spending-life-pretending]

At the beginning of every scene with Malta Haven I’m always either fully like “omg I can’t stand this girl she’s so aggravating” OR “omg this girl is so smart I love her” and then by the end of the scene, every time, I’m having the opposite thought.