#roadsend

[tincangoat]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ih rith ruh mahy sin. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ lincoln city : oregon ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #roadsend https://www.instagram.com/p/CkepJIbpv_T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[becoming-not-became]

RoadsEnd

It’s not that I’m disinterested I’m just not interested interested enough anymore I’ve come to the end of the pavedroad and now I must hoof my wayover the fields aloneNo more onlookers no more Tagalongs no more inns or strangers homes Just me with me and no one else

[fabricofaman]

The road may be long and riddled with hardship and strife, but the journey is yours. It’s you who makes the difference every step of the way. “The Weary Guardians” 40 x 60” by Shawn Theodore #repost inspired by @legacybros and @vox_n_vid #sundayvibes #chillmode #contemplation #think #twistinmysobriety #theroadlesstraveled #thelongandwindingroad #easeondowntheroad #roadsend #aboutmen #safeword #mybrotherskeeper #references #art #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #historyrepeating #mensfashion https://www.instagram.com/p/BopVq0Rn22T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=154w7f4nrsobf

[pyrokristi]

Another beautiful day ❤️#sunset #oregonisthebest #roadsend #agatehunting

[jojothrowinbows]

weathered paradise

[whatabus]

Ja, Schottland hat es geschafft, dass wir uns langsam aber sicher in die Insel verlieben! Auch Einsamkeit haben wir endlich gefunden und genießen Sie in vollen Zügen. Sogar hier am 'Road's End' an den Duncansby Stacks waren wir ziemlich alleine. Lag vielleicht auch an den heftigen Sturmböen, aber es hat sich voll gelohnt! Ach ja, wir sind immer noch regenfrei 🤙 . . #scotland #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #uk #visitscotland #highlands #north #northeast #eastcoast #coast #coastline #roadsend #duncansbyhead #duncansbystacks #windy #storm #norain #newyearsday2019 #wintertour #roadtrip #naturevibes #traveller #wanderer #goodweather #isntit (hier: Stacks of Duncansby Head) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJGCYxgSbV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lq3n8idligh1

[michaeltrinsey]

Roads End www.michaeltrinsey.com #fineart #landscape #realistic #stylized #real #igpainting #iglandscape #igfineart #michaeltrinseyart #acrylicpainting #endoftheroad #digital #igrealistcpainting #flatcolor #digitalpainting #road #end #roadsend #sky #flatcolorlandscape #ocean #stylizedpainting #art #oceanside #roadhouse #landscape #deadend

[ravenwolf11-blog]

#pacificcoast #pacificocean #pacificbeach #pacificnorthwest #pnw #pnwcoast #pnwstyle #iloveoregon #ilovethebeach #ocean #oceanstorm #coastalstorm #lincolncity #lincolncityoregon #lostinoregon #roadsend #exploreoregon #oregonexplored #sea (at Roads End, Oregon)

[cowboyjen68]

what are your favorite books or movies miss cowboy jen?!

I love so many classics that really had an affect on me. In College I was an English major and after graduation I had a job that allowed me to read many books. I love sci fi and some fantasy for down time. 

I always suggest Ender’s Game, still one of the books that really touched me. (NOT the movie). I know the author is garbage but the first 3 books are amazing and the main character becomes like a friend.

It seems out of date but I recommend pretty much any Mark Twain books, humor or short stories. He was ahead of his time. He calls out the racism and hypocrisy of his time and he wit is undeniable. 

Check out any book that wins the James Triptree award, They are no all good and I have disliked a few but it is a good way to find LGBT authors and stories.

My favorite author is Jane Fletcher. Her Rangers at Roadsend trilogy is so fun. A great way to just be engulfed in a lesbian world but with truly interesting and multi faceted characters. For her book and many lesbian authors and subject matters check out 

Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher | Bold Strokes Books

Bold Strokes Books

Bella Books – Books and eBooks for Women-Loving-Women, F/F, Lesfic, Lesbian Romance, Queer Mystery and Fiction.

Movies: I am a fan of old school action and stop motion animation. Give me a B horror movie that laughs at itself any day.   I don’t care much for over the Top GCI  As for movies I can watch over and over Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, The original Independence Day and many other classic adventure action films with touches of humor.  anything my John Hughes, There is a movie called Legend of Boggy Creek about the Faulk Monster (bigfoot) It is almost like a documentary. It is cheesy and has an almost impressive sound track. Something about that movie I just love. 

The Legend of Boggy Creek Original Trailer OFFICIAL - YouTube

If you haven’t watch Xena the Tv series or X Files please do so. 

[blackwatershq]

hi guys 💕 im really sorry to do this but i lowkey think ive got too much on my plate right now to be in the group i'm sorry!!! you both are such wonderful admins and you've created a very real world in blackwater, and i hope that it takes off in the future 🥰 i love y'all, thank you for giving me a chance to be here in the first place! 💞

oh my god, we love you and understand completely! thank you for blessing us with john and being a wonderful member. chef kiss *mwah*   ( unfollow @roadsends )

[chartreusebird]

I'd love queer sci-fi recs!

Yessssss ok so

The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk is incredible, and I think everyone should read it. It's well crafted, and the characters are compelling. Its set in post apocalyptic california, where some well organized hippies have established a utopian community that is threatened by outside forces. The main characters are queer and polyamorous, and their journeys are written so compassionately. Has a lot to say about nonviolence as a tactic and as an ideal, and I've had fun talking to people about it! (Haven't read any others in the series yet)

The Temple at Landfall by Jane Fletcher is also great! It's set on a colony far removed from any others that is populated by only women, some of whom have telepathic healing or gene manipulation, and understanding this is a delightful mystery that comes together neatly. But the main plot of the book is a wonderful love story with fun banter and naturally growing affection. (The other books is the series are uneven in quality - the ending of the walls of westernfort the whole book club agreed sucks, and rangers at roadsend was good but essentially a beach read)

Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey is super fun! A genetically modified boxer in a military-controlled border town has to find her place among unmodified townspeople, and stay safe. Well treated themes of community, religion, abuses of power, and having a hot butch girlfriend.

Slow River by Nicola Griffith is the darkest one on this list, as it opens with a woman who has just been through unspecified trauma with no resources who quickly gets into a relatively transactional relationship. She comes from a wealthy and powerful family she refuses to contact, and ends up working in a factory she helped design. The themes are on wealth inequality, exploitative labor practices, and the role of technology in environmentalism.

It's been longer since I read it but I looove Babel-17 by Samuel Delaney. It's a spacefaring novel wherein the main character has to come in and find a way to avoid conflict with a species so alien she's the only person with any ideas about how to communicate with them. Honestly that's my "yay 2 cakes" trope I love trying to understand alien societies and how language influences our perception (something something neurodivergence and reading as a way to understand the alien minds around me)

Honorable mention to Fifth Season by N K Jemisin which I highly recommend but don't have the energy anymire to describe lol

[violet-bookmark]

Lady knight, by L-J Baker

After Shadow of the knife I still was in the mood for literature inspired by ye olde medieval times, but for some reason Rangers at Roadsend was not doing it for me. I am not a quitter and I will definitely review that book soon (at least before the end of this year) but this time I needed something more chivalric and gritty, but with a happy ending to not end up dead inside like with SOTK.

Enter Lady Knight. This is a story about a female knight who is struggling to make a living and is forced to hire her sword to dishonourable lords who are complete assholes, since no reputable order would take her because she is female. She is very cool, gender non conforming and amazing, and not gonna lie, she had my heart from the first page (Riannon marry me pls). She is also ailed by a mysterious poison/supernatural power that seeped into her body via some wounds she took from a magical sword in a past war in Vahl, which almost kill her at times, until her cousin Aveline, naer of a religious order, entrusts her with a magical sword of her own who seals the demonic power inside her and prevents it from killing her as long as she keeps the sword close.

Aveline was interesting, but a complete asshole at the begging. I liked the scenes where she was talking with the goddess, since they were very mythical and immersive, but she treated the women she slept with like dirt. There was a moment in which she just had sex with a priestess and she thought something like "this woman's ambitions will probably never go further than an orgasm", which speaks for itself about what kind of person she is. She was also quite fond of crusading against infidels, which was historically accurate, but I still hated it. I liked how she cared for Riannon in her own way, how ambitious she was and how she knew what she had to do to obtain what she wanted.

Before diving into the character of Eleanor, Riannon's love interest, I want to adress something that bothers me immensely about how some people interpret her. A long time ago, before I even had this book, I read some reviews about it in which she was described as "straight" and talked about as if she was an insipid character. Not the case. She is obviously bisexual: she expresses past interest in men, but she is also the one to show interest in Riannon and to pursue her, and there are so many times in which she talks about her newfound attraction to women in a relatable way for same-sex attracted women. She also wants to reciprocate during the sex scenes and talks about how much she wants to see Riannon's breasts, to touch her vulva and to perform oral sex on her, which does not sound straight in the slightest. How can anybody read these scenes and think "oh yeah, this character is straight"? Every time I was reading one of their scenes together, I kept thinking about how damn obvious it was that she was not. She is bisexual! She is also very interesting, compassionate and smart; a social butterfly who is well aware of the limitations that society imposes on women, but who also knows that in order to gain freedom she needs to follow the rules to a certain extent (and to keep paying a hefty price of coin to the queen for her right to remain a widow, instead of being sold in marriage as a prize to one of the queen's male vassals). She was also quick to emphatize with other women and to try to make things better for them in unpleasant situations (there is a scene in which her teenage niece is getting married to a much older man, and she comforts her to the best of her ability before the wedding night, remembering when she was younger and in the same situation as her) and she was just a lovely person all around. She was my favorite character along with Riannon, and I shipped them so much. I joked before about marrying Riannon, but if I could choose I would probably want to BE like Riannon and marry Eleanor, she is that great.

The romance was very well done, very romantic in a medieval-esque way, very sweet and very healthy, something that I was grateful for after the sucker punch that was SOTK in that regard. Both lovers treated each other as equals and accepted each other despite their differences; at first I half expected Eleanor to be horrified by Riannon's masculine appearance, but she was not. Unlike the 99% of the characters (the 1% being Aveline), who treat Riannon like dirt for being gender non comforming, she was curious and accepted her and never thought she was weird or bad, or that she had to change. Riannon also saw more to Eleanor than other people did; the majority of men and women only saw her as a rich, beautiful widow good either to bed or to use as a pawn for their plans, while Riannon treated her as a person with interests, personality, wants and desires.

The author had obviously done her research about social strata, languages and traditions, something that I appreciated a lot and made the world building feel very cohesive and realistic, and a lot more medieval than in SOTK. By the way the characters talk and think you can just feel they are from another time, used to another kind of life and bound to different moral codes. I loved that. Only thing I would complain about (which is a BIG pet peeve of mine) is how what I assume to be the equivalent of Ireland in the story was named Iruland. I have done some research and from what I can tell that was never the name of Ireland, not even during any medieval period, so why? I know the author probably wanted us to be able to identify it as the equivalent of Ireland, but just changing a letter of the name to do that is lazy writing in my opinion. She could have done that in other ways, like showing cultural and historical similarities to Ireland or just saying "Ireland" and calling it a day if she did not want to go through the effort of expanding on world building. It was like when, in The Golden compass, the equivalent of the romani people in that world were called "giptians" (in my country's original language it was worse, they did the same as this book and only added a damn letter to "gypsies"). Why would you do that? It was especially jarring in TGC, since there were already another ton of cultural cues pointing to the "giptians" being a (lazily done) equivalent of the romani people, why didn't Phillip Pullman give them another name? To this day this question haunts me, and I resent this book for reminding me of it.

I liked this book's approach to magic. I liked how it felt mystic yet very medieval-like, not flashy, notorious and easy to control like in other types of fantasy, and in some scenes you did even wonder if it was magic at all what was happening. This is my favorite type of magic in fantasy, I am not keen on the type that is flashy and easy to master, like in Harry Potter (I can like a saga despite of that, but still), so I loved that. It felt very much like "invisible forces that humans can never control completely despite their well-organized rituals, and work in mysterious but undeniable ways", which is my favorite type ever of how to depict magic.

I enjoyed the plot and the political maneuverings a lot and wish we actually got to see more of that, it actually had a lot of potential and could have spanned for several books. More boring YA books have made it to a trilogy with less plot. A lot of interesting stuff was going on but the romance took precedence, and a lot of elements that could have been more explored got swept under the rug. I get it; it is a romance book and a lesbian one to boot, so it is "niche", but a second book would have been great to resolve some elements that were left open in the first book. The ending is hopeful and kind of open, but it was not the type of book in which an open ending makes sense. I might be biased here, but I would have liked a closed ending, since so much was left in the air: did Aveline succeed in her plans? What happened with Cicely? And the baby? Will the magic sword always have its power? Aveline saw a vision at the begining of the book, but will it happen at the end of the war? There is too much left untold. More than anything, I also wanted to see Riannon and Eleanor living together happily until they reached old age. I get the author was trying to send the message that homosexual love always faces hardships in an intolerant society and that there is always hope, but I wanted to see more of the two women being happy, especially since the chapter before the ending was so heartwrenching. I won't spoil anything but a character is raped, the rapist is killed in the next chapter in a very befitting way, but still. The aftermath was very hard to read.

I recommend this book if you like political intrigue and gritty storylines similar to Game of Thrones, but not that sadistic and with more focus on female characters and more female empowerment. In fact, if I had to describe this book with a single phrase it would probably be "the lesbian game of thrones, minus the dragons and more realistic all around". However, if you are not in the mood for holy wars, violence, magic swords and ye olde medieval misogyny, give it a hard pass.

[becc35]

#roadsend #sunset #endoftheday lovely afternoon walk (at Wilga Park)

[lefthandrob]

Dead end. #deadend #roadsend #signage #stormyweather #latergram (at Brunswick, Maryland)

[magsatron]

hey, 'member when I sunburned my lips super bad in late October? the hike views were super rad, at least. ☀️🌊 #roadsend #godsthumb #oregoncoast #LincolnCity #nofilter (at Road's End)

[impactist]

But it's a dry cold. #snowstorm #notwarm #frozentreats #frozenfeets #rumraisin #tundra #roadsend #pnw #oregon #impactist