#pattern of three

[woeful-imp]

Chapter 32: Draw

Good news, I'm on my Practical Guide to Evil obsession again! Bad news, it's not nearly as interesting as a study of the songs used in the Guide... It all came from listening to a podcast about the Guide (the Podcast Guys Talking Erratic Errata, go listen to them, they're cool), and realizing I'd not paid enough attention to chapter titles. Specifically, Book 2 Chapter 32: Draw.

Now, that is a good description of what goes on between Catherine and Akua in the chapter, but I had not noticed yet...

They were in a Pattern of Three at this point, weren't they? Started at the end of Book 1 when Akua suckered Catherine into almost having to give up the XV Legion (Catherine herself admits she's been beaten). And now, in this chapter, the XV has been bloodied but the demon is out of play, and Akua cannot push her advantage, so, it is both their second direct confrontation and a draw. Which all leads to Akua's defeat in First Liesse at the hands of Catherine, and only managing to get out alive because she took a LOT of precautions.

Considering Akua was on the losing end of a Pattern of Three, her warning Marshal Nim about it in Book 7 makes a lot more sense. I'd always suspected she learned that off-screen but she looked into it because she lost one, didn't she...? I could even see Black nudging Catherine in that direction after her initial loss to make sure she didn't waste that story.

[ramblingsofafanatic]

its been a very productive day!

[notwerewolf]

toby fox is in love with one particular brand of television host more than anything else

[dyinginthearctic]

so what if i did learn how to knit because of amc's the terror (2018)... what then

patterns: gansey / fingerless gloves / welsh wig / relic glove(s)

[somnidasha]

watching teen wolf recently and i'm afraid no one told liam that he could just say i love you and he figured out that he could just break someone's nose as confession of his feelings. like yeah dude, i get it, you like him. there's no need to punch him in the face twi three times

[nartothelar]

yeehaw

based on this:

[milfygerard]

I regret you all the time

fuck this guy

sources

@stuckinthistaydream s john mayer timeline post

Elle.com article: Taylor Swift’s Ex John Mayer Posted a Not-So-Subtle Message to Fans Amid ‘Dear John’ Re-Release

elitedaily.com article: Taylor Swift Revealed Who She's Singing About In "Clara Bow"

songs mentioned: Dear John/The Story Of Us/Haunted/Ours/Superman/I Can See You/Foolish One/Would've, Could've Should've/Clara Bow/The Manuscript

note from 9am the next morning: help me and @lorde4 both saw that post and simultaneously went i hate this guy so much i need to make an edit abt this

[mxmarsbars]

an explosive finish 💥

[koszmarnybudyn]

They are married²

[schemelin]

I just wanted to see them in suits :]

[egophiliac]

Do yoy like their silly little dance

the inside of my brain at any given moment:

[ancient-art-of-craft]

Took my project to the Council of Elders.

"What advice do you seek?"

I bravely stepped forward. "I wish to understand how to use three yarns in a colorwork."

They conferred, and one of their number stepped forward to inspect the pattern.

"FUCK NO. Do the duplicate stitch."

[serpentface]

Grazing antelope with zebra-esque fly avoidance coloration maybe? Just for fun? (ft. ox magpie)

[littencloud9]

you post a fic in a rarepair tag and it’s like throwing food into a fish tank and watching all the fish swim up to eat but you post a fic in a popular ship tag and it’s like trying to feed an ungrateful goat. and the goat kicks you also

[exasperatedoctopus]

Entered into a meditative state, forged a cross-stitch pattern, woke up two days later with this incorrigible bastard immortalized in thread

[emphasisonthehomo]

How many times does Tommy get a pearl necklace before he realizes that, when he tells Buck to come on his face, Buck is for sure trying to aim for Tommy's chin? And (sort of) failing because aiming mid orgasm isn't an exact science.