#mos: katherine

[minecraftbookshelf]

Religion in the Empires: Fae Squad Edition

General disclaimer that, for the most part, the religions in the empires are not analogous to Christianity at all, beyond the general inevitable flavors that come from both the ccs and myself originating in culturally Christian environments.

The exception to this is a little bit the Rivendell siblings, as the way that was set up in canon and grown in the fandom does lend itself to some very Christianity-oriented looks at religion and religious trauma and, at least to an extent, that will be playing out. It will not be a major theme in anything most likely, but it’s there.

And reminder that the modern western approach to religion is historically unusual.

Katherine:

As Guardian of the Overgrown who is able to communicate with the Spring, Katherine culturally functions as a sort of priestess/conduit for Nature. Its actually a similar role to the one Pix holds in Pixandria in some ways, while being distinct because the Spring is less of a god in a pantheon (like the goddess of death that Pix is connected to) and is instead The Overgrown itself.

House Blossom is only one of the Fae Courts but all of them are more animistic than their more mortally-aligned neighbors.

Smajor:

The reform method of dealing with religious trauma. Is genuinely very religious on a personal level and so is kind of the default royal for presiding at religious events that Xornoth is technically ineligible for (elaborated on below)

On a more general level, Aeor’s church is one of Scott’s favorite places. It was the one place he could hide from his parents during the worst years and even the priests generally didn’t bother him there. When he’s mad at Xornoth it’s where he goes because he knows he won’t be followed. So aside from any religious aspects the church building is a Safe Space for him.

That being said does have some deep-running trauma from the fundamentalist practices and ideals that ruled during his parent’s reign and his childhood.

Xornoth:

“I will face god and walk backwards into hell.” Has a literal god living in their head and refuses to do what any god wants ever. Especially the one in their head.

Their relationship with Aeor is extremely complicated, mostly because they (Xornoth and Aeor) are in a weird sort of stasis where they can’t be openly hostile to each other because that would make Exor happy and Scott sad, which they’ve sort of reluctantly concluded are both things neither of them want to happen, to varying degrees. Xornoth avoids Aeor’s church, Aeor leaves Scott alone and continues to bless Rivendell with the usual level of protection and prosperity and they sort of continue through life ignoring each other.

Xornoth was officially labeled as a blasphemer by the high priest of Aeor under their parents’ rule, technically that was never rescinded but the current high priest doesn’t enforce or draw attention to it. (The main reason it hasn’t been rescinded is equal parts it is technically theologically accurate and Xornoth finds it funny/is very proud of it)

Shrub Berry:

As an inter-dimensional refugee they spent some time existing in a sort of religious limbo. The gnomes were very much about casual worship of the local patrons and she doesn’t know who protects the Undergrove for quite some time. Meeting the Mother Wolf is a huge relief for her, though the close connection that the Mother Wolf initiated was a bit of a shock.

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Ocean Alliance

Wither Rose Alliance

[lissalerner]

Hua Cheng: “There is no banquet in this world that doesn't come to an end. But, I will never leave you”

Morozko: “As I could, I loved you”

The Bear And The Nightingale group: https://www.facebook.com/share/LtThK3yfterqiUkh/?mibextid=K35XfP

[avengerdaisy]

Beau Arlen & Jenny Hoyt [305/∞] with Cassie Dewell & Cormac Barnes [36/∞] in Big Sky

[maraczeks]

the flatshare thread pt 1

[fangirlx]

#Top5Wednesday - Favorite Genres

So I’ve actually already posted and recorded the TikTok for this week’s topic, but I thought it best to do a little write-up anyway.  This week in Top 5 Wednesday, we are talking about Favorite Genres.  Continue reading Untitled

[arisusimsproductions]

I know it's not sims content, but I really want to share this edit.

[panelshowsource]

so many fun things coming up!

qi (series u/christmas special) — dec 18th with alan davies, eshaan akbar, jo brand, jimmy carr

never mind the buzzcocks (christmas special) — dec 19th with daisy may cooper, jamali maddix, noel fielding, harry hill, leigh-anne pinnock (little mix), ricky wilson (kaiser chiefs) + special guests dj luck and mc neat, 5ive, the wurzels, blaxin' squad

cats does countdown (christmas special) — dec 21st with jon richardson, joe lycett, roisin conaty, danny dyer, joe wilkinson

i literally just told you (celebrity special) — dec 22nd with aj odudu, ben shephard, bill bailey, sarah millican

would i lie to you (christmas special) — dec 22nd with victoria coren mitchell, alex brooker, naga munchetty, melvyn hayes

big fat quiz of the year 2023 — dec 26th with richard ayoade, mo gilligan, katherine ryan, rosie joes, kevin bridges, mel giedroyc

would i lie to you (series 17) — dec 29th

taskmaster (new year treat) — jan 2nd with deborah meaden, kojey radical, lenny rush, steve backshall, zoe ball

qi (series u) — jan 5th with alan davies, aisling bea, urzila carlson, romesh ranganathan

big fat quiz of telly 2023 — tba with russell howard, babatunde aléshé, jamie demetriou, natasia demetriou, judi love, daisy may cooper

plus a league of their own, rob & romesh vs, late night lycett, a lot!!

what are you excited for this holiday season? :)

[fandomtrumpshate]

Numbers snapshot -

Signups have been open for 5 days, so it's time for another numbers snapshot. We have 385 creators signed up offering 536 auctions in 218 fandoms - 104 listed, and 114 write-ins. Which fandom will be the biggest write-in fandom of 2024?

At the top of the write-in list are: 5 Yu Yu Hakusho 4 The Stanley Parable 4 Tortall 3 Ace Attorney 3 Bungo Stray Dogs 3 Danny Phantom 3 Dragon Ball 3 For All Mankind 3 Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb 3 The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison

(A list of the other write-in fandoms will be posted later today with additional deets, so stay tuned.)

And the leaderboard for the listed fandoms looks like this: 67 K-Pop * 50 Good Omens 35 Sherlock Holmes * 31 Harry Potter * 26 Red, White, & Royal Blue 25 Marvel * 25 Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed 21 DC * 18 Scum Villain's Self-Saving System 18 Star Wars * 16 Teen Wolf 14 Locked Tomb Trilogy 14 Supernatural

Additionally 69 creators are offering to work in ANY fandom.

Among our supported orgs, 'bidder's choice' unsurprisingly tops the list, followed by MECA, Sherlock's Homes, NAA, and In Our Own Voice. Orgs that could use more love include Together Bay Area, Deploy/Us, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, Pollinator Partnership, and Bellingcat.

In types of fanwork, creators are offering: 357 written fanworks 63 fan art 57 fan labor 33 podfics 6 videos 7 other digital fanwork

Fan labor includes 12 offers for translation in various combinations of: Catalan English Filippino French German Spanish Vietmanese

and some limited assistance in Russian.

(A post with a breakdown of additional fan labor offerings also coming soon!)

Signups are OPEN!

[minecraftbookshelf]

Who Speaks What Language: The Fae Squad Edition

Scott: Speaks Quenya and Sindarin as dual first languages. Is fully fluent in Silvan. Fluent in Mythlandic but has a notable accent and speaks very formally. Decently fluent reader of Pixandrian but his pronunciation sounds like he learned it from books, because he did, and constructing sentences is difficult. His comprehension is much better than his functional vocabulary though he gets caught off guard when words aren't pronounced in a way he thought they were and it throws him off. Can recognize some common Galactic words but just in the basic pattern recognition sense. Only speaks a few basics of Mezalean and none of the Oceanic Dialects. (This results in a distinct lack of overlap in languages he speaks comfortably and languages Jimmy speaks comfortably, which is a surprise tool that will provide us with dramatic tension later ;) )

Xornoth: Speaks Quenya and Sindarin as dual first languages. Is fully fluent in Silvan and Mythlandic. Does have an accent in Mythlandic but it is less strong than Scott's. Does still speak formally but that is less a lack of familiarity with the language in an informal setting and more general social awkwardness. Is actually more comfortable with the Helianthian dialect due to most of their casual interactions being with Pearl. Has their Helianthian trash talk down to a fine point. Has learned a significant amount of an, ahem, specific category of Lost Empire vocabulary via Joey. Can read Galactic fluently against their will. (Thank you, head demon.) Speaks enough Mezalean and Pixandrian and Manual Oceanic to fake their way through formal greetings but no more.

Katherine: Silvan is her first language, fluent in both Quenya and Sindarin. (She and Scott were unofficially pre-engaged at one point before Shit Went Down so they both learned each other's languages. They were also each others only friends at that point so there was that.) Has made it her mission to be able to speak to everyone in their own languages as part of her quest for peace and neutrality. Has mastered Mythlandic, is passingly familiar with the Helianthian dialect. Can hold a basic conversation in Oceanic, substituting her wings for fins on the manual side and her vocal chords are close enough to most Sea Folk that she can manage some of the verbal components that are beyond the other Land Dwellers. Not all of them, but some. Only started learning Swamp Speech and Lost Empire Language recently, is still a bit unfamiliar with them. Fluent in both Pixandrian and Mezalean. Played hooky on her Galactic lessons. Has been learning Gnomish as well. Is maybe focusing a bit more on that language over Swamp and Lost Empire, despite the lack of political gain.

Shrub Berry: Comes from an entire different dimension, is operating at a distinct disadvantage linguistically. Joey and Katherine have been helping her learn Mythlandic, with some basics in both Lost Empire and Silvan. They have both also been learning Gnomish in return, which she appreciates more than words can express. Of the writing systems in the Empires, Mezalean is the one they've had the easiest time with, which has resulted in an interesting mish-mash of languages anytime they have to resort to written communications. Prefers to stick to speaking when possible.

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The Ocean Alliance Edition

The Wither Rose Alliance Edition

[unreliablenarratorpoll]

and here's the long awaited match-ups! for the sake of readability, here it is in text form:

Left Side:

1: The Narrator (Fight Club) VS Richard Papen (The Secret History)

2: Belgarath the Sorcerer (The Belgariad) VS Lain Iwakura (Serial Experiments Lain)

3: Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) VS Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

4: Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) VS Drosselmeyer (Princess Tutu)

5: Kuruto Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative) VS Ishmael (Moby Dick)

6: Amy Elliot-Dunne (Gone Girl) VS Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein)

7: Mary Katherine Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle) VS Odysseus (The Odysseus)

8: Pi Patel (Life of Pi) VS Alice Liddel (Alice: Madness Returns)

9: Jamie Taylor (The Haunting of Bly Manor) VS Jonny d'Ville (The Mechanisms)

10: Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) VS Elena Gilbert (The Vampire Diaries)

11: Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) VS The Batter (OFF)

12: Charlotte Wiltshire (Hello Charlotte) VS Yuki Takeya (School-Live!)

13: Eleanor Vance (The Haunting of Hill House) VS Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

14: Louis de Point du Lac (Interview With The Vampire) VS Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

15: Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) VS Will Navidson (House of Leaves)

16: Maebara Keiichi (Higurashi: When They Cry) VS Emperor Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove)

Right Side:

17: Holden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye) VS Ethan Frome (Ethan Frome)

18: Kayleigh (We Had To Remove This Post) VS Attolis Eugenides (Queen's Thief)

19: Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) VS Mapleshade (Warriors)

20: The Narrator (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Offred (The Handmaid's Tale)

21: Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby) VS Zampanò (House of Leaves)

22: Steven Crain (The Haunting of Hill House) vs David Wong (John Dies At The End)

23: Renata Ghali (Planetfall) VS Johnny Truant (House of Leaves)

24: Mfer From Telltale Heart (The Tell-Tale Heart) VS Meursault (The Stranger)

25: Ted (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream) VS The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)

26: Genly Ai (The Left Hand of Darkness) VS Hiroshi Odokawa (Odd Taxi)

27: Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein) VS Varric Tethras (Dragon Age 2)

28: Cadi My Friend Cadi (Real Life) VS John The Apostle (The Bible)

29: Pelafina Heather Lièvre (House of Leaves) VS Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077)

30: Rodion Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment) VS Marco (Animorphs)

31: Flannery Culp (The Basic Eight) VS Daniil Dankovsky (Pathologic)

32: Cecil Palmer (Welcome To Night Vale) VS Mr. Stevens (The Remains of the Day)

[saintmeghanmarkle]

An Updated List of the "Celebrities" Following ARO by u/Training-Jello7600

An Updated List of the "Celebrities" Following ARO MM hasn't broken 600K followers yet. Possibly why she hasn't posted anything? Maybe she's planning yet *another* launch/rebrand to garner more traffic. Maybe she's practicing more calligraphy to unleash on her poor graphic design team. Or maybe the Houthis attacked her shipping container of patchouli. Whatever the reason for the hype sans actual product drop, it's a bit DOA if you ask me...Here is an updated list of the "celebrities" following Actually Really Obnoxious. I've added in their respective claims to fame in case you've never heard of the person. Let me know if there are any more and I will add them to the list! I just went with the biggest names I could recognize. It's...not an impressive list. Kris Jenner (Momager)Elle MacPherson (Model)Katie Couric (Journalist)Mindy Kaling (Actress/Writer)Portia de Rossi (Actress)Katherine McPhee (Singer)David Furnish (Elton John's husband)Minnie Driver (Actress)Leeann Womack (singer)Cynthia Erivio (Broadway)Audra McDonald (Broadway)Genevieve Gorder (Interior designer)Abigail Spencer (Suits)Tyler Henry (TV Medium)Stassi Schroeder (Vanderpump Rules)Misha Nonoo (Fashion designer)Cleo Wade (Poet)Amy Purdy (Snowboarder)Daniel Martin (Makeup artist)Cat Deeley (TV presenter)Casey McQuiston (author)People from the Sussex extended universe:Misan Harriman (photographer)Delfina Blaquier (Meghan’s “P-Wife”)Mandana Dayani (Former employee)Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (active Sussex stan)Markus Anderson (Soho house Svengali)Claire Waight Keller (wedding dress designer)Journalists:Rebecca EnglishTaylor LorenzWorld of business:Whitney Wolfe Herd (founder of Bumble)Mindy Weiss (LA event planner)Lemonada MediaHannah Mendoza (CEO of Clevr Blends)Samantha Barry (EIC Glamour) post link: https://ift.tt/ilhUy6W author: Training-Jello7600 submitted: April 01, 2024 at 03:39AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[kevainthemultiverse]

Chapter One - Invasion

Pairing: Kate Bishop x Fem!Reader

Summary: Kate's past comes crashing down on her when Kingpin's mafia makes her their new target.

Warnings: Invasions, murder, mentions of death, I put the slow in slow burn, cursing, fighting.

Word Count: 1.1K

I Chapter One I Chapter Two I Chapter Three I Chapter Four I Chapter Five I Chapter Six I Chapter Seven I Chapter Eight I

I Masterlist I

Kate has always been somewhat of a heavy sleeper, so much that the trait had become a running joke amongst the Bishop family. On school days, either Derek or Eleanor – her parents – would start waking her up thirty minutes before she alarm, knowing she needed extra time to shake off the her sleepiness. For thirty minutes, she’d be in an almost sleepwalking state. Not quite awake, not quite asleep. The somewhere in between, staring blankly into space as if contemplating deeply the mysteries of the universe. There were so many pictures of her staring into the void after waking up, it wasn’t even funny.

Loud conversations or the softest touch wouldn’t wake Katherine Elizabeth Bishop. But her deep slumber didn’t apply when it came to the noise of glass shattering against the floor, doors breaking, screams and gunshots.

Kate jolted up in her bed of her dimly lit room, suddenly completely awake – and terrified. 

“Mommy! Daddy!”

Her screams of horror didn’t seem to be heard, and she bolted out of her room, running from the corridor to her parent’s room, where the bed was still perfectly organized. They never went to bed. Immediately Kate ran to the first floor of the penthouse, feeling like her heart was a short beat away from exploding inside her chest. Kate could barely see in the dark of dawn, and in her desperation the girl failed to notice the sharp pieces of broken glass, accidentally stepping on it. She winced and looked down, tears prickling from her eyes upon seeing the red liquid oozing from the wound.

“Mommy!”

The ten-year-old tried again, taking the sharp glass from her feet. The windows on the ceiling that provided little light had been broken, for some weird miracle the chandelier didn’t fall with it. Kate continued to limp on her path to her dad’s study when her mom suddenly approached from behind, engulfing Kate, and pulling her out of the way of the study before she saw anything in the moonlit room.

Eleanor was bloodied, shaking, tears falling freely from her eyes as she hugged Kate strongly. “I’m here, sweetie, I’m here.”

A loud gasp escaped from Kate’s lips as she sat on the bed, small droplets of sweat forming on her forehead. Her dad had died twelve years ago, and since then it was easier to wake up on time to her duties, considering that several nights she’d wake up like this. 

Breathless, sweating, missing her father. And several hours before her alarm.

“It was a business partnership gone wrong,” Kate could hear it all over again, the cops talking to her mom as young Kate pretended not to listen. “this is Tracksuit Mafia MO. We will bring justice to your family, Mrs. Bishop.”

Justice? Kate wanted to let out a bittersweet chuckle at the memory. Against Kingpin’s mafia there was no such thing. Even if the man that pulled the trigger had been behind bars for years from killing such an important person, the pain and the memory were still very much free inside the archer’s mind, more often than not Kate would go to sleep and relive that night all over again. There was no relief if Kingpin was still out there, reigning over New York and walking around like he owned the streets, meanwhile Derek Bishop had turned into just another statistic number in the incredibly bloodied hands of Wilson Fisk.

Small noises or the softest touch would easily wake Katherine Elizabeth Bishop now, but this time, when the noise of glass shattering against the floor and doors breaking reverberate around the apartment, she was already up. Kate jolted up to her feet on her dimly lit room, and despite always thinking about that fateful night and what she’d do different, the archer dropped to her feet, hiding behind the bed with trembling limbs. Fear mixed with the worst of nostalgias. Everything seemed to be the same, she could barely hear anything considering how loud her heart was beating, the similarity making her feel like a little defenseless kid all over again. This time Eleanor was not around and Kate seemed to be the obvious target.

The noise of quick steps fill the apartment and Kate can see the faint reflection of lights bouncing on the ceiling of her room and getting clearly stronger by the second. The raven-haired woman held her breath, getting ready for the inevitable when the light strongly hit the wall just next to her, a few centimeters to the side.

She counts the steps the invader takes inside the room. 

One. 

Two.

A sickening crack followed by the dull thud of a body falling, the light on the wall dropped too, hitting a weird angle in the corner of another wall, declaring loud and clear that the archer could have a 4.8 GPA, but she was horrible in cleaning spider webs in corners. 

One. 

Two.

Three.

The steps seem to take their time as a barely lit silhouette in black tactical clothes and a silenced pistol stopped in front of Kate, looming over her as intimidating as a predator, gun pointed straight at Kate’s head before lowering it slowly. The archer held a gulp. There’s a pause as they look at each other – Kate thinking how to gain the upper hand by using her karate against someone that clearly knew how to fight way better and could end her life in the blink of an eye.

“Kate Bishop.” A confident but low female voice vibrates around the room.

“Who wants to know?” Kate questions as she raises one eyebrow and her chin, a failed attempt to appear fearless despite the fact she was hiding behind her bed rather cowardly. 

The noise of broken glass being stepped on broke Kate’s fake confidence and the conversation, the stranger looks in the direction of the portal leading to the corridor, getting in the position to fire her gun once again. Another flashlight hit the wall, but just as quick the silenced gun fired. The stranger remained up as there was another thud, now over Kate’s nightstand and significantly louder, dropping her books and lampshade on its way to the ground, blood dripping over her floor.

“We have no time for that, c’mon.” Her ‘savior’ mumbled and turned in her direction, crouching slightly and raising one hand as an offer for Kate.

But the raven-haired woman was as stubborn as they come, she eyed the gloved hand with wariness, not making a move. “Why would I take your hand?”

The stranger gripped Kate’s arm, seemingly losing all her patience, and pulled the archer up in one strong pull, whispering in strong conviction. “Because I’m your only chance at survival.”

Next

[ralfmaximus]

Fifteen thousand square foot anything is monstrously wrong unless you're a small grocery store

"farmhouse"

They destroyed a mid-century modern work of art

Chris Pratt is involved

What more need I say?

[soldier-poet-king]

Fran's Summer Reads

July

The Saint of Steel #2&3: Paladin's Strength & Paladin's Hope - T Kingfisher

Naruto vol. 26-30 - Masashi Kishimoto

The Cemeteries of Amalo #1: The Witness for the Dead - Katherine Addison [reread]

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Pérez

The Doomsday Books #1: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen - KJ Charles

The Tithenai Chronicles #1: A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows

New and Selected Poems vol. 1 (1992 Beacon Press edition) - Mary Oliver

Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle [reread]

No Matter the Wreckage - Sarah Kay

The Masquerade #1: The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

Mostly Void, Partially Stars: WTNV vol. 1 - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

August

Mo Dao Zu Shi: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation vol. 1 - Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Naruto vol. 31-34 - Masashi Kishimoto

Translation State - Ann Leckie

Trigun Maximum vol. 1 - Yasuhiro Nightow

The Locked Tomb short stories: The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex, As Yet Unsent, The Uninvited Guest - Tamsyn Muir

September

The Masquerade #2: The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson

Trigun Maximum vol. 2-3 - Yasuhiro Nightow

Naruto vol. 35-39 - Masashi Kishimoto

Mo Dao Zu Shi: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation vol. 2 - Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison [reread, via audiobook]

The World According to Mister Rogers - Ed. Hatchette Books

Lockwood & Co #3: The Hollow Boy - Jonathan Stroud

Wind, Sand and Stars - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear - Michael J O'Loughlin

The Queen's Thief #1: The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner [reread, via audiobook]

From Blood and Ash - Jennifer L Armentrout [bookclub fightclub read]

The Bells of Nagasaki - Takashi Nagai

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings - Joy Harjo