#mercedes reviews

[lewishamiltonstuff]

"Is this the way to Budapest?" 😂

Was gathering content for them Bono and James ASMR anons and stumbled upon this gem

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My mother’s rating of the current F1 grid: Part 1

Side notes before starting: I’ll be paraphrasing a lot on the comments, but it has the general idea. I did take notes when we were talking!

Some of her comments will be translated by me since she speaks Tagalog and my Tagalog is a little.. eh. I’ll try to be as accurate as possible though!

My comments will be Pink and hers will be Bold White

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Charles Leclerc:

Mother’s official rating: 7/10

Comments:

“Looks like he hasn’t ate yet.”

“Are you calling him skinny??”

“Yes. And he looks like he’s sad on the inside.”

Euvi side comments: I personally disagree with an atrocious 7/10 for Charles. If only i showed her a picture of him shirtless.. 🤔

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Logan Sargeant:

Mother’s official rating: 9/10

Comments:

“Very handsome. Looks like prince charming from Cinderella.”

“So why a 9/10 for Logan?”

“Cause i saw that he crashes a lot.”

“What?? You said that you don’t even like the sport!”

“I have eyes Euvi.” refuses to elaborate further.

Euvi side comments: No comment from this one for me.

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George Russell:

Mother’s official rating: 7/10

comments:

“He looks like the other guy!” referring to Charles

“What? No! They’re different people.”

“No way! Why do they all look the same?”

“Cause they’re European!”

Euvi side comments: Yeah, i don’t really know what went in my mind when i said that.. 😅

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Lando Norris:

Mother’s official rating: 8/10

comments:

“Look at his eyes!”

“They’re nice aren’t they? So why do you like him?”

“Cause he has a cleft chin!”

Euvi side comments: So i did some research and apparently a clef chin is someone that has a dimple on someone’s chin and i’ve never noticed that on Lando before 😭

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Sergio “Checo” Perez:

Mother’s official rating: 10/10

“Now this one i like!”

“Oh?? Why?”

“He looks like Tom Cruise!”

Euvi side comments: Now that my mother pointed that out, i can’t stop seeing it. Out of all the people i showed her, she (obviously) gave out a 10/10 for someone who resembles her, quite frankly, crush since she was a teenager.

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Some quick notes: I plan to do this for the current gird aaaaand maybe some of the older grid too, so leave some suggestions of other drivers that i should show her! Since her work is demanding, i’ll probably post the next part next week or so when she’s free. :))

📸: All pictures are from Pinterest!

[a-week-of-formula-1-reviews]

Round XV - Zandvoort, The Netherlands 🇳🇱

Hallo en welkom bij Zandzoort!

We are back following the summer break, to one of the early tracks of F1, on the Dutch North Sea Coast, home to the current world champion. But what was meant to be an easy victory for Max Verstappen turned out to be anything but. Following three mixed practice sessions due to the weather, Max was pipped to pole by his good friend Lando Norris, who openly admitted that he "hadn't performed at world champion level" in the run up to the summer break.

However, he was able to convert pole to the win for the first time in six attempts, and gave us the biggest winning margin of the season so far, at 22.869 seconds. Furthermore, he put in the fastest lap of the race (on old hard tyres) to reduce the championship gap to Max to 70 points.

It wasn't all fun by the seaside, however, as Mercedes slipped back following a good run of form heading into summer. They showed promise on Friday, and this was expected to continue, but with Lewis Hamilton failing to reach Q3, and a P7 and P8 finish for George Russell and Lewis respectively, it wasn't the weekend the Silver Arrows had planned, or hoped, for.

And for the first time since Monaco - way way back in May (scary thought) - Ferrari had a good race. Depsite being the slowest car in the slow corners in The Netherlands, Charles Leclerc was able to score another podium, his 7th of the season, and Carlos Sainz was able to finish 5th, having fought back from 10th on the grid. It was a good result for the Prancing Horses, as we move onto their home race.

And we will be there, in Monza, in a week's time, for the much anticipated Italian Grand Prix, one of the best races of the year. Until then, however, it's...

Tot ziens voor nu! 🇳🇱

P.S Shoutout to all the ladies, gentleman and everyone in between who had to put the flags on the grandstands at 5am, 10 hours before lights out, so those at the track, and at home, could enjoy every moment!

[live-fast-pet-frogs]

Stolen Past and present motivation in literature

I know these two books were written in completely different times and places but I can't help but compare the Great Gatsby and the Count of Monte Cristo in terms of plot and character motivations.

Basically both Gatsby and The Count lost the loves of their lives in rather unfortunate circumstances, were originally naive lovesick golden retriever boyfriends to then change their names and get filthy rich. Only difference is that while Monte Cristo uses his new wealth and identity strictly for revenge, Gatsby just hopes to relive the past and get back with Daisy.

In the end, neither men end up with their original love interest, and only one of them gets a happy ending, I just remembered how the two characters are rather similar in certain aspects. Maybe F.Scott Fitzgerald was inspired by Dumas' works?

Ultimately both stories prove that living in the past is wrong and instead of holding onto things from before you should be looking forward and live for the day. And it's just so intriguing how. Both characters come from similar backgrounds and experiences. I mean Gatsby wasn't in prison for 14 years but yknow. One spends his money on extremely elaborate plots to destroy his enemies while the other spends his money on hosting the fanciest parties in hopes that his old flame (living opposite him) will notice? Wow.

I was also a really big fan of The Great Gatsby in high school and now I'm super into The Count of Monte Cristo, so maybe the way I view things has changed too?

Sorry for rambly midnight thoughts...

[bob-the-movie-man-film-reviews]

My Fault (15*): Fast and Furious Spanish Teen Fumbling.

#onemannsmovies review of "My Fault" (2023). #culpamiafilm. @PrimeVideo illicit teen-romance. Glossy & watchable with 2 attractive leads. 3/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “My Fault” (2023). Original Spanish Title: “Culpa Mia”. “My Fault” sees a Spanish 17-year-old hottie acting on romantic feelings for her 21-year-old Spanish hottie stepbrother. What Dr Bob? Departing from the norm and doing reviews of porn now are we? Well, almost. This new offering – coming (no pun intended) to Prime Video in two day’s time – feels like a…

[thechaoticreader]

🌸📚Spring Cleaning Book Tag📚🌸

saw this tag by Jen @ Book Syrup and it looked fun so here we go!

1.The Struggle of Getting Started: a book/series that you've struggled to begin because of its size

I want to read it so bad, I'm excited to read it dont get me wrong, but like I've been on a short book grind and now big books are intimidating.

2. Cleaning Out The Closet: a book/series you want to unhaul

I just unhauled some books soooooo rn there aren't any, see this post for the books I donated <3

3. Opening Windows: a book that was refreshing

I read this directly after a heavy literary fiction so a fun gay graphic novel felt like a breath of fresh air and was a great reset!

4. Washing Out The Sheet Stains: a book you wish you could rewrite a certain scene in

so I truly had no idea what to put for this one because of the books I like I cant think of one that I would necessary want to change a scene from...sooooo more slander of this book! (I truly wish I could just let it go and never think about it again)

I would change so so so many scenes in this book. It has an interesting concept it just could've been executed much better

5. Throwing Out Unnecessary Knick-Knacks: a book in a series that you didn't feel was necessary

It should've been left at America and Max...I lowkey hate their daughter

6. Polishing The Doorknobs: a book that had a clean finish

The ending was...a lot, however everything was wrapped up, all questions were answered and it was a satisfying end to the duology

7. Reaching To Dust The Fan: a book that tried too hard to relay a certain message

Can I put the same book twice in a tag? It was beating me over the head with the vegan messaging

8. The Tiring Yet Satisfying Finish Of Spring Cleaning: a book series that was tiring yet satisfying to get through

This series is still ongoing but I normally avoid series at all costs and I adore this one so I'm chosing to count it

Steve has my whole heart and I would do literally anything for Holly

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Super Sosa

Way back in the mid-90’s I read an article about best selling female vocalists & near the top of the list was Mercedes Sosa, whom I have never heard of or even heard. She never really broke in the is North American market outside of Spanish listeners. Her roots are in Argentine folk music. I did a hunt & as expected, her music wasn’t that easy to find but I did find some cds. I have as…

[sillyf1blog]

F1 Livery Review time!!!!

quite late to make this but i wanted to wait until every car had been seen on track in some capacity to make this, rankings will be done out of 10 with 5 being considered average.

Red Bull 6/10

As is expected from red bull at this point (sighs), not much has really changed, same usual design with the navy blue base (i prefer the brighter blue the older red bulls used), however it gets a 6 because whilst its the same thing as last year, it does still look pretty alright.

Mercedes 8/10

I was quite surprised by the Mercedes this year, i was just expecting another all black Mercedes. I do quite like the design for this year, mixing very well the silver and black. usually im not a fan of Mercedes liveries, i thought the black was kind of honk mi mi mi and the full silver ones (looking at you 2022) just looked kind of off to me, but this is easily Mercedes best design yeast (bread typo!?!?)

Ferrari 9/10

ok Ferrari, just go ahead and reveal one of the nicest looking f1 cars in while why don't you. ok but like this thing is smexy tho, i dont really have mucch to say here, it looks great. imo im prolly being picky about this but the only thing that would make it a 10/10 ferrari for me would be a bit more white but that might just be me

McLaren 5/10

i have to be fully honest here, im disappointed. im really missing the blue, just the papaya and black is kind of boring, its why i didn't like the stealth mode livery from last year, and i mean its cool there's a bit of chrome, but its barely noticeable, im beginning to really miss the vibrant McLarens from 2019-2021

Aston martin 7/10

not much to say here, the green used this year is nicer, but the livery is held back by the carbon becoming a bit too noticeable for me, but its still quite nice

Alpine 2/10

this isn't a unique opinion but this livery is a waste, imo alpine has the nicest colours on the grid, the blue they use is amazing (the 2021 and 22 alpines being some of the nicest f1 cars ever made) but its just wasted on this livery, there's so much damn black

Williams 7/10

similar to the aston i dont really have much to say, it looks alright, its not amazing but it works

Racing Bulls 8/10

ok with a livery like this i almost forgive you for the awful name, this thing looks great, the orlen sponsorship works alot better on this then it did the alphatauri, and idk if its intended or not but this looks alot like the last toro rosso cars which is pretty cool

Sauber 7/10

this looks more monster themed than the team thats actually sponsored by them, similar to RB i almost forgive Sauber for the awful name, and unlike the other cars with alot of black the vibrant green works quite well and pairs well with black

Haas 4/10

its just kind of dull, the haas always looked good with alot of black but this is way too much, it looks unfinished tbh

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The Oathbound: Vows and Honor - Mercedes Lackey

2/5 - very adventure-of-the-week (AOTW) style, took a while for me to get hooked, lots of threats of SA or offscreen SA implied and I did not like that

I picked up this book and one other by Mercedes Lackey for a grand total of $6 at a small bookstore in my college town. I'm not going to say that I wouldn't have paid any more than that ... but let's just say this, like many books, is not one that will be remaining in my personal library for very long.

Anyways.

The two main characters in this novel are fairly fleshed out and they feel like real women. They make mistakes and atone for them, they have specific goals and drivers, overall they just feel very grounded. Personally, despite the text's insistence that they were not lesbians, I read them that way anyway. They are in love to me.

It took me a while to get into this book because their meeting and initial team-up happen in another book so I felt like I was really missing context there for a while. Also, I didn't really understand that it was going to be an AOTW style book until I was already a third of the way through. The pace did pick up once we got there though.

As I've said, there were a lot of scenes either referencing past rape, sexual trauma, or other forms of sexual assault to the main characters and many of the female background character. I think this was supposed to add depth, but the last AOTW revolved around some very questionable statements involving rape, gender, and general punishment, so I ended up skipping it altogether.

To conclude, not a book I'd freely recommend. What's sad is the two main characters, Kethry and Tarma, are actually really cool, but the ideologies the author is putting out there, rather uncritically might I add, just turned me off reading any more of the series.

EDIT: Now that I think even more about it, some very heavy TERF ramblings here. Just avoid it if you can.

EDIT 2: Having just finished another book of hers with a timeline, I don't actually think Tarma and Kethry's initial team-up happened in a different book. While I can appreciate breaking the tradition of starting with the teamwork aspect, I don't think Lackey does enough to justify the relationship in this book without this backstory. Too much telling, not enough showing.

[puroresu-musings]

NJPW WRETLE KINGDOM 17 in Tokyo Dome REVIEW (Jan 4th, 2023)

Ryohei Oiwa vs. Oleg Boltin  N/R

King Of Pro-Wrestling Title 2023 Right To Challenge New Japan Rambo

  **1/2

Antonio Inoki Tribute Match - Tatsumi Fujinami, Minoru Suzuki & Tiger Mask vs. Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima  **1/2

IWGP Jr. Tag Championship - TJP & Francesco Akira (c) vs. YOH & Lio Rush  ****

IWGP Women's Championship - KAIRI (c) vs. Tam Nakano  ***3/4

IWGP Tag Team Championship - FTR (c) vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI  ****1/4

NJPW World TV Championship Tournament Final - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita  ****

NEVER Openweight Championship - Karl Anderson (c) vs. Tama Tonga  ***1/4

Keiji Muto NJPW FINAL MATCH - Muto, Tanahashi & Umino vs. Naito, SANADA & BUSHI  ***

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship 4-Way - Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato  ****

IWGP United States Championship - Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kenny Omega  *****

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada  ****1/4+

Photos.

Happy New Year one and all! Well, my first review on here in years is of the first New Japan show in years that actually felt like New Japan! This was a tremendous show that, despite its 6 hour runtime, was a breeze to watch. Pretty much every match was a sprint until the Double Main Event, and it was full of great to outstanding action. As well as being the first Wrestle Kingdom since 2020 to have actual cheering and a hot crowd. Which created quite the environment.

The pre-show section was fine, but nothing special really. It kicked off with a 3 minute exhibition match Young Lions Oiwa, and the debuting Olympian, Oleg Boltin. This was solid stuff, but much too brief to take anything away from, other than both guys looked really good. Oleg got a near fall with a big slam as the 3:00 time limit expired. Next up was the warm January 4th comfort blanket that is the New Japan Rambo. This was a fun but unspectacular battle royal, much like we’ve come to expect. There weren’t any surprises, and it came to an end at 30:37, when Shingo and SHO (who entered 1st) lastly eliminated El Phantasmo. The final four all “win” and go through to KOPW Title Decision Match at New Year’s Dash tomorrow. The other two winners were Toru Yano (to the surprise of no one), and Great-O-Khan (ditto). Then it was time for the Inoki Tribute Match, as 69 year old living legend Tatsumi Fujinami, who’s impossible good for his age, teamed with Minoru Suzuki and Tiger Mask IV, in a losing effort to historic NJ Dojo graduates, Makabe (who I haven’t seen wrestle in forever), and the still great duo of Kojima and Nagata. This was decent enough for what it was, though it did feature some dodgy looking old dude action, but it was a nice, feel-good nostalgia fest, and I’m not complaining that we got to see any of these guys on the show. Everyone came out in the patented Inoki red towel. The finish fell apart though as Tiger tried (and failed) to do a jumping victory roll on Makabe, time stood still for a minute, then Togi effectively just sat on him and got the win for his team in 9:10. Fujinami did the Inoki “Ichi, Ni, San, DAAAAAH!” catchphrase in the post match.

The main show kicked off in grand fashion as Catch 2/2 defended their IWGP Jr Tag Titles against YOH and Lio Rush in a great little opener. This kicked off a theme of this show, which is matches clocking in at 10 minutes or under, and generally being super fun sprints. This started off hot with YOH wiping the champs out with a topé as they made their entrance, but the champions retaliated by taking Rush out with an elevated facebuster on the ramp, which busted him open. Lots of hot back and forth action culminated in the challengers hitting TJP with the 3K, but Akira broke it up. From there, YOH went for the Direct Drive, but TJP turned it into a small package to reatin the belts at the 10:29 mark. KAIRI’s first defence of the IWGP Women’s Title was next, as she took on Tam Nakano in a really good little sprint. Let’s get the negative out of the way first; this only went around 6 minutes. But, it was a s good a 6 minute match as you’ll ever see! It was all-action, they exchanged strikes, Tam hit a big dive to the floor and scored a great near fall with the Violet Screwdriver. KAIRI came back with a near fall of her own after a Cutlas spinning back fast. She hit another Cutlas, followed by the Insane Elbow to retain her title. The post match is what will make the most news, however, as the former Sasha Banks, now going by Mercedes Moné made her way to the ring, sporting a bit of a different look. She also had some badass, The Chronic era vibe entrance music. After a staredown, she laid KAIRI out with... some move, declared herself the “CEO of the women’s divison”, then challenged her to a title match in San Jose in February. Moné very much came across as a star here.

More tag gold was on the line next, as Heavyweight champs FTR defended against Bishamon. This was an excellent match, and even only going 10:10, was a fast-paced hard-hitter, that managed to be better than I anticipated. Wheeler hit big dives to the floor, and the champions scored great near falls with a Power Plex and Spike Piledriver. After an exciting closing stretch, the challengers hit Shoto on Harwood, and YH scored the win and the titles for his team. I know there’s a lot of speculation about FTR’s future at the moment, but they’ve been nothing short of fantastic in the last year, and I personally feel there’s still a lot more for them to do in Japan. The inaugural NJPW World TV Champion was crowned next as a newly blonde ZSJ faced off against The Son Of Strong Style, Ren Narita in, you guessed it, another great sprint. These 15 minute time limit matches really are a ton of fun, and this was no different; a compelling combination of hard strikes and submission grappling. Zack worked over Narita’s arm throughout to prevent the Overhead Suplex, which payed off as during a grappling exchange he caught him in a Jujigatame, and Ren quickly tapped to give Sabre Jr. the title in 10:32. The post match saw Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls come out, who were ZSJ’s old mates in NOAH. They handed Zack a TMDK shirt, which he put on and appeared to declare himself the leader. It’s worth pointing out that during his entrance, Zack demanded that “dickhead” Rishi Sunak pay nurses fairly, and quite frankly I couldn’t agree more! But back to wrestling...

Tama Tonga rescued the NEVER title from Sports Entertainment oblivion in the next match, as he defeated WWE Superstar Karl Anderson in a fun match. To his credit, The Machine Gun put in some actual rare effort here, and Tama took some nasty bumps early, including a Bernard Driver on the ramp. The finish saw Tonga get near falls with a big splash and second rope Gun Stun, before scoring the win at 9:36 with another Gun Stun (which Anderson botched the bump for, but whatever). This benefitted from me having absolutely zero expectations going in, so I was pleasantly surprised here. Next was the final match in NJPW of one of the all-time greats, as the on-the-retirement-run Keiji Muto teamed with standout student Hiroshi Tanahashi, and potential “future ace” Shota Umino, to take on the LIJ Muto Fan Club of Naito, SANADA and BUSHI. From an in-ring perspective, this was likely the weakest match on the card, as nobody really did anything (except SANADA hitting the Moonsault on Muto in the early going to get a really close nearfall), but the crowd were super hot for Muto, and it helped the match greatly. This finishing stretch saw Tanahashi hit BUSHI with Sling Blade, the Natural Born Master followed up with a Shining Wizard, and Umino put the masked man away at 9:20 with the Death Rider. They all posed and left to Muto’s entrance theme in the post match. The IWGP Jr. Title was on the line next in a 4-way. This was something of a disappointment I feel, but still a great match. It was certainly all-action, but I don’t know, something just wasn’t clicking for me in this for a while. They all worked hard and hit the crazy multiman spots throughout, and Hiromu and Despy had a really great exchange later on. Things really picked up at the end, when Wato went on a tear, scoring numerous believable near falls with his Recietemente Crucifix Bomb, and had the 26,085 in the Dome believing he could pull off the miracle here. He scored another brilliant near fall when he hit a massive Everest German on Hiromu, but the miracle wasn’t to be as Takahashi escaped a Dragon Tiger Suplex, and hit Time Bomb II on Wato to regain his beloved Belt-San in 16:43. During this match it was announced that Naito and the LIJ guys got into a heated exchange backstage with Kenoh’s KONGO faction from NOAH, which is super interesting.

Things were kicked up a notch in the next match, and it finally felt like a classic Wrestle Kingdom show, as Will Ospreay defended his US Title against Kenny Omega in a dream match. This was just outstanding, and ended up being a completely different style to what I’d anticipated. This was a heated, super stiff, bloody war. Omega (complete with added Don Callis) returned to NJPW for the first time in 4 years, to take out the man who “took his spot”, and Ospreay, who came out as the Ariel Assassin of old, was there to beat the hell out of the guy who abandoned the company 4 years ago. This was a classic grudge match, and featured some insane action that was sometimes hard to watch. There were moments I actually feared someone was going to get seriously hurt, but thankfully that didn’t happen. Omega, who worked totally as the heel here, worked over Ospreay’s famously injured neck and back, including landing a double stomp off the apron onto Ospreay’s back whilst a table was draped over it, which culminated in him bleeding from the back. Ospreay fought back with stiff punches which caused omega’s right eye to swell shut, hitting a brainbuster on the upturned table, and then a big Skytwister Press to the floor. Kenny removed the corner pad, exposing the buckles, which both guys took bumps into. Things got crazy as Will went for a Spanish Fly, but Omega countered it into a top rope DDT onto the exposed buckle, which was insane, and Ospreay juiced heavily from the head. After teasing a countout, Kenny hit the Terminator Dive and a Cactus Jack Piledriver in the ring for a near fall. Omega began obliterating him with Snap Dragon’s and V-Triggers, before hitting a horrifying Croyt’s Wrath from the top. Ospreay hit a couple of stiff looking Hidden Blade’s to put Omega down, and scored a great near fall with a Springboard Oscutter. After a Styles Clash, Ospreay got another near fall with another Hidden Blade. However, Kenny escaped a Storm Breaker, hit a Tanahashi straigh jacket suplex, then followed that up with Kamigoye after a defiant Ospreay spat at him. Omega then hit the One Winged Angel to win the US Belt for a second time, and end this classic war at 34:38. Fantastic stuff, and I certainly hope there’s more to come here.

Then it was time for the second half of the Double Main Event. Rare is the day that I think to myself “Okada’s going to have a tough time following that”, but today was that day. Realistically, it was never going to happen, and as much as I love both White and Okada, the build to this match did nothing for me, and I’ve just seen enough of them. Regardless, this was still an excellent match, complete with all the intricate counters and big spots we’ve come to expect from an Okada main event. But I must admit it took a long time getting there. Okada, who was wearing Inoki inspired garb, broke out a huge senton atomico off the top to the floor on both Jay and Gedo, the big dropkick, and hit the sit-out Tombstone, followed by a Rainmaker, but Jay caught him in a Blade Runner, which is exactly how he beat Okada for the World Title at Dominion, but this time Okada kicked out to a big pop. This ultimately was White’s downfall, as the story was that he started to lose it after Okada kicked out of his finish. Jay tried a Rainmaker-inspired Blade Runner, however the challenger countered and hit a big Rainmaker, but the champion got a shoulder up at 2.99. After a dramatic forearm exchange, Okada connected with a ripcord Enzugiri, hit the champion with his own Blade Runner, then followed up with Tiger Flowsion, and a definitive Rainmaker to regain the World Championship at the 33:03 mark.

The post match saw an interesting moment where White at first refused to give up the belt, then they had a brief staredown, before Jay was dragged for the Dome despondent by Gedo. Shingo Takagi then came out, rightly pointing out that he never did a rematch after losing the belt a year ago, and threw his proverbial hat in the ring as Okada’s first challenger, which was accepted. And in an ultimately fitting move, a show that was dedicated to the late Antonio Inoki ended with the modern day Inoki victorious, and sending everyone home happy with the “Ichi, Ni, San, Daaaah!” catchphrase. All in all, this was easily the best Dome show since 2020, and it very much felt like a return to greatness for New Japan. A must watch.

NDT

[fantasybooktournament]

i gotta shout out my most favorite fallen series valdemar by mercedes lackey!!!! we've got: magic godly talking horses, so many badass women sorcerers and warriors and also both, lots of Tragic backstories that are Overcome, the big legendary hero of the country is gay and gets a series, passing out when you do too much magic...truly my deepest book obsession as a tween! big TW for rape and SA

I was sad to see it leave so early, it's been on my tbr forever!! thank you for your review!!

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lewis hamilton: fashion icon

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Gryphon in Light, by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon

Mercedes Lackey teams up with her husband and co-writer Larry Dixon to carry the story of Valdemar and its neighboring land beyond the events of the Owl Mage (Darian) trilogy. Gryphon in Light picks up several years after Owlknight. The titular gryphon is Kelvren, an engaging, charismatic, and enthusiastic gryphon who currently serves as the leader of the gryphon guards at the diplomatic enclave of k'Valdemar. The book is entertaining, and I loved seeing Kelvren and several other familiar and beloved characters. If you're new to the series, this is not the place to jump into the Valdemar books, but if you're already a fan, read on!

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Visiting a Secretive Car Collector, Bond-Style