#press q to queue

[talimagpiesfictrove]

Not me waking up in the middle of the night and my illness-addled brain being like "MDZS BOTW au with LWJ as Link and WWX as Zelda"

[bowtiestash]

my dumbass forgot to post this (artfight attack for ~malzor)

[eatmysmellyfeet]

when god descends

to rend and mend

blood under 'ere nails

to judge the wicked hearts of man

I hope he judges yours first.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

[stormyoceans]

random thoughts and recollections about the jimmysea and pondphuwin fanmeet in rome!!!!!!!!

WARNING. this is just a ridiculous amount of obnoxious ramblings by yours truly with basically no pictures whatsoever because 1) im terrible at taking them, 2) my phone is old and has terrible quality, 3) even when @petrichoraline so kindly offered me her spare phone to take some decent photos and videos i almost yeeted it across the room in the midst of things, so. yeah, just be aware these are a lot of boring words ;;;;;;;;

ANYWAY. let's get into it!!!!!!!

JIMMYSEA PHOTO SESSION

putting the jimmysea photo session LITERALLY FIRST THING FIRST sure was a choice and not a good one for my heart which clearly shows in my picture with them because i look like a deer caught in headlights (im not subjecting y'all to my face but trust me on this i was SHAKING)

with the way the queue and the room were set up i feel like it was so much easier to look at and make eye contact with sea rather than jimmy, so at the end i whipped around to thank jimmy too and i think i automatically tried to wai to both of them, which i hope wasn't inappropriate ;;;;;;;;;; in my defense everything that was going on in my head in that moment was FUCK FUCK FUCK THEY'RE ACTUALLY REAL AND SO HANDSOME FUCK

also i had no pose in mind and i ended up panicking ;;;;;;;;

(more ramblings under the cut)

PONDPHUWIN Q&A PANEL

i bought the cheapest pass for them at the last second so i was sitting very far in the back during their panel and yet i could still see pond's jawline from all the way over there like i swear that shit is so sharp it could cut glass

i keep forgetting just how young phuwin actually is because he both looks and sounds so mature and confident and suave it's honestly insane

although one of the games was like. one of them had to be blindfolded and try to guess which pose the other was making just by touching them, and at the very beginning when pond put the blindfold on phuwin kept running away from him which was both so funny and cute

also the host kept putting up numbers with his hand and asking 'how many are these' to a blindfolded pond and one of those times pond answered by going 🤟 and i was like POND GOD DAMMIT

btw phuwin invited everyone to the GMM building so jot that down. if anyone gets there and securities asks you something y'all can blame him now (jk)

phuwin's favorite scene in we are is the art room scene with a sleeping phum in episode 11, while pond's is the pool scene always in episode 11. THE TASTE THE VISION THE FLAVOR TRULY MEN AFTER MY OWN HEART

JIMMYSEA Q&A PANEL

i was sitting in the second row for the jimmysea panel so i could catch so many small moments i absolutely loved such as:

they had to press a buzzer for questions and they always did that together, with jimmy's hand being on top of sea's like 5 times out of 6

jimmy poured some water for both himself and sea and he made sure that sea drank some

there was a game with balloons where the two sides of the audience were supposed to get the balloons to the back and then bring them back to the boys, and we failed spectacularly on jimmy's side (HE FELT SO BETRAYED IM SO SORRY BBY), so when the balloon got to sea very quickly he pushed it back towards the audience to buy jimmy's some time

both p'tha and p'aof were actually sitting next to the audience on my side of the room watching jimmysea panel and in my head i was like EXCUSE ME SIRS CAN WE TALK [slides monopoly money towards p'tha for a new jimmysea series] [has WORDS with p'aof]

so the way questions worked was like. they had to press a buzzer and after that a spinning wheel with different colors would come up on screen and on whichever color it stopped on they had to pick a piece of paper of that same color with a random question written on it. during one of the spins, the wheel landed on yellow and jimmy picked one of the papers, but i think because of the lighting it actually looked green from the audience's pov, so everyone was screaming 'that's green'. however jimmy insisted that it was yellow, and that what we were saying was yellow was actually orange (the host was agreeing with jimmy but sea was agreeing with us so im still a bit confused on the matter sfjksgfj). then the host said 'we're still gonna do this one' (as in the yellow/green one that jimmy had already picked) but jimmy went 'two questions' and picked one of the yellow/orange ones too, so the host just turned towards the organizers like well since he's the one who said so. JIMMY JITARAPHOL TRULY A MAN OF THE PEOPLE (but also please stop giving nomnoms reasons to have beef with the color orange sfjkshfksg)

actual thing that happened:

host: describe each other in 3 words

jimmy: very cute creature. he's my cat

sea: my good boy

me: WHAT THE FUCK AM I EVEN WITNESSING RN

jimmy said he would like to play a detective in a future series and i almost vibrated out of my seat like YES PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YES THAT'S A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART HE KNOWS WHAT'S UP P'THA ARE YOU HEARING THAT PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS I COULD GIVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sea said he wants to play a dentist but he actually meant dermatologist, he just messed up the word, and jimmy said that if we want him to be a dentist as well we should give him six more years sfjksjksf

at one point sea said 'mamma mia' and i burst out laughing so hard that's when i almost flung @petrichoraline's phone across the room (and that's when i also decided it was just better for everyone involved if i didn't try to take pictures or record stuff ;;;;;;;;;)

they also had to act out some words and when the host said 'sleep' sea was like 'i thought he (jimmy) would point at me' SON WHY ARE YOU CALLING YOUR OWN ASS OUT ✋😭 (and of course jimmy took the chance to point out that sea did in fact sleep right before the panel)

when the host said the word 'love' sea pointed at jimmy and jimmy pointed at the audience and then they were both quick at mimicking each other (so jimmy also pointed at sea, and sea also pointed at the audience)

SEA IS SUCH A GOOD SINGER AND JIMMY GOT SO MUCH BETTER TOO I WILL GENUINELY ACCEPT NO SLANDER TOWARDS THEM WHEN IT COMES TO SINGING AFTER THIS FANMEET

it was established that the most important words in italian are 1) mamma (mom), 2) pasta, 3) pizza, 4) ti amo (i love you). hard to disagree with that tbh

i think after this fanmeet i've really got to give it to jimmy and admit he actually might be an extrovert because he was just soooooooo ridiculously charming and witty and quick on his feet when it came to find funny answers and deal with some sound issue during his song like i really do think he shines when he's around people

i think you can tell sea is definitely more reserved compared to jimmy but what he doesn't have in expansiveness he makes it up with being so incredibly endearing like he really is just SO. DAMN. CUTE. (even if he tried to give me a heart attack by having his arms out for the fanmeet PUT THOSE GUNS AWAY SIR)

AUTOGRAPH SESSION

had a chance to get a closer look to pond and phuwin when they all walked inside the room and im trying to say this in a way that doesn't make me sound like an insane creep but like. the sheer amount of FACE pond has. i've seen him with my own two eyes and i still can't believe that's a real human being just going around his life. WITH THAT FACE. kinda understand now why greeks decided that the human form was the most important subject for artistic endeavour because jesus. that man really is sculpted by the gods

all that being said, i think the one whose pictures don't give him justice is sea. he is just so ridiculously handsome in real life and has the most beautiful smile i've ever seen i kinda. lost it a little about it ;;;;;;;

i think it's one of the reasons i suddenly got even more nervous and ended up messing up so badly ;;;;; i had this entire speech in my head about vice versa but i was so worried about holding up the line and the fact that everyone had even small gifts for them while i was empty handed and they were just. SO MUCH. so i just said 'hiiloveyouthankyou' to both of them and rushed away ;;;;;;;;; and i regret it so much because i think sea was trying to say something but after that he just went 'oh. love you too. bye' IM SO SFJKSHFKSGFJGSJDFJDK STUPID

FINAL CONSIDERATIONS

pondphuwin and jimmysea give off such different vibes and energies imho, at least during panels, like idk how to explain it but they truly feel like the cool kids and their silly goose uncles (and im saying this in the most loving way)

so. i guess this is the moment where i get a bit emotional about jimmysea. like i know im very biased but at the same time im also very aware that what we get to see of them is always somewhat performative, and yet. if before there was a part of me that was like 'this is gonna be a reality check and a reminder that i don't do parasocial relationships', that got pretty much crushed after this fanmeet. jimmysea genuinely look like the loveliest darlingest sweetest softest most precious boys who always make sure to thank everyone for getting where they are now. like my heart is so full of love for them i honestly don't know what else to say rn

if i have to find one negative thing (aside my blundering of the autograph session so badly) is the vice versa erasure. like both jimmy and sea had a solo song and that would have been the perfect opportunity for 'have i found' or 'by my side' but of course that didn't happen. one of the questions was 'what was your favorite scene to film' and they just assumed it was about last twilight. this is not me blaming them btw, because even when the fanmade video for them was played it only had last twilight scenes and moments so like. it's obvious they would think everyone just cares about last twilight. which is why i regret the autograph session so much and im sad im not the type of person who can just shout 'what about a vice versa scene!!!!!!' from the audience 🥲

this is also why i ended up buying the italian version of the vice versa novel btw BECAUSE IM NOTHING IF NOT A WEAK ASS PETTY HOE

my biggest warmest thank you goes to @petrichoraline who was just so endlessly patient and supportive and sweet and nice through it all, idk what would i have done without her. i also don't really have the words to properly express myself but like. I LOVE HER SOSOSOSOOSOSOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

a big thank you and sorry also goes to @puppy-phum who is just sooooo lovely. i feel bad because i wasn't there for her as much as i wished to but im grateful we went through the photo and autograph sessions together. I LOVE HER SOOOOOOOOO MUCH TOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[accidentally-in-fictional-love]

💻🍭🥰🤔- if you want to! hope your day is nice 😽

Donuts by the Bay - Sweet/Romantic Kurt Goreshter Headcanons

Warnings: Fluff Q//w//Q

Notes: You don't even know how happy I am that Kurt is next in my queue I love him so much 🥰 I tried to keep all my hc requests between 10-20 but then I keep just going to 20 so that's what I'm gunna keep doing lol I hope you enjoy and thank you for your patience~ I hope your day is nice too! 💗💗💗

the first time you see him, you think he might be the type to mug you in a dark alleyway, between his tattoos and his haircut and his outfit you end up sweating nervously as he gets closer to you, and you're so busy trying to avoid him that you don't even notice yourself get mugged by a completely different guy until he's grabbing the thief by the arm and getting your attention, giving you back your wallet with a thick accent

you run into him again as you're waiting in line for donuts to bring to work, and he has the same idea it turns out as you properly thank him, and when you end up asking for the same thing coincidentally he gives you such a big smile you don't know how you were ever afraid of him

you see him repeatedly as you both stop for morning treats, and you chat while you stand in line each time until he tells you about his job at a security business, a start-up he and his friend own, and when he gives you his card in case you ever need some home security his personal number is written on the back

the next time you see him (after chickening out of calling him repeatedly) you sum up all your courage and ask him out for coffee, and you learn that while the pastries aren't just for him he does have quite the sweet tooth, another thing to contrast your first impression of him, and you can't believe how incredibly wrong you were as you sit with him in the corner of the café without realizing you're actually swooning as he speaks

after you start dating he greets you with kisses to your temple when you meet up at the shop each morning, kisses to your cheek when he takes you out to lunch, and a kiss to your hand when you finally have dinner together

he's surprisingly affectionate despite his more or less stoic nature by default, not the type to climb onto the nearest table and sing your praises to the world, but more the type to casually have his hand on you in some way no matter if you're sitting or standing, needing to be close to you until it becomes so second nature you don't even realize you've started doing it back

he's smart, so much better at computers and tech than you, and he's always ready to help you with something no matter how small or silly, he never laughs when you think you're asking a dumb question, just listens to your problem and takes a look, and without fail he has yet to not fix whatever task you bring to him

his friends mean a lot to him, the only people who had his back when he was dealing with getting out of Folsom State Prison, and when he opens up enough to let you meet them not just in the 'come check out our business' way but the 'let's all get dinner together one night' way you see just how much they compliment him even though they're all so different

whenever they need to work on a new commercial for X-CON, since Luis loves to keep changing it up purely due to nerves, you're the one he offers up as their test audience, since he trusts your opinion so highly, and while he is unbearably cute as he reads off his cue cards and curses in Russian when he messes up, you're always ready to give them pointers and adjust their scripts so it flows more naturally, which they really appreciate

you end up deciding that you could use a bit of home security after you've been together a while, an unintentional paranoia arising in your stomach after spending so much time around them all and their stories of break ins, some caused by them back in the day ironically enough, but he just holds you close, presses kisses to your forehead and promises that he'll never let anything happen to you

when you do order some cameras to put outside he's the one to personally install them, and he sneaks in a few extra bonuses for you without the others knowing, just to make you feel safer

whenever he visits he always waves at the camera by your door, just because he knows you'll eventually see it, and you keep a small collection of each one because you can't imagine letting them be lost to time

he loves cooking old family recipes from back home, sharing things he was taught by his mother, grandmother, telling you all about what each one means to him as you sit on your counter and watch him, and when you eat together he always lets you try it first so he can see your reactions

as you lay together on the couch or in bed he loves to link his fingers with yours and tell you about his tattoos, where he got his ring and necklace from and how the latter's been passed down through the men of his family for generations, and he teaches you the words for them in Russian

when you're held close he'll whisper things to you that you don't understand, and when he translate them you get him to teach you how to say them too, and his eyes shine when you tell him you love him in his native tongue for the first time

on the nights where you're anxious and can't sleep he brings you hot cocoa in bed and holds you to his chest, softly singing lullabies from when he was a child until your heart calms and you relax into his arms

for your birthday you find out that he's been planning a surprise party for you for weeks, he needed to ask Scott and Cassie to help most of all since Luis and Dave have horrible ideas, and aside from a beautiful cake and dinner they all helped make he also gifts you a box of the pastries you always get with a little ribbon on top, and for some reason (you know why) they taste even sweeter than usual as you all share them together in your living room

for his birthday you also need to go to Scott and Cassie, but only because you have no idea what he wants, but they're also stumped and can't help, so when he shows up at your place you feel bad that you have nothing to give, but he's just happy to make his favourite foods together, just the two of you, and spend the night with you while he shows you a movie from his childhood, and he translates every single line as you watch without subtitles

you never talk about marriage, not even when you date long enough to move into a brand new place together that's big enough for the both of you, but you think he might want it as much as you do when you wake up one morning and find him already awake and looking at you in the dawn's light, his hand brushing gently against your cheek as he wishes you a good morning in Russian, and you don't even realize til later that you understood him and wished it right back, English not even crossing your mind as he then kissed you in response

when he proposes to you he uses his own ring, a stand in until he can afford the one you want, but you just say yes and kiss him and tell him that you want to keep his, he's never getting it back now

[elennemigo]

This is gonna be long so buckle up! 😁

2

★ Eric official trailer released.

★ New character poster.

9

★ "Benedict Cumberbatch, Abi Morgan and Lucy Forbes on New York puppet thriller Eric" (Royal Television Society)

14

★ "Benedict Cumberbatch is a troubled puppet master in new Netflix series Eric" (Entertainment Weekly) (my gifs)

★ Eric Special Q&A and screening for SAG AFTRA. (Gallery) (my post) The q&a will be uploaded to their YT channel.

15

★ Benedict did promo for Eric at FYSEE24 in Los Angeles. (Gallery)

★ Panel with Benedict, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III and Abi Morgan after the screening at FYSEE24. (Gallery) (my post)

20

★ Eric UK Premiere. (Gallery) (my post)

Panel with Benedict, Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III, Abi Morgan, and Lucy Forbes.

Clips x x x x

Interviews: HeyUGuys (my gifs)/ Virgin Radio UK / Jodie McCallum / London Live / PA Entertainment / The News Movement

22

★ Benedict in conversation with Zoe Ball on BBC Sounds. (there´s still time to listen this interview!)

★ Benedict and Eric featured in a few magazines. Check the scans here, courtesy of benedict-cumberbatch.com

26

★ "In the mystery Eric, desperation and decline manifest into a life-size monster puppet." (LA Times)

★ Benedict Cumberbatch in Netflix show Eric: Dressing as monster is 'one of the most ludicrous things I've done' (BBC)

27

★ Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as streethomelessness soars. (Big Issue)

I´m gonna put all the press junket for Eric he did here, even tho they came out in different days, so they´re all together:

Metro Entertainment / Today / Sunrise / Bonnie Laufer / On Demand / Collider / Digital Spy / BAFTA / DC Film Girl / WHYY / Pix 11 News / Paul McGuire Grimes / LBC / ComingSoon.Net / Radio Times / Sky news/ Channel 4 (my gifs)

29

★ Patrick Melrose debuted on Netflix US platform.

★ Lucy Forbes shared photos of the cast & crew on the set of Eric on her IG.

30

★ Eric premiered on Netflix!

★"Benedict Cumberbatch Battles Inner Demons in Eric." (TUDUM)

★ "Puppet Master" (Queue Netflix)

These interviews included a new photoshoot! (My post)

★ "Benedict Cumberbatch on exploring dark characters in new Netflix series, Eric." (Irish examiner)

★ "Benedict Cumberbatch breaks down Eric's twists and turns: ´It's about the mess of being human´ " (GQ magazine)

✧ ── ⋅ FIN ⋅ ── ✧

There was a lot to compile and i might had missed something but hopefully, most it´s here. Enjoy! 😊

[ruinconstellation]

Hello, hope you don’t mind the question, but why do you use a “queue” tag? You’re the only blog I follow who uses it since it usually interrupts the kind of information I’m looking for in tags. I know that it’s fairly common but I’ve never understood- who exactly is it for? And why?

Thank you for asking! I'm glad to explain.

Tumblr's Queue function lets assemble a set of posts and/or reblogs and schedule them in advance en masse. This allows the user to provide a steady stream of posts to their blog without having to log on regularly. Queue frequency is customizeable.

When you're reblogging a post, the options are 'Post Now,' 'Save as Draft,' 'Add to Queue,' 'Post Privately,' and 'Schedule.' When scheduling posts, you need to specify the time they'll be posted, but for queued posts you edit those settings as a whole from the Queue page at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/[your url]/queue. Scheduled posts also appear in your blog's Queue page, where alongside the queued posts they can be edited like any draft.

For me, I usually throw fanart, fandom analysis, and photography into my queue. I enjoy putting posts I like into my queue and then seeing them come by days or weeks later. On the other hand, any posts about current events or special days (ex. the 25th of May, a palindrome day), as well as anything that I see on my dashboard and want to share right away gets posted immediately and does not pass through the queue.

It's fairly common for users to tag their queued posts with 'queue,' 'q,' 'cue the queue,' or something similar. However, it's not necessary. You're right that my 'queue' tag sometimes interrupts the other tags, but to be honest I add tags in a jumble anyway.

As for who the tag is for: myself, certainly, so that I can see the posts that definitely made me happy. And for others as well, so that they can see when a post I've made doesn't mean that I'm active at that moment.

Did you know: on desktop, you can queue a post without tags from your dashboard by pressing Shift+Q!

[emdotcom]

I played through fnaf 1-3 (started 4 & hated it too much to finish it), & since then, I have opened up 1 & 2 a bit -- mostly 1. But I really only play it a short bit before I close it, & won't re-open it for quite a while.

On the other hand, I have constantly thought about & gone back for Post-Shift 2. Overall, I just really like the gameplay, but it also has some really good QoL that I wish was in any fnaf game/in more fan-games.

First up, & something I've been complaining about for years -- you can select which night you want. Normally, you can select nights 5, 6, or custom night, if you have beaten the game. If you wanted to go back to night one, you would need to delete your save, which is just kinda annoying. Post-Shift 2, while it is split into 2 exes, lets you pick nights. As long as you've beaten up to that night, you can go back & play all the logs that proceeded it -- if I wanted more practice on night 2, before going into night 3, the game lets me do that & remebers my progress. It's neat!

There's also the use of arrow keys. In the (awful) Uyeah interview, Rjac said a tester has suggested using keybinds for the gameplay. I love. This feature so much. The general formula is WASD for directional movements, Q to look into a blindspot-type area, & E to turn back (with some exceptions -- E is used outside of blindspots to pull up menus, on some logs). You can still click around the screen to do most things, but I just really like this -- feels snappier, tbh. I've thought about hooking up an auto clicker exclusively to have it click things in fnaf, so I could do things like press shift to turn on lights, or ctrl to close the doors.

It's also got this function that probably makes the game mondo unsafe for epilectics, tbh. If you're in danger, the screen will start slowly flashing, then speed up as you run out of time. This makes for a satisfying feeling when you barely escape danger, & the flashing stops. You can visualize how long you've got, better, & the mystery is more figuring out who/getting to where the danger is. Sure, you know the screen is flashing, but do you know which sound queue went off before the flashing?

'course, the game isn't perfect. A big thing I've complained about is what comes after dealing with threats. Most enemies have a little Wario Ware-esque minigame you need to complete, when you encounter them. When you finish it, you press a "done" button, & then a sound or animation plays, & then the threat is dealt with. Unfortunately, the animation/sound is always long enough that you can do what you need to, but still die as you watch the animation, because you aren't safe once you press the done button. You're safe when the animation ends. For a game that flaunts its sound & movement this much, that means waiting a full second or so, which doesn't sound like much, but is definitely enough tome to get you killed.

The fix there is pretty obvious -- switch the order of events. Make the player safe, after the button is pressed, & then play the animation.

I can wish the game was different, sure, but it's still my favorite, & the quirks like that don't bug me.

[daily-ravka]

is there any account which has shared screenshots and screen recordings of all the posts and stories from all cast members since the press day 1 to the premiere day and will keep sharing them?

not active on IG or twitter rn, so constantly skimming through accounts to look for new screenshots. thanks<3

Oh.

No.

I can't name an account that's not a cast-specific blog - most of them are on IG and twitter. I'm positive that someone recorded the whole thing (and if anyone has some recordings come share it with us. You can post it on youtube).

I remember @ketterdam-snack-bar @sleepless-crows were delightfully hammering through press day but I'm not sure if they have them tagged.

On our blog, we have events: season 2 premiere use filter > video but there isn't much there as most of the others are in queue. No cast member insta posts and stories, unfortunately.

@illeaslockedbluebox did a phenomenal job gifing the carpet q&a's. She compiled her works here if you wanna take a look.

iF ANYONE posted or have a compilation big or small of the cast Instagram stories/posts and posted them on your tumblr, send it to us and we can make a lil compilation of our own.

If you dont have a unique tag on those pictures/videos, here are some useful tips to help out:

Go to 'Mass post editor'

Select related pics/vids

Select 'Add tags'

Add a unique tag eg: #s&b press day, #s&b red carpet

Click on 'Add tags'

Let us know your @ and what you tagged the content as.

[wordshaveteeth]

My aim for this year was to read more books. I read twenty nine, which was a vast improvement on last year (I read nine). There’s only twenty eight listed because I forgot about Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne Mcconnell’s Pity The Reader. Sorry about that.

I tried to expand beyond my preferred genres, and made a concerted effort to read the recommendations given to me by friends and work colleagues. Nevertheless, a few of my own comfort reads made it on to the list.

Here they are! (There’s also a Q&A with myself under the cut)

The Best One

Metaphors We Live By - George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

I came to this book via two others. Philip Pullman in his nonfiction book Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling, referenced Mark Turner’s The Literary Mind, which in turn referred to Metaphors We Live By. It was an exercise in reverse-engineering, starting with Pullman’s perspective (whose style I greatly admire), and then working backwards to see what has informed his writing.

Metaphors We Live By helped me understand the importance of word choice, the messages we send through them, but also, how very wired our brains are for story-telling. It spoke of metaphor being fundamental to our conceptual system, not just as a poetic literary device. Whether the science is settled on this is irrelevant for me; it’s helped my writing immensely, and also been very useful in my day job. I just came away from it being so excited about language, life and brains.

The Surprising One

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Firstly, I would never have picked this for myself. I don’t really read typical romance, and the idea of having to read love letters… ugh. I was so glad to find out from my book club it was less than 200 pages—I wouldn’t be wasting too much of my time.

But I think around page 30-40, something clicked and I was hooked on the intensity and—I don’t know—violence of the love between the two characters. The prose was quite abstract and there were a few new words I learnt, which is always exciting (‘apophenic as a haruspex’ comes to mind). And after, at book club, when I discovered the unusual way it was co-authored, the inventiveness of it left me feeling even more impressed.

The Not So Great One

Lucy By The Sea - Elizabeth Strout

I just did not connect with the main character at all, and there were a few sentences that irked me by the end of the book. If I recall, it was something like ‘What I remember about it was this:’

It was also the second book I’d read that touched on the subject of the pandemic, and my own experience of the pandemic coloured my response to the main character. I judged the hell out of her, in other words, and found her to be a bit of a rich, white idiot. I don’t have time for that.

The Best One About Writing

Steering The Craft: A 21st Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story - Ursula K. Le Guin

I honestly hadn’t heard of Le Guin until this year, so I read Wizard of Earthsea. And then my writing club set this as reading, and I just loved it. It’s more workshop and pragmatic (not a writing memoir, like Stephen King’s On Writing, or Lamott’s Bird By Bird), but I liked how accessible it was, and the exercises set at the end of each chapter (which I did not do but would like to with other people). Oh, I also loved the excerpts from other authors she used as examples to press home her points. They were great for context.

The One I Couldn’t Finish

The Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

I read to chapter 4 of The Fourth Wing and I had to stop, and it was for an incredibly petty reason. It’s not a spoiler because this character very quickly dies and serves no other purpose other than to demonstrate the danger the main character Violet faces in trying to become a Dragon Rider. BUT… we see this poor guy getting hugged by his family as he leaves to start training (oh look how loved he is), then he pulls out a ring from underneath his shirt while in a queue and says so innocently, so completely unaware that he is a foil, that he and his fiancée will get married once he’s a Dragon Rider; how confident he is, so tall, and so strong, he is already halfway there. But oh wouldn’t you know it, he slips on the stone bridge and plummets to his death.

I think I was meant to feel a little bit sorry for him, or that maybe he was going to become Violet’s friend (she definitely needed one). But this guy was meant to be twenty years old. TWENTY. And engaged?

I am too old to trust the judgment of anyone who thinks getting married at twenty is a good idea. And the fact that Violet wasn’t thinking that made me question her judgment too.

It reminded me of every action movie ever involving soldiers: as soon as a side character mentions they have someone waiting for them back home—especially a baby they’ve never met—you know they’re going to die.

But… does this mean I’ll never try and read it again? No. I’ll just choose a whole bunch of other books before I look at it again.

[starjane312]

Spider x Oc

Big Masterlist

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Chapter 4

?: Put it down or I’ll shoot you. 

I throw my Bow to the ground. Spider still has his drawn.

J: Spider put it down !

He looks at me and lets it fall to the ground. They grab us. I hiss as they pull my Hair. I struggle but can’t break free. 

T: Kiri.

K: Tuk Stay Calm.

?: Shut up. Don’t Move !

?: What have we here ?

I hiss at them. They hold out Kiris hand.

?: Colonel check it out Four fingers. We got a Half breed. 

He looks at Kiri then Walks to Lo’ak. I can get a look at him. He is Spider’s Dad, but in a Avatar body. 

Q: Show me your fingers.

Lo’ak raises his middle fingers.

Q: You’re his aren’t you ?

Lo’ak hisses at him.

Q: You're his, alright.

He pulls Lo’ak up on his Queue. 

Q: Where is he ?

L: Sorry I don’t speak your Language with assholes.

Q: Where is your Father ?

Lo’ak hisses again but it comes out crooked because of the Pain.

Q: Really you wanna play it this way ?

He pulls out a knife. I hold my breath and look between them. He let’s him go and walks to Kiri.

L: Kiri No !

J: No ! Leave her alone !

S: Hey ! No, don't touch her !

He turns to us and looks at us.

Q: What’s your Name Kid ?

S: Spider. Socorro. 

He shows the man that is holding him to let him go and Kneels in front of him.

Q: Miles ?

S: Nobody calls me that. 

Q: Well I’ll be Damned. I figured they’d send you back to Earth.

J: They can’t put Baby’s in Cryo capsules. 

He looks at me. 

Q: And who are you ?

J: Jane Carter. 

He nods and gets up. The soldier that was holding Spider Before goes back to holding him.

?: What are we Doing Boss ?

He presses the buttons on his communicator.

Q: Iron sky blue one, actual.

We look at him.

Q: We’re standing by for Extract, over.

They start to drag us with them. 

Q: Be advised, We’re bringing in High Value Prisoners. 

We all start to struggle more.

K: Let us Go !

?: Shut up !

At the shack we stop. They’re making us sit on the floor. Well they shove us down. I sit back to back with spider. They handcuff us.

J: Are you Ok?

I feel him nodding.

S: Are you ?

J: Yeah.

I sigh.

J: The one time I decide to go out not in my True Body and we get captured.

I lay my Head on his shoulder.  I look to the Sky when the Eclipse starts. Rain clouds are forming. They get us to stand up. And soon enough it starts Raining. I’m being held by a Woman same as Tuk. She takes my Hand.

J: Just great.

T: Jane I’m scared.

J: Don’t be. It's going to be Ok.

?: Shut up.

She lightly pulls my Hair.

I hiss quietly and try to turn my head to look for Spider but she yanks my Head back in front. 

Q: Heads up. Three minutes.

I try and listen in the Woods for some kind of sign that the others are coming.

Q: Watch our Six.

I head spider and Kiri grunting. And suddenly we hear it. Netiri calling out to us. Tuk turns her head. I giver her hand a Squeeze and look at Lo’ak. He lightly nods and looks at Spider. I can Kiri start to pray. Then everything goes fast. I hear a thumping sound and the Avatar start to fire at the Bushes. 

N: Lo’ak.

He pulls a gas grenade and breaks free.

Tuk bites the Woman and we both start to run. I go with Spider and Kiri. I’m faster then they are. After a while I hear an explosion and Spider screaming.

K: Spider !

J: No !

I stop running. Kiri holds my Arm.

Ne: Kiri Jane.

J: No Spider !

She tries to pull me along but I break free and jump to a Tree.

K: Jane ! No !

I take a deep breath and jump down the Tree towards the Avatar. One I stab with my Dagger. I try to attack another one until I get grabbed and held in pace. I hiss and Try to break free but it doesn’t work. I feel a hit against my Head and the World turns Black.

[thesmpisonfire]

i have another confession to make: i don’t know what a queue is or how it works. i just see ppl reblogging my posts and tagging them “q” or some kind of queue related pun and i’m just like wow look at u go! i do not have time for these complications i just long press on the reboot button and go and u can’t judge me for it (u can however judge me for the fact that i use tumblr mobile exclusively)

Ok so if u go in ur configurations u can also add a queue button that can work just like a fast rb!! Its how i use my queue at least LMAO

[polyglotnotes]

American English to British English

airplane - aeroplane

apartment - flat

apartment building - block of flats

arugula - rocket

ATM - cashpoint/cash machine

attendance, take - register, take the

baby crib - cot

bachelor party - stag do

bachelorette party - hen do

bandaid - plaster

bangs - fringe

barf (verb) - chunder (verb)

bathrobe/robe - dressing gown

bathroom/restroom - loo (slang)

bathroom/washroom - toilet/bathroom

bathtub - bath

beets - beetroot

bell pepper - pepper/sweet pepper

Bic - biro

blinds - curtains

blood sausage/boudin noir - black pudding

broil (verb) - grill (verb)

bus - coach

camper van/RV - caravan

can - tin

candy - sweets

caravan - convoy

caregiver - carer

cart - trolley

cash register - till

checkers - draughts

checking account - current account

chic/classy/fancy - posh

closet - wardrobe

co-education/co-ed - mixed school

coach class - economy class

comforter - duvet

cookie - biscuit

corn - maize

corn starch - cornflour

cotton swab/Q-tip - cotton bud

couch - sittee

counterclockwise - anticlockwise

CPA (Certified Public Accountant) - Chartered Accountant

crosswalk - zebra crossing

custom-made - bespoke

diaper - nappy

downtown - city centre

eggplant - aubergine

elevator - lift

eraser - rubber

exclamation point - exclamation mark

expensive - dear

faculty member - academic staff

fall - autumn

faucet - tap

fire truck - fire engine

first floor - ground floor

fish sticks - fish fingers

flan (=sweet soft food) - flan (=fruit cake, not sweet)

flashlight - torch

flyby - flypast

freeway/highway - motorway

french fries - chips

French press - cafetiere

front desk - reception

furnace - central heating boiler

garbage can - dustbin

garbage collector - binman

gas/gasoline - petrol

gearshift - gearstick

grade - mark

green onion/scallion - spring onion

grocery store - grocery shop

ground beef - minced meat

ground/grounded - earth/earthed

ham - gammon

high beam (car) - full beam (car)

high school - secondary school

hot (sexy) - fit (sexy)

intersection - crossroads

janitor - caretaker

jumper dress - pinafore

jungle gym - climbing frame

kindergarten - preschool/nursery school

knickers - parcel

ladybug - ladybird

line - queue

liquor store - off license

mailman - postman

math - maths

median strip - central reservation

mom and pop store - family business

mommy/mom - mummy/mum

motorcycle - motorbike

movies, the - cinema, the

open house - open day

overalls - dungarees

pajamas - pyjamas

panties - knickers

pants/slacks - trousers

paper towel - kitchen roll

parking - car park

pay raise - pay rise

period - full stop

pharmacy - chemist

pickle - gherkin

pimple/zit - spot

pitcher - jug

plastic wrap - clingfilm

potato chips - crisps

principal - headmaster

public holiday - bank holiday

puffer vest - gilet

purse - handbag

quotation marks - inverted commas

rappel (verb, climbing) - abseil (verb, climbing)

recess - breaktime

round-trip ticket - return ticket

rubber boots - wellington boots/wellies

rummage sale - jumble sale

schedule - timetable

scotch tape - sellotape

second floor - first floor

shots - jab

sidewalk (=pavement is concrete/tarmac road) - pavement (=road for pedestrians)

silverware/flatware - cutlery

sink - washbasin

sketchy - dodgy

sneakers - trainers

soccer - football

soda/pop/coke/tonic - fizzy drink

special election - by-election

spelunking - potholing

store - shop

stove - cooker

stroller - push chair

study (verb) - read (verb)

subway/metro - underground/tube

sweater - jumper

sweater vest - sleeveless jumper/slipover

swimming suit - swimsuit

table (= verb – delay) - table (= verb – suggest)

tap - faucet

teachers' lounge - staffroom

teleprompter - autocue

teller - cashier

thong (=shoe) - thong (=underwear)

tic-tac-toe - noughts and crosses

tire - tyre

traffic circle/rotary - roundabout

trailer park - caravan park

transportation - transport

truck - lorry

trunk - boot

undershirt - vest

underwear - pants

vacation - holiday

vacationers - holidaymakers

vest - waistcoat

wallet - purse

windbreaker - cagoule

windshield - windscreen

woods, the - wood, a

yard - garden

ZIP code - postcode

zipper - zip

zucchini - courgette

[paperandpencilsandskips]

I posted 21,515 times in 2022

That's 6,583 more posts than 2021!

1,589 posts created (7%)

19,926 posts reblogged (93%)

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#me - 14 posts

#prev - 12 posts

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Longest Tag: 139 characters

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His name is "god's will"

Be extra niceys to him

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The business man smartly presses the BISEXUAL button in order to increase PROFIT

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[bitethetablet]

btw to those who don’t know and are new to tumblr— you have a queue! it schedules when things reblog and/or your posts if you don’t wanna spam / clutter dashes, all you need to do is pick a time range and how often it posts per day! so you don’t need to constantly post /reblog to show that you’re active

you can add a silly or fun tag to your posts as well with a fun play on words (ex: any quote where quackity gets called big q? you can change that to big queue! but make sure not to take anyone else’s tag)

you can also order the posts after queueing them! you can change it so specific things post first, you can add tags as needed / desired, before they post, and a bit more!

on mobile you just press the three dots by the “post” button and it lets you schedule or queue the post / reblog! when you open your queue tab you can adjust the rest there